In the battle of Hankou, the Jiangxia Navy won a complete victory, and Gan Ning made great contributions, not only shooting and killing Ling Cao, the vanguard officer of the Jiangdong Navy, but also because Gan Ning's Mengchong fleet set up an ambush to attack, and unexpectedly beheaded the Jiangdong Navy.

Su Fei praised Gan Ning's wisdom and bravery, not to mention that Gan Ning's archery skills are peerless, saying that this time Gan Ning has made great achievements, and Huang Taishou will definitely order a commendation, and promotion is naturally not a problem. Gan Ning responded with a smile, although he used many words of self-humility in his mouth, his expression still revealed uncontrollable excitement.

The two went to the Taishou Mansion to meet Huang Zu. Huang Zu was surrounded by a group of sycophants, and the words were like a tidal wave, like the water of the Yellow River gushing endlessly, and what was even more difficult was that Huang Zu accepted it calmly, and did not blush at all, as if it was he himself who defeated the Jiangdong army in Hankou.

Gan Ning's face changed suddenly, and he secretly clenched the fist of his right hand.

Huang Zu saw Su Fei and Gan Ning coming over, he smiled, and personally stepped forward, obviously he was in a very good mood today, and praised: "Today's battle Su Duwei fought very well, beheaded Sun Ce's henchman Ling Cao, killed the Jiangdong soldiers to lose their armor, and greatly promoted the prestige of my Jiangxia soldiers!" Humane Sun Ce is the rebirth of the overlord of Chu, and today's battle is not enough? Hahaha......"

Su Fei arched his hand and said: "This battle all depends on Gan Xingba's merits, Ling Cao was shot by him, and the plan to lure the enemy deep into the battle was also planned by him. So that they can't care about each other, only today's victory. ”

Huang Zu looked at Gan Ning, his smile was obviously a little lighter, and he smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad." ”

After saying that it was good, Huang Zu had no follow-up, neither a reward, nor a promotion, Gan Ning's face sank, and he wanted to leave after pulling Su Fei.

Su Fei was unwilling to give up this opportunity to ask for credit for Gan Ning. He bowed his hand to Huang Zu again and said, "The lord has always had clear rewards and punishments. Meritorious service will be rewarded, and there will be punishment, this time Gan Junhou has made great achievements for Jiangxia, which is reasonable. The lord should also give some rewards. ”

Su Fei is the most relied on general under Huang Zu. Today, Su Fei strongly recommended Gan Ning. What's more, Gan Ning has indeed made meritorious contributions, and Huang Zu may not be able to appease the people if he does not rise to the reward, so he has to say: "Xingba has a merit in breaking the enemy this time." Promoted to Sima of other departments, let's wait for his life under the account of Su Duwei. ”

The position of Sima in other departments is neither low nor low, nor high is high, but it is still a big difference from Gan Ning's psychological expectations, and Gan Ning will inevitably feel a little lonely when he comes forward to thank him. Although Gan Ning's position is a big step higher than that of the military marquis, when it comes to the number of troops under his command, it is still the same, that is, the hundreds of people in his subordinates. Although Gan Ning has made meritorious contributions, Huang Zu is still wary of him, in Huang Zu's mind, a thief will always be a thief, a thief for one day, a thief for life, put on an official uniform, you have to wash your identity, there is such a cheap good thing in the world. From beginning to end, Huang Zu looked at Gan Ning from the perspective of anti-thieves.

Su Fei was very happy, after all, Gan Ning was still promoted to Sima of other departments, as long as Gan Ning made another meritorious service in the future, there would be no shortage of opportunities for promotion, and Gan Ning's ability and ability, Su Fei knew better than anyone else.

Huang Zu waved his hand and said boldly: "Today's Taishou Mansion will hold a banquet to celebrate today's victory, and you must not be drunk or return." ”

The wine was half-drunk, and suddenly the Chinese army came in to report: "Qi Yu Taishou, Xuzhou Mu Liu Ze has led the army to leave Xiyang, and Wangxiakou is coming!" ”

Everyone just drank to the top of the head, as soon as they heard the news, their hearts immediately cooled half, the wine was half awake, the front door just drove away a wolf, and the back door actually came in a tiger, it seems that this Jiangxia land, it is difficult to have a peaceful day.

Liu Ze raised troops from Lu'an, fighting under the banner of crusading thieves and rebels, and annexed Xiyang, which was guarded by no soldiers a few days ago, which also caused a panic in Jiangxia, but compared with the crisis of Jiangdong troops approaching the city, Liu Ze, who was far away in Xiyang, did not make people feel too urgent, but at this time, the Jiangdong army retreated, and the Xuzhou army roared, so that the Jiangxia officials who had just won a big victory in Hankou and had a little peace of mind had their hearts hanging in their throats again.

Huang Zu was also secretly frustrated, took over the hot potato of Yuan Si, and provoked the powerful Liu Ze for no reason, it seems that the gains outweigh the losses, Yuan Si's thousands of remnants of the defeated generals did not bring substantial strength to Huang Zu, but instead he was charged with colluding with Chen Zhao to surrender and rebel, and now Liu Ze is King Jing, and when today's son personally crowned the prince, that represents the court, and his words are enough to determine a person's life and death.

Jiang Xia Gong Cao Lu Deng Long said: "Since Liu Ze has won the banner of crusading against thieves and rebels this time, why don't the lord return the nephew Yuan Si of the traitor Yuan Shu to Liu Ze, in order to clear the suspicion that the lord is collaborating with the enemy, Liu Ze's goal is achieved, and maybe he will withdraw from the army." ”

Everyone praised it, and they all said that Deng Long's strategy was good.

Yuan Si was also on the spot, his face was blue and white, but everyone was talking about it, and no one paid attention to him at all, and they all ignored him directly.

Huang Zu groaned, as if he was also very tempted by this mention.

At the banquet, Gan Ning was originally sitting in a corner where no one was paying attention to, and when he saw that everyone nodded frequently at Deng Long's ridiculous Jianyi, he couldn't help but sneer: "Liu Ze came to Jiangxia for only one purpose, that is, to annex Jiangxia, and even he has greater ambitions and wants to swallow the entire Jingzhou, so the alliance against Chen Zhao is just an excuse for him to find it." If it comes to recruiting and accepting rebellion, Huang Taishou only accepted one Yuan heir, Liu Ze has accepted the entire Yuan family, Yuan Shu's wife, son, miss, and even Yuan Shu's subordinates Chen Lanlei, Bo Yanxiang, Chen Ji and others have all received Liu Ze's importance, Deng Gongcao thought that if Yuan Si was handed over to Liu Ze, Liu Ze would withdraw from the army, which was really a big joke in the world. ”

Deng Long was robbed by him for a while, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed and angry, and said: "Then according to Gan Sima's intentions, how can I retreat from Liu Ze's soldiers?" ”

Gan Ning said proudly: "A certain sentence is still the same sentence, the soldiers will block, the water will cover it, since Liu Ze intends to Jiangxia, it is by no means possible to make him withdraw his troops with a few words, if you want him to retreat in the face of difficulties, then you have to speak with your fists!" ”

Deng Long sneered: "Gan Sima thought that he had won the battle of Jiangdong by luck in the water, but he didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, Liu Ze was so good, even Yuan Shu was destroyed by him, how can he compete with Jiangxia?" Liu Ze's archer cavalry is unparalleled in the world, Gan Sima won't think that with just a few broken ships of yours, you can win other people's archers, right? "Deng Long's meaning is obvious, no matter how powerful your Ganning naval army is, it is just a reckless power in the river, you must know that from Xiyang to Xiakou, it is a flat river, no water and no river, but it is not the place where your Ganning naval army comes in.

Gan Ning stepped forward and said: "Okay, then Gan will also let you see and understand, away from the river, Gan is not a man!" Huang Taishou, a certain is willing to lead the crowd to fight and defeat the prestige of the Xuzhou army! ”

Su Fei knew that Gan Ning was short-tempered, he couldn't be provoked, and as soon as his brain was stimulated, he didn't care about it at all, even if it was beyond his power, he had to agree. Liu Ze swept Huainan to destroy Yuan Shu, and the adjacent Jiangxia County has long been passed down from population to generation, Gan Ning is long in water warfare, shorter than land warfare, Su Fei is very clear, at this time Gan Ning wants to lead his gang of water thieves to compete with Liu Ze's cavalry, so what is it not to send to death? So Su Fei didn't wait for Huang Zu to speak, grabbed Gan Ning's sleeve and said, "Brother Xian is drunk, don't mention these nonsense again." According to a certain opinion, it is better to stick to and wait for help, and ask Liu to send Jun soldiers out of Xiangyang to relieve the siege of Jiangxia. ”

Huang Zu didn't look down on Gan Ning, so he naturally didn't think much of his strategy, a rogue in the Yangtze River also had the ability to compete with those battle-hardened generals under Liu Ze? Huang Zu didn't think about it, Su Fei's words were very pertinent, stick to it and wait for help, as long as Liu Biao's army came from Xiangyang, why worry about the Xuzhou soldiers not retreating.

Gan Ning was about to sit down, but Deng Long said a little reluctantly: "Xiangyang is a long way, but I am afraid that before the reinforcements arrive, Jiangxia will be difficult to defend." Since Gan Sima swore that he had a good plan to retreat from the enemy, why should we go far at the expense of the near? ”

Gan Ning got up angrily and said: "I have said it, how can I be a turtle with a shrunken head, tomorrow I will lead the army out of the city to face the battle, and if I can't defeat Liu Ze, I vow not to return it!" Please Mrs. Huang is gracious! ”

Seeing this, Huang Zu agreed, but he had already made two preparations, sending Gan Ning out of the city to retreat from the enemy, and asking Liu Biao in Xiangyang for assistance.

"Brother Xian, are you really sure?" Su Fei said worriedly.

Gan Ning said confidently: "Everyone in the world knows that Gan is a waterway hero, and today I want the world to see how skilled a certain bow horse was." ”

"Liu Ze has been fighting in the world for many years, and his subordinates are all generals who can fight habitually, how can the virtuous brother resist the enemy, if he goes out of the city and loses his life, will he not hesitate?"

Gan Ning laughed and said: "I have a plan to press myself with three arrows, although Liu Jiang is brave, he also regards it as a mustard." "Since Gan Ning defeated the Jiangdong Navy in Hankou, his self-confidence is extremely bursting, and he has a great posture of paying the heroes of the world to give up who I am, so he did not listen to the advice of others, and led 800 soldiers from his headquarters to kill Jiangxia City, wanting to fight to the death with Liu Ze's forward army.

Su Fei couldn't help but still be faintly worried, he knew Gan Ning's temper too well, as long as he recognized the death, the eight horses would not be able to pull it back. Su Fei and Gan Ning have a lot of friendship, if it weren't for Su Fei's strong recommendation, Gan would not have been able to stay here at all, if this battle broke Gan Ning, wouldn't Su Fei regret it for the rest of his life. After thinking about it, relying on some of the military power in his hands, Su Fei allocated 3,000 men and horses to Gan Ning to help in the war.

Gan Ning thanked Su Fei, led the army to look north, and arrived in front of the Xuzhou military camp, calling for a battle. (To be continued......)