Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 560 Zhao Jun Dilemma
Chapter 561: Zhao Jun's Predicament
"Le Ting has been defeated, Pei County is gone, Gucheng has no reinforcements, and the Zhao army in the city is wise enough to open the city and surrender!"

"Le Ting has been defeated, Zhao Jun hastened to open the city and surrender!"

On the second day after the first battle in Shandao, Murong Ke sent people to shout outside the city day and night, saying that Leting had been defeated and could no longer rescue Gucheng, and asked the guards in Gucheng to open the city and surrender quickly.

Ling An on the top of the city frowned and looked at Deng Jun shouting outside the city, his mind was very heavy.

"General, this is Deng Jun's trick to disturb our army's morale. General Le Ting has [-] troops in his hands. Even if he confronts Deng Jun's main force head-on, he will not be afraid at all. How could he be defeated so easily?" Deputy General Zhou Kun looked at Seeing that Ling An's expression was solemn, he was afraid that Ling An would believe Deng Jun's nonsense, so he said hastily.

"Hehe, how can I not know about the tricks that you can see? Don't worry, a few words are not enough to shake the morale of our army, but it is inevitable that there will be some soldiers who don't understand. So, go down and call the soldiers to comfort them. , The more Deng Jun acts like this, it means that General Le Ting's reinforcements will arrive soon, as long as he defends for this period of time, Deng Jun will definitely be defeated." Ling Yu said with a smile.

"Here!" Zhou Kun replied, seeing that Ling An's expression became relaxed, he was also relieved.

After Zhou Kun left, Ling An's expression became more dignified than before. Ling An knew that the defeat of Le Ting was very likely to be true, because Ling An discovered that there was Le Ting's general flag in Deng's army. The general flag has never been lost with Le Ting in the southern and northern wars. Now it has fallen into the hands of Deng Jun, which shows that Le Ting is not only defeated as simple as the army, but is likely to be a disastrous defeat. Otherwise, how could the general flag fall into the hands of Deng Jun? ?Of course, it is also possible that Deng Jun forged this to disturb the morale of his army, but no matter whether the general flag is real or fake, it can only be fake, so that the morale of the army will not be shaken.

"General, General Le Ting's messenger has arrived!" At this time, the chief secretary of the army walked to Ling An's side and said.

Ling An was overjoyed when he heard the words, thinking that Le Ting's reinforcements were about to arrive. In this case, it meant that what Deng Jun said just now were all lies, but when Ling An saw the master's unnatural expression, he suddenly felt something Feeling an ominous premonition, he said, "Take him to the county government office to see the general!" After finishing speaking, he walked down the city wall and headed for the county government office.

After Ling An returned to the county office, not long after, the chief secretary brought a messenger to Ling An. After seeing Ling An, the messenger knelt down on one knee, took out a piece of cloth from his arms, and said: "General Ling An, this is a letter written by General Le Ting, please read it!" After finishing speaking, he handed the cloth to Ling An.

Ling An took a deep breath, then took the cloth, opened it, and saw that it was Le Ting's military order ordering him to withdraw, at this moment Ling An finally believed Deng Jun's words, Le Ting was really defeated, thinking of this, Le Ting backed away, Even the master clerk called out, and when only he and the messenger were left, Ling An hurriedly asked: "Let me tell you, how did General Le Ting lose the army?"

The messenger told Ling Yu the ins and outs of yesterday's battle in detail. When Ling Yu heard it, his face turned ashen, especially when he heard that more than [-] troops were lost in the battle of Le Ting, and only [-] were left. The remnant soldiers were defeated, and most of the generals in the army died in battle. After fleeing in a hurry, Ling An's mood became even more solemn.

"Where is General Le Ting now?" Ling An asked Le Ting's whereabouts like a messenger.

The messenger replied: "Return to the general, when the villain left, General Le Ting was leading his army back to Zhuyi. As for where he is now, the villain does not know."

"Are you returning to Zhuyi? Then it should not be far from Zhuyi now!" After hearing this, Ling Yu thought carefully, thinking that since Le Ting returned to Zhuyi immediately after yesterday's defeat, then according to the time According to calculations, it should be almost to Zhuyi at this time.

After Ling An understood the matter, he let the courier go down to rest. He sat alone in the lobby of the county government, thinking about the way out. Now that Le Ting had been defeated, Gucheng had no reinforcements. The food and supplies are enough to last for more than three months, but what about three months later?Moreover, the biggest difficulty now is not food and grass, but the morale of the army. Zhuyi is not too far from Gucheng. If the Leting army does not arrive, the soldiers in the army can easily guess that something is wrong. At that time, Gucheng can't be defended at all, that is to say, there are only two options before Ling An, one is to follow Le Ting's military order, lead the troops to break through and go to Zhuyi to join Le Ting, and the other is to surrender in Kaesong. Protect your soldiers.

Surrender is impossible. Ling An is a native of Zhao State. His parents, wife and children are all in Zhao State. If he surrenders without a fight, his family members in the country will definitely be implicated. Both Li Rubing and Le Ting valued him very much, and he was able to lead tens of thousands of elites alone in his [-]s, thanks to the promotion of Li Rubing and Le Ting, and the faith and loyalty in his heart did not allow Ling An to surrender to Deng Jun.

Since it is impossible to open the city and surrender, the only option is to break through, but how easy is it to break through?Le Ting was defeated, that is to say, even if he was able to fight out from Gucheng, he would not have any support or support. He could only rely on himself and the [-] elite men under his command to face opponents who were several times larger than himself, and they were all elite troops. Deng Jun, it is too difficult to break through.

While Ling An was thinking hard, Zhou Kun walked in with a smile, and said to Ling An: "General, the last general has successfully calmed down the lieutenant soldiers, and after the soldiers learned that the reinforcements will arrive soon, everyone Everyone’s fighting spirit is high and their morale is boosted.”

Hearing this, Ling An couldn't stop smiling bitterly. If Zhou Kun had completed the task so smoothly before receiving Le Ting's handwritten letter, he would be very happy and would greatly appreciate Zhou Kun, but if he told the soldiers now, It is impossible for the reinforcements to arrive, and the own side has to break through immediately, which will definitely shake the morale of the army, and it may even cause a change.

Thinking of this, Ling An's face suddenly became sad, and Zhou Kun was very puzzled when he saw this. It stands to reason that he had completed Ling An's task so well, shouldn't Ling An praise him at this time?How come this expression?

So Zhou Kun asked Ling An cautiously: "General, what's the matter? Did something happen?"

Ling An sighed, and handed Le Ting's letter to Zhou Kun. It stands to reason that this kind of thing needs to be kept secret, so as not to disturb the morale of the army, but Zhou Kun has been by his side since he joined the army. People I trust, besides, at this time, I really need someone who can give me advice, so Ling An sent Le Ting's handwritten letter to Zhou Kun.

Zhou Kun took the cloth full of doubts, opened it, his expression changed drastically, and he said in panic: "General Le Ting is really defeated? Gucheng's reinforcements have been cut off, what should we do?" A second ago, Zhou Kun Kun also swore to the soldiers that Le Ting's defeat was just a piece of nonsense by Deng Jun, and his intention was to disturb the morale of his own army, but in the next second he was slapped in the face, and Le Ting was really defeated.

"This general doesn't know what to do? In the letter, General Le Ting ordered this general to lead his army to break through and try his best to bring the elite of Gucheng back to Zhuyi. However, the [-] Deng troops outside the city are staring at them and want to break through. And how easy is it to get out? And even if we can really get out, we still need to face Deng Jun's crazy pursuit, and I have no idea for a while." Ling An said with a wry smile.

"No matter how the general decides, the last general will always follow the general!" Zhou Kun knew that Ling An had already had a lot of ideas in his mind, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while, but based on his trust and loyalty to Ling An, no matter what Ling An Zhou Kun will choose to follow whatever decision he makes.

"Zhou Kun, thank you for your trust. I still need to carefully consider how to do it. After all, this is about the life and death of my [-] soldiers in Gucheng. However, I don't want this news until I have made a decision. Do you understand that it's spread?" Ling An was very moved by Zhou Kun's trust, but after all, he hadn't made a final decision, so he told Zhou Kun not to spread the news, otherwise it would be true. It's over.

"Don't worry, general. The general will understand these things naturally. The general will not hinder the general. The defense of the city needs to be supervised by the general. The general will go down here!" Zhou Kun said.

Ling An nodded and waved his hands to let Zhou Kun go down.

"General Murong, I believe that Ling An already knows the news of Le Ting's defeat, so when will we release him from the city?" Zhang Liao said to Murong Ke in Deng Jun's central army tent.

In fact, the messenger sent by Le Ting to Gucheng was discovered by Deng Jun long ago, but in order to let Ling An know the news, Murong Ke gave an order not to stop it, so the messenger was able to enter Gucheng smoothly, otherwise, under the heavy siege of the [-] army Under the circumstances, it was impossible for a mere messenger to enter Gucheng. Now that Ling An knew the news, Zhang Liao really wanted to know when he would be able to release Ling An's army.

Murong Ke smiled, and said: "No hurry, Ling An just received the news, if we remove the encirclement now, I'm afraid Ling An will notice it, after all Ling An is quite capable, he has done a good job If it is too obvious, it will be counterproductive, let’s talk about it in a few days.”

"That's right, Ling An has no other ability, but he is cautious enough. Although he has received the news, with Ling An's character, he will definitely think twice before acting. If we do it too obviously and impatiently, it will make Ling An Eucalyptus has some doubts, so let's wait a few more days." Zhang Liao nodded and said.

After playing against Ling An for a long time, Zhang Liao also had some understanding of Ling An's character. In terms of ability, Ling An was not outstanding. Compared with Deng Jun's generals, it was a world of difference. He was very cautious, it was because of this calm character that he was able to defend Gucheng and prevent Deng Jun from advancing an inch. If Deng Jun did it too obviously, Ling An would definitely not leave the city easily. If this is the case, then don't be too impatient.

In the next few days, Deng Jun still besieged Gucheng heavily. He neither attacked the city nor removed the encirclement. He just sent people to shout outside the city every day, which made it impossible for Ling An to find a chance to break through.

(End of this chapter)