Meng Huo was furious, Zhu Rong hated Yan Liang for "ruining" his daughter, and the other barbarian generals were also furious.
Liu Zhang, who was a guest, also joined Meng Huo and criticized Yan Liang.
Only Li Yan had a sneer flashing in his eyes.
Having fought against Yan Jun, he knew how powerful Yan Liang was. That day he complimented Meng Huo so much that he wanted to make Meng Huo arrogant and underestimate the enemy, so that he could use Yan Liang's hands to teach those who humiliated him a lesson.
Barbarians.
The defeat of the barbarian army had long been expected by Li Yan.
Just as Li Yan was secretly sneering, Meng Huo had already issued an order, ordering the allied forces to set off immediately, and the 60,000-strong army rushed towards Nan'an, determined to avenge this hatred.
At this time, Yong Kai rolled his eyes and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Yan Thief is cunning and accustomed to tricks, so we might as well use a trick to retaliate against Yan Thief."
After all, Yong Kai was a Han, and he was well-educated in military science, and he had some ingenuity in his mind. Otherwise, Meng Huo would not have made him the prime minister of Dayue.
When Meng Huo heard that Yong Kai had a plan, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and asked what the plan was.
Yongkai then said: "If Yan Liang wins a victory now, he will be arrogant. Why don't your king send a general to Nan'an to challenge him? If he then feigns defeat and flees, then Yan Liang will underestimate the enemy and pursue him. When the time comes, our army will set up an ambush halfway, and we will surely be able to defeat him."
A total victory."
Meng Huo nodded repeatedly, deeply convinced, and asked among the generals who dared to go to Nan'an to challenge Yan Liang.
When the barbarian generals under the tent were about to invite the troops to fight, Yong Kai said: "My Dai Yue generals have been living in Nanzhong for a long time and are not familiar with the terrain in the Jianwei area. Why don't the king ask Liu Yizhou to send an army to carry out this plan to lure the enemy?"
Meng Huo heard that this was reasonable, so he turned his attention to Liu Zhang and asked him if he was willing.
How dare Liu Zhang refuse Meng Huo, and he suffered from the fact that he had no say in the coalition forces. He was just trying to increase his voice by contributing some efforts, so he was ready to agree.
Before the words were spoken, Li Yan winked at Liu Zhang repeatedly, indicating that he should not agree.
Liu Zhang didn't know what Li Yan was thinking and ignored Li Yan's dissuasion, so he immediately accepted the job happily.
Liu Zhang was willing to help, and Meng Huo became more polite to him. He ordered a banquet, drank with Liu Zhang, and discussed a plan to defeat the enemy.
Having gained Meng Huo's respect, Liu Zhang became proud and only returned to his Shu army camp when he was half drunk.
After entering the Chinese army's tent, Liu Xun, Zhang Ren, Ma Chao and other close confidants had been waiting anxiously for a long time.
There were no outsiders left. Li Yan, who was helping Liu Zhang enter, frowned and said, "My lord, just now Meng Huo asked my lord to send troops. The general has been hinting that my lord refuses, so why does my lord agree?"
"Since we have united with Meng Huo, it is natural for us to contribute some strength. Otherwise, after defeating Yan Liang, what credit will we use to negotiate terms with Meng Huo." Liu Zhang said half drunk.
Li Yan had nothing to say for a moment. People around him didn't know what was going on and asked what was going on.
Li Yan then angrily told everyone about what happened in Meng Huo's tent.
"Having said that, even if we succeed in luring the enemy into defeat this time, we will definitely lose a lot of troops. It was precisely because Yong Kai was afraid of losing his own soldiers that he asked the lord to send troops. Today, only the remaining troops of our army are left.
There are less than 30,000, and the source of troops has been cut off. Every dead soldier will lose one. How can they be sacrificed so easily?"
Zhang Ren was extremely clear-headed and immediately stood on Li Yan's side.
The two generals he trusted were now opposing him, which made Liu Zhang, who had just regained some self-esteem, suddenly feel unhappy.
"It's easy for you to say that. If I don't agree to help now, how can Meng Huo look at me in a different light? How can he change his past attitude and treat me with such courtesy?" Liu Zhang asked with a straight face.
Zhang Ren's brows suddenly furrowed as he struck, and he said in a deep voice: "My lord, please forgive me for bluntly stating that Meng Huo is just a barbarian chieftain, and the barbarians under his command are just a mob. My lord does not need to be so tolerant to him.
There is no need to be so groveling to Meng Huo, it is really an insult to the royal status of the Lord Liu family."
Zhang Ren has an upright character and sincere advice, so he will speak out and give advice regardless of the situation.
Liu Zhang heard this but it was extremely harsh and he couldn't help but look angry.
Ma Chao, who was standing next to him, saw this and said: "General Zhang, what you said is too much. When Gaozu was besieged in Pingcheng, didn't he bear the humiliation and make peace with the Huns? Now my lord has temporarily endured the humiliation and burden for the great cause of Yizhou. It's true.
It's the legacy of our great ancestors. As a minister, it's fine that you can't share my lord's worries. But to be so cold and sarcastic doesn't chill my lord's heart."
What about enduring humiliation and bearing the legacy of our great ancestors? Ma Chao gave Liu Zhang enough face with just a few words, allowing Liu Zhang to find enough excuses for his humiliation and weakness.
Liu Zhang was deeply convinced, and immediately showed indignation, glaring at Zhang Rendao: "You are an old minister who has followed me for many years, but you are not as good as Meng Qi in understanding me. This really chills and disappoints me.
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"Lord, I will be the last one——"
"Okay, there's no need to say any more. I've made my mind up. There's no need to persuade anymore." Liu Zhang didn't want to listen to Zhang Ren's explanation anymore and waved his hand to interrupt.
Zhang Renkong felt aggrieved, but Liu Zhang blocked him mercilessly. His face turned red from holding back, and he could only sulk.
Li Yan on the side saw Zhang Ren's advice being misunderstood by Liu Zhang, and the look of disappointment in his eyes became even heavier.
While sighing secretly, a thought flashed through my mind.
My thoughts turned around and I soon made up my mind.
Li Yan immediately said: "Since my lord has made up his mind, the general will lead an army to carry out this fraudulent defeat plan and lure Yan Liang into being fooled."
Liu Zhang was worried about the opposition of his generals and didn't know who to assign to attack. Li Yan's initiative to ask for battle was like solving a big problem for him.
Liu Zhang, who had a gloomy look on his face, suddenly beamed with joy and said with relief: "Zhengfang knows the general idea and can share the worries of my government. Well, I will order you to lead an army of five thousand and go north to Nan'an according to your plan."
"I will definitely live up to my lord's trust." Li Yan complied with the order and resigned first in the name of preparing for the attack.
When he came out of the tent, the generosity on Li Yan's face disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Looking up at the dim starry sky, Li Yan let out a long sigh.
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Two days later, Yan Liang, who was in Nan'an, received information that Shu general Li Yan led 5,000 Shu troops and marched north along the Min River to fifteen miles south of Nan'an City.
According to the scout's report, Li Yan seemed to want to come and take back Nan'an City with an army of five thousand.
"Five thousand soldiers and horses dare to come to capture Nan'an. This Li Yan is really interesting." After hearing this information, Yan Liang suddenly became interested.
"Nan'an has an army of 50,000. Li Zhengfang is familiar with the art of war and will not make this mistake. He must have other motives for leading his army here this time." Fazheng pointed it out, and his tone seemed to be very dissatisfied with Li Yan.
learn.
Only then did Yan Liang remember that in the original history, Fazheng, Zhang Song and Li Yan had very good personal relationships with each other. In the past, Liu Zhang sent Li Yan to fight against Liu Bei, and Li Yan surrendered without a fight, which was also very interesting.
association.
Thinking of this, Yan Liang said: "Xiaozhi, I heard that you have a close personal relationship with this Li Yan. Do you think there is any possibility of recruiting him to surrender?"
Fazheng fell into deep thought.
After a while, Fa Zheng said: "Zhengfang is extremely talented and often does things unexpectedly. I am not completely sure whether I can recruit him or not, but I thought I could take this opportunity to test him out first."
Yan Liang nodded slightly and agreed with Fa Zheng's request.
So Fa Zheng wrote a letter that day and secretly sent someone to Li Yan's camp to persuade Li Yan to surrender.
Not long after the messenger left, Li Yan sent a reply letter, which contained only one line:
When the battle comes, Yan Yu and Yan Da Sima have a chat in front of the formation.
After a brief discussion before the battle, Li Yan neither said to surrender nor refused, but instead proposed to talk before the battle. This reply was somewhat unexpected.
The explanation given by Fazheng was that Li Yan was somewhat self-reliant in his temperament, and because he was concerned about his face, he did not want to surrender silently, so he wanted to use a talk before the battle to show that Yan Liang valued him.
Li Yan was a man of great talent. Historically, he was one of the three ministers who supported Liu Bei in Yong'an.
According to Liu Bei Tuogu's intention, Li Yan was to lead the army outside and Zhuge Liang was in charge of the government inside. As a result, Li Yan's political methods were not as good as Zhuge Liang's, leaving all the military and political power in Shu to be controlled by Zhuge Liang.
Although Liu Bei is a person I hate, I still admire his ability to recognize people. Since Li Yan has such a great talent, if he can really be used by me, it would be worthwhile to give him some face.
After weighing the situation, Yan Liang immediately agreed to Li Yan's request.
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In the afternoon of the next day, according to the prior agreement, Li Yan led five thousand Shu troops and left the camp to attack the city.
Yan Liang led 30,000 troops out of the city and formed an array behind the city.
The two armies were separated by more than a hundred steps and their formations were completed.
Not long after, I saw an enemy general from the Shu army on the opposite side, who was described as heroic, coming out of the formation. He raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Li Yan from Yizhou is here. Yan Ziyi, I heard that you are superb in martial arts. Do you dare to fight to the death with Li?"
After many years of traveling across the world, this was the first time that someone called out in front of the two armies to fight to the death with Yan Liang.
Anyone who dared to be arrogant in front of Yan Liang would often end up badly. If there was no prior agreement, Yan Liang would simply ignore it and directly send an army to kill Li Yan and his five thousand Shu troops.
At this time, Yan Liang smiled coldly, rode out of the battle, and stepped forward slowly with the Green Dragon Sword in hand.
As soon as that majestic tower-like body appeared in front of the two armies, the soldiers of Shu, who had been repeatedly defeated in battles, were horrified.
Reining his horse ten steps away, Yan Liang stood with his sword drawn across his face, his face as leisurely as a floating cloud.
Just when he was about to say something to surrender, he suddenly saw Li Yan shouting violently, riding his horse and charging towards Yan Liang with his sword drawn.
Li Yan's move not only surprised Yan Liang, but also Fazheng who was watching the battle in the formation.
Could it be that Li Yan's so-called talk before the battle was just to lure me out alone and kill me with his own strength so that he could complete his victory in one battle?
A big question mark flashed in Yan Liang's mind.
Immediately, the question marks in my mind were replaced by pride and arrogance.
"You, Li Yan, want to take my life. You are really overestimating your capabilities!"
A sneer rose from the corner of his mouth. Yan Liang's body was as tall as Mount Tai, standing still, with his sword on his horse, smiling as he watched Li Yan rush towards him like the wind. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
