Previously, Qingzhou was actually under the control of Gongsun Zhan's forces, and the original Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai was appointed by Gongsun Zhan.

At first, when Liu Bei took refuge with Gongsun Zhan, he also joined forces under Tian Kai, the assassin of Qingzhou, to help Gongsun Zhan fight against Yuan Shao, and later received a request for help from Tao Qian in Xuzhou, Liu Bei took the opportunity to borrow soldiers and horses from Gongsun Chan to enter Xuzhou, and then took over the territory of Xuzhou.

At the beginning of Zang Ba's occupation of Taishan County, because of the chaotic situation in Qingzhou, he was not threatened much by Qingzhou, so he was mainly against Cao Cao of Gunzhou, for which he was attached to the name of Tao Qian in Xuzhou.

But after that, as Yuan Shao sent his eldest son Yuan Tan into Qingzhou, Yuan Shao's forces gradually seized Qingzhou from Gongsun Zhan's forces.

However, at first, Yuan Shao was bent on pacifying Gongsun Zhan, and he had no intention of expanding his power to the south, so after Yuan Tan took control of Qingzhou, Zangba's Taishan County was still stable.

But now that Yuan Shao has basically solved Gongsun Chan and surrounded Gongsun Chan in Yijing, then Yuan Shao's strategic goal will naturally be to the Central Plains in the south, and Taishan County, which is so close to Qingzhou, will also be threatened by Yuan Shao's forces.

Cao Cao of Gunzhou originally also had a certain threat to Zang Ba of Taishan County, and now Qingzhou, which is controlled by Yuan Tan, also has the intention of infiltrating Taishan County.

To be honest, Zang Ba was attached to Xuzhou Lu Bu again before, just thinking of using Lu Bu's forces to resist the pressure of Cao Cao in Gunzhou and Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, but now Liu Bei actually let him attach himself to Yuan Shao, which made Zang Ba mutter a little in his heart.

Zang Ba naturally has his own little abacus, he still wants to be his own soil emperor in Taishan County.

Zang Ba knew very well that his previous dependence on Tao Qian, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu would not affect his status in Taishan County, because they did not have the strength to capture his Taishan County, so relying on them could take advantage of the regionality of Taishan County's subordination to Xuzhou to dismiss Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's covetousness of Taishan County from the official face.

Therefore, Zang Ba can continue to control the territory of Taishan County and be his soil emperor.

But if he threw himself at Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, then his Taishan County would be difficult to control in his own hands, because the other party had enough strength to swallow Taishan County in one bite.

Zang Ba just didn't want to be swallowed, so he didn't have the intention of surrendering to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, otherwise with the position of Taishan County, he would have been able to surrender to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

But now Liu Bei persuaded him to throw himself into Yuan Shao together, which naturally made Zang Ba a little unhappy.

Of course, Zang Ba didn't want to throw himself into Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and another reason was his background, he was just an ordinary local hero, to put it bluntly, he was a common people, and then he became a thief in Taishan.

However, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are both from the Shi family, although Cao Cao is a bit of a eunuch, but after all, he is also an official.

Not to mention Yuan Shao, the status of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family is naturally not something that everyone can see, so if he takes refuge and dependence as a thief of Zang Ba, it will be like a hero of Liangshan in later generations who will be recruited, and he will only be driven as cannon fodder, but it is difficult to be reused, and there is a future in the future.

Of course, after Zang Ba defected to Cao Cao in the original history, the follow-up development was not bad, and it seems that he was also named the general of Zhendong, and he was also made a marquis after his death, but this is also the particularity of Cao Cao's side, at least Zang Ba didn't know that Cao Cao could still use people regardless of his background at the beginning.

Therefore, Zang Ba didn't think that his identity would be valued and used by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he was afraid that his Taishan County would be swallowed by others, and he would be driven to be cannon fodder like a water dog.

But the current form seems to be a little different under Liu Bei's description, on the one hand, he offended Zhu Wei, if Zhu Wei comes to attack Taishan County in the future, he is afraid that he will not be able to resist.

On the other hand, Liu Bei's intention seems to be to join him in the form of a foreign vassal to Yuan Shao, so that he may be able to retain his Taishan County territory.

After all, Liu Bei's identity is different, Liu Bei is the identity of the Han clan after all, maybe Yuan Shao will not easily ignore Liu Bei, as long as Liu Bei can successfully occupy Langya as a foreign domain, then he seems to be able to also divide Taishan County as a foreign domain.

For Zang Ba, as long as he can keep his nest in Taishan County, who is he throwing it to, so Zang Ba hesitated for a while before he spoke, "Xuande Gong, can you really keep Taishan and Langya under our control?" I'm afraid that Yuan Shao will send someone to take over at that time, and then we don't know where to go! ”

"Xuan Gao rest assured, this time is different from the past, now Zhu Wei will be in charge of Xuzhou, and we are actually in control of Taishan and Langya counties, but if the general Yuan Shao has no excuse, he naturally cannot interfere in the affairs of Xuzhou, but if we are attached to Yuan Shao, once Zhu Wei comes to attack, Yuan Shao can use the excuse of supporting us to send troops to Xuzhou! At the same time, for the sake of nominal terms, Yuan Shao will not easily take away the land we occupy, he still needs to save some face! At that time, as long as Yuan Shao has not sent troops south, then we will be Yuan Shao's outpost in Xuzhou, even if Yuan Shao sends troops south to the Central Plains, the situation in the world will change, and we can naturally make another plan! ”

Liu Bei saw that Zang Ba was tempted, so he was full of guarantees, in fact, Liu Bei was just thinking that he could temporarily ride the wall and watch, the key was that Liu Bei still had a thought in his heart, which was the purpose he wanted to throw himself into Yuan Shao.

In Liu Bei's view, if Yuan Shao really wants to send troops south to the Central Plains, then the Son of Heaven controlled by Cao Cao in Xudu is a big problem, but if Yuan Shao can support another Han son as the emperor, wouldn't he be able to be held hostage by the Son of Heaven controlled by Cao Cao.

When Dong Zhuo held Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty hostage, Yuan Shao had intended to support Liu Yu of Youzhou as the emperor, so as to fight against the imperial court controlled by Dong Zhuo, but Liu Yu himself did not agree, and Gongsun Zan was opposed at that time, which made Yuan Shao finally give up.

Of course, Yuan Shao may also want to support a puppet emperor, but at least he is also an emperor.

Now Liu Bei claims to be a relative of the Han family, after King Jing of Zhongshan, if he arrives at Yuan Shao's territory, then Yuan Shao needs to be in the name of orthodoxy when he raises troops south, and maybe he can support Liu Bei as emperor.

Although Liu Bei may also be controlled as a puppet by Yuan Shao, it is also an opportunity for Liu Bei.

After all, Liu Bei is not a pure civil servant like Liu Yu, his two brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, have the courage of ten thousand people, and at the same time, Liu Bei is confident that he also has a certain ability to control people's hearts, maybe he can take the opportunity to control the real power, swallow Yuan Shao's power, and kick Yuan Shao away again, then he is the real son of the Han family.

This ideal may be very slim, but for Liu Bei, it is also an opportunity to take a risk.

This is also a fundamental reason why Liu Bei abandoned Cao Cao and hated Zhu Wei, and chose to throw himself into Yuan Shao, after all, Cao Cao already had an Emperor Xian of Han on his side, and Zhu Wei was too young, and his subordinates were all developed from scratch, so it was difficult to do anything in it.

Only Yuan Shao was supported by local scholars and wealthy families by relying on the name of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, so if Liu Bei's identity as a relative of the Han family, wouldn't it be more able to win people's hearts than Yuan Shao's identity as a courtier.

Therefore, Liu Bei felt that if he was on Yuan Shao's side, he would still have a chance to take the position......