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Chen Qun as Lie Fan's Political Advisor then analyzed the map again, Lie Fan's current political situation improved with Zhang Chao joining him as Xu Province didn't have an internal problem. He thinks it's best to ally with Cao Cao, who has the power and mind to become the controller of Yan Province.
Chen Qun said his thoughts to Lie Fan and the others, explaining that they need at least one ally to not become isolated in the central plain. Jia Xu and Xun You soon supported Chen Qun's suggestion, as what Chen Qun said held some merit and Cao Cao was the reliable choice than the others.
Lie Fan stayed silent watching the map, he could see the movement of each force's army. Cao Cao is back at Chenliu, amassing more power for him and later Yan Province Yellow Turban will Kill Liu Dai, at that time Bao Xin will ask Cao Cao to replace him.
Yan Province Yellow Turban remnants are also many, Cao Cao's famous Qing Infantry was gotten from there. Liu Yao and Yuan Shu automatically blaclisted from his choice for ally, as the first one is unreliable and the second one is an idiot.
Allying with Cao Cao is the best choice, as Cao Cao now is still weak and he has the upper hand in the alliance. So Lie Fan agreed with Chen Qun's proposal, and he appointed Chen Qun and Sun Qian to become the diplomats to make this alliance happen.
Jia Xu proposed for them to also enter some kind of agreement with Kong Rong, maybe a nonaggression treaty or some kind of pact that they would not attack each other.
Kong Rong would surely agree with the pact, as he was also surrounded by enemies from all sides and the weaker power right now. Xun You agree with this, as militarily they can put more soldiers toward the other frontiers and let the north defend with a small army.
Lie Fan then asks Xun You, how many troops he has under him right now. Xun You replied that according to his calculation, they have 106,000 troops right now, where 5,000 of it is Lie Fan's guard battalion his personal unit.
This amount has also been included with the Yellow Turbans and Xiliang Cavalry under Fan Chou. As Lie Fan's unit, the Guard Battalion will stay in Xiapi alongside Lie Fan, which leaves them with 101,000 men.
This amount may look much, but it needs to be separated into 4 frontiers, fortunately, Zhang Chao has his own army numbering around 4,000 men which given 26,000 more will be 30,000 in total.
The remaining 75,000 will be separated into 3 frontiers, 30,000 on the southwest bordering Yuan Shu, 30,000 on the west bordering Cao Cao-Liu Dai-Bao Xin, and 15,000 on the north bordering with Kong Rong.
After placing the number of troops on each front, Lie Fan asked his advisors who would become the Commander of each army. For the south army, Zhang Chao will become its head general with Zang Hong as his advisor.
Bu Zhi suggested that Taishi Ci become the head general of the north army, as he knew Kong Rong the best and was familiar with the frontier, also reducing the chance of Kong Rong attacking as he had to consider his face.
Jia Xu and Xun You agree with this, they then suggest that Bu Zhi become the advisor for Taishi Ci. Lie Fan agrees with this combination, so Taishi Ci and Bu Zhi will become the duo who defend the broth frontier.
Next, Xun You suggested Huang Zhong at the west and Dian Wei at the southwest frontier, both of them are famous in the world right now, and their name can become a deterrent for their neighbor to not attack them.
Everyone agrees with this, as their west and southwest neighbors are the strongest threat right now. Jia Xu proposed for Chen Deng to be with Dian Wei, while Xun You to be with Huang Zhong. Lie Fan immediately after with this combination, putting Huang Zhong and Xun You assured that the west frontier would be very secure.
Lie Fan: "As Xun You, Bu Zhi, and Chen Deng will leave Xiapi for their new assignment, I hope that everyone can work together to do the task they left behind. The three of them will come back to Xiapi every 3 months, which means 4 times a year."
Everyone: "Yes My Lord!"
Lie Fan: "As Zhang Chao's frontier doesn't have a main general, Fang Yue will be assigned there to help in the battle."
Zhang Chao: "Thank You, My Lord, this helped me and Zang Hong as even though we can lead our troops, in terms of martial prowess we are still insufficient."
Lie Fan: "Okay that's great, then next we would need to increase the number of soldiers we have, at least to 150,000. Chen Gui, the 5,000 Mongolian horses that I bought have arrived right?"
Chen Gui: "Yes it has arrived My Lord, how could you buy so many war horses, my Lord?"
Lie Fan explained to them that he in the past when in Ji Province fighting against the Yellow Turbans, saved a horse merchant from being killed, and to repay his favor he sold 5,000 Mongolian horses to him at a cheap price.
Such coincidence makes the other amazed, having 5,000 war horses to sell means that he has a large horse farm. Lie Fan ordered to take 500 studs and 500 mares to be bred, having their own horse farm here in the central plains.
As for the rest of the horses, they will be used by the Guard Battalion and the former horses of the Guard Battalion will be used to expand the number of Guard Battalion.
Mi Zhu volunteered to handle the horse farm project, bringing Wang Lang alongside him to handle this project. Such a project needed vast plains, so the farm would be built between Xiapi and Xiaopei where Chen Ji the Governor of Xiaopei would also help with this project.
After a long meeting, Lie Fan finally ended the meeting. The appointment of his generals and army will be done tomorrow as for now Lie Fan decided to return home.
Zhang Chao and Zang Hong stayed at Serenity Inn, which Lie Fan has upgraded to not only a restaurant but also an inn. Lie Fan bought the building next to Serenity Inn and expanded Xiapi's Serenity Inn two times its original size.
When Lie Fan arrives at Lie Clan Residence it's already in the late afternoon, and his family alongside Sima Yi and Sima Lang is waiting for him at the entrance of the mansion.
Wannian is 12 years old this year, and she still acts like a small child when she sees her big brother. Lie Fan hugged the running Wanniang into his arms, reprimanding her for not behaving like a noble lady should be, Cai Wenji also joined in reprimanding Wannian.
Wannian doesn't care about being reprimanded, she just giggles happily as her big brother is back safe and sound. Growing up she realizes that her big brother had the most dangerous job, being the Lord of a province and a general fighting on the battlefield.
Since knowing that, she began to study seriously under Cai Wenji's tutoring, even sometimes joining Sima Yi's class in which Jia Xu, Xun You, Sun Qian, and Chen Qun welcomed as Wannian studying diligently.
Sima Yi was confused by Wannian sudden change in her personality, he asked her about it, and after knowing that she became like this to make her big brother happy and not worry about her on the battlefield, Sima Yi changed his perception of Wannian since then and they studied together.
Wannian only acted like this to her big brother, after putting down Wannian, Lie Fan turned his attention to his three beautiful wives. Lie Fan hugged Ying Yue first, holding her tightly and kissing her on the lips, making Ying Yue yell in embarrassment.
Diao Chan and Cai Wenji giggle seeing Ying Yue's reaction, Lie Fan then changes his target to Diao Chan doing the exact same thing to her and then next to Cai Wenji. It's almost 6 months since they haven't seen each other, so Lie Fan is happy to be back home.
The next day, he visited Xu Rong who is in prison. Xu Rong was very calm when Lie Fan visited, he knew Lie Fan's purpose for capturing him and saying that while he was loyal to Dong Zhuo, he condemned what Dong Zuo had done.
He only asked Lie Fan if he wanted him to serve him, for his family in Chang'An to be escorted here to Xiapi. When Dong Zhuo knew that he betrayed him, his family would be in danger. Lie Fan agreed with this condition, saying to him that Fan Chou also stated the same condition for agreeing to serve him.
Xu Rong was surprised that Fan Chou was also captured and agreed to serve Lie Fan, he feels that at least he had a friend amongst the new acquaintances.
3 months passed by in the blink of an eye since Lie Fan's return to Xiapi, they entered the year 190 AD when the land was in Chaos. Since the coalition dissolution, all the Coalition Lords returned to their territory, doing their own agenda in amassing more power.
Dong Zhuo who heard the dissolution of the Coalition laughed out loud in Chang'An, like Li Ru said the Coalition is only based on interest and they only need to wait before it dissolves by itself.
Knowing that no one could face him now, Dong Zhuo began to act more tyrannically. A large banquet was held every day, using the wealth he had gained from Luoyang.
Even though he has lost Fan Chou and the last batch of the treasures, Dong Zhuo doesn't care about this, and after giving Fan Chou's family compensation, he doesn't realize that after the compensation Fan Chou's family disappears from Chang'An.
Lu Bu's credibility was smashed after his defeat at Hulao Pass, causing him to lose some favor with Dong Zhuo which caused some strain on the relationship.
Lu Lingqi, Lu Bu's daughter on the other hand has been paying attention to the news about Lie Fan since their duel, she doesn't know why but she was a bit interested in this man who is 5 years older than her.
To accomplish such a feat at a young age, and having such martial prowess at that age, stronger than her Father when he is the same age as Lie Fan. She hoped to duel Lie Fan again and defeat him, as she was diligently training her martial arts in hiding to face against him once more.
While Dong Zhuo and his force are partying at the expense of the people, on the North Gongsun Zan seized Liu Yun's territory leaving him with only one county. Yuan Shao who controlled Bohai and some of Pingyuan, allied himself with Gongsun Zan to attack Han Fu splitting his territory.
Han Fu resisted the attack of the two warlords, making the north of China enter a period of bloody war. Yuan Shu who was the Administrator of Nanyang controlled more than half of Yu Province and concentrated his force on shouchun as it's border with Lie Fan's Xu Province.
Gongsun Du who was appointed to become Governor of Liaodong, under Dong Zhuo's Imperial edict ordered continued expansion of Han Empire territory by attacking the Korean Peninsula.
Cao Cao controlled Chenliu, Hulao Pass, and Luoyang, receiving supplies and help from Liu Dai and Bao Xin to feed the people who stayed in Luoyang. In Yan Province itself, a group of Yellow Turban remnants rose in rebellion, making Liu Dai and Bao Xin enter a subjugation war against them.
In Jing Province, Sun Jian due to Lie Fan's caution to him, managed to survive the ambush led by Huang Zu under Liu Biao's order when returning to Changsha crossing Liu Biao's territory.
While surviving the ambush, Sun Jian lost his feet in the ambush. Sun Jian was forced to retire from the frontline, and this caused some resentment in Sun Jian's heart for Liu Biao. He vowed to repay the blood debt that Liu Biao caused, as Changsha will separate himself from Jing Province.
In just 3 months all of this news comes into Lie Fan's desk, for Lie Fan, this is all going more or less the same as his plan. Sun Jiam surviving the ambush surprised him, but after he thought about it, it was better for Sun Jian and Sun Ce to lead the Sun Clan, they are more honorable and less scheming than Sun Quan so they are easier to handle.
[AT: I updated a new map for everyone to see! You can find it in the auxiliary chapters!]
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 22 Years Old (189 AD) -> 23 (190 AD)
Level: 15
Next Level: 1.588.000
Renown: 600
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 8)
SP: 656.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 864 (+20)
VIT: 420 (+20)
AGI: 408 (+10)
INT: 415
CHR: 93
WIS: 339
WILL: 237
ATR Points: 0
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In just 3 months all of this news comes into Lie Fan's desk, for Lie Fan, this is all going more or less the same as his plan. Sun Jiam surviving the ambush surprised him, but after he thought about it, it was better for Sun Jian and Sun Ce to lead the Sun Clan, they are more honorable and less scheming than Sun Quan so they are easier to handle.
Lie Fan read all of the report silently, while Jia Xu and Chen Qun waited for him to speak. Xun You is not here because he already accompanied Huang Zhong in the western frontier.
The day after Lie Fan arrived at Xiapi 3 months ago, he appointed all the people that had been decided from the previous day's meeting. Huang Zhong was appointed as the General of the Qinglong (Azure Dragon) Army numbering 30,000 men with Xun You as his advisor.
Dian Wei was appointed as the General of the Baihu (White Tiger) Army numbering 30,000 men with Chen Deng as his advisor. Taishi Ci was appointed as General of the Zhuque (Vermillion Bird) numbering 15,000 men with Bu Zhi as his advisor, and lastly, Zhang Chao as the General of the Xuanwu (Black Tortoise) numbering 30,000 men with Zang Hong as his advisor.
Qinglong at the west, Baihu at the Southwest, Zhuque at the North, and Xuanwu at the south. Lie Fan takes the name of his armies from the 4 mythical creatures from Chinese mythology.
Lie Fan: "Hmm now everyone is doing their own thing, Dong Zhuo is still the most powerful, but he is very far from us. While we are amassing our strength, who do you think should be our next target?"
Chen Qun: "My Lord, from our current situation, politically we should either target Yuan Shu or Kong Rong. Kong Rong because he is small, and Yuan Shu because he is an impatient and short-sighted leader."
Jia Xu: "I agree with Chen Qun's thought, in Military power Kong Rong is weaker than Yuan Shu, but in diplomacy and patience Kong Rong is better than Yuan Shu."
Lie Fan: "Kong Rong is weaker, but should we attack him, we would expose our northern front to Yuan Shao, meaning that we would need to assign more soldiers there."
Chen Qun: "Hmm that's true, but if we attack Yuan Shu, wouldn't we receive Yuan Shao's resentment?"
Jia Xu: "I don't think so, the relationship between the two brothers is actually not that good. Yuan Shao was born to the main wife, and Yuan Shu from a concubine, they actually hate each other but hold themselves as their father is still alive."
Lie Fan nods his head, Yuan Shu at the original history was crusaded by all the Warlords around him. He declared himself Emperor and received massive outrage, and Yuan Shao couldn't help him and even condemned the action of his brother.
Because the situation is different now, Lie Fan is hesitating to attack Yuan Shu. Jia Xu seeing Lie Fan's hesitation, suggested that they allied themselves with Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shu, as they hadn't sent Chen Qun and Sun Qian to Cao Cao.
Chen Qun agrees with this, politically Cao Cao's power is higher than Kong Rong, but below the rest of the Warlords in Central Plain.
Splitting Yuan Shu territories with Cao Cai received the northern part of Yu Province and Lie Fan received the southern part of Yu Province.
Lie Fan contemplates the idea, and seeing that both Chen Qun and Jia Xu are the ones suggesting this plan, He agrees with this plan and tells Chen Qun to prepare everything needed with Sun Qian and go to Cao Cao to establish the alliance as fast as they can.
With this done, Jia Xu then reported the current situation of each project Lie Fan has. Jia Xu reported that the Nest of Bees, Hwacha, Ballista, and two of the ongoing ship projects which are Patrol Boats and Horse Ships have been completed.
This is good news for Lie Fan, The best of Bees work as an artillery, which can shock infantries and cavalry alike. Hwacha can be assigned to the Fuchuan Warship and the Ballistas can be assigned to each of the Xu Province tons, especially the outer towns that become the base of each army.
Patrol Boats can be produced to patrol the Sea and Yellow River, and Horse Ships are important as it can carry tributes and repair materials, meaning that it have a large cargo hold.
Lie Fan: "That's great! How is the result of the test?"
Jia Xu: "Everything works splendidly My Lord, only the best of bees and Hwacha needed some tuning as they have gunpowders as their materials."
Lie Fan: "Splendid! How many Fuchuan Warships do we have now since the trial?"
Jia Xu: "We have 3 now My Lord, including with the one that was put on trial. According to your suggestion, the Hwacha was being installed and they will try using it on small boats."
Lie Fan: "Good, tell them to do everything as usual, and also give them bonus wages as their reward."
Lie Fan then also asked about the amount of Chu-Ko-Nu they had produced and if the arched Saddle had been made for the new 4,000 Mongolian horses.
Jia Xu reported that they have 10,000 Chu-Ko-Nu and 5,000 Guard Battalion have been equipped with Chu-Ko-Nu. The rest was given to Chao Bo's new unit the Crossbow unit, as for the arched saddle it's ongoing with 2,000 Mongolian horse have been equipped with it.
Since there was nothing to discuss anymore, Lie Fan dismissed the meeting and returned to the Lie Clan mansion. At the Lie Clan mansion, Diao Chan and Cai Wenji are accompanying Ying Yue who is pale and has a headache.
Diao Chan: "Little Sister Yue, why don't you eat some more congee? You haven't eaten since morning, if you don't eat how could you fight your headache?"
Cai Wenji: "Sister Yue what Sister Chan said is true, you have been feeling nauseous since morning and wanted to throw up but you can't."
Ying Yue: "It's okay, I just don't like the food that was served today. By the way, I suddenly wanted to eat something sour."
Diao Chan: "Okay then I tell the kitchen to prepare something sour for you and you have to eat it okay? If not our husband will be worried about you."
Diao Chan then headed to the kitchen, while Cai Wenji stayed accompanying Ying Yue. Lie Fan arrived at the Lie Clan residence, and when he entered Ying Yue's room he saw the pale Ying Yue sitting on the sofa, with Cai Wenji beside her.
Lie Fan became worried when he saw the pale Ying Yue, he approached her and sat beside her asking her if she felt anything wrong inside her body. Ying Yue gives him a weak smile, saying that it's okay, she just feels under the weather today.
Lie Fan wanted to believe her but he couldn't, as in this era no matter what the illness was, it could become deadly. Lie Fan told Ying Yue to lie down, while he called for a servant to summon Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing here.
Ying Yue tried to protest, thinking that Lie Fan didn't need to call for her teacher and Zhang Zhongjing, but Lie Fan held his hand high to stop Ying Yue from protesting, saying that she couldn't budge his decision.
At this time, Diao Chan entered the room bringing Ying Yue some sour fruits while the Kitchen prepared a meal for Ying Yue. Lie Fan saw this, took the fruit from Diao Chan, cut it for Ying Yue then fed it to her.
Diao Chan and Cai Wenji who saw this felt a bit jealous, hoping that they were in Ying Yue's position right now. Of course, all these feelings quickly passed by and were replaced by worry for Ying Yue.
After 15 minutes of waiting, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing arrive at the Lie Clan residence. They were escorted by the servants toward Ying Yue's room, where Lie Fan, Ying Yue, Diao Chan, and Cai Wenji were waiting for them.
Lie Fan sees Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing have arrived, and tells them about what Ying Yue is feeling right now and that she wanted to throw up several times but nothing came out.
Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing turned their head to each other, they could see in their eyes that they had the same feelings and early diagnosis about the symptoms that were described by Lie Fan.
Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing take a turn in diagnosing Ying Yue, both checked Ying Yue thoroughly under Lie Fan's watchful eyes. After 20 minutes, both of them are sure of their early diagnosis.
Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing cleaned up their tools, and Lie Fan seeing this asked the two of them what was the result of their diagnosis.
Hua Tuo: "Congratulations My Lord, Lady Ying Yue is not sick, she is actually pregnant that's why she is feeling nauseous!"
Zhang Zhongjing: "What Hua Tuo said is true, Lady Ying Yue is nauseous and dizzy it's normal symptoms for a pregnant woman, she only needs more nutrition to consume for her and the baby."
Lie Fan: "Pregnant?! Yue'er is pregnant?! Haha! I'm going to become a father!"
Lie Fan hearing that Ying Yue is not sick but pregnant is surprised and soon turns into unprecedented joy. Ying Yue was also surprised, she had learned medical knowledge from Hua Tuo, and she had not even thought about being pregnant.
Diao Chan and Cai Wenji hearing this let out a surprised and happy squeal, both of them flock toward Ying Yue congratulating her and touching her abdomen saying that they are trying to get some luck so they can also get pregnant.
Lie Fan approached Ying Yue, hugging her tightly and even carrying her in his arms, the joy Lie Fan felt in his heart was very high. He puts down Ying Yue after some time, touching her abdomen and saying hello to his unborn child.
Ying Yue also holds her abdomen, wishing for it to be a boy and letting Lie Fan have an heir. Lie Fan hearing this said that he doesn't care if it's a boy or a girl, they are his blood and he will love them equally. He even hoped that it would be a girl, so he could spoil her like how Lie Fan spoiled Wannian, as a daughter is a father-padded jacket
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 23 (190 AD)
Level: 15
Next Level: 1.588.000
Renown: 600
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 8)
SP: 656.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 864 (+20)
VIT: 420 (+20)
AGI: 408 (+10)
INT: 415
CHR: 93
WIS: 339
WILL: 237
ATR Points: 0
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