The urgent report was sent by Sima Yi, and the person who sent the urgent report was Zhou Yuncong who was lurking beside Sima Yi.

Zhang Yan took the urgent report from Zhou Yuncong's hand and quickly opened it and looked at it. The content of the letter made Zhang Yan feel a little overjoyed.

Sima Yi used methods to transfer Liu Bei from Jingnan to Nanyang to become the prefect and prepared to station in Xinye. He also said that Liu Bei was quite talented, but he was just depressed and unsuccessful. If he did not destroy Liu Bei now, then it would be too late to wait until Liu Bei had an opportunity in the future and wanted to deal with Liu Bei.

I have to say that although Sima Yi is young, he has a unique vision. He can tell at a glance that Liu Bei is a one-stop trapped in shallow water.

Zhang Yan was naturally very happy with the news provided by Sima Yi. Cao ** had been eliminated by him. Although Sun Quan of Jiangdong was still in the stage of confronting him, it would be easy for Zhang Yan to take over Jiangdong after a few years.

The most down-and-out three giants in this period is probably Liu Bei. When Zhang Yan took over Tao Qian's position and took charge of Xuzhou, he thought about keeping Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei by his side and then using it. He found another opportunity to kill Liu Bei. In this way, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei naturally became his subordinate.

However, Liu Bei was unwilling to do things under him, so he went directly to Jingzhou and became the prefect of Wuling. By chance, he led his army to quell the rebellion of Changsha Prefect Zhang Xian. Then he was appointed as the governor of Jingnan by Liu Biao for his merits and governor of the four counties of Jingnan. Under Liu Biao, he was in great success. He gradually gained troops and gathered a group of talents.

When Zhang Yan learned the news, Zhang Yan was worried that Liu Bei would rise from now on and become his biggest concern, so he came up with an infernal strategy.

Just so happened that Sima Yi's appearance came into Zhang Yan's sight. Zhang Yan cleverly made arrangements, first to suppress Sima Yi, who had already won the title of top scholar, then forced Sima Yi to go to Jingzhou, and finally explained the truth to Sima Yi.

Fortunately, Sima Yi did not resent Zhang Yan, but instead accepted this task of challenging the surname. He started from within Jingzhou and disarmed Liu Bei step by step, making Liu Bei an isolated and helpless state.

Originally, according to Sima Yi's plan, this plan would take at least several years to achieve. Because the Cai party in Jingzhou was too large, it would take a lot of effort to completely overthrow the Cai party. However, after Liu Biao launched a war to attack Zhang Yan, the situation was very beneficial to Sima Yi, which made Sima Yi's plan advance several years at once. Sima Yi made a quick decision and offered advice to Liu Qi to let Liu Qi guard against Liu Bei.

Coincidentally, Liu Qi hated Cai's family to the core and was worried that something similar to Cai would happen again in Jingzhou. Liu Bei had elite soldiers and powerful generals, so he did not lose anything in this battle. Instead, it became Liu Qi's concern. Sima Yi's words hit Liu Qi's thoughts, which made Liu Bei's call Tiantian and the earth was not effective. In desperation, he had to lead his troops to fight.

Zhang Yan closed Sima Yi's letter, looked around the people present, and finally locked his eyes on Zhang Xiu. He immediately said loudly: "General Zhang, Jingzhou has just sent an urgent report, saying that the governor of Jingnan Liu Bei has been transferred to Nanyang to be the prefect, and the troops led by him have 10,000, and the destination is Xinye. General Zhang has been in Nanyang for a long time, so he should be very familiar with the terrain of Nanyang, right?"

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not say that I know Nanyang well, but I have been to most places and have a rough understanding of the terrain of each place."

Zhang Yan said: "Okay! This is enough for you. You just abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. Now I will give you a chance to make achievements. I will exchange all the troops of your subordinates for you, and you will lead you to bring Liu Bei's head. After the matter is completed, I will be rewarded with great rewards."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

After seeing this, Zhang Yan asked, "What? General Zhang refused to go?"

Zhang Xiu said: "No! Your Highness, King Yan, I was just thinking that I, Zhang Xiu, is just a surrendered general. Your Highness, not only did not dislike me, but also appointed me as the rank of major. I am already very grateful. Now, the King of Yan still wants to return all my troops to Jingzhou. Wouldn't you worry about bringing troops back to Jingzhou again, and then joining Liu Bei and turning against each other?"

"Hahaha... As the saying goes, no doubt about people, no doubt about people. If I really doubt General Zhang, General Zhang would not appear here and would drink happily with us. Besides, the situation in the world has been settled. My Han Dynasty is strong and the country is prosperous. It is just that the overlords who are separatist are unwilling to admit this fact. Even if General Zhang really gets into trouble with Liu Bei and turns against each other, I will definitely make General Zhang regret it. Besides, if General Zhang is really that kind of person, he would not say this now." Zhang Yan said.

After hearing these words, Zhang Xiu fully felt the level of trust Zhang Yan had in him. Even Liu Biao, even Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and others did not have such trust in him.

"Your Highness of the King of Yan can trust me so much. As the saying goes, people cannot stand without trust. Although I once worked with Liu Bei, I am now a minister of the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei is just a general of the traitor of Liu Biao. At the moment I surrendered, I have completely drawn a clear line with Jingzhou. Thanks to Your Highness of Yan's trust in me, this time I will definitely bring Liu Bei's head and present it to Your Highness of Yan as my meeting gift for abandoning the darkness and turning to the light." Zhang Xiu walked to the center of the hall and said to Zhang Yan aloud.

After hearing Zhang Xiu’s bold words, Zhang Yan was very happy and immediately said, “Okay, I’ll feel relieved with General Zhang’s words.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yan looked at Yang Xiu again and said, "This time you go to eliminate Liu Bei, you will go with General Zhang, and you will only be responsible for the military, military affairs, and everything will be decided by General Zhang."

"Here!" Yang Xiu had no objection and responded with a fist.

After hearing Zhang Yan's arrangement, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but feel a little grateful. Although he was brave and good at fighting, he lacked capable and intelligent people around him. Now it was the best thing that Yang Xiu could go with him. However, he thought that Yang Xiu would be the main general and he was the deputy general. Who would think that Zhang Yan would actually let them change over and let Zhang Xiu be the main general, and Yang Xiu just joined the army.

Such an arrangement undoubtedly gave Zhang Xiu full autonomy, which made Zhang Xiu feel that Zhang Yan valued him very much, and further strengthened his confidence in destroying Liu Bei.

Without further ado, Zhang Xiu and Yang Xiu set off immediately and went directly to Wancheng. Zhang Yan's order was that Zhang Xiu was still the prefect of Nanyang and commanded all the troops in the Nanyang area, including Hao Zhao's troops who were already stationed in Xinye.

Zhang Yan stayed in Chen County and commanded remotely. On the one hand, Zhang Yan began to mobilize a large number of food and grass to transport it to Nanyang and Runan. On the other hand, he asked someone to transport arms from Puyang to the front line.

Although Zhang Yan's army used a large number of thunderbolts in the rebellion in the north, this weapon was not popularized. Because of its huge lethality, it was only used in a small range. The troops that could use thunderbolts were basically Zhang Yan's direct troops.

Only in this way can strict confidentiality measures be taken so that such advanced weapons will not be spread and become a means for the enemy to deal with themselves.

Finally, Zhang Yan issued several orders to Chen County, mobilizing Taishi Ci and Xu Huang's army to the Central Plains to strengthen the military strength of the Central Plains. He completely handed over Bingzhou to Gao Shun for governance, making him a person who combines military and political power.

Because Gao Shun was from Bingzhou, he knew the people of Bingzhou very well, and the Xianbei people were now afraid of Zhang Yan. Whether it was the Xianbei in the east, the Xianbei in the middle, or the Xianbei in the west, they were basically frightened whenever they heard Zhang Yan's name.

Kebi Neng was eliminated, the Xianbei in the central region was completely defeated, and the deduction of the Xianbei in the western region was still under house arrest in Pengcheng. Among them, there were many princes and nobles of the Xianbei in the western region. Zhang Yan used the Central Plains' rich clothes and food as sugar-coated cannonballs to completely destroy the psychological defense of the tribal leaders on the grassland, making them unhappy. In this way, the Xianbei in the western region became a decoration, and the government orders were basically from Pengcheng, so there would be no signs of rebellion in the western region. What's more, Liangzhou has stabilized, and the Xianbei people are quite afraid of the Han people now and dare not make trouble easily. Moreover, Liangzhou has also opened up mutual markets to facilitate everyone. If there is any need, they can go to the mutual market to purchase.

In addition, the eastern Xianbei Budugenze, defeated by the troops of Kebineng in the central Xianbei, lived in the Helan Mountain area of ​​Beidi County, where they lived a peaceful life. They neither provoked the Han Dynasty nor robbed the people, and kept honestly.

After the deduction of the Western Xianbei Yulu was taken to Pengcheng for house arrest, Bu Dugen also learned to be smart. He knew that he was no match for the Han Dynasty at all, and he was afraid that the Han Dynasty would attack him, so he took the initiative to send envoys to pay tribute and first explain his position. He respected the Han Dynasty and was willing to become the eternal minister of the Han Dynasty.

If you raise your hand and don’t hit people with a smile, you will have this right. Zhang Yan naturally won’t bully the weak, and he is unwilling to start a war again. You should know that if a war is over, it will consume national strength. Today’s great men lack nothing, but they lack strong national strength. Therefore, they need to calm down and recuperate for a few years and try to avoid war.

It is precisely because the ethnic groups on the northern border were very quiet that Zhang Yan dared to transfer the troops of Taishi Ci and Xu Huang, the two tiger generals, to the Central Plains. Because in the next time, unifying the world is the most important thing.

After the transfer order was sent out, Zhang Yan asked Chen Ying to be the prefect of Runan to fill the gap of Yuan Huan. Moreover, Chen Ying is currently stationing troops in Runan and has an army in his hands, which is also beneficial for strengthening Runan's defense. After the troops of Taishi Ci and Xu Huang arrived, Chen Ying could be safely the prefect, and the military affairs could be handed over to Taishi Ci and Xu Huang.

I have to say that in Zhang Yan's heart, Chen Gui, Chen Deng, and Chen Ying and his son were of great help to him. Now Chen Deng has left him. Chen Gui is seriously ill and is probably not far from his death. At that time, Chen Ying will be the only one left of the Chen family. In Zhang Yan's heart, he has the idea of ​​protecting Chen Ying. Therefore, Zhang Yan is preparing to let Chen Ying be completely liberated from the army and become a local official, which can at least ensure that he will live longer. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!