There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

With Zang Ba's ability, the reason why he was able to succeed in Kaiyang and dominate Langya County was very difficult for him alone.

Zang Ba alone is absolutely unable to compete head-on with Tao Qian's Xuzhou army and Danyang elite soldiers.

The reason why Zang Ba has been so arrogant in Xuzhou until now is because he has a group of friends and partners who accompany him, assist him, and forge ahead together.

And these friends are the five Mount Tai thieves including Zang Ba and Sun Guan.

The reason why they are called Taishan thieves is not because they occupy Mount Tai, but because of their origins and the bravery of their soldiers, most of them were recruited in the area of ​​Mount Tai.

Like the heroic Mount Tai army led by Wang Kuang and Bao Xin back then, the soldiers under the command of the Five Thieves of Mount Tai are also extremely powerful soldiers of Mount Tai.

It is precisely because the Taishan soldiers led by the five thieves are extremely powerful. In history, Zang Ba and others have been in a semi-independent state on the eve of the Battle of Guandu. Even after Cao Cao subdued them, they were not completely independent. Subordinate to Cao Cao, but supported Cao Cao semi-freely under conditional circumstances, and repeatedly violated Qingzhou, which played an effective restraint on Yuan Shao's eastern front.

If there is no such premise of this big marriage, the pottery merchant would not dare to take action against the five thieves of Mount Tai easily, but even with this premise, the matter may not go smoothly.

Chapter 369 It's time to get rid of evil

After Zang Ba practiced Changlong, he came to Sun Guan's side while wiping his sweat. Sun Guan took the initiative to hand him a cloth for wiping, and said in a low voice, "Brother, have you thought it through?"

Zang Ba took the cloth towel, wiped the raindrops of sweat from his head, and said, "Why do you want to think about it?"

"Hi!"

Sun Guan was very annoyed by Zang Ba's effort to pretend 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 it before." Letter and we, we want our brothers to join him, attack from north to south, and jointly deal with the Tao family in Xuzhou! At that time, Xuzhou will be divided equally."

Zang Ba smiled disdainfully when he heard the words, and said: "To deal with the Xuzhou Tao family? Divide Xuzhou equally? He Yuan Shu was in Ruxuwu back then, and his army of 4 was beaten by [-] horses led by Jin. How dare you make another conspiracy? Could it be that the Yuan surname wants to lose Shouchun's hometown to the Tao family, so he is willing to give up!"

Sun Guan shook his head and said: "Brother, although the matter is such a matter, you can't say it like that. Yuan Shu's one hundred thousand soldiers back then were all new troops after all, and they didn't have much combat power. Now after several years of training, they are already It can’t be compared with the past... Now that Tao Qian has become Xuzhou Shepherd, pottery has become Yangzhou Shepherd, and he still has to worship the Taifu, and sooner or later the situation in the southeast will be fully owned by his father and son! We, the Five Masters of Mount Tai, have been operating in Langya Kingdom for so many years. What is it? It is to respect this place alone, but with the current development momentum of the Tao family, if they are allowed to continue to be arrogant, this Langya country may no longer be owned by our brothers."

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

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taishan County in Yanzhou, and the corresponding mountain and sea area, that is, the northwest of Langya Kingdom, was a special area with mountains behind and sea facing.

Set up troops here to defend themselves according to the danger, which can not only resist the government, but also copy the common people. This is the so-called county connecting mountains and seas.

It is indeed a paradise for criminals such as Zang Ba.

And because of the special nature of this area, Langya Kingdom became the birthplace of criminals who fought against the Eastern Han government long before Zang Ba and the Five Thieves of Mount Tai. These people can be referred to as the Langya Gang for short.

In the second year of Yongxing, the Langya thief Gongsun Ju rebelled and became the number one thief on the Langya list, and was later defeated by the famous Eastern Han general Duan Yu.

In the third year of Yanxi, the Langya thief Lao Bing rebelled and became the second Langya thief on the Langya list.

In the eleventh month of the third year of Yanxi, Langya thief uncle Sun Wuji attacked and killed Du Wei Hou Zhang, becoming the third Langya thief.

But Zang Ba and the others carried on the past and opened up the future, and climbed to the top of the Langya List in the new era, and there were five of them!

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

The reason why Langya Kingdom always has thieves and bandits on the list is because of its unique natural advantages. It can not only defend itself according to the mountains, but also float into the island by floating into the sea. Moreover, because of the natural environment, many county residents here have moved into the mountains with their families. "Come in swaddle", to a certain extent, he has become the same mountain people as Shanyue.

Due to the influence of the environment, these northern mountain people are in a state of tension at all times, and they are extremely combative. Naturally, these people are the main source of soldiers for Zang Ba and the other five thieves on Mount Tai.

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

This is also the reason why Tao Qian had no choice but to take Zang Ba for so many years.

But the stronger the power of the Tao family is now, the more embarrassing the situation of the five thieves of Mount Tai will become. There is a possibility that the Tao family will take back Langya Kingdom at any time.

Especially after the Jinling Army defeated Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Yan Baihu, Ze Rong, Puyang Cao Jun and other troops in a row, the Five Thieves of Mount Tai began to feel a little timid.

Facing such a powerful army, if he wanted to continue to stand on his own between Langya Country and Taishan County, and continue to be so self-closing, it would definitely be impossible.

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

Originally, this was a breakthrough point for the Five Thieves of Mount Tai, but Yuan Laoer made a mistake again at a critical moment. In his letter, he did not invite Zang Ba and others to be his allies, but asked them to lead the crowd to join him.

In Yuan Shu's cognition, Zang Ba and others are just a group of low-end thieves who gather in the mountains and forests.

As the rear general, he was the descendant of the fourth generation and the third lord. To let a group of Taishan thieves submit to him is really a big face for them!

Zang Ba and others were able to receive their invitation, they should really burn incense to thank their ancestors for their manifestation, and rejoice that their family is blessed.

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

Therefore, the matter was delayed for a while.

Zang Ba was not in a hurry, but Sun Guan was in a hurry. This person's vision was not as far-sighted as Zang Ba's, so he kept trying 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 being Yuan Shu's vassal or subordinate, in his opinion, even if Yuan Shu was his ally, he was not qualified.

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

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Just when Zang Ba was undecided about whether to join forces with Yuan Shu, the elite Jinling army led by Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Tai Shici from Pengcheng, took advantage of the time when the soldiers and civilians of Pengcheng were preparing for the potter's wedding, and headed towards Kaiyang at high speed. Move forward.

"The soldiers of the five thieves of Mount Tai are all warriors recruited from the Mount Tai army and the people of Langya Mountain in the past. Their combat power should be comparable to that of our Taishan army in Jinling City!" Tai Shici commanded the soldiers to move quickly. Entering the army, he explained to Xu Chu and Zhao Yun: "The five thieves divided their troops into camps and formed a corner. It is difficult to break through at ordinary times, but now it is catching up with the Taifu's wedding, and the soldiers and people inside and outside Pengcheng are celebrating. Therefore, the defense of Kaiyang must be maintained. To a certain extent, it must have been weakened, we take the opportunity to capture Zang Ba's camp this time, as long as we can capture this person, the other four thieves can be passed on, and Langya Kingdom can return to Xuzhou smoothly by then."

After listening to Tai Shici's explanation, Xu Chu smiled, and said in a naive voice: "Although you two are sworn brothers of Tai Tuo, Zang Ba's head must belong to a certain family, and you two don't need to think about it." .”

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

"As long as Zang Ba can be caught as planned, it doesn't matter who catches him."

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Indeed, as potters, Guo Jia and others guessed, Zang Ba's troops stationed in Kaiyang, after knowing the current festive events in Pengcheng, relatively relaxed their vigilance and reduced some of their defense forces.

After dinner in the evening, most of the Taishan bandit army basically fell asleep, except for a few parts who were watching the night.

Kaiyang County in the night is very quiet. The cool summer night wind occasionally blows the sneezing sound of war horses quietly into the air, and various unknown insects in the grass are chirping unscrupulously.

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

In order to be able to see more clearly, the Taishan bandit soldiers who were watching the night lit more than a dozen bonfires around the barracks to assist their sight.

The burning bonfire emitted a scorching light, illuminating hundreds of steps around.

Suddenly, the rapid and intensive sound of horseshoes sounded like thunder from a distance.

The soldiers who were patrolling around were startled, and hurriedly gathered outside the camp in groups of three or five, and the shrill horn sounded through the night sky.

The Jinling army is coming!

3 Chapter Seventy

In the blink of an eye, it was the auspicious day for the potter's wedding.