Just when Zhou Yu broke through Kaiyang, Cao Cao finally broke through Pengcheng, because Tao Qian was seriously ill, Cao Bao took the opportunity to open the city gate to welcome Cao Cao into the city, Tao Qian got the news and became ill. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Shu learned that Tao Qian died of illness and the news that Pengcheng was breached, and also attacked Xiapi County, Xiapi County defended Kaicheng and surrendered, and then Yuan Shu sent Zhang Xun to attack Guangling County, and was defeated by Guangling Taishou Zharong, Yuan Shu wanted to raise troops to take revenge, but Cao Cao was using troops against Donghai County, and Yuan Shu also wanted to get a piece of the pie, so he didn't go to Bang Charong this hard bone.

The five counties of Xuzhou have since been divided, Cao Cao occupied Pengcheng and the East China Sea, and Langya County in the north was occupied by Zhou Yu, but this also means that Su Chen and Cao Cao will have to guard against each other from now on, because Taishan County and Langya County are connected, Cao Cao can send troops from here to Qingzhou, if he and Yuan Shao fight, Cao Cao sneak attack behind his back, then he is very passive, so the location of Langya County is very important, so he asked Zhou Yu to temporarily replace Langya as the prime minister, and Zhuge Jin as Langya County.

Cao Cao occupied two large counties, busy digesting strength, Su Chen occupied Qingzhou and Langya County in a row, and also did not move, Yuan Shu sneaked up on Zharong from time to time, the two sides won and lost each other, Zharong has many Buddhists in Guangling, and it is not easy for Yuan Shu to occupy Guangling County.

It is worth mentioning that several talents in Xuzhou, Chen Deng attached to Yuan Shu, Xiapi took the initiative to surrender the city, which has the credit of Chen Deng, Yuan Shu is indeed the largest prince in the south at this time except Liu Biao, Yuan Shu occupied Runan, and at this time occupied Xiapi County, ready to use troops against Yangzhou at any time, it is indeed to occupy the right time and place.

It turned out that most of Tao Qian's subordinates surrendered to Cao Cao, including Cao Bao, Lu Fan, Cao Hong and others.

After Zhou Yu's in-laws opened the sun, Liu Xi, the king of Langya, was captured alive by him and temporarily imprisoned, nominally still the lord of Langya State, all the officials in the original Prime Minister's Mansion surrendered, and the rest of the counties were all attached, but despite this, Zhou Yu still had a big trouble, that is, Zang Ba.

Zang Ba was originally a cavalry lieutenant under Tao Qian, and later the garrison Kaiyang, when Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian, Tao Qian called Zang Ba back to resist Cao Cao, Pengcheng was breached, Tao Qian died, Zang Ba and his brothers returned to Langya County and Taishan County to fall into the grass.

For Zang Ba, Zhou Yu has heard of his reputation, this person is a usable talent, but his gangster nature is difficult to change, he sent two messengers in a row, but Zang Ba avoided him, and he had no intention of surrendering.

Zang Ba is a native of Taishan County, with a high prestige in the area of Mount Tai, and once stationed troops in Kaiyang, many soldiers in Kaiyang City were Zang Ba's subordinates, and recovering a Zang Ba helped Zhou Yu to govern Langya County, so he saluted first and then soldiers.

Since Zang Ba didn't know the current affairs, Zhou Yu could only prepare to send troops to attack, but Zang Ba was born as a bandit, and now he was hiding in the mountains, even if Zhou Yu wanted to exterminate him, he couldn't find anyone, and he was a little passive for a while.

At this time, a person named Xiao Jian asked to see him, claiming to be Zang Ba's old acquaintance, who could help Zhou Yu persuade Zang Ba to surrender.

Zhou Yu met with this Xiao Jian with a suspicious attitude, and only then did he know that this Xiao Jian had been Langya Xiang, but later because he was suspicious of Liu Xi, he was dismissed from office and replaced by Langya Xiang, who later surnamed Wang.

After some understanding, Zhou Yu found that this Xiao Jian was a talent, especially very familiar with Langya's domestic interpersonal relationships, and Zhou Yu now promised that as long as he could persuade Zang Ba to surrender, he would let him serve as the commander of Kaiyang County.

Xiao Jian, with Zhou Yu's expectations, personally went into the mountains to meet Zang Ba, who learned that his old friend had come to visit and agreed to see him.

After Xiao Jian saw Zang Ba, he said directly: "Xuan Gao, I'm here to be a lobbyist." ”

"You're blunt!" Zang Ba glanced at him and asked, "Are you here to be a lobbyist for Cao Cao?" Or is it for Zhou Yu to be a lobbyist? ”

When Xiao Jian heard this, he smiled and said, "No one, I'm here to be a lobbyist for Xuan Gao." ”

"Be a lobbyist for me? What do you mean by that? Sure enough, Xiao Jian's unreasonable routine of playing cards aroused Zang Ba's curiosity.

Xiao Jian explained: "In the past, when Tao Gongzu was there, the reason why he tolerated Xuangao's self-proclaimed power was because of Tao Qian's generosity, and secondly, because of Xuangao's reputation in the Taishan area. ”

"As for Cao Cao, it should not be underestimated, the eight counties of Yanzhou, although it is the land of four wars, but Cao Cao has worked hard, and his command is full of talents, and now he occupies the rich Pengcheng and the two counties of the East China Sea, and the strength is even higher.

"As for Yuan Shu in the south, although Yangzhou is a strong enemy, Liu Biao's spirit has been lost, and sooner or later it will be obtained by Yuan Shu, and there will be only a handful of princes in the world at that time."

"Yuan Shao has now left Luoyang and is sitting in Yecheng, it can be seen that the battle between Youzhou and Jizhou will break out in an instant, at that time, Cao Cao is bound to take action, or take the opportunity to alliance Youzhou to capture Jizhou, or alliance Jizhou to capture Qingzhou, no matter what, he will never tolerate such a force as Xuangao on the border of Mount Tai, not only Cao Cao will not allow it, Zhou Yu will not allow it, so how long can Xuangao live this free life?"

"This ......" Zang Ba had to admit that he was speechless when the other party said this, and the other party's analysis was also reasonable, so he asked: "Then according to your words, should I take refuge in Cao Cao or Zhou Yu?" ”

"Naturally, it is to take refuge in Zhou Yu."

"Why?" Zang Ba asked more and more puzzled: "According to your words, now that Su Chen is strong and Cao Cao is weak, if I take refuge in the weak side, won't I be more able to get reused?" ”

Regarding Zang Ba's question, Xiao Jian smiled and replied: "Xuangao is a strange commodity to live in, although this is good, but Cao Cao will not deal with Xuangao for a while, but Zhou Yu will not tolerate Xuangao threatening the rule of Langya State, although Yanhou has many generals, but Qingzhou is a new place, it is the time to employ people, you don't see Zhou Yu has been in a high position for less than a year, and the military power is very large, which shows the amount of Yanhou's tolerance, on the other hand, Cao Cao, most of the people used are their own relatives, although they also attach importance to outsiders, But in the end, it is not as good as the relatives, why should Xuan Gao abandon the Lord and go to the dark room? ”

"Reasonable!" It's not that Zang Ba doesn't understand the current situation, it's just that he wants to live in strange goods and get reused, and now that Xiao Jian is coming to surrender, he took the opportunity to join him, and after convening Sun Guan, Yin Li, and Wu Dun to discuss, he surrendered to Zhou Yu with tens of thousands of troops.

Zhou Yu attached great importance to Zang Ba's surrender, and after consulting Zhang Liao, the assassin of Qingzhou, he appointed Zang Ba as the lieutenant of Langya, in charge of half of the soldiers and horses of Langya, and Zang Ba also surrendered convincingly.