Jiang Gan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhou Yu again and laughed. "Gongjin, I know, I know."

"What do you know?"

"I know why you surrender to him." Jiang Gan patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder, walked up to Sun Ce, sat down, leaned on the desk, and stretched out his hand. "Bring it."

"Take what?"

"O messenger's seal? You can't let me talk in vain, can you? Zhang Yi is unhindered and far superior to Su Qin, not because his eloquence is better than Su Qin, but because he has the King of Qin and the tiger and wolf army of Qin behind him. Now that the general's strength can't be compared with that of King Qin, you have to give me a token to prove who I am as a messenger. Lingzun's Changsha Taishou Seal Ribbon can be in your hands? ”

Sun Ce stared at Jiang Gan for a moment, put away his long knife, and smiled slightly. "Please Ziyi give me half a month, and I will send someone to pick it up immediately."

Jiang Gan shook his head. "Don't bother the two masters, it's okay anyway, I'll go on a trip myself."

Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh out loud. This Jiang Gan is interesting, not only has a lively brain, but also has a cheerful personality, which is more jumpy than Zhou Yu, but it is somewhat similar to Guo Jia. He didn't leave much of a name in history, which may have something to do with his character. Zonghengjia is not a serious scholar, and his character is not linked to a humble gentleman, and those celebrities are unlikely to look up to him.

"Where is Ziyi from Jiujiang?"

"Jiujiangshou County. However, my hometown is not far from here, and Jiang Guo is also. ”

Sun Ce looked confused. Jiang Guo? I've never heard of it. Zhou Yu coughed: "General, Runan Qisi County is the former Jiang State, which is the fief of Boling, the third son of Zhou Gong Ji Dan, and the descendants take the country as their clan." In the battle of Chengpu in Jin and Chu, the Chu army was defeated, and the king of Chu Cheng was annoyed and ashamed, so he waved his troops to the east and swept the countries, and the Jiang State died because of this, and his descendants were scattered among Huaisi. ”

Sun Ce gave a thumbs up. "It turns out that Ziyi is still a descendant of Duke Zhou, disrespectful, disrespectful."

Jiang Gan laughed. "Gan has no great ambitions in his life, and he is willing to be the marquis of his homeland. Can the general make me get what I want? ”

"Ziyi's ambition, can be expected to think, work hard!"

Jiang Gan stood up and flicked his sleeves. "In this case, wait for the general's order, and you can set off at any time." After speaking, he arched his hands to Guo Jia and Zhou Yu and walked away, and he could still be heard chanting loudly from afar. "There is a fish in the North Sea, and its name is Kun. The Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. Turned into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. Flying in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. It is a bird, and the sea will migrate to the south. Those who are in the south of the underworld, Tianchi is also ......"

Zhou Yu was very embarrassed, but Guo Jia smiled and said: "It seems that Gong Jin is not very familiar with Jiang Ziyi, I only know that he is a good family, but I don't know that he is a good old village. Such a person, the layman does not know the subtlety, the public can be a friend, not a subordinate, only the general can do his best. ”

Zhou Yu heard the sound of the strings and knew the meaning of elegance, and immediately bowed down. "What Brother Feng Xiao said is very true."

Sun Ce sighed secretly. No matter how much they talk about it, the name of the monarch and the minister always takes precedence over the righteousness of friends, Guo Jia has this string in his mind, and Zhou Yu has not forgotten it. If you want to be the king and hegemon, you have to accept the loneliness of the lonely family, and don't expect to be able to call friends like ordinary people.

was interrupted by Jiang Gan, and the atmosphere of intimacy changed subtly. Seeing this, Sun Ce took the initiative to bring the topic back to business. He decided to advance to Pingchun and wait for an opportunity to capture the three levels. Although Sanguan is administratively subordinate to Jiangxia, it is geographically closer to Runan. With the Yellow Turban Marshal Wu Ba to respond, it is not so difficult to capture the three levels. After taking control of the three passes, Zhou Yu immediately returned to Nanyang to prepare for the battle in Nanjun.

Zhou Yu and Guo Jia agreed with Sun Ce's plan. Zhou Yu also suggested that Sun Ce did not need to rush to attack the three passes, but could recruit soldiers from other counties, including Lujiang and Jiujiang, to participate in the battle, so as to form an advantage in troops, and take the opportunity to select elite soldiers and strong generals. There were many barbarians among the soldiers of Lujiang and Jiujiang, and their combat effectiveness was relatively strong. If these two counties can be controlled in their hands, it will be beneficial for the autumn queen to capture Jiangxia.

Sun Ce accepted them one by one. He asked Zhou Yu to find Jiang Gan. It is rare to have a good eloquence, we must not let him be idle, and we must give full play to his role. Pre-war lobbying was not only a public opinion and psychological offensive, but also an opportunity to gather intelligence. Before going to Changsha, he needed Jiang Gan to meet with Li Tong first, and then go to Jiangxia. If Jiang Gan can convince Li Tong or Liu Xun with his incorruptible tongue, it would be even better. Even if you can't, you can stabilize them and buy time.

Zhou Yu agreed. As soon as the meeting ended, he called Jiang Gan. Jiang Gan happily agreed and set off in high spirits.

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Knowing that Sun Ce had arrived in Langling, Wu Ba, the marshal of the Yellow Turban, rushed to meet him as soon as possible.

Wu Ba is in his fifties and has a fairly strong figure, but his temples have turned white. Like Liu Pi and Gong Du, he was originally a small landlord with a decent family background, and food and clothing were not a problem. It's just that people's hearts are not enough, and he wants to go one step further and become rich and expensive, so he accepted the deception of Taiping Dao and became the commander of the Yellow Turban Army. As a result, he did not become a founding hero, but became a rogue, and several relatives died in the war, and he couldn't go back if he wanted to.

He now has more than 6,000 households and more than 20,000 people, but most of them are old and weak, and their combat effectiveness is limited. It was originally stationed in the depths of the Dabie Mountains. Although it is safe in the mountains, life is too hard, I heard that Sun Ce recruited the Yellow Turban Tuntian in Nanyang, he also wanted to go to Nanyang, but was intercepted by Li Tong when he passed through Pingchun. Just when he was in a hurry and had no choice, he happened to learn that Sun Ce had arrived in Runan and was recruiting troops in Pingyu, so he immediately sent someone to contact him.

After listening to Wu Ba's self-report, Sun Ce knew that this was an ordinary person who could not be more ordinary, and he was not suitable for rebellion at all. Even in terms of the average level of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army, Wu Ba also belongs to the middle and lower grades. It's no wonder that he, as a small landlord, he still has some experience in farming, but he is blind to the general trend of the world, and he doesn't know anything about marching and fighting, a standard rabble.

Zhang Jiao's desire to rely on these people to change the dynasty is simply whimsical.

Sun Ce spoke very politely, and promised to arrange Wu Ba and his subordinates to go to Tuntian in Nanjun, and the treatment was comparable to Liu Pi and Gong Du, but he never hesitated to do things, and he wanted to pick out the elite from Wu Ba's more than 20,000 people to enrich his subordinates, and keep the rest in Tuntian. It was originally a peasant, and letting them fight was purely to drive ducks to the shelves.

Wu Ba was beaten miserably by Li Tong, and now he just wants to live a stable life, and agrees to Sun Ce's requests one by one.

After everything was discussed, Sun Ce said to Wu Ba: "Who is Li Tong, tell me about it." ”

Wu Ba smacked his lips, his face turned into a bitter ball. He opened the conversation and poured bitter water endlessly. "The general doesn't know, this Li Tong is a ruthless villain, and none of the people who have worked with him have a good end......"