Chapter 53 Sowing Discord

  Everyone nodded in agreement with Li Chong's words. Zhang Yan, despite holding an official position, was not considered a colleague by the various regional guardians, who all wanted to get rid of him. He and Ji Zhou's Han Fu had been at odds until they temporarily stopped fighting after the Battle of Tiger Trap Pass.

  Tai Shi Zi smiled and said: "In that case, we can just wait quietly for Zhang Yan to withdraw his troops."

  Li Chong smiled and said: "Although that's the case, we can't let Zhang Yan have it easy, so let's add some trouble for him."

  Taishi Ci asked: "How can we add to Zhang Yan's troubles?"

  Li Chong stood up, took out pen, ink and paper, and smiled: "Then I'll trouble Kong Zhang to write a letter to Wang Dang."

  Chen Lin exclaimed in surprise: "Me?"

  ……

  Due to the unfavorable siege, Zhang Yan sat in his own large tent, feeling depressed and wanting to drown his sorrows with wine, when suddenly someone came to request an audience.

  Zhang Yanqiang took a deep breath and said, "Come in."

  The scout rushed into the general's tent, knelt down on one knee and said: "Reporting to the General, tonight the soldiers patrolling the city found a letter, please take a look."

  "Huh?" Zhang Yan raised an eyebrow and said in a low voice, "Bring it here for me to see."

  Ji Hou took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhang Yan with both hands.

  Zhang Yan looked at the seal on the envelope and saw that it was intact. Only then did she ask: "What's this letter all about?"

  "Tonight, we are following the general's orders to patrol the four gates of Guangwu. Suddenly, an arrow with no head was shot from the city wall, and this letter was attached to it. We immediately rushed back to the camp and handed it over to the general for his decision."

  "Uh-huh!" Zhang Yan nodded and waved her hand, signaling Cheng to step down.

  Turn up the light a bit, Zhang Yan slowly opened the letter, just took a glance, Zhang Yan's face immediately turned gloomy, her face almost dripping with water.

  The words on the letter were very neat and beautiful, but the wording was extremely common and easy to understand. Only the following was written: General Wang's personal opening, this time General Wang led Zhang Yan out of Changshan, with great merit. Mr. Yuan was very happy when he learned about it, hoping that General Wang would continue to work hard, keeping Zhang Yan detained here until Mr. Yuan conquered Yuanshi County, pacified Changshan and appointed General Wang as the county governor.

  Uh……ah! Zhang Yan slapped the table violently, staring at the letter in her hand with a crazed look, the flames of anger in her eyes seeming to want to burn the letter to ashes.

  "King Dang!" Zhang Yan gritted his teeth and said, just about to call someone to summon King Dang for questioning. But Zhang Yan suddenly sat down, slowly handing the letter over to the lamp fire.

  The flickering flame "puffed" and spread to the letter, slowly burning it up. Zhang Yan watched coldly as the letter turned into ashes, then slowly closed her eyes.

  The next morning, Zhang Yan gathered all the generals to discuss matters. Her eyes paused on Wang for a moment before she asked: "What are your strategies to defeat the enemy?"

  Wang, being the highest under Zhang Yan's command, naturally spoke first: "General, Li Chong is a very cunning person, and his subordinate Taishi Ci is even more powerful in martial arts. Rather than using strategy, it would be better to launch a strong attack. Guangwu County has few people and only 2,000 soldiers. Given time, we will surely capture Guangwu."

  Zhang Yan smiled and said: "If we wait for a while, who knows how long it will take?"

  Wang loudly replied: "I believe that within three months, Guangwu will definitely be conquered."

  "Haha......" Zhang Yan burst out laughing and said: "This is a great idea, since that's the case, let Wang Da take command of the attack on the city today."

  "I will obey your orders!" Wang Da said with a fist in his hand.

  As the war drums sounded, a new day began. Li Chong and others stood on the city wall, watching Wang Da lead his army to prepare for the attack.

  Tai Shi Zi looked at Wang Dang's figure and asked: "Can the letter from our lord make Wang Dang give up Zhang Yan? These two have known each other for a long time."

  Li Chong smiled and said, "Zi Yi, my intention was not to drive a wedge between Wang Dang, but to inform Zhang Yan that his old nest is unstable, so he can't focus on attacking the city. As for whether Zhang Yan will suspect Wang Dang or not, I don't know. Even if he still trusts Wang Dang, we won't have any losses. If the two of them really become estranged... Hehe, let's just consider it an unexpected delight."

  "Master, is this plan called... one arrow, two eagles?" Liao Hua asked excitedly, stuttering.

  Li Chong smiled mysteriously and replied: "One arrow, two eagles, hehe... Yuan Jiao, you have to think carefully about this. This is not just a matter of one arrow, two eagles."

  Liao Huawen furrowed his brow in deep thought, and Taishi Ci and the others also pondered Li Zhong's intention in secret. After a good while, several people still couldn't understand it.

  Li Chong looked at several people who were deep in thought and smiled slightly: "My other purpose is to provoke a fight between Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao, do you understand?"

  "I see!" Several people suddenly realized and replied in unison.

  How sinister! Zhang Cai by Li Chong's side couldn't help but shudder, quietly shifting his feet and moving a few steps away from Li Chong.

  "Boom...... boom......" The earth-shaking drumbeat interrupted the conversation of several people, and Taishi Ci and others immediately dispersed to command soldiers to resist the enemy.

  Looking at the dense soldiers under the city, Li's thoughts were flying. This is good with hand grenades, just throw a few down, and it's guaranteed to scare these people into fleeing in all directions, shouting that the Thunder God has descended upon them. Unfortunately, unfortunately! Not to mention hand grenades, Li didn't even know how to make explosives.

  "Kill... kill..." After the rain of arrows, both sides began to engage in close combat again. Severed limbs and arms fell onto the city wall from time to time, and the air was filled with a strong bloody smell. Li Chong took a deep breath, and suddenly found that he was somewhat fascinated by this smell.

  No! Am I a bit perverted? Li Chong hastily shook his head, thinking that if things didn't work out, he would find a way to vent to Shun Niang at night.

  Another wave of cold water poured down, and a thick layer of ice formed on the ground. The soldiers attacking the city couldn't run at all, they could only walk step by step towards the city wall. As a result, some of the soldiers climbing up the city wall were disconnected from each other, and if the number of soldiers who climbed up the city wall was not maintained, it would be almost like sending them to their deaths. This greatly reduced the pressure on the defending army on the city wall.

  Heaven helps me! Li Zhong shouted: "Release the logs!"

  The logs were not processed into a cylindrical shape, and there were no sharp thorns on them. However, in this case, the logs were much more useful than the rolling logs. The heavy logs slid down the city wall to the ground, and because the ground was icy, they were very slippery. Each log could slide out dozens of meters, and the soldiers attacking the city couldn't dodge the rapidly sliding logs on the ice surface. They were knocked down, crying out in pain, and wailing continuously.

  What's even more frightening is that this log sliding along the ground can't kill people, it can only break the legs of the attacking soldiers.

  For the army, it's better for soldiers to die in battle; at most, they just need to spend some money on condolences and bury them locally. However, wounded soldiers are truly the most annoying; their loud cries greatly affect the morale of the troops, and people need to be sent to rescue and treat them - it's simply a burden.

  Looking at the wounded soldiers screaming on the ice, Wang Daoren was so anxious that he was covered in sweat, and he even had the idea of killing these wounded men.

  But this foolish idea flashed by, and it was no different from provoking a military mutiny. Helplessly, Wang Da could only temporarily abandon the siege and focus on rescuing the injured soldiers who were knocked down by the wooden logs.

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