Three Kingdoms

Just when Cao Jun finally captured Fancheng, Gan Ning stood on the rock in the Dajing Mountain near Xiangyang, with the wounds on his body wrapped diagonally with cloth strips. He was so exposed to the autumn wind that he seemed to have no health problems at all. Feel something cool.

Gan Ning likes brocade, thick fur, roasted beef and mutton, mellow and fragrant wine, and the concubine with delicate skin and charming smile...

But here now, there is nothing.

There was no wine, no meat, no beauties with their arms and legs exposed and clamoring to defeat the moon, just a group of foot pickers exuding the stench and rotten smell.

After being tricked by Cao Jun and Cai Mao, Gan Ning was also injured. He originally wanted to escape back to Xiangyang, but Xiangyang fell in the blink of an eye. Where was the Xiangyang that was promised to be defeated by Fancheng? Is this still iron? Isn't it a fake reed stick?

The previous hard battle had left Gan Ning's armor in pieces, and his hair was stuck together with blood, sweat, and dust. Even if Gan Ning didn't look in the mirror, he knew that his current image was far from majestic, and could even be said to be in a state of embarrassment. , but Gan Ningyou had a nonchalant smile and stared at the twenty or thirty Jingzhou soldiers under the rocks.

Although most of these Jingzhou soldiers were from Jingzhou, they were Gan Ning's private soldiers. Whose food do you eat and who do you work for?

Gan Ning has not lost his fighting spirit, and his former reputation has not completely collapsed. Therefore, even though Gan Ning is defeated and in a state of embarrassment, his former private soldiers will follow him unless Gan Ning breaks the contract.

To be honest, it didn't matter to Gan Ning whether Jingzhou's surname was Liu or Cao, because the contract between Gan Ning and Jingzhou ended the moment Liu Jingsheng died. As for Liu Cong, Gan Ning has always looked down on him, let alone the idea of ​​renewing his contract. The only thing that made Gan Ning unhappy was that he lost the water battle. Gan Ning was not convinced. Whenever he thought about it, he always felt angry.

"Everyone! 』

Gan Ning looked at his men below.

"I was injured earlier, but fortunately you all won't leave me!" Here, thank you in advance! 』

"One thing to say, now Jingzhou has changed people, and I don't want to serve you anymore... But you all can follow me, so that we can get together and part ways!" Finally, I always have to prepare some break-up expenses for you! But everyone has seen that I am empty-handed now, hahaha, but..."

“But it doesn’t exist here, which doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist in Xiangyang City! Hahaha, Erdan, you look like a coward. I didn’t say you were going to rob the city. I said you were going to Xiangyang Water Village! 』

"I was originally the captain of the Xiangyang Marine Corps. Damn, that was my territory!" My belongings! Now it's been robbed by the Cao thief! I'll take it back again! Divide it for you! Is this a problem? ! I am here to explain it clearly to you! It's yours to take as much as you can! I don’t want a penny! I just vent my anger! 』

"Whether you want to eat meat or dirt, it's up to you!" Men who still have balls, just come with me! I say it again, I don’t want a penny of gold, silver or wealth, you will share it all! After this job is done, the gang is disbanded. If you are willing to follow, you can follow me. If you are with me, you will be with me. If you don't want to follow, it doesn't matter. Even if it is a expense for you, the mountains and rivers will be far away in the future. If there is still a chance to meet, Let’s drink wine and eat meat together! 』

"How about it? Do you want to do it?" ! 』

Gan Ning's eyes swept over them like an eagle.

Under the rock, there was silence for a moment, and then someone shouted: "Fuck you!" If a person dies, his eggs will fall into the sky, and he will not die for tens of millions of years! I want to eat meat and drink wine! Fuck you! 』

"right! Eat meat! drink wine! Fuck you! 』

Arms that were either dirty or bloodstained were raised high, and pairs of eyes that were either muddy or bloodshot showed ferocity...

Outside Xiangyang Water Village.

Gan Ning squatted in the reeds and clicked his tongue twice.

"Damn it, it's all useless... Look, there's not even a fucking checkpoint, tsk tsk, this Jingzhou water village is useless..."

Several fire-headed soldiers staggered out of the water village, carrying two wooden barrels and preparing to fetch water a little further upstream.

Does the water village also need to fetch water? Of course, Shuizhai is not a fish steak! People are still stationed on the shore, and because they live on the shore, are there general waste and excrement...

Therefore, the draft naturally has to be fetched a little upstream.

Gan Ning was familiar with this, so he focused on these fire-headed troops.

After a while, several muffled sounds came from the reeds, and they disappeared lightly into the sound of water. After a while, several fire-headed soldiers were seen walking back carrying water, shaking and shaking. , just sprinkled water all the way to the water village gate.

Gan Ning squinted and looked at the water village gate that was getting closer and closer.

There seemed to be someone on the wall who stuck out his head to take a look, then muttered something, and then retracted.

Just as Gan Ning expected, Jingzhou Water Village was actually completely relaxed, as if it was undefended.

This is not surprising at all.

The main generals of Cao's army are all fighting in Fancheng, and only Han Hao is in charge. So, as Cai Mao and other people who were originally able to manage the navy in Jingzhou, will they be so stupid that they don't even care about the importance and rush over to take charge of the navy soldiers? Naturally, it is better to stay in the city than to do too much, so of course there are only two or three big cats and kittens left in the water village on the outskirts of the city. Without the chief officer, they start to let themselves go...

What's more, almost all the ships in the water stronghold have been transferred to Fancheng. There are not many soldiers in the water stronghold, and there are not many ships in the water stronghold. Of course, no one will pay attention to it.

After staggering into the camp gate, Gan Ning bumped into a Jingzhou sailor.

The Jingzhou sailor didn't pay attention at all at first. After taking two steps, he suddenly turned around, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Gan Ning: "You, you, Nini..."

"Mother Mu, make a batch!" 』

Gan Ning stepped forward and kicked the Jingzhou sailor over, then threw the bucket and shouted, "I'm back!" If you don't want to die, get out of the way! 』

Although Gan Ning did not have many men, his momentum was not weak at all. The soldiers in the naval camp were either chatting in twos or threes, or taking a nap listlessly. When they suddenly heard Gan Ning's howl like the earth was shattering, they were as shocked as a marmot, and their eyes widened. Liu Liu's eyes stretched out his neck in a daze.

By the time someone reacted, Gan Ning had already grabbed two swords, opened his bow left and right, slashed all the way, and rushed towards the Chinese army's tent. Gan Ning's private soldiers also followed closely behind him. The few unlucky ones who stood in front were either chopped down or kicked down, and rolled to the side while screaming miserably.

"Gan Ning, Gan Xingba is here!" Who is in the Chinese army? Come out quickly and fight! 』

Gan Ning shouted, becoming more and more excited. His swords danced like windmills. Wherever the blades scraped, warm and sticky blood splashed everywhere. For a moment, he was so powerful that no one could stop him.

Gan Ning's private soldiers also understood and shouted together with Gan Ning. Although there were many more people in the navy camp than Gan Ning and others, Gan Ning was originally the chief official here and his power was still there. In addition, On the one hand, Gan Ning was heard yelling to find the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, and the soldiers who came to stop him involuntarily slowed down, becoming somewhat hesitant.

You're not looking for me anyway, so there's no need to rush up to you, right?

Just like when you are in danger, if you shout for help, no one will often come forward to help. If you specify someone to call an ambulance or the police, they will most likely cooperate...

Taking this opportunity, Gan Ning swung his sword left and right, and immediately killed the soldiers in front of him, and then rushed to the front of the Chinese army's tent. At this moment, the door curtain of the Chinese army's tent suddenly opened, and the guard Sima Wangtu came out of the tent. The killer comes out!

Wang Tu was assigned by Xiahou Dun to rush back to Xiangyang with the remaining ships to prepare and assemble the goods. He originally planned to have a good rest today and set off tomorrow, but he never expected that Gan Ning would come to kill him, and he suddenly felt an unknown fire in his chest. It just surged upwards, especially when the Jingzhou sailors in the naval camp hesitated to advance. Gan Ning rushed into the Chinese army's tent in a blink of an eye, which made Wang Tu furious and even made up his mind to wait. After killing Gan Ning, he wanted to ask Xiahou Dun to order all the Jingzhou soldiers in the water stronghold to be dispatched and rectified!

"That thief!" Take your life! 』

Wang Tu shook off his spear and charged straight at Gan Ning.

Wang Tu had a hood on his head and was wearing armor, with arm guards and shin guards on his arms and calves. He was completely well-defended. Gan Ning, on the other hand, had neither a helmet nor armor, a tattered battle robe on his body, and even the The sword was also snatched by Gan Ning temporarily. It was not the one he was accustomed to using on a daily basis. The gap between the two people in terms of equipment was not small.

Therefore, Wang Tu was very confident, and there was only one thought left in his mind: kill Gan Ning in front of him!

At that moment, Wang Tu and Gan Ning looked at each other, and at the same time they saw deep murderous intent flashing in each other's eyes.

Gan Ning kept walking and rushed forward, because Gan Ning knew that offense was a kind of defense. If he fought a war of attrition with Wang Tu, who was fully dressed, Gan Ning would definitely lose. While approaching Wang Tu, Gan Ning waved his left hand, and the sword whizzed straight towards Wang Tu's face!

Wang Tu quickly tilted his head and flew over with his sword grazing his helmet. When he saw Gan Ning running towards him, he shouted, "Good luck" and shook the spear away. Several spear flowers were shining brightly towards Gan Ning's face. Prick the chest and abdomen!

Wang Tu's spear had just been thrust out, but he didn't expect that another black thing would hit his face!

"what? ! 』

Wang Tu, who had just dodged the sword, couldn't help but be startled. He subconsciously deflected the spear and opened the black shadow, but he didn't expect that the gun tip would not feel any force after touching it!

This black shadow turned out to be the dingy rag robe that Gan Ning was originally wearing!

be cheated!

When Wang Tu looked for Gan Ning again, he suddenly couldn't see Gan Ning, as if he had disappeared out of thin air!

Human eyes, like many organs in the human body, are designed by the Creator to bring out higher wisdom, so some things just need to be used. Just like the human stomach and intestines are not as capable of storing food as those of cows and camels, the human lungs cannot exchange oxygen during breathing like birds, and the heart and other internal organs are inferior, and the same is naturally true for the eyes. There is a blind spot on each side, especially when one eye is covered, this blind spot is extremely fatal!

Although Gan Ning did not understand human anatomy and physiology, years of licking blood from knife edges made him self-taught in certain aspects. He first used a sword to deflect Wang Tu's head, and then used the rags on his body to cover Wang Tu's head. Half of his line of sight had shrunk into the blind spot of Wang Tu's perspective when Wang Tu realized something was wrong, and then he slashed out with a sharp knife!

Wang Tu howled and tried to block with his spear while trying his best to twist and dodge. However, Gan Ning's sword skills were fast and urgent. How could he just hide at the drop of a hat? I saw Gan Ning's sword passing over the armor on Wang Tu's chest, cutting out a string of sparks and then a flash of blood appeared!

If there was no armor, Wang Tu would have had his chest and abdomen ripped open immediately with this sword blow!

However, Wang Tu was not much better now. Gan Ning's sword was raised diagonally. Wang Tu's chest was armored, but there was no armor on his head and face. Suddenly, his lower jaw was sliced ​​diagonally by the blade. Bones were visible and his teeth were broken. Fei, even the eyeball on one cheek was almost brought out! The blood spurted out with a pop, and Wang Tu didn't even have time to scream, before he fell to the sky!

The guards behind Wang Tu were horrified. They raised their swords and guns without hesitation and stepped forward to slash and stab Gan Ning. They snatched Wang Tu and walked back...

After all, Gan Ning was not wearing armor, and he still had old wounds on his body. He did not dare to be too dissolute, so he had no intention of exchanging injuries with these soldiers. After avoiding counterattacks and cutting down Wang Tu's guards, he looked at The figures of Wang Tu and others who were fleeing in embarrassment sneered and stood proudly, "Who else dares to fight with a certain person?" ! 』

Cao Jun, Wang Tu and others were defeated, and the remaining Jingzhou soldiers in the water stronghold were all Gan Ning's former subordinates. For a while, there was silence, and no one dared to respond.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Gan Ning laughed, and suddenly saw one of his former team leaders standing not far away. He pointed his sword and said, "Come here!" Someone asked you, how much goods and luggage are there in the village? ! 』

"This..." Beads of sweat rolled down Qi Ling's forehead, "I don't know... um, but I saw a lot of new equipment on the ship at the back..."

"Lead the way!" "Gan Ning casually pulled off a piece of armor from the corpse of Cao Jun who died on the ground. He didn't care about the blood stains, so he put it on his body. Then he swung the blood-stained sword and looked straight back as if no one was around. Then he saw that it was full of armor. The cargo ship was moored on the shore and laughed, "This is what God has given us!" Kids, take whatever you want! Jingzhou is finished! I quit! These goods are the final military pay I will give you! 』

After a while, two or three boats left the water village and went down the river, and standing on the bow was Gan Ning and Gan Xingba, who was laughing with his arms akimbo...

After a while, some people ran out of the water village sporadically, and then more people, and then the fire started to rise, and black smoke billowed...

……(o?▽?)丿……

Gan Ning felt at ease and had clear thoughts, but Zhuge Liang and Liao Hua had some headaches when they arrived at Wumingwu Fort.

After Cao Jun attacked the military fortress, Wumingwu Fort, located south of Zhuyang, began to shrink on a large scale, and accelerated and tightened the screening of refugees, disrupted all personnel, reorganized and resettled them, and constantly claimed to report the conspiracy. Although there are no specific matters to report in most cases, such laws as rewards for going against the rules, sitting together without reporting, etc., have also brought great trouble to those Cao spies mixed in.

After all, it is possible to avoid the sight and inspection of the hussar soldiers, but trying to avoid everyone's sight from day to night, among the crowds of refugees, is tantamount to difficulty reaching the sky.

The spies of Cao's army were disrupted and were in a predicament of being unable to communicate with each other, and they were always looked at with suspicion by the people around them. Some of them wanted to provoke trouble and resist, but they were quickly suppressed. Some of them fled under the cover of night, while others did not receive instructions and became "refugees" out of ignorance...

In fact, it is relatively easy to distinguish between ordinary soldiers and suffering refugees to a certain extent, mainly in terms of food. Most of Cao Jun's spies carry some dry food to meet unexpected needs, and refugees, in most cases, are naturally what nothing. Therefore, as long as you carefully identify it, you can still distinguish it, but it will take a lot of time and energy.

And time is something that seems to be insufficient at any time.

Especially ordinary people who have no military concept, even if they are ordered to speed up, they still procrastinate. It is not that these refugees deliberately delay, but the delay caused by relatively disorder. If they are allowed to move, we will often see that this person is too tired to walk. After this person has had enough rest, he can leave, and the other person comes again. When you are tired, three to five hundred people can walk out of the queue of three to five miles...

"This... is an oversight..." Zhuge Liang said with a frown, looking at the refugees around him with a headache.

Zhuge Liang expected that there would be refugees here, but he did not expect that there would be so many.

This kind of thing has been unavoidable since ancient times. After all, even in later generations who have basically escaped illiteracy, there are still people who can block the door of the high-speed train to indicate whether their husband is coming, and there are still people who grab the steering wheel of a moving bus driver just because I missed the platform and had to get off.

Everyone has their own reasons, and even if someone warns and persuades them repeatedly, they may not listen.

It is easy to infer the behavior of Cao Jun, because Cao Jun’s generals are rational and will choose the most correct and advantageous direction to command and arrange their troops, but what about the behavior of these refugees...

Zhuge Liang sighed. These refugees are undoubtedly the sweetest bait, so that Cao Jun may arrive faster than Zhuge Liang expected.

Zhuge Liang's original plan was to set fire to the chasing Cao Jun at the Wumingwu Fort. This would block Cao Jun's pursuit, and on the other hand, it would also prevent the repair of the Wumingwu Fort from being in vain. It fell into the hands of Cao Jun, but now there are so many refugees here who have not evacuated in time, which disrupted the original plan.

Retreating from Fancheng does not guarantee that Cao Jun will pursue it. After all, Cao Jun has already captured Fancheng, so he can choose not to pursue it. But now that Fancheng has been burned, it is completely different. The number of remaining people in Fancheng obviously could not satisfy Cao Jun, and the refugees at Wumingwubao naturally became an excellent supplement for labor.

It’s the best of both worlds, and many people must be willing to do it. Therefore, the possibility that Cao Jun will directly launch an army to pursue has increased a lot... So from this aspect, Zhuge Liang's plan was originally interconnected, but if he set up an ambush at Wumingwu Fort according to the original plan, even if Successfully ambush Cao Jun, it also means that a large number of refugees will be burned to death by fire, even if they do not die from swords and guns!

what to do?

This unexpected situation has become an urgent problem for Zhuge Liang and Liao Hua to solve. Before Zhuge Liang and Liao Hua thought about how to operate, soldiers from a distance came to report eagerly and nervously, saying that they were responsible for cutting off the rear. Xu Yu was defeated by Cao Jun and returned seriously injured!