Gan Ning crossed his arms and squatted on a boulder by the stream, with the slowly flowing stream below. He had a blade of bluegrass in his mouth, and the juice of the grass was squeezed out, staining his lips green and joining with a piece of rust on his cheek.

His subordinates are scattered in the valley, and there are people on the nearby hills who are watching and watching, seemingly casual but with their own rules. It's just that the morale is a little low, and it has been more than half a month since Zigui rushed here, and the food is about to run out, but the income is limited. If there is no good opportunity, they can only return to Fengjie. It is very fast to go down the river, but it is not so easy to go back, and even these river thieves who enjoy playing in the water have a bit of a headache. What's more, they have limited gains and cannot make up for their losses.

Gan Ning hesitated. He has received the news that after Zhou Yu pacified Jiangxia, he returned to Shinan County, and the army had arrived in Yiling, with more than 10,000 people, all of them elite, and after the new victory, the morale was high. Not only will he not be able to take advantage of his 1,000 people rashly bumping into him, but he may also be wiped out. Chen Ji surrendered, Liu Xun was captured, Zhou Yu fought successively, and he used his troops in a good way, which must not be taken lightly.

It's a dilemma.

"Xingba, Xingba." Yang Hong came from a distance, shouting as he walked.

Gan Ning didn't look back, and scolded. "What's the scream?" He muttered to his feet, stretched, his joints crackling. He twisted his neck, clenched his fist and waved. Yang Hong rushed to the stone, raised a piece of paper in his hand and shook it. Gan Ning was slightly stunned, jumped down, took the paper in Yang Hong's hand and glanced at it, and immediately frowned.

"Zhou Yu wants to see me? What does he want to do? ”

Yang Hong said: "Anyway, I don't think it's a good thing. Lou Gui has never been able to catch us, and Zhou Yu probably wants to change the method to lure us into being fooled. Xingba, let's go, Lou Gui is already strong enough, for so many days, we haven't gained anything except killing a few scouts. Now that Zhou Yu is here again, the scouts under him are very powerful, and they are very cooperative, and we can't find a chance at all, so it's better to return to Fengjie in time while there is still surplus food. ”

Gan Ning glanced at Yang Hong, the corners of his eyes twitched twice, and shook his head. "Even if you have to go, you can't go like this. Shan Wei, you also send me a message, just say that if you want to see me, let Zhou Yu come by himself, and I will wait for him here. ”

Yang Hong smiled bitterly: "Xingba, how could Zhou Yu come." The son of a daughter, he can't sit down, he is now a general who commands tens of thousands of horses, and it is rare to be willing to meet you, how can he be willing to take risks alone. ”

Gan Ning pouted. "That's right, I just want to see what kind of character this son of daughter is." He paused, his face a little hideous. "Isn't it just that the family background is better, what is there to be proud of. One-on-one, see if I don't scare him into peeing his pants. ”

Yang Hong sighed, shook his head, and turned to arrange.

——

Zhou Yu received the news and readily agreed. Lou Gui and Sun Fu were frightened and stopped Zhou Yu to death, and they didn't agree with him to see Gan Ning no matter what. This is simply stupid, Gan Ning is a river thief who robs homes and kills people without blinking, Zhou Yu is a general who commands tens of thousands of horses, the two sides are not at the same level at all, Zhou Yu is willing to see Gan Ning is already generous, but taking the initiative to see Gan Ning is a risk. In case Gan Ning kidnapped him or killed him altogether, how would they explain to Sun Ce?

Zhou Yu smiled. "The way of using soldiers, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, can win all battles. After the pacification of Jingzhou, our army will attack Yizhou at any time, and the information on the generals of Yizhou has been relatively complete, don't you know what kind of person Gan Ning is? Don't worry, I'm in control. ”

Seeing that Zhou Yu was resolute, Lou Gui and Sun Fu had no choice but to retreat and find Pan Hua and Bei Tangyu. They have fought against Gan Ning, and they have strong combat power, in case of danger, they have the ability to protect Zhou Yu from the predicament, at least they can hold on for a while longer, waiting for rescue. If Zhou Yu did not agree, they resolutely disagreed with Zhou Yu's trip.

Zhou Yu agreed.

After making some preparations, Sun Fu stayed behind in Yiling, Lou Gui led the personal guard battalion to accompany Zhou Yu, and Pan Hua and Beitangyu closely protected. Everyone was very nervous, but Zhou Yu was confident, he didn't wear armor, only wore gold silk brocade armor, a snow-white brocade dress outside, a leather belt around his waist, and a long sword hanging. He was one of the few who preferred to carry a sword rather than a sword, and his sword was nearly five feet long, and if it weren't for his tall stature, the scabbard would have almost dragged to the ground.

In addition to this, he also brought a guqin.

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When Zhou Yu walked through the pebble beach, traced the stream, walked through the lush orchid bushes, and stood in front of Gan Ning, Gan Ning was surprised and amused. I was surprised that Zhou Yu really dared to come to see him, and the funny thing was that Zhou Yu, a child of this family, was so capable of pretending, and he actually brought a piano at this time. He couldn't help but sarcastically.

"The general is good-natured, and he still has elegance on the battlefield."

Zhou Yu looked around, and his tone was relaxed. "Sure enough, there are four seasons in the mountains, and it is already cold winter outside the mountains, but here it is as warm as spring, and there are orchids everywhere. If you want to talk about elegance, Xingba is the real elegance, and even fleeing will choose such a good place. ”

Gan Ning was speechless, and then became angry, his eyes widened, and the copper bell on the knife ring jingled. "Who said I was fleeing?"

"If you have a home and can't return, you can't enter when you see the enemy, you are in a dilemma, you can only hide here and waste your time, what is it called not to flee?"

"You ......" Gan Ning was furious, stretched out and pulled out the long knife on his waist, the bell rang chaotically, and the long knife pointed at Zhou Yu's neck. Zhou Yu was motionless, Beitang Yu stepped forward, pulled out the knife from the sheath, and slashed at Gan Ning. Gan Ning sneered and waved his knife to greet him.

"When-" The two knives struck each other, and with a crisp sound like a dragon's groan, the long knife in Gan Ning's hand broke into two, and half of the blade fell to the ground, jumped twice on the rocks, and slid into the stream. Gan Ning was taken aback, retreated sharply, snatched a pair of iron halberds from the hands of the guards, and waited for the battle. Beitang Yu didn't chase after him, laughed contemptuously, put the knife into the sheath, and retreated behind Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu took the piano from the hand of the boy, sat down on the boulder beside him, put the piano across his lap, and stretched out his hand to pluck it gently. The sound of the piano is clear and clear, and it is in harmony with the gurgling stream. Zhou Yu glanced up at Gan Ning, who was like a great enemy, and said with a smile: "Xingba, there are many opportunities to fight, don't be in a hurry." Here the orchids are all over the ground, the stream is fragrant, it is not suitable to dance the sword and make the sword, it is better to sit down and listen to a song, recounting the life, how about it? ”

Gan Ning rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and stretched out his hand to signal Yang Hong and the others to retreat a little further. He walked up to Zhou Yu's side and sat down, with a pair of iron halberds in his hand. "It's a pity that there is no alcohol. Otherwise, the general strokes the qin, and I drink, which is not bad. ”

Zhou Yu smiled slightly and glanced at Pan Hua. Pan Hua plucked a gourd from his horse, raised his hand and threw it over. Gan Ning reached out to catch it, opened the stopper, sniffed it, and was immediately overjoyed. "Good wine, it smells good."

"Do you smell a little bit of home?" Zhou Yu plucked the strings lightly. "This is Nanyang's famous wine, you may have heard of it."

Gan Ning's heavy eyebrows were raised, his neck was raised, and he took a big mouthful of his beard. "The general knows my details very well."

"If I don't know how Xingba is a person, why should I do this. Although you are more than 1,000 strong, they are nothing to me. ”

"The general has a big breath."

Zhou Yu pointed to Pan Hua and Beitang Yu who were standing aside. "I have 4,000 people in the guard battalion, and there are about 1,000 people who can compare with them."

Gan Ning stared at Pan Hua and Beitang Yu carefully for a while, and then remembered who they were, and his face suddenly changed greatly.