Chen Lan nodded and asked, "I wonder what strategy the general should use?"
Zhang Liao said: "Since you have been captured by me, if you go back like this, you will definitely be suspected. Come here..."
Chen Lan thought Zhang Liao was going to say something to him, so she walked to Zhang Liao. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got closer, Zhang Liao pulled out the steel sword from his waist with a "swish", grabbed his hand, and slashed with his sword.
When he went down, all four fingers of his right hand were cut off, blood flowed out immediately, and the pain was excruciating.
"Ah..." Chen Lan was in terrible pain and shouted loudly. Looking at his broken finger, he felt extremely angry. Seeing Zhang Liao smiling evilly, he hurriedly took out his left hand and covered it.
With his right hand still bleeding, he asked in horror, "General, I sincerely surrender to you, why do you do this to me?"
Zhang Liao chuckled and said, "Didn't you promise me just now? I said we would work together inside and outside, and you agreed. I did it after asking for your opinion. Why did you turn around and blame me?"
Chen Lan was speechless. If he had known that he would have to cut off his fingers in order to be able to cooperate inside and outside, he would rather die than agree. He said angrily: "But...but there is no need to cut off my fingers...I have my own way to sneak into the city.
…”
Zhang Liao's face turned cold and he said hurriedly: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you told me, why would I cut off your fingers? It's just to make the people in the city believe that you ran away desperately...
"
"..." Chen Lan had never seen such a person before. He cut off his fingers without even asking himself. He looked at Zhang Liao with a slightly hostile look, but then it dissipated, and something flashed in his mind.
A thought passed by.
"Military doctor...Military doctor...Come quickly and bandage General Chen..." Zhang Liao pretended to be a gesture, walked outside the tent, and shouted loudly toward the outside of the camp.
After a while, the military doctor ran over and treated Chen Lan's injury. After wrapping it with a bandage, he sprinkled some gold sore medicine on it, which finally stopped Chen Lan's bleeding.
Zhang Liao looked at Chen Lan and said with a guilty look on his face: "General Chen, I have made you feel wronged. When I take Yangzhai City, I will definitely praise you in front of the Marquis of Yan. With the character of the Marquis of Yan, I will definitely treat you very well."
You are very useful. Maybe I will make you a marquis."
Chen Lan smiled bitterly and said nothing. She looked at her right hand with the broken fingers, filled with grief and anger, and thought to herself: "I, Chen Lan, will not be a human being unless I take revenge for this!"
Zhang Liao continued: "General Chen, after nightfall, you sneak into the city first. At midnight, you open the city gate and raise a fire in the city as a signal. I believe you also have troops. As long as they are willing to join our army with you,
, the benefits are great. General Chen, whether we can capture Yangzhai City depends on your actions tonight. As soon as you send a signal, I will lead the army to charge in. We will cooperate inside and outside, and occupying Yangzhai will be a piece of cake."
Chen Lan nodded and said: "Don't worry, General, I will definitely let you get what you want. When the time comes, please ask the General to promote you more."
Zhang Liao smiled and patted Chen Lan on the shoulder and said: "That's easy to say... There is still some time before dark. You go to the big tent to rest. When the time comes, I will naturally send someone to call you."
Chen Lan said "hmm", dragged her injured arm, and left Zhang Liao's tent.
Zhang Liao watched Chen Lan leave, and then shouted to the soldiers: "Call Bai Yu and Li Yulin in."
After a while, the soldiers called Bai Yu and Li Yulin, and they entered Zhang Liao's tent together. As soon as they entered the tent, they worshiped in unison: "I will bow to the general!"
Zhang Liao said: "Well, please sit down, both of you."
After Bai Yu and Li Yulin sat down, they asked in unison: "I wonder what the general ordered me to come here?"
Zhang Liao said: "I am very clear about your two abilities. Both of them are talented people. One can drive snakes and the other is good at taming beasts. I, Zhang Wenyuan, am honored to have you two as my generals."
.”
"The general has given you a reward."
Zhang Liao first praised Bai Yu and Li Yulin, and then changed the topic and said: "However, there are very few venomous snakes and beasts in the Central Plains. As a result, you two seem to be of little use. I think it is not as good as you."
It’s better to go back. When you return to your lord’s side, you may be able to make more meritorious deeds…”
"The general wants to drive us two away?" Li Yulin heard the words, was surprised, and asked.
Zhang Liao said: "I don't want to either, but the people who stay in the military camp are all going to fight to kill the enemy. There are almost no venomous snakes and beasts here. You two are not talented enough to stay here. How about..."
"General! You look down on us so much!" Li Yulin stood up angrily and said loudly.
"Oh...as far as I know, you two are both talented people brought back by my lord from Dongyi. Maybe I am ignorant. I seem to have heard that you have no other talents besides driving snakes and controlling animals. I didn't know that you
How about going into battle to kill the enemy?" Zhang Liao tried his best to suppress Bai Yu and Li Yulin, as if they were worthless in his eyes.
"General Zhang! You underestimate us too much. We are not incompetent. It's okay to go into battle to kill the enemy!" Li Yulin was completely angered. He is indeed good at taming animals. As an excellent animal tamer,
His abilities are more than these, but in Zhang Liao's eyes, he seems to be an insignificant figure at all.
You know, the homing pigeons currently used by the Yan Army were all trained by him. Moreover, there were many times when he used beasts to attack the enemy and made military exploits for the Yan Army. Others could see these things. Why?
In Zhang Liao's eyes, it was worthless.
"Oh, then I want to see how capable you are!" Zhang Liao sneered, "Right now, I have a task for you two. If you two can complete it well, I promise you will never do it.
If I look down on you again, I don’t know if you have the guts.”
"Why don't you dare!" Li Yulin shouted.
Zhang Liao glanced at Bai Yu, who had been silent for the whole time. Seeing Bai Yu's gloomy expression, he asked, "I wonder if this brother Bai also has such courage?"
Li Yulin turned his head and glanced at Bai Yu. Seeing that Bai Yu was still hesitating, he pulled Bai Yu up and shouted loudly: "What are you afraid of? You can't die as long as I am here, not to mention there are so many poisonous snakes hidden in you, who can
Dare I get close to you?"
Bai Yu said aggrievedly: "I...I'm not afraid of getting close, I'm just a bow and arrow..."
What he said was indeed the truth. The last time he ambushed the Wei army in the swamp, if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been stabbed to death by one of Dian Wei's halberds. From then on, he was afraid.
I am especially afraid of long-range crossbows.
"What are you afraid of? There are bows and arrows, I will block them for you!"
Bai Yu finally nodded and asked: "General, just tell me what you want."
Zhang Liao said: "Today I captured the enemy general Chen Lan, but he didn't really surrender. In addition, I just cut off four of his fingers. He must have a grudge against me. I have made an agreement with him and am ready to let him go."
He will open the city gate and cooperate with the inside and the outside. At that time, he will definitely inform the guards in the city. I will deliberately lead troops at the north gate to pretend to cooperate with the inside and outside, and the guards in the city will definitely
However, all troops will be transferred to the north gate to ambush our army. At this time, the other city gates will inevitably be empty. Therefore, I want you two to lead a small team to climb over the city wall, seize the city gate, and then set fire to the city. I saw
When the fire starts, an army will enter from there, and you two are responsible for leading them to kill the enemy in the city and confuse the enemy. You don't have to worry about the rest."
Li Yulin said: "It's so simple. It couldn't be easier. All we need is Bai Yu to release a few snakes to climb up the city wall and scare the soldiers guarding the gate. Then we can climb up safely."
Bai Yu nodded and said, "Well, that's a good idea."
Zhang Liao laughed and said: "Well, I will divide five thousand troops between you two. You can only succeed tonight and not fail."
"promise!"
After nightfall, Chen Lan rode alone from the Yan Army camp to the foot of Yangzhai City. Seeing that the city was heavily guarded and equipped with bows and crossbows, he hurriedly shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, open the city gate quickly!"
The general guarding the city was Qiao Rui. When he saw Chen Lan coming alone, he ordered the archers to hold off their arrows for the time being. When Chen Lan came to the gate of the city, he hurriedly asked: "Weren't you captured by Zhang Liao?"
Are you running out now to earn money and open the city gate?"
"Zhang Liao did send me to do this, but am I that stupid? Open the city gate quickly and let me in. I have a plan to kill Zhang Liao!" Chen Lan said without any concealment.
Qiao Rui and Chen Lan were both former generals of Yuan Shu and had a good relationship. After Qiao Rui heard this, without saying a word, he immediately ordered the city gate to be opened and let Chen Lan in.
As soon as Chen Lan entered the city, he saw Qiao Rui arriving at the city gate and hurriedly asked: "Take me to see General Zang quickly. I have something important to report."
Qiao Rui noticed that Chen Lan's right hand was bandaged and bloody, and it seemed that all four fingers were broken, so she asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"
Chen Lan thought for a while and replied: "It's nothing. Zhang Liao doesn't believe me. I can only express my feelings and cut off four of my fingers. That's why he sent me here."
Qiao Rui sneered: "How can you be so courageous?"
"What happened at that time was beyond my control. Otherwise, I would have died. You won't see me now. Even if you do, it will only be my head..."
Qiao Rui believed it and hurriedly took Chen Lan to the prefect's mansion.
In the prefect's mansion, Zang Hong couldn't sleep at all. There were soldiers outside, but he had no way to defeat the enemy. Apart from holding on, Zang Hong seemed to have no other option. When he was thinking hard about how to retreat from the enemy, he saw Qiao Rui and Chen Lan.
Walking in, when he saw Chen Lan, he was surprised and asked hurriedly: "Why are you back?"
So, Chen Lan told how he came back. However, what he said was watery. He directly claimed that Zhang Liao's plan was his own. He also said that he cut off his fingers to gain Zhang Liao's trust and said that he was
He is very fearless and courageous.
Zang Hong would not guess whose plan it was, because he knew that Chen Lan would not come up with such a plan even if he tried hard. After a moment of silence, he said: "Well, in this case, it is good to use the plan.
The method is to immediately send orders to Zhang Xun, Liu Xun, and Yan Xiang to come to the prefect's mansion to discuss matters, and we will definitely capture Zhang Liao tonight!"