At that time, Dongting Lake was also called Yunmengze, and it was known as "Eight Hundred Miles of Dongting". In fact, the area of the lake is much larger than 8 www.biquge.info 00 miles. At that time, Dongting Lake was rich in water and grass, the vegetation on both sides was luxuriant, and the lake had very little cement and sand, which was exceptionally clear.

The fleet of Weixuan took the boat down the river overnight and arrived at Dongting Lake in the early morning. The smoke and waves on Dongting Lake are vast, the water and sky are the same color, and a round of red sun rises from the east, and the scenery is very spectacular. When I was intoxicated, I suddenly heard the crisp sound of "jingling" ringing in the wind on the river.

Wen Ping was shocked: "It's not good! It's a Jinfan thief!"

"Jinfan thief?" Wei Xuan frowned, "but Gan Ning?"

Wen Ping was surprised: "The lord also heard the name of Gan Ning?"

Of course, Wei Xuan knew about Gan Ning, who was a famous general under Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms. He was just a little puzzled, and asked: "Since ancient times, thieves have been afraid of officers and soldiers, there are 10,000 sailors and 30,000 infantry troops under my command.

Wen Ping smiled bitterly: "The lord doesn't know. This Gan Ning was originally a member of the Ba County clan, rampant in the township, and the public could not control it. All the officials who pass through must please him, otherwise they will suffer from him. Recently, this Gan Ning has nothing to rob in Ba County, so he wanders between Jiang and Han. This thief is skilled in water, and although our army is numerous, if he dives underwater and steals warships, the army will be harmed by him. If the lord wants to enter the lake safely, he needs to hand it over, treat it with courtesy, and then give him gold and silver to be exempted. ”

Wei Xuan said angrily: "Wei is guarding Jingzhou, how can this thief be allowed to be a disaster!"

As he spoke, a small boat on the river approached as if it were flying. There were more than a dozen people on the boat, all carrying bows and arrows, and wearing brocade jackets. The first person, with a bird feather on his head, was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was a teenager.

I saw the young man holding a bow and arrows, and shouted: "Listen to the people on the other side, leave an empty ship, a hundred ingots of gold and silver, and let you wait!"

Wei Xuan stood up, stood on the bow of the boat, and asked loudly, "You are Gan Ning?"

The young man laughed and said, "Since you know Gan's name, why don't you follow Gan's words earlier!"

Wei Xuan also laughed and said: "Little thief, how dare you speak wildly, you must be captured today!"

Wen Ping was afraid that Wei Xuan would lose, so he hurriedly ordered the arrow to be released. The naval army fought by bows and arrows, and there were naturally more archers on the warship. With Wen Ping's order, thousands of arrows were fired. Seeing this, Gan Ning whistled, and everyone on the boat jumped into the water one after another. Wen Ping shouted: "Quick, get the hook!"

The sergeant on the boat was in a hurry, holding a hook and poking into the water. Wei Xuan snorted coldly and jumped into the water. Wenpin wanted to stop it, but where could he do it.

At this time, it was late October, and although Dongting Lake was located in the south, the water was still cold to the bone. Of course, these are nothing to Wei Xuan at all. He turned on his senses, and soon caught a few traces of life breath under the water, swimming towards the big ship he had just been on. However, most of these life breaths are weak, and only one person is slightly stronger. Wei Xuan knew that the person must be Gan Ning, so he greeted him.

Gan Ning held an iron drill in his hand and rushed to the big boat like a swimming fish, to scuttle the bottom of the boat, not wanting to bump into Wei Xuan halfway. Gan Ning sneered, and stabbed at Wei Xuan with an iron hammer, but Wei Xuan grabbed his wrist, and the two of them fought underwater. Gan Ning relied on his water nature to be proficient, and did not take Wei Xuan in his eyes, only waited for half a stick of incense, Wei Xuan couldn't hold his breath, and was naturally poisoned by him.

After a stick of incense, Gan Ning couldn't hold his breath first, but Wei Xuan was still relaxed. How did he know that Wei Xuan mastered the magic to enter the water, and it didn't matter if he stayed underwater for many years. If it weren't for Wei Xuan's desire to subdue him, he would have been captured long ago. And Wei Xuan knew that if he wanted to convince a person, he had to defeat him in the field that the person was best at, so Wei Xuan had the patience to entangle with him underwater.

Gan Ning knew that something was wrong, abandoned the iron drill, and fled to the water. Wei Xuan was willing to give up, and hugged him from behind. Gan Ning struggled, choked on a few mouthfuls of lake water one after another, and immediately closed his breath, this was the first time in his life that he suffered a loss underwater.

Before this, the entourage who jumped into the water with Gan Ning had already come out of the water and they went into the water, one was to avoid the arrows, and the other was to cover Gan Ning, so they naturally couldn't stay long with their water nature. However, because the big ships of the Jingzhou Navy were not attacked, the formation of the Navy was not chaotic, and as soon as these people came out of the water, they naturally became prisoners. It's just that I didn't see Wei Xuan come out, and Wen Ping and the others were full of anxiety.

Suddenly, there was a "whoosh", a string of splashes tumbled on the surface of the lake, and Wei Xuan stepped on the water and carried Gan Ning out of the water. Suddenly, the warship burst into thunderous cheers. Wen Ping, Wei Yan and others also looked at each other, who would have thought that their lord, who had lived in the north since childhood, would have a water nature that was even more powerful than the Jinfan thief.

Wei Xuan pressed Gan Ning to the side of the boat and slapped him the back. Gan Ning let out a "wow", spit out a large mouthful of lake water, and woke up leisurely. Wei Xuan said in a deep voice: "Gan Ning, are you convinced?"

Gan Ning opened his eyes in a daze, looked at it, sighed, and said, "I didn't expect Wang Ruishou to have such a character, Gan Mou was convinced!"

Wei Xuan laughed and said: "It seems that you are not doing well as a thief, Wang Rui doesn't know how many days he has been dead, and the current Jingzhou Mu is Wei himself!"

Gan Ning was surprised: "You are Jingzhou Mu!"

Wei Xuan snorted coldly and said, "What, isn't Wei like it?"

Gan Ning shook his head and said, "How can there be such a young state pastor." ”

Wei Xuan sneered: "How old are you, you can dominate the river, Wei is six or seven years older than you, be a state pastor, why not!"

Gan Ning was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "It's Gan's shallow knowledge." ”

Wei Xuan waved his hand and said, "Being a thief is not the right way to go, are you willing to help Wei do something?"

Gan Ning was also refreshed, immediately knelt on the deck, and said loudly: "If the lord does not give up, Gan is willing to be driven!"

Wen Ping and the others also said in unison: "Congratulations to the lord for another fierce general!"

Historically, Gan Ning once took refuge in Liu Biao and Huang Zu, but neither of them could be used for him. And with the eyes of Wen Ping and others, they naturally know Gan Ning's talent. To be honest, although Wen Ping is also a famous general, when it comes to water warfare, he is more than a step worse than Gan Ning. If Wei Xuan can subdue Gan Ning, the strength of the Jingzhou Navy will definitely increase. Wei Xuan did not have the slightest suspicion of Gan Ning, and let those captured retinues still serve as Gan Ning's subordinates.

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Solving this small episode at the mouth of Dongting Lake, the fleet continued to move forward. Dongting Lake is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so this section is upstream, the speed slows down slightly, and it is noon when you arrive in Luo County. Luo County and Yiyang County are the gateways to the northwest of Changsha, and the Wuling Army was in a hurry to besiege Luo County.

Wei Xuan abandoned the boat and landed on the shore and relieved the siege of Luo County, but when he saw Kuai Yue coming out of the county seat, he didn't feel strange and said: "Yidu, you are not in Changsha, how can you come here to take risks in person?"

Kuai Yue sighed and said: "Yiyang has been lost, if Luo County is lost again, the subordinates will have no face to see the lord again!"

Wei Xuan said with a smile: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and since Wei is here, he not only wants to recapture Yiyang, but also Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang!"