Yan Yan had never fought against the Wei army.

Although he had heard of Wei Jun's achievements, he was not afraid, thinking that he would fight no matter what.

Wu Ban tried his best to dissuade him, saying that the Wei army was quite strong, and the Shu army was probably not an opponent in a head-on confrontation, and suggested that Yan Yan would defend Qutang Pass and Baidi City to wait for work.

His suggestion was reprimanded by Yan Yan as cowardice, Yan Yan believed that the logistics of the Shu army were difficult, and if the Wei army could not be defeated as soon as possible, it would inevitably be dragged down by logistics, so this battle needed to take the initiative.

Wu Ban failed to dissuade him, and was left by Yan Yan in the White Emperor City to garrison, and he was not allowed to delay the military plane.

Then Yan Yan took the initiative to lead more than 30 warships and 5,000 infantry troops to attack, and decided to test the combat effectiveness of the Wei army.

In terms of the Wei army, Le Jin sat in Yiling, with Gan Ning as the first echelon, led 5,000 troops to garrison in Wuxian as the vanguard, and Zhu Ling was the front governor, sitting in Zigui, leading Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, Li Gan and other generals.

Guo Jia thought that Yan Yan took the initiative to attack because he had never fought with the Wei army, and wanted to test the combat effectiveness of the Wei army.

So Guo Jia made a plan, so that Gan Ning feinted defeat one after another, and gradually led Yan Yan to Wuxian County to see if he would increase his troops and try his catties.

Gan Ning still has some ability.

When Yan Yan led the army to attack, Gan Ning led the Wei army to insist on fighting, but the navy army was quickly defeated.

The Wei army's naval division, which was mainly composed of Jingzhou sailors, was the first to rout and could not continue to fight, so although Gan Ning led the army to fight Yan Yan on the shore, it was suppressed by the Shu army's rain of arrows, so the Wei army was defeated, and Gan Ning led the army to retreat.

Yan Yan was overjoyed and continued to lead his troops forward.

The second formation was when Gan Ning got reinforcements, and turned around to fight Yan Yan again, but was suppressed by the rain of arrows and arrows in the Shu army, was defeated, and fled in embarrassment.

In the third formation, it was Gan Ning who once again rectified the water and land armies to fight, but it was still the ineffective operation of the water army, which affected the land operations, resulting in the Wei army being suppressed by the rain of arrows from the Shu army's ships, and being restricted by the terrain and unable to use cavalry, so it was defeated again and had to retreat.

The Wei army was defeated in three battles, and Gan Ning lost his troops and had to retreat into the city, and instead defended the city, and was pushed under the county seat of Wuxian by Yan Yan.

Yan Yan won all three battles, and his confidence increased greatly, so he decisively waved his army to attack the city, and surrounded three to force Gan Ning.

Gan Ning held on to Wuxian County, and Yan Yan was blocked in attacking the city three times twice, so he felt that the troops in his hands were not enough, so he sent people back to Yufu County to recruit 15,000 soldiers and horses to help in the war.

Knowing that Yan Yan had won all three battles and was going to increase his troops to attack Wu County, Wu Ban, who stayed in the rear camp, was very surprised.

He reflexively thought that this was the Wei army's plan to lure the enemy deeper, but thinking that he could not leave the White Emperor City, Yan Yan was unlikely to follow his advice, so he had to entrust Yizhou to engage Wang Lei to go with the army to dissuade Yan Yan from leading the army deeper.

Wang Lei was a resolute main battle faction and strongly advocated resisting the invasion of the Wei army, so he was appointed by Liu Zhang to Yufu County to assist in the transfer of military rations.

After hearing what Wu Ban said, he felt that what Wu Ban said made sense.

He had always heard that the Wei army was good at fighting and swept the invincible opponents in the Central Plains, how could he be easily defeated by Yan Yan in all three battles?

There must be something wrong here.

So Wang Lei came to the front line of Wuxian with the army and saw Yan Yan, who was waving his troops to storm the county seat.

"General, the Wei army pacified the Central Plains, Hebei, Guanxi, Jiangdong and Jingchu, and won everywhere they went, and there were almost no rivals in the world, why did they suddenly lose three battles in a row? Isn't it to lure the enemy deeper? ”

Yan Yan has always admired Wang Lei's personality, and when he heard Wang Lei say this, he shook his head with a smile.

"I don't know if I am engaged in three battles, all of which are more attacks and fewer battles, and have the advantage of the water army, first defeated the Wei people's water army, shook its foundation, and threatened its rear road, so that I was able to win again and again, and advanced to Wu County, which was not an easy victory.

Besides, at present, our army has been blocked in Wuxian for ten days, the Wei people are tough in defense, and our army has not been able to overcome it for a long time, if this is also to lure the enemy deeper, why will they stick to Wuxian and not retreat? Don't worry too much about it. ”

Wang Lei thought about it, it also made sense, looking at the intensity of the battlefield, how could this not be like the Wei army deliberately retreating to lure the enemy deeper, it seemed that it was really invincible.

But he was still not reassured.

"The Wei army attacked, known as the 150,000 army, although this is an imaginary number, but it is not difficult to attack with 40,000 or 50,000 elite soldiers, in addition to Wu County, the Wei army must still have the main force behind, the general rashly advanced, I am afraid that something is wrong, in case the main force of the Wei army comes......"

"Don't worry, I have already sent a sentry to the east to explore the road and inquire about the news, once I encounter the main force of the Wei army, I will get the news early, if the main force of the Wei army comes, I will not fight, but if the main force of the Wei army occupies Wuxian before the main force of the Wei army arrives, isn't it a good thing?"

Wang Lei felt that what Yan Yan said made sense, so he no longer spoke, but tried his best to transport grain and grass for Yan Yan.

Finally, under Yan Yan's efforts, on February 16, Wei set Gan Ning on fire, led the army to break through, abandoned Wu County, and retreated eastward.

Yan Yan was very happy, convinced that he had been defeated, and had obtained Wuxian, which was held by the Wei army, and also obtained the scarce grain and grass materials.

It's a pity that Gan Ning was too resolute and actually set fire to the city, causing him to lose part of the loot he should have gotten, which made Yan Yan a little annoyed.

"Gan Ning Xiao'er, who betrayed His Majesty in the past, but didn't want to survive after being defeated and fled, Yan Mou will definitely capture Gan Ning Xiao'er alive and dedicate it to Your Majesty!"

Yan Yan gritted his teeth and hated Gan Ning.

After the war, Yan Yan reorganized the army and went to visit the news of the Wei army.

Soon, Yan Yan's spies found out that the Wei army was stationed in Zigui and did not advance, looking like a closed city, and at the same time, some spies found that the Wei army not only did not send troops in the direction of Wuxian, but also drew back some soldiers and horses.

Yan Yan was very puzzled by this.

Is this battle still fought? Aren't you going to march into Shuzhong? Why are you still pumping troops back? What is this?

So Yan Yan summoned the generals and staff to discuss, and someone suddenly raised the question of whether there was a problem in the rear of the Wei army.

As soon as they pacified Jingzhou and started a big war, could it be that the tyranny of the Wei people caused unrest in Jingzhou, and some people rebelled against the Wei people, causing local turmoil, so the Wei people had to draw their troops and horses back to suppress it.

The generals all felt that it was very possible, and Yan Yan also felt that it was very possible, so he continued to send people to find out the news while reorganizing the army in Wu County.

In order to expand his forces to deal with the possible war in the future, Yan Yan decided to send another 10,000 soldiers and horses and fifty warships to Wuxian to rendezvous, gather enough troops, and prepare to take the initiative to attack after getting the news.

On February 20, the spies sent out by Yan Yan reported that they had once again discovered that the Wei people had once again withdrawn their troops to the east, and the purpose was unknown.

Yan Yan consulted with the generals, and finally confirmed that there was a problem in the rear of the Wei people, and he had to send troops to retreat and suppress it, and he had to slow down the attack on Shuzhong, and at this moment, isn't it a good time for Yan Yan to strive to advance and defeat the Wei army?

Yan Yan's heart was surging and he was ready to make a great achievement, so he packed up and prepared to lead the army to attack.

Wang Lei was a little skeptical, and persuaded Yan Yan to find out the information more clearly before attacking, it seemed a bit deliberate that there was an internal rebellion at this time.

"It's too late, the fighter plane is fleeting, if you don't seize the fighter plane at this time, once the Wei people have pacified the civil strife, it will be troublesome, the Wei people have just pacified Jingzhou, and it is normal for a rebellion to occur, if you don't occupy a favorable situation now, do you have to wait for the Wei people to recover and occupy it? Troops now! ”

Yan Yan ignored Wang Lei's dissuasion and advocated sending troops.