Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 230: Strange People! (Thanks for the good book, good! A small token of my appreciation~)
Seeing that Wei Yan had made up his mind, Zhang Liao knew it was useless to dissuade him.

He also admired the fact that this kid could always come up with some strange methods and always use them to great effect!

In addition, he also remembered what Lu Bu had said to him:

As long as it does not affect the overall layout and tries to satisfy Wei Yan's ingenious strategy, it won't matter much even if it fails.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao immediately smiled and said:
"Alright, alright, I still believe in your ability, so I won't issue you a military order.

"With your 10,000 troops, you will launch a surprise attack on Beijing City and make sure you capture it!"

Seeing Zhang Liao say this, Wei Yan immediately shook his head:

"No need for 10,000, 5,000 will be enough! Besides, military affairs are not to be taken lightly, I must issue a military order!"

Having said that, Wei Yan ordered someone to bring paper and pen, and wrote the military order in public!
Seeing how serious Wei Yan was, everyone couldn't help but be infected by his emotions.

The originally playful atmosphere suddenly became serious!
Zhang Liao also discussed the specific siege plan with everyone.

He then ordered 5,000 soldiers to be drawn from each of the seven counties in Jingzhou and concentrated in Zigui City in Nanjun.

Zhang Liao allocated 5,000 elite soldiers to Wei Yan and climbed Mount Taihe from the northwest.

He personally led an army of 30,000 troops upstream from the Liangdou River and the river bank west of Zigui City, advancing both by land and water, and headed straight to Wu County!

At this moment, halfway up Mount Taihe.

Wei Yan looked at the tired soldiers in the back and his brows furrowed.

Because he had climbed the Dabie Mountains, which are more than 1,700 meters high, in the northern part of Lujiang County.

Therefore, climbing Taihe Mountain, which is more than 1,600 meters high, was not difficult for him.

However, at that time he led the Xianzhen Camp together with Zhang Liao to climb the Dabie Mountains.

Although the physical fitness of these 5,000 elite soldiers is good, they are still far behind the Xianzhen Camp.

Wei Yan wanted to get angry, but he considered that it would not be easy for these soldiers to follow him along this rugged mountain road.

He suppressed his anger and let everyone rest on the spot.

He took advantage of this time to explore the surrounding terrain.

At this time, Wei Yan suddenly saw a boy running away in a panic not far away on the mountain.

Behind him, there was a majestic black and white iron-eating beast chasing the boy!

Although Wei Yan was not a good person, he followed Lu Bu every day and was influenced by his kind deeds.

Now seeing this scene, he subconsciously raised the White Tiger Sun-Eating Sword and rushed towards the iron-eating beast behind the boy!
The chubby iron-eating beast suddenly saw a human rushing towards it with a big knife. It was so scared that it quickly used its butt to brake, then turned around and ran!
Seeing the iron-eating beast escape, Wei Yan did not chase after it. He just looked at the boy in plain clothes and asked vigilantly:
"Whose child are you and why are you in this deep forest?"

The boy bowed respectfully to Wei Yan and said with a calm smile:

"I am a mountain dweller living in the mountains. Thank you for saving my life, General!"

Wei Yan wanted to ask how many people there were on the mountain, but the boy had already taken out a bamboo scroll from his sleeve and handed it to Wei Yan, saying:
"To repay the general's kindness, I have a scroll on the art of alchemy.

"I hope it can be of some use to the general and Marquis Wen."

When Wei Yan heard the other party actually mentioned the word "Wen Hou", his face suddenly changed.

Subconsciously, I wanted to reach out and grab the child to interrogate him carefully.

However, the boy suddenly turned around and ran away!
Wei Yan wanted to catch up, but found that the child was running very fast.

What's strange is that the other person actually grew taller while running, and his hair gradually turned from black to white.

After a short while, he turned into an old man with a fairy-like appearance, white hair and a youthful face!
The next moment, he suddenly disappeared from Wei Yan's sight.

But the old man's playful laughter continued to echo in the forest:
"First it was Qianshan, now it is Taiheshan, why is it that the place where I, an alchemist, practice is always disturbed by the soldiers of Marquis Lü Wen?
"Alas, this must be a kind of fate!

"I hope it won't happen a third time, otherwise I will pass on all my magic skills to your Wenhou!"

When Wei Yan heard the voice drifting farther and farther away, he couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

Holding the bamboo slips in one hand and the knife in the other, he knew that he had met a strange man.

Mount Taihe is towering, mysterious and ethereal, so it is not surprising that there are masters practicing there.

This kind of reclusive master usually does not have too deep entanglements with any one force, and will only concentrate on practicing and comprehending his own Taoism.

Wei Yan returned to where the soldiers were. Deputy General Zang Min approached cautiously and asked nervously:
"General, why did you suddenly run up the mountain with a knife in hand, and then run away alone?"

When Wei Yan heard the deputy general's question, his face changed in shock!

But he immediately lowered his head to look at the bamboo slips in his hand and asked Zang Min:
"Can you see this thing in my hand?"

Zang Min nodded slightly:

"Isn't this a scroll of bamboo slips?"

Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party could see what he had in his hand.

It seems that either I was hallucinating or these soldiers were hallucinating.

But no matter which one it is, it can be seen how powerful the methods of this reclusive master are!
Wei Yan did not explain much, but just said:

"I just met an immortal who gave me this scroll. Let me take a look at its contents."

The ancients have always believed in these stories about gods and ghosts.

Although Wei Yan did not think that the master was a pure immortal, he was at least a half-immortal!

He opened the bamboo slips and saw the following words written on them:

“Niuli Dan can increase your strength and energy in a short period of time!

“There are two methods of refining alchemy: internal alchemy and external alchemy.

"Inner alchemy uses the human body as an elixir furnace. You can take one qian of Astragalus, one liang of Ophiopogon japonicus, and half a qian of Codonopsis pilosula...rub them with your hands and take them with water.

"It can make you full of energy within three hours, and you can climb mountains with great speed!

"External alchemy is refined in an alchemy furnace, mixed with cinnabar, and the amount of medicinal materials used is the same as above..."

After reading the contents of the pill recipe, Wei Yan was amazed.

However, he had some doubts about the authenticity of the recipe, so he immediately ordered someone to call a military doctor.

After reading the prescription, the military doctor said thoughtfully:

“Looking at the effects of these herbs, they do have the effect of increasing strength.

"But it is not clear whether the recipe is as exaggerated as it says.

“However, there just happen to be quite a few of these medicinal herbs on this mountain.

"We picked a lot when we climbed the mountain just now, so we can make it now..."

Hearing this, Wei Yan immediately became interested and immediately ordered the military doctor to weigh and bring the medicinal materials on the prescription.

After getting the herbs, Wei Yan looked at the people around him and asked in a deep voice:

"Who is willing to test the drug on themselves?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally it was Zang Min, who was nearly 50 years old, who stepped forward:

"I come!"

Wei Yan praised him and immediately handed the herbs to the veteran.

Zang Min rubbed the various medicinal materials with his hands according to the instructions on the pill recipe to allow the medicinal properties to blend with each other.

Then he swallowed the herbs in his hand bit by bit with water.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, after a while, Zang Min's body suddenly showed jaw-dropping abnormalities!

(End of this chapter)