Overlord!

Chapter 126 Defeating Yan Baihu and executing the assassin
Yuan Shu has always been mentioned as an image of great ambition and lack of talent. It seems that the failure to win the war is all because of Yuan Shu's poor command ability, so Lu Bu led only [-] infantry and [-] cavalry.

But if you think about it, no matter how fierce Lu Bu is, he can hit a hundred or a thousand, but can he still hit 1?

Yuan Shu led such a huge army, ten times that of Lu Bu, but he was beaten in various ways, saying that his army was fine, no one could believe it.

Yan Jian continued to introduce: "In Jiujiang, Yuan Shu's soldiers often went to Liyang to sell bows and knives privately in exchange for money and food to subsidize their families. Even Xuanjia Shao Zhuo collected ten sets."

Xuanjia, this is something in the arsenal!
In the current era, the heavy equipment of the army is generally stored in the arsenal.

Ordinary soldiers will sell their weapons, bows and arrows when they are in the sky, and they can sell all the mysterious armor in their arsenal. This is probably at least the handiwork of a small official or even a general.

Sell ​​Jiabing and enter the brothel.General Yuan Shujun is like this, how can he survive in combat power?
However, as a famous minister of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, Yan Yan’s views are not only so one-sided. When the soldiers laughed, he said seriously: “I think Yuan Shu’s army’s stealing and selling of war horses and armored soldiers is not only a matter of bad morals, but more importantly, the soldiers are poor. If you have wives and children, you will not be hungry or cold? If soldiers don’t sell their armor, how can they support their parents, wives and daughters?”

Hearing Yan Jian's serious point of view, everyone's expression froze immediately.

Everyone knows what kind of virtue Yuan Shu is.

With such a wealthy Huainan, he didn't manage it meticulously, but used plundering as a means of financing, so you can imagine his attitude towards the generals in the army.

It can be said that with his arrogance of a scholar-bureaucrat, in his eyes, only celebrities and generals can barely be counted as people, and other small soldiers, as long as they don't starve to death.Even pawns who can't eat enough have to eat river mussels to satisfy their hunger.

As for asking Yuan Shu to pay the soldiers salaries to satisfy their family expenses?
Whimsical?Settle down for ordinary people?Then he went to grab it back?

If he has this level, how about pulling out [-] troops in Huainan?At the peak of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were not [-] troops under the recruitment system.

Fortunately, the military generals in today's world do not have the talent to pay for nothing, otherwise such a small salary would not be paid to the soldiers.

However, this is also related to the fact that a large part of Yuan Shu's army is based on the trilogy system. Thousands of soldiers are attached to a certain general and are highly bound to him.

Yan Jian suggested at this time: "I think the general should stop fighting at this time and bribe the enemy general. Under Yuan Shu, there are generals like Chang Nu who command the cavalry of the Huns, and there are generals like Lei Bo who command Yuan Shu's trilogy. Yuan Shu The moral government is not established, Huainan has not set up a pasture, and it is normal for the cavalry and horses of its subordinates to lose. Even Chang Nu's thousands of cavalry have all been converted into infantry, and it can be explained. As long as Chang Nu insists, the horses will die of illness or starvation. , and other people can't say for sure whether his war horse died of illness or has been sold."

"Yuan Shu's subordinates, there are many generals of the Xiongnu and Baibo armies, and they support their tribes and independence. If the generals can bribe their generals with gold, silver and jade, it will not be difficult for Jiangdong to obtain thousands of horses and thousands of armors in a year. .”

Sun Ce couldn't help smiling, and finally received good news.

On weekdays, all Sun Ce encounters are troublesome things as a feudal town under Yuan Shu's command.

This time, the benefits of the feudal town finally showed.

As a powerful vassal under Yuan Shu's command, Sun Ce actually had friendship with many generals in Yuan Shu's army.

Even Zhang Xun, one of the most important generals under Yuan Shu, often wrote letters to Sun Ce to establish friendship.

Of course, there is also Sun Ce's future father-in-law, Qiao Rui, who also respects Sun Ce very much.Daqiao Xiaoqiao is his daughter.

Sun Ce is still waiting for Yuan Shu's death. These two people and Yuan Shu's left general, Shi Yanghong, took 10,000+ soldiers and civilians under Yuan Shu's command to Jiangdong to seek refuge.

As for gold, silver and jade, Sun Ce really has a good place to get them.

That is the bandits and bandits in Jiangdong.

At that time, heroes from all over the world came together, each supporting his own people, and these people would plunder when they were hungry, and abandon what was left when they were full. There might not be much food, but there must be a lot of gold, silver and jade in the cottage.

This bandit must be suppressed.

Zhang Hong suggested at this time, saying: "I thought we could transfer the army to the Fuchun and Yuhang lines and encircle Yan Baihu first. Once Yan Baihu is defeated, the rest of the people must be afraid. At this time, when the road is wide open, they will definitely come to follow."

"Yes!" Sun Ce said, "I will personally lead the army to shock the thieves."

Sun Lang's prestige in Jiangdong is absolutely thunderous.Megatron Jiangdong is not an empty talk.

The [-] troops are commanded by Xu Kun and the [-] troops are commanded by Sun Ce. The sense of oppression brought to the enemy can be said to be completely different.

Any bandit who heard that he was surrounded by an army of [-] led by Sun Lang himself would have to flee in terror.

The charter was set, and Sun Ce immediately led the army and moved to Fuchun and Qiantang.

The elite army surrounded the place, with strict uniforms and banners. From the mountain down, Sun Ce's army illuminated the sky and the earth, and the barriers were fortified.

But even though it was a siege, it was actually just moving the army here. After all, the Qiantang area had been storing food and grass for attacking Kuaiji before.

Sun Ce camped nearby, which can be regarded as reducing food consumption.

Yan Baihu was not a mediocre man. When he saw Sun Ce coming to attack him for the first time, he immediately stood on a high base and did not fight with him.

He knew very well that with his own talent, he would face the mighty Jiangdong's Sun Lang in the field, and he would only suffer a crushing defeat.As long as he can guard the stronghold and prevent Sun Lang from attacking, he, a prince, cannot stay here in Fuchun County for a long time.

But soon he discovered that Sun Ce really wanted to stay here for a long time!

He ignored Yuzhang, Huainan, Xuzhou and other places, and took his troops to station at the foot of Fuchun Mountain.

This garrison lasted for more than a month, and it seemed that there was no intention of moving at all.The intention is very clear, that is to trap the bandits on the mountain to death.

The key point is that he still sent people down to lure the mountain people, and as long as he went down the mountain, he would distribute farm tools, cloth and coarse salt for the people's needs for resettlement.And as long as someone can bring more than five bandits down the mountain, the leader will send an extra farm ox.

Every day, there are more than a hundred people in the mountain village who flee because of fear or take refuge in the mountain on their own initiative.

As a last resort, Yan Baihu could only send his younger brother Yan Yu down the mountain to take the initiative to seek peace with Sun Ce.

He, Sun Ce, was able to stay here for a few months, but the bandits on the mountain couldn't stay in the fort every day and do nothing.

He has tens of thousands of people, and the food consumption alone is enough to drag him to collapse.But Sun Lang was surrounded at the foot of the mountain, so he didn't dare to move rashly.

Now, even he, a bandit, knows the art of war, if there is no army outside that must be saved, there is no city inside that must be defended.

And the reason why he sent Yan Yu to ask for peace in person was also to show Sun Ce his courage.

Yan Yu was crowned in the Shanzhai for his bravery and agility. He could kneel and jump up, and he was agile. He was a character like Zhang Yan.

With such a vigorous hero, leading the crowd to guard on the mountain, even if you, Sun Ce, attack by force, it may not be able to please you.

Of course, besides the demonstration, he also took the initiative to give a lot of gifts.

Yan Yu took more than [-] strong men, and pushed hundreds of carts of gold, silver, jade, silk, satin, wine and meat, and even three beauties looted from the cottage to Sun Ce's camp.

Yan Yu, a warrior known for his bravery, walked into Sun Ce's camp with his chest held high and his momentum was overwhelming.

He stared at the armored bodyguards guarding the road like a tiger. In order to show himself, he did not wear a robe, but a suit of animal skins. There was a big slit on his back, revealing his bare back and his muscles. , is very majestic.

Even the eight-foot-tall Xuanjia personal guard, under his tiger's gaze, looked weak and flimsy. Facing his cold tiger-like gaze, countless people couldn't help but clenched their long swords. As long as he made any changes, everyone They swarmed up to stop him.Never let this violent villain who is like a bear and a tiger hurt the magnificent Sun Lang.

Seeing Sun Ce, Yan Yu's expression was a little arrogant, and he bowed his head without bowing, and his voice was muffled: "I have seen General Sun. I came here to stop the troops for the sake of reconciliation between the two families. To avoid heavy casualties."

Holding a long knife in his hand, Sun Ce sat behind the case with his chest upright. He was eight feet three inches tall, and he was also tall and majestic. He waved his hand and said, "There is no rush to stop the army. Take your seat."

Yan Yu flicked his sleeves, strode to the right, and walked behind the table.

Sun Ce looked at him up and down, and judging from his performance, he could indeed be regarded as a mighty fighter.

After sitting down, Yan Yu didn't wait for Sun Ce to speak, and said very rudely: "We waited for there to be thousands of warriors in the mountains, and the valleys of wealth are all over the mountains. We respected General Sun as a hero in the east of the Yangtze River, so we just secured the camp. Why did General Sun insist on pushing him? If the two sides turn against each other, they will fight bloody battles to the end. General Sun may not be able to gain the upper hand, this Fuchun Mountain will definitely be stained with the blood of General Sun's subordinates!"

Sun Ce yelled angrily: "The Han Dynasty lost its order, so the heroes rose together and supported the crowd for personal gain. Now that I have pacified Jiangdong, you will not surrender, but rely on the danger and rely on the distance, and support the crowd to stand on your own. These tens of thousands of people will not matter. Production, not paying taxes, and dare to negotiate? What are you talking about? Talking about your disrespect for the county government? Or talking about your separate areas?"

As he said that, Sun Ce drew his knife and slashed at the table in front of him with a sharp blade: "I want to see whose blood this Fuchun Mountain was stained with before my soldiers attacked."

Sun Ce was furious, roaring like a tiger, and Yan Yu's body tensed up instantly, and he couldn't help shaking, ready to explode at any time.

The man who puts his sword in front of him and regards death as if he were alive is the courage of a martyr.

This Yan Yu instinctively wants to escape and deal with it.

Sun Cenai said with a smile, "I heard that you can sit up and jump up, and you won't win very often. It's a joke. Why are you so nervous?"

Yan Yu glared at Sun Ce and said, "When I see a weapon, I will become like this. Please also general Haihan."

Sun Ce was greatly disappointed, it was a waste of a burly body.In fact, there is no martyr's courage.

Sun Ce directly threw the halberd beside him: "If you can take over my halberd, I respect you as a hero, and I might consider a truce with you."

But this was a halberd thrown by Sun Ce, the fierce general in the world, Yan Yu had no time to react in the blink of an eye.

He was horrified, he never expected that Sun Lang would be so handsome, yet mighty but still the best in the world.

The hand halberd hits his chest and kills him immediately in the tent.

And his followers were even more horrified when they saw that Yan Yu, who was the most brave in the army, was killed by Sun Lang with one blow.

Jiang Qin propped his knife on the ground angrily, and shouted: "I always thought that Yan Yu was a hero! Let the guards in the tent be on full alert, ready to rush forward at any time, in case he violently hurts others. But he didn't want to How can such a waste be crowned in the mountains with bravery?"

This is true that there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings!

But the fact is that Yan Yu is really famous for his bravery, and the thieves in the mountains, including Yan Baihu, also respect his bravery.

When they heard that Yan Yu, who was famous for his bravery, was killed by Sun Ce, they were all terrified.

On that day alone, there were thousands of bandits fleeing at night, and hundreds of brave men who went down the mountain to join them. Hundreds of weapons and swordsmen were handed over to Sun Ce's camp.

Witnessing this scene outside the camp, Dong Xi went to Sun Ce in person and asked for a fight, saying: "General, above the stronghold, the people of Yan Baihu's tribe are terrified and fearful, and they have no master in their hearts. At this time, the attack must be defeated. Pioneer, we must conquer this stronghold today. At this moment, don't stick to the situation and strategy, the opportunity for combat is fleeting, don't seize the opportunity and defeat the enemy with one blow."

Sun Ce is not a dogmatic person either. Although he said that payment is mainly based on payment, he did not hesitate to fight one time.Immediately ordered: "Yes, you lead the vanguard, and I will lead the army to suppress, and today I will break this camp."

The progress of the battle was smoother than Sun Ce thought, the army drove straight in, the enemy was terrified and defeated, and all the defense lines were easily defeated.

It was only when the army went up the mountain that they learned that the reason it went so smoothly was because Yan Baihu had abandoned the crowd and went to Yuhang to join Xu Zhao.

The name Xu Zhao did not appeal to anyone else.

But Sun Ce frowned, because this is the assassin who stabbed the bully to death in history!

This person is Xu Gong's retainer, and also a local snake in Jiangdong.

Several prefects in Wujun, from Sheng Xian to Xu Gong, and then from Zhu Zhi to Sun Ce, after so many influences, he still lingers in the local area, has a deep influence, and can even protect the Jiangdong giants like Yan Baihu.

Walking out of Yan Baihu's camp, Sun Ce called the Embroidered Guards to instruct Jiang Qin, intending to find out about the infiltration of the Embroidered Guards into Jiangdong.

When Jiang Qin walked up to Sun Ce, he still had a joyful expression on his face. When he saw Sun Ce, he said excitedly: "General, we will defeat Yan Baihu and other troops in the first battle, and capture more than [-] men and women, which is enough to fill a county. Even in the village More than [-] stones of grain were obtained! More than [-] catties of gold, dozens of carts loaded with pearls, jadeite, tortoiseshell, etc., and even Jiangdong Tongbao and I also seized millions. I don’t know where they collected so many Tongbao ?”

"Search?" Sun Ce snorted coldly: "It was Jiangdong's tyrants who colluded with them and gave it to them, right? Now the entire Jiangdong, from the enemy's foreign invasion to the green forests in the territory, has been wiped out. It's time to clean up these places in Jiangdong. Already!"

"How is the situation of your Embroidery Guard's intelligence monitoring in Jiangdong?"

Jiang Qin immediately patted his chest and promised: "General, Jiangdong is now flat, and all the big families are recruiting tenant farmers and servants to resume production. I have placed spies in succession for every big family in Jiangdong, especially in Wu County. The general thought I can quickly find out if I know anyone's whereabouts."

"Then check this Xu Zhao! See if he has colluded with bandits. If any crimes are found, he will be executed immediately."

Jiang Qin was surprised for a moment, then he killed Aren Ran, and replied: "I'll go and handle it myself."

Jiang Qin immediately understood what Sun Ce meant.

Is it still necessary to check?

The bandit leaders have already defected to his protection.

What is needed is a reasonable and legal excuse, and the army can immediately push him into the deep alley and hack him to death.

(End of this chapter)