I saw more than a dozen soldiers holding torches quickly lined up on the city tower, and one person appeared in the center of the city tower, shouting to the outside of the city: "Who is under the city!" ”

Ling Yan only felt that the voice was quite familiar, and Kuai Liang beside him shouted loudly, "Is it Changxu?" I'm Zirou! ”

The man in the city is Sun Shao. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Hearing Kuai Liang's reply, Sun Shao took a closer look at the three people outside the city, and saw that it was really Ling Yan and the others. Hurriedly shouted: "Okay, I'll open the city gate immediately!" With that, he commanded the soldiers to open the gates.

The city gate slowly opened, and Ling Yan and the others walked into the city.

Ling Yan had just thought that this city had fallen into the hands of the enemy. Now that he is still in his hands, he can't help but feel a little relieved. As soon as he entered the city, he saw Sun Shao standing beside the road.

"General Sun." Ling Yan got off his horse and walked over with a smile.

Sun Shao clenched his fists: "The city is dim, and the last general didn't see that it was General Yan, please forgive the general." ”

Ling Yan smiled: "Not guilty, not guilty...... By the way, General Sun, why is it dark in the city and there are no guards? ”

You Heng and Kuai Liang also dismounted and walked over.

Sun Shao replied: "Before, an enemy army surrounded the city, and also killed one of our lieutenant generals, and then designed to kill them back. I feared that they would come up again, so I would put out the lamps in the city, so that they would not dare to attack wantonly because they were suspicious of the enemy. ”

"Oh," Ling Yan finally understood, and praised, "If there is no General Sun, the Great Victory City will not be saved." ”

"The last general has just done his duty." Sun Shao said modestly.

"General Yan, let's go to the council hall and discuss the matter of defending the city with General Sun in detail." Kuai Liang suggested.

"Okay."

So, a group of several people came to the General's Mansion, and after entering the council hall, several people sat down.

"General Sun, General Lu heard that the Great Victory City was attacked by the enemy, so he ordered me to return to the city to defend, and asked the general to explain the reason in detail." Ling Yan said to Sun Shao.

"Yes," Sun Shao replied, "Earlier today, a group of enemy soldiers suddenly came out of the city, the number was not much, General Wang Wei went out of the city to meet the enemy, the enemy retreated without a fight, General Wang Wei led the troops to chase and kill the past, I was afraid that the enemy army was cheating, so I asked General Wang to return to the army, and suddenly out of nowhere to kill three teams of men and horses, cut off General Wang's back road, I ordered General Zhang Hu to go out of the city to respond, kill the enemy behind the break, and save General Wang Wei back to the city. After that, the enemy surrounded the city. ”

"And then?" Ling Yan couldn't help but feel nervous when he heard this.

"Later, I used the strategy of attacking the east and the west, deceived the enemy soldiers outside the west gate of the city, and then quietly sent troops from the other three city gates to surround the enemy army, and then killed the enemy army back." Sun Shao said in detail, and there was no lack of hints of showing off his merits.

"Good!" Ling Yan said happily, "General Sun is really resourceful. ”

"Thank you General Yan for your compliment," Sun Shao continued, "In case the enemy army sneaks up on the night, I will order the sergeants to be on standby at all times." ”

"Hmm...... Not bad," Ling Yan nodded with satisfaction, "General Sun has worked hard. ”

"The last general should do it." Sun Shao clenched his fists again.

"General Sun, the enemy army is the soldiers of Han Fu, the assassin of Jizhou?" Ling Yan asked.

"Exactly, General Ling had made an alliance with Han Fu before, but Han Fu led his troops to attack." Sun Shao replied.

"Humph! The covenant will not bind them to anything, and it is not to be believed. Ling Yan was a little angry, "First Liu Dai, and now Han Fu." ”

"General Yan, how do we do it now, do we lead the troops to fight against Han Fu?" Sun Shao asked.

Ling Yan didn't speak, but looked at Kuai Liang.

Kuai Liang groaned and said, "In a fool's opinion, we should not move our troops for the time being, and wait and see what it will become...... If we rashly send troops, we will return unsuccessfully, and Han Fu will unite with other forces to counterattack us. It will be very bad for us,"

"Hmm." Ling Yan was deeply impressed by Kuai Liang's opinion, and looked at Sun Shao Dao, "General Sun, order the soldiers not to slacken and strictly defend the city in preparation for a surprise attack. ”

"Yes." Sun Shao responded.

"In addition, please send a fast horse to report the military situation to General Lu quickly." Ling Yan said to Kuai Liang.

"Yes." Kuai Liang responded.

"Then let's do this first, and the generals will retreat and rest first." Ling Yan said.

After everyone left, Ling Yan stretched out tiredly, then walked out of the council hall and walked straight to the "secret room". The first thing on his mind now was to load his gun with bullets. After going through so many things, Ling Yan completely felt that the pistol was the most critical way to protect his life as a secret weapon for emergencies, and the enemy's generals, no matter how strong the force was, no matter how strong the internal qi was, could not defend against this high-tech thing.

After loading all the twelve bullets into the pistol, Ling Yan's heart was finally much more steady. He pinned the pistol behind his back and glanced at the box containing the bullets. In that box, there were several small boxes lined up together, each box was filled with different types of bullets, and the box suitable for Ling Yan's pistol bullets only contained a small half of the bullets in it.

Ling Yan put away the bullet box and thought in his heart: In the future, I will have to save some bullets, and I will not use a gun until the last resort.

Ling Yan came out of the secret room, and after thinking about it, he left the house and went to the market for a stroll.

It was almost midnight now, of course there was no one on the street, and it was dark, but Ling Yan liked this feeling at this time - the night breeze was soft, and the surroundings were quiet.

Once there are no trivial things to disturb, it is easy for people to enter their inner world. Ling Yan walked aimlessly down the street, recalling in his mind what he had said in Lu Tiecheng in Suke City.

If what Lu Tiecheng said was a fact, a misunderstanding, and Ling Yan could reluctantly accept it, then there was only one sentence, but Ling Yan couldn't let go of it, that is, Lu Tiecheng said that Ling Yan had a conspiracy to engage in a "small group".

Ling Yan couldn't help but sigh softly against the night wind, he couldn't figure out what inappropriate thing he had done to make Lu Tiecheng misunderstand himself like this. Thinking of the words that Kuai Liang said on the way here, Ling Yan realized even more that Lu Tiecheng had not only misunderstood him, but had already begun to use actions to prevent him......

The more Ling Yan thought about it, the more upset he became, so he simply shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

He looked around, and by the moonlight he saw a blacksmith shop on the left, facing his façade. Ling Yan remembered that Ling Renxiang once said that he wanted to forge a good sword for him, Ling Yan said at the time that he didn't need it, he didn't want it, but now Ling Yan thought about it again, when he went into battle, he didn't have any weapons in his hand, first, it was not very good-looking, and second, he had a weapon in his hand, after all, he could make his life more safe. But those ancient weapons, Ling Yan didn't have the same habit of being able to use them, they were either too heavy or too long, and they didn't fit well.

Ling Yan looked at the signboard of the blacksmith shop and thought to himself: It seems that I really have to have a weapon of my own, I have to think about it when I go back, design a practical weapon style, and then bring it to them to make it for me.

Ling Yan thought that he would soon be able to have a weapon of his own, and he couldn't help but feel happy again.

Suddenly, Ling Yan remembered that Le'er's residence was not far from here, so he made up his mind to go and see her, if she was already asleep, he wouldn't bother.

After Ling Yan walked for a while, he came to Le'er's residence. Ling Yan saw that there was still light in Le'er's room, so he walked in.

"Knock knock."

"Who?" Le'er's voice came, with a hint of nervousness and fear in her voice.

"Le'er, it's me, Ling Yan."

"Ahh Brother Ling! Le'er shouted happily and opened the door for Ling Yan.

Ling Yan looked at Le'er with a smile: "Le'er, you haven't slept yet." ”

"Well, I usually sleep late," Le'er said with a smile, making room for Ling Yan to sit down.

"Brother Ling, are you done fighting?" Le Er asked while pouring tea for Ling Yan.

"Well, it's over," Ling Yan smiled.

"Brother Ling, I have blessed you and General Ling every day for the past few days, and we must come back safe and sound, and now it seems to be very effective." Le Er laughed sweetly.

Ling Yan was moved: "Thank you, Le'er...... General Ling is also safe and sound now, but he has just captured the city, so he has to stay there for a while. ”

Le'er hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Ling Yan a little timidly: "Brother Ling, can you ...... Take me to see it...... General Ling? ”

Ling Yan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Le'er, General Ling will be back in a while, wait patiently...... Besides, when General Ling was leaving, he told me to protect your safety. Now that there is war outside, it is a long way to get to the city occupied by General Ling, so it is still ...... It's better not to go, after all, it's much safer in Dajie City. ”

Le'er was very sensible, and when she heard Ling Yan say this, she nodded.

Ling Yan half-jokingly continued: "Le'er, if you really miss General Ling so much, I will write a letter and inform General Ling." ”

Le'er hurriedly said: "No, no, I'm just ......"

Ling Yanle was happy: "Just what?" ”

Le'er's expression was a little worried: "I'm just worried about whether the people in that city will also oppose General Ling......"

Ling Yan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Le'er meant: "Huh? What the? ”

Le'er looked at Ling Yan and said worriedly: "Brother Ling, when General Ling first occupied this city, the people and villagers all united to oppose General Ling's ......"

Ling Yan was puzzled: "Why?" ”

Le'er frowned: "I don't understand it either...... It seems that General Ling has increased taxes or something......"

Ling Yan suddenly remembered that on the night he stayed at Cong'er's house, Wu Anguo had originally come to ask his grandfather to hand over the grain. But Ling Yan knew that there was really no extra food to hand over at his grandfather's house.

Le'er continued: "The people and villagers were very angry, so they united to oppose General Ling, and they even brought troops to fight General Ling. ”

Ling Yan frowned: "And then?" ”

Le'er was a little sad: "Then, General Lu led the troops and fought with those people......"

"Lu Tiecheng...... Checkmate? ”

Le'er nodded.

There was no need for Le'er to go on, Ling Yan already knew very well in his heart who won and who lost, but he still asked Cong'er: "Then who won in the end?" ”

"General Lu won, and it's ...... Killed a lot of villagers," Le'er looked sad, "but after that, no one objected to General Ling. ”

Ling Yan thought in his heart: It's not that no one opposes Ling Renxiang, but no one dares to oppose Ling Renxiang openly, but in his heart, it is estimated that he has long hated him.

Ling Yan secretly thought to himself: "Just after taking this city, not only did not reduce taxes and appease the people, but increased taxes, didn't this force the people to rebel?" There have already been examples of the Yellow Turban Rebellion before, why should my brother do this...... No wonder every time I go to the fair, those people don't look at me right! ”

"Brother Ling, I'm worried...... In that city, will there be people who will oppose General Ling......" Le Er's expression was gloomy.

"No," Ling Yan smiled, "There is General Lu, he only needs to bring troops again." ”

After speaking, Ling Yan stood up, looked at Le'er, who was a little stunned, and said, "Le'er, I'm going back, you should rest early." ”

"Oh." Le'er stood up and nodded, "Brother Ling, walk slowly, when you have time, come and see Le'er." ”

"Hmm." Ling Yan smiled slightly, turned around and walked out of the room.

On the way back, Ling Yan couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart: the first time he saw Lu Tiecheng was at that banquet, Lu Tiecheng didn't talk much, so he didn't have a deep impression of him at that time; Yesterday in Suke City, although Lu Tiecheng's words were a little ruthless, Ling Yan could also understand it, after all, he was not "in the same group" as them, and Lu Tiecheng was suspicious. But since listening to what Le'er said just now, Ling Yan's impression of Lu Tiecheng has been greatly reduced, originally Ling Yan had the idea of traveling back to the modern era because of Lu Tiecheng's scolding, but now, this idea has completely disappeared.

"I'll have to find out how much taxes are here tomorrow." Ling Yan muttered to himself. Although he didn't understand the things about taxation, he had read novels and understood the truth that "increasing taxation is the way to cause trouble".

Back at the General's Mansion, Ling Yan first went to Cong'er's place to take a look, and when he saw that the light in Cong'er's room had been turned off, he returned to his residence.

He hadn't slept well for a few days, Ling Yan didn't feel sleepy when he saw the familiar bed, and was about to sleep, but suddenly remembered that he hadn't cultivated his internal qi today, so he cheered up, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to cultivate.

Ling Yan's cultivation method is actually very simple, which is to follow what You Heng taught: "Calm your mind, get rid of distracting thoughts, sense your heart, control your internal qi, gather at one point, and force it out of your body." "You Heng also said that this mantra is only applicable to cultivation, if you want to attack, you must also use your mind and internal force to condense it into a mass when the internal qi is forced out of the body, and then secretly use the internal force in the body to transport the remaining internal qi in the body to the front of the internal qi mass, and then violently use the internal force to push the internal qi out of the body, so as to push the internal qi mass out, and then form an internal qi wave.

Ling Yan didn't expect it to be so troublesome to send an internal qi wave, and he didn't bother to memorize so much, but fortunately, his internal qi was attached to the surface of the body, and he didn't need to make any waves.

Ling Yan took a deep breath, trying to empty his mind as much as possible, and then took out the strange stone from his pocket with his right hand, holding it tightly in his palm, and at the same time stretched out his left hand, palm side up.

Ling Yan usually cultivates internal qi, he works hard to sense internal qi, and uses internal force to push internal qi to one place, and after cultivating for a long time, he can also be free.

However, this time, Ling Yan had a different feeling.

As soon as Ling Yan tried to sense the internal qi, he found that the internal qi in his body was not as good as usual. He felt that his body was occupied by an extremely strong internal qi, and although this internal qi was strong, it was very "peaceful" and slowly moving in his body.

Ling Yan guessed that this must be the internal qi that Hua Tuo had passed on to him, and he couldn't help but be very happy in his heart, and hurriedly used his internal force to transport this internal qi to the palm of his right hand.

But he failed, and those internal qi seemed to be too peaceful, and they didn't move according to Ling Yan's will.

Ling Yan remembered Hua Tuo's words: "The internal qi I passed on to you cannot be transformed into the original internal qi in your body. "Ling Yan speculated, this internal qi may only be used to heal injuries, and cannot be used for offense, and how to cultivate this healing internal qi, my grandfather has not taught me yet, so naturally I don't know the essentials.

Thinking like this, Ling Yan no longer cared about this powerful internal qi, but searched for his original internal qi in his body, and then pushed them to his right palm. Then, Ling Yan suddenly secretly exerted his internal force, and that internal qi was forced out of his palm.

This time, Ling Yan was shocked again.

I saw that the white internal qi on the palm of the palm was only a faint thin layer at the beginning, but soon, the color became thicker and brighter, and then the thickness of the internal qi on the palm became thicker and thicker.

Ling Yan's eyes widened in surprise, he couldn't believe that his internal qi had suddenly strengthened so much. He looked carefully at the brighter and brighter inner qi, and his heart was extremely excited.

The light grew stronger and stronger, and finally lit up the whole room.

Ling Yan hurriedly withdrew his internal qi into his body, and then thought about why his internal qi was so strong all of a sudden, and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped wasting brain cells.

He tried to force the internal qi out of his palm again, but the result was still the same as before.

Ling Yan was very excited, thinking, since the internal qi is already so strong, then let's be lazy today and stop practicing.

So, Ling Yan was in a happy mood and soon fell asleep.

Early the next morning, after Ling Yan got up, he hurriedly tried his internal qi again, and the result was similar to last night, Ling Yan was completely sure that last night was not a dream, and his internal qi had really become stronger!

After Ling Yan confirmed this matter, he was happy for a while. After being happy, he thought that there was still something to do, so he sent someone to summon all the civil and military generals to the council hall.

Sitting at the head of the hall, Ling Yan looked around at the generals, and then asked Sun Shao, "General Sun, have you noticed any changes outside the city?" ”

Sun Shao came out and clenched his fists: "I haven't found any abnormal movement." ”

Ling Yan was relieved, and said in his heart: That Han Fu, isn't it too boring, so come over and harass it?

"General Yan, please rest assured, the city gates on all sides have been heavily defended, and there will be no mistake." Sun Shao said again.

Ling Yan smiled: "Okay, General Sun has worked hard...... By the way, who cares about taxes in this city? ”

Sun Shao replied, "It's Shangshu." ”

"Oh...... General Sun, do you know how much our taxes are here? Ling Yan asked.

"The tax of the Great Victory City is ten and the tax is six...... It was changed after General Ling's occupation. Sun Shao replied.

Ling Yan thought for a moment and asked again, "What about before General Ling occupied it?" ”

Sun Shao said: "Ten and one tax." ”

Ling Yan was taken aback: it had risen so much! It's no wonder that the people don't resist!

"In this way, General Sun, pass my order to Shangshu and transfer the tax to ...... Ten and tax two. ”

Sun Shao's face was difficult: "General Yan, this ......"

"What's wrong?" Ling Yan frowned slightly.

Sun Shao hesitated and said, "This is the ...... set by General Ling and General Lu."

"It's okay, I'll tell General Ling, you just do what I do first." Ling Yan waved his hand.

"Yes......" Sun Shao withdrew.