When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 541 Go and invite Immortal Yu Ji!

After several days of fierce fighting, facing the fierce attack of Huo Du and others, even if Yan Baihu used all his strength, it was useless. No matter how he resisted, he could not reverse the decline and could only watch his soldiers retreat step by step. Suddenly, the city was about to fall.

Yan Baihu was convinced. He was completely convinced. He wailed in grief and indignation, "If I had known this would happen, I would not have done it in the first place! I regret not listening to the villain's words!"

But it was too late to say all this, Yan Baihu could only place his hopes on Yan Yu.

"Brother Yu, this is a critical moment for our survival! I hope you can be my lobbyist and go on this journey for me! No matter what General Huo wants, as long as he can give us a chance to live, everything can be discussed, everything can be discussed!"

"Brother, I..." Yan Yu hesitated. He didn't think Huo Du and the others would forgive them. Moreover, they were going deep into a dangerous place. There was no guarantee that they could come out alive. But there was no other way!

After thinking for a moment, Yan Yu gritted his teeth and thought that standing in the city would mean waiting for death, so he might as well go out and give it a try!
Yan Yu summoned up his courage and said to Yan Baihu: "Brother, I am willing to do it. I am willing to go for you!"

"Haha, good brother, good brother." Yan Baihu was overjoyed.

So Yan Yu, carrying Yan Baihu's hopes, was carried down the city wall in a basket by the soldiers.

Yan Yu stated his purpose and, under the guidance of the Chang'an soldiers, he entered the tent as he wished, and met the young Huo Du and Xu Gong beside Huo Du.

He is indeed as young as the scout said!
After Yan Yu glanced at Huo Du, he quickly lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Huo Du.

When Yan Yu secretly looked at Huo Du, Huo Du was also observing Yan Yu. Judging from Yan Yu's appearance, he was so strong and powerful that he could be considered outstanding even among their soldiers. However, Yan Yu's humble appearance effectively dispelled this point.

Huo Du would not be happy or pleased about Yan Yu's fear. Yan Yu was afraid of his tens of thousands of comrades, not just him.

"General, you really have the demeanor of a famous general." Yan Yu praised dryly.

Sun Ce's eyebrows suddenly raised, "If you have something to say, just say it! Don't talk about irrelevant things!"

The sudden words frightened Yan Yu so much that he trembled. Only then did he realize that there was a general who was about the same age as Huo Du among the generals present.

Why does this person look so familiar?
And slow!

This person is... Sun Ce Sun Bofu? !

What was even more unbelievable was yet to come.

"Brother Bofu, please be patient."

As Huo Du spoke, Sun Ce actually gave up. He glared at Yan Yu, then took a few steps back and returned to the ranks of his soldiers.

Yan Yu was getting more and more worried. He had heard of Sun Ce's name. You know, Sun Ce didn't even obey Yuan Shu! Now... now he actually obeyed Huo Du's orders?! It can be seen that Huo Du's danger was far greater than he expected!
Yan Yu was so frightened that he spilled out all the purpose of his trip, like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

"General Huo! General Huo! We didn't mean to be enemies with General Wei! We believed the lies of the villains, and my brother was confused for a moment, so he started a rebellion. It's all unjust!" Yan Yu cried, "As long as... as long as General Huo is willing to spare our lives, no matter what the general wants, even if it's all the family wealth or all the real estate, we will hand it over with both hands, and we will never complain!"

"How ridiculous! You are innocent, but what about me?!" Xu Gong shouted, "I trusted you two so much before, but you two treated me like this?! Mr. Huo, I think you should just kill me!"

Yan Yu's face suddenly turned pale.

Sun Ce shook his head. "Xu Jun Shou, Xu Jun Shou, you are too radical. How can you call for war and killing at every turn?"

Xu Gong looked at Sun Ce unhappily, "Oh? In that case, Captain Sun, do you have any good ideas? Captain Sun, are you going to plead for this person?"

The tit-for-tat confrontation between Sun Ce and Xu Gong made Yan Yu feel relieved. It seems that Sun Bofu is not as vicious as the rumors say.
Sun Ce ignored Xu Gong and returned his gaze to Yan Yu. "I heard that you can jump up while sitting, which is very agile. Why don't you let us open our eyes? Maybe Lord Huo will agree to your request if he is happy?"

"This I..." Yan Yu stammered, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Sun Ce's smile froze, his face darkened, and he held his sword with his backhand, "Why? Can't or don't want to?"

Yan Yu gritted his teeth and forced a smile, "Captain Sun Sun, I... I can't speak when I see the sword, please forgive me."

Sun Ce and his generals were all stunned, and then they all burst into laughter. The laughter was so harsh that it was like a sharp knife stabbing his ears. But he didn't dare to get angry, and all he could do was lower his head in silence.

"enough!"

Huo Du shouted angrily, interrupting the laughter of the generals.

"Everyone, please be quiet and stop laughing."

Hearing Huo Du's words, Yan Yu's heart trembled, and a sense of gratitude emerged in his heart. Huo Du. No, General Huo, is General Huo a good...good person?

Huo Du asked, "Your name is Yan Yu?"

"Reporting to General Huo, yes, yes, my name is Yan Yu." Yan Yu said impatiently.

"Let's not talk about whether your brother Yan Baihu surrendered and then rebelled again because he was deceived by others. I want to ask you, is it true that you have robbed the prefectures and counties many times and harmed the people?"

"Really?" Yan Yu thought to himself that something was wrong and his heart sank.

Huo Du looked at Xu Gong and said, "Xu Jun Shou, what crime should the Yan brothers be punished for harming the people?"

"To answer Mr. Huo, of course you will be cut into pieces and pierced by thousands of arrows. No male in the Yan family over the age of sixteen will be spared!"

Yan Yu shuddered with fear again. Magistrate Xu was too cruel!
Sun Ce did not agree with Xu Gong's point of view and quickly refuted it. Yan Yu thought he saw hope in Sun Ce, but he did not expect that as Sun Ce spoke, he trembled even more.

"Xu County Magistrate, in my opinion, you are still too kind. What men over sixteen years old? The Yan family? Humph, not a single one can be spared! If you can't find out who deceived them, drag them out one by one and shoot them to death with the crossbow!"

For a moment, the small tent was filled with murderous atmosphere. Yan Yu had no hope of staying alive, but he never expected that his death would be so tragic and would implicate the entire clan!
"Hey, Xu Jun Shou, Sun Duwei. That's wrong, anyway. The Yan brothers surrendered voluntarily, so there's no need to blame them so harshly. I think it's better to give them a quick death. As for the clan, all the men who have reached adulthood will be sent to perform corvée labor, and the rest of them can't stay in Wu Jun. Let's send them to Bingzhou."

As soon as Huo Du finished speaking, two exclamations were heard.

"Mr. Huo! Please think twice!" Sun Ce and Xu Gong said in unison. Anxious expressions appeared on their two very different faces at the same time, as if they were begging Huo Du to take back his decision.

However, Huo Du did not give the two a chance to speak. He immediately interrupted them with a wave of his hand, "I have made up my mind! No more persuasion!"

Yan Yu's head was buzzing. He had to admit that compared with Xu Gong and Sun Ce, Huo Du's handling of the matter was quite benevolent.

Although I couldn't save my life, at least my clan was saved. If I lost my clan, I would just be a wandering ghost.
General Huo, you are truly a good man!

Unconsciously, Yan Yu raised his head, tears streaming down his face, not sure if it was out of emotion or pain.

"Let Yan Baihu open the city gate for now."

"Yes!" Yan Yu couldn't wait to pay his respects to Huo Du.

With Yan Yu's departure, the tense atmosphere in the tent immediately dissipated.

Huo Du stood up and said to Xu Gong and Sun Ce, "Xu Jun Shou, Sun Duwei, thank you for helping me perform this play."

Xu Gong shook his head. "Mr. Huo, if anyone wants to thank you, I should be the one to do it. If it weren't for Mr. Huo's good command and defeating Yan Baihu, I'm afraid I would be the one begging for mercy."

Sun Ce said with a smile: "Mr. Huo is not only proficient in warfare, but also has a great ability to see through people's hearts. In my opinion, the Yan brothers will not only have no complaints against Mr. Huo, but may even thank him!"

"Brother Bofu, thank you for your praise. I am just repeating what others have said." Huo Du was talking when he suddenly noticed that Xu Gong seemed to have a worried look between his brows, so he hurriedly asked Xu Gong the reason.

Xu Gong sighed, "Mr. Huo, do you really want to handle this?"

"Xu County Magistrate, the Yan family is not a threat to us. I think what these nobles want to see is our attitude. No matter how the Yan brothers beg, let alone their wealth and property. Even if they are starving, even if they are about to starve to death, as long as they point their butcher knives at the people, I will never tolerate it! This is General Wei's bottom line, and it is also my bottom line!"

Xu Gong was shocked. He didn't expect Huo Du's bottom line to be so high. Although this was said to Yan Baihu and Yan Yu, it was also a reference to me! I should remember this in the future. I can't make this mistake again.
Sun Ce put away his smile. Even when he was starving and about to die, he couldn't take action against the people. So that's how it is. No wonder everyone under General Wei's command was so powerful.

"Brother Yu, how is it?!"

When Yan Baihu saw Yan Yu returning, he quickly stepped forward, held Yan Yu's hands, and asked about the result.

Yan Yu's face was full of complexities. "Brother, I don't know if this is good news or not."

"?" Yan Baihu's expression changed slightly. What did he mean by not knowing whether it was good news or not?

"Brother Yu, please tell me slowly."

"it is good."

As Yan Yu told the story, Yan Baihu learned what had happened.

"So, should we thank Huo Du?" Yan Baihu was in a trance. When the city was breached, Sun Ce and Xu Gong were planning to either kill his entire clan or the men in his clan? And torture was a must?

On the other hand, Huo Du left a way out for their clan?

Yan Baihu didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a moment. He just felt endless fatigue surging in his heart, and in an instant he seemed to have aged by dozens of years.

Compared with the demise of an entire clan, the death of an individual is more terrifying.

Yan Baihu, who had been silent for a long time, exhaled a foul breath and made up his mind. He squeezed out a hoarse voice from between his teeth, "Brother Yu, pass on my military order. Open the city and surrender."

".promise."

Following Yan Baihu's order, Wucheng County, which had held out for several days, opened the city gates, and Yan Baihu and Yan Yu led the remaining troops to surrender the city.

All the land and property of the Yan family were confiscated. Under Huo Du's order, the soldiers rented the land to the people who were persecuted by Yan Baihu at a tax rate of 15%.

He also used Yan's family wealth to buy some oxen, farm tools, and good seeds.

The local people had never seen such a scene before; even the elderly farmers were in tears.

Even Xu Gong was stroking his beard and nodding repeatedly. Only Huo Du and others knew that it was not enough.

Zhang Fei saw everything in Wujun. He nodded with satisfaction. "Well, well, Huo Du has lived up to my expectations. I will tell you the good news right away."

However, Zhang Fei discovered something strange on his way back: the people were calling out "Old Immortal".
The four families of Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang gathered together, and one of them said, "After dealing with Yan Baihu, I think County Magistrate Huo Sima Xu will be satisfied, right? Yan Baihu is quite wealthy, this is a real political achievement."

"Although I failed to get Xu County Magistrate fired, the current situation is not bad. Can we live in peace like this?"

"Good, good. By the way, if it weren't for our instigation, or our help, how could Huo Sima accomplish such a great feat?"

"But Yan Baihu and Yan Yu are going to be held until the autumn to be executed. Will they betray you and me?"

"Give us away? Impossible, absolutely impossible! Does Yan Baihu have any evidence? Does he know which family I am waiting for?"

"That makes sense, that makes sense. Governing the world is not about fighting and killing. In short, Yan Baihu's family wealth is enough to feed Sima Huo, right?"

"This is inevitable. It's embarrassing to say this. Even I am jealous of Yan Baihu's wealth!"

"Hahaha!"

The four families had a very enjoyable conversation during the meal. Everyone had a smile on their face, as if everyone had seen a bright future.

However, the pleasant atmosphere was interrupted by the hurried arrival of the servants.

"Master." The servant ran to a man, lowered his head and prepared to say something.

The man was already somewhat displeased, and he waved his hand, "Everyone sitting here is like a brother to me. What kind of shameful things can there be between brothers?"

"This..." The servant hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said what he wanted to tell the man in public, "Huo Sima asked each tribe to contribute money and land to resettle the people, and he specifically mentioned the name of the head of the family as an example."

The man suddenly couldn't sit still, his expression changed dramatically, from surprise to suspicion, and from suspicion to resentment.

"Okay, okay, what a great Huo Sima. Can't Yan Baihu satisfy your appetite?!"

Everyone looked at each other, their faces changed slightly. They didn't know why Huo Du didn't follow their instructions, but they knew that there were some things that couldn't be compromised. If he gave in this time, would he have to give in every time in the future?
As for direct resistance, haven’t you seen what happened to Yan Baihu?
The army led by Huo Du alone is so powerful, how powerful are Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao and others? !

"We are no match for him." Even the furious man reached a consensus with everyone.

"Since we are unable to defeat the enemy, what should we do?"

Soon someone came up with an idea, "Since we can't defeat them by force, we can outwit them."

"Oh? How do you outsmart me?"

The man chuckled, "It's easy to fish in muddy waters. Didn't Huo Sima say that he cared about the people? In that case, why not ask Yu Ji to fight Huo Sima? Let's see whether the people support Huo Sima or the old immortal."

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Wonderful."

(End of this chapter)