"What?" Wen Chou couldn't sit still, if this was the case, then the letter said that Liu Lan's target was Guangling was to lie to them, because the main force he led was actually in Xinwen! If this is the case, the situation in the Battle of Qingzhou will become complicated.

Yuan Tan glanced around at the two people in the hall and said: "Of course, I don't know how the truth is limited, but since it is speculation, then we must plan for the worst, and besides, everyone think carefully, if Zang Ba has the wrong string, why would he suddenly give up the attack when he was sure to win, if it wasn't for another reason, who would take the initiative to retreat!" ”

"Another reason......" Zang Ba's sudden retreat has been bothering Jiang Qi, although the Jizhou army is indeed tenacious, but anyone can see that the moment of breaking through after the repeated battles is just the end of the crossbow, in this case, if there are no other factors around, then Zang Ba will definitely make up his mind to fight hard, then the Jizhou army will be defeated, but he retreated at the last moment, if it is really as the young general said that there is another purpose, then the reason for the retreat is obvious.

He deliberately wanted to let himself lead his troops back to Linzi, the purpose was naturally to catch turtles in the urn and cooperate with Liu Lan to surround them under Linzi City!

In the silence, Wen Chou suddenly asked in a deep voice: "Shouzheng (Jiang Qi's name), do you still remember what happened to Zang Ba when he led the army to retreat?" Is it an orderly advance and retreat, and the army is at its peak, or is it in a hurry, and there is no choice of road? ”

If it was to ask other things, maybe Jiang Qi couldn't remember it, but these things were called a careful observation, and said: "The retreat of Zang Ba Langya's army is an orderly retreat, and the last general was also strange at that time, so he didn't dare to dwell too much, if he retreated in a panic, the last general said that he would not continue to entangle with him." ”

If it is a mismatch, it means that Zang Ba is really in a hurry. is about to retreat, Jiang Qi naturally has to chase after him at that time, but the Langya army is well-founded, then it must be deliberate, although in terms of effect, they are not luring the enemy to go deeper, but it can also be understood that Jiang Qi was not fooled. So just like the eldest son said, this matter has to be embankmentd. Slightly bowed, he said: "Be careful, I think it's better not to let Zhang Nan bring too many people over first, and only send some bold scouts to investigate, so as not to fall for the enemy's tricks." ”

"Yes, yes, sending Zhang Nan to lead the headquarters may fall into a heavy siege, but it is better to only send some scouts to be safe."

In the Battle of Jizhou, Yuan Tan and Wen Chou both suffered from Liu Lan. This Chinese is the most ugly, of course, the mood is also the most complicated, back then, Liu Lan was an idol-like existence, but in the end, I thought I could challenge the idol, but I found that I was defeated in the end, and I didn't even have the strength to fight back. Compared with Wen Chou, Yuan Tan is even more miserable. was rubbed and abused by Zhao Yun in various ways, leaving a deep shadow, and he couldn't mention cavalry for a while, so you can imagine his mood at this time.

The two of them were apprehensive and waited for the scout's return.

There is no trace of the Xuzhou army in Xinwen County, and more than a dozen scouts who dare not slack off deliberately scattered to continue to investigate, and only learned from the people after some investigation. Those did not have the Xuzhou army at all, those were all county soldiers from Dongguan County, Xuzhou, who had withdrawn a few days ago.

Yuan Tan Wen and Chou regretted it in their hearts, no wonder they couldn't move if they didn't get Xinwen County, it was because they were all county soldiers and didn't dare to go any further. If they were really the Xuzhou Army, no, the Liaodong Army, they would have killed Linzi a long time ago!

"Quickly reorganize the army!"

Yuan Tan, who realized that he had been fooled, immediately yelled.

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Drama county.

The atmosphere in the county guard's mansion has become quite strange since Zang Ba's arrival, the weirdness happened on the third day of Zang Ba's entry into the drama county, Kong Rong, who was still singing and dancing and celebrating two days ago, suddenly fell ill on the third day, and I heard that the illness was extremely serious, and he couldn't even get off the bed.

Wang Xiu came to visit Kong Rong on the sickbed again in the morning.

According to the diagnosis of medicine, the county guard is not sick, but he suffers from heart disease, so he still needs new medicine, but he can't ask Kong Rong what he is worried about, so this condition can be big or small, if it continues to be consumed like this, then even if he is reincarnated, he will not be able to return to heaven.

Wang Xiuchang, who took the task, sighed, how can the heart disease of the county guard be resolved if it is resolved, and if you want to restore it, you can restore it as before.

This matter has to start from the second day of Zang Ba's arrival in the county, Zang Ba, who was very polite on the first day, got straight to the point after seeing Kong Rong on the second day, and asked him when he planned to fight, and Kong Rong didn't think about taking the initiative at all, ******** guarding the county, of course, he was not without careful thoughts, and wanted to borrow Zang Ba Langya's troops to defend the city to Liu Lan to lead his troops north.

Zang Ba was also very simple after learning about Kong Rong's thoughts, and put forward his own ideas, either take the initiative and hand over the Beihai military power to him, or defend the city, and also hand over the Beihai military power to him, and the third is that he will leave now and no longer get involved in the mess of Qingzhou.

Kong Rong said calmly at that time, let him think about it, this thought thought for a whole day, and the next day there was news of a serious illness, today Wang Xiu understood the condition, and naturally understood that the reason for the county guard's heart disease was completely because Zang Ba wanted to obtain the military power of Beihai, otherwise people would not work for you at all.

Now it seems that Beihai County is still under his control, but whether it is to keep Zang Ba or send him away, it is impossible for him to continue to sit down in the position of Beihai County, not to mention that it is easy to ask God to send God, Zang Ba is not so easy to send away Liu Lan back then, and the key is that he does not dare to rashly send Zang Ba away now, otherwise it will inevitably cause disputes between the two families, and the strong enemy will be on the side, if such a thing really happens, it will only make the fisherman profitable.

Kong Rong will not do the things that relatives and enemies are happy, but he must give Zang Ba an explanation, but he can't easily hand over the military power, in this case, Kong Rong fell ill, Wang Xiu even guessed that he was not sick at all, and he was dragging it on as an excuse.

can drag it out for a day, and drag it to the Jizhou army, even if Zang Ba doesn't want to defend the county for him.

Kong Rong had a good calculation, and Zang Ba was also very patient to wait, not in a hurry to wait for Kong Rong's doctor, which made Kong Rong in the sickbed somewhat lucky, and thought that his procrastination trick had worked, but the fact was that Zang Ba had no intention of compromising at all, and he came to Qingzhou because Liu Lan drew him a big pie. If the Jizhou army is easy to deal with, then he will not pay attention to it, and when the time comes, he will repel the Jizhou army and be his Qingzhou assassin history, but the Jizhou army is so fierce, let his brothers go to death, okay. But I'm not willing to pay for it at all, so I'm sorry, I won't play with you.

He Zang Ba is now an ownerless ghost, who really wants to wait until the Jizhou army soldiers besieged Kong Rong has not given an answer, the big deal is that he turned against Yuan Shao with a blow, since he left Langya, he has no foundation anyway, it is the same to go alone, but he can take refuge in one party, since he has taken refuge in you Liu Lan is refuge. Yuan Shao also took refuge in him, not to mention any favors and feelings, benefits are the most practical, he has a full 30,000 people under his account, and it is impossible for them to go hungry with him!

When he asked Kong Rong for military power, he decided that Kong Rong would not agree, but did he really want to be cannon fodder, especially after seeing the situation of the Northern Navy, if he really went to war with the Jizhou Army, it would not be his Langya Army. So instead of waiting for Kong Rong to embarrass him, it is better to be anti-guest-oriented. Make it difficult for Kong Rong.

Of course, Kong Rong may also agree, but after agreeing, it is another matter, he can completely let the Northern Navy be cannon fodder, so that even if there is no chance of victory in the battle with the Jizhou army, then he will not lose too much of his old capital, and it is an extremely high-sounding excuse for him to get command. The so-called military order does not produce two people, it is under such circumstances, after careful consideration, that Zang Ba put forward the conditions for obtaining military power, regardless of whether it is successful or not. He is invincible, otherwise, he will really have to go to war with the Jizhou army at that time, and the two of them have their own thoughts, so it is not only a way to be destroyed?

In fact, whether it is to take the initiative or stick to the county, it is the best way for Kong Rong to hand over the military power, but it seems that he will not make such a choice, then he Zang Ba can only live in the chaos of the county, as for what will happen in the future, then he can only resign himself to fate.

Of course, Zang Ba still has to be done, visiting Kong Rong every day, testing his tone, and even asking him bluntly if he is good.

came with a smile and left with a smile, but after he left, Kong Rong's expression became even more ugly, and he scolded Zang Ba for being a reckless man, brave and unscrupulous? Even if he died, he would not hand over Beihai to him, but after he was angry, scolded and scolded, and praised his wise decision, Kong Rong fell into deep fear again.

How do you break the game now?

Kong Rong thought of his old friend Wang Xiu, and he was defensive of him, but as the war unfolded, especially his old friend Wang Xiu's main battle, he completely let down his guard, and the two instantly became friends who had nothing to say, this feeling was that he had not had it for many years, the last time he had such a feeling was at the beginning of his acquaintance with Tao Qian, both of them were squires, he spoke bluntly to Emperor Ling, and Tao Qian stood up to echo him, and finally he was dismissed, and Tao Qian was demoted to Liangzhou, goodbye is to ask for Dong, Tao Qian is the pastor of Xuzhou, he is the Beihai County Guard, drink freely for three days, and beg the thief together.

This kind of scene happened again when he and Wang Xiu repelled Jiang Qi's siege of the city, and the two drank bitterly, and the pride of abandoning the pen and joining Rong at that moment was only known to the two of them.

At this moment, Kong Rong, who was on the sickbed, thought of Wang Xiu's moment, when Wang Xiu appeared in the house.

There is no greeting, let alone politeness, a simple sentence: "The county guard should promise Zang Ba!" ”

When Kong Rong heard this, he looked at him with wide eyes, he wanted to know what he thought about when he said this.

"Zang Ba is known for his courage in Qingxu Erzhou, if he hands over the military power, he will die to protect Beihai, as long as Beihai is not lost, the county guard will still have a chance, otherwise once Beihai is obtained by Yuan Shao, then the county guard will be unparalleled even if the talent is unparalleled, where should he go?" Wang Xiu said it very tactfully, and he didn't dare to say words such as rat eyes.

Zang Ba Kong Rong knew early on that he was famous for his courage in Qingxu Erzhou, and his substitute for Tao Qian has been resisting the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, just like Guan Hai under Liu Lan's account, he couldn't please in front of him, and in the end, he didn't even dare to get involved in Xuzhou, only dared to make trouble in Qingzhou, if it wasn't for Liu Lan's rescue, the county would have been broken by him, and his courage was brave, but compared with Liu Lan, he was just a general, compared to Liu Lan, but it was too much worse.

But in this world, only Liu Lan was evaluated by Xu Zijiang as Xiao Weiqing, an existence comparable to the eight generals of the ancient world, if you look at it this way, Zang Ba is indeed a good candidate. In addition, his father is very filial, and he will naturally not be too harsh on the people, thinking of this, Kong Rong's frowning brows stretched: "Give him the military power, or even let him be the county guard, as long as he can really let the people of Beihai avoid the military disaster, everything is easy to say, but he is so aggressive, which is the reason for my hesitation." Kong Rong's hesitation is different from Tao Qian at the beginning, his family is in Lu County (Qufu, belonging to Lu State, Yuzhou), so he has no worries at all, but he is not at ease when he hands over Beihai to Zang Ba, or he has been the Beihai Taishou for so many years, and it is really unwilling to be handed over the power in his hands by such a coercion as Zang Ba.

Wang Xiu seemed to understand the key to Kong Rong's entanglement, not only was he not worried about the people, but he was not reluctant to give up the power in his hands, but the literati wanted to save face, and would rather die than fight Zang Ba Qufu, if so, this matter would be simple.

"County guard, in fact, you don't have to give up the position of Beihai county guard, didn't he Zang Ba say that as long as he hands over the military power? Then a certain can give him the position of lieutenant, if he agrees at that time, it is the best, if he mentions it again, then he will be out of the drama county, if he is lazy and does not leave, then don't blame us for turning our faces and not recognizing people! ”

"That's right." Kong Rong got up, his sick face disappeared in an instant, laughed, and said: "Yes, he doesn't want military power, then give him a captain, and then see what else he has to say." Smiling and smiling, Kong Rong looked difficult on his face: "But in this way, I have wronged my uncle to treat you." ”

"The county guard doesn't have to say that, as long as he can save Beihai, don't say that he is a lieutenant, he wants this life, and he won't shirk!"

"Shuzhi, since you've said this, then so be it, you come to serve as the county prince, the rank of the county is six hundred stones, and the rank of the commander is two thousand stones, and I will make up for the rank in the middle, how about it!" Kong Rong thought for a moment and came up with such a compromise solution.

Wang Xiu was excited and said, "The county guard doesn't have to, even if it is enough to stay by your side and be a staff member!" ”

"Shuzhi, you don't have to say it anymore, that's it."

"Okay, but let's see how Zang Ba reacts first, in case he doesn't look down on the position of lieutenant at all."

"Yes, after all, he was Langya Taishou when he opened the sun, and if he was suddenly asked to be a captain, he might not accept it!"

"In this way, so-and-so will go and probe his tone first, and if he agrees, let you do anything more, how about it?"

"That's all there is to it." (To be continued.) )