At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

After hearing Liu Zhang's words, Gan Ning's blood surged immediately, and the last trace of doubt in his heart disappeared completely.

If Liu Zhang abides by the emperor's order and has been guarding his three-acre land, what is the use of the navy?

But it is different if there is a guarantee, it shows that Liu Zhang has the ambition to fight for world hegemony!

Liu Zhang himself is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, so it is not impossible to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor after he conquers the world in the future!

Doesn't Gan Ning have the opportunity to be a servant of the dragon?

Thinking of this, Gan Ning became even more excited, and once again made a solemn promise to Liu Zhang.

"My lord, leave everything to the last general! Jingzhou, Yangzhou navy, the last general will definitely crush them!"

"it is good!"

No matter what the results are, having such domineering confidence is enough to make Liu Zhang feel at ease.

"A single thread cannot form a thread, but a single tree cannot form a forest! Does Xingba understand this truth?"

Gan Ning is well-versed in poetry and books, so he understands this simple truth.

"What does my lord mean?"

Liu Zhang looked in the direction of Jingzhou, with a hint of hope in his eyes.

"Xingba, after so many years of fighting, I will understand a truth. No matter how strong a person is, it will be difficult to achieve a great cause! If you want to make a great achievement, you cannot do without the help of many talents!"

"I was going to play in the Yellow Turban at the age of fifteen. If I didn't have the help of these advisers and generals, I would definitely not be able to get to where I am today."

Looking at Liu Zhang's admiring and expectant eyes, Gan Ning nodded with some understanding.

"My lord, is there someone you like?"

"That's right! We are in troubled times, and heroes will come out in troubled times! I wouldn't dare to ask for all the talents in the world to belong to my subordinates, but I also look forward to the help of talents like Zhang Liang and Chen Ping in my heart!"

Looking at the Yangtze River rolling down in front of his eyes, Liu Zhang's thoughts could not help drifting into the distance.

On both sides of the Yangtze River, I don't know how many talents have gathered!

Originally, Liu Zhang didn't have such long-term thoughts. After all, it involved too much, which could easily lead to counterproductive effects.

However, Gan Ning's obedience made Liu Zhang's mind active!

If Gan Ning had returned to Liu Zhang normally, he would not have dared to take any risks. What if Gan Ning was sent to Jingzhou and Yangzhou and never returned?

Didn't Liu Zhang lose his wife and lose his army!

But now it is different, Gan Ning is loyal, and the monarch and his ministers hate to see each other too late! Gan Ning has no reason to turn his back on him!

"My lord, please order! Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, Gan Ning will never frown!"

Gan Ning was very excited, Liu Zhang's trust in him was no less than that of his reborn parents!

"Xingba, I ordered you to lead the Jinfan battalion down the river, but you can't use the banner of our Yizhou army, and still use your previous name, Jinfan thief!"

Let Gan Ning use the banner of a bandit, so Liu Biao's attention is not easy to attract, and he can move more freely.

"Obey!"

"I don't have too much extravagance. You only need to find four people for this trip. If you can't do it, you must find three of them!"

Liu Zhang thought about it carefully, and two of them should have no difficulty, while the other two said it was not very good.

"My lord, if the other party would rather die than surrender, how should we act? Do you want to..."

Gan Ning's face turned hard, and there was a murderous intent in his eyes.

Liu Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly, what Gan Ning said was a method. But after thinking about it again and again, Liu Zhang gave up.

If killing is done in vain, it means that Liu Zhang's heart has begun to be cowardly. He is afraid of the world's talents, so he can only use killing to cover it up.

"No need, everyone has their own aspirations, and there is no need to force them. But those who are willing to come, remember to move to Yizhou with their families."

Gan Ning nodded, this kind of thing is no different from the previous robbery, it is not too simple for him.

"Of course, my lord, please tell the last general which four people they are."

Liu Zhang moved closer to Gan Ning's ear and began to whisper.

Gan Ning's face was shocked from the beginning, but gradually became serious.

Three days later, Gan Ning was ready, and under Liu Zhang's farewell, he led the Liubai Jinfan Battalion down the river and headed straight for Jingyang.

After appointing Xu Huang to take full charge of Yufu's defense, Liu Zhang did not continue to stay here, and led Dian Wei and Yan Yan back to Zhi County.

Zhixian County is not very far from Jiangzhou, so there is no need to garrison soldiers alone, and the county magistrate of Zhixian County is still served by the former Yan family's children.

Liu Zhang led all the soldiers under his command and returned to Jiangzhou together with Yan Yan and his 10,000 men.

Berkshire has completely calmed down, and the post of Berkshire prefect has become the top priority.

Berkshire has a vast territory and is connected to Jingzhou. Liu Zhang must appoint someone with superior intelligence and trust.

After much deliberation, Liu Zhang could only leave Xun You as the prefect of Berkshire for the time being, and choose a candidate after Berkshire's hearts and minds completely returned.

Although the 14 counties of Berkshire had all surrendered, Liu Zhang still didn't dare to be careless. He not only left Xu Huang to guard Yufu, but also left Wu Yi, Wu Lan and 10,000 troops to Xun You to arrange for him.

In a blink of an eye, it was already December, and the New Year was approaching soon, Liu Zhang could only part with Xun You even though he was reluctant to part with him.

It lasted three months, in fact, the battle with Zhao Wei was only one month, and it was also a big county that Liu Zhang pacified the fastest.

This is the result that Liu Zhang couldn't even imagine when he conquered Shu County on the third road!

With the pacification of Berkshire, Liu Zhang's soldiers were completely liberated.

The Hanxing Battalion led by Zhang Liao and the Po Jun Battalion led by Zhang Ren have been in Berkshire for a year, and now they can all return to Chengdu with Liu Zhang.

Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan and their 70,000 troops finally arrived in Chengdu, Shu County, to protect Liu Zhang at the end of December.

The Yizhou government has been successfully moved to Chengdu. Jia Xu led a group of civil and military soldiers to welcome the triumphant army ten miles away to praise Liu Zhang's great achievements.

It took Liu Zhang only nine months from when he sent troops from Luocheng in March 192 to when he returned to Chengdu triumphantly with his army in December.

In one breath, Shu County, Qianwei County, and Ba County were pacified, and Jia Long, Ren Qi, and Zhao Wei were completely eliminated. They openly opposed Liu Zhang's forces.

This trip not only regained the three most prosperous armies in Yizhou, but also recovered countless civil servants and generals!

Such as Yang Hong, Fei Shi, Zhang Yi and other civil officials, Gan Ning, Yan Yan, Shen Mi, Lou Fa and other generals!

Except for the 10,000 troops under Yan Yan's command, which remained unchanged and still belonged to him, the rest of the captives were all sent to the fields of Shu County.

After nine months of conquest, Liu Zhang squandered all the food stored in the original Hanzhong and Guanghan counties!

Fortunately, Chengdu in Shu County and Jiangzhou in Berkshire seized countless military rations, but they still couldn't supply Liu Zhang's wanton squandering.

With the expansion of the territory, the increase of captives and the surge of soldiers under his command, Liu Zhang needs more and more food and grass. Although there are more than one million shi of food, it is not enough to squander!

This is not to say that Liu Zhang needs to pay his subordinates 'salaries'!

The imperial court can no longer count on it, and all the expenses of the entire Yizhou in the future will fall on Liu Zhang himself.

In other words, not only food and grass, but also money has become a problem that Liu Zhang must face.

(end of this chapter)