Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 79 75. The Fall of a General (710)
"Don't panic, Chief Sha! Here comes Old Zhang!"

Zhang Fei shouted loudly and instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.

"Zhang...Zhang Fei!"

Gan Ning's deputy general was so frightened that his teeth were chattering. After all, who in the world didn't know about Zhang Fei's notoriety?

"General, what should we do?"

Seeing Zhang Fei coming straight towards them, the deputy general was so frightened that he quickly looked at Gan Ning.

"Ahem... step back, I... ahem... come..."

Gan Ning had difficulty speaking at this moment, like a dying man, and rode his horse to face Zhang Fei.

"Gan Ning! Today, I, Old Zhang, will fight you to the death!"

Zhang Fei pointed his snake spear at Gan Ning, but his expression seemed to show hesitancy about Gan Ning's situation.

Gan Ning was too lazy to speak. Even saying a few words would waste his little remaining strength, so he just silently raised his sword and responded to Zhang Fei's challenge.

"Go! Kill!"

Zhang Fei rushed towards Gan Ning like a raging fire. Not wanting to be outdone, Gan Ning also charged back with a kick in the belly of his horse.

"Ding! Crack."

The Zhangba Snake Spear only clashed with the Ghost Head Sword for a moment before the Sword was knocked away, spinning and directly stuck into a tree nearby.

"Gan Ning, since your health is already like this, why don't you surrender early? I can advise my elder brother on your behalf and let you become the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou navy!"

Zhang Fei knew that Gan Ning was probably just holding on, so he didn't plan to kill him, but he was still shocked by Gan Ning's current weak condition.

Judging from the fight just now, Gan Ning now has the strength of an ordinary soldier at most, and three soldiers may be able to knock him down.

Zhang Fei also admired talented people. Seeing Gan Ning's expression, he knew that since he had been captured by him, he would definitely not be able to escape, so he might as well persuade him to surrender and let him join the Han army.

"Ahem... Thank you for your kindness, General Zhang. I heard that the general once mocked Lü Fengxian as a 'slave of three surnames'. Because he changed his ways many times, he became the adopted son of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo.

Ahem… I, Gan Ning, first followed Huang Zu, but later, because Huang Zu and I were enemies, I rebelled against Huang Zu and joined the Eastern Wu. Now, if I rebel against the Eastern Wu again and return to the Han Dynasty in order to save my life, wouldn’t I also become a slave of three surnames?
I have long heard that General Zhang is a famous warrior. If I die at the hands of General Zhang today, it would be a great blessing in my life. I hope General Zhang will help me and not let me be despised for eternity just to save my life."

Gan Ning forced a smile on his pale face and begged Zhang Fei.

Gan Ning's meaning was very simple. He didn't want to betray just to save his life now, and then be cursed like Lu Bu. It would be better to die as a hero, which would make him happier.

"Gan Xingba! Why are you doing this? Don't you want to think about your soldiers? Even if you don't want to surrender, I can still take you back to the camp to treat your illness. It won't be too late to surrender after the fall of the Eastern Wu!"

Zhang Fei has always respected such heroes, so he couldn't help but continue to persuade him to stay.

"Ahem... General Zhang, please stop trying to persuade me. Lieutenant General Li, after I die, let the soldiers surrender. Don't let them die in vain.

Besides, ahem… I only ask for one thing. I hope General Zhang will cremate my body and scatter my ashes in the river after I die. I would rather travel the river for my whole life and be buried in it after I die.”

At the end of his speech, Gan Ning suddenly perked up, rode his horse to a tree nearby, and pulled out his sword, as if he had been reborn.

But everyone knew that this was just Gan Ning's last gasp of energy when he knew he was going to die. The Wu soldiers cried quietly, and Zhang Fei just sighed and raised his snake spear. Although the two did not speak, they rode their horses and rushed towards each other again.

"Pfft"

As the two horses passed each other, Zhang Fei's snake spear pierced straight into Gan Ning's heart, but the big knife in Gan Ning's hand showed no intention of moving at all.

"Danglang"

Gan Ning's body went limp and his sword fell to the ground. Gan Ning died with a satisfied smile on his face as he held the snake spear that Zhang Fei had stabbed into his heart.

Poor thief Jinfan on the river, what can he do when he is sick and comes ashore? "Alas... it's a pity for such a good man. What virtue and ability does Dongwu have?"

Zhang Fei gently pulled out the snake spear, sighed, and looked at Lieutenant General Li.

"Are you willing to surrender?"

"In accordance with General Gan's last wish, we are willing to surrender."

Lieutenant General Li was also crying heavily, sobbing and nodding.

Zhang Fei ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, burn Gan Ning's body, and take Gan Ning's helmet and sword as a token of trust to report to Liu Bei's central army and fulfill Gan Ning's last wish.

……

"Lu Boyan, if Xiu Yuan hadn't been here, I'm afraid your evil plan would have succeeded. Fortunately, God has been kind enough to let Xiu Yuan come with me, so that I can defeat your fire attack plan. Now I will give you a cup of poisoned wine so that you can die peacefully. Do you have any other opinions?"

Liu Bei looked at Lu Xun in the tent. Lu Xun shook his head with a calm expression. He had known for a long time that he would not survive. He intended to burn Liu Bei to death. If he fell into his hands, Liu Bei would not let him go for both public and private reasons. Being able to be killed by a cup of poisoned wine was already a great blessing.

"Xiu Yuan, go prepare a cup of poisoned wine and let Lu Boyan go."

Liu Bei waved his hand and asked Feng Xi, a good opponent who defeated Lu Xun, to see him off for the last time.

“Wow—”

Feng Xi personally poured the wine and prepared a pot of distilled wine mixed with a lethal dose of poison, and walked into a quiet and deserted tent with Lu Xun.

"Does Commander Lu have anything else to say? Feel free to ask."

Feng Xi sat in the tent and looked at Lu Xun. Only the two of them knew about the conversation at this moment.

"Commander Feng, there is something that Bo Yan does not understand. I hope you can give me some advice."

Lu Xun also looked at the fragrant wine in front of him and asked.

"Please say."

"Why were the Han troops under your command able to remain calm in the face of danger? In fact, in my opinion, they were fully prepared for fire prevention. How could you be so sure that I would use fire attack?"

Lu Xun really wanted to understand Feng Xi's thoughts, he didn't understand where he lost.

"Haha, if it weren't me, Commander Lu might have won. After all, the Battle of Yiling burned down the camps, not only killing more than 100,000 elite veterans of Ji Han, but also almost all of Ji Han's second-generation generals. As a result, when Prime Minister Zhuge later led the Northern Expedition against Cao Wei, he had no soldiers to use and no generals to send."

Feng Xi smiled and answered the question irrelevantly, but a look of surprise flashed in Lu Xun's eyes.

"Governor Feng's intention..."

"At that time, Wu Ban and Zhang Nan had been besieging Yi Ling City for a long time. Suddenly, Feng Xi arrived and said that the Shu army was defeated, so he led his army to rescue the First Lord. Only then did Sun Huan escape. While Zhang and Feng were marching, Wu soldiers attacked from the front and Sun Huan rushed out from Yi Ling City from behind. They attacked from both sides. Zhang Nan and Feng Xi fought hard, but could not escape and died in the chaos."

Feng Xi calmly recited a passage from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After a moment's thought, Lu Xun immediately understood what Feng Xi meant.

"It seems that my defeat was not unfair. I wish General Feng a safe journey and hope he can recover the Central Plains."

After Lu Xun finished speaking, he picked up the wine in front of him, drank it all in one gulp, sipped the taste, then picked up the wine jug and started drinking.

Feng Xi didn't say anything and stood up and left the tent.

"bang"

The wine jug fell to the ground and the man fell down.

Feng Xi only felt that a kind of mysterious shackles between heaven and earth were broken.

(End of this chapter)