Chapter 349: Gradual Advancement
Yang Feng stood in front of the camp gate, at first, he probably didn't see that the coming army was Ling Yan, so his expression was very solemn, but when Ling Yan approached the road, Yang Fengcai's face changed, and he hurriedly clenched his fists and said excitedly: "General Yan!" ”
Ling Yanqu immediately stepped forward: "General Yang, is the camp okay?" ”
Yang Feng replied: "General Hui Yan, the camp is safe. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "Didn't the Yellow Turban Thief come to Sister Camp?" ”
Yang Feng replied: "The thief army has indeed come to borrow debts and beheaded the former battalion general......"
Ling Yan knew that the former battalion general was a butcher, and he couldn't help but feel very worthless for her, and sighed: The butcher is really pitiful, he just became a "general", and he was killed before he could enjoy it!
Yang Feng continued: "However, General Zhang Yi and I found out that the enemy was interested in it, and we were worried about the north street of the camp, so we hurried back to the camp. ”
Ling Yan exhaled a long breath and said in his heart: It turns out that the wave is really a defeated army that has just been defeated, I said that I saw him just now, and I didn't want to intercept him.
At this time, Yang Feng suddenly asked with a strange expression, "General Yan...... Has the city been captured? ”
Yang Feng looked at Ling Yan's expression, and guessed in his heart that he had not entered the city, but he still asked with the last glimmer of hope.
Ling Yan was extremely frustrated: "No...... Their reinforcements have arrived at Juye Castle. ”
Yang Feng was surprised: "Could it be that Bu Ji is also their reinforcement?" ”
Ling Yan nodded, got off his horse, and walked quickly towards the tent.
Kuai Liang came out of the tent and didn't feel too surprised when he saw Ling Yan coming back, he asked Ling Yan with a nervous expression: "General Yan, the enemy reinforcements have been?" ”
Ling Yan nodded helplessly.
Kuai Liang was even more nervous: "That...... What about them? ”
Ling Yan said with a complicated expression: "I don't know either...... I was attacking the city gate, and someone said that the camp had been robbed and asked me to go back to the rescue, so I immediately withdrew my troops and rushed back......"
Kuai Liang frowned: "If that's the case...... I'm afraid that Zhongye and others will be in danger......"
Ling Yan hurriedly said: "I'm just coming back to see how the camp is, since it's okay, I'll go back now and rescue them!" ”
Kuai Liang nodded: "General Yan, I will also go with you." ”
Ling Yan hurriedly said: "General Kuai, the situation ahead is unclear and very dangerous, you should just guard the village here!" As soon as I saw them, I withdrew them. ”
Kuai Liang thought for a while and agreed: "Okay." ”
Ling Yan didn't dare to delay, and immediately turned over and got on his horse again, taking Yu Yigen and Yang Feng with him, and was about to return to Juye City.
They were just about to march when Ling Yan suddenly noticed that there was a rush of horses' hooves in front of the camp, which sounded like it was in the direction of the net.
Ling Yan and the others immediately became nervous.
Yang Feng was taken aback and said, "It won't be the Yellow Turban Army again, right?" ”
Ling Yan frowned: "No matter who it is, get ready to fight!" ”
Yang Feng ordered the soldiers and horses to set up their positions and prepare to meet the incoming enemy.
However, Ling Yan soon found out that the person who came was not the Yellow Turban Army, but Lu Gong and Deng Yi, who came back with a small number of soldiers.
Ling Yan was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly rode his horse to meet him.
When Duke Lu and Deng Yi saw Ling Yan riding his horse approaching, they hurriedly dismounted and bowed: "The last general is not effective in attacking the city, and the soldiers and horses have suffered heavy losses, so I have come to ask the general to be sentenced to death!" ”
Ling Yan hurriedly dismounted and helped them up: "Two generals, get up quickly!" It's not your fault, and I don't blame you. ”
The two of them stood up, their faces full of guilt. Lu Gongdao: "General Yan...... We could not attack the city, and the enemy army was ambushed, and when we withdrew to the main gate, we did not see the general, so we rushed back together. ”
"Well, well, I know......" Ling Yan didn't care about saying this for the time being, "I was about to go to look for you, since you came back safely, then I will guard the camp here, and I will go to General Wen and them!" ”
Lu Gong and Deng Yi arrived together: "General Yan, please let us go together!" ”
Ling Yan said: "General Deng will stay here to guard the village, and General Lu will go with me." ”
After that, Ling Yan ordered the soldiers and horses to set off immediately to rescue Wen Ping and the others.
The army had just marched for less than half an hour when Ling Yan saw a small group of soldiers and horses galloping towards him.
Ling Yan didn't see who it was, but Lu Gong next to him said loudly in surprise: "It's General Wen!" ”
Ling Yan took a closer look, and it was really Wen Ren who hired them. Next to Wen Ping is You Heng, but there seems to be another person behind You Heng.
Seeing Ling Yan and the others coming, Wen Ping hurriedly rode his horse to Ling Yan's approach, turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and clenched his fists and cried: "General Yan! The last general is incompetent and fails to break through the city! The responsibility is heavy, I hope the general will be guilty! ”
Ling Yan hurriedly said: "General Wen ride quickly, let's not talk about these first, wait for the response and then discuss it!" I was about to look for you, and you came back safely, so it would be better! You're alright, General You...... Ah, what about General Zhang Min? ”
You Heng tilted his body, and Ling Yan saw at a glance the person sitting behind You Heng was Zhang Min.
Ling Yan was shocked: "What's wrong with General Zhang?" ”
You Heng said: "General Zhang bravely attacked the city, but was shot twice by the defenders, and was seriously wounded, and he was in danger!" ”
Ling Yan was busy: "Then let's go back to the city quickly, and I'll heal General Zhang's injuries again!" ”
"Okay."
The group quickly returned to the camp. The first thing Ling Yan did was to heal Zhang Min's injuries.
The injuries on Zhang Min's body were more serious, one between the two shot him in the shoulder, and the other shot at the base of his neck.
Ling Yan tried his best to heal Zhang Min's injuries, but the effect was still not very significant, Ling Yan was in a hurry, and hurriedly sent someone to find Zuo Ci to come over.
After Zuo Ci came, Ling Yan hurriedly asked him to take a look at Zhang Min's injuries.
After Zuo Ci checked it, he said: "General Yan, the sword and arrow in General Zhang seem to be poisonous, but this poison is very easy to dissolve, and the general does not need to worry." ”
Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "I also asked the national teacher to heal him." ”
Zuo Ci said: "I will go to the forest to collect blood now to come back, the general does not have to worry, the general thinks that General Zhang has talked about it, and General Zhang's injury is okay for a while." ”
Ling Yan was busy: "National teacher, I'll accompany you, this forest ......"
Zuo Ci smiled: "General Yan, don't worry, I'm only looking for it closely, it's not difficult to find this herb, as long as it's a small amount, I'll come back as soon as I find it, and the old general will go to ...... If you are worried, you can send three or five soldiers with me. ”
Ling Yan thought about it, then agreed, and immediately sent a few shrewd and capable soldiers, Sui Zuoci, out.
Ling Yan left the camp tent and came to his own camp tent, and immediately summoned all the generals to come to discuss the matter.
After everyone arrived, Ling Yan frustrated and announced the result of the defeat of the battle.
After hearing this, Wen Ping immediately knelt on the ground and said with a crying voice: "General Yan! It's all because of the end! The last general failed to kilogram the city in time, and the whole army was defeated, and he could only die to atone for the crime! ”
Ling Yan hurriedly said: "General Wen ride quickly, no one can blame this defeat, if you want to be good, you must also be good to the Yellow Turban thief General Colonel Zuo." ”
The generals were puzzled and looked at each other.
Ling Yan said remorsefully: "It's only to blame me for being careless for not carefully analyzing the situation...... The left colonel released the news that he would arrive in Juye tomorrow, and I easily believed the news, but he arrived here early, so that we were caught off guard......"
Yu Yigen's face showed a look of guilt.
Ling Yan probed and continued: "I thought I could take Juye before the reinforcements arrived, but now that the reinforcements have arrived, I'm afraid that we will have to think of other ways to take Juye......"
Yang Feng was anxious: "General Yan, we will pour all our troops to attack the city, I don't believe it, we can't attack the city!" ”
Ling Yan shook his head: "If it was before, this might work, but now that the reinforcements have arrived, the enemy's strength to defend the city is already sufficient, if it is reckless to attack the city, I am afraid that the losses will be heavy, and it will be difficult to kilogram the city...... What's more, Colonel Zuo is an extraordinary person, and we must not be careless......"
Kuai Liang nodded: "This thief sent people to camp and rob the village in advance, it is indeed not simple to think of this." ”
Ling Yan sighed again, and then turned to the generals and said, "By the way, please tell me about the situation you encountered." ”
Lu Gong stood up first and said: "General Yan, I led the army to ambush outside the gate, and after hearing the sound of killing at the main gate, I immediately ordered the siege of the city...... Unexpectedly, not long after the soldiers in the city suddenly increased, and they also threw boulders, so that our soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, and after holding on for a long time, I saw that the enemy army was not panicked, and our army did not have many soldiers and horses left, but at this time another Dikun was killed from the side, I could not resist, so I had to retreat and go......"
Deng Yi also arrived: "My situation here is similar to that of General Lu. ”
Ling Yan nodded, and looked at Chaowen Ping and You Heng: "What about the situation at the back door?" ”
Wen Ping and You Heng looked at each other, and then You Heng replied: "We were lying in ambush not far from the outside of the city, and after hearing the attack of the other three gates, we began to attack the city. The first soldier at the back gate is not too many, and if it goes on like this, it will soon be able to break through the city gate. Later, the enemy will come to the back gate and defend the city to the death, but at that time our army was attacking fiercely, if it were not for the enemy reinforcements coming from the back at this time, the back gate would have been forced by us. ”
"Yes...... Left school? Ling Yan was taken aback.
You Heng nodded: "Yes...... When we first heard a report that an enemy army was coming, we didn't believe it and moved into the project, but the defenders became more and more composed, and Cheng still didn't attack it...... Soon, reinforcements came behind us, and General Wen Ping turned to meet the incoming generals, and General Zhang and I continued to attack the city. General Zhang saw that the city gate could not be attacked for a long time, and he was in a hurry, so he personally went to the city, but was shot twice by the enemy. ”
Ling Yan nodded slowly, and his good impression of Zhang Min in his heart suddenly increased.
You Heng continued: "I had no choice but to continue the siege of the city, I expected that with General Wen's martial arts, I would be able to kill the reinforcements, who ......knows."
Wen Ping took it, and his tone was full of frustration: "Who knew that the enemy general was very skilled in martial arts, not only could he not kill him, but I could cope with the difficulties!" ”
Ling Yan asked, "Is that the general Zuo Colonel?" ”
Wen Ping replied: "It is Zuo Xiao. ”
Ling Yan was taken aback: Even Wenpin can't defeat Colonel Zuo, it seems that Colonel Zuo is indeed a fierce general! He hurriedly asked, "Then Zuo Xiao also has internal qi in his body?" ”
Wen Ping muttered: "That person does have internal qi, when I fought with him, he used internal qi to attack, but fortunately it was not very strong...... I see that his internal qi is not much different from mine, even if he is taller than me, he is definitely not as high as General Yan. ”
Hearing Wen Ping say this, Ling Yan was a little relieved: in terms of Wen Ping's internal qi cultivation, his judgment of the degree of Zuo Xiao's internal qi should be eighty or ninety. If Colonel Zuo is only strong in martial arts, but his internal qi is relatively shallow, then it is not too difficult to deal with. However, Ling Yan also thought at the same time, could it be that Zuo Xiao deliberately retained his strength to try to hear?
Wen Ping continued: "I wanted to occupy a few more rounds with him to see if there was a chance to kill him, but Zhengping asked us to retreat...... I saw that the terrain was very large, and I couldn't kill the left colonel for a while, so I agreed to withdraw from the army......"
You Heng continued: "At that time, the defenders of the city were desperately defending the city, and there was no hope of attacking the city, and General Zhang Min was seriously wounded, and there were several times more reinforcements than us. ”
Wen Ping nodded.
Ling Yan also felt that You Heng and Wen Ping's decision was correct, although he was not at the scene, he could think of it, and trying in vain to attack the city was tantamount to saying goodbye to his life.
You Heng continued: "Even if it is to retreat, it is not easy, if it is not for Zhongye to break off and fight the enemy, I am afraid that at least General Zhang Min will fall into the hands of the enemy...... Fortunately, Colonel Zuo did not lead his troops to chase and kill, but entered the city through the back gate. ”
Ling Yan nodded and said to Wen Ping, "General Wen has worked hard!" Not only is there no fault, but there is merit! ”
Wen Ping didn't seem too happy, but just hugged his fists and thanked him.
Ling Yanchang exhaled a breath and said to everyone: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, a moment of defeat, you must not say anything, the generals must not be listed confidence, we have not lost the generals, and the soldiers have not lost too much, but we think in the long run, Juye City will be conquered by our army!" ”
As Ling Yan is the main general, it is still necessary to motivate the soldiers. Those generals, who were originally depressed, were all in high spirits when they heard Ling Yan say this, and they said loudly in unison: "Yes!" ”
Ling Yan nodded: "General Yang and General Deng, the two of you will set up two more houses before and after the village, and the distance is not too far...... In this way, if the enemy comes to raid the village, we can take care of each other...... Moreover, there are too many soldiers in this village, and it is not conducive to action. ”
"Yes!" The two generals agreed.
Ling Yan thought for a while, and then said: "The front village is more dangerous, General Yu, you also go and station." ”
"Yes!" Yu Gengen replied loudly.
Ling Yan said to Lu Gong again: "General Lu, you send people to various places in the vicinity, set up scouts, observe the surrounding movements, and report any abnormal movements." ”
"Yes!" Lu Gong replied.
Ling Yan smiled: "Okay, the rest of the generals, let's all go down and rest, after resting, come and discuss how to seize Juye!" General Kuai and General You stay, and let the rest go down. ”
After everyone left, Ling Yan sighed and smiled bitterly at You Heng and Kuai Liang: "This time it was really a complete defeat." ”
Kuai Liang said: "Didn't the general also say that victory and defeat are common things? A momentary defeat is not very important. ”
Ling Yan shook his head: "Alas! Everyone was here just now, and I saw that you were all down, so I said this in order to boost everyone's morale. ”
You Heng said: "Although the general is to boost morale, what he said is true. ”
Ling Yan probed again, and said with a wry smile: "If I lose once, I will also be confident, and I will not be so sad if I lose it twice, it's just ...... In the past few days, when the pioneer Wenpin was attacked by ambush soldiers, and then attacked Juye City, the back house was robbed, and it was difficult to come up with a siege plan, but the result was like this, not only did the city not have a kilogram to go, but the camp was robbed again...... Alas! It's also to blame me for not learning my lesson...... You said that this has been defeated three times in a row, how can I still raise my spirits. ”
Kuai Liang exhaled softly, and then said: "Our army is indeed defeated, but at this time, the general must not be discouraged, but to come up with a plan, as soon as possible to win a small victory, you can boost morale and win back a city." ”
Ling Yan sighed and said, "I know that too...... But I really can't think of a strategy to use to break through Juno......"
Kuai Liang thought for a while and analyzed: "Actually, in a certain way, the reason why the general lost the army one after another is because of the thief general Zuo Colonel, this person has more than one strategy, and it is indeed not to be underestimated. ”
Ling Yan listened carefully to Kuai Liang's analysis and nodded: "Yes...... That Li Damu, I don't think it's a worry, the previous strategies were all written in the bag by Zuo Xiao and asked Li Damu to do it...... But how to get rid of this left school? ”
Kuai Liang frowned and did not speak.
You Heng thought for a while and said, "This person's strategy is so high, if it is an ordinary subterfuge, he can only deceive Li Damu's generation, but he must not be able to deceive Colonel Zuo." ”
Ling Yan and Kuai Liang both nodded in agreement.
"So think it over and come up with a clever plan." Kuailiang Road.
Ling Yan also felt that it was impossible to come up with any good plans for a while, so he let You Heng and Kuai Liang go down to rest first.
After the two left, Ling Yan went to visit Zhang Min again. Zuo Ci had already come back from collecting medicine, and had just taken it for Zhang Kai.
Ling Yan returned to the camp tent, extremely distressed. The current situation, before the departure was completely unexpected, this Juye City, was not in the plan at all, thinking that even if it was going to attack Juye, it would only be just around the corner, and there would be no fierce resistance, not to mention the first arrival, the march road here, it encountered such a big setback, delayed for so many days, and there is still no way to deal with Juye.
However, even if Ling Yan was depressed and depressed, he still had to face this difficulty, anyone could avoid it, he would never be able to dodge, this was the difficulty of being the main general.
After thinking hard in the camp for most of the day, when night came again, Ling Yan still didn't come up with anything, but his head was even more chaotic, so he walked out of the camp tent, and the air was breathing through the road.
The two camps before and after have been built, and they are only two miles away from this middle village. Ling Yan went to check and felt that there was no problem, and after coming back, he checked the detective arrangement again, and after thinking that it was appropriate, he went to see Zhang Min again, and then returned to the camp tent and continued to think about the siege.
I don't know if it was because I went outside just now to throw air into my brain, so that my brain thought was clear, or because I met Yu Yigen in Qianzhai just now, Ling Yan suddenly remembered a plan when he continued to think in the back of the tent.