When Liu Ze heard that Gan Ning was coming, he was naturally overjoyed and personally went out of the camp to greet him.

Gan Ning defected to Liu Ze this time, with his command of 800 soldiers, Fang Fu traveled to the Xuzhou military camp within ten miles, and was intercepted by a team of patrol Xuzhou troops, who led the team was the first cavalry division commander Guan Hai, Gan Ning had the intention of coming, Guan Hai led Gan Ning to the camp to see Liu Ze.

To be honest, Gan Ning is still very worried in his heart, Huang Zu can't stay here, and Gan Ning on the Jiangdong side doesn't dare to vote, thinking about it, now going to vote for Liu Ze is Gan Ning's only choice. But under Liu Ze's hands, Gan Ning has just suffered a defeat, how does Liu Ze look at this defeated general, and how to settle him, it is unknown, will Liu Ze be another Huang Zu? Gan Ning didn't have any bottom in his heart, although Liu Ze opened up the imperial examination in Xuzhou and promoted talents from poor families, which made Gan Ning a little moved to go to Liu Ze, but it was better to see what would happen Gan Ning was still uneasy.

Gan Ning and Guan Hai walked side by side, dismounted in front of the camp, it was late, Guan Hai ordered the Chinese army to report to Liu Ze. Gan Ning looked at the strong walls of the Xuzhou camp, the banner was clear, orderly, and the army was neat, and he couldn't help but nod secretly, Liu Ze's rigorous management of the army was indeed worthy of its reputation.

After a while, a crowd of people poured out of the camp, and the first one, dressed in civilian clothes and barefoot without socks, shouted from afar: "Where is Xingba? ”

Gan Ning couldn't help but be stunned, thinking to himself who this was, who was dressed like this, wearing casual clothes at home, but he was barefoot and holding shoes, and he didn't even wear socks. This was a very rude thing in the Han Dynasty, which was extremely etiquette-oriented.

"This is my lord, His Royal Highness King Jing." Guan Hai introduced to Gan Ning.

Gan Ning hurriedly bowed and said, "Gan Ning, the general of the defeated army, will see His Royal Highness King Jing." ”

Liu Ze had already walked to the front, clasped his hands together and said: "Xingba is serious, what is the general of the defeated army, a few days ago, he just relied on a lot of soldiers, and he won a game by luck, Xingba is a dragon in the water, if it is changed to a water battle, I will never be Xingba's opponent." ”

Gan Ning saw that Liu Ze didn't have the slightest shelf of princes and kings, and he smiled. Be courteous. I couldn't help but feel a little good, and said: "What kind of dragon in the water, King Jing praised it, and Meng Lang, a young man from Ganning." In the past, he used to beg for food on the river. I've done some murderous things. I was ashamed to be called a thief of brocades. ”

Liu Ze said with a smile: "I have heard the name of Xingba for a long time, and I have seen it today." It is really the luck of three lives. Today, before hearing that Xingba arrived at the camp, he was not very happy, and he only cared about wanting to be with Xingba, his clothes were disheveled, his feet were barefoot, and he was rude, please Haihan. ”

When Gan Ning heard this, he couldn't help but be very cowardly, he didn't expect to vote, and he actually alarmed Liu Ze to rush out to welcome him before he even put on his shoes and socks.

Liu Ze entered the camp with Gan Ning's hand, sat down in the handsome tent, and treated Gan Ning as a guest and treated him with great courtesy.

Gan Ning arched his hand and said: "Under the account of Jiangxia Huangzu, because he was a thief in the past, he has never been reused, he does not listen to his words, he does not obey his words, he is benevolent and generous, recruits talents, does not stick to one pattern, and he is willing to be included." ”

Liu Ze laughed and said: "A certain Ganxingba is like a rain in a long drought." "It doesn't matter what time it is now, set up a banquet to catch the wind for Gan Ning. Gan Ning was also happy and sincere to Liu Ze, and at the banquet, they talked very well.

Gan Ning said to Liu Ze: "Jingzhou is the belly of the world, west of Bashu, south of Yue, north of Wanluo, east of Wuhui, since ancient times is the place of battle, its lord Liu Biao, sit and talk, no ambition, how to sit in the seat of the lord of Jingzhou, this is God-given King Jing." In the following opinion, King Jing's westward expansion this time is not just Jiangxia who plots against Huang Zu, right? ”

Liu Ze said quietly: "Although Jingzhou is good, a certain one also has a heart but is weak." ”

"King Jing is eloquent and strategic, and his soldiers are brave and brave, and it is easy to take Jingzhou in his opinion."

Liu Ze shook his head and said: "Although a certain soldier is good at fighting, but they are all land battle trips, Jingzhou is across the Yangtze River, if there is no capable sailor, if you want to cross the river for battle, it is really difficult." ”

Gan Ning said: "Ning came to vote today, because he wanted to sacrifice dogs and horses for King Jing." Although Ning is not talented, but since he was a child, he has made tides on this river, knows some methods of sailing boats and fighting ships on the water, and has 800 warriors under his command, and is also proficient in water warfare, following him for many years, and is loyal to him. ”

For a long time, Liu Ze's account did not lack brave generals who charged into battle in land battles, but lacked generals who could lead the navy, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Tai Shici, these famous generals, all of them were landlubbers born in the north. When the former Zhang He was the lieutenant of Guangling, Liu Ze ordered him to form a naval army to practice, which made Zhang He, who had never frowned for the rest of his life on the battlefield, vomit bitterness, which was undoubtedly a chore for this Hebei Siting Zhu, so Zhang He's training naval army in Guangling has not been successful.

Although it is said that the Guangling Navy did not become a formation in the end, the main reason is that the wind and waves on the Yangtze River are too great to be used for military training, but the lack of generals who can really command and command the Navy is undoubtedly an important problem. In order to solve this problem, Liu Ze took great pains to choose many times in his army, but he couldn't find a person who could serve as the chief general of the water division. This time, Gan Ning took the initiative to vote, which made Liu Ze see a glimmer of hope.

After the banquet, Liu Ze appointed Gan Ning as the commander-in-chief of the water division and asked him to organize the first water army of the Xuzhou army, and Shen Mi and Lou Fa were appointed as the captains of the water division to assist Gan Ning in forming the water division. Shen Mi and Lou Fa are Gan Ning's old subordinates, and they followed Gan Ning to be water thieves on the Yangtze River, and they really had a good time for a while. Gan Ning was directly awarded the rank of partial general, which is absolutely unique among the newly surrendered generals, like Lei Bo Chen Lan Although some generals are also the official positions of the general army, they can only enjoy the treatment of generals, Gan Ning first came, and before he made an inch, Liu Ze gave him the same treatment as the generals of the Yuan Cong Department, and it cannot be said that Liu Ze valued Gan Ning. Shen Mi and Lou Fa were also awarded the rank of brigadier general.

Although he holds the title of commander-in-chief of the naval division, Gan Ning's subordinates only have more than 800 people and a dozen boats, which is far from the number of a fully equipped infantry division of the army. However, Gan Ning is full of confidence, and with Liu Ze's strong support, he can completely throw off his arms and do a big job. (To be continued......)