Chapter 555: Wei Yan, the Sixth of the Five Tigers of Shu Han! [Ask for Monthly Votes]

Chapter 555 The Sixth of the Five Tigers of Shu Han——Wei Yan! [Seeking monthly tickets]

The Three Kingdoms world, Lujiang County.

Sun Ce conquered Xiling County, the seat of Jiangxia County, led his army to clear out the Jingzhou army in the territory, and by the way, killed Huang Zu's family to avenge his father, and buried Sun Jian's coffin on a mound next to Xiling County.

After doing all this, Xu Huang's people also came to "pick up" Jiangxia. Sun Ce was unable to resist, so he went down the river and landed in Qichun. After defeating the defenders of Qichun County, Sun Ce went east along the Yangtze River, bypassed Tianzhu Mountain, and entered Lujiang County.

He planned to have a good chat with Lujiang Prefect Lu Kang and tell this old Han minister about the latest measures of the court.

In the original work, Lu Kang has always been an important official of the court, so he refused Yuan Shu's orders, disliked Sun Ce, and after Sun Ce's army approached the border, he led the people of Lujiang to hold on for two years before breaking the city and dying.

Now that the princes have blocked the news of the court, the decrees cannot be transmitted to Jiangdong. This old minister does not even know that Guanzhong has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Sun Ce intends to take this opportunity to promote the court. With Zhou Zhong's letter and the endorsement of the Lujiang Zhou family, Lujiang County will take the initiative to return to the embrace of the court.

As for Lu Kang, it is very likely that he will go to the court in the future and serve as an official position such as Jiuqing, or go further in the local area and become a governor of a state.

Lu Kang has the ability and integrity. Although he is just an inconspicuous little character in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the lack of plot does not mean that he has no ability.

In history, Lu Kang served as the governor of Wuling, Guiyang, Le'an and other places. Wherever he went, he was deeply loved by the people. Later, Emperor Ling wanted to increase taxes. Lu Kang wrote a letter to persuade him and was dismissed from office, but he was re-employed soon after.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was chaos everywhere, and bandits were rampant in Lujiang. Lu Kang was appointed as the governor of Lujiang in a critical situation. He fought against bandits and revitalized agriculture, which boosted the morale of the whole county. After Emperor Xian ascended the throne, he specially conferred Lu Kang the title of General of Loyalty and Righteousness, with a rank of two thousand stones.

The governor of a county + a general of miscellaneous titles, this configuration is at the same level as the Nine Ministers.

Lu Kang was in power, and it was reasonable to say that he could sweep across Jiangdong and create his own foundation, but he did not do so. Instead, he kept executing the orders of the court until Sun Ce conquered Lujiang. He felt ashamed of the court and died of worry and anger.

Now that he led his troops to Lujiang again, Sun Ce would naturally not fight with this old minister, but nominally, he was still under the banner of Yuan Shu.

Losing Jiangxia County was an unforgivable crime, so he announced that he would conquer Lujiang County and offer it to Yuan Shu as an apology.

Yuan Shu was very happy with Sun Ce's understanding and initiative to show goodwill, and he promised that as long as Sun Ce took Lujiang County, he would appoint Sun Ce as the governor of Lujiang, so that the Sun family would have a foundation.

Sun Ce naturally didn't take this seriously.

Because in the original book, Yuan Shu had played people like monkeys again and again.

First, he promised to let Sun Ce replace Wu Jing as the governor of Danyang, but turned around and appointed his cousin Yuan Yin as the governor of Danyang.

In order to appease Sun Ce, Yuan Shu promised that as long as Jiujiang County was taken, he would appoint Sun Ce as the governor of Jiujiang. However, Sun Ce worked hard for a whole year, and as soon as Jiujiang was taken, Yuan Shu appointed his confidant Chen Ji as the governor of Jiujiang.

After the appointment, Yuan Shu said that Lu Kang in Lujiang did not obey his orders, and asked Sun Ce to arrest Lu Kang. As long as he succeeded, he would appoint Sun Ce as the governor of Lujiang.

Sun Ce fought for two years and finally took Lujiang. However, Yuan Shu sent his subordinate Liu Xun as the governor of Lujiang, and completely fooled Sun Ce.

Now that he has learned a lot of the plot, Sun Ce will naturally not be fooled again.

However, Lujiang is a prosperous county in Jiangdong, and it is on the way to Sun Ce's hometown Wu County, so he can't get around it. So Sun Ce planned to meet Lu Kang, go back and have a few offensive and defensive exercises, and then because of "outnumbered", he was forced to turn to Jiujiang County, cooperate with Lu Kang, and take Jiujiang County, which was watching from the other side.

As long as Sun Ce took Jiujiang County, Runan County where Yuan Shu was located would face the siege of Wancheng, Jiangxia, Lujiang, and Jiujiang. It would be difficult to develop again.

As for Sun Ce taking Jiujiang County, if he accidentally lost it, it would be reasonable for us to act rashly when we are young, right?

After the governor of Jiujiang sent by the court takes office, he will send troops in the name of Yuan Shu to conquer Danyang County, then his hometown Wu County, and go north to take Guangling County...

In the original novel, Yuan Shu constantly used the counties of Jiangdong as bait and used Sun Ce as a thug. Now Sun Ce wants to do the opposite. No matter who he sends troops to, he will say that he is following Yuan Shu's orders. If you want to hate, then hate Yuan Shu.

After entering Lujiang County, Sun Ce had just arrived in Xunyang County and had not had time to send someone to send a visiting card to Lu Kang stationed in Shu County, when he met a red-faced young general coming from the east.

Sun Ce was originally a thorny character. Seeing that the red-faced young general was fully armed and holding a big knife in his hand, he couldn't help but pick up the Overlord Spear hanging on the victory hook.

When the red-faced young general saw Sun Ce move his gun, he rushed over without saying a word and chopped with his knife.

Hou Cheng, who was about to cook noodles on a gas stove, saw this and quickly asked his cavalry to gather around, so as to prevent the future 076 amphibious assault ship from being destroyed and blood spilled on the battlefield before it was put into use.

The two fought for several rounds, and Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Cheng Pu and others all arrived. They wanted to take action, but they also thought it would be good to let the young master exercise.

Hou Cheng stood far away, holding a telescope and observing this side carefully, and found that this red-faced young general was actually suppressing Sun Ce, and he felt that this young general was not an ordinary person.

Sun Ce's combat power was not strong, but he was not a third-rate general who could kill with one blow.

Now this guy's equipment is fully upgraded. The Overlord Spear comes from the real world, the armor is made of high-quality steel, and even the saddle is a high-bridge saddle that can fix the body shape, rather than the flat saddle commonly seen in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In addition, he eats well and lives well, and his combat literacy and awareness have also been greatly improved.

This series of upgrades actually made him suppressed, and the opponent's strength became more and more extraordinary.

In order to prevent internal fighting among his own people, Hou Cheng, who had always wanted to suppress Cheng Lian, could not hold back. He carried a small trumpet for shouting, rode forward, hid behind Han Dang, and shouted to the red-faced young general:

"Don't fight first, what's your name, red-faced boy? Why do I think you look like my relative?"

To stop the fight suddenly, you have to find a suitable reason.

If you come up and say: I think you are a talent, I'm afraid of hurting you. The other party will definitely be unhappy. In your eyes, I am weak, right?

So Hou Cheng directly came up with a recognition of relatives. When you mention relatives, you will be embarrassed even if you want to fight.

After all, the Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and they attached great importance to relationships such as relatives and clans. If any of their relatives got an official position, they might be able to become filial and honest.

Sure enough, after hearing Hou Cheng's words, the red-faced young general took the initiative to withdraw from the battle circle, tightened the reins, and looked Hou Cheng up and down:

"I am Wei Yan, who are you?"

Wei... Yan?

Hearing this name, Hou Cheng hurriedly rode forward a few steps with a smile on his face:

"Is it Wei Yan, Wei Wenchang from Yiyang County, Nanyang County?"

"That's me, you are..."

Confirmed, it's the sixth of the Five Tigers of Shu Han, the man who has been in love and hatred with the prime minister for a lifetime.

In the original work, Wei Yan appeared when Liu Bei led the people across the river. At that time, Liu Bei had just crossed the Han River, and the defenders of Xiangyang City refused to enter. One of the red-faced generals was very angry and felt that the emperor's uncle was loyal and righteous, so he opened the city gate and invited Lord Xuande in.

Liu Bei felt that it would be inconvenient to disturb the people with him, so he rejected the good intention. Wei Yan had a fight with Wen Pin, and also left Xiangyang and went to Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha County.

When Lao Guan was fighting with Huang Lao Han in Changsha, Wei Yan heard that the emperor's uncle's troops had arrived, and he killed Han Xuan without saying a word and surrendered the city.

Xuande was very happy to get a general, but when Zhuge Liang saw Wei Yan, he said that this person had a rebellious mind and would definitely rebel in the future.

Now, Wei Yan and Kong Ming were in a rut, until Wei Yan stepped on the Seven Star Lamp to extinguish it at Wuzhangyuan, which was considered to be a farewell to Kong Ming.

After Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan was beheaded by Ma Dai for suspected treason, but the treason was fabricated by Yang Yi to fight for power. Wei Yan's loyalty was beyond doubt, and he had no reason to rebel.

After Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan became the top leader in the army, but Yang Yi, Fei Yi and others held a small meeting behind his back and wanted to withdraw the army secretly.

At that time, the wheat planted in the Longshan Tuntian was about to mature. Wei Yan thought that even if the prime minister was gone, he still had me. After harvesting the wheat, we would continue to fight. Anyway, Sima Yi had been scared out of his wits.

But Yang Yi had to get rid of Wei Yan and found a lot of reasons for himself. As a result, as soon as he returned to Chengdu, Yang Yi was imprisoned and soon hanged himself in prison.

Obviously, Liu Chan knew what was going on. He had no bottom line in order to seize power. How could such a person be kept?

Allowing him to hang was already Liu Chan's respect for Yang Yi.

When Li Yan and Zhuge Liang were fighting for power, it had reached a white-hot level. He was still only demoted to a commoner, and only targeted Li Yan himself. Li Yan's children could still be officials.

Now Yang Yi came up and killed people. No emperor would allow such a subordinate to exist.

Liu Chan still trusted Wei Yan. After all, when Wei Yan was the governor of Hanzhong, Cao Cao personally recruited him, both as an official and a title, and he was sincere.

Wei Yan responded by shooting an arrow at Ah Man's philtrum.

If he had more power, this arrow could have changed the course of history of the Three Kingdoms.

Later, Cao Cao died and Cao Pi ascended the throne. Wei Yan pretended to be defeated and lured Sima Yi and his son into Shanggu, and then set fire to the mountain.

Unfortunately, it rained heavily, so the beheading plan failed.

Such a guy who offended both the Cao family and the Sima family, even if he rebelled and surrendered, would the other side dare to accept him?

After confirming that the red-faced young general was Wei Yan, Hou Cheng was overjoyed:

"I am Hou Cheng, the military officer of the General of Cavalry's Mansion. Two months ago, I was ordered to visit Yiyang and sent some gifts to your father and mother. Unfortunately, I didn't see Wen Chang. It was a pity. I didn't want to see you here. It was really fate!"

Although Hou Cheng and his men each had their own positions, their organizational relationship was still in Lu Bu's General of Cavalry's Mansion. After all, they were brothers from the same place, and they tried not to separate.

Hearing the words "General of the Cavalry", Wei Yan bowed and said:

"I just received a letter from my parents and rushed back overnight... I am not a scholar, just a farmer with brute force. I don't know why Wen Hou sent someone to my house."

Uncle Lu cherishes talents... Sun Ce laughed, put away the Overlord Spear and said:

"Since we are family, let's eat first and talk while we eat... Mr. Cheng, quickly take out the dried meat. Today we will warm it up in the pot and let this brother Wei taste our food."

Through the fight, he clearly realized that Wei Yan's ability was better than his. Now that his identity has been confirmed, he naturally wants to win him over!

Everyone turned over and dismounted. Wei Yan only then found that his broadsword was knocked out by Sun Ce with several notches, and he was heartbroken.

Sun Ce said embarrassedly:

"How about this, brother, I will compensate you with a new one later...You are dressed like this, but you have entered the officialdom?"

Wei Yan hung the knife on the victory hook and answered with a bow:

"I left home for a trip in the spring. When I passed through Qu'a, I killed a few bandits. The county magistrate saw my bravery and recruited me as a county official, in charge of dozens of soldiers and horses."

Qu'a?

This name suddenly reminded Hou Cheng of a mysterious figure in the Three Kingdoms world - the young general of Qu'a.

It was in 198. Sun Ce led Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Zhou Tai and other twelve generals to wander around Qu'a. Taishi Ci, a subordinate of Liu Yao, took the initiative to attack. At that time, a young general was willing to follow, and the two rode out to kill.

When Sun Ce saw Taishi Ci, he fought fiercely, from long weapons to short weapons, from horseback to under the horse, and finally fought in the water with bare hands. It was simply a match made in heaven.

And Han Dang and other twelve generals of the Eastern Wu were blocked by the young general of Qu'a for more than an hour, watching their young master disappear and his life and death unknown.

Many people have enthusiastically discussed the identity of the young general in Qu'a, and now the truth has finally come out, it is Wei Yan.

The original work of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" actually hinted at this point. Liu Yao, who was stationed in Qu'a, soon failed and led his men to surrender to Liu Biao in Jingzhou. After his death, some of his men served in Jingzhou.

Later, it was Liu Bei who led the people across the river and Wei Yan opened the gates to surrender the city.

Wei Yan was not a noble family, so no matter Liu Yao or Liu Biao, he had no chance to stand out. He could only be a minor official or a miscellaneous general. In the end, he followed Xuande and became an important official.

When appointing the prefect of Hanzhong, Wei Yan also beat the favorite Zhang Fei and became the first prefect of Hanzhong County, which made Saner depressed.

Seeing Wei Yan constantly glancing at his armor, Sun Ce quickly took it off and said with a smile:

"This is a gift from Uncle Lu. If you like it, you can try it. I have a spare set. This armor is invulnerable to swords and spears, and it is much lighter. It can be called a treasure armor."

The more he said, the more Wei Yan was excited.

The sixth of the Five Tigers of Shu Han, if he could get this, the Jiangdong Army would be able to exert greater combat power. Maybe when Uncle Lu marches south, the entire Jiangdong will already be the territory of the Han Dynasty.

How does the saying go, undercover becomes a gangster, stock speculation becomes a major shareholder... At that time, my Han Dynasty cavalry will directly go out to sea to fight. I heard that there is a Japanese country in the east that likes to jump around, so let's destroy it to help the Han Dynasty.

Sun Ce chatted with Wei Yan like a close brother. Hearing that Wei Yan was only fifteen years old this year, he even swore brotherhood on the spot and accepted this good brother.

Hou Cheng boiled a pot of water, put two packets of hot pot base in it, threw in all the dried meat and fish made along the way, and added some vermicelli and dehydrated vegetables.

Before long, this rough version of crispy meat pot was ready.

Everyone sat together, eating and chatting. Hou Cheng also revealed the movements in Wancheng, and said that he had sent people to check the health of Wei Yan's parents to reassure him.

Seeing this, Zhang Daoling in the air waved his whisk and prepared to return to the Wa Palace to report.

The two young generals fought for too short a time, and it was not satisfying at all. Let's go back to the Journey to the West to watch Wukong and Erlang join forces to fight the pig monster. That should be very interesting.

In the Journey to the West, there will be no strong enemies for a while in the future. After defeating the pig monster, you will encounter the Zen Master Wuchao, and after the Zen Master Wuchao is the Yellow Wind Monster, and after the Yellow Wind Monster is the Flowing Sand River, followed by the Test of Zen Heart and Wuzhuang Temple.

In the original novel, the Yellow Wind Monster could still cause some trouble to the pilgrim team, but now all of Wukong's weaknesses have been made up. He is not afraid of wind or sand. In this case, the Yellow Wind Monster, a monster with only one trick, will become less of a concern.

In the story of Journey to the West, such monsters with only one trick are very common, such as the centipede monster that blinded Wukong, the scorpion monster that even Tathagata dared to sting, the Dapeng that was so fast that Wukong couldn't catch up, etc., all rely on super single skills to travel the world.

An opponent like the Bull Demon King who can change, understand magical powers, and is super strong in terms of force is relatively difficult to deal with.

In the real world, Li Yu is watching the video shot by Liu Xie.

In Chang'an City, teams of soldiers and clerks ride bicycles, patrolling and handling cases. Those who don't know would think they are the armed work teams behind enemy lines that have traveled to the Han Dynasty.

"With bicycles, wide sleeves and wide robes are no longer suitable. There have been several cases of clothes getting caught on the chain in the past two days. Mr. Wenhe said that we can promote clothing reform among these people."

When everyone rides bicycles in neat clothes, the new clothes will naturally be sought after and imitated by the world.

This trend does not even need to be deliberately guided. Ordinary people know what is more convenient to wear and know how much benefit there is in saving fabric. On the contrary, the rentier class likes to emphasize elements such as clothing to facilitate the distinction between classes and strengthen their inherent status.

Li Yu asked:

"Are those bicycle repairmen used to it?"

"They are used to it. Their greatest pleasure is to take photos with celebrities. Junior Brother Kong Ming is the most popular. Sun Quan was spat at twice, and Sima Yi was almost beaten several times... Guo Jia specially taught everyone again to avoid real deaths."

After Liu Xie finished his report, he talked about Zhang He, the governor of Hongnong. After taking office, this guy began to think about the iron mine established by the Han Dynasty in Mianchi. Recently, the iron mine that had been abandoned for a long time was finally reopened to smelt iron for the Han Dynasty.

However, there is no casting and stamping equipment, so only some relatively simple farm tools can be made. Weapons and the like cannot be made because they are not strong enough and the quality is relatively poor.

Li Yu said as soon as he heard it:

"I'll try to buy a set of steelmaking and stamping equipment there. If Mianchi can build a batch of weapons, it will be much easier to attack Jizhou or the Central Plains in the future."

This kind of equipment can be purchased online. As for how to install it, Zhang Daoling has to ask for help.

After Liu Xie left, Li Yu rubbed his face and was about to go back to the room to take a shower when Zhao Dahu suddenly sent a secret message:

"Li Yu Li Yu, I chatted with Zhao Zilong from Shijiazhuang this afternoon and discovered a great secret..."

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