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It seems that Zang Ba is leading his Taishan people to victory, but in fact, Zang Ba knows very well in his heart that the environment he is in is far more dangerous than it seems on the surface.

Yes, he did continue to win, but the biggest of these victories was the burning of more than a hundred grain trucks, and the elimination of hundreds of sergeants in charge of escorting vehicles, and how many soldiers and horses were there to attack Langxie?

Not to mention hundreds of Qingzhou troops, even if they are thousands, they can't change the whole situation.

Why didn't Yan Shao pay attention to him? It's nothing more than feeling that a fly doesn't need to waste so much effort. In addition to Jucheng, which is under siege, there are also Kaiyang and two or three other small cities in the south that have not yet been targeted by the Qingzhou army, and almost all of them have fallen, which is the real general trend.

Zang Ba's Taishan people are indeed very active during this time, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the space for them to move is constantly decreasing. After the fall of Jucheng, the range of activities will be reduced to an extreme. At this time, unless Zang Ba was so willing to let Yan Shao encircle and suppress, the only way was to retreat into Donghai County.

Regardless of how much Zang Ba usually dislikes the small city of Kaiyang, after all, he has been in business for many years here, and his foundation is also deep. As long as it's okay, it's impossible to be willing to give up. And if you don't want to give up, then the only hope is to fall on the reinforcements of Xiapi.

Why did Zang Ba fall into disadvantage now? It's just that the disadvantage in terms of strength is too great, which makes it difficult for Zang Ba to reverse this disadvantage no matter how strong he is. But as long as Zang Ba is given the same size of troops as the Qingzhou army, he is confident that he can solve the Qingzhou army that has invaded Langxie, or at least the Qingzhou army, which is in its prime, can stop.

Thinking of this, although he still controlled his mood, Zang Ba still looked at it expectantly.

It's a pity...

Zang Ba looked at Cao Hong expectantly, but did not usher in the other party's response, but saw the other party's twisting and pinching appearance.

Seeing this scene, Zang Ba's heart suddenly cooled.

"My lord, but what's the problem?"

"I can't hide it..."For this only general in the Xuzhou army sequence who has won several victories, although Cao Hong is Tao Qian's favored courtier, he does not seem too arrogant, after all, this time the matter is very important." At present, the battle over there has just ended, and the soldiers and horses are still resting, and the soldiers and horses that can be sent out are really pitiful, and the soldiers and horses are really powerless in this matter, but in terms of food, grass and ordnance, no matter how much the general needs, we will try our best to make up for it, and it will never make the general feel overstretched..."

Although Cao Hong's attitude was very good, Zang Ba could no longer maintain his previous expression, and said in an eager tone. "But my lord, right now, the Qingzhou army is about to capture Jucheng, if there are no soldiers and horses at this time, how can I hold Kaiyang, how to defend the rest of Langxie?"

What's the use of food and ordnance? If there weren't enough soldiers, Zang Ba wouldn't be able to use all those ordnance by himself, right?

At present, although Zang Ba is short of food and armaments, the most lacking is soldiers and horses. Restlessness is that no matter how much the first two hoard, those who do not use it are useless.

The embarrassed look on Zang Ba's face did not escape Cao Hong's gaze, although because of Zang Ba's military exploits, Cao Hong also had to be polite, but this does not mean that Cao Hong really looks down on the other party.

No matter what era it is, scholars will have a heartfelt arrogance towards military generals, and it is difficult to say where this arrogance comes from. However, this habit is quite prevalent in Xuzhou, where the literary style is more prevalent and the military generals do not have much status. Even with Cao Hong, this is the case, not to mention that Zang Ba's background is not very good, if it sounds good, it is a ranger, and if it is not good, it is a thief, at least in Cao Hong's opinion, he can use this attitude to talk to Zang Ba, which is already very face-saving for Zang Ba.

Feeling that he should no longer treat Zang Ba with such a gentle attitude, Cao Hong straightened his face. "General Zang is not going to increase the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige, didn't he fight a few battles in the past few battles? annihilated many Qingzhou thieves and greatly boosted the morale of our Xuzhou. ”

But he is not used to whispering to the generals, so he unconsciously uses his true face.

Saying that, perhaps because he felt that he couldn't always use this attitude to Zang Ba, and he also needed to be properly appeased, Cao Hong opened his mouth again and persuaded gently. "Fu Jun and I are also very aware of the general's difficulties, so in addition to grain and grass and ordnance, I also specially brought an order to allow the general to recruit soldiers and horses in the territory of Langxi, no matter how many, Fu Jun will do his best to prepare ordnance and grain and grass for the general to meet the general's requirements."

"Right now, Lang Xie is full of refugees, the general has enough food and ordnance, and he can recruit thousands of young people in an instant, plus the general's ability, not to mention driving Yan Shao out, it is still possible to keep Kaiyang, right? As long as the general can hold on to Kaiyang for a while longer, so that the Xuzhou side can spare a breath, it will be easy to drive Yan Shao away at that time! ”

Looking at Cao Hong's impassioned appearance, Zang Ba's heart was a little cold.

What Cao Hong said sounded good, but what was actually promised to him did not have much value. Especially the permission to recruit soldiers and horses, not to mention how much population Lang Xie himself has to recruit soldiers, even if he is really recruited, he is just a group of rookies, and he may be okay to settle down in peacetime, but if he really wants to go to the battlefield to fight against the elite Qingzhou army, he is afraid that he will be defeated in the blink of an eye.

What can such soldiers and horses do even if they are really recruited?

As for the grain, grass and ordnance, if the battle is defeated, no matter how many of these things are, they will only be Yan Shao's trophies...

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Although Cao Hong seems to be very gentle on the surface, and he is gentle and elegant towards the people around him, the contempt in his bones is not to mention Zang Ba, even Yin Li and others can feel it.

In the end, although the two sides did not tear their faces, or flip the table, they did not break up unhappily. However, Cao Hong did not leave directly, but stayed for the time being, intending to continue to persuade Zang Ba.

In fact, in Cao Hong's view, it is absolutely impossible to just trap Kaiyang, Kaiyang is just an ordinary small city, and it is difficult to defend it even if you want to defend it. Especially since the Qingzhou army attacked Langxie, it has connected several cities, and the soldiers are in full swing, and it is difficult to block the Qingzhou army with a single Kaiyang. If you really want to defend Langxie, the only way is to defend Jucheng.

Although Jucheng is not a particularly large city, it is also the place where Lang evil is governed. The city defense is very strong, if Zang Ba can rush in, with his skills, plus the defenders in the city and the young people who have been mobilized, it is definitely not impossible to withstand Yan Shao's offensive.

Then, as he said, when the Xuzhou army breathed a sigh of relief, it could wave the army north, and at that time, it was not impossible to break the Qingzhou army.

Of course, this is just Cao Hong's own thoughts, not Chen Deng or Mi Zhu, if they really know, maybe they will reprimand some whimsy. Cao Hong also did not get Tao Qian's support, but in his opinion, as long as he arrived at Langxie, then things would have room for him to play, and Xiapi did not dare to say that he was thousands of miles away, and it was absolutely inconvenient to exchange information in such a chaotic situation.

As for Zang Ba?

It's just a military general who was born as a thief, as long as he uses a little means, is he still afraid that Zang Ba will not give in? What's more, as long as the war is successful, he can also share some credit to Zang Ba, as for the risks?

Anyway, it's not that Cao Hong himself wants to go to Jucheng, so this is not in his consideration.

It's a pity that Zang Ba is not as stupid as he thought, hearing Cao Hong's plan, Zang Ba has already shaken his head, looking at Cao Hong with the eyes of a madman.

"Although the adult's plan is good, but what if Jucheng can't hold it, no one knows the situation in Jucheng now, let alone the casualties. If you just rush in, you may be able to hold on for a little longer, and you may be more likely to plunge headlong into the whirlpool, and it will be very difficult to get out at that time..."

Who doesn't know that Jucheng is the most dangerous place nowadays, so they just break in? Even if Zang Ba thinks very highly of himself, he doesn't feel that he has the possibility of being spared.

Listening to Zang Ba's words, Cao Hong sneered. "Then apart from this method, does General Zang have any other clever strategies available? I'll tell you the truth, there are no available troops in Xuzhou in the short term, and it is unrealistic to expect reinforcements from Xuzhou, unless the general wants to give up Lang evil and retreat into the East China Sea, otherwise the only way is to lead the troops into Jucheng as I said, and then hold on, and wait until Xuzhou's reinforcements go north, so it is the best policy! ”

Cao Hong's words not only made the people present shake their heads, but also annoyed Zang Ba and others.

What is the clever trick of this, it is purely to push Zang Ba and them into the fire pit. That's right, Gushou Ju County, as long as it can hold Ju County and maintain enough strength of the Lord, the Xuzhou army will indeed be able to play a miraculous effect when it comes to the north.

But there are two prerequisites, one is to be able to hold Jucheng, and the other is that Xuzhou's reinforcements can really go north.

Considering the performance of Xuzhou in the Battle of Xuzhou, Zang Ba is hard to believe that if he doesn't get it right, he may be trapped in it.

For Zang Ba, the subordinate belongs to Tao Qian is just a temporary matter, he doesn't want to die for Tao Qian, not to mention that he is not from Xuzhou at all, but from Yanzhou, if you really want to count it, he should stand on Cao Cao's side.

It's just that he also knows a little about Cao Hong, and knows that this person is Tao Qian's most favored minister. Now Zang Ba still needs to count on Tao Qian, so he turned his face with Cao Hong, and many things are difficult to say.

Just when Zang Ba was about to swallow his anger, at least first, he heard a sudden scolding from the side.

"Where can this be called the best policy, it is clearly self-defeating!"

Listening to this voice, Cao Hong felt inexplicably familiar while being annoyed, but he couldn't remember who it was. At the same time, Zang Ba next to him was shocked when he heard it, because he had already heard the owner of the voice.

Sure enough, I saw Sun Guan suddenly walk out from the side.

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Maybe Sun Guan's martial arts and ability to lead troops are not very strong, at least in terms of martial arts, not to mention Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, but Guan Hai and Zhou Cang and others are not as good. As for leading troops? At that time, Sun Guan had an advantage, but compared with other generals, the advantage was actually not particularly great.

Having said that, Sun Guan's status as the commander of the Dare to Pioneer Army is not low, and it can be said that it is quite high. In addition, in the battle of Xuzhou, the Dare First Army performed well, and when people's eyes lit up, Sun Guan, as the commander of the Dare First Army, also appeared in front of those dignitaries and nobles in Xuzhou.

So when Cao Hong saw Sun Guan for the first time, his eyes widened a lot, and his gaze turned to Zang Ba full of horror.

"It turns out, no wonder it's no wonder, no wonder you will push back on my plan, it turns out that you have surrendered Yan Shao!"

It's no wonder that Cao Hong thinks so, no matter who sees the enemy's general on such an occasion, his first reaction is that he has been bought.

Zang Ba was also a little frightened, and he didn't know how Sun Guan could escape. However, looking at Cao Hong's appearance, he knew that the other party had misunderstood, and at this time, Zang Ba had only two choices. One is to immediately kill Sun Guan in exchange for Cao Hong's trust.

But...

In any case, Sun Guan is a good brother of Zang Ba, even if he is his main Zang Ba now, it is difficult to get his hands on it. Moreover, the current Sun Guan is very trusted by Yan Shao and is a general in the Qingzhou Army. If he really slaughtered Sun Guan, it would be equivalent to a mortal enmity between Zang Ba and Yan Shao.

But if you don't do it, it will be tantamount to admitting the connection between yourself and Yan Shao. Zang Ba still knows a little about Cao Hong, and knows this person's ability to tell right and wrong. What if he really let him witness all this, and let him go back happily? I'm afraid it's not bad...

At the same time, Cao Hong couldn't help but panic after experiencing the initial surprise.

Obviously, he also figured out a problem, that is, if Zang Ba really took refuge in Yan Shao, then he could be regarded as a real self-defeating snare...

Thinking of this, Cao Hong should have started to look around, paying attention to any routes that could escape from here.

As for Sun Guan, he just looked at Cao Hong with a sneer. "Sir hasn't seen you for a long time, since we parted ways, we haven't seen each other for almost half a month, and now I can meet with Mr. It's fate, but I think the plan that Mr. came up with not long ago is very inappropriate."

If this was usual, Cao Hong had already refuted it, but after listening to Sun Guan's words, he didn't know how to refute it.

Cao Hong was not a tough person in the first place, and he climbed to his current position purely by touting his kung fu. Now that Zang Ba seems to have obviously taken refuge in Yan Shao, the only thing Cao Hong can do now is to attract less suspicion. So maybe he will have a chance in the future, at least a chance to get out of here alive.