With Zhang Yan's surrender, the battle of Shangdang can be regarded as coming to an end, and Pei Qing completely recovered Shangdang, which not only means that his territory has expanded by a county, but also means that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have dreamed of merging states by Pei Qing first.

Pei Qing was very happy after getting the news, and worshiped Pei Qian as the Taishou of the Shangdang, Pang Shu as the captain of the Shangdang County, and Zhang Yan as the general of Guiyi, and the Marquis of Xiangyuan Pavilion, and the school inspection department was subordinate to the thief Cao of the school captain's department, and allowed to select 2,000 people from the headquarters as a subordinate to follow.

Zhang Yan was still very surprised by Pei Qing's reward, although he was transferred out of the party, but now Zhang Yan is still a powerful figure, because he is responsible for the security of the entire division and school captain's department, and he can continue to command two thousand old departments, which is equivalent to Pei Qing giving him two thousand private soldiers, and those who have just surrendered can have such a high treatment, which is really too rare.

Originally, Zhang Yan was ready to go home to retire, after all, he once controlled the million-strong Black Mountain Army, as long as he raised his arms, he could pose a threat to any force, and no one would be at ease to appoint him, but Pei Qing dared to let himself lead the troops independently, and he was still active in the entire Sili Lieutenant Department, and the scope also included Hanoi County, where the Montenegrin Army used to be very rampant, Zhang Yan asked himself that he would not dare to do this even if he changed himself.

"This Pei Gong, I have to say that his mind is indeed broad enough, if Yuan Shao is replaced, it is estimated that he will be an idle position, and he will be closely monitored." Thinking of this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, fortunately he didn't surrender to Yuan Shao at the beginning, otherwise the rest of his life would be like house arrest, where would there be today's scenery?

At the same time, Zhang Yan also decided to work hard and never let down Pei Qing's trust in him, because he deeply knew that many generals under Pei Qing's command who were born in the Yellow Turban Army were reused, such as Xu Huang, Zhou Cang and others, so he felt that as long as he was loyal enough, Pei Qing would definitely reuse himself.

The dream of separating one side has been shattered, in fact, at the beginning, Zhang Yan had long felt that this day would not be too late, and his secession would not last long after all, but he was optimistic about Cao Cao at the beginning, but Cao Cao's development was really disappointing, although the Son of Heaven was coerced to order the princes, and now he has all of Yanzhou, Henan Yin and most of Qingzhou, which looks similar to Pei Qing, but the problem is that when Pei Qing started to start, Cao Cao already had a lot of power, Moreover, Pei Qing recently defeated Yuan Shaoxin and won the party, and his prestige is growing day by day, which is not comparable to Cao Cao at all.

In this case, Zhang Yan certainly hopes to be able to hug Pei Qing's thick thighs one day earlier, so that he can achieve something in the future, and he can have the skill of being a dragon like Zhou Cang, Xu Huang and others.

Zhang Yan thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a way to show his loyalty, so he met Pei Qing and suggested that Pei Qing take advantage of the time when the party recovered, and simply persuade the two counties of Taiyuan and Yanmen to surrender, because the other counties of the state are occupied by foreign races, so as long as you get these two counties, it is equivalent to controlling the entire state.

Pei Qing was really overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Zhang Yan: "It's hard for you to be so worried, it can be seen that you are loyal to the country, I have plans for this matter, I can make Wang Ling and Wang Chen, who were born in the wealthy family of Taiyuan, go to persuade Taiyuan together, as for Yanmen, the current Yanmen Taishou is Guo Yun, the father of Guo Huai, can make him persuade him to surrender, I believe that it is not very difficult for me to persuade these two counties to surrender, but I am one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and now there is only such a little territory, thinking about it is really embarrassing, I was thinking that in the future, if I had the chance, I would expel those aliens and regain control of the land of my Han who had been encroached upon by the aliens. ”

Zhang Yan was immediately encouraged when he heard this, he was not less suppressed by the Huns before he was in the party, fortunately, the terrain of the Shangdang was dangerous, and it was difficult for the Huns to come, otherwise it is estimated that this place would also become a place where the Huns were wreaking, Pei Qing was able to have such an idea, which shows that he has a long-term vision and a great talent, and he is the right person.

Pei Qing did not want to perfunctory Zhang Yan, but really thought of persuading the two counties of Taiyuan and Yanmen, which themselves belonged to the imperial court, but later because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the ravages of the Montenegrin army, coupled with the fact that the original Bingzhou assassin Shi Ding Yuan was killed, Lu Bu and a large number of other fierce generals surrendered to Dong Zhuo, which greatly weakened the strength of the Bingzhou, which broke off the connection with the imperial court.

Taiyuan County because of the geographical environment is dangerous, the bandits suffered is not serious, but because of the disconnection with the imperial court, so in fact, it is controlled by the local wealthy family, among which the main ones are the Wang family of Qi County, the two families of Yangqu Guo, but later with the killing of Wang Yun, the power of the Wang family was greatly weakened, and the surviving sons of the Wang family, Wang Ling and Wang Chen, defected to Pei Qing successively, resulting in a great reduction in Wang's influence in Taiyuan, but the Wang family and the Guo family married, which made the family's influence increase again. Therefore, today's Taiyuan Taishou is only the nominal supreme official, but in fact he is controlled by the Wang and Guo families.

As for Yanmen, this is the place where Guo Huai's father, Guo Yun, is in charge as a taishou, and now Guo Huai is under his own account, I believe that Guo Yun will definitely choose to surrender.

Facts have proved that Pei Qing's prediction was not wrong, after Wang Ling and Wang Chen came to Taiyuan, they didn't make much effort at all, and the Taiyuan Taishou at that time announced the surrender, this Taiyuan Taishou was originally a mediocre person, but it was with the support of the Wang family and the Guo family that he became the Taiyuan Taishou, and now he resigned directly after the surrender, hoping that Pei Qing would send Xianliang to serve again.

Pei Qing did not refuse, and directly appointed Wang Ling as the Taiyuan guard, although it was actually a bit dangerous to do so, because Wang Ling was originally a wealthy family in Taiyuan, and now he was sent to be the Taiyuan county guard, I am afraid that it will make his family gain power, and it is easy to cause a situation of division and separation.

However, Pei Qing also believes that Wang Ling is not a fool and will not see the situation clearly, although his Wang family is a wealthy family in Taiyuan, but he has no ability to fight against him, and the final outcome is just the destruction of the family, so Wang Ling must not dare to have two hearts.

Wang Ling himself didn't expect Pei Qing to let him be Taiyuan Taishou, because as long as he wasn't stupid, everyone knew what it would mean to let a son of a local wealthy family like him be a local governor, but Pei Qing made such an arrangement, of course he knew that it was not Pei Qing who was stupid, but Pei Qing was broad-minded and had absolute trust in himself, and at the same time, it also showed that Pei Qing had absolute strength and certainty, once he dared to launch a rebellion, the final outcome would be miserable.

This is a ruthless person who is not even afraid of Li Dao, Guo Yan and Runan Yuan's brothers, is he still afraid of a family power like the Taiyuan Wang family, which was not a top family at that time?

Therefore, Wang Ling deeply knows what he should do, he asked Pei Qing to resign many times, but he really couldn't push it and had to agree, but he was cautious in his appointment, and at the same time restrained the family, there must be no bullying and favoritism, otherwise he must be severely punished and will not be forgiven.

At the same time, there was also news from Guo Huai that Guo Yun agreed to his son's persuasion and led the crowd to surrender.

"Oh? That's real news. Pei Qing was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately appointed Pei Qian as the assassin of Bingzhou and the general of Pingbei.

"However, Wenxing's ability should be further improved, otherwise he will not be able to take on the big responsibility." Pei Qing said silently.