Seeing this, Wang Shang said from the side, "I heard that Chen Tiao'er is Su Gu's supporter, and he and Zhao Song are both civil and military. I don't know what his abilities are."
Shen Mi thought for a while and replied, "Although Chen Tiao'er is not as good as Pang De, he is also good at martial arts. He is good at using flying spears and uses them with elusiveness. If you don't pay attention, you will suffer a big loss easily."
After hearing this, Liu Yan's face became more and more unhappy, and he scolded, "I am incompetent, but I exaggerate and ruin my morale."
Shen Mi did not expect such a result and hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground, saying he did not dare.
Liu Yan ordered the two men to be escorted back to the back camp to await their punishment.
Immediately, Liu Yan issued an order for the troops to reorganize the trenches and prepare to besiege Jiange.
He also asked people to set up reed canopies on a high slope and invited the Taoist priests from Heming Palace to come and sit down.
The generals took the order and each surveyed the terrain to find a suitable place to camp.
The armies were panicking, and Liu Yan, who was standing on a hillside from a high position, suddenly saw three fast horses approaching from the rear camp.
Seeing that the three cavalry were approaching with great urgency, Liu Yan frowned slightly. Could it be that something happened behind the scenes?
Wang Shang on the side was also worried and said.
"I don't know if it's Zitong's messenger or Luo County's messenger."
Liu Yan said "hmm" and became even more confused.
In the past few days, he used extremely unreasonable excuses to kill Li Quan and Wang Xian, two powerful locals who supported him.
Liu Yan's local political opponents in charge of Yizhou were naturally gloating over his misfortune, and even those who supported him began to be wary of him.
Wang Shang's efforts just now to keep Shen Mi and Lou Fa were actually the local faction subconsciously starting to unite.
Once the local factions who support Liu Yan and the local factions who oppose Liu Yan begin to join forces, Liu Yan's situation in Yizhou will be precarious.
Now there are two strongest local powerful factions in Yizhou, one is Jia Long, the governor of the state, and the other is Ren Qi, the prefect of Qianwei.
The reason why Liu Yan was able to come to Yizhou to serve as prefectural shepherd was because Liangzhou rebels Ma Xiang and Zhao Zhi rebelled and joined forces with ten thousand people to break through Mianzhu and Luoxian County and killed Yizhou governor Qie Jian.
These rebels captured the three counties of Shu, Guanghan and Qianwei within ten months.
The imperial court was worried that the situation in Yizhou was out of control, so it appointed Liu Yan as the shepherd of Yizhou.
Unexpectedly, before Liu Yan arrived, this huge rebel army was recruited by Jia Long, the state official, to recruit more than a thousand soldiers, and it took several months to wipe out the entire rebel army.
Later, when Liu Yan entered Sichuan, Jia Long greeted him with soldiers, horses and soldiers.
After careful consideration, Liu Yan gave up Luoxian County, the seat of the governor of Yizhou, and instead established his foundation in Mianzhu. This time he attacked Hanzhong and moved his camp to Zitong.
This is the background of the times when Liu Yan took office.
Jia Long, who was engaged in the state, and Ren Qi, the governor of Jianwei who emerged during the annihilation of Ma Xiang, not only controlled considerable military strength, but also won the support of local powerful people by virtue of their contribution to saving Yizhou.
These native Yizhou people are more likely to unite together when facing Liu Yan, a foreigner.
Of course, Liu Yan's status as a generational hero was not for nothing. He dared to come to Yizhou, so he naturally had a few cards in his hand.
First of all, the first one is Dong Fu. Dong Fu took the initiative to become the captain of the western vassal state of Shu County, and became the Qingyi captain alongside the Yak captain. The Yak captain was responsible for conquering foreign barbarians, and the Qingyi captain was responsible for conquering the Han people. So there we have it. With the Tsing Yi Qiang as a force support, Liu Yan had the confidence to speak. Moreover, Dong Fu was from Mianzhu, Guanghan, and he was a member of the local tycoons.
Secondly, there was Sima Zhao Wei, a subordinate of the Chinese army who followed Liu Yan. This man was a powerful man in Ba County and had very strong connections in the local area.
With the help of Dong Fu and Zhao Wei, not only did Ren An, Wang Shang, Chen Shi, Zhu Gui and other well-educated people advise Liu Yan, but also young talents such as Zhang Su, Zhang Song, Huang Quan and Wang Lei joined him.
Yizhou Mufu.
As a result, the local forces in Yizhou began to divide, and gradually there was a faction close to the Yizhou Mufu.
After Liu Yan entered Yizhou, he soon discovered another free force, which was a large number of refugees who fled into Yizhou from Sanfu and Nanyang.
These refugees are huge in number, but they are helpless.
Liu Yan asked the general Lu Chang who followed him and the captain Sun Zhao who was fighting against the captives to recruit a force of soldiers from these refugees, named Dongzhou soldiers.
These Dongzhou soldiers, who were also immigrants from Yizhou, were extremely united and fought bravely. What's even more rare is that they were in the same situation as Liu Yan, being squeezed out by local forces, so they were quite loyal.
Liu Yan's attack on Hanzhong this time was not only to completely separate Yizhou, but also to use the Qingyi Qiang and Dongzhou soldiers to suppress the local powerful.
This point should be clear to both Jia Long, the governor of Luoxian County, and Ren Qi, the governor of Jianwei who sent troops to follow.
Liu Yan asked Sun Zhao, the captain of the military camp to take over Jia Long's troops, which also contained a hint of testing.
Wang Shang accompanied Liu Yan, looked at the three fast horses, and said, "I guess it's something about Zitong. Luoxian County should be fine."
As a native loyal to the Yizhou Mufu, Wang Shang least wanted the two sides to have a fight.
Liu Yan didn't answer, thinking about something silently.
As the three fast horses approached the perimeter of Yizhou's soldiers and horses, a wandering scout immediately came forward, wanting to ask where they were coming from.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the rangers approached, the three fast horses suddenly accelerated and threw away the scout cavalry.
The scouts were stunned for a while before they came to their senses and shouted loudly.
"Thief attack!——"
"Thief attack!——"
Unfortunately, just as their shouts were uttered, a young martial artist of fourteen or fifteen years old, who was riding a fast horse in the lead, suddenly turned around, drew his sword and slashed behind him.
The shouts of these scouts were cut into pieces and turned into a strange scream.
The Yizhou soldiers and horses who arrived at Jiange were currently dispatching back and forth, setting up camps and digging trenches. The three horses rushed in, but they only attracted a burst of curses and did not arouse their alertness at all.
Liu Yan and Wang Shang, who were standing on the high slope and paying attention, had their faces changed.
Liu Yan shouted angrily, "No one has come to stop this thief!"
Wang Shang quickly asked his soldiers to ring the gong and wave the flag.
Those military officers and captains noticed something was wrong first. They quickly scanned the whole place and quickly discovered the three fast horses rushing into the army!
The nearest military commander flew up with his arms around the horse's neck, about to stop him.
Unexpectedly, before he could sit firmly on the horse, a sharp knife had already struck him on the head.
Thick blood rose up, and the military commander on the horse fell to the ground with a "gudong".
Now the whole place was completely awake.
I don't know who shouted, and the soldiers who were in chaos and disorder quickly picked up the weapons around them and excitedly surrounded and killed the three people!
Everyone understood that the three thieves who rushed into the army were like moths flying into the flames, overestimating their own capabilities.
This is simply a military achievement for nothing.
The young man in front had no expression on his face. He took out a big white flag from his body and stuck it on the spear behind his back.
Three big characters were clearly written on it, "Against injustice!"
The young man looked around the battlefield, without even looking at the soldiers who rushed forward, and shouted, "Chen Yuanhua in Hanzhong! Beg for the thief for the great Han!"
After saying that, he got off his horse and rushed towards the high slope where Liu Yan was.
Liu Yan couldn't help shouting angrily when he saw it, "How brave!"
He led an army of nearly ten thousand people to besiege Jiange. Unexpectedly, not only did this young man of Chen Tiao not escape, he even dared to come forward to provoke him.
So arrogant!
When the surrounding soldiers saw this, they stepped forward to block him with more vigor, vowing to accomplish this feat in front of Zhou Mu.