Yique Pass, as the war between Chen and Cao intensified, although Yuzhou was not the main battlefield, but the war between Cao Ren and Zhang Liao also made the main checkpoints in this area tense.

Of course, this does not include Yique Pass, it is not that Yique Pass is not important, on the contrary, if Yique Pass is broken, then there will be a huge hole in the defense around Luoyang, but for Yang Wei, who has decided to defect, this is exactly what he wants.

As for why Yang Wei sentenced Chen Mo, firstly, as the former general of Xiliang, he faced the ceiling of his military career like Yang Ding, the difference is that from the beginning, after Yang Wei surrendered as a surrenderer, not to mention being suppressed, but he has never encountered appreciation, he is worse than Yang Ding.

Among the generals in Xiliang, those who can be reused by Chen Mo are Hua Xiong and Xu Rong, these two are already the generals of the Duzhen side, and Yang Wei is obviously not comparable to the two in terms of ability, and he is obviously not qualified in terms of prestige, so he can only watch others continue to be promoted, and he is getting farther and farther away from Chen Mo's core group, and it is obviously not possible to be promoted by seniority, although Chen Mo's employment system has tapped a large number of outstanding talents for him, but it also makes many mediocre but ambitious people resentful.

And Yang Ding and Yang Wei are this kind of people, in the face of a career that can almost see the head at a glance, Yang Wei was already hopeless, Cao Cao had secretly contacted him, but Yang Wei did not accept it, he knew very well that before Chen Cao won or lost, even if he secretly lowered Cao Cao except for some rewards, most of them would not be reused, and it was even better to be here in Chen Mo.

Moreover, Chen Mo's chances of winning this battle are higher than Cao Cao's in Yang Wei's opinion, in this case, why should he take this dead end? Even if Cao Cao wins, it will be better for him to surrender at that time than to betray Chen Mo now, the benefits are about the same, but the other risk is too great, if Chen Mo wins, he will never recover.

But when Zhao Shen and others came to the door, it was different.

There was a struggle within the imperial court, he knew it, but he never took it to heart, it was too far away from him, and with the strength in the hands of these people, how could he fight with Chen Mo?

But this time is different, as a person in the army system, Yang Wei knows very well that the current situation of troops in the Heluo area, Chen Mo took away most of the soldiers and horses, and now Heluo is really weak, and more importantly, this time, for some reason, he was asked to guard Yique.

If this place is placed in peacetime, it is not important, even if the Cao army breaks through the Yique Pass, in the face of the guards in Luoyang, they are not able to enter, but now, it is indeed likely to become the key to Chen Caozhi's victory or defeat.

If he can play an important role in this, not only can he get the benefits given by Zhao Shen, but he can also eat Cao Cao's side together.

That's right, from the very beginning, Yang Wei was ready to sell Yique Guan twice, first to Zhao Shen, and then to Cao Cao, although in fact, the purpose of the two is the same, but Yang Wei can receive two benefits here, so that even if he finally takes away his military power, he can also mix up a Jiuqing-level official position, and the descendants will talk about it, after they are all ministers, this family will be different immediately.

What's more, Yang Wei estimates that even if Cao Cao captures Luoyang in the end, there may be a dispute between Zhao Shen and Cao Cao, and maybe they can get it again, such a deal is worth it.

For betraying Chen Mo, Yang Wei has no psychological burden, unlike Yang Ding, he surrendered at the beginning, Chen Mo didn't pay attention to him, and he didn't treat Yang Wei like Yang Ding, naturally there is no need to have a sense of shame and confusion because of the so-called betrayal, how powerful Chen Mo is, he doesn't feel very deeply.

"General!" The deputy general came to the door and saluted Yang Wei.

"What?" Yang Wei said with a smile, this deputy general is his countryman, so he is quite taken care of by Yang Wei, and he can be regarded as a confidant.

"There is a troop of soldiers and horses from outside the Guan, claiming to be Nanyang soldiers and horses, and they are ordered to be transferred to Luoyang, will they be released?" The lieutenant bowed.

"Nanyang Terracotta and Horses?" Yang Wei was a little surprised: "How many people?" ”

"About two thousand." The lieutenant bowed.

"Let's go, let's see." Yang Wei got up and said, two thousand is not a small number, and the total number of Yique Pass defenders is only three thousand, although he has secretly let a lot of Cao soldiers come in before, but if the soldiers and horses from Nanyang enter Luoyang, it is unknown whether the situation that is now clear will change.

At that moment, Yang Wei took the deputy general to the head of the city to look at the city, and saw a group of soldiers and horses standing outside the city, and the leader of the generals looked a little young, and he didn't look very old, but in that place in Nanyang, in addition to Zhang Liao being famous, after Lu Bu left, he hadn't heard of any powerful people, Yang Wei immediately said: "Who are you waiting for?" ”

But seeing that the former general of the army rode a horse to the city, he hugged his fists and said: "The last general, General Zhennan, rebelled against the captain Wei Yan, and I have seen this general." ”

"Since he is under the command of General Zhang, he is not stationed in Nanyang, but why did he come here?" Yang Wei looked at this army of soldiers and horses, silently thinking about whether he could swallow them, after all, if Cao Cao succeeded, he would be able to have more soldiers and horses in his hands at that time, and he would be able to fight for more benefits for himself.

"The last general came by order of Luoyang." Wei Yanlang said.

"Where is the edict?" Yang Wei frowned and said, how could Luoyang mobilize troops and horses from Nanyang? And why didn't you inform yourself beforehand?

"Yes!" Wei Yan nodded, rolled an edict on the shaft of the arrow, and shot an arrow at the head of the city.

The speed of the arrow cluster was not fast, and the strength was not great, and it was shot behind Yang Wei, and Yang Wei grabbed it with his hand, glanced at Wei Yan, and opened the edict.

It was indeed the Luoyang Edict, but it did not come from the Imperial Palace, but from the General's Mansion, and it was issued by Li Ru.

Since it wasn't transferred back by the imperial court, it can be sought.

As for Wei Yan? Nameless descendant, if he is willing to surrender, if he is unwilling, kill him, after the matter is completed, no one will pursue this kind of thing with him.

He nodded and said, "Wait a minute." ”

"General, do you really want to let him in?" The deputy general came to Yang Wei's side and asked in a low voice.

As Yang Wei's fellow countryman and confidant, he knows about Yang Wei's affairs.

"Let it in, wait for an opportunity to seize its military power in a while!" Yang Wei nodded quietly, and ordered as he walked: "You may have to do it in a while, you go and mobilize some people to come over, look at my face and act, once you make a move, kill that Wei Yan first!" ”

"Whoa!" The deputy general understood, immediately agreed, and left first.

Yang Wei took a few of his relatives down to the city gate and made a posture to greet Wei Yan.

"The last general has seen General Yang!" Wei Yan led the men and horses into the city, pretending to look at the guards behind Yang Wei inadvertently, grinning, and without waiting for Yang Wei to speak, he suddenly drew his sword and put it on Yang Wei's neck.

Yang Wei still maintained a smile on his face, but that smile stiffened with Wei Yan's movements: "General Wei, what does this mean?" ”

"I came here to take over Yique Pass, and I had to do this in order to avoid General Yang's non-cooperation." The order Wei Yan received was indeed to take over Yique Pass, but he did not mean to act directly, but after determining that Yang Wei had the opposite intention, he would take action.

However, if Yang Wei had objections, he might not even be able to enter the door if he said it directly, so Wei Yan decided to reverse the process, first seize the military power, and then determine whether Yang Wei had any objections.

In fact, Wei Yan felt that the person who gave the order in Luoyang should also have noticed that this Yang Wei was wrong, otherwise he was so decent, why did he come to take over Yique Pass?

In short, let's take Yique Pass first.

"Presumptuous, what do you want to do!?" The deputy general hurried over with his men and horses, originally to help Yang Wei seize military power, who knew that he had just seen such a scene, although he didn't know what happened, but seeing that Yang Wei was restrained by Wei Yan, he couldn't take care of a lot, and immediately brought people to come immediately, and wanted to surround Wei Yan, but saw that the Nanyang soldiers brought by Wei Yan quickly stepped forward and blocked these people.

"I am Wei Yan, I was ordered to come and take over Yique Pass!" Wei Yan ignored the deputy general, at first glance, it was Yang Wei's person, so he didn't need to waste energy on this person, he directly took out the token handed over to him by Zhang Liao before leaving and showed it to the soldiers, and said coldly: "Yang Wei fornicated with Cao Thief, and now he has been captured, so why don't you want to rebel!?" ”

In any case, put the hat on the other party first, so that it is convenient for you to control the power.

When a group of Yique Pass soldiers heard this, they suddenly froze, and their momentum weakened a little, and many of them put away their weapons one after another.

This is also the benefit of Chen Mo's military system, the families of the soldiers are concentrated, and at the same time, they have preferential treatment, but they are also a threat in disguise, so even if there will be rebellion, the soldiers will generally not oppose it, Yang Wei has always dared not announce his defection to the enemy, but he knows that if he says it, I am afraid that most of the soldiers will not want to do it with him.

At this time, Wei Yan took out the token and directly detained the crime of collaborating with the enemy on Yang Wei's head, which naturally made most of the Yique Pass soldiers instinctively start to draw a line with Yang Wei.

"Hugh wants to listen to his nonsense!" Yang Wei said angrily.

"General Yang can't even know this tiger order, right?" Wei Yan shook the token in front of him, and then pointed at Yang Wei's lieutenant and said, "Tie up Yang Wei and that one to me!" Blockade of Yique Pass, from now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave! ”

Since the Nanyang soldiers stepped forward to tie up Yang Wei, and someone went to catch the deputy general, the deputy general was naturally unwilling, but the guards around him were confused for a while, and they didn't dare to help, and after the deputy general struggled for a while, he was kicked down by Wei Yan, looked at the soldiers around and said, "What's the matter?" General Ben's words don't work? ”

"Whoa!" After a military marquis hesitated for a moment, he still agreed, and ordered someone to go and notify the generals at all levels to come to see Wei Yan, as for Yang Wei and his lieutenant, they were temporarily imprisoned, and Wei Yan didn't have the heart to interrogate anything before he completely mastered the defense of Yique Pass, and he would wait until the business was done.

Although he is much younger than Ma Chao, Wei Yan does have a set of rules in governing the army, and he quickly sorted out the entire Yique Pass and completely grasped the military power of the Yique Pass in his hands.