During Sun Quan's time, Zang Ba was already on his way to send troops. At first, Lu Su was so worried that he went to find Sun Quan, but he didn't expect to cause such a big trouble. Now that Lu Su is dead, Sun Quan is also dead, and the power of Wu State has been concentrated in the hands of Zhang Cheng. Although
It is said that Zhang Cheng has some abilities, but compared to Lu Su, he does not have the ability to coordinate the overall situation, and he is not as brave as Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, so Zang Ba has nothing to worry about.
What Zang Ba was worried about was the imperial navy cruising in the Yangtze River. Before sending troops, Zang Ba actually sent people to see Long Fei this time. This was the first time. Long Fei had already intended to capture Xuzhou.
, just because the war on our side has just ended, there is Sun Quan around who is ready to make a move, and the situation in the country. The matter has been delayed. The more important reason is that Xuzhou Chen Deng is also a member of the Black Ice people. If he agrees to surrender, there will be less
Many people died, so the plan to attack Xuzhou was postponed again and again.
The people sent by Zang Ba had a very clear intention. Zang Ba could surrender to the Tianlong Empire, but Xuzhou had to have the same high degree of autonomy as in the Cao Wei era. Zang Ba would still be his king of Xuzhou. And he agreed, in order to show his sincerity,
Zang Ba is willing to take Jianye and offer it to Long Fei.
"Dear Your Majesty, these are the conditions for my general! As long as Your Majesty agrees, the world will be unified immediately, and the Wu Kingdom can be destroyed in an instant from the north to the south!" The envoy was very good at talking, and the matter of Zang Ba's independence came to his lips.
So let nature take its course: "Your Majesty can also capture Xuzhou without a single blow, killing two birds with one stone."
Long Fei smiled slightly: "It is indeed a good plan. General Zang Ba is not afraid that I will backhand him after destroying the Wu Kingdom?"
The envoy said quickly: "Your Majesty is a person who keeps his promises. As long as your Majesty agrees, there will be absolutely no problem!"
"I didn't expect that in General Zang Ba's eyes, I would still be such a person!" Long Fei nodded: "In that case, as you said, our two families will officially start cooperating."
Everyone thought that Long Fei was feeding a tiger into danger. Only Jia Xu smiled and said nothing. The two sides said that even the signed treaty was just a piece of waste paper. The truth always favored the stronger side. In fact, everyone knew that Zang Ba
Why are you so humble? There is really no way. Unlike Cao Wei back then, Xuzhou's living space has become smaller and smaller since the surrounding areas were occupied by Long Fei. If you can't fight, you can't bear to give up completely. It seems that you can only fight with Wu
country cooperation.
It happened that Zhang Fen arrived in Pengcheng at this time and heard that Zhang Cheng was preparing to launch a coup. He hoped that Zang Ba could assist him. If the coup was successful, he could give Wu the two cities of Liyang and Jiangdu in Jiangbei. Zang Ba agreed without even thinking about it.
Immediately, he sent his troops southward and went straight to Tuzhong, putting pressure on Jianye.
Zhang Cheng's rebellion was successful and he stole the power of Wu State. He had many soldiers and generals. He regretted that he had given Zang Ba too many benefits. On the first day that Zhang Cheng came to power, he sent his younger brother Zhang Xiu to Zang Ba.
Sent to Jiangdu. That is the hometown of their Zhang family. If it is lost elsewhere, it will be lost. Jiangdu must not be handed over to outsiders.
In response to Zang Ba's question, Zhang Cheng could only try to prevaricate as much as possible. It was not until Zhang Xiu established a foothold in Jiangdu that Zhang Cheng broke out. The two sides fought across the river, with Long Fei's navy in the middle. In order to win over Long Fei for himself,
With Fei's assistance, Zang Ba and Zhang Cheng sent envoys to Xiangyang one after another. Only then did Zang Ba's envoys become willing to surrender.
Compared with Zang Ba's envoy, Soochow's envoy was more humble. Both countries are countries, but Zhang Cheng's envoy met Long Fei but treated him as a monarch. This means that the Wu Kingdom has recognized itself as the Shu Kingdom of the Tianlong Empire. For this
Long Fei was very satisfied.
Talking about the war, the State of Wu certainly hoped that Long Fei would stand on his side, and also offered attractive conditions. The State of Wu was willing to cede all the land west of the Lujiang River, as long as Long Fei guarded the Yangtze River and did not let Zang Ba cross the river. This belongs to the east of the Yangtze River.
A large area of land, a total of six counties and eighty-one states in Jiangdong. Zhang Cheng ceded two armies to Long Fei with one blow, one at Lujiang and the other at Yuzhang. It can be said that he was not a big deal.
Long Fei nodded: "The general is really generous. In this case, I can only agree. However, I have one more request. As long as the general allows us to establish a naval base in Shatou Town, the rest will be easy to talk about."
Shatou Town is a town at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Because of the Imperial Navy, a large military port has been built here. However, without the consent of the State of Wu, I still feel uneasy and unable to station soldiers.
Unable to carry out necessary activities. If Zhang Cheng agrees, then the Imperial Navy can move further out of the inland and towards the vast ocean from here.
What has become a fact, Long Fei also put forward conditions, and Zhang Cheng was happy to be a favor. Long Fei also immediately promised that as long as Zang Ba dared to set foot in Jiangdong, he would never tolerate it. With Long Fei's guarantee, Zhang Cheng
I finally feel relieved.
Both parties received Long Fei's promise. Both parties thought that they had mastered Shang Fang's sword. As long as they showed it, their opponents would definitely flee. However, that didn't seem to be the case. Although the Long Army's navy withdrew from the Yangtze River,
The warships showed no intention of helping them. They completely gave up the vast river rice field to the warring parties, and the warships stationed aside to watch the excitement.
Zang Ba thought that Long Fei had gathered a large number of troops at Shatoujiao to defend Jiangdu with him.
Their courage began to sink. The final focus was on the small town of Liyang. Liyang was promised to Zang Ba by Zhang Cheng, but with Long Fei as his backing, it was no longer the case. But Zang Ba was the powerful one
You must get it.
Soldiers and horses from both sides surrounded the small Liyang, fighting over and over again. Both suffered heavy casualties. Then Long Fei slowly began to digest the land of Wu without any intention of sending troops to assist. Only then did he realize that he had been hit by both of them.
Long Fei's plan was up to him. Not only did he fight to the death, but he also lost so much territory to Long Fei in vain. Just when Zang was afraid of sending troops to Soochow, Wenpin suddenly sent troops from Qingzhou. When Zang Ba received the news, Taishan County had already
was taken away.
"Long Fei, you are going too far!" Zang Ba roared: "Send the order, the army is going to Shouchun. If you can't enter, you will lose Mount Tai."
The curtain behind Zang Ba was lifted, and a man in a big cloak appeared behind Zang Ba. His face was covered with darkness, and he looked very thin. He also spoke feebly: "General, you must not do this. Xu Huang's army is at Shou."
Chun, he has been waiting for us, the general doing this is tantamount to committing suicide!"
"Then what do you think we should do?" Zang Ba looked at the man.
The man was neither impatient nor impetuous, and looked extremely mature. Even his walking seemed to be in slow motion: "One word, forbearance! Everyone can see that the Tianlong Empire is powerful and the enemy is head-on. We have absolutely no chance of winning. At this time, the general can ask
Zhang Cheng reached out and asked for unity, forcing Long Fei to open a two-front formation, and maybe he could save it for a while."
Zang Ba nodded and sighed: "This is the only way!"
However, Zhang Cheng ignored Zang Ba and instead laughed at Zang Ba as a treacherous person. The two sides could not reach an agreement at all. The war was about to begin again. At this time, Long Fei finally came forward and led the army to Liyang and stationed the army in
Thirty miles away from the city, people were sent to the military camps of both sides, with Zang Ba and Zhang Cheng at their waists. The dragon army suddenly arrived, and both Zang Ba and Zhang Cheng felt nervous. They didn't want to go, but they had to go.
Long Fei repeatedly promised not to use force, and the two of them came one after another. Long Fei sat on the handsome seat, lay down and placed two small tables. Zhang Cheng arrived first and sat down on the small table on the left. When Zang Ba came, he brought
A large number of guards were stopped at the gate of the camp. When they entered the tent, they saw that Long Fei was talking and laughing with Zhang Cheng, and he felt something was wrong.
"General Zang Ba! Please sit down quickly!" Long Fei was very polite and stood up immediately to show courtesy to Zang Ba.
The three of them sat down, and Long Fei was the first to speak: "I brought you two here today for no other reason than to act on orders. Our Imperial Council believes that the hilts of the two swords are facing each other, and those who died are all Hans. The foreign enemy cannot retreat.
, but we are still fighting each other, which is not a good thing either emotionally or rationally, so I want the two generals to sell me a favor and make peace with us from now on, and everyone will go back to their respective places. How about living together peacefully from now on?
?”
Zang Ba didn't want to fight at all, so he immediately said: "As long as we can guarantee that the Wu Kingdom will not take action, I, Zang Ba, am willing to withdraw, but please give me Taishan."
"Haha!" Long Fei chuckled: "The people of Mount Tai voluntarily join my empire. Even if I agree, those people will not. General Zang Ba doesn't need to mention this matter." Maybe Zang Ba replied, and Long Fei turned to look at Zhang.
Cheng: "General Zhang, what do you think?"
Zhang Cheng nodded: "Our country of Wu is not warlike, but if anyone dares to invade our country of Wu, our soldiers will never allow it!"
"That's good, that's good!" Long Fei picked up the wine glass: "It seems that both of you have this intention. The matter is settled like this. You two have withdrawn and the world is at peace. Come on, cheers!"
The two of them withdrew their troops one after another, and Zang Ba was quite critical of this, but he suffered from the overwhelming power of Long's army, and Zang Ba had no choice but to suffer the loss. After Zhang Cheng returned home, Zhuge Jin had a sad look on his face when he saw him: "Good son-in-law!
This is going to ruin the state of Wu! Long Fei made it clear that he wanted to annex our state of Wu, but you gave away the two counties of Lujiang and Yuzhang. Isn’t this giving Long Fei a chance? What’s the benefit of our state of Wu by giving away the two counties?
?”
Zhang Chengdao: "Long Fei has agreed to defend the Yangtze River for our country of Wu. We no longer have to worry about Zang Ba's provocation. Our country of Wu can enjoy peace. Isn't this great?"
"The wise son-in-law is confused!" Zhuge Jin became even more anxious: "Long Fei's navy was already in the Yangtze River. If their navy hadn't taken the initiative to give way this time, how could we have fought with Zang Ba? The wise son-in-law fell into Long Fei's plan.
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"Father-in-law is worrying too much!" Zhang Cheng disagreed: "I have already reached an agreement with Long Fei. When our army is ready, we will immediately cross the river to attack Xuzhou together. Long Fei is willing to give Xuzhou to us, and then we will not have to live in this place.
In this tiny place, it’s not too late to take action slowly when you have room to deal with Long Fei!”