While Chen Yalan was reading the letter, the merchant also adjusted his breathing: "General Chen, please give me the head this man asked for so that I can save my child."
It turned out that the letter said that the merchant's child was in their hands. If they wanted the child, they should take the head of the leader killed by Chen Yalan to the hill outside the city in exchange for the child.
However, because the leader was killed, the people were excited at the moment and the morale of the army had finally stabilized. If the head was taken away, it would mean that they were being coerced by that person, and the morale of the army would certainly be in chaos.
For a general like Chen Yalan, military morale is more important than anything else. So although she really wanted to exchange the child back, she had to reject the merchant's request at this moment.
"No, I can't agree to this. Don't worry, we won't give up on the child. We will find a way to rescue the child, but I absolutely cannot give you this head." Chen Yalan refused righteously.
After hearing what Chen Yalan said, the merchant was extremely anxious: "General Chen, I beg you, my child is in the hands of these people, and I have no other choice. Can't you give me the head so that I can exchange it for my own child?"
Chen Yalan had no choice but to refuse the businessman's request.
Chen Yalan felt that since these people could use the child to threaten the businessman, they would definitely not harm him, so they had time to make a plan to rescue the child.
Since she knew that the child's life would not be threatened in the short term, and those people would even treat him to good food and drink, compared to the collapse of military morale and the temporary safety of the child, Chen Yalan finally chose military morale.
The businessman requested several times but received no consent from Chen Yalan.
The merchant was full of dissatisfaction with this situation. He was different from Chen Yalan. Chen Yalan was a general who wanted to defend his country, while he was just a commoner. What's more, his son was in the hands of those people at this moment, and he didn't know what kind of pain he would suffer.
After much thought, the businessman felt that if he only relied on Chen Yalan to save his child, he didn't know when there would be any result. So, he thought about it again and again and finally made up his mind.
After all, he was a Tibetan, and he didn't feel much for Chen Yalan's desire to defend her country, and he didn't dare to believe Chen Yalan's arrangements.
There was no way. No father could calm down when his son was in danger. Therefore, he was very uneasy about Chen Yalan's arrangement, fearing that his son would be implicated, so he hoped to do his best to ensure his son's safety.
At the desk, the businessman wrote a letter with a wolf hair brush in his hand. After letting the letter dry, he called a pigeon, tied the envelope to the pigeon's legs, and then released it.
I kept repeating in my heart: General Chen, I'm sorry, I don't want to spread this news, but for my son, I have to do this. I hope you can forgive me.
According to the plan that had been made, Chen Yalan prepared to launch a surprise attack at night to rescue the little boy, just like last time.
Just when Chen Yalan and her men were sneaking around there, there was suddenly a bright light all around. It turned out that although Chen Yalan was well prepared, the pigeon sent out by the merchant had informed the people here, allowing them to be prepared in advance.
So the people here pretended not to know, and when Chen Yalan and others arrived, they caught them in a trap and arrested them.
Even Chen Yalan couldn't escape. After receiving the news that Chen Yalan and others were arrested, Xu Mao was very uneasy.
They didn't know about the businessman's informant, they just thought it was very strange. How could there be a flaw in Chen Yalan's plan?
However, they did not have time to think too much. After all, their top priority was how to rescue Chen Yalan.
So, Xu Mao immediately began to investigate the ins and outs of the matter. Only by knowing what happened could he formulate a foolproof plan to rescue Chen Yalan.
When Zhong Yu knew that Chen Yalan was arrested, he was extremely anxious. After all, he was her lieutenant general, and now his general was arrested.
After learning that Xu Mao knew about this matter and began to inquire about the ins and outs of it, Zhong Yu could no longer bear it and came to Xu Mao.
"General Xu, do you have any solution to this problem?" Zhong Yu was extremely anxious and asked directly without much preparation.
At this moment, Xu Mao was upset because of this matter. When he saw Chen Yalan's lieutenant general coming over, he immediately asked, "What exactly is going on here? Who is that businessman you are talking about? Tell me everything clearly, otherwise how will I know if there is any solution?"
So, Zhong Yu told Chen Yalan how the merchant appeared and why she helped him, and also mentioned the map given by the merchant.
Hearing the merchant's identity and the map, Xu Mao narrowed his eyes. "How dare you trust a map given by a Tibetan? Who knows if they are colluding to capture General Chen?"
After hearing what Xu Mao said, Zhong Yu also realized that yes, they seemed to trust the Tibetan merchants too much.
In fact, he really wanted to say that all of this was decided by Chen Yalan and he was just an advisor. However, looking at Xu Mao's blaming look at this moment, he suddenly didn't want to say it.
"What should we do?" At this point, Zhong Yu was also a little confused, and could only ask stupidly what to do?
"Although we cannot be sure whether the businessman has any problems, General Chen has been arrested. What we can do now is to control the businessman first. You go and take people to arrest the businessman first." Xu Mao thought about it and finally gave the order.
After receiving Xu Mao's instructions, Zhong Yu immediately had a direction. He found a team of people and went to the place where the merchants lived, but when they arrived, the place was empty.
"Damn it, there is indeed a problem. Someone come and chase him. We must catch him." Zhong Yu was a little angry when he saw this situation and immediately gave the order.
So these people scattered in all directions, and there were people chasing after the merchants along every possible route they might take, but those who did so were killed.
At this time, the merchant did not actually leave the city, but quietly lurked in the place where the heads were stored. Because those people were looking for the merchant's whereabouts, there was some chaos in the city for a while.
This chaos just gave the merchant an opportunity. He had already found out the address where the head was stored, and he took advantage of the chaos to sneak in.
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