As soon as Li Yan's words came out, everyone felt a dark wind blowing behind their heads and fell silent. No one dared to say another word. Li Yan probably felt that he had gone too far, so he slowed down his tone and encouraged him, but what happened?
It was impossible to calm down the atmosphere, even if Meng Da was there to help.
It was supposed to be a display to boost morale and bring people closer together, but now it had an ominous flavor.
After returning to the camp, Yinfan came to Li Yan's camp. Before he could speak, Li Yan sighed: "Yuanfeng, it seems that Wei Ba's influence is far greater than ours. I think Meng Dadu
I am a little biased towards that boy, this battle... is difficult to win."
Seeing what Li Yan said, Yinfan couldn't say anything anymore, but said patiently: "Wei Ba's young man suddenly became rich, so he is inevitably a little arrogant. Now the general has to rely on him, so it is reasonable for him to put on some airs. General.
With a high position and great authority, you have to compete with the Prime Minister, and you should be courteous and virtuous, and obey others. As long as you can win this battle, defeat the Prime Minister, assist the Holy King, and achieve unparalleled achievements, a hundred years later, you will be worthy of the late emperor and the history of Qing Dynasty.
Wei Ba and his ilk are nothing more than incorruptible at best."
Li Yan chuckled: "He is Lian Po, but I am Zhao Kuo?"
Yinfan quickly bowed: "General, that's not what Fan meant."
Li Yan waved his hand: "I understand. Yuanfeng, although we have known each other for a short time, we hit it off right away. You also know that if Wei Ba doesn't come, I can capture Xiangyang, but it will inevitably cause great damage. For the sake of the country, it is better to
We want him to come to Xiangyang as soon as possible. Can you go to Linyuan?"
Yinfan was stunned for a moment, then responded: "How dare you disobey your orders."
Li Yan gave a bitter smile. He stood up, walked to Yinfan's side, and patted Yinfan on the shoulder: "Yuanfeng, thank you for your hard work."
"The general has shown me the kindness of knowing me, and I should do my best for him."
"Very good. My son Li Feng is not here. I treat Yuanfeng like a son, and Yuanfeng should treat me like a father." Li Yan stared into Yinfan's eyes and said word by word: "I hope you won't disappoint me."
Looking into Li Yan's eyes, Yinfan suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart, as if he was being targeted by a fierce tiger. He quickly bowed and said: "General, Fan will repay the general with all his heart."
Li Yan let go of Yinfan. A look of fatigue appeared on his face: "I'm a little tired. Starting tomorrow, I will arrange for Feng Jin and others to attack Hanshui River, cut off the pontoon bridge, and if possible, conquer Fancheng first, and then besiege Xiangyang Gucheng. It is estimated that it will take
It will take about a month to complete. During this time, you should go to Linyuan. Help me take a good look at Wei Ba's strength and see if he is going all out or just trying to cope with it."
Yinfan responded and turned around to go out of the tent. Li Yan watched him leave. When his back disappeared from the tent door, the corner of Li Yan's mouth twitched, he reached into his arms, and slowly took out a letter in front of his eyes.
After staring at it for a long time without opening it, he put the letter on his front and lit it. The bamboo paper was rolled up by the fire, illuminating Li Yan's gloomy eyes and the two knife-like wrinkles on his nose.
When Yinfan returned to his tent, he felt a burst of cold sweat break out from his body. He sat in front of the case and sat quietly for a long time. What Li Yan just said shocked him. He didn't know what Li Yan just said.
Are you telling the truth, or are you trying to test him? As a spy, he must always be vigilant and deal with all unexpected situations.
Li Yan asked him to go to Linyuan to urge Wei Ba to come to Xiangyang as soon as possible. This matter was not in his plan. He thought about it, trying to figure out Li Yan's thoughts, and felt that there seemed to be no doubt about it. Wei Ba was famous for his mechanical skills.
In the world, if you want to attack a city, having people like him can indeed increase your chances of victory. However, it is precisely because of Wei Ba's mechanical skills that Sima Yi did not want Wei Ba to come to Xiangyang too early, so Li Yan asked him to go to Linyuan
Urging Wei Ba gave him a chance.
Yinfan thought for a long time, wrote a small note, carefully rolled it up, stuffed it into the edge of the cuffs, and carefully smoothed out the wrinkles until no flaw could be seen.
The next day, Yinfan rushed to Linyuan with a dozen guards. These guards were arranged by Li Yan to protect him. In fact, they could also be said to monitor him. Yinfan's every move was under their sight.
However, Hidden still took advantage of Chu Gong's opportunity to press the note in his sleeve under a stone. Half an hour after he left, a Wei Jun craftsman came out of Cao Cao and took away the information.
When Yinfan arrived in Jiangling, Sima Shi received this information. After pondering for a while, he came to see Sima Yi with the information.
"Father."
Sima Yi, who was leaning on the desk and looking at a map, turned his face sideways, glanced at him sideways, and waved his hand, indicating that he should sit down before talking. As Master Sima sat down, he sent Yinfan's situation to him.
Sima Yi didn't answer it, but took a look at Sima Shi's hand. The words on the note were very cryptic. They looked like a few innocent poems, but in fact they were all cryptic, and only a few people involved could understand them.
"Li Yan has a big heart, but little courage, and his tactics are very conservative." Sima Yi picked up the water cup, took a sip, and said unhurriedly: "This doesn't quite resemble his temper."
Master Sima smiled: "At this moment, at that moment, he is not strong enough now. He is facing the real main force of our great Wei Dynasty, not those rabble. You should be more cautious."
"Yeah." Sima Yi smiled: "Zi Yuan, you don't know, this kind of person is terrifying. Because he can change. When he sees the weak, he will become a fierce tiger. When he sees the strong, he temporarily puts away his claws and pretends to be
You act like a harmless deer, but when you show a flaw, he will use his beautiful antlers to kill you in one fell swoop."
Master Sima glanced at Sima Yi with a half-smile: "Is he more difficult to deal with than Kong Ming?"
"Why not?" Sima Yi stared at Master Sima and said slowly.
Master Sima stopped laughing. He frowned and said softly: "Father, do you think Zhang He failed to conquer Guanzhong because Zhang He was incompetent?"
"I never said Zhang He was incompetent." Sima Yi shook his head: "Of course I didn't say Zhuge Liang was incompetent, but compared with Li Yan, Zhuge Liang still has traces to follow. You can more or less know what he is going to do in advance. But Li Yan is like this
It's hard for you to predict his next move." He raised his chin and pointed at the information in Sima Shi's hand: "We originally had the hidden chess piece of Yin Fan. But now that Yin Fan has gone to Linyuan, we are in Li Yan's hands.
There are no spies around him anymore. Who can guarantee that his tactics will not change?"
"But this kind of fighting method is quite satisfactory. It is indeed a relatively safe fighting method." Master Sima asked suspiciously: "Father, do you think Li Yan deliberately drove away Yinfan?"
"I don't know, but I can doubt it." Sima Yi twirled his beard and said unhurriedly: "You can't not believe it, but you can't believe it completely. Whether this is the case depends on whether Li Yan really uses troops like this.
But..." He pondered for a moment: "Actually, no matter whether it changes or remains unchanged, we can't guess his thoughts. The biggest variable is that young man. I am very worried about Yinfan's safety."
Master Sima was stunned.
"Don't forget, Wei Ba is a Jian. Peng Heng went to see him again. He probably already knows that Yinfan is a Jian. Do you think he will kill Yinfan to avoid future troubles?"
Master Sima was shocked: "Father, should we inform Yinfan?"
"No need." Sima Yi smiled coldly: "Since Yinfan is the emperor, he is prepared to die. We might as well use Yinfan's life and death to see if there is really any discord between Wei Ba and Li Yan.
, or just pretending to be mysterious.”
Master Sima frowned and remained silent.
"Remember, don't interfere easily. Don't mess up our plans just because of Yinfan's life and death." Sima Yi said quietly: "Maybe it will be more beneficial to us if Yinfan is dead."
…
When Yinfan arrived at Linyuan, Wei Ba was training his troops. More than 10,000 people recruited in the autumn were rehearsing formations. With an order, the soldiers were armed with wooden halberds, blunt knives, and arrows flying at high speed, shouting and killing loudly.
Wei Ba stood on the general platform and looked at the soldiers who were training with a very ugly expression on his face. He glanced at Yinfan who came to the command platform and waved: "You are the envoy of General Hussars, who has surrendered to Yinfan.
?”
Yinfan was stunned for a moment, then bowed and replied: "That's right."
Wei Ba frowned: "Come up."
Yinfan was puzzled, but he still picked up his clothes and walked up, standing behind Wei Ba. Wei Ba pointed at the soldiers who were fighting: "Do you think these people can be used?"
Yinfan glanced at him but didn't answer. He didn't know what Wei Ba meant. Judging from Wei Ba's face, it didn't look like he wanted to ask him. Since it wasn't asking, it was naturally making things difficult. When he thought of Wei Ba's delay,
Reluctant to leave for Xiangyang, Yinfan probably understood a little bit.
"Fan is a scholar and doesn't know how to fight." Yinfan said cautiously: "But the general is victorious in every battle, and the soldiers he trains must be elite soldiers."
"According to what you say, I am deliberately trying to shirk the blame. I have troops in hand, but I am unwilling to go to support the Hussar General?" Wei Ba drawled his voice and said in a strange and sinister way: "General Hussar asked you to come because he wanted to ask
Is it my fault?"
Yinfan secretly smiled bitterly, thinking that this man was really arrogant. No matter how he answered, he could not avoid finding an excuse to get angry. He said calmly: "The general has misunderstood. The hussar general sent me here just to see the general."
It only depends on how ready we are and when we can set off, and there is no intention to hold the general accountable."
Wei Ba sneered twice, turned around, and continued to watch the drill, leaving Yinfan there for a long time without paying any attention to him. Yinfan was on pins and needles, but he couldn't move. He tried his best to stay calm and stood silently at Wei Ba's side.
Behind him, I don’t know how much time passed, but just when Yinfan felt his feet were numb and his legs were weak, Wei Ba suddenly said: "Yinfan, do you know that I was once in Chang'an?"
Yinfan, who was struggling, couldn't help but tremble. After thinking for a moment, he respectfully replied: "I have heard of the general's achievements."
"Then when you come to Chengdu, do you also want to imitate me?"
Yinfan lowered his face and said with a serious look: "General, don't push others by yourself. Yinfan was born in a poor family and had no way to enter the officialdom. He heard that there was a holy emperor in Sichuan named Shao who succeeded Yande of the Han Dynasty.
, come and surrender. If the general views this, doesn’t it mean he is rejecting the people of the world thousands of miles away?"
"You have a clever tongue and a charming face." Wei Ba sneered, his voice serious. "Do you think I don't know your true face? Come here, push him down and behead him in sacrifice."