The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 563 562 The Burning Yangtze River (2)

What Zhang Yan said was very clear, he wanted to reuse the four generals Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, and Li Tong, and at the same time told them clearly that he would not be stingy with rewards.

As the king of Yan, Zhang Yan came in front of several people in person, and he was considered a corporal of virtuous people by saying such words. For some people, what Zhang Yan did was already much better than some people.

Wei Yan suddenly walked over from the side, knelt down in front of Zhang Yan, bowed respectfully to Zhang Yan again and again, and said in a loud voice: "His Royal Highness Yan came here in person, if I don't come here again, I will be too ungrateful." No matter what others think, from now on, I, Wei Yan, will be willing to be urged by His Royal Highness King Yan, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will not hesitate!"

Although Wei Yan is also a general in Jingzhou, Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son have never shown any kindness to Wei Yan. The only one who has kindness is Zhang Yun. A chance to make a name for yourself.

During these years in Jingzhou, although Wei Yan is brave and good at fighting, he has not been reused. In addition, he is not good at forming cliques, and he doesn't like to follow others, and the Cai family has always been nepotism, so Wei Yan has been in Jingzhou for the past few years. , has been doing nothing.

Later, following the trend of the times, he directly voted under Liu Qi's command, and was recommended by Sima Yi as a general. Just when he felt that he could flex his muscles, he did not expect that Jingzhou would change hands.

But no matter who the owner of Jingzhou changes to, it will not have any impact on Wei Yan, because he only needs to adapt to the current situation, climb up again, and walk the path he wants to go.

This time Yan Wang Zhang Yan appeared in person, which further confirmed Sima Yi's previous words. Since the Liu family and his son are gone, why should Wei Yan hang himself on a tree again, and the person who will serve this time is the powerful King Yan Ah, such a good opportunity, of course he didn't want to let it go.

Hearing what Wei Yan said, Zhang Yan immediately became happy. After all, it was a good start, and at the same time, he thought that Wei Yan really knew the current affairs.

It seems that Wei Yan in history was also aware of current affairs in this way.

Zhang Yan personally helped Wei Yan up, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said: "With the help of General Wei, this king is like a tiger with wings added."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yan turned his head to look at Wen Pin and Li Tong, and asked, "You must be General Wen and General Li, right? Are you willing to help me like General Wei?"

Wenpin and Li Tong looked at each other, and their psychology was like a mirror. The general trend of Liu and his son is over, and Jingzhou has become Zhang Yan's territory. Effectiveness is not effectiveness.With just one look, the two of them connected with each other, they knelt down on the ground by coincidence, and bowed to Zhang Yan in unison: "The final general is willing to serve His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Zhang Yanxi smiled, and hurriedly walked in front of Wen Pin and Li Tong, helped them up personally, and said: "Well, General Wen and General Li are also heroes of the world, and now there is General Wei , plus the two of you, this king has not had time to be happy with your great help."

At this time, Wei Yan walked up to Huang Zhong, and said in a low voice, "Old general, now Jingzhou has returned to the embrace of the big man, and Liu and his son have no kindness to you, so why should you be loyal to him? Besides, you are The general of the big man is not the general of the Liu family and his son. You have surrendered to King Yan, and you are still serving the big man. Now Wenpin, Li Tong and I have made a wise choice, and I hope the old general will not be obsessed... ..."

Huang Zhong was actually struggling in his heart. How could he not know that Yan Wang Zhang Yan represented the Han court?But in his heart, he just couldn't get over this hurdle, and always felt that doing so would be disloyal.

Seeing such a scene, Sima Yi winked at Wenpin and Li Tong each, and the two understood, and came to Huang Zhong one after another, and began to persuade Huang Zhong together with Wei Yan.

Wei Yan, Wenpin, and Li Tong, you and I persuaded Huang Zhong with a single word, causing Huang Zhong to suffer a lot in his heart, but he didn't speak, but frowned tightly, looking at a The expression of bitterness and hatred.

"Old General Huang!" Zhang Yan came over suddenly, stood in front of Huang Zhong, cupped his fists respectfully towards Huang Zhong, and said, "If the old general is really unwilling to help this king, this king will not force it, but this king The king wants the old general to know that Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son, this Jingzhou, was originally owned by the Han Dynasty, but was occupied by Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son. Now that the king brings Jingzhou back into the jurisdiction of the Han court, it is equivalent to regaining the lost land. The old general Huang is not the king, but the big man. This king is only in charge of the country in place of your majesty. Compared with Liu Biao and Liu Qi and his son who are in Jingzhou, is this king in the heart of the old general Huang, even Liu Biao Is it not as good as Liu Qi and Liu Qi? As the saying goes, loyal ministers do not serve two masters, the old general must understand that what you are loyal to is a big man, not Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son. The master of the old general, so there is no need for the old general to be loyal."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Zhong sighed heavily. He felt that what Zhang Yan said was very reasonable. From the beginning to the end, he was only loyal to the big man. He was a subject of the big man and his general. The big man has already taken back the ruling power of Jingzhou, so he doesn't have to be responsible for the death of Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son at all, and he doesn't have to argue about it.

"Come on! It's the old man who is confused, the old man is confused!" Huang Zhong said suddenly, "His Royal Highness, the old man was fascinated for a while, so I couldn't figure it out all the time. I hope His Royal Highness will forgive me! Now Yan His Royal Highness is so courteous and virtuous, if Huang Zhong doesn't know how to flatter him, it will be Huang's fault!"

As soon as the words fell, Huang Zhong immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Zhang Yan and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan, please accept Huang Zhong's worship!"

Seeing that Huang Zhong was finally willing to work for him, Zhang Yan was naturally very happy. He immediately asked Sima Yi to bring Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, and Li Tong to the hall of the government office, and gave the four generals Added tables and chairs, served wine and dishes, and began to drink happily with other Jingzhou officials.

Zhang Yan took over Jingzhou peacefully, and took over all the people in Jingzhou. That night, Xiangyang City was full of joyful songs and laughter.

And Zhang Xiu's army stationed outside Xiangyang City has also been standing still, waiting there quietly, waiting for Zhang Yan's call at any time.

The troops brought by Zhang Yan this time are said to be 20, but in fact they are only tens of thousands of troops in the vanguard. Zhang Xiu, the prefect of Nanyang, is still the vanguard and secretly gathers the troops outside Xiangyang City. Xiu will lead the army to attack the city.This is Zhang Yan's two-handed preparation, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

Fortunately, Sima Yi had already firmly controlled Xiangyang City, and had the foresight to call back the four leading generals, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, and Li Tong, to avoid any trouble.

The next day, Zhang Yan personally held the funeral for the dead Liu Qi, and made Liu Qi a marquis, buried him as a marquis, and rewarded Liu Qi's wife and children with a large sum of money, enough for them to live a normal life for a lifetime .

When Zhang Yan entered Xiangyang City, he didn't kill a single person, and even the troops he brought didn't enter the city. They just stationed outside the city temporarily and set up a temporary military camp. In addition, Zhang Yan also boldly appointed the original officials of Jingzhou , From the beginning to the end, no one was arranged to take up an important position in Jingzhou, which can be regarded as a kind of trust in Jingzhou officials.

What Zhang Yan did was unanimously appreciated by people in Jingzhou. Three days later, the entire Jingzhou began to change flags, and all the banners with the word "Liu" hanging on the city head were lowered. The orange-red Han army flag was hung, and almost overnight, all areas in Jingzhou that were still under Sima Yi's control were replaced with uniform flags, bright and majestic, floating over Jingzhou.

In addition, because Zhang Yan gave Sima Yi the power to fully display his fists, after Sima Yi reported to Zhang Yan and obtained permission, he boldly used the original Liu Bei's subordinates, Yi Ji, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang, Liu Min, and Pan Jun. Being reappointed by Sima Yi, these five people were protected by Sima Yi at the beginning, so Sima Yi showed kindness to them. In order to repay the favor, these five people willingly became Sima Yi's subordinates, and Yi Ji became Bie Jia, Jiang Wan, etc. They were appointed as Zhizhong, Ma Liang was engaged, and Liu Min and Pan Jun were postal supervisors respectively. It can be regarded as returning to the political arena in Jingzhou after Liu Bei, and their abilities are also what Sima Yi is optimistic about.

Jingzhou was peacefully changed hands, and the news spread quickly. Guan Yu of Jingnan had been secretly dispatching scouts to lurk in the territory of Nanjun. After hearing the news, his lungs were about to explode.Therefore, Guan Yu immediately wrote to Sun Quan, taking advantage of Zhang Yanchu's arrival in Jingzhou and his foothold was not stable, he asked to lead the army to attack, and asked Zhou Yu to lead the water army to cooperate, bluffing, and pretending to attack Jiang Xia, while he led the army , secretly attacked Nanjun.

In addition, Guan Yu also solemnly pointed out in the letter that Nanjun is the place where Jingzhou's money and grain gather. If Nanjun can be captured, it can deal a major blow to Jingzhou. It is also a great opportunity for the next step to occupy the entire territory of Jingzhou. Great springboard.

After Guan Yu finished writing this letter, he sent people to Nanchang at night, for fear of delaying the important event.At the same time, Guan Yu also sent people to Wuling to contact Zhang Fei and asked him to cooperate in the battle. The troops were divided into two groups to attack Nanjun together.

(End of this chapter)