On the third day after Mi Yang captured Xicheng, a fleet of about 3,000 sergeants appeared in the Han River basin outside Xicheng.
This scene was quickly discovered by Mi Jun's spies and reported to Mi Yang in the West City.
After Mi Yang learned the news, he led hundreds of his own troops to take a boat to the fleet.
According to the spies' description, this fleet of more than 3,000 people should be personally led by Wei Yan, the prefect of Hanzhong.
It seems that after Wei Yan received the news from him, he was worried about the safety of Hanxing County, so he specially led his army to come here in person, not only to inquire about the news, but also to help him defeat the enemy.
Previously, Shen Yi took advantage of the geographical advantage and rushed to send documents accusing herself to the surrounding counties and Chengdu. After Mi Yang captured Xicheng, she had already learned about it from a Guan Zhongzi named Zhao Qin.
But compared to the worries of Lu Yi and others, Mi Yang was very indifferent after hearing the news.
Shen Yi, the evil person, complained first, intending to disturb the audience. It looked good, but it was used in the wrong place.
Just talking about Mi Yang's own identity, Mi Zhu's nephew, Guan Yu's son-in-law, Fazheng disciple... any identity is Mi Yang's talisman.
In this case, how stupid a person must be to believe that he is rebellious.
Wei Yan just doesn't have high emotional intelligence, he's not stupid.
When Mi Yang led hundreds of personal guards to arrive not far from Wei Yan's fleet, Wei Yan discovered Mi Yang's arrival and sent his personal guards to lead Mi Yang to his ship.
After Mi Yang got on the building boat where Wei Yan was, he saw Wei Yan standing by the parapet on the building boat, looking at the hundreds of heads hanging high on the west city gate.
In the original impression, he had met this famous general when he was young.
Seeing that Wei Yan's face seemed to be contemplative, Mi Yang asked his bodyguard to wait beside him. He himself stepped forward and bowed to Wei Yan, calling "General Zhenyuan."
At Mi Yang's call, Wei Yan came back from his thoughts, and then he turned to look at Mi Yang.
Although Wei Yan had not had much contact with Mi Yang in the past, as a subordinate of Liu Bei, he had met Mi Yang when he was young.
However, as Mi Yang grew older, Wei Yan never saw Mi Yang as an adult.
Fortunately, Mi Yang's appearance as an adult still has the shadow of his youth, so when Wei Yan saw Mi Yang, he felt a little familiar.
Wei Yan looked at Mi Yang, saluted him, and then responded, "The Marquis of Guannei."
After Wei Yan responded to Mi Yang, he pointed directly at the hundreds of heads on the west city and asked: "How long did it take the Marquis of Guannei to capture the west city?"
On the second day after Wei Yan sent troops from Nanzheng, he received Mi Yang's document.
After reading Mi Yang's documents, Wei Yan became more aware of the current situation in Hanxing County. At the same time, Wei Yan completely defined Shen Yi as a traitor in his heart.
Under the influence of this mentality, Wei Yan had no intention of returning to Nanzheng, but instead accelerated his march.
The location of Xicheng was too critical. If Shen Yi occupied and defended himself and then introduced the Wei army, not only Hanxing County would be caught in the war, but Hanzhong County would also be affected by the war.
Thanks to his efforts, Hanzhong County was still in the process of recovering its strength and could not withstand a major war at this time.
Therefore, Wei Yan continued to lead his troops down, hoping to help Mi Yang put down the rebellion in Xicheng as soon as possible.
What he didn't expect was that his marching speed was already very fast.
But when he arrived, the walls of the West City were already covered with the heads of Shen's party members, and even the flag on the West City was replaced with the word "Mi".
Mi Yang's speed in destroying the city was beyond Wei Yan's expectations.
Facing Wei Yan's question, Mi Yang replied: "Just one day."
Hearing that it only took one day for Mi Yang to conquer Xicheng, a look of surprise flashed across Wei Yan's face.
The city's defenses in Xicheng are not as good as those of the fortified cities of the time, but breaking the city in one day is difficult to achieve according to common sense.
Seeing the look of surprise on Wei Yan's face, Mi Yang roughly reviewed in front of Wei Yan the process of how he breached the city a few days ago.
After listening
After Mi Yang's review, a smile appeared on Wei Yan's face.
It is indeed a good tactic to lure the enemy out of the city to fight in the field, defeat the enemy in the field, and then follow the defeated army to take advantage of the chaos to break through the city.
Seeing that this famous general with eyes higher than his head would also take the initiative to smile at him, Mi Yang's understanding of Wei Yan increased.
Also, maybe Wei Yan's emotional intelligence is not high, but it does not mean that he has the kind of Long Aotian character.
Compared with Wei Yan, except for the difference in military rank and qualifications, he is no worse than Wei Yan in other aspects.
In terms of military exploits and prestige, it is even better.
The most notable characteristics of Wei Yan's character are:
As long as you have the capital to look at me as an equal, then I will value you.
As long as you are stronger than me, I will obey you.
For example, in history, Wei Yan complained about Zhuge Liang because Zhuge Liang often did not adopt his strategies.
But during the Northern Expedition, Wei Yan could fight wherever he wanted.
Wei Yan looked at Mi Yang and continued: "In previous years, Yan had heard of the name "Four Friends of the Prince" in Chengdu.
Before, Yan thought this was just a so-called fraudulent means to raise a name, and it couldn't be true.
Now Zicheng first defeated the Wu army and then established the prosperity of Han Dynasty, which is enough to show that Zicheng's talent is not fake.
However, the other three friends are probably just in vain. "
According to Wei Yan's character, it is not easy for him to praise others.
But after Mi Yang listened to Wei Yan's praise, he always felt that something was wrong.
Wei Yan's way of praising people is a bit strange.
But considering Wei Yan's character, Mi Yang no longer cares about this.
Historically, after Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan and Yang Yi had another dispute, accusing each other of treason. When the news came back to Chengdu, Liu Chan was hesitant to make a decision.
But compared to Liu Chan's hesitation, all the important officials in the court at that time supported Yang Yi.
Jiang Wan and Dong Yun, two important officials of the imperial court, used their own wealth and lives to protect Yang Yi.
The personal ethics of the two important ministers Jiang Wan and Dong Yun were not bad, and Yang Yi was also very arrogant. Many people did not like his character.
But under such circumstances, Jiang Wan and Dong Yun preferred to recommend Yang Yi but doubted Wei Yan. This shows how bad Wei Yan's impression among his colleagues was.
How could Yang Yi dare to kill the powerful Wei Yan and annihilate his three tribes without the support of most of the important officials in the court?
Regardless of whether Wei Yan really wanted to rebel in history, his character was indeed his biggest shortcoming.
Wei Yan is very talented, but his ability to become a famous general is inseparable from Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's protection of him.
After listening to Wei Yan's praise, Mi Yang smiled slightly at Wei Yan and asked Wei Yan:
"After General Zhenyuan learned that Hanxing County was not in danger, he continued to lead his troops to the outside of Xicheng. I guess he came specifically to praise me."
When a large army travels, there must be scouts. Xicheng was captured three days ago, and Wei Yan would not be unaware of this news.
Wei Yan's character has flaws, but he will never let them go.
Sure enough, after Mi Yang asked that question, Wei Yan asked Mi Yang: "Does the Marquis of Guannei know about the four routes of the Northern Expedition?"
Seeing Wei Yan asking about the Four Northern Expeditions, Mi Yang nodded.
The four routes of the Northern Expedition mentioned by Wei Yan were the four main routes from Hanzhong to Guanzhong that Liu Bei had been opening since he captured Hanzhong.
After Liu Bei became king, he ordered Wei Yan to establish a military base for the Northern Expedition in the Hanzhong area for the future Northern Expedition.
In order to open up the main routes for military defeat, Liu Bei, with the support of Zhuge Liang, opened four main roads between Hanzhong and Guanzhong.
These four roads are mainly Ziwu Road, Tangluo Road, Baoxie Road and Jinniu Road, among which Baoxie Road is also known as Xiegu Road.
These four are the four mountain roads leading from Hanzhong to Guanzhong.
It is said to be opened, but in fact it is more about repairs.
Because these four mountain roads have existed many years ago.
Among the mountains connecting Hanzhong to Guanzhong.
After Liu Bei became king last year, he did not continue the Northern Expedition in one go. On the one hand, Shuzhong's national strength was severely depleted by the Battle of Hanzhong, and on the other hand, he wanted to repair these four important roads first.
From this point of view, Liu Bei has actually already decided on the main direction of the Northern Expedition in the future.
After seeing Mi Yang nodding, Wei Yan continued: "Among the four roads of the Northern Expedition, which road does the Marquis of Guannei think is the most suitable for the army to march?"
Facing Wei Yan's question, Mi Yang did not answer immediately.
Seeing that Mi Yang didn't answer his question, Wei Yan didn't take it seriously. He said to himself:
"In the future, when the king's army goes on the Northern Expedition, I would like to invite ten thousand troops to make a surprise attack on Guanzhong from Ziwu Road, and join forces with the king at Tongguan.
When the time comes, the king will definitely ask about the key point of Ziwu Road. Guan Neihou is the prefect of Xing County in Han Dynasty. I hope Guan Neihou can answer the question truthfully. "
After hearing what Wei Yan said, Mi Yang finally understood why Wei Yan came specifically to see him.
It turned out that "The Miracle of Ziwu Valley" had already been conceived in his mind.
As for why Wei Yan mentioned this to Mi Yang, it was because Ziwu Road was near Xicheng and was Mi Yang's jurisdiction.
When Liu Bei chose Hanzhong Governor last year, the reason why Liu Bei finally chose Wei Yan was not based on his feelings.
As the saying goes, observe his words and deeds and observe the nature of a person. After taking Hanzhong last year, Wei Yan secretly proposed this strategy to Liu Bei.
At that time, Wei Yan's plan made Liu Bei's eyes bright. It was precisely because of Wei Yan's plan and Liu Bei's understanding of him in the past that Liu Bei finally made up his mind to vigorously promote Wei Yan as the governor of Hanzhong.
However, Wei Yan's "Ziwu Valley Wonderful Strategy" was not adopted by Liu Bei at that time.
Because although this strategy can catch people by surprise, it is too dangerous.
The danger of "Ziwu Valley's Wonderful Strategy" does not lie in the dangerous and complicated terrain of Ziwu Valley.
Among the four roads of the Northern Expedition, the most dangerous was the Tangluo Road.
When the Ziwu Valley road was not repaired, tens of thousands of people from Guanzhong could escape to Hanzhong through this road.
After extensive repairs, the road condition has become much better.
Historically, Cao Zhen told Cao Rui that he wanted to attack Shu in a big way. Although the initial plan to march from Xiegu Road was rejected by Chen Qun, he later led the army to march from Ziwu Road.
It was only during the rainy season during the march that the plank road in Ziwu Valley was washed away by the rain, which made Cao Zhen's march difficult. In the end, he returned halfway with regret.
The Cao Wei family has a great cause, and the main force led by Cao Zhen will not be less than 50,000.
Cao Zhen was a famous general at that time. If he dared to lead tens of thousands of main troops to march from Ziwu Road to Hanzhong, he must have carefully surveyed the terrain.
After all, Cao really wanted to destroy the Han Dynasty and make meritorious deeds, but he didn't want to die.
It can be seen from these examples that although the Ziwu Road is difficult to walk, it is not as troublesome as people imagine. It would be troublesome for thousands of troops to walk.
What worries Liu Bei is that Ziwu Valley is the main road from Hanzhong to Chang'an. As long as Wei Yan leads his army out of Ziwu Road, he can reach the city of Chang'an.
Ziwu Road is equivalent to Yangping Pass in Chang'an.
Moreover, the news that he claimed to be the queen and vigorously repaired Ziwu Road was not a secret.
Under such circumstances, facing such an important road, Cao Cao has many talents and will not be unprepared.
Once during the Northern Expedition, Cao Cao would send a general to guard the exit of Ziwu Road. That general would be able to guard the mouth of the valley with only a few thousand troops.
In that case, the army entering the Ziwu Road is likely to be in danger.
It is precisely because of this concern that although Liu Bei admired Wei Yan's "Ziwu Valley Strategy", he had to put it on hold.
Wei Yan also knew Liu Bei's concerns, but in his mind, the "Ziwu Valley Conspiracy" had a certain possibility.
Of course, at the beginning, because the main general in Guanzhong was Cao Zhang, Wei Yan only wanted to lead a partial army to join Liu Bei's army at Tongguan last year.
But recently there have been
News came that Cao Pi had appointed Xiahou Mao to replace Cao Zhang in Chang'an. After learning the news, Wei Yan became worried.
When Wei Yan became more concerned, he thought that he must persuade Liu Bei to adopt his strategy.
Ever since, Mi Yang, who had just become the prefect of Hanxing, came into his sight.
In Wei Yan's impression, Mi Yang's military style since he became famous is to use surprise.
Moreover, Mi Yang's performance made Wei Yan feel that Mi Yang had a plan, which made Wei Yan feel that Mi Yang might agree with his strategy.
If Wei Yan doesn't value someone, he won't "discuss" this strategy with that person.
Moreover, Ziwu Road is within Mi Yang's jurisdiction, and Mi Yang is deeply trusted by Liu Bei, so if his strategy can get strong support from Mi Yang, then the possibility of Liu Bei adopting this strategy will greatly increase. .
This is the real reason why Wei Yan insists on seeing Mi Yang.
It's just that Wei Yan's character couldn't express his request to Mi Yang, so in the end he just asked Mi Yang to "answer the truth."
Facing Wei Yan's request to answer truthfully, Mi Yang replied calmly: "The king has his own thoughts on how to march in the future, and it is not for his ministers to discuss privately."
According to the current situation, Zhuge Liang is likely to stay in Chengdu when Liu Bei goes on the Northern Expedition in the future.
Since Liu Bei was able to adopt Fazheng's strategy of surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain, it shows that Liu Bei is also an adventurous monarch.
The original Dingjunshan strategy seemed more risky than Wei Yan's "Ziwu Valley Strategy".
Therefore, if he strongly supports Wei Yan's strategy, then Liu Bei is indeed very likely to adopt Wei Yan's strategy.
But for any strategy to be successful, it must be tailored to the circumstances.
No one can predict what will happen during the Northern Expedition in the future. Maybe Cao Pi will personally conquer it?
Therefore, Mi Yang did not want to promise Wei Yan anything rashly when the situation was unclear.
Wei Yan also saw the shirk in Mi Yang's mouth. He frowned, but he didn't say anything in the end.
Wei Yan was a little unhappy when he saw that his trip east failed to achieve another level of his intention.
Displeased, he directly ordered the army to return.
While Mi Yang was still on the boat, Wei Yan directly ordered the army to turn back. This was obviously an order to expel guests.
Under the expulsion order, Mi Yang led hundreds of personal guards back to his ship.
Just after he returned to his ship, Ding Feng, who was beside Mi Yang, said angrily: "In terms of battle merit and prestige, the general is far above him. He is too rude."
Listening to Ding Feng's words, Mi Yang looked at the Wei Yan fleet that was gradually moving away, but his face was very indifferent.
Isn't this Wei Yan?
Otherwise, how could he make everyone his enemy?
Mi Yang ignored Ding Feng's complaints and didn't care about Wei Yan's behavior. He let his fleet return to Xicheng.
Xicheng is in ruins, and there are still many things waiting for him to deal with.
The first meeting between Mi Yang and Wei Yan ended in an unhappy relationship.
