Chapter 170: Yiyang Wei Yan
Wei Yan, a native of Yiyang, is good at using a dragon sparrow sword, and is brave and good at fighting.
However, it is also because of his strong martial arts that Wei Yan is quite arrogant, which makes other people in Jingzhou not like him very much.
"Wei Wenchang, this time I will give you a task, you go to deliver food to General Huang Zu, if something goes wrong on the way, be careful of your head."
Thinking of what Wancheng Taishou had said to him before leaving, Wei Yan was annoyed.
Two days ago, he beat up a son-in-law who molested a woman from a good family at the market.
Wei Yan was originally jealous and hateful, and in addition, he was depressed in the army, and his temper became more and more hot.
That time he made a move, he beat the boy to death, and then he stopped.
I never thought that that brother Gongzi turned out to be a distant cousin of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.
Although Wei Yan beat him, Wei Yan had a prestige in the army, and the boy was too arrogant in the bazaar at that time, which caused public anger, so he finally ended up.
In order to curry favor with Liu Biao, although Wancheng Taishou couldn't clearly punish Wei Yan's crime, he had a way to punish Wei Yan.
This time, Wancheng Taishou learned that it was not safe to transport grain, and appointed Wei Yan to come, if Wei Yan could safely deliver grain and grass, then he would think of another way.
If there is a mistake in the transportation, then without his hands, Huang Zu will cure Wei Yan's crime.
Wei Yan naturally understood this truth, and cursed in a low voice while urging the people to hurry up.
"General, they are the team that transports grain this time." On a small hill in the distance, a scout said to Tai Shici, who was lying on his stomach.
Tai Shi Ci looked at the group of soldiers carefully, he was in good spirits, and he was quite lawful between the marches, he nodded, and naturally said to himself: "This guy who leads the troops is not bad." ”
This is the fourth day after leaving Hongnong, and the Jingzhou soldiers have been harassed listlessly all the way during this time, and the speed of their march has slowed down a lot.
Tai Shi Ci has been tossing them in the past two days, and although he has not been able to bring any substantial damage to Huang Zu's troops every time, it has annoyed them.
On this day, Liu Biao sent a grain transport team, and now Huang Zu's troops have entered Hongnong.
Tai Shici's men and horses couldn't cause them substantial damage, so they hit the idea on the grain transportation team.
The corners of his mouth rose slightly, Tai Shici took out two guns, weighed them in his hands, turned over and stepped onto the war horse.
He opened his mouth and shouted loudly to the two thousand cavalry behind him: "Brothers, have you had fun these days? ”
"Happy!"
"Hahaha, I'm also very happy, let's do a big deal today, destroy this batch of grain and grass, and we can complete the task!"
Tai Shi Ci turned around, pointed the two guns in his hands at the sky, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, follow me, charge!" ”
Tai Shi Ci's war horse was a good horse outside the Saiwai, and this force suddenly shot out of the arrow.
The two thousand cavalry behind him roared and followed behind Tai Shici, they were all very comfortable in the past few days, and for the first time they felt that the battle was so easy.
Their morale was very high at this time, as if there would be no one in front of them who would be their opponent.
As early as when Tai Shi Ci was speaking, Wei Yan was keenly aware of the voice.
Hurriedly ordered the troops to defend in place, and let those people drive the grain and grass to form a large circle.
Soon a cavalry force of 2,000 men appeared in Wei Yan's field of vision.
Wei Yan escorted a lot of grain and grass this time, so the number of troops accompanying him also reached 3,000.
However, there was no war in Jingzhou for a long time, and most of these soldiers were recruits who had never been on the battlefield, and they couldn't see anything in normal times, and when they were about to face the enemy, many of them suddenly shivered nervously.
Seeing this, Wei Yan's brows furrowed tightly.
The troops on the opposite side looked like an elite division that had experienced a hundred battles, and these guys under their command were so uncompetitive that it was not a joke to go to the battlefield in a while.
Just when Wei Yan was worried, Tai Shici's cavalry quickly arrived, and arrows rained down one after another.
The Jingzhou soldiers hurriedly used the shields in their hands to resist the arrows falling from the air, and many people couldn't dodge and were shot by the arrows, letting out a terrible scream.
The dragon sparrow broadsword in Wei Yan's hand danced like a windmill, and the flying arrows clanged non-stop, but they couldn't cause him the slightest damage.
Wei Yan shouted loudly: "Stabilize me, the enemy is rushing over, and the front row will fix their bodies and prepare for the impact!" Archers in the back row, release the arrows! ”
Wei Yan's reaction was not unpleasant, and the soldiers he trained were indeed elite soldiers.
At first, there was a little panic, but at this time they were already in a state of flux, and then they began to fight back.
Countless arrows flew into the sky in unison, heading towards the Bingzhou cavalry.
Tai Shici whistled, and the troops of 2,000 people behind him immediately dispersed into two teams of 1,000 people, bypassing the left and right sides of the Jingzhou army's formation, and shooting with bows and arrows from time to time in the process of circling.
For a while, they couldn't react, and many Jingzhou soldiers fell to the ground one after another.
Wei Yan's face began to become solemn at this time, this cavalry is not simple, it can quickly change formations at such a close distance, and inflict a series of blows on his own side.
This is definitely not a quality that the average army can have.
Bingzhou originally started with cavalry, and since Lu Bu founded the greedy wolf iron cavalry, the quality of Bingzhou cavalry has been raised to a higher level.
Even ordinary cavalrymen must be proficient in riding and archery, and good people can enter the greedy wolf iron cavalry.
Therefore, in fact, these cavalry are only slightly inferior to the greedy wolf iron cavalry.
Naturally, this is not something that ordinary cavalry can compare.
That's why we can make such subtle changes in battle formations in battle.
Wei Yan shouted loudly: "Change the formation, change the formation!" With the buckets, all the soldiers on the periphery raise your shields, and the archers are ready to fight back! ”
Under Wei Yan's order, the Jingzhou army quickly changed into a circle, and the outermost soldiers half-squatted on the ground, inserting their shields in their hands into the ground.
The soldiers in the back row lay their shields flat on their chests and placed them on top of the first row of shields, while the soldiers in the back raised their shields diagonally over the heads of the second row of soldiers, and the bottom of the shield was placed on top of the second row of shields.
At this moment, observing the formation of Jingzhou soldiers from the outside, it was like a huge iron bucket, wrapped in a shield.
The soldiers in the middle bent their bows and arrows, throwing sharp arrows outward.
At this time, Tai Shici's cavalry troops were becoming more and more difficult to cause damage to Wei Yanjun.
But equally, it was almost impossible for Wei Yan's troops to inflict damage on the opponent's nimble cavalry troops.
The two sides were at a stalemate, and Tai Shici ordered the troops to stop and surround the Jingzhou soldiers from afar.
Wei Yan sneered when he saw the other party's actions, he was the least afraid of fighting a positional battle with the other party at the moment.
If the opponent is always in motion, then he really has nothing to do, but once the cavalry slows down and loses the ability to maneuver, then it can't catch up with the ordinary foot soldiers.
Wei Yan's idea at this moment was to wait for the other party to get a little closer so that he could launch a surprise attack.
Unbeknownst to him, the Bingzhou cavalry stopped outside the range of the bow and arrow, and raised the bow and arrow in his hand to aim at the enemy in the iron bucket array.
The troops of both sides were in a stalemate at one point, and at this moment, neither side could act rashly, otherwise they would immediately fall into the attack of the other side.
Tai Shi Ci frowned and looked at the enemy in front of him, he was very annoyed, the enemy's current formation made him helpless.
However, there are not many fire oil things brought out before, and the fire attack method cannot be used at this time.
Tai Shi Ci waited for a while, and shouted impatiently: "I am Tai Shi Ci under the command of Marquis Wen." Who are you? ”
"The eldest husband doesn't change his name, he doesn't change his surname, Yiyang Wei Yan is also!" Wei Yan replied loudly in the army.
"Wei Yan? Haven't heard of it. Tai Shici deliberately picked the ear piercing with his tail finger, and his face was full of disdain.
Tai Shi Ci's behavior undoubtedly made the Jingzhou army very angry, especially Wei Yan, who looked at Tai Shi Ci and roared loudly: "Yellow mouth boy, dare to be so arrogant!" ”
Tai Shi Ci saw clearly the appearance of Wei Yan who came out, his stature was not tall, about seven and a half feet, and he was very ordinary and even a little short among the generals.
But his figure is very stout, and the whole person looks very mighty, riding on a green horse at this time, holding a dragon bird knife in his hand.
Looking at the age, it is not too old, and it should not be as good as the weak crown.
At this time, Wei Yan also saw Tai Shici's appearance clearly, and even he couldn't help but secretly praise the young general opposite at this time.
Looking at the other party's appearance, it seems that he is about the same age as himself.
Tai Shici naturally also saw Wei Yan's appearance, and only then did he realize that the other party's age did not seem to be very old, so he immediately sneered at each other: "Who is Huangkou Xiao'er talking about?" ”
Wei Yan replied without thinking: "Huangkou Xiao'er said you! ”
"Hahaha," Tai Shi Ci looked up to the sky and smiled.
Wei Yan also knew that he had fallen into the other party's language trap, and immediately said angrily: "Wow, sharp-toothed boy, dare to fight with your Grandpa Wei for three hundred rounds, I will definitely let you know the end of the vain tongue." ”
"Hahahaha, that's exactly what I want. Surnamed Wei, do you dare to gamble with me? ”
"How to bet?" Wei Yan frowned slightly.
Tai Shi Ci laughed loudly, "How about you and I come to fight?" ”
"Fighter?" Wei Yan was quite moved, but he still held back, his main task today is to escort grain and grass, although it is close to the border between Sizhou and Jingzhou, but it should not be long before reinforcements arrive.
Wei Yan was still thinking about it, and Tai Shici deliberately laughed: "Forget it, when I didn't say it." People say that Jingzhou produces talents, so I want to ask for advice. It's really better to be famous than to meet, I don't know what kind of ability I can have, this courage is really a lot weaker......"
Tai Shi Ci still has to continue to squeeze on and babble, Wei Yan has been so angry that he can't stand it in his life, he was excluded in Jingzhou before, and this time he was deliberately wearing small shoes to escort the grain and grass, and he had a belly of fire in his heart.
At this moment, he was teased by Tai Shici again, which suddenly made Wei Yan unable to control the anger in his heart.
"Wow, the thief is rampant!"