Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 57 Killing the Enemy

The next day, Gan Ning gathered his officers in the camp.After Gan Ning drank two bowls of wine alone, he poured wine for his men.

After pouring the wine, Gan Ning sat cross-legged, put the knife across his knees, and said to everyone: "Huang Zu's unfair rewards and punishments have separated us from brothers. However, I would rather not blame them than live up to my original promise." . In the past, when I came down from Yizhou to Jingzhou, Ning Bianyan would make great achievements with other scholars, and share the glory and wealth. Unfortunately, time flies, and Ning lived in poverty for several years, but achieved nothing."

"Now Ning wants to rush to the east of the Yangtze River to rebuild his achievements, just as he said in the past. You can make your own decision, follow Ning's wishes, and you can have other ideas in your heart."

Among the crowd, Zhang Heng was the first to pick up the wine bowl, drink it down, and said: "Heng Heng has been with General Heng for nearly ten years, from Bajun to Nanyang, and from Nanyang to Jiangxia. The general will share all the meat and wine with me. How can we go against what we said in the past? Wherever the general goes into exile now, I am willing to follow him!"

Gan Ning's mastery of the trilogy did not rely on the blood relationship of the same surname, but on the brotherhood between rivers and lakes, which was different from the five hundred trilogy based on family members that Huo Jun relied on, so he wanted to disintegrate Gan Ning's subordinates. You can start with money.

But if you want to use the same method to dismantle Gan Ning's bubu, it is almost impossible to dismantle Huo Jun's [-] bubu.Except for family blood relations, all the living resources of the family members of those tribes are placed in Zhijiang.Therefore, if you want to dismantle Huo Jun's tribe, the cost will be dozens or more than ten times higher.

With Zhang Heng in the lead, his brother Zhang Shun and the officers also drank and shouted in unison: "I am willing to run with the general."

"Okay!" Gan Ning said with a smile on his face: "It's night now. You can gather your subordinates and take advantage of the night to take a boat and run to the east of the Yangtze River to make achievements."

"promise!"

Shortly after Gan Ning dismissed the meeting, someone left his camp and lurked outside.

It's night, a bright moon hangs in the blue sky, and a few stars shine on the river.

Gan Ning hung a bow and arrow on his waist, a cloak on his shoulders, a Huanshou knife in his hand, and walked out of the tent.As soon as they left the camp, they saw hundreds of people gathering with torches, but there were no more eight hundred people.

Only a few dozen people died in the Jiangxia water battle. Today, thanks to Huang Zu and Zhang Feng, Gan Ning only has five or six hundred men left.However, it is pleasant but not sad. Those who have gone are greedy for wealth and honor. If they don't go now, they will go tomorrow.

"go!"

Gan Ning waved his arms, and hundreds of soldiers followed him away.

Hundreds of firelights danced in the river breeze, and the sound of footsteps echoed throughout the camp.There was such a big movement, but the patrolling soldiers turned a blind eye to Gan Ning's group, and kept out of the way, patrolling the remote areas of the camp.

"General, the camp gate is guarded!"

When everyone approached the camp gate, they saw that the camp gate was tightly closed, and there were seventy or eighty soldiers guarding the gate.The leader happened to be Zhang Feng, the bookkeeper, who was staring at Gan Ning with a smile on his face.

Zhang Feng changed his smile and said in a conspiratorial tone: "Gan Xingba, you are leading the army to act rashly late at night. What do you want?"

Gan Ning looked at that disgusting face, and in order not to make things difficult for Su Fei, he said calmly: "Master Zhang, Ning is patrolling the river at night under military orders. He is not acting rashly."

Zhang Feng sneered and asked someone to bring out the Jinfan thief who had tipped him off, and said, "Does Captain Gan recognize this person?"

Gan Ning's anger rose, he clenched the handle of the knife and said, "This man stole the army's money and food. Ning was chasing him, but how did he get into the hands of the chief registrar!"

Zhang Feng gave a loud shout and shouted: "Bold Gan Ning, you have kidnapped the sergeant and the rebels have fled, and you still dare to talk nonsense here. If you just surrender and arrest me, I will wait for you. The young general came from Queyue City, and you may be spared." You are guilty of death. Otherwise, when Su Dudu's troops arrive, you and all your men will be beheaded."

Huang Zu and Huang She, their father and son, were in Queyue City, sorting out the baggage and freeing up the camp for Liu Qi's army to move south.There were only Zhang Feng, Su Fei, Deng Long and others in the Xiakou camp, otherwise Gan Ning would not have dared to leave the camp at this time.

Gan Ning bit his gums tightly and said, "Ning and the chief secretary have never had any enmity, why are they forcing each other like this?"

Seeing that Gan Ning had given in, Zhang Feng intensified his insults and said, "The prince respects you as a righteous man, but I don't expect that your traitorous spirit is hard to change. In the past, you ruined military discipline without saying a word, and now you collude with the enemy. If you abandon your weapons and surrender, and hand over your troops, This will prevent you from causing trouble.”

After Gan Ning heard this, the fire of ignorance in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and the fire reached a height of three thousand feet and broke into the sky.

"Zhang Feng!" Gan Ning took a big step, holding the knife in his right hand and spreading his fingers on his left hand. He took advantage of everyone being caught off guard and rushed in front of Zhang Feng in a few steps.

Gan Ning grabbed Zhang Feng's neck like a chicken, and shouted: "I have tolerated you for a long time. You have been greedy for military resources and forced my soldiers to move their camps. You killed Ling Cao, but you have wiped out my achievements; today Use that money to alienate my brotherhood; I want to retreat to Jiangdong, but you press hard and refuse to give in."

In an instant, dozens of words poured out. Gan Ning's veins popped out, his eyes widened, and his face was full of anger, obviously extremely angry.

After saying that, Gan Ning clenched the long knife in his hand, and in Zhang Feng's frightened eyes, he chopped it off with one blow. Gan Ning deliberately reduced his strength, and the blade was deeply embedded in his face, exposing his pale face. Bones, blood overflowed along the blade, and he kicked Zhang Feng away half a meter away.

"what!"

Zhang Feng held his head and cried out, a steel knife embedded in his skull, hurting him to death.He was rolling all over the floor, making sounds of pain, and his brain was almost exploding, making him miserable.

"Quick~, kill me!"

Such a scene frightened the soldiers guarding the gate, and they stood blankly on the spot.Gan Ning's method was too cruel. Instead of killing Zhang Feng with a single blow, he first made Zhang Feng feel severe pain, then let him bleed to death, and slowly tortured him before Gan Ning could calm down his anger.

At this time, Gan Ning's tribe had already swarmed up, holding bows and arrows, or swords and spears, trying to get out of the camp, but Gan Ning stopped them.

Gan Ning looked at the nervous people in front of the village gate and said in a deep voice: "This is a personal grudge between Ning and Zhang Feng and has nothing to do with you. I don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately. For the sake of my colleagues, if you don't stop me, I will Wait until nothing happens and leave. Otherwise, you will know what happens to Zhang Feng."

Everyone looked at Zhang Feng, who was rolling on the ground, holding his head and wailing in pain, and took a deep breath.

When Gan Ning saw that they didn't answer, he led his troops towards the door.As they approached the village gate, they saw that the guard made no move. Gan Ning's tiger eyes stared at them as if they were looking at dead people.The guard did not dare to look directly, lowered his head and opened the camp door with his colleagues, letting Gan Ning and others go.

Not long after leaving the village gate, an emergency alert sounded in the camp, and Su Fei had just arrived belatedly.Gan Ning also looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky and sighed deeply.

Walking onto the pier, the ship was empty and unguarded. It was obviously Su Fei's action again.

Su Fei's cronies who stayed on the dock walked up to Gan Ning, raised their hands and said: "The Governor Su said that the general abandoned the army and left. Please temporarily go to the lake on the south bank of the river to avoid risks, so as not to run into the cruising navy and be arrested. A general's man. Wait until tomorrow night, and the general can find a waterway leading to the river."

Most of Wuhan in later generations is now submerged under the Yangtze River. At the same time, the lakes and waterways are also complicated. During wars, bandits often entrenched themselves to avoid being pursued by officers and soldiers.

"Okay!" Gan Ning naturally would not make it difficult for Su Fei to be a good person. He raised his hands and said, "Please rest assured, Governor, Ning will remember it. I hope that brother will apologize to the Governor for Ning."

"General, walk slowly!"

Gan Ning jumped into the fighting boat and drove away from the water village at night, heading to the south bank and hiding in the lake waterway.

After a while, Su Fei led his people to the water village, commanded the soldiers, and shouted: "At night, Gan Ning only took the main river channel, and quickly boarded the boat to search."

"Where are the lakes and waterways on the south bank?" Deng Long asked.

Su Fei said seriously: "The night is confusing and it is difficult to see waterways. The lakes are complicated and it is easy to get lost. If Gan Ning wants to travel east of the Yangtze River, he must look for the waterways of the big rivers. If Gan Ning is not seen tonight, it is possible to send people into the lakes tomorrow. "

"Okay!" Deng Long said, "According to what Brother Yunlong said."

At the urging of the two men, the Jiangxia sailors boarded the ship, turned on the lights, and chased away along the Yangtze River waterway.

Huo Jun, who traveled under the starry night, was still a step too late and did not arrive at Xiakou until the early morning of the day after tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)