Chapter 342: Capture the dragon head first
The military general looked at Ling Yan in disbelief: "You...... Why don't you kill me? β
Ling Yan said with a smile: "I have always had a good impression of you as a military general who is not afraid of death, and I admire it from the bottom of my heart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ infoIf you are greedy for life and afraid of death, I will definitely kill you without hesitation! β
The general turned his face away and snorted.
Ling Yan smiled and asked, "May I ask the general's surname?" β
The military general "snorted" again: "I am the general under General Chu's account, Yu Gengen!" β
Ling Yan knew the name, but couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Huh? You're not a general under Li Damu? β
Yu Yigen said angrily: "Naturally not! We are both generals under General Chu! β
"Oh...... Which General Chu? Ling Yan couldn't remember any person in the Three Kingdoms with the surname Chu.
Yu Yigen said proudly: "It's General Chu Yan!" Have you heard of it? β
If Ling Yan wasn't proficient in the story of the Three Kingdoms, he really didn't know who this Chu Yan was, but he basically understood the affairs and characters of the Three Kingdoms thoroughly, so he knew that the Chu Yan that Yu Yigen was talking about was Zhang Yan, the Yellow Turban general. And Zhang Yan's original surname is Chu.
At this time, Ling Yan also thought of something - this Li Damu and Yu Yigen were really Chu Yan's subordinates.
However, because they were not very famous, Ling Yan didn't think about it until this time.
Ling Yan nodded: "Well, I know that General Chu Yan." β
Yu Yigen thought that Ling Yan was afraid when he heard the name "Chu Yan", so he took the opportunity to sneer: "If you let me go now, it's fine; If you refuse to let me go, then General Chu will definitely come to save me! β
Ling Yan only felt funny in his heart, but on the surface, he still couldn't help but be happy: "I just told you that I heard the name of that Chu Yan, but I didn't say that I was afraid of him!" He will come when he wants, and I will wait. β
Yu Gengen's expression changed.
Ling Yan smiled again: "Since I have captured you, of course there is no reason to let you go. As for you, don't even think about running away. β
Yu Yigen was furious when he heard this: "Hmph! So what's the use of you keeping me! Don't expect me to descend on you! β
"If you surrender or not, I'll talk about it later," Ling Yan pointed at Juye City with his moon slashing knife, "I'm going to attack the city now, you don't want to help me, but I hope you don't make trouble for me either!" When the city is breached, let's talk about it. β
Yu Yigen seemed to have heard a big joke: "Haha! Do you think Juno Castle can be easily breached? Do you think you can defeat General Li with your strength? β
Ling Yan smiled: "Why can't you?" Don't say it, I really want to use my strength to break through this Juye City, and I will break it immediately! β
Yu Yigen laughed and said, "Haha...... That's easy for you to say! This Juye City is extremely strong, and General Li is brave and invincible, you are thousands of troops, what are you afraid of! β
Ling Yan didn't want to argue with Yu Yigen on words, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll let you see if I can break through this city." You're standing here, keep your eyes open! β
Yu Yigen sneered a few times and said no more.
The butcher ran out of the forest at some point, and then walked to Ling Yan's side, looking a little overwhelmed.
Ling Yan smiled at the butcher and said, "You really helped me this time, don't worry, I will definitely make you a general in the future." β
The butcher looked embarrassed, and quickly glanced at Yu Yigen in a panic before nodding.
Yu Yigen pointed to the butcher's nose and scolded: "Hmph! You despicable villain! General Li trusts you so much, but you collude with the rebel army and betray General Li! β
The butcher lowered his head, swallowed his saliva, and said nothing.
Ling Yan shook his head slightly, and said to Qi Gen: "General Yu, you can't say that...... I don't think General Li trusts him too much, right? β
Yu Gengen snorted coldly again and didn't say any more.
At this time, the Yellow Turban soldiers under Yu Gengen had already been wiped out.
Wen Ping and the others came to Ling Yan, looked at Yu Yigen with some puzzlement, and then asked, "General Yan...... What's going on? β
Ling Yan looked at Wen Ping approvingly, and said with a smile: "General Wen is really wise and brave, I just typed such a code, and General Wen immediately understood what I meant." β
Wen Ping's face was a little ashamed: "This is what Zhengping told me...... He hears your voice and senses that something may be wrong. β
Ling Yan smiled at You Heng, and then said to everyone: "Then Li Damu was not fooled and didn't open the city gate to let us in, so he had to change his plan temporarily...... However, fortunately, we captured one of the enemy's main generals. As he spoke, Ling Yan pointed at Yu Yangen.
Yu Gengen looked angry.
Wen Ping glanced at Yu Zhengen, and then his gaze moved to Juye City not far away: "Then what should we do now?" β
At this time, Zhang Min offered a plan: "Otherwise, we will divide our troops to surround Juye, trap him for dozens of days, and wait for the mutiny in the city, and then we will take the opportunity to attack the city!" β
Yu Yigen sneered a few times, as if he was laughing at Zhang Min's naivety.
Ling Yan also felt that this plan would not work, and shook his head: "No, first, we don't have that much time, this huge field is just a small place, don't spend too much time here; Second, I guess Li Damu must be waiting for reinforcements, if we besiege Juye City without fighting, it will just give Li Damu time to breathe. β
When Yu Yigen heard Ling Yan say this, his face changed.
Ling Yan pondered for a moment and continued, "This is ...... Leave some of the soldiers and horses behind, and lay down here to be broken, and 'take care' better than the general, and the rest will follow me to the siege!" Be sure to take Juno as soon as possible! β
"Yes!" Everyone responded loudly, especially Wen Ping and other generals, and their emotions were highβhaving captured Yu Yigen, they all felt that Ling Yan had taken a bad breath for the defeat of their previous army.
Ling Yan knew that all that had happened just now could not escape Li Damu's ears and eyes, he must have seen it clearly in the city. Since this was the case, Ling Yan felt that there was no need to act secretly anymore, so he led his army straight to Juye City.
Soon, Ling Yan led the generals and went straight to the city.
Li Damu was still standing on the city tower, he naturally saw what had just happened, and when he saw Ling Yan leading the army to pounce again, he pointed at Ling Yan and shouted angrily: "Who are you!" Dare to deceive my generals, and earn my city! β
Ling Yan laughed: "Li Damu, my little skill of carving insects has deceived you, it can be seen how stupid you are!" What a fool. β
Li Damu snorted, extremely annoyed: "Don't talk nonsense!" Quote your name! β
Ling Yan smiled: "My name is Ling Yan, and I have made a special trip to lead troops here to capture your Juye City. β
Li Damu was furious: "Nameless junior! It's really self-explanatory! I'm going to see how you earn my city! β
Before Ling Yan could speak again, Lu Gong beside him shouted at the top of his voice, "Hmph! You traitor, you are really lonely and unheard! I have never even heard of General Yan's name! β
Li Damu shouted: "Hmph! A milky hairy boy! How dare you be so arrogant! How dare you call yourself a great name! β
Lu Gong's expression was a little proud: "You old thief, since you haven't heard of General Yan's prestige, have you heard of the general who 'killed Zhang Mancheng'?" β
"Naturally! The thief will be called Yan ......" Speaking of this, Li Damu suddenly stopped, his expression was stunned, and he looked at Ling Yan in a daze for a few seconds, and then his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said something to the soldiers beside him.
The soldier nodded in response and ran away.
Ling Yan didn't know what tricks Li Damu wanted to do, for fear of falling for tricks, he hurriedly whispered to the people beside him: "Everyone be careful!" β
At this time, all the torches in the city were suddenly extinguished in an instant.
The faces of the people on the city just now were recognizable, all because of the torches at the head of the city, and now they were all suddenly extinguished, and the city was dark in an instant, but relying on the torches on Ling Yan's side, they couldn't shine on the city at all, and they could only roughly see the longing of the figures.
Ling Yan and the others were stunned, not knowing what was going on.
But I only heard Li Damu's arrogant laughter on the city tower: "Haha...... I don't care who you are! If you have the ability, come and attack the city! I'm going to see how you get in! β
The city tower was extremely dark, and it was impossible to see the specific situation clearly, resulting in a situation of "the enemy is dark and I am clear", which was a great disadvantage for Ling Yan.
Ling Yan's original plan was to forcibly attack the city, but if he couldn't do it, he took out a pistol, killed Li Damu, and then broke through the city, but now that the city was dark, he naturally couldn't use a pistol anymore.
So, in a hurry, Ling Yan ordered more torches to be prepared, and on the other hand, he ordered to attack the city immediately.
Wen Ping and You Heng got the order, and took the lead in leading the army to rush forward.
Just as the soldiers rushed to the root of the city, Ling Yan suddenly found that there were a large number of figures on the city, and then, a large number of flying arrows shot down from the city densely and flew towards Ling Yan's group of siege soldiers.
After all, Wen Ping and You Heng are not bad at martial arts, and they used the weapons in their hands to block the flying arrows again and again.
But the soldiers didn't have that skill.
"Ahh
"Haha...... You thieves who don't know whether you live or die, see how you come near! Li Damu's mocking voice sounded in the city.
Ling Yanda was angry, he really wanted to kill Li Damu with a pistol, but now that the city was dark, he couldn't help but regret why he didn't shoot him with a gun when the lights were bright just now! But at the same time, he also couldn't understand a little, why did Li Damu immediately extinguish the torch after hearing Lu Gong's words?
Duke Lu was furious, and he was about to kill him with a spear, but Ling Yan hurriedly stopped: "General Lu, don't be impulsive!" β
The dark shadow on the city flashed, as if another group of people had changed.
Immediately, another batch of arrows shot down. Almost at the same time, a mass of black stuff was thrown down from the city, and when it hit the ground, there was a loud bang.
Ling Yan knew that those were all big stones.
"Ahh
Ling Yan frowned, and then issued an order: "Stop the siege and retreat back!" β
The army immediately retreated, and at the same time, Li Damu's smug laughter was heard from the castle tower.
Ling Yan led his troops back to a distance where the arrows could not shoot, and then ordered the archers to prepare "rockets" - arrows with fiery arrows, ready to attack again and attack with rockets. In this way, it can not only bring great lethality to the enemy, but also illuminate the castle tower.
If Ling Yan's strategy could be implemented, it would also be a feasible way to siege the city, but at this time, there was a great accident.
When Ling Yan was about to give the order to attack with a rocket, a fast horse flew from behind, and a scout galloped in front of Ling Yan: "Report! β
Ling Yan hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" β
The scout looked hurried: "General Yanyan!" The rear camp was robbed by the Yellow Turban Army! β
"What!" Ling Yan was shocked, "How is this possible!" β
The scout hurriedly said: "General Yan, please go back to the rescue immediately!" β
You Heng beside him was also a little flustered, and hurriedly said, "General Yan! Let's retreat first! β
Ling Yan seemed to be talking to himself, and as if he was saying to You Heng and the others: "This ...... It's impossible...... We came all the way, and we didn't find any enemy troops at all, and after the camp, it is even more impossible for the enemy army to appear......"
You Heng hurriedly said: "It may be soldiers and horses from other places, no matter what, we still retreat first, and go back to save the village is the best policy!" β
Ling Yan looked at Juye City in the darkness - originally he thought that he could easily take this city, even now, he felt that if he attacked for more than half an hour, how could he take it, but he didn't expect this kind of change to happen at this time!
Ling Yan was really reluctant to give up the fat of Juye City in vain, but he knew the story of the Three Kingdoms and knew in his heart that if the camp was lost, it would be equivalent to being cut off by the enemy.
Ling Yan was very depressed, but he still had to reluctantly order a retreat. In order to prevent Li Damu from leading his troops out of the city to cover up the killing, Ling Yan remembered a strategy in the Three Kingdoms and decided to slowly withdraw his troops, leaving a small number of soldiers and horses to continue to feint and attack the city for the time being.
Ling Yan retreated to the place in the mountains and forests, and after meeting up with the soldiers and horses stationed there, he hurriedly retreated again.
Zhang Yi and the other generals did not attack the city with Ling Yan just now, so he only saw a letter soldier coming, but he didn't know what was happening, seeing Ling Yan quickly retreating, he asked puzzledly: "General Yan, Juye is just around the corner." Why did we retreat? β
Ling Yan was extremely frustrated, so he didn't answer, and Lu Gong next to him said: "Our camp has been robbed......
Zhang Yi was also taken aback: "This ...... How can it be! β
At this time, Yu Yigen, who was escorted to withdraw with Ling Yanjun, suddenly laughed: "Haha...... But you still dare to say that you want to capture Juye City immediately, but now not only did Juye not take it, but we robbed the village! Ha ha...... You've been cut off by me, see how you are! β
The generals were angry and angry, if Ling Yan hadn't been there, they would definitely have slashed Yu Gen with one sword.
Ling Yan was so depressed at this time that he didn't even have the strength to be angry, he turned his head to look at Yu Yigen: "Did you already know that someone of you would rob my backyard?" β
Yu Yigen smiled proudly: "Of course! I was there when the day was decided, haha......"
Ling Yan was even more annoyed, he suddenly remembered that there was a soldier who reported that "there were enemy troops moving to the side", at that time he thought that it was going for his grain and grass, so he sent Deng Yi to support, but later Kuai Liang wrote that he was not attacked, but "detected that there were enemy soldiers moving on the other road". Ling Yan only thought that the grain and grass were fine, and didn't pay much attention to that message, but now that he thought about it, it turned out that those few moving enemy troops were actually heading towards his back village!
However, Ling Yan had not yet set up camp at that time, and the task of those enemy soldiers should only be to break the back, but they accidentally found Ling Yan's back village and robbed it.
Only then did Ling Yan really realize that the person who offered this strategy was definitely not an ordinary person - looking at that Li Damu, although he was arrogant and proud, as if he was a little scheming, he was definitely not a person who was well versed in strategy, otherwise he would not easily fall for the plan to lure the enemy out of the city, so who was the plan for him?
Ling Yan thought about it, turned his head to look at Yu Yigen, and smiled bitterly: "This is a good plan, can you tell me who gave Li Damu a plan?" β
Yu Yigen sneered: "All the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army can come up with this plan, why bother asking!" β
When Lu Gong heard this, he was furious and said: "The general of the defeated army, how dare you be so presumptuous!" β
Yu Yigen also said angrily: "Hmph! If you hadn't used this despicable trick, how would you have caught me! β
Lu Gong said angrily: "Hmph! It's going it alone, and in less than ten rounds, you'll be killed! β
Yu Yigen laughed wildly as if he had heard a big joke: "Haha! The child actually said this wildly! Isn't it that you thieves have such kung fu? I said that I could conquer Juno Castle in an instant, but now I said that I could be killed in ten rounds! It seems that your lip service is very powerful! β
Lu Gong was furious: "Hmph! When the time comes, see what else you have to say! Then it will be up to you to see if you will be so arrogant! β
When Ling Yan heard Lu Gong's words, he could only shake his head helplessly: he missed the best opportunity to attack the city this time, and when the enemy's reinforcements arrived, if he wanted to break through the city in the future, I am afraid it would be even more difficult. It seems that what Yu Yigen said is not entirely false, this Juye City seems to be easy to attack, but it is really not that easy.
On the way to the rapid retreat of the soldiers and horses, Ling Yan did not say a word. He was so frustrated: first the vanguard was ambushed and defeated; And then just tasted a little sweetness, this was robbed by someone again......
The rest of the generals didn't dare to say anything when they saw Ling Yan frowning and being silent.
After marching for more than an hour, a large group of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in front, and Ling Yan fixed his eyes on it, but it was their own people.
Those soldiers ran towards Ling Yan and the others in a panic, and most of the soldiers were covered in blood.
Ling Yan hurriedly stepped forward and asked the soldiers, "How is the camp now?" β
The soldiers were all crying, and one of them replied, "General Yan...... The camp was attacked by the Yellow Turbans, and they set fire to the camp ......"
Ling Yan was shocked and angry, and hurriedly asked, "Is the Yellow Turban Army retreating now?" β
Another soldier said guiltily: "After General Zhang led his troops to break, he ordered our wounded soldiers and horses to retreat first...... Maybe...... Maybe General Zhang has repelled the enemy army......"