In June, the imperial court issued an order to send Zang Hong, a native of Guangling, to Qingzhou to serve as the assassin, and appointed three Taishou at the same time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn this way, only two of the six counties of Qingzhou are still subordinate to Zang Ba, and the other counties are controlled by Hebei.

If the Northern Xinjiang Army is defeated and retreats to the north bank of the Yellow River, then Zang Ba will bear the brunt of the attack of the coalition forces. Zang Ba thought to himself, should he take precautions as soon as Chen Deng said, lest he end up working hard in vain and burying his life and that of tens of thousands of brothers in vain?

But now that Zang Hong and the three Taishou have taken office, even if he wants to rebel and drive Zang Hong and others out of Xuzhou, he has no time to separate, unless he agrees that Chen Deng will defect and lead the army to retreat to Qingzhou from the battlefield in Xuzhou.

However, in this way, Li Feng, Wu Dun and more than 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers on the battlefield in the Central Plains did not want to come back alive.

Thinking of Hebei's unsparing help to Qingzhou over the past year, thinking of the help and high hopes that the general Li Yi came to Qingzhou twice to help him, thinking of Cao Cao's hatred for the massacre of Xuzhou and Tao Qian's death, and thinking of Liu Bei's exclusion and suppression of himself, Zang Ba's heart fell into a fierce struggle, how to choose?

Just when Zang Ba was very hesitant, the letter from Handan made him keenly smell a hint of crisis.

Handan wrote that if the rebels on the battlefield in Xuzhou attacked too fiercely, Zang Ba could lead the army to abandon Langya County and stick to Qingzhou.

Zang Ba thought to himself, Handan's offensive and defensive strategies on the battlefield in Xuzhou are so negative, does it mean that the Central Plains war situation is also heading towards the abyss of defeat?

Zang Ba locked himself in his study, thinking about the battle situation day and night, carefully weighing the pros and cons.

At this time, he was a little bad, but there was no place to bury him.

Xue Lan and Yin Li saw that Zang Ba was getting more and more haggard, silent all day long, and they didn't understand it, but they didn't know what Zang Ba was thinking, and they couldn't persuade him.

At this time, Zang Hong, the Thorn of Qingzhou, and Youheng, the Taishou of Pingyuan County, personally escorted the grain and grass to Kaiyang.

Zang Ba was very surprised when he heard the news.

Could it be that Hebei heard something? Zang Ba went out of the city nervously to greet him.

Zang Hong is very famous in Xuzhou, although he went to the Central Plains to crusade against Dong Zhuo with Zhang Chao, the former Taishou of Guangling County, in his early years, and has not come back since, but the Zang family is a high-ranking family in Guangling County, Xuzhou, and his people are the people of the main alliance when they are in the Sour Jujube Alliance, and the name has long spread all over the world. Zang Ba has been famous for a long time, and when he saw him at this time, he saw his heroic appearance and dignified appearance, and he was even more admired.

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, You Heng stared at Zang Ba's eyes and asked with a smile: "General Zang, are you surprised that the two of us have traveled thousands of miles to Kaiyang?" ”

Zang Ba kept the smile on his face, unfazed, and looked calm.

He was well acquainted with Youheng, he had been taught this person's arrogance for more than a year, and the best way to deal with such a person was silence and a respectful expression. No matter how wildly he sprays, you will always listen to you and never say a word. After a long time, he repeatedly found himself bored, and his wild spirit naturally subsided a lot.

You Heng is also very aggrieved in Qingzhou, one Gao Shun, one Zang Ba, both of them are calm and few words, often You Heng spit and splash stars, his voice is dumb, and he can't hear the two of them reply a word. Guan Hai was still working against him at the beginning, but he was scolded by him every time, and then Guan Hai learned well, and when he saw Youheng, he ran away, and he couldn't hide if he couldn't provoke him.

But hate to hate, a few people still admire the talent of You Heng, You Heng is not only proficient in the scriptures, the rhetoric is a must, dealing with government affairs is also a lot of tricks, Qingzhou can successfully implement the new field system and the new tax system in a very short period of time, largely thanks to his many implementation strategies.

"We were worried that Chen Yuanlong was going to drive a wedge between you and Hebei, so we hurriedly came to see you." You Heng did not shy away from it, and directly said what he meant.

Zang Ba was shocked, but the smile on his face did not change in the slightest.

"We are very familiar with Yuanlong." Zang Hong said with a smile on the side, "Like Zhengping, he has had a stinky temper since he was a child, but his intelligence is too outstanding." You got along well with him in Xuzhou, and the reason why you got along well with him was because of your down-to-earth character. Yuanlong knows you very well, and he will definitely not miss this opportunity to use your personality to turn against you. ”

Zang Ba was taken aback again, Huo Ran woke up, and a trace of coolness couldn't help but pass through the vest. Zang Ba's face did not change, but his eyes changed, and You Heng, who had been staring at him, immediately noticed it and immediately asked, "Has he looked for you?" ”

Zang Ba hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"You met him?" You Heng's face suddenly sank, "No wonder I don't think you have the right complexion." I haven't been fighting for more than two months, you should have raised it, why are you so haggard, it turned out that you fell into Yuanlong's discord plan. ”

"Fluke." Zang Hong stretched out his hand to pat Zang Ba and comforted, "Fortunately, we came quickly, otherwise if you meet him a few more times, things will be out of control." ”

Zang Ba's smile faded away, and his face became ugly.

"Tell you something." Zang Hong approached Zang Ba and whispered, "The eldest princess and Mrs. Xiao Sui have already gone north to the desert to recruit Hu Qi, and at that time, Mrs. Mu Guiying, Li Xuan, the capital of Beiting, Xun Yan and the kings of the Hu clan will lead about 100,000 iron horsemen south to the Central Plains. ”

Zang Ba's thick eyebrows furrowed, and he exclaimed: "Hu Qi? His Royal Highness and the two ladies are going to lead Hu Qi south? ”

"Isn't it crazy?" You Heng raised his horsewhip, pointed to the north, and said with a triumphant smile, "Today, in terms of courage and courage, who can compare to our eldest princess?" ”

"How is this possible? How could the Hu people be allowed to go to the Central Plains to participate in the war? Zang Ba's blood surged, and a wave of anger rushed straight to his head, "How can you let the Hu people slaughter my Han people?" ”

Zang Hong smiled bitterly: "This is the will of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, to put it bluntly, it is the decision of the eldest princess, I heard that the ministers of Jicheng expressed their opposition in unison, but the eldest princess did not give in, and simply went to the desert with Mrs. Xiao Xuan in person." ”

"What's wrong with the Hu people? Those Hu people are also the people of my Han now, why can't your brain turn around? You Heng patted Zang Ba's arm with the horsewhip in his hand and laughed, "The lord led more than 200,000 troops into the desert back then, why?" Is it to get millions of livestock back? The desert is now the desert of the Han Dynasty, the territory of the Han Dynasty, and everything in that territory, including those Hu people, is the property of my Han Dynasty, why can't we use it? ”

Zang Ba snorted, and said with great dissatisfaction: "How can you let the Hu people go south? ”

"This dynasty since the Guangwu Emperor Zhongxing, first there are Southern Xiongnu called the vassals as vassals, and then there are Qiang species, Karasuma tribes have belonged one after another, in order to defend the border fortress, this dynasty has also repeatedly conscripted Hu cavalry to conquer the Quartet, at this time is the moment of the danger of Sheji, the imperial court ordered to recruit Hu cavalry to the south to quell the rebellion is still understandable." Although Zang Hong also had his own resistance feelings, in the face of Zang Ba's dissatisfaction, he had to defend the court's decision.

"That's a strategy to control Hu with Hu, and it's a strategy to fight the border, not a counterinsurgency strategy. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, how could the imperial court recruit Hu Qi to go south to quell the rebellion? Zang Ba said angrily, "Although this move can determine the outcome of the Central Plains War, I can't accept it." ”

"If you can't accept it, you can accept it after you figure it out, if you really can't figure it out, you can play the impeachment of the eldest princess, I support you." You Heng waved his hand vigorously and said with a smile, "The reason why we are telling you this is to strengthen your faith. In the Central Plains War, we have won. ”

"This matter has nothing to do with the Xuzhou battlefield, don't think about it for the time being, solve the matter on the Xuzhou battlefield first." Zang Hong persuaded, "We didn't have the right to know about this matter, but the general considered the safety of the Xuzhou battlefield, so he specially told us and asked us to rush to Kaiyang to tell you." Please General Zang must understand the general's painstaking efforts. ”

Zang Ba lowered his head and thought for a while, let out a long sigh, and said, "Yuanlong told me that Yuan Shao has made up his mind to hold on to the Guandu battlefield until winter comes. At that time, the Yellow River was frozen, the transportation of grain and grass was difficult, and Hebei's financial endowment was also on the verge of exhaustion, even if we had 100,000 cavalry, what could we do? Do you want the Hu people to abandon their war horses and attack the city? ”

"Why not?" You Heng smiled indifferently, "The more Hu people die, the safer the northern Xinjiang will be, and the safer the northern Xinjiang will be, so we will have no worries, and the pace of pacifying the world will be faster." Can't you even think of that? Do you think that the imperial court requisitioned Hu Qi to travel thousands of miles to the south, and did he really have any good intentions? ”

Zang Ba and Zang Hong looked at You Heng thoughtfully.

"That's why I said you're stupid, you can't think of such a simple thing." You Heng raised his horsewhip very rampantly and knocked on Zang Ba's battle helmet, and said proudly, "Chen Yuanlong thinks he is smart, trick you, I'll give you an idea, you will do what you want, trick him once." When the time comes, you take advantage of his unpreparedness to eat him in one bite, and then kill Xuzhou directly, you will definitely make him so angry that he vomits blood and dies, haha......"

Zang Ba asked puzzledly: "Will the plan be calculated?" ”

You Heng nodded, leaned into Zang Ba's ear and whispered, "Yes." You took the initiative to contact Chen Deng, making a painful look, Chen Deng saw that the plan succeeded, he would definitely coerce and lure, you took the opportunity to blackmail him, and you could extort as much money as you could, and then you pretended to be persuaded by him, handed over a plea to Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, and expressed your willingness to respond internally, led the army back to Qingzhou, and joined forces with Chen Deng to attack Jizhou. ”

"Attack Jizhou?" Zang Ba's eyes lit up, and he followed You Heng's words and said, "Trick Chen Deng to Qingzhou, and then ......"

"Then it's the lord's business, and the lord can use this matter to make all kinds of gestures to lure the enemy." You Heng smiled proudly, "In short, as long as you use the Xuzhou battlefield to deceive Yuan Shao into a mess, thinking that you have the chance to win and are willing to wave the army to a decisive battle, it will be a great achievement." (To be continued.) )