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Wen Ping and the others were about to lead the soldiers to forcibly attack the city, but someone told him Ling Yan's order, although Wen Ping and the others were unwilling and gathered anger, but "the military order cannot be violated", he still ordered a retreat.

Just when Ling Yan retreated more than 100 meters, he saw a sudden fire at the head of the city, and then "huh", "huh", "huh" and "huh" three times, three huge, burning stones, dragging their golden tails, were thrown from the city.

A small number of the people who were driven out retreated with Ling Yan; Most of them ran to the base of the city, waiting for the war to pass, and then returned home; Only a small number of people, I don't know if they were stupid because they were scared, or they didn't decide which direction to run, stood in the position of the position that Ling Yan's army had just placed, but they were either crushed to death by the falling boulders, or burned to death by the flames on the stones.

"Haha......" I don't know if Colonel Zuo saw Ling Yan's retreat, or saw the tragic situation of the people being stoned to death, in short, his laughter came from the city.

Ling Yan led the army to retreat towards the forest, and the laughter of Colonel Zuo that sounded behind him made his heart chill - he really couldn't think of how a person could be cold-blooded to such an extent? If his opponent's soldiers were stoned to death, he laughed happily and seemed to make sense; Even if he doesn't care about his own people being killed, it can barely be said that he will do anything to win, and his soldiers are tools that can be used at will; But innocent people were killed, and it was the people in his own city, the people who farmed and raised their soldiers, and they were killed by their own sharp weapons, and he could still laugh so happily, it could no longer be said that he was careless of human life, this is simply perverted!

Ling Yan was resentful in his heart, but he didn't dare to rashly turn around and kill back-Colonel Zuo was no better than Li Damu after all, if Li Damu made this kind of laughter, he would be extremely proud, then he might be able to succeed in turning around and killing a "horse gun"; But Colonel Zuo is a cautious person, and his resourcefulness is far higher than Li Damu's, and even Kuai Liang can't compare to him, if he laughs, he is 100% sure of this victory, so at this time, he can't change the result.

Although Ling Yan was angry, he only cursed in his heart: It seems that this yellow turban thief is really angry, except for a few generals like Yu Yigen, there is no good thing!

Wen Ping led the army to catch up from behind, chased in front of Ling Yan, and said, "General Yan, why are you retreating?" ”

Ling Yan looked back, there was still no light on the head of Juye City, and outside the city gate, there were already corpses all over the field.

Ling Yan saw that they were already some distance away from Juye City, and Colonel Zuo showed no signs of chasing them, so he ordered to slow down the retreat, and then said to Wen Yan a little frustratedly: "General Wen, I think it is difficult for us to attack the city like this...... If it continues to be consumed, the losses will become greater and greater, and the soldiers will die in vain. ”

Wen Ping hurriedly said: "General Yan! Now is the time to siege the city! The Yellow Turban Thief won't last long! If you attack again, you will be able to succeed! ”

Ling Yan shook his head slowly: "Forget it...... In this way, we are just sacrificing the lives of our soldiers in vain...... and the lives of the people......"

Wen Ping was unwilling, and directly asked for orders: "General Yan, the last general will lead the army to attack the city again!" If you can't take the city, the last general won't come to see the general! ”

Ling Yan felt that Wen Ping's "problem" had been made again, but he knew that Wen Ping said this because he had failed several sieges and was anxious in his heart, so he didn't say anything, but naturally he didn't agree to Wen Ping's request.

Wen's request was not approved, so he was naturally very unhappy, but he didn't say anything more.

You Heng glanced back, and then said, "General Yan, how are those people settled?" ”

Ling Yan thought for a moment, and then replied listlessly: "If they want to follow us, let them go to Qianzhai, if they don't want to follow, let them go back to the city." ”

You Heng said: "It is these people who want to go back to the city, and I wonder if the thief will open the city gate and let them in." ”

Ling Yan also felt that judging from Colonel Zuo's character, eighty percent would not allow the people to return to the city.

"Alas! They can do whatever they like, no matter what. Ling Yan thought that this attack had been frustrated again, and his heart was extremely depressed.

Lu Gong had been riding the same horse with Ling Yan before he spoke, "General Yan...... You don't have to take this failure to heart......"

Ling Yan smiled bitterly: How could he not be at ease? He dispatched almost all his troops and horses, but was repelled by dozens of Yellow Turban soldiers of Colonel Zuo! Isn't this a big joke in the eyes of outsiders!

Along the way, the atmosphere was quite dull, and the expressions on the faces of the soldiers seemed to be overshadowed.

Ling Yan never said anything again, because his mind was in a state of extreme confusion - before leaving, his prediction was to capture Juye City, at least to inflict heavy losses on the enemy, but he never expected that he would be defeated so quickly! When the Yellow Turban Army's defense was at its weakest, it was killed so badly by the enemy!

However, there was at least one comfort in Ling Yan's heart: he was not as cruel as Colonel Zuo, and no matter what time he arrived, he still retained a bit of humanity in his heart. He firmly believes in the idiom "the righteous help the unjust".

But no matter what, Ling Yan had to admit that he still failed this time, although Colonel Zuo did not go out of the city to cover the killing, but with his little strength, it was quite not easy to hold the city. In terms of the comparison of troops alone, Ling Yan, who thought he had an absolute advantage, was defeated by Colonel Zuo again, how could this make Ling Yan not depressed!

Ling Yan was thinking about why there was such a result tonight all the way, probably because he was too attentive, and he didn't even notice that he had returned to the camp, or Lu Gong behind him reminded: "General Yan, are we going back to Zhongzhai?" ”

was asked by Lu Gong like this, and Ling Yan woke up: it turned out that he had already arrived in Qianzhai.

"Well, let's go back to Zhongzhai." Ling Yan said weakly.

Lu Gong got off the horse, found a horse from Qianzhai and rode up.

Yang Feng saw Ling Yan leading his troops back, and was about to ask what the results of the battle were, but when he saw that Ling Yan and the others had that kind of depression on their faces, he guessed the result, stepped forward and asked Zhang Yi in a low voice: "General Zhang, siege the city...... Failed? ”

Zhang Yi sighed and nodded.

Ling Yan didn't stop to rest for a while, nor did he say hello to Yang Feng, he rode his horse and continued to walk forward.

You Heng came to the front and asked Ling Yan, "Virtuous brother...... These people ......"

Ling Yan waved his hand: "Just let them stay here." ”

After You Heng went to instruct Yang Feng to settle these people, he followed Ling Yan back to Zhongzhai.

As soon as Ling Yan returned to the camp, he dismounted and waved to the soldiers behind him: "Everyone go back and rest." With that, he returned to his tent without looking back.

After sitting down in the tent, Ling Yan held his head in both hands, frowned, and stared at the bed in a daze-when he was just defeated, he probably didn't have time to think about anything else because of the urgency of the situation, so he didn't feel anything; But the more time passed, the more he felt that this battle was simply inexplicable!

Ling Yan suddenly felt tired, he really didn't want to stay in this Three Kingdoms era anymore, he felt that he was not suitable to stay here at all, let alone a general, and not suitable to lead troops to fight! How he wished he could go back to modern times! Even if he is asked to take a few more exams, he is willing!

"Alas-" Ling Yan sighed helplessly, and then asked the soldiers outside the tent to bring him a bowl of wine.

The soldier answered, and after a while, the wine was brought in, but it was not brought in by the soldier, but Zuo Ci.

When Ling Yan saw Zuo Ci coming in, he smiled reluctantly: "National Teacher, you haven't slept so late?" ”