Ji Han Liu Zhang

After Gan Ning's troops captured the city tower and opened the city gate, it was now clear where Chen Cang belonged.

But it's not the time to celebrate yet. After all, they only captured a city wall. There are still remnants of the Liangzhou bandits in the city. The government offices have not been captured yet, and Chencang City has not been completely cleaned.

"Brother Zichu, I will hand over this city tower to you for garrison. I will lead Gan Jiu and Lou Qi to seize the government offices and clear out the Liangzhou thieves in the city." As the commander-in-chief, Gan Ning made arrangements. He did not trust the big ones. Let all the men and horses go to the city together, without leaving any behind, but safely leaving Lou Fa to garrison the tower. He can attack when advancing, and defend when retreating. In this way, nothing will go wrong.

"No." Lou Fa said with his hands raised, and took over the task of guarding the tower. He didn't show any displeasure because he was left behind. This army was no different than usual. He always followed Gan Ning's lead in everything. Only by being united like this can he be able to do anything. Be victorious.

After Gan Ning and Lou Fa nodded in tacit understanding and trust, Gan Ning led Gan Jiu, Lou Qi and others towards the government offices in the city. Their army was like a strong wind, sweeping across at a rapid speed.

During the period when Gan Ning was attacking the city, the guard Li Wu who was in Chencang's official office was drinking wine, hugging Mei Ji, and raising and lowering his hands from time to time. I don't know how happy and carefree he was.

But the joy and ease on Li Wu's face showed an unhappy look after hearing a burst of noise coming from outside, more or less mixed with anger. He was moody and pushed away Mei Ji in his arms. , yelled towards the outside: "You damn bastards, how dare you disturb Naigong's elegant mood."

At that time, Li Wu thought that the noise was caused by the soldiers below and that the soldiers were not agile enough. But soon, he frowned, and his eyebrows were twisted into a flower. He could really hear the noise outside. In the middle, there is the sound of war drums.

With an incredible expression on his face, Li Wu was very puzzled. How could he hear the sound of war drums and fighting in the deep winter winds and with snow several feet deep? This was not a good time to use troops, nor was it possible to use them. season.

Could it be that the soldiers accidentally hit the war drum? Li Wu gave a guess, but he quickly shook his head. The sound of war drums could not be heard. It was obvious that someone was fighting to attack the city. Li Wu was even more unconvinced when he revealed this idea. He couldn't believe that someone would use troops in the cold winter. , As long as a person who knows military skills will not behave like this stupidly.

But after hearing the continuous sound of war drums, Li Wu realized that someone might really be attacking Chencang.

Soon, Li Wu's suspicion came true. A soldier who came to report the news ignored it and opened the door of the room where Li Wu was sitting, blowing in with a cold winter wind.

This cold wind poured into the back of the house, which made Li Wu, who was wearing single clothes, tremble. But what made Li Wu even more chilled was the news from the soldiers. Someone had indeed come to raid Chencang in the cold winter.

'Go crazy. Li Wu cursed in his heart that the enemy was coming. He was not living a good life, but he came to steal the city in the cold weather.

But cursing could not solve the invading enemy. Li Wu was so flustered that he could not sit still. He stood up and paced back and forth on his seat. All the officials in Chencang looked at Li Wu and waited for Li Wu. Provide measures to deal with invading enemies.

It's just that the officials in Chencang knew that what Li Wu was thinking about was not a way to retreat from the enemy, but a way to protect himself. The enemy was coming with a fierce momentum, and the passionate drums roared in the distance. Li Wu could hear clearly in the official office. Naturally, I don’t want to go head-to-head with the lunatic who is raising an army on a snowy day.

Just when Li Wu was thinking about it, another soldier who reported the news rushed over. This soldier was so panicked that he couldn't keep his mind straight. When he crossed the threshold, he tripped over the low threshold and plopped in front of the door. I fell down and was stunned. However, the soldier who reported the news did not care at all about the pain in his limbs after falling. He shouted with a sad face and a panic tone: "General, the city gate has been breached by the enemy."

This sound made Li Wuru fall into the ice cave, and his heart was chilled. It was a little too fast. First, someone came to report the enemy attack, and then the city gate fell.

"You are dolphins, you are dogs, you teach me what to do." Li Wu cursed, his face as dark as water. When reporting the enemy attack from the front, he still had luck in his heart. After all, Chencang City is a fortified city. Although he was suddenly attacked, he would not be captured so quickly, but the development of things was contrary to his expectations, leaving Li Wu at a loss.

Li Wu considered the situation and quickly made a decision. Now that the city gate was captured and the warehouse could not be defended, he had no intention of burning with the city. So there was only one way to go, and that was to run away. Run as far as you can. Stay away, save your own life first.

Having made up his mind, Li Wu put on his fur coat, called to his bodyguards, pulled out Liangzhou's big horse from the stable, got on the horse, and a group of people bolted towards the east, towards where Li Jue and Guo Si were. .

As a result, Gan Ning, who was going to Chencang's official office, was not blocked in any way and easily arrived at Chencang's official office. At the door of the official office, Chencang's officials were prostrate on the ground one by one. The leader, Chang Shi, humbly handed over the Chencang County The bronze seal and black ribbon he wore showed his loyalty to Gan Ning.

"Run away?" Gan Ning wondered.

Chang Shi bent over, with a flattering smile on his face: "General, the Liangzhou thief Li Wu just took a dozen personal guards to the east, and he has indeed escaped."

"It's a pity." Gan Ning shook his head. He had succeeded in seizing the city, but he was still not satisfied with it. He thought that the success would be achieved by killing the general, but the guard Li Wu saw that the situation was not good. He ran away quickly, but couldn't catch up, which made him feel a little regretful.

"If you run away, just run away. Find the household registration and field records in Chencang City." Gan Ning ordered. Chencang's chief minister Kangran agreed and was going to find the household registration and field records and hand them over to Gan Ning, but Gan Ning seemed to have thought of What did he say? He stopped the diligent Chen Cangchang Shi: "Where is the treasury? Let me first take this general to see... This Liangzhou thief has escaped, has the treasury been damaged?"

"No, no, the general is mighty and his attacks are unparalleled, but the Liangzhou thieves didn't have time to do anything to the treasury. The treasury is now intact." Chencang Changshi said that he was a Liangzhou thief, completely forgetting his past attack on Li Wu. He served Gan Ning diligently and kept smiling at him.

Gan Ning smiled and asked, "How much grain and grass are there in the treasury?"

"The thieves in Liangzhou will attack when they are hungry, and when they are full, they will abandon the surplus. They are also extravagant and wasteful, but there is not much food in the treasury." The long history said everything he knew.

The smile on Gan Ning's face suddenly stopped. He originally thought that if Chencang's treasury was Fengfu, he would save the need to transport grain and grass from Wudu and Hanzhong, but now it seems that Wudu Prefect Wu still needs to work hard. Yi, transferred the grain and grass to Chencang for storage in order to cope with the counterattack of the Liangzhou bandits in the future. (End of chapter)