After Zhuge Liang's Bo Tao soldiers entered Yueyong County, Li Yan almost became a problem baby.
The main reason is that the operation is a bit unclear...
Speaking of Li Yan, he is really not a rookie. Everyone in the Dongzhou faction is under Fa Zheng. Let's not talk about Wu Yi, who has a transcendent status and is a relative. The others are Li Yan who has outstanding abilities.
Even Gaoding, the rebellious king of Yueyong Yi, was once defeated by Li Yan.
In the 23rd year of Jian'an (AD 218), which was the year before the Battle of Jingzhou, among the people who were successful in suppressing the bandits this year, in addition to Liu Chan, there was also Li Yan, who was the prefect of Jianwei at the time.
And the movement is bigger than Liu Chan.
At that time, a group of fierce bandits raised troops in Li County, recruited tens of thousands of refugee bandits, and arrived in Zizhong County.
Liu Bei still led the army to fight in Hanzhong. Li Yan personally led 5,000 soldiers from his county to fight against them, defeated the bandit army and killed the bandit leader. The rest of the people fled for their lives and returned to their hometowns as people.
Soon after, Gaoding, the king of Yuexiyi, thought he had an opportunity and took advantage of it. He led his army to besiege Xindao County. Li Yan went to relieve the siege, but Gaoding was defeated and fled.
After learning about it, Lao Liu named Li Yan the general to assist the Han Dynasty and still led Qian as the prefect.
Of course, the last time Gaoding just planned to take advantage of the chaos to loot, but he didn't expect to encounter a tough guy like Li Yan. At that time, it was not as powerful as the Nanzhong rebellion.
Even so, Li Yan, who had defeated enemies several times his own and defeated King Yue Jiaoyi, was by no means a fool.
This time he sent troops to cross the Jiao County, facing his old rival, Li Yan was determined to win.
When he thought about it, if he sent troops to the south in advance this time, as long as he launched an attack quickly, he would be able to catch Gaoding by surprise.
If you want to quickly capture Yueyong County, you should attack quickly and directly penetrate the county to govern Qiongdu. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and capture it with one blow!
As long as Gao Ding dies, the barbarians here will be deterred. Even if there are still a small group of Yueyi tribe rebels who are stubbornly resisting, they will not become a threat.
This is undoubtedly the most economical way to save food and grass and the fastest way to calm chaos.
However, when he mentioned this idea to Zhuge Liang, the Zhuge military advisor just wore a calm smile that looked very friendly to everyone and praised: "General Li's method should lead to a quick victory. It is indeed rare, haha."
Li Yan was very happy at first, but after Zhuge Liang led his troops into Yueyong, the marching speed immediately slowed down.
Riding in a carriage every day, it was like traveling around the mountains and rivers, pulling Li Yan to talk about the local customs, Han and Yi customs, products and features...
"I don't think there are mountains and wilderness in the south, but there is also this land suitable for farming." Zhuge Liang pointed to the feather fan in the distance, talking and laughing, "General Li, let's see, this land is flat. If it can be cultivated, how many people can be fed?"
"Yeah...haha..." Li Yanpi, who was riding his horse slowly beside him, said with a smile.
Are you here to inspect farming? !
Aren’t we coming to Pingnan Middle School?
Zhuge Military Advisor must have been working on the development of agriculture and mulberry trees in Bashu, and it has become a natural habit...
"Uh... Military Advisor Zhuge, my army is moving so slowly. Firstly, it consumes more food and grass. Secondly, if Gao Ding discovers it, we may lose the opportunity." Li Yan tensed up for a long time, and finally couldn't stand it any longer.
Zhuge Liang did not change his relaxed attitude, and persuaded with a smile: "General Li, don't be anxious, the speed is not slow anymore. Huh? The climate here is also suitable for planting mulberry. If the land is not suitable for cultivation, you can also encourage the people to plant mulberry and raise silkworms." , what does General Li think?"
Li Yan: "..."
Isn't this slow?
Ma Maipai marches ten miles in one day. This is for an outing! Not too slow?
Li Yan had made vulgar remarks in his heart, and at the same time he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, was it because he advocated a quick march and a quick attack on Yueyong County, and Zhuge Military Advisor deliberately did not adopt it, or even went against him?
After all, he was a scholar from Dongzhou, and Military Advisor Zhuge was a scholar from Jingzhou.
Although he heard that he had a good personal relationship with Fa Shangshu, such things were always done for others to see. He did not believe that the leaders of the two factions really had any deep friendship.
He had made a big splash the year before last, and this time Fa Shangshu recommended him to Pingnan Middle School, obviously he had high hopes for it.
As the representative of the Jingzhou faction, Zhuge Liang used this opportunity to suppress himself, who was in the spotlight, and deliberately delayed it so that Ma Su, the Jingzhou faction's leader on the east road, could show off. It was only human nature.
After that, something even more outrageous happened. Instead of bypassing those small counties and going straight to Qiongdu, Zhuge Liang drove directly towards the first small mountain county, Anshang, with great fanfare.
Li Yan said worriedly: "Military advisor, Anshang is not a strategic strategic point. This barren small county has very little food and weapons. It is useless to get it. Now our army is leaving with great fanfare. If the county magistrate escapes, he will be killed within a few days." You will know, wouldn’t that be...?”
Zhuge Liang still looked calm: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. The soldiers have been marching for many days, so it is a good thing to use this small county as a resting place."
Li Yan was angry and anxious, and felt extremely aggrieved for wasting the opportunity to fight. He was already thinking about how to use the wording to report to the Master of the Law afterwards, and this time he must tell the king.
In such a major event as the pacification of Nanzhong, you, Zhuge Liang, dared to abolish public affairs for personal reasons and deliberately delay military flights. You can't blame me.
The county magistrate of Anshang County fled with a small number of county soldiers, not daring to defend this small county.
The army captured Anshang without firing a single arrow, but Li Yan was not happy.
According to the prince's intelligence, the main force of haute couture is scattered in Yanniu, Dingze and Qiongdu, and has not yet been concentrated.
Now that they have received accurate information about their own army, they must make preparations and join forces in advance.
The opportunity has been lost...
However, Li Yan also admired Zhuge Liang.
The army marches slowly, but it does not mean that it walks slowly. After marching ten miles every day, a simple camp will be set up, and Zhuge Liang will personally drill the military formations and train the soldiers.
From the time when we set off from Jianwei to today, in a short period of time, the soldiers of the army have not only been reborn, but the changes are also very obvious. Zhuge Liang could always use the simplest method to teach these soldiers with ordinary qualifications very complex formations.
It can be said to turn decay into magic.
In addition, Zhuge Liang's camp had to keep the lights on until night every night. Once he made an excuse to visit and found that the other party was further studying and improving the methods of military formation drills, changes, and combined attacks.
Sometimes, based on what we see on the road, we plan whether each area can be developed in the future and what it will be developed for. It seems that the pacification of Nanzhong is an established fact...
Li Yan admitted that Zhuge Liang was very diligent, but in his opinion, none of this could cover up his selfish intention of deliberately delaying the military plane.
What happened next made Li Yan completely explode.
After taking a break in Anshang, the army began to slowly advance toward Beishui County in the southwest.
Passing through Beishui County and heading southwest is the hinterland of Yueqi County, where Qiongdu is the administrative center.
If we start marching quickly at this time, we may be able to catch the enemy before Couture is fully ready.
However, Zhuge Liang stopped... He actually stopped? !
With Li Yan stunned, Zhuge Liang began to attack Beishui.
Beishui, who had only eight or nine hundred defenders in the city, quickly surrendered under the bombardment of thunder cannons and the siege of the city by the army.
However, Zhuge Liang, who had obtained Beishui, stayed here for five days. He continued to train his soldiers, perfect battle formations, and understand the people's sentiments every day. He had no intention of continuing to advance.
Beishui County Government.
"Military advisor!" Li Yan walked into Zhuge Liang's room again and bowed to the ground, "Yan Jiu heard that the military advisor was unparalleled in strategizing and had good plans. How could he now abandon public service for personal gain and do such an unwise thing?"
Zhuge Liang was hunched over his desk drawing a formation diagram at this time. He was so focused that he did not raise his head. After finishing the drawing, he lifted up the cloth and blew the ink on it.
"When I give this picture to the prince, he will definitely be very happy."
Zhuge Liang seemed to see Liu Chan's cheerful look, and he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Military advisor!" Li Yan lowered his waist a little more.
Zhuge Liang turned around and saw that Li Yan was almost bowing in half: "Huh? General Li, please get up quickly. Why is this so?"
After saying that, he carefully put away the formation map and hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Yan.
Li Yan refused to get up: "Please ask the military advisor to send troops quickly!"
"Oh, general, get up first. Rong Liang will talk to the general in detail."
Although Zhuge Liang said it as if he was surprised, in fact he had been waiting for Li Yan to clarify his words for a long time.
He had his own reasons for marching slowly, so he certainly didn't delay the fighter plane on purpose. As for the reason, he could have made it clear to Li Yan from the beginning, but he deliberately didn't say it, and he really meant to beat Li Yan.
But it was not the factional struggle that Li Yan thought.
He had paid attention to Li Yan before. He was a very capable person and was by no means a talent from just one county.
But there is a flaw in his character. This person is very easy to become inflated after he has made meritorious deeds. His previous meritorious deeds were in Jianwei, where he built large-scale construction projects and built gorgeous houses, which cost the people and money.
He was also quite arrogant and arrogant, and had many conflicts with his generals.
Zhuge Liang believed that this expedition was a good opportunity to polish Li Yan. If he could restrain his temper, his achievements would be limitless in the future.
Just as he was about to speak, a soldier suddenly came to report.
"Report! Military advisor, Gaoding has mobilized three armies from the north, west and south towards Beishui! In addition to the Yue Yi Yi, there seems to be Qingqiang cavalry from the south of the county!"
Li Yan's face darkened when he heard this, it was over, the opportunity was lost.
Unexpectedly, Zhuge Kongming laughed: "Hehehe, good, just in time."
Li Yan raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang who was still smiling in astonishment, but he didn't know where the good news came from.
(End of chapter)
