Chapter 69: Forming an Alliance

Many Xiliang soldiers were deeply dissatisfied with this, obviously their lord was more than ten years older than Wei Yan, how could he become Wei Yan's brother-in-law!

But when they knew that their lord who respected the gods like a god, Zhang Xiu, who was known as the king of spears in the north, could not walk more than thirty rounds in front of Wei Yan's horse, and was almost killed, if it wasn't for Wei Yan's mercy, they would never see Zhang Xiu again, and these Xiliang people, who respected the force, suddenly changed their views. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Hu Che'er talked about Wei Yanshi's fearful and reverent attitude, which also affected these Xiliang soldiers.

The two most powerful people in the army were afraid of Wei Yan like a tiger, and the other Xiliang soldiers were naturally also afraid.

In front of the two armies, after Wei Yan and Zhang Xiu became brothers of the opposite sex, the news will gradually spread all over the world, which is a constraint on Zhang Xiu and Wei Yan.

However, Wei Yan mentioned in the subsequent covenant that if Zhang Xiu had been in the current state, Wei Yan would continue to maintain an alliance with him, and if Zhang Xiu surrendered to other forces hostile to Wei Yan without authorization, the alliance would be automatically nullified.

In other words, if Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao later, the alliance between them would be automatically canceled, and Wei Yan could attack Zhang Xiu directly without declaring war.

At present, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu have no plans to surrender to Cao Cao, they didn't think of that layer at all, so they didn't take this matter to heart.

In the covenant, Wei Yan also mentioned several points to restrain Zhang Xiu.

First of all, I would like to invite Mrs. Zou, my aunt, to come to Yiyang New Town for a while.

Although he really turned his face, Zhang Xiu most likely would not care about Mrs. Zou's life or death, just like when he brazenly attacked Cao Cao in the romance, he didn't care about his uncle Mrs. Zou being in Cao Cao's tent at all, but this is somewhat of a constraint.

In addition, Yingying, who pretended to be Mrs. Zou before, did not die in the battle just now, and was still alive and well, which made Wei Yan think of a long-term plan, a long-term plan against Cao Cao.

Zhang Xiu heard that Wei Yan was still thinking about his uncle, and he was furious: "Wei Wenchang, we are still brothers, and you still want to humiliate me?" ā€

Wei Yan smiled slightly: "Gongjin, I am your brother-in-law, and your uncle is also my uncle, I invite my uncle to come to my new city to take care of me, and I also do some filial piety, what's wrong?" ā€

Zhang Xiu's face sank: "If Mrs. Zou is the same age as my uncle, it is nothing, but she is only thirty years old, she is a well-known beauty, I must have heard of it, this spread out, whether it is for your reputation or the reputation of my Zhang family, I am afraid it will be bad." ā€

Wei Yan smiled faintly: "Gongjin, do you know who my favorite person is?" Maybe you don't know much, Mr. Wenhe, can you know the name of Huang Acchou, the daughter of Xiangyang celebrity Huang Chengyan? ā€

Jia Xu on the side was in charge of Zhang Xiujun's intelligence, and when he discussed the alliance with Liu Biao, he had already mastered the situation of Liu Biao's big and small characters in Jingzhou, and Huang Chengyan, who was related to Liu Biao, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun, was naturally quite familiar, and Huang Chengyan's daughter had yellow hair and black skin.

Jia Xu said: "The lord, the daughter of Xiangyang celebrity Huang Chengyan is named Huang Shuo, born with yellow hair and black skin, and is called an ugly in the countryside. I heard that when Wei Duwei left Xiangyang, he kissed Miss Huang in public. ā€

Zhang Xiu was dumbfounded: "I can't imagine that Senior Brother Wen, you can make such a big sacrifice in order to get Liu Biao's support, junior brother admires!" ā€

Wei Yan couldn't help but laugh: "Why don't any of you believe that I am for her beauty and wisdom?" ā€

Zhang Xiu's eyes were clear, and he stared at Wei Yan: "Elder Brother Wen is joking, you actually have a love for the yellow-haired and black-skinned daughter, not just because she is Liu Biao's niece?" ā€

Wei Yan said solemnly: "That's true, I fell in love with Miss Huang at first sight and was willing to marry Miss Huang Family. ā€

Wei Yan was not worried that Zhang Xiu would run to Huangjiawu Fort to rob people and threaten him, first of all, the Xiliang Army had no naval army, and it could not cross the Han River at all, and secondly, Huangjiawu Fort was under the management of Huang Yueying, with complete bows and crossbows, if Zhang Xiu's cavalry dared to go, they would definitely be killed and not returned, and Huangjiawu Fort was only forty miles away from Xiangyang City, Liu Biao and Cai Mao would never allow Zhang Xiu to attack Huangjiawu Fort and sit idly by.

Zhang Xiu looked at Wei Yan seriously, seeing that he was not joking, so he exchanged glances with Jia Xu.

Jia Xu asked: "What Wei Duwei means, you like the appearance of Miss Huang Family, so you don't like Yingying's appearance?" ā€

Wei Yan nodded: "That's true." ā€

Zhang Xiu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "Since this is the case, then I will rest assured." However, the covenant must also be attached to what Brother Wen said before, if my uncle and mother are insulted by you on the day of Yiyang, you will be punished by heaven! ā€

Wei Yan nodded and smiled: "That's nature. ā€

Zhang Xiu then agreed to send Mrs. Zou to Yiyang New Town.

Wei Yan mentioned that because the maidservant Yingying pretended to be Mrs. Zou, he almost lost his soldiers, and he wanted to leave that Yingying to dispose of.

For Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, Yingying's role has been exhausted, and she didn't bother to care about her life and death, so she agreed.

They didn't know that Yingying could play a greater role in Wei Yan's hands.

Subsequently, Wei Yan proposed that because Yiyang was closer to Cao Cao, he had to beware of Cao Cao sending troops to attack, and he needed Ma Jun to help him design city defense facilities to resist Cao Cao's attack.

Jia Xu thought about it, and for a long time afterward, they were all holding Wancheng, and they didn't need to attack the city, and there was no use in leaving Ma Jun, so he nodded in agreement.

He didn't know that Ma Jun's ability was not only manifested in ordnance, in history, Ma Jun also invented the overturning car and improved the loom.

Wei Yan believes that with Ma Jun's efforts, the agricultural production capacity of the three counties of Yiyang can also make a major breakthrough.

In the end, Wei Yan asked Li Yan to count a list, all of which were the farmhouses, fertile fields and looted property destroyed by Zhang Xiu's 25,000 men and horses since they entered the three counties of Yiyang, and asked Zhang Xiu to compensate.

Zhang Xiu looked at the list and gasped, according to the amount of compensation, it was not enough to give the five thousand Hun horses to Wei Yan.

Wei Yan put forward his request, except for the 5,000 Xiongnu horses, all the ordnance that Ma Jun had built before had to be kept, and Zhang Xiu had to provide 500 strong soldiers who were good at riding and archery to teach the Wei army to ride and shoot.

After some verbal warfare, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu agreed to all of Wei Yan's demands, but the premise was that Wei Yan had to guard against Cao Cao and prevent him from going west, because Zhang Xiu was under Wei Yan's suggestion, preparing to go west to Chang'an, and taking advantage of the decline of Li Dao and Guo Yan, to incorporate their men, during which Wei Yan had to help defend Wancheng.

Wei Yan gave Zhang Xiu 20,000 stone of grain, and Zhang Xiu allocated the newly recruited 2,000 Nanyang soldiers to Wei Yan, because Zhang Xiu found that the Nanyang people were not with their Xiliang people after all, and he would rather go to the remnants of Li Dao and Guo Yan than recruit new soldiers in Nanyang County for retraining.

Wei Yan defeated Zhang Xiu's 25,000 men and horses with 5,000 weak brigades, and married Jin Lan with Zhang Xiuyi and concluded an alliance covenant.

Liu Biao and Kuai Yue lamented one after another: "Wei Yan'er can't be a child! ā€