On the Yangtze River, I saw a scout from the old water village. People in small boats came to Gan Ning to report something. Gan Ning glared at him because he took the call smoothly.
"Fleet? Didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to have any ideas about the fleet in the future?" Gan Ning said displeased.
"No, no, General Gan misunderstood. It was a small discovery. The fleet was not a caravan, it seemed... an army! Looking at the draft of the ships and the size of the fleet, there were about four to five thousand people." said the scout.
"Four to five thousand troops? Do they have flags? Which way are they going?" Gan Ning asked quickly.
"The sky was too dark, so I couldn't see clearly, but there must be no obvious signal. It's heading north!" the scout said.
"North...so fast?" Gan Ning asked in surprise.
They had also heard before that Zhang Xun, under Yuan Shu's command, led troops to "annihilate" Bai Tu.
For this reason, many of the heads of other water villages were upset, and some even wanted to regret it. As a result, Gan Ning purged them again - so they came back nearly half a month later than planned.
But even though Gan Ning had confidence in Bai Tu, he never expected that Zhang Xun would be beaten so quickly that he would rush north in a hurry!
Apart from this, Gan Ning could not think of other possibilities. After all, Bai Tu only had three counties and was not yet firmly established. It was impossible to train so many soldiers and take the initiative to attack north...
There is only one possibility - Zhang Xun's defeat!
"I originally wanted to take advantage of this critical moment to provide help in the snow... Bah, Yuan Shu's idiot!" Gan Ning muttered, and then said to the scout: "Immediately call all the leaders, and come to my boat within half an hour, saying that I am willing
Xingba has something important to say!"
"Yes, I am here to inform all of you 'generals'!" The scout also emphasized that he is a "general" and not a "master".
Gan Ning, who had just made a slip of the tongue, was so angry that he almost capsized his boat. The scouts quickly rowed the sampan to retreat...
It didn't take long before I saw the "college captains" wearing battle armor, passing by small boats one after another, jumping over.
But there were also two others who flew over directly...
One is a black battle armor, with thick arms, as if there are two arm shields, dark skin, facial features, as if they were cut out by knives and axes, and a slight beard.
The other one is wearing a gray battle armor. At first glance, it looks similar to the basic wood and stone battle armor. However, if you look closely, you can see that he has all the gilded battle armors!
Even the low-key helmet on the head seems to be in the shape of a bamboo hat, and the young-looking face also looks a bit dull...
"Xingba, why are you so anxious to find us?" the black-armored general asked, and another gray-armored general who seemed dull and low-key also looked over.
"Hahaha, Brother Youping, Brother Gongyi... don't be anxious, wait until everyone is here! Of course it's a great thing, it seems we can have a big fight before surrendering to my lord!" Gan Ning said
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Those called "Youping" and "Gongyi" were none other than the leaders of the other two groups of big water thieves in the Yangtze River - Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.
Today, on the Yangtze River, the "Jinfan Thief" is the leader, but similar to them, there are also two other groups of water thieves, namely the "Common Thief" Jiang Qin and the "Fen Yong Thief" Zhou Tai.
Gan Ning's Jinfan Thief is known as the strongest among the Yangtze River water thieves, and he is also the most brave in the Yangtze River. However, due to his personality, he was the most popular in the past, and the leaders of each water village were convinced that it was the commoner thief Jiang. Qin.
Zhou Tai, on the other hand, was known for fighting without his life, and all of his men were desperadoes. He had the smallest number among the three thieves, but he would not dare to provoke anyone.
With Gan Ning's dog-faced temper, he had had conflicts with Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai before, especially with Zhou Tai. The two had also fought to the death. However, after Jiang Qin's reconciliation, the two were considered to be incompatible. Don't know each other.
This time Gan Ning was on the Yangtze River, convincing various water villages to join. In fact, the most important thing was to persuade Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and everyone else was "persuading (physics)".
"Ha, to be so loyal and loyal to you, Xingba, I think Bai Gong must be outstanding, and Qin is also looking forward to it." Jiang Qin said honestly.
"Not bad, not bad." Gan Ning tried his best to keep his expression unchanged so as not to let them know that he was persuaded by Shu Brocade.
Soon the former heads and current uncles of the other seven or eight water villages had arrived.
"I've called you all here this time because I have a 'big deal'. As long as it's done... you'll be able to show your face first when you join the lord's army in the future!" Gan Ning said.
"Well? Xingba, didn't you say that... Bai Gong has repeatedly issued orders not to do business without capital?" Jiang Qin asked doubtfully.
"Hahaha, Brother Gongyi doesn't know something. The big business I'm talking about is naturally not done with caravans, but with the army! Not far away, there is a Huainan army of three to four thousand people who were defeated. They must have been killed by the lord. Defeated, they are rushing north in a hurry, we just have to cut them off on the river..."
This is the section of the river where the water flow is relatively slow. In Gan Ning's opinion... it is simply a feat that fell from the sky!
After listening to Gan Ning's words, not to mention Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, several other uncles also changed their expressions at this time.
"General Gan...are you saying that my lord has defeated Yuan Shu of Huainan?" a uncle asked nervously.
"Although Yuan Shu is not very capable, he is good at cultivation and has been a landowner in Huainan for so long, so he is not easily defeated. However, someone has said before that with the abilities of my lord... and General Lu, they are just a mere fool." Xun, you can break it with a snap of your fingers!" Gan Ning said.
That uncle obviously seemed to retort, "That's not what you said in the evening!"
Before, Gan Ning wanted to take them to help Qu'a and provide help in times of need. However, several leaders regretted this and did not dare to confront the powerful Yuan Shu. They even wanted to join Yuan... but naturally they had already made Yangtze River fish food. .
"What? Then what other possibilities do you think there are? Could it be that Zhang Xun won a great victory and sent thousands of messengers back to report the good news?" Gan Ning asked disdainfully.
"Okay! I think Brother Xingba is right this time. What's more, there are only capital-free transactions in the world, and there is no risk-free transaction!" Zhou Tai spoke up at this time.
Gan Ning glanced at him and wanted to say - Don't just rely on your age to act like a big man, you are obviously one year younger than me!
Seeing that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin also agreed, other uncles were either forced or wanted to give it a try, so they all agreed to Gan Ning's plan. At this time, less than half an hour had passed since Gan Ning got the news.
Not long after, Zhang Xun was woken up by his men in the boat, which made him even more exhausted after having had a nightmare for half a night!
"Suicide? What do you call it?" Zhang Xun asked angrily to the ordering soldier.
"General, no, it's not good! It's Yangtze River water thieves..."
It's okay if I don't say this, but when I mention it, Zhang Xun becomes even more angry - I am a famous general in Huainan, but I am reduced to being robbed by water thieves?