Bajun Linjiang brocade robbers, that is, Gan Ning led the gang of water and land thieves, they gathered together, holding bows and crossbows, carrying bells, if they were hijacked, they heard the bell, they knew that it was the group of brocade robbers wearing brocade clothes, bird feathers on their heads, and bells on their bodies.

This gang of brocade thieves, led by Gan Ning, did evil in Jing and Yierzhou, formed a canal division to rob ships and property, and robbed by waterways, among which Yizhou suffered the most, but the successive states and counties could not govern them, after all, this gang of brocade thieves, there were horses and boats, and it was very simple to escape and retreat, once the government moved, they stayed away from the trouble, and then came back after the rumors, how could the government deal with it? Do you want the army to stay on the waterfront of the county near Linjiang County, the base camp of the brocade thieves, and wait for Gan Ning's gang of brocade thieves to come back obediently?

Obviously, this strategy is very unrealistic, not to mention such a way of waiting for the rabbit, can you wait until Gan Ning? Gan Ning led this group of brocade robbers, who can repeatedly fight against several times the number of soldiers and horses of the government with hundreds of people, in addition to his gang of thieves with good force and extraordinary bravery, it is also related to Gan Ning, a young ranger who has shown the talent of a good general since he was a child. If he knew that the government had divided troops to garrison, he would definitely not bring his subordinates to send him to death, it was a big deal to go to Jingzhou to loot, or go to Yizhou counties and counties where there were no soldiers and horses to loot, anyway, he would never use outnumbered soldiers against officers and soldiers who were several times his own complete armor, because even if they won a few battles, they would not be able to bear it.

Looking through the documents of the county bureau on the brocade thieves in the past few years, Fu Quan couldn't help but praise this Gan Ning was really born with military talent, looking at his previous confrontations with the county soldiers and horses, except for the two sides of the equal number of people or the number of brocade thieves and thieves, other times the brocade thieves faced several times their own county soldiers and horses, that is, in a word, if you can't fight hard, then run.

If you can't beat them, they will run, run to the river, Ba County does not have many sailors, and they can't compete with the brocade thieves at all, so they can't go to the river, so they will run to the mountains and forests of nearby counties, pretending to be ordinary people in the mountains and playing hide and seek with the officials and soldiers. They absolutely do not have a hard fight with the officers and soldiers, unless they attack the squad of the officers and soldiers, which has the flavor of guerrilla warfare that later generations of Taizu became famous, and it is very difficult to deal with.

In fact, since Gan Ning injured his county bureau and rescued the thief who robbed the silk cloth, Fu Quan has been preparing to exterminate this brocade thief, of course, if he can capture the thief of An, it is the best, after all, it is the famous general of Eastern Wu in later generations "Huchen of Jiangbiao". At worst, there must be no trace of the brocade thieves in Ba County, otherwise, if they go ashore or rob in the water so unscrupulously, it will pose too much threat to the county's security, economy, agriculture, etc., and Fu Quan doesn't want his political achievements to have the stain of Gan Ning.

It's just that it is also lip service to say that it wants to be exterminated, but it is actually very difficult, after all, according to the experience of Fuquan's predecessor in the encirclement and suppression of states and counties, this Gan Ning is too cunning, and when the official army comes, he will take people to escape, even if Fuquan is now taking tens of thousands of troops to exterminate, it is not necessary to meet Gan Ning, if he can't touch it, this tens of thousands of troops will spend troops to conscript, isn't it in vain?

Now, this Wang Shang brought up the matter, and Fu Quan felt that he must have a way to deal with Gan Ning's group of brocade robbers. After all, now that he has taken up the post of Governor of the Historian, if he puts forward a proposal to govern the county that cannot be solved at all, wouldn't this be too great a blow to his new official authority?

"What is the clever plan of the text table, can it be determined that the thief of Linjiang brocade clothes?" Fu Quan looked at Wang Shang opposite and asked suspiciously.

Sure enough, I saw Wang Shang salute, and then said: "Back to the prince, the lower officials want to ask the prince to wait for the snow to fall in winter, and when the rivers in Jing and Yierzhou are frozen, and the boat cannot be sailed, raise troops to destroy the thieves." ”

Fu Quan was stunned for a moment, and shouted softly: "Sending troops in winter? This is a taboo for soldiers, how to ......" Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, and then suddenly Wang Shang put forward the meaning of this suggestion, and hurriedly said: "Could it be that the text does not allow the thief in brocade clothes to escape?" ”

"Exactly, the prince is wise."

Smiling, Fu Quan didn't have any thoughts about Wang Shang's inadvertent sycophant, but thought about the feasibility of Wang Shang's words, I have to say that the plan proposed by Wang Shang is too bold, it is no different from a madman saying crazy things, too whimsical and unrealistic.

That's right, in the winter, the river froze into ice, even if the brocade thieves near the river got the news in advance and wanted to sail away, it was too late, could the boat row on the ice? Even if they could escape on the frozen river, the Han army could just as well pursue them on the river and not give them a chance at all.

It seems that at this point, Wang Shang's suggestion is very beneficial to the Han army, but don't forget that winter is not good for the brocade robbers in Ganning, and it is also unfavorable for the Han Dynasty officials and soldiers who sent troops to suppress the thieves. Because it is taboo for soldiers to march in the cold and snowy conditions, not to mention the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in this kind of ghost weather, it is also a great test for the logistics supply of the army. In normal times, the army will lose a lot of food on the way to transport grain, and when the time comes, it is winter to send troops, and the Fuquan army consumes a lot of food when traveling, even if they are transporting grain in Ba County, the road consumption is expensive, not to mention, whether they can provide grain and grass to the army in time must also be considered.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the grain and grass have always been the taboo of Fuquan, he seems to have taken risks and amazing moves when he goes out on weekdays, but he will never let his logistics and grass have problems, think about how many undefeated gods in history have been destroyed because of the lack of food and no logistics supply, which can not help but make Fuquan take warning, so he feels crazy about Wang Shang's proposal.

Wang Shang, who was a few times in the case, also saw the change in Fu Quan's face, and knew what Fu Quan thought in his heart, but he didn't blame, but smiled and saluted again: "The prince or the prince is suspicious of sending troops in winter, and it is a big taboo for soldiers?" ”

Nodding, Fu Quan was silent, but the meaning was obvious, he did have this suspicion, and he did not say anything in order to wait for Wang Shang's reason to act like this, because he understood that since this Wang Shang had mentioned this matter to him, there must be a way to solve this problem.

Wang Shang continued: "If it were an ordinary official army, the lower officials would not dare to make this risky strategy, but now that the prince has raised more than 5,000 barbarian soldiers, he should take advantage of this good opportunity to use it greatly." ”

"Bandage brute?" Fu Quan looked at Wang Shang and asked in surprise, he didn't understand why this Wang Shang mentioned the Ban Yu barbarians he had only recruited for a short time at this time, he knew that the Ban Yu barbarians were brave, but how much role could they have in winter?

"Exactly! The prince is not a Shu person, and he doesn't know that the barbarians also go into the mountains and forests to hunt in winter, and walk as usual, so there is no obstacle in winter. In addition, one or two thousand soldiers and horses are enough to suppress thieves this time, and they can prepare their own dry food for more than ten days, without too much baggage, and can save people's resources. Our army does not need to fight to the death, but only needs to destroy its nest, make the counties clear the walls, guard the key roads everywhere, and then force them to retreat with elite soldiers, so that for a few days, the thieves have no food to eat, and they will collapse themselves. ”

"Brilliant plan! Coup! It is very difficult to eat in winter, the thief army has no food to eat, and the dead are tithes seven or eight, so that there are no more thieves in brocade clothes in Ba County. Fu Quan's eyes flashed, and he looked at Wang Shang and clapped his hands and praised, Wang Shang's plan is really interlocking, if it is really as he said, then this brocade thief in Linjiang will definitely perish.

Think about it, if the river freezes in winter, these brocade thieves can't rely on ships to get rid of the pursuit of the official army, and when their nests are destroyed, they have no food to eat, and they can only loot supplies everywhere to survive in this winter. However, Wang Shang asked Fuquan to order the counties of Ba County to guard the main road, the strong wall is clear, these brocade thieves are fleeing for their lives, even if they want to stop robbing the people, I am afraid that one will not have time, after all, there are Han officers and soldiers behind, and the other is not much food for him to loot, people have no food to endure for a day or two, but after all, there must be a time when they can't help but be hungry, and the final outcome of these fleeing brocade thieves can be imagined.

Complacent in his heart, Fu Quan Yao thought that he would capture Gan Ning alive one day, and then use some words to persuade him, and when he surrendered to this famous general who was still a young man, a trace of doubt suddenly came to his heart, because he found a question in Wang Shang's words, how did he know where the lair of the brocade thief was?

Afterwards, Fu Quan asked, "Wen Biao actually knows the lair of the brocade thief?" ”

"Yes, I know."

"How do you know?" A trace of doubt appeared in Fu Quan's heart, this brocade thief's lair has not been found in all the counties, how can this Wang Shang know?

"Reckoning."

"Huh? Reckon? Fu Quan's face was not slack, he was very taboo about extrapolating the academics, but he didn't expect Dong Fu to stuff himself with another "magic stick", and the expression on his face was extremely bad.

"Exactly, the lower official speculated from Gan Ning, a thief in brocade clothes."

"I want to hear about it."

"No."

After a conversation, Fu Quan understood what Wang Shang meant by the calculation, it turned out that it was not the superstitious estimation of the Wei Academy, but according to the clues of the thieves in brocade, so as to deduce the approximate location of their lair.

From Wang Shang's words, Fu Quan knew that in Linjiang County, Ba County, Yizhou, although the Gan family where Gan Ning was located was originally from Nanyang, Jingzhou, and came to Yizhou here, it was only a few decades in Linjiang County, Ba County, but this branch of the Gan family has developed extremely fast and has become a powerful tyrant in Linjiang County. His family is strong in the Linjiang County area, the power is not small, and Yan, Wen, Yang, Du and other four families are listed as the five local wealthy families, the county officials do not dare to oppose the Gan family, on the contrary, many of them are also bribed by the Gan family, it can be said that these corrupt officials take great care of the Gan family.

Fu Quan thought about it himself, if Gan Ning didn't have this kind of family background, would his hundreds of young rangers be able to survive in the past few years, no matter how many armies the government sent? From this point of view, this brocade-clothed thief can be so lawless, in addition to the fact that they themselves are rangers who have no king's law and are frivolous, it is the deliberate connivance of the county officials of Ba County, open one eye, close one eye to the Gan family behind Gan Ning, and let Gan Ning Hu come.

Perhaps the reason why Gan Ning's brocade thief gang was able to get the news so quickly and flee every time the official army conscripted against the thieves and thieves was nothing more than the fact that the officials within the county reported in advance, so that they were spared, and they could even take advantage of the lack of strength and weakness of the small army of the official army to counterattack and kill the officers and soldiers.

Thinking like this, the more Fu Quan thought about it, the more likely it became, after all, unless it was a great chaos in the world, in a unified dynasty, how could there be thieves who could not even be subdued by the central court. If there is, it means that the central court itself does not want to do anything to them, or there are people within the central court who do not want to do it to them, just like Gan Ning, if there is no internal response, to deal with his hundreds of untrained young rangers, it only takes a few thousand officers and soldiers to surround them, attack them with a dignified military formation, no matter how brave they are, isn't it to become the merit of the official army to suppress thieves?

It's just that if this is the case, it doesn't make sense at all, after all, even if the officials of Ba County have an internal response to facilitate Gan Ning's exercise, don't other upright officials know? Didn't anyone tell the successive Taishou about this? Just like him, with the scourge of thieves in brocade clothes, in the annual calculation, only a few years can not succeed in suppressing thieves, I don't know how much impact it will have on his performance evaluation, a Taishou even disregards his own political achievements, indulge thieves to act, this is too shocking, after all, the Ganning family has no big officials and elders in the court, will the previous Taishou be afraid of this kind of small wealthy family without a big background? Unless it's too guarded......

After pondering for a long time, with doubts in his heart, Fu Quan asked Wang Shangdao: "The previous Taishou all indulged in brocade thieves? Is there anyone in the Linjiang Gan clan in the court? ”

Wang Shang replied: "Linjiang Gan is Qin Xiang Gan Mao, Yan Xi for five years, Ning Zu Gan is the Cangwu Taishou for a time, because the Changsha thieves are very heavy, he and the assassin Shi Hou Fu rushed out of the city. After the rebellion was pacified, the court dismissed the post, and the people of the Dinglu clan lived in Nanyang, which took root and multiplied so far, and the officials in the court were very heavy, and then there were Gan clansmen who moved west to Shu, that is, Linjiang Gan. After a pause, Wang Shang said again: "The predecessor was too conservative and ignorant of government affairs, and he was good at collecting money, and the former was barbaric and chaotic, and they all had their responsibilities, not to mention that this brocade thief was stealing?" ”

After listening to Wang Shang's words, Fu Quan bowed his head, and then understood the reason why Gan Ning was not in charge, it turned out that his predecessor was a corrupt dealer, seeing that he indulged the thieves in the territory like this, and did not take the plan in his eyes, it must be someone in the court, before the West Mansion was opened, he bought the position of the Ba County Taishou. If it weren't for the chaos together, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to say that after he had made money in the past few years, he would go directly to the West Mansion and continue to buy other official positions, how could he worry about the plan to review his political performance?

Unlike Fuquan, although he also had the experience of buying an official for his uncle, but after all, he is a relative, unless necessary, he should do less of this kind of thing, otherwise he will enter the center in the future, and it will be known that he has always relied on his status as a buyer and a relative, so if he can be promoted so quickly, his reputation will not be beneficial, and he will not be despised. Moreover, if he is an official and a place, if he doesn't save a little reputation for himself, wouldn't it be too much to say, so he cares about the political achievements that are chicken ribs but not chicken ribs for him.

Of course, now that he heard that Wang Shang shook off all the foundations of the Gan family, Fu Quan also had a new understanding of this Gan Ning, and he understood that this brocade thief, if he was bent on exterminating it, it would not be difficult.

After five years of Yanxi, Changsha thieves rose, attacked Cangwu, and took the bronze tiger talisman. Taishou Ganding and Assassin Shi Hou Fu each ran out of the city. Excerpt from "Views of the Eastern Han Dynasty"

Ningben Nanyang people, their ancestors in Ba County. Rather for the officials to make up for the Shu County, abandon the official and return home. Excerpt from "Book of Wu"

Gan Zhuo, the word Ji Si, Danyang people, Qin Cheng Xiangmao also. Zeng Zuning, for Wu general. Ancestral narration, Shi Wu is still a book. Father Chang, the prince and the prince. Excerpt from "The Book of Jin: The Biography of Gan Zhuo"