When Han Lie led 50,000 sailors and more than 20,000 Red Flame troops arrived at Xiakou, they greatly shocked Su Fei and Gan Ning, who came to greet them. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Su Fei and Ganning are all people who beg for a living on the water all year round, and in their impression, the five-story ship is already a rare large warship, but the fifty five-tooth warships under Han Lie's command are more than twice as large as the five-story ship.

Su Fei, who greeted him on the dock, rubbed his frozen red hands, and said hesitantly: "I have long heard that there are giant warships in Jiangdong, and when I saw it today, it really deserves its reputation!" ”

"The eldest husband should control this ship, crisscross the rivers and rivers, gallop thousands of miles, and live up to his life." After being surprised, Gan Ning let out a sigh.

"Ahead is General Su Fei, the governor of Xiakou." At this time, a warship broke the waves, and came to the shore in a blink of an eye, Zhou Tai, who was tall, burly and sturdy, wearing a black rattan armor, flew up to the dock with an arrow step, and said: "Zhou Tai, the governor of the Jiangdong Navy and Military Mansion, came to meet General Su Fei in the name of the general." ”

"It is Su Fei, it turned out to be Deputy Governor Zhou, fortunately, fortunately." Su Fei knew that Zhou Tai's momentum was extraordinary, and when he heard that Zhou Tai was protecting his home, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"The general is about to dock by boat, and I also asked General Su to order the opening of the water village and send someone to lead our navy to the shore." Zhou Tai's gaze swept over Su Fei calmly, and landed on Gan Ning, who was standing behind Su Fei, at a glance, Gan Ning, who was dressed in brocade clothes, looked a little exaggerated, but Zhou Tai, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, looked at Gan Ning under his eyes, and saw a cold evil aura from the other party.

"I don't know who this strong man is?" When Zhou Tai came, he had only heard that Su Fei, the governor of Xiakou, was a capable general under Huang Zu's account, but this would see Gan Ning, but he couldn't help but attract his attention, in Zhou Tai's opinion, this person obviously had more warrior aura than Su Fei in front of him.

"In Ganning, Xiaba County, I have seen Deputy Governor Zhou." Gan Ning took a step forward, and when the copper bell hanging on his waist rang, he saw him bow slightly and give a military salute, although it was a salute, but there was no sense of humility, that calmness, confidence, but also made Zhou Tai quite good.

"You are Jinfan Ganning?" Although Zhou Tai has not been a water bandit for many years, he has heard a lot about things on the waterway, so when he saw Gan Ning's dress and name, he suddenly sounded the well-known Jinfan thief Gan Ning and Gan Xingba on the waterway.

"Exactly." A trace of worry flashed on Gan Ning's face, and he bowed his head and said, although he has a very good reputation in Jingxiang, but it is all a thief's name, plus he is from a poor family, although he boasts of being brave and brave and ignores others, but he is not treated well at all, not to mention a famous person from the clan like Liu Biao, and even a famous person like Huang Zu in Jingxiang, who despises him very much.

"Haha, Brother Xingba doesn't need to be inferior, I used to be just a bandit in the mouth, and when it comes to reputation, I am not as good as Xingba, but I still have to be promoted and reused by the lord and rank in the position of general." Zhou Tai laughed, patted Gan Ning's shoulder without any formality and said with a smile: "The general is a general, and he is not famous for his talents, and with the courage of Xingba, he will definitely be among the generals one day." ”

"Please ask Deputy Governor Zhou to introduce you on your behalf, and I will be grateful and disrespectful." Gan Ning has suffered a lot over the years, if it weren't for the fact that he was like-minded with Su Fei, taken care of by Su Fei, and had the heart to serve the country and reform himself, he would have re-entered the waterway as a bandit.

"Well said, well said." Zhou Tai nodded and replied affectionately, and then the group entered the water village to welcome Han Lie's army.

In the lobby of Su Fei's mansion, although Su Fei is the master, he still gave up his position and welcomed Han Lie to sit in the first place, although the two of them belong to the two camps at the moment, in the final analysis, it is Han Chen, and Han Lie is the general of His Majesty in the current dynasty, Su Fei naturally has to lower his posture.

In Han Lie's eyes, Su Fei is undoubtedly an object that can be fought for, and now the Jingzhou official, he has won over Yi and Wang Cang, especially Yi has secretly been loyal to him, and with Cheng Yu, who is also a fellow Yanzhou villager, he assisted Jingzhou general Zhang Yun in Jiangling, and gave advice on the war in Jingnan.

However, after going ashore, when Han Lie learned that Gan Ning was also in Xiakou, he was overjoyed, and met Gan Ning as soon as he went ashore, and walked with him: "I have to see Xingba today, and it will be a big deal." ”

When he was seated in the lobby of Su Fei's mansion, Han Lie still let Gan Ning sit on the right seat, and the meaning of honor and favor was self-evident. Gan Ning Ensign Ranger, despise the king's law, make friends, but whenever the other party respects him, he is willing to go to the soup for others, if others snub him for a while, he will inevitably rise up and add up the sword, this is a typical hot-blooded impulsive man.

Later, because he was familiar with the classics of Taoluo, his personality was somewhat restrained, but it was just hidden deeper, from Bajun to Jingzhou for a few years, he went to visit Liu Biao, was not taken seriously, and went to Huang Zu, still not welcomed, tossed and turned for several years, his proud heart, undoubtedly suffered a lot of setbacks, but after all, he was only a son of a poor family, reckless background, and never able to shake these famous people in Jingzhou.

Although I have always heard that Jiangdong Han Lie recruits talents and uses talents in an eclectic manner, after all, he has only heard about it, which is why he has never dared to defect to Han Lie as a water bandit easily. But seeing it today, Han Lie's attention and friendly attitude made Gan Ning truly understand what a confidant is and what it means to die for a confidant.

At the subsequent reception banquet, Su Fei, the landlord, naturally ceremoniously entertained the civil and military officials under Han Lie's account, and Su Fei's coping ability at the banquet also made Han Lie take a look at this Xiakou Governor.

After the meeting ended, Han Lie invited Gan Ning to board his warship, and the wind and waves on the river were huge, and the cold air hit people. When he sat down in the cabin, Han Lie instructed Ding Fengdao: "Mr. Fengxiao's body is weak, heat it up on the stove in front of him, and arrange for someone to cook some hot tea and soup." ”

"Whoa." When Ding Feng left, Han Lie saw that Gan Ning was already standing on the edge of the mat, so he smiled and said, "Xingba sat down and talked. ”

"General, please." Gan Ning already knew during the banquet just now that the two scribes sitting in the cabin were Guo Jia and Xun You, the left and right military advisors under Han Lie's tent, Guo Jia He hadn't heard of it, but seeing that this young scholar was able to gain Han Lie's trust so much and rank in the position of the first military division, he was not only surprised, but also in awe of this person.

As for Xun You, the right army division, Gan Ning still knew, he remembered that when he went to Xiangyang to visit Liu Biao, even the city gate governor despised him, but as soon as this Xun You entered the territory of Xiangyang, the families of Xiangyang rushed out of the city to greet him, and even Liu Biao went to the post house to visit in person.

In this regard, Gan Ning was curious and indignant at the injustice, so he inquired about Xun You's life experience, only to know that Xun You not only has a prominent family background, but also is a world-famous celebrity and capable minister, and he is also the Taishou of Shu County who holds an edict, which is a veritable high-ranking official of 2,000 stones.

But he is such a capable person, but now he is sitting on top of himself, sitting next to him, looking at the general Han Lie at the top, and his friendly smile, Gan Ning has a little unreal feeling. Although he asked himself that his courage and talent were not inferior to others, as his experience broadened in the world, he had clearly realized that people from a background like him were afraid that it would be difficult to get the opportunity to stretch their ambitions for the rest of their lives.

"Xingba, take a sip of tea soup and warm up your body." When the soldiers brought the hot tea soup cooked in the clay pot, Han Lie signaled, took a sip, and said, "Xingba, you have lived in Jingzhou for a long time, what do you think Liu Jingzhou is this person?" Huang Zu is a person who can be entrusted with big things? ”

Gan Ning was impressed by Han Lie's courtesy to him from the bottom of his heart, and immediately said: "Liu Biao has a false name, this person is a clan member of the Han family, but he does not want to revive the Han family, but instead divides one side, eats and eats every day, and dreams of a corner of peace. However, the land of Jingxiang is not only the heart of the country, the strategic location is not less than the Central Plains, Liu Biao sits on such a strategic place, if he can take the revival of the Han dynasty as his own responsibility, at the beginning of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, he sent an elite army out of Nanyang into Chang'an, how can the Han dynasty be in a situation? ”

"As for Huang Zu, he is just a dim and brave man, relying on the name of the Huang family in Jingzhou, supporting the army and respecting himself, and his son on his own side, if it weren't for Liu Biao's cowardice, he just needs Huang Zu to guard against Sun Ce, I'm afraid that he would have already found a way to weaken the military power of Huang Grandfather's son."

"I don't know Xingba, do you think the two of you can do it?" Han Lie saw that Gan Ning's analysis was clearly organized, and while agreeing with his point of view, he nodded with a smile and asked again.

Gan Ning is not a martial artist, he has been familiar with the classics of scripture and history over the years, and he has already been an extraordinary reckless man, in the face of Han Lie's attitude of asking for advice, in addition to feeling the respect that he has not seen for a long time, Gan Ning said happily: "This place in Jingzhou, the mountain barrier is convenient, and the rivers are unimpeded, which is undoubtedly the most favorable barrier on the east and west sides of the river." According to my observations in Jingzhou over the years, Liu Biao can't hold the land of Jingxiang's nine counties at all. I think that this moment is a God-given opportunity for the general, and he should strike first, not behind Sun Ce. 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, whether it is to enter Jingnan or Jiangling, it is not a problem, and the military momentum will inevitably rise, as long as the land of Jingzhou is captured, then it can gradually seek the land of Bashu, so that the cause of the king can be achieved. ”

"Now that we are allies with Liu Biao, if we rashly attack Huang Zu, won't we be discussed by the whole world?" Although Xun You was surprised that Gan Ning, a martial artist, had such a strategic vision, he still calmly asked.

"This matter is easy to hear, the people of Jiangxia, everyone knows that I am not on good terms with Huang Zu, if the general can trust me, transfer 5,000 soldiers and horses with me, go to Jiangxia to earn the city gate, and after I capture the city, the general can assist Su Fei in the name of a rebellion, pretend to send troops to seize Jiangxia, and then support Su Fei to be the Taishou of Jiangxia, so downward, although Jiangxia is naturally nominally still occupied by the generals under Liu Biao, but in fact it has become the general's territory, I don't know if the general thinks this can be done?" Gan Ning's eyes were full of brilliance, and he looked at Han Lie expectantly.

"It's a good plan, it's a good plan." Han Lie couldn't help but slap his hands and praise after thinking about it: "The Red Flame Army under my account is all elite in a hundred battles, you can transfer 10,000 people to it, and I will send a few generals to assist you in capturing Jiangxia City." ”

"Thanks to the general's trust, please bow to Ning." Gan Ning got up with great joy and bowed to the ground.

"Xingba, please hurry up, in the future, you and I will be brothers in robes, and there is no need for such a big gift." Han Lie stepped forward, held up Gan Ning, took his hand, looked at each other and laughed and sat down.

Afterwards, Han Lie summoned several generals of the Red Flame Army and introduced them to Gan Ning: "Xu Huang, the captain of the former battalion, Zhao Yun, the captain of the left battalion, and Gao Shun, the captain of the middle battalion, are all the generals under my account, and they are all under the command of Xingba from today, and the 10,000 horses of the front battalion and the left battalion are deployed by you. ”

"I've seen all the generals." Gan Ning didn't dare to hold it up, so he greeted respectfully.

"This is Gan Ning, Gan Xingba, you have seen it just now, from now on, until the capture of Jiangxia, he is your supreme commander." Han Lie then reiterated Gan Ning's identity again.

"Whoa." Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, and Gao Shun have long been immune to Han Lie's ability to recognize people, although this Gan Ning is only the first time they have met, but they have become their temporary commander, but they have no doubt that Gan Ning has this ability, this is not blind obedience, but Han Lie is not the first time in these years that he has used the Guishun general who met for the first time.

Among them, it is Xu Huang who has the strongest sense of Han Lie's knowledge, he has accompanied Han Lie all the way over the years, how many generals who were unknown at the beginning, were all used by Han Lie at the first time, but the facts and results have proved that these people have now become Jiangdong's ministers.

After sending Gan Ning and his party away, Han Lie looked around at Guo Jiaxun and smiled, "How is this person?" ”

"A famous general for a while." Xun You was the first to speak and praise.

"This person is not only brave and courageous, but also has a strategic vision, such a person, enough to take on heavy responsibilities." Guo Jia did not be stingy with beautiful words, Gan Ning, a ranger born as a bandit, but he was able to say that Liu Biao could be annexed, and Yizhou could be seized by the trend, so as to achieve hegemony, which is enough to show that this person does have unique skills.

"If Jiangxia wins, Jingzhou will fall into my hands sooner or later, and I think Gan Ning is enough to take on the position of Jingzhou's assassin." Han Lie also nodded with satisfaction.

The day before the first day, the people and officials of Jiangxia City were already preparing to welcome the arrival of the first day. Deng Long, the governor of the east gate of Jiangxia at night, was sleeping in a daze, when he suddenly received a report from the sergeant under his tent: "General, Gan Xingba shouted at the city gate, saying that there is a military situation to tell Lord Taishou, do you want to open the city gate?" ”

Deng Long is a descendant of the Deng family of the Nanyang Wang clan, and the ancestor of the Deng family is Deng Yu, the founder of Guangwu, but now that the Deng family is in decline, Deng Long has been mixed under the account of Huang Zu for many years, and he is only a 600 stone military attache of the city gate governor. For this reason, he also has a lot of soft words about Huang Zu, but he admires Gan Ning quite a lot, and he has a good relationship with Su Fei, so he also has a little friendship with Gan Ning.

Deng Long, who poked his head out of the quilt, reached out and wiped his confused eyes, yawned and asked, "When is it?" ”

"It's four watches, and the drawbridge will be lowered in one more hour." The little colonel replied in a deep voice.

"Then let him enter the city, and let the city gate open an hour early this morning." Deng Long waved his hand and commanded disapprovingly.

After the little school left, Deng Zhi, who was sleeping on the side, shrank down and asked casually: "Brother, since there is only one hour to open the city gate, why not let him wait under the city gate?" You must know that the elder brother is in charge of the access control, if someone cheats the door at this time, not only will Jiangxia be in danger, but the elder brother will also be in danger!? ”

Deng Zhi is Deng Long's brother, although he is full of reading the art of war, but due to the decline of the family, but no one values him, this is not a month ago, he just performed the crown ceremony, he left home to prepare to travel on the ground in Jingzhou, one is to increase knowledge, the other is to see if there is a chance to enter the office, this month he first went to Xiangyang, and then went to Jiangling, a few days ago just arrived in Jiangxia to join the clan brother Deng Long, ready to spend the New Year in Jiangxia to see if he can get the appreciation of Huang Zu, stay in Jiangxia to serve. (To be continued.) )