Gan Ning stationed troops in Huainan, waiting for an opportunity to move.

But he did not choose to attack Xuchang, because he knew that even if Yu Ban died, Xuchang City would still be strong.

But as long as his threat exists, Cao Cao cannot turn a blind eye.

this day.

Someone sent an urgent report, but Liu Qi sent someone to inform him.

Cao Cao has already withdrawn his troops.

Let Gan Ning pay attention to precautions and don't entangle with Cao Cao.

After knowing the news, Gan Ning was a little more vigilant, but he was now fearless and not panicked.

Since you have come to Huainan County, you can't come in vain!

In the end, Gan Ning swaggered away many people from Huainan County. Nowadays, population is a very important resource, and Jiangxia and Jiangdong have been fighting for many years, and they have lost a lot.

Now it's time to add a wave.

When the news reached Cao Cao.

Cao Cao immediately gritted his teeth and damaged his two generals one after another, and now Huainan has been robbed again, which is really hateful.

But Cao Cao was helpless.

Although he has the idea of training the navy, the soldiers in the north are not accustomed to water, and even after training, the combat power is still far inferior to that of the people in the south, and now it is not useful at all.

This grievance, Cao Cao can only hold it in his heart.

Although the loss in this battle was not as traumatic as the Battle of Chibi, it also greatly damaged his vitality.

It is unlikely that it will be requisitioned again in a short period of time.

And Jingzhou's performance has been beyond Cao Cao's expectations, even if he leads the army to conquer in person, it may not be effective.

Gan Ning led the crowd back to Jiangxia.

First, the people were settled.

Nowadays, there is a lot of land in various places, and there are many dead and injured people in the world.

It's not a problem with land, as long as there are people.

After the arrangements are made.

Gan Ning was the one who set up the boat, escorting Lu Meng and others to Xiangyang and asking to see Liu Qi.

In any case, these people are windfalls, so they naturally have to inform Liu Qi and discuss them again.

After it was determined that Cao's army had retreated.

The situation in Jingzhou has stabilized again, except for the soldiers and horses in Jingbei who still maintain a defensive posture.

But overall, it's slowing down.

Today's priority is to develop Jingzhou, both in terms of people's livelihood and economy.

At the same time, Cao Cao was finished, and the battle in Jingzhou was not over.

Right now.

Suddenly, someone came to report it.

It was Gan Ning who came by boat, escorting the captives at the same time.

This made Liu Qi a little puzzled.

This time he went to harass the rear of Cao Jun, why did he come back with prisoners, did he have unexpected gains?

But in any case, Gan Ning made great contributions to this battle.

Although the front line was fought by Huang Zhong, Liu Bei, Xue Li and others, if it weren't for Gan Ning in the back, Cao Cao would definitely not retreat easily.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi did not delay, pulled Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, and went out to greet them.

knew that it was Gan Ning's arrival, and the two were also surprised.

Gan Ning rode his horse into the city, and the rear soldiers escorted Lu Meng and other Wu soldiers, which was quite magnificent.

The moment Gan Ning saw Liu Qi, he hurriedly turned over from the horse and saluted respectfully:

"The last general, Gan Ning, meet the lord."

Although during this time, Gan Ning has been incomparable, has made many contributions, and is famous.

But he didn't dare to be half proud of his achievements.

Because Gan Ning knows very well that he can be where he is today because of Liu Qi's trust and promotion.

At the same time, it is also because of the treasure ship provided by Liu Qi.

If there was no treasure fleet, no matter how brave Gan Ning was, that is, he would be able to repel the Jiangdong naval army, and he would not be able to defeat him so much.

Seeing Gan Ning, Liu Qi approached with a smile and helped him up:

"Xingba doesn't have to be polite, it's really hard for you this time, Jingzhou is now in crisis, you are the first credit!"

Gan Ning hurriedly hugged his fists and said:

"The lord has a good reputation, the real first merit of this battle is the soldiers fighting on the front line, and the last general is just harassment in the rear. At the same time, this is also the well-planned plan of the two military divisions.

If it weren't for the advice of the military advisor, the last general would not have thought of attacking the land of Huainan

Forced Cao Cao to retreat. ”

When Liu Qi heard this, he immediately laughed dumbly.

I didn't expect Gan Ning to be so humble.

Although he also knew that the merits of all the soldiers were important, even Huo Jun, who stayed in the Jingbei camp, could not be ignored. But what Gan Ning did was not so simple.

Harassing behind enemy lines is not something that anyone can do.

It's funny if it's counter-killed.

Liu Qi waved his hand and said:

"Xingba, you don't have to be modest, by the way, Xingba, what's the matter with these captives you brought back?"

At this moment, Liu Qi is inevitably a little confused.

Because he could see that these people didn't look like Cao Jun, but like Sun Quan's subordinates.

It stands to reason that Gan Ning went to Huainan County.

Instead of going to fight Jiangdong, why did you arrest Sun Quan's little brother back, what happened?

Hearing Liu Qi ask, Gan Ning couldn't help laughing, and then explained in detail:

"The lord didn't know that the general was going to attack Shouchun at the end of the day, but he found that these Jiangdong soldiers had already attacked first, and the general didn't know the situation at that time.

After they captured Shouchun, they also invaded the city of Cao's army, which coincided with the task of the last general. ”

“……”

Liu Qi was stunned, and then looked at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

There was a strange look in his eyes.

The meaning is also obvious, that is, to ask the two, what is going on, what is Jiangdong trying to do?

was beaten by his own side before, but now instead of attacking Jingzhou, he went to fight Cao Cao. There must be some misunderstanding in this, which makes people completely unable to understand it!

It was Zhuge Liang and the others who quickly guessed the reason.

Zhuge Liang said thoughtfully:

"The lord doesn't have to worry, Jiangdong should also be trying to force Cao Cao to retreat, but they don't know the situation in Jingbei and think that my Jingzhou is already in danger.

As long as they attacked Huainan and made Cao Cao retreat, Jingzhou's strength would be greatly reduced at that time, but it would still exist. When Cao Jun comes back in the future, the first thing to bear the brunt of is still Jingzhou.

Therefore, Jiangdong's move seems to be to help Jingzhou, but in fact it is to protect its own interests. It's just that they didn't expect that this plan was also proposed. ”

Liu Qi and Gan Ning both suddenly realized.

In fact, these days, Gan Ning is also a little puzzled, but he can be sure that Jiangdong is definitely not an ally.

Since he is not a teammate, of course he doesn't have to show mercy.

"Jiangdong thought that he would be able to protect himself in this way, and he really thought far enough, but now the situation is different, if Jiangdong is not removed for a day, my Jingzhou will be uneasy for a day!"

Compared with Yizhou and other places, Jiangdong is definitely the primary problem.

Everyone knows that Liu Zhang can't do it, Yizhou has no goal of expansion at all, such an opponent, it doesn't hurt to keep it first.

On the contrary, it is Jiangdong, which has already been calculated.

If it is not removed.

Liu Qi was naturally worried.

Hearing Liu Qi's words, Gan Ning's eyes lit up.

He knew his chance had come again.

If there is a full-scale war with Jiangdong, the Jiangxia Navy must be the main force, and he will be able to make contributions.