Yan Yan was Liu Zhang's Bajun Taishou in the Main History, who was defeated and captured during the defense against Zhang Fei's army, unwilling to surrender and preferred to die, Zhang Fei released him, and Yan Yan also submitted to Liu Bei.
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Yan Yan's story is a lot more exciting, he is still Bajun Taishou, in the battle with Zhang Fei, due to Yan Yan's light enemy, was captured by Zhang Feisheng, he still preferred to be unyielding, but the rude Zhang Fei was very polite during this period, treating the veteran Yan Yan without being angry, decisively releasing the veteran general, and successfully persuading Yan Yan to surrender.
The group of axe hands pushed Yan Yan to. Zhang Fei sat in the hall, Yan Yan refused to kneel. Fei Fu gritted his teeth and said, "When the great general arrives here, why does he dare not surrender and dare to resist the enemy?" Yan Yan was completely fearless, and returned to Ling Fei: "Ru waited for righteousness, invaded my state and county!" But there are severed generals, no descending generals! "Fly furious, drink left and right chopped." Yan Yan shouted, "Thief! Behead and cut, why be angry? Zhang Fei saw yan Yan's voice was majestic, his face did not change color, but he returned to anger and joy, drank back at the next step, personally untied his bounds, took his clothes, helped him to sit high in the middle, bowed his head and prayed: "It is appropriate to speak blasphemy, fortunately do not see responsibility." I know that the old general is also a soldier of Haojie. "Yan Yan feels his grace and righteousness, but descends.
After the surrender, Yan Yan opened the way for Zhang Fei all the way, and the soldiers surrendered many passes without bloodshed, and soon gained Liu Bei's appreciation, received higher treatment than Xu Jing, and was named the former general Jia ChangShi and Sima (司馬).
So Yan Yan was the front, and Zhang Fei led the way. Everywhere they went, they were under the control of Yan Yan and called for surrender. There were hesitant people, Yan Yue: "I still surrender, let alone Ruhu?" "Since I have been in good hands, I have not fought a fight."
When Yan Yan was provoked by Zhuge Liang's veteran general Huang Zhong, Yan Yan was dragged together to defend the enemy, and in the first battle, Yan Yan secretly attacked Zhang Guo's army from behind, defeating Zhang Guo with Huang Zhong. Then Yan Yan led his army to sneak attack Tiandang Mountain and behead Xiahou De, and the battle of Tiandang Mountain greatly enhanced Yan Yan's prestige.
Yan Yan said: "There is a mountain here, the famous Tiandang Mountain, and the mountain is the place where Cao Cao's grain and grass accumulate." If you take that place and cut off its grain and grass, Hanzhong can also get it. Yan Yan led his army to ambush in a remote place on the mountain, only to wait for Huang Zhongjun to arrive, but he came to set fire to it, and on the firewood and grass pile, they lit it all together, and the flames flew up and shone on the mountain. When Xiahou De raised troops to fight the fire, he encountered the veteran general Yan Yan, who raised his knife in his hand and beheaded Xiahou De under his horse.
Yan Yan's martial arts in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" did not show much performance, but the arrow technique was still very good, and he shot an arrow into the helmet when fighting Zhang Fei. When taking LuoCheng, Yan Yan was preparing to shoot Liu Xuan with an arrow under the city, which showed that Yan Yan's arrow method was very outstanding.
The next day, Yan Yan, Wu Yi and a group of Shu zhongzhong were demoted to the front. Until Luo Cheng shouted, "Open the door early and be surrendered, so that the souls of a city will not suffer!" Liu Xuan scolded in the city. Yan Yanfang was about to take the arrow and shoot it, when he suddenly saw a general in the city, he drew his sword and slashed Liu Xuan, opening the door and surrendering.
Yan Yan replaced Zhang Fei and Wei Yan in defending the strategic position of Langzhong, indicating that Liu Bei trusted him very much and believed in his talents, but Yan Yan disappeared since then, and it is likely that he should have died of old age.