Chapter 71 The unwilling Gan Ning
In history, if Sun Quan occupied Jiangxia County, then the strategic situation would be very different, and there would be no need to die under Hefei City, and there would be two more roads to choose from in the Northern Expedition.
All the way is to attack Anlu in the north, Zaoyang, and Xinye to attack Nanyang County. All the way is to attack Anlu in the north, attack the three passes of Yiyang, and enter the Jianghuai Plain.
All in all, Jiangxia is really a strategic place, but then again, Jingzhou is a place full of strategic points.
Nanjun, Jiangxia County, Xiangfan.
And such an important place has always been occupied by Liu Biao's general, Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu. Of course, Huang Zu was also very awesome when he was young.
In Sun Jian's battle against Liu Biao, Huang Zu was very embarrassed in the early stage, losing several games in a row, but he shot Sun Jian in the forest and became the final victor, Sun Jian's terminator.
Not to mention anything else, just Sun Jian's prestige at that time. The princes begged for Dong, and the heroes were afraid of Dong Zhuo's strong soldiers and did not dare to enter Luoyang. Only Sun Jian went all the way to Luoyang, so he became famous all over the world.
Dong Zhuo even wanted to form a family with Sun Jian, so as to corrupt and win over Sun Jian.
In the face of such a person, Huang Zu actually dared to fight, which was already very awesome, let alone ending Sun Jian.
However, Huang Zu made the same mistake that many people make, and the older he gets, the more he likes pleasure. At present, Jiangxia County's military discipline is in disrepair, and the city is like that.
Historically, Sun Quan broke through the southern part of Jiangxia and killed Huang Zu.
Under the same conditions, if Huang Zu was replaced by Wenpin, then it would be almost impossible for Sun Quan to reach Jingzhou through Jiangxia.
And at this moment, the future general of Eastern Wu, a hundred horsemen, dared to attack Cao Wei's camp, and was praised by Sun Quan as "Meng De has Zhang Liao, lonely has Xingba, and is full of enemies." Gan Ning, who is currently under Huang Zu's subordinates, is depressed.
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Jiangxia has 20,000 or 30,000 elite soldiers and thousands of warships.
Huang Zu's generals are more than ten people. Gan Ning is just one of those very inconspicuous people. At present, the official worships the army and leads hundreds of people.
The official position is comparable to Guan Ping, but the situation is much more difficult than Guan Ping.
Although Guan Ping drove ducks to the shelves, Liu Bei was very good to Guan Ping, and the equipment was sufficient. And Huang Zu is a villain here, and the people above often deduct Gan Ning's money and food, which makes Gan Ning's life very difficult.
Hundreds of miles to the south of Xiling County, is Changsha County, Changsha County is full of lofty mountains and mountains, poor mountains and bad waters, and there are Wuxi barbarians living there, the city is scattered, and the Han people are very few.
At this moment, on a mountain on the border between Jiangxia and Changsha, on a big stone among the grass and trees, there is a tiger, this tiger is as thin as firewood, but it is very vicious.
Experienced hunters will know how terrifying it is for a tiger that has just survived the cold winter and often starves.
In fact, the tiger had already eaten a man, and not far from it, there were human bones, and judging from the clothes, the victim was a Han Chinese.
It is estimated that it is a person from a nearby village who went up to the mountain to cut firewood.
The man had been dead for some time, and the flesh that had remained on the corpse was beginning to rot, and the flies were flying, and it was disgusting. But the tiger didn't care, just lying on the rock, basking in the sun.
The meat of the human has been digested. Its stomach is hungry again, and it needs to hunt again. However, it is diurnal, and usually goes out at dusk.
The view is too good during the day, which is not conducive to the tiger to hide.
It's early spring, and the weather is still very cold, so lying on the rocks to bask in the sun and rest can also maintain your strength.
Suddenly, the tiger's ears stood up.
"Roaring !!!" The tiger stood on all fours and let out a majestic tiger roar. It is the king of beasts, and in this forest, there is no rival.
But alas, this tiger met an opponent.
Mankind!
With a "boom", a pitch-black arrow whistled in the air, the arrow flew in an arc, the parabola went down, and shot straight into the tiger's left eye with lightning speed, the arrow was inserted into most of it, and blood gushed out.
The tiger didn't react more, only felt a pain in the tiger's eyes, and fell to the ground with a bang.
"The tiger is dead, right in the left eye. It was a perfect tiger skin, worth at least twenty gold. The military lord is really a good archery. ”
"The military lord is like a god in archery."
Eight soldiers in leather armor and bows came out of the ambushed grass and watched the dead tiger in amazement.
Soon after, a man walked out from behind a tree, this man had a majestic face, his eyes were like eagle's eyes, exuding a chilling aura.
He was tall, with his arms hanging down to his knees.
He was dressed in a white brocade robe with narrow sleeves, a scarf tied around his head, a strong bow with black and white patterns in his hand, and a quiver hanging from his waist.
There were also many arrows on the quiver, the same color as the arrow that had shot the tiger, and it was evident that this was the man who did it.
Gan Ning, the word Xingba.
At present, because of the shortage of military rations, he led his close soldiers to go south to Changsha to hunt in the mountains and mountains to subsidize military rations.
Also hunting, that area of Shinno is a basin, and there are very few tigers. On the contrary, Changsha County is surrounded by mountains and mountains, and there are many tigers, wild bears, bear paws and tiger skins, which can be sold at high prices.
Gan Ning lowered his head and looked at the dead tiger corpse on the big rock, and couldn't help but smile a little on his face full of coldness.
"Bury the pot on the spot." Ganning took out a knife, then inserted it into the corpse, cut off a whole piece of tiger skin, and placed it on the rock to dry.
After that, Gan Ning removed the tiger meat, leaving the tiger bones and internal organs. Tiger bone is a very precious medicine, and it is also valuable to sell it to pharmacies.
There was also a market for tiger whips, and the entrails were discarded.
The rest of the tiger meat can only be used to fill the stomach.
The group also brought salt and iron pots, and when Gan Ning bent down to dismantle the tiger. The soldier chops wood, and he takes water.
Soon, a few large iron pots were fiddled with, and the firewood was lit and the water was boiled. There is no seasoning, just put the tiger meat into the water, put some salt, cover the pot, and enjoy it after it is burned.
By the way, the entrails of the tiger were not completely discarded either. Gan Ning took the tiger heart and put it in the pot, the tiger heart is very tender and does not need to be burned for too long.
The soldier in charge of roasting the meat carried this piece of tiger heart, and when he saw that it was almost there, he took a knife and inserted the tiger heart and presented it to Gan Ning.
"Please enjoy it." The soldier said very respectfully.
Gan Ning was not hypocritical, took the tiger heart offered by the soldiers, and cut it off piece by piece with the knife that had just cut off the tiger skin and enjoyed it.
Soon after, the tiger meat was cooked, but it was not yet cooked. The soldiers couldn't wait, and hurriedly fished out the tiger meat and nibbled on it.
I'm so hungry.
Since they followed Gan Ning to Huang Zu, they have been hungry for most of the year, and it is rare to see enough to eat, let alone eat meat.
It's so miserable.