The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 718 Gan Ning
Xu An stopped in his tracks, he had already arrived at the destination of his trip - the prison in Bodao City.

In the Battle of Chengdu, Ren Xian, Ren Xie and others were beheaded. Gan Ning led his personal guards out of the encirclement net, but in the end they still did not escape the ambush of the eagle wolf guards.

The eagle wolf guards used special fishing nets and equipment, and with the cooperation of many parties, they successfully captured Gan Ning and others who were defenseless.

Although the Yellow Turban Army now has strong soldiers and horses, there is no shortage of elite soldiers and generals, but who would dislike the many famous generals under their command.

In the original time and space, Gan Ning made many military exploits under Sun Quan's command.

Destroy Huang Zu by boat, rob Cao Ying with a hundred riders, seize Wancheng with ropes, and intercept Guan Yu by Linjiang.

In the Battle of Hefei, Zhang Liao recruited [-] people who dared to die, and they went up to the front and smashed the Wu army.

Sun Quan wanted to retreat, so the Xiaowei brigade withdrew, leaving more than a thousand tiger soldiers, including Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, Ling Tong and Ning, and stayed with Sun Quan in the north of Xiaoyaojin.

Zhang Liao saw the situation of Wu's army from above the city tower, so he made a decisive decision and led his cavalry to attack.

Zhang Liaoyong was unstoppable. In the battle of Xiaoyaojin, although the Wu army was numerous, they lost all courage.

When the Wei army arrived, all the troops broke up, and only Gan Ning, Lu Meng, and Ling Tong led the guards to fight to the death.

Zhang Liao's power was astonishing, Wu Jun's drummers forgot to beat their drums out of fear, Gan Ning drew his bow and shot at the enemy, killing several people in a row, before stopping the army formation.

Gan Ning sternly asked why the war drums were not used. The enemy army was ahead, but there was still no panic.

Seeing that the drummer was timid, Gan Ning glared angrily, holding a knife in his hand and wanted to kill the drummer, Wu Jun's drummer then started beating the drum again.

According to records, Zhang Liao "almost regained power" at that time. If Gan Ning and others did not fight to the death, the three-legged confrontation might cease to exist in the 215th year of Jian'an ([-]).

Gan Ning is not just a general, whether it is formulating military strategies or commanding in front of the battle, he is extremely outstanding.

"Three Kingdoms" combined twelve people from Eastern Wu into one volume for biography, and praised them as "the tiger ministers of Jiangbiao", and Gan Ning was on the list.

Moreover, Gan Ning is proficient in water warfare, which is what the Yellow Turban Army urgently needs.

Zhao Wei captured Jiangguan and Baidi City this time, captured a large number of warships, and also left the Linjiang Gan clan and the water thieves who have been following Gan Ning's command.

When Gan Ning was first captured, Xu An actually wanted to try to recruit Gan Ning.

But in the end Xu An still didn't choose to go to see Gan Ning immediately, but put Gan Ning and his guards under house arrest.

Gan Ning was born in a family. After the Linjiang Gan family, after the Qin Prime Minister Gan Mao, he was born in a real family. His background determines many things.

When he was young, Gan Ning was a water thief. When he went in and out, his steps were old chariots and horses, and the water was connected to light boats. His attendants were embroidered, which was like a light road. also.

Although Gan Ning has already shed many of his past habits, he has been an official in the county for many years, and he is no longer as young and frivolous as before.

It's just that Xu An didn't know Gan Ning well, and the information collected by the Eagle Wolf Guard was limited. Based on the existing information, Xu An estimated that the probability of persuading Gan Ning to join the Taiping Dao would never reach [-]%.

Just like in romances and novels, the enemy pushes Wuhuada into the tent, and then goes down to untie him personally, and with some good words of persuasion, the enemy general will turn his head and worship.

Such things have indeed existed, but they are very rare. If Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others do it, there is still a possibility that it will work.

But Xu An can't.

His origin and his position determined that those who came from powerful families would never be recovered because of this.

From the first year of Zhongping (184) to the fourth year of Chuping (193), a total of nine years have passed.

In the past nine years, most of the people who joined the Taiping Dao were ordinary people, and there were not many powerful families.

Jia Xu and Zhang Yang came to vote because Xu An had written a letter to Jia Xu beforehand and arranged a strategy.

Hao Zhao also joined the Taipingdao because of Xu An's youthful spirit after he took over Bingzhou, and he didn't know the grievances between Taipingdao and the powerful family.

Later, it was because of various helpless reasons that they chose to join the Taiping Dao.

The Wang family of Liangzhou also took a fancy to Xu An's rare goods.

It was Yan Zhong who joined Taiping Dao at the beginning, because he took a fancy to Xu An's ability and the weakness of the Han Dynasty, and wanted to build a career in the troubled times.

Just behind, slowly everything is changing.

The prison in Bodao City was dark and damp.

Xu An walked into the prison slowly, and the prison was surrounded by yellow angels holding Yanling sabers.

In Xu An's heart, the importance of Gan Ning is self-evident, even in the city, Xu An did not relax in the slightest in protecting him.

The prison in Bodao City has a full [-] yellow angels as security guards, and more than [-] soldiers are stationed at the side, changing defense at any time.

Be careful in everything, this is the principle Zhang Liang taught him, and it is also the reason why he has been able to lead the Taiping Road from Taihang Mountain to Yizhou step by step.

The reason why Xu An didn't come to look for Gan Ning before was because Xu An didn't think about how to speak and how to persuade Gan Ning.

The first conversation is extremely important and almost determines whether it can be successfully persuaded.

Walking into the prison, the originally scorching air suddenly became a bit chilly.

In the prison, the light was dim. In order to ensure the safety of the prison, there were not many windows opened, and it was difficult for the outside sun to shine in. There were only a few vents and the occasional breeze, which made Xu An feel that he still existed in the world. between.

All the criminals in the prison here have been emptied and taken away. Those criminals strictly enforced the criminal law according to the latest "Taiping Law" promulgated in Taiping Road according to the previously included crimes. , reapproved.

Now in the prison in Bodao City, only Gan Ning and some of his followers are left.

Gan Ning's personal guards were imprisoned in the rear prison, which was far from Gan Ning's cell. Gan Ning was locked alone in the deepest part of the prison in Bodao City.

Xu An's entry broke the original peaceful atmosphere in the prison. The black shadows swayed, and there were quick rustling and creaking sounds, and then there seemed to be a black shadow flashing past the corridor.

The dim light of the fire danced, reflected on the wall, and shone Xu An's back on the wall, which looked quite strange and distorted.

Walking to the deepest cell of Bodao City Prison, several yellow angels guarding outside saluted Xu An together.

Xu An walked to the cell, sat on a chair brought by a yellow angel, and looked at Gan Ning who was sitting calmly in the cell.

Because of the preferential treatment ordered by Xu An, although Gan Ning is in prison, he is still doing well.

Gan Ning was also sitting on the bearded chair in the cell, staring at Xu An calmly, his clothes were clean with few wrinkles, his eyebrows were sharp and his beard was short, and there was a heroic look between his eyebrows.

His skin color is slightly wheatish, presumably it should be caused by frequent sun exposure on warships, but it is similar to the skin color of those sailors in the Fenshui Navy.

Xu An was looking at Gan Ning, and Gan Ning was also looking at Xu An.

When Xu An came in, no one had revealed Xu An's identity, but Gan Ning instinctively felt that the young man in military uniform and Taoist crown in front of him was definitely Xu An.

Although I heard that Xu An was not yet thirty, but only twenty-seven or eight years old, Gan Ning had some mental preparations.

But when he saw Xu An, Gan Ning still felt that Xu An was too young.

In the first year of Zhongping, Xu An should only be about eighteen years old. When he was this age, he was still carrying a bell on the river, leading a group of followers to wander around, robbing merchant ships.

But Xu An was already a member of the Yellow Turban Army at that time.

Gan Ning was familiar with what happened during the period from the decline of Taipingdao to its resurgence, and it still feels unbelievable no matter how it sounds.

In the nine years, the Taipingdao, which had fallen to the bottom and was on the verge of decline, was rejuvenated in the hands of Xu An. Even under Xu An's leadership, it was even more prosperous than Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang and others. It took more than ten years to launch a rebellion and it was several times stronger.

The prefectures and counties cannot control it, and the court cannot discuss it.

It's just that although Xu An's face is young, Gan Ning can see some well-covered white hair under Xu An's neatly combed hair, but no matter how good the cover is, it still can't hide it from Gan Ning's eyes .

Gan Ning's eyesight is very good, he can be sure that he is not mistaken, Xu An is less than five steps away from him, sitting facing him.

All things can deceive people, but it is very difficult to deceive people with eyes and momentum.

Gan Ning originally thought that Xu An was in the central army, like Han Xin, Le Yi, Zhang Liang and others, planning a strategy to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away.

After all, Xu An was known as the number one Yin-Yang soldier in the world, and Gan Ning subconsciously regarded him as a general who was used to being in charge of the Chinese army.

But when he really saw Xu An, he found that his cognition was actually quite wrong.

There are calluses in Xu An's palms, which are the calluses that have been grinded by holding a knife for a long time. If he is pampered, he will definitely not have such calluses.

Not only did Xu An have been personally involved in the battle, but there are probably not a few people who personally beheaded.

According to rumors, the reason why Zhang Liang was able to escape in the battle of Guangzong was that Xu An led the Yellow Turban Army in the city to launch a counterattack and rescue Zhang Liang. This rumor may be true.

"Yizhou's summer this year is a bit hotter than in previous years."

Xu An opened his mouth to break the tranquility in the cell.

"I thought I wanted to take advantage of the situation to collect the six counties of Nanzhong, but now it seems that things have backfired. I'm afraid I can only wait until autumn before I can continue going south."

"However, the six counties of Nanzhong have already handed in the surrender form. If there is one, there will be two. It is not difficult to collect the whole territory of Yizhou."

Xu An leaned on the Hu chair and asked.

"I remember Captain Gan was from Linjiang Gan's family, right?"

Gan Ning's eyes froze slightly, and his heart moved slightly. It is not a secret that he was born in Linjiang Gan's family.

Linjiang is far away from Chengdu, and the news of the defeat in the Chengdu battle may have already reached Linjiang. His clan learned that the Yizhou army was defeated in the Chengdu battle, so they should immediately go to Jingzhou, which is relatively safe, and will not stay in Yizhou.

The distance is so far, even if the Yellow Turban Army can fly, it should not be as fast as them. In addition, there are sailors who followed him in Baidi City and sailors from Jingzhou, so Baidi City and Jiangguan will definitely not be lost. This can also take care of his family one or two.

This is also the reason why Gan Ning has not reacted much since he was locked in the cell. He is not very afraid of the Yellow Turban Army threatening his family.

"I think this matter still needs to be reported to Colonel Gan."

"Baidi City and Jiangguan have been captured by our army. The ships in the two pass and the more than [-] sailors under Lieutenant Gan's command have been temporarily assigned to our army's ranks."

"By the way, the head of the Linjiang Gan family is helping our army to defend."

"This is proof."

Xu An took out a jade pendant from his bosom, stood up and walked only two steps away from Gan Ning.

Gan Ning got up abruptly, Gan Ning had lost his composure at this time, the jade pendant held by Xu An was exactly the jade pendant that Linjiang Gan's patriarch could wear.

Xu An didn't lie!
"Are you threatening me?"

Gan Ning suddenly took a step forward, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he stared at Xu An.

There was a flash of light in his eyes, and fierce killing intent suddenly emerged.

"Do not."

Xu An shook his head and said calmly.

"My original plan was to capture Jiangzhou City in Bajun."

"However, the situation is changing rapidly. No one thought that Baidi City and Jiangguan would fall on the same day. The fact that Xiaowei Gan's clan was detained was purely accidental."

Gan Ning narrowed his eyes slightly, glaring at Xu An.

Now he can suddenly understand what kind of mood those Dongzhou people are in.

"Using the life of the old and the weak as a coercion, is this the way of Taipingdao?"

Gan Ning's eyes revealed a fierce look, and he said in a deep voice.

"Captain Gan missed the point."

Xu An did not avoid Gan Ning's gaze.

"Our army recruited and surrendered more than [-] soldiers from Yizhou in Chengdu and Jiangyuan. Shu County, Shu County Dependent State, Guanghan County, Guanghan Dependent State, Qianwei County, and Ba County are now under the control of our army. Ordinary soldiers in the state soldiers who want to return home will be given travel expenses to allow them to return home.”

"After leaving the school, after the implementation of garrison in various places, the travel expenses were also granted to allow them to return to their hometowns. The main reason is that if they are released to return to their hometowns, if they have other intentions, they will gather troops to resist, so they stay behind for the time being."

"Berkshire has now been pacified, and my Taiping Road officials have also entered Yizhou, and will soon be preparing for farming affairs in various places. In just a few months, after the implementation of the farming system, the school captain can leave whenever he wants."

It is completely unnecessary and not a good way to use the lives of his family members to force him to work for the Taiping Dao.

In this way, Gan Ning will never be able to truly serve the Taiping Dao, and he is not much different from Xu Shu who was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han in history.

It is better to proceed step by step, as long as the general trend of the world is on the side of Taiping Road, as long as the land of Yizhou slowly changes, the situation will gradually become clear.

The Linjiang Gan family knew which side to put the chips on.

Gan Ning's eyes flickered, he didn't think that Xu Anfang's Yizhou soldiers would return home, he was really not afraid of causing turmoil again, looking at Xu An's calm appearance, he didn't seem to care about those soldiers at all.

"In order to ensure safety, we will confiscate all the weapons in the cities, towns and villages, and the craftsmen will gather together. When the agricultural tools are damaged, there will be special personnel to repair and send new ones."

Gan Ning's worries were actually unnecessary, because those soldiers of the Yizhou Army returned home together with the Yellow Turban Army's preparations for farming affairs, and there was no disturbance at all.

"There is no need to worry about the bandits in the mountains. A small number of bandits can be driven away by a large number of people with farm tools. I, Taipingdao, will send troops to wipe out the large bandits."

Xu An looked indifferent, as if he had guessed what Gan Ning was thinking.

"In the past, tens of thousands of bandits in Taihang Mountain were turned into ashes in front of our army, so what if there are tens of thousands more in Yizhou?"

　From Gan Ning's biography, it can be seen that Gan Ning was a bit of a deviant person. After all, if he is not a child of a good family, he is the only one in the Eastern Han Dynasty to be a water thief.

　　
　
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