When entering the city, Wang Hun saw the soldiers guarding the door, all dressed in the uniform of the Xuzhou Army, and couldn't help but feel strange, didn't Zang Ba have turned against Tao Qian, why did his soldiers still wear the uniforms of the Xuzhou Army?

With this question, Wang Hun asked Zhou Cang, who was walking side by side with him, in a low voice: "Yuanfu, why are Zang Chief's subordinates wearing Xuzhou Army uniforms?" In order not to arouse the disgust of the little leader who led the way, he did not call Zang Ba by his name anymore, but learned from Zhou Cang and called Zang Leader.

"Mr. Wang doesn't know that these were originally soldiers in Xuzhou." Zhou Cang explained to Wang Hun in a whisper: "Leader Zang was originally the king of Mount Tai, and later Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others stationed in Kaiyang gathered the army, supported Zang Leader as the lord, and dedicated this place to him. ”

"Oh, I see." After Wang Hun heard this, he couldn't help but nod secretly, feeling in his heart that if Zang Ba had nothing extraordinary, I was afraid that Sun Guan, Wu Dun and others would not take the initiative to surrender the city to him, and it seemed that it was completely necessary for the lord to send himself to lobby him.

Wang Hun secretly thought: If Zang Ba only has one territory in Mount Tai, it must not be a difficult thing to persuade him to return to Jizhou. But now that he has not only Mount Tai, but also Kaiyang and other places, the chips offered by the lord to persuade Zang Ba to surrender are a little light. I'm afraid that no matter how clever I am, it may not be easy to convince Zang Ba.

When the people of the city saw a group of cavalrymen dressed in different uniforms, they stood by and looked curiously, and from time to time pointed with their fingers, guessing where they came from and what they had come to do.

Unconsciously, under the leadership of the little leader, the group came to the location of the government office. The little leader turned his head to Zhou Cang and said with a smile: "Leader Zhou, the big leader of my family is inside, I'll go in and report to you." With that, he turned over and dismounted.

Zhou Cang, who was sitting on horseback, hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted the little leader: "There is this brother Lao." ”

Watching the little leader walk to the front of the mansion, after saying hello to the team guarding the door, he swaggered in, Wang Hun suddenly had a strange idea in his heart, hoping that the little leader would not come out if he went in, because according to the situation in front of him, even if he saw Zang Ba, he might not be able to convince the other party. The first task that Han Zhan gave himself ended in failure, and how would he mix in the system of the Jizhou Army in the future.

Just when heaven and man were fighting in Wang Hun's heart, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance. He turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came from, and saw several cavalry of the Jizhou Army galloping along the street. Before he could figure out why the Jizhou cavalry appeared here, he heard Zhou Cang's "huh", and then said to him: "Mr. Wang, it's the tiger and leopard rider who is guarding the lord, isn't there anything urgent about the lord?" ”

After a few moments, a few horses came to Wang Hun and Zhou Cang, and after they restrained their mounts, a man who looked like a soldier shouted at Wang Hun and said, "Mr. Wang, the lord's urgent letter!" ”

Wang Hun felt that the letter sent by Han Zhan at this moment must be very important, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to the other party and said, "Take it and I'll see it!" ”

Wu Chang took off the bamboo tube he was carrying on his body, took out a wrapped cloth from it, and handed it to Wang Hun. Wang Hun took the cloth and couldn't wait to expand it and browse the content on it. After he finished reading it, the sadness on his face was suddenly swept away, and he slapped it on the saddle excitedly and said, "With this letter from the lord, lobbying Zang Ba will definitely succeed." ”

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Besides, two days ago, after Wang Hun and Zhou Cang left Licheng with people, Guo Jia entertained the gentry in the city on behalf of Han Zhan in the county office. A gentleman in his forties, when Guo Jia toasted him, couldn't help but ask: "Why don't you see that Mr. Wang?" ”

How could Guo Jia casually reveal Wang Hun's whereabouts to a strange gentry, so he casually said perfunctorily: "My lord asked him to go outside the city to run errands, and he may not come back in a few days." ”

Who knew that the gentry approached Guo Jia and whispered: "Guo Junshi, the villain has something to tell you, I don't know if I can take a step to speak?" ”

Guo Jia thought that the other party should not have the courage to deceive him, so he took this person to a side hall, and after retreating, he asked: "There are no outsiders here, what do you have to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Master Guo," said the gentleman cautiously, "as far as I know, that Mr. Wang has gone to Mount Tai, right?" ”

Hearing the other party say this, Guo Jia couldn't help but be secretly surprised, how did the other party know about such a hidden thing? But on the surface, he pretended to be casual and said: "Your Excellency is mistaken, Mr. Wang is in the military camp outside the city at the moment, where is there any Mount Tai." ”

The gentry may have guessed that Guo Jia would answer like this, and he did not defend himself, but said to himself: "The military advisor may not know that Zang Ba is not in Mount Tai today, but in Kaiyang." He has three generals under him, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, and Yin Li, occupying Jiqiu, Dongguan, Linyi and other places, with 30,000 soldiers. If Anyang Hou can bring him under his command, his strength will inevitably increase greatly. ”

When Guo Jia and Han Zhan discussed and persuaded Zang Ba to surrender, they both thought that he only occupied Mount Tai, and at best had four or five thousand soldiers and horses under his command, and if he was given the false position of a general, he could recruit him into his command. But hearing the gentry say this at this moment, Guo Jia immediately realized that the original arrangement might be self-defeating, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered someone to send the gentry back to the banquet, and he hurried to the back house to report the matter to Han Zhan.

After Han Zhan learned of this, he also realized that he had sent Wang Hun and Zhou Cang to persuade Zang Ba to surrender, which was a bit too hasty, and the chips given were too low, maybe Zang Ba thought he was insulting himself when he heard it, and maybe it would backfire then. Therefore, he looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, how do you think this matter should be remedied?" ”

"If you want to recover Zang Ba, you can start from two points." Guo Jia thought for a moment and replied, "First, hand over all the land we seized from Xuzhou to Zang Ba to manage. ”

"That's fine." Although the place that Han Zhan is going to seize can be connected with Qingzhou, but there is still Yanzhou between it and Jizhou, and it is quite inconvenient to manage. After Han Zhan agreed to Guo Jia's proposal, he continued to ask, "The second point." ”

"The second is to knight Zang Ba." Guo Jia said cautiously: "Although the lord is only the Marquis of Anyang, since the saint is now in Yedu, who the lord wants to promote, and who he wants to promote, presumably the saint will not object." Therefore, the matter of knighthood can be added to the conditions for persuading Zang Ba to surrender. ”

"Since Zang Ba is in Kaiyang, it is better to crown him as the Marquis of Anyang." After Han Zhan said this, he instructed Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, immediately send a messenger to convey Benhou's meaning to Wang Hun and Zhou Cang, as long as Zang Ba is willing to submit, Benhou can sponsor him as the Marquis of Kaiyang, and even serve as the pastor of Xuzhou in the future, it is not impossible." ”

Guo Jia silently wrote down Han Zhan's words in his heart, and then said goodbye and left. When he returned to the clerical room, he immediately drafted a letter and sent several tigers and leopards to Kaiyang day and night to find Wang Hun and Zhou Cang, and handed over this urgent letter to the two.

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