The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 657 656 Birthday Banquet
In the past few days, Yan Yan, the prefect of Berkshire, sent many messengers to the counties under his jurisdiction and the surrounding counties to invite those colleagues to his birthday banquet.

Yan Yan is a famous general in Sichuan, and he was a veteran who followed Liu Yan very early. Yan Yan contributed a lot in the process of Liu's father and son's pacification of Yizhou, which can be said to be indispensable.It is precisely for this reason that even if Liu and his son don't like Yan Yan's character, they dare not do anything to him. Even if he is sent to Jiangzhou to become the prefect of Berkshire, they still respect him.

Even Zhang Ren and others, who now hold great power in Yizhou, give way to Yan Yan three points, and there will be no conflict if there is no conflict.Therefore, anyone who was invited by Yan Yan to Yan Yan's birthday party dared not refuse.

Within a few days, officials from all over the country went to Jiangzhou with congratulatory gifts, and even Zhang Ren, Liu Gui, Leng Bao, and Deng Xian were also invited.However, Zhang Ren has always been at odds with Yan Yan both externally and internally. The reason why Yan Yan's jurisdiction is so narrow is that Zhang Ren played tricks behind his back and deliberately suggested to Liu Zhang that the Brazilian Army and the Badong Army be established to disperse Yan Yan. military power.He handed over the Brazilian Army and Badong Army to his trusted Liu Gui and Deng Xian respectively, as a force to restrain Yan Yan.

In Chengdu, in Zhang Ren's mansion, when Yan Yan's messenger handed Zhang Ren a letter from Yan Yan inviting him to the birthday banquet, Zhang Ren hesitated for a moment after reading it, and then said to the messenger: "Please convey the letter to Zhang Ren." General Yan, I have been busy with military affairs recently, and I have to report military affairs to my lord every day. I am afraid that I will not have time to attend on General Yan’s birthday. However, I will ask someone to prepare a generous gift, and please take it back and hand it over to General Yan , and express my apologies to Old General Yan."

Naturally, the messenger did not dare to say "no". After all, Zhang Ren is in power now. Apart from Liu Zhang, only Zhang Ren can command all the Sichuan troops.The messenger just said "here", and after waiting in the hall for a while, Zhang Ren's butler came in from the outside and said respectfully, "General Qi, the carriages are ready!"

Zhang Ren nodded, and said to the messenger: "Go with the steward, the gifts are in the carriage. After you go back, you must convey my apology to Old General Yan! In my free time, I will visit the door in person to replace the His old man congratulates."

The messenger was obedient, and followed the housekeeper of Zhang's house out of the hall. When he came outside the gate of the house, he saw a carriage full of gifts. He couldn't help feeling that Zhang Ren was extremely generous in his actions. He took the gift from Zhang Ren and went straight back. Jiangzhou.

At the same time, the envoys sent by Yan Yan also arrived at Leng Bao's mansion. Unfortunately, Leng Bao was sent by Liu Zhang on business and was not in Chengdu. His wife received the envoy and learned that Leng Bao was invited to see Yan Yan's birthday. During the banquet, he first apologized to the messenger, then prepared a generous gift, and asked the messenger to bring it back. Finally, he asked his son Leng Sheng to take a team of people to Jiangzhou with the messenger to celebrate Yan Yan instead of his father Leng Bao. .

In addition, after receiving the invitation from Yan Yan, Liu Gui, the governor of Brazil, and Deng Xian, the governor of Badong, because they are close to Yan Yan, if they refused innocently, it would be a bit embarrassing for them to refuse, so the two of them met in private All in all, I still decided to attend Yan Yan's banquet, and brought a special gift.

The rest of the county officials naturally had no reason to refute Yan Yan's face, and they all brought gifts and went to Jiangzhou to have a banquet in person.

The news of Zhang Fei's occupation of Jiangzhou was not spread, and Yan Yan blocked the news. Jiangzhou soldiers were loyal to Yan Yan, so there was no leak at all.

Therefore, the outside world has no way of knowing Zhang Fei's every move.

Three days later, on the day of Yan Yan's birthday, everyone in Jiangzhou was very busy. Yan Yan's department would be responsible for welcoming the distinguished guests at the gate of the city, and sending the gifts from these people to the treasury, and handing them over to the special staff. Take charge.

Yan Yan led the generals and stood at the gate of Jiangzhou City in person, welcoming the people who came to his birthday banquet.After a while, I saw a group of people coming slowly from the official road. The first two riders walked side by side, all wearing armor and armor, their eyes were as sharp as eagles, and they could even see through their every move. Behind these two people, Followed closely by a young man, about fifteen or sixteen years old, only dressed in strong clothes, with an immature look on his face.

These three people walked at the front of the line, followed by a long line, followed by several carriages full of gifts, walking slowly towards Jiangzhou City.

"General, Liu Gui and Deng Xian are here!" the lieutenant beside Yan Yan reminded.

Yan Yan took a closer look, sneered, and said, "The two of them are finally willing to show up. By the way, who is the person behind Liu Gui and Deng Xian?"

The deputy general looked at it and replied: "General Qi, that young man seems to be Leng Bao's son Leng Sheng."

"Hmph! I didn't come, but the younger one came instead. This Lengbao is really an idiot!" Yan Yan said angrily.

For Yan Yan, writing to Zhang Ren, Leng Bao, Liu Gui, and Deng Xian was unprecedented.

In terms of force, none of the generals in Sichuan could be Yan Yan's opponent, but Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his son did not simply advocate force.In Liu Zhang's time, because of Yan Yan's character, Liu Zhang listened to Zhang Ren's suggestion in a rage, divided Berkshire into four, and left garrisons around Jiangzhou to disperse Yan Yan's power. .

There is no one Liu Zhang trusts more than Zhang Ren, but Zhang Ren is too conceited, and Yan Yan is not a fool, how can he not know the things behind it.

All Leng Bao, Liu Gui, Deng Xian and others who were close to Zhang Ren became Zhang Ren's subordinates, which also made Zhang Ren's ambition gradually grow, and gradually began to form cliques. In the past few years, Zhang Ren has used Liu Zhang's trust in him to call the wind and rain in Sichuan. He and his party members even formed cliques for personal gain, sought violence, and took the opportunity to amass money, and even hit those talented young talents. There is a serious brain drain in central Sichuan, and the three generations, old, middle-aged and young, seem to be running out of steam.

Yan Yan has a grudge against Zhang Ren, and is not very interested in Leng Bao, Liu Gui, Deng Xian and others, but at this moment, Yan Yan must forget all hatred and cooperate well, otherwise, all previous efforts will be wasted.

When Liu Gui, Deng Xian, and Leng Sheng approached the gate of the city, Yan Yan came out from inside, cupped his hands with a smile and said, "I'm really pleased that the two generals are here, I've already sent someone to prepare for your visit." After the banquet, please invite the two generals to go in with me."

(End of this chapter)