Chen Jiao immediately said: "Yangzhou Assassin Liu Xuan and Yuan Shu have a great holiday, originally Yangzhou Assassin History was located in Shouchun, but Yuan Shu marched into Huainan, captured Shouchun, and called himself Yangzhou Mu, stunned Liu Xuan to force away. Liu Shu couldn't resist Yuan Shu, so he had to cross south to Qu'a, but Yuan Shu not only did not stop there, but intensified his efforts, sending Wu Jing and Sun Ben to lead the army to attack Qu'a. Liu Xuan united with the local heroes and fought back, successfully repelled Wu Jing and Sun Ben, and drove Wu Jing and Sun Ben across the river, so far he completely broke with Yuan Shu, and the two sides also attacked each other. ”

After a pause, Chen Jiao continued: "Now that Yuan Shu is leading a large army to capture Xuzhou, the rear will inevitably be empty, if the lord can write a letter to Liu Xuan, Chen said that the stakes are at stake, Liu Xuan will inevitably take advantage of the situation and attack Yuan Shu's rear. If Yuan Shu learned that Huainan was lost, he would definitely not stay in Xuzhou for a long time, and would definitely obediently roll back to Huainan. ”

Zhang Yan said: "Well, your strategy is very good, but I have never had any contact with Liu Qian, I heard that Liu Qian had a little holiday with Tao Qian before, I am afraid that he will not help......

Chen Jiao said: "The lord can rest assured, it is the lord who is now in charge of Xuzhou, not Tao Qian, not to mention that this matter is beneficial and harmless to Liu Xuan, as long as a clever and eloquent person is sent to see Liu Xuan, I believe that Liu Xuan will not refuse to communicate with the lord." His subordinates are not talented, and they are willing to go to Yangzhou for the lord, and they must persuade Liu Miao to send troops to attack Huainan. ”

"If Ji Bi goes in person, it will definitely be successful, and I am much more relieved. I'll write a letter to Liu Xuan, but how should I write this letter? ”

Chen Jiao said: "Lord, it's better to have your subordinates write it!" ”

"It's fine."

Zhang Yan immediately asked people to take pen and ink, and Chen Jiao immediately wrote a letter with great humility, the wording was very humble, and expressed Zhang Yan's respect for Liu Xuan, and the letter made the stakes very clear.

After Zhang Yan read it, he stamped his own ribbon and asked Chen Jiao to go to Qu'a on a starry night with the letter.

Chen Jiao said goodbye to Zhang Yan, rode a fast horse, and did not dare to delay, so he quickly whipped the horse and headed towards Qu'a.

Zhang Yan led the army and set up camp fifteen miles away from Xiapi City.

Yuan Shu occupied Xiapi City, and Zhang Yan did not dare to blatantly attack the city, firstly, because Yuan Shu had many soldiers, and his rash attack on the city was undoubtedly to hit the stone with an egg. The second reason is that Xiapi City is extremely prosperous, and once it suffers from war, it will inevitably have losses.

So, Zhang Yan meditated hard and came up with a plan to lure the snake out of the hole.

Zhang Yan summoned Niu Jin and Wang Bo respectively, and asked them to each take 2,000 soldiers and horses, and according to his arrangement, set up a large camp at a place five miles, ten miles, fifteen miles, and twenty miles south of the current camp, and then place some more flags in the camp, and tie them into human shapes with straw, and put on the clothes of Xuzhou soldiers to achieve the purpose of bluffing.

Niu Jin and Wang Bo received the order and went to arrange it overnight with a troop.

After dawn the next day, Zhang Yan ordered all battalions to stay still in the camp and wait for good news.

Yuan Shu lost a good opportunity to completely annihilate Zhang Yan, and also lost Zhou Kui, so he was angry and ashamed, but after all, he had already occupied Xiapi, and he was not afraid that Zhang Yan would not come to him.

Who knows, Yuan Shu waited for a whole day in Xiapi City, and he didn't see Zhang Yan leading his soldiers and horses to attack.

Yuan Shu then sent scouts to investigate outside the city. In the evening, the scout came back and informed Yuan Shu that Zhang Yan was stationed fifteen miles outside the city, and twenty miles to the south, there were four more camps out of thin air, one camp every five miles, and there were Xuzhou soldiers coming and going in the village, which seemed to be Zhang Yan's reinforcements, about 20,000 or 30,000 people.

But for unknown reasons, these people have been standing still.

After hearing this, Yuan Shu decided that Zhang Yan was waiting for reinforcements, after all, this place belonged to Xuzhou, and Zhang Yan was Xuzhou Mu, so it was very easy to dispatch troops and horses and gather a large army.

In just one night, there were more than 10,000 soldiers in Xuzhou, and if you wait another day or two, won't there be more and more soldiers in Xuzhou?

In a hurry, Yuan Shu immediately ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses, leaving Ji Ling and Yuan Lian to defend the city, and he took Zhang Xun, Liang Gang, Yan Xiang, Yuan Yin, Yang Hong and others to kill Zhang Yan's camp together.

Now that the sun was setting and the twilight was four, Yan Xiang suggested that Yuan Shu should not be so impulsive and wait until daylight tomorrow. Yuan Shu could still sit still, insisted on going his own way, and went out of the city with an army of 30,000 to attack Zhang Yan's camp.

As soon as Yuan's army left the city, the scout over there told Zhang Yan the news, and Zhang Yan learned that Yuan Shu was leading the army to come, so he immediately made arrangements and ordered the troops to retreat!

Yuan Shu led the army to the front of Zhang Yan's camp, and before he could attack, he saw the Xuzhou soldiers abandon the camp and fled.

Yuan Shu and the others were stunned, never expecting that the Xuzhou soldiers would retreat without a fight. However, Yuan Shu was still very cautious and sent a few people into the camp to take a look, only to find that there were many places in the camp where scarecrows dressed in Xuzhou soldiers were placed.

After hearing this, Yuan Shu personally led the troops into the camp to inspect it, and when he found that there were really many scarecrows, he hahadaxiao.

"I thought Zhang Yan had received reinforcements, but I didn't expect it to be all bluffing. In this way, the few camps behind him should also be bluffing, right? ”

Yuan Shu continued to walk south with his army, and had the camp burned. The raging fire burned the entire camp, and the billowing smoke rose into the sky, and the fire reflected the surrounding brightness.

Yuan Jun walked almost five miles south when he saw Zhang Yan's second camp, and Yuan Shu was not polite at all, and immediately ordered an attack on the camp.

Who knows, Zhang Yan's army has already left, and all that is left is some dummies made of straw, and it turns out to be an empty village.

Yuan Shu did not stop at all, and continued to lead the army to the south, and set fire to the camp again.

After that, Yuan Shu captured two camps one after another, both of which used the same method to set fire to the camps.

At this time, the night had already fallen, the dark clouds in the sky covered the entire moon, and the whole land was dark, so Yuan Jun had to hold torches and march forward. And those burned down camps also illuminated the surroundings as if they were daylight.

Yuan Shu led the army directly to Zhang Yan's Zuihou camp, thinking that Zhang Yan should not be able to run away this time, who knew that in front of Yuan Shu, it was an empty camp, and Zhang Yan's army was nowhere to be seen.

At this time, the soldiers of the Yuan army were sleepy and tired, and they were already tired enough, and there were still thirty-five miles away from Xiapi City.

So, Yuan Shu ordered to rest in the camp where Zhang Yan stayed, and ordered the sergeants to take strict precautions, and specially sent scouts to reconnoiter everywhere, so as not to fall into Zhang Yan's hands.

In Xiapi City, Ji Ling took a guard team to patrol non-stop, and at three o'clock in Hai, suddenly a scout came from outside the city, shouting in a panic under the city, saying that Yuan Shu led the army to be ambushed by the Xuzhou soldiers, and was in a bitter battle, and asked Ji Ling to bring reinforcements to support.

After Ji Ling heard this, he was also panicked, and hurriedly ordered 8,000 soldiers and horses, leaving 2,000 people and Yuan Lian to guard the city, heading south.

It didn't take long for more than 200 remnants of the defeated soldiers dressed in Yuan's clothes to come to the city in embarrassment, shouting for the people in the city to open the door.

The defenders of the city saw that it was their own soldiers and horses, and they did not hesitate, so they lowered the drawbridge and opened the city gates.

Who knows, as soon as the more than 200 remnants of the defeated soldiers entered the city, they immediately waved the blades in their hands and slashed at Yuan Bing, and in a moment, they controlled the city gate, raised their torches, and waved them regularly into the darkness outside the city.

Hundreds of Xuzhou soldiers suddenly came out of the darkness and entered the city directly......

Ji Ling rushed south with eight thousand soldiers and horses in a hurry, and after traveling less than ten miles, ten thousand arrows suddenly fired on both sides of the road, and Yuan Bing was defenseless and was shot down in a large area.

Before Yuan Bing could react, thousands of ambush soldiers came out, Niu Jin on the left, Wang Bo on the right, Xu Sheng in the back, and Tai Shici in the front, each leading the troops to rush towards Yuan Bing.

Ji Ling and the others were surrounded by Xuzhou soldiers in an instant, and then they knew that they had won the plan. Ji Ling because of the shoulder injury, the injury has not healed, did not dare to fight, under the protection of two hundred personal cavalry, Xiangyou killed the past, before the Xuzhou soldiers were encircled, desperately fought out of the encirclement, panicked and fled.

Under the protection of his entourage, Ji Ling finally escaped, and immediately returned to Xiapi.

He saw that the banner of Yuan Jun was still hanging on the city of Pi, and there were still Yuan soldiers standing on the city, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "I still have to go down to Picheng without losing ......."

After the city gate was closed, a group of people rushed up, directly dragged him and his subordinates off the horse, and tied him up to the city tower.

On the city tower, Zhang Yan looked at Ji Ling, who was tied up and sent over by the five flowers, and said with a smile: "General Ji Ling, don't come to harm!" ”

"Is that you?" After Ji Ling saw Zhang Yan, his face was surprised, he didn't expect that Xia Picheng would return to Zhang Yan's hands so simply, "I have been captured by you, I want to kill or chop, listen to it!" ”

Zhang Yan smiled and said: "General Ji Ling, don't get me wrong, I don't plan to kill you, and I don't plan to kill you, I'm going to let you go!" ”

"You're going to let me go?" Ji Ling couldn't believe his ears and asked hurriedly.

"That's right! You are Yuan Shu's confidant and favorite general, I believe that Yuan Shu should be able to listen to your words, I will let you go back, tell Yuan Shu for me, I have no grievances with him, please don't be aggressive, otherwise, I will let him have no return, and the whole army will be wiped out in Xuzhou! Instead of thinking about how to capture Xuzhou, it is better to care about his rear, he is not afraid of others sneaking up on Huainan? ”

Ji Ling frowned, and when he heard Zhang Yan say this, he asked again, "Are you really planning to let me go back?" ”

"I, Zhang Yan, have always been the same." Zhang Yan immediately waved his hand at his subordinates, and his subordinates untied Ji Ling.

Ji Ling moved his hands and feet, looking at Zhang Yan's cold face, for some reason, he actually had a feeling of admiration from his heart. Since he joined the army, he has never been caught, but he didn't expect him to be planted in Zhang Yan's hands.

"Then I'll go......" Ji Ling asked cautiously.

Zhang Yan said: "General Ji, please." However, I hope you will definitely bring what I just said! ”

"Please rest assured that Zhang Yuanjun will definitely bring what Zhang Yuanjun just said. It's just that my entourage, can I let them go together? ”

"General Ji, I hope you don't have to make an inch! I let you go, which is already a great tolerance for you. If you make any more unreasonable demands, I might as well write a letter to Yuan Shu directly. ”

Ji Ling frowned, didn't say anything more, and went down the city tower in a gloomy manner, looking at those relatives who were tied up by five flowers, and there was a burst of reluctance in his eyes.

He turned over and rode a war horse, and with a loud shout of "driving", he galloped out of Xiapi.