The general representing Han Zhan was Chen Dao. He saw that the yard was full of people, and the people at the forefront knew each other, all of whom were famous gentry in the city. Yesterday, he also asked the grain merchants for mercy and was quite rude to him in his words. Although the rest of the kneeling people had never seen them, they must have the same identity. Maybe they were frightened when they saw the grain merchants being killed by him, so they came to admit defeat. Thinking that the army was resting here for two days and was about to leave, he was unwilling to deal with these people more, so he said disdainfully: "Okay, it's getting late, so let's go back."

The gentry kneeling on the ground usually bowed their hands when they saw the county magistrate. Today, they were really scared and came to show their kindness. They thought Han Zhan would always come out to comfort him so that they could get along with each other in the future, but they did not show up at all, but only sent one subordinate to receive him. As a result, everyone was unsure.

Although Chen Dao asked them to go home alone, no one dared to get up easily. Who knew that if they were the first to go home at this time, would the Jizhou army, like a wolf, and tiger, break into the house and let themselves follow the footsteps of those grain merchants? So everyone still knelt on the ground and begged Chen Dao, hoping to meet Anyang Hou.

Of course, Han Zhan would not come out to see them, but in order to reassure these gentry, he sent Guo Jia to appease everyone. Seeing Guo Jia appear, the gentry felt much more at ease, and everyone expressed to him that he was willing to offer double the food and salary to reward the Jizhou army who had come from afar.

Treating the gentry in Licheng in this way was originally a plan by Guo Jia to help Han Zhan establish his power. From Chen to the singular, he scared the gentry to death, and then Guo Jia came out to sing red and soothe people's hearts. When Han Zhan unified the four northern states in the future and came to take Xuzhou again, these gentry would not dare to have any other intentions.

Guo Jia stepped forward to help several older gentry and comforted them kindly. He bowed to the four sides and said, "All gentry, the Marquis of Anyang cannot meet the guests because of the cold wind and cold. He ordered Jia to come and enter the hall. Everyone, please enter the hall." Everyone followed him into the lobby. Seeing that there had been a banquet here, there, so he didn't know that the other party had planned it, but he had to pretend to be happy, so as not to cause him a murder.

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Wang Hun and Zhou Cang led a team of cavalry to Mount Tai day and night to pay homage to Zang Ba.

Two days later, they came to a small town outside Kaiyang City. A team of soldiers wearing Xuzhou military uniforms were stationed outside the town. When they saw cavalry coming, the small leader who led the team hurried to the middle of the road, blocked everyone's way, and asked directly: "Who are you, what are you doing here?"

Zhou Cang went up and saw that although the little leader could not be named, he had seen him before. He quickly clasped his fists on the horse's back and saluted: "This brother is Zhou Cang, who went to Mount Tai to visit Head Zang!"

When the little leader saw Zhou Cang, he also felt familiar with the other party, but because Zhou Cang was wearing military uniform, he could not confirm the other party's identity. After hearing Zhou Cang reported to his house, he quickly waved his hand to the back, and asked the soldiers following behind to put down their weapons. Then he smiled and said, "It turns out that it is Chief Zhou. What's the wind today that blows you here?"

Seeing that the little leader ordered people to put away the weapons, Zhou Cang felt a little more at ease, at least he would not have a disagreement. The two sides met in war, so they repeated the words just now: "I have something important to see Leader Zang, and I want to rush to Mount Tai. Please give me some convenience and let us go."

After hearing what Zhou Cang said clearly, the little leader tilted his head and looked at the cavalry behind him, as well as Wang Hun, who was wearing black official uniforms, and asked vigilantly: "Captain Zhou, why are there so many official troops around you? When did you surrender to the court?"

Zhou Cang replied carelessly: "To be honest with this brother, I have defected to the Marquis of Anyang in Jizhou. Now, he is here to meet the leader Zang on his order. I also ask my brothers to give it a convenience and let us go to see leader Zang."

When the young leader saw Zhou Cang wearing military uniform, he thought he had surrendered to the Xuzhou army. He was relieved when he heard that he was surrendering to the Jizhou army. Although he was just a small leader, he also heard that the Jizhou army had approached Xuzhou recently, and Zang Ba was summoning his subordinates to discuss countermeasures. At this moment, Zhou Cang, who had surrendered to Jizhou, appeared here, proving that the Jizhou army did not want to be an enemy of Taishan, so he smiled and said to Zhou Cang: "I didn't expect that the leader Zhou to surrender to the Jizhou army, which is really gratifying. Leader Zang is not in Taishan, but is in Kaiyang City at the moment. Why not let the young man lead the way for the leader Zhou, how about it?"

Seeing that the young leader was willing to lead the way, Zhou Cang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly clasped his fists to salute him, saying gratefully: "In this way, there will be a labor of brothers!"

"Little ones!" The little leader said loudly to his subordinates: "I want to take Leader Zhou to meet the big leader. You are careful to watch here and not allowed outsiders to enter the town casually. Do you understand?" After hearing the loud answers from his subordinates, the little leader said to Zhou Cang, "Leader Zhou, Leader Zhou, please follow me."

Seeing that the little leader had no horse, Zhou Cang hurriedly ordered a cavalry behind him and gave a horse to the little leader, so that he would not walk too slowly and could not keep up with the speed of his team.

The group of people entered the town under the leadership of the little leader. Looking at the orderly streets in the town and the pedestrians coming and going, Wang Hun couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect that although Zang Ba was a bandit, the people in the places he controlled lived and worked in peace and contentment, much better than other places."

Zhou Cang turned his head and looked at Wang Hun and said, "Mr. Wang, strictly speaking, Leader Zang should not be considered a bandit. He used to be an official appointed by the court. However, after he turned against Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, he occupied Kaiyang and Taishan and other places to establish himself."

Because Wang Hun came in a hurry, he had never known Zang Ba's situation. At this moment, he heard Zhou Cang say that he occupied Taishan and Kaiyang and other places because he became enemies with Tao Qian. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Yuan Fu, do you know why he opposed Tao's governor?"

"I only know that Leader Zang was a cavalry commander under Tao Qian. Later, after leaving Xia Pi, he went to Mount Tai. After staying for half a year, he sent troops south and occupied Kaiyang and other places." Zhou Cang shook his head and said, "As for why he turned against the governor Tao, I don't know."

Everyone walked through the town and walked forward for seven or eight miles before they came outside a city. Seeing soldiers at the gate of the city checking out the people entering and leaving the city, the little leader turned his head and said to Zhou Cang: "Captain Zhou, please wait here for a while and wait for the younger one to say hello to the brothers at the gate of the city to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

Zhou Cang nodded and reached out to make a call: "Brother, please give me some advice!"

After the little leader left, Wang Hun looked at the city not far away and stared blankly. He was thinking to himself: The lord is really far-sighted. If Zang Ba is really willing to surrender and include Mount Tai and Kaiyang in the control of the Jizhou Army, then Qingzhou and Xuzhou can be connected together.
Chapter completed!