Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Not only him, but other soldiers also couldn't figure it out.

The 500 people here have all fought with Li Yi, met Li Yi, and even ate in a big pot. No matter how bad Wei Yan's performance was, they never doubted Li Yi's problem.

In other words, they were dissatisfied with Wei Yan, and the fundamental contradiction was that Wei Yan was disloyal to Li Yi.

Otherwise, they were just little soldiers. Although Wei Yan was messing around, he didn't bully them. Would they have to go against Wei Yan?

When everyone was wondering, Wei Yan turned around, cupped his hands at Dian Wei, and said, "General Dian, please read out the Lord's military order!"

After finishing speaking, Wei Yan immediately bowed down and bowed down. Immediately afterwards, Xu Sheng, Xu Kun, and more than 1000 soldiers in the audience also knelt down on the ground.

Dian Wei went to the front, took out the military order from his arms, and said loudly: "The Yellow River is dangerous, and it is not easy to fight. If you attack by force, even if you win, the soldiers and horses will suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, I ordered Wei Yan to be in Gaotang. Tan and the others relaxed their vigilance, Wei Yan endured the humiliation, worked secretly for half a year, and gained a lot. Today's time has come, and Wei Yan is ordered to be the vanguard of the army against the rebels on the East Road, and to control the troops and horses of all battalions in Qingzhou. If you don't follow, cut it off!"

After Dian Wei finished reading, the already quiet school grounds were even more audible, only the sound of breathing continued to rise and fall, and the military order was only a few short sentences, but the amount of information was too great.

Wei Yan's nonsense for more than half a year was all Li Yi's order, just to make Yuan Tan underestimate the enemy, so that he can cross the river conveniently and defeat the enemy with one blow?

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"Wei Yan accepts the order!"

A loud roar brought everyone back to their senses.

Wei Yan got up, took the military order from Dian Wei with both hands, then held the order in his right hand, pressed the sword with his left hand, and stood in front of the commanding platform, looking at the more than 1000 sergeants in front of him with a stern face. Unconsciously, from the previous resentment and dissatisfaction, it changed back to the original awe of Shangguan, and also, eager to try.

"Carry in!"

Following Wei Yan's decree, a hundred or ten sergeants came in from outside the school grounds, in groups of four, carrying twenty large wooden boxes on wooden poles.

When these people came to Dianjiangtai, a few boxes were moved up, but more were piled under Dianjiangtai.

Wei Yan didn't say a word, pulled out the long sword at his waist, slammed it on a box, and then kicked hard, the box split open, and there was a crash, and what fell out of the box turned out to be pieces. gold cakes.

Seeing this, the sergeants couldn't help but have a touch of scorching heat in their eyes.

Wei Yan brewed it in the same way, and split open several other boxes, which were also full of gold cakes. After Wei Yan kicked the box down, it was directly covered with a small half of the platform!

"You have all seen what this is. This is a gold cake. Just this one piece can make you live comfortably for the rest of your life. These are all earned by Wei from the opposite side according to the master's instructions."

Wei Yan picked up two gold cakes, held them in his hands for a moment, and then still on the ground, said loudly: "However, although there is a lot of money, Wei Yan dare not take any of it, because the lord said that all the money is given to you." What you have prepared, as long as you have the courage to follow Wei to kill the Yellow River, the money will be yours, even if you die in battle, the money will be sent to your parents, wives and children, and the original pension will be doubled!"

"Now, let me ask you, who is willing to die for the lord, follow me to kill the Yellow River, and win the first victory of the lord's northern expedition to Hebei!"

Wei Yan held up the military order, pointed the long sword obliquely at the other side of the Yellow River, and looked at the more than 1000 soldiers in the audience with burning eyes. He knew that these people would not let him down.

"The young general is willing to die for the lord!"

Almost as soon as Wei Yan finished speaking, someone responded, and it was the only village head who dared to question Wei Yan before.

Just as Wei Yan was about to praise him with a few words, the voices of the soldiers below came to him one after another, and soon they were all over the city.

"I would like to die for the Lord!"

"I would like to die for the Lord!"

"I would like to die for the Lord!"

Although there are only more than a thousand people, the momentum at this time is comparable to ten thousand people.

The one who can be jumped out by Li Yi to stay in Gaotang is the most loyal person to Li Yi, and it is no problem to sacrifice his life for Li Yi. What's more, Wei Yan offered such a high bounty. Human life is worthless in troubled times. For many poor people, it is not a loss if they really die.

Wei Yan himself is also full of enthusiasm, his eyes are shining brightly, there are more than a thousand elites, not to mention killing the Yellow River, just meeting Yuan Tan's main force for a while, so what's the problem?

With a vigorous wave of his hand to silence the soldiers, Wei Yan gave an order: "All commanders and above, come to see me quickly, and the rest of the soldiers, take off their outer armor and put on their inner armor, and each of them will receive a continuous crossbow. I boarded the boat and crossed the river, remember, today is the day when a man makes a great contribution!"

"Here!"

Soon, with the issuance of Wei Yan's military order, Gaotang's barracks were closed. Those Qingzhou local soldiers and horses who were once regarded by Wei Yan as cronies and dog legs, but actually used as coachmen and coolies, were all ordered to stay in the camp. Do not go out.

Such a move is naturally for the sake of secrecy. After experiencing corruption first-hand, Wei Yan knows how serious the corruption of money and silk is to soldiers and horses. Therefore, before the war, the more than 1000 Qingzhou soldiers were directly used by Wei Yan as a reason of distrust. I gave up, and missed this great battle that determines the ownership of the world.

However, more Qingzhou soldiers are already on the road to support Gaotang.

Just two days before Wei Yan read out the military order, Zhou Yu and Huo Jun each led [-] Qingzhou troops. First, they left their respective defense areas on the grounds of redeployment. Half a day later, they suddenly began to rush towards Gaotang. The troops will arrive at Gaotang Ferry on the afternoon of Wei Yan's landing to provide follow-up support for Wei Yan.

As for whether Yuan Tan will get the news in advance and carry out targeted defenses, they are not worried at all, because Zhou Yu and others have gone to the field five or six times before the action, and they are absolutely sure in terms of time, even if Yuan Tan's detailed work is the first. Time discovered that they had to march abnormally and made a correct judgment, but when the news reached Yuan Tan's ears, it must have been half a day after Wei Yan landed.

At that time, tens of thousands of troops began to cross the river, and it was hopeless for Yuan Tan to dispatch troops and generals again.

This is still the most favorable situation for Yuan Tan. In fact, the time when Yuan Tan gets the news will only be postponed, and it is impossible to advance it.

On the other hand, on Li Yi's side, it is not only Zhou Yu and Huo Jun who are rushing towards Gaotang, but also the main forces of Yangzhou and Xuzhou under the command of Zhang Liao in the direction of Mount Tai.

There are more than [-] soldiers and horses in the three routes. As long as one route provides timely support for Wei Yan, the natural danger of the Yellow River will no longer be an obstacle for Li Yi.

However, all of this has a premise, that is, Wei Yan must win!

Chapter 762

On the surging Yellow River, among the green hills, Wei Yan stood at the bow of the ship, and brought two cargo ships full of "cargo" down the river. Not long after, he saw a beacon standing on the shore.

Although Yuan Tan despised Wei Yan, he was not an idiot, and did not think about the defensive arrangements that should be made at all.

Starting from the opposite bank of Gaotang, many beacon towers have been built on both sides of the north and south, especially from Gaotang to the east, until the area around Pingyuanjin Ferry, basically there is a beacon tower every ten miles. Crossing the river, the defenders in the beacon tower will immediately light up fireworks to warn the defenders of Pingyuanjin.

There are two main deployments of troops in Pingyuan County. Yuan Tan and Chun Yuqiong stationed [-] troops in the plain of Zhisuo, and Jiang Qi led [-] troops to guard Pingyuanjin. intercept.

Although Jiang Qi's troops are not too many, but as the defensive side, they occupy a favorable location, while the opposite side is full of troops. Even if the enemy comes with a large army of [-], they cannot give full play to their superiority at the ferry, and they can go into battle at the same time. staff is very limited.

Therefore, as long as Jiang Qi has enough bows and arrows to detect the incoming enemy in time, it will not be a problem to resist an army of tens of thousands with 5000 troops for a whole day, and the plain is not far from Pingyuanjin, so one day is enough for Yuan Tan to arrange support.

A ferry with more than 1 defenders, if Li Yi's soldiers wanted to attack by force, they had to spend tens of thousands of lives to fill it. The tragedy was even worse than the siege.

What Wei Yan has to do today is to go ahead with two ships, cover up with a small amount of cargo, hide elites in the cabin, and pull out the beacon all the way, so that more than ten ships and more than 1000 soldiers and horses behind can approach Pingyuanjin smoothly. Go ashore and attack Jiang Qi before he can react.

This task seems to be very difficult, because Jiang Qi's force is three times that of Wei Yan's, but Wei Yan has absolute confidence? Not only because he has the upper hand in terms of strategic layout? He also has an absolute advantage in equipment? Manpower A ten-arrow crossbow? No matter how many more 5000 people Wei Yan dared to fight head-to-head.

"General? Look!"

Thinking about something? A young general beside Wei Yan beckoned him to look to the other side? Is there a beacon there? The defenders spotted the two ships and waved to Wei Yan.

That's right? It's just a greeting? Even the expression is cheerful.

Wei Yan's boat is hung with the chess pieces of the Wei family company. In the past six months, the Wei family company has become a close friend of the Jizhou soldiers along the way.

Even? There is a saying among these Jizhou soldiers that the eldest son has the final say on whether he is full or not, and whether the food is good or not? The shopkeeper Wei has the final say.

For more than half a year, Wei Yan would find an excuse to stop at the beacons along the road every time he sailed for more than half a year, leaving some wine, meat, or cloth for the defenders to make friends.