Chapter 828: The Strong Dragon and the Earth Snake
The reason why madmen are crazy is that except for those who are ignorant of the greatness of the world, most of them are because they have the strength and others are fools in their eyes.
This is what Yu Fan’s crazy is. He is not a crazy maniac for no reason, but he can point out your mistakes and refute you speechlessly. If you can’t say anything, you can’t beat him, and you can’t beat him. Even if you don’t like him, you can only be angry behind your back and you can’t do anything to him.
There was only one person who really rectified Yu Fan: Sun Quan. But Sun Quan did not rely on his own knowledge or martial arts, but on his power. He only remediated Yu Fan, the head of the Yu family, not the madman. Yu Fan's career was not smooth, but the Yu family was not affected. The Yu family really came to the front of history from Yu Fan, and it continued to decline during the Jin and Six Dynasties. Until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was still a famous family. Yu Shinan was a descendant of Yu Fan.
To convince people like Yu Fan, it is not possible to rely on power, but to rely on your own strength.
Yu Fan is not only a master of Yi Xue, but also knowledgeable about other knowledge. Not only is he good at knowledge, but he is good at martial arts. Not only is he good at martial arts, but Sun Ce cannot be better than him in everything, but he attacked Yu Fan on Yi Xue and abused Yu Fan in spear methods. He is already qualified to be on par with Yu Fan. At this time, it is natural to ask Yu Fan to be a Gongcao again. Yu Fan just agreed after a few polite words in his routine.
Sun Ce immediately introduced Guo Jia and Pang Tong to Yu Fan, and ordered Sun Quan to visit him. After the ceremony, Pang Tong explained the current situation to Yu Fan. Yu Fan disdained Guo Yi, Wang Sheng and others, thinking that they were fools who knew nothing. Since they were trapped in Guling, surrender was only a matter of time. Although they usually regarded themselves as moral, they would really let them die, no one could be executed generously.
Yu Fan reminded Sun Ce that it is necessary to rectify these people, but try not to kill more, and should be pacified. Kuaiji is mountainous, and the richest counties are distributed from the east to the east, distributed along the coast, and are attacked by bandits everywhere. Even if Sun Ce arranged heavy troops in each county, he could only focus on defense and could not be eradicated in a short time. The symptoms and not the root cause. If you want to cure the root cause, you can start by selecting talents and use Kuaiji people to govern Kuaiji. There is a Shen family in Wu County, which is both civil and military, and Kuaiji also has children from aristocratic families who are good at martial arts. If these people are used well, Kuaiji will naturally be stable and stable can develop.
Sun Ce accepted most of Yu Fan's suggestions, but he did not want to let go of the people in Guling City. Yu Fan was a Kuaiji native, and no matter how crazy he was, he would not watch the death of the Kuaiji family, so he talked about the importance of peace. But he was not a Kuaiji native, but a strong dragon from outside. If he wanted to suppress these local snakes, he would not be able to do it without blood. If he could stop the rebellion, he would be safe, and anyone who was unhappy would rebel in the future, and there would be stability and unity.
Either don't hit them, and if they want to hit them, they will hurt them.
After Yu Feng's confirmation, Sun Ce ordered the entire army to be prepared to prevent wind and rain, especially the navy commanded by Gan Ning and Ling Cao, who must find a safe haven and be ready to hide at any time. Once a typhoon comes, the tower ships can be overturned, let alone these small and medium-sized warships.
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Taishici sat on the huge rock, looking at the starry sky in the southeast, silent.
Yan Yu and Wang Lian stood aside and looked at each other. Wang Lian was Wang Sheng's son. At the order of Guo Yi and Wang Sheng, he crossed the river and asked Yan Baihu for help. Yan Baihu was worried that he was not strong enough, so he sent Yan Yu and Wang Lian to ask Taishi Ci for help, asking him to send troops to cross the river to meet Guo Yi and Wang Sheng. Sun Ce had cut off the retreat. Guling had insufficient grain storage and could only last ten days at most.
But no matter how to save them, they had no plan. No one could come up with a good plan, and could only pin their hopes on Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci was brave and good at fighting, fighting fiercely with Zulang, and no victory or defeat. Zulang was a famous general in Danyang, much stronger than Yan Baihu and others. Taishi Ci was able to tie him, which was enough to show his ability.
But Taishi Ci knew that he could tie the battle with Zulang, but he could not cross the river to rescue Guo Yi and others. Sun Ce had a navy, but Yan Baihu didn't. He could not fight Gan Ning with just a few civilian ships, so it was no different from dying.
Rescue, if you don’t have enough strength, it’s not possible to save it. He can’t watch Kuaiji fall into Sun Ce’s hands. If you can drag Sun Ce in Kuaiji for one day, Liu Yao will have more chances.
"Let's go to Qian Tang to attack Sun Jing and force Sun Ce to return to the aid." Taishi Ci stood up and looked at Yan Yu. "How many men are there for Brother Ling?"
"Twenty thousand people." Yan Yu said.
“How many young and strong are there?”
"More than five thousand."
"Okay, you rush back immediately and let Brother Ling rush to Qian Tang. Five days later, we will meet in Qian Tang."
Yan Yu hesitated. Wang Lian came from Qian Tang, and he was light and simple. It took him three days to travel day and night. How could Taishi Ci arrive at Qian Tang in five days? Unless he did not take his subordinates, he rode alone. "How many people will the general bring?"
"I will select three hundred elites." Taishici turned around and walked towards the mountain village. "Rescue soldiers are like putting out fires, rushing for 500 miles, only elites can take on this important task. Wang Jun, don't go back to Guling, find a way to raise some ships and food to support Guo Fujun across the river. Guling cannot hold on for a long time, let them retreat to Jiangxi, join forces with General Yan, and then make a decision."
Wang Lian nodded and agreed. He also felt that Guling could not be defended and Wujun had no terrain, so it was the right to retreat to Jiangxi.
Yan Yu was a little unhappy. Taishi Ci only brought 300 people there, and the main force attacking Qian Tang was their brothers' men, and the losses were also borne by their brothers, but they did not see the benefits. The battle was a bit inexplicable.
Taishici took two steps and stopped again. He glanced at Yan Yu. Yan Yu was still out of consciousness. It was not until Wang Lian pulled him that he came to his senses and quickly squeezed out a smile. Taishici said, "I have a problem, I hope Yan Jun can tell you honestly."
"Please say, General."
"Why didn't your brother surrender to Sun Ce? It seems that there is no need to go against him."
Yan Yu laughed twice. "Sun Ce slaughtered heroes and seized the property. We brothers can't stand it and are unwilling to be with him."
Taishici stared at him without saying a word. Yan Yu was uncomfortable with him and his smile gradually became stiff. He licked his lips, his eyes rolled twice, and said with a forced smile: "The Sun family has no reputation in the village, and is not submissive to Qiang Zonghaoyou. Even if he is powerful for a while, it will be difficult to maintain a long time. In contrast, our brothers are more optimistic about Liu Envoy."
Taishici nodded. "Envoy Liu gathered his troops in Yuzhang and prepared to attack Sun Ce. If the Xian brothers can help him, they will be rich and prosperous in the future. They have excellent martial arts skills. If they go to Yuzhang to meet the envoy, they will definitely give him important tasks. In this way, Envoy Liu will get a strong support, so that the brothers can rely on each other, and the best of both worlds."
Yan Yu smiled and bowed. "Thank you for your reminder, General, let me repay my brother, prepare some gifts, and then go to Yuzhang for a visit."
Chapter completed!