At the same time, Gan Ning ordered his troops to advance, and he was the first to rush out to meet Zhang Kai.
When he saw Gan Ning clapped his horses to greet him, Zhang Kai hesitated whether to stop. However, he thought that the people coming towards him were not Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. There was nothing to be afraid of. Anyway, his soldiers and horses were two of the opponent's.
More than twice as much, the advantage is mine.
So he continued to slap his sword and charge towards Gan Ning.
When their two horses crossed each other and the two swords struck each other, Zhang Kai felt regretful.
Just by blocking Gan Ning's sword, he knew that the opponent's force was far superior to his own.
But at this time, soldiers and horses from both sides had rushed together and surrounded them in the middle, making it difficult for them to escape.
Gan Ning didn't have so many thoughts in his mind, he just wanted to kill Zhang Kai.
The lord and his husband sent him to lead troops to Wu County as the captain because they trusted him and knew that he had the ability to kill Zhang Kai. Therefore, he had to kill Zhang Kai so that he would not let down the lord and his husband's expectations of him.
After only six rounds, Zhang Kai blocked Gan Ning's fierce offensive while looking for opportunities to escape.
Just when he saw an opportunity to escape, it was too late. Gan Ning's sword struck at him. He couldn't dodge even if he wanted to, and was knocked off his horse.
But he was still injured, and when he was about to get up, he saw an enemy soldier next to him stabbing him with a spear.
He no longer had the strength to resist or avoid it, and could only watch helplessly as the spear pierced his stomach.
Most of the soldiers and horses led by Zhang Kai were originally soldiers and horses led by Mi Fang, but now they were reluctant to fight Liu Bei's soldiers and horses.
At this moment, someone saw Zhang Kai's death and shouted loudly: "Zhang Kai is dead, we surrender!"
Many people dropped their weapons when they saw others laying down their weapons and asking for surrender.
According to Gan Ning's past temper, those who asked for surrender should all die. However, before leaving, Zhou Ping told him that he would win over all the people he could win over. If Zhang Kai's soldiers were willing to surrender, he could not kill them indiscriminately, but would use them to
To deal with the enemies of Wu Commandery, you only need to kill Zhang Kai alone.
Gan Ning ordered them to pick up their weapons and counterattack Sun Jing's troops behind them, so as to atone for their sins.
Sun Jing led 5,000 men behind him. He originally thought that Zhang Kai could defeat Gan Ning with the strength of his 5,000 men.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Kai was not only killed quickly, but his soldiers actually followed Gan Ning back.
Sun Jing's men were initially unprepared for Zhang Kai's troops and were rushed down. In the blink of an eye, three or four hundred of them died.
At this time, Gan Ning led his soldiers and horses to follow him, and Sun Jing had no choice but to abandon everyone and escape on horseback alone.
Gan Ning did not let go of the people led by Sun Jing. Even those who dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender, Gan Ning ordered them to be killed.
The people behind saw the people in front kneeling down and begging to surrender, but they could not escape death. They did not dare to surrender or fight anymore, so they had to flee in all directions.
Gan Ning led his soldiers and horses to pursue them everywhere, and they continued to pursue them until noon.
Finally, the battlefield was cleared. More than 4,000 people died in this battle, but only more than 400 people from Gan Ning's army died, more than 1,000 people from Zhang Kai's army died, and the rest were from Wu Commandery.
Gan Ning led his troops into the city, reorganized the soldiers and horses left by Zhang Kai, and killed a group of people who often followed Zhang Kai. Excluding the wounded, there were more than 7,000 soldiers and horses.
Wu County is slightly stable.
"General, Zhang Kai has been killed and Sun Jing has escaped. What should we do next?"
Gan Ning was drinking with his subordinate Wang Sima in the prefect's mansion. Although he was now the captain of Wu Commandery, Liu Bei asked him to perform the duties of the prefect. He did not have the title of prefect, but he had the power of the prefect.
"What are you doing? Didn't you hear anything in the city?" Gan Ning asked, holding up his wine glass.
Wang Sima smiled softly: "I heard it, Wu'er said that the general is cruel and easy to kill."
"Hey, since they say I'm easy to kill, I'm going to kill more. My husband persuaded the lord to send me here to kill people."
"How are you going to kill the general?" Wang Sima asked.
Gan Ning leaned back and drank the wine from the glass, and said with a smile: "You should ask me who I plan to kill?"
Wang Sima looked slightly embarrassed and asked: "Who is the general going to kill?"
"I will kill whoever is strong. Who do you think is the strongest in Wu County?"
"Of course they are from the four wealthy families in Wuzhong with the surnames Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang."
Gan Ning smiled again and said: "Then I will kill the four major surnames in Wuzhong. Now you should ask me how I plan to kill them."
Wang Sima had no choice but to ask again: "How are you going to kill the general?"
"You once followed me in Jingzhou. Do you know how Liu Jingsheng stabilized Jingzhou back then?"
"The general wants to kill the leaders of the four tribes?"
Wang Sima followed Gan Ning from Yizhou and lived with him in Jingzhou for a while. He also understood how Liu Biao gained power when he first arrived in Jingzhou.
Gan Ning shook his head: "No, their foundation has been solidified. It is useless to just kill their heads. I will uproot them."
Wang Sima was a little confused, wondering how General Gan could uproot these four major clans.
"I want to invite people from the four tribes to a banquet. You go and arrange it. Three days later, I will serve wine in the prefect's mansion and entertain all the county officials and all the people from the four tribes in Wuzhong."
Wang Sima was surprised and said: "General, I'm afraid there are not 800 people, but 500 people."
"No matter how many people there are, invite them all and leave no one behind."
Wang Sima hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
If all these people were killed, Wu County would be in ruins.
But he knew General Gan's temper and did not dare to say anything more.
The four surnames of Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang were all from Wu County. They were the families of Gu Yong, Zhu Huan, Zhang Wen and Lu Xun.
I heard that the newly arrived Captain Gan was going to give a banquet to the officials among the four surnames, and they couldn't figure out what this murderous Gan Ning wanted to do.
The most prestigious people from the four major clans gathered together to discuss.
"Zhang Kai is dead, Sun Youtai has fled to Lujiang, and Gan Xingba is now in Wu County. Perhaps he understands that if he wants to gain a foothold in Wu County, he must be on good terms with us. He entertained our clan officials as a sign to us.
Good intentions." Someone said first.
"Yes, no matter which governor he is, he will show his kindness to us after he takes office, and Gan Xingba is no exception."
"In that case, we should go to the banquet."
"Can you not go to the banquet? Don't make a toast or eat as a penalty."
"It's true. Gan Ning once killed people indiscriminately in Lujiang, and now he has killed so many of us in Wu County. It's just that they died in the war, so we don't have to worry about it. It's better to make friends with this person than to offend him!"
"He's not afraid of being offended. He dares to kill us all!"
"You can't say that. Now that Liu Xuande has gained power and his troops are strong, the Sun family has retreated to Lujiang. I'm afraid it will be difficult to advance again. We should first stabilize Ganning and wait for the opportunity."
"I agree with this statement. Ganning must be stabilized first. In my opinion, if Cao Cao is destroyed and Liu Bei becomes the only one in power, he will soon compete with General Yuan. By then, if the Sun family returns to Wu County, we can do the same.
Just like you killed Mi Fang, kill Gan Ning to avenge today and protect our four surnames in Wuzhong."
"Since all of you have said this, let us each send our clan officials to attend the banquet to stabilize Gandu Lieutenant."
The people of the four surnames discussed the results and decided to allow those who were officials in the county or county to attend the banquet as scheduled.
In fact, it was not possible not to attend the banquet. Gan Ning now had more than 7,000 horses in his hands, and they did not dare to confront him directly.
Anyway, many of the officials in the counties are from their own clans, and even those from other clans will listen to their orders.
After mastering the positions of these officials, the prefect and the captain must rely on them if they want to do anything.
Three days passed quickly and it was time for the banquet.
Gan Ning held a banquet in the prefect's mansion, and officials from four surnames in Wuxian County came one after another, more than five hundred people.
Many of them were officials in the county and were very familiar with the prefect's mansion. After entering the mansion, they saw that the courtyard was filled with tables and wine and meat were placed on the tables.
And there are dedicated people to guide them and arrange for them to be seated according to their positions.
Gan Ning was sitting in the room, and Wang Sima came in and reported: "General, everyone is here, but only a few people showed up for some reason."
"Okay, have the troops and horses been arranged?"
"Two thousand soldiers have been deployed. They are all brought from Xuzhou."
Gan Ning stood up and said with a smile: "Then let's go out and drink and eat meat with them first. No matter what, we should let them die from being stuffed to death."
He led Wang Sima out of the courtyard. All the officials stood up in a hurry to greet him, but a few people stood up slowly and had a rather arrogant attitude towards Gan Ning.
Gan Ning saw this and smiled. He walked to the front of the case and looked at everyone for a moment. Then he said: "What are you doing standing there? Sit down quickly. Don't be so formal with me. You can do whatever you want.
It’s up to you.”
After everyone watched him sit down, they all sat down.
"Ning Meng, my lord, General Liu, was kind enough to appoint me the captain of Wu County, and also ordered Ning to act as the prefect. With such an important position, Ning was frightened by it. I invite you all to come here today, for no other reason than to know that Gu Lu, one of the people in Wu County,
The four surnames of Zhu and Zhang belong to a wealthy family, and all the successive county governors treat each other with smiles. Of course, Ning is no exception. Therefore, I am inviting you to the banquet today because I just want to drink and get drunk with you. Don't be polite. If anyone is not drunk or full today, no one will
You’re about to go home. Come and drink.”
Everyone was still a little worried at first, but after hearing what Gan Ning said, they felt relieved, stopped being formal, ate and drank to their heart's content, and frequently toasted to Gan Ning.
Gan Ning accepted everyone who came, but except for the first bottle of wine, the rest of his wine bottles were actually filled with water.
After several rounds of wine, Gan Ning saw that everyone was very drunk, but now he could only disturb everyone's enjoyment.
He glanced at Wang Sima next to him, then stood up, holding a wine glass in his hand. This time the glass was filled with real wine.
"Everyone." Gan Ning shouted. After hearing the words, everyone slowly became quiet and looked at him sideways, wondering what he was going to say.
"I heard that Mr. Mifu died in this courtyard. Many of you witnessed it with your own eyes. I wonder if you did?"
As soon as Gan Ning said this, everyone was shocked.
Mi Fang, the governor of Wu County, was indeed killed in this courtyard that day.
Although the person who killed him was Zhang Kai, Zhang Kai, as the magistrate of Qu'a County, came to Wu County to see Mi Fang, so he could not bring troops and horses. His troops could only stay outside the city, and they came secretly, not allowing Mi Fang to
Know.
Zhang Kai only brought a few dozen guards into the city and arrived at the prefect's mansion. With the help of the county officials, he could easily kill Mi Fang and take over Mi Fang's troops.
Several people who had participated in killing Mi Fang looked at Gan Ning in confusion, wondering why Gan Ning said these words at this time.
"Why is no one answering? Don't you all know how Governor Mizi Fang died?" Gan Ning asked again.
Still no one dared to answer.
"Haha, there are no men in Wuzhong? You dare to do it but don't admit it!"
Gan Ning chuckled lightly and continued to ask.
"Yes, Mr. Mifu was killed in this courtyard, but he was killed by Zhang Kai." Someone finally answered.
Gan Ning looked at the man. He didn't know him anyway, and he didn't want to know him. He just asked, "Are you an official in the county?"
"Yes, I am the chief registrar of the county." The man replied.
"Very good, then you must know how many guards there are in the prefect's mansion? How many soldiers and horses did Zhang Kai bring into the city and come here to kill Lord Mifu?"
The man didn't bow his head and didn't answer. If he continued to answer, he would be admitting his guilt.
No one else dared to speak. Many of them were already sober, and those who were not sober just stared blankly.
"Do you know who Mr. Mifu is from General Liu Xuande?" Gan Ning asked again.
No one answered, and Gan Ning continued without waiting for anyone to answer: "That's General Liu's wife and brother! How dare you kill him."
"Mr. Zhou Wen'an once asked me if I dared to kill someone. I was confused at the time and thought he was joking with me. But later when I saw how serious he was, I answered him, there is no one Gan Ning dares to kill. You guys
Guess what he said next?"
"He said what if he went to Wu County to kill people with the surnames Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang?"
When Gan Ning said this, everyone below suddenly became agitated. Many people stood up and looked at him with fear and anger.
If they had knives in their hands, they might have rushed towards Gan Ning at this moment.
"Do you know how I answered?" Gan Ning looked at the frightened crowd and continued, "I said that I would not be afraid even if I killed all the people in Wu County, let alone the people of the fourth surname. But the gentleman shook his head and said it was not for me.
He just wants me to establish my authority in Wu County by killing all the people in Wu County. As for how to establish my authority, he doesn't care. As long as I maintain my authority, he doesn't allow me to kill innocent people indiscriminately."
"I was just thinking, you are all officials in the county, not civilians, so killing you can establish your authority without disobeying military orders, don't you think so?"
Someone shouted loudly: "Gan Ning, if you dare to kill us, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave Wu County! You won't be able to survive in Wu County for long!"
"Hahaha... How difficult is it for me to leave Wu County? Besides, my husband said that he just lent me this knife to establish his authority. After I establish my authority, I will return to Xuzhou. If you don't die, you want revenge.
, you can come to Xuzhou to find me."
When Gan Ning said this, he ordered Wang Sima: "Let's do it."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the house, followed by Wang Sima yelling: "Here comes someone."
Many soldiers rushed out from the corridors of the surrounding rooms. The soldiers in the front were holding crossbows and arrows, and the soldiers behind were holding swords, spears and halberds.
The more than five hundred people were really scared at this moment and wanted to rush out of the house, but hundreds of soldiers blocked the way.
They wanted to take Gan Ning hostage again, but saw hundreds of soldiers blocking their way, holding crossbows and bows at them.