three kings

Chapter 197
Yidu County.

Huang Zu led the remnants of the defeated army and fled westward for forty miles, finally stopped, turned south at Su Fei's suggestion, and the whole army temporarily stationed in the small county of Yidu.

The small county of Yidu has a population of less than a thousand households and lives very poorly. It is a veritable small county.

The meeting house was set up in a relatively wealthy mansion.

"General Su, how is the collection of food and grass?" The three armies did not move, and the food and grass went first, because the back road was cut off by the Tibetan tyrants, and the supplies could not be delivered.But Huang Zu, who made a wrong judgment, made him lose all the food he carried with him.As a last resort, I had to attack the nearby people in order to delay some time.

"It's not optimistic. Yidu County is not a big county with a population of just over [-]. Most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. The food surplus is extremely scarce. The food they can ask for is no more than three days' rations for the army." Su Fei said worriedly, Without food, they have no choice but to die.

After hearing this, Huang Zu also showed an anxious expression.Suddenly he saw Gan Ning, whom Su Fei was attacking, and a plan to abandon the car to keep his handsome man appeared in his mind.Immediately smiled and said to Gan Ning: "This is General Xingba! I was too busy a few days ago, and I haven't thanked the general for saving my life. I am really ashamed."

In fact, it was because he looked down on Gan Ning that he never brought up this matter. Even though Su Fei wanted to ask him for Gan Ning's contribution, Huang Zu only ordered him to be a general with a halberd.

The kindness at this moment is entirely due to the need to give to others.

Gan Ning was a little flattered, he had already given up on Huang Zu, but he didn't expect Huang Zu to mention his merits again, he couldn't help feeling a glimmer of hope in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Protecting the general is the responsibility of the last general, I dare not take credit for it. "

Huang Zu was very friendly and praised: "What a general who doesn't seek fame and fortune. I have missed the previous unreasonableness. Since General Su Fei always said that your talent is superior to his. Ke Hanyang Water Village also shows that the general is wise and brave. Shuangquan, how about I appoint you as the 'Central Guard Army'?"

As soon as these words came out, all the generals around shot jealous eyes at Gan Ning.

The official position of the "Central Guardian Army" is not small, with an official rank of two thousand shi, equal to the prefect (equivalent to the first level of senior officials in prefecture-level cities). The whole army, except Su Fei, the governor, belongs to Gan Ning's official rank Highest.

Gan Ning himself was amazed by Huang Zu's respect. He thought that his talent could be put to good use, and he was moved to take over the position of 'Central Guard' immediately.

At noon, Huang Zu called for guards to ask if Gan Ning was in the camp. When he found out that he was behind, he immediately went to Gan Ning's tent, swayed from side to side, and sighed.

"Hey... what should I do..." While sighing, he still muttered to himself, not to mention Gan Ning's high martial arts skills and keen six senses, even people who are not familiar with martial arts will not be so alert.

Therefore, Gan Ning walked out immediately and asked, "Master, are you here to see Ning?"

"Hehe!" Huang Zu showed a smile uglier than crying, and said, "It's okay, General Gan misunderstood, I'm here to find Governor Su."

Gan Ning's military tent is next to Su Fei, Huang Zu's words are also reasonable.

"Then you..." Gan Ning felt that Huang Zu had something hard to say.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Huang Zu said: "It's just that I don't know how to say some things. Now the situation is grim, and there is a very important thing for Su Dudu to do. However, Su Dudu is too upright. Uncomfortable. But this matter must be done, so I am in a dilemma!"

"I don't know what it is, if you trust me, I will be willing to help you." Gan Ning was worrying about being in a high position, but he had no real meritorious service. Seeing that there is a big event, there is no reason to let it go.

"This..." Huang Zu was a little embarrassed, "I can do it, but I will wrong the general."

In fact, what he was waiting for was Gan Ning's words.

"As long as it is beneficial to our army, it is the next best thing to be wronged or not." Gan Ning showed great generosity.

Huang Zu sighed: "The general is aware of the current situation. Our army only has enough food for three days. After three days, our army will be in a desperate situation without food.

However, the common people are unwilling to help us and assist us in defeating the enemy.But if there is no food, then our army will be wiped out.As the so-called extraordinary time, do extraordinary things, I plan to forcibly fight for food, and return the food to the people after capturing the Hanyang water village.

This is the way to get the best of both worlds.But you must know the character of Governor Su, he would not agree to do anything.Therefore, in a dilemma, do not know what to do. "

Forcibly fighting for food is actually nice, but it is ugly to say that it is grabbing food and robbing the people of food.If it was Huang Zu's army who did it, then if the news spread, Huang Zu would lose the hearts of the people and be cast aside by the people of Jingzhou.Therefore, he needs a scapegoat. There is no doubt that Gan Ning's predecessor was a bandit, which is one of the necessary factors for a scapegoat.

Gan Ning didn't know this, because in his mind Huang Zu didn't intend to call this task on himself.He thought for a long time, and said in a deep voice, "This method is a last resort, and I would rather take on this important task."

Huang Zu was very moved, knelt down and said: "On behalf of the whole army, I thank General Gan for his life."

Gan Ning was also very excited, and said: "Gan Ning has no regrets to be treated so favorably by your lord."

He didn't know that the adults in his mouth were planning to kill him in this way.

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Hanyang Water Village.

After Zhang Fei defeated Huang Zu, he cleaned up the battlefield and stationed in Hanyang Water Village again.

"Where are Huang Zu's defeated troops fleeing now?" At this moment, Zhang Fei still did not forget his promise to Sun Can.

"According to the news from Tanma, Huang Zu withdrew to Yidu County not far away. It is said that the other side's army food is in a hurry, and troops are sent everywhere to collect food from the nearby people. However, the people are all afraid of officials like tigers. How can they give food to tigers?" Zang Ba didn't plan to let Huang Zu go, and found out his whereabouts.

"By the way..." Cangba suddenly remembered something and said, "If I guessed correctly, the person who plotted to take the 'Hanyang Water Village' from our army is most likely the Jinfan thief who ran rampant across the river. — Gan Ning.

Not long ago, this person fought against Yu Ba.At that time, our army was victorious, Gan Ning led a hundred cavalry alone, advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, commanded well, and held our army back tightly, unable to pursue.His martial arts skills are also above that of a tyrant, and he is indeed a rare general.If he can be persuaded, he will belong to our army and be used by the lord.With the heart of the lord who loves talents, he will be extremely happy. "

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "That's right, we will fight in the future. Lao Zhang will capture him, just persuade him."

Zang Ba smiled wryly, Zhang Fei was sometimes confused and sometimes astute, I really don't know which one is the real him, no matter what, let's do it by ourselves, hoping to find out the accurate information worth using of Gan Ning.

The two chatted for a long time, and were about to disperse, when suddenly the sentinel came to report that a group of ships was approaching this place.

Both Zhang Fei and Zang Ba showed serious expressions. They had experienced many battles and commanded the charge without fear.However, they knew nothing about naval warfare.

Zang Ba was surprised: "How did Xiakou get the news so quickly? In order to prevent troops from Xiakou port, I specially asked the soldiers to hang the Huangzu army flag high, so that the soldiers in Xiakou would not notice anything strange."

Zhang Fei said calmly: "Let's have a look first. If it doesn't work, let's get out of the gate and fight in the village. We may lose in the water battle, but we don't have to be afraid of him in the land battle."

"En!" Zang Ba also calmed down.

The two quickly rushed to the depths of the water village together.

When they went up to the Shuizhai tower, Zhang Fei and Zang Ba jumped into the distance.

I saw ten ships coming slowly from a distance, two big ships and eight small boats.They were evenly divided into two teams, each with four smaller boats.But the strange thing is that the four small boats are in a square shape, located at the four corners of the big ship, and they feel like guarding the big ship.

If you look closely, the small boat is fully armed, but the big boat doesn't have any noteworthy equipment.It is suspicious that there are many bags of things on board.

"It's so strange! What exactly does the other party want to do?" Zhang Fei had a question in his head.

"I don't know!" Cangba was not much better.

At this time, a small boat came across.

Zang Ba looked at Zhang Fei to see what instructions he had.

"Let him come over and see what he said? What are you going to do?" Zhang Feiyi was bold and fearless.

After a while, the boat sailed over, and one of the people on the boat shouted: "Master Huang, are you coming? We are ordered by Pang Gongcao to bring food to your lord. Please open the gate of the village."

Zhang Fei and Zang Ba looked at each other stupidly, covered their mouths one after another, and forced themselves not to laugh out loud.

Cang Ba suppressed a smile and said: "An unintentional move, an unintentional move."

It turned out that in order to prevent Xiakou from increasing its troops, Zangba didn't let the soldiers remove the banners on Hezhai.Therefore, Xiakou didn't know that the Hanyang Water Village had fallen, and sent people to support Huangzu's army rations according to the agreement.

It was so unexpected and so funny.

Cangba replied loudly: "Master Huang is fighting Sun Can's army at the front, and he has no time to take care of him. He ordered me to receive the rations here. You go back and open the gate of the village immediately."

Immediately, he took away everything related to Sun Can's army, and asked a hundred soldiers to change into Jingzhou soldiers' armor and weapons, and set up an ambush.

Looking at the slowly approaching grain fleet, Zhang Fei suddenly thought: "I think I have a way to conquer Xiakou and sit on the natural danger of the Yangtze River."

Zang Ba looked at Zhang Fei, then at the grain transport fleet, understood what Zhang Fei meant, and said joyfully, "Although it's a bit risky, it's doable."

As long as Xiakou is conquered, Jiangxia County is like something in the bag. Breaking one of the four Jingnan counties means opening the door to the south.

Since the door is lost, how can Jingnan not fall.At that time, as long as Sun Can's army crosses the Yangtze River from Xiakou and marches south, how can Jiangxia, Wuling, Changsha, and Lingling resist Sun Can's army?
PS: I drove out all night and went to sleep.

(End of this chapter)