Yuan Tan arrived in Rencheng and set up a camp in the southwest of Rencheng. .

Cao Ang took Chen Gong and Bao Xun to the camp to pay their respects. Both sides were very polite, and they met happily and chatted and laughed, but the barriers in their hearts could not be eliminated, but they just did not touch them in tacit understanding.

Yuan Tan was surprised to see Bao Xun, a strange face, and talked to him for a while, but his mood became very bad.

Bao Xun was the son of Bao Xin, the former prime minister of Jibei. After Bao Xin died in the war, Bao Xun returned to his hometown, Mount Tai. He heard that Cao Ang was guarding the Lu County area, and their brothers came to reinforce with the military command. His brother Bao Shao was guarding Nanpingyang, and he stayed with Cao Ang.

Yuan Tan felt very uncomfortable about the Bao family's decision.

The Bao family is a well-known family in Taishan County. Bao Xin was originally good friends with Yuan Shao, but later gradually became alienated from Yuan Shao. When he was debating Dong, his brothers advanced and retreated with Cao Cao. He was defeated by Xu Rong in the Bian River and was seriously injured. His younger brother Bao Tao died in battle. Cao Cao was appointed as the prefect of Dongjun and appointed Bao Xin as the prime minister of Jibei. This was fine. Now that Cao Cao is away from Yizhou, the Bao family is still loyal to Cao Ang, which makes him, the governor of Yanzhou, very embarrassed.

What does Cao Ang mean to bring Bao Xun at this time? It means to counterattack against Ren Chengyu as the prime minister of Dongping?

Seeing that Yuan Tan's face was wrong, Cao Ang complained secretly. He originally did not want to bring Bao Xun, but Chen Gong insisted on this. Yuan Tan had promised to let Cao Ang guard Lu County and Rencheng defense line, and all Rencheng, Jibei, Dongping, Lu County, and Nanpingyang, Xiaqiu, Gaoping and other counties belonging to Shanyang, were all under the defense zone of Cao Ang. Later, he made a rebellion. Ren Chengyu was the prime minister of Dongping and asked Cheng Yu to go to Jibei to recruit soldiers. This was clearly intended to cut Cao Ang's flesh. If he did not fight back, who could not tell what Yuan Tan would do next?

The Bao family is a Taishan family, and their influence is by no means comparable to Yu Jin and others. Only by gaining their support can Cao Ang be able to gain a foothold here and make Yuan Tan have some concerns. Don’t transfer Cao Ang around like an ordinary general and place him at will.

It’s right that Yuan Tan’s face is not good, it’s because he doesn’t keep his promise first.

The already polite atmosphere suddenly became very awkward, and the next task arrangement also made a little intrigue. Yuan Tan asked Cao Ang to lead his troops out of the city to participate in the battle. Cao Ang agreed immediately and immediately stated that his troops were limited and he could only send out two thousand people.

Yuan Tan was very unhappy. A battle of tens of thousands of people, do you send two thousand troops to me?

The two parted in disagreement.

When Cao Ang was sent away, Yuan Tan was furious, but Xin Pi was very calm. He told Yuan Tan that anger was useless and defeated the Sun family and son, Cao Ang naturally bowed his head and obeyed the order. The most urgent task was to send someone to help Cheng Yu stabilize Dongping and restrain Taishi Ci.

Yuan Tan felt it was reasonable and ordered the military officers to be engaged in the military service. Li Dian led his troops into Dongping to assist Cheng Yu. Li Qian and his son left two thousand people to defend the east. The others quickly advanced eastward and prepared to join the war. The headquarters built a position, mobilized food and grass equipment, prepared to attack Sun Jian's position, and sent people to contact the powerful families of nearby counties, asking them to send troops and come to reinforce with food and grass. Those who violated the situation on the verge of disobedience will be punished as colluding with the enemy.

Fast horses ran out of the camp and ordered them to the counties one by one. Teams of people galloped on the land within a radius of hundreds of miles. The war was about to begin, and the people in the nearby counties were panicked. Under the pressure of Yuan Tan, many powerful families chose to support Yuan Tan and sent troops of varying numbers to Rencheng to assist in the battle with food and grass. Even Gaoping and Zuo County were people coming. In just a few days, Yuan Tan had more than 5,000 more troops, and the total strength reached 40,000.

Yuan Tan's confidence increased greatly and ordered Cao Ang: I have sufficient troops and I don't need your reinforcements anymore. You can defend Rencheng well.

After receiving the order, Cao Ang sighed repeatedly. Yuan's connections were indeed extraordinary. Neither Sun nor their Cao's father or son could match him.

Chen Gong was very calm, asking Cao Ang to be calm and wait and see the changes. He told Cao Ang, is it useful if there are too many people? The soldiers are sophisticated but not too many. When he attacked Dong, Yuan Shao and others had more than 100,000 troops, and the achievements were not as good as Sun Jian. Sun Jian had only 10,000 troops. Yuan Tan had enough troops to be strong, and no matter how many troops he had, it had no practical significance. At this time, the envoy order was just a bluff and gave himself courage. A group of mobs could do nothing except to strengthen his momentum.

Gaoping, Zhang family mansion.

Zhang Jian sat in the hall without saying a word.

Zhang Ai and Zhang Zhi were fully armed and stood at the stairs. Zhang Ai was passionate. "Uncle, how could Sun Ce compare with Yuan's family of four generations and three dukes? It is unrighteous to respect the low and respectful ones, and to resist the weak and strong ones as unwise. Yuan's envoy is the grandson of Li Yuanli and the eldest son of Yuan's family. If Yuan wins the world, he will be..."

"Random!" Zhang Jian suddenly became furious, raised his body, picked up the case in front of him, rushed to Zhang Ai a few steps, and slapped the case on Zhang Ai's head. "The emperor is in Chang'an, the king is wise and the ministers are wise, and the Zhongsheng is in sight. Why can Yuan win the world? If you dare to say another word, I will expel you from the Zhang family."

Zhang Ai was caught off guard and was smashed to his head, and his face was bleeding. He covered his head and looked at Zhang Jian who was furious, with his face flushed, but he did not dare to say a word. Zhang Zhi saw this and quickly smoothed out. "Uncle, brother is wrong for a moment, don't bother with him. Yuan Envoy has no intention of plotting against him. However, the Sun family's father and son clearly respect the court, but in fact they are in the separatist territory. The father and son dominate the three states and covet our Yanzhou. How can we ignore it? Besides, Sun Ce does not read poetry and books, but only knows how to bully the man and the cruel official to be the Gaoping Order. Isn't this slap my Zhang family in the face? Uncle, if you don't take this opportunity to take action, when will we wait?"

"Your brother is greedy and filthy, and he dies."

"Zi Lan, stop talking. Uncle doesn't care about his brother's life or death. He might be optimistic about Man Chong." Zhang Ai couldn't help but say: "He killed Hou Lan's family back then, but he was not acting like Man Chong..."

"You..." Zhang Jian was so angry that his face turned pale, and he rushed forward and wanted to beat him again. Zhang Ai was prepared this time and did it in one step. Zhang Jian couldn't catch up with him and said breathlessly: "Remember, if the last foundation of the Zhang family was destroyed in your hands, I would never spare you."

Zhang Ai was very dissatisfied and retorted. "You have long destroyed the foundation of the Zhang family. We support Yuan Jun just to revitalize the family business. It's better for you. It's okay if you don't help. I just know how to show off your demeanor, is it useful?"

"It's useful." A sound that was not very loud but hard as iron came from the door. When Zhang Ai looked back, his face suddenly changed. There was an extra row of fully armed soldiers outside the courtyard wall, each with a hard crossbow, the crossbow was on the string, the arrow was on the string, and the cold light was shining, and the murderous aura was thriving. A man walked in through the main gate, neither too slow, but it was Gao Pingling who was full of favor.

Zhang Ai and Zhang Zhi's face turned pale. "What are you...what are you here?"

Man Chong ignored him, walked slowly to the steps, and bowed to Zhang Jian. "Please please avoid it."

Zhang Jian's face was pale. He looked at the soldiers on the wall, then at Zhang Ai and Zhang Zhi who were in a panic, sighed, walked down the steps, bowed to Man Chong. "Please give high a hand and leave a trace of blood in my Zhang family."
Chapter completed!