Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1145 Wei Yan Surrenders
These things happened very quickly near the city gate and did not make much noise, so Wei Yan's personal soldiers guarding outside the county government did not notice anything unusual.

The banquet in the county government was already halfway through. Although Wei Yan had no doubts about Peng Ying and the others, he did not drink any more after returning the initial toast.

In this peaceful atmosphere, someone suddenly shouted outside the door: "There's a fire... There's a fire... Fire help..."

County Magistrate Peng Ying was shocked when he heard this. Just as he was about to get up, a servant hurried to the door of the hall. When he was about to come in, he was stopped by two of Wei Yan's personal soldiers.

The servant saw Peng Ying and hurriedly said, "County Master, hurry up, the back hall is on fire, and your wife and children haven't come out yet."

Peng Ying's face turned pale instantly, and he quickly apologized to Wei Yan: "General, I'm sorry to leave you. Please forgive me!"

Wei Yan didn't take it seriously. He waved his hand and let him go.

A general beside him asked, "General, I think the brothers inside and outside the city gate should have finished their meal. Should we let them rest where they are, or should we let them go into the city to rest?"

Wei Yan said without hesitation: "We can't relax even now. Order them to rest where they are. After nightfall, we will let them go into the city and have fun."

The general took the order and walked out quickly.

Wei Yan was also full of food and drink at this time, and was about to say hello to the other officials in the county government who were still present and then go to rest, but he glanced at those people and suddenly felt something was wrong before he could say anything.

These people were all subordinates of the county magistrate Peng Ying. Now that the county magistrate's back office was on fire, there was no sign of panic on their faces. Instead, they were still calm and composed, which made Wei Yan feel uneasy.

"Oh no, I'm afraid I've fallen into a trap."

He made a prompt decision and said to these people, "Oh, I ate too much and feel a little uncomfortable. I need to go to the bathroom."

As he spoke, he stood up and pretended to walk out the door, and the people on both sides did not try to stop him. Instead, they continued to smile and bowed to see him off respectfully.

Wei Yan walked towards the door as fast as he could. However, when he was only three steps away from the door, the two men standing guard outside the door suddenly let out a scream and then fell to the ground almost at the same time.

Wei Yan felt something was wrong, but he was also a veteran, so without any hesitation, he quickly drew his sword, turned around, and stabbed at the so-called county officials behind him.

Unexpectedly, these clerks who looked weak before suddenly became agile. The man who was stabbed by Wei Yan waved his hand, overturned the table in front of him, and smashed it at Wei Yan.

After Wei Yan split the table with his sword, he saw three sleeve arrows shooting straight at his face. He was shocked and dodged them quickly.

This was not over yet. Countless sleeve arrows were shot at him one after another. Wei Yan rolled over and rolled out of the door. He closed the door to block the sleeve arrows, and then ran out of the county government office.

"Someone, where are my guards? Where did they go?"

Wei Yan ran and shouted, but no one responded to him. The more than one hundred guards who were originally inside and outside the county government office were now nowhere to be found, which made his heart almost fall to the bottom.

However, during this process, no one came to surround him, including those who had just shot hidden arrows at him, and they did not catch up with him, which seemed particularly strange.

But Wei Yan had no time to think about these things at the moment. He ran all the way and soon arrived at the gate of the county government. The gate was closed and the bolt was inserted. He swung his sword and cut the bolt directly.

However, just after he opened the door, he was stunned.

Outside the door, I saw an army lined up in neat rows, with fine armor and sharp weapons. Under the sunlight, they sparkled brightly and looked murderous.

Leading the group was a young military general riding a warhorse. He was full of vigor and vitality and was looking at him with a smile on his face.

"General Wei, Guan Ping has been waiting here for a long time."

The Mian River flows out from the mountains at the junction of Yi and Liang, and eventually merges with the Cen River, Bao River, etc. After flowing through Nanzheng, it continues to flow eastward, passing through Xicheng and Xi County, and then enters the territory of Jingzhou. After irrigating thousands of miles of land, it merges into the Yangtze River.

At this moment, on a hillside outside the West City, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were looking at the Mian River flowing eastward.

"It's a pity that the Mian River is not as wide as the Yangtze River. Otherwise, our Jiangdong navy could go up the river with the help of the navy and defeat Liu Zheng and Zhuge Liang easily."

Sun Ce said with some resentment.

Zhou Yu consoled him, "My lord, don't worry. Wei Wenchang once said that we could take Langzhong in 15 days. Now it has been a month, and I think we should have gained something. By then, Wu Yi's army will surely leave Nanzheng again and return to rescue Chengdu. That will be the time for us to advance. By then, the enemy's morale will be in chaos, so how can we not win?"

Sun Ce shook his head when he heard this: "These mountains are so high and dangerous, with steep cliffs and steep cliffs, I'm afraid it may not be possible."

"Hahaha..." Zhou Yu laughed: "Even if his surprise attack fails, how can I not have a plan?"

Sun Ce was no fool, and he understood immediately: "Zhang Liao and his men were defeated by General Huang Lao and Lu Fengxian that day, and they were wounded by arrows. Now it has been many days, and Gongjin has not sent troops to attack. I guess it is for today?"

Zhou Yu clapped his hands and said, "I can't hide my thoughts from Bofu."

He waved his hand and pointed in the direction of Xi County. "The city of Xi County is in ruins and sparsely populated. Even if the enemy army is well prepared, there must be little food and grass in the city. There are only a few thousand people in the city, all of whom are poor and exhausted. It is difficult to relieve their worries by collecting food locally. I estimate that the food and grass in the city will be exhausted in ten days at least and half a month at most. Now that six days have passed, Meng Da and Zhang Liao will definitely send people to Nanzheng to urge for food."

Sun Ce nodded repeatedly: "No wonder Gongjin sent out so many scouts these days, ten men in a team, to investigate. I think it is for this reason."

At this point, Sun Ce's eyes lit up a little: "In this case, when their food and grass arrive, I will send troops to ambush them and cut off their food supply first. Then I will order General Cheng to send troops from Shangyong to attack Xi County from both sides and capture Generals Meng and Zhang alive."

Zhou Yu grabbed Sun Ce's excited hands and said, "No, my lord, why are you so anxious? Since the enemy knows that we are in Xicheng, how can we transport grain to Xixian without any preparation? I expect that Zhuge Liang will order his elite troops to follow us secretly, and when our army intercepts the grain, he will suddenly attack us, and then join forces with Meng and Zhang to seize Xicheng. This is the so-called strategy of turning the tables."

Sun Ce frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "That does make sense. But we need to make a quick decision to capture Hanzhong this time. Otherwise, if we delay for too long, the troops from Yuzhou and Xuzhou in the north will move south again, which is really bad. If Gongjin has a good plan, please don't keep us in suspense and tell us as soon as possible."

Zhou Yu looked ahead, determined: "This is easy, it's just a matter of taking advantage of the opponent's trick."

(End of this chapter)