Dong Zhuo roared angrily: "Yan Xing, Guo Yan, what are you two bastards doing? Stop it! ”

Yan Xing and Guo Yan were killing hotly, the Zhangba snake spear and the horse chopping knife were thumping, making a series of loud noises, coupled with the gloating cheers of the officers and men of the Central Army, Dong Zhuo's order did not reach Yan Xing and Guo Yan's ears at all. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Gan Ning raised his Zhenjiang knife and shouted to Jin Liang who rushed towards him: "Wen Hou, please advise!" ”

Who knew that Jin Liang's horse swept past Gan Ning, and with a halberd, the red rabbit horse quickly turned in a circle and rushed straight to Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu's front hooves of his war horse were kicked by the red rabbit horse, and he was thinking about whether to change the war horse, but he saw Yan Xing and Guo Yan fighting, Zhang Xiu sighed secretly, Yan Xing really colluded with Jin Liang, and saw Jin Liang rushing to Gan Ning on his horse, Zhang Xiu thought that Jin Liang would be entangled by Gan Ning in a short time, so he turned his horse and walked to the main formation, wanting to change a good horse.

Zhang Xiu suddenly felt a fierce murderous aura behind him, that murderous aura filled the heaven and earth, so strong and fierce, oppressive that Zhang Xiu suffocated in an instant, when Zhang Xiu turned around with difficulty, but saw a red lightning falling in front of him, a cold and piercing killing machine into his bone marrow, it was Jin Liang, Jin Liang's stone dragon knife stabbed his heart.

A few bean-sized tears suddenly appeared in Zhang Xiu's eyes, and he said with difficulty: "Take good care of my aunt!" Then his eyes were closed, his head tilted, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he died.

Jin Liang raised the stone dragon broadsword, lifted Zhang Xiu's body high, and shouted: "Zhang Xiu is dead, central soldiers, follow me to capture and kill Dong thief!" ”

Seeing this, the officers and men of the Central Army could not help cheering and thundering, thousands of troops and horses roared, the cavalry quickly lined up into an invincible conical formation, and the chariot soldiers, archers, crossbowmen, spearmen, sword and shield soldiers quickly pressed on.

The soldiers of the Xiliang Army saw that Zhang Xiu, the invincible gun king of the north, was not the enemy of Jin Liang, and died tragically under Jin Liang's stone dragon broadsword, and his morale was greatly depressed, and some of the newly recruited soldiers actually wanted to turn their horses and escape, Dong Zhuo hurriedly killed several people to stabilize the morale of the army, although he didn't want to hedge with Jin Liang head-on, but if he retreated now, it was easy to turn into a big rout, and it was possible that there were more people who trampled to death by self-trampling than those who died head-on.

Gan Ning was stunned, he never expected that Zhang Xiu, who was usually on par with him in martial arts, was not Jin Liang's enemy.

Jin Liang shook the stone dragon broadsword, Zhang Xiu's corpse fell in front of Gan Ning's horse with a thud, and Jin Liang rushed to Gan Ning's horse: "Xingba, Liu Yan and Dong Zhuo are both old and faint, not enough to succeed, Xingba Mingzhu secretly invested, condescending to the subordinates, it is better to come to our Central Army, I want to let you be in charge of the Yellow River Water Division, and then master the Yangtze River Water Division, I don't know what to do?!" ”

Gan Ning was hesitating, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei had already ridden over, and Zhao Yun said loudly: "Doesn't General Gan hear that good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose their masters?" It is unwise to meet the Lord and miss him, and he will regret it for the rest of his life! ”

Jin Liang said again: "If General Gan doesn't want to follow my Central Army, he can also go west, but General Gan can follow Dong Zhuo, there is no big river in the land of Xiliang, how can the general's talent be displayed?!" General Gan followed Liu Yan, Liu Yan is a guardian dog trapped in Yizhou, and he does not want to forge ahead, and General Gan is willing to waste his good years? ”

Gan Ning arched his hand and said: "Wen Hou is kind, Gan Ning should not have shirked, how can I have eighteen brothers, who followed me to Luoyang, and now they are all trapped in the Tiger Prison Pass, if Wen Hou can rescue them, I Gan Ning will worship Wen Hou as the lord!" ”

Jin Liang smiled and said: "Xingba, this matter is very easy, you will go back to our central camp for the time being, and within three days, I will definitely rescue those eighteen brothers." ”

Gan Ning thanked him, turned his horse and headed south, Dian Wei was surprised: "Why didn't he go to our Central Army camp?" ”

Jin Liang laughed and said, "When his eighteen brothers arrive at our central camp, he will definitely follow." ”

Gan Ning (?) —220), the word Xingba, a native of Linjiang (now Zhongxian County, Chongqing), was a famous general of Sun Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, and the official was the Taishou of Xiling, and the general of Zhichong.

Teenager wandering

Gan Ning "has little strength, a good ranger". But he didn't do his job, and he often gathered a group of light teenagers and made himself the leader. They swam in flocks, with bows and arrows, bird feathers on their heads, and bells on their bodies. At that time, as soon as the people heard the bell ring, they knew that it was Gan Ning's gang that had arrived. The people of the time called them "Jinfan thieves".

Gan Ning is in the county, a light man kills people, hides and dies, and has a great reputation. He is in and out of the country, majestic and dazzling. On foot, the Chen train rides, and the water line connects to the light boat. The attendants, dressed in splendid clothes, are brilliant wherever they go. When staying, the boat is often maintained with splendid splendor, and when leaving, it must be cut off and discarded to show that it is rich in luxury.

If the magistrates of the cities where he lived, or those who had associated with him, had been received with great pomp, Gan Ning would have fellowship with all his heart, and could go to the soup for him; If the etiquette is not good, Gan Ning indulges his subordinates to loot the other party's assets, and even thieves and officials. This continued until he was in his twenties. Later, Gan Ning no longer attacked others. He read some books, delved into the theory of the hundred schools of thought, and wanted to make a difference, so he led more than 800 people to attach themselves to Liu Biao and stay in Nanyang.

Liu Biao was one of the famous "Eight Jun" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and was the history of Jingzhou. But just as Zhuge Liang analyzed in "Longzhong Pair" that Liu Biao could not hold Jingzhou in the end, Gan Ning also found that Liu Biao did not practice military affairs, and in the situation of unrest and strife in the world at that time, he would eventually be unable to succeed. At this time, he heard that Sun Quan was in Jiangdong "recruiting Yan Junxiu, hiring celebrities, and Lu Su, Zhuge Jin and others were guests", so he decided to go to work.

The Ganning Road passed through Xiakou (now Wuhan, Hubei), and the troops could not pass, so they had to rely on Jiangxia to guard Huangzu for the time being.

In the eighth year of Jian'an (203), Sun Quan led his troops to attack Jiangxia in the west, and Huang Zu was defeated and fled in embarrassment. Gan Ning's generals were cut off for him. He was calm and calm, raised his bow and shot hard, shooting Sun Quan's thief captain Ling Cao. Sun Jun didn't dare to chase after him anymore, and Huang Zu's life was saved. Gan Ning has made great contributions, but Huang Zu still does not reuse, and Gan Ning also wants to abandon it, but there is no perfect way, so he is sad and depressed alone, and there is nothing to do.

Abandon Huang and return to grandchildren

Su Fei found out what Gan Ning meant, invited Gan Ning, set up a wine feast, and when he was drunk, he said to him: "I have recommended it several times, but the Lord refuses to appoint you." The sun and the moon pass, how much is life? You should make long-term plans early, find a confidant, and become a big thing! Gan Ning paused for a while and said, "I also want to go, but unfortunately there is no suitable opportunity." Su Fei said: "I ask the Lord to send you to be the governor of Di (now northwest of Huanggang, Hubei), at that time, you can decide to go by yourself." Gan Ning was very happy.

So, Su Fei proposed to let Gan Ning be the chief, and Huang Zu agreed. Gan Ning recruited some of his subordinates who had left, gathered some people who were willing to obey, and took them to Sun Quan.

Jinfan thief Ganning

Due to the recommendation of Zhou Yu and Lu Meng, Sun Quan took Gan Ning very seriously and treated him like those old ministers. Gan Ning was in a happy mood and immediately offered advice to Sun Quan: "Now that the fortunes of the Han family are declining day by day, Cao Cao is even more arrogant and arbitrary, and he will eventually become the **** of the usurper Han." In this place of Jingzhou, the mountain barrier is convenient, and the rivers are unimpeded, which is the barrier of our Dongwu West! I worked under Liu Biao. According to my observation, Liu Biao is a person who has no foresight, and his successor is poor, so he can't keep that place at all. The general should strike first, not behind Cao Cao. To plot Liu Biao's plan, the first step is to start with Huang Zu. Huang Zu is now old, deaf and incompetent, military and food are very scarce, the people around him are fooling and deceiving him, and he blindly greedy for money, and deducts from the heads of subordinate officials and soldiers. These men were resentful, and the warships and all kinds of war equipment were broken and unrepaired, and the army lacked well-trained troops. Now the Lord is going to enterprising, and he will surely be defeated. Once Huang Zu's team is defeated, it can beat the drum and march westward, and the army will increase and expand in front of Chu Pass, so that the land of Bashu can be gradually sought. Sun Quan appreciated this opinion and strengthened his determination to use troops.

Zhang Zhao was present at the time and disagreed with Gan Ning's opinion. He said: "Jiangdong itself is in danger, and if the army really marches westward, I am afraid it will inevitably lead to great domestic chaos." Gan Ning retorted unceremoniously: "The country has entrusted you with such a heavy responsibility as Xiao He, but you are worried about chaos, what do you use to pursue the ancients?" Seeing that the two were arguing, Sun Quan raised his glass to Gan Ning to persuade him to drink, and said: "Xingba, this year will go west, just like this glass of wine, I decided to entrust it to you." Although you have tried your best to put forward a combat strategy, so that we will definitely be able to defeat Huang Zu, so you have made a great contribution, why bother with Zhang Changshi's words? ”

In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), Sun Quan went west for the second time to conquer Huangzu and captured his people. "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Lord Wu" did not carry out the battle completely because Sun Quan's mother was critically ill and had to withdraw the army.

In the spring of the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Sun Quan went west for the third time to conquer Huang Zu, and the battle was very fierce, but in the end Huang Zu was captured. After the victory, Sun Quan assigned a force to Gan Ning to command, and the troops were stationed.

Sun Quan broke through Huang Zu and made two boxes to hold the heads of Huang Zu and Su Fei. Su Feituo asked Gan Ning for help. Gan Ning said: "Even if Su Fei doesn't say it, will I, Gan Ning, forget his kindness?" When Sun Quan set up wine, he celebrated the generals. Gan Ning stepped down from his seat and kowtowed to Sun Quan, exchanged blood and tears, and told Sun Quan about Su Fei's kindness to him in the past, and explained: "If Gan Ning hadn't met Su Fei, I would have died long ago, and of course I wouldn't be able to serve you loyally." Now that Su Fei is guilty of being killed, I take the liberty of pleading with you to save him from death. Sun Quan was moved and said, "I can let him go, but if he escapes, what will he do?" Gan Ning guaranteed: "Su Fei will not be killed, with the grace of your regeneration, even if he is driven away, he will not leave, how can there be any reason to escape!" If he runs, put my head in place of him in the box! Sun Quan agreed to Gan Ning's request and pardoned Su Fei.

Laugh and laugh to relieve fear

In the winter of the same year, Cao Cao marched into Jingzhou, and Gan Ning followed Zhou Yu to defeat Cao Cao in Wulin (see Battle of Red Cliffs) and made great achievements. Then, he went to Nanjun to attack Cao Ren, but failed to conquer it. Gan Ning offered advice, and he led his troops to take Yiling (now Yichang, Hubei) upstream of Jiangling from the small road, so that Cao Ren could be attacked from the east and west, forcing him to retreat north. Zhou Yu ordered him to lead the troops to go, and Gan Ning traveled day and night, and sure enough, he occupied it in one fell swoop, so he defended the city.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Ren immediately sent five or six thousand men to besiege Yiling, in an attempt to recapture this strategic place in one fell swoop. Shi Ganning only had a few hundred soldiers under him, and with the new soldiers who broke the city, there were only about a thousand people. Cao Jun set up a high platform outside the city, and for several days, shot arrows from above into the city, the arrows were as dense as rain, and the military officials were frightened, but Gan Ning talked and laughed freely. Gan Ning sent people out of the city to ask Zhou Yu for help. Zhou Yu adopted Lü Meng's strategy and led the generals to come and lift the siege of Yiling. Cao Ren's troops lost more than half of their troops and fled overnight. On the way, he was intercepted again and lost more than 300 horses. Gan Ning took advantage of the victory to pursue and prepare to duel with Cao's army. Cao Ren did not dare to fight again, and the whole army withdrew to the north.

After the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu and Gan Ning strongly persuaded Sun Quan to take Bashu in the west. Sun Quan hesitated and went to ask Liu Bei's opinion. Liu Bei had already planned to occupy Bashu, so he skillfully dissuaded him. Sun Quan missed the opportunity, causing Xishu to fall into the hands of Liu Bei, and he couldn't regret it.

The tiger will face off

Later, Gan Ning followed Lusu to guard Yiyang (in present-day Hunan) and resisted Guan Yu. Guan Yu claimed to have 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he personally selected 5,000 elite soldiers, threw objects to block the shallow water area more than ten miles upstream, and said that he would wade across the river at night. Lu Su discussed countermeasures with the generals. Gan Ning had 300 soldiers at that time, so he said: "Can you add 500 more men to me, I will go to deal with him, and ensure that as soon as Guan Yu hears my coughing and spitting, he will not dare to cross the river, and if he dares to cross, he will be captured by me." ”

Lu Su immediately selected 1,000 people for him. Gan Ning rushed upstream overnight to fortify. When Guan Yu heard that Gan Ning was coming, he gave up the plan to cross the river when he saw that the other party was prepared, and tied firewood on the bank as a military camp. Later generations called this place "Seki Hase". Sun Quan rewarded Gan Ning's merits, worshiped as Xiling Taishou, and unified Yangxin and Xiapheasant counties.

Night attack on Cao Ying

In the first month of the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), Cao Cao led an army of 400,000 to attack the mouth of the Yangtze River (now south of Chaoxian County, Anhui). Sun Quan led 70,000 troops to meet the attack, and sent Gan Ning to lead 3,000 people as the front governor. Sun Quan secretly ordered Gan Ning to attack Cao Ying at night to frustrate his spirit, and gave rice wine for this purpose. Gan Ning selected more than 100 elite people to eat together. After eating, Gan Ning poured wine in a silver bowl, drank two bowls himself, and then poured it to his subordinates. The governor fell on his knees and refused to take the wine. Gan Ning drew his sword, put it on his lap, and shouted: "You are known by the Lord, how do you compare with Gan Ning?" I'm not afraid of death, why are you afraid of death? Seeing Gan Ning's stern expression, the governor immediately stood up and saluted, respectfully took the wine glass and drank it. Then, wine was poured over to the soldiers, and each man had a silver bowl. At the time of the second watch, Gan Ning led him to wrap his armor and rank, sneaked to Cao Cao's camp, pulled out the antlers, rushed into Cao's camp, and beheaded dozens of levels. Sun Quan was overjoyed, rewarded Ganning with 1,000 silks, 100 swords, and 2,000 additional troops. Seeing that it was difficult to win, Cao Cao stayed for more than a month and then retreated to the north. Since then, Sun Quan has attached more importance to Gan Ning.

The first attack on Anhui City

In the spring of the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Cao Cao sent Zhu Guang to guard the Lujiang River, stationed in Wancheng (now Qianshan, Anhui), opened up rice fields, produced military aircraft, and sent spies to secretly cross the river, recruiting forces that tempted Duyang (now Jiangxi) to oppose Sun Quan, in a vain attempt to attack Sun Quan. After Lu Meng learned the information, he suggested to Sun Quan: "The area around Anhui City is fertile and the land is fertile, if it is harvested in one season, Cao Cao's strength will inevitably increase, and if it is harvested for several seasons in a row, it will inevitably cause great trouble." In my opinion, it should be eliminated immediately. Sun Quan adopted this suggestion and personally conquered the city of Anhui. Sun Quan asked the generals. Everyone said that if you want to capture the fortified city, you must pile up dirt and mountains, and you must control the attacking tools. Lu **** disagreed, and said: "It takes a lot of time to pile up the soil and control the attacking tools." It was more difficult than Cao Jun as soon as reinforcements arrived, and it would be difficult to capture Wancheng. The only way is to storm and take Wancheng in one fell swoop. Lü Meng recommended Gan Ning as the governor of Shengcheng. During the siege of the city, Lü Meng personally beat the war drums to cheer. Gan Ning held the Lian Suo, took the lead in the pawns, climbed the upper city, and finally captured the city of Anhui and captured Zhu Guang. Zhang Liao heard Xun, led the reinforcements to Jiashi (now Tongcheng north), heard that Anhui City had been lost, had to retreat. After the war, Gan Ninggong ranked second, second only to Lü Meng, and was worshiped as a general.

The Great War of Hefei

In the twentieth year of Jian'an (215), Gan Ning attacked Hefei with Sun Quan (see Battle of Hefei). The unfavorable situation of the war, coupled with the epidemic of plague in the army, had to order the withdrawal of the army. Large forces have withdrawn from the fighting. Only Lü Meng, Jiang Qin, Ling Tong, Gan Ning, and more than 1,000 Hushi under the car followed Sun Quan and stationed in the north of Xiaoyaojin (now east of Hefei, Anhui).

Cao Cao's general Zhang Liao watched and took the opportunity to lead the infantry to attack, and Chen Wu was killed in battle. Sun Quan's generals Gan Ning and Lu Meng struggled to resist, and the generals Ling Tong led the guards to fight to the death. Sun Quan witnessed all this, and his respect for Gan Ning increased. Under the heroic resistance of Gan Ning and others, the speed of Cao's attack slowed down. Ling Tong led 300 troops to protect Sun Quan and break out of the siege. Sun Quan fled to Xiaoyaojin, when the river bridge was half demolished, and there was no board, Sun Quan hurriedly rode a horse to cross over. The general He Qi led 3,000 people to meet in the south of Xiaoyaojin, and Sun Quan was spared. After the battle, except for Ling Tong, none of the three hundred soldiers survived.

Ling Tong was the son of Ling Cao, and Ling Cao was shot to death by Gan Ning while attacking Huang Zu. Because of the hatred of killing his father, Ling and Gan had a deep contradiction, so Gan Ning also guarded against Ling Tong and tried to avoid meeting him. Sun Quan ordered Ling Tong not to be an enemy of Gan Ning.

Once, Gan Ning and Ling Tong gathered at Lu Meng's place to drink, the wine was hot, Ling Tong stood up and danced the knife, and Gan Ning also stood up and said: "I can dance the double halberd!" Lu Meng saw that the two had the intention of fighting, so he separated them in the middle and said: "Although Gan Ning can dance, he is still not as exquisite as me. So he used a sword and a shield to separate the two. Later, Sun Quan knew that Ling Tong could not forget his father's enmity, so he asked Gan Ning to lead his troops to be stationed in Banzhou. But at the current critical moment of the great enemy, it is commendable that the two can put aside their personal grievances and unite against the enemy.

Later experience

Gan Ning once had a verbal relationship with Sun Jiao, a famous general of Sun Quan's clan, because he was drunk, and someone persuaded him to apologize, Gan Ning said: "The minister should be equal, although Sun Jiao is a clan, how can he insult people!" When I meet the Lord, I should repay it with strength and life, but I can't seek perfection because of worldly grievances. So Sun Quan wrote to Sun Jiao asking him to apologize to Gan Ning, and the two became friends.

Gan Ning has a rough temperament and is easy to kill. A child in the kitchen was at fault. Fleeing to Lü Meng, Lü Meng was afraid that he would be killed by Gan Ning, so he hid him and did not send him back immediately. Later, Gan Ning came to visit Lu Meng's mother with gifts, and when he wanted to go to the church to see his mother, Lu Meng called out the little boy to return it to Gan Ning, and Gan Ning promised not to kill him. However, after a while, when he returned to the boat, Gan Ning tied the boy to a mulberry tree and personally shot him to death with a bow. Then, the people on board were ordered to strengthen the ship's cables, undress themselves and lie down in the boat. Lü Meng was furious, beat drums and gathered troops, and prepared to board the ship to attack Ganning. Gan Ning heard the movement and deliberately lay down and couldn't get up. Lü Meng's mother ran barefoot to dissuade Lü Meng: "The Lord treats you like flesh and blood, entrusting you with great affairs, how can you want to attack Gan Ning because of personal anger?" If Gan Ning dies, even if the Lord does not question you, it is illegal for you to do so as a courtier. Lu Meng has always been very filial, and after listening to his mother's words, he understood in his heart. He personally came to Gan Ning's boat and greeted with a smile: "Xingba, my mother is waiting for you to eat, come ashore quickly!" Gan Ning was very ashamed, choked up with tears and said to Lu Meng: "I have failed you. So he went back with Lu Meng to meet Lu Mu, and feasted happily for a day.

In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), Gan Ning died, and Sun Quan regretted it very much. (To be continued.) )