Ling Yan introduced the two of them to each other, then took a small porcelain vase from Zuo Ci and handed it to Liu Shi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Shi took the porcelain vase in his hand and looked at it repeatedly: "This ...... Is that the poison? ”

Ling Yan nodded: "As long as you let your son put this in the rice, it's fine." ”

Zuo Ci also instructed Liu Shi: "Please keep it close to you, so as not to let the soldiers search it out." ”

Liu Shi still looked a little uneasy, but he still trembled slightly and put the small porcelain bottle into his arms.

Zuo Ci smiled: "Please rest assured, this medicine is tasteless, and after being put in water, it will disappear immediately." ”

Liu Shi nodded stunned.

Ling Yan told Liu Shi what to do after entering the city again, Liu Shi nodded and agreed, and then, Ling Yan sent Lu Gong to take Liu Shi away. Ling Yan secretly told Lu Gong to take Liu Shi back to Qianzhai first, and then pick a dozen random people to return to the city with Liu Shi, and let Lu Gong escort him to the middle and come back.

After Lu Gong left with Liu Shi, Ling Yan suddenly remembered the question he had just thought of, so he asked Zuo Ci: "National Teacher, when I was chatting with Liu Shi just now, I suddenly thought of a question. ”

Zuo Ci said: "General, please speak." ”

Ling Yan said: "Just now Liu Shi asked if this poison would poison Colonel Zuo and them, and I thought, why can't we use real poison to poison them, then...... Isn't it also a solution? ”

Zuo Ci thought for a while and said, "If that's the case, maybe Liu Shi and his son will be in danger." ”

Ling Yan didn't understand: "Why?" ”

Zuo Ci said: "Ordinary lethal poisons generally have some strange tastes or some colors, so it is a little difficult for Liu Shi's son to mix them into the meal. Even if it is put into the meal, if Colonel Zuo eats the food, with his cultivation, he may be able to detect a thing or two. ”

Ling Yan nodded: "Yes...... Anyway, I don't want to really poison him, if I can capture him alive, it's better to capture him alive. ”

Zuo Ci nodded and withdrew from the tent.

Perhaps, Ling Yan didn't realize what would become of the future development now. But judging from the actual development, at least it is not fatally poisoned, which can be regarded as a correct judgment.

More than two hours later, Duke Lu came back and told Ling Yan that everything was normal, and he had escorted Liu Shi and sixteen other people to a short distance outside Juye City, and left a few scouts to continue to follow up and investigate the situation.

After Ling Yan heard this, he felt a little relieved.

After some time, a scout came to report that he had seen the people enter the city.

Ling Yan was a little relieved again, he was afraid that Zuo Colonel would not let these people enter the city, but now that he learned that Liu Shi had entered the city safely, he felt that he was a big step closer to success.

While waiting for news from Juye City, Ling Yan had nothing else to do, on the one hand, he continued to send spies to investigate the situation, and on the other hand, he went to visit Zhang Min and Yu Yigen - Zhang Min's injuries were mostly healed, but Yu Yigen's situation was still not very optimistic.

According to the prior agreement, within two days after the day Liu Shi entered the city, if the plan was successful, Liu Shi or his son would find a way to notify Ling Yan. Originally, Ling Yan also wanted to send a clever soldier disguised as a civilian, follow them into the city, and then find a way to go out of the city to report the news after the results. But what Ling Yan was worried about was that no matter how clever a soldier was, he might show a little bit of his feet, and that Colonel Zuo was so shrewd that he was about to become a master, and it was very likely that he would find out that something was wrong. Besides, the sudden appearance of a stranger in the city is also easy to be noticed. Therefore, Ling Yan did not take this risk, but asked Liu Shi and them to find a way to send the news.

But two days have passed, but there is no news from Liu Shi, and there is no news from the people sent by Liu Shi, and the scouts sent have all reported that there is no movement in the city.

There was no movement - this meant nothing more than the leakage of the plan, Liu Shi was killed by Colonel Zuo; Even if the plan was successful, the soldiers of Colonel Zuo had lost the ability to breathe internally; Otherwise, Liu Shi temporarily changed his mind and betrayed Ling Yan.

Ling Yan thought that among the three situations, the last one that was the most unlikely to happen was the last one - in the previous conversation, Ling Yan saw that Liu Shi was definitely not the kind of person who did not believe in his word, and since he had promised himself, he would definitely not change his mind temporarily. Although Ling Yan also saw that Liu Shi was a little timid and afraid of death, Liu Shi was afraid of his son being killed, not himself. Since he had already received Ling Yan's assurance, Ling Yan would never believe that Liu Shi would put him along.

In the first case and the second case, Ling Yan can't guarantee which one happens, because from the superficial situation, both situations can happen - if everything goes well for Liu Shi and the Yellow Turban soldiers are poisoned, then unless it is a person with deep internal qi, it should be difficult to detect the changes in the body at ordinary times, and only when the internal qi is transported, will a large amount of internal qi be clearly consumed. Therefore, even if it succeeds, there will be no movement for the time being; If the plan fails and Liu Shi is killed, it is naturally not big news, and killing a common person is nothing more common in Colonel Zuo's opinion. It's just that if Colonel Zuo knows about this plan, then he will definitely find out, whether Liu Shi says it or not, Colonel Zuo should be able to guess a few points.

Ling Yan naturally hoped that the current situation was the second situation - the third situation, Ling Yan ignored it without thinking about it; In the first case, Ling Yan is the last thing he wants to see, if the plan fails, then he will feel extremely frustrated, and more importantly, he will break his promise to Liu Shi, Liu Shi and his son have been killed, naturally they will not come to Ling Yan to ask for an explanation, but Ling Yan's apologies to Liu Shi's father and son in this life may be difficult to eliminate.

But no matter what kind of situation happened now, Ling Yan felt that he couldn't wait any longer - he had just gone to see Guo Geng, Yu Geng's injury could not be delayed any longer, and Zuo Ci also said that the medicinal materials needed to make "Qi and Blood Escape" were only enough for one day today.

Ling Yan decided to take a big gamble - it was the first time in his life that he had made such a big bet.

Ling Yan found the general of Zhongzhai to come to his tent, and after everyone arrived, Ling Yan roughly explained the previous thing about sending Liu Shi to carry out the plan, and then said: "Generals, there has been no movement in Juye City so far, and I don't know if Liu Shi has succeeded...... But no matter what, I can't wait any longer, I must march immediately! ”

Kuai Liang stood up and said, "General Yan, do you want to send someone to the city to investigate first, and then make plans when you have the results." ”

Ling Yan shook his head and said, "If Liu Shi has a result, as long as there is a chance, I believe he will also send someone to tell me...... There is no news so far, it is estimated that the soldiers guarding the city do not let the people enter and leave the city casually, even if we send people, it is not easy to find out any news...... Besides, I don't have time to wait any longer, General Yu's injuries are getting worse and worse, and the 'poison of blood', as time goes by, the toxicity is getting smaller and smaller, if Liu Shi doesn't succeed, then forget it, if he has succeeded, then now those yellow turban thieves have been poisoned, if we don't attack now, when? ”

Kuai Liang thought for a while, and then said: "General Yan, that Liu Shi has passed the appointed time, but there is no news yet, maybe the plan has been ...... It's already failed...... Perhaps, Liu Shi temporarily changed his mind. ”

Ling Yan shook his head again: "He won't be untrustworthy, I believe him." But...... To say failure...... This is possible......" Ling Yan's face showed a hint of frustration as he spoke, "But now is the last chance to attack...... If it doesn't work out this time, then ...... What other chances do we have......"

The generals were silent.

Ling Yan's face showed a look of determination again: "This time, I will assume that Liu Shi has succeeded, so I will bet this time!" If I lose the bet, I will admit it...... But if we win, we'll win! ”

Wen Ping stood up, hugged his fists and said, "General Yan!" The last general is willing to lead a group of soldiers and horses to attack the city to test the enemy's situation. ”

Zhang Yi also hugged his fists and said: "The last general is willing to go together to assist Zhongye." ”

Ling Yan said: "This time, I will lead the army to go, and the generals will go with me." ”

Wen Ping immediately said: "General Yan, I don't know if this plan has been successful, if the general goes in person, I am afraid it will be a little dangerous." ”

Ling Yan said: "This time I have to go in person no matter what, even if Liu Shi's plan is revealed, it will be providential, even if I don't go, what's the use of staying in the camp?" If you fail this time, you won't have a chance in the future. ”

Everyone didn't speak, and the expressions on everyone's faces were quite complicated.

"This time, I plan to do my best to fight the troops of Sanzhai, except for a few troops who stay in the middle camp, the rest will go with me, enter the city if you win, and retreat back if you lose." Ling Yan had already prepared for the worst.

You Heng came out and said, "General Yan, I think Liu Shi must have succeeded, and the general only needs to lead the army to attack." ”

Ling Yan smiled slightly and nodded.

Kuai Liang thought for a moment: "General Yan, Liang thinks that there is no need to send a large number of soldiers and horses for this attack. If the thief army is really poisoned, it will lose its combat ability, and the more than 100 thief soldiers can defeat their army with only a hundred soldiers; If the thief army is not poisoned, the loss of more than 100 people is not serious, and it can be fought again. ”

Lu Gong and others agreed with Kuai Liang's opinion.

Ling Yan had already thought of this problem, and he also had an idea in his heart, and after hearing Kuai Liang's proposal, he said: "I have also thought about what General Kuai said, but this time, it is better for us to send all the soldiers and horses." ”

Kuai Liang may not have understood Ling Yan's thoughts, but he didn't continue to ask, but just said, "The general must know it." ”

Ling Yan nodded and said to everyone: "Everyone go down and prepare, I plan to send troops in the afternoon...... General Wen stayed a little longer. ”

"Yes." Everyone hugged their fists, except for Wen Ping, and they all withdrew from the account.

"What else is the matter with the General?" Wen Ping asked.

Ling Yan said: "General Wen, you will spread the news that we are going to enter the army in a while, be careful not to be too obvious, otherwise Colonel Zuo will be suspicious." ”

Wen Pingda was puzzled: "General Yan wants to deliberately let Colonel Zuo know that we are going to march?" ”

Ling Yan nodded: "Yes, but to convince him that our entry into the army is a real thing, you can't let him be suspicious." ”

"This matter, the last general can do it......" Wen Ping's face was confused, "However, this time we really marched into the army, but let the thief army know in advance?" This ......"

Ling Yan smiled: "I just want him to set up an ambush so that we can wipe them all out in one fell swoop." ”

Wen Ping thought about it, seemed to understand, and nodded: "That'...... The last general will be the vanguard, go to meet the enemy, and wait for the enemy to ambush the army, and then General Yan will kill from the back, how about it? ”

Ling Yan said: "This time we will not set up a vanguard, we will march together, if the Yellow Turban soldiers have no internal qi, then more than 100 people, even if they are ambushed on all sides, there will be no problem." ”

Wen Ping thought about it, then nodded and said, "The general is a god." The last general knows, and he will do it. With that, he took his leave.

Ling Yan prepared again, and also checked the bullets of the pistol - before leaving, Ling Renxiang gave him a box of spare bullets, which he hadn't used yet, but Ling Yan still picked it up, just in case.

After that, Ling Yan began to cultivate his internal qi for a period of time, and after cultivating, he thought about his future battle plan in his heart.

In fact, whether this attack could succeed or not, Ling Yan didn't know what the situation was, he didn't send someone out of the city to tell Ling Yan, and Ling Yan couldn't send someone to investigate, so he could only secretly hope that the soldiers under Colonel Zuo had already been hit.

Ling Yan couldn't see anything on the surface, but he kept fighting abruptly in his heart, in fact, he was not particularly optimistic about the development of things - if it was really a mistake in judgment, and the soldiers of Colonel Zuo did not get hit by the "poison of blood", then what he was about to face would be a vicious battle, and this vicious battle might end up losing both sides, or maybe the siege soldiers and horses on his side would be wiped out. But no matter what, Ling Yan had already secretly made up his mind in his heart, no matter what, if he wanted to defeat Colonel Zuo, even if he couldn't defeat this struggle, even if he couldn't capture the city, he would die with Colonel Zuo.

With this thought in his heart, Ling Yan felt a lot more relaxed, and he also felt a little funny: how could he have thought of this before he crossed over? How is it possible to have such a firm consciousness? He always thought that he was afraid of death, but he didn't expect that at the critical moment, he could also be a "big husband".

Ling Yan praised himself, his heart was happy, and he inspected the camp again. Soon after returning to the camp, Gong Lu came and said, "General Yan, the soldiers and horses are ready, just waiting to go." ”

Ling Yan didn't know where he got a lot of energy, and said loudly: "Okay! Let's go! ”

Ling Yan came out of the tent and came to the door of the camp. The army had already gathered outside the gate of the wall, and as soon as Ling Yan gave the order, the army set off together.

At this time, it was afternoon, the sun was shining, and the soldiers and horses were marching with great fanfare, so the soldiers under Ling Yan were all full of energy, as if this advance had covered up the impact of the previous defeat in one fell swoop.

Soon, Ling Yan and the others came to Qianzhai, and Qianzhai had already received the news that the soldiers and horses had already assembled outside the village.

After meeting with the Qianzhai army, the two armies merged into one and marched forward.

Along the way, Ling Yan's heart was suddenly surging, the closer he got to Juye City, the more nervous Ling Yan became, he estimated that Colonel Zuo should have received the news, even if he didn't hear the wind, it was impossible for him not to know about such a big movement in the army. Now that he has known about it, Colonel Zuo will definitely have a countermeasure - the ambush that ancient times was best at. If Colonel Zuo's soldiers were all poisoned, then this ambush was exactly what Ling Yan wanted. But if the soldiers of Colonel Zuo are not poisoned, then they will be "smart but mistaken by smart"! Moreover, this "mistake" will lead to complete defeat!

As for the soldiers in the camp, Ling Yan has his own reasons and plans, but in this way, he himself has increased the stakes to the level of a "decisive battle": if he loses, there will be no chance - the remaining soldiers are not enough for self-protection.

Therefore, Ling Yan characterized the upcoming war as a "decisive battle" related to the success or failure of their army. In this way, Ling Yan became even more nervous, he couldn't do anything else now, he could only hope that Liu Shi and his son would succeed in their actions, so that they could have the certainty of a big victory.

When he saw Juye City from afar, Ling Yan's heart beat faster - he knew that if Colonel Zuo knew about his movements, ninety percent of them would set up ambushes nearby, or when Ling Yan and the others attacked the city, those ambushes would be killed in a few ways; Either that or before they reached the city, they ambushed and went out.

In these two situations, Ling Yan naturally thought of it a long time ago, if Colonel Zuo's Yellow Turban soldiers were poisoned, then which of these two situations would occur, Ling Yan was not worried, but was a little happy, because this was Colonel Zuo's plan for him; But if those Yellow Turban soldiers were not poisoned, then no matter when the ambush soldiers were killed, it would be a heavy blow to Ling Yan.

The soldiers and horses continued to walk forward with great fanfare, Ling Yan's mind was confused, but he did not delay the march.

"General Yan, will the last general go to the front to investigate first, and then the general will go over?" Lu Gong was still careful, and came to Ling Yan to offer advice.

Ling Yan shook his head and smiled: "Don't." Let's go together, and even if we are ambushed, we will deal with it together. ”

Lu Gong nodded heavily, his eyes showing admiration.

"You go and talk to the soldiers, and be ready to fight at any time." Ling Yan still commanded Lu Gong.

Lu Gong agreed, and conveyed Ling Yan's instructions backwards.

Until he came to the open space in front of Juye City, there were no ambushes along the way, this situation, in Ling Yan's opinion, he was also happy and puzzled, and even, he hoped that the ambush soldiers would be killed quickly, so as to prove that his judgment was not accurate. But at the same time, he was worried that Colonel Zuo would not set up an ambush, and if that was the case, the whole plan would be ruined.

Under the scorching sun, the banner was unfurled, the yellow flag of the Yellow Turban Army, but there were no defenders in sight - the city was empty.

Wen Ping came to Ling Yan's side and whispered, "General Yan, it seems that the thief general has been prepared. ”

"Well, okay-" Ling Yan remained silent, his eyes fixed on the city, "Order, everyone is ready to fight." ”