If Yi didn't mention it, Qin Feng really forgot to ask, and when he said this, Qin Feng remembered it, and immediately asked, "I don't know who the leader is?" ”

According to Qin Feng's speculation, 5,000 soldiers and horses is by no means a small number, and Liu Biao will send a confidant to lead the troops in case he swallows these 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Yi Yuan said with a smile: "The leader of the army this time is surnamed Gan Mingning, the word Xingba, he was originally from Ba County, and he led hundreds of people to join my lord two years ago, and my lord trusts him very much!" ”

Trust? Qin Feng expressed doubts, if Liu Biao trusted Gan Ning, how could Gan Ning switch to Jiangdong in the future?

Qin Feng didn't expect that the person who led the troops this time was Gan Ning, which gave him the idea of digging a corner, Gan Ning's ability is on the water, but it doesn't mean that this person is not good at ground combat, and in terms of force value, among the generals in Jingzhou, I'm afraid only Huang Zhong can beat him, even Wei Yan estimates that he can only have a draw with him at most, and the others are some cats and dogs.

Even if Gan Ning arrived in Eastern Wu, after Sun Ce and Tai Shici passed away one after another, only Zhou Tai was on par with him, and as for other generals, there was still some gap with him.

On the seventh day after the departure of the Yi nationality, a team of 2,000 soldiers and horses wearing the armor of the Jingzhou Army and waving the banner of the Jingzhou Army entered the territory of Langling County, which borders Nanyang County and Runan County.

Langling County is a county under the jurisdiction of Runan County, which was previously governed by Zhao Yan, and the public security and people's livelihood are quite stable and good.

After receiving the news, the new Langling Commander immediately cleared the wilderness, moved the people, livestock and grain into the county seat as quickly as possible, and sent people to Li Tong, the governor of Yang'an, for help while strictly guarding against death.

"Captain Lu, will we be so blatantly flaunting the banner of the Jingzhou Army, will it attract the dissatisfaction of the Jingzhou Army? Will it cause discord between our army and Jingzhou? A soldier asked Lu Meng.

Outside the city of Langling, two thousand well-equipped soldiers and horses came to the city, waving flags.

Lu Meng turned his head to look at the army and said: "Now that we are working together to fight against the Cao thief, even if there is some dissatisfaction on the Jingzhou side, it will not attack for the time being, it will only endure, and it will be difficult to say in the future, but this is the meaning of the lord!" Liu Biao, the old thief, wants to make benefits, but he doesn't want to directly confront Cao Cao, how can it be so easy in this world? ”

"The lord is doing this to push Liu Biao to the opposite side of Cao Cao!"

Jun Hou nodded: "So that's the case, then what are we going to do next?" ”

Lu Meng said with a cold face: "Siege!" Send the order to send three soldiers to cut down trees to build siege equipment, and prepare to attack the city in three days! ”

That night, the new Langling County Commander opened the North City Gate and sent five messengers to disperse and break through to report in the direction of Yang'an, all of which fell into the eyes of Lu Meng, who sent people to intercept and kill three messengers, leaving two to report to Li.

At this time, at the junction of Yiyang and Jiangxia, a Jingzhou army of 5,000 people entered the territory of Yiyang without any banner, and a team of 200 people rushed to meet them.

Two days later, Gan Ning and his deputy general Su Fei came to Xincai City with 5,000 men, and Qin Feng led people out of the city to greet them.

Far away, Qin Feng, Yang Hong and the others saw a tall and strong man riding a tall horse, with hundreds of followers, followed by a large number of soldiers and horses.

I saw this strong man riding a tall horse and hundreds of followers behind him, all dressed in brocade clothes and hanging weapons from their waists, quite imposing.

Yan Xiang stood beside Qin Feng and said: "I heard that there are Ba County people under Liu Biao who are known as Jinfan thieves, surnamed Gan Mingning, who travel with hundreds of people, all wearing brocade clothes, and a set of brocade clothes on a retinue is worth a lot of money, this Gan Ning is really willing to spend money!" ”

"If not, how can this team make a name for itself?" Qin Feng said, he could see that the hundreds of entourages behind Gan Ning all had a sense of honor, and that kind of spirit could not be seen in other soldiers and horses at all, Gan Ning spent a huge amount of money on these entourage, no loss!

In a short time, 5,000 men and horses came to the gate of the city.

"Gan Ning was ordered to lead five thousand men and horses to obey General Qin's dispatch!" Gan Ning stopped the team, dismounted and walked over to Qin Feng to report loudly.

Liu Biao wanted to recapture Nanyang as a barrier to the front line of Xiangyang, but he didn't want to offend Cao Cao openly, so he couldn't send his henchmen to lead the troops.

Liu Biao is definitely an old fox!

Qin Feng greeted him, held up Gan Ning's arm and laughed: "The name of Gan Xingba, the hero of Bajun Jinfan, is like thunder, and I am fortunate to see it today, it is really a happy thing in life!" ”

Gan Ning saw that Qin Feng did not mention his name as a Jinfan thief, but instead said that he was a Jinfan hero, and promoted him, and he had a good impression of Qin Feng for a while.

In the past six months, he has also heard a lot of Qin Feng's deeds, Jiangdong Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have been played by this person, and they are entrenched in Runan so that the imperial court has to promote him, and these have always been what he Gan Ning wanted to do but did not do.

As the so-called heroes cherish heroes, Gan Ning hugged his fists and said: "General Qin's prestige has spread all over the world, he is a real hero, Gan Ning is not as good as it!" ”

"Hahaha, Xingba is too modest, the city has prepared wine and food, let me wash it for Xingba, the camp outside the city has also been set up, the wine and meat have been prepared, enough for the soldiers to eat and drink! Please—" Qin Feng said and pulled his hand into the city.

Gan Ning did not have the slightest suspicion, and immediately ordered Su Fei to stay outside the city to settle the soldiers and horses, and he himself only brought a few followers into the city.

This arrangement made Qin Feng look at Gan Ning with admiration, although the Flame Army and the Jingzhou Army were not enemies, they were indeed not friends, Gan Ning dared to enter the city with only a few followers, in Qin Feng's opinion, Gan Ning was either bold, or he really did not have the slightest hostility towards him.

A reception banquet made the guests and hosts happy.

The next day, Qin Feng convened his subordinate officials and generals to discuss the matter, and also invited Gan Ning and Su Fei to participate.

According to the agreement with Liu Bei, the battle against Li Tong will start in the next two days, and in order not to lose his trust in others, and for the sake of the overall situation, this battle must be fought.

After the start of this military meeting, Qin Feng couldn't count the deployment of troops in public, and the captains of each battalion received their own tasks.

After the deployment of the troop plan, Qin Feng asked Yan Xiang again: "Mr. Yan, can you prepare the grain and grass?" Are there any problems with baggage transport? ”

Yan Xiang stood up and saluted and said, "General, the autumn harvest is over, all the grain from all counties has been transported, we have prepared three months' worth of grain and grass for the army, and we have prepared 200 wagons, 500 mules and horses, and 300 donkeys for baggage transportation!" ”

"Now we have built 500 new wooden cars, each car can carry 3,500 catties of grain and grass, one person can carry it, can travel long distances, and the transportation capacity is not inferior to cattle and horses!"