Updated: 2012-12-28

Thinking of gaining such a general as Colonel Zuo, Ling Yan felt very lucky, he had concerns about Colonel Zuo before, but today's conversation made him completely relieved of Colonel Zuo - in fact, as early as when Colonel Zuo sacrificed his internal qi to heal Yu Gengen's injuries, Ling Yan had basically believed him.

With this excitement, Ling Yan quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, Ling Yan was woken up by someone.

Ling Yan was dreaming of "reunification", but he faintly heard a shout coming from somewhere: "General Yan! General Yan! ”

Ling Yan opened his eyes in a daze: "Huh? "He was not very awake at this time, he was half-asleep, and if he was awake, he would suddenly think that his room, ordinary outsiders could not come in casually.

This time, the voice was clearer, and Ling Yan could also hear that it was Lu Gong's voice: "General Yan!" Something is wrong! ”

When Ling Yan heard the word "not good", he suddenly came to his senses, sat up with a swish, and looked at Lu Gong in front of him: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

Lu Gong looked flustered: "General Yan! Sun Xia ran away! ”

Ling Yan was shocked: "What! He thought he had misheard.

But after Lu Gong repeated it again, Ling Yan realized that he had heard correctly: "General Yan, Sun Xia has escaped!" ”

Ling Yan was stunned, at this time, he thought that he only cared about discussing the matter of entering the army with Colonel Zuo yesterday, and he hadn't had time to ask Colonel Zuo where he had detained Sun Xia.

"When did Sun Xia run?" While regretting that he had not properly imprisoned Sun Xia, Ling Yan hurriedly asked Lu Gong.

Lu Gong replied: "In the morning, when a soldier saw that Sun Xia was about to leave the city, the soldiers defending the city opened the city gate for him, and Sun Xia fled on horseback alone!" ”

Ling Yan was shocked and angry, and hurriedly got dressed and asked Gong Lu to accompany him to find Colonel Zuo.

When he came to Colonel Zuo's residence, Ling Yan saw Colonel Zuo frowning in the room, walking back and forth quickly, so he hurriedly walked over and said, "General Zuo!" Sun Xia fled? ”

Seeing Ling Yan coming in, Colonel Zuo clenched his fists and said with a serious expression: "General Yan, I just learned about this!" ”

Ling Yan said anxiously: "This ...... How is this possible! General Zuo, where did you lock him up yesterday? ”

Colonel Zuo frowned and said, "Yesterday, I had my subordinates put him in prison in the city, and there is no problem with this. ”

Ling Yan also felt that Zuo Xiao should be very cautious in handling things, so he frowned and said, "That...... How did he still escape? ”

Colonel Zuo was silent for a while before he said, "Someone should have deliberately let him go." ”

Ling Yan thought about it, suddenly turned around, and said angrily to Gong Lu: "General Lu, bring Guo Yan here!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Gong retreated, and after a while, he came in with Guo Yan.

When Guo Yan first came in, his face was very happy, but as soon as he saw Ling Yan and Zuo Colonel looking at him with a straight face, his expression suddenly became flustered.

"General Yan...... General Zuo ......" Guo Yan hurriedly clenched his fists and saluted nervously.

Ling Yan originally wanted Zuo Xiao to ask questions, because Guo Yan had a sense of awe for Zuo Xiao after all, and Zuo Xiao asked him, even if he had a ghost in his heart, he might not dare to hide it.

But Ling Yan saw that Colonel Zuo was just staring at Guo Yan coldly and didn't speak, so he had to ask Guo Yan first: "Guo Yan, Sun Xia escaped this morning, do you know?" ”

Guo Yan looked at Ling Yan tremblingly: "General Hui Yan...... The end will know. ”

Ling Yan frowned: "Guo Yan, as a general guarding the city, you let the prisoner go so easily, this is a serious crime......"

Guo Yan was so frightened that he suddenly sat on the ground: "This ...... This...... General Yan, I'm ......"

"Humph!" Colonel Zuo suddenly reprimanded angrily, "What are you! Let go of the repeat offender, this is a capital offense! What else do you have to say! ”

"I ...... There is no ......" Guo Yan's voice changed, and his face changed because of panic.

Colonel Zuo's voice was fierce: "Say! Are you complicit in that Sun Xia! Did you deliberately let him go! ”

The sweat on Guo Yan's face suddenly appeared, and he waved his hands in a hurry, and his voice was completely out of shape: "General Zuo!" The last general is not complicit in him! ”

Ling Yan was originally angry, but seeing Guo Yan frightened like this, he relented, tried to appease Guo Yan, and gave him a step down: "Guo Yan, is Sun Xia threatening you, and you don't dare to disobey his orders?" That's why I had to open the city gate for him? ”

Guo Yan hurriedly shook his hands and said hurriedly: "No! No! Not really! ”

Colonel Zuo said sharply: "That's how! Say it! Otherwise, you will be beheaded immediately! ”

Guo Yan's expression seemed to be frightened, and he made a few "gurgling" sounds from his throat, and then he seemed to be relieved, panting and crying: "I said! I say! In the morning soldiers came to me...... The report, saying that General Sun was at the right gate, ordered the soldiers defending the city to open the gate and let him out of the city...... also said that this was General Yan's intention, and asked him to go to Jiyin City to recruit enemy generals and make meritorious contributions...... Naturally, the last general didn't dare to stop him, and he didn't expect him to be the one who escaped......"

Ling Yan thought about it and felt that it was also, what Guo Yan said was not completely unreasonable, now the first thing to find out is how Sun Xia escaped from prison, as for how he escaped from the city, it is simply easy, for example, just like Guo Yan said, Sun Xia pretended to send him to recruit Jiyin City and wanted to go out of the city, not to mention that Sun Xia was Guo Yan's superior, he could directly order Guo Yan, Guo Yan would never dare to disobey, just say that "sent to recruit other cities" as an excuse to go out of the city, with Guo Yan's resourcefulness, he should never doubt it, and he will not dare to disobey.

However, Colonel Zuo didn't seem to understand Guo Yan, and said angrily: "Hmph! You know that he is a captured general, but how can you believe his words so easily! Besides, you are the general who defends the city, but you leave your post without permission, and let the felons go without permission, what use will you be kept! Such a dereliction of duty is a capital offense! ”

Guo Yan was so frightened that he froze, his mouth trembled but he couldn't make a sound, and his eyes were wide open due to excessive fear.

Ling Yan said a good word for Guo Yan: "General Zuo, don't hold him accountable for this matter, although he has some responsibility, but we can't blame him entirely, let's find out who released him from prison." ”

Colonel Zuo thought for a moment, and then nodded reluctantly: "Okay...... Then Guo Yan will be escorted to the prison first, and after finding out what happened, he will be beheaded for public display! ”

Ling Yan hurriedly said: "Let's go and find out the reason first, and then decide how to deal with Guo Yan, if the matter is not his responsibility, then forget it." ”

Guo Yan hurriedly said gratefully: "Thank you, General Yan!" Thank you, General Zuo! ”

Colonel Zuo frowned and looked at Ling Yan: "General Yan, Guo Yan neglected his duties and let Sun Xia go, no matter what, it is a capital crime!" If it is light, how to convince the people! ”

Ling Yan knew that Colonel Zuo was dissatisfied with Guo Yan, but he didn't expect Colonel Zuo to hate Guo Yan to the extent that he wanted to put him to death. Ling Yan also knew that Guo Yan's negligence was big or small, and what Colonel Zuo said was not completely unreasonable.

Ling Yan glanced at the poor Guo Yan in embarrassment, and then said to Colonel Zuo: "General Zuo...... We'll talk about this later, and now it's important to find out the person who released him first. ”

Colonel Zuo looked at Guo Yan coldly: "Okay." ”

So, Ling Yan and Zuo Colonel went to the prison to investigate, only to learn that the prison guards had killed two people, Ling Yan and Zuo Colonel discussed, speculating that Sun Xia broke out of the prison after killing the guards, stole a horse, and then escaped from the city by trick.

In fact, there are many unreasonable places to speculate like this, killing the prison guards will inevitably alarm others, and it is almost impossible that one person can escape the tightly guarded prison. But Ling Yan pondered that Sun Xia had internal qi in his body, and it would never be a problem to deal with two or three jailers. And most of the people who are responsible for defending the prison are Yellow Turban soldiers, even if Sun Xia's murder alarms others, but because Sun Xia is a Yellow Turban general after all, even if those Yellow Turban soldiers don't remember the old, they will be afraid of Sun Xia's majesty and not make a noise, and even secretly help Sun Xia escape, if these are possible, then it seems that if he wants to steal another horse and escape from the city, it seems that it will not be a problem.

After coming to these conclusions, Colonel Zuo seemed to regret that he didn't send his guards to defend Sun Xia, Ling Yan also felt that this was a bit of a mistake, if Colonel Zuo's guards came to guard, first, it would not be so easy for Sun Xia to kill, and second, they would not think of Sun Xia's aftermath.

However, Ling Yan didn't like "hindsight", and he didn't think that Zuo Xiao should be blamed, so he comforted Zuo Xiao a few words, meaning not to let Zuo Xiao blame himself too much.

After returning from prison, Ling Yan interrogated the other soldiers in the prison and the soldiers guarding the city, and finally confirmed that Ling Yan's speculation was basically correct.

Colonel Zuo may have taken this anger out on those soldiers, and ordered that all the soldiers who "participated" in letting Sun Xia go, including Guo Yan, would be beheaded.

Fortunately, Ling Yan worked hard to say good things for those soldiers, so he reluctantly got Colonel Zuo to agree not to kill them.

After that, Ling Yan discussed with Colonel Zuo how to deal with this matter, and Colonel Zuo proposed without hesitation: "General Yan, Sun Xia has escaped, we must not delay any longer, we must enter the army immediately!" Capture Sun Xia back again! ”

"This ...... Is it necessary? Ling Yan couldn't make up his mind, "He's been running for so long, can he still catch it?" ”

Colonel Zuo said with confidence: "If he escapes from the right gate, he must be fleeing towards Jiyin City, there are only two ways to go, there is no other way, we just need to lead the troops to Jiyin City to kill!" ”

"This ......" Ling Yan still hesitated.

Colonel Zuo frowned slightly: "General Yan, if there is no such change, it will be a few days of delay, but now that Sun Xia has escaped, if he does not enter the army immediately and let him escape back to Jiyin City or Dingtao City, then he will inform the enemy of the reality of our army, if this is the case, it will be very disadvantageous to our army!" ”

Ling Yan was still very embarrassed: "But...... Sun Xia left the city in the morning, and now it is estimated that he is already halfway there, so it is estimated that even if he wants to chase it, he will not be able to catch up......"

Colonel Zuo's brows tightened: "If you ride out quickly, you may be able to catch up...... However, even if Sun Xia is captured, it is not of great use, if I want to see it, it is better to kill Jiyin City directly, and after capturing Jiyin City, you can kill two birds with one stone, both win the city and capture Sun Xia. ”

Ling Yan also felt that what Colonel Zuo said was reasonable, but he still felt that it was unrealistic to catch up with Sun Xia, and he still wanted to wait for Kuai Liang and the others to come, discuss it, and then decide how to take the next step.

Colonel Zuo may have seen Ling Yan's hesitation, and was very angry: "General Yan, what else do you have to worry about?" If there are no more soldiers, I'm afraid it'll be too late! When the time comes, the Yellow Turban Army will be prepared and ambushed on all sides, how else will we take the city? ”

Ling Yan's mind was very chaotic, he didn't know whether he should listen to Colonel Zuo or his own.

Seeing that Ling Yan was still hesitant, Colonel Zuo was even more angry: "General Yan! Could it be that you still can't believe it! Think I'm going to secretly frame the general! Hum! ”

Hearing what Colonel Zuo said, Ling Yan hurriedly said: "General Zuo, don't get me wrong, I definitely don't mean that......

"Then why is the general still reluctant to enter the army? If you miss this great opportunity, it will be too late to regret it! Colonel Zuo said angrily, "If the general still can't believe me, then I will personally lead the guards to fight the vanguard, and the general will lead the army to follow behind, and see how I can break through his Jiyin City!" ”

Ling Yan was embarrassed when Colonel Zuo said this, and his heart was also full of enthusiasm: "What is General Zuo talking about!" Even if I want to attack, it should be me to lead the army, how can there be a reason for General Zuo to kill desperately, but I am hiding behind me! ”

Colonel Zuo laughed: "Good! I don't think General Yan is the kind of person who is timid! As long as the general leads a certain kind of rapid attack, then Jiyin City will be like a bag! ”

Ling Yan's brain was hot: "Okay! Then, according to General Zuo's wishes, immediately enter the army! ”

Colonel Zuo smiled: "Okay! After speaking, he hugged his fist at Ling Yan, "General Yan, because of the mistake of letting Sun Xianai go to the last general, the colonel implores the general to agree, let the colonel lead the troops to be the vanguard, and the general leads the army to the middle road." ”

Ling Yan smiled: "General Zuo has no fault, but I am relieved that General Zuo will be the vanguard." ”

Colonel Zuo smiled, and his expression suddenly sank: "General Yan, I still have something to ask for." ”

"General Zuo, please speak."

Colonel Zuo's expression became stern: "The colonel asks General Zuo to agree, and let Guo Yan and I be the pioneer together." ”

Ling Yan was taken aback: "This ...... Why is that? ”

Colonel Zuo gritted his teeth and said: "Guo Yan neglected his duties and let Sun Xia go, although the general spared him the death penalty, but the living crime cannot be escaped!" I thought that he would be the vanguard to break the enemy and atone for his sins with meritorious service, otherwise, he would be punished for several crimes and beheaded! ”

Ling Yan was stunned, he didn't expect Colonel Zuo to have such a serious hatred for that Guo Yan, besides, that Guo Yan was just an inconspicuous general, even if there was a time when Colonel Zuo was neglected, but why bother with him?

"General Zuo...... This ......" Ling Yan felt a little pity for Guo Yan, so he tried to exonerate him, "Guo Yan may be guilty, but the crime is not to death, let him wear the guilt and make meritorious service, it's a good way, it's just ...... It's just that he is not skilled in martial arts, and if he is a pioneer, I am afraid he will die in vain......"

Colonel Zuo frowned: "What?" The general still pities this nameless man? ”

Ling Yan said: "No...... It's just that I don't think he meant it, don't hate him so much...... I think it's better for him to defend the city...... If he repeats this kind of dereliction of duty, he will be punished heavily, General Zuo, what do you think? ”

Zuo Xiao's eyes rolled left and right, and then he slowly loosened his brows, but his tone was still not very good: "Okay...... Let's do it! Since General Yan can't bear to kill him, I have nothing to say! ”

Ling Yan saw that Colonel Zuo was no longer embarrassed by Guo Yan, so he smiled: "Thank you General Zuo for your understanding." ”

"Humph! The kindness of a woman like the general, if she suffers a loss in the future, don't say that Zuo Mou didn't remind him. Colonel Zuo still seemed to be a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he said these words in a low voice.

Ling Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about important things...... General Zuo, when are you going to go? ”

Colonel Zuo immediately said: "The last general immediately ordered the guards to eat, and after eating, they will leave the city immediately!" ”

Ling Yan nodded heavily: "Okay!" Then the general will go first, and I will come with my army. ”

Colonel Zuo nodded, and then said, "That's right! In order to be precautionary, the general also needs to lead the troops of the city to attack the city, and the grasshopper city only needs to be guarded by Guo Yan and one of the general's generals...... Although I am confident that I can defeat the defenders of Jiyin City, if there are too many enemies, I need the general's help to help me......"

Ling Yan patted Colonel Zuo on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Ha...... Good! General Zuo rest assured! I will definitely give my full support! ”

Colonel Zuo smiled slightly with a complicated expression. His expression is quite strange. But Ling Yan secretly felt a little funny, because he understood Colonel Zuo's expression, because Colonel Zuo had never shown weakness to others, but this time he had to be reminded, and it could be regarded as saying that he couldn't deal with a large number of enemy soldiers and horses. Although he was promised, he must have felt uncomfortable in his heart, so this complicated feeling made this strange smile appear on his face.

An hour later, the Yellow Turban soldiers of Colonel Zuo had eaten enough, and Colonel Zuo led them out of the city. And when Colonel Zuo was leaving, he asked Ling Yan that their team should ride fast horses, so that there was a greater chance of catching up with Sun Xia or attacking the city by surprise, Ling Yan agreed without thinking about it. However, there is a shortcoming, which Ling Yan did not expect at the time, when he was about to lead his troops out of the city, he thought that the more than 100 fast horses selected in the city were all ridden by the soldiers of Colonel Zuo, and the rest were ordinary horses, although the difference was not particularly big, but Ling Yan still regretted it, why didn't he let Colonel Zuo keep a few more horses - the remaining fast horses, Ling Yan was naturally embarrassed to possess them, and they were all assigned to his soldiers.

That's all for later. After Colonel Zuo left, Ling Yan still held a short meeting in the city that could be regarded as "mobilization". Naturally, all the generals will attend this meeting.

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