Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 718
"Zhong Yao, I also know your name. Don't worry, I won't embarrass you, but I don't dare to use you privately. I'd better wait for my lord to tell you what to do!"

After Wei Yan finished speaking to Zhong Yao, he walked straight into Chang'an City.

Ten thousand soldiers and horses behind them entered Chang'an one after another, and soon guarded the four gates of Chang'an city.

And the [-] Xiliang soldiers at the foot of the mountain also entered Chang'an City.

"General, since Xia Houyuan escaped and we entered Chang'an City, why not continue eastward, take Tongguan and Hongnong, pass Hangu Pass, and then go to Luoyang, Xiliang, Yongzhou, and Guanzhong will all be you That's right, if you break away from the rule of His Royal Highness the King of Hebei, you can become king yourself!"

One of Wei Yan's generals spoke.

Wei Yan didn't speak, but stood up and walked towards the speaker.

Wei Yan came up to this person and asked meaningfully: "Do you really think so?"

This man thought that Wei Yan agreed with his statement, so he hurriedly expressed his loyalty, and said: "If the general proclaims himself king, I will be the first to follow the general, and if anyone present dares not accept, I will be the first to not spare him!"

"Ha ha!"

Wei Yan looked at this man and smiled slightly, and then, Wei Yan pulled out the sword from his waist and said, "Since you really think so, then you can die!"

After saying that, there was only a puff, and Wei Yan pierced the man's chest with his sword.The faces of all the generals present were all pale. Originally, Wei Yan had said that, and they all thought that Wei Yan was going to establish himself as king, but no one thought that Wei Yan would actually kill someone who wanted to support him as the king.

After killing people, Wei Yan wiped the sword dry with a cloth, returned to the main seat and sat down, and immediately wrote a letter to Liu Wei. In the letter, Wei Yan clearly stated that he had improperly employed people, and this happened. , I hope Liu Wei can forgive himself, and express his willingness to make up for his mistakes, stay in Chang'an, let Liu Wei send someone to take over the military power, and when the person Liu Wei sends arrives, Wei Yan will go to Liu Wei to plead guilty.

When Liu Wei received Wei Yan's letter, Liu Wei, who has always been good at employing people, didn't know what to do for a while.

Now Liu Wei is not afraid of anything else, but is afraid of some misfortune. If such a thing happened to Wei Yan, Liu Wei is also afraid of making a mistake, no matter how Wei Yan really rebelled.

Liu Wei was struggling in his heart. On the one hand, Wei Yan was in charge of the army, and he was still an outsider. Liu Wei really wanted to remove or divide Wei Yan's military power, but this would show his distrust of Wei Yan. , Wei Yan realized that he didn't trust him, and he was afraid that he would be forced to rebel if he didn't have any rebellion.

On the other hand, Liu Wei thought that Wei Yan had followed him for so many years. Although he was out in command and was not bound by him, Wei Yan had not yet reached the level of a master of meritorious service, so he should not betray him.

"Hey! Just to be on the safe side, let's send someone to remove Wei Yan's military power!"

Liu Wei sighed, and prepared to have someone take over Wei Yan's military power.

Guo Jia, who was on the side, sensed something was wrong with Liu Wei, so he asked, "What's bothering you, my lord?"

Liu Wei was worried that no one would help him solve his problems. When Guo Jia asked, Liu Wei immediately told Guo Jia the cause and effect.

After Guo Jia finished listening, he shook his head again and again: "My lord, you are so confused! How could you remove Wei Yan's military power!"

"Why can't it be unloaded? It's the safest way to unload his military power!"

Liu Wei said helplessly.

"My lord, if General Wei had rebelled, he would have rebelled a long time ago. Why bother writing to you? Also, if you really sent someone there, then Wei Yan might be forced to rebel by you! Besides Well, even if you sent people there, it would be useless to remove Wei Yan's military power. Many of Wei Yan's Xiliang troops were brought back from the Western Regions. They only listen to Wei Yan's words. The people we sent can't command them at all. Otherwise, there will be a mutiny!"

"My lord, even if you want to remove Wei Yan's military power, it's not now. Now you should let Wei Yan continue to advance eastward, take the land west of Gaoyang, and then attack Xuchang back and forth!"

Guo Jia drew a large circle on the map with his hands, pointed at Xuzhou at last, and said, "If I guess correctly, Su Maodu has already led the army to attack Huaiyin or Huailing. If my lord doesn't want the whole of Xuzhou to If you are taken by Sun Bofu, you should immediately send people to attack the land north of Xiapi, as much as you can, in short, don't make it easier for Sun Ce!"

"it is good!"

Liu Wei immediately returned a letter to Wei Yan, in which Liu Wei expressed his trust in Wei Yan, and asked Wei Yan to lead his army to continue to attack Sili, and strive to join him as soon as possible.

On the Xuzhou side, as Guo Jia had guessed, Sun Ce led a hundred thousand Jiangdong navy to cross the Yangtze River while Cao Cao and Liu Wei were fighting, and went north to attack Xuzhou.

Cao Qing, the general of the Cao army guarding Xiapi, closed the city gate of Xiapi to death after the Jiangdong army captured Huailing and Xiaqiu one after another. The people pushed bricks and tiles, carried water and mud, built fortifications, and repaired the city walls. Therefore, although Sun Ce was in decline and stormed Xiapi, he failed to take down Xiapi after several days of fighting, so he followed Zhou Yu's advice and turned around to attack. In Guangling County, Sun Ce captured Guangling County in only ten days, and then continued to march northward, preparing to attack Quyang.

In order to rob Xuzhou, Liu Wei sent generals Pang De and Zhang He, and Pang Tong as the supervisor to assist the two in robbing Xuzhou.

But when Pang De and Zhang Yun led the army to Xuzhou, Sun Ce had already captured two counties in Xuzhou, and would continue to go north.

Pang De and Zhang Yun could only ask Pang Tong how to prevent Sun Ce from continuing to go north.

Pang Tong analyzed: "Now Xuzhou is like a piece of fat in our bowl, and we are full people. Now we can't eat this piece of fat. Sun Ce is like a hungry wolf, staring at our bowl. This piece of fat in the mouth, think about it, how can we take this piece of meat from the mouth of the hungry wolf!"

Pang De and Zhang Yun looked at each other, and both shook their heads, expressing their incomprehension.

Pang Tong had no choice but to say: "The hungry wolf wants to eat meat but is afraid of people. We just need to stick our chopsticks into this piece of meat and tell the hungry wolf that this piece of meat has an owner, and the hungry wolf will naturally go away!"

Pang De and Zhang Yun looked at each other again, still expressing their incomprehension, and kept shaking their heads.

Pang Tong had no choice but to say: "Okay, I won't beat around the bush with you anymore. Talking to you is like playing the piano with a cow!"

After finishing speaking, Pang Tong spread out the map, pointed to the three counties of Xiapi, Siwu, and Houqiu, and said, "We divide our forces into three groups, and taking these three counties can prevent Sun Ce from continuing to go north."

(End of this chapter)