Chapter 698: Yellow Finch Catches Praying Mantis
Gan Ning's subordinates were a little dissatisfied and said: "Big brother, our brothers used to travel to Jianghan and were so unhappy, but now they are running around and working hard all day long, working hard for this Liu Biao, and there are no rewards for meritorious service, and there are heavy punishments, is this the life of a human being?
Gan Ning sighed and said: "Why don't I think like this? It's just that we are water thieves, and we have to see the general trend of the world, if it is a peaceful and prosperous world, who wants to come out and be a thief? What if it is done? No matter how strong it is, the imperial court is monolithic, and it will not still be annihilated? If it is a troubled time, it is naturally good, the imperial court is divided, where is there any spare strength to control us? But how long can the troubled times last? How can we do something big without taking advantage of the troubled times? I also want to find a way out for myself and everyone, this is only a few years of hard work, how many small princes have been annexed? I don't know what it will be like in a few years!"
Everyone said: "Big brother, but you see that this Liu Biao will be the lord of the unified world? We still believe in Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, why didn't the eldest brother go to them? The world is finally in chaos, and after it is finally settled, it is still the dragon chair surnamed Liu, right?"
"Of course Liu Biao will not be the final winner, I just want to make a name for myself here, and then be valued by the real overlord, otherwise we will give people the life of food and grass wherever we go!"
"There is a person, I don't have to wait for you to finish your achievements, I will reuse you now!" Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind Gan Ning, causing him to turn around and say with surprise and joy: "Lady, you are pregnant, why did you come here alone?
"Nonsense, of course I know that this is a battlefield! As soon as we meet, there is no good talk!" The person who came was Nangong Yingsun, she followed Gan Ning to Jingzhou, and she had married last year, and now she is pregnant with Liujia, but she still does not forget her duty to treat people all day long, so that Gan Ning is always afraid that something will happen. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Haha, eldest brother, sister-in-law is now reweighted, you can only scold and fight back!"
Nangong Yingsun's cheeks were flushed all over her cheeks, she pinched the silver needle in her hand with her backhand, and said with a slight anger in her mouth: "Which guy has a cheap mouth? Stand up yourself, don't look at my heavy body, it won't be a problem to clean up the ten of you!"
Where did everyone dare to laugh, they ran away together and disappeared.
"These guys are getting more and more presumptuous!" Gan Ning said with a smile, "I will definitely give them some hardship another day!"
"Speaking of serious things, Lu Meng has sent a letter again, I guess it is what Brother Gao Yi meant!" said Nangong Yingsun, who took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Gan Ning.
Gan Ning took it, but he didn't look at it, and said: "You don't have to look at it, this kid of him is now a captain of the first colonel, and he shouts all day long for me to go to development together, this time the letter is still those few words, what is there to see?"
"I said that you are really cautious enough, it has been so long since you seriously injured Brother Gao Yi, and I still remember it, haven't I already helped him heal? Not to mention that he is not a person who holds grudges, even if it is, we are now husband and wife, what do others say?"
Gan Ning said with a solemn face: "You know I don't care about this. ”
Nangong Yingsun took Gan Ning's arm and said quietly, "I just want you to be well, don't be born without a father." ”
Gan Ning touched her slightly bulging lower abdomen and grinned: "Son, look at your mother's mouth, you don't want me to be good!"
Nangong Yingsun pushed Gan Ning away: "Go, go, how do you know that it is a son, if you give birth to a daughter, won't you care about it?"
"It hurts, why doesn't it hurt?" Gan Ning laughed and said, "I hurt even more when I gave birth to a daughter, she wants to be like her mother, she has to be born with a beautiful face and a stunning appearance, and she has to inherit his mother's medical skills and his father's peerless skills, she can go up to the hall, she can go down to the kitchen, she can ride a war horse, she can dance with a gun, she can cure miscellaneous diseases, she can save the dead and wounded..."
"Okay, okay, your mouth is really out of the blue," Nangong Yingsun looked at Gan Ning angrily and funny, "I came here for other things, the master just came from Jiangdong, and said that the Son of Heaven ordered him to enter the court as an official, so he won't stay in Jingzhou for long." ”
Gan Ning thought for a while and said: "This must be what Cao Cao meant, he wants to take the opportunity of supporting the Son of Heaven to gain popularity, I heard that Cao Cao himself has always had a headache, saying that he is an official in the court, it is estimated that he is just treating himself, but the master will definitely not listen to this, and I am not good at pouring cold water on him, but Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, you must let the master take care." ”
"This is natural, still waiting for you to remind you?" Nangong Yingsun pouted and said, "It's you, what a great merit it was to kill Zhang Ji, not only did you not give a reward, but you were also demoted to a grain official by Liu Biao in the name of currying favor with Zhang Xiu's alliance to resist Cao, Liu Biao has always only valued literature and not martial arts, I don't know when you will have a bright day!"
Gan Ning smiled: "It's gold that always shines!"
Nangong Yingsun also smiled: "I know, just don't wait for the time to shine, I'll become an old woman!"
Gan Ning was speechless for a while: "I'll send someone to send you back, it's not safe here, Cao Cao's general Xiahoudun is nearby, he can't be dealt with by your silver needle!"
"Okay, good!" Nangong Yingsun whistled, a snow-white horse as satin galloped over, stopped beside her, Nangong Yingsun flew on the horse, it didn't look like the slightest inconvenience, she smiled and said to Gan Ning, "But I remember that Brother Gao Yi has a good impression of Xiahoudun, saying that he is enthusiastic, and treats his subordinates like his own family, and he does not swallow the rewards privately, and he does not give them to his subordinates, so he is very popular, a guy like him is nearby, it is estimated that you have a headache husband!"
What else did Gan Ning want to say, Nangong Yingsun had already slapped his horse away, leaving only a back and a faint smell of rouge, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and then turned around and walked towards the valley where the granary was hoarded.
After a while, the subordinates all returned one after another, and they all reported to Gan Ning: "Big brother, no trace of Xiahoudun has been found!"
"Big brother, we didn't find Xiahoudun either!"
Gan Ning looked at the rest of the people, and when he saw that they were also shaking their heads, he said in surprise: "This is strange, can this Xiahoudun still go to heaven and earth?"
Xiahoudun did not go to the sky or enter the ground, but hid not far from the entrance of the valley, watching Gan Ning's reaction.
The people around him couldn't wait any longer, and said to Xiahoudun: "General, it's not a way to wait like this, the other party never comes out, and we have no way to burn the grain and grass!"
Xiahoudun frowned and said: "It can be seen that the one who guards the grain and grass is not a mediocre person, he chose such a hidden place, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it weren't for our small manpower, I really want to meet him!"
"By the way, the general, the woman who spoke to the general just now seems to be his woman, right? If we can hold that woman hostage, he will definitely obey!"
"You want to die, don't you?" Xiahoudun shouted in a deep voice, "Is that what people do?"
"Well, it's a small gaffe, damn it!" The guy who proposed it just now slapped himself twice, knowing that he had made a mistake.
Suddenly, a person pointed to the east and exclaimed: "General, look, there is wolf smoke over there!"
Xiahoudun looked fixedly, and sure enough, about twenty miles to the east, several puffs of wolf smoke rose into the sky, which was particularly eye-catching in the slight twilight.
Wolf smoke is a strategy that will only be used to call for help in an emergency, if the nearby friendly troops see it, they must go to the rescue, this is common sense, now it seems that the Jingzhou army must be entangled with some unknown force, and the wolf smoke must be the place where the big man in Jingzhou is stationed, and this big man is likely to be Liu Biao himself.
Could it be that their own troops discovered Liu Biao's troops by mistake? Who is this so shitty luck?
While thinking about it, Xiahoudun smiled as he looked at the valley mouth, because he saw that the enemy troops stationed in the granary kept coming out of the valley mouth and headed east, led by the general who looked tricky.
The enemy soldiers and horses disappeared into the distance, and Xiahoudun and others came to the valley mouth and shouted in a deep voice:
"Brothers, it's time for us to behave and burn all the enemy's grain and grass to slag!"
"No!"
Gan Ning led the people of the headquarters and hurried to the place where the wolf smoke started, and saw the two generals fighting in one place in the firelight, and it was not Liu Biao who was falling behind in that move, who else could it be? Seeing that Liu Biao was invincible to the other party, Gan Ning shouted, bent his bow and arrows, buckled the string and shot, and approached the enemy general.
Where the bowstring sounded, the general had already taken precautions, only one side, and the arrow could pass by his waist, startling him into a cold sweat, knowing that Gan Ning was not an idle person, Liu Biao saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and immediately attacked, the general only sneered, easily flashed, and carried the knife on the horse, only to go elsewhere.
Gan Ning arrived, and only said to Liu Biao immediately: "The subordinates are late, is the lord okay?"
"It's not too late, it's just in time!" Liu Biao breathed rapidly, it was really uncomfortable to just dangle in front of the ghost gate, he saw through the firelight that it was Gan Ning, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, "Didn't you let you guard the granary? Why did you come here without permission?"
Gan Ning arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the lord has made all plans when he came down, but when he saw the wolf smoke rising here, he expected that there must be an enemy attack, so he came to help, but fortunately he caught up!"
"If the grain and grass of my tens of thousands of troops are destroyed in your hands, you will not be able to cut off a few heads!" Liu Biao straightened his helmet and pointed at Gan Ning with a horsewhip and reprimanded.
Gan Ning didn't say anything, and the little soldiers came to report to Liu Biao: "Lord Qi, it is Xiahou Xuan's generals Han Hao and Shi Jian who came to rob the camp!"
"Xiahoudun, isn't he Cao Cao's personal general? Why is Cao Cao willing to let his personal come here?" Liu Biao said.
"Lord, according to my soldiers' report, they have found traces of Xiahoudun in the dense forest!" Gan Ning was suddenly shocked and connected everything together, "Xiahoudun is trying to use himself as bait to attract my attention, so that his lieutenant will come and rob the camp!"
If Liu Xian reacted quickly, he would think that this was another way to turn the tiger away from the mountain, but unfortunately he was beaten by Han Hao just now, and it was difficult for people to guarantee that they would not make mistakes when they were dizzy.
At this moment, Liu Biao made a wrong decision, and this decision directly delayed the best time for him to fight Cao Cao: "Gan Ning, what are you still doing here? Quickly get rid of those two guys!"
"No!"