In Linzi City, in the hall of the Assassin's Mansion, Zhang Nan knelt on the ground, kept his head down, and didn't dare to look directly at Yuan Tan who was sitting in the seat, his head was covered with beads of sweat like soybeans, and his heart was even more uneasy.

Knowing that the Xuzhou soldiers went and returned, occupied Zhu Xucheng again, and captured all the two soldiers and horses of Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch, Yuan Tan was furious, and slapped a few cases in front of him, shocking the things on the case, and said sharply: "You and Jiao Touch's soldiers and horses have 5,000 people together, no matter how bad you are, no matter how you are attacked by the Xuzhou soldiers, it is impossible for the whole army to be captured, right?" Say! How the hell did you get captured? ”

Zhang Nan didn't dare to answer, but just knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

"Zhang Yan asked you to come back to persuade me to surrender, and you really came back? Why are you so spineless? Yuan Tan said angrily.

Zhang Nan hurriedly said: "The eldest prince is angry, and the last general is not spineless, but just temporarily retains his strength." In fact, the last general and Jiao Touch's hearts are both about the lord and the eldest prince, and they will definitely not deviate easily. Under that circumstance at that time, if both the last general and Jiao Touch refused to surrender, it was very likely that they would be killed by the Xuzhou soldiers......"

"Fear of death is fear of death, are you still quibbling there?" Yuan Tan retorted.

Zhang Nandao: "The eldest prince, the last general is definitely not afraid of death, but wants to keep a useful body and serve the eldest prince and the lord again." I surrendered with Jiao Touch, Zhang Yan believed it was true, and sent me to persuade the eldest prince to surrender, if the eldest prince has any instructions, after I go back, I can discuss with Jiao Touch, the two of us are the eldest prince's internal response, once the two armies are engaged, I and Jiao Touch can lead the army of the headquarters to make chaos from it, attack the Xuzhou soldiers. In this way, our army can be flanked back and forth and wipe out the Xuzhou soldiers in one fell swoop! ”

When Yuan Tan heard Zhang Nan say this, his eyes rolled, and he immediately felt that this was a very good idea, and immediately turned his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "Zhang Nan, Zhang Nan, I really don't see it, you still have such wisdom?" Get up, it seems that this son has misunderstood you. ”

Zhang Nan slowly stood up from the ground, let out a sigh, and said to Yuan Tan with his fists: "The last general can have such wisdom, and the whole body is cultivated by the lord and the eldest prince, and the last general will not dare to take credit." ”

Yuan Tan then invited Guo Tu over and asked Guo Tu to discuss how to deal with Xuzhou soldiers.

Guo Tu came to the hall, and after learning about the situation, he immediately got up, and hurriedly said to Yuan Tan: "Congratulations to the eldest prince, congratulations to the eldest prince, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as long as our army generals plan and introduce Zhang Yan into the city, Zhang Yan can be killed." Once Zhang Yan died, Xuzhou would have no leader, and the eldest prince would ask the lord for tens of thousands of soldiers, and he would definitely be able to take advantage of the situation to gain the land of Xuzhou. ”

Yuan Tan saw that Guo Tu was so happy, so he asked, "How do you plan it?" ”

So, Guo Tu told his plan and told Zhang Nan to let Zhang Nan go back first, inform Jiao Touch of this matter, and then cooperate with the outside world.

When Zhang Nan heard about this plan, he also felt that it was very good, so he quickly left Linzi and went back to see Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan led the army to Guangxian County, Qi State, just when Zhang Yan returned from Linzi, he saw Zhang Yan's helpless appearance, so he asked: "Is Yuan Tan unwilling to surrender?" ”

Zhang Nan said angrily: "Yuan Tan Xiao'er was not only unwilling to surrender, but also scolded the lord so badly that even I wanted to kill him." The military advisor Guo Tu thought that the two armies would not kill the envoys at war, and persuaded Yuan Tan to let me come back, but Yuan Tan was angered, and Yuan Tan was beaten twenty boards in public, saying that Guo Tu had a secret communication with me, and ordered me and Guo Tu to be detained together and beheaded on a certain day. Guo Tu was humiliated by this, and he hated Yuan Tan even more. Coincidentally, Guo Tu's henchmen came to the rescue, Guo Tu was unable to move, so he let me out, and asked me to come to see the lord, saying that he was going to plot against Yuan Tan's several military horses. ”

Guo Tu is Yuan Shao's confidant, but he was beaten by Yuan Tan, and the scholar suffered this great shame and humiliation, and he should indeed take revenge. However, Guo Tu has always been Yuan's confidant, and Yuan Shao has treated him well, how could he turn to me because of this little thing? Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Nan with hot eyes and asked suspiciously.

Zhang Nandao: "Although Guo Tu is Yuan Shao's confidant, since Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, he has always listened to the words of the judge, the discipline, Xu You and others, and the trial, the discipline, Xu You and others are very exclusive of Guo Tu, causing Guo Tu to be not reused and depressed. Guo Tu came to vote for the lord this time, and there was another condition, he hoped that after the matter was completed, the lord would be able to give him a too good man, and reward him with another 2,000 gold. If the lord agreed, he assisted the lord in taking Linzi City and beheaded Yuan Tan. If the lord did not agree, he had to escape from the city first, and then retreated to the mountains and forests. ”

Zhang Yan asked: "If you can capture Linzi City and kill Yuan Tan, what is the point of worrying about a mere Taishou and two thousand gold?" Only, how did he know that I agreed to his terms? ”

Zhang Nandao: "Guo Tu has henchmen in the team guarding the city, as long as I arrive at Linzi City at night and raise a fire at the time, the people in the city will naturally tell Guo Tu after seeing it." ”

"Well, that's the best, please go to Linzi again and tell Guo Tu that I agreed to his conditions." Zhang Yan said.

Zhang Nandao: "The last general will obey the order." However, the horses under the last general's seat are too tired, can the last general go to change to a war horse? ”

"Well, there you go."

Zhang Nan let out a "whoosh", then led the horses and arrived at the rear army, ready to pass the news to Jiao Fu. At the same time, he was secretly glad in his heart: "Sure enough, as Guo Junshi expected, Zhang Yan will really have doubts, or Guo Junshi has the foresight to teach me how to deal with it first, otherwise, I will definitely show my feet." ”

Looking at Zhang Nan's distant back, Zhang Hong, who had been standing beside Zhang Yan and did not speak, suddenly said at this time: "Lord, Guo Tu is Yuan Shao's confidant, Yuan Shao has always treated him as a guest, as Yuan Shao's son, Yuan Tan must know Guo Tu's status, how could he scold Guo Tu because of Guo Tu's momentary intercession?" Besides, Zhang Nan's expression was calm, and his answers were fluent, obviously he had been prepared, Zhang Nan's words could not be believed, maybe this was Guo Tu's plan! ”

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "The military advisor is worthy of being a military advisor, and you can see the clues at a glance." That's exactly what I wanted, though. In fact, Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch were both forced to surrender, not sincerely, the reason why I asked Zhang Nan to persuade Yuan Tan to surrender was to let Zhang Nan and Yuan Tan discuss the plan to harm me. Now listening to Zhang Nan's words, I have probably guessed nine times out of ten, it must be Guo Tu who asked Zhang Nan to introduce me into the city, and then let Jiao Touch and the city come together inside and outside, so that I am under siege and will definitely die without a place to bury. It's a pity, Zhang Nan and Guo Tu don't know that this is the ...... I have already laid out."

When Zhang Hong heard Zhang Yan say this, he put his mind at ease, and he also looked at Zhang Yan differently, never expected that Zhang Yan had set up a bureau early in the morning, so that Zhang Nan and Guo Tu would consciously jump into it!

"Lord, then the next step, will our army also have a plan?" Zhang Hong asked.

Zhang Yan nodded and said to Zhang Hong: "The bureau was set up by me, but there are still some details that need to be discussed with the military advisor to avoid mistakes." ”

"Whoa!"

When Zhang Nan borrowed the horse, he found Jiao Touch, and told Jiao Touch about his strategy with Guo Tu, and after Jiao Touch heard it, he was immediately overjoyed, and he was even more geared up.

So, Zhang Nan rode on his horse, said goodbye to Zhang Yan, and went to Linzi again.

Zhang Yan led the army to rest in Guangxian, and at night, Zhang Yan gathered the generals in the big tent and told the people that they would join forces with Guo Tuli and attack Linzi.

All the generals were excited, and when they saw that Zhang Yan believed it was true, their hearts were even more excited.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yan led the army to continue on the road, and in the evening, arrived at Linzi City, but it was ten miles away from Linzi City.

Zhang Yan let the whole army recuperate, and at night, he took the army and quietly came to Linzi City, and then asked Zhang Nan to go to the streets with the people who defended the city.

Zhang Nan carried a lantern and came to the south gate of Linzi City, blocked the lantern with a baffle, and sent three long and two short signals to the city.

Not long after, three long and two short signals also came from the city. Zhang Nan's face was overjoyed, he extinguished the lantern, and turned around towards the location of Zhang Yan and the others.

Zhang Nan said happily: "Lord Qiqi, I have already connected with the city, the drawbridge will be lowered in a while, the city gate will be opened, and the lord can enter the city with me and capture Yuan Tan." ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said to Zhang Nan: "Captain Zhang, thank you for your hard work." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan's face changed greatly, becoming hideous, and he shouted loudly: "Zhang Nan, you are so bold, I trust you in vain, I didn't expect you to design and harm me with Yuan Tan and Guo Tu?" ”

Zhang Nan suddenly heard this voice, and Deng Shi was stunned, and he was stunned with a "boom" in his head. Before he could react, the two soldiers pulled Zhang Nan off the horse, pressed him directly to the ground, and tied Zhang Nan with a rope.

Zhang Nan was surprised, then he reacted, and hurriedly shouted: "Lord, I am loyal to you, how can you treat me like this?" I've wronged you......"

"Wronged? I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin! Bring the scorched touch here! ”

With Zhang Yan's order, several soldiers escorted Jiao Touch, who was also tied up by Wuhua and covered with injuries, and directly pushed down to Zhang Nan's side.

Seeing this, Zhang Nan was immediately frightened and hurriedly asked, "...... you How did you get caught too? ”

Jiao touched the beaten nose and swollen face, and when he heard Zhang Nan ask, he said hesitantly: "I don't know what's going on, when I slept until midnight last night, I was arrested, and then tortured to extract a confession, I couldn't bear it, so I told you your plan!" ”

Zhang Nanden collapsed to the ground, looked at Zhang Yan with a blank face, and asked, "I have always been very confidential, ...... How do you know? ”

"Because I never believed in you from the moment you two surrendered. However, I would also like to thank you that if it weren't for you, my jihua wouldn't have gone so smoothly. ”

"Ah......" Zhang Nan was shocked, "It turns out that you set up the haode bureau in advance?" ”

"That's right, it's better to let you know the truth than if you don't know anything!"

As soon as Zhang Yan's voice fell, he made a gesture, and the two soldiers, who had already been prepared, beheaded Zhang Nan and Jiao Feng with knives without saying a word.

The two heads fell to the ground in an instant, and blood gushed out of the cavity and splashed on the ground.

At this time, the drawbridge of Linzi City was lowered, the city gate was opened, and a group of Yuan soldiers holding torches were standing at the city gate, waving outside.

Zhang Yan took out the steel sword he was wearing at his waist, made a move forward, and shouted loudly: "Success or failure is in this move, meritorious service is tonight, kill!" ”