Today's Jiangxia City is not peaceful. Because a general who came from the main city of Xiangyang in the north of Jingzhou will lead 10,000 elite sailors in Xiangyang to arrive at noon.

In the face of such a powerful army sent from Xiangyang, even Huang Zu, who was the head of a county, could not help but personally lead all the civil and military forces in the city to meet him at the city gate.

The leader of this team is none other than one of the generals that Liu Bei relied on.

- Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng.

Noon had arrived, and in the distance, I saw a long black line slowly meeting the eyes of Jiangxia people on the horizon a few miles outside the north city gate.

As the distance between the soldiers and horses and Jiangxia City continued to shrink, the thin black line became thicker and thicker, and the sense of coercion became stronger and stronger.

Even if Huang Zu and the other Jiangxia civil and military officers were several miles away, their feelings of that powerful might came from their hearts, and they became more and more obvious.

10,000 black armored elite soldiers came to the front of the Jiangxia City Gate in a blink of an eye, led by a general riding a high-headed brown sideburns horse, dressed in gray chain armor, wearing a lion-headed battle helmet, holding a gold-backed sword, and the long beard of the chin was spread white on the chest.

The person who came was none other than Liu Bei's right-hand man, Huang Zhong, the general of Jingzhou.

When Huang Zhong saw Huang Zu, he was not arrogant, turned over and dismounted, saluted Huang Zu respectfully, and said: "Old man Huang Zhong, I have seen Taishou, the old man was ordered by the lord and Uncle Liu Huang to lead the Xiangyang Navy and grain and ten thousand stones, and came to Jiangxia, one is to help Tai Shou Ping to suppress the thief, and the other is to comfort the people of Jiangxia on behalf of Liu Jingzhou. ”

Huang Zhong's words were thoughtful, although he was ordered by Liu Bei. But inside and outside the words, he still respects Liu Biao, and his mind is dense, which shows that he is not an ordinary reckless man.

Huang Zu looked happy, stepped forward to hold Huang Zhong's hand, and said with a smile: "The old general came to Jiangxia, and he was too carefree!" Ganning water thieves will be defeated this time! Huang has already arranged a banquet in the mansion to catch the wind for the old general, the old general has worked hard all the way, please follow me into the city. ”

Huang Zhongha smiled, his gray beard trembling slightly. Said: "Huang Zhong is a martial artist, this time he came, but he caused trouble to Taishou, but the matter of the banquet is not in a hurry for the time being, the old man just said, this time, one of the tasks is to bring ten thousand stones of grain to appease the people of Jiangxia, and I hope that Taishou will make it more convenient to send people to recruit the people of Jiangxia." is an open place, so that the old man's men can be fed. ”

Huang Zu nodded hurriedly when he heard this: "The old general loves the people so much, it is really a blessing for the people of Jiangxia...... Li Song, quickly ordered people to arrange. Let the old general's men give to the people! ”

Beside Huang Zu, Li Song hurriedly nodded yes.

Huang Zhong saw that Huang Zu had done the matter of distributing food, so he was relieved, but before leaving, Liu Bei told him a thousand times. The first thing he did when he arrived in Jiangxia was to distribute grain to win the hearts of the people and try to recover the popularity lost because of the delay in suppressing the thieves.

The way to buy people's hearts. If Liu Bei dares to be called second, no one in the world dares to sit first.

After the grain distribution was arranged, Huang Zhong and Huang Zu entered the city side by side, and on the way to Taishou Mansion, Huang Zhong first casually politely said a few words, and then went straight to the point.

"Huang Taishou, the old man is here, he is on the order of the lord to exterminate the Han River water Kou Ganning, I heard that Taishou's subordinates have competed with that Ganning before, I don't know what this person's skills are, what is the combat strength of his subordinates?"

When Huang Zu heard this, his face suddenly turned red, and it was red to the root of his ears.

The soldiers and horses under his command were several times outnumbered by the other party and lost to Gan Ning, no matter what, it was not a glorious thing that Huang Zu could show off at will. If you don't say it, Huang Zu really doesn't want to take this stubble.

How could Huang Zhong ask the point, how could Huang Zu not answer?

"Old general, don't hide it, although Gan Ning is a husband of a water thief, but his temperament is cunning, he has some bravery, although his soldiers are less than a thousand, but they are all robbers who have lived in the Yangtze River for a long time to kill people and goods. This is a matter of victory, I don't want the thief to be vicious, even with the strategy of deceitful defeat, I Jiangxia counted thousands of elites and burned a piece of armor without leaving behind, although Jiangxia still has soldiers and horses, but the water thieves have no fixed place on the river, it is difficult to find, the soldiers of this Taishou have to be on guard at all times Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, and they can't all be sent to Shangjiang to find the thieves, so they have to be in a hurry to Xiangyang, and they are really ashamed! ”

Huang Zhong listened, nodded, and said: "If it is as Huang Taishou said, Gan Ning's guy is not a good stubble, and the old man must also deal with it carefully...... In the coming days, the old man led 10,000 sailors, borrowed the warships stationed in Jiangxia, and went to the Han River to find thieves and kill them, but Gan Ning was cunning, and he was afraid that he would not be able to destroy him for a while, and he hoped that Taishou would give him more grain and grass for the supply of soldiers. ”

Huang Zu hurriedly nodded and said, "The old general can rest assured, you just have to hand over the matter to Ben Taishou!" As long as you can get rid of this thief, money, food, and ordnance, everything is easy to say. ”

Huang Zhong nodded when he heard this, and suddenly seemed to think of something.

But seeing that the old man touched the white beard on his chin, he said curiously: "Huang Taishou, Gan Ning, since he has such ability, why don't you surrender to him?" His people can break the regular water army several times their own with less than 1,000 people, and they must not be ordinary people who rob their homes, and they must have ambitions! ”

When Huang Zu heard this, his face suddenly turned red again.

"Gan Ning, this person, stubborn, vicious, if you recruit it, that... It must be a curse, or it is better to kill! It's good to kill.........."

Huang Zhong listened to Huang Zu's words of complete negation of Gan Ning, looked at his face, seemed to have an understanding in his heart, and didn't say anything, just nodded with a smile.

"Then listen to the Taishou, for Gan Ning, but don't appease, just kill."

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After Huang Zhong came to Jiangxia, he was instructed by Liu Bei to distribute grain and grass to buy the hearts of the people, and at the same time to prepare military horses and repair warships so that he could go on the expedition at any time. And the news and specific actions of his people coming to Jiangxia had already been clearly investigated by Hu Ren and his secret agents, and reported to Yuan Shang as soon as possible.

Yuan Shang had a spectrum in his heart about Huang Zhong's actions, so this abacus began to be gently opened.

On this day, Yuan Shang still went to Li Song's lieutenant service on time, just as Li Song was fiddling with his fingers with a bitter face, pouting and calculating the grain and grass accounts one by one.

"Gong Li, have you eaten?" Yuan Shang asked with a smile.

Li Song raised his head and saw that it was Yuan Shang, so he waved his hand and said, "What are you eating, I'm not in the mood...... This is born to work hard, and you have to worry about it if you have a little, come on, come on, Yuan San, sit, sit ......."

"Xie Ligong." Yuan Shang looked for Li Song's kneeling and sitting, then squinted at the bamboo slips on his bookcase, and said, "Gong Li, what about the accounting?" Do you need to help underneath? ”

Li Song waved his hand lightly and said, "No, this is the grain account that Huang Zhong is preparing to collect from Gan Ning, and every item is military expenses, and I don't worry about handing it over to anyone." ”

Yuan Shang smiled slightly and said, "With such an identity, Li Gong must bow down in person, which is really a good example for his subordinates to learn...... Role models. ”

Li Song was happy when he heard this: "Pull it down, Hugh wants to make fun of me... By the way, Yuan San, you kid has a good brain, help me think about it, this time Huang Zhong led 10,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Gan Ning, what is the outcome of this? ”

Yuan Shang said with a smile: "Although Gan Ning is one of the few outstanding generals, in my opinion, Huang Zhong has surpassed him in terms of force, art of war, number of soldiers, leadership and experience, the only thing that is inferior to Gan Ning is age, but it can also be ignored, this battle, Gan Ning will be defeated." ”

Li Song heard the words and said, "Yes." If Gan Ning is defeated, even if the strategy I offered before is completed, I think Taishou will rely on me more and more in the future, Yuan San, this is all your credit! ”

Yuan Shang smiled slightly, and said: "Gong Li, in fact, according to the following, you are in charge of Huang Zhong's supply of grain and grass, and you also have the opportunity to participate in this battle. ”

Li Song woke up when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, I can't even think of it if you don't say it, it's good!" In this war, Governor Li's logistics priorities, if he can get some merits, he will inevitably ......... in the future."

Speaking of this, Li Song suddenly woke up and said busily: "No, Yuan San, you have to follow me to supervise the matter of grain and grass!" ”

But Li Song understood that his skills were not as good as the young businessman in front of him, and without his assistance, it would be difficult to establish military merits......

Unconsciously, Li Song already regarded Yuan Shang as his right-hand man.

Yuan Shang knew in his heart what Li Song wanted him to follow him as the governor of grain and grass, and at the same time, this was also the real purpose of his coming here today, but Yuan Shang still pretended to be confused and replied with a smile.

"The subordinates are only engaged in it, and they are still newcomers, and I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to supervise the major affairs of grain and grass, right?"

Li Song waved his hand impatiently and said: "Hey, what's inconvenient, if I say it's convenient, that's convenient, you just have to go with me, at the moment of such a major event, Li can't leave you!" ”

Yuan Shang smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Since this is the case, then I will not shirk in the future, and I will be loyal to assist and make Li Gong make contributions in this battle!" ”

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The news of Huang Zhong's arrival in Jiangxia not only spread throughout the affiliated counties of Jiangxia, but also reached Gan Ning's ears by the thieves and spies.

Gan Ning didn't dare to slack off, and while stepping up the training of thieves, he wantonly built ordnance blades.

This time facing an unprecedented strong enemy, the elite of soldiers and horses is on the one hand, and the quality of weapons is the key to victory.

"Phew!"

A newly baked long knife slashed vertically in Gan Ning's hand, directly cutting open a wooden pier, fast and sharp.

Gan Ning weighed the knives in his hand, and couldn't help but look at the few thieves who were in charge of smelting weapons on the side in surprise, and said, "This batch of knives is good!" It's very different from the crisp knives you have refined in the past, hahaha, good boy, with you, you have grown up! ”

"..................." (To be continued......