Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

When he was still fifty paces away from Li Ji, Gan Ning leaped off his horse and strode towards Li Ji, causing Li Ji to chuckle with amusement.

“Xingba’s horsemanship has greatly improved.”

“I practice my horsemanship diligently at all times, just so I can serve under the Marquis again, conquering and seizing flags.”

Gan Ning didn't understand the meaning of polite formalities, and he spoke frankly, even pushing aside one of the Tiger Guards who was holding Li Ji's horse.

Completely disregarding the Tiger Guard's glare, Gan Ning personally took the reins of Li Ji's warhorse, leading him towards the Guo River.

Li Ji naturally understood the hidden meaning in Gan Ning's words, and even understood what Gan Ning's horsemanship display was for.

With the pacification of Jing and Yang provinces, Liu Bei's navy was unrivaled in the world, and it was difficult to find opponents.

However, with the start of the Northern Expedition, the navy gradually had fewer opportunities to be used. The northerners were skilled with horses, and the southerners were skilled with boats. The various lords targeted by the Northern Expedition couldn't even find a properly organized navy.

This in turn made Liu Bei's navy feel like heroes without a place to use their skills, and most of them were reassigned to become transport captains.

Gan Ning and Jiang Qin, these two generals of the navy, one was transferred to Jingzhou to assist Guan Yu in controlling the navy, and the other was left in Shouchun to guard the navy and ensure the safety of the rear.

In a sense, Liu Bei's navy had no opponents, and Jing and Yang provinces naturally had a barrier to stand in an invincible position.

But Gan Ning has always been a restless person, unwilling to stay behind.

Gan Ning constantly practiced his horsemanship, and even deliberately showed off his leap from the horse, which was undoubtedly a little trick.

Li Ji, who saw through it but didn't say it, couldn't help but smile, listening to Gan Ning constantly reporting the number of money, grain, and equipment escorted.

When Li Ji walked to the bank of the Guo River, he saw that Gan Ning's eight hundred Brocade Sail Bandits were actually lined up on horseback in front of him.

“Men, why don't you salute the Marquis?” Gan Ning shouted loudly.

The next moment, the eight hundred Brocade Sail Bandits jumped off their horses in unison, actually standing on the backs of their horses and kneeling on one knee, shouting loudly.

“Greetings, Marquis.”

The salute was not the key, the horsemanship displayed was the focus.

“You may rise.”

After Li Ji said this, Gan Ning couldn't help but ask.

“Marquis, how is the horsemanship of our men? In terms of balance, I believe it is absolutely the best in the world. Our men have trained on the decks of rivers with rapid winds and waves.”

?

Li Ji.

Li Ji couldn't help but give Gan Ning a questioning look.

Practicing horsemanship on the decks of large rivers, Gan Ning can be considered a pioneer, but the problem is, what is the point of training such excellent balance?

Performing acrobatics on horseback?

“Not bad.”

However, although the use was unclear, Li Ji did not discourage Gan Ning's enthusiasm.

Perhaps it is useless in the Han Dynasty, but maybe in the future, sending Gan Ning to sea to engage in boarding battles with foreign navies, this may have a miraculous effect?

Having received Li Ji's affirmation, Gan Ning immediately followed up and asked.

“I see that there don't seem to be many cavalry under the Marquis's command. How about transferring me to lead my men to follow the Marquis's command to charge into battle?”

“Xingba.” Li Ji said.

“Gan Ning is here.” Gan Ning responded loudly.

Li Ji also dismounted, patted Gan Ning's shoulder, and said softly.

“There are others who will charge into battle. I have other important uses for Xingba.”

Li Ji's short sentence forcibly sucked away most of the energy of this fierce general, and the whole person obviously seemed to be wilted, and asked.

“I wonder what other arrangements the Marquis has?”

Li Ji took out a brocade pouch from his arms and patted it into Gan Ning's palm, and said in a low voice. “Open it when no one is around, I guarantee Xingba will be satisfied.”

Immediately, Gan Ning became energetic, subconsciously turning his eyes left and right, and quickly put the brocade pouch into his arms, pretending to be nonchalant on his face.

Immediately afterwards, Gan Ning began to assist Li Ji in arranging for his army to board the ships in batches, and then sent the army to the other side of the Guo River batch by batch.

While the ships were constantly transporting soldiers back and forth, Gan Ning, who couldn't wait, seized the opportunity to sneak into the cabin, closed the door, took out the brocade pouch and opened it. Inside was a piece of paper full of writing.

Gan Ning carefully spread out the paper, carefully browsing the contents on it, and his face was unconsciously filled with a smile.

“The Marquis knows me best.”

The more Gan Ning looked, the happier he became, and the whole person became excited.

Gan Ning looked back and forth at the paper full of writing, and forcibly saw a big "thief" character from the lines.

Perhaps Gan Ning would cough at other things.

But being a thief, for Gan Ning, the leader of the "Brocade Sail Bandits", that was his interest.

It's just that since Gan Ning joined Liu Bei's command, in addition to taking advantage of the situation to run rampant at sea under the name of "sea bandit" for a few years, he was then classified as an official army.

After that, even if Gan Ning wanted to be a thief again, he didn't have that opportunity.

Immediately, Gan Ning looked back and forth at the contents of the paper several times, confirming that he had memorized it without any omissions, then burned the paper to ashes, left the cabin and personally directed the ships to transport soldiers across the river.

Although the fleet that Gan Ning led to arrive here had as many as fifteen ships of various sizes, it still took more than ten trips to transport the 100,000 troops across the river.

And the army had been marching continuously for many days, and it was actually quite tired.

After arriving on the other side of the Guo River, Li Ji was not in a hurry, and took advantage of the supplies sent by the fleet to rest in place for a day, using meat to encourage the morale of the army, and redistributed ten days of dry food.

Li Ji then continued to lead the army westward, heading straight for the Xiang County section of the Ying River.

After Li Ji led the army away from the Guo River, the fleet responsible for supplying the army with grain and materials naturally turned around and returned along the road.

However, Gan Ning, who was originally responsible for escorting the fleet, secretly disappeared from the fleet.

At this moment, Gan Ning led his eight hundred Brocade Sail Bandits to change their clothes, change their attire, even painfully removed his favorite bell, and everyone's face was covered with a wooden mask to conceal their identity.

Eight hundred riders galloped eastward all the way, following the map left by Li Ji and heading towards a sparsely populated route, and arrived at a small village on the outskirts of Dan County in just one day.

However, this small village, which looked like about a hundred households, was quite dilapidated, and traces of looting and burning could be seen everywhere, causing Gan Ning's brows to furrow slightly.

Gan Ning once gathered a large number of young men from good families in Ba County and called himself the "Brocade Sail Bandit", but in fact he had never done anything to rob civilians.

And at that time, the Brocade Sail Bandits led by Gan Ning were very high-profile when they went in and out, marching with chariots and horses on foot, and connecting boats and ships on the water. Everyone was dressed in brocade and silk clothes, and even used brocade clothes to maintain the boats and ships, and even secretly helped civilians. (End of this chapter)