People can still stand, but the war horse under Wei Yan can no longer run. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Its nostrils tightened and rang, and it gasped there, refusing to move forward again, no matter how much Wei Yan urged. There was no way, Wei Yan had no choice but to turn over and dismount, standing on the ground still staring at the enemy who was surrounded by black pressure, but he didn't dare to get too close to the enemy under the flicker of the long knife in his hand.

I'm afraid I'm going to really have to explain my more than 100 pounds here this time. Wei Yan already had a clear understanding of this. At the moment, he is also tired, and both feet are very weak. He had been sitting on his horse and had not noticed anything, but now that he had stood on the ground and had taken a few steps to frighten the enemy on the other side, he knew that he could no longer walk. Headache, Wei Yan wanted to clap his hands and tap his forehead, but in the end he held back. He stood so upright on the spot, his face could not be counted, but the face of the enemy pressed up on top of each other did not change, and he still looked majestic.

Maybe it's because of the bravery he showed in the battle among the enemy groups just now, which has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. When he put up such a false shelf, no one dared to hand it over closely. Almost all Cao Bing thought that his dismount was just a strategy for him. For this ghostly man, they would not have thought that he had to do so due to exhaustion.

Of course, among the people who would have such thoughts, Xia Houyuan was never included. As a veteran, he also admired Wei Yan's bravery, and was also frightened by Wei Yan's indomitable spirit, but his previous experience and his same level of force told him that Wei Yan had reached the point of running out of oil. Although the rack was still there, he no longer had the ability to urge the shelf.

"It's a shame." This is not Xiahou Yuan's coy attitude, but he really feels like this. Because he clearly felt a kind of arrogance from Wei Yan's shelf, a kind of arrogance that he refused to bow his head as a general. Such arrogance made Xiahou Yuan appreciate it very much. He stepped forward immediately, and did not expose Wei Yan's lies on the outside and on the inside. At this moment, he was already interested in Wei Yan. Although he also understood that it was unlikely that Wei Yan would put down his arrogance and take refuge in himself under such circumstances, even if there was a case, he would also try. Since the death of Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin, Xiahou Yuan also felt that there were many fewer generals under his lord's command, especially capable generals. "This is not good for Mengde's great cause." Xiahou Yuan was really thinking about Cao Cao.

Because he already had a plan in his heart, Xiahou Yuan immediately stepped forward to Wei Yan, grabbed the reins and stood still, looked at Wei Yan quietly, and did not mock him, but asked calmly: "Can General Jing know today?" The courage of the general is comparable to Guan Zhang, and he is in the prime of life, why not leave a useful body to make meritorious contributions? I really cherish the courage and wisdom of the general, and if the general is willing to submit to my lord, I will voluntarily give up the name of the general of the expedition to the west. ”

"Really?" Wei Yan glanced at Xiahou Yuan with slanted eyes, and did not give a positive answer to his statement, but just lightly refused: "How dare the general of the defeated army be brave?" Today, I have failed to use my plan, and I have been defeated, which is my own great mistake. But if you die, how can you surrender for your life. If you want to be obedient, General Xiahou won't say more. My mind is clear, and there is only one thing I want to know from the general. I hope the general can give me guidance so that I can walk with peace of mind. This is the last request of the person who is about to die. ”

Looking at Wei Yan's bent desire for death, listening to what Wei Yan said, knowing that Wei Yan's determination to seek death was very resolute, and his persuasion had failed, Xiahou Yuan somehow felt a sense of sadness in his heart for no reason, "Perhaps, today's Wei Yan is tomorrow's self." It is inevitable that the general will die before the battle, and it is inevitable that the broken can will fall on the tile. With such an ending, no one can guarantee that it will not happen to me. Xiahou Yuan felt a relative, and he naturally didn't refuse to Wei Yan's request at this moment. At that moment, he cleared his throat, and explained directly to Wei Yan: "Your lord has been taking Hanzhong for many years, and with your lord's talent, it's hard to say anything else, but I think the people in Hanzhong are definitely on your lord's side." This is your lord's strength, and I don't want to deny it. Since the people's hearts are in you, and judging from the situation of your defense of Yangping Pass, you must be a general with a strategy. I don't dare to underestimate you, and I will naturally be alert to your attention to the main road and also prevent the problem of the small road. Right now, I have a vigilance in my heart. Although I wanted to lead troops to outflank Yu Yangping Pass, I was afraid that you would set up an ambush, so I came up with such a trick of 'putting the generals behind and turning back to counterattack'. Because there are many strange rocks here, the roads are narrow, but the vegetation is not very strong, so you will definitely not have many ambushes, so I have this chance to defeat you. It's not that your strategy is not good, your courage is not enough, and your soldiers are not working hard, but it's just that I am a little more cautious than you and have more troops. ”

"I see." Wei Yan nodded, he understood it, he cried three times and laughed three times at the moment, but he was stabbed across his chest, and roared at the bright blue sky: "If you try to hear the truth, you can die at night." Since I have lost my teacher here, I have no reason to continue living. Brothers, let's go, and the chief will come to accompany you. Wei Yan shouted, about to lift the knife to wipe his neck. But suddenly I heard a faint shout from the west: "Wen Chang is panicking, and the veteran Huang Zhong is coming!" I saw that the front army of the Cao army was rolling behind it, but there seemed to be countless men and horses killing from it, and when I raised my eyes, I saw several red flags waving in the morning light. Wei Yan saw it really at the moment, and the red flag was embroidered with a big "yellow" character.

"Reinforcements...... That's it? Wei Yan was stuck there, and he was suddenly a little at a loss. To be honest, if it weren't for the time when he couldn't break through, he wouldn't have had the idea of dying. He is not a man of twilight, he is not old enough to live, and surviving and continuing to work hard for his work is always the most important thought in his heart. Huang Zhong led the reinforcements to arrive, which really made him happy. The reason why he is embarrassed at the moment is that he feels that Huang Zhong seems to have come at an inappropriate time, he has already said everything that should be said, and he seems to be a little bad at saying it in front of everyone.

However, nothing is more important than continuing to live on your own. Although he looked a little embarrassed in this way, Wei Yan still summoned up the strength he had gathered in the time he had just spent through the conversation just now, swung his sword and slashed a cavalry of Cao's army on the spot, and rushed towards the front army that had been a little confused by Huang Zhong's sudden killing, and galloped wildly.

All these changes came so suddenly, from Wei Yan's horizontal knife, to Huang Zhong's help, and then to Wei Yan's thoughts, waving his sword and snatching the horse and fleeing, it was just a matter of breath. It wasn't until Xiahou Yuan, who was a little scrambling at this moment, that he figured out what was going on. "Damn bastard!" Xiahou Yuan became annoyed. However, Huang Zhong's surprise attack came very suddenly, and the advance was also very fast, but in just a few breaths, the chaos of the front army had already affected here. For a while, Xiahou Yuan couldn't do this, so he had to restrain his rear army wholeheartedly, and he didn't have any measures to deal with Wei Yan's escape at all.

"Steady, steady!" Xiahou Yuan shouted loudly, as if he still wanted to take a defensive posture against the enemy's attack, but where did he think that this time there were not only a thousand cavalry archers under Huang Zhong, but also Li Sheng's starry night cavalry, the most elite team that had just been taken over by Ma Chao.

Under the joint attack of Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, the two generals, and under the joint attack of the lancers and archers, Xiahou Yuan's front army quickly melted as if it encountered the white snow of spring, except for their own people crowded in the mountain road and blocking the advance of Li Sheng's army with their own bodies, they did not form a favorable defense at all.

"It's too tight, it's too loose. I thought that there was only Yangping Pass, and there was only Wei Yan here, but I didn't want there to be so many enemies here. Alas, it's still careless. Seeing that the enemy had suddenly arrived, and the soldiers under his command had no strength to fight, Xiahou Yuan tilted his head slightly and thought about it to understand why, he sighed, but he had no way to correct all this. It was already too late for him.

There was no way, the enemy came so suddenly, and so fiercely, Xiahou Yuan could only choose to flee. He saw Huang Zhong and Ma Chao coming from the west, so he pulled his legs and walked east. Although he himself knew that the road to the east was not smooth, the enemy's rapid attack blocked his way, and what could he do if he did not go east. Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to walk away for the time being, avoiding Li Shengjun's front, and praying that Li Sheng's side would not chase so quickly.

As a famous general, Xiahou Yuan is naturally very alert, he fled quickly, and he was very ruthless. In order for himself and his most critical rear army to safely get out of contact with Li Shengjun's reinforcements, and to prevent these people who did not have much combat power from being slaughtered by Li Shengjun, he decisively gave up his front army, let them be slaughtered by Li Shengjun, and led the rear army he could command to turn around and leave. Finally, before Li Sheng's team suddenly came, he ran far away, and he was lucky to enter the dangerous mountain road that he had a headache for. Li Sheng did not continue to pursue, which made him involuntarily relieved and relieved.

Although he was so embarrassed at the moment, although the 10,000 soldiers he brought out at the beginning were now only more than 2,000 people left, he had more or less destroyed more than 5,000 of them, and forced Wei Yan to almost kill himself. Xiahou Yuan was somewhat satisfied with such a result, and he thought that he had completed the task assigned by the lord Cao Cao, and it was more or less a small victory. He immediately led his troops to the northeast, returned to his camp along the narrow and difficult mountain road, and immediately gave the order to retreat.

At this point, Cao Jun's strategy against Hanzhong came to an end with Xiahou Yuan's return to the north. In this campaign, Cao's army sent 100,000 troops, spent hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and tens of thousands of dollars, and achieved a phased victory in the southern expedition: it swept the stronghold of Li Shengjun's army on the line from Xiegu to Yangping Pass, re-suppressed Li Sheng's army that originally planned to enter the pass north in Hanzhong, and severely damaged Wei Yan's troops under Li Shengjun, annihilating more than 30,000 enemies, greatly increasing the prestige of Wang Shi, and making Xilu frightened -- this is Cao Cao's summary of the battle in Hanzhong, which is naturally full of beautiful words. Perhaps in order to restart the negotiations in Xuchang as soon as possible, or to seize the commanding heights in propaganda, in short, this summary was released by Cao Cao shortly after Xiahou Yuan returned from the north. At this time, Xiahou Yuan and his remnants had not yet returned to Chang'an, and Cao Cao was processing such a thing according to the battle report handed over by Xiahou Yuan. Of course, Xiahou Yuan told the truth to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao wrote it with his own purpose. He needed such a victory so badly, not only did he need Sun Quan in the south, but he also needed it. They all need such a victory to spread the word. As for the real situation of the battle, it is enough for each of them to know it internally.

On the surface, things have passed like this, and Xuchang's negotiations have started again, and it seems that everything is on the track, but for Li Sheng's side, there are still some aftermaths that need to be rippled. First of all, there is the question about Wei Yan.

After almost being forced to death by Xiahou Yuan one day, although he was finally rescued, Wei Yan, who came back, fell ill all of a sudden. His whole body was hot, his forehead was covered with fine beads of cold sweat, and his mouth was full of nonsense. Phrases such as "Xiahou Yuan don't run, eat me with a knife!" ”，“…… Brothers, it's all my fault! I have said a lot of things like that. Everyone in Yangping Pass hurriedly invited a doctor to help Wei Yanhaosheng diagnose. After prescribing some medicine to him, his Wei Yan's fever subsided a little, but the whole person was confused, and sometimes when he opened his eyes, he always didn't say a word as if he was dead.

"This ...... What the hell is going on? For Wei Yan's appearance, the people in Yangping Pass were slightly annoyed, and regarded the doctor who came to give the medicine as a quack, and viciously forced him forward to scare: "Didn't you take the wrong medicine?" Otherwise, how could the general be like this. ”

"Big ...... My lord...... How dare the little one do this? The healer was so frightened by this that he had to defend himself: "Your Excellency...... The general is suffering from hysteria. The depressed breath is entangled in the heart, which is a heart disease. The knot in his heart has not been resolved, and his anger has not been straightened out, how can this general be good. Heart disease still needs heart medicine, but I can cure the general's physical disease, but I can't take this heart disease. ”

"Heart disease?" The generals of Yangping Pass couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when they heard this, and they all knew a little in their hearts: "Could it be that General Fei is still worried about this defeat?" -- That seems to be a certainty.

The official position assigned by Li Sheng to Wei Yan was that of General An Yuan to supervise the military in Hanzhong, which was a rather important position. The one in front is Wei Yan's general title, and the one in the back is Wei Yan's actual duties. Li Sheng handed over all the armies in Hanzhong to Wei Yan to be in charge, which naturally included the soldiers and horses led by Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, these are the elite in Li Sheng's hands, so to speak, Wei Yan has obtained the command of most of the army in Li Sheng's hands, which is of course with Li Sheng's consent. However, Li Sheng's duty to Wei Yan to supervise the military in Hanzhong was actually after the start of the war, and in general, such duties would be abolished after the end of the war. But at the moment, I don't know what happened, but Li Sheng never sent the order to replan the duties of the army to Yangping Pass, so naturally he did not cancel the important title on Wei Yan's head.

Wei Yan's title has not been removed, so his serious illness is naturally a first-class major event in Li Shengjun's army. After learning that this heart disease was not easy to treat, and they didn't know how much time it would take, out of the importance of their own responsibilities and the importance of Wei Yan as a general under Li Shengjun, the generals of Yangpingguan naturally wrote Wei Yan's serious illness in the name of Anyuan's general Sima, and ordered someone to quickly pass it on to Li Sheng of Nanzheng to know.

As soon as such a letter was sent, Li Sheng was really jumped. Although he also knew that Wei Yan fell ill after being rescued by Huang Zhong and Ma Chao back to Yangping Pass, Li Sheng listened to Ma Chao's description of returning from Yangping Pass, thinking that Wei Yan was just suffering from a little cold and a little high fever. It's a bit of a hassle, but it's not a big deal when you think about it. With the systematic training of medical schools and the wisdom of doctors like Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo, the medical level under Li Sheng's rule is much higher than before. Diseases such as heavy feelings, which outsiders regard as "terminally ill", can only be regarded as some troublesome diseases at most in Li Sheng's case. At the moment, Li Sheng sent better doctors to treat Wei Yan and sent a large number of expensive medicines to Wei Yan, but he didn't take this matter very seriously. He thought that he would hear the news of Wei Yan's recovery in half a month at most. But I don't want to......

"Damn, why did you notify me now?" Knowing that something had happened to his general, Li Sheng became furious as everyone imagined and shouted loudly. In the unexpected anger of everyone, Li Sheng made a decision that surprised everyone: "Go to Yangping Pass, I will go to solve the dead brain of Wen Chang." ”

"This ...... Wouldn't that be too much? You are the master, and Wei Yan is the minister. Regarding Li Sheng's decision that seemed to be a bit of Corporal Lixian's overkill, the people around Li Sheng were somewhat puzzled, and naturally there was such a whispered discussion.

Li Sheng didn't care about their discussions at all. "People say that heart disease requires heart medicine, I know where Wen Chang's depression is. If I don't explain him, will I keep him there like a living dead? Li Sheng retorted angrily: "Wen Chang, it's my master!" There is something wrong with the disciple looking at the master. As he spoke, he pouted absently.

"Uh...... That's right. It's just that the rules of the world are that the monarch of heaven and earth is a teacher, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister is above the relationship between teachers and students. Since you have become the lord of General Wei Yan, the relationship between you and General Wei Yan should be dominated by monarchs and ministers, how can you use the relationship between teachers and students to override it? Knowing that Li Sheng's words still have some truth, but because there is another more important thing to do at the moment, as one of Li Sheng's military advisors, Xu Shu has to harden his head to persuade Li Sheng not to leave Nanzheng lightly: "The battle report from the west will come at any time, and some things still need to be decided by yourself." ”

"This ......" Li Sheng hesitated suddenly. The strategy for Liangzhou has been launched, although Li Sheng has handed over most of the power to several generals on the front line, and sent the military division Fa Zheng to help them, many problems on the front line can be solved at any time, but the people on the front line are not the lord after all, and they will also encounter some things that must be solved by themselves. There aren't many of these things, but they're all top and top important. Generally speaking, they sent special people from the front to Nanzheng without changing horses. And Xu Shu's worry is what if he is not in Nanzheng when this letter comes.

“…… Forget it, let them send me the news to Yangping Pass again. Anyway, it only takes a day to get from Yangping Pass to Nanzheng with a fast horse. Li Sheng was worried about the war in Liangzhou, and he was not worried about the affairs of his general Wei Yan, so after thinking about Xu Shu's relatively reliable work, he said so. Of course, he never forgot to tell Xu Shu: "But what comes from Liangzhou, I only allow you to handle it alone." ”

"I understand." Xu Shu agreed. The bystanders listened, and did not object. After all, everyone knows that this is for secrecy.

From Nanzheng to Yangping Pass, it only takes one day to take a fast horse, but this fast horse is not an ordinary fast horse, but the kind of fast horse that does not change people, and it is generally used by information transmitters. At present, Li Sheng was going to see Wei Yan, although he was also very anxious, he did not use such a "fast horse", but advanced at the speed of an ordinary cavalry march, and finally arrived at Yangping Pass in the afternoon of the second day after leaving Nanzheng. At the moment, there were naturally generals under Wei Yan who took Li Sheng in, and arranged for the residence not to be mentioned.

Li Sheng saw Wei Yan lying on the collapsed ground, it was already a matter of time. Prior to this, Li Sheng, as a lord, listened to the reports of the generals here in Yangping Pass about what had happened these days, and dealt with them. This was originally Wei Yan's responsibility, but now that Wei Yan is ill, and Li Sheng has not even relieved Wei Yan of his position, these things are naturally piled up there, allowing it to rise high until Li Sheng's arrival at this moment.

Dealing with military affairs is a public matter, and visiting and relieving Wei Yan is half public and half private, although Li Shengming came for Wei Yan, but he still handled the official affairs first and then privately. After all, which is more important between the two, he Li Sheng has not yet reached the point of completely ignoring it. He wanted to see Wei Yan as soon as possible, so he naturally had to get those troublesome things done as soon as possible.

Dragging his already tired body, tired and half dead to get all this piled up, Li Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. After hastily taking a few bites of dinner, he was in a hurry to see Wei Yan. Although when he came in, he heard that Wei Yan had no other problems except that his body couldn't move and he was a little demented, but before he saw all this with his own eyes, Li Sheng was still worried.

"Tell me, what the hell is wrong with him? Can you hear what we're saying? When he came to Wei Yan's room, he looked at Wei Yan who was lying straight on the couch, his face was pale and his expression was dull, as if he had lost a lot of weight, Li Sheng felt sad in his heart, and he suddenly thought that this was the doctor's mistake, so he ordered someone to find Wei Yan's doctor and asked coldly.

"General Wei Yan is now a lost soul. Among the three souls and six souls, one soul and two souls are missing, so the mouth cannot speak or move the body at the moment, but it can only hear and see. The doctor was still a little timid, although he was frightened by Li Sheng, but when asked about his condition, he still calmly said Wei Yan's condition.

"Lost soul?" Li Sheng heard what the doctor said, raised his eyes and looked at Wei Yan lying on the couch, but nodded without stopping: "That's indeed the case." ”

"Heart disease also requires heart medicine. As long as you get the job done as a general, you can do it. The doctor's answer was also straightforward. Although Li Sheng had already understood these things before he came, but at this moment, when he heard the doctor say this, he further confirmed what he should do.

"Stand down, all of you." After understanding the situation, Li Sheng instructed the others in the room.

"No!" Everyone responded in unison. They didn't feel anything wrong with Li Sheng's request. After all, they also knew that each person's authority and status were different, and the things they could know were different, and the lord Li Sheng naturally let him leave, so there must be something confidential to tell Wei Yan. Although they didn't know what this confidential matter had to do with Wei Yan's recovery, the lord had ordered it so, so it was indeed impossible for him to let himself know. Thinking about this, they withdrew from the room one by one and walked away all at once.

Listening to the footsteps in his ears gradually getting smaller and leaving, Li Sheng smiled slightly, he took a few steps forward and sat next to Wei Yan's couch, looked at the people lying on the couch, and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Master, I don't know if you can hear what I said, but there are some things that need to be told to you." Regarding this time, the master led the troops to attack without authorization and set up an ambush for Xiahou Yuan, to be honest, I was very angry at first. What kind of terrain is Yangpingguan? It's not that you and I don't know. After you and me have repaired it, I don't think you won't be unaware that Yangping Pass has changed from an ordinary level to a fortified gate. The current Yangping Pass is not afraid of the enemy suddenly appearing behind him. As long as we do everything according to the rules, even if the enemy suddenly appears, they will come up little by little like a frontal attack. ”

In my plan, Yangping Pass, where you are located, is a fulcrum, a shield, which is to attract Xiahou Yuan's men and horses for me and attract Cao Cao's attention. Only by letting Cao Cao set his eyes on you, can Zhao Yun's partial division succeed in capturing Liangzhou. The matter of eliminating Xiahou Yuan was certainly refreshing, but it was always only a tactical victory, and it was nothing compared to the strategic victory of capturing Liangzhou. As for the question of which is more important than tactics and strategy, I think you should have a clear understanding. I thought you'd see it all and cooperate with me. But I can't imagine that after all, you still think that it is so important for you to make achievements alone. Master, the apprentice's ability is all taught by you, no matter what the apprentice does, he has your share of the credit, why do you still want to fight with the other general to fight for such a personal merit...... Alas! ”

Saying this, Li Sheng couldn't help but sigh, paused slightly, he paid attention to Wei Yan's face, and found that there was a trace of tears in the corner of Wei Yan's eyes. He knew that his words were undoubtedly in Wei Yan's ears, which made him think about it.

"It's a good sign, but that's not enough!" Li Sheng was overjoyed when he saw this, but at the moment, it further increased the stimulation of Wei Yan. Different from the way others used to appease people with moral disease, Li Sheng did not use good words, but directly used some reproachful words to stimulate Wei Yan.

"Speaking of which, the tactics you used in this battle are quite decent. But how can you fail? I don't think it's because Xiahou Yuan is much stronger than you, but because you Wei Yan was careless and underestimated the enemy. You never thought that Xiahou Yuan was also a resourceful general like you, and you never thought that Cao Jun could burst out with such combat power. You think your plan is seamless, and you only think about how it will be after you win, but you don't think about what to do if you have a plan. I know it's all because of your personality, but to this day I still hope that you can change your personality so that you can serve me better in the future. As for this defeat, I hope you don't take it to heart, war is an unpredictable thing, in fact, as long as you remember the lessons of this defeat, and prepare for the next battle. Wen Chang, I categorically don't want you to lie down like this, after all, I still have a lot of things I want you to do. Wake up, don't go back to sleep, even if you really ask for it, your own hatred will have to be done by yourself. Li Sheng said leisurely. What he said was some big truths, but it was heart-wrenching in Wei Yan's heart.

"Lord...... Lord!" I don't know when Wei Yan came to his senses, and called Li Sheng's name weakly in a hoarse voice, he had tears in his eyes, and everything in it was not to be said.

Looking at him who woke up, Li Sheng laughed. He smiled so happily that tears bloomed in the corners of his eyes. "Wen Chang, it's good for you to wake up...... It's good to wake up. Li Sheng was overjoyed, he grabbed Wei Yan's arm tightly, not to mention the excitement.