The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

In 196, Sun Ce continued to attack Jiangdong.

Zhu Zhi stationed troops in Qiantang. Xu Gong, the prefect of Wu County, led people from Quan County to resist Zhu Zhi overnight and refused to allow him to enter Wu County.

The strength gap between the two sides is too great. Zhu Zhi's people are all elite soldiers who have seen blood in many battles. They know battle formations and know how to cooperate.

Who are the people Xu Gong leads?
They are all county soldiers, and only a few are professional soldiers. Most of them are field men who work as farmers in their spare time and as soldiers in wartime. Not to mention whether their armor is complete, some of them can't even handle weapons.

I brought out sickles, axes, everything!
There are just a few people, and you, Xu Gong, are all serving as generals. Can he fight?
You can’t fight, you don’t have the ability, you know?
The most stupid thing is that Xu Gong did not defend the city, but chose the most inappropriate field battle.

The two sides launched a field battle in the open area between Youquan County and Qiantang County. Soldiers faced soldiers and generals. Xu Gong felt that this was in line with the style of a gentleman.

and so……

Zhu Zhi gave Xu Gong a huge defeat, and all planned siege and siege plans were abandoned. Looking at the peasant army on the opposite side with uneven battle formations, Zhu Zhi really couldn't arouse interest. He just hoped that it would end quickly and ordered the entire army to fight towards Xu Gong's battle formation.

This is also true. How can the people under Xu Gong be the opponents of this group of tiger and wolf soldiers? The battle formation collapsed at the first touch, and Xu Gong had to abandon his army and retreat, fleeing south to join the bandit Yan Baihu. Zhu Zhi then entered Wu County and took charge of the affairs of the prefect on his behalf.

Yan Baihu, formerly known as "Yan Hu" and nicknamed "White Tiger", was a native of Wucheng County, Wu County. He was a local marshal who occupied Wu County and was a mountain bandit. Yan Yu's brother called himself "King De of Soochow".

Yan Baihu was from a wealthy family ("strong family") in Wu County and established an armed force of about 1 people in Wu County.

These people are even worse than those who paid tribute. There are many bandits, bandits and other desperadoes who specialize in causing harm to the countryside, but they actually don't have much fighting power, so they are good at escaping.

Just like Han Hao in Hanoi, when thousands of people roared in the mountains and forests, were they wiped out by Liu Han's army?
But even so, Han Hao ran to Cao Cao.

Sun Ce's attack on Wu County went smoothly. After defeating Xu Gong, he began to conquer the two local forces, Yan Baihu, a wealthy family in Wu County, and Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji. Wu Jing suggested to Sun Ce at the military meeting that he should attack Yan Baihu first. Sun Ce believed that Yan Baihu's army was just a group of people. Ordinary bandits decided to give priority to conquering Wang Lang.

In the Jiangdong area, in addition to powerful nobles, there were also a large number of bandits who gathered to cause trouble. Yan Baihu was one of them. In addition to him, there was also Zu Lang, the commander-in-chief of Jing County. This person was active in Danyang County. Sun Ce left many people in Danyang to prevent Zu Lang attacked the rear.

In Kuaiji, there were also thieves such as He Xiong, Zhang Ya, and Zhan Qiang.

Yan Baihu knew that he was no match for Sun Ce and did not dare to fight him head-on. He sent his troops to garrison Wucheng and Jiaxing.

Sun Ce sent Long Feng to fight, and Yan Baihu sent his younger brother Yan Yu to fight. Yan Yu was defeated and fell back into the battle. Yan Baihu was finally defeated and retreated to Wujun City. Yan Baihu, who was alarmed to realize that the troops were approaching the city, hurriedly sent Yan Yuyu again to seek an alliance with Sun Ce.

Yan Yu went out of the city to see Sun Ce.

Sun Ce invited his guests to drink in the tent.

After drinking heavily, Sun Ce asked Yan Yu: "Brother, what do you want?"

Yan Yu replied: "I want to share Jiangdong equally with the general."

"Hahaha……"

Sun Ce felt insulted, what is Yan Baihu? Bandits!
Although Sun Ce is not talented, he is also a descendant of Sun Jian, Marquis of Wucheng. How can he associate with bandits?
Moreover, what ability does Yan Baihu have? Is it worth Sun Ce's willingness to share Jiangdong equally with him?
Obviously one person can take Jiangdong, why should he share it equally with others?
Sun Ce was furious: "How dare you, rats, be equal to me!"

He ordered people to kill Yan Yu. Since it was impossible for Yan Yu to capture him without mercy, he stood up with his sword. Sun Ce flew his sword and struck him, but he fell down and cut off his head, which was sent to the city.

Yan Baihu expected that he would not be able to defeat the powerful Sun Ce, so he abandoned the city and fled, and gathered his troops at Xijin Ferry, but was still defeated by Sun Ce's general Cheng Pu. Yan Baihu was defeated and fled again, and asked Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, for help. The combined forces of Yan and Wang were still defeated by the Sun army, so Yan Baihu fought his way out and fled to Yuhang. But within a day, Yan Baihu died at the hands of Dong Xi, who defected to Sun Ce's army.

(Dong Xi, courtesy name Yuan Dynasty, was eight feet tall and possessed extraordinary strength. When Sun Ce entered Kuaiji County, Dong Xi greeted him at Gaoqian Pavilion. Sun Ce saw that he was very majestic and admired him very much, so he sent him to the local area to serve as a thief. Jian'an Ten In the first month of the eighth year (213 years) or in the winter of the 216st year of Jian'an ( years), Cao Cao attacked Ruxukou, and Dong Xi followed Sun Quan to resist. Sun Quan sent Dong Xi to lead five large ships to Ruxukou late at night. The storm hit hard and all five ships were about to capsize. Dong Xi clung to the ship and drowned in the end.
Later, Huang Gai captured Jiaxing, Longfeng captured Wucheng, and several counties were leveled. In addition to taking Danyang, Sun Ce conquered Wu County in one fell swoop and owned two states.

"Xu Gong, are you willing to surrender?"

"I am a minister of the Han Dynasty. Who are you? Why did I surrender to you?"

Xu Gong's words directly touched Sun Ce's heart. The reason is very simple. After careful analysis, Sun Ce is a white man, and his official positions are all awarded by Yuan Shu, so they don't count.

"you……"

"Humph!"

Now, Sun Ce has a bad reputation. If he wants to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, he cannot kill famous officials indiscriminately. This is the conclusion everyone has come to, so Sun Ce has to put away his temper.

"Push him down!"

When Xu Gong returned, he wrote a memorial to the court: "I, Xu Gong, the governor of Wu County, am reporting to the king of Zhenbei... Sun Ce is a heroic man, similar to Xiang Ji, so he should be favored and summoned to the capital. He received the edict and was not allowed to go to the capital. If he doesn’t enter Beijing, he will definitely become a serious problem for the world.”

But Xu Gong didn't expect that Sun Ce's officials would intercept this form. After Sun Ce read it, he asked Xu Gong to come and see him, "Humph!"

Sun Ce threw the memorial to the ground and asked Xu Gong for an explanation.

Xu Gong claimed that he had no such intention, and Sun Ce immediately ordered his warriors to strangle Xu Gong. Xu Gong's youngest son and Nu Ke fled and hid by the Yangtze River. Nu Ke lurked among the people, plotting to avenge Xu Gong.

"Bo Fu... you..."

When Zhou Yu learned about this, he immediately came to find Sun Ce, but he came too late. At this time, there was only Xu Gong's body.

"Humph!"

Sun Ce naturally knew what would happen if he opened this hole, but it was difficult to close it.

"Killing Yan Baihu can be said to eliminate harm for the people, but killing Xu Gong..."

No matter what Xu Gong is, he is an official of the imperial court. When the time comes, the north will be held responsible. How can Sun Ce withstand the pressure now?
"Gongjin, I know you are doing it for my own good, but..."

Sun Ce knew that his reputation was already bad because he had followed Yuan Shu for two years.

"Bo Fu, alas!"

"This matter ends here, never again..."

Before Zhou Yu finished speaking, a scout came to report: "Report!!"

"Report! My lord, Danyang Zulang has invaded!" (End of this chapter)