Chapter 30 Wei Yan: More crazy than me?
In Jiyang County, the main camp of the Jingzhou army, Jingzhou Governor Xu Qiu, Nanyang Prefect Qin Jie and other important figures of Jingzhou gathered to discuss the recapture of Wancheng.

The players from Nanyang County gathered outside the camp, looking with envy at the generals and counselors from Jingzhou who were entering the camp.

This is an opportunity to make friends with the military generals and nobles of Jingzhou, but unfortunately they are not qualified to attend.

“That person seems to be ‘Sheng Zuo Yi Shusheng’ from Xinye County!”

“He’s actually qualified to participate!”

The players in Nanyang County were shocked when they saw Li Qian, Cai Zhong and Cai He entering the camp chatting and laughing.

The player group had no power and influence in the early stage and was not favored by the aristocratic families, but Li Qian was already qualified to participate in the decision-making of the Jingzhou army!
At the main seat in the central military tent, a middle-aged civil servant sat upright with a serious expression, while on both sides below him, there was a row of Jingzhou generals.

Xu Qiu, the governor of Jingzhou, is not well known to later generations.

Xu Qiu was from Haixi, Guangling. He was upright and honest. He fought corruption in Jingzhou and helped to pacify the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Nanyang. Later, he was dismissed from office for exposing Zhang Zhong, the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong. Later, he was appointed as the governor of Chengcheng, the governor of Runan, and the governor of Donghai, and he carried out education and practice.

When Emperor Xian of Han moved the capital to Xuchang, he summoned Xu Qiu to serve as a court official, but on his way to the capital, Xu Qiu was kidnapped by Yuan Shu. After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he wanted to grant him a high position and generous salary, but Xu Qiu sternly refused.

Later, after Yuan Shu’s death, Xu Qiu obtained the imperial seal and presented it to Emperor Xian of Han. Later, Xu Qiu was promoted to the rank of Nine Ministers. In the 13th year of Jian’an, Emperor Xian ordered Xu Qiu to appoint Cao Cao as prime minister.

It can be said that Xu Qiu was a good official, and his political value should be around 90.

Unfortunately, during the turbulent times of the Eastern Han Dynasty, many heroes were vying for supremacy. Xu Qiu was not suitable to be a prince, nor did he have the ambition to be one.

The Jingzhou generals in the camp all looked at Cai Mao, Cai He, Cai Zhong, Kuai Liang, Li Qian and others who had arrived.

One of the generals from Jingzhou was a strong man with a muscular body, a fierce belly and a strong waist, eyes like swords and a majestic expression. He gave Li Qian a sense of oppression as if he were a tiger or leopard.

This guy is definitely a fierce general!
Among the fierce generals of Jingzhou, Li Qian had met Wei Yan.

Could this person be Huang Zhong?
The ages don’t match.

This brave general is even younger.

Then the only possibility is Wen Pin.

This guy’s martial arts skills may be comparable to Wei Yan’s, and he can definitely be considered a first-rate general.

When Liu Biao was alive, Wen Pin helped Liu Biao defend against powerful enemies in the north. After surrendering to Cao Cao, he helped Cao Wei defend against powerful enemies in the south. He fought against Guan Yu and Sun Quan, achieved great results, and was extremely fierce.

The Jingzhou army finally sent a real general, not a fool like Cai Zhong and Cai He.

Li Qian did not see Huang Zhong among the generals of Jingzhou.

Didn’t Huang Zhong participate in suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion?

“Degui and Zirou are here, please take a seat. We can start discussing matters when the Nanyang governor arrives.”

Xu Qiu motioned Cai Mao and Kuai Liang to take a seat.

Cai Zhong, Cai He and Li Qian stood behind Cai Mao and Kuai Liang.

Li Qian secretly observed the generals of Jingzhou.

In addition to Wen Pin, the Jingzhou army also has a group of second-rate and third-rate generals whose military strength ranges from 70 to 85.

I wonder if a warrior of the Five Tiger Generals’ caliber could fight his way back and forth like Zhao Zilong at Changbanpo when he was surrounded and blocked by dozens of second- and third-rate generals?
Li Qian didn’t have to wait long before the Nanyang prefect Qin Jie, along with his Jiangxia generals and the defeated Nanyang generals, walked into the central army camp.

Behind Qin Jie followed a fierce general who was eight feet tall and had a strong back and waist. His armor was covered with cracks. Although it had been washed with clean water, bloodstains could still be vaguely seen in the cracks. It was obvious that he had experienced a brutal bloody battle not long ago.

However, his face did not show the fatigue of the bloody battle, but the desire for the next battle. He swept his eyes over the generals of Jingzhou with an arrogant expression, as if he looked down on these generals. When he saw Wen Pin, his contemptuous eyes were restrained.

“Wei Yan?”

Li Qian and Wei Yan looked at each other. This was the second time they met.

Wei Yan’s expression was even more shocked than Li Qian’s.

He probably didn’t expect that Li Qian was also qualified to be here.

Wei Yan joined the former Nanyang prefect, Chu Gong, and made great achievements in the Battle of Wancheng. Now he has joined the new Nanyang prefect, Qin Jie.

In troubled times, heroes emerge. With Wei Yan’s military prowess and his obsession with fighting, it was not difficult for him to stand out. However, Wei Yan was not from a noble family and was arrogant and frivolous. If he had not met a wise leader like Liu Bei who could recognize talent, he would probably have been a low-level general all his life.

Behind Qin Jie, there was not only Wei Yan, but Wei Yan was ranked behind the generals of Jiangxia County brought by Qin Jie, and was obviously excluded by them.

Yes, with Wei Yan’s personality and poor interpersonal relationships, it would be extremely difficult for him to integrate into Qin Jie’s Jiangxia Legion.

Ok?
Li Qian noticed that Qin Jie’s Jiangxia County generals were all unruly and it seemed that Qin Jie might not be able to control this group of arrogant and powerful generals.

Qin Jie led the Jiangxia troops to arrive, and the governor Xu Qiu looked at Kuai Liang and said, “Zi Rou, what do you think about retaking Wancheng?”

Kuai Liang bowed and said, “The Yellow Turbans have a million men, and Wancheng is a big city. If the Yellow Turbans hold on to the city, we will forcefully attack it, and there will be countless casualties.”

“Yeah yeah.”

Many Jingzhou generals nodded in agreement.

Attacking a city has always been a major problem in ancient times.

The Yellow Turban leader Sun Xia led 400,000 Yellow Turban troops to besiege the small city of Xinye. Xinye only had 10,000 Han troops and 150,000 soldiers assembled by players, but they managed to hold it.

What’s more, Wancheng was a large city, and the Yellow Turban Army had more than one million soldiers. No one knew exactly whether it was one million, two million, or three million, because they were simply too numerous to count!

Kuai Liang continued, “Why not use a vanguard to lure Zhang Mancheng out to fight, and then have a decisive battle on the plain, which will give full play to the advantages of our Han army.”

Xu Qiu looked around at the generals and asked, “Which general is willing to serve as the vanguard?”

“Uh……”

The generals of Jingzhou looked at each other, and none of them was willing to put themselves in danger.

That’s a million-strong Yellow Turban Army! If they are trapped, they will be dead!
Wen Pin remained unmoved. He was a general of the Jingzhou army and had to lead the main force of the Jingzhou army in a decisive battle with the Yellow Turban Army of Nanyang on the plain, so he was unable to do anything else.

At this moment, two figures stood out from the back and said in unison: “I am willing to be the vanguard!”

Xu Qiu, Qin Jie, Wen Pin, Kuai Liang, Cai Mao and other important figures in Jingzhou all looked at the two people who came out of the line. One was Wei Yan behind Qin Jie, and the other was Li Qian behind Cai Mao.

Seeing that Li Qian had come out to compete with him for the credit, Wei Yan said loudly: “I, Wei Wenchang, am enough to lead the charge, there is no need for another person!”

“I, Li Qian, can take Zhang Mancheng’s head as easily as taking something out of a bag!”

Wei Yan made harsh remarks, but Li Qian was even more harsh than him.

Wei Yan widened his eyes and asked, “Why are you even crazier than me?”
Wei Yan didn’t dare to say that he could easily take Zhang Mancheng’s head. After all, the millions of Yellow Turbans were not just for show.

Xu Qiu, the governor of Jingzhou, was very pleased with the two brave generals’ willingness to recommend themselves, so he was very generous: “I will give each of you 3,000 cavalrymen as vanguards.”

(End of this chapter)