Wei Yan

魏延
Courtesy name: Wenchang (文長)
Wei Yan
Source: Koei Wiki (Fandom)
Died
234
Ancestral home
Yiyang (Xinyang, Henan)
Book mentions
353
Roles:
general
Factions:
Han Xuan Shu Han (primary)
Appears in 35 chapters:
  • Chapter 41 — Liu Bei Leads His People Over The River; Zhao Zilong Rescues The Child Lord At Dangyang.
    The date-brown giant of Yiyang bursts onto the page cutting down Xiangyang's gate guards and dropping the bridge - 'come in, Uncle Liu Bei, and slay these traitors!' Liu Bei refuses to enter over a fight, Wen Ping battles him through the middle of the day until his men are gone, and he rides off alone to Changsha to shelter with Governor Han Xuan.
  • Chapter 53 — Guan Yu Releases Huang Zhong; Sun Quan Fights With Zhang Liao.
    Cuts down the executioner's blade over Huang Zhong's neck - 'Huang Zhong is our bulwark!' - raises the crowd, kills Han Xuan on his own wall, and carries the head out to Guan Yu with the city behind it. Liu Bei, grateful, makes him a Van Leader beside the man he saved.
  • Chapter 55 — Liu Bei Rouses The Spirit Of Lady Sun; Zhuge Liang A Second Time Angers Zhou Yu.
    Strikes the retreating pursuers at the second point of the shore ambush, completing the rout that sends Zhou Yu bleeding to his ship.
  • Chapter 56 — Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower; Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time.
    Fourth column of the convergence that springs Zhuge Liang's hidden hook on the borrowed-road army.
  • Chapter 60 — Zhang Song Turns The Table On Yang Xiu; Pang Tong Proposes The Occupation Of Shu.
    Wei Yan; with Liu Bei at Jingzhou.
  • Chapter 61 — In The River, Zhao Zilong Recovers Liu Shan; With One Letter, Sun Quan Repulses Cao Cao.
    Wei Yan; performs the sword-dance meant to bring down Liu Zhang; foiled by Liu Bei's intervention.
  • Chapter 62 — The Taking Of River Fu Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Perish; The Siege Of Luocheng, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan Rival.
    Wei Yan; commands Liu Bei's left wing in the field battles.
  • Chapter 63 — Zhuge Liang Mourns For Pang Tong; Zhang Fei Releases Yan Yan.
    Wei Yan; with Liu Bei in the western campaign.
  • Chapter 64 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Capture Of Zhang Ren; Yang Fu Borrows Soldiers To Destroy Ma Chao.
    Wei Yan; commands part of the Luocheng siege.
  • Chapter 65 — Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
    Wei Yan; with Liu Bei.
  • Chapter 70 — Zhang Fei Takes Wakou Pass With Tactics; Huang Zhong Captures Tiandang Mountain By Stratagem.
    Wei Yan; partners Lei Tong in the Wakou Pass fight.
  • Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.
    Wei Yan; in the Hanzhong fighting.
  • Chapter 72 — Zhuge Liang's Wit Takes Hanzhong; Cao Cao's Army Retires To The Ye Valley.
    Wei Yan; with Liu Bei - shoots Cao Cao in the mouth with an arrow, knocking out two of Cao Cao's teeth, before Cao Cao is rescued.
  • Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
    Wei Yan; in the Liu Bei ranks.
  • Chapter 81 — Eager For Vengeance, Zhang Fei Is Assassinated; Athirst Of Retribution, The First Ruler Goes To War.
    Wei Yan; with the Shu army.
  • Chapter 85 — The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
    Wei Yan; with the Shu defense.
  • Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
    Wei Yan; with the Shu army.
  • Chapter 87 — Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army; Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured.
    Wei Yan; with the southern campaign - distinguished himself in the early engagements.
  • Chapter 88 — Crossing River Lu: The Mang King Is Bound The Second Time; Recognizing A Pretend Surrender: Meng Huo Is Captured The Third Time.
    Wei Yan; with the southern campaign - feigned retreats his specialty.
  • Chapter 89 — The Lord of Wuxiang Uses The Fourth Ruse; The King of Mang Is Captured The Fifth Time.
    Wei Yan; with the campaign; the chapter's chief feigned-retreat artist.
  • Chapter 90 — Chasing Off Wild Beasts, The Prime Minister Defeats The Mangs For The Sixth Time; Burning Rattan Armors, Zhuge Liang Captures Meng Huo The Seventh Time.
    Wei Yan; with the campaign - feigns retreat across the valley that draws the rattan-armoured army into the fire-trap.
  • Chapter 91 — Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
    Wei Yan; with the expedition; commands a wing.
  • Chapter 92 — Zhao Zilong Slays Five Generals; Zhuge Liang Takes Three Cities.
    Wei Yan; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 93 — Jiang Wei Goes Over To Zhuge Liang; Zhuge Liang Reviles Wang Lang.
    Wei Yan; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 94 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.
    Wei Yan; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 95 — Ma Su's Disobedience Causes The Loss Of Jieting; Zhuge Liang's Lute Repulses The Army Of Sima Yi.
    Wei Yan; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 96 — Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
    Wei Yan; promoted after the campaign.
  • Chapter 97 — Sending A Second Memorial, Zhuge Liang Renews The Attack On Wei; Forging A Letter, Jiang Wei Defeats The Northern Army.
    Wei Yan; ambushes and kills Wang Shuang on the retreat - the chapter's signature combat moment.
  • Chapter 98 — Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death; Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory.
    Wei Yan; takes Chencang upon Hao Zhao's death; takes Wudu.
  • Chapter 100 — Raiding A Camp, The Shu Soldiers Defeat Cao Zhen; Contesting Array Battles, Zhuge Liang Shames Sima Yi.
    Wei Yan; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 101 — Going Out From Longshang, Zhuge Liang Dresses As A God; Dashing Toward Saber Pass, Zhang He Falls Into A Snare.
    Wei Yan; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 102 — Sima Yi Occupies The Banks Of River Wei; Zhuge Liang Constructs Mechanical Bullocks And Horses.
    Wei Yan; with the expedition.
  • Chapter 103 — In Gourd Valley, Sima Yi Is Trapped; In Wuzhang Hills, Zhuge Liang Invokes The Stars.
    Wei Yan; the bait that lures Sima Yi into Shangfang Valley.
  • Chapter 104 — A Falling Star: The Prime Minister Ascends To Heaven; A Wooden Statue: The Commander-In-Chief Is Terrified.
    Wei Yan; the chapter's tragic figure. Bursts into the prayer tent and snuffs out Zhuge Liang's life-lamp; recognised by Zhuge Liang as the man who will rebel. Through the rest of the chapter Wei Yan chafes at Yang Yi's command of the retreat and begins making his moves for the rebellion that breaks in chapter 105.
  • Chapter 105 — The Lord of Wuxiang Leaves A Plan In The Silken Bag; The Ruler of Wei Removes The Bronze Statue With The Dew Bowl.
    Wei Yan dies. Rebels against Yang Yi's command of the retreat at Hanzhong; declares his own loyalty intact but refuses to obey 'the scribe'; gathers his men and prepares to march on Chengdu. Ma Dai is openly with him - but it's a trap: per Zhuge Liang's death-order, Ma Dai turns at the prearranged signal and cuts Wei Yan down from behind in the middle of his own war cry ('Who dares kill me?'). The Wei Yan rebellion that Zhuge Liang foresaw, dispatched in a single stroke.