To some extent, Wei Yan was still influenced by "a certain guy" in his mouth.

Wei Yan in history, that is the person who knew that the army was discouraged after Zhuge Liang's death, and he still had to lead the troops to continue the Northern Expedition.

This is not that Wei Yan has any dissenting intentions, it is purely that Wei Yan overestimated his influence in the army, thinking that although the prime minister died of illness, he Wei Yan is still there, and he can still clean up the army's heart and continue to fight against the Wei army.

You can't waste the opportunity, and you can't just watch the advantages that the prime minister has built up so hard to be wasted, right?!

I really can't say that Wei Yan is wrong, but he does overestimate his own influence, and he also underestimates the influence of the prime minister.

But now, Wei Yan can actually listen to the persuasion of his colleagues and reflect on his decision, which is already a great change.

Although Wei Yan must have killed and did not admit that it was the influence of "a certain guy", but for so many years, the person who Wei Yan has partnered with the most is Zhang Xi, not Zhang Xi, who else can give Wei Yan such a big influence.

So, although Wei Yan didn't want to admit it, deep down, Wei Yan still knew that sometimes the way of thinking of "that guy" was also useful, but he really couldn't think too much, and he had to worry about this and fear that like that guy, so don't fight this battle.

Therefore, you can't do nothing just because Guo Huai may be cheating, what if Guo Huai is really preparing to withdraw the army?!

Allowing Guo Huai to prepare to withdraw his troops so freely, wouldn't that be a delay in the fighter plane?!

So, Wei Yan thought about it and felt that it should not be possible for the army to go out of the city to fight, but it was not in line with his style to do nothing. Wei Yan looked at Wang Ping.

Wang Ping's face suddenly turned bitter.

It's really not that he Wang Ping is cowardly and avoids the war, but the conditions really don't allow it.

"General Wei, Wudang Feijun now. There are only about 600 people left. Wang Ping was very tactful and raised his difficulties to Wei Yan.

When he set out from the west side of Sanguan, Wang Ping set off with a total of 3,000 Wudang Fei troops, and crossed the mountains and mountains to the back of Sanguan, leaving about 2,700 people.

At this time, he encountered the elite of the 5,000 Wei army forbidden army led by Zhu Zan to support Meixian, Wang Ping was desperately entangled along the way, delaying the speed of the 5,000 elite army led by Zhu Zan, but he also paid hundreds of casualties.

After that, in order to respond to Wu Ban's rear army stationed in situ and wait for Wei Yan's response, Wudang Feijun also made its own efforts, and in the end only more than 1,100 people remained, and finally withdrew to Meixian from other roads.

Theoretically speaking, the Wudang Flying Army at this time did not completely collapse, and it was already due to the fact that the Han Dynasty gave too much of it.

After all, Yi people, in this era, are basically not people, to put in the north, that is, to be captive, life and death are in the minds of those in power, and in the east, that is a labor base only in Dahan, not only teach them to farm, but as long as they participate in the Wudang Flying Army, the family can also get a share of land, even if they die in battle, the land will not be recovered.

This is the reason why the Wudang Flying Army is still fighting.

But the problem is that this battle loss ratio is too big, so big that even Wang Ping is a little unacceptable, but this matter is not over.

After entering Meixian County, he hadn't rested for a few days, because of Wei Yan's need to defend the city, Wang Ping had to take the remaining Wudang Fei Army to fight again, and finally removed some of the wounded, and there were only more than 600 people left who could continue to fight.

When he set off, there were 3,000 people, and now there are only 600 people left, which is no longer a question of whether he can go to the battlefield, and it is already a miracle that the Wudang Flying Army has not directly rebelled so far.

This army no longer has the ability to fight again, and if they have to fight, it is very likely that they will directly defect to the battlefield.

What Wang Ping wanted to say, Wei Yan actually understood.

After all, he is also a character who guards one side, and Wei Yan can still see this thing clearly.

But now, he can't help it, right?!

Guo Huai led Cao Wei's Central Forbidden Army, and what kind of combat effectiveness the Central Forbidden Army was, Wei Yan had already seen it when he was responding to Wu Ban.

If the county soldiers of the Han Dynasty are allowed to go out of the city to face this group of Cao Wei forbidden troops, they will definitely not be able to defeat them, and if they accidentally fall into a heavy siege, they will have to send more people to pick them up, so it is better not to go out of the city, and rely on the city defense to defend it.

That is, the Wudang Flying Army still has the strength to fight. Even if you can't beat it, you can safely withdraw it by relying on your foot strength.

Therefore, Wei Yan patiently explained to Wang Ping, "This battle is not for a forcible attack, you only need to harass from the side to make it unpeaceful. If there was a discord, you would have been allowed to act cheaply. ”

Wei Yan's meaning was to give full play to the advantage of the Wudang Feijun's foot strength to harass and guerrilla the Wei army outside the city, and even allowed Wang Ping and the soldiers of the Wudang Feijun to fight, Wei Yan even allowed them to act cheaply.

The so-called cheap action means that they do not set a clear purpose for the war, and allow them to decide the time to attack and harass themselves, and as long as they do carry out the harassment war, then they will not be held accountable after the war, regardless of success or failure.

This is a relatively generous military order.

But. This military order is very attractive to Wang Ping, but it doesn't mean anything to those Wudangfei soldiers who only have more than 600 people left.

Those soldiers no longer have much determination and will to fight.

Then Wei Yan said - if you don't have the determination and will to fight, then find one for them.

For example, as long as they go to war, regardless of life and death, the whole army of more than 600 people, all tax-exempt and various kinds of forced labor for ten years.

According to the rules formulated by Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi in Nanzhong, as long as they participate in the Wudang Feijun, then the fields will definitely be distributed, and the families of the Wudang Feijun will also directly enter the Han nationality and become Han people, which is a preferential treatment.

Ordinary people who serve in the army must also have merit to become naturalized, and ordinary people must work for a certain number of years and pay a certain amount of taxes before they can be allowed to be naturalized.

However, naturalization is naturalization, taxes still have to be paid, and forced labor still has to be borne, which is also a big burden for ordinary families in this era of war.

Once the tax exemption and forced labor are exempted, it can indeed arouse the remaining 600 or so soldiers to work hard and make a good life for their families.

Moreover, there are only more than 600 people who are exempt from taxation and forced labor for ten years, which is not a great burden for the Jihan group, which occupies the three states of Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Liangzhou.

At this point, Wei Yan has more concepts than Liu Yin, after all, Wei Yan came out of the bottom and knew that there were really not many things that the people needed.

Even this matter, Wei Yan didn't need to ask others for instructions, he only needed to add a sentence on the battle merit list, Liu Bei might not even have to think about it, and just approve it.

But this condition can indeed arouse the desire to fight the remaining 600 Wudang Flying Army.

No matter what year it is, it is common sense that it is better to work hard for someone than to work hard for yourself.

Since the combat mission is not too harsh, and the rewards are so abundant. Fight hard, no matter whether you live or not, your family can live a good life, so let's do it.

The morale of the Wudang Fei Army was boosted again, but Wang Ping did not immediately lead the troops out of the city, and Wei Yan did not rush to send the 600 Wudang Fei Army.

The morale that is stimulated in this way has only one chance, and Wei Yan and Wang Ping must grasp the opportunity and send it out at the most appropriate time in order to achieve the greatest effect.

And this time doesn't need Wei Yan to wait too long.

On the afternoon of the eighth day of Guo Huai's siege of Meixian, an army of no less than 3,000 people appeared in the southwest of Meixian County, which was rapidly approaching Guo Huai's camp.

At this time, Guo Huai did not sit still, and also sent Wen Qin again, leading 5,000 troops, to intercept this army.

Then Guo Huai's remaining 30,000 troops began to move.

The whole army marched to the east of Meixian County.

At the same time, Cao Zhen of the north gate of Meixian County also gave up the attack on the north gate, and also began to pull out the village and set up camps, like the east gate of Meixian County.

Obviously, this is a sign that the two armies are going to converge.

At this time, Wei Yan was somewhat hesitant.

The Han army in the southwest is only 3,000 in number, which cannot be proved at all that this is the vanguard of the main force of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, now this army is still three or four miles away from Meixian County, and Wei Yan can't see the banner of the leading general, let alone who the leading general is, so Wei Yan doesn't dare to be careless at all.

In case this is a game that Guo Huai made for himself, he rashly led his troops to fight and respond, but he would be tricked.

Therefore, Wei Yan transferred troops to reinforce the defense of the east gate, and went to the east gate of Meixian County to defend himself, and on the other hand, asked Wang Ping to quickly lead his troops out of the west gate of Meixian County.

Let Wang Ping send troops at this time, not to let Wang Ping take the Wudang Fei Army to cooperate with the Han army in the southwest to flank the Wei army in front and rear, but to let Wang Ping attack the rear flank of Guo Huai's main force.

There is only one goal - to do everything possible to burn the grain and grass on the rear flank of Guo Huai's army, or to delay the advance of Guo Huai's army.

In short, it is to gain time, so that Wei Yan can have enough time to determine whether the army coming from the southwest is the main force of his own army.

In addition, it is not possible for Guo Huai to complete the relocation of the camp so smoothly and completely converge with Cao Zhen.

Of course, Wei Yan also told Wang Ping that if the war did not go well and he encountered an ambush, then Wang Ping did not want to fight, nor did he need to return to the city, he could directly escape into the nearby mountains and forests, make a detour to find the main force of the Han army, meet with the main force of the Han army, and report the current battle situation in Meixian.

The implication is that even if Wang Ping is in danger, it is impossible for Wei Yan to go out of the city to meet them, and their life and death are completely under their own control.

With such a mission, Wang Ping led six hundred Wudang Flying Army to fight again.

(End of chapter)