Wei Yan, known as the sixth general of Shu Han, especially after the death of five tiger generals such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun, he was the first general of Shu Han. Although Zhuge Liang believed that Wei Yan had a backbone behind his head, Shu Han was faced with a situation where there was no one to use and had to reuse Wei Yan. Then, as the first military general in the middle and late Shu Han Dynasty, which military generals did he kill? What level of martial general did Wei Yan belong to in the rendition?
Wei Yan killed a total of two Wei generals, Cao Zun and Wang Shuang, and belonged to the generals who were "less than the top, more than the bottom", and the situation was very embarrassing, as follows. (This article is purely deductive and has nothing to do with the main history)
Wei Yan beheaded Cao Zun
Cao Zun was a brother of the Cao Wei general Cao Zhen, and after Zhuge Liang first conquered Wei and occupied the three counties of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding, he served as the vanguard of Cao Zhen's capital and rushed to the front. Before the two armies, Zhuge Liang cursed Wang Lang and set up an ambush to defeat Cao Zhen. Cao Zhen had no choice but to ask the Western Qiang State for help. After a few decades, Cao Zhen saw the Shu army retreating, thinking that the reinforcements of the Western Qiang State had won a great victory, and Zhuge Liang was embarrassed to take care of it, so he retreated, so he sent two pioneers to pursue and kill Zhuge Liang's Shu army.
Cao Zhen did not expect to be caught in Zhuge Liang's plan, it turned out that Zhuge Liang had already flattened the Western Qiang Kingdom, deliberately set a trap, and waited for Cao Zhen to jump in. Only to see the pioneer Cao Zunzheng chasing the Shu army with great interest, wanting to be humiliated and make meritorious achievements, suddenly "the drums were loud and the Biao army flashed out", and the general Wei Yan fell from the sky and killed Cao Zun by surprise.
The two fought less than three times, and Wei Yan slashed Cao Zun under his horse. Another deputy pioneer, Zhu Zan, also encountered an ambush and was killed by Zhao Yun. Cao Zhen and Guo Huai saw that the pioneers of the two roads had been reimbursed, and were surrounded and killed by guan Xing and Zhang Bao, so they could only abandon the camp and flee in defeat.
So they chased each other in two ways. The Shu soldiers in front of them walked chaotically, and the Wei soldiers followed in pursuit. The vanguard Cao Zunzheng was in a hurry, when suddenly the drums shook loudly, and a Biao army flashed out: The leader of the general was Wei Yanye, shouting: "Anti-thief Hugh leave!" Cao Zun was horrified and slapped his horse to fight; he was cut off by Wei Yan with a knife.
Wei Yan beheaded Wang Shuang
Wang Shuang is a fierce general that Cao Zhen deliberately searched for in order to shame Yixue. He was "nine feet long, with black eyes and yellow eyes, and a bear's waist and tiger back", and was a Longxi Di Daoist. Wang Shuang's weapon in his hand was a large knife weighing sixty kilograms, riding a thousand miles of great horses, with the courage of ten thousand men, swords, guns, sticks, and proficiency in everything. Even when Emperor Cao Rui of Wei saw it, he praised it and laughed, "What worries do you have about this great general?" On the spot, he made Wang Shuang a general of Huwei and a great vanguard of the front, and gave him a golden robe and gold armor. Cao Zhen then went out of the dynasty and led 150,000 elite soldiers, with Wang Shuang as the vanguard, to resist the army of Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty.
After Zhuge Liang received a report from Cao Wei's vanguard Wang Shuangchi to aid Chen Cang, he asked who dared to go to war, wei Yan was a shu Han pioneer general, so he asked for battle. Zhuge Liang felt that a Wang Shuang was not worth sending a general like Wei Yan, so he sent xie xiong and Gong Qi. These two are both wine sacks and rice bags, xie xiong and Wang Shuang "do not fight three together", and are killed by Wang Shuang's knife. Gong Qi, under Wang Shuang's men, only insisted on sanhe and was also beheaded. After Zhuge Liang received the report, he was stunned and hurriedly sent Liao Hua, Wang Ping, and Zhang Ling to resist Wang Shuang. Wang Shuang and Zhang Ling fought, and there was no difference between victory and defeat, so they tricked Zhang Ling into defeat and used the housekeeper's weapon meteor hammer to hit Zhang Ling's back.
Wang Shuanglian killed two generals of the Shu army, Xie Xiong and Gong Qi, and wounded the general Zhang Ling, and the spring breeze was triumphant, and together with Hao Zhao, he guarded Chen Cang and guarded the throat of the Shu army to transport grain. Zhuge Liang was facing the Wei army for more than a month, and because Chen Cang did not take it, the grain and grass were exhausted, and he had to retreat. Before he retired, he secretly taught Wei Yan a clever plan. Wei Yan led more than thirty horsemen to set up an ambush, lured Wang Shuang to pursue, and killed him.
Walking to the left side of the hillside, a horse suddenly emerged from the forest and shouted, "Wei Yan is here!" Wang Shuang was shocked, caught off guard, and was slashed by Yan Yi's sword under his horse.
epilogue:
After the death of the Five Tiger Generals one after another, Zhuge Liang could not rely on the major general Wei Yan, and even if Wei Yan had any shortcomings, he tried to be patient. Wei Yan also lived up to expectations, and as the vanguard of the Shu army, defeated the Wei army many times. For example, Zhang Gao was lured to the wooden doorway by Wei Yan and Guan Xing and shot with random arrows. As for the record of the beheading generals, Wei Yan killed a total of two Wei generals, Cao Zun and Wang Shuang.
Cao Zun became a pioneer by relying on Cao Zhen's nepotism, which is not worth mentioning, but Wang Shuang really has the ability. He successively beheaded two generals of the Shu army, Xie Xiong and Gong Qi, and also wounded the general Zhang Ling, who had two brushes. Wei Yan was able to kill him, which was a great achievement.
Wei Yan was one of the few generals in the middle and late Three Kingdoms, the first general in the middle and late Shu Han Dynasty, and only Zhang Hao was able to contend with him. Although Wei Yan was only 19th among the 24 generals of the Three Kingdoms, most of the generals in front of him died, which made Wei Yan look so powerful. Therefore, Wei Yan and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and other generals who ranked ahead of him were far behind, stronger than Jiang Wei and Wang Pingren, and were a general who was "less than the top and more than the bottom.".