Chapter 56 Section 1 Myth

There are rumors in the world, and there are even more vivid ones.For the majority of common people in the empire, they had no chance to meet Liu Yan. They could only draw a virtual image of Liu Yan based on their imagination of the hero. So, after word of mouth, Liu Yan's image became more and more popular. The more evil it is said.Some say that Liu Yan is a giant with a height of two meters and a weight of two meters; Some people say that Liu Yan is a madman, a lion roars when something happens, and ghosts worry when nothing happens. In this out-of-shape depiction, people's naive heroic dreams are entrusted, and it also brings Liu Yan the pain of being deified. Every time he looks in the mirror, he is ashamed of his true image and feels very sorry for the audience. .

The writing of myths comes not only from the common people, but also from the enemies.The Jingzhou officials sat and watched Liu Yan run rampant, but they had nothing to do. In desperation, they could only praise the enemy for self-respect, and honor the enemy for self-protection.When playing for the imperial court, he spared no expense in playing Liu Yan to the fullest, making him unmatched in ancient and modern times. The implication is not that the officers and soldiers are incompetent, but that Liu Yan is too cunning. Wang Mang fell into panic when he received the memorial.When the red eyebrows rose, he never panicked; when the Green Forest Army rebelled, he never panicked.But now that Liu Yan has become a climate, he has to start to panic.The Red Eyebrows and the Green Forest Army are the internal contradictions of the empire. They just want to survive, not to overthrow him.But Liu Yan was at odds between the enemy and himself, and he wanted to fight him to the death, so he had to be kicked out of the stage.Although Wang Mang has proclaimed himself emperor for 14 years, he knows in his heart that his ruling foundation is still weak, and the supporters and sympathizers of the Han Dynasty are still all over the world. Of.Now it seems that Liu Yan is the descendant of the Han Dynasty, so how can Wang Mang not panic?

Wang Mang thought that under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, so he offered the most generous price in history, and issued an order to the whole country, no matter who can take Liu Yan's head, immediately seal 50,000 households in the city, reward 100,000 catties of gold, and bestow the throne male.Although the edict was issued, it had no effect.It's no wonder, after all, Liu Yan only has one head, and he takes it very seriously, so he is doomed to have a price but no market. When the plan failed, Wang Mang resorted to his usual technique of being disgusted with victory, ordering Liu Yan's portrait to be painted in Chang'an official offices and Tiantianxiang pavilions, and shot with arrows every day, in an attempt to use this superstitious method to make Liu Yan die without a problem.

Liu Yan couldn't stop laughing when he heard about it, Wang Mang even used such a trick, it seems that he really is at the end of the road.Liu Xiu took the opportunity to say: "The elder brother's worry is not with Wang Mang, but within Xiao Qiang. We must guard against it." Liu Yan didn't take Liu Xiu's warning seriously. As a general, his prestige is at its peak. Even if someone in the Han army has a small plan, how can he be shaken? However, Liu Xiu's hunch was not without reason.Dissatisfaction with Liu Yan is spreading among the leaders of Xinshi Bing, Pinglin Bing, and Xiajiang Bing.Since the formation of the army, all the limelight has been taken away by Liu Yan alone, which makes the leaders feel disappointed.At the beginning, everyone's status was almost the same, but now, the status difference between Liu Yan and everyone has widened by more than an order of magnitude. He has become the only banner of the Han army. In the outside world, only Liu Yan is known, and no one else is known. .

Such a huge psychological gap is already enough to make it difficult for the leaders to balance. Coupled with Liu Yanjun's strict discipline and many constraints, the leaders feel that they are restrained everywhere and cannot be free.And before they followed Liu Yan, how carefree and happy their life was. Back then, Lao Tzu’s team just opened up. A dozen or so people with seven or eight guns. If you rob women, you can rob women, if you want to catch strong men, you can catch strong men, money and food, and you can take it as you want, and throw it away as you want.What a pleasure that is!It's like running wildly on the endless wasteland, every cell in the body is expanding and roaring - be your own master, and the desire is sacred!

Liu Yan was not unaware of the dissatisfaction of the leaders, but he was used to only forcing and not communicating, so he didn't hesitate.Thinking about it, Liu Yong's poems are sung wherever there is well water; Liu's performances are hung wherever there are people.Once a person is so famous, it is really easy to lose his way. Besides, Liu Yan led the crowd to besiege Wancheng, Cen Peng and Yan Shuo closed the city gates tightly, and while resisting to the death, they waited for the imperial reinforcements.Liu Yan was defeated by Cen Peng in Little Chang'an Ju. He respected and cherished Cen Peng, and wanted to take it for his own use, so he was not in a hurry to attack the city, but rushed to the city, intending to persuade Cen Peng to surrender.Liu Yandao: "Wang Mang usurped the Han, and the whole world was indignant. Today, the sea is corrupt, and heroes rise together. I sincerely hope to help the Han Dynasty together with you, and bring peace to the people. There is no point in meeting each other with swords."

Cen Peng sneered on the top of the wall and said: "The traitor Liu Yan, whose life is at stake, dares to speak loudly! The emperor painted a portrait of you and ordered everyone in the world to shoot it. Under the curse of heaven and earth, you can still live for a few days ?” Liu Yan laughed loudly and said: "When the country is about to prosper, listen to the people; when the country is about to perish, listen to the gods. Wang Mang teased the gods as a way to hate victory. He can only deceive himself, but An can deceive others?" Cen Peng was determined to defend the city, so he didn't say much. He ordered his soldiers to hang Liu Yan's statue high, waved his hand, and shouted: "Shoot the arrow." Under the order, all arrows flew together, and immediately shot Liu Yan's statue to pieces.

Liu Yan, who was under the city, looked at it with a smile at first, but gradually his smile became stiff. Suddenly, he put his hands on his chest, yelled, and fell off the horse.Seeing Liu Yan fell off his horse for no reason, all the generals in his entourage panicked. Even Cen Peng on the top of the wall was confused, wondering secretly: Could it be that pseudoscience really works, and Liu Yan was really cursed to death? Cen Peng once read a similar miracle in the book "The Golden Chamber of the Taigong": King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou, but Ding Hou refused to participate, so Jiang Ziya drew a portrait of Ding Hou and shot him with an arrow. Ding Hou was seriously ill and had to surrender Only then did Jiang Ziya pull out the arrow from the statue, and Ding Hou recovered immediately.When Cen Peng finished reading it at the time, he just laughed it off, thinking it was absurd.As for the scumbags and foolish women in the folk, they always like to stab villains, thinking that they can stab real people to death. Cen Peng scoffed at such behavior.Cen Peng didn't believe in strange powers at all, he always believed that shooting Liu Yan's portrait was pure nonsense.However, since Cen Peng didn't believe it, why did he know that he couldn't do it, and ordered the soldiers to shoot at Liu Yanzhi's image?As everyone knows, this is exactly where Cen Peng's painstaking efforts lie.Wancheng is lonely and people are in panic. As the chief general, he must give hope to the defenders in the city, anesthetize them, hypnotize them, so that they can continue to hold on.The purpose of shooting Liu Yan's portrait is to give them an illusory hope and make them believe that Liu Yan may die suddenly at any time.In many cases, for people in despair, the curse is also a force to survive.

Yan said that when he saw Liu Yan fell to the ground in the city, he was shocked at first, then overjoyed, so he wanted to lead his people to rush out of the city to capture Liu Yan.Cen Peng insisted that no, Liu Yan only had a dozen cavalry around him, and if he dared to come to the city to persuade him to surrender, there must be a large army ambushing him behind him. Besides, Liu Yan just fell off his horse now. Greedy and aggressive, but fell into the enemy's treacherous tricks. Yan said with a big laugh: "How cowardly is General Cen!" Grabbing Liu Yan means enfeoffing 50,000 households, 100,000 catties of gold, and ranking as the Duke. Such a big pie cannot fall from the sky. Missed opportunity!Yan said that hundreds of death squads were recruited, opened the city gates, and rushed straight to Liu Yan.

Liu Yan's guards put Liu Yan on the horse's back, hit the horse and fled.Yan Shuo chased after him for five miles. Liu Yan, who was slumped on his horse, suddenly stood up, drew his bow and set an arrow, and shot it, hitting Yan Shuo's crown.The Han army ambushed soldiers from front to back, surrounded Yan Shuo and fought.The death squad that Yan Shuo brought eventually turned into a death squad, out of a hundred cavalrymen, only five survived.Yan said that he was defeated and returned to the city, closed the city gate tightly, and never raised the issue of attack again. Seeing that the persuasion to surrender was ineffective, Liu Yan had to take it by force, so he besieged Wancheng and attacked day and night.