Zang Ba finished practicing the lance, wiped his sweat, and came to Sun Guan's side, Sun Guan took the initiative to hand him a sweat cloth, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, have you thought clearly?" ”

Zang Ba took the cloth towel, wiped the beads of sweat like rain on his head, and said, "What do you think clearly?" ”

"Hey!"

Sun Guan was very annoyed by Zang Ba's pretending to be stupid, but he didn't dare to really get angry with Zang Ba, so he just suppressed his anger and persuaded: "What else can I do?" It was Yuan Shu who wrote a letter to us the previous time, asking our brothers to join his command, attack from the north and south, and jointly deal with the Tao clan in Xuzhou! At that time, Xuzhou will be divided equally. ”

Zang Ba smiled disdainfully when he heard this, and said, "Deal with Xuzhou Dow? Also divide Xuzhou equally? He Yuan Shu was in the Wet Whisker Dock back then, and the army of 100,000 was crushed by the 40,000 horses led by Jin, and it was not until today that he was relieved, and he dared to make plans again? The surnamed Yuan didn't want to even get Shouchun's hometown to be taken away by the Tao family, so he was willing to give up! ”

Sun Guan shook his head and said: "Big brother, although this is the case, but the words can't be said like this, Yuan Shu's 100,000 soldiers back then, after all, were all new troops, and they had no combat power, and now after several years of training, they are no longer comparable to those years...... Now Tao Qian has become a pastor in Xuzhou, and a pottery merchant has become a pastor in Yangzhou, and he has to worship the respect of Taifu, and the situation in the southeast will be all for his father and son sooner or later! What are our Taishan Wujie who have been operating in Langya for so many years? It is to respect this place alone, but with the current development momentum of the Tao family, if they are allowed to be arrogant again, this Langya country, I am afraid that it will no longer be owned by our brothers. ”

Zang Ba threw the sweat towel on the ground, and his face became a little gloomy.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taishan County of Yanzhou, as well as the northwest of Langya Kingdom, was a special zone with mountains and seas facing the sea.

The troops here can defend themselves according to the danger, not only to resist the government, but also to copy the people, the so-called county to the mountains and seas, this is the case.

It's really a paradise for Zang Ba and other criminals.

And because of the special nature of this area, long before Zang Ba and other Taishan Five Thieves, Langya Kingdom became the birthplace of lawless elements in the struggle against the Eastern Han government, and these people can be referred to as the Langya Gang.

In the second year of Yongxing, the Langya thief Gongsun rebelled and became the first thief on the Langya list, and later broke it for Duan Xi, a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After three years of Yanxi, the Langya thief Lao Bing rebelled and became the second Langya thief on the Langya list.

In November of the third year of Yanxi, the uncle of the Langya thief, Sun Wuji, attacked and killed the captain Hou Zhang, becoming the third Langya thief.

And Zang Ba and others are carrying on the past and forging ahead into the future, and they have topped the Langya list in the new era, and there are five on it!

Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Yin Li, Wu Dun, Chang Xuan.

The reason why Langya Country always has thieves frequently on the list is because of its unique natural advantages, which can not only defend themselves according to the mountains, but also float into the sea and enter the island, and because of the natural environment, many county residents here have moved their families into the mountains, and the whole family "came to the mountain" to a certain extent, becoming the same mountain people as Shanyue.

Because of the environmental impact, these northland mountain people are in a state of tension at any time, and they are extremely combative, and these people are naturally the main source of Zang Ba and other Taishan Five Thieves.

In this way, the combat power of Zang Ba's soldiers will increase day by day.

This is also the reason why Tao Qian has no way to take Zang Ba for so many years.

But the stronger the Tao family's power is, the more embarrassing the situation of the five thieves of Mount Tai becomes, and there is a possibility that the Tao family will recover the Langya Kingdom at any time.

Especially after the Jinling army defeated Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Yan Baihu, Di Rong, Puyang Cao Jun and other armies, the five thieves of Mount Tai began to feel a little frightened.

In the face of such a strong army, if you want to continue to stand on your own feet between Langya Kingdom and Taishan County, it will definitely not work if you continue to be so self-isolated.

But at this time, Yuan Shu invited the letter of the five thieves of Mount Tai to attack Xuzhou, and through the hands of Sun Guan, it was sent to Zang Ba's hands.

Originally, this was a breakthrough point for the five thieves of Mount Tai, but Yuan Lao Er made another mistake at a critical moment, and he did not invite Zang Ba and others to be his allies in his letters, but asked them to lead the crowd to join him.

In Yuan Shu's cognition, Zang Ba and the others are just a group of miscellaneous thieves who gather in the mountains and forests and do not enter the stream.

As a rear general, he came out as the descendant of the fourth and third princes, and let a group of Taishan thieves submit to them, which is really a big face for them!

Zang Ba and the others were able to receive their invitation, and they really should burn incense to thank the ancestors for their apparitions, and rejoice that they are blessed.

But obviously, Zang Ba didn't think so, he saw himself as on the same level as Yuan Shu.

As a result, the matter was delayed for a while.

Zang Ba is not in a hurry, but Sun Guan is very anxious, this person's vision is not as long-term as Zang Ba, so he came to persuade Zang Ba and quickly replied to Yuan Shu.

But in fact, Zang Ba didn't want to agree to Yuan Shu, let alone be Yuan Shu's vassal or subordinate, in his opinion, Yuan Shu was not qualified even if he was his ally.

He wanted to wait for a hero like Yuan Shaoyi or Cao Cao to send someone to invite him.

……

Just when Zang Ba was hesitant about whether to join forces with Yuan Shu, Pengcheng's elite, led by Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Tai Shici, took advantage of the Pengcheng military and civilians to move rapidly in the direction of Kaiyang when they were preparing for the big wedding of the pottery merchants.

"The generals of the five thieves of Mount Tai are all warriors recruited from the Taishan army and the people of Langya Mountain in the past, and their combat power should be comparable to the Taishan army in our Jinling City!" Tai Shi Ci commanded the generals to march quickly, and explained to Xu Chu and Zhao Yun: "The five thieves are divided into troops and camped, forming a corner trend, and it is difficult to break the idle on weekdays, but now that it is time to catch up with the Taifu wedding, the military and civilians inside and outside Pengcheng are celebrating, so the garrison of Kaiyang must be weakened to a certain extent, let's take the opportunity to conquer Zangba's camp this time, as long as we can hold this person, the remaining four thieves can be passed on, and then Langya can also return to Xuzhou smoothly." ”

Xu Chu listened to Tai Shici's explanation, smiled, and said in a humble voice: "Although you two are Taifu's sworn brothers, Zang Ba's head belongs to a certain family, but you two don't need to be delusional." ”

Compared with the competition with Xu Chu, Zhao Yun's performance was obviously much calmer.

"As long as you can catch Zang Ba as planned, it doesn't matter who catches it."

……

Indeed, as the potter, Guo Jia and others guessed, Zang Batun's troops stationed in Kaiyang, after learning about the current festivities in Pengcheng, also relatively relaxed their vigilance and reduced part of their defense forces.

After dinner in the evening, except for a few troops who were patrolling the night, most of the Taishan thieves basically fell asleep.

Kaiyang County is very quiet at night, the cool summer night breeze occasionally blows the sneezing of war horses quietly into the air and drifts with the wind, and all kinds of unknown insects in the grass are chirping unscrupulously.

There is no moon in the sky tonight, and it really feels like I can't see my fingers.

In order to be able to see more clearly, the Tarzan thieves who patrolled the night lit more than a dozen bonfires around the barracks to assist in their vision.

The burning bonfire emitted a scorching glow that lit up hundreds of paces around it.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves, as rapid as thunder, suddenly sounded from afar.

The soldiers who were patrolling around were startled, and hurriedly gathered outside the camp in groups of three or five, and the mournful sound of trumpets resounded through the night.

The Jinling Army has attacked!