On the third day of Mi Yang's capture of Xicheng, a fleet of about 3,000 soldiers appeared on the Hanshui Valley outside Xicheng.

This scene was quickly discovered by Mi Jun's spies and reported to Mi Yang in Xicheng.

After Mi Yang learned the news, he led hundreds of pro-troops to come to this fleet by boat.

According to the description of the spies, this fleet of more than 3,000 people should have been led by Wei Yan, the Taishou of Hanzhong.

Thinking that Wei Yan was worried about the safety of Hanxing County after receiving his news, he specially led a large army to come, one to hear the news, and the other to help him break the enemy.

Previously, Shen Yi took advantage of the geographical advantage to preemptively issue a complaint to the surrounding counties and Chengdu about his documents, and after Mi Yang captured Xicheng, he had already learned from a Guan sergeant named Zhao Qin.

It's just that compared to the worries of Lu Yi and others, Mi Yang was very surprised when he heard the news.

Shen Yi, the wicked man, sued first, intending to disturb the audio-visual strategy, which looks good, but it is used in the wrong place.

Just on Mi Yang's own identity, Mi Zhu's nephew, Guan Yu's son-in-law, and Fa Zheng's disciple...... Any layer of identity is Mi Yang's talisman.

In this case, it would have to be a stupid person to believe that he had rebellious intentions.

Wei Yan is just not emotionally intelligent, not stupid.

When Mi Yang led hundreds of guards to Wei Yan's fleet not far away, he found Wei Yan who had arrived and sent his guards to take Mi Yang to his ship.

After Mi Yang got on the building boat where Wei Yan was, he saw Wei Yan standing by the female wall of the building boat, looking at the hundreds of heads hanging high on the gate of Xicheng.

In the impression of the original body, he had seen this famous general when he was young.

Seeing that Wei Yan seemed to have a contemplative expression on his face, Mi Yang asked his guards to wait beside him, and he himself stepped forward to bow to Wei Yan, and called out in his mouth, "General Zhenyuan."

At Mi Yang's call, Wei Yan came back to his senses from his contemplation, and then he turned to look at Mi Yang.

Although Wei Yan didn't have much contact with Mi Yang in the past, he was originally a member of Liu Bei's department, and he had seen Mi Yang when he was young.

It's just that as Mi Yang gets older, Wei Yan has never seen Mi Yang as an adult.

Fortunately, Mi Yang's appearance as an adult still has the shadow of his youth, so Wei Yan felt a little familiar when he saw Mi Yang.

Wei Yan looked at Mi Yang, and also returned a salute to him, and then responded, "Guan Neihou."

After Wei Yan responded to Mi Yang, he directly pointed to the more than 100 heads on Xicheng and asked, "How long did it take for Guan Neihou to take Xicheng?"

On the second day of Wei Yan's departure from Nanzheng, he received Mi Yang's papers.

After reading Mi Yang's documents, Wei Yan was more aware of the current situation in Hanxing County, and at the same time, Wei Yan completely defined Shen Yi as a traitor in his heart.

Under the influence of this thought, Wei Yan did not return to Nanzheng's thoughts, but accelerated the speed of the march.

The location of Xicheng is too critical, if Shen Yi occupies himself and then introduces the Wei army, then not only Hanxing County will be in the flames of war, but also Hanzhong County will be affected by the war.

With his efforts, Hanzhong County is still in the process of recovering its vitality, and it cannot withstand a major war at this time.

Therefore, Wei Yan continued to lead the troops down, thinking of assisting Mi Yang to quell the Xicheng Rebellion as soon as possible.

What he didn't expect was that his marching speed was already considered fast.

But when he arrived, the walls of Xicheng were already full of the heads of the Shen clan, and even the flags on Xicheng had been replaced with the word "Mi".

Mi Yang's speed of breaking the city was really beyond Wei Yan's expectations.

Faced with Wei Yan's inquiry, Mi Yang replied, "It's just one day."

Hearing that it only took Mi Yang one day to break through Xicheng, a little surprise flashed on Wei Yan's face.

The city defense of Xicheng is not as good as the strong city of the world, but it is difficult to break the city in one day, according to common sense.

Seeing that there was a look of surprise on Wei Yan's face, Mi Yang roughly reviewed the process of how he broke the city a few days ago in front of Wei Yan.

After listening

After Mi Yang's review, some smiles appeared on Wei Yan's face.

It is indeed a good tactic to lure the enemy out of the city to fight in the field, defeat the enemy army in the field battle, and then follow the rout army to take advantage of the chaos to break the city.

Seeing this famous general with eyes above the top, he would take the initiative to smile at himself, and Mi Yang's understanding of Wei Yan was a little more important.

Also, maybe Wei Yan's EQ is not high, but it doesn't mean that Long Aotian has the character.

Compared with Wei Yan now, except for the gap between his military position and qualifications, he is not worse than Wei Yan in other aspects.

In terms of military exploits and prestige, it is even more excessive.

The most striking feature of Wei Yan's personality is:

As long as you have the capital to look at me on an equal footing, then I will value you.

As long as you are stronger than me, then I will obey you.

For example, in history, Wei Yan complained about Zhuge Liang, although Zhuge Liang often did not adopt his strategies.

But during the Northern Expedition, Wei Yanke was referring to where to fight.

Wei Yan looked at Mi Yang and continued: "In previous years, Yan had heard of the name of the "Four Friends of the Prince" in Chengdu.

Before, Yan thought that this was just a so-called fraudulent method of raising a name, and it couldn't be true.

Now Zicheng first broke the Wu army, and then set the Han Xing, which is enough to see that Zicheng's talent is not fake.

However, the other three friends are only afraid that they will be in vain."

According to Wei Yan's character, it is not easy for him to praise people.

It's just that after Mi Yang listened to Wei Yan's praise, he always felt that something was wrong.

This way Wei Yan's praise is a little strange.

But thinking about Wei Yan's personality, Mi Yang doesn't care about this anymore.

After the death of Zhuge Liang in history, Wei Yan and Yang Yi quarreled again, accusing each other of rebellion, and when the news came back to Chengdu, Liu Chan hesitated.

But compared with Liu Chan's hesitation, all the important ministers of the court at that time supported Yang Yi.

Jiang Wan and Dong Yun, two important ministers of the imperial court, used their net worth and lives to protect Yang Yi.

Jiang Wan and Dong Yun's private virtues are not bad, and Yang Yi is also very arrogant, and many people don't like his character.

But it was in such a situation that Jiang Wan and Dong Yun would rather protect Yang Yi and doubt Wei Yan, which shows how bad Wei Yan's impression is among his colleagues.

If it weren't for the support of most of the important ministers of the imperial court, how could Yang Yi dare to kill the high-ranking and powerful Wei Yan without getting the emperor's order, and wipe him out of the three clans?

Not to mention whether Wei Yan really wanted to rebel in history, his character is indeed his biggest drawback.

Wei Yan is very talented, but he can finally become a famous general, which is inseparable from Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's maintenance of him.

After listening to Wei Yan's praise, Mi Yang smiled at Wei Yan, and he asked Wei Yan:

"After General Zhenyuan learned that Hanxing County was not in danger, he continued to lead his army outside Xicheng, I don't think he came to praise me."

When the army travels, there must be scouts, Xicheng has been taken three days ago, and Wei Yan will not be unaware of this news.

Wei Yan's character is flawed, but he will never let go without it.

Sure enough, after Mi Yang asked that sentence, Wei Yan asked Mi Yang, "Does the Marquis of Guan Nei know the four paths of the Northern Expedition?"

Seeing Wei Yan ask about the Four Ways of the Northern Expedition, Mi Yang nodded.

The four roads of the Northern Expedition mentioned by Wei Yan are the four key roads from Hanzhong to Guanzhong that Liu Bei has been opening since he took Hanzhong.

After Liu Bei became the queen, for the future Northern Expedition, he ordered Wei Yan to establish a military base for the Northern Expedition in the Hanzhong region.

In order to open up the main route of military loss, Liu Bei, with the support of Zhuge Liang, opened four main roads between Hanzhong and Guanzhong.

These four roads are mainly Meridian Road, Fu Luo Road, Bao Slope Road and Jinniu Road, of which Bao Slope Road is also known as Slope Valley Road.

These four are the four mountain roads leading from Hanzhong to Guanzhong.

It is said to be opened, but in fact, it is more of a repair.

Because these four mountain paths have existed many years ago

In the mountains that connect Hanzhong to Guanzhong.

Last year, Liu Bei became the queen and did not continue the Northern Expedition in one go, on the one hand, because the national strength of Shuzhong was seriously depleted because of the Battle of Hanzhong, and on the other hand, he had to repair these four main roads first.

From this point of view, in fact, Liu Bei had already set the main direction of the Northern Expedition in the coming days.

After seeing Mi Yang nodding, Wei Yan continued, "Among the four roads of the Northern Expedition, which road does Guan Neihou think is the most suitable for the march of the army?"

Faced with Wei Yan's inquiry, Mi Yang did not answer immediately.

Seeing that Mi Yang didn't answer his question, Wei Yan didn't care, he said to himself:

"In the future, when the king of the king goes on a northern expedition, I want to invite 10,000 soldiers to attack Guanzhong out of the Meridian Dao, and join the king in Tongguan.

At that time, the king will definitely ask about the key points of the Meridian Road, and the Marquis of Guannei is the Taishou of Hanxing County, and I hope that the Marquis of Guannai will be able to answer the truth when the time comes."

After hearing Wei Yan say this, Mi Yang finally understood why Wei Yan came to see him.

It turned out that the "Meridian Valley Conspiracy" had already been conceived in his mind.

As for why Wei Yan mentioned this matter to Mi Yang, it was because the Meridian Road was near Xicheng, which was Mi Yang's jurisdiction.

When Liu Bei chose to be the governor of Hanzhong last year, the reason why Liu Bei chose Wei Yan in the end was not because of his feelings.

As the so-called observation of his words and deeds, and the essence of people, after taking Hanzhong last year, Wei Yan once secretly told Liu Bei about his plan.

At that time, Wei Yan's strategy made Liu Bei's eyes shine, and it was precisely because of Wei Yan's strategy, coupled with Liu Bei's understanding of him in the past, that Liu Bei finally made up his mind to vigorously promote Wei Yan to be the governor of Hanzhong.

But at that time, Wei Yan's "Meridian Valley Strategy" did not let Liu Bei adopt it.

Because although this strategy can be taken by surprise, it is too dangerous.

The danger of "Meridian Valley Wonder" is not that the terrain of Meridian Valley is dangerous and complex.

Among the four roads of the Northern Expedition, the most dangerous is Fu Luo Road.

When the road in the Meridian Valley was not repaired at the beginning, the people of Guanzhong could flee to tens of thousands of homes in Hanzhong through this road.

After vigorous repairs, the road is in much better condition.

Historically, Cao Zhen said that Cao Rong wanted to attack Shu on a large scale, although Chen Qun's plan to march from Xiegu Road was rejected by Chen Qun at first, but he later led a large army to march from Meridian Road.

It was only during the march that it would be the rainy season, and the plank road in the Meridian Valley was washed away by the rain, which made it difficult for Cao Zhen to march, and finally made him return halfway with hatred.

Cao Wei's family has a great cause, and the number of the main force led by Cao Zhen will not be less than 50,000.

Cao Zhen was a famous general for a while, and he dared to lead tens of thousands of main forces to march from the Meridian Road towards Hanzhong, which must have been after a detailed exploration of the terrain.

After all, Cao really wanted to destroy the Han Dynasty and make meritorious contributions, not to send him to death.

From these examples, it can be seen that although the Meridian Road road is not easy to walk, it is not as people think, and it is troublesome to walk thousands of troops.

What worries Liu Bei is that the Meridian Valley is the main road leading from Hanzhong to Chang'an, and as long as Wei Yan leads the army out of the Meridian Road, he can go straight to Chang'an City.

Meridian Road is equivalent to Yangping Pass in Chang'an.

Moreover, after he proclaimed himself king, the news of vigorously repairing the meridian road was not hidden.

In such a situation, in the face of this kind of important road, Cao Cao has many talents, and he will not be unprepared.

Once the Northern Expedition came to Japan, Cao Cao sent a general to guard the exit of the Meridian Road, and that general only needed to lead thousands of troops to defend the valley mouth.

In that case, the army that enters the Meridian Road is likely to face danger.

It was precisely because of this concern that Liu Bei had to put it on hold, although he had appreciation for Wei Yan's "Meridian Valley Conspiracy".

Wei Yan was also aware of Liu Bei's concerns, but in his mind, the "Meridian Valley Conspiracy" was a certain possibility.

Of course, at the beginning, because the main commander of Guanzhong was Cao Zhang, Wei Yan only thought about leading the army last year and joining Liu Bei's army in Tongguan.

But recently there were

When the news came, Cao Pi had appointed Xiahou Nan to replace Cao Zhang in Chang'an, and after learning the news, Wei Yan's mind became bigger.

With his mind bigger, Wei Yan thought that he must promote Liu Bei to adopt his strategy.

As a result, Mi Yang, who had just become the Taishou of Hanxing, came into his sight.

In Wei Yan's impression, Mi Yang's style of using troops since he became famous was unexpected.

Moreover, Mi Yang's performance made Wei Yan feel that Mi Yang was strategic, which made Wei Yan feel that Mi Yang had the possibility of agreeing with his strategy.

is not someone Wei Yan values, he will not "discuss" this strategy with that person.

Moreover, the Meridian Dao is in Mi Yang's jurisdiction, and Mi Yang has won Liu Bei's trust, so if his strategy can get Mi Yang's strong support, then Liu Bei's possibility of adopting this strategy will be greatly increased.

This is the real reason why Wei Yan insisted on seeing Mi Yang.

It's just that Wei Yan's character can't say the words to ask Mi Yang, and he only asks Mi Yang to "answer according to the truth" in the end.

Faced with Wei Yan's request to let him answer truthfully, Mi Yang replied with a blank face: "How to march in the coming day, the king has his own plans, and it is not for his subordinates to discuss privately."

According to the situation in this world, Zhuge Liang is likely to stay in Chengdu when Liu Bei's Northern Expedition is in the future.

And since Liu Bei was able to adopt Fa Zheng's strategy of surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain, it shows that Liu Bei is also an adventurous monarch.

The original strategy of Dingjun Mountain seemed to be much more adventurous than Wei Yan's "Meridian Valley Conspiracy".

Therefore, if he strongly supports Wei Yan's strategy, then Liu Bei is indeed very likely to adopt Wei Yan's strategy.

But for any strategy to succeed, it must be adapted to the circumstances.

No one can predict the scene of the Northern Expedition in Japan, maybe Cao Pi will personally conquer?

So in the case of unclear circumstances, Mi Yang didn't want to rashly promise Wei Yan anything.

And Wei Yan also saw the meaning of shirk in Mi Yang's mouth, his brows furrowed, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Seeing that he had not achieved another level of his intentions when he went east this time, Wei Yan was a little displeased.

Displeased, he directly ordered the army to return.

Mi Yang was still on the boat, but Wei Yan directly ordered the army to turn back, which was obviously an order to expel passengers.

Under the order to evict the passengers, Mi Yang led hundreds of guards back to his ship.

As soon as he returned to his ship, Ding Feng, who was beside Mi Yang, said with anger on his face: "In terms of military merit and prestige, the general is far above him, and he is too rude."

Listening to Ding Feng's words, Mi Yang looked at the Wei Yan fleet that was gradually moving away, but his face was very uneasy.

Isn't this Wei Yan?

Otherwise, how can all the ministers be enemies?

Mi Yang ignored Ding Feng's complaints, nor did he care about Wei Yan's behavior, and he let his fleet return to Xicheng.

Xicheng is in ruins, and there are still many things waiting for him to deal with.

Mi Yang's first meeting with Wei Yan ended in an unhappy breakup.