Insolence is not the first person to make it possible for donors to gain office. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago, as well as the princes and kings of the earlier Warring States Period, all did similar things. And the most sensational, the most innovative, and the most large-scale effect is actually the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong of this dynasty. More than ten or twenty years ago, Emperor Ling's actions of selling his official title were all to the extent that the price was clearly marked, the official position price of 2,000 stone was 20 million yuan, and the official position price of 400 stone was 4 million yuan, which was simply unprecedented and unprecedented.

However, Zhang arrogant opened this opening out of political considerations, but he didn't want to let the habits of officialdom be corrupted. For this reason, he specially made clear regulations on the appointment of so-called "donors", and the donors must also pass basic ability tests.

Therefore, the donation of 100,000 yuan by the powerful clan can only allow the children to obtain the qualification of officials, and they belong to the low-level clerks, and they cannot directly obtain high positions. In the future, in the officialdom assessment, if the work is incompetent, these donated officials will also be punished. Moreover, there is a strict limit on the number of such donors, and it is not possible to donate if you want to.

Through all kinds of strict restrictions, the entry of these limited number of "donors" into the huge number of imperial examination officials will not pose much of a problem. In general, it only provides a new way to enter the industry.

Having said that, it was precisely because of the political level that Zhang Arrogant successfully reached a preliminary easing of relations with the powerful people in Jizhou, no, it should be the powerful people in the territory under his jurisdiction, that he was able to recover a certain amount of vitality smoothly in the following two years, and had the spare strength to attack Qingzhou and Xuzhou in the south.

However, if the current war becomes protracted, Jizhou's finances, which have only breathed a sigh of relief, are afraid that there will be a huge deficit again. In that case, the arrogance may have to borrow money from the powerful again. And like the powerful borrow money. Obviously, there is a political price to pay. Therefore, if the war in Xuzhou can be ended as soon as possible and the situation of financial constraints can be avoided, Zhang Qiang does not mind taking some risks for this.

However, Guo Jia proved his ability to predict the situation in the Qingzhou battle not long ago. It is worthy of being a first-rate military division known as a "ghost talent". Since he had such speculations about Chen Deng's Guangling County, he accepted it.

"Don't worry about it, lord. Now the victory is on our army's side, and even if our army is forced to overwhelm it, it can still easily defeat Chen Deng and his ilk. ”

Seeing that Zhang Qiang had a tendency to think too much, Guo Jia reminded him again in time.

was pulled by Guo Jia a little, and his arrogant heart suddenly brightened.

For a long time, because of the arrogance used to using stratagem to defeat opponents, when he found that there was no good method available, he subconsciously ignored that it could actually be hard.

That's right. Today's arrogant army has far surpassed his opponents. Even if it is hard work, as long as you are willing to pay a certain price, you can eat the fat of Xuzhou hard.

What about Chen Deng's ability to fight?

Does he have as many soldiers as he has?

Is his general as strong as himself?

Does he have enough confidence of his own?

Therefore, Zhang Qiang, who was reminded in time, immediately decided to eat Chen Deng!

Of course, hard food is hard to eat, but it is not to send people to death. And. Chen Deng's army was between 15,000 and 20,000. Reach this number of large armies, if the defense of the camp is based. According to the art of war, it generally takes at least 30,000 people to be able to take it smoothly. In case of attacking Chen Deng, Cao Bao of Tan County sent troops to rescue, then Zhang Qi still needs to send at least 5,000 people to guard by the side to prevent the threat of Tan County.

However, the total number of troops brought by insolence was only more than 40,000 people. If 35,000 men were sent at once. With a huge battalion, with only 5,000 troops, how can you prepare for it?

For this kind of difficult problem of troop scheduling, Zhang Qiang has his own plan in mind.

Early the next morning, he sent his army out of the camp as much as he could. He took his righteous brother Xie Xun as the former governor. Commanding the generals and attacking Chen Deng, who had an unstable foothold. Xie Xun had led his troops south earlier, and was responsible for cutting off the connection between Xuzhou and Yanzhou and Yuzhou. However, due to Cao Cao's attack on Jizhou, Zhang Mad had insufficient troops in the main army, so Zhang Mad transferred Xie Xun's department, which was still idle, back into the army attacking Tanxian.

As for the arrogance himself, he was not idle. After Xie Xun supervised the army, he took an elite personal guard and came to a place about a mile away from the city wall of Tanxian County.

When he arrived at the pre-selected place, he ordered someone to put a table and two pestles [Maza], prop up a big Qingluo umbrella cover, and let people serve wine and side dishes and two jars of wine, and he sat in the direction facing Tanxian County, and ordered several people in the attendant to shout loudly together:

"Dahan Jizhou Mu, invite the old man Cao Jun to talk about it!"

The sound is very loud, which is enough to make the people in Tanxian County listen to it very really. However, the defenders at the head of Tanxian County did not react except for a slight commotion at the beginning.

Such a reaction to the defenders was also expected. He didn't mean to be in a hurry at all, but instead asked the group of attendants to get ready, and they took turns shouting to the city head for a while. Even considering that the weather was still hot, even the medicinal soup to quench the thirst of the shouting person was prepared in advance.

So, outside the city of Tan County, such a peculiar scene appeared. There was no movement in the Jizhou military camp, which was five miles away. Hundreds of well-armed lightly armed guards stayed quietly three hundred steps away from Tanxian County. Two hundred steps away from Tan County, a person sits under the umbrella cover of Qingluo, and drinks himself leisurely. Dozens of plainclothes guards, divided into several groups, kept shouting the same words to the city.

"Dahan Jizhou Mu, invite the old man Cao Jun to talk about it!"

"What is Zhang Thief doing?"

Wei Xu at the head of the city muttered in a low voice, and glanced at Cao Bao with some suspicion. It's a pity that Cao Bao himself is also confused, where can he explain to Wei Xu?

When the two armies are fighting, how can the commander of one side suddenly run to the enemy's city and put on a leisurely appearance of visiting friends?

Cao Bao and Wei Xu, the two main persons in charge of Tan County's defense, immediately rushed to the city as soon as they heard the report that Zhang Qiang appeared in the city. However, in order not to alarm the arrogance of the city, so as to speculate what tricks the arrogance was playing, Cao Bao and Wei Xu both went to the city quietly, and specially kept the people around them silent.

It's just that the two of them watched the city for a while, and heard the shouts of the city, but they still had no clue.

Although Zhang Qiang was born in the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and was regarded as a first-class thief and thief by the corporals of the world, he is now recognized as the strongest prince in the world after all. Moreover, this foundation is still insolent for more than ten years, relying on his own ability, one by one.

If you want to say that such a talented master would do something without purpose and kill Cao Bao and Wei Xu, they would not believe it. Especially in the sensitive period when the two armies are at war, it is impossible to be stupid in an arrogant manner.

"Could it be...... Are you trying to lure us into sending troops? ”

One of Cao Bao's cronies whispered.

"If it's unexpected, maybe you can really capture and kill Zhang Thief in one fell swoop......"

The person who spoke like this was immediately stared at by several pairs of disdainful eyes, and as a result, the more he said a word, the quieter he became.

"Idiot! What a treacherous character is that thief? The entire northern land that coaxed him thought that he knew astronomy and geography, and was good at deducing the future, so they respectfully called him the Heavenly Master. Such a cunning guy, can you still think of this trick? ”

Cao Bao coldly reprimanded the guy who spoke without brains.

"Or, would you like to take the troops and try it?"

Wei Xu asked in a low voice.

was supported by Wei Xu, and the man hurriedly waved his hand timidly in shame, and argued:

"I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong......"

It's pretty obvious. The name of arrogance is there, and no one dares to underestimate him. A petty officer who only led a few hundred big-headed soldiers did not have the courage to test his insolent plan with his own life.

Although they reprimanded their ignorant entourage, Cao Bao and Wei Xu's doubts still haven't been answered. Listening to the "Han Jizhou Mu" from time to time under the city, invite the old man Cao Jun to talk about it! Cao Bao and Wei Xu stood until their feet were sore, and they still didn't know the essentials.

Just when the two of them were suspicious, a herald came to the city and whispered to the two:

"Lord, the army of thieves has been dispatched to attack General Chen!"

Cao Bao and Wei Xu were not surprised by the fact that Zhang Madness sent troops to attack Chen Deng. This is the way it should be. Out of concern for Chen Deng, Cao Bao asked softly:

"How many people did the thief use?"

"I can't count them for a while. But the flag covers the sky and the sun, at least 300,000! ”

Listening to the herald's words, Cao Bao became a little worried.

"Chen Yuanlong's number of soldiers is only 19,000, and there are many county soldiers and other miscellaneous periods. Zhang Thief's troops are both strong and numerous, and Chen Yuanlong is afraid that it will be difficult to support. I should send troops to rescue, and I can also contain the thief and divide the troops. ”

After hearing Cao Bao say these words, Wei Xu frowned and said lightly:

"But, the thief is under the city!"

This sentence made Cao Bao's face change suddenly. He poked his head out of the battlements, and looked at the arrogance not far from the city, and from the appearance and demeanor of the person sitting upright, he confirmed that it was not a stand-in, and the anxiety in his heart was even greater.

"Sent troops to attack Chen Yuanlong, but I didn't go to the army, but came here instead......"

There is no doubt that this is a very strange thing. Unless the attack of Zhang Mad Army's attack on Chen Deng's camp was a feint, there was no reason for Zhang Mad to abandon the main force and run here to sit on the ground in vain.

Just when the second general at the head of the city was racking his brains for his arrogant actions, his arrogant mood was not as leisurely as he seemed to be.

The reason why the current pose is to attract the attention of the defenders in the city, so that the defenders in the city are suspicious and do not dare to leave Tanxian County to help Chen Deng easily.

Today's arrogant army camp is completely empty. The soldiers and auxiliaries in Zhang Qi's army were combined, a total of more than 40,000 soldiers, and 38,000 people were taken away by Xie Xun and went to attack Chen Deng's camp. Those who remained in the camp were the old and weak and the people, who were almost used to make up the numbers.

It can be said that Zhang Madness still has the strength of the army at hand, and there are almost five hundred personal guards left around him. (To be continued......)