Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 213 Seizing Power

Hanzhong County, Lecheng.

In the cold winter morning, the new wind is blowing, the warm sun in the sky rises slowly, shines on the earth, and the hoarfrost on the fields gradually melts.

Zhao Yun led the officials of Hanzhong Dudu's Mansion outside the city, waiting for Li Yan's army to come.

Zhao Yun was in the front row, looking south, and at a glance, he could vaguely see the towering 'Li' Ya flag.

Li Yan walked slowly on his bridle, dismounted more than ten steps away from Zhao Yun, to show respect.

After all, Zhao Yun was nearly seventy years old, so he could be called an old man, not to mention that Zhao Yun was the only veteran left in the big man at present, and he dared not trust this matter even if he was as treacherous as Li Yan.

The officials in Zhao Yun led the army to salute, looked at Li Yan secretly, saw that he was about fifty years old, nearly eight feet tall, and his eyes were piercing under his thick eyebrows, but occasionally there was a cunning flash between his eyebrows, which made people feel wary.

"Yun met the Great General Zhenbei. The journey was long, and General Li worked hard all the way." Zhao Yun laughed.

Hearing this, Li Yanxi frowned, smiled back, and said: "General Zuo is here, waiting for you."

Zhao Yun coughed a few times, pretending to be weak, and said slowly: "Yun Nian is old and frail, and General Li needs to take care of the Hanzhong military a lot in the future. We must not let the great man down."

"Old General Zhao, don't worry, it's our duty to be loyal to the country, why do we need to talk too much?" Li Yan asked with a smile.

"I will hold a banquet in the city tonight, and I hope the general will come in person," Zhao Yun said.

Li Yan laughed, put his arm on Zhao Yun, and said: "Why does General Zhao need to be so polite, Yan will definitely go to the banquet tonight, and he will live up to General Zhao's wishes."

After a pause, Li Yan smiled and said, "I don't know where Yan's soldiers are stationed?"

Zhao Yun patted his head lightly, and said annoyedly: "Yun almost forgot, if the general hadn't reminded me. My servant is old and can't remember things."

Zhao Yun pointed to Wang Ping, and introduced him, "This is Zijun, the deputy governor of Hanzhong, and my disciple. You can discuss with him about the general's settlement."

"I'm here to serve as the governor of the king." Li Yan cupped his hands and said.

Wang Ping bowed his hand in return, saying, "Don't dare!"

Looking at this scene on the city wall, Liu Chan sneered endlessly.

After taking Li Yan's military power, the most important thing is to appease the soldiers.If you can know the situation of the army's camp, you can basically control the army and prevent the possibility of the defensive army changing.

After discussing with everyone, Liu Chan decided to entrust Wang Ping with the important task of appeasement of the Jiangzhou Army.

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Li Yan didn't feel anything strange, and happily arranged for the sergeants to camp.

On the contrary, Hong Rong, his subordinate, felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, but there was nothing wrong with it. After all, no one would have imagined that before the war, the Son of Heaven would attack the newly promoted ministers of the court.
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Hanzhong County, Lecheng, Fuya.

The lights in the mansion are brightly lit, and there are staggered toasts and cheerful words during the banquet. It seems that the atmosphere is happy and harmonious.

Zhao Yun held up the bottle to toast Li Yan, and said with a smile, "General Li, you have worked hard all the way to Hanzhong without fear of the cold winter, please drink this bottle."

With a smile on his face, Li Yan raised his bottle in return, and said: "I am ashamed to be loyal to the country!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun placed the wine bottle on the case vigorously, and the wine spilled over the edge of the bottle and onto the case.

Zhao Yun stood up against the case, glaring and said: "Li Yan, you also know that you are ashamed and dare not take it for granted?"

Li Yan was circled, not knowing what happened, and asked suspiciously: "General Zhao, did you and I have a misunderstanding?"

Zhao Yun shook his head with a sneer, and said, "Li Yan, you and I don't have any personal grudges, it's business!"

Li Yan also jumped up against the case, pointed at Zhao Yun, and said angrily: "Zhao Yun, it's very polite to respect your old age, how dare you speak nonsense here, and commit the following crimes."

Fu Xun entered the hall from the side hall, pressed the Han sword in his left hand, and held the imperial edict in his right. General Zhenbei, how dare you speak up against me."

Zhao Yun looked around at everyone present, and said with a sneer: "If Li Yan wants people to be ignorant, he must do nothing. How dare you say that you are loyal to the Han family and live up to the name of Tuogu for what you did in Jiangzhou?"

Seeing this, Li Yan couldn't help being a little flustered, but he still calmed down, and asked Fu Xun coldly, "Who are you, and you dare to pretend to be an imperial edict here?"

"I am Fu Xun, general of Yulin Zhonglang, Fu Ziji. Those who are in Yulin are the wings of the country, such as the prosperity of the forest, and the emperor is in the army. Don't you, Li Yan, not know?" Fu Xun held the edict, facing the crowd, and said lightly .

Holding the edict in his hand, Fu Xun raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty has an edict. The left general Zhao Yun is promoted to General Wei to take charge of the internal and external military affairs of Hanzhong. General Li Yan of Zhenbei and the officers and men of Jiangzhou Dudufu will be assigned to General Wei's tent for dispatch."

Zhao Yun was imposing, no longer weak, took a step forward, spread his palms, and said coldly: "General Zhenbei, please hand over the tiger talisman."

Li Yan's face was gloomy. At this time, he didn't understand that he was tricked by His Majesty. His Majesty transferred him to the north, and in the name of allowing him to go to Hanzhong to take charge of the military and defend against foreign enemies with the post of General Zhenbei.

And secretly promoted Zhao Yun to the rank of General Guard in order to suppress himself and take back the military power of the [-] army. Your Majesty is so scheming!

Li Yan pressed his sword with his right hand, and said excitedly to the general of Jiangzhou in the hall: "This general is Minister Tuogu. I have never heard that your majesty has given this general an edict. Don't believe it."

Suddenly, the sound of soldiers walking and armor colliding came from outside the mansion. Zhao Tong led more than [-] soldiers into the hall, holding spears and waiting in full force.

General Jiangzhou was a little at a loss, he didn't know what happened, and he didn't know who to take orders from, so he could only hold the sword around his waist tightly, waiting for emergencies.

Li Yan stared at Zhao Yun with a serious expression, and said angrily, "Zhao Yun, what do you want to do?"

"It's not what I want to do, but what Li Yan wants to do. Li Yan immediately hand over the Tiger Talisman!" Zhao Yun said.

Li Yan looked at the restless Jiangzhou general, and said bewitchingly: "We have been ordered to travel thousands of miles to Hanzhong and leave our hometown. But they want to take over our military power. They must have betrayed the Han. You should not trust it."

Zhao Yun bared his white teeth and said murderously, "Li Yan, do you want to die?"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun pulled out the sword at his waist and raised his voice and said: "Li Yan's disobedience to His Majesty's will is the fault of one person, and has nothing to do with you. The sword in my hand was given by the late emperor. Sword (Note ①)', Yun hereby guarantees that this matter has nothing to do with you, but Li Yan's disobedience to the military order."

Hearing this, Li Yan drew out his sword, and when he was about to take action, Zhao Yun flew his sword away in a blink of an eye.

With a sound of 'croak', Li Yan's saber fell to the ground.Zhao Yun held the Tiger Mighty Sword in his hand, and the point of the sword reached Li Yan's throat.Li Yan swallowed lightly, his Adam's apple rolled, and he didn't dare to move rashly.
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①According to the "Ancient and Modern Sword Records", in the first year of Zhang Wu, Liu Bei mined iron ore in Jinniu Mountain and cast eight swords, one of which was worn by Liu Bei himself, and the other seven were given to Liu Chan, Liu Yong, Liu Li, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun.Name each sword and let Zhuge Liang inscribe words on the sword, but the name of the sword is difficult to test.

(End of this chapter)