After Wang Can finished speaking, he ignored it and directly led the troops to retreat.

Perhaps, Wang Can's words were not enough to make Yan Yan moved, but he left a seed in the hearts of Yizhou soldiers, as long as there is an appropriate opportunity, this seed can take root and sprout.

Yan Yan was also depressed enough, and was splashed with a basin of dirty water by Wang Can, but he couldn't refute it.

Even when he spoke to refute it, it seemed pale and unconvincing.

After Wang Can led the army back to the camp, Guo Jia was waiting in the camp tent. Waiting for Wang Can to enter the account, Guo Jia first bowed to Wang Can, and then asked, "Lord, how are things?" ”

Wang Can said: "It's done, I believe that the soldiers under Yan Yan's command are not in their hearts, and they are considering whether Pang Xi is really dead." ”

Guo Jiadao: "We not only have to make the Yizhou soldiers suspicious, but also convince them." Lord, Jia has already sent someone to bring the heads of Pang Xi, Yang Huai and Gao Pei. Tomorrow there will be foggy weather, just tie the heads of the three people to the wooden pole, insert them outside the city for the soldiers on the tower of the city of Baocheng to watch, as long as the soldiers under the command of Yan Yan recognize the three of Pang Xi, they will immediately believe that what the lord said is true, and also think about whether they should continue to resist. ”

Wang Can stroked his palms and smiled: "Feng Xiao is a last resort, wonderful!" Wonderful! ”

Guo Jia waved his hand and said, "The lord has won the award!" ”

……

Wang Can gave Yan Yan a time limit of four days, so that Yan Yan could fully consider it, and the purpose was also to let the Yizhou soldiers stationed in Baocheng think about this matter carefully. The soldiers in Yizhou are mixed, even if most of the soldiers are loyal to Yan Yan, believe in Yan Yan's loyalty, and are willing to follow Yan Yan desperately. But there will always be soldiers who are afraid of death, who will worry that Chengpo will be killed, and will try to expand the influence and develop in the direction that is beneficial to Wang Can.

The next day, as Guo Jia said, the fog was thick, the fog was hazy, and the visibility was very low.

The soldiers stationed in Baocheng stood on the tower, unable to see the situation in the distance. In this kind of weather, the soldiers will strengthen their vigilance to prevent Wang Can from leading his troops to attack the city.

Soldiers patrolled back and forth, intently on alert, but there was a jumble of footsteps in the distance.

After the footsteps, I remembered the dull and high-pitched sound of war drums.

The lieutenant who was in charge of guarding the castle tower heard the sound of drums in the distance, and looked intently, unable to see the situation outside the castle tower. He looked solemn, looked at the soldiers beside him, and ordered loudly: "Tell the general immediately, just say that Wang Can is leading the troops to attack and preparing to attack Baocheng, please come quickly." After a pause, he yelled again: "Everyone be on guard and prepare to meet the enemy!" After finishing speaking, the captain pulled out the war knife at his waist with a sonorous sound, and only stared at the white expanse outside the city.

The sound of war drums and shouts of killing kept coming from afar, and in the blink of an eye, they were under the city tower.

However, the white fog obscured the view, and the lieutenant could not see the situation outside the city.

About a quarter of an hour later, Yan Yan led a group of soldiers to the city tower and asked, "What happened?" ”

The lieutenant replied: "General Hui, Wang Can led the troops to attack, and the troops were outside the city, but they did not continue to attack the city, and the army did not move at all. ”

The lieutenant was very puzzled, it had been a quarter of an hour, and he had not yet sent troops to attack the city.

Yan Yan frowned when he heard this.

What is the reason why the Hanzhong army rushed outside the city tower but did not attack?

After thinking about it, the captain suggested: "General, surrounded by fog, we can't see the scene outside the city tower clearly, so we can simply shoot with random arrows, no matter whether Wang Can is attacking the city or not, we can shoot Wang Can's soldiers." ”

Yan Yan shook his head and waved his hand to refuse: "There are not many arrows in the city, so they can't be wasted." ”

Yan Zhi said again: "General, the last general is willing to lead the troops to investigate the situation?" ”

Yan Yan still shook his head and said, "Wang Can's army is outside the city, and it is ready to fight. We can't see how many people are outside the city, if you lead the troops to rush out and encounter Wang Can's army, won't you be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger? What can be done now is to defend the city gate and let the soldiers be on strict alert, and when the fog clears, Wang Can's tricks will naturally reveal flaws. ”

The lieutenant nodded, and praised it: "The general is wise!" ”

Yan Yan smiled bitterly when he heard this, he was wise?

Wise fart!

Wang Cantun was under his nose, but he didn't dare to lead the troops to attack, he was the only one who would do this.

In fact, Yan Yan has been forced into a dilemma by Wang Can, and it is difficult to parry. Yan Yan wanted to rush out with the big ring knife to fight Wang Can, but he had no supply of soldiers, no food and grass, and no arrows...... Every step of the action, we must be cautious, and dare not start a war with Wang Can at will.

Outside the city, it was still foggy.

However, when Yan Yan did not arrive at the city tower, the war drums roared, but now they were silent.

"General, the drums of war have stopped, and there is no movement from Wang Can, have they retreated?" Yan Zhi's face was full of doubts, his eyes showed incomprehension, just now the war drums were roaring, and now they are silent, which is really hard to guess.

Yan Yan also looked puzzled, he stared at the white fog, and sighed: "Now we can only brake with quiet, respond to all changes with the same, and wait for the fog to dissipate." ”

"No!"

Yan Zhi responded, staring at the city tower with wide eyes, revealing a look of doubt.

Yan Yan propped his hands on the city wall, leaned forward slightly, and showed a worried look on his face. Since yesterday, Wang Can has been calling for battle outside the city, wanting to shake the morale of the army, and now he has made a big move, which is obviously ill-intentioned.

On the city tower, not only Yan Yan didn't know anything, but the rest of the soldiers were confused.

Outside the tower, it was quiet, and there was no sound.

The Yizhou soldiers waited on the tower of the city, waiting for the fog to dissipate.

Yan Yan stood on the city tower, like a statue, motionless.

Time passed gradually, and when the golden sun burst out in the east, dispelling the fog that shrouded the city, all the scenes gradually appeared. One by one, the soldiers craned their necks and carefully looked at everything outside the city, and when the scene outside the city came into the eyes of the soldiers, all the soldiers were stunned.

Outside the tower, there was nothing but three wooden poles stuck in the ground.

"Look, there are three long poles outside the city."

"Really, really!"

……

The soldiers saw the scene outside the tower and opened their mouths wide.

Yan Yan's eyesight is excellent, and when he looks around, he sees three long poles erected outside the city tower, and a head preserved with lime hangs on the top of the long poles. Even though the heads were a little changed, Yan Yan still recognized who the three heads were, a long pole in the center hung Pang Xi's head, and on both sides hung the heads of Yang Huai and Gao Pei respectively.

"Oops, that's General Pang's head."

"Yes, yes, on the left and right are the heads of General Yang and General Gao."

"The three generals were killed, and Baocheng was left alone."

……

Among the soldiers, even if many soldiers had not seen Pang Xi, Gao Pei and Yang Huai, there were always soldiers who could recognize the appearance of the three of them, and there was a burst of whispering, and the news of Pang Xi, Yang Huai and Gao Pei suddenly spread to everyone. The three heads hung outside the city, instantly shattering the little hope that the soldiers still had in their hearts.

However, it turned out that what Wang Can said was the truth and did not tell a lie.

In an instant, all the soldiers wilted.

A heart is also nervous, worried about being stationed in Baocheng.

"Someone!"

Yan Yan shouted, he didn't care about stabilizing the soldiers' morale, and immediately ordered: "Go and move the corpses of General Pang, General Gao, and General Yang back." After bringing back the bodies of the three generals, prepare coffins and bury the three generals. ”

"No!"

The colonel received the order and immediately led the soldiers to carry out the order.

At the foot of the castle, the gate opened, and a group of soldiers rode out of the gate at a gallop and rushed towards the three wooden poles that had been erected.

When these soldiers rushed to the wooden pole, their hearts were all uneasy, afraid that there would be ambushes around them to rush out, and when they walked under the wooden pole, they saw that there was still no movement around, and their worried hearts calmed down. The colonel shouted: "Quick, quickly cut off the wooden poles, take down the bodies of the three generals, and we will quickly return to the city." ”

The soldiers accompanying the colonel hurriedly cut off the wooden poles, took off the heads of the three people, and quickly returned to Baocheng.

Yan Yan also got down from the city tower and returned to the city with the heads of Pang Xi, Gao Pei and Yang Huai.

At this time, the soldiers stationed in Baocheng were silent, with a faint worry on their faces, and a different meaning flashed in their eyes.

At this moment, Yan Yan couldn't wait to break Wang Can's body into pieces.

This guy was vicious, and yesterday he deliberately led the army to the city tower for diplomatic warfare, deliberately let him lead the Yizhou soldiers on the city tower to persuade the soldiers to surrender, and then threw out the news that Pang Xi was killed. Because Wang Can did not immediately produce evidence, although the soldiers were uneasy in their hearts, they still didn't believe it, but they left a shadow after all.

Today, Wang Can took advantage of the fog and fog to lead the troops to beat drums and trumpets outside the city, so that the army gathered on the city tower and prepared to meet the battle.

But Wang Can didn't let go of a single fart, and led the troops to retreat again.

Moreover, Wang Can also deliberately left the heads of Pang Xi, Yang Huai and Gao Pei outside the city, obviously doing so on purpose, so that the soldiers knew that Wang Can was telling the truth. Today, Baocheng has become an isolated city, and continuing to defend can only be stubborn and become a turtle in an urn. Yesterday, Wang Can shook the army's heart and was stopped by Yan Yan, but today Yan Yan felt a headache and didn't know how to deal with this matter.

The facts are in front of him, and he cannot deny them.

The morale of the army became unstable in an instant.

After Yan Yan returned to the county government with the heads of Pang Xi, Yang Huai and Gao Pei, he immediately ordered the soldiers to build a coffin, put Pang Xi, Gao Pei and *** together, and then summoned his generals to discuss matters in the county government.

At this time, Yan Yan must stabilize the general's heart.

Once these generals have the intention of surrendering, he is afraid that he will not be able to sleep peacefully.

In the hall, Yan Yan had a serious expression and a solemn expression.

His gaze swept over the generals in the hall, and then said, "Everyone, I know that you are very uneasy in your hearts, afraid that Baocheng will be breached. However, I would like to ask you a word, all of you have wives and children in your families, if you surrender to Wang Can, how should your parents, wives and children be settled? ”

When the words fell, a junior colonel said: "General, the disaster is not good for my wife and children, I will surrender to Wang Can, is it possible that Liu Yan still wants to connect the nine clans and kill my wife and children?" ”

When he spoke, even his address had changed.

In the past, no one dared to call Liu Yan's name directly.

However, now they are called by their names, which shows that the generals are worried in their hearts and their confidence has been shaken. In fact, it was also because Yan Yan asked about things that they dared to speak like this, because the little school knew Yan Yan's temper, and also understood that Yan Yan was not a villain who was two-faced and stabbed, saying one thing and doing another.

Yan Yan didn't get angry, sneered, and said, "If you sacrifice your life for the country, Liu Yizhou will naturally treat your wife and children well, because you are the heroes of Yizhou." However, you are willing to surrender to Wang Can and be Wang Can's executioner to kill the rest of the Yizhou soldiers, this is already Liu Yizhou's enemy, do you think Liu Yizhou will let you go? He is eager to eat your flesh and drink your blood, and your family will not be spared. ”

Yan Yan's words were a bit alarmist, but they made the soldiers understand a truth.

is an enemy, Liu Yan will not be merciful.

If Wang Can surrenders, it will be difficult to protect his wife and children at home.

The only option is to fight to the end.

PS: The second of the three watches, because there are many trivial matters, the third watch is estimated to be later, it should be around one o'clock in the morning. Ask for a collection of flowers.