Gan Ning strode into the tent. When he saw Liu Biao, he clasped his fists and said, "The last general, Gan Xingba, pays homage to the Marquis of Chu."
Liu Biao asked people to watch his seat, and then he said kindly: "Your master often mentions you around me, saying that you have courage that no man can match. I have summoned you today because I want you to make some achievements. Are you willing?"
Gan Ning was a subordinate of Huang Zu. In his early years, he was a water bandit on the Yangtze River, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. He drove a large ship and had conflicts with no one. Later he entered Jiangxia and was forced to the shore under Huang Zu's plan, and surrounded him.
He led the crowd to break out and killed only himself. When he was exhausted, he was captured by Huang Zu's men. Huang Zu saw that he was a fierce general and persuaded him to surrender. From then on, he also regarded Huang Zu as his leader.
Lord, follow Huang Zu around.
The relationship between Huang Zu and Liu Biao was not that of master and servant. Huang Zu formed his own faction in Jiangxia. Following the general trend, he attached himself to Liu Biao. The two were good friends, so Gan Ning would not call Liu Biao his lord, but Huang Zu his lord.
"I wonder if my lord knows about this?" Gan Ning kept Huang Zu's kindness in mind and never forgot it. He followed him around in battles. In addition, Huang Zu treated him very well, so in his heart
Only Huang Zu.
"General Gan, my lord is a dignified Marquis of Chu, and your lord is still attached to you. Can't my lord not give orders to you?" Kuai Liang said.
Gan Ning said: "The general will never have this intention, it's just..."
"Xingba!" Huang Zu came from outside the tent, clad in iron armor, and his burly figure looked extremely majestic.
"I will finally see you, my lord!" Gan Ning hurriedly bowed to Huang Zu when he saw him coming.
Huang Zu walked to Gan Ning's side, reached out and patted Gan Ning's shoulder, and said: "Xingba, now that we are facing a great enemy, it is the time to employ people. The Marquis of Chu and I are good friends, and I respect him as my master.
Nominally, you and I are both his subordinates, and there should be no distinction between us. Now is the critical moment for the survival of the Chu army.
If you fail to focus on the overall situation, the remaining 7,000 soldiers will probably be wiped out. You have the courage that no man can deserve, and now is the time for you to make a contribution. If you can turn the tide and repel the Song Army General Ji Ling
, then you have made great achievements, and it might not be a bad idea to become the governor of a county in the future."
Gan Ning was a water pirate. Although he surrendered to Huang Zu, Huang Zu was just a Jiangxia governor. His position was not very high. He was just a captain, not a general. He understood his status very well, so
After making meritorious deeds, he often distributes the benefits to his subordinates, so that he can be alone and avoid giving excuses to others.
After hearing Huang Zu's righteous words, Gan Ning said: "I will understand, I will ask the Marquis of Chu, my lord, to do whatever you want."
After hearing this, Liu Biao laughed and said: "Okay, Gan Ning, I will appoint you as a guerrilla general now. You will lead two thousand cavalry. You must repel Ji Ling and fight a bloody road."
Gan Ning cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord Marquis. It's just that two thousand people are too many. There are Song troops in front of the camp. Before the two thousand people can go out, the front will be blocked and the attention of the Song troops will be attracted. My subordinates can only
We only need a hundred elite cavalry, and we will definitely defeat the Song army and open up a way to survive."
"Hundred Cavalry? General Gan, this is no joke at this time. The Song army still has more than 20,000 people on the periphery. Just a hundred cavalry, isn't it like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?" Kuai Liang said worriedly.
Gan Ning said: "The military advisors all think so, so the Song Army officers and soldiers will definitely disagree. Although the number of hundreds of cavalry is small, Gan Ning wants to use these hundreds of cavalry to open up a way out. The Song Army officers and soldiers are already exhausted. If I only have
When hundreds of cavalry go out to fight, the enemy will definitely not send too many people to fight, which just gives me the opportunity. As long as I can rush into the Song army's camp, I can throw the Song army into chaos."
"How magnificent! General Gan is really a fierce general!" Liu Biao said happily.
Kuai Liang said: "My lord, just in case, my subordinates thought that they should send two generals, Wang Wei and Cai Mao, each with a thousand cavalry to protect them. When General Gan disrupts the Song army, they can make a big move, with the cavalry in front and the infantry in front."
From behind, we will definitely be able to break out of the siege."
Liu Biao nodded and said to Gan Ning: "General Gan, I leave everything to you."
"promise!"
Later, Gan Ning, accompanied by Kuai Liang, personally selected a hundred strong cavalry from the camp, and then gathered the one hundred cavalry together, and carried out the battle with fifty bottles of wine and fifty catties of mutton.
Got reward.
Gan Ning came to the camp, asked all one hundred cavalry to sit down, and he himself was fully clothed. He first drank two large bowls of wine in public, and then said: "Tonight I have been ordered to fight a bloody road, please drink to your heart's content, brothers.
After you have had your fill of wine and food, come with me to fight, and everyone will follow me and work hard to move forward, and make great achievements tonight."
When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other.
"General, there are more than 20,000 enemy troops outside the camp, and we only have a hundred people. Isn't this the same as a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, leading to self-destruction?"
"I won't do anything that could lead to death!"
After Gan Ning heard this, he became furious. He drew out the sword from his waist, slashed the long table in front of him with his sword, and said loudly: "A man, when you die on the battlefield with a three-foot sword, how can you do it when the country needs to serve you?"
So withdrawn? The world rises and falls
Everyone has a responsibility. As a general, I am not afraid of death, so why should you cherish your own life? The Marquis of Chu treats you well. Now is the time to sacrifice your life for the Marquis of Chu. As long as you follow me closely, I guarantee that you will
Unscathed."
Everyone stopped answering and just looked at Gan Ning with some hesitation on their faces.
"If you follow me in the battle tonight, you can still have a chance of survival. If you can't work hard with me to kill the enemy, I'm afraid the whole army will be annihilated. The lives of more than 7,000 soldiers in the camp are all in your hands. If you go, you will survive.
, stay or die, where to go, please make your own decision, I Gan Ning will not stop you, even if I am the only one to go, I will not retreat even half a step!"
Some of them were Huang Zu's subordinates. They had followed Gan Ning and knew Gan Ning's character well, so they immediately expressed their willingness to go. The rest were also inspired by Gan Ning and expressed their willingness to go together.
"That's awesome! I'd like to give you a bowl of it. I hope that when you go into battle to kill the enemy, you don't back down and move forward bravely. Only in this way can you escape death!"
"We will obey General Gan's orders!"
Afterwards, Gan Ning drank wine and meat with a hundred people. After they were full, Gan Ning ordered a hundred white goose feathers to be fetched and inserted into each person's helmet. All soldiers wore iron helmets.
He wore a helmet, wore an iron armor, and held a saber that was easy to slash. He also selected a hundred fine war horses. After feeding the war horses, he waited quietly in front of the camp.
After midnight, Gan Ning led a hundred fine cavalry to the village gate. When he saw Huang Zu and his friend Su Fei waiting at the village gate, he cupped his hands on his horse and said, "My lord, Gan Ning is going."
Su Fei was a good friend of Gan Ning and was good at using flying knives. When he saw Gan Ning leading a hundred cavalry, he felt uneasy, so he cupped his fists towards Huang Zu and said, "My lord, I am willing to go with Xingba, and we can take care of each other!"
"
Huang Zu was a general like Gan Ning, so he was naturally worried about his life and death. He immediately nodded and said: "Well, remember to protect Xingba and don't make any mistakes. We will succeed tonight, and both of you are the first.
"
"promise!"
Su Fei got on his horse, his waist was full of flying knives, and he held a saber in his hand. He was also fully clothed and wore a white feather as a badge. He rode the horse to Gan Ning's side, cupped his fists and said, "Xingba, I'm here to help you."
A helping hand!”
Gan Ning nodded solemnly and said to Su Fei: "Follow me and don't get separated."
"promise!"
Cai Mao and Wang Wei were also ready, each leading a thousand cavalry and waiting there.
"With just a hundred cavalry, aren't they going to die?" Cai Hao said disdainfully when he saw the one hundred cavalry led by Gan Ning.
After Wang Wei heard this, he disagreed and retorted: "Gan Ning is brave and very courageous. Although he only has a hundred riders, he may not be unable to make achievements."
Cai Hao snorted coldly and said nothing, but stared at Huang Zu in the distance, thinking to himself: "It would be best for Gan Ning to die in battle, and all the hundred cavalry he brought will never return, and Huang Zu can lose his
Only with the prestige and prestige can Jiangxia truly become the lord's territory."
Huang Zu and Cai Mao were not very friendly. Cai Mao had always wanted his younger brother Cai Zhong to be the governor of Jiangxia, but because Huang Zu occupied Jiangxia, he never succeeded, so he resented Huang Zu. However, Huang Zu formed his own faction, and his subordinates
There were also two strong generals, Gan Ning and Su Fei, and they had many soldiers and horses, so they endured it all the time.
Liu Biao and Huang Zu were good friends and were old friends. He didn't care that Huang Zu was in Jiangxia, and Huang Zu could always put the overall situation first, so Liu Biao also trusted Huang Zu quite a bit, even though Cai Mao said bad things about Huang Zu many times.
, Liu Biao can also distinguish authenticity.
The forces in Jingzhou are complicated, and the Cai family in Xiangyang is one of them. The reason why Liu Biao established a firm foothold in Jingzhou was thanks to the help of the Cai family, plus he won over Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue was the mastermind and planned for him. Soon,
As a result, the entire Jingzhou was loyal to itself. Basically, there were no rebellions or wars, and Jingzhou became a rare paradise and refuge in the world.
At the second watch, dark clouds cover the moon, and there is darkness between heaven and earth.
Seeing the opportunity, Gan Ning immediately led Su Fei and a hundred fine cavalry to rush out of the village gate and went straight to the Chinese army guarded by Ji Ling.
Ji Ling was always paying attention to the Chu army's camp. When he saw about a hundred cavalry coming out of the camp gate, he disapproved and sneered and said: "It's just a hundred cavalry, why do you care? Let me give you five hundred cavalry. Come forward."
Go and meet the enemy."
"promise!"
Le took the order and personally led 500 cavalry to fight Gan Ning. Le took the lead, wielding his sword and rushed over, leaving the 500 cavalry far behind. When he saw Gan Ning charging towards him, he felt strange.
, then shouted and asked: "Who is coming? Tell me your name. I will kill you with the sword if I am happy. If you don't kill the unknown..."
"Whoa!"
Gan Ning didn't even reply. When he saw that the person coming was General Lejiu of the Song Army, he accelerated his horse speed and rushed directly in front of Lejiu. He raised a knife and chopped off a head off the horse.
"General Gan is mighty! General Gan is mighty!" Seeing this, Su Fei hurriedly raised his arms and shouted. The hundreds of riders behind him also cheered up and shouted together.
Ji Ling was shocked, and then he saw clearly that the person coming was Gan Ning. He hurriedly turned around and said to Liang Gang: "Gan Ning is so brave, I will give you a thousand cavalry to surround Gan Ning to death!"