Wei Yan listened to Liu Qi's appointment, but he didn't bow down, and said respectfully: "The general gave me such a high position, but I, Wei Yan, have not made an inch of merit, how dare I accept it?" Yan volunteered to be a lieutenant for the general, and it was not too late to be rewarded after he had made great achievements. ”

Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, patted Wei Yan's shoulder and said, "Strong! Wen Chang has this ambition, how can he not fulfill it? The general ordered you to be the captain of the cavalry, to command the cavalry, and when you can break Cao, you will be celebrated. ”

Wei Yan immediately bowed to the ground and said, "No, the last general will definitely live up to his high hopes." Please wait a moment, the last general will put away the subordinates, and fight with the general Cao Bing, hehe, the general should not underestimate these subordinates of the last general, they have been trained by the last general for many years, and they are not weaker than the elite soldiers of a hundred battles. ”

"Oh? Then the general will wait and see, and see the table of Wen Chang and the sergeants under his command. Liu Qi laughed, then stood there and waited quietly for Wei Yan.

After about half an hour, Wei Yan was still missing, and Liu Shi on the side couldn't help it, so he said, "Childe, why haven't you seen that Wei Yan until now?" It's windy here, so why don't you ride my horse back first, and let me wait for him." ”

Liu Qi shook his head and said, "How can this be?" Wen Chang sincerely took refuge in me, how could I not even wait a while? Once I leave like this, Buncho will be disappointed. ”

While the two were talking, they saw the smoke and dust in front of them, and then they saw Wei Yan leading a team of two hundred people to the front.

But it was said that after Wei Yan came to the village, he deliberately delayed for a while, and then gathered the troops and led them to meet Liu Qi, this time he wanted to deliberately test Liu Qi's patience, if Liu Qi really waited for him there, he would definitely die for his life, and if Liu Qi rode back, he would definitely leave Liu Qi at a time he thought was appropriate and find another place.

However, Wei Yan saw Liu Qi still waiting for him motionless as before, and his heart was shocked, and he immediately decided that this person was worthy of his loyalty, bowed his head, and said respectfully: "The last general Wei Yan saw the general, and the general waited for the last general for such a long time, and he really felt guilty in his heart. ”

Liu Qi helped Wei Yan up with a smile and said kindly: "Captain Wei, from now on, we will be comrades who fight side by side, and it is too much to say this." ”

Wei Yan nodded again and again, and then said: "The last general brought all these Zhuang Ding tribes who were willing to join the army, and asked the general to deal with them." ”

Liu Qi waved his hand and said, "Does this matter still need to be dealt with?" Since it was brought by Wei Duwei, this will naturally be under your command. In addition, the general will hand over all the 1,000 cavalry in our army to the chief of Wen, and as for the subordinates such as the military commander and the military marquis, you just look at the appointment. ”

Wei Yan's eyes almost shed tears, and he bowed again: "The lord has such trust in the lord, and the lord will definitely repay the lord's great kindness." ”

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "This general is just a general appointed by my father, but the lowest general, not to mention that I have a father, how dare I be the title of lord?" ”

Wei Yan said with a smile: "The last general doesn't think so, the prince is magnanimous, Corporal Lixian, he will definitely be the heir of General Zhennan in the future, and it is only a matter of time before the last general calls this lord, not to mention that even if the general cannot inherit the position of General Zhennan, Yan only recognizes the general as the lord, and from then on, I, Wei Yan, am the private subordinate of the lord." ”

Liu Qi was moved, and hurriedly held Wei Yan's hand, and said with a sigh: "Wen Chang is really a righteous man. ”

At this time, Liu Qi's horse was also fished up, because this horse pit was just a dirt pit, and there were no sharp trees and other things, so Liu Qi's horse was not injured, plus this was also a horse that had experienced countless battles, but it was not frightened.

Liu Qi turned over and got on his horse, and then said to Wei Yan heroically: "Wen Chang, next I am going to lead a large army, and I will quickly rush to Anzhong with a rapid march, and set up an ambush there, preparing to ambush Cao Cao, I don't know if your troops can hold on?" ”

But Wei Yan laughed and said: "Please rest assured, general, my soldiers have also been tempered by thousands of tempers, plus they have been recuperating for many days and have sufficient health, if you can't compare to your Jingzhou soldiers who have marched for more than ten days, then the general will really be embarrassed." ”

Wei Yan ordered the troops to fill in all the traps, and then led the two hundred tribes to follow Liu Qi on the road and join the army.

After joining the army, Liu Qi introduced Wei Yan to Pei Qian and others, and informed them of his decision to appoint Wei Yan as the commander of the cavalry, and then immediately handed over the 1,000 cavalry to Wei Yan, and ordered Fanqin to issue armor uniforms to the 200 soldiers brought by Wei Yan.

After Pei Qian and the others saw that Wei Yan received the team, the general quickly behaved modestly about the training, advanced and retreated in a proper manner, and marched neatly, obviously a very good general, and couldn't help but deeply admire Liu Qi's eyes like a torch, and he was able to dig such an excellent general here. Especially Pei Qian, what he admires even more about Liu Qi is that he knows that there are famous generals hidden here like an unpredictable prophet, but after he met with this famous general, at least he didn't find the slightest fault with him in leading troops.

"Wen Chang, you lead your cavalry team to set off first, be sure to arrive at Anzhong before sunset tomorrow, set up camp, cut down more trees, place antlers, and defend carefully, you are not allowed to attack Cao's army without my order."

"No." Wei Yan hurriedly agreed, and then immediately said to the 1,200 people: "Everyone listen to my order, immediately go to the quartermaster department to receive three days' rations, and then line up and wait for my order." ”

"No." The 1,200 soldiers shouted loudly, and then they quickly went to the quartermaster office to receive their own rations. The soldiers moved extremely quickly, and it took less than half an hour for the team of 1,200 men to receive all the rations, and then they fought in a neat line, waiting for the next order.

"Now, everyone obeys my orders and sets off for Anzhong, this four-hundred-mile rapid march needs everyone to arrive before sunset tomorrow, do you have any problems?"

"Nope." The 1,200 soldiers, all of whom were in high spirits, replied loudly.

"In that case, let's go."

Wei Yan saluted Liu Qi, and then led the army to Anzhong.

Seeing the 1,200 troops disappearing, Liu Qi turned around, glanced at the remaining infantry sergeants, and said loudly: "Soldiers, the next time is the time to test us, we must strive to reach Anzhong in three days, a rapid march of four hundred miles, not only everyone's physical endurance, but also everyone's will." As long as we all grit our teeth and persevere, we will definitely be able to complete the task as scheduled. In addition to this, Ben will also announce one thing, this time Ben will go to Anzhong on foot with everyone. ”

"Huh? What the? ”

As soon as Liu Qi finished saying this, it immediately caused the shock of the majority of soldiers and Pei Qian and others, and they all looked at Liu Qi with an incredulous expression.

Pei Qian even whispered: "General, how can you make such a decision without authorization? Four hundred miles, three days to run, unless it is those elite soldiers with strong endurance, it is difficult for ordinary people to complete, although you can do this now to boost morale, but once you give up halfway, it will undoubtedly have a bad impact on the soldiers. ”

Liu Qi laughed and said: "Captain Pei's words are bad, as the commander of the three armed forces, how can he not be trustworthy?" This time, since Ben General proposed to rush to Anzhong on foot, he must not give up halfway, otherwise where will my Liu Qi's prestige exist? Please Pei Xiaowei and Zhu Gong to see me Liu Qi create a miracle. ”

After Liu Qi finished speaking, he dismounted, came to the middle of the team, and ordered in a loud voice: "Please supervise the generals, we must all work together to complete the four hundred miles, and now I order, the whole army will set off." ”

With Liu Qi's order, the 9,000 troops were all thunderous with joy, high morale, and marched hard in the direction of Anzhong.

Pei Qian, Sima Zhi and the others all smiled bitterly when they saw Liu Qi insisting on doing this, they now felt a little at a loss, and they didn't know whether to get off their horses and run together on foot, or continue to ride on their horses.

Fortunately, Liu Qi soon sent Liu Shi and gave them an order to still move forward on horseback. Although Pei Qian and the others rode horses as ordered, they were deeply uneasy in their hearts.

"The Lord will walk, and I will wait for the horseback, what is this? I'm afraid that nothing like this has ever happened before, and I really don't know whether we should be for or against such a thing. ”

Let's say that Liu Qi got off the horse, marched on foot with everyone, and walked about ten miles, he felt that he couldn't hold on, his legs were as sore and weak as cotton, and he was panting heavily, almost squeezing his heart out of his chest.

Seeing this, Liu Shi, who was walking with Liu Qi on the side, hurriedly said: "Childe, why don't you get on the horse, I will accompany you here." In fact, even if you run these ten miles, it is enough to encourage everyone, because no general has ever been able to do this, and he has even rushed with his soldiers on foot, and it is a rapid march. ”

Liu Qi gasped and said, "How can this be done? There is no joke in the army, since the general said that he would walk with everyone, he will definitely not get on the horse, as long as I am willing to persevere, I will definitely be able to fulfill the promise, Liu Shi, you can't understand at all, this kind of persistence brings endless fun. ”

Liu Shi saw that his son's heart was like an iron stone, and he knew that persuasion was useless, so he said: "Then let's rest for a while, and wait until our body is slightly recovered before marching." ”

Liu Qi shook his head and said: "Now is the time to test our will, we must not stop, not to mention that we have set off for less than half an hour, how can we stop like this?" We must remember that our army is in a hurry, not in military training, and if we can't run 50 miles in one breath this time, we absolutely can't stop and rest. ”

Seeing that Liu Qi was so persistent, Liu Shi no longer persuaded him, sighed, and continued to run forward.

Liu Qi's body was already weak, and now he gritted his teeth and insisted on walking on foot, although in the end he did insist on fifty miles before ordering to stop and rest, but this time he really didn't have half the strength, taking advantage of everyone's efforts to bury the pot and cook, he just found a grass nest and lay down weakly......