Chapter 360: Suffering is a blessing
While Yan Baihu was plundering the wealth of Huiji City, Liu Zheng sent his soldiers and horses to capture all the soldiers who were originally under Liu Xuan's command who had no time to escape from the city.
The whole process lasted a whole day before it was completely over.
A day later, the Taishou Mansion of Huiji Castle.
After nearly 10 days of continuous attacks, Yan Baihu finally achieved the coveted throne of the mansion of the former Taishou of Huiji City, and Yan Baihu was also in a good mood at this time.
Being able to be the throne of the Taishou Mansion means that in the future, the entire Huiji County will be the strongest Yan Baihu, and no one will be able to shake his position anymore.
Of course, he didn't forget Liu Zheng, he was able to enter Huiji City, thanks to Liu Zheng's help, so this time he called Liu Zheng over, mainly to express his gratitude to Liu Zheng.
"Liu Zhengqu Shuai, this attack on Huiji City and our joint efforts to deal with Liu Xuan can be described as a complete victory, although Liu Xuan was not directly killed, but it can scare him to escape, and it is also an important victory for us to escape in embarrassment, especially to be able to defeat this Huiji City, it is simply something I couldn't think of before."
"Of course, I haven't forgotten that the reason why I was able to lay down Huiji City is all your credit, come and let me toast you first."
After Yan Baihu finished speaking, he raised the cup in his hand and watched Liu Zheng drink it all with deep eyes.
"Brother Yan doesn't have to be like this, this attack on Liu Miao is not my own credit, this is also thanks to Brother Yan, if it were not for your strong support, Brother Yan, I would definitely not be able to defeat Liu Miao so easily with my personal strength."
Liu Zheng has always known advance and retreat, and he is not proud of his achievements because he has won Huiji City. Instead, he shirked slightly when Yan Baihu thanked him, and then returned a toast.
"Where is it, my credit is not to worry about, all of this depends on Liu Zhengqushuai's scheduling, it is possible to get to this situation, so no matter what, I still want to express my gratitude to Liu Zhengqushuai, come on, let's have another drink."
The two complimented each other and boasted about each other.
Changing the glass, the stomach is a little drunk after a drink.
At this time, Yan Baihu revealed his meaning and began to continue to say to Liu Zheng with the strength of wine.
"Brother Liu, you said before that after you conquered this Huiji City, you would give me this city, are you serious about what you said?"
Yan Baihu said this sentence with the strength of wine, but in fact, Liu Zheng followed Yan Baihu's eyes.
This guy is obviously very sober, and he doesn't look like a drunk person at all. Instead, he looked at Liu Zheng with burning eyes, wanting to hear Liu Zheng's answer.
For him, Huiji City is really more important, he wants a base area, this county town is much better than the ordinary county seat, if Liu Zheng doesn't let it go to him, Yan Baihu doesn't want to argue with Liu Zheng very much, in case it affects his relationship with Liu Zheng, it will be bad.
Especially now that he knows Liu Zheng's strength, the consequences of offending Liu Zheng are very terrible.
Therefore, I can only borrow wine to test Liu Zheng and see if Liu Zheng is interested in this Huiji City.
And how could Liu Zheng not understand what Yan Baihu meant, after Yan Baihu asked, he was very decisive and immediately expressed his position to Yan Baihu.
"Brother Yan, don't worry, I, Liu Zheng, have always been talking and counting, this will Jicheng said to give it to you, I won't fight his idea, anyway, now that this city has been defeated, my matter is almost over, and I will leave here with someone tomorrow."
If Liu Zheng does not leave here, the garrison stops in Huiji City, which is always a threat to Yan Baihu, although on the surface the two are allies, but in the Three Kingdoms era, one moment they are allies, and the next moment they can become enemies for the sake of interests, there are countless examples of this.
Therefore, Liu Zheng himself did not want the garrison to stay here, anyway, his purpose of coming to Yangzhou this time had been achieved.
Although the county seat of Huiji County was ceded to Yan Baihu, most of the territory of Huiji County was controlled by Liu Zheng, Yan Baihu just got a county town, and Liu Zheng got most of Huiji County, in comparison, Liu Zheng did not feel that he was losing.
Anyway, he laid down Huiji City, this city does not have much effect on him, all he needs is a transfer station from Jiaozhou to Xuzhou, and this transfer station can be set up in Jian'an County or Houguan County.
In addition, he plundered a lot of people from Huiji County, and after fully pulling these populations to Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou will be further prosperous, and it is not impossible to develop into a second Yangzhou at that time.
Yan Baihu heard Liu Zheng's affirmative answer, and there was originally some jealousy on his face, but he suddenly looked a lot better, and he felt that it was more fragrant when he drank this wine.
After pulling Liu Zheng to drink a few more glasses, he was overwhelmed and returned drunk.
When Liu Zheng left Yan Baihu with his own people, Xu You came up, obviously with some unwillingness on his face, after all, when Liu Zheng agreed to give Jicheng to Yan Baihu, Xu You felt that Liu Zheng had suffered a big loss, and the county town that he had finally fought down was given to Yan Baihu like this, but he didn't get anything.
"Lord, we just gave Huiji City to Yan Baihu, didn't we cheapen that guy?"
Xu You didn't dare to question Liu Zheng's decision, but he held it in his heart, there was always some unhappiness, in order to lay down this Jicheng, he ran back and forth, and he made a lot of efforts, and now that the city is given to Yan Baihu, his credit is gone.
Liu Zheng smiled faintly and patted Xu You's shoulder.
"Ziyuan, this Jicheng is not so easy to take, now it looks cheap Yan Baihu, but this is a hot potato, do you think it is so easy to take?"
"Oh?"
Liu Zheng's words attracted Xu You's attention, and he looked at Liu Zheng, waiting for Liu Zheng to explain to him.
Liu Zheng saw Xu You's eager eyes, as well as the looks of Gan Ning, Wen Ping and others around him, so he had no choice but to explain to them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Yangzhou is still the territory of the imperial court, even if we take a Huiji County, but there are also Yuzhang County, Danyang County, Jiujiang County, Lujiang County and other places, those places are the foundation of Yangzhou, and tens of thousands of troops can be cobbled together at any time.
"I'm afraid, not only will he not give up, but he will also intensify his efforts, unite more soldiers and horses, and launch an encirclement and suppression against us, and Yan Baihu occupies Huiji City and makes a buffer zone for us to resist Liu Xuan out of thin air, so why should we refuse?"