Two days later, Gu Rubing finally returned to Taishan County with Taishi Ci Zhao Yun and led a group of cavalry.

"Big brother, why did you come back so soon?"

Seeing that Gu Rubing had only been away for six days and rushed back, Zhang Fei's eyes suddenly widened, and he asked with some shock: "Could it be that Lu Bu's family has already captured Guangling?" ”

"Definitely."

Gu Rubing shook his head, a smile appeared on his face, and then he opened his mouth to tell everyone in the camp about the previous Taishi Ciyuan Gate's halberd.

"There is still such a way!"

After listening, Zhang Fei looked excited, turned his head to look at Fa Zheng and Xi Zhicai, and said, "The two military advisors can't think of it at all!" ”

Xi Zhicai's face was a little surprised, and he arched his hand and said: "The lord's plan is really beyond my expectations, after all, the matter of shooting the halberd in Yuanmen is really a bit unbelievable, I'm afraid Lu Bu can't imagine that someone can shoot the small branch of the long halberd of the Yuanmen like him." ”

"Hahaha."

Zhang Fei laughed loudly and said: "Those three family slaves think that their archery skills are unparalleled, so they look down on the heroes of the world, but they can't imagine that there are still people whose archery skills are not inferior to him!" ”

Zhang Fei looked at Tai Shici and said, "If it weren't for the eldest brother saying it himself, Ziyi could shoot the small branch of the Yuanmen long halberd, and I wouldn't believe it, Ziyi would really be a good one!" ”

"General Zhang praised it falsely."

With a hint of a smile on his face, Tai Shici arched his hand and said.

"How is the situation on Zang Ba's side these days?"

After greeting for a while, Gu Rubing looked at Guan Yu and asked.

"Big brother."

Hearing Gu Rubing's words, Guan Yu immediately arched his hand and said: "It's nothing, after the eldest brother leaves, Zang Ba still can't hold on, but I got the news that there is not much grain and grass left on Zang Ba's side, and in less than a month, the food will inevitably run out. ”

"Okay, since that's the case, let's continue to surround Mount Tai."

Gu Rubing nodded and spoke.

"Lord, it doesn't have to be a soldier, now the general trend is in our army, Zang Ba is cornered, the lord can send a lobbyist to Zang Ba, explain the interests and disadvantages, and persuade Zang Ba to surrender."

At this time, Fa Zheng opened his mouth and suggested: "Zang Ba is a thief, but the force is outstanding, extremely fierce, if the Lord gets it, he is also a general, if Zang Ba refuses to surrender, it is not too late to fight again." ”

Recruit An Zangba?

Hearing this, Gu Rubing couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly fell into thought.

Zhao'an Zangba, there is a bad point, that is, if Zang Ba is recruited, even if Zang Ba is really obedient, Taishan may still be under Zang Ba's control, after all, Taishan County is Zang Ba's basic plate, and Taishan thieves are all under Zang Ba's orders.

But if you defeat Mount Tai and defeat the Tarzan thieves, you can completely control Mount Tai.

However, the advantage of choosing Zhao'an is also obvious, that is, he can take Taishan County without spending a single soldier, and he can also accept Zang Ba, a fierce general.

Although Zang Ba is not as good as Guan Zhang Zhao Taishi, he can be regarded as a top military general in the Three Kingdoms period, and more importantly, Zang Ba also has his own special thief class of Taishan thief.

After all, even Zhao Yun and Tai Shici do not have special troops, and the special class of Taishan thieves is different from the Bai Yu army, and the number of Taishan thieves is extremely large.

More importantly, Zang Ba has a high probability of having the characteristics of a commander, and he is a commander who can take charge of himself and command the army to fight.

Although Zang Ba has always been a vassal of Cao Wei in history, even Cao Cao has not been able to mobilize military power, but during the Cao Wei period, Zang Ba has never rebelled, so if Zang Ba is really willing to surrender and let Zang Ba continue to control Mount Tai, it is not impossible.

Zang Ba is different from Lu Bu, if you can't suppress him, he has two hearts, but if you can suppress him, he will be loyal, and Lu Bu is a husband who lives between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under people for a long time.

Therefore, when Tao Qian was there, Zang Ba still seized Langya, and after Tao Qian's death, Zang Ba naturally no longer listened to the Tao merchant's orders and became completely independent.

But in history, after Cao Cao's death, although Zang Ba gave Cao Pi a headache for a while, he finally completely surrendered to Cao Wei, fought everywhere for Cao Wei, and paid homage to the marquis.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing finally nodded and said, "This is reasonable. ”

"Lord, I am willing to go and say that I will surrender to Zangba."

Hearing Gu Rubing's words, Sun Qian suddenly stepped forward, took the initiative to ask, and spoke.

Hearing this, Gu Rubing turned his head to look at Sun Gan, and his eyes couldn't help but flicker slightly.

Nowadays, Jian Yong is in the plains, and only Sun Gan is with the army, and as we all know, Sun Gan, as Liu Bei's early strategist in history, is not good at giving advice, but he is a good hand in diplomacy.

Moreover, in this game, Sun Qian has the characteristics of a lobbyist, and if the lobbying fails, the refusal party has a probability of obtaining negative effects, so Sun Qian is indeed the most suitable candidate to be sent as an envoy.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing nodded and said, "Okay, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

"Rest assured, my lord."

Sun Qian bowed his hand to Gu Rubing, and then turned to leave.

…………

At this time, inside Zang Ba's tent, the atmosphere was extremely depressed.

"How many days is the grain in the army enough to last?"

Zang Ba sat on the main seat, his face was extremely ugly, and asked.

"Back to the lord, it can only last for a month at most."

Sun Guan's expression was a little haggard, he took a deep breath and replied.

"What if you use Xiao Hu to divide the grain instead?"

Hearing this, Zang Ba's face became even more ugly, thought about it, and asked.

"Even if you use Xiaohu to distribute food, it is only enough for two months."

Sun Guan hesitated for a moment, and finally began to say truthfully: "What's more, if you use Xiaohu to distribute grain, the brothers will be resentful and dissatisfied, and I am afraid of mutiny." ”

Hearing Sun Guan's words, Zang Ba suddenly had a headache.

For the character of this group of Taishan thieves under his command, he couldn't understand it better, although the Taishan thieves are brave, but if they use Xiaohu to distribute food, Taishan thieves will inevitably mutiny.

But there is no way, he is a thief, not production, grain and grass are mainly looted, now Liu Bei led an army of 50,000 soldiers, the soldiers besieged Mount Tai for more than three months, and he was about to run out of food in the camp.

"Lord, in my opinion, it's better to kill at this time and have a showdown with Liu Bei!"

Chang Feng opened his mouth and said: "There is a shortage of food in the village, it is really difficult to defend for a long time, Mount Tai is our home field, if you kill down the mountain, although Liu Bei has many soldiers, but with the courage of our army, it is not impossible to fight!" ”

Hearing this, Zang Ba was silent for a moment.

At this moment, suddenly Zang Ba's personal guards hurriedly walked into the camp tent and said to Zang Ba: "Lord, there is a person outside the village, who claims to be Liu Bei's envoy, and asks to see the lord!" ”

"Liu Bei is coming?"

Hearing this, everyone in the camp was stunned.

"Well, let him in and see what he has to say." Zang Ba thought for a moment, waved his big hand, and spoke.

"Yes!"

The guards immediately bowed their hands and turned to leave.

Soon, Sun Gan came to the camp under the leadership of Zang Ba's personal guards.

"Sun Qian has seen General Zang."

After seeing Zang Ba, Sun Qian immediately said.

"What did Liu Bei send you to me for?"

Zang Ba's eyes were a little unkind, and he did not hide the killing intent on his body at all, and said to Sun Qian in an extremely cold voice

Although Sun Qian obviously sensed Zang Ba's killing intent towards him, his face was as usual, and he arched his hand and said: "The person respected by my lord is only the general's ear, and today I am here to persuade him to surrender." ”

"Persuasion?"

Zang Ba was not surprised by Sun Qian's words, his voice was extremely cold, and he said: "I still have 30,000 Taishan troops under my command, and Taishan is in danger, but now you are here to persuade you to surrender, what a big breath!" ”

Sun Qian arched his hand and said: "Today, the lord of my family, with 50,000 soldiers, has enough soldiers, and the four generals of Zhang, Zhao, and Taishi, although the general has Mount Tai natural danger, but it is really unwise to use the land of a county to compete with the land of a state. ”

Hearing the four generals Guan, Zhang, Zhao, and Taishi, a trace of jealousy suddenly appeared on the faces of the generals in the tent.

Obviously, Zang Ba and they all remembered that when they were in Langya before, they were defeated by Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, and the Taishan thieves in Langya were almost wiped out, so they could only cut the flesh and give up Langya and retreat to Mount Tai.

And Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are also the shadows of the famous tree, although they have not fought Guan Zhang head-on, but they dare not underestimate them.

"Heh, since ancient times, there have been countless people who have defeated the strong with the weak."

At this time, Chang Xuan sneered and said: "And our army is brave and good at fighting, especially in the rugged terrain of Mount Tai, it is extremely good at fighting, how do you know that our army is not an enemy?" Liu Bei led the army to attack several times before, didn't they all return with a feather? ”

"But as far as I know, there is not much food and grass left in the general's camp."

Sun Qian shook his head and said: "Our army has been besieged for several months, if it is surrounded for a few more months, and the general has no foreign aid, I am afraid that the camp will be completely exhausted, and then it will be able to win without a fight." ”

Hearing this, the faces of everyone in the tent couldn't help but change.

What they are worried about now is nothing else, that is, Liu Bei will continue to lead his troops to blockade and besiege Taishan County, and when they are completely exhausted in their camp, they will attack Taishan at that time.

Seeing this, Sun Gan immediately struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "My lord cherishes his talents, and he knows that the general is the tiger general of the world, and he can't bear to fight endlessly, so he ordered me to come to persuade him to surrender. ”

"If the general surrenders, the lord will reuse the general, but if the general does not surrender, the two families can only fight each other, and when the time comes, the sword has no eyes, I am afraid it will be difficult to ensure that the general is thorough, and I hope the general will think twice!"

Hearing this, a trace of anger suddenly appeared on Zang Ba's face, and he asked, "Are you threatening me?" ”

"Don't dare, General, it's just the truth."

Sun Qian opened his mouth and said: "Nowadays, the Han family is declining, the world is in turmoil, the heroes are constantly strife, all have the heart of the world, my lord is a relative of the Han family, and he intends to help the Han family, the general is self-reliant, brave and brave, and is a hero in the world, and finally the thief is not a pity?" ”

"I'm here not only for my lord, but also for the general!"

Sun Qian arched his hand and said sincerely: "If the general can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, the lord will be entrusted with reuse, and then the general and my lord will build a great cause and achieve a good story, isn't it beautiful?" ”

Hearing this, the generals in the camp suddenly fell silent.

In fact, they all know that if they continue to resist, they may have few chances of victory, in fact, many people have already had the idea of surrendering, but Zang Ba didn't speak, and they didn't dare to mention it.

Zang Ba has unparalleled prestige among this group of Taishan thieves.

"I hope you and the general will think twice."

At this time, Sun Qian bowed his hand again, bowed deeply to everyone in the tent, and said, "I have taken my leave." ”

Seeing that Zang Ba and the others did not return directly to Shun at the first time, Sun Qian was not surprised.

After all, Zang Ba is the leader of Mount Tai, even if he really wants to surrender, it is impossible to agree directly to him in person, and he must discuss it, not to mention that as soon as he says it, Zang Ba will surrender directly, and he can't say it in terms of face.

Therefore, Sun Qian did not stay any longer, turned around and left, preparing to give Zang Ba and the Taishan generals time to consider.

Seeing that Sun Gan was leaving, Zang Ba did not say anything to stop him.

After Sun Qian left, the camp tent suddenly fell into a dull state.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you think it's a surrender or a war?"

At this time, Zang Ba was the first to break the silence and suddenly asked.

"This ......"

The generals in the tent looked at each other one after another, and a hint of hesitation appeared on their faces.

"Lord, now Liu Bei's army is in full swing, and our army is short of food, it is really difficult to resist, I think it can be surrendered to Liu Bei."

In the end, it was Sun Guan who took the lead in speaking.

"Yes, lord, Liu Bei is known as benevolent, if the lord descends to Liu Bei, Liu Bei will inevitably treat the lord well."

"Liu Bei Zeng Ping has a million yellow scarves, his fame is shocking the world, as the pastor of Qingzhou Prefecture, if the lord descends to Liu Bei, it will not damage the prestige of the lord."

"What Sun Qian said is also reasonable, and it is not that we took the initiative to surrender, but Liu Bei persuaded him to surrender, in this case, Liu Bei must treat the general well, otherwise who will dare to surrender Liu in the future?"

"That's the truth."

Seeing that Sun Guan spoke, the other generals also spoke, and they were also in favor of surrendering.

"In this way, do you want me to go to Liu Bei's account and be a low-brow and obedient general of the defeated army?"

Zang Ba looked around, there was no trace of joy and anger on his face, and asked.

Hearing this, the whole tent suddenly became silent.

After a while, a trace of helplessness appeared on Sun Guan's face, and he arched his hand and said, "Lord, this is the time, and the situation is also!" ”

"The time is also ......"

Zang Ba looked around the generals in the camp again, repeated Sun Guan's words, his face was a little lonely, he shook his head, and said, "That's it, I'll think about it again." ”

Hearing this, the generals in the camp bowed their hands to Zang Ba.

Soon, more than ten days passed in a flash.

Gu Rubing led tens of thousands of people, and still continued to blockade Taishan County, and Zang Ba was in Gu Rubing's months-long blockade, and Zang Ba's army was finally basically out of food!

Seeing that Zang Ba had not surrendered for a long time, Gu Rubing had already prepared and planned to launch a general attack five days later, and when he attacked Zang Ba, the guards suddenly hurriedly walked into the camp.

"Report! The lord, Zang Ba said that he was willing to surrender to the lord, and he had already brought Sun Guan, Chang Xuan, and Yin Li to the outside of the village! ”

Hearing this, Gu Rubing was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes immediately lit up!

(End of chapter)