There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

In particular, this kid also threw out a sweet date for himself to rule Langya Kingdom justifiably.

Zang Ba sighed in his heart, this kid is a bit more shrewd than his father.

This matter is really easy for him to handle. With the current status of the pottery merchant, if he asks the emperor to play the role, Liu Xie will definitely give him this face.

But of course, if this happens, the pottery merchant and Zang Ba are actually just using each other's relationship, they are still on guard against each other, and it is absolutely impossible to completely trust each other.

If Zang Ba successfully returned to manage Langya Kingdom, the natural area most beneficial to him, and was assisted by the mighty Taishan Army, he could accept the appointment of pottery merchants in name, but he could still be in a semi-independent state in fact.

And the potter's connivance and preferential treatment to him was to use him to resist or restrain Yuan Shao's development in Qingzhou, so as to reduce Xuzhou's pressure on the front line of Qingzhou.

Seeing that Zang Ba was moved, but he hadn't made up his mind yet, the potter suddenly took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve, and read to him: "This is the new information about Qingzhou that the school affairs office submitted to me. Do you want to hear it? ?"

Zang Ba turned his head and stared at him, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want to."

The potter was very unreasonable: "If you don't want to, you have to listen."

Then, the potter slowly unfolded the bamboo slips and said: "According to the report from our school in Qingzhou, Yuan Shao has appointed his eldest son, Yuan Tan, as the governor of Qingzhou, and led his troops to Pingyuan, intending to annex the land of Qingzhou! Do you know what is the first thing to do after the plains?"

"If you fart, let it go!" Zang Ba retorted subconsciously.

The pottery merchant shook the bamboo slips in his hand, and said slowly: "Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shao to confer the title of Grand General Guo Zu in Taishan County, Gongsun Du and others as Zhonglang generals, and wantonly win over dozens of people from various places in Taishan County. Powerful, Baoshan is a bandit... On the surface, this is aimed at Taishan County in Yanzhou, but Taishan County and Langya Kingdom cannot be separated. Once Yuan Shao supports these people to revolt, do you think your Langya Kingdom can still survive? ?"

Zang Ba's face turned pale instantly.

Of course Zang Ba knew Guo Zu and Gongsun Du, they were from the side of Taishan County, and they were doing the same business as himself, Sun Guan, Chang Xi and others.

The power of these people is naturally inferior to the Five Thieves of Mount Tai, but if they get Yuan Shao's support...

Zang Ba had also considered that in order to subdue Qingzhou and expand the strength of the Eastern Front, Yuan Shao would probably attack Taishan County and Langya Kingdom, but what he did not expect was that Yuan Shao's actions would be so fast.

The pottery merchant saw Zang Ba's doubts and discomfort, smiled and said: "Cooperate with me, what you want is independence in Langya country, it doesn't matter to me, there is no real conflict between us, and right now The princes in the north are changing frequently. It is impossible for you to stay out of it... Zang Xuangao, only I can protect you now. You have no other choice but to unite with me... At least, we have lived together in Xuzhou all these years, Everyone is familiar with it."

After finishing speaking, the pottery merchant stood up and came to Zang Ba's bed. Like the Virgin Mary in heaven, he kindly extended his white palms to the suffering people.

"Be my son."

Zang Ba's eyes suddenly widened: "What did you say?!"

"Oh!" The pottery came to his senses all of a sudden: "It's a string of words, I mean, be my ally."

"Huh!" Zang Ba came back to his senses, and snorted softly: "It's not impossible for you and me to unite. Compared with other tiger and wolf princes, you, Mr. Taiping, are indeed quite a gentleman, and you must be a trustworthy... However, a certain family has one condition!"

The Tao merchant raised his eyebrows, and said doubtfully: "I have already promised to show you as Langya, what other conditions do you want to ask for? I don't have any money."

Zang Ba gritted his teeth and said: "You just slapped a certain family, and a certain family wants you to return it!"

The pottery merchant suddenly realized what he said, and said with a smile, "This is simple."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and slapped Zang Bashicai's left cheek, which had not been slapped, with another big slap on the ear.

The sound is very crisp.

There are two Wuzhishan red seals on Zang Ba's cheeks, one on the left and one on the right, looking extraordinarily dazzling.

Zang Ba stared at the potter in a daze, tears began to glisten in his eyes as big as copper bells.

The man actually cried because of two slaps from the pottery merchant.

"Why did you hit me again?"

The pottery merchant looked at Zang Ba suspiciously, and wondered: "Didn't you ask me to return the ear scraper to you? I don't know why you made such a self-abuse request...but when you turn around and look in the mirror, you will see what you have done." The one on the left and the one on the right are also quite well-proportioned! It’s pretty pleasing to the eye... that’s great!"

……

Huainan, Shouchun City.

Yuan Shu looked depressedly at the report sent back by the informant below, feeling extremely depressed in his heart.

Some time ago, he sent people to Langya country to contact Zang Ba and Sun Guan among the five thieves of Mount Tai. Zang Ba actually let the Xuzhou army take advantage of the potter's wedding, and Kaiyang was killed when his defense was lax.

And Chang Xi, one of the five thieves of Mount Tai, called on all the heroes of Mount Tai to avenge Zang Ba, and faintly showed the appearance of the new leader of the thieves of Mount Tai.

Yuan Shu changed his strategy and wanted to contact Chang Xi, but found that his bastard brother Yuan Shao actually contacted him first.

The plot against Xuzhou fell short, and Yuan Shu was very unhappy.

Compared with Yuan Shao, he seems to be one step slower every time.

He really hates Sharen.

In what way am I inferior to that concubine's son?

Just when Yuan Shu was so angry that he was about to gnash his teeth, Yan Xiang hurried over to visit him, saying that he had something important to report.

When Yan Xiang told Yuan Shu about this important matter, Yuan Shu was so surprised that he couldn't even keep his mouth shut.

"You, you said that Lu arranged a letter and wanted to go to Yuan Mou?"

Yan Xiang nodded excitedly, and said: "Exactly! General, we in Huainan lack horses, and most of them are infantry. Although the army is heavy, it is difficult to defeat the Jinling army with this formation. Now Lv Bu wants to lead his troops to surrender. He has many war horses under his command, and the Bingzhou wolf cavalry is a famous cavalry in the world, if the general can drive Lu Bu, let him potter and Liu Biao, it is nothing to worry about!"

Yuan Shu stood up abruptly upon hearing the words, "Where is Lu Bu now?"

Yan Xiang clasped his hands to Yuan Shu and said, "The troops are currently stationed thirty miles away, and they dare not move lightly. They are only waiting for the general to call, and I have already sent Zhou Yu to comfort him."

When Yuan Shu heard that Yan Xiang had sent Zhou Yu there, he was very upset.

"Why did you send him there? Don't you know that it is Sun Lang who Zhou Yu is close to now!"

3 Chapter Eighty: Zhou Yu's Careful Thoughts

Thirty miles to the north of Shouchun City, on the banks of the Yingshui River, Lü Bu's troops are camping here, waiting for news from Yuan Shu.

Zhou Yu received Yan Xiang's order, representing Yuan Shu's side, and comforted Yuan Shu at Lu Bu's army before Yuan Shu's exact order was issued.

Although Lu Bu had never heard of Zhou Yu's name, after hearing Zhou Yu's self-reported family name, he knew something about it.

Even though Lu Bu was born in Jiuyuan, he also knew that the third generation and two princes of the Zhou family in Lujiang were real wealthy noble families, and to a certain extent, they could barely compete with the Yuan family in Runan.

Even if Zhou Yu is not well-known now, but with the four words of the Lujiang Zhou family, he will be given a bit of a bad face wherever he goes.

Lu Bu then hosted a banquet in the tent to invite Zhou Yu.

Lu Bu's background is very ordinary, deep in his heart, he has always longed for the support and friendship of the gentry.

He was born at the bottom, and he really wanted to break into the aristocratic circle. This is a very normal psychological phenomenon.

The problem is, some things are not as simple as he thought.