Among the many warriors of the Shu Kingdom, the figure who can be compared with the Five Tiger Generals is Wei Yan, his martial arts have always become a hot topic, and the battle record of Zhan Wen and Dou Ponder is not too ideal, but in the late Three Kingdoms period, he became the only opponent of the invincible general Zhang Guo of the State of Wei, so where did his martial arts come from? What is the gap between his strength and Zhang Gao and Jiang Wei? Why did Wang Shuang, the warlord who appeared in the late Wei army, go to sneak attack again?
【Juvenile Art】
Wei Yan was born and raised in Weijia Village, Pingshi County, Yiyang, and the characteristics of the late Eastern Han Dynasty's practice of martial arts influenced every village, and since the Wei family village moved over to the descendants of a famous Eastern Han general Cen Peng, the village began to become lively, and everyone followed him to learn the sword technique, because everyone wanted to make a contribution. Wei Yan also joined the ranks of martial arts training, huddled in the crowd during the day to learn sword techniques, and at night at home to practice arm strength. In fact, the sword technique of this Cen Peng descendant is not too outstanding, and there are not too many big routines and tricks in the sword method, that is, the five major moves of chopping, sweeping, splitting, racking, and slashing, this set of knife techniques relies on fearless confidence and courage, relying on super strength, that is to say, the biggest feature of this set of knife techniques is that the narrow road meets the brave to win.
In the past seven or eight years, Wei Yan's strength was very strong, and people also grew very strong, in order to better appear more imposing in the formation, from the age of fifteen or sixteen, he began to grow a beard, coupled with the appearance of a face as heavy as a date, sixteen or seventeen he looked twenty-six or seventeen years old. He confidently threw himself into Liu Biao's account to think of doing something, and Cai Mao did not like this strong and arrogant Wei Yan very much, so he persuaded Wei Yan to be arranged under Wen Ping's hands and led dozens of people to patrol Xiangyang City every day.
【Wei Yan's Martial Arts】
Wei Yan's martial arts were roughly divided into three stages, the first stage was from the great war to liu bei before entering Xichuan, at this time Wei Yan was young and vigorous and very eager to make meritorious contributions, but there was less skill in sword techniques in addition to being brave, and in the face of the third and fourth-rate warriors Wei Yan was able to slash several times in front of the battle, but when he encountered weak and second-rate literary recruitment, he was somewhat incompetent, Wei Yan's bravery could not be cut down, and the more skillful literary staff could not defeat this young general. And Wei Yan has always been secretly competing with Huang Zhong, because whether it is Han Xuan or Liu Bei, Huang Zhong's position is always above Wei Yan. Of course, Huang Zhong, who is strong in martial arts and low-key, has not cared in his eyes, wei Yan also asked Guan Yu for some tricks to defeat the enemy, because Liu Bei compared wei yan, so Guan Yu often pointed out, and a period of time together made Wei Yan's sword technique also begin to make some progress.
In the second stage, he began to advance into Xichuan, and although Liu Bei valued Wei Yan, he still made Huang Zhong the main general, and Wei Yan, who was instructed by Guan Yu, thought that he was almost as strong as Huang Zhong, so he had been secretly competing, and even openly provoked the veteran general Huang Zhong. Wei Yan, who was anxious to grab the merit, was saved by Huang Zhong's shooting of Deng Xian, and Wei Yan's famous general Leng Bao, who had fought for thirty rounds, was easily defeated by Huang Zhong. From gratitude to admiration, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong have since become a pair of friends and teachers, in the last few years of Huang Zhong,He told Wei Yan some of his sword skills and skills, from the trip to Xichuan to the Battle of Hanzhong, Wei Yan's sword skills gradually changed from preemptive and fierce, although he was slightly inferior to Pound in Xiegu, and had already improved rapidly in sword skills, and by the time of the Southern Conquest of Meng, his sword skills were not much different from Zhao Yun.
At the time of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Xu Huang was shot by Meng Da, and Ma Chao and Zhao Yun died of illness, which also meant that the era of confrontation between Wei Yan and Zhang Guo began, and both of them had similar experiences, and their martial arts were constantly improving. Zhang Gao's self-confidence showed even more invincible bravery, while Wei Yan was stepping towards the peak of power, and his martial arts were getting stronger and stronger, and he already had a little less courage in his youth.
【Wei Yan's age】
Wei Yan's age has always been a question of doubt, from the time of the Jingzhou War, he appeared as a beard, at that time it seemed that he was no younger than Zhao Yun, and after twenty-six years, Wei Yan was still beheaded by Ma Dai in a similar image. At this time, Zhao Yun had been ill for five years, and according to such an age, Wei Yan should also be almost eighty years old, would Zhuge Liang rely on a veteran who was over seventy years old to resist Zhang Guo? In fact, Wei Yan's age was probably the same as Zhuge Liang's, perhaps he was three or five years older than Zhuge Liang, who died of illness at the age of fifty-three or four. But in contrast, Zhao Yun was at least ten years older than Wei Yan.
Zhuge Liang, who had always been cautious in employing people, paid great attention to the use of personnel, and sent Fa Zheng to assist him when he sent the seventy-year-old general Huang Zhong to seize Dingjun Mountain, and after Huang Zhong left, he sent Zhao Yun to follow up, preparing two response plans of victory and defeat. Zhuge Liang and Huang Zhong have been together for many years, he should understand Huang Zhong's ability, coupled with the help of Fazheng, the success rate should still be very high. However, because of the fact that Huang Zhong is a veteran, Zhuge Liang is always at ease. If Wei Yan was a veteran over seventy years old, Zhuge Liang would definitely not entrust him with the heavy responsibility of countering Zhang Gao. Zhao Yun and Wei Yan looked like warriors of the same age, but in fact, they were reflected in the first cut down of the Central Plains, and Zhao Yun instantly became a pale veteran, after all, Zhao Yun was already about seventy years old. And his face is as heavy as a jujube and a beard, he appears to be old, and when he is more than fifty years old, he is still not too old, so he has also become the evergreen tree that Zhuge Liang relies on the most.
【Wei Yan's strength】
In the early stage, Wei Yan was not outstanding, he was a second-rate wenpin, was shot by Ma Dai's arrow, and lost to Pound, who fought bravely, and Xichuan was saved by Huang Zhong, except for an arrow from Xiegu that injured Cao Cao and set up an ambush to catch Leng Bao, Wei Yan basically had no remarkable record. However, from the beginning of the Southern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, Wei Yan instantly had an infinite aura, and the era of his invincibility with Zhang Guo also came, and the record of capturing Ehuan and killing Wang Shuang made Wei Yan the first general of the Shu army, and the topic of Wei Yan's three major strength comparisons also began. That is, who is stronger, Zhang Gao and Wei Yan? Can Jiang Wei defeat Wei Yan? Why did Wei Yan sneak up on Wang Shuang?
First of all, let's talk about Zhang Gao and Wei Yan, Zhang Gao is a general with both wisdom and courage, he is very good at judging the situation, Tongguan met the vengeful Ma Chao, he felt the killing spirit, he only fought for twenty rounds before losing, his wisdom also escaped the danger of Li Tong's kind of provocation, and when he fought Zhang Fei at Wakou Pass, he dared to fight dozens of rounds in the face of Zhang Fei who attacked from behind. By the time of the Northern Expedition, Zhang Hao already had full confidence, because the Shu generals would not make him feel dangerous, and Wei Yan's strength would only have a certain resistance for Zhang Gao but could not cause great harm to Zhang Guo, so Zhang Gao only spent more time in the battle of bravery and forward.
And Wei Yan from an obscure little person to the peak of the Shu army general, he will cherish his reputation and status more, although his strength can be completely compared with Zhang Guoyi, the two are difficult to distinguish between high and low under more than a hundred rounds, but at this time Wei Yan has less courage at that time, he chose to deliberately avoid, because Wei Yan's heart at this time, fame and fortune status is more important than life, he does not want to go to the bravery of the puppet.
Although Wang Shuang, another fierce general of the Wei army, killed Two generals Gong Qi and Xie Xiong and injured Zhang Ling, from the perspective of Wang Ping and Zhang Yi's record of being able to block Wang Shuang, Wang Shuang's strength was obviously lower than that of Wei Yan Zhang Gao. However, more often than not, the cautious Zhuge Liang was worried that Wang Shuang's meteor hammer would hurt Wei Yan, and he did not want Wei Yan, the only one to resist Zhang Hao, to have an accident, and although the sneak attack was somewhat disgraceful, it could win victory on the battlefield.
【Wei Yan and Jiang Wei】
The refreshing contest in the later stage of TianshuiGuan instantly made Jiang Wei feel like a five-tiger general, but in fact, there was still a big gap. When Jiang Wei ambushed Zhao Yun, at this time Zhao Yun was already old and weak, and his strength changed from the strong first-class to the weak first-class in the past, and Zhao Yun only fought with Jiang Wei for less than ten rounds before retreating completely. Zhao Yun did praise Jiang Wei in front of Zhuge Liang, because in his mind, Jiang Wei was much stronger than the third-rate Han De Five Fathers and Sons. And also encountered Zhang Yi and Wang Ping under the joint attack, actually could not fight the second general, killing Xu Qian was only a plan, shooting Guo Huai was not reflected in the marksmanship, these achievements also showed that Jiang Wei's battlefield bravery was not particularly strong, and his wisdom was higher than his bravery.
Zhuge Liang did not want him to be brave, but only used him as a handsome talent to train and guide. Although Jiang Wei later created the Jiang Family Gun Technique in the martial arts realm, he was relatively less courageous and courageous than Wei Yan, and he should not be under Wei Yan in terms of routine moves, but his strength and experience in actual combat were obviously inferior by a few points.