Three Kingdoms

Is Gan Ning just asking casually?

Obviously not.

Gan Ning didn't seem to be very interested in Samoko. Gan Ning had a rough-and-tumble character, so he was somewhat displeased with Shamoko who spoke out loud.

The problem is that Shamoko doesn't know this, or he thinks it's nothing, but that doesn't mean he doesn't look at his face. Although Zhuge Liang comforted him, Shamoko still looked at Gan Ning with a face that was not very happy, but felt uneasy in his heart.

Zhuge Liang stood up with a smile, took the tea from the guard on the side with his own hands, poured it for Samoko, "Drink the tea." Tea needs to be drunk hot to live up to its fragrance. ” He looked at Samoko’s still frightened expression and said with a smile, “Leader Sha, don’t worry. Think about it, why did General Gan ask me about these things? Isn’t it just to help you take the position of the Barbarian King of Wuling? Otherwise, what would we have you do here? In fact, in the eyes of General Gan and me, you have long been the Barbarian King of Wuling, but..."

At the beginning, Shamoko couldn't hide the smile on his face, and his mouth almost reached the back of his head. But when he heard Zhuge Liang say "it's just", there was a bang in his heart, and his throat was pulled again. Eyes and hands shook, and most of the bowl of tea soup fell on the palm of his hand. However, he didn't care that the tea soup was hot to his hands, and he hurriedly asked: "Zhuge is engaged in work, I... I admire Hussar very much. I told my men before." Those are all bastard words, they were all uttered drunkenly... General Gan! Zhuge is engaged! Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously! 』

Zhuge Liang smiled and reassured, "Don't worry, Chief Sha. Sit down and talk." General Gan and I are just here to remind you... It's not a bad thing to want fame and position... The soldiers and generals under the Hussars are also ranked according to the rank of the Han Dynasty, from the lowest-level account supervisor, all the way to Sima Military lords, captains, lieutenants, generals, all have levels... Why do we have these levels? I just want to give people a thought and a goal... Take me for example, I am currently in an official position, but my other official position is Shangshulang, and even higher up, I am minister. The purpose of my coming to Sichuan is Accumulating meritorious service can lead to promotion as soon as possible. As for General Gan, he is General Zhechong. He also wants to go further, such as fighting vigorously and so on... and so on. 』

"It's like a ladder. Everyone goes up step by step. This is the hope..." Zhuge Liang smiled, "As for me, my talent is limited. If I can build a thousand stones, it's not bad. General Gan has extraordinary abilities. The future is bright, and one day I will be promoted to the Zhengzhen clan..."

Gan Ning couldn't help but blush at Zhuge Liang's words. He tried his best to keep the corners of his mouth from going to his ears. He just moved his hands randomly, but he couldn't bear to say a word of denial. Gan Ning naturally understood what he was saying. It's just Zhuge Liang's intentional show of kindness, but everyone wants to hear nice words, not to mention that Gan Ning also longs for him to be able to take a step forward. Who doesn't want to have a good mouth with a knife licking blood? Is it possible that you are still happy if you are shot to death by a barbarian arrow next time you go into battle?

Gan Ning did not dare to hope for a higher position, but the Four Town Generals were still Gan Ning's desire to reach on tiptoe.

Zhuge Liang bowed his hands to Gan Ning, and then continued to say to Shamoko: "Chief Sha, although I don't know very well how your positions are divided, but... you now promise to give two of your subordinates the right and left generals." , regardless of whether it's a little early, let's just talk about your two subordinates. How many merits do you have to secure the position of general? Sha Tou leads you to be extremely brave, and you have no problem being the Barbarian King of Wuling. So, do your two men have the ability to match the generals? If you don't have this ability and are easily knocked down by others, what will other people think of you? And you have raised your two men to the position of generals from the very beginning. So what will happen next for them? The king of left and right? So what's the difference with yourself? If we don't promote them, but promote others, will they feel comfortable in their hearts? Chief Sha, we are all doing this for your own good... You have to think about it carefully..."

Shamoko was not too stupid. When Zhuge Liang said this, he understood the truth after thinking about it. He stood up and saluted Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang, and then said with shame: "I understand." , this...I did do something wrong...but what should I do now? me……"

Zhuge Liang and Gan Ning looked at each other but did not speak immediately.

"well! I was wrong! Damn it, I'm really..." Samoko slapped his mouth, and then looked at Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang helplessly, "I... If I tell them that I regret it, I'm afraid... Hey, this……"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Sha chieftain values ​​​​promise, this is very good." As the incoming Wuling Barbarian King, you need to keep your word in front of your tribe and other Southern Barbarians... So you need to be careful with your words and not make promises easily... This is really for your own good..."

Zhuge Liang's eyes were clear and his attitude was sincere.

Shamoko was so moved that tears filled his eyes, he nodded repeatedly, and then looked at Zhuge Liang expectantly, "Zhuge is engaged in this, what should I do now?" 』

Zhuge Liang actually had an idea, but he did not laugh loudly to show that even a child knew what to do as depicted in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Instead, he frowned and thought seriously. When he felt a little restless, he slowly said: "What can I do? I can only think of one thing for the moment...for this matter, you still have to find General Gan..."

Gan Ning raised his head and stopped the pen he was signing, "Huh?" I? 』

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Exactly." Chief Sha, you are the Barbarian King of Wuling who was personally conferred by General Hussar. Although the edict is still on the way, it is basically certain... Since you have accepted the canonization of the Han Dynasty, then naturally you must also have the Han Dynasty under your command. The canonization can be regarded as justified, right? As for General Gan, his subordinates also have some positions as captains and captains. You might as well ask your subordinates if they want to get the official position of Han Dynasty first, or if they want to wait for the edict to come back to Wuling and then we can all divide the titles together..."

"that's it? ” Shamoko didn’t know what was going on and turned to look at Gan Ning.

Gan Ning frowned, thought for a moment, and nodded, "That's a good idea." You have not broken your promise, and you have also given your subordinates a formal big man position. When the time comes for promotion, you will take the big man position, so that they will have no complaints and have enough motivation to obtain more merits. …Not bad, not bad, a good idea! 』

Hearing that Gan Ning said the same thing, Shamoko naturally responded without any response. He was delighted and waited for Gan Ning to fill out two unscrupulous letters of resignation for the appointment of a school captain. After thanking Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang, he took the complaint with him. The clerk went to find his two men, leaving Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang looking at him and smiling.

"Okay, I've finished what you asked me to do..." Gan Ning clapped his hands and glanced at the direction Samoko left, "Let's get down to business, this Jiangdong... Haha, it's really a shame to return a hundred thousand troops. It's not a big deal. The last time we attacked Jiangbei, we were talking about 100,000 yuan. And the last time, we really treated people like fools? Or is it that Jiangdong has the extraordinary ability to spread the beans into soldiers, so that anyone can get a hundred thousand soldiers together? 』

In fact, Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang got the news earlier. Regarding the numerical value of Shamoko's nervous Jiangdong 100,000 troops, Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang had the same attitude, it was just a "claim".

Not to mention the Wuling area where there are more South Vietnamese than Han people. Even in Jiangzuo, Wu County and other places where Han people are concentrated, if you want to gather 100,000 people without any preparation, it will not be possible in a month or two. Get things done. Even among the entire Han Dynasty, only the standing legions under the Hussars General could be dispatched immediately with an order, while the county soldiers from all over the country had to wait for the assembly of logistics arrangements and so on. The same is true for Shandong, except that what can be deployed at any time is not the troops under Cao Cao's command, but the troops of each general.

Taking the soldiers and horses in central Sichuan that Zhuge Liang is familiar with, the only ones that can set off on the same day are the Chengdu standing army in the hands of Xu Shu, the standing army in the hands of Yan Yan in the Babei area, the Badong camp in the hands of Gan Ning, and General Xu Huang The command is biased towards the legions in southern Sichuan. Of course, there would be no problem if the remaining regions and counties dispatched dozens or hundreds of troops, but it would be troublesome if they deployed thousands. If it is a large county, it will take about three to five days to assemble more than a thousand local troops. If there are tens of thousands of people, it will take five to seven days. And this is still in the area under the Hussar. If there is no armament in those weekdays, it will be even more Without local inspections to assist in dispatching, it is not impossible to gather tens of thousands of people in a month...

Not to mention issues such as grain and grass reserve scheduling and so on.

There are definitely not 100,000 people in Jiangdong, but 20,000 people should be about the same. But even with 20,000 to 30,000 people, the Wuling Barbarians may not be able to resist.

Of course there is no problem for Gan Ning to send troops immediately, and only Gan Ning can do so.

Yan Yan is in Babei and Xu Huang is in southern Sichuan. Even if these two people can come over, their ability to command ships and combat operations will not be as good as Gan Ning's.

Gan Ning and others have the right to attack first when it comes to rebels and bandits within their jurisdiction, and can deal with them directly before reporting them. However, for cross-border attacks, of course they need permission, at least Xu Shu's written authorization.

Even Xu Shu had to report to Hussar before he could give the order, so it would take some time. This was part of the reason why Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang would not discuss sending troops to Jiangdong with Shamoko and intentionally digressed into the topic.

Therefore, it was not a problem for Gan Ning to send out to help Shamoko deal with Jiangdong soldiers. The problem was time. Even if he took the fastest flying pigeon route, it would take seven to ten days. How to come up with a conservative estimate of ten days, or how to delay Jiangdong's progress, became the question Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang were thinking about at the moment.

After a while, Zhuge Liang clapped his hands gently: "General Gan, I think we can consider another direction... Why do you think Jiangdong sent Huang Gai and Huang Gongfu as the general to command the army when Jiangdong conquered Wuling?" 』

"What's the meaning? Gan Ning was confused, "Is there any strategy to deal with Huang Gongfu?" 』

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed with luster, "Not yet, but...I thought of another thing..."

……ヾ(^▽^ヾ)……

After Huang Gai received the military order, he took his troops and the soldiers from Jiangdong who had just gathered, boarded the boat, and went upstream. He arrived at Yunmengze the next night, and then repaired for a day before continuing his journey. .

The Wuling area is mountainous, and no matter how many Jiangdong soldiers there are, they can't spread out into the mountains. At most, they can only march along the river to quell these southern barbarian thieves in the river area. Of course, most villages and counties are also near water sources. For example, the so-called Five Streams are not small streams on the mountains, but five rivers, which then converge into Yunmeng Daze.

In the Han Dynasty, these areas were basically the territory of wild beasts, birds and insects.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Chu royal family often came to Yunmengze for hunting. Later, many stories happened around Yunmengze.

It's just that neither stories nor myths have any effect on the development of the Yunmengze area in the Han Dynasty. The Han people will not come out all the way to line up on the mountain road just because of the beautiful mountains and rivers in Yunmengze or Wuling. One is looking at the other's butt, so there are not many people in this vast area.

Among this small population, South Vietnamese make up the majority.

In this area that is outlined with water, you may not see any people even if the boat travels for an hour or two. Occasionally, you can see some dirty or naked Nanman or woodcutter. It stood still like a groundhog and roared, then retracted into the forest with a rustling sound.

Most of Jiangdong soldiers are very accustomed to life on boats. For them, boats are like their mobile tents, mobile kitchens, and strong camps. Therefore, these soldiers did not feel that this crusade against the Nanman Yue people in the Wuling area of ​​South Vietnam was so difficult. Most of the soldiers even felt relaxed, as if they were participating in a large group outing.

The previous crusade against South Vietnam was indeed relatively easy.

The Nanman Yue people also had boats, but boats could not be used for fighting on land. Anyone could chop some wood and bamboo and use them as weapons, and they could also kill people. On the water, the gap between a big ship and a small boat is just like that between a giant and a child. Except for some light skills that can float on the water, basically if the ship is destroyed, there will be no use of any martial arts...

Just like in history, during the Battle of Chibi, our classmate Huang Gai did attract a lot of limelight because of his coquettish position, but because he was too coquettish, he was set on fire by Cao's army, resulting in the destruction of his boat and his martial arts. He couldn't use it and almost drowned. Fortunately, Jiangdong soldiers recognized him as a friendly army and fished him out. Otherwise, he would have been buried with Lao Cao's troops.

The gap in boat technology meant that neither the Wuling barbarians nor the Nanman Yue people in other areas could compete with Jiangdong soldiers. Jiangdong could choose at any time where to land and where to attack the Yue people, but even if the Nanman Yue people had a certain advantage in the mountains and forests, they could not cause any decisive harm to Jiangdong's soldiers on the boats. Therefore, the people of Nanyue are also called Shanyue by the Jiangdong people.

Jiangdong soldiers thought they were dealing with South Vietnam, so they were naturally very relaxed, but Huang Gai's expression was anything but relaxed.

Before he commanded the Jiangdong Army, he went to see Zhou Yu.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't even believe his eyes.

Just two years ago, Zhou Yu was still very healthy. Whether it was a boat or a war horse, there was nothing that Zhou Yu couldn't do. A battle in Jingzhou almost consisted of Zhou Yu rushing back and forth. In the end, he not only captured the population and goods in southern Jingzhou, but also After snatching Sun Er Lunzi back from Cao Cao's tiger's mouth, it seemed that in the blink of an eye, Zhou Yu turned into a piece of paper, and if the wind blew stronger, it might be blown away...

Huang Gai knew that Zhou Yu was sick before, but Huang Gai didn't know that Zhou Yu was so seriously ill. He used to think that Zhou Yu was just taking advantage of illness to avoid trouble. After all, didn't those Jiangdong nobles, even Erzhang and others, often get sick easily and then thank guests behind closed doors?

What surprised Huang Gai even more was that there was Sun Quan beside Zhou Yu.

Huang Gai tried to find some falsehood in Sun Quan's expression, but Huang Gai discovered that Sun Quan was really like a disciple around Zhou Yu, doing his best and being sincere...

This made Huang Gai feel that Jiangdong finally had some hope, and he also wanted to catch Sun Quan and beat him up.

What were you doing earlier?

It's just that in this world, the most expensive and marketable medicine is the regret medicine.

If beating Sun Quan could change Zhou Yu's physical condition and restore Zhou Yu's health, Huang Gai would of course beat Sun Er stupidly without hesitation, but Huang Gai saw that Zhou Yu's complexion was ashen, with only some redness on his cheeks. , Huang Gai could only remain silent.

Huang Gai had seen this look on many people's faces, and without exception, those people all died soon after. It's not that Huang Gai has any magical powers, but that Huang Gai has been in battle for a long time and has seen too many people die from injuries and illnesses.

But what Zhou Yu told him later made Huang Gai's hands and feet feel cold.

Jiangdong's time is running out...

It's not that Jiangdong is about to collapse, but that there is not much left for Jiangdong to be the "destiny" window for the entire world.

Destiny is like a door. There are only two doors. The one who goes in first will inevitably close the door, and then the newcomers will be stuck outside.

In Zhou Yu's view, Fei Qian and Cao Cao each had one foot on the threshold, and the two sides were in a stalemate, while Jiangdong didn't even have a place to step in. The fisherman's profit plan is indeed wonderful, but the problem is that everyone wants to be a fisherman, so the first one to be eliminated is still Jiangdong.

The problem in Jiangdong is like this large mountainous area in front of us. There are rivers, woods, birds, and animals, but there are just not enough people!

If there are no people, nothing can be done. In an era when you have to thank God for having a child, once there are no people, the roads in Jiangdong will soon be covered with weeds.

Therefore, Zhou Yu dragged his body and said those words that were related to Jiangdong's future destiny, which shocked Sun Quan and also moved Huang Gai...