Overlord!

Chapter 239
Although Huo Du was the host of this private gathering, he was not the protagonist in this private gathering.

The one who had been making impassioned and stern speeches was a young and burly junior named Wei Yan.

This was a man from Nanyang. Cao Cao invaded Nanyang for the first time. After the emperor intervened, Cao Cao and Liu Biao used the Xinye and Ping clans to divide the border and divide Nanyang between the north and the south.Wei Yan's hometown is Yiyang Township in Pingshi County.

Although Yiyang Township is a township, it is within the territory of Nanyang, the largest county in the world, and its population is comparable to that of a county in other states.After the founding of Cao Wei, Yiyang Township was promoted to Yiyang County.

Wei Yan was well-known in the countryside for his bravery and prowess. He asserted that the Xinye and Ping clan lines were unsafe and that Cao Cao would invade south sooner or later, so he called on the township party to go south with him.

It's not that he doesn't want to join Cao Cao, but who knows if Cao Cao will directly massacre the city if he attacks?

Therefore, the local people were afraid and went south. So Wei Yan gathered more than a hundred young men from the Xiangdang clan and fled to Jiangling, Nanjun.

But Liu Biao was also waging war in Nanjun and forcibly recruited strong men.

His more than [-] tribesmen were directly assigned to Cai Mao to guard Yi Dao.

But he, Wei Yan, fled to Nanjun to avoid the disaster of the army. Now that Cao Cao has not arrived, he will die at the hands of Jiangdong first?

Of course Wei Yan was unwilling to sit still and wait for death, but he was single and weak, and it was impossible for a mere hundred people to affect the situation, so he secretly found Huo Du, a hero who was in the same situation as him.

Both of them were powerful men who had left their hometowns, and their clan sacrifices were occupied by other princes. They had no intention of fighting to the death for Liu Biao anymore.

In the dim candlelight, Wei Yan made a speech and said: "I heard that my sister has returned, and all the county magistrates and heroes in Yiling have defected to Shu. Jiangling has no time to take care of itself, and Yidao is already an isolated city! If we sit in the isolated city, we will definitely die. If If you don't find a way out on your own, contact Jiangdong, wait for others to contact the army outside the city, and surrender the city. If we are captured, it will be too late! We will all be killed."

Huo Du's younger brother Huo Jun was also pessimistic about the situation and said: "Yidao is an isolated city. If Cai Degui fights hard and prevents the Jiangdong army from digging trenches, we still have a glimmer of hope."

"However, they defended the isolated city and sat back and watched as the enemy dug three trenches and surrounded us. The defenders in the city have lost all hope."

"Even lack of food is enough to trap us and kill us. Unless Jiangdong is attacked and forced to lead the army to retreat. Otherwise, we will have no way out."

Huo Jun and Lu Meng are the same age, and they are both talented people who won the championship last year.

But although he is young, he is already quite knowledgeable, especially his knowledge of the battle to defend the city is far beyond ordinary people.

After all, this was a good general who defended Jiameng City with hundreds of people in history, resisting the siege led by Liu Zhang's generals Fu Jin, Xiang Cun and others for a year.

What's more important is that he not only defended the city, but also waited for its opening, selected elite troops to attack, destroyed it, and beheaded the general Xiang Cun.

Even if there is one man guarding Jiameng City and ten thousand people can't break it, it is considered brave and resourceful to be able to defend it for so long.

After Huo Jun finished his analysis, Huo Du also strengthened his determination. Jiangdong is now peaceful. What could have happened that would force the Marquis of Wu to withdraw his troops?

Unless Cao Cao goes south in a big way, the Huaiyou area with the Huaihe River is a natural hazard.Cao Cao had no water masters, so it was impossible to take risks and attack Huainan.

If Cao Cao wanted to attack Wuhou, he could only go south from Xiangyang.

But if Cao Cao invades Nanjun, then Nanjun's aristocratic and powerful families might as well surrender to Jiangdong.

At least Jiangdong did not establish a land system, encouraged industry and commerce, and was very tolerant of powerful people.

Under Cao Cao's rule, regardless of massacre or not, the people really wanted to farm.

Farming is considered a beneficial measure for economic recovery.But the people in the fields were exploited and squeezed most ruthlessly.

Huo Du was a powerful man with thousands of acres of fertile land in Zhijiang. Wouldn't it be better for him to be driven into a military or civilian village to do hard labor?

So Huo Du immediately made a decision and said to everyone: "Liu Biao went to war and lost the heart of Jingzhou. Cai Mao loves evil and is vulgar, incompetent and rampant, so he will be eliminated from Jingzhou."

"It is our duty to eliminate the riots for the people. It is difficult in normal times! Open the city gate and welcome the King of Jiangdong."

Wei Yan immediately said: "It should have been like this a long time ago. If we can't open the city gate, there will be others who will. This wealth will only belong to others, and we will be killed."

He said fiercely: "Immediately contact the Jiangdong army outside the city, and we will seize the Yidao city gate for them and welcome the army in."

Huo Du nodded, but asked cautiously: "I just don't know if the army outside the city will trust us. In the battle of Puyang, Cao Cao also received help from big families in the city, but he fell into Lu Bu's plan, and Cao Cao himself died in the city due to neglect."

Wei Yan immediately said decisively: "If Lu Meng still dares not send his troops into the city under such a situation, it is because the Marquis of Wu cannot select talents and appoint talents, and does not know the reputation of people!"

"You and others can sneak to the Jiangdong army camp and attack the south gate when we meet in Chou. I will lead my troops to seize the south gate and defend it here."

"If Jiangdong's army has not arrived yet, or if something is not secret, I will take care of it myself. You and others can hide their whereabouts and treat the future well!"

With Wei Yan's words, Huo Du naturally could no longer hesitate.

He is different from those who risk their lives like Wei Yan. As long as he plays it safe, he can have an influence in Jingzhou and achieve success.

Wei Yan, on the other hand, can only achieve success by fighting hard.

But it is true as Wei Yan said, with this overwhelming wealth, as long as he is willing to work hard, he can be promoted to the Marquis of Guannei and the Governor of Nanyang.

Everyone wants to try it once.

Huo Jun immediately asked for orders and said, "Brother, I am willing to leave the city and contact Jiangdong."

Huo Du also stood up immediately and said to Wei Yan: "I will entrust you with hundreds of people to help you accomplish this."

"If Jiangdong's army arrives, I will lead my troops to burn the military camp in the city to disrupt the morale of the defenders."

Of course, the implication is that if Jiangdong's army has not arrived, he will continue to observe the situation secretly, and Wei Yan will have to deal with Cai Mao's attack alone.

With such wealth, it is natural to obtain it through danger.

And Wei Yan just had this ambition and boldness, without fear, and immediately said: "Then tonight I will lead my troops to the south gate and seize the city gate!"

Wei Yan has such heroic spirit, and naturally he has something to rely on. In addition to his majesty and bravery, he has achieved quite a lot in the battle to defend the city in the past few days.

You must know that all Jiangdong soldiers who attack the city wall are well-equipped and heavily armored.

Wei Yan's subordinates secretly concealed two sets of black armor!

It's not that Wei Yan was arrogant and looked down upon Cai Mao's troops, but wearing this kind of fine and heavy armor, Wei Yan dared to put one against a hundred.

Cai Mao's ragtag army was hastily summoned at night to seize the city gate. Wei Yan fought with armor, but even if the opponent had hundreds of people, he could not seize the city gate.

In this dark night, the soldiers of both sides were in panic. The ownership of the city gate completely depended on the fierce generals of both sides. Who could fight bravely and inspire the soldiers?
This is where fierce generals come in. One person's bravery will be enough to influence the entire trend of Jingzhou.

Wei Yan was sure that tonight was the time for him to become famous!
However, the few people had a good discussion, but before it entered the middle of the night, the city was filled with noise and dust!
There were sounds of state soldiers searching everywhere, and there were screams and shouts of death in the darkness.

Not far from the workshop where several people were hiding, a fire shot into the sky, and county soldiers were fighting to suppress the rebellion.After listening to it for a while, Huo Du confirmed the situation and cursed angrily: "Damn it! Zhuzi ruined my big job. There are other people who are planning something secret and have leaked the news. The county soldiers are arresting the traitor!"

Wei Yan immediately made a decision and said: "I can't care so much anymore! If we don't put all our efforts tonight, it will be even more difficult to achieve anything in the future. Only the military dignitaries can contact the outside of the city."

"In the name of helping to suppress the rebellion and extinguish the fire, we will lead our troops to go out and seize the city gate!"

Fishing in troubled waters is quite normal.

That's why after the fire in Xuchang, Cao Cao said that Geng Ji, Wei Huang and others launched a coup and burned Xudu. Some of the ministers stayed behind closed doors while others went out to put out the fire.People who go out to put out fires are now ordered to stand under the red flag, and those who stay behind closed doors stand under the white flag.

Then kill all the ministers standing under the red flag.

In this unclear situation, those who go out to quell rebellion or put out fires are careerists besides rebels.

Wei Yan led his troops out of Fangshi and saw that the streets were in chaos. Not only were there flames in every place, but there were also people fighting everywhere on the streets.

Although Yi Dao is an important military town with a high city and deep pond, the city is not large. There are nearly [-] troops stationed in the city of five miles and the country of seven miles, which is already dense and blocked.

Now all these people rushed to the streets, and there were shadowy rebels everywhere.

Torches that fell during the fighting lit up the thatched cottages in the city, and the fire illuminated the sky, making the night as bright as day.

The troops behind Wei Yan were panic-stricken and asked: "Master, which of these people are our helpers and which are our opponents? How to distinguish them?"

"Which side should I help?"

Wei Yan raised his spear, walked in front of the crowd, and took the lead and shouted: "What kind of gang are you helping? Kill everyone on sight! Kill them through the long street and get to the gate of the south city."

With Wei Yan wearing armor and leading the way, the rebel army could not stop such a brave man.

More importantly, the city was blocked everywhere, and the counter-rebellion troops had no way to rush to help quickly, and they did not dare to really counter the rebellion.

The city was in such chaos, with shouts of killing coming from all directions, as if the entire city had been occupied by the rebels. In panic, their military morale was in chaos, and they did not dare to fight to the death.

However, many soldiers knew that the city could no longer be defended for a long time, so they took advantage of the chaos to plunder. The defeated soldiers and rebel soldiers just wanted to loot the city and treasury, and then disarm and return to the fields after the city was broken.

Therefore, Wei Yan successfully reached the gate of Nancheng.

Only when he arrived did he realize that the city gate had already been opened.The hero of today's celebration banquet, Yi Taoist Priest Li Yan, has led a large number of county officials and heroes to take control of the South Gate!
After Wei Yan's death, everyone was furious. Was this overwhelming wealth taken away like this?

"Master, let's just go forward and kill them too!"

"Kill them, and this wealth will belong to me!"

But fortunately, Wei Yan was not dazzled by the benefits. He had already captured the city gate. If he tried to capture the city gate again, he would probably be beaten into Cai Mao's party.

So Wei Yan immediately said: "You wait here to welcome Jiangdong's army into the city. I will join forces with Huo Du and go to kill Cai Mao!"

"Now that the city is in chaos, no one can tell who surrendered the city, but no one can deny the meritorious service of capturing Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others!"

And as Wei Yan turned his head and charged into the sea of ​​fire, the Jiangdong army, which was shining brightly in the distance, also had bright flags and armor, holding torches high, and filed in through the open city gate.

Zhang Liao, the most brave general of the three armies, took the lead and led his armored cavalry into the city. Anyone who resisted was trampled into powder.

And when the disaster was imminent, Cai Mao finally experienced the consequences of not stopping Jiangdong from digging trenches!

Yi Dao was surrounded by three layers of ravines, and he could not escape even if he led dozens of men on horseback.

In the entire Yidao City, no one can escape!
The messenger went down the Yangtze River, and Sun Ce received the good news from Lu Meng in the camp the next day!
In the battle of Yidao, Lü Meng defeated the enemy with force and captured more than [-] enemies.

What's more important is that in this battle, countless civil and military talents from Jingzhou were captured!

From Li Yan and Wei Yan to the brothers Huo Du and Huo Jun, from Cai Mao and Kuai Yue to Wang Wei, Wu Ju, Pang Ji, Zhang Cun and dozens of others.

It can be said that from the top talents in the late Han Dynasty, to the middle-level team, to the grassroots officials and generals, they are all in one place.

Just coming together, there is also a problem.

The night before, Yidao City was in chaos. It was difficult to distinguish the meritorious deeds. How to distribute the rewards was a big problem.

Sun Ce, on the other hand, simply waved his hand and rewarded those who had made meritorious deeds.

Li Yan captured the city gate and made outstanding achievements. He was granted the title of Marquis of the Pass and became the governor of Nanjun.

Wei Yan killed Cai Mao and contacted Xiancheng. He also made outstanding achievements and was granted the title of Marquis of the Pass and led the construction of Yi Zhonglang General!
Other meritorious people such as Huo Du, Huo Jun, Pang Ji, etc. were also generously rewarded and divided into thousands of gold.

As the reward was issued, Yidao City quickly stabilized, and Cai Mao's head was also sent to Sun Ce.

Along with Cai Mao's head, Kuai Yue, a famous scholar in Jingzhou and an important adviser to Liu Biao, was sent!

Although Kuai Yue was not the defender of Yidao City, he had a respected position after all. According to Lu Meng's method, he should be killed directly to serve as a police officer.

But after all, he is one of the prominent families in Nanjun, Jingzhou and a representative of the Kuai family!

Liu Biao's ability to stabilize Jingzhou was inseparable from the help of the local wealthy families, the Cai family, the Kuai family, the Huang family, and the Pang family.

Now that the Huang family had been killed by Sun Ce, Huang Zu's head was sent to Sun Jian's tomb for sacrifice.

Cai Mao was also executed and passed on to the three armies.

If the remaining Kuai clan continues to massacre, it will probably frighten all the soldiers in Jingxiang and rebel.

Therefore, Lu Meng's opinion was to let Kuai Yue perform meritorious service and go to Xiaoling to persuade the city's garrison to surrender.

This is also the most urgent problem that Sun Ce needs to solve right now.

Lu Meng led the three armies and had captured the three cities of Dangyang, Zhijiang, and Yidao, but Sun Ce led the main force of the army still under the city of Xiaoling and failed to break the city. The reason was that Sun Ce also encountered an extremely troublesome Jingzhou famous general - Wenpin. !
Xiaoling is an important military location connecting Nanjun and Wuling, and Liu Biao also sent generals to guard it.

There are more than [-] people in the Wenpin Department, although the scale is far smaller than that of Cai Mao.

However, under the command of Wenpin, the city of Chiling was defended impeccably.

Even if Sun Ce led an army of [-] people, he would not be able to rush out in a hurry.

If Kuai Yue can persuade Wenpin to surrender, then Liu Biao will be completely defeated and can only wait for death in Jiangling City.

(End of this chapter)