After Li Qiang and Ma Gui took over the task, they immediately took action.

Ma Gui was responsible for drafting the Zhao'an documents, and sent people to Changshan to find Qin Pass, and sent Ma Gui's letter, informing Gao Shun that he wanted to recruit the Montenegrin army in the three southern counties of An, and ordered Qin Guan to cut off trade with them and put pressure on them.

Li Qiang sent people to Zhao and Hanoi County to contact the local Taishou to get the most detailed information about the local Montenegrin army.

The news soon came back that Zhao State's Zuo Zhangba had wiped out most of the Hao clan of Zhao State, and after Gao Shun took over Jizhou, he hid in the mountains and no longer went out; Li Qiang understood that he must have been scared of being beaten at the beginning, so he was so cautious.

Hanoi County Taishou sent back the news that because the commander Chu Yan, who was a ranger, had an old relationship with some leaders of the Montenegrin army, they all knew Chu Yan's power, so the Montenegrin army hid in the mountains and did not go out to plunder, but for the sake of the old feelings, there were some small trade contacts with the Montenegrin army; They had long intended to recruit these Montenegrin troops, but the conditions were not yet ripe, so they did not report it; If the lord wants to recruit them, let Chu Yan continue to contact them.

After receiving the news of the return, Ma Gui and Li Qiang were very happy and copied three Zhao'an documents and stamped them with the seal of Taishou; In addition, as the successor of Zhang Jiao, he drafted a letter of persuasion, stamped it with the seal of a jade talisman, and sent two middle-level civil officials to Yu Yu and Yang Feng to persuade him to surrender; Li Qiang wanted to go to Zhao to persuade him to surrender.

When he was exterminating the Yellow Turban Thief, Li Qiang learned that Zuo Zhangba's martial arts were higher than Zhang Meng (Zhang Niujiao), so he wanted to meet this fierce general in person, and it was best to accept it.

Zhang Meng's force value is 90, and the force value of Zuo Zhangba is even higher, one of the thirty-six commanders, and he is more trusted by Zhang Jiao than Zhang Meng, which shows that his comprehensive level should be far above Zhang Meng, and he is also a rare talent.

Ma Gui didn't want Li Qiang to take risks, but he couldn't dissuade him, so he reported to Gao Shun, hoping to prevent Li Qiang from going in person.

Gao Shun is also very interested in Zuo Zhangba, feeling that Li Qiang's force value has reached 100, and he has a spare BMW, the possibility of keeping him is very small, and more importantly, Li Qiang is carrying a jade talisman with a horn and a nine-section sandalwood staff, even if Zuo Zhangba does not accept Zhao'an, he will not harm Li Qiang.

Ma Gui raised objections, the mountains and forests were rugged, the horses were difficult to walk, and if Zuo Zhangba was greedy for the jade talisman and the nine-section sandalwood staff, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Li Qiang promised not to enter the mountain, but only wanted to invite him down the mountain and meet him outside the mountain, if so, there would be no danger.

Gao Shun thought to himself, Jizhou's strength is so strong, even if Zuo Zhangba does not accept Zhao'an, he will not dare to be an enemy of Jizhou; Besides, at the beginning, they were kind to tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers who were abandoned by them, and I believe that Zuo Zhangba will not miss the old feelings; Seeing Li Qiang's assurance, Gao Shun agreed with him to persuade Zuo Zhangba to surrender; In order to ensure Li Qiang's safety, he specially transferred Liangtun senior cavalry as his escort.

The cities of Zhao are all located along the eastern border, and the interior has been occupied by Zuo Zhangba.

Li Qiang arrived at Handan City in Zhao State, which was still prosperous and was not harassed by the Yellow Turban Thieves and the Black Mountain Army.

Zuo Zhangba and Yu Poison were both one of the thirty-six commanders, and each had a part of the Yellow Turban Lux, the strength was comparable, Yu Poison was in Wei County, and Zuo Zhangba was in Zhao State, but Zuo Zhangba occupied part of Wei County, with Wu'an County as the old nest, and his strength was all over the central and western parts of Zhao State; The number of poisoners was smaller, and he hid in the more remote Shiguo County of Wei County (later Shixian County).

Wu'an County and Sheguo County are the places where Fukou is one of the eight Taihang Mountains.

There is Drum Mountain in the north of Fukou Mountain, and there is Shenlu Mountain (commonly known as Yuanbao Mountain) in the south, which is a canyon formed by cross-cutting mountains on the Fuyang River, and is named after the upper source of the Fuyang River that is close to the boiling water spring; The average width is about 200 meters, the length is about 300 meters, the mountains are towering, the terrain is dangerous, and it is one of the natural traffic arteries connecting Shanxi and Hebei in ancient times.

Yu Poison and Zuo Zhangba now rely on collecting tolls for business trips to supplement the shortage of supplies; Yu Poison collects tolls for business travelers coming from the direction of Wei County; Zuo Zhangba collects tolls for business travelers in the direction of Zhao State; The two were fine.

Zhao Guoguo felt that Zuo Zhangba and Yu Poison had a close relationship, and the attack and defense were integrated.

After learning the detailed information, Li Qiang led the Liangtun cavalry from Handan to the west, camped on the east bank of the Fuyang River, and sent a cavalry to Wu'an County to inform Zuo Zhangba to come to talks.

Yu Poison received a letter from Zhao An as early as a few days ago, and there was no result in negotiation with several small leaders who followed, so he took people from Sheguo County to Wu'an County, hoping to communicate with Zuo Zhangba.

Both of them had fought with the Youzhou Army at the beginning, and they knew how powerful the Youzhou Army was, otherwise they would not have fallen into the grass and hid in the mountains and did not dare to go out; Now Gao Shun's strength is even stronger than it was at the beginning, and it is definitely not something they can resist.

Their advantage is the topography, the Taihang Mountains have many peaks, the altitude is more than 2,000 meters, and the internal ravines are vertical and horizontal, which provides relatively convenient conditions for the mutual communication and strategic cooperation of the various units of the Montenegrin Army distributed in the valleys of the Taihang Mountains.

However, if the entrances and exits were blocked and trade with them was prevented, it would be difficult to meet their dietary needs by relying on the output of the mountains alone, and they would not dare to go out to plunder, and if they were besieged for a long time, they would definitely be defeated.

Zuo Zhangba later learned that it was the Youzhou Army that deliberately let him go, and the people who stayed behind either joined the army and received good treatment and positions, such as Zhang Niujiao, Pei Yuanshao, Cheng Zhiyuan and others he was familiar with, and now he is a Zhonglang general, which makes him very envious, he is confident that his skills are above Zhang Meng and others, if he surrenders to the government, I believe that his status will not be lower than others.

Seeing that Zuo Zhangba had the intention of accepting Zhao'an, Yu Yu took out the letter covered with Zhang Jiaoyu's talisman.

Both of them were Zhang Jiao's right-hand men, and they were very familiar with Zhang Jiao's seal, and they were very surprised when they saw the seal.

Yu Poison asked, "Is this true?" Could it be that they seized it from the Master? ”

After pondering for a while, Zuo Zhangba objected: "It should not be seized, but given by the sect leader; The letter mentions that the Holy Maiden is especially there, and that she is married and has children, and that the person who holds the jade talisman is the husband of the Holy Maiden, which cannot be faked, and the high power of the champion is not necessary to deceive us, if you think of those Catholics who surrendered and were reused, it is not difficult to understand. ”

Yu Poison said: "Then why don't you let the holy woman come forward, or let those Qu Shuai who surrendered before come to recruit us?" ”

Zuo Zhangba smiled and said: "Haha, don't look too highly at us, this is a trivial matter for the champion Hou, the letter said, Cheng Zhiyuan and Bu Jiyuan are in Liangzhou, and Zhang Niujiao is stationed in Langya County, and they are performing very important tasks." ”

Yu Poison also wanted to accept Zhao'an, compared to the life of Cheng Zhiyuan and others, he was too envious, now the gap is so big, he sighed in disappointment: "Alas, they are all in important positions, leading strong soldiers, fighting in all directions, and they can also sprout their children and grandchildren, only we are hiding in the mountains like mice, a thought, I really hope that we were captured at the beginning, maybe now we have become Zhonglang generals." ”

Just when the two of them sighed, the soldiers came to report, and the cavalry of the official mansion came to deliver the letter.

Yu Poison and Zuo Zhangba looked at each other and smiled: "Haha, it seems that the champion Hou has been thinking about you!" ”