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Chapter 385 Yiling

Zhuge Liang was not only released to Li Yan, but even his servants, chief secretary, thief Cao and others were also released together. It was really amazing that even though he was as self-confident as Li Yan, he still admired Zhuge Liang.If it were him, he might not dare to do so.

Of course, Li Yan is indeed sincerely attached. He has become the head of Yidao County at a young age. It seems that he has a bright future, but it is not the case.In the next five years, before he was established, his limit was to transfer to a county with ten thousand households and become a county magistrate of a thousand stones. If he wanted to cross the threshold of two thousand stones, it would be as difficult as climbing the sky.

This is because Liu Biao relied on the full support of the Nanjun gentry to become the lord of Jingzhou. In return, the Nanjun gentry spread all over the country and abroad for more than ten years, holding important positions and giving power to Jingchu.And Liu Biao himself is not a hero who can promote talents exceptionally.Li Yan is a Nanyang native, if he doesn't survive for ten or eight years, he will never even think about reaching the position of two thousand stones.

It wasn't that Li Yan cursed the old master. In the face of the rising Liu Jing, Liu Biao was exhausted and his decline was evident. Not to mention ten or eight years, his collapse within two or three years is not an accident.

Liu Jing's side is different. As an emerging force, it is full of opportunities. The two thousand stone prefects in Jingnan, including Liu Jing himself, are all under 30 years old, and no one stands above him.

Liu Jingying is talented, has the ambition to whip the world, takes over heroes, and is thirsty for talents. Li Yan believes that with his talent, he will be valued by Liu Jing, and he will have a much better future than being under Liu Biao.Yidao is one of the meeting gifts that Li Yan prepared for Liu Jing.

Li Yan hurried back to Yidao County with all the officials under his door. At this time, Yidao City had already heard that Liu Jing's army was attacking, and the gates of the city were closed tightly.

Seeing Li Yan and his party from a distance, someone immediately shouted from the top of the city: "It's Ming Ting, Ming Ting is back..."

"And Tsunaki..."

"Quickly open the door..."

Li Yan has a strict temperament and is nicknamed "Li Linjia". He is fearless from all walks of life. Before the county magistrate who presides over the city defense has spoken, the gatekeepers open the city gates to welcome Li Yan. From this we can see that Li Yan has accumulated great power in the past deep.

Li Yan stepped into the city with a majestic face, and immediately let the thief Cao take over the city defense, and asked the officials at the door, and learned that his mother did not know that he was captured when he went out. Temple deliberations.

Li Yan sat at the main seat in the main hall, straight to the point and said: "The name of General Anyuan must have been heard by all the kings. In the past, King Wen of Zhou could not bear to expose his bones to the wilderness, and King Wu of Zhou did not change the life of one person in the world, so he was able to win the favor of heaven and earth. Yes, it is a journey to conquer business like a forest. Today, General Anyuan is ordered by the emperor to send the army from Jingnan across the river to the north. Wherever he passes, there will be no offense in autumn, and the people will be influenced. He is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. I intend to What do you think about the surrender of the city?"

No one in the hall objected, and from the moment Li Yan returned to Yidao, there was no other voice in the city, even the county magistrate, who was also an orderly officer, could only bow his head and obey orders.

Li Yan nodded in satisfaction, and then led the officials to meet Liu Jingjun in the north of the city.

The city of Yidao County was built on the rocks on the right bank of the Yishui River, so it was also called "Yanyi".

Zhuge Liang went ashore under the escort of many soldiers and walked up to Li Yan.Li Yan did not wait for Zhuge Liang to open his mouth, first bowed deeply, and then said: "Military commander, I am fortunate to not disgrace my life, and I will lead the barbarian officials and people to welcome the volunteers."

Zhuge Liang took Li Yan's hand and said with a smile: "Zhengfang really has Feng Yi's style..."

Zhuge Liang's praise made Li Yan quite useful. Among the 28 Yuntai generals, Feng Yi and Cen Peng were the only ones who won the title of Jian Fang.Sigh, man, it should be so.

However, unlike Feng Yichong's humility, Li Yan is extremely ambitious. He was captured first, and then surrendered the city. He didn't have much credit for it. Therefore, he came up with the idea of ​​​​Yishan County upstream of the Yishui River, and planned to capture it. Mountains, as one's own stepping stone.

Li Yan said to Zhuge Liang: "Military commander, to the west of Yidao and upstream of Yishui River, there are still five surnames in Yishan County, Nanjun, and Bajun: Ba, Fan, Su, Xiang, and Zheng. Yishan. The land is surrounded by mountains, the roads are difficult and dangerous, and the barbarians are not willing to accept the king's transformation, and it is not a day's work for a large army to go west."

"Oh?" Zhuge Liang knew in his heart that Li Yan said so, and there must be a countermeasure, so he asked humbly: "I don't know what advice the affirmative party has?"

Just as Zhuge Liang expected, Li Yan said without hesitation: "Yushan is located in a remote place, and the news is blocked, so there is no news about our army. The military commander can pretend to be my five hundred elite soldiers. I will pretend to be defeated and seek asylum under the pretext of opening the city gate. , so that you can capture Mount Yau without bloodshed."

"Good." After hearing this, Zhuge Liang clapped his hands and said, "Five hundred elite soldiers are enough?"

"Enough." Li Yan nodded vigorously, only with few soldiers can he show his extraordinaryness.

Zhuge Liang asked again: "When does Zheng Fang plan to leave?"

Li Yan replied: "It's better to start this matter sooner rather than later."

Zhuge Liang sighed: "Zheng Fang has worked hard, and on the day of success, I will ask for credit for Zheng Fang."

In order to pretend to be a defeated soldier, Liu Jing's [-] elite soldiers all abandoned their heavy armor, armed only with knives and crossbows, followed Li Yan, and sailed up against the barbarian water in a light boat.

Although Mount Yi is connected to Bashu in the west and Wuling in the south, it is deep inland, with few people and many people. To be honest, for Liu Jingjun today, it is irrelevant. What is really important is Yiling.

Naturally, Zhuge Liang would not give up the basics and chase the last, and stop marching into Yiling because of the Yishan Mountain.The next day, Zhuge Liang asked Gan Ning to lead 3000 people to take Yiling to the north, while he sent a thousand people to Yidao as backup for Gan Ning and Li Yan.

Yiling is the center of the western part of Nanjun. It controls the Three Gorges in the west, Jiangling in the east, and the dangers of Jingmen (mountain) and Huya (mountain) in the south. Because the two mountains face each other across the river, they form a natural river pass. The terrain is extremely dangerous. Countless wars have taken place here, such as the battle between Qin and Chu Jingmen, Gongsun Shu's pontoon bridge rejecting Han and so on.

However, because Liu Jingjun came so fast, Yiling had no time to react, so Liu Jingjun passed through this natural barrier without any hindrance, drove straight all the way, and killed Yiling.

Liu Jing's army suddenly approached the city, and there was almost chaos in Yiling City. Fortunately, Yiling not only had the county magistrate in charge of the overall situation, but also the generals of the garrison, so the situation was quickly stabilized.

Seeing Yiling's stance of defending the city, from Ganning down, all the generals were happy, because only fighting can they have a chance to make meritorious deeds.Since Liu Jing's army marched westward, all the counties they have passed have surrendered, and there has not been a single battle. If Yiling also surrendered, where would they go to gain military exploits?

Gan Ning led his troops ashore, set up camp in the south of Yiling, repaired war equipment, and prepared to attack the city.

Two days later, Li Yan succeeded in capturing Mount Yu, and Zhuge Liang immediately sent a thousand people northward to join Gan Ning with the task of supervising the second county.

(End of this chapter)