Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Cao Ang looked at Zang Ba, waved his hand lightly, and continued: "Of course, if you want to continue fighting, then come and serve under my account. If you don't want to fight, then go to Donghai County and become an idle official." Well, the choice is yours."

Zang Ba and others fell silent after hearing Cao Ang's words.

When Cao Ang saw this, he was not in a hurry. He just said calmly: "Okay, I will give you three days to think about it. You can choose a place to camp in this area. When you think about it clearly, come to me."

"At that time, I will report to His Majesty and give you a letter of appointment from the imperial court. Then you can take office. Or if you are willing to work under my account, I also welcome it!"

After hearing this, Zang Ba and others left together.

After the leaders of the Taishan bandits left, Lu Bu snorted angrily: "That guy Chang Xi, it's best not to accept the proposal of the major general. In that case, I will have a reason to attack him!"

Cao Ang smiled faintly when he heard this and said nothing, but he felt that Chang Xi, that rebellious boy, would definitely not be willing to hand over military power and would agree to be transferred to Donghai to serve.

Just now, Cao Ang made his intention so obvious, just to anger Chang Xi, a young man.

On the other side, the situation inside the Taishan Army's camp was not what Cao Ang expected.

After Zang Ba and his party returned to their camp, they began to discuss.

Chang Xi, who was the most dissatisfied, was the first to speak: "I said before that I don't want to have anything to do with this guy Cao Ang, but you just didn't listen. Now it's okay. They ask you to hand over your military power. Do you want to hand it over or not?"

Zang Ba didn't speak when he heard this. He just lowered his head and frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

After Sun Guan heard Chang Xi's words, he sneered and said, "Why, do you think Cao Ang won't take action against us if we don't come today?"

"Obviously, his goal is the entire Xuzhou. When Xuzhou falls into the hands of Cao Ang, then all our territory will be under Cao Ang's control."

"At that time, we were a thorn in Cao Ang's side. Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou were all under Cao Ang's control. There was no place for us to run!"

Chang Xi curled his lips indifferently and said, "Then let's fight him. We have 300,000 people under our command. Are we still afraid of Cao Ang?"

"Didn't you see the well-organized Cao Jun today? How can the rabble under our command compare with Cao Jun?" Sun Guan frowned and responded.

Chang Xi was about to speak, but was stopped by Zang Ba.

Zang Ba waved his hand and said: "Okay, stop arguing. What's the point of arguing? I have decided to join the Major General's account and serve for him. What about you?"

When Sun Guan heard this, he hurriedly raised his hands to Zang Ba and said, "I am willing to follow General Zang Ba."

When Wu Dun and Yin Li saw this, they both bowed their hands to Zang Ba and expressed their willingness to follow Zang Ba.

As a result, Chang Xi was the only one who did not express his position.

So the four people looked towards Chang Xi together.

After Chang Xi felt the gazes of the three people, he snorted coldly: "In that case, then I will listen to you!"

After several people discussed the results, they dispersed and prepared to go find Cao Ang the next day.

But after Chang Xi returned, he hurriedly gathered his subordinates, left Lanling overnight, and returned to Mount Tai.

Early the next morning, Zang Ba learned the news that Chang Xi had run away with his men, which shocked Zang Ba.

"What, you said that this guy Chang Xi ran away with his subordinates?" Zang Ba looked at his subordinates who came to report the news with a look of shock on his face. Not long after, Sun Guan and others also walked in with frightened faces.

"General Zang Ba, that guy from Changxi ran away. If he did this, wouldn't he put us to death?"

"Then what should we do now?"

Sun Guan and others were confused for a moment.

When Zang Ba heard this, he said decisively: "Don't worry about so much, let's go find the Major General right now, express our feelings to him, and report everything Chang Xi has done truthfully."

Everyone agreed with Zang Ba's words, so the group hurried to find Cao Ang and told Cao Ang everything about Chang Xi's escape.

Cao Ang had already been mentally prepared for the fact that Chang Xi would run away, so he was not too surprised.

Lu Bu, on the other hand, laughed out loud after a brief moment of astonishment: "This kid is really looking for death!"

Then, Lu Bu looked at Cao Ang and said, "Major General, please give me three thousand troops, and I will kill this guy Chang Xi for you!"

Cao Ang smiled when he heard this, nodded slightly and said: "Then there is Marquis Lao Wen."

When several other generals saw Cao Ang handing over the task of conquering Changxi to Lu Bu, they all wanted to make suggestions.

Guo Jia on the side saw the thoughts of several generals and was the first to speak: "It is most appropriate to leave this matter to Marquis Wen."

When several generals heard this, they did not speak.

Afterwards, Cao Ang continued: "General Zang Ba, I still need to trouble the four of you. Follow Wen Hou back to the Taishan area, gather all your old troops, and bring them here. I want that Changxi to be isolated and helpless!"

"Yes!" Zang Ba and others responded in unison.

Finally, Cao Ang allocated 5,000 troops to Lu Bu, and then asked Zhang Liao to be his deputy general. He took Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, and Yin Li to the Taishan area to annihilate Changxi.

After Lu Bu led his men to set off, Huang Zhong asked Cao Ang, "Young general, why did you leave the task of annihilating Chang Xi to Lu Bu's fellow?"

When Cao Ang heard this, he smiled lightly and said: "Of course we have more important tasks, such as attacking Pengcheng!"

Guo Jia smiled at the side. When Cao Ang agreed to let Lu Bu go to destroy Chang Xi, he guessed that Cao Ang was planning to take action against Tao Qian.

At this time, Tao Qian, who was far away in Pengcheng, thought that he had united with Liu Bei and Zang Ba to compete with Cao Ang.

As a result, when Cao Ang's army advanced, Tao Qian discovered that Liu Bei had been lying in Langya and was unwilling to send troops.

As for Zang Ba, he had already taken refuge with Cao Ang.

After Tao Qian learned of these circumstances, he realized that he might not be able to win this battle.

So Tao Qian went to Chen Deng privately and said, "Yuan Long, Liu Xuande and Zang Ba are both treacherous people. I'm afraid Xuzhou won't be able to defend itself in this battle!"

When Chen Deng heard this, he didn't look very good. After all, as a counselor that Tao Qian relied on, he was also responsible for what happened to Xuzhou now.

But now, there is no way to save it. (End of chapter)