"Zang Dashuai, what does this mean? Aren't you going to send troops? Wu Dun asked indignantly.

"Brother Wu, don't be angry, we people can stand on this, relying on the lofty mountains of Mengshan and Mount Tai, instead of this little force in our hands, if you talk about troops, Tao Qian is several times more than me? But why didn't he dare to offend, and gave us three points in courtesy, naturally he knew that we wanted the danger of mountains and rivers, and it could also be a barrier to the north of Xuzhou. ”

"Previously, Yin Li died in Beihai, lost Wuyang, Chang Feng sent troops out of the city without authorization, and died outside the city of Junan, and now Xintai is lost, the strength of our Taishan heroes is not as good as before, if this time in Xintai, what will be the result? Do you really want to live for your own selfishness, regardless of the lives of your brothers? Zang Ba stared at Wu Dun below with a focused and calm expression, telling the powerful relationship in every word.

"Yes, I admit that what you said is reasonable, but I can't bear this tone." Wu Dun shouted unmoved.

"Okay, I know you're a bloody man, but can the wrath of the puppet take revenge?" Seeing that it didn't make sense, Zang Ba's tone became cold, and he frowned: "For the sake of brothers for many years, I will give you a chance, as long as Brother Sun Guan agrees to send troops, I will lend you 3,000 elite soldiers." ”

"Thank you, Sir." Wu Dun knew that this was obviously Zang Ba's final bottom line, so he didn't say much.

Dongping City is the territory of Sun Guan and Sun Kang's brothers. As a native of Taishan County, although Sun Guan's background is not good, but his ancestors are also small landlords with 100 acres of thin fields, otherwise Sun Guan brothers would not have been able to practice martial arts since childhood, in fact, the Sun family was also a squire in the township in the early years, and there were nearly 100 people in the family.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the group of Kou together, the hometown of the Sun Guan brothers will naturally be destroyed, in order to protect themselves, the Sun Guan brothers led the villagers to begin to fall into the grass for the Kou, and gradually became a hegemon, back Tao Qian enabled the conquest of Xuzhou Yellow Turban, and then was later squeezed out by Tao Qian, formed an alliance with Zang Ba, backed by the Mengshan Mountains, and laid a foundation in Dongping.

For Han Lie, Sun Guan's understanding is much better than that of the other leaders of the Taishan group. Under Beihai City, he had seen the bravery of Han Lie's army with his own eyes, especially the two fierce generals under Han Lie's account, Dian Wei Zhaoyun, which made a particularly deep impression on him.

Spanning several counties in Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Sun Guan is also a battlefield general, but a peerless fierce general like Dian Wei Zhao Yun, he is the only one in his life, and according to his redeemed cousin Sun Tao, Han Lie's martial arts are not inferior to Dian Wei Zhao Yun, and this person governs the army like a family, and the soldiers under the account compete for their lives, and the military discipline of the battle array is strict, which is really rare.

Therefore, Sun Guan was somewhat repulsed in his heart when it came to sending troops to make enemies with Han Lie, but this time, since Zang Ba Wu Dun agreed to send troops, he naturally did not object. But as soon as he returned to Dongping from Kaiyang, the news of the fall of Xintai City reached his ears.

Sun Guan has 8,000 elite soldiers, 15,000 people, and nearly 70,000 people in Dongping, all of which are the accumulation of people and property plundered by Sun Guan in the surrounding counties over the years.

However, most of the leaders and generals under Sun Guan's account are children of the Sun family, not as good as his eldest brother Sun Kang, cousin Sun Tao, Sun Jian, etc. are all generals.

Therefore, Sun Guan's power is a family power. After receiving the news of the fall of Xintai, Sun Guan immediately gathered a group of brothers and had a discussion.

"Second brother, Xintai has fallen, the road out of Mengshan has been blocked, and Wu Dunna's grandson's reserves in the city over the years are enough to become a barrier for Han Lie to resist us, and it is really inappropriate to send troops to fight against him at this time." Although Sun Kang's martial arts are not as good as Sun Guan, he is cautious and has always been Sun Guan's important arm, and for his younger brother Sun Guan, he has always supported him wholeheartedly, without the slightest complaint, and it is their brother's concentricity that makes their Sun brothers able to take root in Dongping.

"Second brother, what the eldest brother said makes sense, Han Lie should not be underestimated, this person is like a god, this time we just intended to move, but he took the initiative to attack, and won Xintai City in one fell swoop, so that we can throw a mouse trap, if I am not mistaken, this person must have an internal response in the Tao Thorn Mansion, so he will be one step ahead of us and choke our necks, if we attack rashly, the best result is at most a defeat for both sides." Sun Tao is very old, he is only nineteen years old this year, he used to be a free and playful character, but since he was injured in Beihai and captured by Han Lie, he was stranded in Han Lie's army for several months, but he was gradually affected by Han Lie's command.

The non-commissioned officers in Han Lie's army, in addition to daily training, know one word every day, which is also a compulsory subject, so don't look at only one word a day, over the years, it is also not to be underestimated.

Sun Tao had contact with Han Lie's former lord Bo Wang Ling in Han Lie's army, and he admired Wang Ling, who was younger than him, but Wang Ling, whom he admired, regarded Han Lie as an object of worship, and subconsciously, he naturally listed Han Lie as an invincible object.

After returning from Han Liejun, in addition to honing his martial arts hard, Sun Tao also began to fall in love with learning.

In the face of the opposition of the brothers, Sun Guan, who was already worried, pondered, and said: "Announce to the outside world that I am seriously ill and need to recuperate, and I will send a letter to Zang Dashuai, I believe he will understand my distress." ”

"Big Leader LinkedIn." The Sun brothers happily stood up and bowed.

Before everyone left, Sun Guan suddenly stopped Sun Tao and said, "Taozi, you stay." ”

"Second brother." Sun Tao looked at Sun Guan and waited for his orders.

"I heard that Taozi, you have been studying hard day and night recently, it seems that my Sun family is also going to have a filial piety, which is very good." Sun Guan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Han Lie, this person broke 200,000 yellow scarves in Beihai this time, so that Tao Gongzu was jealous of him, I am afraid that there is a place for him in Xuzhou in the future, if such a character cannot be cut, it is necessary to make friends, such as today, although it is chaotic, the court is still the court, so I hope you can go to Licheng and see if you can make friends with Han Lie's side, just leave a way back for yourself." ”

"Second brother, do you really think so?" Sun Tao asked with some surprise, the more he read recently, the more Sun Tao understood that there will never be a way out for the reputation of thieves, whether it is peaceful or troubled times, the end will not be too good, so he is often worried about the fate of the Sun family.

"Silly boy, will the second brother lie to you? Go ahead, but be careful not to expose yourself too soon. Sun Guan went out at the age of seventeen, footprints all over Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou three states, after entering the mountains for Kou, crisscrossing several counties, before and after fifteen years, how rich the experience of the rivers and lakes, for the future way out, is also what he has been considering.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan can become generals who have been reused by Cao Cao in history, and naturally they will not be like Wu Dunchang's generation, and it is precisely because they have a long-term vision than others that they are the real foundation of their lives.

When Han Lie had been in Xintai for half a month, he received a message from Sparrowhawk that Zhao Yun had led his troops back to Licheng, and Han Lie, who had put his mind at ease, had already understood that Zang Ba Sun Guan would not come to him again, so he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.

Xintai is too far away from Licheng, and it is a mountain city, and Han Lie is already suspicious of Tao Qian now, if he occupies Xintai again and does not leave, it will inevitably make Tao Qian even more suspicious, so withdrawing his troops and returning is also his best choice.

There are tens of thousands of people in Xintai, and this time Han Lie did not forcibly relocate the people, but just issued a notice, saying that if he was willing to move, he could follow him to Licheng, even so, there were still 30,000 people in the city, and they chose to follow Han Lie to move.

In this occupation of Xintai, Han Lie obtained a wealth of 15,000 gold, collected 3,000 troops, and was followed by 30,000 people, which can be described as a complete victory.

Ten days later, Han Lie led his troops to Licheng and successfully ended the three-month journey to the North Sea. The first thing he did when he returned to Licheng was to send someone to Tao Qian with a very low-profile document, and at the same time asked for instructions on how to resettle 200,000 people.

In this expedition, Han Lie harvested 200,000 people, and the strength of the army was also expanded from the original 6,000 to 11,000, the strength of the five battalions was expanded to 2,000 each, and the other 1,000 people were organized into pro-military battalions, which were commanded by the junior general Xu Sheng; At the same time, Han Lie also stepped down from the post of lieutenant of the middle battalion and was reappointed Tai Shici as the lieutenant of the middle battalion.

Although the territory of Licheng land is vast, 100,000 people have been resettled before, and now if another 200,000 people are settled, the cultivated land will be a little tight, just when Han Lie was thinking about how to distribute it, he rode a flying horse and brought good news to Han Lie.

It turned out that half a year ago, Tao Qian sent an envoy to Chang'an to pay tribute, and Zhao Yu, a famous scholar from Xuzhou, returned to Tancheng and brought back the edict of the Son of Heaven. And what surprised Han Lie even more was that the envoy sent by Xuzhou told Han Lie that the envoy who read the edict this time, in addition to the Huangmen squire, also sent a festival official from the imperial court, and this person was Cai Yong and Cai Bojiao, who served as the servants.