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Chapter 320 Come to vote

Kuai Qi escorted the coffins of Kuai Yue and Liu Pan all the way down the river to Shaxian, Jiangxia, and then turned into the Han River Basin.

At the same time, a fleet of thirty or forty large and small boats crossed Kuai Qi's boats and sailed into the river.

This fleet is none other than Gan Ning and his eight hundred followers who asked Liu Biao to guard Jiangling.

Looking at the vast and boundless river, the rolling river, mighty, and rushing eastward, Gan Ning, who has been in Nanyang for six years, can't help but feel relieved.

He is from Linjiang, Ba County, Yizhou. He can tell from his name that Linjiang was built along the river.Gan Ning grew up by the river since he was a child. In the past, he recruited frivolous young men and hid for his life. From Hengjun, when he travels, he walks on old chariots and rides, and rides on light boats on the water. He is so majestic that officials and people fear him.

Now that Gan Ning has returned to the river again, he really has a feeling of "the dragon enters the river, and the tiger returns to the forest".

The Ganning Fleet left the border of Jiangxia County and traveled all the way back to the west. After sailing for many days, they arrived in Baqiu waters on September [-]th.

In fact, Gan Ning never planned to go to Jiangling from the very beginning. At this time, Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, was in charge of Jiangling.In order to stabilize the situation in Jiangbei, and also to prevent Liu Jing from taking the opportunity to go north, Liu Biao transferred almost all the available troops from Xiangyang to Jiangling. Now there are seven or eight thousand troops in Jiangling, even if they are no more than ten thousand.With the [-] men and dozens of boats under his command, he has no chance to make trouble at all. He is afraid that he will be annexed in a blink of an eye as soon as he enters Jiangling.

But he also didn't want to go to see Liu Jing empty-handed, so he naturally came up with Baqiu's idea.Baqiu was Liu Biao's last stronghold in Changsha. If he could capture Baqiu as a gift, Liu Jing would be overjoyed.

However, as the so-called plan could not keep up with the changes, before Gan Ning approached Baqiu, he was blocked in the middle of the river by a fleet of Liu Jing's army consisting of more than a dozen warships and warships.

Gan Ning was very surprised, why did Liu Jingjun appear on the Yangtze River, did they already regain Baqiu?

In order to avoid conflicts, Gan Ning claimed that he was an old friend of Liu Jun. Gan Ning of Ba County, Gan Xingba, heard about Liu Jun's news in the north, so he traveled thousands of miles and led the crowd to vote.

There are not a few people in Liu Jingjun's fleet who know Gan Ning, and some even witnessed the deck battle between Gan Ning and Cai Sheng.

After all, Cai Sheng was a hero in Changsha at that time, known for his swordsmanship in Linxiang. Before that, he had never had a defeat.Today, Cai Sheng is not what it used to be. He is one of the three generals under Liu Jing's command alongside Chu Fang and Han Guang.Gan Ning was able to defeat Cai Sheng, which shows his bravery.

Gan Ning boarded Liu Jingjun's ship alone and asked about the current situation of Baqiu, and it really confirmed his previous guess. Liu Jingjun had recovered Baqiu, and his plan was completely thwarted.

Gan Ning shook his head regretfully, and when he learned that Liu Jing was in Baqiu, he was a little excited, and immediately went to the Baqiu camp with the boat.

At this moment, Liu Jing is inspecting the new camp accompanied by the generals.Baqiu controlled Jiang and Hunan, and his geographical location was extremely important. Although he was burned by Cai Mao, he could not give up this strategic location.Therefore, after recapturing Baqiu at the end of August, he immediately recruited the surrounding people, and together with thousands of soldiers under his command, re-selected the site and built the barracks, which has begun to take shape today.

It can be said that Gan Ning came at a good time, if one day later, Liu Jing would have returned to Linxiang.

Now the water infantry around him totaled no more than a few thousand people, and it was already the limit to regain Baqiu and occupy Changsha completely, and he was temporarily unable to cross the river to the north.What's more, there is Zhang Jin in the south, who has evil intentions and covets Ling and Gui.He must not be able to stay in Baqiu for long, and must return to Linxiang as soon as possible.

When Liu Jing heard that Gan Ning was not far away, he led his people to vote. He was ecstatic, and rushed to the ferry with his generals to meet Gan Ning.

"Haha, Xingba..." Liu Jingxun, in a fleece jacket with a majestic appearance and a very dignified appearance, came to Gan Ning, held his hand and laughed loudly: "I was embroidering with Liu (Zhu) Wen just now. , Liu (Liang) Ziming mentioned Xingba, if you don’t believe me, you can ask them.”

Seeing the warm smile on Liu Jing's face, and recalling the contrast with the reserved and false smile on Liu Biao's face when he met Liu Biao not long ago, Gan Ning was very moved, and asked with a smile, "I don't know what Liu Jun said about me. ?”

Liu Zhu replied with a smile: "Liu Jun and I said: 'If the old folks in the north hear about me, the first one to vote must be Gan Xingba.'"

"That's right." Liu Liang nodded aside.

After hearing this, Gan Ning couldn't help sighing: "The one who knows me about Gan Ning is Mr. Liu!"

Liu Jing squeezed Gan Ning's hand tightly, and said with a smile: "Xingba is brave and resourceful, with both civil and military resources, and he is a first-class hero in the world. General, it will not be easy for me to replace Cai Mao and his like."

At this time, Gan Ning only had one thought in his mind, "a scholar should die for his confidant", and nothing else.Said: "Liu Jun's words are serious. Liu Junying is a world-renowned talent, loyal and trustworthy, benevolent and righteous, and the people in Jingnan are all happy to die. On the other hand, Liu Biao rejects the country from the outside and excludes loyalty from the inside. He has neither foresight nor tolerance. He also appointed Cai Mao and other villains as generals, his defeat has already been doomed, how can manpower change it?"

Liu Jing laughed when he heard this, and then introduced the generals around him to Gan Ning: "Liu (Zhu) Wenxiu, Liu (Liang) Ziming, you already know each other, so I don't need to introduce you. This is Wang Qiang and Wang Zijian. This is Wang Qiang and Wang Zijian. Han Guang, Han Gongfu..."

Wang Qiang was unattractive, gloomy, and inconspicuous, while Han Guang was eight feet tall, burly and majestic.

Gan Ning didn't dare to underestimate Wang Qiang, he listened to Liu Jing's introduction, he was brave and wise, he made great achievements many times, surpassing all generals.But Han Guang was originally from the Liangzhou Army, and his official rank was General Jianwei.

"Cai (Sheng) Hongchao and Ma (Zhou) Zijin did not go north with me, they are currently in the south..." Liu Jing briefly told Gan Ning about the current situation in the south.

Gan Ning was surprised and delighted when he heard that, because Liu Jing's rise was too fast, he might be able to use his fame to bring the three Jingnan counties into his pocket, but he definitely didn't have the strength to go north.

Therefore, Gan Ning was also worried that after defecting to Liu Jing, there would be no use for him for a while. Now that Jiaozhou Mu Zhang Jin wanted to win Ling and Gui, and was in trouble with Liu Jing, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and wished he could immediately go south to kill Zhang Jin for Liu Jing.

Liu Jing was very happy with Gan Ning's arrival, and hosted a banquet for the latter. Unfortunately, he had already promulgated a ban on alcohol, even in the army. As the saying goes, "No banquet is complete without wine", without good wine, it is not beautiful after all.

Gan Ning is a hero, he likes to drink heavily, and there is good wine in his boat, but he saw that Liu Jing was very determined to prohibit alcohol, so he gave up immediately.

(End of this chapter)