Under the leadership of Sun Kang, Chen Jiang and Yu Ze came to the courtyard of the prefect's palace. Sun Kang turned his head and said apologetically to the two: "Two generals, please wait for a moment again and wait for me to report to General Gongsun."

"Go and go." Chen Jiang knew that this was a procedure that must be taken, so he waved his hand to Sun Kang and said rationally: "We are waiting here."

After waiting in the courtyard for a while, Sun Kang walked out of the hall, came to the two of them and nodded and said, "Two generals, General Gongsun is welcome!"

The two of them came to the main hall and saw Gongsun Fan sitting in the middle. Although they were extremely dissatisfied with him, no matter what, the other party was his lord's companion, so they could only go forward side by side to salute and said respectfully: "I will meet General Gongsun."

"No gift!" Gongsun Fan waved his hands to the two of you and said impatiently: "Today, Li Shao led his troops out of the city to meet the enemy, but was defeated by the troops of Guan and Zhang. This general brought you here to ask, do you have any way to retreat to Guan and Zhang?"

Chen Jiang and Yu looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "General Gongsun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei's martial arts group, no one in the city is their opponents. As the last generals see us, we can only stick to our doors and wait for them to run out of food..."

"When the military rations in Jizhou are exhausted?" Before Chen Jiang finished speaking, Gongsun Fan snorted coldly and said, "Don't you know that the food and grass in Jizhou are being transported to Qingzhou continuously? Not to mention the 30,000 soldiers outside the city, even if the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves were surrendered in the early stage, they still have enough food and grass."

"General Gongsun," Yu took a step forward and said to Gongsun Fan sitting in the middle: "No matter what, if we want to defend the city, we can only stay in the door. As long as we can guard for two months, the lord's reinforcements should arrive."

"Lord's reinforcements?" Gongsun Fan sneered and said, "Don't forget, the three brothers of Liu Bei led tens of thousands of troops to rescue Qingzhou. As a result, not only did they lose tens of thousands of troops, Liu Bei was also captured in Yecheng, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei became the front pawns of Jizhou. You and others think that under my brother, who is the other general who can be as brave as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?"

"If General Gongsun is unwilling to defend the city, it would be better to surrender to Jizhou." Chen Jiang said with a tough head.

"Rareless!" Before Chen Jiang finished speaking, Gongsun Fan slapped the cases in front of him and said in a stern tone: "Even if I die in battle, I will never surrender to Jizhou."

"Since General Gongsun is unwilling to surrender," although Chen Jiang and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had a good personal relationship, they were all their masters at this moment. Therefore, he said firmly: "Then I am willing to wish you a great help to fight the soldiers and horses in Jizhou to the end."

When Gongsun Fan heard Chen Jiang say this, he thought to himself that from the moment they entered the door, the words they heard the most were said. There were originally more than 30,000 soldiers in the city, but Li Shao went out of the city to meet the enemy and lost almost 8,000. Half of the remaining more than 20,000 soldiers were Chen Jiang, and Yu Ze's subordinates could not mobilize them at all. At this moment, Chen Jiang and others had made it clear that they were willing to work with him, so the next thing would be easier.

In order to make Chen Jiang, Yu Ze and others work hard for him, Gongsun Fan said hypocritically: "General Chen, General Yu, this general is deceived by Li Shao, the treacherous villain, and you are wronged. Now your troops are on standby in the military camp, so you should go back to the military camp as soon as possible and lead the soldiers to the city wall to defend."

Hearing Gongsun Fan say this, Yu Ze's eyebrows can't help but raise them up. Just when he was about to do it, he was pulled by Chen Jiang. Chen Jiang bowed to Gongsun Fan and said, "The last general will obey the order. The last general will go back to the camp and order the troops and go up to the city wall to defend the city. The last general will retreat!"

After the two of them retreated from the prefect's mansion, Yu Ze grabbed Chen Jiang and asked in confusion: "Brother Chen, you almost died under Gongsun Fan's hands. Why do you still have to work hard for him?"

Chen Jiang looked at Yu Ze and smiled bitterly, "Don't you understand that if we don't send troops to defend the city, it won't be long before Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's troops can seize the city. Once the city is broken, do you think we can stay alone?" He raised his hand and patted Yu Ze's back twice, adding, "We'd better go back to the barracks early and lead the troops to the city wall. No matter what, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's troops cannot rush into the city."

"Brother Chen," Yu Ze couldn't help but ask in confusion when he heard Chen Jiang say this: "Don't you have a good relationship with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei? Why do you have to fight with them? Gongsun Fan is not rebellious, so don't blame us for being unrighteous. We simply open the city gate and let the Jizhou army enter the city."

"Yuze," Chen Jiang heard Yuze say this, quickly covered his mouth and looked around. Seeing that no one nearby noticed him, he lowered his voice and said with a serious expression: "No matter what conflicts there are between us and Gongsun Fan, please remember that he is always the lord's cousin. Since the lord sent us to assist him, he must follow his orders. Just now, you can say it's okay in front of me, but don't say it in front of others, otherwise it will cause you and me to kill you."

"Don't worry, Brother Chen." Yu said to Chen Jiang: "I just complained in front of you, and I will definitely not say this in front of outsiders."

"It's getting late, and you and I will return to the military camp." Chen Jiang urged: "Immediately organize troops to defend the city on the city wall. Never let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's troops take the opportunity to attack the city."

After Guan Yu and Zhang Fei defeated Li Shao and captured thousands of Youzhou soldiers, Zhang Fei once asked Guan Yu: "Second brother, Youzhou soldiers have been newly defeated, the defenders in the city must be frightened. We might as well attack the city now?"

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu considered that Chen Jiang and Yu Ze in the city were his friends, and if he ordered troops to attack the city in this moment, he might meet each other. So after hesitating for a while, he said to Zhang Fei: "We will withdraw our troops and return to the camp. When the lord's army arrives tomorrow, it will not be too late to talk about the attack on the city."

After camping in the south of the city, Guan Yu came outside the village and looked into the city in the distance. Seeing countless figures shaking on the top of the city, he guessed that it must be the defenders in the city that were laying out wooden rocks. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that after all, he would inevitably fight with familiar people. If the other party falls into his hands, should he kill or release them?
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