This is of course a very familiar name to Liu Zhang. Yan Yan is a famous general in Yizhou and the oldest general in Yizhou. Long before Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan entered Shu, Yan Yan had already served as the guard of Shu.
After Liu Yan became the shepherd of Yizhou, he wanted to win over the local forces in Yizhou, so he did not dare to neglect this veteran general. Yan Yan was highly valued by Liu Yan and was worshiped as the prefect of Ba County. Ba
The county is located in the southeast of Yizhou and adjacent to Jingzhou. It is an important barrier to the southeast of Yizhou. If Bajun is lost, the enemy can move up the Tuojiang River and approach Chengdu. Yan Yan was appointed as the prefect of Bajun, which shows his status and
High ability.
Hearing Pang Xi's proposal to let Yan Yan lead the reinforcements, Liu Zhang's panic faded slightly. As Yan Yan was the number one veteran general in Yizhou, Liu Zhang's trust in Yan Yan was greater than his trust in Zhang Ren.
However, Liu Zhang never made up his mind to resist Cao Jun.
"My lord, if General Yan leads the army, we will be able to repel Cao's army." Seeing Liu Zhang's hesitation, Huang Quan gritted his teeth and said, "If General Yan is defeated by Cao's army, it will not be too late for my lord to surrender again.
My lord is the shepherd of Yizhou and a clan member of the Han clan. As long as he is willing to surrender, no matter the time, Cao Cao will treat him favorably."
The last half of the sentence was just what Huang Quan said to appease Liu Zhang. Given Huang Quan's loyalty, he would rather be in pieces than in ruins. He would never want Yizhou to return to Cao Cao's rule. And in Huang Quan's view, as long as
Yan Yan rushed to Chengdu with reinforcements. Cao's army had no reason to win. Moreover, Yan Yan was not like Leng Bao, and would never make such simple and fatal mistakes as underestimating the enemy when the two armies were fighting.
"Then, let's do it this way, and quickly send General Yan to rescue Chengdu." Liu Zhang finally gave the instruction, although his tone was not firm.
Just as Liu Zhang issued the order to transfer Yan Yan to Chengdu, Gao Shun's letter urging him to surrender was sent to Huang Quan's study.
After Li Yan surrendered to Cao Cao, Huang Quan had expected that Li Yan would probably explain everything in Chengdu to Cao Jun, and maybe he would reveal to the other side that Liu Zhang had been wavering between surrendering. By then, Cao Jun would be in charge
Knowing that Liu Zhang had a dark character, he would probably issue a letter to persuade him to surrender.
Therefore, Huang Quan had already told Liu Zhang's personal attendants that if there were any letters sent from Cao Ying, they should be given directly to Huang Quan and must not be given to Liu Zhang.
Huang Quan had great prestige in Yizhou, and the servants in Liu Zhang's mansion were all selected by Huang Quan, which could be regarded as having a relationship with Huang Quan, so those servants did not disobey his orders.
Although Huang Quan himself knew that such behavior was taboo for ministers, Huang Quan knew better how cowardly Liu Zhang was. Today he finally managed to persuade the other party to cancel the idea of surrender, but if he saw
If he received a letter of persuasion to surrender, Liu Zhang might change his mind and surrender again the next moment.
Huang Quan would never allow this kind of thing to happen. Therefore, no matter what the content of any letter sent from Cao Ying was, it would be intercepted so that Liu Zhang would not know anything about it.
Huang Quan had made up his mind to plead guilty to Liu Zhang after the battle. No matter what kind of punishment he encountered, he would have no objection even if he was dismissed from office.
Looking at the surrender letter in his hand, which was half persuasive and half threatening, Huang Quan sneered slightly. Although he had no intention of letting Yizhou surrender to Cao Cao, he might as well have a make-believe with the other party. After all, what Yizhou lacks most now is time. Cao Jun has already
After defeating Mianzhu, they will be able to reach Chengdu in the near future, but Yan Yan is far away in Bajun. Even if he returns to the rescue at full speed, it will take several days. If Cao Ying's letter of persuasion to surrender can be used to buy a few days, then it will be better.
Nothing better.
Therefore, Huang Quan sent an envoy to Cao Ying to discuss the "surrender" matter, but the envoy repeatedly argued over some minor conditions, making it difficult for Cao Jun to obtain the final decision of Yizhou's surrender.
Although Gao Shun was impatient, envoys had been sent to Chengdu to discuss the surrender, so Cao Jun was naturally embarrassed to launch an attack on Chengdu. At first, Gao Shun thought this was Chengdu's delaying strategy to wait for the troops at Jiange Pass to return for reinforcements.
Therefore, Gao Shun sent out scouts early to investigate deep into Jiange Pass. Once there was any movement in the army there, he would ignore the situation and attack Chengdu first.
However, there has been no movement at Jiange Pass, so Gao Shun thought that he was being too preoccupied. Maybe the Chengdu side really just wanted to gain some more benefits after surrendering.
On the third day after the capture of Mianzhu, a piece of news made Gao Shun almost crazy - Yan Yan, the governor of Bajun, led an army of four thousand and entered Chengdu.
Gao Shuncai realized that he had made a big mistake. He had been focusing on the direction of Jiange Pass, but completely ignored the possibility of sending reinforcements from other places.
How could Gao Shun not be impressed by Yan Yan? He was a famous general who could be compared with Zhang Ren and Li Yan! Not to mention, he also brought 4,000 people into Chengdu City, bringing the number of troops in the city to 6,000
Five hundred people!
And with only 3,000 soldiers on our side, how could we capture the city of Chengdu with twice as many defenders as our own?