Volume 2 The Battle of the Yellow Turban Chapter 381 Trust Deepens
(Cat flutter Chinese) () Colonel Zuo stared straight at Ling Yan for a few seconds before he slowly said in a deep voice: "The general is so honest, then the colonel will not deceive the general...... The general may have doubts about the colonel, but the colonel does not mind, and if the doubts in the general's heart can be dispelled in today's battle, then the colonel will also be relieved...... It's just that the school is worried about another matter. β
Ling Yan was very happy to see that Colonel Zuo was finally willing to say what was in his heart to him, and hurriedly said: "General Zuo has something to worry about, just say it, if you can help, I will never refuse!" β
Colonel Zuo stood up, his face looked like the kind of indignation after being humiliated: "In today's battle, although Sun Qiu and Guo Luo were beheaded, General Yan and the colonel were both injured by the enemy!" And most of the soldiers were killed and wounded, so the result was a big victory? β
Ling Yan didn't expect Colonel Zuo to say this, and he was a little stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer him.
Colonel Zuo looked at Ling Yan with some anger: "I am the Yellow Turban Western God General!" 'General Rengong' still respects me for three points, how can I be so humiliated! Don't say that I am seriously injured, even if I can't get close, not only is Sun Qiu disrespectful, but even I was hit in the shoulder by this thief's internal qi, but how did I not get angry! When he said this last sentence, the anger on Colonel Zuo's face was even worse.
Ling Yan understood the reason why Colonel Zuo was angry, and hurriedly laughed: "General Zuo, don't be angry, I know that your status in the Yellow Turban Army is very high, and your martial arts are not comparable to ordinary people, if it weren't for the general's internal qi to save the general's life, then how could Sun Qiu be the general's opponent?" Not to mention injuring the general, even if you want to fight the general for a few rounds, I don't think there is a chance. β
Colonel Zuo's anger did not subside: "Such a thief, if you don't kill him, how can you vent the hatred in my heart!" β
Ling Yan nodded hurriedly: "General Zuo is right!" That kind of person can only be killed! General Zuo killed him, what a great joy! β
Colonel Zuo frowned and stared at Ling Yan: "General Yan, then why did you persuade me not to kill him at that time!" β
Ling Yan hurriedly said, "General Zuo, don't get me wrong! I thought at the time that I wanted to capture Sun Qiu alive, in order to attack the Grasshopper City, I thought that if I used Sun Qiu to threaten Sun Xia, would I take the Grasshopper City without bloodshed, in that case, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble? β
Colonel Zuo's expression gradually softened a little, he sat down, sneered, but his tone was still very indifferent: "Hmph, General Yan, you are too naΓ―ve to think about, the general is kind, for the sake of Yu Gengen, at all costs...... But the Yellow Turban generals will never lose a city because of one person! Then Sun Xia will not be willing to surrender just because his brother is captured! β
Colonel Zuo's words were very contrary to the plot in the story of the Three Kingdoms that Ling Yan thought in his heart, so he muttered, "I thought it was ...... Sun Xia will still be a little scruple no matter what he says...... Although it is unlikely, there is still a glimmer of hope...... I think it would be great if I could force Sun Xia to surrender...... Otherwise, the city will be attacked, and when the time comes, it is still a question whether it can be breached......"
Colonel Zuo waved his hand, and his tone was quite dissatisfied: "If my internal qi recovers, no matter who guards the city, it won't be overnight to break the city!" β
Colonel Zuo's words were too boastful, and Ling Yan also felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it again, with Colonel Zuo's strength, maybe he might really have a way to break through the city gate quickly.
So, Ling Yan followed Colonel Zuo's words and said, "General Zuo is both wise and brave, I believe that what General Zuo said is true...... General Zuo, please rest assured, I will definitely honor what I have said, General Zuo just needs to recover his internal qi here, and when General Zuo is fully recovered, I will raise troops to fight again. β
Colonel Zuo heard Ling Yan say this, and his face softened a lot: "General Yan loves Zuo so much, I am very grateful!" A certain determination to restore internal qi as soon as possible, and not delay the general's affairs. β
Ling Yan nodded happily: "Hmm! In fact, General Zuo doesn't need to thank me...... I did this, firstly, to repay the general's kindness for saving him, and secondly...... It's also a bit selfish, hehe...... Of course, General Zuo must also know that my future crusade and siege will depend on the general's great help......"
Colonel Zuo finally showed a smile: "If you need me, then I am naturally willing to follow the work of dogs and horses and help the general attack the city and plunder the land!" β
Ling Yan was very happy and nodded again and again.
Colonel Zuo suddenly frowned again: "General Yan, it's just that I have recovered my internal qi, although I can help you General Yan, but after all, I have limited ......"
Ling Yan immediately understood what Colonel Zuo meant, and without waiting for Colonel Zuo to finish speaking, he hurriedly said: "General Zuo, don't worry, when the banquet is over, I will let the national teacher go and heal all the injuries of your soldiers." β
The corners of Colonel Zuo's mouth rose slightly, and he hugged his fist towards Ling Yan: "Thank you General Yan for your kindness!" The school has more than 100 personal guards, it is a prison dead city, and the school will also break through! β
Ling Yan laughed: "Hmm! Now I feel more confident! β
Colonel Zuo added: "If I, the soldiers, ambush next to the reinforcements and rush out in the battle of Fangcai, then I can kill the soldiers in an instant!" β
Ling Yan would not question this point - those soldiers of Colonel Zuo are enough to deal with those reinforcements, so naturally it will not be a problem. Then he said: "Well, this is my fault, I didn't think of this...... But it doesn't matter, at least this battle is won...... Moreover, it is not my goal to defeat them, I want to break through the Grasshopper City, and that is the important moment for General Zuo's soldiers to exert their might! β
Colonel Zuo nodded slowly.
At this time, a soldier came to report: Wen Ping and others had returned to the city victoriously, capturing more than 1,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, armor and weapons.
Ling Yan was overjoyed and said to Colonel Zuo: "General Zuo, we will talk about other things when we have time, General Wen has also returned from victory, then I will go to prepare a banquet now, and I will invite General Zuo to the banquet after a while to celebrate well!" β
Colonel Zuo didn't say anything, just nodded.
Half an hour later, the celebration banquet was held as scheduled. Since Ling Yan came to the Three Kingdoms period, there have been dozens of banquets, large and small, in fact, he doesn't know the celebration habits of the ancients, anyway, as long as he wins, he has to celebrate, one is to cheer for himself and his subordinates, and the other is that he likes this kind of lively scene, and he feels very warm.
And this banquet, with Colonel Zuo's participation, Ling Yan was even more happy, he bent his front legs to push Colonel Zuo to the position of the main general, while he himself sat below. Colonel Zuo shirked for a while, and when he saw Ling Yan pushing sincerely, he naturally stopped being humble and sat down.
Originally, this city is now Ling Yan's, it stands to reason that only Ling Yan is qualified to sit in the position of the Taishou, Colonel Zuo is just a general, there is no reason for him to sit there at all, this is not in line with the ancient etiquette. Although Ling Yan probably knew this, he really cherished this hard-won general, so in order to completely influence Colonel Zuo, he didn't care about any etiquette - he always advocated "pragmatism", and it was only beneficial to get a good general, as for the etiquette for a while, it was too empty, and it didn't matter if he followed it or not.
Colonel Zuo's appearance seemed a little unaccustomed at first, but soon he seemed to regard himself as a "hero", or he had regarded himself as a "master".
Ling Yan arranged it like this, and the generals under him naturally had a lot of complaints, but this was Ling Yan's will, and they couldn't say anything, besides, Colonel Zuo's strength and merits were also obvious to all, and they were a little convinced.
"Generals!" Ling Yan stood up, picked up a bowl of wine, and looked at the generals beside him, "This defeat of the enemy's reinforcements is naturally all due to everyone!" Needless to say, I'm grateful! After speaking, Ling Yan gestured, and then picked up the bowl and drank it all.
Everyone also said a word of congratulations to Ling Yan, and then dried their own wine.
Ling Yan filled another glass of wine, and then raised it to Colonel Zuo: "General Zuo!" You have the most credit for this big win! And before you were willing to save the general, I am very grateful! After saying that, without saying a word, I made another bowl.
Colonel Zuo smiled and drank the wine in the bowl.
At this time, Liu Hui led a few servants and brought some wine and food.
Wen Ping stood up, pointed at Liu Hui and laughed loudly: "I have to thank this person for this victory!" If it weren't for this person and his father, it might have taken some time to break the city! Ha ha! I'll give you a bowl! With that, he threw his head up and drank his wine, and then laughed again.
The rest of the people also responded to Wen Ping's words, and they also came to toast Liu Hui, which made Liu Hui at a loss and in a hurry.
Ling Yan felt a little embarrassed, he didn't object to respecting Liu Hui, but after all, Liu Hui's merit was to poison the food of the soldiers of Colonel Zuo, so that they could break through the city gate, but now after all, Colonel Zuo has surrendered, and he is here again, talking about these things now will only aggravate the estrangement between each other. Ling Yan also knew that Wen Ping's words were completely directed at Colonel Zuo, and as for himself, he didn't know how to play a round, on the one hand, he was his own subordinate generals who lived and died together, and on the other hand, he was a fierce general who had just surrendered and could play a very big role in his future crusade, and it was not good to speak to either side.
Therefore, Ling Yan simply stopped talking, but looked at Colonel Zuo.
Sure enough, as Ling Yan expected, after Zuo Colonel heard Wen Ping's words, his face suddenly sank, but what he stared at coldly was not Wen Ping, but Liu Hui.
After Liu Hui hurriedly coped with it for a while, he accidentally touched Zuo Xiao's cold gaze, and he couldn't help but tremble, and hurriedly retreated.
Ling Yan saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and hurriedly laughed and played the round again, fortunately, it was a happy atmosphere at the moment, under Ling Yan's round field, the generals suddenly laughed again, and although Colonel Zuo didn't have any smile on his face, he didn't seem to mind what happened just now.
Ling Yan didn't take this little episode seriously, after all, Colonel Zuo surrendered not long ago, and everything still had to be run-in, he thought that after a long time, it would be fine.
In general, the banquet was very enjoyable, and the generals were all full of wine and food, drunk, and staggered out.
Ling Yan didn't get too drunk because he had something in his heart, but when everyone left at the end of the room, he stopped Zuo Ci.
Zuo Ci looked like a master in the world, although he didn't know how much he drank, but he couldn't see anything unusual from his appearance, and he didn't have a trace of drunkenness. Hearing Ling Yan's words, he walked over and asked, "What's the matter with General Yan?" β
Ling Yan said: "I also ask the national teacher to unravel the poison of General Zuo's soldiers as soon as possible." β
Zuo Ci glanced at Colonel Zuo, and then nodded: "Yes." It's not difficult, I'll go right away. With that, he took his leave.
After Zuo Ci left, Ling Yan said to Colonel Zuo, who was already slightly drunk: "General Zuo, within two days, those Yellow Turban soldiers will recover." β
Colonel Zuo nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you, General Yan...... It's too late now, so the general should go back and rest. β
Originally, Ling Yan was going to rest, but with the help of alcohol, he wanted to say something to Colonel Zuo, so he said, "General Zuo, if you don't want to rest, I want to talk to you again." β
It may be that what Ling Yan said to Zuo Ci just now made Colonel Zuo's heart feel comfortable, so he immediately agreed: "Okay, since General Yan has something to do, then go to Zuo's room to discuss." β
The two of them came to the room where Colonel Zuo was resting, and after sitting down, Ling Yan drank a cup of tea, and then said, "General Zuo, what General Fang Caiwen said, I hope the general doesn't mind." β
Colonel Zuo smiled: "No...... Zuo's mind is not so narrow. β
Ling Yan smiled and picked up the teacup: "I know that Colonel Zuo will not be the kind of person who holds grudges...... But I still replace wine with tea, and say no for General Wen. β
Colonel Zuo also picked up the teacup, and the two of them drank it together.
Colonel Zuo put down the teacup and said, "General Yan, it doesn't matter if you have the wound on your shoulder, right?" β
Ling Yan shook his arm and said with a smile: "This little injury is nothing, the previous injury is much more serious than this!" β
Colonel Zuo nodded, and then asked, "What General Yan said to the colonel can't be just this one, right?" β
Ling Yan smiled: "Naturally, it's not just this thing, but ...... It's not a big deal, it's just that I have some questions and want to ask General Zuo. β
Colonel Zuo said: "General, please speak." β
Ling Yan thought for a moment and asked the first question in his heart: "General Zuo, your internal qi is so powerful, how did you cultivate it if you can send out such a powerful move?" β
This question is what Ling Yan has always wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, the reason why he didn't dare to ask it was because he was worried that Colonel Zuo would have a bad heart and didn't want to answer, but now that Ling Yan drank some wine and strengthened his courage, and he also asked Zuo Ci to detoxify those Yellow Turban soldiers in front of Colonel Zuo just now, so at this time he finally asked the biggest question in his heart.
Although Ling Yan's internal qi skills were no longer weak, he didn't understand why generals with internal qi used different ways of using internal qi, and he wanted to explain this problem through Colonel Zuo's answer.
In fact, Ling Yan asked this question for another purpose, that is, he wanted to understand the method of internal qi cultivation, to see if his internal qi cultivation and internal qi attack could have a few more ways, after all, just attaching internal qi to his fist or the moon slashing knife was a close-range kill, and he still didn't send internal qi waves.
Hearing Ling Yan's question, Zuo Xiao smiled, and replied without much hesitation: "Actually, the cultivation of the school all depends on intuition. β
"Intuition?" Ling Yan didn't quite understand.
Colonel Zuo nodded: "This cultivation method is not taught by anyone, but it is cultivated according to my feelings, and each of them has a name." β
"Ah, and the name?" Ling Yan was stunned for a moment, "Can the general talk about it?" β
Colonel Zuo smiled: "Since the general asked, the school naturally didn't dare to hide it......" As he said, he stretched out his hands with his palms upward, "My favorite technique is that these ten fingers emit internal qi waves at the same time, and I ordered it to be 'Ten Finger Waves'." β
Ling Yan nodded, he had seen Zuo Xiao's "Ten Finger Waves" and felt that this name was very vivid.
Zuo Xiao put his two hands together again, and the ten fingers were combined in pairs: "These two hands are together, sending out five internal air waves, which are more lethal, and I order them to be 'five fingers combined air waves'." β
Ling Yan nodded again, he had seen this before, and the power was really stronger than the "Ten Finger Waves" - he also understood this very well, the two internal air waves combined into one, and the power was naturally doubled.
Zuo Xiao said slowly: "However, this 'Five Finger Qi Wave' consumes internal qi even more, if it is not necessary, I will not use it...... I don't know why. β
Ling Yan didn't know the reason for this, so he just said "um".
Then, Colonel Zuo rotated his palm again, making a posture like a monk: "This attack method will never be used lightly until it is absolutely necessary...... I call it the 'Air Sword'. β
Ling Yan couldn't help but nod his head again and praised: "General Zuo, this kind of attack of yours is really powerful!" When you and I fight, I feel that this move is very difficult to resist, and in terms of my internal qi ability, it is impossible to resist at all. β
Colonel Zuo smiled: "General Yan is too modest, when I was forced to kill this lore as a last resort, but I never expected that the general would be able to withstand it for so long!" The generals sent by the imperial court before couldn't even resist my 'five-finger qi'. When he said the last sentence, Colonel Zuo's tone was obviously smug.
"Well, I can imagine this," Ling Yan didn't doubt Colonel Zuo's words, "Later, it was I who told the national teacher about the general's move, and the national teacher was very surprised, thinking that only the general's internal qi was enough to save Yu Gengen." β
"Hmph, it's a waste to use my internal qi on this useless person!" Colonel Zuo still seems to have a complaint in his heart.
"Hehe......" Ling Yan smiled and didn't explain, "No matter what the general says, it can be regarded as saving a general's life." β
Colonel Zuo didn't say anything more, but the expression on his face obviously disagreed with Ling Yan's opinion.
Ling Yan saw that Colonel Zuo was slightly displeased, and said "flatteringly": "The national teacher once told me that if you can turn your internal qi into a sword, you can see that the general's internal qi is very deep. β
Zuo Xiao was a little proud: "It took me a few years to cultivate this technique, but after using this move, my internal qi will be greatly consumed, and I need to recover a few rì before I can ...... If I hadn't been resentful before, I wouldn't have used this technique to kill that Sun Qiu...... Hmph, if he can die under my 'air sword', it will not be in vain! "Cat flutter Chinese