Ling Yan's vision was immediately blurred by the tears pouring out, he ran to Li Heng's side in two steps, and probed Li Heng's snort with trembling hands, but he couldn't feel any breath - Li Heng had been dead for a long time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Ling Yan sat down on the ground dejectedly, lowered his head, and let the tears fall to the ground......

After sending someone to carry Li Heng's body away, Ling Yan left You Heng to continue cleaning the battlefield, and he immediately returned to the General's Mansion.

Back at the General's Mansion, Ling Yan immediately went to treat Lu Gong and He Rong. He Rong's injury was not too serious, although he was pierced through his arm by a spear, he did not hurt his muscles and bones, and the blood shed was not too much, Ling Yan just used his healing internal qi to stop the blood flowing from the wound, and the rest depended on time to recuperate.

Lu Gong's injury was much more serious than He Rong's, he was cut into his arm by Yan Liang's long knife, the wound was deep and long, and the blood flowed nonstop, Ling Yan used a lot of internal qi to barely stop the blood from the wound, and Lu Gong lost too much blood, Ling Yan had to pass in more internal qi to strengthen Lu Gong's already weak body, this process was very troublesome, because Ling Yan didn't understand the principle of internal qi healing, he only thought that if it was a serious injury, he should pass more internal qi to treat, But Ling Yan himself was not too handy at manipulating the internal qi in his body, and he didn't know other advanced methods of healing, Hua Tuo only taught him this most basic way of healing, so although this method of healing was very versatile, it was very troublesome to deal with serious injuries.

It took Ling Yan a long time to reluctantly finish healing Gong Lu's injuries, and then he returned to his own residence.

Lying on the bed, Ling Yan had a lot of thoughts. It was the second half of the night, but he wasn't sleepy at all, and all he thought about was the previous battle.

While Ling Yan was thinking wildly, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Who?" Ling Yan sat up.

"General Yan, it's me, Kuai Liang."

Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, General Kuai, come in." ”

Kuai Liang pushed the door in, and when he saw Ling Yan sitting on the bed, he said, "I don't know that General Yan has rested, please forgive me." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I didn't sleep, I just thought about it...... General Kuai, come in and sit. Ling Yan beckoned to Kuai Liang.

Kuai Liang entered the room and sat down.

"General Kuai, haven't you rested yet?" Ling Yan asked.

Kuai Liang said: "There are some things I want to say to General Yan, so I took the liberty to come to the general." ”

"It's very late now, and he's just experienced another 'defeat'," Ling Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly, "If the general is really tired, go back and rest first, it's not too late to say anything tomorrow." ”

Kuai Liang said: "Liang is not sleepy, and if I don't tell the general about this, I really don't want to sleep." ”

"Oh, what's the matter, the general will say," Ling Yan half-lay down, leaning his head against the wall at the head of the bed.

Kuai Liang said: "I just saw General You, asked him about the situation on the battlefield, learned about the loss of the battle of Fangcai, and came to report to the general." ”

"Hmm."

Kuai Liang said: "In the battle of Fangcai, our army lost nearly 5,000 soldiers, two generals, and nearly 100 horses. ”

Ling Yan sighed softly, then nodded.

Kuai Liang continued: "The enemy soldiers lost nearly 20,000 soldiers, and more than 1,000 people surrendered to the general, but when the enemy reinforcements arrived later, they defected back...... However, our army has obtained more than 10,000 weapons of various kinds and dozens of war horses. ”

Ling Yan smiled bitterly: "If you run away with those thousands of soldiers, it's better to run a Yan Liang to make me feel distressed." ”

Kuai Liang said with a smile: "Although Yan Liang was allowed to escape, only in terms of the gains and losses of the war, we were indeed a big victory." ”

Ling Yan smiled helplessly: "Jiang Qi and General Li Heng were both killed by Yan Liang, General Lu and General He were seriously injured again, and they lost more than 5,000 soldiers, is this still called a big victory." ”

Kuai Liang said: "On victory or defeat, it depends on the strength of the two sides. Yan Liang led 30,000 elite soldiers to attack Jianhe, but our army only had less than 10,000 divisions. ”

Ling Yan shook his head slightly.

Kuai Liang said: "General Yan, with more than 1,000 soldiers to fight 30,000 elite soldiers, if it weren't for the general's clever plan, I'm afraid it would be impossible." ”

Ling Yan sighed: "Although there is a clever plan, what is the use of our army suffering casualties?" ”

Kuai Liang said: "This battle has severely damaged the enemy's morale and played a great role. ”

Ling Yan shook his head again: "I shouldn't have fought for this...... I now regret that I did not heed the advice of General Kuai, and insisted on fighting this battle, in a vain attempt to swallow the enemy's entire army...... If I had listened to you, I would not have been defeated. ”

Kuai Liang smiled slightly: "I am more cautious, and the reason why I have repeatedly persuaded the general to withdraw is entirely for the sake of the general's safety, and I am worried that the general will be in danger." However, the general is not afraid of a strong enemy, takes the lead, and puts life and death out of the way, which is really admirable, and it is better to be ashamed of himself, and he is ashamed of himself. ”

Ling Yan smiled helplessly: "It should be that I am ashamed, General Kuai's advice is correct...... It's all to blame for my self-estimation and underestimation of Yan Liang's strength. Alas...... Even if I am not afraid of a strong enemy, what is the use of putting life and death out of the way? Even if I try my best, I can't fight Yan Liang. ”

Kuai Liang nodded: "Yan Liang is indeed a tiger general in the world, I also underestimated him before, but I didn't expect that this person is not only strong in martial arts, but also has deep internal qi, and is worthy of being one of the four fierce generals under Yuan Shao...... In my opinion, if you want to defeat him, you should not use force, but you must outwit him. ”

Ling Yan nodded first, and after thinking about it, he shook his head: "Even if you outwit, I'm afraid you won't be able to defeat him...... Before, he fell for the plan, we ambushed all the troops, and several generals fought against him, not only did not kill him, but let him kill our two generals! ”

Kuai Liang said slowly: "General Yan, although we have a few generals to fight with him, except for the general and your general, the rest of the people have no internal qi in their bodies. Using them to fight Yan Liang is tantamount to sending sheep into the mouth of a tiger. ”

Ling Yan nodded slowly: "It's my fault. ”

Kuai Liang said: "It's not the general's fault. ”

Ling Yan smiled sadly, and after a while, asked, "General Kuai, did you see the internal qi wave he sent and killed the archers in the city in an instant?" ”

Kuai Liang said: "I see, this may be the 'long dragon' that General He said...... Based on my understanding of internal qi, if it weren't for the deep internal qi, I would never have been able to launch such an attack. ”

Ling Yan nodded: "I really underestimated him, I didn't expect him to be so difficult to deal with...... It is really ...... that he was still able to run away from the knife wounds, arrow wounds, gunshot wounds in his body, and the internal qi waves of your general Damn it! Ling Yan was furious when he thought about it.

Kuai Liang thought for a while, and suddenly asked an irrelevant sentence: "The general thinks that Yan Liangzhi is better than Zhang Mancheng, what if?" ”

Ling Yan was stunned for a moment: "This ...... He should be better than Zhang Mancheng...... What does the general think? ”

Kuai Liang smiled: "Liang thinks that if these two fight, which one will win or lose, but it is difficult to say." ”

Ling Yan thought about it, these two people did have their own merits, and he really couldn't imagine who would definitely win whom.

Kuai Liang continued: "The general can win Zhang Mancheng, and he will definitely be able to win Yan Liang in the future, but there is no need to rush for a while. ”

"Yes, what General Kuai said is very true." Ling Yan also realized his mistake.

Kuai Liang said: "General Yan, now there are less than 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the grain and grass have already been transported away, General Lu and others are injured again, and Jianhe City is really not suitable to defend anymore...... I hope that the general will give the order as soon as possible and abandon the city and retreat. ”

Ling Yan hurriedly nodded and said, "What the general said is extremely true, I will order the withdrawal of the troops tomorrow!" ”

"If so, Liang will be relieved," Kuai Liang arched his hand, "It's not too early, and Liang will not disturb the general's rest and retire." ”

"Well, General Kuai, let's go back and rest."

After Kuai Liang left, Ling Yan thought a lot more, and only then did he realize that Kuai Liang was really a wise and loyal strategist, and it seemed that he should listen to his opinions more in the future......

The next day, after Ling Yan got up, he hurriedly washed up, and then went to visit Lu Gong and He Rong.

He Rong's injuries recovered quickly, and after Ling Yan treated his injuries for a while, he hurried to see Lu Gong. Lu Gong's injuries were still very serious, and Ling Yan took a long time to heal his injuries before leaving Lu Gong's room.

Ling Yan returned to his residence, and was just about to discuss the withdrawal of troops with You Heng and Kuai Liang, when suddenly a spout came to report: Chun Yuqiong's army was less than fifty miles away from Jianhe City, and it would be under the city tonight or tomorrow; Another line of Han Meng's soldiers and horses will arrive in Jianhe City tomorrow at the latest.

Ling Yan suddenly became nervous, and hurriedly found You Heng and Kuai Liang, and after only discussing for a moment, he decided to withdraw immediately.

After preparing all morning, Ling Yan led his troops to slowly retreat from Jianhe City. Since Lu Gong and He Rong were wounded, and some of the soldiers were also wounded in the last battle, the speed of the team was not particularly fast. Ling Yan was worried that Chun Yuqiong's soldiers and horses would chase after him, so he led two thousand soldiers and horses to break down.

They did so for a day and a night, but they did not see the enemy chasing them. But Ling Yan did not dare to relax, and ordered the army not to rest, and marched overnight, so as not to be caught up by the enemy.

Originally, the distance from Jianhe City to Dajie City could be reached in only two days and one night, but due to the slow march of the army, they did not reach Dajie City until the afternoon of the third day. Fortunately, there were no enemy soldiers blocking the way, and the march was very smooth.

Seeing the friendly city, Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that it was Ling Yan coming back, the soldiers in the city hurriedly opened the city gate.

Ling Yan led his team into the city, and after ordering the soldiers to send Lu Gong and He Rong back to their residences, Ling Yan prepared to go back to his room and get a good night's sleep before saying that he was too sleepy.

As soon as he returned to the door of his residence, he saw a soldier coming up to Ling Yan and said, "General Yan, General Lu invites you to come over." ”

Ling Yan was stunned: "General Lu? ”

The soldier replied, "Yes, General Lu asked the general to come over." ”

"General Lu Tiecheng?" Ling Yan confirmed again, his face still puzzled.

"yes!" The soldier looked at Ling Yan with a strange expression.

"Isn't General Lu in Suke City?" Ling Yan asked strangely.

The soldier replied, "General Lu came here from Suke City a few days ago, and he has been here for many days. ”

Ling Yan was taken aback, and thought to himself, "Didn't Lu Tiecheng say before that he would go back to Ling Renxiang to help him attack the city?" How did you come back to the Great Victory City? But he said, "Okay...... Where is he now? ”

The soldier replied, "General Lu is waiting for General Yan in his room." ”

Ling Yan yawned: "Okay, I'll go right away, you go down first." ”

"Yes."

Ling Yan entered the room and hurriedly washed his face with cold water, which made him sober up a lot, and then he walked out of the room and walked towards Lu Tiecheng's room, thinking as he walked, "Really! I've been walking for two or three days, I'm tired and half dead, and I can't sleep when I come back! ”

Ling Yan came to Lu Tiecheng's room, and a soldier went in to report, and came back to Ling Yan after a while: "The general has invited General Yan." ”

Ling Yan walked in and saw Lu Tiecheng sitting on a stool, leisurely drinking tea, so he greeted with a smile: "General Lu." ”

"Hmm." Lu Tiecheng replied a little indifferently, and pointed to the stool opposite with his eyes, "General Yan, sit down." ”

Ling Yan sensed that Lu Tiecheng's mood was not quite right, but in order not to make the atmosphere too embarrassing, he walked to the stool opposite Lu Tiecheng and sat down, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the general is coming to the Great Victory City, I don't even know, otherwise I would have come here to say hello to General Lu just now." ”

Lu Tiecheng looked indifferent and said, "I've been here for several days. ”

Ling Yan smiled lightly and said, "Why did the general come to the Great Victory City?" Didn't you say before that you were going to help General Ling attack the city? ”