General Zhang Jaw, since he returned to Lu Peng, he was immediately appointed to the rank of captain in Youzhou, and he went hand in hand with the old man of Youzhou, becoming one of the eight King Kongs of Youzhou and one of the six captains of the infantry, and he was really grateful to Lu Peng. But since he surrendered, he caught up with the restoration of Youzhou during the construction period, and he had no chance to show his military talent at all, plus he was carrying a deep hatred of the blood of his family killed by Yuan Shao, and he suffered every day, and always wanted to lead the troops to kill Yuan Shao and find Yuan Shao to take revenge.

This opportunity came, so he immediately joined forces with Tai Shici and took 20,000 elites out of Zhuo County to kill Zhongshan Kingdom and Changshan County in Yizhou, the gateway to Bingzhou.

Bao Tao, the minister of Zhongshan, his elder brother is very famous, that is, one of the princes of the Eighteenth Road crusade against Dong Zhuo, and finally let Yanzhou to Cao Cao, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei who died to save Cao Cao.

When Bao Xin sent troops to fight against Dong Zhuo, he also invited his younger brother to participate, but Bao Tao refused his brother, and Bao Xin complained that his younger brother did not know the overall situation.

As a result, Bao Tao smiled and said to his brother: "The rabble, each with a ghost, is just a joke, I still leave a foundation for our family to stand on in the future." ”

Later, Cao Cao thanked Bao Xin for his death, recruited Bao Tao to go over, promised to be a high-ranking official, Bao Tao still refused indifferently, and was still an official under Han Fu, and when Yuan Shao occupied Yizhou, Bao Tao became Yuan Shao's subordinate, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao snatched Yizhou, so they were under Gongsun Zhan, conscientiously running Zhongshan.

Gongsun Zhan was defeated, and Bao Tao surrendered to Yuan Shao without hesitation, still not moving, still being his Zhongshan minister.

In Zhongshan, since he became the minister of state, the children of his hometown have asked to see him every day, hoping to get an official position under him. Bao Tao had to take the test for the children of these families first, and then leave the usable ones to help him, and hide those who were really talented, let them study in their own courtyards, and then slowly moved Taishan's family to Zhongshan to settle down.

Bao Tao continued to conscientiously govern Zhongshan for Yuan Shao, but he took a cold look at Lu Peng's rise in Youzhou.

At that time, Gao Gan sent an order that he would lead the army south to reinforce Yuan Shao, and Bao Tao immediately called his younger brother Bao Zhong and talked in detail in the secret room for half a day, and then Bao Zhong hurriedly took dozens of idle children who were idle to study.

On this day, he was handling official business in the lobby, and the door whispered, "The third master is back." ”

Bao Tao breathed a long sigh of relief, then dropped the knife and pen in his hand, and sighed indifferently: "It's always here when it's time to come." So he called Bao Zhong in, and then entered the secret room.

"How's it going?" Bao Tao asked the third brother.

"I asked Lu Peng's important adviser, Jinyi Wei Xu Jie, and proposed that as long as they promised us to admit our outstanding children to Youzhou Academy, no matter what the situation, if we don't give up Zhongshan, we will surrender the city."

"Did they say yes?" Bao Tao was a little nervous.

He had to be nervous, the reason was that his original boss was Gongsun Zhan, and Lu Peng was Gongsun Zhan's uncle, when Gongsun Chan was defeated and self-immolated, he did not raise troops to avenge his old boss, but surrendered to Yuan Shao.

As soon as Gao Gan left, Bao Tao immediately knew that Lu Peng would never keep his promise of non-aggression with Yuan Shao, and would definitely take the opportunity to occupy and merge the state, so that he only had two ways to go, one was because Lu Peng hated himself and did not accept his own conditions to surrender, and the other Lu Peng accepted his surrender, but would kill himself to vent his anger.

He is ready to accept the later ending, for the sake of the family's survival, what can he do if he dies?

Looking at his brother's gloomy expression, the third brother said with a smile: "Xu Jie has promised that you will not be to blame for your affairs, and the Prime Minister of Zhongshan is still yours." ”

Such an ending made Bao Tao stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "Lu Peng can come to this day, and he really has his advantages." But he turned to say: "As long as he can accept my people, as long as he promises not to give up Zhongshan again, and no longer let our people be retaliated against by Yuan Shao in the future, we will surrender. ”

Bao Zhong's eyes couldn't help but redden, his brother had insight into the overall situation, and he did his best for this family.

Since the conditions were negotiated, Bao Tao immediately issued an order, ordering Zhongshan to surrender to Lü Peng.

When the army came to Zhongshan City, Bao Tao and his brother Bao Zhong knelt in front of the city gate and held the Zhongshan State seal letter, tiger charm, money and grain accounts, and population brochures to Zhang Jaw to receive.

Zhang Jaw and Bao Tao were originally Yuan Shao's subordinates, the two were already familiar, when they saw this scene, they laughed and jumped off the war horse, grabbed the old colleague, and said with emotion: "You and I have the same disease, come and go, and we can't see the master, today we meet again, and we can finally show our ambitions under the hands of Ming Gong." ”

Bao Tao smiled bitterly: "The general is one step ahead, Bao Tao is stubborn, not as good as the general." ”

Zhang Jaw laughed, and pointed behind him in high spirits: "Sir, don't be pessimistic, I just defected to the lord, and I won the trust of the lord, entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and became one of the eight King Kongs under the lord, and became the commander of this crusade and state army all the way this time, which shows the lord's mind." ”

Tai Shici stood beside him and nodded frankly in approval.

Zhang Jaw said again: "With Mr. Yi's great talent, he can keep the peace of Zhongshan in the war and make the people live in peace, and the lord admires and approves it very much, therefore-" took the seal letter account tiger talisman in Bao Tao's hand, and said solemnly with a solemn expression: "Bao Tao obeys orders." ”

Bao Tao immediately knelt down again, arching his hands: "The sinners obey orders." ”

"Bao Tao is talented, and can be sympathetic to the people, so he specially named Bao Tao as the prime minister of Zhongshan." Then solemnly returned the letter book to Bao Tao again.

After that, the representative accepted Bao Tao's surrender and announced the occupation of Zhongshan by Youzhou.

Handing it over, on behalf of Lu Peng's appointment of Bao Tao, this is a process that must be taken.

But the tiger talisman was not handed over to Bao Tao again.

"Youzhou stipulates that civil and military affairs are separated, civil and military affairs are not allowed to interfere in the military, and military generals are not allowed to interfere in civil and political affairs, please don't be careful."

Bao Tao was relieved: "My subordinates have long understood the governance methods of the lord, and they are deeply happy with the policy of the lord, which is a good policy for long-term peace and stability. ”

After this form, the Zhongshan soldiers in Bingzhou fell into the hands of Lu Peng without blood.

Zhongshan was attached, and the officials of Youzhou immediately added it, not that Lu Peng did not trust Bao Tao, but that the policies of Youzhou were different from those of Yuan Shao and other eras, and they needed to be implemented by officials who knew how to do so, which Bao Tao also understood and cooperated, so Zhongshan was stable.

Zhang Jaw couldn't stay, and immediately waved a large army to attack Changshan County.

As a result, he attacked violently, but he was one step late, and Chang Shan had already been taken.