Chen Yan easily killed Ji Ling's remaining 300,000 troops back to his hometown in Yuzhou, but when these people came, they were 300,000, and when they left, there were less than 250,000 left.

Although Chen Yan gave an order not to kill too much, after all, Huang Zhong led eight thousand iron horsemen to kill them, and more than 50,000 people died, which was already the greatest mercy.

Chen Yan led the army back to Xucheng, it was already the early morning of the next day, the sky was bright, and the temperature was still a little cold.

Chen Yan and his brothers fought all night, a little tired, as soon as they entered the city, Guo Jia came over and said, "Lord, someone in the prison came to spread the word, saying that Ji Ling seems to be a little unbearable. ”

Chen Yan frowned and said, "It's only been less than three days, Ji Ling, this guy is strong and healthy, how can he not withstand it?" I can't be lying to you, right? ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "It doesn't seem like it, the guards are all veterans with a lot of experience, he hasn't drunk a sip of water in the past few days, I'm afraid it's really unbearable." ”

Chen Yan nodded and said: "I'll go over and take a look, Ji Ling is the henchman general that Yuan Shu relies on, if he really kills him, it is inevitable that he will fight with Yuan Shu before he fights Cao Cao." ”

With that, Chen Yan walked quickly towards the prison.

……

There was still darkness in the prison, and Ji Ling's face was as pale as paper at this time, his lips were pale, and he sat weakly in a corner of the prison. He hadn't drunk any water for three days in a row, and if it was a few more hours, I'm afraid he really wouldn't be able to bear it.

Pity this general who has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, at this time he was as depressed as a dog, the fear of death gradually came, and Ji Ling no longer had the courage he had back then. He didn't want to die, especially at this age when he was making a career.

Suddenly, there was a bang at the door of the prison, and then the sound of footsteps gradually came. Although Ji Ling was close to losing consciousness, the instinct of a warrior was still there, and he could hear the footsteps of the person coming out calmly, he must be a good martial artist.

And with the opening of the gate of the prison, a shallow ray of sunlight finally entered the corridor of the prison.

Although there is not much sunshine, in Ji Ling's view, it is tantamount to the hope of life!

Ji Ling's lips moved, but he found that he couldn't say anything anymore.

He was so thirsty.

At this moment, there was a sudden "clang" sound, and there was an extra bowl in front of Ji Ling, and the water in the bowl was rippling, and it was filled with water.

Unfortunately, the water in this bowl is dirty, and there is a lot of grease and debris floating on the water, which does not look like water that people can drink at all.

But Ji Ling didn't care about it at all, he was like crazy, he hurriedly picked up the bowl, and then looked up to the sky to drink water, this water was not much, and he didn't waste a drop.

Finally...... He finished the water in the bowl, cleared his throat, and whispered, "Is there anything else?" ”

And when he raised his head, he happened to see that the person who handed him this bowl of water was the silver-haired Chen Yan!

"Is that you?" Ji Ling was obviously a little surprised, and even his voice became trembling.

"What do you think?" Chen Yan said slowly, as if he didn't care about Ji Ling's life or death.

Ji Ling thought about it and seemed to be guessing Chen Yan's purpose, but after a moment, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said, "If you want to kill me, then do it." ”

Chen Yan smiled: "If I want to kill you, why should I give you that bowl of water?" ”

Ji Ling's eyes widened and asked, "Then what do you want?!" ”

Chen Yan smiled slightly, and replied slowly: "I don't want to do anything, I just want you to know, I'm afraid of words, how to write." ”

After saying this, Chen Yan didn't give Ji Ling room to fight back, turned around and left. Ji Ling looked at Chen Yan's back, and suddenly felt that he really couldn't figure out what this young man was thinking. Ji Ling is on the battlefield, and he has seen any fierce character, but the silver-haired boy in front of him now is a kind he has never been in contact with, an outlier who seems to be incompatible with the current world.

Chen Yan rested for a day, and finally got up, he ordered to go down and let his subordinates spread the news of his marriage to Lu Lingqi as much as possible, Chen Yan's idea was very simple, that is, to let the princes of the world know that Chen Yan had united with the famous Lu Bu.

Strong alliance, in this way, people who want to fight Chen Yan's idea will naturally have to be more restrained.

After that, Chen Yan instructed Xu Huang to detain Ji Ling for a while, and then let Ji Ling go when Yuan Shu sent someone to intercede. To deal with an ally like Yuan Shu, you have to use both soft and hard, and Chen Yan has already made plans in his heart.

Sure enough, as Chen Yan expected, a month later, Yuan Shu sent an envoy to send five hundred taels of gold to redeem Ji Ling, Xu Huang was very shrewd, such a cost-effective deal, it was natural to do it, and he sent Ji Ling back on the same day, of course, this is a later story.

……

After arranging many matters in Xucheng, Chen Yan took Huang Zhong, Zhang Yan, Guo Jia, and 100,000 horses to evacuate from Xucheng. Xu Cheng has Xu Huang in charge, and Chen Yan is very relieved.

Now that Zhang Liao and Chen Yan's future wife Lu Lingqi have arrived on the way here, Chen Yan, as the groom's official, must not let the beauties wait longer.

What's more, this is a political marriage, and the attention in it is naturally much stricter than ordinary marriage.

Everyone is also in good spirits on happy occasions, and they galloped along the way, and the speed was extremely fast, and they returned to Luoyang in less than a few days.

At this time, Luoyang had gradually regained its prosperity under Chen Yan's careful governance. Although there has been a monstrous fire, but after all, the foundation of Luoyang City is still there, the only drawback before is that the people have escaped and died, and the last time after the enrichment of the Yellow Turban Army brought by Zhang Yan, Luoyang at this time is already prosperous.

Chen Yan took the lead and walked in front, this avenue in Luoyang was many times wider than Xu Cheng, Chen Yan looked up, and was full of spirit.

Guo Jiaze Ma followed aside, and said with a smile: "Lord, you have been working hard in this troubled world for a long time, and you are finally going to return with a beauty." It is said that Miss Lu is good-looking, and she is also a martial artist, so the lord must be blessed. ”

Chen Yan also smiled and said: "When I was in Luoyang City, I was familiar with Miss Lu's family, and now that I talk about it, it can be regarded as a reunion of old friends." ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Since this is the case, it is more appropriate." ”

Before he finished speaking, Chen Yan suddenly sighed softly and said, "It's a pity...... I promised Zhao Ji to marry her, but it's a pity...... I should have been a father. ”

Speaking of this, although Chen Yan didn't show too much sadness on his face, he could still see that he had an indelible sadness.

Guo Jia saw it in his eyes, and he also felt sorry for his father-in-law in his heart, he also thought that Chen Yan had let go of Cai Yan's matter after his head turned white overnight, who knew that in his heart, this matter would always be an unhealable wound.