Zhu Zhi, the governor of Danyang Commandery, set out from Qiantang to attack Wu Commandery (吴郡), defeated Taishou Xugong at Yuquan (present-day south of Jiaxing, Zhejiang), occupied Wu Commandery, and acted as Angu.
Xu Gong fled south to join Yan Baihu, the leader of the mountain thieves who had divided Wucheng (present-day Huzhou, Zhejiang).
Yan Baihu, formerly known as Yan Hu, a native of Wucheng County, Wu County, has an armed force of about 10,000 people under his command, based on the White Tiger Mountain, so he takes the nickname "White Tiger".
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Cao Cao sent Wang Pu to carry the edict of Emperor Xian of Han to Sun Ce, appoint him as a knight lieutenant, attack his father The Marquis of Wucheng, and concurrently serve as the Taishou of Huiji, and ordered him to fight yuan shu with Lü Bu and Chen Yu.
Sun Ce felt that he commanded the soldiers and horses, and the position of knight lieutenant was a little low, and he wanted to get the title of a general to respect himself, and sent someone to reveal this meaning to Wang Pu.
Wang Pu also simply announced in the name of the emperor that Sun Cequan would act as a general of the Ming Han Dynasty.
At that time, Chen Yu's army was stationed in Haixi (present-day Donghai, Jiangsu), and Sun Ce, in accordance with the requirements of the edict, reorganized the soldiers and horses and went to meet with Lü Bu and Chen Yu to discuss the plan for the advance.
Chen Yu wanted to take the opportunity to seize Sun Ce's territory, so he sent the capital Wei Wan Yan and others to secretly cross the river, holding more than thirty sealed letters, contacting Yan Baihu, Jiao Ji, and other county marshals, asking them to respond internally, and as soon as Sun Ce's troops were pulled out, they immediately attacked his subordinate counties.
When Sun Ce led his army to Qiantang, he discovered this conspiracy and could not help but be furious, so he sent Lü Fan and Xu Yi to attack Haixi directly, destroying Chen Yu and capturing more than 4,000 of his soldiers, wives and children.
Chen Yu fled north to Yuan Shao.
Subsequently, Sun Ce decided to send troops to pacify Wu County.
He swept away Wucheng Zou Tuo, Qian Tong, Jiaxing Wang Sheng, and others, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yan Baihu.
Yan Baihu sent his younger brother Yan You to Sun Ce's camp to seek peace.
When the two met, Sun Ce picked up the halberd and made a false split at Yan You's seat.
Yan Yu was frightened and involuntarily shook his body.
Sun Ce smiled and said to Yan You, "I heard that you can sit and jump up, so I'm joking with you." ”
Yan Yu replied, "As soon as I see the blade, it will become like this." ”
Sun Ce listened to his words, knew that he was actually very incompetent, and immediately killed Yan You with his hand.
Yan Yu had always been known for his bravery, and when Yan Baihu heard that he had been killed by Sun Ce, he was so frightened that he knew that he could not resist it, so he and Xu Gong and others hurriedly fled to Yuhang (in present-day west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and defected to Xu Zhao.
Cheng Pu asked to attack Xu Zhao, and Sun Ce said: "Xu Zhao has righteousness to the old king, sincerity to his old friend, and the aspirations of this husband." ”
Gave up the pursuit and let Xu Zhao go.
Originally, Xu Gong had served as the governor of Wu County under Taishou Shengxian of Wu County, and later Shengxian left due to illness, and Xu Gong became the Taishou of Wu County.
After Xu Gong took office, he tried to persecute Sheng Xian, and Gao Dai, a famous scholar of Wu County, helped Sheng Xian and hid together in the home of Xu Zhao, a subordinate of Xu Gong.
Xu Gong captured Gao Dai's mother and drew gao Dai out to prepare to harm him.
Gaudai tactfully escapes with the help of friends.
Sun Ce believed that Xu Zhao had worked with Gao Dai to protect the former governor who was about to be killed by Xu Gong, and was loyal to his former friend Yan Baihu and was a big husband, so he did not continue to kill them all.
After Xu Gong lost power, he still actively sought opportunities to retake Wu County.
He went to the imperial court and said, "Sun Ce Xiaoyong, like Xiang Yu, should recall him to the imperial court, he does not dare not go." If he is allowed to develop outside, he will become a great trouble. ”
According to Xu Gong's idea, Sun Ce was ordered to enter the capital, and Jiangdong was bound to fall into a split again, and he just benefited from it.
The song was intercepted by Sun Ce.
Sun Ce confronted Xu Gong, but Xu Gong refused to admit it.
Enraged, Sun Ce ordered the samurai to hang Xu Gong to death.