Huang Zhong's original 50,000 troops were led by Liu Pan.

As for whether the change of commander to the army in this way will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers in the army, there is no need to worry.

Because Xing Daorong's reputation in the army is at its peak and no one doubts!

In the following days, the Jingnan army continued to explore the horses and communicated continuously, and further news came from all over the country.

Zhang Liao was still insisting, Shouchun had not yet made a move, but Sun Quan's pace was very fast, and he had already captured Donghai County and continued to march towards Langya County.

Judging from this, next year, if Yuzhou is not mentioned, the entire Xuzhou will be seized by Sun Quan.

However, the Youzhou side was not clear. They only knew that facing the charge of tens of thousands of "Baima Yicong" elite cavalry, Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin could not resist and had retreated to the Zhuojun line near the border of Jizhou.

While checking the military situation in various places, Xing Daorong gathered with Pang Tong, Jiang Wan and Liu Ba every day to discuss. At the same time, he suppressed his mood and waited for Cao Cao to send someone over.

He didn't wait long.

Seven days after returning to Changsha, an envoy of Xudu arrived.

Mu Shou Mansion.

Xing Daorong Gao sat in the upper seat, and below were kneeling Pang Tong, Jiang Wan, Liu Ba, Liu Yong and other officials from the pastoral office.

With such a big fanfare, I was naturally waiting for Xu Du to come to envoy, and it is said that he was an envoy who came with the emperor's imperial edict.

Not long after, an official dressed in a high-crowned, long-sleeved, scribe, walked in with two attendants.

"The Prime Minister's Office, Bo Jiang Ji, Jiang Zitong, came to Changsha to visit the governor of Yizhou, and General An Mingong, on the orders of the Emperor and Prime Minister Cao!"

The literati official made a bow with his hands, bowed to Xing Daorong, who was in the upper hand, and said neither humble nor arrogantly.

There was a long strand of beard left under his jaw, which looked quite mature and steadfast.

However, men of this era basically have the habit of raising beards, but in fact they are not as old as they look, only 27 or 30 or less.

Of course, in this era, people of this age usually have their sons in their teens and have rich experience, but they are not comparable to those who are still dependent on their parents in their thirties in their later generations.

"Ha ha!"

Xing Daorong bowed and laughed, and at the same time reached out and pointed his hand in a vain, saying:

"It turns out to be Mr. Zitong. Mr. worked hard all the way. Please sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, Anmin Gong!"

Jiang Ji bowed and then stood on the left, Pang Tong and Jiang Wan in an empty seat in front of him, and the two attendants followed and stood behind Jiang Ji.

As Cao Cao's envoy, he was even more envoy of the emperor on the surface, so he naturally could not sit down at the head of others.

In fact, according to the rules, Xing Daorong should also leave the list and even give up his position, but everyone tacitly obeyed this section.

"It was Jiang Ji who came. It seems that Cao Cao really attaches great importance to this industry!"

Xing Daorong, who was observing secretly, thought to himself.

Jiang Ji's intelligence is as high as 86, just like Liu Ba, at level 5, and the first-level general's skill is "life therapy"!

Jiang Ji's status in Cao Cao's mind is not low.

Originally, when Cao Cao was alive, he had a similar status to Sima Yi. He also served as an official in the Prime Minister's Office and was a backward talent who was being trained.

Basically, it is similar to Ma Su before Jieting, or later Jiang Wei, or even Jiang Wan in Prime Minister Zhuge's mansion.

Moreover, Jiang Ji's resume was not ordinary. He was very famous when he was young, and his official position was Bianjia in Yangzhou.

At the end of the Battle of Red Cliff, before Zhang Liao stationed in Hefei, he used a trick to fool Sun Quan to retreat for a while and saved Hefei.

This guy has always had a good career. He served in Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Rui and Cao Fang in all four dynasties, but because he supported Sima Yi, he was later named the Marquis of Duxiang.

Of course, I am still very loyal to Prime Minister Cao now, and my loyalty and righteousness are also "loyalty"!

In general, this is an evergreen person in the officialdom.

"Mr. Zitong has worked hard all the way!"

Although his thoughts were changing rapidly, Xing Daorong did not delay the serious matters. He looked at Jiang Ji and asked with a smile:

"I wonder what's important about Mr. Zitong coming from afar?"

Jiang Ji, who had just sat down, stood up and bowed to Xing Daorong and said:

"Ji came to visit General Cavalry this time, and the emperor issued an edict to instruct two major events with Prime Minister Cao!"

Although he held the banner of the emperor and the prime minister, Jiang Ji did not show any arrogance, his attitude was respectful and his courtesy was comprehensive.

"oh?"

Looking at Jiang Ji, Xing Daorong asked:

"I wonder what the emperor has issued? What orders did Prime Minister Cao give? Even though Zitong said, Rong dare not disrespect!"

Jiang Ji was considerate and showed more reasonableness, and his words were full of respect and humility.

However, his butt was not moving at all in the seat, which obviously did not make the emperor and Cao Cheng quite the same.

Jiang Ji naturally would not have any objection, because although Xing Daorong's performance was hard to say, it was very reasonable.

"Just telling An Mingong!"

He bowed again, left the seat and came to the middle, facing Xing Daorong in the upper head.

He took a yellow cloth like an imperial edict from the servant behind him, and Jiang Ji opened his mind and said:

"The emperor ordered, "...!"

After a lot of official words, I read them to the key point.

"Now, the governor of Jingzhou, General Xing Daorong An of the Mingong, governor of the South, subjugated the Southern Barbarians, made great contributions to the court, and was granted the title of "Zhaowu", with fiefs under Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou, and Nanzhong, and guarded the south of the court,...!"

After finishing reading in one breath, Jiang Ji put away the yellow cloth and looked at Xing Daorong.

As soon as he finished his thoughts, all the officials of the pastoral office in the hall were moved.

Even Xing Daorong was surprised.

Cao Cao's gift is not light.

He was granted the title of marquis, and he was also the highest-ranking marquis among the 20th military title of the Han Dynasty!

Secondly, the fiefs of his marquis were unprecedentedly wide, giving him all the places south of the Yangtze River.

Well, it's nothing.

With his current status, not to mention being a marquis, even being a king is more than enough!

There are also many fiefs, but apart from Yangzhou occupied by Jiangdong, the rest of the place was not entirely conquered by Xing Daorong himself?

Therefore, this edict, after all, is a verbal reward, and it is not affordable!

But that's not the case. With this edict, Xing Daorong could rule the entire south justly, and be a marquis who is a vassal of the territory and a real title!

With this name, not to mention anything else, the civil and military officials under Xing Daorong can be at least promoted to several levels!

"Hahahaha!"

Xing Daorong smiled, got up from his seat, came to Jiang Ji in person, took the imperial edict, and said to Jiang Ji:

"I thank God for your kindness and I will definitely protect the territory of the Han Dynasty for the emperor!"

Although the current Han emperor is almost equal to non-existent, as long as he admits that he is a Han minister, he is indispensable. At least, this is an imperial edict and he must come to pick it up in person.

After handing over the imperial edict in his hand to the left and right, Xing Daorong returned to his seat, looked at Jiang Ji, and continued to ask:

"Thanks to Zitong for running all the way and sending the emperor's imperial edict. I wonder what Prime Minister Cao has to give?"

Seeing that Xing Daorong at least maintained his respect for the court and Prime Minister Cao on the surface, a big stone fell in Jiang Ji's heart.

Such an attitude is definitely not very obedient, but at least one thing is that Jing Nan does not intend to break up with Prime Minister Cao to start a war, at least he has no plans now!

In this way, the purpose of this trip is very likely to be successful!

Jiang Ji, who came from Xu Du, certainly knew the difficulties Cao Cao was facing now.

Although he repelled 500,000 barbarians from the northern grasslands last year, Ma Teng, the 300,000 army of Xiliang, attacked the city of Chang'an again.

The elite cavalry of Xiliang were many powerful generals in the army. Even if Zhong Yao and Xiahou Yuan had 200,000 troops, there were also many generals. They could only defend the city and dared not leave the city, and they could not support the rest of the battlefield.

Although Zhang Lu in Hanzhong had 200,000 troops, he was beaten by Liu Bei's army in just three months and was left with only 50,000 troops and was about to be destroyed.

Once Zhang Lu is destroyed, Liu Bei's army will immediately leave Hanzhong, enter Sili, and directly threaten Luoyang and Xudu!

There was also the Gongsun family in the Northeast, who used 30,000 elite cavalry "Baima Yicong" as their vanguard, and 200,000 troops attacked. Xiahou Dun was defeated by Yu Jin's troops and retreated one after another.

The troops in Jiangdong were even worse, Xuzhou was almost completely lost and fell into the hands of Sun Quan. Zhang Liao from Yuzhou was in danger of siege against Zhou Yu's 150,000 troops.

In four directions, any side is facing difficulties!

Especially in the important areas of Sili, they were about to be exposed to Liu Bei's army, which led to Cao Cao in Xudu, who had 200,000 main forces left behind, but he did not dare to support him easily.

Even if Cao Cao had super wise and had many talented strategists under his command, he could almost no one be able to do such a crisis.

Xu Du and a group of civil and military officials discussed urgently and finally concluded that today, those who have the ability and potential to solve this danger must be Jingnan Xing Anmin!

As long as Xing Daorong sends troops to Jiangdong, not to mention the crisis will soon disappear, at least it will greatly alleviate the current situation.
To be continued...