October of the second year of Zhang Wu, Hanzhong.

Wei Yan returned to Hanzhong from Qishan Road through Wudu County, and asked to see Liu Bei as soon as possible.

Although Wei Yan didn't know why Liu Bei wanted to recruit him back to Hanzhong, Wei Yan was somewhat strategically minded and knew that there must be something going on.

Now the entire Yongliang and Hanzhong are preparing for the Northern Expedition, and all the generals with names and surnames have received tasks, including Zhang Yi, who was originally stationed on Longshan Road, and Wang Ping, who was stationed in Jieting, were ordered to go to Shangtai to find Zhao Yun to report.

This is certainly not normal.

If you are like Ma Chao, with a high position and a good character, you don't need it, forget it, Wei Yan is now His Majesty's personal guard, a proper confidant.

Therefore, as soon as Wei Yan received Liu Bei's secret edict, he immediately handed over the military affairs with Ma Chao and hurried back to Hanzhong.

First, Wei Yan knew that he was definitely going to accept a new task, and secondly, Wei Yan felt that it was necessary for him to explain to His Majesty that in fact, in this Northern Expedition, we can really take the Meridian Valley Trail.

When Cao Ren was in Chang'an, we didn't talk about this kind of dream talk, but now that Cao Ren has passed away, the Chang'an guard will be a man named Cao Zhen. Yes, this Cao really has some ability, but compared to Cao Ren, it's always a lot worse, right?!

Besides, isn't the current situation completely different?

When Wei Yan proposed to take the Meridian Valley trail before, Zhang Xi caught the reason and sprayed a good guy, and Wei Yan was about to be angry.

But because Zhang Xi's spray was reasonable, Wei Yan thought about it afterwards, and also felt that if the Meridian Valley plot was to succeed, it was necessary to cooperate with the right time, place, and people.

But now, the situation is different from when Wei Yan proposed the Meridian Valley Scheme.

Now that the Han Dynasty has possessed Yongliang, he can enter the Guanzhong Basin at any time, and he also has a ramp crossing, such a good opportunity cannot be let go.

In the past, the Meridian Valley conspiracy, Zhang Xi sprayed Wei Yan, the most important point is that Wei Yan could not only lead thousands of soldiers to capture Chang'an, and the Qishan mountain road is difficult to travel, if Yongliang is not enough, the Northern Expeditionary Army will not be able to go to Chang'an in time to support Wei Yan.

But now, Yongliang and Bao Shute are in the hands of the big man.

Wei Yan felt that he led thousands of troops out of the Meridian Valley, threatened Chang'an, attracted Cao Zhen to recycle the army back to Chang'an, and created conditions for His Majesty to lead the army out of the Meridian Valley, wouldn't that be the same.

The distance from the valley to Chang'an is not far, as long as Wei Yan can hold on for a while, Liu Bei will be able to come to the city of Chang'an, and at that time, Chang'an will definitely be in a panic and unable to fight. Isn't this a ready-made opportunity to break through Chang'an?!

So, Wei Yan thinks that now is a good time to use the improved version of "Meridian Valley Conspiracy".

The first time Wei Yan met Liu Bei, he proposed such a strategy to Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei heard this, he hesitated.

It is not a question of hesitation to change the strategy, but hesitation to hand over the heavy task of attacking Chen Cangdao to Wei Yan.

Wei Yan's idea is the opposite of the original strategy.

The strategy formulated by Pang Tong and others was to force Cao's army to assemble along the Weishui coast now, and then cut off Cao's army's logistical supply and contact with Chang'an in one fell swoop, force these Cao troops to surrender, and reduce the pressure of the follow-up attack on Chang'an.

The purpose is to put people before the city.

Wei Yan's idea was to use the importance of Chang'an to attract Cao's army to come back, with the aim of occupying the periphery of Guanzhong first, and then besieging Chang'an. It is the strategy of first the city and then the people.

Wei Yan's thoughts were different from the original plan, and Liu Bei also knew very well that Wei Yan's temper and personality This kid is arrogant, and he is even more arrogant than Yun Chang, if you can't convince this kid to be subdued only by military orders, then this kid's combat effectiveness can't be fully exerted at all.

It doesn't matter if Wei Yan is asked to lure the enemy deeper, it is a good thing that Wei Yan can't exert his maximum combat power.

But this kind of thousand-mile raid is still a key task related to the success or failure of the Northern Expeditionary Army, if Wei Yan has resistance in his heart, it is really better not to send him.

Therefore, Liu Bei hesitated slightly, and after arranging for Wei Yan to stay in the pavilion first, he reconvened the four strategists and asked if he would send someone again, such as letting Zhang Xi lead the troops to attack Chen Cangdao?!

Or the third brother.

As soon as Zhuge Liang heard that Wei Yan actually proposed some "Meridian Valley Scheme", even if it was an improved version, Zhuge Liang was also a big head.

Wei Yan is capable, but this person's temper is really bad, and the most important thing is that he still admits death. If it weren't for Zhang Xi being able to partner with Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang really didn't know how to use this person.

Now Zhang Xi must not be able to partner with Wei Yan anymore, and the matter of sneak attack on Chen Cangdao must be made by Wei Yan alone, and he must make his own decision, but if Wei Yanda does not approve of this strategy in his heart, then it is really better not to send this person.

The stakes are high, and Zhuge Liang doesn't want to have an accident because of improper employment.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang also felt that if it was really not possible, he asked Wei Yan to play the banner of Zhang Xi, accompany Liu Bei out of the praise slope, and let Zhang Xi lead the army to attack Chencang Road.

As long as you are careful to beware of Cao Jun's meticulous work, and then let Wei Yan live in a simple house and try not to show up. It's not that it is impossible to hide from Cao.

But Zhang Xi doesn't think so.

Isn't it just that Old Pifu Wei is whimsical again, what a big deal!

Zhang Xi immediately asked Liu Bei to invite Liu Bei to come to the discussion, and Zhang Xi planned to refute Wei Yan in person.

Anyway, that's what I did last time, and Zhang Xi doesn't have any psychological burden to do it again.

What's the improved version of "Meridian Valley Conspiracy", this is just a clumsy plan to startle the snake.

Yes, as soon as you get out of the Meridian Valley, let's not talk about the question of whether you can capture Chang'an, this question has been refuted by Zhang Xi last time, and Zhang Xi doesn't want to waste his saliva.

Let's just say that this plan to attract Cao Jun to return to Chang'an will all be 40,000 or 50,000 people to come back to Chang'an, and if the city is defended, when are we going to fight?!

The Northern Expeditionary Army in Hanzhong plus the troops in the Yongliang area together was only 100,000 people, while Chang'an had 50,000 people.

Yes, your Meridian Valley conspiracy can make everyone enter the Guanzhong very smoothly, but what about after that?!

An army of 100,000 besieged the fortified city of Chang'an, which was guarded by 50,000 people, and there was also the support of Hedong, Sili and other places centered on Luoyang. Can you beat it down?!

Siege warfare is inherently difficult to fight, that is, "Sun Tzu's Art of War", for this kind of comparison of troops, it is also required to "double the divide".

When Wei Yan came, Zhang Xi caught Wei Yan and sprayed, making Wei Yan stunned for a while, but then, he was angry again.

With that look, I can't wait to eat Zhang Xi.

But. Zhuge Liang made a very miraculous discovery, and he didn't know if it was because His Majesty was present, Wei Yan was afraid of His Majesty, or if Wei Yan really didn't dare to take Zhang Xi. Anyway, Wei Yan, who has always been in Zhuge Liang's heart and is not good at getting along with others, faced Zhang Xi's stubbornness, but he just endured this breath.

I was panting there in a huff, and I couldn't even say a cruel word, let alone do it.

Zhuge Liang looked at it, and suddenly understood something. It turns out that this Wei Wenchang is not an unreasonable person, but someone needs to be able to stop him.

Obviously, Zhang Xi can do this.

And the most important thing is that after Zhang Xi finished spraying Wei Yan is brain disease and whimsical, he still insisted on recommending Wei Yan to be the main general of this raid on Chen Cangdao.

After Wei Yan understood the real purpose of recruiting him back to Hanzhong this time, he recalled how hard Zhang Xifei sprayed himself before. Wei Yan didn't know what to say.

Wei Yanma, just that virtue, arrogant temperament, will not admit mistakes.

Even if Zhang Xi sprayed him this time to help him speak, and still recommended him afterwards and asked him to take on the heavy responsibility, Wei Yan still wouldn't give Zhang Xi any good look, and still glared at Zhang Xi with a blue face.

However, the task should be taken or accepted, and there was no hesitation at all.

Liu Bei couldn't stand it anymore.

After the end of the military discussion, Liu Bei specially left Wei Yan for a while, saying that he would explain the details of Wei Yan's mission. But in fact, all the details of the mission have been almost said during the military discussion just now, and the rest is a matter of immediate response.

Liu Bei just wanted to persuade Wei Yan. You're already in your forties, so you can't restrain your temper a little?!

Wei Yan's popularity is not good, Liu Bei knew about this, but Liu Bei didn't care about it at first. The second brother and the third brother are not liked by everyone, as long as they can have a good relationship with some people, it is enough.

But Wei Yan has been developing until later, and he has become a Hanzhong Taishou, and no one likes him, even if he works with him, he complains a lot, which is not a problem for some people to be cautious, but Wei Yan's behavior is a problem.

When he got here, Liu Bei still didn't take it too seriously.

Wei Yan can fight, he has the ability, he has the brains, and his ability to lead the troops is really strong, and among the generals of the Mesozoic Era, he is second only to Zhang Xi.

And at that time, Wei Yan partnered with Zhang Xi in every major battle, and he completed the task very well every time, so Liu Bei felt that although Wei Yan's popularity was a little worse, at least it was easy to use in military affairs, which was not a big problem.

But now, Liu Bei's mind has changed.

Liu Bei gradually realized that he was getting old and began to plan for the future. If Wei Yan continues to be so arrogant, once he doesn't have his own care, Wei Yan will suffer a big loss.

Fortunately, Liu Bei felt that Wei Yan was at least partnering with Zhang Xi very smoothly, although the two of them were rumored to be incompatible, but at least it would be a little better than Wei Yan's relationship with others, and it should not be a big problem to ask Zhang Xi to take care of Wei Yan when he turned around.

But now Liu Bei found that it seemed that between Zhang Xi and Wei Yan was not what he thought, and the contradiction between the two seemed to be very big.

Zhang Xi also had an understanding, although Wei Yan sprayed quite ruthlessly, but in the end he chose to support Wei Yan as the main general of this raid on Chen Cangdao.

But Wei Yan's approach was a bit too much.

People are friends with you, and they have the grace of recommendation, although you do have a lot of face, but at this time, you don't say thank you to others, at least give a good face? !

As a result, you still have such a stinky face, what are you going to do?!

If I'm not here in the future, who will tolerate you if you don't restrain your stinky temper!!

(End of chapter)