Xiangyang is not far from Xinye, only a hundred miles away, and can be reached in the morning and evening, but Wenpin is cautious and ordered to stay in the camp when it was still thirty miles away from Xinye County.

This area is on the west coast of Bishui, surrounded by gentle mounds, with a wide view, and a dense forest more than ten miles away.

This is the element of camping. It requires water sources, the four fields are open and the terrain is flat. In addition, Wenpin is meticulous and ten thousand troops set up camps. After a whole hour, a large camp covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres was completed.

The center of the camp is the granary military capital, and then hundreds of large tent military camps. The baggage vehicles surrounded the outside of the camp, and there were 200,000 spears surrounded the outermost, with the spear being stuck diagonally on the ground, and the sharp spear tips were facing the outside.

Not only that, tens of thousands of caltrops were also sprinkled at the cavalry's charge, which was also a powerful tool to deal with cavalry. In addition, eight sentry towers were built in four corners of the camp, which could be viewed for several miles, and were closely guarded from all directions.

Wenpin was about 30 years old. He was originally just a low-level officer. He was skilled in martial arts and liked to read military books. He was both civil and military. In a battle to conquer Jiaozhou, he led 300 people to defeat thousands of enemy attacks. He stood out and was attracted by Cai Mao and recommended to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao also admired his martial arts and strategies very much, promoted him to military marquis, and soon promoted him to general. Five years later, he was gradually promoted to lieutenant, becoming one of the six famous generals in Jingzhou, leading 20,000 troops to guard the north of the Han River.

Wen Pin was strict in his military administration, and he loved soldiers like his sons. He was open and upright, so he was deeply loved by the soldiers of Jingzhou. Like Huang Zhong and Wang Wei, he was one of the most prestigious generals in the Jingzhou army.

Wen Pin was grateful for the kindness of Cai Mao's knowledge of his love, so he accepted Cai Mao's nephew Cai Jin as his apprentice four years ago. He was once considered a party of the Cai family. However, Wen Pin and Zhang Yun had a personal grudge. More importantly, he supported his eldest son Liu Qi, while Cai family began to favor his second son Liu Cong.

Therefore, Wenpin gradually parted ways with the Cai family. In addition, Wenpin is from Nanyang and has a very close relationship with Huang Zhong, and the Huang family in Nanyang has formed a party with the Kuai family.

Although there was no necessary causal relationship, Wenpin did begin to favor Kuai Yue. This time he was the leader of the Northern Expedition, which was recommended by Kuai Yue.

In the military camp, Wen Pin led more than a dozen generals to inspect the camping situation. He was a rigorous person and had to do many things himself.

Walking to the southwest corner of the watchtower, Wenpin looked at the construction of the watchtower, and there were protective trenches digging around, without any corner cuts. He nodded, quite satisfied.

"General, do you want to go up?" asked a general.

Wen Pin did not speak, but climbed the soft ladder to climb up the wardrobe. There were two sentries on the wardrobe, each guarding one side. Once an abnormal situation was found, he would ring the bell and warn him. He hung a cast iron bell on the wardrobe, which rang violently, and the sound could be heard for several miles.

"Is there anything wrong?" Wen Pin asked when he saw the two sentries seem to have something to say.

"Report to the general, we seemed to have seen the scout Cao's army just now."

A sentry pointed southwest, "discovered just one mile away."

Wen Pin's face sank, and he walked forward and focused his mind to look southwest. There was a dense forest more than ten miles southwest, stretching for more than a hundred miles.

As far as you see, the low mounds are undulating, it is dusk, and the blood-red sunset hangs above the forest, sprinkling the last bit of afterglow on the earth, dyeing the forest and the wilderness a layer of magnificent gold.

At this moment, several cavalrymen appeared on a mound, about one mile away from the camp, looking into the camp from afar. Wen Pin saw at a glance that they were the scouts of Cao's army.

Wen Pin was furious. He clearly sent several patrols around him, why did he not intercept the scouts of Cao's army?

"Where is Deng Wu?"

Wen Pin turned around and shouted loudly, and a young general responded and bowed, "I am in a humble position!"

"You lead three hundred cavalry to surround the Cao army's scouts quickly. If you let them escape, you will come and see you!"

"Abide by the order!"

Ya general Deng Wu ran away. After a moment, a 300-man cavalry rushed out of the camp and surrounded Cao's scouts.

But Wen Pinyu's anger was not gone, and he ordered: "Catch the leader of the patrol in charge of the southwest and punish me severely!"

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Liu Jing's five hundred people belonged to the Independent Quarter, responsible for protecting food and grass security. They were directly led by the deputy general Cai Zhong. Although Cai Zhong had personal grudges with Liu Jing, he did not show any grudges along the way, but took great care of him.

When allocating the tents, Cai Zhong also gave them thirty to the best tents. The other soldiers had thirty people, but Liu Jing had twenty people, each tent.

And he was a little more generous than other soldiers in terms of grain, rice and meat, which surprised Liu Jing. Could it be that Cai Zhong wanted to give up his past grudges?

But based on his understanding of Cai Zhong, he felt it was unlikely that Cai Zhong might have other intentions, so he did not make any statement and wait and see what happened.

The sun sets and the sky is dim. Liu Jing's five hundred men are gathering together for dinner. The laughter is noisy and it is particularly lively. From time to time, you can see Liu Hu's fat body huddled among the soldiers to grab vegetables. The soldiers did not let him go and they were clamoring.

At this time, Liu Jing suddenly saw dozens of steps away, an officer was tied up and headed towards the central army tent ahead. The general saw that the military uniform was just a low-level officer, but he was tall and handsome. Although he was tied up, he raised his head without any frustration and had a bit of momentum.

Liu Jing thought to himself: "I don't know what military rules this person has violated, but he was tied up and came. He seems to be quite majestic."

He immediately ordered a subordinate, "Go and ask, what happened there and why the person was arrested?"

The soldiers rushed away and came back soon after, reporting: "Mr. Jun., this person is a patrol garrison. He heard that he had found Cao's scout within the scope of the patrol. Wen Shuai was furious and arrested him for questioning. He heard that such dereliction of duty might be executed."

Liu Jing nodded. It turned out that this was the case. This man was handsome, and it would be a pity to kill him. Although Liu Jing thought so, he didn't want to be too troublesome. Wenpin governed the army strictly and the military laws were as good as a mountain.

He turned around and was about to leave, and the soldiers behind him said again: "I heard that this person is called Wei Yan, and his martial arts are good."

‘Wei Yan!’

Liu Jing turned around suddenly. He suspected that he had heard it wrong and asked again, "What is his name?"

The soldier scratched his head, "His name is Wei Yan, and many people know him. He has bad popularity and offended many people..."

Before the soldiers finished speaking, Liu Jing rushed to the central army's tent, just kidding! This is Wei Yan, a famous general from the Three Kingdoms, who is going to be executed.

Liu Jing knew that Jingzhou was full of talents, but there were many people who value literature, and there were few famous generals. Famous people, such as Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Wen Pin, Wei Yan, and Wang Wei and Huang Zu were also good, not as cowardly as in the Romance.

These famous generals have appeared one after another, but Wei Yan has not appeared for a long time. Liu Jing also asked someone to inquire, but there was no news. He a little doubted that Wei Yan might not be in Jingzhou, but Wei Yan is from Yiyang, and Yiyang does belong to Jingzhou.

Just when Liu Jing couldn't find this person for a long time, he didn't expect that at the most unpredictable moment, Wei Yan appeared, and was in crisis as soon as he appeared, and was going to be executed by Wen Pin.

Liu Jing was anxious and ran away quickly in Wenpin's tent, fearing that Wei Yan would fall to the ground after one step later.

Wei Yanruo is dead, who will help him conquer the country?

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In the commander's tent, Wen Pin's face turned pale. Although Deng Wu led the cavalry to encircle and suppress the enemy with all his might, the seven Cao army scouts fled two, and his military aircraft was leaked, making him furious.

Wen Pin beat the commander's case heavily and scolded: "The patrol is not strict, causing the Cao army scout to approach the big tent. Do you know the crime!"

This is a characteristic of Wenpin. Even if he wants to kill a soldier, he has to make public the reasons and what kind of military rules he has violated.

Especially this Northern Expedition was of great significance. He was punished for the first time. Of course, he had to make the other party know the crime and convince the three armies.

Wei Yan was tied up and knelt on the ground on one knee. He was twenty-nine years old this year. He served in Jingzhou for seven years, and made numerous military achievements from fighting in Jiaozhou to attacking Changsha.

But unlike others, others make meritorious service for promotion, but he makes meritorious service for the sake of his crime. Wei Yan is proud, often speaks rudely, offends his boss repeatedly, and never leaves his feet with all kinds of small shoes.

Every time he made a meritorious service, various troubles would arise to offset his contribution. Despite this, Wei Yan refused to change his character. He was like a down-and-out phoenix mingling among the flock of pheasants. He could not stand out. After seven years of joining the army, the person who joined the army with him had been promoted to military Houya General, and he was still a small village chief.

Wei Yan refused to lower his head and said high, "Although I dereliction of duty, there is a reason. I only brought twenty brothers, but I have to be responsible for the 30-mile range, especially the southwest forests are densely packed, and the nearest forest to the barracks is only eight miles away. The Cao army scout came out of this forest, but it takes at least thirty people to fully monitor this forest. Even if we don't care about it elsewhere, we are all here, and the number of people is not enough. Why doesn't the general ask about this reason?"

"I only look at the result. Whether you take ten people or one hundred people, these are your own business, I don't care, but Cao's scout appears within your patrol range. If you don't bear the crime, who will bear the crime?"

Wen Pin became more and more angry as he spoke. Finally, he slapped the table and said, "I'll go and kill it!"

Several swordsman hugged Wei Yan and walked out, Wei Yan turned around and shouted: "It's not me who sent troops, why should I take responsibility? Marshal, you punish it unfairly!"

Wen Pin narrowed his eyes. A small village chief, who did not beg for mercy, dared to accuse himself of being unfair. He was really tired of living.

Wei Yan was pushed out of the tent and forced to kneel on the ground. A knife and axe man raised the sharp machete high and pointed it at Wei Yan's neck.

Wei Yan closed his eyes and sighed in a low voice, "I didn't expect that Wei Yan would die here."

At this moment, a shout came from afar: "Stay people under the knife!"

I saw a man rushing to the scene. Many soldiers knew him. It turned out to be Mr. Jing. The sword and axe driver hesitated and did not slash the knife.

Liu Jing was so shocked that his heart was about to jump out. It was only a little bit before Wei Yan's head fell to the ground.

"Let's do it slowly. I'll plead with the coach. If it doesn't work, it's not too late to kill again!"

The sword and axe hand put down the knife, and Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief. He did not expect that someone would come to save him.

Before he could see who it was, Liu Jing had quickly walked into the tent and knelt down on one knee to greet him, "I'm humble at Liu Jing, see Wen Shuai!"

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[Today, a famous book friend talked about the kneeling ceremony. Lao Gao said a few simple words. Before the Tang and Song dynasties, people knelt and had no chairs, so standing and ceremonial salute was condescending, giving people a sense of oppression and a little rude. Saying a prayer is actually a kind of equal ceremonial salute, and sitting like the other person.

Therefore, kneeling and worshiping is usually done indoors, while in the wild, it is mostly bowing and worshiping.

After the Song Dynasty, chairs became popular and no longer knelt down. Then the kneeling ceremony in the officialdom had changed its flavor and turned into a kind of slave ceremony that was below the level of reverence.
Chapter completed!