The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 120 Gan Ning's Encounter
However, Li Yuan remained motionless, as if he had turned into a log. He stood on the bank and stared at the water thief leader. After a long time, he called out, "Gan Ning, why are you here?"

Hearing Li Yuan's voice, Gan Ning also found Li Yuan, because Li Yuan changed into a suit of armor, he didn't recognize him at first, and he didn't notice him until Li Yuan spoke.

"General Li, why are you here?" Gan Ning asked in surprise.

"I sent troops to attack Lujiang two months ago and defeated Yuan Shu, so I lived in Lujiang temporarily." Li Yuan felt a little puzzled, "Brother Gan, why did you attack my Lujiang port?"

"Misunderstanding, all of this is a misunderstanding." Gan Ning's face showed bitterness, as if a dumb man could not tell because he was suffering from Coptis chinensis.

Li Yuan felt that Gan Ning would not deceive him, and said, "In this case, why don't you go back to Lujiang with me first, I thought you had already gone to Liu Biao's place."

Gan Ning said dejectedly, "Oh, let's not talk about Liu Biao, General Li is right, I'd better go to Lujiang with you first."

Li Yuan, Gan Ning and Ji Ling led the soldiers and water thieves back to Lujiang. Ji Ling brought [-] soldiers and horses back to the school grounds. Go back to the prefect's mansion and ask the servants to arrange a banquet.

After a while, the banquet was arranged, and Li Yuan poured a glass of wine for Gan Ning himself, and then poured another glass himself, and said, "Brother Gan, I haven't seen you for two months, and I am very happy to meet you again now. I respect you."

Li Yuan drank the wine in one gulp, and Gan Ning also finished the wine in the glass, saying: "It is also my good fortune to get to know General Li."

After drinking for three rounds, Li Yuan began to ask: "Brother Gan, you and I didn't know each other on the river back then. You said you were going to seek refuge with Liu Biao. Why did you appear in Lujiang again today?"

"Oh, it's a long story." Gan Ning sighed, regretting that he didn't listen to Li Yuan, so he told Li Yuan in detail what happened in the past two months.

It turned out that Gan Ning went to seek refuge with Liu Biao two months ago. He first met with Huang Zu, because Huang Zu was a very important general under Liu Biao and controlled Liu Biao's navy. Even if Gan Ning wanted to seek refuge with Liu Biao, he must be under Huang Zu's command. So he wanted to see Huang Zu's attitude. If even Huang Zu didn't want to see him, then it was even more impossible for him to meet Liu Biao. This was also Li Yuan's suggestion to him.

When Gan Ning went to look for Huang Zu, Huang Zu didn't pay much attention to him, even looked down on him, because Gan Ning was born as a water thief and was well-known in the waters of Jingzhou. He also fought against the Jingzhou navy, so Huang Zu didn't like Gan Ning very much, but his subordinates knew that Gan Ning was brave, so he suggested that Huang Zu meet Gan Ning, so that Gan Ning could meet Huang Zu.

Although Gan Ning met Huang Zu, he also expressed his willingness to serve him, but Huang Zu's attitude towards him was lukewarm, and he was unwilling to take him to meet Liu Biao. It can be said that the meeting between the two was not very pleasant. But because of Gan Ning's bravery, Huang Zu finally accepted Gan Ning, but what happened next was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

Although Gan Ning took refuge in Huang Zu, Huang Zu and some other generals were unwilling to pay attention to him because they disliked Gan Ning's status as a water thief. Because of this, Gan Ning began to be isolated. Soldiers were often bullied by subordinates of other generals. For the sake of the overall situation, Gan Ning often urged his subordinates to be patient.

Until one day, even Gan Ning couldn't bear it anymore, and even beat up several generals, which almost caused a serious conflict. After learning about it, Huang Zu blamed Gan Ning in public without asking the reason, and taught him that he didn't discipline his subordinates well. In fact, he was wrong It wasn't Gan Ning, but other generals, but Huang Zu favored others and targeted Gan Ning everywhere. In the end, Gan Ning couldn't bear it anymore and led his soldiers to leave Jingzhou. He wanted to go to Xuzhou to join Li Yuan. He also regretted that he didn't listen to Li Yuan's words. , if he had taken refuge in Li Yuan early, he wouldn't have to suffer from such sulking.

Gan Ning heard that Li Yuan was leading an army to attack Yuan Shu in Lujiang, so Gan Ning set out from Jiangxia and led hundreds of men to Lujiang. Therefore, the soldiers stationed at Lujiang Port thought it was water thieves, so they shot with bows and arrows before the Gan Ning ships landed.

Gan Ning repeatedly explained that he was looking for Li Yuan, but the soldiers stationed at Lujiang did not believe it. In desperation, Gan Ning ordered to capture Lujiang Port first, so the two sides fought, but Gan Ning was very restrained and knew that he They came to seek refuge with Li Yuan, not to make trouble for him, so he asked his subordinates not to attack too hard, so the soldiers in Lujiang Port did not suffer too much damage.

Because there were not many soldiers stationed at Lujiang Port, less than 100, they were quickly defeated by Gan Ning.Not long after Gan Ning came ashore, Li Yuan and Ji Ling led the army. At that time, Gan Ning did not recognize Li Yuan, and saw that there were so many enemy soldiers and horses. He had only a few hundred people under his command. He was sure to be defeated, so he ordered to go back to the ship, intending to disembark from other ports, and then go to Xuzhou to find Li Yuan, but Li Yuan recognized Gan Ning just as he was about to leave.

After hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahahaha, Huang Zugou sees people as inferior and doesn't know talents. It's really cheap for me. Brother Gan, now that you're here, don't leave. Army, but I have never been able to find a suitable general to train and command, you are the most suitable candidate, I wonder if you are willing to serve me?"

"General Li, why did you treat me so well?" Gan Ning was a little flattered. When he first came to join him, Li Yuan let him take control of the navy, which is how much trust he has in him.

"With your talent, it is more than enough to train a navy. I believe that as long as you have the same force, Huang Zu will never be your opponent." Li Yuan attached great importance to Gan Ning's ability.

"Don't General Li dislike me for being a water thief?" Gan Ning had been discriminated against by Huang Zu, and worried that he would have the same experience with Li Yuan.

"Brother Gan, don't worry. As the saying goes, don't ask where a hero comes from. How can I, Li Yuan, be short-sighted? I always only look for talents and don't ask about background. As long as you have the ability, no matter how humble your background is, I won't dislike you. You know that Liu Pi, Guan Hai and others, they also served as the Yellow Turban Army, and now they work under my command, and I have never disliked them, so you can rest assured, as long as you are loyal to your duties, I, Li Yuan, will treat each other honestly."

Li Yuan's words convinced Gan Ning that such a lord was worthy of his dedication.

(End of this chapter)