Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 362: Qingzhou Yuan Tan vs. Langya Zang Ba
When Zhang Sui heard Yuan Shao say this, he sneered secretly.

Once we take over Xuzhou, you and I will part ways!

Although he thought so, Zhang Sui still bowed and said, "Yes!"

Only then did Yuan Shao feel satisfied and let everyone disperse.

Zhang Sui immediately notified Xu You and Guo Tu and asked them to rush to the military camp tomorrow and set out the day after tomorrow to attack Xuzhou!

Afterwards, he found Ju Shou alone and said goodbye to him.

Neither of them talked much.

Zhang Sui had already given up on Yuan Shao.

Ju Shou also felt physically and mentally exhausted.

As expected, Yuan Shao rejected the best advice again.

Whatever the Yingchuan faction said, Yuan Shao would treat it as if it were God and obey it without hesitation.

He now only hopes that Zhang Sui can really take Xuzhou and Guo Yuan can really take Huainan, then Yuan Shao still has some chance.

Otherwise, if Xuzhou and Huainan were not taken, it is unknown how Cao Cao's situation would have changed.

Zhang Sui and Ju Su said goodbye.

Ju Shou watched Zhang Sui leave surrounded by Tian Feng, Yan Liang, Zhang He, Gao Lan and others, and suddenly felt a little nervous.

He hurriedly followed a few steps and said, "Yuan Hao!"

He and Tian Feng have been working together over the years to provide advice to Yuan Shao as the two leaders of the Jizhou faction.

Today he was nervous.

He felt that he was about to part ways with this old friend.

When everyone heard Ju Shou's shout, they all stopped.

Tian Feng looked at Ju Shou in confusion and asked, "What's going on?"

Ju Su stepped forward quickly, held Tian Feng's hand, hesitated for a moment, took off his sword, and tied it around Tian Feng's waist.

Tian Feng asked suspiciously: "What is this?"

Ju Shou held Tian Feng's hand, forced a smile and said, "The two of us have walked a long way together."

"To be honest, when you left this time, I actually felt anxious, as if I was losing something precious."

"Probably, it's because Xuzhou is extremely dangerous."

"You hold my sword, and you must always remember that you still have an old friend in Yecheng. No matter what happens, you must survive."

Zhang Sui heard what Ju Shou said and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Ju, you are my only elder at present. Even if something happens to me——"

Before Zhang Sui could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ju Shou, who said in a deep voice: "Before going to war, don't talk nonsense!"

Only then did Zhang Sui say "oh".

Ju Shou and Tian Feng looked at each other, then Ju Shou slowly let go of Tian Feng's hand and said, "Take care of yourself."

Tian Feng nodded to Ju Su.

Only then did Zhang Sui leave surrounded by Yan Liang, Tian Feng and others.

Zhang Sui went straight to the military camp.

Yan Liang, Tian Feng and others returned home to make final arrangements with their families.

Early the next morning, Zhang Sui saw Yan Liang, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Tian Feng and others arriving at the military camp.

Guo Tu arrived at noon.

Xu You arrived near dusk.

This time he came, he also brought singing girls and various fine wines!
Zhang Sui frowned as he watched.

However, he was too lazy to argue with Xu You about this.

As long as Xu You doesn't make trouble, everything will be easy.

At dusk, Yuan Shao sent an envoy to announce that he would come with civil and military officials to select soldiers and generals the next day.

This expedition to Xuzhou was crucial and Yuan Shao would not allow failure.

Zhang Sui reorganized the army and divided it into several parts:
Gao Lan was the commander of the front army, leading 5,000 elite soldiers, Zhang Sheng and Zhen Hao were the vanguards, each leading 500 warriors.

Zhang He was the commander-in-chief of the central army, leading 6,000 elite troops.

Zhang Sui was stationed in the rear army, commanding 6,000 elite troops.

Yan Liang commanded two cavalry armies, totaling 3,000 men, as the left wing.

Zhao Yun commanded a thousand cavalrymen, with Huang Han as his deputy general, and they were Zhang Sui's personal guards.

Tian Feng, Guo Tu and Xu You were military advisors.

Among them, Ju Su was in charge of the transportation of grain and grass, and General Jiang Qi was sent to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. Before dawn the next day, Zhang Sui counted the troops.

When the sky in the east began to lighten, Yuan Shao rushed to the military camp with civil and military officials.

Select troops and mobilize them.

Early in the morning, under the watchful eyes of Yuan Shao and others, Zhang Sui led an army of more than 20,000 troops and marched southward in a mighty manner.

Yuan Shao watched the army leave with a look of longing on his face.

Although he did not trust Zhang Sui, he trusted Guo Tu.

Guo Tu holding his sword was equivalent to his personal presence.

With Guo Tu in charge, he was quite confident that this army could capture Xuzhou.

Ju Shou stood behind Yuan Shao, watching Tian Feng's figure gradually walking away, his face turning pale.

He had previously thought that Zhong Tian Feng wanted to separate from him.

Now, watching Tian Feng's figure walking away, this thought became more and more obvious.

He gritted his teeth and wanted to remind Yuan Shao in front of him that he might need to be on guard.

But before he could finish his words, Ju Su swallowed them back when he saw Yuan Shao still smiling on his sickly pale face.

That's it.

What's the point of saying it?

He now doesn't trust himself at all, nor does he trust the people from the Jizhou faction.

He has changed since Qu Yi was killed and Gongsun Zan was driven to Yijing and hid there.

In his eyes, the biggest enemy was no longer anyone else, but these officials from Jizhou.

Even if I tried my best, he wouldn't listen.

In his eyes, the current Jizhou faction officials are all stumbling blocks to him.

Only those from the Yingchuan School and the Nanyang School are his future.

Not long after Zhang Sui led the army to set off, he immediately wrote a letter to the eldest son Yuan Tan, informing Yuan Tan that he was about to set out for an expedition to Xuzhou.

Zhang Sui's purpose in doing this was extremely simple.

This expedition to Xuzhou will pass through Qingzhou, Yuan Tan will know it sooner or later.

If he was not informed in advance, Yuan Tan would probably suspect that Yuan Shao was being nice to him and would give him the opportunity to make a contribution.

Normal people wouldn’t think about it.

However, it is hard not to have bad thoughts about what Yuan Shao did.

After all, Yuan Shao had divided Hebei into several parts before, and appointed his eldest son Yuan Tan, second son Yuan Xi and nephew Gao Gan as top officials in each place.

Before that, Yuan Shao had promised the third son Yuan Shang that he would take over Xuzhou, and he would appoint the third son Yuan Shang as the governor of Xuzhou.

Moreover, this time Yuan Shao did agree to take Xuzhou and give out the post of Xuzhou Mu.

For Yuan Tan, this was probably Yuan Shao, his father, telling him that he, as the eldest son, was not the only candidate for the crown prince, and everyone had a chance.

How could Yuan Tan not panic?
If we don't tell him, Yuan Tan might interfere.

It is not a good thing to be harassed when passing through someone else's territory.

Moreover, Zhang Sui did not believe that Yuan Tan could deal with Lu Bu in Xuzhou.

After all, this is what Yuan Tan was like in history.

In history, Yuan Tan was stationed in Qingzhou and never went south to Xuzhou.

Although there is no reason recorded in history books and Zhang Sui had never thought about it before he traveled through time, but now that he thinks about it carefully, he can only attribute it to Yuan Tan's lack of strength.

Yuan Tan failed to take Xuzhou, so I took it myself. Firstly, this gave Yuan Tan a chance and saved his face; secondly, taking it myself could also intimidate Yuan Tan.

Zhang Sui had already made a decision: after taking Xuzhou, he would use Xuzhou as his base and continue to fight around it.

By then, Yuan Tan, who was stationed in Qingzhou, would be a neighboring enemy.

Now let Yuan Tan learn a lesson so that he won’t dare to attack easily in the future.

After sending the letter, Zhang Sui led his army slowly towards Pingyuan County.

The army had just crossed the river and arrived at Linji Port when they heard a piece of news that made Zhang Sui and others dumbfounded: Yuan Tan led an army of 30,000 from Qingzhou, but was stopped by Zang Ba of Langya, let alone going south to Xuzhou to attack Lu Bu!
Zang Ba was originally an old subordinate of Tao Qian and a cavalry commander.

When Tao Qian was still alive, he fled Xuzhou because of the siege of the city by Cao Cao and became a bandit in the area near Langya County.

Later, relying on his outstanding military ability, Zang Ba led his bandits to capture Langya County and turned it into his base camp.

At this time, Zang Ba was independent and had no contact with Lu Bu.

Even with such a powerful Zang Ba, Yuan Tan, who led the soldiers of Qingzhou, was unable to take over a county with the strength of one state!
(End of this chapter)