In the fifth year of Jian'an, in June, Yangwu, Henan, Yuan Shangjun tent.

Yuan Shang was sitting with a cloth and wiping his helmet, and Feng Ji and the trial were sitting next to him.

"The arrow tower has been suppressed by Cao Jun's catapult, do you have any clever tricks? You can't let the big brother make a good suggestion first. Yuan Shang asked.

"I want to suggest that the lord send a surprise army to attack Xu Du, does the prince think this method is feasible?" Judge the way.

"Xuchang is guarded by Xun Yu and Cao Ren, and Cao Cao has been operating in Xudu for many years, and the city is strong and difficult to break." Refute the trial in every discipline.

"It's a little early, wait a while," Yuan Shangzheng sat for a long time and his legs were a little numb, so he changed to a comfortable sitting position and put his helmet on his knees.

Shangguan Qian didn't know when he was already standing behind the two of them, and said, "Childe, something big has happened in the south."

Yuan Shang sighed and looked at Shangguan Qian and said, "What's the matter?"

"Sun Ce was assassinated." Shangguan Qian replied.

The trial and Feng Ji were shocked at the same time, and turned their heads to look at Shangguan Qian. Yuan Shang smiled slightly, knocked on the helmet with the index finger of his right hand and said, "Oh! Sun Ce was also too careless. ”

Shangguan Qian nodded, sat down casually on the side, poured a large glass of boiled water, and sat silently.

The judge said: "I didn't expect the son to receive information faster than the lord."

Yuan Shang smiled slightly: "Now is a special period, and my father's intelligence network is mainly spread to Cao Cao."

Feng Ji looked at Shangguan Qian and asked, "Does Liu Qi from Nanyang have any moves?"

Shangguan Qian took a sip of water, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said, "There is no movement for the time being, and I may be waiting."

Feng Ji nodded and stood up to salute Yuan Shang and said goodbye, and the judge also stood up and asked Yuan Shang to return. Yuan Shang got up to see the two leave, and Shangguan Qian was sitting and drinking water from beginning to end.

Yuan Shang said goodbye to the two and walked to sit on the ground in front of Shangguan Qian, and said, "Have you already arranged for Liu Bei to go south?"

Shangguan Qian nodded and said, "Liu Bei has asked the lord to resign, and he will leave for Runan tonight."

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "Sun Ce has changed his face, I'm afraid he won't be able to cooperate with Runan's action, you see that Runan's operation has a few percent chance of success."

Shangguan Qian said: "Without Sun Ce, I'm afraid the probability of not even being 30%."

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "The arrow is on the string, I have to send it, and then we will see if Liu Bei's arrow can contain Cao ****."

Shangguan Qian took a sip of water and said, "At this time, it would be good if there was some movement in Nanyang to attract Xun Yu in Xuchang."

Yuan Shang nodded and looked at Shangguan Qian's cup and asked, "After drinking this glass of water, let's go and sleep well!"

Shangguan Qian poured another glass of water, drank it all and then withdrew. When Shangguan Qian was tired, he didn't drink alcohol but only boiled water, and this habit was only known to Yuan Shang.

In June, in Thorn Yang City, Gan Ning had taken Thorn Yang City for nearly a month, and still had not received the news of Liu Qi's attack on Wancheng, Gan Ning had written to ask Ma Hong, and Ma Hong gave him an answer of just the word "wait". Since the last time Zhang Xiu's son Zhang Quan suffered losses at the hands of Gan Ning and Ma Hong, Cao Cao sent Cao Hong to take over Zhang Quan's troops and recall Zhang Quan back to Xudu. Now that Cao Hong has taken over Wancheng, it will not be easy to break through Wancheng again. Now what is causing Gan Ning's headache is no longer the capture of Wancheng, but the outbreak of plague in several villages north of Jianyang City, and he is preparing to check on the epidemic. At this moment, Gan Ning received a report from the herald that Ma Hong was coming.

When Gan Ning saw Ma Hong, he immediately rushed up to give Ma Hong a bear hug, and laughed: "It's just right." ”

Ma Hong's body was painful when he was strangled by Gan Ning's hands, and he hurriedly stopped Gan Ning and said, "Hurry up and let go." ”

Gan Ning let go of Ma Hong with a smile, squeezed his eyes at Ma Hong and said, "Here, let's go drink." ”

Kuai He, who was standing on the side, said helplessly: "General Gan, isn't there a plague in Thorn Yang?" Is there still time for drinking? If the plague spreads, I'm afraid something big will happen. ”

Gan Ning smiled: "It's okay, I've asked the soldiers to block those villages." ”

Kuai He said with a displeased face: "At first, when the plague was discovered, only one village was infected, but now the plague has spread to three villages, I am afraid that if it is delayed any longer, in a few days, the entire Thorn Yang will be destroyed." ”

Gan Ning also knew that he was careless in this matter, but now Kuai He pointed out his mistake to his face and gave him a look, if Ma Hong hadn't stood aside, Gan Ning might have let Kuai He lie on the ground.

Ma Hong saw that Gan Ning's face was wrong, and hurriedly said: "The plague matter will be handed over to Lian Qing to deal with, you must do it cleanly, incinerate all the items used by the dead and sick, and centralize the management of those who are still alive, so as not to let the plague spread again." ”

Kuaihe nodded, "Yes." ”

Ma Hong said: "The military doctors of General Gan's troops and the doctors recruited from Xinye are under your command, and I will also ask General Gan to send a team of soldiers to assist you." ”

Kuaihe nodded, and rushed to the village where the plague had broken out with the doctor he had brought from Xinye.

Gan Ning watched Kuaihe trot out, snorting in his nose with a strange expression written on his face.

Ma Hong patted Gan Ning's shoulder and smiled: "Hey, don't hold a grudge!" If you send someone to beat Lianqing, I can settle accounts with you at that time. ”

Gan Ning said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I definitely won't send someone to beat him, if I really send someone, I will definitely kill him." ”

Ma Hong smiled at Gan Ning and said, "Oh! Don't hold grudges, that's Kuai Yue's nephew, and I'm about to marry Kuai Yue's daughter. ”

Gan Ning laughed and said, "It's just kidding, I don't hold such a grudge." ”

What is Gan Ning, Ma Hong has been in contact with him for a long time, of course he knows how this person is, Gan Ning is generous and good at making friends with heroes, but he has a very heavy heart to kill, and he is very resentful. Ma Hong was already thinking in his heart that he should tell Kuai He to be careful when he spoke in the future, so as not to offend Gan Ning again.

"That's the best, but anyway, Xingba, how is your investigation of Wancheng?" Ma Hong turned around and asked about the situation in Wancheng.

"What, have you decided to capture Wancheng?" Gan Ning asked rhetorically.

"Now is the perfect opportunity for you to talk about the situation first." Ma Hong Road.

"Cao Hong took over Wancheng, and now the garrison of Wancheng is about two thousand, Wancheng is strong, the foundation is very thick, and it is not easy to tear it apart!" Gan Ning Road.

"Is that all there is to it?" Ma Hong Road.

"That's all there is to it." Gan Ning said with some embarrassment.

Ma Hong sighed and said secretly: It seems that Gan Ning is still some distance away from growing into an excellent general!

Gan Ning saw Ma Hong sighing, and said with a smile: "Don't sigh yet, you can tell me why now is an excellent opportunity to attack, I only have 2,000 soldiers, it is almost impossible to break through a city garrisoned by 2,000 soldiers, do you have any tricks." ”

"The plague." Ma Hong uttered two words.

"Do you want to spread this plague to Wancheng?" Gan Ning pondered for a while and spoke.

"yes, that's it." Ma Hong replied.

Gan Ning was shocked and introduced the plague into Wancheng, and Wancheng was bound to be in chaos, but I don't know how many innocent people would have to be sacrificed in this way, which is really hurtful.

Seeing Gan Ning's surprised expression, Ma Hong said slowly: "Otherwise, how can you break through that fortified city, even if you use the two thousand soldiers brought from Xiangyang this time, I am afraid that it will not work." ”

Gan Ning thought for a while again, and then said, "But I'm afraid it's very difficult to let the people infected with the plague into Wancheng, and Cao Hong will definitely not let the displaced people pour into the city." ”

Ma Hong nodded and said, "I know this, didn't you capture some soldiers when you captured Thorn Yang?" How many people are there? ”

Gan Ning said: "There are some prisoners, about eighty or so, all of whom are locked up in prisons. What are these captives for? ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Ma Hong's mouth, his eyes stared at Gan Ning and said, "Isn't that good?" You release these captives and entertain them, and then release them back, do you think Cao Hong will let them into the city. ”

"Do you want the homeless to blend in with the captives and enter Wancheng?" Gan Ning exclaimed.

"No, the people won't be so obedient, we only let the prisoners enter Wancheng, but the prisoners who enter Wancheng are carrying the plague." Ma Hong blinked and smiled.

"Well, well, I'll distribute the food and clothing used by the sick to the prisoners." Gan Ning nodded.

"Does Xingba think it's too cruel to do this?" Ma Hong asked.

"It's really cruel, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of our army." Gan Ning Road.

Without speaking, he acquiesced, Ma Hong continued: "When Cao Mengde attacked Xuzhou, he ordered the slaughter of the city, and the slaughtered people were also made into human jerky as military rations. ”

Murder is a simple word, Gan Ning once heard his father say that when you kill someone, you are also killing yourself, Gan Ning, who didn't kill anyone, doesn't understand, but now Gan Ning understands, and he slowly understands it since he killed someone for the first time.

The plague is terrible, but the human heart is afraid that it is more vicious than the plague.