Zang Ba was able to become the leader of the Taishan thieves, not only because of his ability and righteousness, but also because his experience was representative.

Zang Ba is not an ordinary person, the Zang family is a local tycoon, but the level is relatively low, and there is no academic background, and the influence is limited to the local area. Zang Ba's father, Zang Jie, is a county jailer, holding the power of life and death, and is a very powerful position, if he wants to climb up, it is not a chance to climb up, but Zang Jie is a rectum, insisting on doing things according to law, and rejected the hint that Taishou wanted to announce his personal vendetta, and he was stunned and did not do it.

Zang Jie didn't do it, some people were willing to do it, and in the end, Zang Jie not only failed to save people, but put himself in, Taishou fabricated a crime, and asked the county order to send someone to send Zang Jie to Taishou Mansion. In order to prevent the capture of prisoners, more than 100 escorts were dispatched. Zang Ba, who was only eighteen years old at the time, knew that he would definitely not survive this trip, so he took dozens of guests from his family to save people and die in the East China Sea.

The person was rescued, but Zang Jie's official was lost, the Zang family was also retaliated against, and the family was ruined, and the root cause was just a little selfishness of Taishou. This is standard official coercion and anti-people. Zang Jie, as an official, is still like this, not to mention ordinary people, most of the Taishan thieves are bankrupt peasants, unable to survive, so they have to go to the mountains to be thieves. The rise and fall of Taishan thieves is often related to the rule of officials, come to a good Taishou, thieves return to the people, come to a bad Taishou, the people return to thieves, the number of Taishan thieves is increasing, enough to prove that there are not many good Taishou, but there are really a lot of bad Taishou.

The reason why the Qingxu Yellow Turban is the main force of the Yellow Turban, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion has maintained such a huge scale for more than ten years, has a lot to do with this phenomenon.

On the one hand, there are corrupt officials, and on the other hand, there are famous people with outstanding official reputations - Li Gu, Du Mi, Yuan Kang and other famous people who have served as Taishan Taishouzhong, Zhang Ju who rectified Zang Jie, is a famous person in Yuyang, and the current Taishan Taishou Yingshao is also a famous person in Runan - this situation is really a bit weird. The real reason is not complicated, the so-called celebrities do not rule the people as the legend says—or they cannot, or they don't want to—and they often get a good reputation because these ordinary people have no right to speak, and the right to speak is the same family as them.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were a lot of celebrities and scholars, and the politics were very bad, and the historical books often attributed the responsibility to the emperor or relatives and eunuchs, and never mentioned the corruption of the scholars themselves. Who let the written evidence of history be in the hands of the scholars? It is undeniable that there are real celebrities in the Shi clan, but the main body of the Shi clan is not far behind relatives and eunuchs. Despite the many histories of the authors, there are still many clues, such as lice under the ornate leather robes.

As direct victims, Zang Ba, Chang Feng and others hate those big families, but their strength is limited, so they can only hide in the mountains and be ruthless.

Sun Ce stated his position in one sentence, and also won the approval of Zang Ba, Chang Feng and others. No matter what kind of person Sun Ce is, at least he is not a sanctimonious family, and he is not a hypocrite who is inconsistent with his words and deeds. Looking at Sun Ce's importance to Tai Shici, they felt that they might not be hopeless. Even if they are not as good as Tai Shi Ci, they will not be too far behind.

Sun Ce saw the changes in Zang Ba and Chang Xuan's expressions in his eyes, and he was secretly happy in his heart. He chatted with them for a while, asking Zang Ba for advice. Zang Ba didn't take the initiative very much, but suggested that Sun Ce recapture Lu County and seize several key roads from Yanzhou to Xuzhou in his own hands. Chang Xuan was a little anxious, he bluntly said that Tao Qian was beaten very embarrassed by Yuan Xi at the moment, and he was stabbed in the back by Liu He, and he was unable to take care of the western front, Sun Ce should not only recapture Lu County, but also control the three counties of Nanwuyang, Fei and Nancheng that belong to Taishan County.

Zang Ba was silent.

Sun Ce knew that Zang Ba was very wary of him. He had a good relationship with Tao Qian, and for a long time, he was stationed in Kaiyang, which was the capital of Langya State, and he couldn't do it without Tao Qian's consent. The three counties of Nanwuyang originally belonged to Mount Tai, but now they were captured by Tao Qian, and Zang Ba obviously did not want him to seize Tao Qian's interests.

Taishan County belongs to Yanzhou administratively, but it belongs to Xuzhou in geography and culture, Zang Ba is a native of Huaxian County, Huaxian County is in the southeast corner of Taishan County, and Kaiyang is only a few dozen miles. Zang Ba agrees with Tao Qian more in his heart.

Sun Ce immediately expressed his attitude. "My father and Tao Mu are old friends, and I am also good friends with Tao Boshang Kunzhong. Lu Guo was originally from Yuzhou, I gave it to Tao Mu, and Tao Mu gave it back to me, I can accept it. The three counties of Nanwuyang were won by Tao Qian, and I can't take the credit of Tao Mu. At this point, Brother Lao Xuan told Tao Mu. ”

Zang Ba breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement. Sun Ce asked him to tell Tao Qian, which was also to give him face.

As he was talking, Sun Guan, Wu Dun and others came. Sun Ce greeted them one by one. After seeing the ceremony, Sun Guan rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "I heard that the generals are strong in martial arts, and the warriors under the tent are like clouds, can I have a fight with them?" ”

Sun Ce heard Tai Shici say that Zang Ba is the most talented among the thieves in Mount Tai, but Sun Guan is the first in terms of bravery, and what he said is true, as soon as they meet, they will compete in martial arts.

"There are too many righteous followers, so we won't mention it. There are thirteen corporals in the tent, you can choose at will. Just ask Brother Sun's subordinates to be merciful, don't kill me. ”

Sun Guan laughed. "No, no, it's a martial arts competition, and it's not a life-and-death fight, point to point, point to point."

All of you here are brave and ruthless martial artists, although not everyone is as brave as Sun Guan, but the mind of watching people fight is the same. They have long heard that Sun Ce is good at martial arts, known as the little overlord, and there are many masters around him, so they have long wanted to see it, and now that they have the opportunity, of course they will not let it go.

As soon as he said a few words, he immediately started fighting. In order to take care of the face of Sun Guan and others, Sun Ce did not let Xu Chu and Dian Wei make a move, and these two had no opponent at will. Guo Wu, Chen Wu and others lined up and were picked by Sun Guan. Sun Guan was not polite, after looking around, he felt that Guo Wu and Chen Wu were too young, and they were suspected of bullying children, and everyone else was suitable, especially Guo Yuan and Xie Guanglong, so he picked the two of them and wanted to compete with them separately.

Seeing that Sun Guan picked these two goods, Sun Ce could only say that Sun Guan's luck was really not good. These two martial arts are not the best, but they have the most losses. In order not to let Sun Guan lose too ugly, Sun Ce reminded: "Gongzuo, Guanglong, this is a friend competition, fair competition, victory or defeat is not important......"

Before Sun Ce finished speaking, Sun Guan shook his head. "General, this is a bad statement, although it is a competition, it is necessary to divide the superiority, how can it be said that victory or defeat is not important." He removed the leather belt from his waist and showed the hook of the gold belt on it. "I'm betting on this, whoever can win me, this hook will be given to whomever I want."

Xie Guanglong and Guo Yuan exchanged a look. Xie Guanglong said: "Then I'll come first, Gongzuo's martial arts are good, in case he wins you, wouldn't I have to go home empty-handed." ”

Sun Guan raised his eyebrows, angry and funny, took out a leather bag from his arms, opened it and spread it in his hand, and inside were two golden cakes. "Don't worry about it, I still have two golds, how you want to gamble, I will accompany you to the end."