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Chapter 89 Persuade to surrender
Jia Xu, who was sitting in the rear army, looked at the strange movements in Yan Baihu's army.

Decisively gave orders to a thousand soldiers behind him.

"Charge all, then cover up and kill."

A thousand cavalrymen received the order and their horses charged forward.

At this time, the sound of ringing gold in Yan Baihu's formation had just begun.

The timing of Jia Xu's charge was just right.

The cavalry charging head-on faced the infantry who turned and fled.
Isn’t it easier than chopping melons and vegetables?

Yan Baihu wanted to escape, but Liu Xuan's strategy was to kill Yan Baihu's effective forces as much as possible.

How could he be allowed to escape so easily?

After Liu Xuan led his cavalry to kill from north to south, he immediately turned around and charged from west to east.

This route happened to block the way for Yan Baihu's army to escape south.

Yan Baihu took a look at the situation in confusion, and couldn't help but feel dizzy.

Withdrawing south, Liu Xuan's cavalry is harvesting along the route.

Withdrawing eastward, Lu Bu's cavalry had already cut off their retreat from north to south.

To the north is Sheyang County, and to the west, Liu Xuan's thousand cavalry left behind have rushed towards him with murderous intent.

What made Yan Baihu even more desperate was that the city gate to the north was now open and the suspension bridge was slowly being lowered.

Ji Ying's troops, who had just fled into the city, saw that they were already victorious below the city.
Charge out again.

The situation of encirclement from all sides has been established.

Yan Baihu understood that it was impossible for the army to retreat unscathed.

He made a quick decision and shouted to the headquarters guards,

"Sprinkle stone powder and open a hole."

After receiving the order, the surrounding guards all took out a cloth bag from their arms.
The bag was cut open, and inside was a bag of off-white powder.

A group of personal guards rushed towards the war horse and sprinkled the white powder in their hands on the war horse's head.

The war horse rushed into the white powder, and his eyes were immediately fascinated by the powder.

The burning sensation temporarily blinded the horse's eyes, and it was no longer under the command of the cavalry, running around wildly.

It turns out that this off-white powder is quicklime.

Yan Baihu's personal bodyguards were basically all fighting their way back from the bandit days.

Spreading quicklime on war horses is a special skill of these bandits.

If used properly, it can also be miraculous against small-scale regular armies.

Yan Baihu captured Guangling and took over Guangling County Sheriff. Considering the reputation issue, he no longer used the underhanded method of spreading stone powder.

But many subordinates still retain the good habit of carrying stone powder.

At this life-saving moment, it finally came in handy again.

The horses were not under command, and the cavalry team led by Liu Xuan from west to east finally found an opening.
Yan Baihu's soldiers fled through this opening one after another.

Then they scattered in all directions and fled all the way south, hurriedly escaping for four or five miles in the direction of Guangling.
Although the cavalry behind him has been chasing and slashing,

However, Yan Baihu's soldiers were all over the mountains and plains, and the efficiency of the pursuit was greatly reduced.

Finally, after chasing for four or five miles, I saw the deserters getting into the mountains and forests.

Liu Xuancai stopped his pursuit and temporarily returned to Sheyang to rest.

In the Sheyang County government office, Liu Xuan and a group of civil and military officials gathered in the meeting hall.

The battle was won happily and the meeting was held in a harmonious and joyful atmosphere.

Jia Xu reported the situation of the battle with a smile on his face.
"Yan Baihu suffered more than [-] casualties in the siege of the city, and more than [-] casualties in our cavalry charge. Then our army pursued the victory and killed more than [-] people. In total, Yan Baihu's [-] soldiers in this expedition Nearly half of the ten thousand soldiers were killed or injured.”

"The casualties of the rest of the baggage troops are countless. After this battle, the soldiers in Guangling City have no intention to fight. According to Jia Xu, our army should take this opportunity to capture Guangling in one battle." Liu Xuan nodded,
"Capturing Guangling is also my set goal. It was only because of the sudden Battle of Sunyang that I had no choice but to use cavalry for reinforcements."

"This victory over Yan Baihu is indeed an excellent opportunity to attack Guangling. However, our army is all cavalry and has no siege equipment. If we want to attack the city, I am afraid it will take some time to build siege equipment."

Jia Xu said: "The so-called strategy of attacking the city with troops is to attack the city. I watched the battle of Sheyang. Yan Baihu has been frightened by our army and has no intention to fight. If we can persuade him to surrender voluntarily, that would be the best strategy." .”

"Since we are trying to persuade you to surrender, Lu Bu is willing to go." Lu Bu stood up and said,
"Yan Baihu is just a bandit. I, Lu Bu, personally went to persuade him to surrender. I'm afraid he won't dare to refuse."

Lu Bu now exudes a glow of confidence, and his words make people unconsciously feel a sense of trust.

Liu Xuan then said: "Okay, let Fengxian go and persuade him to surrender. If that fails, it won't be too late to send troops to attack the city."

"The army was reorganized in Sheyang for two days. Two days later, Ji Ying led [-] Sheyang defenders to merge with me, and [-] troops were sent to Guangling to hold down the battle for Lu Bu."

After five days,
Outside Guangling County.

Liu Xuan's seven thousand troops came to the city.

Along the way, Liu Xuan did not encounter any obstruction. Obviously, after the battle in Sheyang, Yan Baihu knew that positional warfare was no match for Liu Xuan.
Gather all the troops into Guangling City and take advantage of the danger to defend it.

As a county town, Guangling is much larger than the county town. The height of the city wall exceeds ten meters.

The moat outside the city is also more than ten meters wide.

If you want to attack the city by force, you must first fill the moat with sandbags, and then the siege equipment can reach the bottom of the city wall.

The whole process requires soldiers to sacrifice their lives, so storming a city has always been a bad idea since ancient times.

Lu Bu looked back at the majestic team behind him and smiled freely.
"Wait for my news, Lu Bu will go."

After that, he rode alone to the city gate drawbridge and shouted to the guard on the top of the city,

"Go and tell Yan Baihu that Lu Bu, under Liu Ziyan's command in Huaiyin, wants to see him and ask him to open the city gate quickly."

When the defenders on the city saw Lu Bu coming alone and shouting domineeringly, they did not dare to make the decision privately, so they quickly sent people to Yan Baihu to deliver the message.

Not long after, the suspension bridge on the moat slowly lowered.

The defenders on the city shouted: "My lord has ordered that you can only enter the city alone, and you are not allowed to carry weapons."

Lu Bu heard this and thrust Fang Tian's painted halberd into the suspension bridge. The blade of the halberd penetrated the wood more than half a foot.

The defenders on the city saw their eyelids twitching. The suspension bridge was made of beech wood, and ordinary swords could not cut it, but he penetrated it with a casual halberd.

The archers on the wall looked at each other and loosened their fully drawn bowstrings wisely.

Lu Bu rode his horse into the city with great enthusiasm.

In the Guangling County Council Hall, the attendants welcomed Lu Bu in.
There were not many people in the meeting hall, only Yan Baihu and a few close men.

When Yan Baihu saw Lu Bu, he immediately recalled the scene in the Battle of Sheyang where Lu Bu killed his own men with a flick of his halberd, and then led his cavalry to kill like crazy.

I couldn't help feeling guilty for a while, but I still managed to calm down and said,

"Marquis Lu Wen wants to see Yan, what advice do you have?"

Lu Bu got straight to the point and said, "I'm here to show you a way out."

"What is the way to survive?"

"Surrender! Otherwise, everything is a dead end."

Yan Baihu sneered,
"Marquis Lu Wen's words to persuade him to surrender are too clumsy."

"In the face of absolute strength, all words are false."

Lu Bu looked directly at Yan Baihu with sharp eyes,
"If you surrender now, you still have room to negotiate terms. When Fang Tian's painted halberd pokes you in the face, you will have no chance."

Yan Baihu's eyes trembled. The coercion displayed by Lu Bu made him afraid to look directly at him, and he suddenly lost his confidence.

"Can I think about it?"

"One day, I will wait for you outside the city tomorrow. If you surrender, you will live, if you fight, you will die!"

(End of this chapter)