The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 516 Zang Ba and Sun Guan

Zhang Wu became the queen, and the Zhang family of Qinghe had secretly sent someone to visit Zhang Wu, but in fact it was just to make friends with Zhang Wu, so as to gain fame in the future.But Qinghe County is in Hebei, and it is still Cao Wei's territory, and they dare not openly join Zhang Wu.

Although Zhang Wu has no biological brothers, he has two sworn brothers, and Zhang Wu has always regarded them as biological brothers.Gan Ning was granted the title of marquis because of his military merits, but Chen Sun had never been on the battlefield, so he was granted the title of marquis because of his clan lineage.

As for Zhang Wu's sons, they are still very young, and Zhang Wu has not yet planned to ennoble them with titles. Arrangements will naturally be made after Zhang Wu ascends the throne and becomes emperor.

The titles of Liu Bei and the brothers of the Ma family were made by their relatives, but Liu Bei's status was more special. He was made a duke and was hereditary, while the duke of the Ma family was inherited by one degree.Later, Zhang Wu's beloved concubines Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao gave birth to sons for Zhang Wu respectively. As a relative, Qiao Gong was also granted the title of Marquis.

Now all the people who are entrusted with feudal lords are likely to get a fief. All the people in Dachu are excited, thinking that such a good thing will fall on their own heads, so ordinary people are eager to join the army, and all the people in Dachu The aristocratic families all want to send people off in two places.

One is to send his sons to the army, hoping that they can make military exploits and be named Marquis Jianguo.

The other is to send his daughter to the palace of the King of Chu, hoping to gain the favor of the King of Chu, and then he can be made a marquis because of his relatives.

Zhang Wu welcomed those who sent his sons to join the army, because these children of wealthy families were still the elite of this era, and most of the generals and junior officers in the army also came from these people.And even after unifying the world, Da Chu will continue to expand in all directions, and the more talents the better.

Of course, there is danger in fighting. Maybe you can make meritorious deeds, become a marquis and build a country, or you may die in battle, shrouded in horse leather.

This all depends on one's ability and luck. It is said that wealth can be gained through danger.

Anyone who wanted to send women to the palace was rejected by Zhang Wu, because Zhang Wu felt that he had many women and they were enough.Besides, he didn't want too many daughters from aristocratic families to enter the palace. He didn't want to watch court battles in the court every day and watch palace battles after returning home at night.

Just one month after Zhang Wu enfeoffed the six princely states, Sun Guan, the governor of Qingzhou in Cao Wei, and Zang Ba, the governor of Xuzhou, sent their confidants to visit Lei Xu.

Sun Guan and Zang Ba followed Tao Qian in the crusade against the Yellow Turban in the early years, and worshiped the captain of cavalry because of their meritorious service.Later, Sun Guan joined forces with Zang Ba, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Sun Kang and others to form a bandit. With Zang Ba as the commander, they stationed in the Kaiyang area, and their momentum was very large.

When Cao Cao fought with Lu Bu, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others supported Lu Bu. Later, when Lu Bu was destroyed by Cao Cao, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others surrendered to Cao Cao.

Later, Zang Ba was the governor of Xuzhou, and Sun Guan was the governor of Qingzhou. They had fought against the Chu army in recent years, especially when Zang Ba was guarding Guangling County, he had been fighting against the Jianye Army of the Chu army.

These two men were very brave in fighting. During the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, these two men ensured the safety of the East, allowing Cao Cao to confront Yuan Shao in Guandu with peace of mind.

Therefore, when Cao Cao was still alive, he rewarded these two people very much, and basically gave them full power to handle the affairs of Xuzhou and Qingzhou. These two people were considered loyal and conscientious, although they were a little bit in the face of the Chu army's invincible navy and navy. It was difficult to deal with it, but they kept guarding Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

However, after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he always wanted to deprive Zang Ba and Sun Guan of their rights and territory, and wanted Xuzhou and Qingzhou to be completely brought under the management of the central court. To put it bluntly, he did not trust Zang Ba and Sun Guan, and wanted him to trust himself people to manage.

Because although Zang Ba and Sun Guan surrendered to Cao Cao, they had independent territories and armies, which were actually equivalent to local separatist forces, and Cao Cao had to implement a policy of restraint against them.When Cao Cao died, there was a commotion among Xuzhou soldiers and Qingzhou soldiers in Luoyang. Cao Pi could only appease them and did not dare to suppress them.

This guy Cao Pi experienced the chaos at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and learned a lesson from the chaotic history of Gangji, knowing that only by concentrating power in his own hands can the political situation be stabilized.Therefore, after he succeeded to the throne, he took a series of measures to strengthen the centralization of power, foster and win over his own political forces, redistribute the share of the power cake, and at the same time attack and exclude dissidents.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan were also within the range of Cao Pi's attack. In history, Cao Pi sent a large army to attack Wu three times on the grounds that Sun Quan refused to accept the proton, and took the opportunity to deprive Zang Ba of his military power.But now that Xuzhou and Qingzhou were on the front line against the Chu army, Cao Pi did not dare to act too much, and could only use every battle with the Chu army to secretly weaken the strength of these two people.

Now, after Zang Ba lost Guangling, he also lost all his direct troops. Cao Pi took the opportunity to deprive him of his military power and became a general of Cao Ren. Sun Guan was also controlled by Cao Ren. Cao Ren also sent Zhang Liao to check and balance. he.

The two of them had long seen that Cao Pi wanted to deprive them of their power, but they had no good way, and Cao Pi didn't want their lives, but they had territory and troops in their hands, so they were a little worried about them. After all, Old Cao Pi This is what the family has always done. All military power must be in the hands of the clan generals before they can rest assured.

Originally, in history, Wei State has always been the strongest. Zang Ba and Sun Guan honestly worked for the Cao family for the sake of future generations of the family.Sun Guan was injured and died in the battle with Wu in 217. Although Zang Ba lived longer, he later handed over power and was controlled by Cao Xiu.

But it’s different now, the old Cao’s family doesn’t know how many years they can last, the whole Wei country is already in turmoil, you Cao Pi still want to weaken the power in our hands?Since you are not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Lei Xu donated the land of Huainan in the early years. Not only was he made a high-ranking official and noble by the King of Chu, but now he has been entrusted to the territory, established a marquis, and enjoyed the fun of being a monarch.

If we dedicate Xuzhou and Qingzhou to the King of Chu, how can we be worse than that boy Lei Xu?
Anyway, under the threat of the Chu army's powerful navy, Xuzhou and Qingzhou don't know how long they can hold it. Rather than being taken away, it would be better for us brothers to exchange it for a feudal state!

Zang Ba and Sun Guan were stationed in Xuzhou and Qingzhou. Lei Xu was stationed in Huainan back then. They were not far from each other and they were very familiar with each other in private. They both joined Cao Cao from bandits. Lei Xu did not do as well as these two brothers back then. Well, these two brothers can't compare to others now.

Therefore, Zang Ba and Sun Guan sent people to contact Lei Xu, hoping to catch up with Zhang Wu through Lei Xu, and then dedicated Xuzhou and Qingzhou to Zhang Wu as a certificate of surrender.

After Zhang Wu got the news, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered Guan Yu to gather troops in Wancheng to make it look like he was going to attack Runan or Changchun to contain Cao Ren's army.At the same time, Gan Ning, Lu Meng, Lu Xun and others were ordered to lead the navy to land; Ding Feng and Lei Xu sent troops from Shouchun to cross the Huaihe River; Wenpin led troops from Guangling to the north to cooperate with Zang Ba and Sun Guan to capture Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

The three-way army took Gan Ning as its commander and Lu Xun as its chief of staff.

The town of Zang Ba and Sun Guanjiu had a great influence on Xuzhou and Qingzhou. With these two people surrendering and leading the way, coupled with the strong military strength of the Chu army, Xuzhou and Qingzhou basically cannot escape Zhang Wu's palm.

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