Yan Yan's army marched on the road. The distance between Jia Meng Pass and the Sword Pavilion is actually concave, Yan Yan originally wanted the vanguard to arrive first, but he could test the reality of the Sword Pavilion, and when his army arrived, he could set a strategy to attack. How did you know that before Yan Yan's army arrived at the Sword Pavilion, what they saw was a large camp that had become ruins.

The flags in the ruined camp were crooked, and broken cabinets were everywhere, needless to say, Yan Yan also knew that the vanguard army had been defeated. I saw that he was still in his forties at this time, and his majestic face was like sinking water, and he instructed the adjutant general: "Set up camp on the spot, and send people to the nearby mountains to find the soldiers of the pioneer battalion and ask why they were defeated."

The deputy general answered, and was about to leave, when Yan Yan suddenly stopped and said, "Wait, by the way, let's find Wu Lan and Lei Tong again."

The adjutant general bowed and replied, "No."

After that, Yan Yan led dozens of horses to the plank road in front of the Sword Pavilion Guancheng, and saw that the originally wide plank road had been demolished to allow only three people to pass through, Yan Yan frowned into a "word", and shouted coldly: "Let's go back and talk about it."

Leading everyone back to the tent formed by the net, the net discussed for a while, and the adjutant general who had just gone to carry out the order came in and reported: "Report to the general." The surviving soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion have been found

Yan Yan heard it and said, "Bring it in."

A soldier in tattered clothes and armor was taken to the scarf of the big tent, and Yan Yan asked, "What happened yesterday?" Why did the Pioneer Battalion fail? Where are the three generals, Yang Pai, Wu Lan and Lei Tong?

Yan Yan has a very high status in the Yizhou army. Especially Yan Yan, who is still not old and decrepit, although he is not as good as Zhang Ren in martial arts, but when it comes to the ability to command the army, Yan Yan is not under Zhang Ren, and he has been in the army for many years, and his methods are better than Zhang Ren, so Yan Yan is the first general in Shuzhong worthy of the name.

However, Yan Yan knew that he was no longer old, and the princes of the Central Plains had just risen, and he was afraid that the troubled times would only start the net. Therefore, Yan Yan has a good impression of Zhang Ren, a young man with extraordinary martial arts, skilled soldiers, and loyal to Liu Yan. In the past few years, Yan Yan has taken a back seat and brought Zhang Ren out, hoping that Zhang Ren will take his place in the future.

If it weren't for the middle and high-level of Shu, this information would not have been known. The Shadow is still in its infancy, and there is no important information yet. However, Li Yu, the person in charge of the shadow in Shu, was a native of Yizhou before he learned swords with Wang Yue, and he was very familiar with Yan Yan, so he didn't leak it when he sorted out the information.

When the soldier in tattered clothes and armor saw Yan Yan, he naturally recognized it, and first saluted respectfully before replying, "Return to General Yan." Yesterday morning. General Yang prepares to lead his troops to attack the Sword Pavilion. It's just that a person suddenly appeared above the Sword Pavilion and exchanged a few words with General Yang, and then a letter was shot down from above the city. The archery man was so powerful, an arrow shot on General Yang's red cherry blossoms, but after General Yang read the letter, he said that he would send troops back to attack Jiameng Pass and Cuihuang City, and capture Zhang Ren alive. Later, the two generals Wu Lan and Lei Tong teamed up to kill General Yang, and let everyone attack the city together, and many people died in the Sword Pavilion yesterday

Speaking of this, the soldier showed a frightened look, Yan Yan probably guessed that Yang Pai was preparing to rebel, Wu Lan and Lei Tong immediately killed Yang Pai. However, knowing that Wu Lan and Lei Tong directly attacked the city after killing Yang Pai, he sighed and said: "Wu Lan and Lei Tong are so stupid, how can the Sword Pavilion be easily broken now." This will only alienate the soldiers. After that, he asked the soldier: "Last night, the soldiers of the original Yang Auction Office mutinied?"

When the soldier heard this, he asked in surprise, "How does the general know?" ”

Yan Yan sighed again. Only then did he signal to the soldiers: "Let's go on, what happened last night?" Where are the two generals, Wu Lan and Lei Tong, now? ”

The soldier replied, "Last night, as the general said, those Hanzhong people made a rebellion, fighting with their brothers, and the whole camp was in chaos. At this time, a group of cavalry came in. Kill the brothers, the villain and the brothers kill and retreat, when we retreat to the edge of the camp, we have been defeated, the villain heard the cavalry shouting that the surrenderer will not kill, but the villain does not want to surrender and runs into the mountains. As for General Wu and General Lei, the villains did not see it

After Yan Yan listened, he immediately understood the cause and effect of last night, nodded, motioned for someone to take this soldier down to rest, and then said to the deputy general: "Send someone to find Wu Lan and Lei Tong."

Just as the adjutant general was about to go out, a personal guard reported loudly outside the tent: "General, there is a messenger outside who asks to see him, saying that he is a person sent by the Sword Pavilion. The bodies of General Wu and General Lei were returned. ”

Yan Yan heard the news, and couldn't sit still any longer, so he got up and said in a lost voice: "What." Then he immediately settled down. said: "Let's go with Ben to see."

Then he led the people to the gate of the camp. I saw the coffin of Liang Xiang from a distance, and I only heard Yan Yan say loudly: "This general Yan Yan, where did the envoy come?"

The messenger over there is only one hundred generals. He was followed by several soldiers carrying the coffin. The hundred people will listen to Yan Yan. He bowed his hand and said: "Under the order of General Huang, the corpses of Wu Lan and Lei Tong will be returned."

… The ten pawns behind Er Li beckoned, and several ten pawns understood. Carry the coffin and put it down a few days ago.

The generals behind Yan Yan saw it, and at the same time glared angrily at the hundred generals, and put their hands on the weapons, just waiting for Yan Yan to give an order, they shot and killed a few people on the spot.

Yan Yan was silent for a while, and said, "The envoy has worked hard, let's go back, I will not send it." ”

The hundred-man general smiled, bowed to Yan Yan, and returned to the Sword Pavilion with a few soldiers.

The generals next to him saw it and shouted, "General." Huang Zhong's insult to me was so great that he put the coffin in front of the camp, why didn't the general kill him. ”

Yan Yan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, that person is just a small hundred generals, what's the use of killing, besides, the two countries will not fight each other." If we kill them, we will only weaken the momentum of our army. There was a pause. Yan Yan sighed and said, "And open the coffin."

The generals behind him heard it, and several generals stepped forward to open the lid of the coffin, but there was a general in the camp who died, and if the soldiers knew it, it would definitely affect morale, so Yan Yan did not let the soldiers open the coffin.

After the coffin was opened, everyone, including Yan Yan, gasped. I saw it inside the coffin. Wu Lan was in a different place, and Lei Tong was even more miserable, and he was directly stopped and cut in two. Although they are all put together. But the obvious traces were seen by all. And the coffin was covered with blood. Obviously, Huang Zhong did not let the two corpses be processed, and their appearance was extremely terrifying.

Yan Yan saw it behind him, and he was furious at the same time. The fists are all "crunching". Some impulsive ones had already raised their weapons, and at the same time said to Yan Yan: "General, give the order to attack the city." Huang Zhong is too deceitful

The generals clamored and shouted, "General, give the order to attack the city."

Yan Yan was silent for a moment, his originally clenched fists loosened, and he said in a deep voice: "Bury Wu Lan and Lei Tong thickly, and we will go back to the big tent."

When the generals saw it, they thought that Yan Yan was ready to send troops, and they all responded excitedly: "No"

Back in the big tent, Yan Yan sat on the main seat, glanced at the generals below, and then said: "The generals listened to the order, immediately packed up, and returned to Jia Meng to close."

The generals heard it and shouted in unison: "General"

Yan Yan waved his hand and said, "Huang Zhong's move is only to provoke our army to attack the city, and now most of the plank road before the Sword Pavilion has been demolished, and the danger of the Sword Pavilion has increased by a few points." Today's Sword Pavilion is really a one-man affair. Breaking through the Sword Pavilion, I am afraid that the 100,000 army may not succeed, so what is the use of attacking it. It's just a loss of troops

After a pause, Yan Yan continued: "Besides, our army's plan was to let Zhang Renqi attack Nanzheng. Our army then cooperated with the capture of the Sword Pavilion, and then drove straight into Hanzhong to exterminate Zhang Lu. Now that Zhang Xiu has joined the dispute, Zhang Xiu's courage is known to the world, and his elite is better than my Shu lieutenant generals. Moreover, there are many fierce generals and strategists under his command. Zhang Ren is not optimistic about whether he can hold Nan Zheng. In this case, it is better to retreat back to Jiameng Pass, if our army is broken here, Jiameng Pass and Zhanghuang have no soldiers and no generals, and then Zhang Xiu will take these two places, the gains will outweigh the losses

The generals listened, and at the same time silently, Yan Yan said that it was indeed reasonable, but it was reasonable, and it could not hide the anger in their hearts. Yan Yan is a veteran general, so he naturally knows what these young generals are thinking, so he ordered: "Go and pack up, if anyone dares to go out of the camp to attack without authorization, cut it off, and don't say that the general's subordinates are merciless at that time, and the last words are almost drunk."

After hearing this, although the generals were unwilling and reluctant, they respected Yan Yan very much. Therefore, although they were reluctant, they also responded: "No."

After Yan Yan waited for the generals to go out, he took the silk cloth pen and ink and wrote a letter: "Send this letter to the Chengdu lord's office, there must be no mistakes." The henchman could hear it. I answered and went out.

Xu Rong, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao were above the head of the Sword Pavilion City, and they saw from a distance that Yan Yan's army slowly withdrew after setting up camp in the net, Xu Rong sighed: "Yan Yan is really experienced, and he was so humiliated by us. can also endure it, and be cautious about being fooled in the future Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao heard it and nodded in unison.

When Yan Yan's army retreated to Jiameng Pass, he received a letter from Zhang Ren from Zhanghuang, explaining how he lost Nanzheng, and saying that he had returned to Zhanghuang City at this time.

Yan Yan circulated this letter to the generals, and after everyone read it, they lowered their heads, and Yan Yan said: "The so-called small intolerable is a big plan." Huang Zhong insulted me, I would have taken it back in the future, but now I have missed the opportunity, the Sword Pavilion is difficult to attack, and Hanzhong has fallen into the hands of Zhang Xiu. The general has already sent a letter to Chengdu with an explanation of the situation. Let us wait here for the Lord's command. However, you can't be careless about the defense of Jia Meng Pass, and don't be taken advantage of by Huang Zhong

The generals heard and replied in unison: "No"