Updated: 2012-04-22

While waiting for a reply, Ling Yan didn't have much to do, except to recuperate from his injuries, he just seized the time to cultivate internal qi, because he finally understood how important internal qi was to him.

After these few cultivations, Ling Yan was pleasantly surprised to find that he seemed to be able to control the internal qi that Hua Tuo had passed on to him a little! Although that feeling was very illusory, Ling Yan was still excited, after all, this was also a big improvement!

In less than two days, the messenger returned to Jianhe City with Yuan Shao's secret letter.

Ling Yan took the secret letter of Yuan Shao in the messenger's hand, opened it excitedly, and saw that the letter read: Since the word comes first, Shao will keep his promise. For General Xie Yan to help me occupy Jizhou, I have now sent the old general Han Fu to lead 10,000 elite soldiers and send them to the general.

There is no follow-up to the letter.

Ling Yan was excited, but also puzzled: After Yuan Shao promised to destroy Han Fu before, the city of Han Fu was divided with me, of course, including the generals and pawns, as well as the grain, grass and cloth, why did this letter only mention sending me 10,000 elite soldiers?

However, since 10,000 elite soldiers had already been put into the account, Ling Yan decided to accept it first.

A day later, one of Han Fu's young generals really came to Ling Yan's Jianhe City with 10,000 elite soldiers.

The soldiers defending the city came to report to Ling Yan that there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses marching to the city.

Ling Yan was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Kuai Liang to accompany him to the review.

When he came to the outside of the city, the young general on the horse hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee in front of Ling Yan, and said with a fist: "The last general, Li Heng, led 10,000 elite soldiers, and came to General Yan on the order of General Yuan." ”

Ling Yan hurriedly said, "General, please get up." With that, he looked at the soldiers.

But seeing that those soldiers looked strong and neatly dressed, Ling Yan said in his heart: Sure enough, they are elite soldiers who are worthy of their reputation!

At this time, Kuai Liang beside him hesitated and said to Ling Yan: "General Yan, why did you only send 10,000 soldiers?" What about horses, grain, and grass? ”

Ling Yan said with a smile: "Accept these first, and then I'll take care of General Yuan's rest." ”

Kuai Liang nodded: "I hope that the general will write a letter as soon as possible to urge, so as not to change later." ”

Ling Yan thought about it, so it was better not to delay it for too long. So after placing these 10,000 elite soldiers, he wrote another letter to Yuan Shao: "10,000 elite soldiers have been received, thank you General Yuan, I don't know when the rest of the promises will be fulfilled?" When he had finished writing, he sent a messenger to send it out.

Two days later, the messenger returned, handing Ling Yan a reply from Yuan Shao.

Ling Yan opened the letter and saw that it said: Shao has sent another old general, Han Fu, to lead 5,000 soldiers and send it to General Yan.

Ling Yan smiled bitterly: There are two times to send this little soldier, if you want to send it all, isn't it okay to send it all at once?

Ling Yan secretly thought: Even if you give me 15,000 soldiers and horses, it won't be enough, it seems that you have to write another letter......

Soon, soldiers came to inform that there were several thousand soldiers and horses outside the city.

Ling Yan smiled helplessly, but he was still very excited in his heart, no matter what, there were five more people under the account! So, he called Kuai Liang and went out of the city to inspect it.

When the military generals outside the city saw Ling Yan and the others coming out, they immediately dismounted, hugged their fists at Ling Yan and said, "General Yan, the last general is ordered to lead five thousand soldiers and defect to the general." ”

"General, get up." Ling Yan smiled, then looked at the soldiers.

At this glance, Ling Yan's smile immediately froze on his face.

But I saw that the soldiers and horses were obviously out of order, and the formation was chaotic, and those soldiers looked to be very old, and some of them had white beards; Their clothing is even more chaotic, with all kinds of colors, old and new; What is even more excessive is that there are even a small number of soldiers who do not even have weapons in their hands.

Kuai Liang next to him frowned: "Why did General Yuan send these old and weak soldiers?" ”

Ling Yantie blushed and asked the young general coldly: "Is General Yuan mistaken, I want elite soldiers, why did you send these people?" ”

The young general looked up at Ling Yan with an innocent expression: "The last general doesn't know, but I'm definitely not mistaken, this is what General Yuan personally ordered." ”

Ling Yan looked at the appearance of the young general at this time, and wondered if he was pretending to be a soldier.

Kuai Liang said to Ling Yan in a deep voice: "General Yuan has done it this time, and General Yan still wrote a letter to ask the reason. ”

"Okay." After Ling Yan finished speaking, he didn't care about the young general and the five thousand soldiers, and turned around and went back to the city directly. It was Kuai Liang who placed those soldiers.

Ling Yan returned to the room, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and when he found a pen and paper, he wrote another letter: "The soldiers sent by General Yuan this time are all old and weak, I don't know what General Yuan means?" Was it an accidental mistake or an intentional one? Looking forward to coming back soon! ”

After writing the letter, Ling Yan called a messenger: "Hurry up and send the letter to General Yuan in the starry night, without delay!" ”

"Yes!" The messenger hurriedly replied, took Ling Yan's letter, and hurried out.

A short time later, Kuai Liang walked in.

"General Yan, Liang has something to say to the general." Kuai Liang said slowly.

"Okay, General Kuai sat down and said." Ling Yan barely calmed down his emotions and pointed towards the stool.

Kuai Liang didn't sit down, he still stood in place, his face was full of doubt, and said to Ling Yan: "General Yan, what Yuan Shao did this time, if he ordered the wrong soldiers and horses, it would be fine, but if he intended to do this, it would be troublesome......"

Ling Yan had a calm face: "General Kuai, please elaborate." ”

Kuai Liang's face was a little heavy, and after a sigh, he said slowly: "If Yuan Shao orders the wrong soldiers and horses, just change them; But if he intends to send soldiers and horses like the general, he is provocative and intends to provoke strife. ”

Ling Yan said coldly: "I have sent someone to deliver a letter to General Yuan, what is the reason, I will know if I reply to the letter." ”

Kuai Liang sighed: "The general should prepare early, if Yuan Shao really doesn't keep his word, it will be easy to deal with it." ”

Ling Yan was extremely irritable in his heart, so he waved his hand to Kuai Liang: "I understand what General Kuai means...... The general will step back first. ”

Kuai Liang saw that Ling Yan didn't have the heart to discuss these at all, so he withdrew his hand.

One day later, the messenger returned with a book. Ling Yan's sentence "there must be no mistakes" was really effective, and half of the time was saved in replying back and forth.

Ling Yan took the letter and looked at it, and saw that the letter said: "This soldier is indeed sent by Shao, because Han Fu has 10,000 soldiers and horses, Shao will divide half of it with General Yan." ”

Ling Yan read the letter, and his heart slightly dissipated some anger, but the messenger's words made him angry again.

Seeing that Ling Yan's face was not good-looking, the messenger was a little scared, but he still stubbornly said, "General Yuan still has a word for me to tell the general......"

"Say." Ling Yan looked at the messenger coldly.

The messenger shuddered: "General Yuan said that everything he promised has been given to General Yan...... The only soldiers captured by Han Fu were ...... Thirty thousand. ”

Ling Yan held back the fire, waved his hand to let the messenger retreat, and then brought He Rong and Xiahou Jiang over.

The two generals clasped their fists and said to Ling Yan: "I don't know what the general is looking for in the future." ”

Ling Yan looked at He Rong and asked calmly, "General He, how many soldiers and horses were there in Jizhou City originally?" ”

He Rong replied: "There were 200,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Ling Yan asked again, "How many people died in battle?" ”

He Rong replied: "More than 30,000 people were killed in the battle. ”

Ling Yan's face sank suddenly: "How many were captured by General Yuan?" And how many troops are surrendered? ”

He Rong looked at Xiahou Jiang with some blankness.

Xiahou Jiang clenched his fists and replied: "General Yuan has captured more than 140,000 people, most of whom have surrendered. ”

Ling Yanqiang held back the anger in his heart: "Then how many generals, horses, weapons, grain and grass did General Yuan get?" ”

Xiahou Jiang replied: "There are more than 30 guards in Jizhou, except for those who were killed in battle, escaped and beheaded without surrendering, the rest were all surrendered to General Yuan...... There are more than 30,000 horses in Jizhou......"

"That's it!" Ling Yan finally couldn't help it anymore and interrupted Xiahou Jiang sharply.

Xiahou Jiang and He Rong were both taken aback.

Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said coldly, "The two generals retreat." ”

"Yes......" The two of them withdrew.

The more Ling Yan thought about it, the more annoyed he became, he suddenly picked up the tea bowl on the table and slammed it to the ground.

With a "snap", the tea bowl shattered.

Ling Yan stood up and walked out with a dark face.

in the council chamber.

Ling Yan sat in the first place, his face was extremely bad. Below sat Kuai Liang, You Heng and Lu Gong. When they saw Ling Yan's gloomy face, they didn't know what was going on, only Kuai Liang guessed the score.

"I'm looking for three generals because I have something to say." Ling Yan said in a deep voice.

You Heng and Lu Gong looked puzzled, only Kuai Liang was still calm as usual.

Ling Yan told what had happened.

"Humph! Outrageous! After hearing this, Lu Gong was immediately furious, and hugged his fist at Ling Yan, "General Yan, the last general is willing to lead the army to defeat Yuan Shao!" ”

Ling Yan was silent, and looked at You Heng and Kuai Liang with cold eyes.

You Heng stood up and said, "General Yan, Yuan Shao, this thief, betrayed his trust, deceived the general, Heng is willing to go with General Lu!" ”

Ling Yan exhaled and looked at Kuai Liang.

Seeing Ling Yan looking at him, Kuai Liang sighed, and said slowly: "Yuan Shao betrayed his trust, he should have crusaded, but this person has a lot of fierce generals and a wide range of soldiers. ”

"Why did General Kuai strengthen the enemy's reputation?" Lu Gong couldn't help but shout, "Then if Yuan Shao is really powerful, why did he ask General Yan for help?" ”

Kuai Liang shook his head, but remained silent.

You Heng thought for a moment and said to Ling Yan: "What General Kuai said is also reasonable...... However, what Yuan Shao did as a thief was really excessive, if he just tolerated and connived, Yuan Shao would be even more serious in the future. ”

"What your general said is very true!" Lu Gong said loudly, "Please give the general an order, the last general is willing to be a pioneer!" ”

Ling Yan looked at the three people below, the muscles on his cheeks were bitten by his teeth, and said, "Yuan Shao is too much of a bully, if you don't kill him, how can you save your face!" Ling Yan looked at Gong Lu and You Heng again: "General Lu, General You, please go and prepare immediately, and start the army on the next day!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Gongshi turned around and walked out. You Heng seemed to hesitate, but he didn't say anything, and turned around and left after hugging his fist at Ling Yan.

Kuai Liang saw the two of them walk out, and shook his head incessantly.

"General Kuai, why are you shaking your head?" Ling Yan frowned slightly.

Kuai Liang looked at this Ling Yan and said slowly: "In my good opinion, you must not send troops. ”

Ling Yan was silent for a moment, then got up and said, "General Kuai, please come with me." ”

Ling Yan took Kuai Liang to his residence.

"General Kuai, why can't you send troops?" Ling Yan sat on the stool and stared at Kuai Liangdao.

Kuai Liang sighed, and said earnestly: "General Yan, the reason why Yuan Shao dared to deceive the general was because he had enough food and ...... Before Yuan Shao got Jizhou, he was already very powerful, and now he has Jizhou, which is even more powerful. Coupled with the surrender of generals and troops, the number of soldiers in Jizhou is probably 200,000, and he has newly obtained Jizhou, with sufficient grain and grass, and strong morale. I hope the general thinks deeply! ”

Ling Yan was silent for a long time before gritting his teeth and hating: "But I really can't swallow this breath!" We lost our troops, spent food and money, and in the end we only got 15,000 troops! Five thousand of them are still ......" Ling Yan couldn't say any more, and slapped the table heavily.

"General Yan, Yuan Shao is hateful, but if you crusade against him, it is really not the best policy...... Kuai Liang said slowly, "Since Yuan Shao has decided to be treacherous, he will definitely take precautions against General Yan, and may even have plans to attack Jianhe City...... If Yuan Shao sends troops to attack the city, with our current strength, it will be difficult to compete with the enemy, let alone take the initiative to attack. ”

Ling Yan was silent, his cheeks bulging one by one.

Kuai Liang continued: "General Yan, Yuan Shao is so untrustworthy, he must be defeated, but if he raises troops in a hurry, not only will he not play the role of defeating the enemy, but it will cause my army to lose his soldiers...... If the general can tolerate it for the time being, collect his troops and return to the city, make careful plans, and then take advantage of Yuan Shao's lax army to raise troops to fight, it will be much easier. ”

"Hmm......" Ling Yan snorted from his throat, and he had to admit that what Kuai Liang said was very reasonable.

Kuai Liang said again: "General Lu and General You are understandable because of their anger, but it is not a wise move to raise troops in anger. ”

Ling Yan frowned and thought for a long time, then exhaled lightly and said to Kuai Liang: "What General Kuai said is exact, I was impulsive just now, and now I will think about it...... General Kuai will go down first. ”

Kuai Liang arched his hand and said: "If the general can do this, Liang will be relieved...... Liang retired first. ”

After Kuai Liang left, Ling Yan thought seriously and calmly for a long time, and some realized that his consideration of the problem was really not as comprehensive as Kuai Liang, and Ling Yan had no idea whether to immediately start an army to fight.

At this time, You Heng walked in.

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