Chapter 442
After Sun Kang received the order, he took several subordinates to the prison to meet Chen Jiang and Yu Ze.
Although Chen Jiang and Yu Ze were imprisoned in prison, their contact with the outside world was not interrupted. The news of Li Shao's defeat immediately informed them of the news.
When Chen Jiang was so anxious that Li Shao was defeated and stomped his feet, he kept saying, "Li Shao is just a talented person. Let him lead his troops to fight against Guan and Zhang. Wouldn't he use an egg to strike the stone? Now that our army is defeated, if Guan and Zhang take the opportunity to attack the city, the city will be in danger."
Yu disagreed with his statement: "Brother Chen is worried too much. No matter what, there are tens of thousands of people in the city. Even if the field battle fails, there should be no problem in defending the city."
Chen Jiang looked at Yu Ze and said, "If you and I are still in the army, then even if the troops of Guan and Zhang are twice as many, we can stop them from seizing the city. But now that we are locked up here by Gongsun Fan, do you think the tens of thousands of soldiers under our command will still obey his orders?"
Chen Jiang's words reminded Yu Ze. He immediately remembered that even if he stayed in prison, the troops in the military camp were still controlled by his confidants. Even if Gongsun Fan came forward personally, he might not be able to mobilize them. Unless he killed all of himself and Chen Jiang's confidants. But this would inevitably lead to panic. Even if he barely pulled out to defend the city, the original 100% combat power might only be exerted by 20% or 30%.
When he thought that if his and Chen Jiang's troops did not go to fight, after the Jizhou army broke through the city, these troops would probably be trapped in the military camp and become lambs to be slaughtered. He couldn't help but ask Chen Jiang in panic: "Brother Chen, tell me, what should we do now?"
"If we stay here, there is no way." Chen Jiang said helplessly: "Unless Gongsun Fanken releases us, we can only sit here and wait for death."
When Yu Ze heard Chen Jiang say this, he suddenly felt like a deflated ball and said with a frustration: "Brother Chen, Gongsun Fan hates you and my brothers to the core. Do you think he will let us out?"
Chen Jiang twisted his beard and said thoughtfully: "If Li Shao had not been defeated by Guan Zhang today, maybe you and my brothers would not be able to be released from prison at all. But now that Gongsun Fan wants to defend the city, he can only treat you and me with courtesy. Wait, at most half an hour, he will send someone to see us."
Yu was half-believing and half-doubting about Chen Jiang’s statement. When he thought of Gongsun Fan’s extremely vicious look when he ordered people to lock them up, he felt that Chen Jiang’s statement was really unreliable: “Gongsun Fan is a stubborn person. Even if he knew he had done something wrong, he would not admit it easily. I think Brother Chen’s judgment this time may be wrong.”
Chen Jiang did not argue with Yu Ze. After all, the two of them are now brothers in the same boat. He just smiled faintly and then said, "We might as well wait and see if Gongsun Fan will let you and me go out."
Chen Jiang thought that Gongsun Fan would send someone to see him within half an hour. But after just one stick of incense, he heard the prison guard talking to someone outside. After a moment, footsteps came to the cell where he was. Chen Jiang heard this voice, grinned, and then said to Yu Ze: "Gongsun Fan has sent someone!"
"Gongsun Fan sent someone here?" Yu Ze's eyes lit up when he heard Chen Jiang say this, and then he began to guess: "Brother Chen, tell me, who will he send to meet us?"
"Li Shao and you and I are mortal enemies. Now that I have just been defeated by Guan and Zhang, I must be thinking behind closed doors at this moment, and it is definitely not him who came." After hearing Yu Ze's question, Chen Jiang began to analyze: "The only people who can speak in front of Gongsun Fan are Sun Kang, Zhang Ji and others. The ones who come to see us should be one of the two."
As soon as Chen Jiang finished speaking, Sun Kang's voice came from outside the prison door: "How can you lock the two generals in such a place? Why don't you open the prison door quickly..."
Through the gap in the wooden fence, Chen and Jiang had already seen clearly that the person coming was Sun Kang. Seeing him pretending to be outside, he didn't say anything, but just watched him perform quietly. After Sun Kang and other prison guards opened the door, they walked into the cell first, grabbed Chen Jiang's hand, and said excitedly: "General Chen, General Yu, you two are indeed here. I thought you were killed by the traitor Li Shao."
"General Sun," Chen Jiang and Sun Kang said, and asked coldly: "Aren't you a group with Li Shao?"
Sun Kang came to release Chen Jiang and Yu Ze on the order of Gongsun Fan. In order to please them, he naturally had to draw a clear line with Li Shao. He hurriedly said: "General Chen was joking. Sun had always been incompatible with Li Shao, so how could he be in the same group with him? Just now, Sun just heard that the two generals were framed by Li Shao and were imprisoned in a prison, so he immediately pleaded with General Gongsun and asked him to order the release of the two generals."
After Sun Kang finished speaking, Chen Jiang sneered and said, "So, can we leave?"
"That's natural," Sun Kang said with a slight smile: "General Gongsun has ordered you to be released, so you can naturally leave this place."
After hearing what Sun Kang said, Chen Jiang stood there without moving, but asked relentlessly: "General Sun, I just heard you call Li Shao a traitor, but I don't know what General Gongsun plans to deal with him?"
Sun Kang knew very well that Li Shao was defeated and returned home. Even if Gongsun Fan did not kill him, he would temporarily imprison him. He quickly laughed and said, "Don't worry, two generals. Before I came here, I heard General Gongsun mention that Li Shao, the traitor, should be imprisoned, and after he was defeated, he would be severely dealt with."
Chen Jiang knew that Li Shao was Gongsun Fan's confidant, and even if he encountered such a great defeat today, he would not be executed. Sun Kang said this at this moment just to give him a step forward. Therefore, he did not bother with this topic anymore, but nodded at the other party and said, "General Sun, it's getting late, so take us to see General Gongsun quickly."
"Two Generals," Sun Kang couldn't help but feel ecstatic when he saw Chen Jiang take the initiative to ask Gongsun Fan. He quickly nodded and said, "Please follow me!"
It was a coincidence that when the three of them left the prison, they happened to see several soldiers escorting Li Shao, who seemed to be planning to lock him up in the boss. As soon as they saw Li Shao, Yu thought of his subordinates who died tragically. Blood immediately poured on his head. He roared and rushed forward and punched Li Shao.
Li Shao is now in a guilty state. Facing Yu Ze's attack, he dared not fight back, so he could only dodge and let Yu Ze's fist hit him, making a bang. In the end, Chen Jiang, who was beside him, couldn't see it, so he called Yu Ze: "Okay, let's settle the account with him in the future. Let's go to see General Gongsun first."
Chapter completed!