Chapter 356: The Mortal Situation

The four of them looked at each other for a moment, and Lu Bu asked, "Boguang, you say, what's going on with them?" ”

Tian Fan said: "It should be Zhang Xun who ordered the whole army to surrender!" It's just that I don't know why yet. ”

Zhao Yun frowned and said, "Actually, this is not difficult to understand!" In this battle, Zhang Xun will be defeated, and he also knows that if he does not order surrender, then these sergeants will definitely fight to death......" Thinking of last night's battle, he slowly shook his head again, and continued: "At least those middle and low-level officers who have been Zhang Xun's own soldiers will fight to death." Perhaps, Zhang Xun just didn't want to see them die in vain, so he ordered to give up resistance. After all, since he is his personal guard, he must have some feelings with him! ”

Xu Sheng looked at the Great General's Mansion, which was closed and had been surrounded by groups, and said, "It seems that Zhang Xun is planning to resist to the end?" ”

Several people followed his gaze to the Great General's Mansion and couldn't help but nod.

Tian Fan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly said: "Wen Xiang, you go out of the city immediately and separate the enemy soldiers who surrendered!" Some of the ordinary soldiers, some of the people who had been Zhang Xun's personal guards, some of the officers who had not been Zhang Xun's personal guards, and some of the remaining officers. Remember, those Zhang Xun's personal guards must be strictly guarded! ”

Looking at the General's Mansion again, Tian Fan said: "I'm afraid, once we capture the General's Mansion, Zhang Xun will inevitably die in battle, and after his death, once the news comes out, those middle and low-level officers who have been his personal guards are likely to rebel!" If they rebel, and then some of the soldiers rebel, and they make up a little rumor that we are going to kill the prisoners, then these troops will be in chaos. ”

After a slight pause, Tian Fan continued: "Although these weapons were taken away by us, there are many of them, and once it is chaotic, it will be a trouble!" Well, be careful, there you go! ”

Xu Sheng clenched his fists and took his own people and strode away.

At this time, Gao Shun, who was supposed to be in charge of the four-way rescue, and Koji Yi, who was in charge of attacking the General's Mansion, came.

After the salute was met, Tian Fan told Gao Shun and the others about the analysis of the few people just now, and they had no objections.

The rest is to find a way to capture the General's Mansion!

Just when everyone was dispatching troops and preparing to attack, suddenly, the door of the tall general's mansion "creaked" and slowly opened.

The generals were busy raising their swords and guns, bows and crossbows, ready to fight.

However, the people who went out surprised everyone!

I saw a group of people slowly walking out of the mansion gate, led by two. One was dressed in scribe's garb, the other in armor.

The scribe had his hands tied behind his back and walked out with his head bowed. And the general, dressed in armor, rustled iron leaves between walks, what a good man. He held a scabbard in both hands and walked slowly with a hunched body.

The two of them turned a blind eye to the countless knives, guns, and arrows more than a dozen steps in front of them, but lowered their posture and slowly came to the position a few steps in front of the Xuzhou army.

Tian Fan and the others knew that they were going to surrender as soon as they saw it, and immediately ordered all the soldiers to put away their swords, guns, bows and arrows, and then pushed aside the crowd and came to the two of them.

The two looked up, and the scribe knelt down on his knees, and the general, holding up the sword in his hand, also knelt straight down. The military general shouted: "The rebel Zhang Xun is really a capital crime to try to resist the heavenly soldiers!" Now pray for surrender in front of the two armies, and General Wangtian will accept it! ”

The scribe said: "The rebel Yuan Yin, aiding and abusive, is in vain!" Now I have come to the front of the two armies, and I have come to accept the guilt! ”

After a moment of stunnedness, Tian Fan took two steps forward, preparing to receive their surrender. Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others were afraid that Zhang Xun would hurt people violently, so they hurriedly stepped forward and guarded Tian Fan in the middle.

Tian Fan didn't feel unhappy with the kindness of Lu Bu and the others, he smiled slightly, took the sword in Zhang Xun's hand, and handed it to Lu Bu behind him, and then grabbed Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin's arms respectively and helped the two of them up.

Tian Fan smiled mildly and said, "Two of you, please get up!" Hehe, in the past, you were enemies of our army, and that was each his own master, but it was the duty of a courtier, and I can't complain about the two of you. Now, the two of them can wake up in time, avoid the senseless casualties of the soldiers on both sides, and avoid further suffering to the innocent people in the city, hehe, it is really a great merit! ”

The two got up, but they still lowered their heads, as if they were ashamed and didn't dare to look at Tian Fan.

Tian Fan untied the rope for Yuan Yin and said, "Hehe, two, I don't know what your plans are in the future?" Do you want to enter Xuzhou to serve my father-in-law, or do you want to retire to the mountains and forests and become a rich man? ”

The two looked up at Tian Fan, Yuan Yin snorted for a long time, and said carefully: "Will Uncle Liu Huang accept us?" ”

Seeing Zhang Xun also looking at him with a blank eye, Tian Fan smiled and said, "You can rest assured, my lord is the most knowledgeable and good at his duties, and he will not treat anyone who has the ability to do it badly!" ”

The two glanced at each other, Yuan Yin let out a sigh of relief, and said cautiously while moving his numb wrist: "That's good, the villain is willing to work for the emperor's uncle!" ”

Zhang Xun also nodded and said, "Me too!" ”

Tian Fan listened to it, and he was simply moved by the color! Of course he could kill Zhang Xun, but Zhang Xun's own value was very great, which made Tian Fan reluctant! Not to mention his ability to command the army, let's just say that his prestige among the nearly 10,000 soldiers outside the city, as long as he says a word, he can save Tian Fan a lot of trouble!

As for Yuan Yin, not to mention his talent, let's just say that he is the identity of Yuan Shu's younger brother, if he surrenders, it will definitely be a huge blow to Yuan Shu's legion, you have surrendered from your younger brother, why do others follow you all the way to the dark? This is mainly manifested at the political level, I believe that as long as Yuan Yin goes to Shouchun City to shout, it is definitely worth 10,000 troops!

As far as Tian Fan knows, Yuan Yin still has some ability in political affairs, although his military talent is not outstanding, he still has the ability to be a assassin!

At this moment, a small school rushed to the scene and shouted, "Report ...... Emergency military intelligence! ”

Tian Fan looked at it and hurriedly greeted him.

The little colonel clenched his fists and said breathlessly: "General Qiqitian, several generals, urgent military situation!" When General Pang and General Wei attacked the granaries in the city, they met with strong resistance! The opposing side was about eight hundred men, and after a few rounds of arrows from the two generals, they lost several hundred. When we saw that our army was about to take the granary, the enemy soldiers suddenly lit torches and said that if we continued to attack, they would burn the granary! ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "The two of you can't think about it, so you can only withdraw immediately, and let the villain deliver the letter, and ask General Tian to decide!" ”

After listening to the little school's babbling words, everyone was dumbfounded! The battle is over, even Zhang Xun has surrendered, how can anyone still resist?

Tian Fan felt a little strange, and he asked puzzledly, "Aren't there just a few hundred people?" Wouldn't it be better to shoot arrows at all of them, and then go to put out the fire? ”

In fact, Tian Fan is right. In the general granary, the ground is unusually clean, and the large hoards of grain are made of mud, which is not easy to catch fire. It is not difficult to kill each other, pick up the torch again, and put out the fire.

When the little colonel heard this, he resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said, "General Tian, the other party has already prepared!" They spread a lot of firewood and grass on the ground, and poured fire oil, which, once ignited, could not be extinguished! ”

Tian Fan heard this, and hurriedly said: "You lead the way, let's go over and have a look together!" ”

Zhang Xun said suddenly: "General Tian, can the last general go together?" ”

Tian Fan couldn't help but pause, and turned his head to look at Zhang Xun.

Zhang Xun clasped his fists and saluted, "The soldiers guarding the granary are all personal soldiers below, and they still listen to me!" ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then ask General Zhang to go and have a look!" If this matter can be resolved peacefully, Ben will definitely ask the lord for credit for you, even if you keep the whole granary! ”

Zhang Xun thanked him again and again, and followed Tian Fan and the others to the granary empty-handed.

The granary is not far from the General's Mansion, or rather, the two places are simply next to each other. Zhang Xun, as Yuan Shu's favored general, should have a huge mansion, but otherwise. His mansion was very small, and he did not have any servants in the household, so he used his own soldiers as servants.

In comparison, the granary next to Zhang Xun's mansion covers a much larger area!

The whole granary is about a square, more than a mile in length and width, and dozens of huge grain hoards in it are tall and stout, and it can be seen that there is a lot of grain stored in the warehouse.

When everyone arrived, Wei Yan and Pang De were jumping to their feet in a hurry. Really, this is an unsolvable situation! It is conservatively estimated that there is enough food for 30,000 people in the granary for half a year, and it would be a pity if it burned on fire!

As soon as Tian Fan and the others arrived, Pang De and the others hurriedly stepped forward to salute and told them about the situation.

Tian Fan nodded, pointed at Zhang Xun and said, "This is General Zhang Xun Zhang, you know each other!" ”

Pound and the others looked stunned...... After clasping their fists and saluting, they looked at Tian Fan with doubts.

Tian Fan smiled slightly and said to Zhang Xun: "General Zhang, it's up to you!" ”

Zhang Xun hugged his fists and saluted, "Please wait for a moment General Tian, Xun will come when he goes!" ”

The soldiers got out of the way, and Zhang Xun entered the granary empty-handed.

Pang De hurriedly whispered: "General Tian, you ...... If Yixun ordered the fire, wouldn't that be a waste of all his efforts? ”

Tian Fan shook his head and said, "If Zhang Xun doesn't want to live, then he will naturally order arson!" But since he has surrendered, it means that he wants to live! ”

At this moment, a nervous roar sounded, "Don't come, I said, no one is allowed to come!" Don't come here, I'm going to set it on fire! ”

Zhang Xun's voice came out, "It's me, I'm Zhang Xun!" ”

The voice hesitated, "Zhang...... General Zhang, why are you here? ”

Zhang Xun said: "Luo Xin, you put out the torch, let's talk again!" ”

Luo Xin paused for a moment and said, "General, if I extinguish the torch...... Suddenly, his voice turned to surprise, "General, you ...... You surrendered? ”

Zhang Xun said confidently: "Of course! If I hadn't surrendered, would you have been able to see me alive? His Majesty...... Yuan Shu treats me well, but I was born and died, and I can be regarded as repaying him! Now, in the face of certain defeat, I chose to surrender and save the lives of my soldiers and the lives of the people, is it wrong? ”

In the middle of the night, Luo Xin suddenly shouted: "Extinguish all the torches!" Now that the generals have surrendered, what are we going to resist? ”

Tian Fan and the others outside breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, the granary was saved!

After a while, Zhang Xun walked out with nearly three hundred dejected soldiers. After Xiang Tian Fan hugged his fists, Zhang Xun said: "General Qi Tian, the last general will come to pay the order!" ”

Tian Fan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Hehe, okay, General Zhang has just joined our army, and he has made such a great achievement, which is really gratifying!" ”

Zhang Xun humbly clenched his fists and said: "Hehe, this is what the last general should do!" After a slight pause, he turned his head to look at the granary and said to Tian Fan: "General Tian, I wonder if several generals are interested in going into the granary to have a look?" If you wish, the last general is willing to explain it in detail to several generals! ”

Zhang Xun put on a humble appearance, bowing his head when he spoke, and Tian Fan didn't see his slightly nervous face and constantly flashing eyes. Zhang Xun is very nervous, whether this nirvana can be fulfilled, he has done so much humiliatingly, and whether there is any result in the end, it depends on whether Tian Fan will enter this granary!

Hearing Zhang Xun say this, Tian Fan smiled and said, "Well, this granary will be really interested in taking a look!" Still, let's wait a bit! ”

After a slight pause, Tian Fan said to Pang De and Wei Yan: "You take people into the granary first, pack up the firewood and grass on the ground, and then we will go in and have a look later!" As he spoke, he glanced at the two of them.

Pang De and Wei Yan were very smart, and when they saw Tian Fan's eyes, they could naturally understand what he meant. The two of them respectively instructed a Dubo, and while Zhang Xun was not paying attention, they took special care to check it well to see if there was anyone in the warehouse.

Tian Fan and the others stood at the door of the granary, pointing and discussing various topics from time to time.

The soldiers went in and out, and from time to time they brought out large bundles of firewood and grass, which exuded a strong smell of fire oil, which irritated people's noses. It is conceivable that this flammable firewood and grass, with more flammable oil, will have a burning effect like an explosion, as long as it is ignited, it will never be extinguished!

Tian Fan believed in the sincerity of Zhang Xun's surrender, but he did not dare to take risks. If there is a possibility, Zhang Xun is a top actor who has been deceiving Tian Fan, and Tian Fan has entered the granary, as long as Zhang Xun lights firewood, grass and oil, then Tian Fan will never be honored!

A quarter of an hour later, the soldiers reported that the firewood and grass had been cleared and they could go in and watch! Seeing Wei Yan and Pang De's eyes, Tian Fan was relieved!

Tian Fan nodded and said to the generals: "Let's go in and have a look, how about it?" ”

The generals responded with a mouthful of tongues. The importance of the granary, needless to say. After each general occupies a city, the granary and the residence of the enemy commander are the first places to be seen, even more important than the official office.

Everyone arranged for the soldiers to stay on the periphery, and Tian Fan, Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Lu Yi, Pang De, Wei Yan and other generals entered this huge granary with dozens of personal soldiers.

Zhang Xun is a landlord, so he naturally wants to make an introduction, he said: "General Tian, several generals, this granary is rectangular on the periphery, with a length of four hundred steps and a width of three hundred and fifty steps. There are 30 large grain hoards in it, and in the middle position, 20 medium-sized grain hoards, together with large grain hoards, are scattered and distributed. In addition, there are sixty small grain hoards! ”

As he spoke, he pointed to dozens of huge grain hoards in the middle and said, "A few generals, please see, this kind of grain hoards are large grain hoards!" The diameter is eight zhang, the height is five zhang, of which the base occupies a zhang height, which is made of yellow mud repeatedly solidified, extremely strong, and can be moisture-proof. Because the grain hoard is too huge, the hoarding wall is very thick, a full foot thick. This grain hoard can carry up to 20,000 stone of grain! Well, half of these food hoards are empty. ”

Tian Fan and the others nodded, thinking, 20,000 stone of grain, if you save a little food, it is enough for a year's ration for 2,000 troops! There are thirty of these large grain hoards alone, and if they are all full, it will be the ration of 60,000 troops for a year! Awesome, awesome!

Then, Zhang Xun pointed to a medium-sized grain hoard and said, "Everyone, please see, this is a medium-sized grain hoard!" The diameter is five zhang, the height is four zhang, and it can hold 8,000 stones of grain. These twenty grain hoards are all full! ”

Finally, he pointed to the small grain hoards on both sides of the door and said, "Those are small grain hoards, three zhang in height and three zhang in diameter, and three thousand stones of grain and grass are stored inside!" Hehe, now, it's also full of food! ”

Tian Fan silently calculated in his heart for a while, oh my God, fifteen large grain hoards, twenty medium-sized grain hoards, plus sixty small grain hoards, in this inconspicuous granary, there are still 640,000 stone grains, this is the annual ration of 60,000 troops!

As soon as the accounts in his heart were clear, Tian Fan suddenly looked at Zhang Xun and was pleasing to the eye, keeping so much grain was a great achievement for Xuzhou! If you save some of these grains, you can only eat one and a half full at each meal, which is enough for 500,000 people to survive the winter! This is really a great thing for Xuzhou, which is in urgent need of food and grass to appease countless victims!

Tian Fan patted Zhang Xun on the shoulder and said, "General Zhang, until this time, this general didn't know how much credit you had!" Well, don't worry, when I return to the lord, I will definitely explain your merits to the lord, and let the lord give you a chance to display your talents! ”

Lu Bu and Lu Yi really don't like Zhang Xun's appearance, the whole villain who is humble and condescending is really shameless! Hearing Tian Fan say this, the two of them suddenly pouted. It just so happened that they saw each other's movements and couldn't help but smile at each other. The two of them had a brain, and suddenly had a plan, if Zhang Xun entered the barracks, hehehe, hey, kill him!

Zhang Xun hugged his fists and smiled, and said, "Hehe, it's not a big merit, it's just a gesture!" ”

After a slight pause, he pointed to the position in the middle of the granary and said, "A few generals, how about we go and see the grain in the grain hoard?" ”

Tian Fan smiled slightly and said, "Since that's the case, let's go and take a look!" "He's not very enthusiastic about checking the grain, but that's his job.

Zhang Xun smiled, led the way, and led everyone to the middle of the big granaries.

Tian Fan only felt that the smell of fire oil in his nostrils was pungent and unpleasant, and he couldn't help frowning. It seems that when Zhang Xun's soldiers poured the fire oil on the straw, the fire oil also seeped into the ground, but I am afraid that this smell will be gone for a while!

Dozens of people walked towards the large grain hoard, and suddenly, Tian Fan felt a sound under his feet, he couldn't help but stop, and stepped on it a few more times. There was a layer of planks on the ground, and there was an empty echo underneath, and there was an echo of emptiness under one foot. What's the situation?

Yuan Yin was beside Tian Fan, and when he saw Tian Fan's puzzled eyes, he smiled slightly and said, "General Tian, there is a drainage ditch under your feet!" Hehe, it rains a lot in Huainan, so we have to make some drainage ditches to facilitate the drainage of rainwater. However, the rain here is often very heavy, and under heavy rains, the soil in the city is often washed into the drainage ditch, so we use wooden planks as the cover of the drainage ditch to facilitate the regular digging of sludge and keep the drainage ditch smooth! ”

Tian Fan nodded slightly, didn't think much about it, and walked with Zhang Xun.

After walking about twenty steps, all of a sudden, Zhang Xun quickened his pace and ran quickly towards the large grain hoard!

Tian Fan and the others couldn't help but be stunned, what is this for?

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xun took out a whistle from his body and blew it hard, and a sharp sound like a whistle sounded, and it was heard far away!

Tian Fan's eyes froze, his face changed, this sound seems to be a signal! He yelled, "Catch Zhang Xun!" ”

Needless to say, Zhao Yun and other generals had already started, strode forward, and chased after Zhang Xun. No matter what, as long as Zhang Xun is in hand, everything has room to turn around!

And over there, Lu Bu had already grabbed Yuan Yin with one hand like a chicken. Yuan Yin had a strange smile on his face, and he didn't resist at all. When Tian Fan saw it, he was even more shocked, this kind of calm smile was obviously preparing to die!

Over there, Zhao Yun had also caught Zhang Xun. To be precise, after Zhang Xun blew a few trumpets, he no longer ran away, but waited in place and was caught by Zhao Yun!

Similarly, Zhang Xun also had a mysterious smile on his face, which made Tian Fan even more stunned!

Without waiting for Tian Fan to ask, suddenly, from the so-called sewer they had just passed, there was a burst of noise, and the wooden planks were lifted from the inside, and countless armor soldiers with swords, shields and bows and crossbows climbed out of it and came to the other side of the gutter. Then, these people turned around and drew their bows and arrows, aiming countless cold and secluded forest feather arrows at Tian Fan's group!

Tian Fan hurriedly shouted: "Form a formation, resist the enemy!" ”

The soldiers did not wait for his orders, and began to form a formation. The formation was quickly formed, but the strange thing was that the opponent only aimed their bows and arrows at them, and did not shoot arrows!

Just when Tian Fan and the others were puzzled, countless fires suddenly appeared in the gutter, and the fires continued to grow bigger and stronger, and after a while, the other party's soldiers disappeared, and only the flames that rushed to the sky could be seen! Twenty steps apart, Tian Fan and the others only felt a heat wave hit, and the scorching air made it difficult for people to breathe!

Then, from the top of the granary around them, countless lit firewood and grass were thrown down, which were the work of the Yuan Shu soldiers who had been lying in ambush on the grain hoard. The ground soaked in fire oil also began to slowly ignite a fire, although it was not big, but it was deadly enough!

It turned out that fire was their weapon, and the bow and arrow just made Tian Fan and the others dare not move! Yuan Yin analyzed, if Tian Fan led Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others into the granary, just these people who were ambushed might not be able to take them down!

Zhang Xun, who was caught by Zhao Yun, laughed hysterically, like crazy. He laughed wildly: "Tian Fan, I didn't expect it, right? In order to kill you, I made ample preparations and gave up my dignity! Hahaha, but, fortunately, I earned it, more than half of the main generals of your Xuzhou army are here, as long as you die, Your Majesty's crisis will naturally be solved! Hahaha...... Tian Fan, are you satisfied with this mortal situation I arranged for you? ”

After a pause, he looked north and cried: "Your Majesty, the last general is ashamed, he failed to keep Liyang, the last general is incompetent, and he has no shame to live in the world!" However, Your Majesty does not have to be sad about the death of the minister, haha, in the end, Tian Fan, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Liyi and others will be buried together, this death is worth it! ”

Zhao Yun listened to his annoying pouting, punched him in the stomach hard, and asked, "Boguang, what should I do?" His voice trembled a little, this was a mortal situation, asking Tian Fan was just a subconscious action.

Tian Fan and the others were also pale, they knew that it was unrealistic to escape from the drainage ditch that was burning with skyrocketing fire, that kind of intense fire, as long as it was an instant, it would be able to roast people on the outside and tender on the inside!

However, waiting here is also certain death, the enemy soldiers on the grain hoard are still throwing canisters of fire oil and lit firewood and grass down, and the oil-soaked places on the ground have begun to burn slowly!

Tian Fan swallowed a mouthful of spit and hissed: "No way, this is a mortal situation!" "PS: Six thousand word chapters, not tonight. Also, ask for a referral ticket......