Chapter 219: 216. Liu Yan attack The Nanman Tribe Alliance
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These nicknames soon spread among the nobility and scholars circle, which caused some disbelieve because of how a group of children could receive such nicknames and many decided to ignore it, only people like Zhuge Xuan, Lu Zhi, and Cai Yong could see that these nicknames were the embodiment of their nature.
Lie Fan was satisfied with his subordinates realizing the deeper meaning behind the nickname, Lie Fan decided that since Zhuge Liang was under his domain, he thought of also recruiting Xu Shu to the academy, since he should haven't left for Jing Province yet.
The prediction can also be wrong as the War in Central Plains came faster than in Original history, even though not as long and as devastating to the common people, it is still a war that could make Xu Shu leave.
Lie Fan sent Oriole to search for Xu Shu around Yu Province, especially in Yingchuan Commandery his hometown. Lie Fan also told them to befriend Xu Shu's mother, because Xu Shu loves his mother.
Xu Shu in the original history and the romance of the Three Kingdom novel, chose Liu Bei as his first lord and became his main advisor/ strategist helping Liu Bei defeat Cao Ren, but Cao Cao had something up in his sleeve.
Cao Cao "invited" Xu Shu's mother to his domain, where everyone knows that Cao Cao took Xu Shu's mother hostage, making Xu Shu who had high filial piety decide to leave Liu Bei and join Cao Cao.
Before leaving Liu Bei, he had sworn to never give Cao Cap any advice and suggested Zhuge Liang his best friend to Liu Bei, which made a turning point for Liu Bei when he finally had a permanent base in Jing and then Yi Province.
Pang Tong will be left to Pang Degong and Sima Hui to learn until Lie Fan conquers Liu Bia's northern land where Pang Degong and Sima Hui live, which Lie Fan feels is his next step after taking care of Liu Yao.
The academy is going well, but Lie Fan's project of growing coffee has a problem where some of it has died after growing for some time, Lie Fan was informed of this problem and accompanied by Ren Jun and Mi Zhu, He heads toward the plantation area for coffee.
In there he saw some of the plants had died, which looked like caused by improper handling by some of the farmers, and some of the seeds weren't compatible with the soil, which made Lie Fan feel weird.
Lie Fan: "Ren Jun and Mi Zhu take care of some of the coffees that are still healthy, using the same methods that were used before as it works on them."
Ren Jun: "Yes My Lord, I will order the farmers to do that but what about the coffee plants that are dead? We need to investigate it we still have many seeds to be planted, this was only the trial."
Mi Zhu: "My Lord maybe there are different types of coffee seeds in the sack? Just like how some fruits and vegetable seeds have the same appearance, but they need a different method of growing?"
Lie Fan: "What you just said can be correct Mi Zhu, get me the seed sacks to see if there are any differences in their characteristic or smell which can allow us to know if we have different seeds."
Mi Zhu and Ren Jun brought Lie Fan small sacks of coffee seeds that were taken from the bigger sack, Lie Fan took them back to his office in the Governor Castle and took the Book of Knowledge out.
He opened a search about the coffee section in the book and found about the different types of coffee seeds, after doing some tasting and different kinds of ways to test the coffee seeds, he found that he had 2 different types of coffee seeds.
They have different needs of soil level, water level, and growing method which is why some of the coffee seeds that were planted some years ago, eventually died due to the wrong method of growing, soil, and water level.
This finding was soon informed to Ren Jun and Mi Zhu, and he informed them of the right way to grow the new type of seeds, what soil it needed, and the water level it needed every day.
Mi Zhu and Ren Jun who received this information informed the farmers and decided to create a separate group, and plantation area for the new coffee seeds to not confuse the farmers.
Lie Fan has described which seeds are Seed A and Seed B, to help the farmers organize the seeds into their separate groups. Lie Facing this new experience, realizes that he needs to double-check the rewards that were given to him.
In Xiapi Lie Fan is handling the coffee seed problem, far in the Yi Province which was Liu Yan's domain there's a big movement happening there, one that doesn't interest the warlords but a big event for Yi Province.
In the southern area of Yi Province which is full of forest and swamps, there are tribes and savages living there where they created what they called the Nanman Tribes Alliance, which hindered Liu Yan's sphere of influence in Yi Province.
This caused Liu Yan to be frustrated since his domain should have been very big, rivaling Liu Biao's domain but due to the existence of the Nanman Tribe Alliance, he couldn't achieve that size.
He silently increased the number of his army since becoming the Governor of Yi Province, at first to handle some of the rebels and bandits who lived under his domain which was the main pest at the time.
Now that the pests are gone and his army is many in number, with experienced generals such as Yan Yan and Zhang Ren leading them, Liu Yan is sure that he could win the battle against the tribe alliance easily.
So in the middle of the second month of the Year 193 AD, Liu Yan sent his army led by Yan Yan and Zhang Ren to attack the Nanman Tribe Alliance, to reclaim his lands and drive out the savages from China.
The Declaration of War caused the Nanman Tribe Alliances who led their life peacefully with only internal conflicts between each other, to band up to face off against Liu Yan's army.
The leader of the Nanman Tribe Alliance was a man named Meng Huo who led his tribe through his prowess which remains undefeated to this day and then crowned as the leader of the alliance after defeating the other tribe leaders who challenged him for the title.
Meng Huo: "Everyone we are gathered here today to discuss how to handle the army that was sent by Liu Yan to attack us! We don't know their numbers yet, but we can use the area to our advantage as they never set foot here."
King Duosi: "Leader I agree with your suggestion, the swamps area which was under my domain was a great weapon against Liu Yao's army, there's also a group of beast who lives there that could help us fend them off."
King Wutugu: "Trapping them in the swamp can exhaust their strength and spirit, then I will use my Elephant Army to trample them after managing to leave the swamp!"
King Mulu: "My Tigers are also hungry for some fresh meats, looks like they will have a feast for some time!"
Ahui'Nan: "My Troops are also ready to support to Leader, my poison blow darts units were ready to ambush Liu Yan's army inside the swamp."
Meng Huo: "Hahaha everyone has such a high spirit, Liu Yan and his army will never know what will hit them Hahaha!"
Nanman Tribe Alliance began to raise their men under Meng Huo's leadership, Liu Yan's army numbered around 150,000 men to attack the Nanman Tribe Alliance, which raised around 70,000 men.
Zhang Ren and Yan Yan who were the highest-ranking generals in Liu Yan's army, alongside Zhang Song one of Liu Yan's advisors arrived at Jiangyang who was under King Wutugu's domain.
Yan Yan and Zhang Ren led their 150,000 men to enter the swamp in 3 groups of 50,000 men each, the swamp was a new terrain for Liu Yan's army to fight in which reduced their combat capability.
It had a bad smell and many insects flying around, which distracted Liu Yan's soldiers, it was at this time that Ahui'Nan's special blow darts unit began to target Liu Yan's soldiers who entered the swamp.
The soldiers who got shot with the poisonous darts scream in pain, this scream attracts the soldiers around them and also the group of beasts who made the swamp their home.
Some of the soldiers who were confused were suddenly dragged into the water of the swamps, by a big lizard-skinned animal that was an Alligator, not only one but a group of alligators.
The soldiers who saw this immediately used their weapons to kill the crocodiles, in this chaos, Ahui'Nan's blow dart units continued to pick off Liu Yan's soldiers, Yan Yan who led this first group immediately led his men to leave the swamps.
Yan Yan's leadership was second to none in Liu Yan's army, his men even though panicked still followed his lead and order to the fullest, managing to leave the swamp but with heavy casualties.
Yan Yan who sees that they have left the swamp, tells his men to take a rest and recuperate their strength, while they were resting suddenly they heard elephant sounds and how the ground was rumbling.
From the south of their location, suddenly a group of elephants with riders on their backs headed toward them at full speed, making Yan Yan's men panic as they had never seen a group of elephants marching toward them, which was an exotic beast to them alongside the alligators they encounter.
Yan Yan also panicked seeing such huge animals heading toward them, he commanded his soldiers to raise their weapons and spread out to reduce their casualties.
Yan Yan's quick thinking somewhat works, he managed to reduce the number of casualties among his men and confuse the elephants who have charged in and now have to turn around.
King Duosi led the charge of his elephant units himself, he rode the biggest elephant and commanded his units to spread out to attack Yan Yan's men who were scattered around the area.
His order was a mistake, because as soon as his unit separated from their formation Yan Yan and his men managed to surround each elephant and cause some damage to his unit, and even managed to kill one of the elephants which was more valuable than the rider's, Yan Yan and King Duosi battled on the outskirts of the swamp.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 26 (193 AD)
Level: 15
Next Level: 938.000
Renown: 645
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)
SP: 571.700
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STR: 906 (+20)
VIT: 578 (+20)
AGI: 563 (+10)
INT: 567
CHR: 93
WIS: 489
WILL: 377
ATR Points: 0
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