The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 267 Chapter 266
Gongsun Kang and the sending team traveled around Zhang Yan's sphere of influence, and stayed in Pengcheng for a few days. After watching the queen's coronation ceremony and the concubine's canonization ceremony, they planned to leave.

These days, Gongsun Kang and others have been living in the inn. Before leaving, Gongsun Kang went to the palace to meet his younger sister who had been named a beauty, and bid farewell to her.

After Gongsun Kang came back from the palace, as soon as Gongsun Kang entered the post station, a Jin Yiwei stood there waiting for him. When the Jin Yiwei saw Gongsun Kang's arrival, he stepped forward and said, "Mr. Let me invite you to come to the mansion to have a talk."

During the days when Gongsun Kang came to Pengcheng, he already had a certain understanding of this place. He also knew that Jinyiwei was a special organization. Yu Zhang Yan dispatched alone.

Gongsun Kang listened to the lord that Jin Yiwei said, besides Zhang Yan, who else could command them?

Therefore, Gongsun Kang was a little flattered and said: "I don't know why the general called me?"

"I don't know about this. When Mr. Gongsun goes, he will know."

As soon as the words fell, Jin Yiwei walked in front, and Gongsun Kang followed. The two entered the inner city from the outer city, and then entered the Fucheng from the inner city.

When you arrive at Fucheng, you are basically at the center of the entire city. There are two mansions here, one is the imperial palace, and the other is the General's Mansion.

On weekdays, the inside and outside of the imperial palace are strictly guarded, and idlers are not allowed to approach, but the guards of the General's Mansion are basically guarded at three steps and one post at five steps, which is even stricter than the imperial palace. It is really difficult for outsiders to enter. It is even more difficult.

During the days when Gongsun Kang arrived in Pengcheng, he only saw the emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court, but he never saw the world-famous general Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan could show up, but Zhang Yan was unwilling to join in the excitement, and handed over the matter to Taichang Bingyuan to host.

Thinking that he would meet the world-famous general in a short while, Gongsun Kang felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, both excited and a little scared.

Jin Yiwei was free to enter and leave the General's Mansion, and no one dared to stop him along the way. Under the leadership of Jin Yiwei, Gongsun Kang soon arrived at the hall of the General's Mansion.

"Gongsun Gongzi, please wait here for a while, my lord will come out to see you in a while!" Jin Yiwei said to Gongsun Kang.

Gongsun Kang nodded, cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry."

Jin Yiwei's mission was completed, he turned around and walked out of the hall, and then the servants in the mansion offered Gongsun Kang a pot of hot tea, so as to serve him well.

After about a stick of incense, Zhang Yan came out from the back hall. As soon as he appeared in the hall, his deep eyes quickly scanned Gongsun Kang who was sitting there.

Gongsun Kangnian is about 25 or [-] years old, slightly younger than Zhang Yan, but he is tall, majestic, and not ugly, but his eyes are deep-set, and there is a trace of evil in his black eyes. shrewd.

While Zhang Yan was observing Gongsun Kang, Gongsun Kang was also observing Zhang Yan, but he did not observe so carefully. He just glanced at it, then immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Gongsun Kang, the grass-roots man, kowtow to meet the general!"

Gongsun Kang has long been an official and general in Liaodong, but he has never been officially conferred by the court. No matter how rampant he is in Liaodong, he is just a commoner here. His father, Gongsundu, has dominated Liaodong for many years. But in the official list of the imperial court, it is still the prefect of Liaodong.Therefore, Gongsun Kang did not dare to be arrogant, but could only be humble and humble.After all, it was General Zhang Yan standing in front of him.

Zhang Yan hurriedly said: "Mr. Gongsun, get up and talk. With me, you don't need to be so polite. Sit down!"

Only then did Gongsun Kang stand up, thanked him in time, and then sat down with Zhang Yan as guest and host.

After the two sat down, Gongsun Kang hurriedly asked: "I don't know what the general ordered to summon the villain?"

Zhang Yandao: "Oh, it's like this. Your Majesty has entrusted me with the management of all important affairs in the court. Over the years, since your father Gongsun Du took over the post of Liaodong prefect, he has been working hard to manage Liaodong in an orderly manner, so that the people live and work in peace and contentment. It is really a great merit. In addition, your father also resisted foreign enemies and expanded the territory, so that Goguryeo, Wuhuan, Fuyu and other Dongyi dare not underestimate me. In view of the great contribution made by your father in Liaodong, the court It should also be rewarded. However, in the past, the sea and land were blocked, and the mission could not be conveyed. After the pirates were cleared, the sea route was able to maintain a smooth flow. Therefore, on behalf of His Majesty, I would like to commend your father and order him as General Zhengdong. Marquis of Xiangping, three thousand households in Shiyi. In addition, I also ordered you to be the prefect of Lelang County, General An Dong, and his younger brother Gongsun Gong was the prefect of Xuantu County, General Ping Dong. I hope that you father and son can live well in Liaodong Work hard and strive to make Liaodong more and more stable and prosperous."

Hearing this, Gongsun Kangdeng smiled happily, and immediately knelt on the ground and said: "Thank you for your kindness, the general. I am grateful, and I must do my best to work with my father to manage Liaodong well, and I will never disappoint the general. expect!"

Zhang Yan personally helped Gongsun Kang up, and then asked someone to bring an imperial decree, and took the seals of Gongsun Du, Gongsun Kang, and Gongsun Gong, and handed them all to Gongsun Kang, so that Gongsun Kang could bring them back Liaodong.

Gongsun Kang was so grateful that he almost shed tears of excitement.Although it is said that their father and son have occupied Liaodong for a long time, they have never officially received a reward from the imperial court. It can be said that the name is not justified.Now that his father is enfeoffed as Marquis of Liaodong, both he and his younger brother have been formally conferred by the Han court, so they are justified.

In fact, Gongsun Duhu occupied Liaodong, and had already brought Xuantu County and Lelang County into his sphere of influence. Zhang Yan's conferment of such titles was just a means to win over Gongsun Du, and it also officially established the Gongsun family's status in Liaodong. status.

Compared with Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Du seems to know how to manage his power better, and Gongsun Du has been in Liaodong for many years, and has fought Goguryeo many times. National hero.

The confrontation between Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao has basically entered a white-hot state. I am afraid that the time for peace will be less and less every day. Gongsun Du is entrenched in Liaodong. If Yuan Shao wins over, once he and Yuan Shao go to war, Gongsun Du will cross the sea. It would be a great disadvantage to him if he took advantage of the situation.

Therefore, Zhang Yan took measures to grant Gongsun Du the title of marquis, to add officials to Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Gong, and to make his daughter a beauty, as a consolation, at least to maintain the friendship with Gongsun Du .

Moreover, in order to let Gongsun Du know his strength, Zhang Yan specially arranged for someone to take Gongsun Kang to see some things that he should not see, and showed him the strength of his own troops and the excellence of the army.Only in this way can Gongsun Kang's heart be completely shocked, and he will be asked to report to Gongsun Du after he goes back to see if he is a troublesome master.

That night, Zhang Yan hosted a banquet for Gongsun Kang in the mansion. Gongsun Kang was so happy, he drank to his heart's content, and even got drunk.

Zhang Yan asked Gongsun Kang to be sent back to the post station. Early the next morning, it was Gongsun Kang's men who woke him up. Then the group left Pengcheng and began to return to Liaodong.

After sending away the team of Gongsun Kang and others, the next person Zhang Yan wants to appease is Sun Ce who has already stolen Jiangdong.

After three years of conquest, Sun Ce has occupied the four counties of Yuzhang, Kuaiji, Danyang, and Wu, and his power has also increased a lot.

However, Sun Ce was not as lucky as he imagined. After defeating Jiao Ji, Zu Lang, Yan Baihu and other bandits who dominated one side, he immediately fell into the quagmire of conquering Shanyue, and he has not been able to completely eliminate Shanyue.

Shanyue has a very wide distribution, spreading all over the counties in Jiangdong. Most of its people live in the mountains, and they are very united.In addition, the people of Shanyue are tough and brave. Many people served in the army of Zu Lang and Yan Baihu before. Shanyue's ability to resist mistakenly destroyed a Shanyue village, causing a civil uprising. The entire Shanyue nation united and fought fiercely with Sun Ce's army and competed for the city.

A city often changed hands several times before finally reaching Sun Ce's hands, but the price paid was very painful.

Chen Deng, the later general and prefect of Jinling, asked several times to take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to attack Sun Ce, but Zhang Yan refused.

Of course, Zhang Yan also knew that it was a good opportunity to solve Sun Ce at that time, but on second thought, once Sun Ce was solved at this time, the mess in Jiangdong Shanyue would be left to him to clean up.

Zhang Yan is very familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms. During the decades when the Sun family occupied Jiangdong, the people of Shanyue never gave up resistance. They were suppressed here, and they will resist again soon.But to kill them all, Jiangdong would have to lose half of its population.

Therefore, in order not to cause his side to fall into the quagmire of Shanyue's war, Zhang Yan did not stab Sun Ce in the back when Sun Ce and Shanyue fought.

However, Zhang Yan's refusal to do so does not mean that he does not regard Sun Ce as an enemy. He strictly ordered Chen Deng to guard Jinling, and to clear up any invading enemies.

However, now Zhang Yan wants to change his thinking and start to take the route of appeasement. He is going to make peace with Sun Ce, and open a mutual market on the border of the two forces to trade with Sun Ce.

The purpose of doing this is to meet the needs of the war with Yuan Shao in the future. Once he makes peace with Sun Ce, Zhang Yan will not have any worries. In this way, he can deal with Yuan Shao wholeheartedly.

For this reason, Zhang Yan specially sent Tingwei Zhang Zhao to Jiangdong to reach a consensus on this trade with Sun Ce...

(End of this chapter)