Chương 251: 246. Yan Baihu's Death
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Jia Xu received the report from Oriole he sent there, and knowing that there was a weakness that he could exploit, he ordered the Oriole members to get close respectively to Shi Hui and Shi Wu to influence them slowly and had them lead an uprising against Shi Xie, creating their domain over the land that Shi Xie assigned them to oversee in his name.
After a few years of hard work, the Orioles finally managed to Persuade both Shi Wu and Shi Hui to mutiny against Shi Xie and had the two of them ally with each other to face off against Shi Xie.
Jia Xu hadn't received the news yet from the Oriole in Jiaozhi Province due to the distance between their location, but the Oriole in Jiaozhi Province had sent a letter to Jia Xu to inform him that the plan had succeeded.
Shi Wu and Shi Hui who had successfully been influenced by the Orioles are now preparing their army and supplies to attack Shi Xie, they had considered having an alliance with Liu Biao or Sun Jian but the plan was put to the shelf after the Orioles were.
If Liu Biao or Sun Jian entered the landscape it would change the whole setup made by Jia Xu and the Oriole, to exhaust the resources and manpower that Shi Xie had so he wouldn't grow too strong, not feeding Liu Biao and Sun Jian more territories.
So Jiaozhi Province which was at peace for a long time, even during the Yellow Turbans Uprising and Alliance Against Doing Zhuo was peaceful, now it had entered its own chapter of war, Shi Clan Civil War.
The other Lords of the land still don't know about what happened in Jiaozhi Province, except for Lie Fan who will be informed by Jia Xu in the near future after the letter from Oriole reaches his hand.
Back at the situation in Yang Province, Lu Jun and Sheng Xian who were leading their elite unit toward Yan Baihu's location, saw Chen Mu and Yan Baihu who were leading their unit battling each other.
Lu Jun wasn't shocked about what happened before his eyes, because he knew that Chen Mu was one of the few people whom Lie Fan had planted to support Yan Baihu's rise, and then overthrew his rule in Wu County.
On the other hand, Sheng Xian doesn't know about that so he is shocked by what he sees, but considering that it is a situation that he and Lu Jun could take advantage of, he is pleased that Yan Baihu has another enemy to face off, the enemy of an enemy is our friend so they say.
Chen Mu and Yan Baihu who were battling each other leading their unit, don't discover Lu Jun and Sheng Xian's presence because they are too focused on battling each other, Chen Mu to survive while Yan Baihu to avenge his brother.
Yan Baihu: "Chen Mu You Bastard! I trust to and give you a high position in my army, and this is how to repay Me?! By betraying me and killing my Brother?!"
Chen Mu: "Are You dreaming Yan Baihu?! Haha without me and Xu Gong's support, you are nothing but a bandit who's dreaming of becoming a Lord! And what have you down since becoming a Lord at Wu huh?! Nothing by enriching yourself and your gang!"
Yan Baihu: "You?! I'm the Wise King of East Wu! Those people will live a better life if they give all of their ruches to me and in return, I will protect and guide them to a better future!"
Chen Mu: "Hah! You're delusional and crazy, even Zhang Jiao leader of the Yellow Turbans preaches much more convincing words than your so-called title of "Wise King", I'm sure many people laugh out loud inside their hearts when you call yourself like that, but don't worry I will send you to the underworld to meet your brother so you will not embarrass yourself anymore."
Yan Baihu: "Ahh!!! Chen Mu I will Kill You and let you meet My Brother in the underworld to appease him!'
Lu Jun: "Yan Baihu come and receive my spear to wannabe King!"
Sheng Xian: "Haha Yan Baihu you would never expect to see me here now right, let me give you a taste of defeat myself!"
When Yan Baihu lets out a loud shout wanting to kill Chen Mu, raising his spear to stab Chen Mu and Chen Mu preparing to defend himself against the attack, Lu Jun and Sheng Xian ride toward Yan Baihu disturbing the battle between Chen Mu and Yan Baihu.
The sudden appearance of Lu Jun and Sheng Xian there Yan Baihu off guard, allowing Chen Mu to take advantage of the situation and use his glaive to slice Yan Baihu in the torso, injuring Yan Baihu.
Caught off guard by Chen Mu's attack, Yan Baihu tries to return Chen Mu's attack with his own, trying to stab Chen Mu in the abdomen but unfortunately for him, Lu Jun and Sheng Xian reached Yan Baihu and at the same time attacked Yan Baihu from behind.
Lu Jun used his glaive to slice Yan Baihu's neck, while Sheng Xian used his spear to stab Yan Baihu's back, Yan Baihu who was stabbed in the back let out a grunt of pain and suddenly felt his scenery spin so fast before stopping.
Yan Baihu sees Sheng Xian take out his spear from his back, his body falls from his horse, and Lu Jun approaches him before everything turns dark for him forever, not realizing that he is dead until the end.
Lu Jun takes Yan Baihu's head and raises it high in the air, demanding all of Yan Baihu's soldiers to put down their weapons and surrender, if they do so their lives will be spared.
Yan Baihu's men who saw Yan Baihu'd head were shocked, their Lord had been slain and now his head was shown to intimidate them, and it was working.
80% of Yan Baihu's men consisted of former Bandits, thugs, and criminals so when they saw that Yan Baihu was dead, they immediately put their weapons down and surrendered to Lu Jun and Sheng Xian.
While the rest either ran away or continued fighting, but managed to be quelled by both Lu Jun and Sheng Xian's men. This marked the end of Yan Baihu's shirt reign at Wu County and will be remembered as the catalyst that caused Liu Yao's downfall as well.
Yan Baihu's men were around 80,000 men, after the brutal battle between Yan Baihu and Sheng Xian previously, around 20,000 men died so the remaining men were around 60,000 men, and after this battle, there were only 30,000 men left.
Chen Mu led 5,000 of these men and immediately joined Lu Jun's side after the end of the battle, the remaining 25,000 men were split evenly between Lu Jun and Sheng Xian receiving 12,500 men each.
Lu Jun and Sheng Xian then ordered their men to take a rest and keep an eye on the prisoners, after the long battle Sheng Xian also threw his army a feast which Lu Jun and his army were invited to join.
Thinking that a feast was a great idea to raise morale and for his men to refresh their spirit, Lu Jun agreed and donated some of his army supplies for the feast.
In the evening, Lu Jun and Sheng Xian's men were drinking and eating together merrily, while at Sheng Xian's command tent, the atmosphere was somber where only Lu Jun and Sheng Xian drinking together, while their retainers were looking at each other with caution.
Lu Jun and Sheng Xian don't care about the situation between their men, they are drinking wine and eating food while talking merrily, at one point Sheng Xian suddenly says to Lu Jun that he wants to meet with Lie Fan.
Lu Jun who heard this asked Sheng Xian why he wanted to meet with Lie Fan, and Sheng Xian answered by saying that he would like to have an alliance with Lie Fan and that's why he wanted to see him.
Hearing that it was a matter of diplomacy between the two forces, Lu Jun didn't want to do anything out of line since it was not his duty, so he agreed to escort him to Lie Fan who was staying at Wu.
Some of Sheng Xian's generals and advisors immediately objected to Sheng Xian going to Wu, they felt that it was not safe for Sheng Xian to go personally so they suggested that he send someone else in his stead.
Sheng Xian raises his hand and all of his retainers that objected immediately quiet down, he then agrees to follow Lu Jun heading back to Wu under one condition that he can bring his army alongside him.
Lu Jun immediately agrees with that condition, and his retainer doesn't object to Lu Jun agreeing with Sheng Xian's condition, because Sheng Xian Army compared to the Army Lie Fan lead himself is just like comparing ants to elephants.
After the feast ended, everyone returned back to their tents to take a rest, the next morning Lu Jun and Sheng Xian after making sure that their Army was ready, marched toward Wu together.
At Wu, Lie Fan and his army have just finished consolidating his control over Wu County, cleansing it of corrupt officials, bandits, and criminals who roamed around freely thanks to Yan Baihu.
Right now he is in Wu's Governor Castle where he is in a meeting with Jia Xu and Xun You, discussing about two letters that they received almost simultaneously.
Jia Xu: "My Lord I have just received 2 different letters almost at the same time from the Orioles, the first letter's content is about Shi Xie and Jiaozhi Province while the second letter's content is about Yan Baihu and Sheng Xian."
Lie Fan: "Okay, tell me about the letter concerning Baihu's first, after that, you can tell me about the second letter."
Xun You: "Yes My Lord. The letter concerning Yan Baihu and Sheng Xian is filled with the report that Lu Jun and Sheng Xian worked together to defeat Yan Baihu, Chen Mu who was one of our spies can be said that turn on Yan Baihu, allowing the two of them to take advantage and now is heading to Wu because Sheng Xian's want to meet you My Lord."
Lie Fan: "I see, it's good that Lu Jun can use Sheng Xian to reduce the amount of casualties in his army, and since Sheng Xian is coming to Wu to meet me that means there is something he wanted to discuss with me, next letter."
Jia Xu: "Let me explain the second letter, My Lord, looks like there are two uprisings happening in Jiaozhi Province at the same time, Shi Xie's nephews Shi Wu and Shi Hui each take over some counties in the Northern Part of Jiaozhi Province, now they each led their own force and have allied themselves with each other to take on Shi Xie."
Lie Fan who heard the news was surprised, he didn't expect Shi Xi's force to implode this year, he knew that either Shi Wu or Shi Hui would separate themselves from Shi Xie at around 200 AD.
Jia Xu who saw how surprised Lie Fan was, told Lie Fan about how he was the mastermind behind this happening in Jiaozhi Province because he felt that Shi Xie would grow too strong in terms of manpower and supplies due to how peaceful his area is so he orchestrated for this to happen several years ago.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 27 (194 AD)
Level: 15
Next Level: 938.000
Renown: 645
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)
SP: 571.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 906 (+20)
VIT: 598 (+20)
AGI: 583 (+10)
INT: 587
CHR: 93
WIS: 509
WILL: 397
ATR Points: 0
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Chương 252: 247. Lie Fan Meet Sheng Xian
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Jia Xu who saw how surprised Lie Fan was, told Lie Fan about how he was the mastermind behind this happening in Jiaozhi Province because he felt that Shi Xie would grow too strong in terms of manpower and supplies due to how peaceful his area is so he orchestrated for this to happen several years ago.
Lie Fan who heard Jia Xu's explanation was truly surprised, he didn't expect that Jia Xu would orchestrate this to happen 6 years earlier than it originally happened.
He actually doesn't care about Shi Xie, because he knows that Shi Xie is almost like Liu Biao, he doesn't have ambition and only wants to enjoy the privilege he has right now, and in the future, he will submit to Sun Quan joining Wu.
Of course, Lie Fan appreciates what Jia Xu did because the more chaotic Shi Xie's land is, the higher the chance of him taking over Jiaozhi Province easily in the future, after taking over Liu Biao or maybe changing the landscape of Yang Province once again.
Lie Fan: "Haha Wenhe you are truly a genius! It is true that Shi Xie is growing powerful with the resources and manpower he enjoys without any disturbance, great work you have done Wenhe."
Xun You: "Master Jia Xu, this is a truly perfect plan, and work on the benefit of My Lord! Military disturbance in Jiaozhi Province would surely catch Liu Biao's attention, which could also give us a chance to take over Jiangxia from him."
Jia Xu: "My Lord and Xun You praises are too high, it's already my responsibility and duty to help My Lord in mapping the Land for My Lord's ascension to the throne."
Lie Fan: "No matter what you do is truly magnificent, and just like Xun You said Liu Biao's attention would surely be focused on Jiaozhi, and after taking down Liu Yao we have the chance to take over Jiangxia from Liu Biao's grasp."
Jia Xu: "Liu Biao's attention would surely be shifted toward the south, but Huang Zu who was put in charge of guarding Jiangxia would surely raise his vigilance against us, so we should proceed with caution."
Xun You: "I agree Master Jia Xu, I will develop a strategy for our assault on Jiangxia, I hope you can give me your insight when I finish creating the strategy."
Lie Fan: "Wenyou no need to develop the strategy that fats, we should focus on taking down Liu Yao first and consolidating our influences at Yang Province before considering our attack on Jiangxia."
Xun You: "Dont worry My Lord, our plan in taking down Liu Yao has proceeded smoothly, as long as it's going just like we predicted I have the time to develop a new strategy My Lord, of course when it's done I will discuss it with Master Jia Xu, Chen Qun, and Liu Ye before presenting it to you My Lord."
Lie Fan nodded his head knowing that he couldn't stop the enthusiastic Xun You, the Xun You of his timeline shows more emotion than the Xun You he reads in history books and ROTK novels, Lie Fan thinks it's because the story chat can't capture Xun You essence.
What Lie Fan doesn't realize is that the Xun You of his timeline is more open with his personality due to him recruiting Xun You very early, unlike Xun You who had joined Cao Cao after some tribulations in his life and career following Dong Zhuo's rise to power in Luoyang.
After discussing the matter of Jiaozhi Province, Lie Fan ordered Jia Xu and Xun You to prepare a befitting residence for Sheng Xian who will come in a matter of days or weeks, let all people know that he treated all the Lords with the same level of respect and courtesy.
Jia Xu and Xun You cupped their hand accepted the order, and left the room leaving Lie Fan alone by himself, well not technically alone with his bodyguards near him and at the door.
Lie Fan opened his inventory and saw the anti-aging pills he had. After he consumed one, he forgot about the existence of this pill due to many matters he needed to attend to, hell he sometimes forgot the existence of his system if not for the vision map he always used to remind him about the system's existence.
He reminds himself to give the pills to his wives, they would surely be happy when they hear it can help their skin to be smooth and keep them young, imagining the smiles on their faces makes him happy.
After looking at the anti-aging pills, he saw the Brass Telescope that he received as a reward and remembered that he wanted to mass produce this for his generals and advisors, especially his admirals since he had a navy now.
Taking it out from his inventory, he walked toward the terrace and used the telescope to look at Wu, the quality of the scenery being seen was not as good as a modern telescope but it can get the job done.
After playing with the brass telescope for a while, Lie Fan remembered that there was no glass-making technique in this era, hell they didn't even know what glass was so Lie Fan returned to his seat and took out the book of knowledge to find the best technique that could be applied in this era.
Times passed by and the day that Sheng Xian finally reached Wu alongside Lu Jun finally arrived, Lie Fan and his retainers welcomed Sheng Xian at the front of Wu's Governor Castle.
The historical meeting between Lie Fan and Sheng Xian will be recorded as one of the most impactful meetings at the time of that era, which led to a changing landscape in Yang Province even further.
Lie Fan and Sheng Xian talk together while heading toward the main hall of the castle, while their retainers follow from behind. Sheng Xian only brought his best retainer and bodyguards, while the rest stayed with his army outside of Wu.
Arriving at the Main Hall, Lie Fan changed the design of the room so that Lie Fan and Sheng Xian could sit at the same height equally, while their retainers all sat one level below them at the same height.
Lie Fan: "Brother Sheng Xian welcome to Wu, I would like to apologize if you see that Wu isn't that clean should we say, we had just restructured the system, and officials of Wu."
Sheng Xian: "Haha it's okay Brother Lie Fan, thank you for allowing me to meet you, I would like to meet then who personally slayed Zhang Jiao, defeated Lu Bu in a duel, and now become one of the most powerful Lord in the land after defeating Yuan Shu."
Lie Fan: "I appreciate your kind words, Brother Sheng Xian. The path to becoming what I am now is paved with challenges, and I merely tread it with determination and cautiousness."
Sheng Xian: "Brother Lie Fan you are too humble, not many people can do what you have accomplished."
Lie Fan: "Haha thank you, Brother Sheng Xian. Now, tell me, what brings you to Wu? I sense there's more than mere pleasantries and compliments behind this meeting."
Sheng Xian: "Indeed, Brother Lie Fan, I've traveled to Wu with a proposal that could change the landscape of Yang Province. It's a matter of great importance, one that I believe you will find yourself intrigued in and very beneficial to you."
Lie Fan: "Oh? You had me intrigued Brother Sheng Xian please elaborate on it."
Sheng Xian: "I would like to become some sort of a tributary to you Brother Lie Fan, what do you think of this prospect? In the future when you truly unite the land I will truly submit all of you."
Everyone in the room was shocked by what Sheng Xian said, even Lie Fan didn't expect that Sheng Xian was thinking of becoming a tributary to him and then submitting to him if he united the land, of course, Sheng Xian also had a chance to stab him in the back.
Sheng Xian's retainer immediately stands up and protests what Sheng Xian says, they didn't expect that Sheng Xian's purpose in meeting with Lie Fan was to become a tributary even promised to submit to Lie Fan in the future.
Sheng Xian, his gaze unwavering, swiftly silenced them with a stern expression and let out a loud shout telling them to be silent, his voice echoed in the hall, cutting through the tense situation.
Sheng Xian tells them that he has made his decision. If any of them dares to protest or question his judgment, they need to be prepared to face the consequences immediately.
The hall fell into an uneasy silence as Sheng Xian's retainers exchanged glances, recognizing the gravity of their lord's determination. The air hung heavy with the unspoken understanding that defiance could lead to severe consequences, perhaps even the swift stroke of Sheng Xian's blade.
Lie Fan, perceptive to the tension in the room, stepped forward with a calming gesture, his hand extended in a conciliatory manner toward Sheng Xian trying to calm him down, not letting the situation become more tense.
While Sheng Xian managed to be calmed down by Lie Fan, and his retainers were calmed down by Jia Xu and Xun You, Lie Fan then told Sheng Xian that his proposal required careful consideration and they needed to discuss the terms openly and ensure that all parties involved find common ground.
In the midst of this exchange, Jia Xu and Xun You, Lie Fan's trusted advisors, exchanged subtle glances, conveying silent messages that only those well-versed in the art of strategy could comprehend.
Le Fan asks Sheng Xian to discuss this in a more quiet situation and receives a nod from Sheng Xian, indicating his willingness to engage in a diplomatic discourse, Lie Fan leads him to a more private corner of the hall.
Lie Fan and Sheng Xian's retainers and advisors withdrew to a respectful distance, while the two lords began their discussion. Sheng Xian's retainers were grumbling that Sheng Xian decided this all by himself, while Jia Xu and Xun You were conversing by themselves about how this was a great opportunity for Lie Fan.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 27 (194 AD)
Level: 15
Next Level: 938.000
Renown: 645
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)
SP: 571.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 906 (+20)
VIT: 598 (+20)
AGI: 583 (+10)
INT: 587
CHR: 93
WIS: 509
WILL: 397
ATR Points: 0
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