Chapter 202 Long Thoughts and Fearless Ding Feng
Wei Yan, courtesy name Wenchang, was born in Yiyang, Jingzhou.
Wei Yannai was a general who followed Liu Bei when he was in Jingzhou, and was a member of Liu Bei's direct army.
In the 16th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was invited by Liu Zhang to go to Sichuan to help Liu Zhang resist Zhang Lu. Wei Yan followed Liu Bei into Shu to fight as a tribe.
In the 17th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Liu Zhang formally broke with each other and sent troops to attack Liu Zhang.
At that time, Liu Bei sent Wei Yan, Zhuo Ying, and Huang Zhong to occupy Fucheng.
Later, Liu Bei's army defeated Liu Zhang's army, and Liu Bei sent Wei Yan, Huang Zhong and other separate troops to pacify Guanghan County. He had many military exploits and was promoted to General Yamen.
In the 19th year of Jian'an, Wei Yan followed Liu Bei to conquer the important town of Luocheng, and together with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and others, surrounded Chengdu.
Looking at Wei Yan's military career twenty years ago in Jian'an, his qualifications, military exploits, and prestige were not outstanding among Liu Bei's generals, and even seemed a bit ordinary.
But the turning point in Wei Yan's life came in the 24th year of Jian'an. In that year, Liu Bei, who won the Battle of Hanzhong, proclaimed himself the King of Hanzhong.
After Liu Bei proclaimed himself the King of Hanzhong in Mianyang and established his seat in Chengdu, a question faced him.
That was because of the importance of Hanzhong. After he led his army back to Chengdu, he had to leave a general to guard Hanzhong.
Fazheng has already stated the importance of Hanzhong: "On the top, you can overthrow the enemies and honor the royal family; on the bottom, you can encroach on Yong and Liang and expand the territory; on the bottom, you can hold on to key points for a long-term plan."
It can be said that the importance of Hanzhong in Liu Bei's power is no less important than that of Jingzhou.
Under this situation, many ministers at the time believed that Zhang Fei should be appointed as the prefect of Hanzhong. Even Zhang Fei felt that this position belonged to him.
But in the end, Liu Bei unexpectedly promoted Wei Yan to the rank of governor of Hanzhong and prefect of Hanzhong, and directly promoted Wei Yan from General Yamen to General Zhenyuan.
When Liu Bei's order spread, the whole army was shocked when they heard about it.
The whole army was shocked not mainly because Zhang Fei was not the commander-in-chief of Hanzhong, but because the commander-in-chief of Hanzhong turned out to be Wei Yan, who was not very impressive at that time.
Because the Governor of Hanzhong can be compared with Guan Yu in terms of strategic significance alone.
Taking into account the shock of the entire army, Liu Bei, in order to appease people's hearts, made a special meeting with his ministers when he led his army to leave Hanzhong.
At the banquet, Liu Bei asked Wei Yandao: "Now that I have entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, why do you want to stay here?"
Wei Yan replied: "If Cao Cao comes with the whole country, please reject it for me, my king. If Cao Cao comes with a hundred thousand people, please swallow them up for me, my king."
Liu Bei was very satisfied after hearing this, and the ministers also praised Wei Yan's words for his heroism, which stabilized the minds of the ministers.
Not to mention the various achievements Wei Yan made during the Northern Expedition in history, for now, the reason why Wei Yan has the prestige to become the governor of Hanzhong is not because of how outstanding his past achievements are, but because Liu Bei appreciates him and uses his prestige as the King of Hanzhong in
Endorse Wei Yan.
Wei Yan also knew this, so after he became the governor of Hanzhong, he tried his best to repay Liu Bei's kindness. Under his watch, Hanzhong County gradually restored stability.
When Wei Yan, who had just inspected the border defense, returned to the prefect's mansion, his subordinates handed him a document from Shen Yi.
Seeing Shen Yi's words in the document accusing Mi Yang of atrocities in killing Shen Dan, Wei Yan couldn't help stroking his beard and thinking deeply.
In the past, Wei Yan had no contact with Mi Yang, and even because of his own temperament, Wei Yan did not like Mi Fang, who was not very talented and had poor conduct, but could become the governor of Nanjun.
According to the ancients, Wei Yan's temperament was aloof and rather selfish. According to later generations, his emotional intelligence was a bit low and he did not know how to deal with his colleagues well.
For this reason, Wei Yan, who was proud of his talent and arrogance, even had a bad relationship with a number of officials from the Jingzhou faction, such as Jiang Wan, Yang Yi, etc.
But despite this, Wei Yanming knew that his character had offended many people, but he never thought about changing it.
Because in Wei Yan's view, as long as he is loyal to Liu Bei and can continue to make contributions to Liu Bei, then everything else is secondary.
Although Wei Yan and Mi Yang had not had much contact before, just last year, Mi Yang was like a meteor streaking over Jingzhou, turning the tide and defeating the 100,000-strong Jiangdong army, which suddenly greatly increased Mi Yang's prestige.
Therefore, in Wei Yan's current impression, although Mi Fang is not a good person, Mi Fang's son Mi Yang is a colleague who rarely attracts his attention.
Under this impression, Wei Yan did not believe much in Shen Yi's accusation against Mi Yang.
After all, Wei Yan's emotional intelligence is not very high, but his IQ is not low.
Shen Yi almost described Mi Yang as a traitor in the document, and Wei Yan thought it was impossible for Mi Yang to rebel against Liu Bei.
From the bottom of the control, in Wei Yan's opinion, Shen Yi should be the real rebel.
Wei Yan immediately judged that Shen Yi was lying, but it was precisely because of this that Wei Yan frowned.
Because Shen Yi acted like this, it shows that there is currently a turmoil going on in Hanxing County.
Hanxing County is right next door to Hanzhong County. Once Hanxing County becomes unstable, it will greatly affect the stability of Hanzhong County.
With this consideration in mind, Wei Yan made a decision soon after.
He ordered his generals to mobilize three thousand troops, and he wanted to personally lead the army to Hanxing County to find out what was going on.
Xicheng is not far from Nanzheng, the seat of Hanzhong County, and is connected by the Han River, so it can be reached in less than three days.
But before leaving, Wei Yan still had to rearrange the defenses of the fortresses in Hanzhong County.
After Ding Feng brought Deng Ai and Ding Feng, Mi Yang stood in front of the generals, pointed at the wooden gate on the shore in front of him and said to Ding Feng: "Qing Xiaoyong is famous for his bravery. It is better to see it once than to hear it a thousand times."
After Mi Yang said this, Ding Feng immediately understood what Mi Yang meant.
Ding Feng cupped his fists and said to Mi Yang, "I'm going to see the general today."
Hearing what Ding Feng said, Mi Yang showed a smile on his face, and he continued to say to Ding Feng: "How many troops and horses do you want?"
After Ding Feng carefully observed the situation on the shore, he said to Mi Yang: "Five hundred is enough."
When Ding Feng said these words, Zhang Ni, Deng Ai and others all showed surprise on their faces.
During the conversation between Mi Yang and Ding Feng, everyone understood Mi Yang's intention.
Because he heard that Ding Feng was in the Wu army before, he was always brave enough to defeat the three armies, and he often cut off generals and held flags, so Mi Yang wanted to use Ding Feng's bravery to pull out the long wooden fortress in front of the army.
And behind the numerous wooden fortresses, although Shen Yi's troops and horses at the rear could not determine the total number due to the obstruction of wooden stakes and antlers, it seemed that there were at least thousands.
It is not easy to land ashore with enemy troops blocking the shore. Now Ding Feng actually wants to lead a smaller number than the enemy troops to defeat the enemy troops. How courageous he is.
After Mi Yang heard Ding Feng's words, he saw that Ding Feng's serious expression did not seem to be fake at all, and immediately said with a smile: "Okay, then you will lead my troops."
"I will press my sword on the boat to see if the thieves will be destroyed!"
Mi Yang then ordered Ding Feng to gather five hundred troops and put them under the command of Ding Feng.
Under Ding Feng's call, hundreds of walking boats soon appeared under the tall building boats.
Unlike Zhang Yi and Deng Ai who looked surprised, Ding Feng seemed to be full of confidence in Ding Feng.
The Zouge is the smallest among all types of warships.
Because of its small size, the number of soldiers it can carry is not as large as that of the Kuang, which has as many fighting ships, and the defense facilities on board are not as complete as those of the Ku'an, which has many battleships.
But its speed is the fastest, and it is most suitable for naval forces to land on the beach.
The wooden gate outside the West City, perhaps because it was just established by Shen Yi, is not like it was a few years later in history, where it was filled with wooden stakes inserted into the Han River.
But due to Shen Yi's careful construction, wooden piles were densely inserted on the banks of the Han River.
Between the gaps between the wooden piles, there were still wooden doors standing. From Mi Yang's sight, it was as if Shen Yi had built a city wall on the river bank out of thin air.
Not only that, there are many antlers and horses in front of the "city wall" standing on the ground, and behind the antlers and horses, there are hundreds of archers standing.
This is a life-saving measure built by Shen Yi to protect Xicheng under the special terrain of Xicheng, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers.
And just as Shen Yi expected, if the wooden gate on the shore was not removed, it would be difficult for Mi Yang's army to get ashore, let alone besiege the city.
After hundreds of walking boats appeared under the building boat, Ding Feng bowed to Mi Yang, then left the building boat and stepped onto the frontmost walking boat below.
After arriving on the walking boat, Ding Feng, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, smelled the smell of kerosene.
He looked at the soldiers around him and saw that they all had torches on their waists. Ding Feng's confidence increased a little more.
Torches are the most commonly used lighting tools in the world. Some of them are made of dried bamboo shoots soaked in water and woven into long strips. Some of them tie cotton or cloth strips at one end and dip them in oil. Some use long bamboo tubes filled with oil.
Stuff the open end with cotton or cloth strips.
The torch not only has a good lighting effect, but most importantly, it can also be used as a kind of ignition.
Ding Feng held up the command flag he had just received from Ding Feng. He did not hesitate at all, nor did he mobilize before the battle. He waved the command flag in his hand under the gaze of thousands of enemy troops on the other side.
Under the waving of the command flag in Ding Feng's hand, the five hundred Mi Yang soldiers who saw the flag all fixed their eyes on Ding Feng.
Soon after, Ding, who was standing at the front of hundreds of walking boats, gave an order, and the walking boat under his feet immediately started up and rushed towards the other shore.
When the walking boat under Ding Feng's feet rushed towards the opposite bank, the hundreds of walking boats behind Ding Feng also started to move together.
Under the leadership of Ding Feng, hundreds of boats shot rapidly forward like sharp arrows.
This scene was noticed by Shen Yi's soldiers on the shore. They never expected that Mi Yang's army would attack so quickly without repair as soon as they arrived outside the city.
But now that the matter was over, they had no time to hesitate.
So under the command of the general, hundreds of Xicheng archers standing behind the antlers began to put sharp arrows on their bowstrings.
Soon after, with the sound of "release", hundreds of arrows were shot towards the hundreds of walking boats led by Ding Feng.
Although the soldiers of Xicheng were not a famous and powerful army in the world, historically they were able to defeat Liu Feng under the command of Shen Yi, which proved that their combat effectiveness was not bad.
And Shen Yi's ability to arrange these hundreds of archers outside the wooden gate fully reflects his confidence in hundreds of archers.
Hundreds of arrows rose into the air, and then quickly fell towards the target with their own light of fire.
These hundreds of arrows are all rockets!
The boat came very fast, and soon Ding Feng and his five hundred soldiers were not far from the shore.
It is precisely because of this that in a short period of time, the only way to stop Ding Feng's team of 500 people was to use rockets to burn their boats.
Otherwise, if it were an ordinary arrow, it would not cause much damage. I am afraid that by the time they set up their bows for the second round, Ding Feng would have already led his troops to the shore.
Facing hundreds of rockets falling from the sky, Ding Feng, who was at the forefront, did not panic.
He was often the first to climb, and he was not afraid of the hot golden liquid, let alone the rocket.
Ding Feng quickly waved the command flag, and under his command, the five hundred Mi Yang soldiers raised their shields in front of them.
Soon after, the sound of arrows colliding with shields could be heard on the Han River.
Because the surface of the shield was covered with rawhide, the rocket did not cause much damage to the shield, let alone the Mi Yang soldiers who were protected by the shield.
But the purpose of Shen Yi's soldiers was not to kill the enemy with rockets.
When the rockets landed on the tarpaulin on the boat, they were affected by kerosene, so the boat quickly caught fire.
Even though it was broad daylight, the hundreds of firelights were particularly dazzling above the Han River.
Seeing the firelight shining on the river, Shen Yi's soldiers on the shore let out a burst of joy.
Their goal was achieved!
In the case of burning caused by the walking boats, the hundreds of enemy walking boats will quickly retreat.
But what happened next was far beyond the expectations of Shen Yi's soldiers on the shore.
When hundreds of boats burned, the leading enemy general not only did not order a retreat, but instead ordered the soldiers beside him to beat drums, urging the soldiers to row faster.
When the drums on Ding Feng's walking boat sounded, the drums on the other hundreds of walking boats also sounded.
Under the influence of hundreds of drums, the hundreds of Mi Jun boats rushing toward the shore not only did not slow down, but actually accelerated by three minutes.
Seeing this scene, the thousands of Shenyi soldiers on the shore were stunned.
Are these hundreds of soldiers desperate for their lives?
Although according to the current traveling speed of the boat, they can reach the river bank before the boat burns out, but their boat will inevitably be completely destroyed, and by then they will have no way out!
Soldiers Shen Yi knew it, how could Ding Feng not know it?
At this time, he could already feel the heat of the flames on his back.
It seemed that the next moment, the flames would burn him and turn him into ashes.
But looking at the enemy troops that were already close at hand, Ding Feng only had determination in his eyes.
Aren't you just risking your life? This is not the first time he has done this.
He knew that Mi Yang had never really been at ease with him, and he also knew that today was Mi Yang's test of him.
But temptation is also an opportunity.
As long as he can make contributions to Mi Yang today, his status in Mi Yang's heart will skyrocket in the future.
He did not know the classics and did not understand the classics, and there were no celebrities or high-ranking officials in his family who could protect him. Therefore, if he wanted to make a fortune in troubled times, he had no choice but to risk his life.
Since it shot out like an arrow from the string, is there any reason to turn back?
Ding Feng's mind was very firm, but under the influence of the flames, the minds of hundreds of Mi Yang's soldiers began to waver.
Ding Feng, who noticed this scene, immediately began to take the lead in reciting Mi Yang's Seven Killing Order.
"Anyone who refuses to follow the drum will be killed."
"Those who do not follow orders will be killed."
"Avoid the front and slash at the latter"
As Ding Feng's voice spread, the other Mi troops on the waterway not far away heard Ding Feng's recitation.
When they heard Ding Feng's recitation, the Seven Cutting Order, which they had already known by heart, instantly came to their minds.
Only then did they realize that if they retreat now, they will surely die if they return to the army.
But if they follow Ding Feng and continue to charge, there may be a way to survive.
Many people don't know how to do multiple-choice questions, but everyone can do a simple comparison of benefits and harms.
Under the influence of this idea, more and more soldiers of Mi Army began to recite the Seven Cut Orders. They wanted to use these Seven Cut Orders to stabilize their minds!
As the contents of the Seven-Shan Order spread, the minds of the five hundred soldiers gradually calmed down.
Most of them were originally members of Mi Yang's former public security department. They were different from ordinary recruits. They had experienced the training of the public security war and became more determined.
Not long after they calmed down, their boat had already reached the shore!
Ding Feng's boat was the first to dock. As soon as it docked, Ding Feng looked at the wooden door stopper that Shen Yi was so proud of, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Either he died on this shore today, or the wooden door stopper was destroyed by him!
Ding Feng pulled out the long knife from his waist and without hesitation, he killed the enemy in front.
The escape route was cut off, and at this time no flag command could compare to his leading the way.
After Ding Feng's boat docked, hundreds of other boats also docked.
The five hundred Mi Yang soldiers saw Ding Feng taking the lead, and their morale was boosted. Then they all drew out their long knives at their waists and started killing Shen Yi's soldiers on the shore.
After Ding Feng and his five hundred troops came ashore, more than a hundred boats behind them were all caught in a sea of fire.
The thousands of soldiers of Shenyi who were inside the wooden gate felt fear in their hearts when they looked at the 500 soldiers who were carrying the sea of fire and were heading towards them.
Are these hundreds of people crazy?
The guard of the wooden gate is a clan brother of Shen Yi. When he saw this scene, he forced himself to calm down. He first ordered all his soldiers to stand behind the antlers to resist the hundreds of Mi troops.
He saw the torches on the waists of the hundreds of soldiers. Once the antlers were broken by the hundreds of soldiers, the consequences would be disastrous.
Then he immediately called a personal guard and asked him to quickly return to the city to report Shen Yi and asked him to send reinforcements as soon as possible.
At this moment, he had a very bad feeling in his heart.
Perhaps the thousands of soldiers on the shore were not enough to resist the hundreds of Mi troops.
Once the wooden gate is lost, West City will be doomed!
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