When Wang Hun saw the soldiers guarding the gate wearing all Xuzhou military uniforms, he couldn't help but feel strange. Didn't Zang Ba have turned against Tao Qian? Why were his soldiers still wearing Xuzhou military uniforms?

With this question, Wang Hun whispered to Zhou Cang, who was walking with him, "Yuan Fu, why are the subordinates of Leader Zang wearing Xuzhou military uniforms?" In order not to arouse the disgust of the young leader leading the way, he did not call Zang Ba's name directly, but instead learned from Zhou Cang and called him Zang Head.

"Mr. Wang doesn't know that these are originally soldiers from Xuzhou." Zhou Cang explained to Wang Hun in a low voice, "Tong Toutiao was the king of Mount Tai. Later, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others who were stationed in Kaiyang gathered the army, mainly led by Leader Zang, and presented the place to him."

"Oh, so that's how it is." After hearing this, Wang Hun couldn't help but nodded secretly, thinking that if Zang Ba had nothing outstanding, I'm afraid Sun Guan, Wu Dun and others would not take the initiative to submit to him. It seems that it is entirely necessary for the lord to send him to lobby him.

Wang Hun secretly thought that if Zang Ba had only one territory, Taishan, it would be not difficult to lobby him to surrender to Jizhou. But now, in addition to Taishan, there are also Kaiyang and other places, the bargaining chips that the lord gave to Zang Ba seem a little light. I am afraid that no matter how clever he is, it is probably not easy to convince Zang Ba.

When the people in the city saw a team of cavalry in different military uniforms, they stood beside them and looked around curiously, pointing their fingers from time to time, guessing where the other party came from and what they were doing here.

Before we knew it, the group of people, led by the little leader, came to the location of the government office. The little leader turned his head and smiled at Zhou Cang, "Captain Zhou, my big leader is inside, I'll go in and inform you." After that, he turned over and dismounted.

Zhou Cang, who was sitting on the horse's back, hurriedly clasped his fists to the little leader and saluted, "I'm thankful for this brother."

Seeing the little leader walking to the gate of the mansion, greeting the team guarding the goalkeeper, and then walked in swagger. A strange idea suddenly appeared in Wang Hun's mind, hoping that the little leader would not come out if he went in, because according to the current situation, even if he saw Zang Ba, he might not be able to convince the other party. The first task Han Zhan gave him ended in failure. How can he survive in the Jizhou Army system in the future?

Just as the heavens and man in Wang Hun's heart were fighting, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance. He turned his head and looked in the direction where the sound came, and saw several cavalrymen of the Jizhou army galloping along the street. Before he could figure out why the Jizhou cavalry appeared here, he heard Zhou Cang's "Huh" sound, and then said to him, "Mr. Wang, the tiger and leopard cavalry that guarded the lord, is there something urgent to do with the lord?"

In a moment, a few riders came to Wang Hun and Zhou Cang. After they held the mount, a man who looked like a sergeant said loudly to Wang Hun, "Mr. Wang, the lord's urgent letter!"

Wang Hun felt that the letters sent by Han Zhan to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry must be very important at this moment, so he quickly reached out to the other party and said, "Come and see!"

The sergeant took off the bamboo tube that was slapped on his body, pulled out a piece of cloth wrapped in a ball, and handed it to Wang Hun. Wang Hun took the cloth and couldn't wait to browse the contents on it. After he finished reading it, the sadness on his face suddenly disappeared. He slapped the sadness on his saddle excitedly and said, "With this letter from the lord, lobbying Zang Ba will surely succeed."

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Two days ago, after Wang Hun and Zhou Cang left Licheng, Guo Jia represented Han Zhan to entertain the gentry in the city in the county yamen. A gentry in his forties couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you see that Mr. Wang?"

How could Guo Jia reveal Wang Hun’s place to a strange gentry casually, and then said perfunctorily, “My lord asked him to go outside the city to do business, and he might not come back within a few days.”

Unexpectedly, the gentry approached Guo Jia and whispered, "Mr. Guo, I have something to tell you, but I wonder if I can talk with you?"

Guo Jia thought that the other party should not have the courage to lie to him, so he took the person to a side hall, and after he left the left and right, he asked, "There are no outsiders here, what do you have to say, but it doesn't matter."

"Military Guo," the gentleman said cautiously, "As far as I know, Mr. Wang went to Mount Tai?"

When Guo Jia heard the other party say this, he was secretly surprised, thinking that how did the other party know about such a hidden thing? But on the surface, he pretended to be nothing and said, "You're wrong. Mr. Wang is in the military camp outside the city at this moment, where did he go to Mount Tai?"

The gentry may have guessed that Guo Jia would answer this way, but did not defend himself. Instead, he said to himself, "The military advisor may not know that Zang Ba is not in Mount Tai, but in Kaiyang. He has three generals, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, and Yin Li, who occupy Jiqiu, Dongguan, Linyi and other places, and has 30,000 soldiers. If the Marquis of Anyang can take him under his command, his strength will definitely increase greatly."

When Guo Jia and Han Zhan discussed and persuaded Zang Ba to surrender, they thought that he only occupied Mount Tai, and at most, he had four or five thousand soldiers and gave him a general's empty position to recruit him. But when he heard the gentry say this, Guo Jia immediately realized that the original arrangement might be backfired, so he did not dare to neglect it. He quickly ordered someone to send the gentry back to the banquet, and he hurried to the back house to report the matter to Han Zhan.

After learning about this, Han Zhan also realized that he had sent Wang Hun and Zhou Cang to persuade Zang Ba to surrender. It was a bit too hasty, and the bargaining chips were given too low. Maybe Zang Ba thought he was insulting him, and maybe it would be counterproductive at that time. So he looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, how do you think you should remedy this?"

"If you want to recover Zang Ba, you can start from two points." Guo Jia thought for a moment and replied, "First, leave all the land we seized from Xuzhou to Zang Ba for management."

"This is no problem." Although the place Han Zhan is preparing to seize can be connected with Qingzhou, it is still separated from Jizhou and it is quite inconvenient to manage it. If Zang Ba can truly surrender to himself, even if he handed over this new land to him for management, what's the harm? After Han Zhan agreed to Guo Jia's proposal, he continued to ask "That second point."

"The second is to grant Zang Ba the title." Guo Jia said cautiously. "Although the lord is only Anyang Marquis, since the lord is now in Yedu, the lord will definitely not object to whom he wants to recommend and who he is promoted. Therefore, the lord can add the title to the conditions of persuading Zang Ba the title."

"Since Zang Ba is in Kaiyang, it is better to give him the Marquis of Anyang." After Han Zhan said this, he ordered Guo Jia to "Fengxiao and immediately send a messenger to convey the meaning of this Marquis to Wang Hun and Zhou Cang. As long as Zang Ba is willing to surrender, this Marquis can recommend him as the Marquis of Kaiyang, and even serve as the governor of Xuzhou in the future. It is not impossible."

Guo Jia silently wrote down Han Zhan's words in his heart, then said goodbye and left. Back in the literary room, he immediately drafted a letter, and sent several tiger and leopard cavalry to Kaiyang day and night to find Wang Hun and Zhou Cang, and handed the emergency letter to the two of them.
Chapter completed!