With Zhang Yan's surrender, the Shangdang battle came to an end. Pei Qing completely recaptured Shangdang, which not only meant that his territory had expanded to a county, but also that the Bingzhou that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao dreamed of was first achievable.

Pei Qing was very happy after receiving the news and appointed Pei Qian as the prefect of Shangdang, Pang Shu as the lieutenant of Shangdang County, and Zhang Yan as the General Guiyi, and was granted the title of Marquis of Xiangyuan Ting, and inspected the Sili School Commander's thief Cao, and allowed two thousand people from the troops to follow the troops.

It was still very surprising to Pei Qing's reward for Zhang Yan. Although he was transferred from Shangdang, Zhang Yan is still a person with real power because he is responsible for the security issues of the entire Sili School Command and can continue to command two thousand old subordinates. This is equivalent to Pei Qing giving him two thousand private soldiers. Those who have just surrendered can receive such high treatment, which is really rare.

Originally, Zhang Yan was planning to go home to retire. After all, he once had millions of Black Mountain troops. With just a shout, he could pose a threat to any force, and no one would be at ease to appoint him. However, Pei Qing dared to let him lead his troops independently, and he was also active in the entire Sili School Command, including Hanoi County, where the Black Mountain troops were once very rampant. Zhang Yan asked himself that he would not dare to do this even if he changed himself.

"Mr. Pei, I have to say that his mind is indeed broad enough. If Yuan Shao was replaced, he would probably be a free job and was under strict surveillance." Thinking of this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but sweat all over. Fortunately, he did not surrender to Yuan Shao at the beginning, otherwise he would have been placed under house arrest in the second half of his life. How could he have today's glory?

At the same time, Zhang Yan also decided to do his best and never let Pei Qing down on his trust in him, because he knew deeply that many generals under Pei Qing's command who were from the Yellow Turban Army were valued, such as Xu Huang, Zhou Cang and others, so he felt that as long as he was loyal enough, Pei Qing would definitely use him.

The dream of separatist rule has been shattered. In fact, at the beginning, Zhang Yan thought that this day would not come too late, and his separatist rule would not last long. However, he was optimistic about it at the beginning, but Cao Cao's development was really disappointing. Although he used the emperor to command the princes, and now he has the entirety of Yanzhou, most of the Yin and Qingzhou in Henan, which looks similar to Pei Qing. But the problem is that when Pei Qing started his business, Cao Cao had already had a great power, and Pei Qing recently defeated Yuan Shaoxin and won Shangdang. His prestige was growing and he flourished, and it was not comparable to Cao Cao.

In this case, Zhang Yan certainly hopes to hold Pei Qing's thick thighs one day earlier so that she can achieve something in the future and have the ability to follow the dragon like Zhou Cang, Xu Huang and others.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Yan finally came up with a way to show his loyalty. So he met Pei Qing and suggested that Pei Qing take advantage of the regaining of Shangdang and persuade him to surrender the two counties of Taiyuan and Yanmen. Because the other counties in Bingzhou were occupied by foreign races, as long as they obtained these two counties, it would be equivalent to controlling the entire Bingzhou.

Pei Qing was so happy when he heard this and said to Zhang Yan: "It is hard for you to worry so much. This shows your loyalty to the country. I have already made plans for this matter, so that Wang Ling, who was born in Taiyuan, and Wang Chen, brothers from the powerful clan, went to persuade Taiyuan together. As for Yanmen, the current prefect of Yanmen is Guo Yun, Guo Huai's father, but he asked him to persuade him to surrender. I believe it is not very difficult for me to persuade these two counties. However, Bingzhou, one of the thirteen prefects of the Han Dynasty, now only has such a small territory. It is really sad to think that if I have the chance in the future, I must expel those aliens and regain control of the land of my great man who was eroded by the aliens."

Zhang Yan was immediately inspired when he heard this. He had been under the pressure of the Xiongnu after he had been under the control of Shangdang. Fortunately, the Shangdang terrain was almost in a critical position and the Xiongnu people were very sad. Otherwise, this place would have become a place where the Xiongnus were rampant. Pei Qing had such an idea, which showed that his long-term vision and great talent were following the right person.

Pei Qing did not want to perfunctory Zhang Yan, but actually thought of persuading the surrender of the two counties, Taiyuan and Yanmen. These two counties themselves were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. However, later, due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the rampage of the Heishan Army, coupled with the killing of the former Bingzhou governor Ding Yuan, a large number of fierce generals such as Lu Bu surrendered Dong Zhuo, which greatly weakened the Bingzhou military force, which interrupted the contact with the imperial court.

Taiyuan County suffered from dangerous geographical environment and its bandits were not serious. However, due to the disconnection between the court, it was actually controlled by local wealthy families. Among them, the main ones were the Wang family of Qi County and the Guo family of Yangqu. However, with Wang Yun being killed, the power of the Wang family was greatly weakened. Wang Ling and Wang Chen, the surviving sons of Wang family, defected to Pei Qing one after another, resulting in the Wang family's influence greatly reduced. However, Wang family married the Guo family, which increased the influence of the family again. Therefore, the current Taiyuan prefect is just the nominal highest official, but is actually controlled by the Wang family of Wang and Guo.

As for Yanmen, this is the place where Guo Huai's father Guo Yun is in charge as the prefect. Now Guo Huai is listening to it under his tent, and I believe that Guo Yun will definitely choose to surrender.

The facts proved that Pei Qing's prediction was correct. Wang Ling and Wang Chen did not have much effort after they arrived in Taiyuan. At that time, the Taiyuan prefect announced their surrender. This Taiyuan prefect was originally a mediocre person, but he relied on the support of Wang and Guo to become the prefect of Taiyuan. Now he resigned directly after surrendering, hoping that Pei Qing would send virtuous people to serve again.

Pei Qing did not refuse and directly appointed Wang Ling as the prefect of Taiyuan. Although this was actually a bit dangerous, because Wang Ling was originally a powerful family in Taiyuan, and now he was sent to be the prefect of Taiyuan County, it would probably make his family more powerful and easily lead to a situation of division and separatism.

However, Pei Qing also believed that Wang Ling was not a fool and would not be unable to see the situation clearly. Although his Wang family was a wealthy family in Taiyuan, he did not have the ability to fight against him. The final outcome was just a family destruction, so Wang Ling must not dare to have a second intention.

Wang Ling himself did not expect Pei Qing to let him be the prefect of Taiyuan, because as long as he was not stupid, everyone knew what it would mean to let a local wealthy family like him become a local chief. However, Pei Qing made such arrangements. Of course, he knew that it was not Pei Qing's stupid, but Pei Qing's broad mind and absolute trust in him. At the same time, it also showed that Pei Qing had absolute strength and confidence. Once he dared to launch a rebellion, the final outcome would be terrible.

This is a ruthless man who is not afraid of even Li Jue and Guo Si and Runan Yuan’s brothers. Are you still afraid of a family force like the Wang family in Taiyuan that was not a top family at that time?

So Wang Ling knew deeply what he should do. He had to resign from Pei Qing many times, but he could not refuse, but he had to agree. However, he was cautious in his post and restrained his family. He must not bully others or abuse the law with all his power. Otherwise, he would be severely punished and would never be forgiven.

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

"Oh? It's really good news." Pei Qing was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately appointed Pei Qian as the governor of Bingzhou and General Pingbei.
Chapter completed!