Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 349
As the Jiangdong battleship moved eastward, Gao Shun and Gan Ning led the army to help Su Fei's men dismantle the water village left by Lu Su.

Both Gao Shun and Gan Ning made great contributions in this battle, so Lan Tian invited Guan Yu and others to meet him.

Guan Yu first nodded to Gao Shun, because he was not good at commenting on the people from Lantian, and then he told Gan Ning alone: ​​"Ziyubiao, you are the prefect of Changsha, so the waters of Dongting will be handed over to you from now on, can I rest assured?"

Gan Ning was neither humble nor overbearing: "I will do my best in the end."

Guan Yu nodded, "You and Su Dudu are old acquaintances, and Guan also believes in your ability. The police can jointly control and defend the waters in Dongting, and set up beacon towers along the river to warn. It is the first time Jiangdong dares to attack. Do it a second time."

"Wei." Gan Ning cupped his fists.

At this time, everyone was very relaxed, and Yiji stepped forward and bowed his hands to salute everyone: "General Guan, General Lan, everyone, Jingzhou is now in danger, and my lord is still waiting for news in Yizhou. I want to take my leave and return to Chengdu."

Guan Yu nodded, "What Uncle Ji said is true, it's better to make big brother feel at ease sooner."

"Then I'll go ahead." Yiji saluted again.

"Uncle Ji wait a moment, Guan has to go back to Jiangling, so I can go with you during this period." Guan Yu waved his hand and said.

"Respect is worse than obedience."

Guan Yu turned to Lan Tian and said, "Ziyu, why don't you go with me? Yuan Zhi misses you very much. After defeating Cao Ren, he can have a drink with Zilong."

Lan Tian quickly shook his head: "Jingnan has just experienced a war, and the top priority is to stabilize people's hearts and resume production, not to mention that General Lai has to go back to settle in Cangwu, so let's part ways?"

Lai Gong clasped his fists and asked Guan Yu for instructions: "I want to go to Chengdu with Mr. Jibo to pay homage to the lord. Jiaozhou is now under the care of General Lan. He is more competent than me in anything."

Guan Yu saw that Lai Gong was very devout, so he waved his hand and said, "It's a lot of work for those who are capable, so it's settled."

Lan Tian saw that Lai Gong couldn't be kept, so he didn't force it any more, and he cupped his hands and said with a loud smile, "In that case, I wish you all the best of luck."

"Ziyu is precious."

After Guan Yu finished speaking, he went ahead with Lai Gong and Yi Ji, leaving Su Fei to cooperate with everyone in dealing with the aftermath.

After dealing with the Dongting affairs, Gan Ning hosted a banquet for Lantian in Linxiang, thanking Lantian for his long-term cultivation and support.

At the banquet, Gan Ning burst into tears. Looking back on the first half of his life, he was like a lost dog wandering all over the world. If it weren't for Lan Tian's words at the time, he might have blindly voted for Sun Quan.

Gao Shun took a sip of clear water, and replied coldly: "If you really voted for Jiangdong, then we would be rivals today. Are you confident that you can change the result?"

Gan Ning shook his head: "Sir, you have lofty aspirations, and you can't compare them with others. Although Ning is a few years older, he only has a body of bravery. If he really works for Jiangdong, he may be killed at this time."

Lan Tian smiled and said: "Xingba Baiqi robbed the camp, there should not be many people in the world who can do it, and you don't have to be humble."

Gan Ning looked at Gao Shun and smiled wryly: "With Boping's entrapment army, if I take the risk to rob the camp, wouldn't I be in a trap?"

Gao Shun was noncommittal: "Assuming it doesn't hold true, stop bragging about it. General Gan will be the prefect of Changsha. Don't disappoint your master's recommendation."

Gan Ning said nonchalantly: "Anyway, Changsha is under Mr.'s rule. In the future, no matter what I don't understand about military affairs, I will definitely go to Quanling often to ask for advice. The waterway is also very convenient."

Lan Tian nodded, "General Guan will definitely pay attention to the defense of the Yangtze River in the future, especially the waters of Dongting. Xingba may have more contact with Yunchang in the future, so you must pay attention to control, it will not be easy to win his favor."

"I will respect General Guan like Lai Inspector." Gan Ning replied.

After hearing this, Lan Tian was very pleased. After several years of experience by his side, Gan Ning could finally become an independent sheriff. Although the wildness in his blood was still there, he had learned a more tactful style of handling things. Then Changsha County will definitely prosper.

After wandering in Linxiang for half a day, Lantian and Gao Shun set off to return to Quanling. Gan Ning couldn't hold back and chose to give up. After all, Lantian still had a lot of things to do.

After nearly a month since it came out, Quanling’s busiest office is the Book and Newspaper Office. There are too many materials on Jiang Wan’s desk case. The new issue of Changjiang Daily is likely to become a special issue, and Jiangdong will be pushed to the forefront of public opinion. With "commentator" Liao Li adding some condiments, the newspaper's space may not be enough.

Lan Tian didn't intend to find trouble during the sensitive period, and let the Sun and Liu families fall into a tense atmosphere again. He had to warn the Book and News Agency to deal with it softly. After all, the Cao army in the north was already ready to move. If Jingzhou fell into chaos in all directions because of this, it would not be in line with Liu Bei. The group's current development ideas.

At the same time that Lantian led his troops back to Quanling, Guan Yu rushed back to Jiangling in a warship. After bidding farewell to Yiji and Lai Gong at the pier, he entered the city without stopping.

"Sun Zhongmou retreated?" Xu Shu was overjoyed to see Guan Yu return.

Guan Yu nodded, "Retreat to Jiangxia for the time being. How is the situation in the northern part of Jiangling?"

Xu Shu said: "When Yun Chang left, there were less than [-] defenders in Jiangling. I was worried that Niu Jin's leading troops to besiege the city would cause panic among the people and break the hard-won stable situation, so Yuan Jian (Liao Hua) was sent to lead the army. Five thousand go north to intercept and try to delay the battle until the general returns."

"The military division wrote in general in the battle report. It seems that the actual situation is more dangerous. Let Liao Yuanjian take 4000 soldiers to resist, but you only have [-] people left to guard Jiangling. If Zhuge military division is here, it will definitely not be as risky as Yuan Zhi .” Guan Yu couldn’t help shaking his head.

Xu Shu smiled and said: "I have 4000 people to defend the city. If the war is really brought to Jiangling City, not only the people in the city will panic, but all the gentry will abandon the city and join the enemy."

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard to express his affirmation to Xu Shu, and then asked: "How is the situation ahead now?"

Xu Shu led Guan Yu to the war room, pointed to the sand table and reported: "Yuan Jian (Liao Hua) originally relied on Dangyang City, and fought back and forth with Na Niu Jin, but later Cao Ren personally led troops to help, and General Liao had few soldiers to resist. The army defeated Dangyang, fortunately General Zilong came from Chengdu, they should now confront each other in Dangyang."

Guan Yu frowned and fell into thought: "I heard that the main force of Cao's army is in Runan. If Cao Ren is allowed to stand firm in Dangyang, he may use this as a base to go south. The existing defenders in Jingzhou are really hard to resist. I don't know if the army has a clever plan to quickly retreat. ?”

Xu Shu looked at the sand table and thought: "Although the city of Dangyang is not tall, Zilong and Yuanjian's troops are not as good as Cao Ren's. If we want to win quickly, we must go to reinforcements."

Guan Yu was gearing up: "Guan's hands are itchy these days, Yuan Zhi, you can tell me what to do."

Xu Shu looked at Guan Ping next to him and said, "Let the little general guard Jiangling temporarily, and Yun Changbing and I will split into two groups to support."

"The soldiers are divided into two groups?"

Guan Yu was dumbfounded when he heard that, Dangyang was just north of Jiangling, and it was only accessible by land. Why did the military division divide its troops into two groups?

(End of this chapter)