The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Zang Ba's reputation in later generations may not be very big, because of various reasons, but in the present, he is a well-known "hero" - Xun Zhen knew it as early as when he was the head of Fanyang Pavilion. After hearing his name, Xun Zhen went to Fanyang Pavilion to take up his post at that time, and on the wall of Fanyang Pavilion, he saw a document that the court wanted him.

Zang Ba, nicknamed Nukou, with the courtesy name Xuangao, was born in Huaxian, Taishan County, in the eighth year of Yanxi. ".

He was only eighteen years old when he was wanted by the court.

In that year, his father, Zang Jie, who was a prisoner in Hua County at the time, abides by the law and refused to cooperate with the county governor to kill, which aroused the anger of the county governor and got into trouble. As a result, he was arrested by the county officials and taken to the county mansion. The Zang family is a big surname in Hua County and even in Taishan County, and is very powerful in the local area. In order to ensure the smooth transfer of Tibetan Jie to the county house, the county guard mobilized more than a hundred soldiers at that time.

When Zang Bashi was at home, he was shocked when he heard about this, and made a decisive decision. He immediately summoned dozens of people from his family, took a small road and rushed to the front of the escort, and stopped them in the place of Xishan in Feixian County.

After intercepting it, he went up to grab someone. He was only eighteen at the time, and the ancients counted the age from the fetus. Seven years old, only seventeen years old, and there are only dozens of customers around him, and there are more than 100 soldiers on the opposite side. No matter how he looks at him, his chances of winning are not high, but his momentum is so strong that he actually suppressed the more than 100 soldiers on the opposite side. None of the hundreds of soldiers dared to move, and watched helplessly as he snatched his father away.

After this incident, Zang Ba became famous in the countryside for his "filial piety and bravery".

After the court wanted him, all the pavilions all over the world hung up his name and his affairs, which was equivalent to giving him a name in disguise. Therefore, his reputation was not only heard in the countryside, but now it is known to the world.

But he said that after stealing his father, Zang Ba fled from Taishan County to Donghai County in Xuzhou together with his father and dozens of guests.

Donghai is one of the five counties in Xuzhou. The northernmost part of Xuzhou is Langya County, and the south of Langya County is Donghai County. Donghai County and Langya County are both bordering Taishan County in Yanzhou. Zang Ba and his father were from Mount Tai. Although they belonged to two prefectures, Donghai and Langya, but because of the border, their father and son knew Donghai and Langya very well.

After arriving in Donghai County, it stands to reason that this is not their territory. Even if they are familiar with this place, they are still outsiders. Normally, the court should have easily caught them, but why couldn't they be caught for many years? ?

This is not because the law enforcement ability of local counties and pavilions is not good.

In general, there are two reasons.

First, with the dissemination of the court's wanted documents, Zang Ba's reputation for "filial piety, bravery and valour" has grown. "Hidden and desperate" is a serious crime, but it has always been a common thing for famous heroes. Ordinary desperate people, famous heroes are still hidden, not to mention "young heroes" like Zang Ba?

As a result, Donghai, and even the famous heroes from the surrounding counties of Donghai, all rushed to invite them, taking pride in being able to invite his father and son to live in "hidden" in their own homes.

These famous heroes are all local local snakes. With their protection, even if the prefecture, county, township and pavilion know where Zang Ba is, they will not dare to catch Zang Ba. The order from above may be a foreign official. They are all local people, so who would be foolish enough to offend a local tycoon for a foreign official?

——Not only Zang Ba, but in fact, this kind of situation was very popular in the Han Dynasty. Let’s not talk about it from afar, just talk about the people around Xun Zhen, Xu Zhong and Dian Wei, both of them are not the same as Zang Ba. Wanted for many years, not only did nothing happen, but his reputation grew.

This is a reason.

For another reason, Donghai belongs to Xuzhou, not Yanzhou.

Zang Ba stole his father. Of course, the then county governor of Taishan County was very angry, but Donghai was not under his control. Even if he went to the state government, Donghai also did not belong to Yanzhou prison. In this way, the county governor was No matter how angry you are, there is nothing you can do.

Because of this, Zang Ba and his father have been desperate for many years, but not only have they not been caught, but their reputation has become more and more famous.

Tao Qian's family is in Danyang County, Danyang County is in the south of Xuzhou, bordering Guangling County, and not too far from the East China Sea and Mount Tai, so he had heard the name of Zang Ba long before he came to Xuzhou, and knew that although this man was young, He is a well-deserved hero. Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Xuzhou last year, he personally sent someone to Donghai County to invite Zang Ba. From this point of view, it can be seen that Zang Ba is in Donghai County. He is already upright, knowing that he is here, but the court just can't arrest him and bring him to justice. From this, it can be seen that his reputation is great and that he is popular among Yan and Xu Haoxia.

Tao Qian had previously followed Zhang Wen to attack Bianzhang and Han Sui as "participating in the military". Although he said that he was specially invited by Zhang Wen, Zhang Wen treated him very well and was affectionate, but because he looked down on Zhang Wen However, he was very rude to Zhang Wen. Once at a banquet, Zhang Wen asked him to get up and have a drink, but he refused and publicly humiliated Zhang Wen at the banquet. No matter how good-tempered Zhang Wen was, he couldn't bear the humiliation of his servants in public. He was very angry, and decided to punish him and moved him to the border. Later, he changed his mind due to the persuasion of others, and sent someone to chase Tao Qian back. After Tao Qian came back, the person who persuaded Zhang Wen to change his mind came to persuade him to have a better attitude. Tao Qian agreed at the time. However, after seeing Zhang Wen, Tao Qian raised his face and did not look at Zhang Wen, saying, "I am guilty, I should ask the emperor to apologize, what does it have to do with you?" To say that Zhang Wen is not capable enough, But his temper is really good. Seeing that Tao Qian still has this attitude, he didn't get angry again, but smiled and said, "Gong Zu, has your infatuation been cured yet?"

Zhang Wen's sentence "Gong Zu's infatuation has not been eradicated yet"? Although it is a generous word, it is also a helpless word.

It can be seen that Tao Qian is also a bit arrogant and arrogant, a bit of a chivalrous person, and a bit of a "little temper".

He and Zang Ba, however, had similar tempers because of this.

Based on the "Danyang Soldiers" brought by Tao Qian and the Taishan Soldiers recruited by Zang Ba, and the cooperation of the local forces in Xuzhou, the three parties joined forces to fight, but they broke the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans in one battle.

After the battle, Tao Qian named Zang Ba as the captain of the cavalry and Sun Guan as the captain of the cavalry.

Zang Ba has been famous at home and abroad for so many years. Many heroes in Xuzhou, especially his hometown of Taishan in Yanzhou, have contacts with him, and even joined him. Sun Guan is the one who has a close relationship with him.

Besides Sun Guan, the famous heroes around Zang Ba include Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Xi and Sun Guan's elder brother Sun Kang.

These people are the main leaders of the Taishan soldiers under Zang Ba.

The Taishan soldiers under Zang Ba's command were not purely composed of people from Taishan. There were also people from Donghai, Langya, and other counties. However, the main force was people from Taishan, and the leaders of various ministries such as Sun Guan were also many. Taishan people, so the current Xuzhou up and down, up to the prefecture, down to Qianshou, they are all called "Taishan soldiers".

Although Zang Ba and Sun Guanxian now each have a military position of "Captain of Cavalry", strictly speaking, they are neither the state soldiers of Xuzhou nor the officials of the imperial court. part", "mercenary" nature.

The so-called "Yi Cong Buqu" naturally means that this army is the personal soldiers of Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others.

The so-called "mercenary" means that this team was "hired" by Tao Qian, unlike Tao Qian's "Danyang Soldiers", who were recruited by Tao Qian himself, and many of his soldiers were from him. The county people of Tao Qian, etc., if they are his own righteous followers, will absolutely obey his orders, but Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others are not, they are not Tao Qian's righteous followers, and have strong independence.

Last year's attack on the Yellow Turbans, although they won the first battle, drove the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans out of Xuzhou, but they were only "expelled", not annihilated. Most of these Xuzhou Yellow Turbans who were defeated and left fled to Yanzhou, Qingzhou and other places. Yanzhou is to the west of Xuzhou, and Qingzhou is to the east of Xuzhou. After the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans escaped into these two states, they merged with the original Yellow Turbans in these two states, and their momentum did not diminish. In order to prevent them from invading Xuzhou again, Tao Qian sent Zang Ba, The "Taishan soldiers" of Sun Guan and other ministries were placed in Langye County, and ordered them to be stationed in Kaiyang County, the county seat of Langya.

As mentioned above, Langya is the northernmost county in Xuzhou. To the north is Beihai Kingdom of Qingzhou, and to the west is Taishan County of Yanzhou.

Zang Ba and others are mostly from Mount Tai, and they are now stationed here. Needless to say, they must be able to play the role of the northern part of Xuzhou well.

——Speaking of which, Xun Zhen has studied Tao Qian's military deployment in Xuzhou. The result of the study: He thinks Tao Qian has deployed it well. In the far north, the front line is the Taishan soldiers, and behind the Taishan soldiers are the Danyang soldiers who he placed in the prefecture's "Donghai County Tanxian", and behind it is the Cerong who supervises the grain transportation of the three counties of Pengcheng, Xiapi, and Guangling in the south of the prefecture. , not only has a clear hierarchy, but also can well preserve the strength of the direct line of the headquarters, and also firmly controls the food in its hands, which can be said to be the best of all three.

But having said that, it is precisely because he wants to use Zang Ba and others to block the Yellow Turbans in Qing and Yanzhou in front, and because Zang Ba and others are very independent, so in order to win over Zang Ba and others, he asks them for food, He couldn't refuse the request for money.

Not only can he not refuse Zang Ba and others, he himself has raised thousands of Danyang soldiers, and he also plans to expand the team of Danyang soldiers, so he can't refuse to give food and money to Danyang soldiers, and he can't. "Turn the elbows out", no less than what was given to Zang Ba and others.

Because of this, the situation that Yuan Sui said happened.

Despite the employees in the prefecture, Chen Deng, etc., the representatives of these local forces in Xuzhou considered the vital interests of the people of the prefecture, and repeatedly advised Tao Qian not to "prompt the expropriation", but Tao Qian could not obey.

Xun Zhen had been a long official, and he could understand Tao Qian's difficulties and hardships today, but it was one thing, but whether he supported him or not was another.

In other words, let’s put it this way: If Xun Zhen was Tao Qian now, and if he was sitting in Tao Qian’s seat, then he would most likely be the same as Tao Qian, and he would continue to rush for food. If you don't have enough food, you can't raise enough soldiers, and if you don't have enough soldiers, you can't resist the ever-growing Yellow Turban invasion. There's nothing you can do. But he is not the prefect of Xuzhou now, he is the incoming prefect of Guangling. In this way, he is in conflict with Tao Qian's decree, which is constantly urging grain. The grain is all from his county. , the state capital is abundant, Tao Qiangu can raise enough soldiers, but what should he do? Not to mention the common people, he is selfish and self-interested. He also has thousands of righteous servants under his control, and the food has been taken away by the state. How can he support these thousands of righteous servants?

This problem is not only what Xun Zhen is about to face, in fact, it is already faced by the county governors of the Xuzhou counties.

The county governors of Xuzhou's counties may not have too many righteous servants. Unlike Xun Zhen, who raised thousands of people at a time, but wars and chaos have happened. For the safety of the county and their own safety, most of these county governors. They also have a part of the righteous followers. At the same time, they also have county soldiers, as well as invited swordsmen, advisors, relatives, and so many officials in the county, who have to pay them salaries. After July, 7, 8, 8, I needed a lot of money and food every month. Originally, after the war, the county was poor. The chaos in October last year delayed the autumn harvest, not to mention the spring planting, and lost a lot of money. A lot of labor is already very troublesome,

Tao Qian has been urging the levy so endlessly. He just levied it last month, and this month has made it even worse. With a posture of trying to drain the county, the county governors of the various counties will definitely be very unhappy.

Therefore, in Yuan Sui's words just now, not only the local forces in Xuzhou such as Zhou Zhi, Chen Deng, etc., but also the governors of various counties also gave advice.

It is not uncommon for so many county governors to go to the prefect of the state and give advice and persuasion.

In the time of Taiping, this situation may not happen very often, because according to the Han family system, although the prefect of the state is inferior and powerful, and the power is not small, but he cannot control the civil affairs of the county, and he cannot interfere in the government affairs of the county and the state. Supervise whether the county guard has violated the law or discipline.

It's just that it's not normal now. Tao Qian came to Xuzhou to be ordered in a crisis. He came to pacify the chaos of the Yellow Turbans. On the one hand, he had the imperial edict in hand~www.readwn.com~ and on the other hand, he had thousands of Danyang soldiers and Zang. With thousands of Taishan soldiers as the backing, there is a situation in which even though the state officials and county governors have come to remonstrate, but he doesn't listen, there is nothing anyone can do.

At this time, the village pavilion had been pulled behind the car, and could no longer be seen from the window.

Xun Zhen thought about it for a while, put away the thought of ordering people to stop it, and said in her heart, "I see that Tao Gongzu has acted in the past, and he is quite arrogant and arrogant. If he were to stop his people from collecting grain, he would be dissatisfied. Now, although he is called the prefect, he has the power of the state shepherd because of the imperial edict. ... that's all, I'm not in a hurry at this moment, and when I arrive at the county office, I will send someone to deliver Yuan Benchu's letter to him, and then I will mention General Huangfu and Wentai to him, and see if I can borrow Benchu's letter. The name of General Huangfu and the friendship of Wentai asked him to slightly reduce the collection and payment of our county's money and grain.

Yuan Shao is famous all over the world, and Tao Qian and him also know each other. Before Tao Qian followed Zhang Wen for the rebellion, he followed Huangfu Song as the captain of Yangwu and also begged the Liangzhou rebels, and Xun Zhen was also a former official under Huangfu Song's command. Friendship of colleagues. Sun Jian and Tao Qian once joined the military under Zhang Wen's command. Although the relationship is not indistinguishable, they are also familiar with each other, and there is a layer of friendship.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the car, and soon, Dian Wei appeared out of the car window.

"Your Majesty!"

Xun Zhen turned her head and asked slowly, "What?"

"Shicai, the state official who was urging grain outside the township pavilion killed someone!"