Although he didn't pay much attention to Zang Ba in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Han Zhan knew that this person was extraordinary. Zang Ba's father Zang Jie was a prison guard in the county. He was annoyed and embarrassed and was detained by the prefect who was angry and was imprisoned for crimes because he abides by the law and did not obey the prefect's orders. Zang Ba, who was only eighteen years old at the time, immediately summoned more than a dozen diners and went to the west mountain of Fei County to defeat hundreds of yamen runners and soldiers, killed the prefect and rescued his father. Through this deed, Zang Ba's filial and bravery was famous all over the countryside.

When the Yellow Turbans were in trouble, Zang Ba, who was exiled to Donghai County, defected to Tao Qian and was appointed as the cavalry commander. In the battle to destroy the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou, Zang Ba made many outstanding achievements. Unfortunately, he turned against Tao Qian and later led his own group of his confidants to Mount Tai and occupied the mountain as king there. Especially Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others came to surrender, Zang Ba stationed in Kaiyang area and became a overlord. After Lu Bu entered Xuzhou, he once met Zang Ba, but did not get any advantage. Later, under the persuasion of his general Gao Shun, Lu Bu shook hands with Zang Ba and made peace with him.

In the third year of Jian'an, when Cao Cao attacked Lu Bu, Zang Ba and others led troops to assist Lu Bu. After Lu Bu was captured, Zang Ba surrendered to Cao Cao and surrendered Wu Dun, Yin Li, Sun Guan, Sun Guan's brother Sun Kang and others. Cao Cao appointed Zang Ba as the prime minister of Langya and also gave important tasks to Wu Dun and others. At the same time, he also handed over Qing and Xuzhou to Zang Ba for jurisdiction.

Han Zhan will naturally not let such a great man go if he has the opportunity to recruit him. After Guo Jia finished speaking, he looked at the other party and asked, "Fengxiao, who do you think can take on this important task and go and convince Zang Ba?"

Guo Jia smiled faintly and then said, "The lord appointed Wang Hun, the newly cast, as the prefect, and Jia felt that there would definitely be someone who would not be convinced. If he asked him to persuade Zang Ba, as long as he succeeded, there would naturally be no more rumors."

"What if it's not successful?" Han Zhan asked back: "How should Benhou settle him?"

"Jia has already told the lord that appointing Wang Hun as the prefect is just a thousand gold coins to buy bones." Guo Jia said thoughtfully: "If his abilities are really limited, then his future will stop here. You might as well let him serve as the prefect for two years and find a suitable person to replace him."

Han Zhan knew very well that after just pacifying Qingzhou, a group of officials would definitely need to be managed. However, the number of people under his command was limited, and he could only attract more people to join him by buying bones with a thousand gold coins. Even if Wang Hun's ability is not good, he would have to be the prefect for at least two years first, and then find a suitable candidate to replace him, so as not to be said to be burned by others.

However, Han Zhan was very worried when he asked Wang Hun to go to Mount Tai alone to persuade Zang Ba. He thought for a while and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, Zhou Cang once occupied the mountain in Mount Tai and became the king. I believe he had some understanding of Zang Ba. Why not let him go to Mount Tai with Wang Hun and take care of each other."

"Zhou Cang?!" Guo Jia repeated the name and showed a sudden expression on his face: "Master, is it that General Zilong's follower?" Seeing Han Zhan nodding to show his affirmation, he continued, "It's the lord who has thought it through carefully, so let Zhou Cang escort Wang Hun to Mount Tai to recruit Zang Ba."

Han Zhan made up his mind, walked to the hall, and shouted outside: "Come on!"

Following the shouting, an escort immediately walked in, bowed and asked, "What are the instructions for lord?"

"You go to the military camp outside the city quickly." Han Zhan ordered the other party, "Go and call General Zilong. By the way, bring Zhou Cang with him when he comes!"

"Here!" After agreeing, the guard stepped out of the lobby.

After two incense sticks, Han Zhan heard a burst of rapid horse hooves coming from the mansion. He listened for a while and heard at least a team of 100 people. He guessed that Zhao Yun might have arrived.

Sure enough, after a while, Han Zhan saw Zhao Yun walking into the gate with a man strode into the main hall and heading towards the main hall. After entering the lobby, Zhao Yun bowed to Han Zhan, who was sitting in the middle, and said in a comprehensive manner: "See the lord!"

"General Zilong is exempted from the gift!" Han Zhan said as he turned his eyes to the person behind Zhao Yun. After seeing clearly that it was Zhou Cang, he nodded slightly.

"Lord!" Although Zhao Yun and Han Zhan are sworn brothers, on formal occasions, he showed respect and respect to Han Zhan: "I wonder what instructions do you have to ask your subordinates to come here?"

"General Zilong," Seeing that Zhao Yun was calling him one by one, Han Zhan would not call Zhao Yun the eldest brother in front of other subordinates, and could only say in an official tone: "I am calling you here for the sake of Zang Ba of Taishan."

"Zang Ba?" Zhao Yun could not help but hesitate for a moment when he heard this name, and then said cautiously: "Our army has just acquired Qingzhou. The troops are exhausted. It is still difficult to capture some counties in Xuzhou. There is no need to attack Zang Ba at this time. After all, he and our wells will not violate the rivers."

"General Zilong, you're wrong." Seeing that Zhao Yun had misunderstood Han Zhan's meaning, Guo Jia quickly stood up and said, "My lord is not trying to let you wipe out Zang Ba, but intends to let someone surrender him."

"Recruit Zang Ba?" Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment and asked tentatively: "Master, do you want Zhou Cang to do this?"

Zhou Cang, who was standing behind Zhao Yun, saw Han Zhan nodding and confirming the matter, couldn't help but say in a panic: "My lord, my small ability is limited. If you want to recruit Zang Ba, you may miss the lord's big event."

"Lord." Zhao Yun also felt that Zhou Cang's ability was limited. Even if he and Zang Ba were old acquaintances, it would probably not be easy to persuade the other party to surrender. If Zang Ba angered, he might even bring himself to death. Therefore, he helped Zhou Cang and said, "Zhou Cang is a powerful general, but when it comes to letting him be a lobbyist and persuading Zang Ba to surrender, he may not be able to do so."

"This time I went to Mount Tai to lobby Zang Ba, and the lord planned to send Wang Hun to go." Guo Jia stared at Zhou Cang and said to Zhao Yun: "Considering that Zhou Cang had dealt with Zang Ba, he would accompany him to go there, Wang Hun's chance of successful lobbying."

After figuring out what happened, Zhou Cang quickly stepped forward and expressed his opinion to Han Zhan: "Lord, the young man had dated Zang Ba and would definitely do his best to assist Mr. Wang and persuade him to come and surrender to his lord."

"Yuan Fu," Han Zhan walked to Zhou Cang, put an arm on his shoulder, and said to him: "If Zang Ba is willing to surrender, then everyone will be happy. But if he refuses, everyone has their own ambitions and does not have to force it. This marquis only hopes that you and Mr. Wang can return safely."

Zhao Yun suddenly felt that he didn't see Wang Hun and Chen Dao in the hall, so he asked curiously: "Lord, I wonder where Mr. Wang is now?"

"The grain merchants in the city are abominable. The grains in their families are piled up like mountains, but they are not sold to Ziyi, which almost caused Ziyi and thousands of soldiers to die because of the loss of food." When this matter was mentioned, Han Zhan was full of anger: "So, this marquis ordered Mr. Wang to send troops to search several grain merchants in the city, confiscate their property, and then behead the evil ones in trouble and behead the public."

Han Zhan's words made Zhao Yun take a breath. He hesitated for a while before speaking: "Lord, those who can open grain shops in the city should be all powerful people in Xuzhou. It is probably inappropriate for you to deal with them like this..."

"There's nothing wrong," Han Zhan interrupted Zhao Yun without waiting for Zhao Yun to finish his words, waved his hand and said, "If you let these grain merchants do whatever you want, then others will think that our Jizhou army is weak and easy to bully, and will become even worse. This marquis will order Shu Zhi and Mr. Wang to behead the evil spirits tomorrow, just to kill a warning to those local tyrants and let those local tyrants see what the outcome would be like to be enemies with our Jizhou army. If anyone dares to be disrespectful to our Jizhou army like bullying Ziyi, I will not care about killing a few more people."

Because Taishi Ci was worried about offending the local tyrants, she could only choose to swallow her anger when she couldn't buy food, and torture the soldiers under her command, so that they could endure hunger. If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had not led their troops to rescue in time, they might have been destroyed. Since Han Zhan came to Licheng, he was always in a state of uneasy and did not know what Han Zhan would do with him. At this moment, when he heard what Han Zhan said, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. It turned out that the lord not only did not blame him, but even ordered the killing of the grain merchants to vent his anger for him.

Thinking of this, Taishi Ci quickly stood up, walked to Han Zhan to kneel down on one knee, and said gratefully: "My lord's kindness is unforgettable. My life will be my lord from now on. No matter how many swords and fires are, my lord will never hesitate if he is sent."
Chapter completed!