Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 496
Although he drank some wine, Zang Ba's sleep tonight was not more stable under the paralysis of alcohol, on the contrary, it made him unable to sleep at all.

Today's Chen Gong's visit seemed very strange, especially after he finally heard Chen Gong's news that 'Han reinforcements are coming', the feeling of worrying about gains and losses became even more serious.

For Zang Ba, surrendering to Cao Cao is definitely not a good choice at present.Although annexation, surrender, and splits abound in troubled times, he can't just surrender to Cao Cao in a daze.There are many ways to surrender, but Zang Ba knows that this way of being forced to surrender by others' soldiers is almost the least dignified and the least respectable way.

Could it be that he really wanted to fight Cao Cao to the death, break out with a few hundred soldiers, and then lie dormant and wait for the chance to make a comeback?
Zang Ba didn't want to do that, because he knew that once he got to that point, many unpredictable variables might happen.Moreover, most of them are beyond his control.He has already experienced the hardships and dangers of climbing from the bottom to the top, so he naturally doesn't want to do it again-after all, not everyone is the Liu Bei in history.Even Liu Bei probably didn't want to fall and get up again and again.

But if he didn't do this, would he really want to beg Chen Gong to take them in, and then join the Han Dynasty with the cheek?As soon as those come, how much can the Han Dynasty care about their own army?

Such worries, mixed with alcohol, lingered in Zang Ba's mind continuously, making him very mentally exhausted, and he was in a daze for the first half of the night, without closing his eyes.Finally, in the middle of the night, he lay down for a while, half asleep, but then woke up again for no reason. Instead of improving his spirit, it made him even more tired.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the mansion.The general's conditioned reflex made Zang Ba immediately jump off the bed and put on the armor that had been hanging before the collapse. When he was wearing the pocket guard, a soldier outside the door suddenly broke in: "Prefect, something happened in the city!"

"People are screaming, so something happened!" Zang Ba choked on the order angrily, and taught: "Don't talk nonsense in the future, just report the truth!" On the head, he held the big knife in his hand: No matter what happened, he felt that it was just right, just for him to vent his depression!

Unexpectedly, the order immediately uttered something that made Zang Ba almost stumble: "Prefect, the Jin Yiwei of the Han army killed the envoy of the Cao army who lived in the post in the city!"

To the extremely aggrieved Zang Ba, this news was nothing more than a thunderbolt, causing his brain to go completely blank at that moment: What's going on?Doesn't it mean that the Han army is approaching, and you don't need yourself much anymore?Why did the Jinyiwei of the Han army need to do so much?What are they doing this for?
"Is what you said really true?" Zang Ba asked again, he was really not sure, it really happened like this.

"It's absolutely true!" The order was a little anxious, and he said again: "Right now, your benefactor Chen Gong is on the scene, and is being questioned by Captain Sun, Captain Wu, and Captain Yin."

"I...you!" Zang Ba was so angry that he slapped the messenger on the face: "Why are you talking about such an important situation now? Hurry up and order my personal guards, and come with me to have a look!"

The messenger covered his face in aggrieved feeling, feeling that it was too difficult for Zang Ba to serve him, and everything he said was wrong...

When Zang Ba rushed to the scene with his two sons and his personal guards, he found that the situation was not the same as what was said in the order.There were obviously two envoys of the Cao army and more than 30 attendants lying in the field, but the strange thing was that none of the Jinyiwei of the Han army saw any of them.There was only one young man standing behind Chen Gong, the sword in his hand was still dripping with blood, but Zang Ba looked very familiar with that face.

Zang Ba recalled a little, and remembered that the young man had accompanied Chen Gong into Mount Tai, and he also claimed that he was a member of the Jinyiwei of the Han Dynasty.But if Zang Ba believed that this young man killed nearly 40 people by himself, and completed all this before Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others arrived, he would not believe it.

Among other things, how this young man could find this inn is a very bizarre question.Not to mention that he is so powerful that he can kill so many people quickly and silently - please, he is not the number one sword master in the world, Wang Yue.

It can be concluded that the Jinyiwei of the Han Dynasty must have companions in Mount Tai, and Chen Gong and this young man stayed on purpose.

"Prefect, you came at the right time. They have already admitted that these envoys of the Cao army were killed by them!" Sun Guan angrily walked towards Zang Ba, although he didn't know why this happened and what it meant .But he knew that these two Hanchens were so presumptuous in their territory, that they really didn't take them seriously!
The reason why they haven't been ordered to kill these two people is because Chen Gong is Zang Ba's benefactor. Now that Zang Ba is here, he naturally needs an explanation.

Zang Ba directly ignored Sun Guan's ulterior motives for accountability, and asked sullenly in two steps: "Grandfather, what do you mean by this? Didn't we already talk about it at the banquet, regardless of business matters, only private matters?" "

Chen Gong smiled, a little tired, but said very calmly: "But Governor Zang, I don't seem to have any personal relationship with you. Yes, I did save your Zang family, but I, Chen Gong Is it someone who asks for repayment? If you feel sorry, that is your business, but it has nothing to do with me. "

Zang Ba was dumbfounded by this sentence, but after pondering for a while, Zang Ba still said solemnly: "Your benefactor may not expect extravagant returns, but I, Zang Ba, am not a person who knows how to reciprocate. I just care about what happened tonight. If you do whatever you want, I can make Engong and others leave safely, but from now on, between you and me, as you said, there is only business and no selfishness!"

"Why, you just let you go like this?" Sun Guan couldn't help it again, he felt that Zang Ba didn't take them and others seriously by doing this.

But as soon as the words were out of his mouth, unexpectedly, two swords were placed on his neck at the same time.Sun Guan immediately wanted to scold Zang Ba's two ignorant sons, but when he looked around, he suddenly found that Zang Ba's personal guards had drawn out their knives and surrounded them heavily.

Immediately afterwards, Zang Ba turned back with a gloomy face, and said to Sun Guan: "Lieutenant Sun, this time, just for my sake, let them go, okay?"

Sun Guan's eyes widened, angrily wanting to reject Zang Ba.However, he also clearly knew that he really had no capital in front of Zang Ba.This Taishan County was brought down by Zang Ba. Although they were indistinguishable from Zang Ba at the beginning, they are now masters and servants in name. If Sun Guan still doesn't want to lower his head tonight, what Zang Ba will do is to do it on the spot. Kill him, and annex his parts.

This matter is not difficult for Zang Ba.After all, as early as when he took refuge in Zang Ba, his soldiers knew that they were eating Zang Ba's food...

"Okay, this time it's just for Zang Ba's sake, I won't pursue it anymore!" Sun Guan said angrily, and finally gave in.No one is strong in the situation, and if you blindly pretend to be big, you will only have no value even if you die.

When Sun Guan opened his mouth, the remaining two, Wu Dun and Yin Li, also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, expressing their submission to Zang Ba.However, just when Zang Ba nodded in satisfaction, Chen Gong laughed loudly: "Prefect Zang will not pursue this matter anymore, but do you think Cao Cao will not pursue it? Even if Cao Cao does not pursue it, the prefect Zang thinks that the Han Dynasty Won't you pursue it?"

"What do you mean?" Zang Ba was even more confused now. In fact, from the moment Chen Gong arrived, he was puzzled by all the events.

"Presumably from the view of Prefect Zang, you forgive me Chen Gong this time. But as far as I am a Hanchen, I will not forgive a traitor who colludes with Cao Jun's envoys!" Chen Gong's tone suddenly turned harsh when he said this : "If you call yourself the governor of Mount Tai, you are submitting to the Han Dynasty, but now Cao Bandit is the enemy of the Han Dynasty, and you secretly communicated with him. Are you guilty?!"

"Put your mother's shit on!" Sun Guan couldn't hold back anymore, jumped up and scolded Chen Gong: "Don't you know what to do, now there are only two of you in the whole Taishan County, how dare you threaten us? What kind of shit Cao Jun, the Han family, believe it or not, I will kill you now?"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Zang Ba and Chen Gong ignored Sun Guan, but even Wu Dun and Yin Li felt that Sun Guan was farting, so they quickly pulled him aside and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How many people do we have? How big is the territory, and what about Cao Jun and the power of the Han Dynasty? Do you really want to offend one side, and then be hunted down all over the world?!"

"Chen Gong has something to say, you might as well say it clearly." Zang Ba frowned, and he was already getting a little impatient with Chen Gong.

But Chen Gong turned a blind eye to it, deliberately mentioned another allusion, and asked Zang Ba: "Prefect, have you ever heard of the story of 'If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs'?"

As a general, Zang Ba was also from a noble family.Hearing Chen Gong's words, recalling the source of this allusion, his expression changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)