Zang Ba has good martial arts power and can be ranked at the peak of second-rate generals in this era. However, his opponent is the peak of martial arts power in this era.

If he really wanted to rank the generals of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Fei would definitely be one of the small groups of people who could reach the peak. In addition, Zhang Fei was in a state of furious at this time, and his combat effectiveness could be imagined. Even if Yang Fan was present, he would not be willing to send someone to fight with him at this time.

"Ye, I am Zhang Yide, a native of Yan, and the rats in front of me will die!"

Zhang Fei suddenly shouted, and the brutal and violent aura appeared.

"drink!"

Zang Ba was the first to be hit, and his heart suddenly broke out, but now it was an arrow on the string and he had to fire it. Tens of thousands of people on both sides were watching. In addition, Zang Ba was young and energetic, so he was just startled. Then he shouted in anger, slapped his horse and danced his sword again, and rushed towards Zhang Fei.

Zang Ba's shout sounded like the little lamb's cry to Zhang Fei, and then a cruel smile appeared, just as Zang Ba was about to come to him.

"drink!"

Zhang Fei suddenly shouted again, and stabbed Zang Ba several times in his hand. Then he saw that Zang Ba's big sword was knocked away at some point, and his body was swept away by Zhang Fei's spear.

"You're defeated!"

Zhang Fei pressed the tip of the snake spear blade against Zang Ba's chest and said disdainfully.

"How...how is this happening?"

What happened just now was so fast that Zang Ba was knocked down by Zhang Fei in a flash. At this moment, he didn't know how he was defeated. He only saw him lying on the ground and said with an incredible look on his face.

"General Zang, you have been defeated!"

Liu Bei then appeared beside Zang Ba and said with a smile.

"No, how could I lose? He must have been cheating just now. I don't accept it, come again!"

Zang Ba rolled smoothly, picked up his big knife and quibbled.

"What? General Zang refused to admit his account after losing?"

Seeing this, Liu Bei was stunned and said with a slightly dark face.

"Just...it didn't count just now, we've fought again!"

Zang Ba's face turned red, and then he changed his appearance of a dead pig who was not afraid of swelling and scalding, and he argued.

"Okay, since General Zang does not admit the fight just now, let's fight again!"

Liu Bei's expression changed and then smiled at Zhang Fei.

"Even if you fight ten more times, you are no match for me!"

Zhang Fei immediately took back the snake spear and said disdainfully.

"That may not be!"

Zang Ba gritted his teeth and quickly turned over to the horse. When Zhang Fei was not paying attention, he cut off with one knife.

"It's useless to just be able to use tricks!"

Zhang Fei was calm and pulled Liu Bei behind him, blocking Zang Ba's knife at will.

"Oh!"

Zang Ba was shocked, but the sword in his hand was not slow. He saw that he was faster than the other, and the swords were slashing towards Zhang Fei's vital points.

Zhang Fei looked calm and after fighting Zang Ba for seventy or eighty rounds, he caught a flaw in Zang Ba. He suddenly used force with his arms and smashed the snake spear as a long stick at Zang Ba.

The attack was too fast and too fierce, and Zang Ba quickly raised his sword to resist.

‘Puff!’

But how could Zang Ba handle this powerful and heavy blow? He saw that his internal organs were almost shaken and moved, and he suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood and then fell off his horse.

"Are you here yet?"

Zhang Fei disagreed and looked at the listless Zang Ba mockingly and said with a smile.

"I...I lost!"

Zang Ba's face was pale. Although he was extremely reluctant to admit it, he still lowered his arrogant head and said in shame.

"Hey, I thought you'd still have to fight!"

Zhang Fei casually inserted the snake spear to the ground and said with a smile.

"this......"

When Zang Ba saw Zhang Fei's casual insertion, he inserted the snake spear into the ground for more than ten inches. It can be seen that Zhang Fei was so powerful! He swallowed his saliva and stopped talking.

"General!"

Zang Ba's generals, Sun Guan and Sun Kang, saw that Zang Ba was defeated again, were about to go forward to grab people, but Zang Ba angrily shouted back, "When I go back, I will lose!"

"General Zang, is it okay!"

Liu Bei knew that it was time for him to play now, so he hurriedly ran to Zang Ba's side and carefully helped Zang Ba up and asked with concern.

"No...it's okay!"

Zang Ba's expression was a little unnatural, but the posture of Liu Bei holding him was too ambiguous.

However, Liu Bei didn't think there was anything wrong with Zang Ba's martial arts just now. It was good to be able to fight Zhang Fei for seventy or eighty rounds without losing. Liu Bei could not walk ten moves in Zhang Fei's hands. And Zhang Fei wanted to let him go. Otherwise, Liu Bei would not be able to catch a move in Zhang Fei's hands.

"Lord...Master!"

As a seven-foot-foot-blooded man, since he lost, he had to admit it. Zang Ba said softly with an ugly expression.

"Oh, Xuan Gao, we will be a family in the future. You don't know who I am yet? My name is Liu Bei, and I am the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan!"

Liu Bei naturally pulled Zang Ba and introduced himself.

"It turns out that the lord is still a descendant of the Han emperor, he is disrespectful and disrespectful!"

Zang Ba was stunned. He had never heard of Liu Bei's name, but he still pretended to be admired for a long time.

"Xun Gao knows me?"

Liu Bei was happy when he heard this, and pulled Zang Ba and chatted about family matters.

Here I have to talk about Liu Bei's unique personal charm. Even though he was humble, even if he had only three thousand old and weak troops, even if he was penniless at this time, it does not mean that he would not be able to slander and make a big banner. As he spoke, even the matter of Yang Fan being his junior brother and Gongsun Zan being his senior brother was told. This time, Zang Ba was suppressed. Who doesn't know the name of Yang Fan and Gongsun Zan, especially in the Battle of Jizhou at the beginning of this year, one of the protagonists was Gongsun Zan.

At this time, Zang Ba suddenly had the idea of ​​following Liu Bei. Gongsun Zan and Yang Fan both started out in a short time. Their starting point at that time was not necessarily much higher than Liu Bei, but it was just a meeting. In Zang Ba's view, Liu Bei was a potential stock with great potential. Both were taught by the same master, so Liu Bei might not be much worse than them. Now in the crisis in Xuzhou, maybe Liu Bei could really encounter the change of the wind and clouds, and from then on, it might be possible that the birds could occupy the dove's nest.

As he thought about it, Zang Ba gradually lost the initial embarrassment.

"Lord, you led your troops to Xuzhou to resist Cao Cao, have you ever thought about what to do?"

Zang Ba invited Liu Bei and others into his Kaiyang City, and then ordered someone to serve wine and food. During the meal, after three rounds of wine, Zang Ba asked.

"Xungao, what do you think we should do?"

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this and asked without answering.

"Tao Envoy has just recruited 200,000 new troops. His general is Tao Envoy's confidant. Cao Hong, who has an average ability, may not be able to resist Cao Cao even if he has a large army in hand. If the lord wants to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, he has to start from these 200,000 new troops."

Zang Ba glanced at Mi Zhu beside him and said softly.

"Tao Jun is the lord, I am a guest. Since I, Liu Bei, came to help him resist Cao Cao, then I will do whatever he says!"

Liu Bei also saw Zang Ba's eyes and then said with a decent look.

"Brother Xuande said so much! Let's stop Cao Cao first and then talk about others!"

Mi Zhu was born into a merchant family, especially a big merchant family like Mi family. They can speculate, but they have to see the value of the other party. At this time, Liu Bei only subdued Zang Ba, and it is not worthy of Mi Zhu's friendship. But judging from the fact that Liu Bei conquered Zang Ba this time, it can be seen that Liu Bei still has certain abilities. Mi Zhu is also willing to invest in the early stage and build a relationship. He smiled at Liu Bei and said, "Brother Xuande, don't worry, if you have great talents, Tao Envoy will definitely use it more. With my recommendation, Brother Xuande will definitely lead the army alone."

"Okay, okay, then I'll thank Brother Zizhong for your care in advance!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed. How could he not hear Mi Zhu's intention of showing kindness? He laughed and said.

The next day, Liu Bei replaced the cannon with a bird gun, and two generals Zhang Fei and Zang Ba were guarding each other. Behind him were 10,000 elite troops in iron armor followed him, and drove all the way to Tancheng.

After Tao Qian learned that Mi Zhu had returned with 10,000 elite soldiers, he held a banquet and invited Liu Bei to Xuzhou Prefecture. At the table, Mi Zhu reported to Tao Qian about the gains from going out for help. These aids were basically from Yang Fan alone, which made Tao Qian feel a little moved.

Later, when he learned that Liu Bei had surrendered Zang Ba, he was also a descendant of the Han Emperor, and was also the senior brother of Yang Fan, the general of the cavalry, Tao Qian promised Liu Bei the position of prime minister of Pengcheng on the spot, allowing him to lead 50,000 troops on the front line of Hexiang, Lu Lu, Guangqi, and Liu County to resist Cao Cao's attack. Although Tao Qian wanted to repay his favor, it did not hinder Liu Bei's self-proclaiming behavior.

A few days later, Liu Bei became a sensational figure in Xuzhou. At this time, Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei had abandoned him and surrendered to Tao Qian. Then he sent an envoy to scold Tao Qian, saying that Liu Bei was his subordinate and asked him to drive Liu Bei back to Yanzhou. However, Tao Qian regarded nothing as if nothing had happened and ignored Cao Cao's envoy.

A few days later, Sun Ce from Wu County sent an envoy north to Xuzhou and directly stated that he wanted to form an alliance with Tao Qian. Yuan Shu from Yuzhou also changed the direction and directly transferred his army to the Chen area.

The alliance between Sun Ce and Tao Qian and Yuan Shu's transfer of troops made Cao Cao overwhelmed. For a moment, the black clouds on the Central Plains were about to destroy the city, and the golden ears of wheat could not melt the tension of the coming war.

Yanzhou, Puyang.

Cao Cao summoned his civil and military officials to discuss matters.

"Everyone, the autumn harvest is coming soon! I wonder what you think about attacking Xuzhou."

For several months, Cao Cao felt like he was a little confused. The situation in the Central Plains suddenly became foggy, and no one could see who could laugh to the end. However, the person who caused this situation was Yang Fan, a friend who was far away in Bingzhou, holding the emperor in his hand.

"Lord, a few months ago, Yang Fanguang conferred the title of princes from all over the Central Plains. His purpose was to muddle the waters of the Central Plains and let us have no time to look north so that he could wait for Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan to wait for an opportunity to plan the territory of these two people after the war."

Yang Fan's plan was a naked open plot. Even if Liu Ye saw Yang Fan's meaning, he was unable to defeat it.
Chapter completed!