When the secret letter sent by Yuan Shao arrived at the camp of Jin Liang, Jin Liang's army had already left Wancheng, gathered in Xinye, and pointed directly at Xiangyang on the side of Hanshui.

Jin Liang is very confident in taking Xiangyang City, because he not only has 100,000 heroes, but also the local wise men and heroes of Jingzhou.

A few days ago, Jin Liang's army entered Wancheng, and when Jin Liang rode into Wancheng Taishou Mansion, he saw that the original county officials were all kneeling on the ground, and only one person was heroic and upright, standing with his head held high, and did not kneel.

The guards beside Jin Liang saw Jin Liang staring at the county official who refused to kneel, thinking that Jin Liang was angry, so he hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to press the man to the ground.

Jin Liang suddenly became interested, and was about to ask who the surname of this young and powerful county official was, when he suddenly heard Huang Zhong, the general who followed him, shouting: "You four must not be rude, this is Li Yan and Li Zhengfang, a talented man in Nanyang." ”

Jin Liang looked back at Huang Zhong with a smile and said, "Hansheng, how did you know about Li Yan's name?" "Although Huang Zhong is a native of Nanyang, there are hundreds of thousands of household registrations in Nanyang County, and Li Yan is just a county official, Huang Zhong has become a famous general in his own right since following Jin Liang, and the two should have no intersection.

Huang Zhong said with a smile: "My lord, you forgot that there is Li Yan's name in your Han Xianliang book, Minister Cui Yan of the Recruitment Department of the Military Affairs Yuan has printed many Han Xianliang books before, and each general's office has a copy, according to the Han Xianliang book to recruit talents for the lord." ”

Only then did Jin Liang remember the book of virtuous men of the Han Dynasty that he used to fool people, and it did have the names of Li Yan and Li Zhengfang, who were from Nanyang.

Of course, Jin Liang remembered that there was a Li Yan in Nanyang. It's all the impression I got when I was recruiting talents in Nanyang Wancheng when I played the Three Kingdoms game during the harmonious and prosperous period.

Li Yan's values in the game are quite high, and the values are very balanced, and he is a very typical talent with both civil and military skills.

As a matter of fact. Li Yan's ability to show in the official history is indeed a first-class talent.

Li Yan, whose character is square, was a county official of Nanyang County when he was a teenager. He is known for his talent, but he was born as a son of Hanshu, and was not favored by Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou at that time, and worked as a county official in Nanyang County for many years. Under the command of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, he was appointed as the county magistrate of Chengdu, and he was quite famous because he could do political affairs.

In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei defeated the army sent by Liu Zhang to block the attack in Fucheng, and marched to Mianzhu Pass. Unexpectedly, Li Yan defected in front of the battle. led the crowd to surrender and was worshiped by Liu Bei as a general. After Liu Bei captured Yizhou, Li Yan was appointed as the general of Qianwei Taishou and Xingye. Previously, Yizhou's law and discipline were lax, and morality and politics were not raised. Punishment is not severe. Liu Bei then ordered the general Zhuge Liang, the Shu county Tai Shou Fazheng, the Zhaowen general Yi, the left general Xi Cao Peng, Liu Ba and Li Yan to formulate the "Shu Branch", which later became the basis of the legal system of Shu Han.

Li Yan in Qianwei Taishou office, showed his excellent ability to govern, he dug through the Tianshe Mountain, built the road along the river, built a large number of buildings, renovated the county town, so that the people were pleased, the view of the building was magnificent, and it was a state victory.

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was fighting in Hanzhong, and the thieves Ma Qin and Gao Sheng in Shuzhong gathered tens of thousands of people to rebel and capture Zizhong County. At that time, most of the troops and civilians in Shuzhong went to support the front line in Hanzhong, and Li Yan was unable to mobilize troops from other places, so he only led 5,000 soldiers of Qianwei County to crusade against the rebellion and successfully eliminated the rebels. Soon after, Gao Ding, the commander of Yueshan County, led an army to besiege Xindao County, and Li Yan went to relieve the siege, but Gao Ding was defeated and fled. Liu Bei then crowned Li Yan as the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty, and led the county as before.

Because Zhuge Liang led the army into Hanzhong, Li Yan was entrusted with the management of rear affairs, so he moved to Jiangzhou, leaving the protector and the general Chen to garrison Yong'an, and the military and political affairs of Jiangzhou, Yong'an and other places belonged to Li Yan. At that time, Li Yan wrote a letter to the former rebel general, Cao Wei Xincheng Taishou Meng Da, urging him to fight against him and return to Shu Han, the letter said: "Kong Ming and I were both entrusted by the first emperor, and we were full of worries and responsibilities, so we wanted to find a good companion for the great cause of revival. Zhuge Liang later wrote to Meng Da, in which he said: "Handling affairs is as fast and methodical as flowing water, and there is no hesitation when deciding on major matters, this is Li Zhengfang's character." ”

Before Liu Bei died of illness, he summoned Li Yan to Yong'an Palace, entrusted the orphan prime minister Zhuge Liang and Li Yan to assist the young master, and appointed Li Yan as the protector of the central capital, unified the internal and external military, and stayed in Yong'an.

Although Liu Bei's personal talent is average, he is quite knowledgeable, he can entrust Li Yan with important responsibilities and let Li Yan and Zhuge Liang share power, which shows Li Yan's talent, but unfortunately Li Yan's personality and mental skills are not very good, if he does not adjust and teach, it is difficult to shoulder the big responsibility.

Jin Liang waved his hand lightly and asked the four soldiers to retreat, but Jin Liang did not dismount, but continued to sit on the red rabbit horse, his face sinking like water, and kept staring at Li Yan who was arrogant and unkneeling in front of him, his eyes were full of cold light, and he wanted to use his momentum to subdue Li Yan.

Li Yan was originally arrogant and thought that Jin Liang would definitely pay tribute to Corporal Xian when he arrived, so he stood arrogantly and did not kneel.

Jin Liang knew Li Yan's character, knew that he was arrogant, self-esteem, difficult to get along with others, in history he was too punctual to build a house to satisfy his own selfishness, and once had a dispute with the opposing county official Cao Yang Hong because of the relocation of the county magistrate's residence, Yang Hong took the initiative to resign and retire in a fit of anger. After the governor of Jiangzhou, he had a friction with his subordinate Yamen general Wang Chong, who knew that he was hated by Li Yan and defected to Wei for fear of being framed for it. Li Yan thinks very highly of himself, and the age and status of the Protector Auxiliary Kuang are about the same as Li Yan, but Li Yan is unwilling to take the initiative to associate with them. Obviously, although Li Yan is talented and civilian, if he doesn't hone it well, he is definitely not suitable to be in charge alone.

Historically, Zhuge Liang was in Hanzhong and was ready to send troops to attack Wei, so he wanted to transfer Li Yan to lead the army to guard Hanzhong, but Li Yan tried his best to shirk it, but asked to divide five counties as Bazhou and let him serve as the assassin of Bazhou, Zhuge Liang did not agree. Li Yan had previously persuaded Zhuge Liang that he should be subject to Jiuxi, and instigated Zhuge Liang to become king, but Zhuge Liang refuted it. The two were not harmonious because of this, and gradually became separated. Before Li Yan's fellow villager Shangshu ordered Chen Zhen to envoy to Eastern Wu, he privately said to Zhuge Liang that "Li Zhengfang has scale armor in his belly", implying that Li Yan's heart was not correct and might cause trouble. Zhuge Liang thought that "the big thing is undecided, the Han family is in danger, and the shortness of the level is not praised", thinking that he and Li Yan can still endure each other and cooperate side by side.

Later, Cao Wei's great Sima Cao Zhen sent troops to attack Shu in three ways, and Zhuge Liang prepared to send troops west into Longyou Wuwei to repel Cao Wei's partial division. In order to strengthen the defense of Hanzhong, Li Yan was asked to lead 20,000 men to Hanzhong to block the enemy. Li Yan was dissatisfied with being transferred out of Jiangzhou, and it was privately rumored that Sima Yi and others had set up official positions to lure him down, Zhuge Liang knew what he meant, so he moved Li Yan to the hussar general, and his son Li Feng took over the defense of Jiangzhou, so Li Yan was willing to go north to Hanzhong.

Later, Zhuge Liang led the army to the Northern Expedition, and Li Yan was responsible for logistics and supply. At the end of summer, Li Yan wrote to Zhuge Lian that due to heavy rain, the grain transportation could not continue, and he hoped that Zhuge Liang would withdraw his troops, and Zhuge Liang listened to his opinion. However, when Zhuge Liang retired from the army, Li Yan said again, "The army is full of food, how can it be returned", hoping to shirk the responsibility for his poor grain transportation. Li Yan also went to Liu Chan, the queen of the Shu Han Dynasty, and said, "The army is retreating, and wants to lure thieves and fight." As a result, Zhuge Liang issued his handwriting before and after, Li Yan was exhausted, and was placed in Zitong County after being removed. Later, after the news of Zhuge Liang's death in Wuzhangyuan reached Zitong County, Li Yan thought that his future successor could not give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so he died of grief and anger.

Of course, Jin Liang doesn't believe in historical records very much, after all, judging from the arrangements made by Liu Bei before his death, he was ready to let Zhuge Liang preside over government affairs and let Li Yan preside over the military, but Zhuge Liang was stronger in power and kung fu, and he squeezed Li Yan from the imperial court to Jiangzhou step by step, and took the military power into his own hands step by step, as Li Yan's political enemy, Zhuge Liang and his cronies Guo Yu and others may slander Li Yan to a certain extent, Li Yan's character may not be so bad, but Li Yan must maintain the overall situation no matter what, which is not good, which shows the gap between Li Yan and Zhuge Liang.

Jin Liang clearly knows the advantages and disadvantages of each famous historical figure, so he feels very painful, because the country is easy to change its nature and is difficult to change, and it is not easy to change the flaws of a person's personality, but Jin Liang clearly knows that because of the flaws in the personality of these people, which will lead to terrible consequences later, he can't sit idly by, so he has to rack his brains to change the personality of each famous historical figure.

Jin Liang was silent, staring coldly at Li Yan who was standing with his head held high in front of him.

Li Yan is now just a small county official, his aura is very limited, and he can't compete with Jin Liang, the hussar general who has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and after a while, Li Yan felt sweaty, his legs were weak, he pounced, knelt in front of Jin Liangma and said: "Li Yan has seen the general." ”

Jin Liang saw that Li Yan was finally overwhelmed by his momentum, smiled with satisfaction, turned over and got off the horse, stepped forward to help Li Yan up, and said: "Zhengfang, the general knows that you are talented and talented, and you are both civil and military, but you are condescended to a county official, Yuan Shao really doesn't know how to use people." ”

Li Yan heard Jin Liang praise him like this, and his face showed smugness.

Jin Liang turned to a serious and said, "Ben will want to reuse you, but Ben will have a big concern. ”

Li Yan raised his head and looked at Jin Liang with a confused expression: "Please show the general." ”

Jin Liang said straight to the point: "Zhengfang, how do you think your personality is, how do you get along with others, if you supervise one side, how do you unite your colleagues and appease your subordinates?" ”

Although Li Yan is proud, he is a smart person, self-aware, knows the shortcomings of his personality, knows that he has an arrogant personality, thinks very highly of himself, and is difficult to get along with others, but what he is surprised is how this lord Jin Liang, who has never met, knows his personality so accurately.

Li Yan bowed to the ground in shock and said: "The lowly temperament is withdrawn, it is difficult to get along with others, and I am afraid that I will fail the love of the lord." ”

Jin Liang helped Li Yan up again, and encouraged with a smile: "Ben will always be optimistic about you and want to entrust you with important tasks, but you still need to hone your temperament a lot, so that you can rest assured that you will be released as a party leader, so let's follow Ben Jiang first, and then appoint you after your temperament is tempered and calm, calm and humble." ”。

Jin Liang originally wanted to assign Li Yan to Huang Zhong as his deputy, but he was afraid that a figure like Li Yan would not sincerely assist Huang Zhong, so he simply put Li Yan by his side for a few years, and then let him go out after his temperament was tempered to be more modest, and Jin Liang had many talents around him, Li Yan was not the most outstanding person in terms of governance or military use, and he could only be a man with his tail between his legs in Jin Liang's shogunate now, and he did not dare to be the slightest rebellious

In history, Liu Bei appointed Li Yan as Zhuge Liang's deputy, but there was really a lack of talent in Shudi, and there was no way, but there were many talents under Jin Liang, and Li Yan's talent was not enough to climb to such a high position, and Jin Liang's arrangement of Li Yan was nothing more than the state assassin or state general of a border state

Li Yan obediently walked behind Jin Liang, accepted his current identity, and joined the army as a battalion of the Jin Liang Guards Division Teaching Brigade

After Jin Liang accepted the general Li Yan, he suddenly remembered that there was another general in Nanyang Wancheng, but he didn't know if he was in the opposition

Jin Liang asked Li Yandao: "Zhengfang, do you know where Wen Ping Wen Zhongye is?" ”

After the death of Liu Biao, his son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, and Wen Ping did not follow Cao Cao at the beginning of the recruitment, until Cao Cao summoned him to meet, asked why it was late, Wen Ping said that he could not protect the territory, ashamed to see people, Cao Cao was moved by the feelings of this loyal minister, first choked and praised, and still let him guard Jiangxia, so that his Dianbei soldiers, Zhenjingjiang Wen Ping also lived up to Cao Cao's expectations, and when guarding Jingcheng, he repeatedly led troops to stop Guan Yu's division, attacked its baggage, and burned its warships, During the reign of Cao Rui, Sun Quan had 50,000 people besieged Shiyang's Wenpin, the situation was critical, Wenpin held on, and after besieging the city for more than 20 days, Sun Quan had to withdraw from Wenpin to catch up with and defeat Sun Jun Wenpin in Jiangxia for decades, with prestige and favor, and the fame shocked all countries, so that the enemy did not dare to invade

Although Wen Ping is young and has no reputation now, Li Yan, who is in the same city, still knows him quite well, knowing that he has the talent of a famous general, and seeing Jin Liang's anxious appearance, he knows that the lord wants to be Wen Ping as a general

Li Yan shook his head lightly and sighed: "Lord, Wen Ping has already gone to Xiangyang under Yuan Shao as a general a few months ago."

What, Wen Ping has already taken refuge in Yuan Shao, and when Jin Liang heard the news, he was greatly disappointed, but he couldn't think about it

Jin Liang's army rested in Wancheng for two days, then set out to march to Xiangyang, and within a few days, they arrived in Yecheng

Jin Liang's army was stationed outside Yecheng, and only 4,000 guards were brought into the city to receive them, with Huang Zhong and Li Yan following behind

Yecheng north of Wanluo south of Jingxiang, west of Qinlong, east of Ninghu, fertile field Baili, eight water streaming, Jin Liang originally thought it was a small city, thought that Yecheng was also in the history of Liu Bei lived here for many years before some fame, now it seems that there is an indescribable momentum, to put it mildly, it is to give people the feeling of the spirit of the earth and the spirit of Hua Tianbao

Jin Liang Cema stood outside the wild city, staring at the small city with low walls and dilapidated gates in front of him, feeling ridiculous, how could this small place give him the feeling of being a great person and a treasure of things

Huang Zhong and Li Yan saw Jin Liang's expression was very strange, and hurriedly asked, "Lord, what's wrong with this wild city?" ”

Jin Liang asked the two locals: "What celebrities are there in this wild city?" ”

Li Yan smiled and said: "Lord, although this wild city is small, it has special significance for our Han, without the two people who came out of this wild city, our Guangwu Emperor would not be able to extinguish Wang Mang and make the Han Dynasty prosperous."

Jin Liang became interested and hurriedly asked, "Which two people?" ”

Li Yan smiled: "One is our founding prime minister Deng Yu, and the other is the Yin Empress of Emperor Guangwu"

After hearing this, Jin Liang nodded convincingly: "The words are reasonable, if there were no two people who came out of the wild city, there would be no later big man."

Deng Yu is the head of the 28 generals of Yuntai, the head of the heroes of Guangwu Zhongxing, and he has assisted Guangwu, and initially decided to take Hebei to become the emperor's strategy, and later recommended the famous people to know the world, and played a major role in a series of decision-making issues Deng Yu to Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, such as Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, such as Li Shanchang to Zhu Yuanzhang

In the early years, Liu Xiu once made a vow to "marry a wife to be Yin Lihua", Liu Xiu won the world, and there were 28 generals of Yuntai outside, and Yin Lihua was inspired by Yin Lihua inside

No matter how beautiful Yin Lihua is, it is also dry bones, Jin Liang has no interest, but he has become interested in Deng Yu's descendants

Since the rise of the Deng family, 29 people, 2 people, 2 people, 2 people below the general, 48 people in the state and county, the rest of the servants, generals, doctors, Lang, and confessors are innumerable, but when Emperor An of the Eastern Han Dynasty, some people falsely accused Deng Yu's descendants Deng Kui, Deng Hong, etc., who had opposed Emperor An, caused Emperor An's dissatisfaction, and Deng suffered a big disaster

Among these collateral children, there are two people who are most valued by Jin Liang, one is Deng Zhi and the other is Deng Ai

What made Jin Liang feel most ridiculous was that Deng Yu assisted Liu Xiu in establishing the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Deng Yu's descendant Deng Ai helped Sima Zhao eliminate Shu Han, the last power of the Liu Han royal family

Deng Ai is one of the most outstanding military strategists at the end of the Three Kingdoms, his talent can be compared with Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, Deng Ai has a far-sighted vision in the war, insight into people, has a rare strategic mind, the enemy is the first to anticipate the enemy's opportunity in battle, and can always grasp the initiative on the battlefield, in several battles with Jiang Wei has not tasted defeat, it can be called the most outstanding battle in the history of Chinese wars, it can be called the most outstanding one in the history of Chinese warfare, has been recorded in history as a masterpiece in military history, Deng Ai is good at tuntian, and he is born from the bachelor's degree of Diannong, Later, he was appreciated by Sima Yi and began to make a career, except for Deng Ai, who was not good at political self-preservation, he was almost a perfect commander