Chapter 14: Sword Pavilion
With such a strong team added out of thin air, Guan Yi was naturally overjoyed, and simply asked Guan Suo and his wife to take the lead as the pioneers, and Guan Yinping and his wife followed him.
Chengdu is only a few hundred miles away from the Sword Pavilion, and Guan Yi ordered the army to march all the way, but within three days, the Guan Suo forwards had arrived at the Sword Pavilion Pass.
At this time, it was in the afternoon, and the warm winter sun was sprinkled, but there were bursts of deafening shouts in front of the Sword Pavilion Pass, and it seemed that the Han and Wei armies were fighting in front of the pass. This made Guan Suo a little surprised, the news of Deng Ai's defeat had already spread throughout Shuzhong, didn't Zhong Hui hear the news?
As soon as Guan Suo followed Guan Yi at the pass, he saw the gate wide open, and several Han generals strode forward surrounded by a team of strong guards. The first person was about sixty years old, his hair was hidden with white silk, but he was in good spirits, wearing gold chain mail, and hanging a red flying cloud embroidered robe, not the Han Shangzhu Kingdom, who is the general Jiang Wei?
In addition to him, several other Han generals are also dragons and tigers, awe-inspiring and mighty. Guan Yi glanced at it roughly, and was secretly shocked in his heart, not only did he know all these people, but also every one of them stood up as heavyweight leaders, it was the right hussar general Hu Ji, the left cavalry general Zhang Yi, the right cavalry general Liao Hua, the auxiliary general Dong Ju and other army veterans, in addition to the deputy general Ning Sui and Hu Ben Zhonglang Zhao Tong and other generals in the prime of life.
It turned out that Hu Ji led 3,000 men and horses to guard Hanshou, and the scouts reported that the Wei army besieged Yang'an Pass, and the Han general Jiang Shu and the Wei army jointly presented the pass, and the whereabouts of the main general Fu Tong were unknown; Although the Golden Siege guarded by Liu Yin, Jiang Bin, and Wang Han was still there, it was surrounded by the Wei army, and the situation was in danger, and most of the Hanzhong Realm had been occupied by the Wei army.
Yang'an Pass fell, and Hanshou Guguan was bound to be unable to withstand the siege of the Wei army, so Hu Ji abandoned Hanshou at night and wanted to return to Chengdu for help, but he met the auxiliary general Dong Ju and Hu Ben Zhonglang Zhao Tong in the Sword Pavilion to rescue Han Shou, and then joined forces to retreat to the Sword Pavilion.
The last time Guan Yi saw Jiang Wei and others was four years ago, and at this moment, seeing Jiang Wei personally out of the customs to greet him, where did he dare to hold on, he hurriedly jumped off the horse and led Guan Suo and other generals to come forward to pay respects: "General, the last general is ordered to lead troops to help in the war, and I am sent by the general!" ”
"Hahaha...... There is no need to be polite. Jiang Wei hadn't figured out what this Guan Yi was since he received Guan Yi's reply half a month ago, and finally remembered that Hu Ben Zhonglang did indeed have a brother named Guan Yi under Liao Hua's reminder. Then he received an edict from the imperial court, and learned that Guan Yi had defeated the Wei army in Jiangyou, so he couldn't help but want to meet Guan Yi, who didn't have much impression.
It's no wonder that Guan Yi was only fifteen or sixteen years old when he first met Jiang Wei, and Guan Yi's request to train blood guards in Zitong County was just a fool's move by the children of the family, so such a stinky kid naturally wouldn't attract his attention.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that this unknown Guan Yi saved the foundation of the Han Dynasty, if it weren't for the edict sent by the imperial court that was clearly written, he really didn't want to believe this fact. is really a hero out of a young man, and people can't help but believe it.
Although Guan Yi and Jiang Wei and others only have one side, but Guan Suo and Jiang Wei and others are no strangers, although everyone has a high and low position, but most of them are peers, plus they are all old people in the imperial court, at this time goodbye is naturally a different emotion, especially Liao Hua, at this time is more than seventy years old, since Jingzhou has followed Guan Yu to fight in the south and north, it should be Guan Yi's uncle, at this time suddenly saw Guan's successor, how not to let him sigh.
"Respect for Deng Ai, save the court from danger, please accept my wait!" Before the words were finished, Jiang Wei and the others bowed in unison, so frightened that Guan Yi's hands were swinging, and he hurriedly followed suit, and said busily: "General, this ...... How does this work? It's over! ”
Jiang Wei bowed, seeing that Guan Yi was in a hurry and didn't know what to do, he turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yi, Liao Hua and others, thinking that Guan Yi was humble and polite, and unconsciously had a little more good feelings in his heart, and said with a smile: "Jingzhi deserves a gift from our old people!" If it weren't for your courage to take on the responsibility when you were in danger, Chengdu would have been attacked by Deng Ai, even if we fought desperately here, we would inevitably destroy the country and annihilate the nation! ”
Guan Yi smiled wryly. In fact, Jiang Wei's praise is not exaggerated, but the Han family hierarchy has always been strict, with the weight of Jiang Wei and Zhang Yi's power positions and high status, they deigned to salute Guan Yi, not to mention that Guan Yi couldn't afford it, even Guan Suo and Li Yi and others beside him were unheard of, and their faces changed slightly.
Although Guan Yi came from another era, he had lived in this era of advocating cold weapons for four or five years, and had unconsciously fully integrated into the environment and etiquette of this era.
"The general's words are serious, they are all the country's contributions, and they are all within their own ears!" Guan Suo saw that Guan Yi was a little messy, and spoke out at the right time to relieve his embarrassment. Although Guan Suo's position is under Jiang Wei and others, he is the third son of Guan Gong, the head of the five tiger generals when the Han Dynasty was founded, and he has always been very prestigious, and he is a relative of the emperor.
Sword Pavilion chokes Qin, Shu to rush, known as "the barrier of the north of Shu, the throat of the two rivers" reputation, is Zhuge Wuhou when he went north to Hanzhong when he ordered to build, located in the big sword mountain and the small sword mountain interrupted, the cliffs on both sides stand up, the peaks are like swords, the confrontation between the two walls is like a door, so it is called "sword gate", it is really a god-given danger.
Guan Yi and others dismounted and followed Jiang Wei into the pass, shouting and killing in front of the pass along the way, but the guards of the sergeants everywhere behind the pass were as strict as before, and they were not affected by the Wei army's knocking on the pass, no wonder some people said that the Hubu soldiers commanded by Jiang Wei were all the elite of the Han army, and their military appearance and combat power were by no means comparable to the ordinary conventional army.
While he was thinking about it, he saw Hua Wei take a few steps closely, blocking Jiang Wei and Guan Yi's way, and shouted: "General, my wife and I brought three thousand elite soldiers from Nanzhong. At present, the Wei army is in a hurry to tackle the key problems, and the last general asked for my Nanzhong generals to go to the pass to defend against the enemy, and express the hearts of my husband and wife. ”
"The last general is willing to go together!" Guan Suo saw that Hua Hu asked for orders to guard the pass, and in order to protect everything, he hurriedly stepped forward to ask for battle.
"The last general is also willing to go together!" Bao Sanniang pressed the double knife on her waist and shouted. The three of them have been fighting together, no matter how big or small the war is, and she saw that Guan Suo and Hua Wei were all ordered to guard the pass, so they naturally refused to lag behind.
Guan Suo has a total of four wives, Bao Sanniang, Wang Yue, Wang Tao sisters and Hua Wei, the four daughters are outstanding in martial arts, chivalrous and courageous people, working together to serve a husband to guard the border of Yunnan, and even won the admiration of the military and people in Nanzhong. There are a total of five people, including Guan Suo's sister Guan Yinping, who are called "five golden flowers" by the military and civilians in Nanzhong.
It's a pity that the Wang sisters missed their homeland too much because they had been in Nanzhong for a long time, and they died of illness one after another, and now only Bao Sanniang and Hua Wei are left to follow Guan Suo. Although Jiang Wei has never seen the women, he has also heard of her name for a long time, and when he saw that the flower mane dress was different from that of the Han people, he had already guessed that she was the "Fire Phoenix" flower mane in the "Five Golden Flowers", and another middle-aged beauty with a double knife on her waist must be Bao Sanniang, who is known as the "flower knife".
Bao Sanniang was originally a native of Baojiazhuang in Jingzhou, Guan Suo took refuge in Baojiazhuang when Jingzhou fell to Eastern Wu, and later won the appreciation of Bao's old lady, so he married Guan Suo as his wife.
And Hua Hu is not small, but the youngest daughter born to the barbarian king Meng Shu and Mrs. Zhu Rong, Guan Suo married him when he was guarding Yunnan. The second daughter followed Guan Suo for a long time on the battlefield, and was very brave, especially Hua Wei, in addition to her ability, she also learned the flying knife skills of her mother Mrs. Zhurong, and took the head of the enemy general in the army.
Jiang Wei was naturally overjoyed to see that Guan Suo and his wife were willing to fight and defend the pass at the same time, although the Wei army's offensive to knock on the pass was fierce, but the Sword Pavilion Pass was magnificent and Cui Wei, and it was extremely dangerous, and the Wei army was originally difficult to form too much threat to the pass under his carefully arranged defense. If the three thousand elite troops of Nanzhong are added in front of the pass, the security of the Sword Pavilion is even more solid, and it will be absolutely difficult for the Wei army to move forward even if it does its best.
He didn't know much about Bao Sanniang and Hua Wei, but he knew a lot about Guan Suo and Li Yi. The Guan family has been loyal and good for generations, Li Hui, the father of Li Hui, was also an important minister of the court before his death, and the two of them have been in Nanzhong for a long time, and the court has been leaning on the barrier of the southwest.
In addition, he knows best that Sergeant Nan is brave and good at fighting, and his defensive ability is second to none among all the troops in the Three Kingdoms at the moment, and the elite of Nanzhong led by Guan Suo and his wife to take over the guard, Jiang Wei is naturally extremely relieved, and immediately did not hesitate to approve the request of Guan Suo and his wife.
Guan Yi led Zhuge Shang and Chen Lie and others to follow Jiang Wei back to Shuaifu, and then told Jiang Wei in detail about the battle between Jiang Youshu and the Wei army, and the victory of returning to Chengdu to be sealed, except for the section where Zhuge Zhan visited Guanfu at night. He knew in his heart that the Wei army had not retreated at the moment, and it was necessary for the court and the court to work together to resist foreign enemies.
Jiang Wei originally had a good impression of Guan Yi, but after listening to Guan Yi's detailed explanation, he had unconsciously gained a little more appreciation in his heart, especially Guan Yi's military talent. With Deng Ai's ability, he was repeatedly defeated by Guan Yi and had no power to fight back, which shows that Guan Yi does have real talent and learning, and he will be able to take on great responsibilities one day. Thinking like this in my heart, I unconsciously moved my heart of love.
At the same time, Jiang Wei was also emotionally touched by Chen Lie's experience, Huang Hao's harm to the eunuch, he had a deep understanding, last year he had written to the heir, on the grounds that Huang Hao manipulated his authority and treacherously brought disaster to the country, asked the heir to order Huang Hao to be killed, but the heir not only did not agree, but blamed him for his small belly, and in desperation, Jiang Wei had to use the excuse of garrisoning in the middle of the river and planting wheat tuntian to avoid the disaster of the eunuch.
As for Zhuge Shang, although Jiang Wei had heard that he was extremely brave and had learned good archery, it was the first time he had seen him because he had been leading troops all year round. Seeing that he was extremely majestic, he already had a little love in his heart, but because of the political differences between him and his father Zhuge Zhan, and he didn't know Zhuge Shang's true intentions, he was lukewarm in his attitude.
Hu Ji, Zhang Yi, Liao Hua, Dong Ju, Zhao Tong and others have followed Jiang Wei and Deng Ai for many years, so they naturally know Deng Ai's ability. Although the reason why Deng Ai was defeated in Jiangyoushu was because he was in a desperate situation because he was alone in a long-distance attack on the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, it can also be seen that Guan Yi's prediction is indeed outstanding.
Otherwise, if it is an ordinary Han general, Hugh said that he would fight against Deng Ai, he would have heard the name of Deng Ai from afar, and he would have been terrified. Seeing that Guan Yi was humble and polite, without the slightest of young people's arrogance, his heart gradually changed from the initial disapproval to appreciation and liking.
Especially Liao Hua, since he was young, he has followed under Guan Yu, and his feelings for the Guan family are extremely deep, and now he is over seventy years old, but he is fortunate to see the Guan family again and there are both civil and military generals who were born, and he feels nostalgic in his heart, thinking of the past, the corners of his eyes are faintly sour, and he almost can't help crying on the spot.