Zhang Yan's words are already very clear, he wants to reuse the four generals Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Tong, and at the same time clearly tell them that he will not be stingy with rewards.

Zhang Yan, as the king of Yan, personally came to the front of several people, and said such a thing, he was already considered a corporal of Lixian, and for some people, Zhang Yan's behavior was much better than that of some people.

Wei Yan suddenly walked over from the side, knelt in front of Zhang Yan, bowed and bowed to Zhang Yan respectfully, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness King Yan came in person, if I don't join again, I will be too ignorant." No matter what others think, I, Wei Yan, will be willing to be driven by His Royal Highness King Yan from now on, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, I will not hesitate! ”

Although Wei Yan is also a general in Jingzhou, Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son have no kindness to Wei Yan, and the only one who has kindness Zhang Yun has also died.

In the past few years in Jingzhou, although Wei Yan is brave and good at fighting, he has not been reused, plus he is not good at forming gangs, and he does not like to be inflammatory, and the Cai family has always been nepotistic, so Wei Yan has not done anything in Jingzhou in the past few years.

Later, he conformed to the situation and directly joined Liu Qi's command, and was recommended by Sima Yi to become a general.

But no matter who the owner of Jingzhou is replaced, it will have no impact on Wei Yan, because as long as he adapts to the situation and climbs up again. Just go the way you want to go.

This time, Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, appeared in person. Sima Yi's previous words were more confirmed. Since the Liu family's father and son are gone, why should Wei Yan hang himself on a tree again, and the person who will serve this time is His Royal Highness King Yan, who is in power and the opposition, such a good opportunity, of course he is not willing to let it go.

When Zhang Yan heard Wei Yan say this, he immediately became happy, after all, he made a good start, and at the same time thought that Wei Yan really knew about current affairs.

Seemingly. Wei Yan in history is also so aware of current affairs.

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

After speaking, Zhang Yan turned his head to look at Wen Ping and Li Tong again, and asked, "Presumably you should be General Wen and General Li, right?" Are you willing to do the same as General Wei to help this king? ”

Wen Ping and Li Tong glanced at each other, and their psychological aspects were like mirrors, and the general trend of Liu's father and son had gone. Jingzhou has become Zhang Yan's territory, and now that the wood has been completed. They don't need to be more honest about this, who they are working for is not working. With just one look, the two of them had a heart-to-heart, and they knelt on the ground in unison, and bowed to Zhang Yan in unison: "The last general is willing to serve His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Zhang Yanxi smiled, hurriedly walked in front of Wen Ping and Li Tong, personally helped these two people up, and said: "Okay, well, General Wen and General Li are also heroes in the world, and now with General Wei, plus the two of you, this king has your full help, and it is too late to be happy." ”

At this time, Wei Yan walked up to Huang Zhong and whispered: "Old general, now that Jingzhou has returned to the embrace of the Han Dynasty, and the Liu family and his son have no kindness to you, why do you need to be loyal to him?" Besides, you are the general of the Han Dynasty, not the general of his Liu father and son, you have surrendered to the King of Yan, and you are still serving the Han Dynasty, now I, Wen Ping, and Li Tong have made a wise choice, and I hope that the old general will not be obsessed......"

Huang Zhong's heart was actually struggling, how could he not know that Zhang Yan, the king of Yan Dao, represented the Han court? But in his heart, he just can't cross this hurdle, and he always feels that doing so is disloyalty.

When Sima Yi saw such a scene, he gave Wenpin and Li Tong a look, and the two of them understood, and they came to Huang Zhong one after another, and began to persuade Huang Zhong with Wei Yan.

Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Tong said a word, and I persuaded Huang Zhong in a word, which made Huang Zhong's heart suffer, but he just didn't speak, just frowned tightly, looking at a bitter and hateful expression.

"Old General Huang!" Zhang Yan suddenly walked over, stood in front of Huang Zhong, and respectfully hugged his fist towards Huang Zhong, "If the old general is really unwilling to help this king, this king will not be reluctant, but this king wants to let the old general know that Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son, this Jingzhou, originally belonged to the Han Dynasty, and was occupied by Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son, and now this king has re-incorporated Jingzhou into the jurisdiction of the Han court, which is equivalent to recovering the lost territory, and the old general Huang wants to belong to the king is not this king, but the Han Dynasty." This king is just taking charge of the country in place of His Majesty, compared with Liu Biao and Liu Qi's father and son who are in Jingzhou, is this king inferior to Liu Biao and Liu Qi in the hearts of General Huang? As the so-called loyal ministers are not the two masters, the old general has to figure it out, you are loyal to the Han, not Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son, they are just the people who guard Jingzhou instead of the Son of Heaven, and they are not the masters 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 beginning to end, he was loyal to only the Han, he was the courtier of the Han, the general of the Han, and now that the Han has taken back the ruling power of Jingzhou, he doesn't have to be responsible for the death of Liu Biao and Liu Qi's father and son, and he doesn't have to contradict anything for these.

"Stop! It's the old man who is confused, it's the old man who is confused! Huang Zhong suddenly said, "His Royal Highness King Yan, the old man was fascinated for a while, so he couldn't figure it out, and he hoped that His Royal Highness King Yan would forgive his sins!" Now that His Royal Highness King Yan is so polite and virtuous, if Huang Zhong doesn't know how to lift up, it will be Huang's sin! ”

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

Zhang Yan was naturally very happy when he saw that Huang Zhong was finally willing to serve him, and he immediately asked Sima Yi to bring Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Tong to the hall of the palace, re-purchased tables and chairs for the four generals, and served wine and food, and began to drink happily with the rest of the Jingzhou officials.

Zhang Yan took over Jingzhou peacefully, and subdued all the people in Jingzhou, and there was singing and laughter in Xiangyang City that night.

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

The troops brought by Zhang Yan this time are said to be 200,000, but in fact, they are only tens of thousands of vanguard troops, and they still take Nanyang Taishou Zhang Xiu as the vanguard, secretly gathering the army outside Xiangyang City, once something abnormal happens in the city, Zhang Xiu will lead the army to attack the city. This is Zhang Yan's two-handed preparation, not afraid of 10,000, just in case.

However, fortunately, Sima Yi had firmly controlled Xiangyang City, and he also had the foresight to first recall Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Tong, the four generals who led the troops outside, so as to avoid any chaos.

The next day, Zhang Yan personally held a funeral for the dead Liu Qi, and named 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 an ordinary life for a lifetime.

Zhang Yan entered Xiangyang City, did not kill a person, and even the army he brought did not enter the city, but was temporarily stationed outside the city, and a military camp was temporarily set up.

Three days later, the whole Jingzhou began to change banners, and all the "Liu" banners hanging on the city were lowered, and the orange-red Han military flag was hung in exchange, and almost overnight, all the areas in Jingzhou that were still under the control of Sima Yi were replaced with all the banners, which were bright and mighty floating in the sky over Jingzhou.

In addition, because Zhang Yan gave Sima Yi the power to fully display his fists and feet, Sima Yi told Zhang Yan again to obtain permission, and boldly used the original Liu Bei's subordinates, Yi, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang, Liu Min, and Pan Jun were all reappointed to official positions by Sima Yi, these five people were protected by Sima Yi at the beginning, so Sima Yi had kindness to them, in order to repay the favor, these five people were willing to become Sima Yi's subordinates, Yi became a separate driver, Jiang Wan was appointed to govern, Ma Liangwei was engaged, Liu Min, Pan Jun and the two are respectively supervising the post, which can be regarded as returning to the political arena of Jingzhou after Liu Bei, and their ability is also favored by Sima Yi.

Jingzhou changed hands peacefully, and the news spread quickly, Guan Yu of Jingnan has been secretly sending scouts to lurk in the territory of Nanjun, and after learning the news, his lungs are about to explode. Therefore, Guan Yu immediately wrote a letter to Sun Quan, taking advantage of Zhang Yan's first arrival in Jingzhou and his foothold was not stable, he asked to lead the army to attack, and asked Zhou Yu to lead the naval army to cooperate, bluff, and make a move to attack Jiangxia, while he led the army and secretly attacked Nanjun.

In addition, Guan Yu also solemnly pointed out in the letter that Nanjun is a place where Jingzhou's money and grain are widely gathered, and if Nanjun can be captured, it can give Jingzhou a major blow, and it is also a good springboard for the next step to occupy the entire territory of Jingzhou.

After Guan Yu finished writing this letter, he sent someone to Nanchang in the starry night, for fear of delaying the big event. At the same time, Guan Yu also sent people to Wuling, contacted Zhang Fei, and asked him to cooperate with the battle, and the troops were divided into two routes to attack Nanjun together. (To be continued......)