Chapter 537: Wei Yan's thoughts
Wei Yan received Zhuge Qian's secret letter, and he was also quite embarrassed.
To be honest, Wei Yan didn't believe what Zhuge Qian said in the secret letter, and was very skeptical that this was a trick by the chief general of the Wei army.
Today's attack on Chencang City, although it only attacked for one afternoon, the Wei army couldn't help but fight a little, but didn't this Zhuge Qian still fight fires back and forth on the city wall during the day and help the Wei army defend the city?!
Why did you write to yourself as soon as it was evening, saying that she was willing to act as an internal response and surrender the city?!
This doesn't make sense.
If you really have this heart, as long as you put a little water during the day, I will already lead the troops into Chencang City.
Originally, Wei Yan didn't believe that Zhuge Qian had the intention of surrendering to sincerity, and Wei Yan didn't believe what Zhuge Qian and Zhuge Liang were friends with in the Han Dynasty.
Although Wei Yan is very arrogant and doesn't get along well with anyone, he is still very convinced of Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang is notoriously fair and selfless, his younger brother Zhuge can only be a foreigner in the Ministry of Industry, you Zhuge Qian is a grassroots general of the enemy country, and the so-called relationship between the same clan is so far, Zhuge Liang can make friends with you? !
But Wei Yan doesn't believe it, it doesn't mean that Wu Ban doesn't believe it, besides, the current situation is somewhat in line with Shang Shuling's admonition.
Wu Ban hurriedly reminded Wei Yan that before leaving Hanzhong, Fa Zheng had told Wei Yan that when he arrived at Chencang City, he could "treat the enemy with changes".
Maybe it's this Zhuge Qian?!
As soon as Wu Ban reminded him, Wei Yan hesitated.
Wei Yan is a person, although he has an arrogant personality and a bad temper, he is somewhat stubborn and self-serving, but it doesn't mean that Wei Yan can't distinguish between the important and the serious.
Although Wei Yan still felt that with today's offensive situation, it would no longer be difficult to defeat Chen Cangcheng within fifteen days, but after all, it was something that Fa Zheng told him to do.
If it was just the so-called "change of treatment of the enemy" that Fa Zheng advised, Wei Yan might not take it to heart, after all, Wei Yan didn't look down on Fa Zheng too much.
But Wei Yan knew that his task of attacking Chencang Road was related to the success or failure of the entire Northern Expedition strategy, and Fa Zheng told himself that it was not just representing Fa Zheng's personal intentions, this was a part of the entire Northern Expedition strategy.
Therefore, Wei Yan will seriously think about the pros and cons here, and he is also hesitating whether to accept what Zhuge pious believes.
Wei Yan, as the coach, was still hesitating, but Wu Ban on the side couldn't stand it.
"If the general has any doubts, why don't you let the last general lead 500 people from the headquarters to meet him and find out the truth. What does the general think?! Wu Ban proposed to Wei Yan.
Wei Yan has concerns, this is understandable, after all, Wei Yan is the commander of the raid army, in the face of this temptation, if you don't want to believe it, in Wu Ban's opinion, it is a fool's behavior.
Therefore, this kind of thing can't let Wei Yan take risks, so it must be himself, the deputy general, who has to do these things.
First, this kind of mine work was originally the responsibility of Wu Ban.
Second, if what Zhuge Qian said is true, then the first merit of this raid on Chen Cangdao is his Wu Ban.
As for the danger, Wu Ban didn't take it too seriously.
There is no danger in war.
General, how can you achieve something without taking risks.
There are not many opportunities for meritorious service, and many people want to fight like this, but God may not give them a chance.
Therefore, Wu Ban really wanted to carry out this task, and it was not entirely for Wei Yan's trip.
But after thinking about it carefully for a long time, Wei Yan rejected Wu Ban's proposal.
Even Wei Yan didn't know if he had been with Zhang Xi for a long time, and he was somewhat affected, and after rejecting Wu Ban's proposal, Wei Yan was actually rare and explained to Wu Ban the reason for his refusal.
"It's hard to tell whether this is true or false, if it's a trap, it's a trap in danger." Wei Yan explained, "Therefore, if this matter is to be done, you should go in person." With a certain martial art, even if it is a trap, you can escape, just bother Yuanxiong to respond! ”
Let's say this, Wu Ban doesn't know what to say.
I'm very touched that your General Wei cares about the safety of my subordinate, but can you not speak so bluntly, as if once it's a trap, I won't be able to survive if I go?!
Although my martial arts are not as good as your General Wei, the difference is not that big, right?!
But although the words were ugly, after all, Wei Yan was concerned about Wu Ban, and at the same time gave an explanation, although Wu Ban was a little uncomfortable in his heart, he did not feel disgusted with Wei Yan's words.
However, Wu Ban still sighed in his heart: It is rumored that General Wei has a strange personality and is difficult to get along with. Now it seems that it is not difficult to get along with, but it is just a little too direct to speak.
Well, Wu Ban became the first person to defend Wei Yan.
But no matter what, Wei Yan's decision was to choose to believe in Fa Zheng for the time being, and led the troops to respond to Zhuge Qian.
After all, Wei Yan still didn't believe in the sincerity of Zhuge Qian's surrender, but Wei Yan believed in the Northern Expedition strategy formulation team represented by Fa Zheng. Since it is said that "there has been a change", let's believe it for the time being.
Therefore, in the second half of the night, Wei Yan personally selected three hundred soldiers who could see and fight at night, and quietly came to Chencang City according to Zhuge Qian's prior agreement.
In fact, the agreed plan given by Zhuge Qian in the letter is also very simple, and there is no complicated tactic, that is, let Wei Yan come to the gate of Chencang City when he is in Yin, and Zhuge Qian will send someone to open the door and welcome Wei Yan into the city.
The reason why Zaiyin was chosen was not only because this time was the deepest time for people to sleep, but also because it would be dawn in about an hour, in case there was a trap, Wei Yan only needed to hold on for a while, and Wu Ban would be able to lead troops to attack, whether it was to take advantage of the situation to attack the city or to retreat, it was more convenient.
In fact, Wei Yan thought a little more.
He came to the city gate at the appointed time and waited for an ambush for a long time, when he saw the city gate of Chencang slowly opening and the drawbridge slowly lowering.
After a while, Zhuge Qian personally led more than 200 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to appear at the gate of the city, looking around.
And Wei Yan knew that he couldn't hesitate anymore at this time, although there might be fraud, but again, this was also an opportunity.
Wei Yan immediately led the three hundred people of his headquarters to appear and rushed in the direction of the city gate.
And Zhuge Qian saw that Wei Yan's army appeared, and immediately asked the soldiers to get out of the way, allowed the Han army to enter the city, and controlled the city gate.
If there is fraud, then Zhuge Qian should lead his army into the city, let his soldiers regain control of the city gate, pull up the suspension bridge to take the initiative to give up control of the city gate, Zhuge Qian should really want to surrender.
At this time, Wei Yan had the heart to say a few words to Zhuge Qian. Although it was very blunt, Zhuge Qian didn't feel it at all, this General Wei was appreciating himself for "abandoning the dark and turning to the light".
There's no way, this is Wei Yan, what kind of thoughtful words can he say, and he can give you a compliment to Zhuge Qian's behavior of surrendering to the battle, which can already be regarded as the result of Wei Yan's "understanding of etiquette" under the influence of Zhang Xi.
And Wei Yan has not completely put down his heart until now, he is still waiting, waiting for his soldiers to raise fire at the head of the city, and let Wu Ban lead the army into the city.
Before that, Wei Yan's main duty was to guard the city gate.
And for this, Zhuge Qian really can't understand. You have a bird to guard the city gate, why don't you take advantage of this time to join forces with you, kill Xiahou Nan's mansion, and capture the husband of the eldest princess Cao Wei?!
Once Xiahou Mao is captured alive, the blow to Cao Wei will be huge.
Xiahou Nan himself has no ability, it doesn't matter if he is arrested or not, but the political impact of Xiahou Nan's identity is huge, if this kind of person is captured by the Han army, the prestige of Cao Wei will be too great.
Therefore, Zhuge Qian repeatedly suggested that Wei Yan should quickly lead his troops to Xiahou Nan's mansion before Xiahou Nan could react.
Really, if it weren't for the lack of soldiers and horses in his headquarters, and Xiahou Nan's mansion was not undefended, could Zhuge Qian still give this credit to Wei Yan?!
But Wei Yan was unmoved in the end, and he didn't even explain a single sentence to Zhuge Qian.
Wu Banna is his own person, he is his own lieutenant, Wei Yan explained that it was in the past. After all, when they cooperated with Zhang Xi before, the two didn't like each other, but when Zhang Xi should explain, he would still explain it clearly to himself.
Wei Yan felt that this way of getting along was actually quite good, so he unconsciously followed suit.
But you Zhuge Qian is just a general, and now I can't completely rule out the suspicion that you set a trap to lure me into being fooled. Before the army entered the city, Wei Yan would not completely believe Zhuge Qian.
Now Wei Yan still feels that it is most important for him to guard the city gate and open the passage into the city for the army.
As for Xiahou Nan, it's just such a thing, what does it matter if you don't let him escape?!
(End of chapter)