Among the capable young players Sun Ce left for Sun Quan, some of the people who Sun Quan was very familiar with, such as Jiang Qin, Dong Xi, Ling Cao, etc. In addition, Lu Meng and Zhou Tai who Sun Quan was with him, Sun Quan believed that if the same lineup was put in the future, it would probably be really scared to the enemy's courage!

Soon, Sun Ce led his troops to leave, and other core figures of the Sun family took office, leaving only Sun Quan and some new recruits and generals to stay in the camp and practice every day.

This is a camp outside Wujun city, not far from Wujun. On weekdays, this is a very large camp, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and there will be no invading bandits. But now, there are only 10,000 people left, and the entire military camp looks much empty. If you don’t fix it for a few days, you will feel cool.

On this day, Sun Quan was judging the time and was ready to start the action.

When Yan Baihu takes the initiative to attack, who knows what year will be? With the speed of Sun Ce's conquering the city and land, if Sun Ce defeats Chen Yu and the war has not started yet, then this matter will be a bit embarrassing. How can we prove that Yan Baihu has colluded with Chen Yu and tries to seize Jiangdong?

Therefore, this time difference must be well grasped, not early or late. As long as the war starts here, regardless of the outcome, the direction of public opinion will be beneficial to the Sun family.

However, this is just from the overall perspective. From Sun Quan's own perspective, his goal is not just to start a war, but to completely defeat Yan Baihu before Sun Ce returns! Sun Quan is not too persistent in victory, he just simply wants to kill Xu Gong.

The Xu family is a famous family, Xu Jing, and Xu Shao, a commentator, are all from the Xu family. When they fled to Yangzhou to avoid the war, there were some reasons for Xu Gong. Therefore, killing Xu Gong usually has a very bad influence, which is similar to Cao Cao's killing of borders. Famous scholars are a signboard in this era. No matter what the reason is, if you kill famous scholars, the people will feel like you are persecuting loyal and kindness. What the people think is one aspect, and what other geniuses think is the key. Who knows whether you are using Xu Gong to attack them next? Moreover, famous families like Xu Gong also have many familiar friends, and these people will also make grudges with the Sun family because of this.

Therefore, if you want to kill Xu Gong with the least influence, now is the best time. Yan Baihu is a famous bandit from far and wide. Who told you to go to join Yan Baihu? Besides, in the chaos, who knows who Xu Gong is? You have no eyes on the sword, and you will be killed if you kill, and you will not be able to blame others.

This time, Sun Quan was so concerned because he vaguely felt that this seemingly inconspicuous small change would likely lead to drastic changes in the world in the future!

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Around Wu County, in a deserted mountain,

Wooden buildings stretch out in pieces. From a distance, they look like a tribe. Although the buildings are simple, they are built relatively sturdy and can be regarded as a small village.

Inside the village,

"Report~~~~~ Boss, I ran into an outside messenger in the mountains. He was being hunted by Sun's soldiers. The situation was urgent. Before we could report, we rescued the person first." A little brother suddenly rushed into the main camp of Dazhai and reported.

In the middle of the hall, a huge mountain chair that can accommodate three or five people was covered with a white tiger skin. He was tall and big, and a slightly fat man was sitting in it. This person was Yan Baihu, a famous bandit from far and near!

When the hall started, there were a few elegant scholars who were not very compatible with the environment here. The leader came to Xu Gong, who temporarily dependent on Yan Baihu. There was no strict management in the village, and he signaled that the younger brother would come in without asking for instructions. In response, Xu Gong and others frowned slightly. Their conversation just now happened to be interrupted. As literati and poets, they were indeed not accustomed to some habits here. However, Yan Baihu on the main seat was not surprised and was not angry at all.

"Oh? Where did the messenger come from?" Yan Baihu said curiously.

Speaking of which, the reason why Yan Baihu has grown stronger over the years is entirely due to the loneliness of the Sun family. Without the Sun family in Jiangdong, none of the new governors and prefects took the initiative to attack the bandits. After all, they were too busy to defend against foreign enemies. For these bandits, whether they were Liu Yao, Wang Lang or Xu Gong, they adopted a strategy of being kind.

Of course, don’t think that Wang Lang and others are cowardly. They are also quite capable. Simply put, they use bandits to fight bandits. They deliberately support a bandit who is willing to live in harmony with them and others to annex other disobedient bandits, resulting in the end the bandits around Wu County being one, and their leader is Yan Baihu! From a certain perspective, Yan Baihu is simply an "orthodox" bandit that has been officially recognized.

Indeed, Wang Lang and others' methods are indeed effective. The public security around Wu County has improved, and officials and people do not have to worry about the harassment of bandits. They do not spend a single soldier, but only need to pay a little profit for a long time. Overall, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

However, this is just the view in the eyes of literati. In the eyes of military generals, this behavior of raising tigers is like tying up a cocoon. Originally, the bandits did not have a common leader and fought each other, so they could not cause any chaos. But now, they are all concentrated in one place. With such a huge force, can you still wipe out such a huge force? Even at a critical moment, aren’t you afraid that the Yan Baihu bandits would get tired of it, develop ambitions, and directly seize Wujun and Kuaiji?

It can be said that Wang Lang and others' behavior was simply a hot topic, but fortunately, when Yan Baihu had no evil thoughts and when both sides were still in the honeymoon period, Sun Ce called him.

So, Xu Gong and others were defeated and defected to Yan Baihu, and Wang Lang and Yan Baihu's army formed a strange incident to fight the enemy together. Yan Baihu knew very well that everything he had today was given by Xu Gong and Wang Lang and others. Therefore, he didn't want Sun Ce to return to Jiangdong very much.

It’s a pity that the bandits were bandits after all, and they were not as good as regular soldiers. Sun Ce was brave and cunning, and soon beat Wang Lang away. Now, there is only Yan Baihu, a single seedling in the Wujun area. Yan Baihu was worried all day long, fearing that when Sun Ce would come to the door.

Fortunately, I heard that Sun Ce had led his troops north and could continue to survive for a while. However, Yan Baihu was still a little curious. Since Wang Lang had already escaped, who would come to contact him now? It seems that there are no ally anymore, right?

"Bring the person up." Yan Baihu ordered.

Soon, a young man, covered in scars and dusty body, ran in, holding a letter in his hand and shouting,

"Leave it to Yan Baihu, Marshal Yan! I am my lord..."

Before he could finish his words, he had already fallen.

Xu Gong, who was next to him, moved his eyes and hurriedly stepped forward to check.

"It seems that I've fainted from exhaustion."

"Take the person down first and take good care of him." Yan Baihu ordered, and got up from the tiger-skin chair and immediately came forward, "Mr. Xu, I can't read, please help me read this letter." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!