Lu's relatives

Chapter 455

People say that those who want to achieve great things must be able to afford it, let it go, be smart, and be able to pretend to be a grandson. Just by luck.

After seizing the Danyang County where Yuan Shu was based, in order to stabilize the impoverished and unimaginable Danyang County, and not to repeat the mistakes of Yuan Shu who lost the chain at a critical moment, Yan Baihu once promised that he would be captured by Yuan Shu. The soldiers of Danyang County who were organized into the army were released to the people.This promise was indeed made in a short period of time. After the Yan family, who was originally a bandit from Jiangdong, took advantage of the opportunity to rebel against Yuan Shu and occupied Liyang City, the prefecture of Danyang County, Lu Bujun acquiesced in order to contain the Sun family and Liu Yao. Down, and quickly gained a firm footing.

But it is really difficult to recruit troops these days.Especially in this sky-high land that Yuan Shu had looted, let alone collecting taxes and fees to raise troops.Even the veterans under his command who had followed Yan's father and son from Kuaiji County were about to be rationed on January [-], and deserters were tortured frequently.

In the east of Danyang County, there is Liu Yao's forces sent by Lu Bu's army to defend together. Yan Baihu dare not compete with them!In the south, Sun Ce, the prefect of Yuzhang County, is a well-known little overlord of Jiangdong. He has fallen into such a situation, and he has a great relationship with this fellow. Compete for strengths and weaknesses.Luckily, Liu Yao said that although he had close ties with Lv Bujun, he was after all the Yangzhou Shepherd appointed by the emperor of the Han Dynasty.Therefore, although the strength is far superior to Yan Baihu, the threat is not too great.

But the Jiangdong Sun family is different.Sun Ce was young and promising, and he was quite cunning. With the assistance of a group of talents, he managed to rule the land and the people's hearts.At the beginning, it was only because of Qin Xu's great power and the power of great victory that he had to huddle aggrieved and recuperate in Yuzhang County, the southernmost point of the Han Dynasty. With Sun's ability, anyone can think that Sun Ce would never Being trapped in southern Xinjiang for such a long time, he will definitely look for opportunities to take action.And if the Sun family really takes action, the first thing to deal with, in Yan Baihu's view, will definitely not be Liu Yao's forces who actually control Wu Jun and Kuaiji Commanderies and are friendly with Lu Bu's army. Controlling Tiannan, with Sun Ce's current strength, he would never die so easily.Then, the first unlucky person Sun Ce can choose, except that he is like a lock, straddling Yuzhang County, cutting off Yuzhang County's access to the river, and is also a defensive force in front of Liu Yao's forces. Shield, forcing Sun Ce to fight Yan Baihu, the cannon fodder of Danyang County, who was the mortal enemy in Jingzhou.

In this troubled world, Yan Baihu has long recognized a truth.Only with soldiers in hand is the foundation of survival.People's hearts or something is too illusory and a little far away.So Yan Baihu quickly changed his face and decided to renege on his promise and gain weight.But after all, in Danyang, the rabbit doesn't eat the grass beside the nest. Yan Baihu also pointed out that the people of Danyang, who are already impoverished, pay taxes and food. At worst, they can build a city wall and build a fortification during the war. , It’s not easy to make it too stiff.Otherwise, let alone keeping these Danyang County soldiers, it would be a good thing to burn incense instead of staying in the nest.Therefore, Yan Baihu also seemed to persuade him at first, but after no results, he repeatedly postponed the promised release time.If it weren't for the headache, what excuses would be used to gradually erode this county soldier who, although mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, still possesses the inherent toughness and fearlessness of Danyang soldiers, suddenly received a call from Yuzhang County. Goodwill", saying that the main force of Lu Bu's army is currently trapped in the war in Hebei, and has no time to look south. It is an excellent time to "join hands" to include Jiangdong.If Liu Yao's influence can be successfully wiped out, the two sides can divide Jiangdong to control it. If not, the consequences will be unpredictable.

Of course Yan Baihu knows the truth of drinking poison to quench thirst.I also know that the consequences of seeking skins from tigers will eventually be eaten by tigers.But Yan Baihu had no other choice.It was Lv Bujun who gave the Yan father and son a chance to breathe for balance. Yan Baihu didn't dare to take the news that Lv Bujun was trapped in Hebei and gamble (gamble) with the lives of his father and son.

But Yan Baihu had no choice.In contrast, Lu Bu, who was thousands of miles away, could not quench his thirst. Moreover, even if Yan Baihu had enough time to contact him, Lu Bu might not be willing to believe the words of a small thief. Maybe he hesitated because of the life and death of his little pawn.But if he didn't do what Sun's people said, Yan Baihu had enough reasons to convince himself that maybe the little overlord in Yuzhang County would have to spend a little time against the forces of Liu Yao, who had the shadow of Lu Bujun behind him. Put in some effort, but if you go straight north from Yuzhang County, approach Danyang, and wipe out Yan's father and son, for Sun Ce, it will be a matter of no effort at all.What's more, people from the Sun family also told Yan Baihu that the Danyang soldiers in Xuzhou had already staged a large-scale rebellion under the rumors of the Danyang military disaster. The way back home from Guangling through Wujun to Danyang.

Now Yan Baihu had no choice.Liu Yao, Sun Ce, and even [-] Danyang rebels are all masters to Yan Baihu!No one can be provoked easily.And in this situation where far-sighted worries are compared with near-term worries, Yan Baihu only has the latter choice.Fortunately, the people from the Sun family did not make Yan Baihu too difficult. They seemed to know the situation in Danyang County. Even if they were able to send troops to attack Xiaoguan, apart from causing some trouble for Liu Yao, there would be no substantial gains at all. .Therefore, in addition to the thousands of shi of military rations sent in sincerity, Yan also found a powerful "ally" to help him break Xiaoguan for this action. The five thousand Shanyue barbarians of Zulang, the commander of the Shanyue clan in the corner of Jiangdong.

It's just that people are old and horses are slippery, and rabbits are hard to catch when they are old.Yan Baihu was forced to have no choice, or he also had some self-conscious thoughts, hoping to preserve his strength in the battle between the Sun family and Lu Bu.In the battle against Xiaoguan, no matter how much Shanyue's barbarians laughed at and ridiculed the incompetence of Yan's generals, and made Yan Yu furious, Yan Baihu also maintained considerable restraint, and even did not hesitate to show his weakness to let Shanyue's barbarians The soldiers made a big splash in the battle, and put the "unfamiliar" Danyang County soldiers at the forefront. Everything they did was to preserve their own strength to the greatest extent in case of emergency.However, although Yan Baihu's plan was cunning and cunning, his luck was really bad.No one expected that Qin Xu, the governor of Xuzhou who was supposed to follow Lu Bu to attack Yuan's territory in Hebei and was trapped in the forces of Cao Cao, Yuan brothers, Gongsun Zan, and Liu Bei, would appear thousands of miles away so quickly Outside the Jiangdong battlefield.Moreover, the Xuzhou Danyang soldiers who were said to have rebelled against Lu Bu's army also appeared in Qin Xu's battle sequence, and their morale was so high and the soldiers' hearts were so neat that people were stunned.This change, in addition to making Yan Baihu call Sun's intelligence system cheating in his heart, he can't help but have a different kind of weighing mind.

No matter how attractive Hongtu Baye sounds, it is not as important as one's own life.Besides, even if the Sun family succeeded in the Jiangdong incident this time, is it possible that Sun Ce, the former number one enemy who almost made him homeless, will really divide Jiangdong in half as agreed before? yourself?In contrast, Yan Baihu was more willing to believe in the rumored Lu Bujun who never killed prisoners.Although Lu Bu's reputation was a few years ago, it is actually not very reliable.

"Qin Shijun! The villain Yan Baihu, I have met Qin Shijun!" Yan Baihu, his father and son and a group of soldiers were brought in front of Qin Xu who had just left the gate of Xiaoguan City to earn his reputation.When there was still a long way to go, Yan Baihu, who had been beaten by countless Danyang soldiers at this distance, took advantage of the opportunity of the Danyang soldiers who escorted him to salute Qin Xu, and suddenly broke free with all his strength. With clasped hands, he took two steps forward and suddenly knelt down. After a few steps on his knees, he raised his hands high up, fell down on the ground, and shouted praises loudly.

"Yan Baihu?" Speaking of which, Qin Xu was also taken aback by Yan Baihu's sudden break free.But before Dian Wei, Lao Xu and others beside Qin Xu, as well as the first soldiers to protect each other, Yan Baihu suddenly acted like this.After all, Qin Xu was still not used to the custom of paying homage at every turn in this era, so he pointedly asked the Sergeant of the Danyang Soldier who was rushing up to pin Yan Baihu to the ground.

"The last general is incompetent! I am shocked by Commander Qin, and I hope that Commander Qin will punish him! Get out of the way!" Yan Baihu tricked him before, and he escaped the sifting of sand. In other words, it was a very shameless thing.And this time, because he didn't investigate for a while, Yan Baihu broke free from his restraints, and he was timid in front of Qin Xu. The Danyang soldiers seemed to have no confidence in answering Qin Xu's questions.Directly venting this resentment on Yan Baihu, after clasping his fists at Qin Xu to plead guilty, this Danyang soldier who Qin Xu vaguely remembered was a Bochang rank directly waved to the people around him, and tugged Yan Baihu's legs backwards. To drag people away.

"Emissary Qin! Mr. Yan has something important to tell! He really has something important to tell!" Seeing that Qin Xu didn't show any expression, but kept his face sullen and silent, the Danyang soldier gritted his teeth and wanted to carry out the order from Shangfeng.But Yan Baihu got the wrong meaning, and shouted again and again in surprise, until finally his voice broke, like a broken gong, but he still yelled at Qin Xu freely.Now Lao Yan has nothing left, even his old face has been completely lost in front of his son and a group of soldiers, just hoping to give the people behind him a way to survive in front of Qin Xu, if things fail, then Yan Baihu In this life, it is estimated that with the image of a clown, there will be countless laughing stock.Therefore, whether it is survival or prestige, Yan Baihu must do his best.

"Okay, let him stay, and the others will take good care of them, and don't act irrationally!" Qin Xu was really scared after being disgusted by the scandals of the US (army) in later generations, and seeing the torture methods of Danyang soldiers. One who can't take care of, when he sees this group of Yan's soldiers and Yan Baihu's son Yan Yu, this group of people will probably be tortured.This was not Qin Xu's original intention.

"Thank you Qin Shijun for your kindness! Thank you Qin Shijun for your kindness!" The feeling of surviving a near-death cannot be appreciated if you have never experienced it.Yan Baihu used to be a tyrant anyway, and he couldn't escape the category of mortals. After being dragged up by Danyang soldiers, the look of panic in his eyes was still hard to get rid of. It's just that the truth of this is not known to outsiders.

"No!" Qin Xu pointed out the methods of the Danyang soldiers on purpose.Obviously, Yan Yu and Yan's personal soldiers, who were still under the control of Danyang soldiers, let out a long sigh of relief.This is the advantage of being stronger than others. Not only did these people not dare to have the slightest thought of resenting Qin Xu, they even dared not look directly at Qin Xu's gaze. How could they still have the prestige that swept across the Jiangdong half of the country back then? .

"General Yan! How did you get Danyang to commit yourself to at that time? You don't need Qin to explain it in detail, but you can think about it clearly? Now why are you starting a war again and attacking our allies? Presumably Yan The general will definitely give Qin a satisfactory answer, won't he?" Qin Xu said with a sneer.

Although Qin Xu had never seen Yan Baihu before.But from Yan Baihu's actions just now, Qin Xu can roughly see through Yan Baihu's character.Talking about things on the fence is probably going to flatter him.This old man is really a character.Back then, when he was very powerful, when he was the most powerful, he even occupied Wu County, proclaimed himself King of Eastern Wu, and had the ambition to spy on the Central Plains!But now, in front of a young man who is much younger than his son, he can let go of his body like this. Of course, there is an intention to survive, but this state of mind alone is not possible for ordinary people. own.And the more this kind of person, the more arrogant he is when he gains power, and he cherishes his own life very much. Qin Xu dare not say that he is fully sure, but he expects that there will be gains this time.

"Emissary Qin! A villain dare not pretend to be a general in front of the envoy! Moreover, Yan is indeed involuntary in this matter, and I hope that the envoy Qin will clearly investigate!" Yan Baihu saw that Qin Xu did not kill anyone. Meaning, a heart that had reached his throat was replayed back, but he was still careful, and said to Qin Xu: "Besides, the villain still wants to report his love, but this matter is important. Listening to it is definitely not a good thing for the envoy, so...so I want to ask the envoy to stand back, so that the villain dares to speak out about big things!"

"Bold!" Before Yan Baihu finished speaking, it was Old Xu who was standing in front of Qin Xu who was the first to express his displeasure: "You are a mere bandit, and General Qin has already saved your life, yet you still use Qiao as a pretentious, ulterior motive. Are you not afraid of the sharpness of a knife?"

What Lao Xu said was reasonable, but in fact, it was to cover up Qin Xu's embarrassment.Although Qin has been practiced by Lu Lingqi for three full years, his body is no longer as weak as before. If he meets him in the market place, he will be too close for three or two people.But those people are just slightly stronger rough guys after all.Who is Yan Baihu?Don't look at this old man who is over half a century old now and has gray beard and hair, but ten years ago, he was also the number one person in Jiangdong, a famous thief and bandit, Yan Baihu was in Jiangdong, and even the yellow scarf would not dare The ease with which he provokes and scrambles for territory shows how powerful this old man is.Let him be alone with Qin Xu, and in front of so many soldiers, if Qin Xu refuses to agree, he will be afraid of him, but if he agrees, Lao Ke can't guarantee that Yan Baihu's words are true However, if Qin Xu is held hostage to do some bad things, Qin Xu's embarrassment will be minor, and Lv Bu will be angry. No one can afford such consequences.Therefore, without waiting for Qin Xu to react, Lao Xu spoke first.

"Old Xu doesn't have to be so close to the enemy! Let General Yan come forward and say something!" Qin Xu naturally understands that since he first arrived at the end of Han Dynasty, until now, he has been unswervingly in the same position as the Iron Triangle. The intention of the old man next to him.But Qin Xu had his own plan in mind.Although the current situation is that Lu Bu's army won first, but after all, what they are facing is the generals of the Yan family who came from the bandits in the east of the Yangtze River, who are infinitely close to the bottom regardless of the morale of the soldiers, and the Shanyue barbarians who have no military discipline at all. Soldiers are nothing but praiseworthy things.Although it is expected that the behind-the-scenes driver of this matter is Yuzhang Sun Ce, and it is even more clear that it is probably the work of Jiang Dongmei Zhoulang, but before he meets Guo Jia for a detailed discussion, Qin Xu can't guarantee this. What will be the next move of Jiangdong Zhou Lang, who dared to fight Guo Jia's wits.But what is certain is that Yan Baihu is still of great use to Guo Jia!Otherwise, Qin Xu would not have made peace with Wu Jun first, but would have rushed to help Xiao Guan first.Because even if Yan Baihu breaks Xiao Pass, once Qin Xu's army arrives, he will not let him go.There is no need to use such a big battle to kill chickens and deal with Yan's mob like a bull's knife.Therefore, Qin Xu said after stopping Lao Xu from drawing his sword to intimidate each other.

"Thank you for your trust! No wonder people say that Qin Shijun is a god-man descended from the world. With this kind of heart alone, I am convinced! It's just... it's just that it's really important at this time, and it's about the safety of Jiangdong. This..." Yan Baihu First, he flattered Qin Xu in a seemingly straightforward manner, but he still looked around and faltered, refusing to speak clearly. Looking at the situation, it seemed that Qin Xu would only open his mouth if he agreed to his request.

"Oh! Is that so?" Qin Xu stared at Yan Baihu's face for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Then you don't have to say it."

"Huh? Qin Shijun, this..." Yan Baihu thought about countless ways of Qin Xu's reaction after he uttered this sentence taught by an expert.Is it to immediately screen back and listen to his own secret report?Or do you pretend to sternly refute yourself first, in order to invite people's hearts?In short, no matter how he thought about it, Yan Baihu really didn't expect that his heavy punch would pass, but Qin Xu's light words made him feel like he was hit on the cotton, and he had nowhere to focus.And looking at Qin Xu's indifferent expression, it really doesn't seem like a fake.This kind of situation is not that Yan Baihu's muscular brain can figure out what went wrong in the middle of his perfect plan.

"Small sample, play psychological tactics with someone from Qin! It doesn't take much, it will give you 800 years!" Qin Xu sneered in his heart.

(End of this chapter)