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Chapter 85 Yan Baihu

Just by looking at the two defenders, we can deduce that Cao Cao will not attack Huaiyin.
This made Liu Xuan a little confused.

"Please tell me, sir."

Jia Xu had a smile on his face, without any intention of showing off. He leaned forward slightly and analyzed with Liu Xuan,

"Cheng Hu has already told me all the details of the battle at Xiapi. My lord led a battalion of three thousand tigers to attack the bridge and defeated it with overwhelming force. The defender who was easily captured among the thousands of troops was none other than Cao Hong.”

"In this battle, even if Cao Hong was not frightened to death, he would still be extremely fearful of his lord's troops. Instead of punishing Cao Hong, Cao Cao appointed him as the Shouchun Guardsman for the sake of safety."

"After this battle, Cao Hong will never dare to touch the front of our army easily. He will only defend Shouchun. And he will focus all his attention on us. If we want to attack Shouchun, there will be no chance for a sneak attack. Only Able to attack the city from the front."

After Jia Xu analyzed Shouchun, he drank some tea and continued,

"As for the generals of Xiapi, Li Dian and Li Mancheng, Jia Xu also knows a little about this person. This man is a veteran general in Cao Cao's army. He is a steady man and knows the general situation best. Cao Cao's trust in Li Dian is no less than that of his relatives. General. But this person is more reliable but not sharp enough. Cao Cao uses this person as the general to guard Xiapi. What Cao Cao wants is to defend the city and never send troops easily."

"Therefore, with the current combat strength of our army, we cannot easily capture any part of Shouchun or Xiapi, but we don't have to worry about attacks from these two directions for the time being."

After some analysis, both Liu Xuan and Cheng Hu were convinced.

Liu Xuan admired Jia Xu even more. It is said that people become better with age, but Jia Xu was comparable to an old goblin in guessing people's hearts.

"So good."

Liu Xuan stood up and walked to the map hanging on the wall of the meeting hall.

"Although Huaiyin is good, it is just a county town after all. I worked hard for more than a year to win Sheyang, and the territory under my control is not larger than the territory Liu Bei casually asked for."

"Next, Cao Cao has no time to look south, and Liu Bei has just moved west and needs to recuperate. This is the perfect time for us to expand our territory."

Liu Xuan moved his finger to the south of Sheyang, and made a sound on the ground.

"We will capture Guangling within two months."

When Jia Xu and Cheng Hu heard this, they both became energetic.

"Follow the order!"

[Notepad opens.]

[In 198 AD, Huaiyin County, the Battle of Xiapi ended. You won the submission of generals such as Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, etc., and your strength increased greatly.At the same time, Cao Cao behind you has no intention of fighting you for the time being, so you decide to take this opportunity to capture Guangling County and expand your territory. 】

[Trigger development mission: Southern Expedition to Guangling]

[Mission details: Defeat Yan Baihu and capture Guangling County within two months. 】

[Task reward: entry*2]

. . .

Guangling City is located to the north of the river and is the capital of Guangling County.

In the west of Guangling County, after the Huai River flows from west to east into Baima Lake, due to the terrain being higher in the north and lower in the south, the river changes its course and flows south to join the river.

Therefore, the Huai River has become a natural barrier on the west side of Guangling County.

To the east of Guangling is the vast sea.

Such a terrain surrounded by water on three sides is an excellent place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Since Yan Baihu captured Guangling, he has not followed the bandit's old tactics of burning, killing and robbing.
On the contrary, he did not offend the common people in the county.

He even personally made friends with the wealthy noble families in the city, and invited many young men from the noble families in the city to help manage Guangling.

Although Yan Baihu was a bandit, he was a heroic man. After some hard work, he actually gained the recognition of some nobles in Guangling County.

With the support and funding of the noble clan, Yan Baihu took charge of the Guangling Prefecture and recruited brave soldiers. In just a few years, it became a trend.

He fought against Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, and ruled across the river.

However, Yan Baihu at this time did not look like a Guangling County Sheriff at all.In the governor's house, Yan Baihu held his hands in front of him,

He lowered his head with a troubled expression on his face,

"Mom, please calm down first. I am really not to blame for the death of my third brother."

In front of Yan Baihu, an old woman was leaning on the couch, with two maids on each side squeezing his shoulders and rubbing his legs.

The old woman didn't feel comfortable at all. Instead, she angrily grabbed a fruit from the bed and threw it at Yan Baihu.

"Are you still quibbling? You, the majestic Grand Administrator of Guangling, watched your own brother being killed without sending any troops to help. It has been several months now. You haven't even mentioned the word revenge. You didn't care about Xing'er's death at all. Take it to heart.”

The old woman on the couch is Li, the mother of Yan Baihu and Yan Xing.

As the youngest son of the Yan family, Yan Xing has been doted on by the Li family since he was a child. His temperament is much more eccentric than Yan Baihu's.

Yan Baihu has been taught by Mr. Li to take care of his younger brother since he was a child.

Later Yan Baihu grew up and by chance became a famous bandit leader in Jiangdong.
His power grew stronger and stronger, and he traveled to many counties and counties in the east of the Yangtze River, and finally settled on Guangling, a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
It has become a common practice to capture the county government and take charge of the Guangling Prefecture.

Mrs. Li, who was partial to her youngest son Yan Xing, proposed that Yan Xing should also follow Yan Baihu as a bandit.

Yan Baihu couldn't resist his mother's request, so he had to take Yan Xing to start a business as a bandit.

With Yan Baihu's help, Yan Xing's journey as a bandit went much smoother than Yan Baihu's.
After training a group of confidants, Yan Xing felt that Yan Baihu was too restrained and not bold enough.

He asked Yan Baihu to help him build a territory and let him work alone.

Yan Baihu wanted to refuse, but Li got angry and scolded Yan Baihu for being cruel and selfish.

As a last resort, Yan Baihu had no choice but to help Yan Xing capture Sheyang and let him govern Sheyang alone.

The outcome can be imagined. Yan Xing, who only had experience in burning, killing and robbing, made Sheyang a mess and made it difficult for people to live.

In the end, Liu Xuan was killed by Liu Xuan on the bank of Baima Lake because he failed to repay the money he borrowed.

Even so, Yan Baihu sent a team of 3000 people to support Yan Xing.

It's a pity that Yan Xing was really useless, causing Yan Baihu to lose 3000 million yuan to redeem his people.

Although Yan Baihu was a bandit, he was a filial son. Even though he was reprimanded by Mrs. Li, he did not talk back, but just defended helplessly.

"Mom, I did send troops to support my third brother, but the battle at White Horse Lake was so weird that even my three thousand reinforcements were captured."

"Fart, are you calling that reinforcements? No one died and all were captured. They were obviously sent there just to show off. If you had sent more people, why would Xing'er have died tragically?"

Yan Baihu pursed his lips, lowered his eyebrows and did not argue.

Li asked reluctantly,

"Bai Hu, I want to ask you a question, do you want to avenge Xing'er or not?"

Yan Baihu didn't dare to refuse, so he had to ask: "What do you want me to do?"

Li's eyes flashed fiercely: "First attack Sheyang, then attack Huaiyin."

"I heard that when the people of Sheyang City learned of Xing'er's death, they beat gongs and drums in the city to celebrate, and even opened the city gate to welcome the traitor Liu Xuan."

"After conquering Sheyang, I want you to kill all the people in Sheyang and bury Xing'er with them."

Yan Baihu frowned and said: "This"

Before Yan Baihu could think of an excuse, Mrs. Li kicked away the maid who was pinching his feet next to the couch, and rolled on the couch crying,

"Oh~ I really deserve to die for giving birth to such an unfilial son. He doesn't care about brotherhood at all and only covets wealth and power. What's the point of living for this old man like me? I might as well die to accompany Xing'er."

Seeing that the situation was out of control, Yan Baihu could only nod and deal with it, "Okay, let's fight. I will arrange to attack Sheyang now."

(End of this chapter)