The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Zheng and Yan Baihu continued to launch a rigorous attack here. They thought it would take three days to cause a huge reaction.

But it was far beyond Liu Zheng's expectations, and only on the second day, great changes were discovered in Kuaiji City.

Liu Zheng originally thought that the defenders in this city would last for another two days.But who knew, on the second day in Kuaiji City, an enemy army broke out directly from the west gate.

Because Liu Zheng and others distributed their forces at the four city gates, Liu Zheng mainly attacked the north gate, and Yan Baihu mainly guarded the south gate, so there were no more than 5000 troops stationed at the west gate, and it happened to be Yan Baihu's troops at that time. After a wave of siege, he retreated to rest, and was frightened by the sudden attack of the enemy at the west gate, so he didn't defend well at all.

In this way, this group of enemy troops broke through the city and fled directly to Danyang County.

By the time Liu Zheng received the news, the group had disappeared.

Liu Zheng came over with his own troops, and it happened that Yan Baihu had just arrived here, and Yan Baihu's younger brother Yan Xing was in charge of guarding the west gate. Liu Zheng had met Yan Xing before, so he was an acquaintance. He looked at Yan Baihu and Liu Zheng with a dejected expression.

"What about people?"

Yan Baihu was even more anxious than Liu Zheng, and asked his younger brother as soon as he got close.

"Ran."

Yan Xing hesitated for a moment, but still said two words.

"Run away? How could it be possible to run away? Didn't I ask you to bring people to station here? Why can't you stop some soldiers and horses coming out of the city!"

As soon as Yan Baihu heard what his younger brother Yan Xing said, his face looked a little angry.

However, Liu Zheng was calmer, and he stretched out his hand to stop Yan Baihu from scolding Yan Xing.

Instead, he asked Yan Xing.

"Have you seen clearly how many soldiers and horses came out of the city? Who is the leader?"

It is useless to scold Yan Xing now, the most urgent thing is to find out who is the person who broke out from the city, how many soldiers are there, and how many people are left in the city at this time, only after figuring out these things.Liu Zheng and the others were able to make further preparations and plans for the next thing.

Yan Xing was clear about what Liu Zheng asked, so he immediately calmed down and began to describe to Liu Zheng what he had seen before.

"I've made a note of this. The number of soldiers and horses who came out of Kuaiji City was not many, only four to five thousand. I don't know the general who led him, but judging by the armor he was wearing, he should have a high position. They As soon as they appeared, they attacked us directly, and after some people in the outermost circle stopped us, they covered the small group of troops in the middle to escape and went directly to the direction of Danyang County."

Although Yan Xing's description was brief, he described the situation at that time in more detail.Liu Zheng nodded after listening.

"If my guess is correct, these people did not go to Danyang County for help, but escaped directly with some of the most important people in the city."

Liu Zheng didn't know that Liu Yao had already left. He thought Liu Yao had left with these breakout people this time.

"So, all the important people in this city have escaped, and the only ones left in the city are ordinary soldiers?"

Yan Baihu seemed to understand what Liu Zheng said.

Liu Zheng nodded, turned around and said to Yan Baihu.

"It should be true. I want to come to the city. The situation is very bad. The guard knows that he can't suppress it, so he can't wait to escape. Now that he can escape from the west gate, I'm afraid he has been planning for several days. It is not easy to escape from the city gate we are stationed at, so we can only escape from the weak west gate, and we can enter Danyang County by taking advantage of the trend, so we do not dare to pursue it deeply."

Liu Zheng uttered the plans of those who escaped from the city to break through, and Yan Baihu frowned after hearing this.

"Forget it, just run away, I don't intend to kill them here anyway."

Liu Zheng didn't care much about these fleeing troops. Anyway, their goal was to take down this Kuaiji city. Now that the guards have fled, there are only a few leaderless soldiers and horses left in this Kuaiji city. It will be easy to deal with them again. too much.

After his analysis, he decisively ordered Yan Baihu to prepare to attack the city with him.And directly attack the current Xicheng Gate. The defense of the Xicheng Gate is already extremely weak because a large number of defenders have left the city gate. However, Liu Zheng’s army and Yan Baihu’s army have gathered more than 5000 people. If they attack the Xicheng Gate together , is simply a breeze.

With Liu Zheng's affirmation, Yan Baihu naturally would not back down in any way, he was inclined to attack the city directly.

Yan Baihu took the lead and led the soldiers to join the ranks of attacking Kuaiji City. As expected by Liu Zheng, the west gate was extremely weak because a large number of defenders escaped from the gate. After only a moment of attack, the gate was destroyed. break open.

There were less than a hundred defenders, and such a defensive lineup could not stop Yan Baihu's ferocious attack. However, at the cost of losing hundreds of people, the gate of Kuaiji City was broken.

Yan Baihu, who had entered the city, was extremely excited.Directly plundered a large amount of wealth that originally belonged to the court, and used it to supplement his own deficit.

3 Chapter Sixty

However, Liu Zheng and Yan Baihu were different. While Yan Baihu was plundering the wealth of Kuaiji City, Liu Zheng sent his soldiers to capture all the soldiers who were originally under Liu Yao's command and had no time to escape from the city.

The whole process lasted for a whole day before it was completely over.

A day later, the prefect's mansion in Kuaiji City.

After nearly 10 days of continuous attacks, Yan Baihu finally sat on the throne in the mansion of the former prefect of Kuaiji City that he had dreamed of. At this time, Yan Baihu was also in a good mood.

Being able to be the throne of the prefect's mansion means that Yan Baihu will be the strongest in the entire Kuaiji County in the future, and no one can shake his position.

Of course, he did not forget Liu Zheng. He was able to enter Kuaiji City thanks to Liu Zheng's help, so this time he called Liu Zheng over to express his gratitude to Liu Zheng.

"Liu Zhengqu is handsome, this time we attacked Kuaiji City and we joined forces to deal with Liu Yao. It can be said that we have won a complete victory. Although Liu Yao was not killed directly, it is also important for us to scare him away and flee here in embarrassment. Victory, especially being able to capture this city of Kuaiji, is simply something I couldn't have imagined before."

"Of course I haven't forgotten that it's all thanks to you that you were able to conquer Kuaiji City. Come and let me toast you first."

After Yan Baihu finished speaking, he raised the cup in his hand and watched Liu Zheng drink it down with deep eyes.

"Brother Yan, you don't need to be like this. The attack on Liu Yao this time is not due to me alone. It is also thanks to Brother Yan. Without your strong support, Brother Yan, I would definitely not be able to defeat Liu Yao so easily with my own strength alone."

Liu Zheng always knew how to advance and retreat, and he didn't take credit for taking down Kuaiji City.Instead, when Yan Baihu thanked him, he slightly declined, and then gave him a glass in return.

"Where is it, my credit is not enough to worry about. All of this is due to Liu Zhengqushuai's scheduling, so it is possible to get to this situation, so no matter what, I still want to express my gratitude to Liu Zhengqushuai. Come on, let's go again have a drink."

The two complimented each other and boasted about their business.

After exchanging glasses, those who drank a lot of wine were a little tipsy.

At this time, Yan Baihu revealed what he meant, and began to continue talking to Liu Zheng through Jiu Jin.

"Brother Liu, you said earlier that after you conquered this city of Kuaiji, you would give it up to me. Are you serious about what you said?"

Yan Baihu used Jiu Jin to say this, but in fact Liu Zheng followed Yan Baihu's eyes.

This guy is obviously sober, not like a drunk person at all.Instead, he looked at Liu Zheng with fiery eyes, wanting to hear Liu Zheng's answer.

For him, Kuaiji City is really important. He wants a base, and this county is much better than ordinary county towns. If Liu Zheng refuses to give it to him, Yan Baihu doesn't really want to have a fight with Liu Zheng Arguing, it would be bad if it affected his relationship with Liu Zheng.

Especially now that he knows Liu Zheng's strength, the consequences of offending Liu Zheng are terrible.

So I can only use wine to test Liu Zheng and see if Liu Zheng is interested in this Kuaiji City.

And why didn't Liu Zheng understand what Yan Baihu meant? After Yan Baihu asked, he was very decisive, and immediately expressed his opinion to Yan Baihu.

"Brother Yan, don't worry, I, Liu Zheng, always keep my word. I said that Kuaiji City would be handed over to you, so I wouldn't take his idea. Anyway, this city has been taken down now, and my business is almost over. Tomorrow, I will leave here with my people."

If Liu Zheng does not leave here, the garrison in Kuaiji City will always be a threat to Yan Baihu. Although the two are allies on the surface, in the Three Kingdoms era, they were allies at one moment, and they can change for the benefit of the next moment. Become an enemy, such examples are countless.

So Liu Zheng himself is not willing to garrison troops here, anyway, his purpose of coming to Yangzhou this time has been achieved.

Although the city of Kuaiji County was handed over to Yan Baihu, most of the territory of Kuaiji County was controlled by Liu Zheng. Yan Baihu only got a county, and Liu Zheng got most of Kuaiji County. Next, Liu Zheng didn't feel that he was at a loss.

Anyway, he conquered Kuaiji City. This city didn't have much use for him. All he needed was a transfer station from Jiaozhou to Xuzhou, and this transfer station could be set up in Jian'an County or Houguan County.

In addition, he plundered a lot of people from Kuaiji County. After fully pulling these people to Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou will be further prosperous, and it is not impossible to develop into the second Yangzhou by then.

Hearing Liu Zheng's affirmative answer, Yan Baihu's face, which was still a little apprehensive, suddenly looked a lot better. After drinking the wine, he felt that it was even more fragrant.

After pulling Liu Zheng to drink a few more glasses, he was overwhelmed by alcohol and returned home drunk.

When Liu Zheng left Yan Baihu's place with his people, Xu You came up to him, obviously a little reconciled on his face. After all, when Liu Zheng agreed to hand over Jicheng to Yan Baihu, Xu You felt that Liu Zheng was too weak. It was a big loss, and the county city that was finally captured was given to Yan Baihu, but he got nothing.

"My lord, we just gave Kuaiji City to Yan Baihu, didn't we take advantage of that guy?"

Xu You didn't dare to question Liu Zheng's decision, but he held it in his heart, and there was always some unhappiness. In order to take down Kuaiji City, he ran back and forth, which can be regarded as a lot of effort. Now that the city is given to Yan Baihu, his credit can be there is none left.

Liu Zheng smiled lightly and patted Xu You on the shoulder.

"Ziyuan, Kuaiji City is not so easy to get. It looks cheap now, Yan Baihu, but it's a hot potato. Do you think it's so easy to get?"

"Oh?"

Liu Zheng's words caught Xu You's attention, and he looked at Liu Zheng, waiting for Liu Zheng to explain to him.

When Liu Zheng saw Xu You's longing eyes, and the expressions of Gan Ning, Wen Pin and others around him, he had no choice but to explain to them.

"Everyone, Yangzhou is still the territory of the imperial court. Even if we take a Kuaiji County, there are also Yuzhang County, Danyang County, Jiujiang County, Lujiang County and other places. Those places are the foundation of Yangzhou, and they can be pieced together at any time. With an army of tens of thousands, after Liu Yao returns to Zhouzhi, do you think he will let it go?"

"I'm afraid that not only will he not let it go, but he will even intensify and unite more troops to encircle and suppress us, and Yan Baihu will occupy Kuaiji City and create a buffer zone for us to resist Liu Yao out of thin air. Why refuse?"

Chapter 361 Returning to Jiaozhou

In fact, Liu Zheng had already thought about today's result a long time ago, because he lost too many soldiers and horses in the battle with Sun Jian. With the remaining manpower alone, it is impossible to defeat the entire Yangzhou.

So this battle will be delayed. He needs to go back to Jiaozhou to regroup and fight again in the future, but Liu Zheng is willing to wait. Others may not wait for him, so a buffer zone is needed, and Yan Baihu is in the middle. Suitable for this buffer zone.

Once Liu Yao's army comes back, Yan Baihu must be the first to bear the brunt. When Yan Baihu faces Liu Yao's tens of thousands of troops alone, the pressure can be imagined, but with Yan Baihu's current strength, he should not defeated in a short time.

It only takes Yan Baihu to persist for a few months to give Liu Zheng enough buffer time, and it is not a problem to organize his troops and horses to fight back in Yangzhou.

In this way, exchanging a Kuaiji City for a line of defense is better than buying and selling. For Liu Zheng, it is not a loss, but a gain.

As for Yan Baihu, who was sold by Liu Zheng, he is still grateful for Liu Zheng's generosity.

Taking a step back, this time Liu Zheng not only didn't lose money, he also made a lot of money. Let's not talk about Sun Jian's more than [-] soldiers and horses. Now all of them are in Liu Zheng's hands. Although they are all surrendered troops, they cannot be directly used Use it to kill enemies.

However, after Liu Zheng sent him back to Jiaozhou for some training, he would definitely be able to add a lot of soldiers to Liu Zheng's army. When he entered Kuaiji City this time, Liu Zheng also collected [-] soldiers from the city. Yu people.

These surrendered troops were originally county soldiers dispatched by Liu Yao from various counties and counties, but because they were not his direct descendants, they were abandoned by Fan Neng when he broke through the siege. Liu Zheng and Yan Baihu's army entered the city, and Liu Zheng was captured. the vast majority.

These people were also a new force, and Liu Zheng escorted them back to Jiaozhou together, which became a reliable source of soldiers for Liu Zheng to choose a new army.

With Liu Zheng's explanation, Xu You finally understood Liu Zheng's good intentions, and the suffocation he was holding in his heart at the moment was finally relieved.

At the same time, I admire Liu Zheng's thoughtfulness.

"My lord, you are still amazing. I didn't expect to go so far. I admire you. You are indeed the lord I believe. You are much smarter than me."

Xu You took advantage of the situation and flattered Liu Zheng.

"Yes, yes, the lord is really powerful. I didn't think so much at all. I just thought that it was a big loss to give up Kuaiji City to Yan Baihu. Now hearing what the lord said, I feel that we are not only not at a loss, but on the contrary. The [-] soldiers and horses who died have all been earned."

Gan Ning also followed Xu You and praised him.

Liu Zheng couldn't help laughing, looking at Xu You and Gan Ning, he was also speechless for a while.

"You guys, pack up quickly and prepare to go back to Jiaozhou."

On the second day, as he said at the dinner, Liu Zheng took his own troops to bid farewell to Yan Baihu.

Yan Baihu showed a very reluctant look at the beginning, and asked Liu Zheng to stay a few words, but after Liu Zheng refused repeatedly, he agreed to Liu Zheng's departure without hesitation.

It took nearly three months before and after, and Liu Zheng's expedition to Yangzhou was almost over.

end of August.

Liu Zheng has already returned to Jiaozhou with more than 2 people.

Of course, these 2 people are all surrendered troops, usually soldiers and horses originally belonging to Sun Jian, and the other part are soldiers and horses belonging to Liu Yao.

Liu Zheng did not bring back the surviving soldiers and horses of Liu Zheng. Instead, he asked Gan Ning and Jiang Qin to lead their remaining soldiers and horses to station in Houguan County.

Houguan County is not far from Kuaiji City, which is a day’s journey. If there is any trouble in Yangzhou, it can be sensed at the fastest speed, and Houguan is also Liu Zheng’s decision. It will develop into a large city, and even directly establish a new county.

Therefore, Hou Guan is more important, and no mistakes are allowed. It is very necessary to send troops to station, not only to prepare for Liu Yao's attack, but also to deter those Shanyue tribes in Kuaiji County.

Liu Zheng raided most of the Shanyue in the south of Kuaiji County within two months, and moved all the Shanyue people to Jiaozhou, but some people remained in Kuaiji County, so in order to deter those people, Liu Zheng decided to let Gan Ning temporarily Guard the Kuaiji.

Anyway, there won't be too much fighting here for a while, and a few thousand soldiers and horses are enough to garrison.

The situation in Jingzhou is relatively good for the time being, with Zhou Cang guarding alone, and Xu Huang and Huang Zhong helping, there is no worries for the time being.

It's not that Liu Zheng doesn't want to send more people to Houguan County, it's just that Liu Zheng has not recruited enough soldiers and horses to send people here.

Therefore, Gan Ning's people can only be stationed here temporarily.

After returning to Jiaozhou, the first thing to do was to deal with these surrendered troops.

Originally, according to Liu Zheng's intention, these surrendered troops were dispersed, distributed among counties and counties in various places, organized into county soldiers, and became among the re-chung county soldiers, and some troops were drawn to form a new army for training. .

After all, these people who have just surrendered cannot completely win Liu Zheng's trust.

But after careful consideration, Liu Zheng continued to keep Sun Jian's troops together, but they were split into several teams and directly incorporated into Zhou Cang's command in Guiyang County.

Zhou Cang dispatched these soldiers and horses in a unified manner, striving to convert Sun Jian's 1 people into his own troops.

After dealing with Sun Jian's soldiers, Liu Zheng began to deal with Liu Yao's surrendered troops. These people were originally county soldiers, and their strength was not very good. Liu Zheng has no hope. He can completely incorporate these people and think twice. After a while, he made a simple inquiry among these people. Some of them were willing to continue serving as soldiers. Liu Zheng broke them up and organized them into the county soldiers in various parts of Jiaozhou.

For the other part who were unwilling to continue serving as soldiers, Liu Zheng asked them to live scattered in various counties of Jiaozhou just like the Shanyue clan in Kuaiji County who had migrated over.

Then he rushed to recruit soldiers from the Shanyue people who had migrated over, so that Liu Zheng recruited another 2 people within a month.

The 2 people were divided into several parts by Xu Huang and distributed to various counties and counties. Then 2 people were drawn from the original county soldiers in Chong County and counties, and directly distributed to Wenpin and Gan Ning.

Gan Ning's third battalion suffered heavy losses, and these manpower could just be replenished, while Wenpin's men were the fifth battalion that Liu Zheng planned to build.