Updated: 2012-04-24

Ling Yan walked over dejectedly, and when he saw Lu Gong and the others happily greeting him, he reluctantly laughed: "You are all waiting for me here." ”

Lu Gong's face was joyful, and he said to Ling Yan: "General Yan, we are worried about you!" ”

Kuai Liang also said: "We were still discussing just now, if we don't see the general return, we will lead the army to kill ...... again."

Ling Yan said listlessly: "I'm fine...... Fortunately, you didn't kill it back, and you finally escaped, and if you killed it again, you just died in vain. ”

When Lu Gong and Kuai Liang heard this, they were silent, their faces full of sadness.

Ling Yan looked around and said with a wry smile: "There are only so many people left?" Didn't the others escape? ”

Lu Gong hesitated, clenched his fists and said, "General Yan, there are still more than a thousand soldiers here......"

Ling Yan smiled sadly: "I ordered more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and now there are only 1,000 left...... Oh, no, I ordered 20,000 soldiers and horses, and 10,000 enemy soldiers, hehe......"

Kuai Liang sighed, and said with a heavy face: "The general should not blame himself, judge and make good use of treacherous tricks, this time it is just our carelessness, the general needs to cheer up, and he will definitely make a comeback in the future to avenge today's revenge." ”

"It's difficult," Ling Yan said extremely pessimistically, "I'm not an opponent at all...... Alas, the loss was too complete. ”

Lu Gong knelt on one knee, clenched his fists and said bitterly: "It's just that the last general is reckless for a while, and he advised the general to enter the army, so that he was defeated." ”

"General Lu, get up," Ling Yan sighed, "It has nothing to do with the general, it's all my fault." ”

Lu Gong stood up, his face was sad, and tears were already in his eyes.

Ling Yan patted Lu Gong's shoulder comfortingly, and then suddenly remembered something, and looked around: "Hey? What about Your General? ”

Kuai Liang pointed to a forest and said, "Your general is wounded, and you are recuperating over there." ”

"Ahh Take me to see it! Ling Yan hurriedly said.

Under a tree in the woods, You Heng was sitting on the ground leaning against the tree, his eyes closed, and his hand covering his injured arm.

Ling Yan hurriedly walked over: "Brother You, are you okay?" ”

You Heng opened his eyes and smiled: "It's okay, I was just stabbed by the thief's spear." ”

Ling Yan took away You Heng's hand and looked at the wound, although he couldn't tell how heavy the injury was, his clothes were already soaked with blood.

Ling Yan hurriedly used his internal qi to treat Youheng.

After a while, Ling Yan was sweating profusely and said to Youheng: "Brother You, after healing, it is estimated that your injury is not a big problem." ”

You Heng moved his arm: "It's really not as painful as before," as he spoke, he saw the sweat on Ling Yan's forehead, and said strangely: "Brother Xian, why are you sweating so much?" ”

Ling Yan wiped the sweat on his head with his hand: "It's okay...... Probably...... I used too much internal qi, just now before I escaped, I punched the enemy with internal qi, and after that, I was not very comfortable. ”

You Heng looked at Ling Yan with some concern, then stood up and said in a deep voice, "Hmph! Sooner or later, I will take revenge on this spear! ”

Ling Yan was silent.

"General Yan." Kuai Liang walked over.

"What's the matter with General Kuai?" Ling Yan looked towards Kuai Liang.

Kuai Liang said: "It is getting late, and the general thinks that he is camping here, or continuing to move forward at night. ”

Ling Yan thought about it for a while, and said helplessly: "The grain has been robbed, how to make a fire to make rice...... Besides, if the enemy pursues them, it will be even more troublesome. It is better to start the army immediately and return to Jianhe City as soon as possible. ”

"Yes." Kuai Liang left.

"Brother You, let's go out too."

Ling Yan and You Heng walked out of the woods, and saw Li Heng coming over, there were two soldiers behind him, and a man who looked like a military general was riding on a horse, and the military general was at the mercy of the soldiers, as if he had fainted.

"General Yan, it's great that you can get out of the way!" Li Heng hugged his fists.

"Hmm......" Ling Yan smiled and looked behind Li Heng, "Who is that person?" ”

Li Heng replied: "That person is the enemy general Gao Lan." ”

"Oh?" Ling Yan was taken aback, "How did the general capture him from the battlefield?" ”

Li Heng replied: "The general asked me to take care of him before, so I dragged him to the woods, and when he just retreated, he sent someone to carry him back. ”

Ling Yan looked at Li Heng with satisfaction: "General Li attaches so much importance to the general's order, he really deserves to be a good general." ”

Li Heng hurriedly said: "Heng is ashamed and doesn't dare to be, he just did his duty." ”

Ling Yan looked at Gao Lan, who was still unconscious, and smiled a little self-deprecatingly: "It seems that this is the only gain from this attack on Jizhou." ”

After a short rest, the team moved on again.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Ling Yan and the others arrived outside the gate of Jianhe City, and the team walked hungry for two days and one night.

He Rong, who was guarding the city, hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate. When he saw that Ling Yan had only led this little bit of men back, he knew in his heart that he had suffered a fiasco.

After Ling Yan entered the city, he returned to the General's Mansion without saying a word, and went straight back to his room.

Ling Yan only felt physically and mentally exhausted, he didn't want to think about anything, he just wanted to sleep first. So, he didn't even take off his clothes and fell asleep on the bed.

In the middle of the night, Ling Yan was called out by the escort general: "General Yan, it's time to eat." ”

"Oh...... You just let it go. Ling Yan pointed at the table in a daze.

"Yes," the general said, "General Yan, General You have come to the general many times. ”

"Oh, got it, you go out." Ling Yan waved his hand, and the protector ordered someone to put the food on the table, and then retreated.

Ling Yan only felt sore, and reluctantly sat up, seeing the delicious meal on the table, he had no appetite at all, and his mind was full of pictures of yesterday's battle and the tragic situation of defeat......

Ling Yan suddenly remembered that when he was sleeping just now, he had a dream, and the dream was also yesterday's battle, but in the dream, the enemy army fell for his plan, Xiahou Jiang led the three thousand soldiers and horses to set fire to Jizhou City, and he won a complete victory.

"Huh...... It seems that dreams and reality are really opposites. Ling Yan smiled miserably.

The more he stayed in the room, the more annoying he became, Ling Yan simply pushed the door and walked out, letting in the air, and then he walked towards You Heng's residence......

In the next two or three days, Ling Yan was depressed, he didn't want to do anything, he was bored in the room all day thinking about things, thinking about Yuan Shao's dishonesty, recalling his words and deeds on the city tower, and recalling this fiasco that was almost surrounded and annihilated...... Thinking about it, he thought about it again the night he went to You Heng's residence on the night he returned to the city, and the heavy worry on Your Heng's face.

The words You Heng said clearly appeared in Ling Yan's mind: "Brother Xian, this dispatch of troops is indeed against General Ling's wishes...... If the virtuous brother wins, it is good to say, but now...... General Heng is afraid that General Ling will blame the virtuous brother ......" "Heng also knows that General Lu has a grudge against the virtuous brother, if he learns that the virtuous brother is defeated and returns to the city, he will make a big show and reprimand the virtuous brother for his ......mistakes" "Virtuous brother, this defeat is mostly Heng's loss, if General Lu blames him, Heng is willing to stop it alone." ”……

Ling Yan felt that You Heng had expected it, and he was basically not far from ten: just before sending troops, Lu Tiecheng also specially sent a letter saying that he would not allow troops to be sent and would only be allowed to defend. Ling Yan ignored this at the time, because he thought that he had a pistol and internal qi, as well as Hua Tuo's healing internal qi, and he would definitely be able to defeat the enemy army...... Han Fu was defeated, but who knew that Yuan Shao had suffered such a big loss! If Lu Tiecheng knew that he didn't obey his orders, and he returned defeated, it would be strange if he didn't go crazy!

But despite thinking so, Ling Yan knew that it was impossible for You Heng to take on this "black cauldron" - the decision was made by himself, and the offensive strategy was also set by himself, You Heng was just doing his duty as a counselor, how could he be allowed to take the blame for himself?

Although Ling Yan made up his mind to carry it himself, he really didn't know how to face those people in Lu Tiecheng......

On this day, Kuai Liang came to Ling Yan and said, "General Yan, now that the army has rested, do you want to lead the troops back to Dajie City?" ”

"Hmm...... This ......" Ling Yan groaned and did not answer.

Kuai Liang saw that Ling Yan was hesitant, so he said: "General Yan, we have been delayed in this city for a few days, and we should retreat to Dajie City as soon as possible. ”

Ling Yan took a deep breath and looked at Kuai Liang: "General Kuai, how many soldiers and horses are there in the city?" ”

Kuai Liang said: "All the people in the city are counted, there are more than 7,000 soldiers. After finishing speaking, he paused, but added: "General Yan, if Yuan Shao sends troops to attack, it must be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and with less than 10,000 soldiers in the city, it is impossible to resist at all." ”

"Hmm...... I know. Ling Yan said softly.

"In the past few days, I have sent troops everywhere to investigate the enemy's situation, and I have not found any changes in Yuan Shao for the time being. Kuailiang Road.

Ling Yan's face was embarrassed and hesitant.

At this moment, a soldier came in and said, "General Yan, General Kuai, there is a return from the scouts." ”

Ling Yan was stunned: "Let him in." ”

"Yes."

Ling Yan noticed that Kuai Liang's face had changed.

After a while, the scout came in and said, "General Yan, there is important military information. ”

Ling Yan hurriedly asked: "What kind of military situation, report quickly." ”

The probe said: "The Yuan army divided into three routes from Jizhou and marched towards Jianhe City. ”

Kuai Liang was taken aback and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in these three ways?" ”

The scout replied: "About seventy or eighty thousand people. ”

Ling Yan frowned: "Okay, I know, stand down." ”

"Yes." The scouts went out.

"General Yan, Yuan Shao obviously wants to build Hecheng! The enemy is very strong, I am afraid that there is no way to keep this city, I hope that the general will order the retreat as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the army! Kuai Liang's expression was solemn, and his tone was much heavier.

Ling Yan frowned, but did not speak.

Kuai Liang saw that Ling Yan still hadn't made up his mind, and said hurriedly: "General Yan, don't delay any longer, if you wait for the enemy army to march to the city and surround Jianhe City, it will be difficult to retreat!" ”

"I know." Although Ling Yan said this, he still had no intention of ordering the troops to retreat.

Kuai Liang thought that Ling Yan wanted to sit in the lonely city, and hurriedly said, "General Yan! Jizhou is in front of Jianhe City, and Dajie City is in the back; Jizhou has been occupied by Yuan's army, and the city of Dajie has not yet sent reinforcements! If the enemy besieges Jianhe City for several days, the city will be cut off from food and grass, and if you want to break through the city again, it may be difficult to succeed! ”

Ling Yan sighed and nodded slowly.

At this moment, a messenger came in and said, "General Yan, General Yuan ordered me to bring a letter to the general. ”

Ling Yan was stunned for a moment, took the letter from the messenger's hand, opened it and looked at it, and saw that the letter read: "To General Yan: The day before yesterday, the general and Shao had a slight contradiction, which caused the general to be angry and sent troops to attack Jizhou. Shao was not in Jizhou at that time, and after learning about this, he was very surprised, so he hurriedly wrote a letter to the general, hoping to make the two armies fight. If the general can abandon his previous suspicions, reconcile with Shao, and form an alliance again, it will be a blessing for the two armies. Shao Cheng agreed on this, and hoped that the general would think deeply. ”

After reading the letter, Ling Yan sneered a few times.

"General Yan, General Yuan still has a word to tell the general." The Messenger said.

Ling Yan handed the letter to Kuai Liang and asked the messenger, "What else does General Yuan have to say?" ”

The messenger said: "General Yuan said that he would give a small gift in the future to thank him for his previous mistakes. And let the general be relieved, General Yuan will no longer be an enemy of the general. With General Yuan guarding Jizhou to protect the north of Jianhe City, the general can rest easy. ”

Ling Yan smiled: "Please send the messenger back and tell General Yuan, Ling Yan thanks him for his kindness." ”

"Yes, then I will say goodbye." The messenger finished speaking and withdrew.

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