Xiakou, Jiangxia Mountain.
Yuan Yao led his people to climb up and stand up, with all the eight-mile camp at their feet.
"Old Huang, are we afraid that we have fallen into a trap?"
"Such a big camp, but the defense is so empty, it can't be a trap for us!"
Yuan Yao looked down at the battle situation in the entire Xiakou camp, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Huang Zhong was wiping his sword beside him. It was stained with a lot of blood when he attacked the mountain just now.
"No, young master, you are overthinking this. This is simply because the defenders are small."
"If there is an ambush, we should come out while we are setting fires everywhere. Now the fire has burned outside the camp. Even if there is an ambush, they will all be burned to death. Don't worry!"
Yuan Yao held his chin and frowned, still unable to believe that his night attack would go so smoothly.
"It's strange. Didn't Scratching Tongue say there were at least four thousand defenders?"
"We have been fighting for a long time, and there are only 2,000 people on the opposite side; and they are scattered in all directions, fighting on their own. If this Xiakou camp is not too big, and it is difficult to fight the big villages and small villages one after another, we will take half an hour That’s enough to end the fight.”
Huang Zhong polished the sword until it was extremely bright, and his eyes were full of fighting spirit: "In this case, young master, please allow me to go down the mountain to help Lu Dai. I guarantee that it won't take more than an hour and a half to clear out the remaining enemies!"
Yuan Yao shook his head: "No!"
"There are only a few hundred remnants of the enemy army left. Lu Dai's one school of troops is enough; Lao Huang, just stay on this mountain and keep an eye on the surrounding area."
…
On the boat.
"Let's continue chatting. Where did we just talk?"
Gan Ning pushed the tip of his spear against Su Fei's armpit with one hand, and patted his head with the other hand.
"Yes, yes, I was talking about how I had been a Jinfan thief for several years and was a popular and popular person. How could I suddenly change my mind and turn over a new leaf?"
"Do you know where the four words "reform and change one's heart" come from?
Chen and others didn't understand the reason for the change of heart, so they started discussing it one after another.
"You can wash your face, but can you wash your heart?"
"How to cleanse your heart? You can't dig it out and put it in water to wash it!"
Gan Ning laughed loudly and said, "It seems like you haven't read the book yet!"
"The Book of Changes says that a gentleman changes like a leopard and a villain changes his face; a sage uses this to cleanse his heart and retreat into secrets."
"That's where 'reform' comes from."
"I'll test you again. Who are you talking about when you reform?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"I don't even know this. This is what Emperor Wen said when he reprimanded King Wu in "Historical Records"."
Gan Ning kicked over a support pole at his feet, "Test you, what is the word for this piece of wood lying across the ground?"
"I know, this is the word '一'!"
Someone answered immediately.
"What about the two pieces of wood lying sideways?"
"two!"
"Where are the three?"
"three!"
"Where are the four?"
"Four!"
Gan Ning scolded: "You are a big-headed ghost. You can only recognize one, two, and three. You don't know the other words, right?"
"If you have nothing to do, you should be more literate and read more books, just like me. If you read more books, you will naturally understand things!"
"Once I was so idle that I dug out all the letters my father left for me when he passed away. It was incredible to see that there were hundreds of schools of thought, from the Tao Te Ching to Lieh Tzu, from the Analects of Confucius. " to "Xunzi", from "Han Feizi" to "Warring States Policy"...especially "Historical Records", which records the emperors, famous generals, ministers, scholars, and all kinds of people who have made great achievements, which gave me a lot of insight! "
Seeing everyone's confused faces, Gan Ning knew that these people had never heard of these books in their lives.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this with you guys who only know one, two or three. Anyway, I discovered one thing. That is, no matter which book from ancient times to the present, there is no mention of thieves and bandits."
"That's when I realized that no matter how arrogant a thief is, he is just a thief and cannot stand on the stage!"
"A man is born in heaven and earth and should make a difference!"
Gan Ning has said this sentence several times, but still not enough.
"If you want to do something great, how do you do it? That is to become a general or a prime minister, and become a high official!"
"It happened that one time I killed an official, and his nemesis was also an official. He put in a good word in front of the county magistrate and pardoned my previous sins, and also allowed me to start as an official from the time of planning."
"We don't think we are too young to be an official. As thieves, we can grow from a dozen brothers to thousands of people. As officials, we can also work from small to high officials!"
Chen asked with a curious look on his face: "Brother Gan, will you still be an official? This is not a good job. The top shirks the pressure from the bottom, and both sides suffer. I have been in this position before. I asked someone to transfer me after I couldn't work for a month. I wonder how Brother Gan got the job?"
"Have you ever been a strategist?" Gan Ning burst out laughing: "Then you have to learn from me."
"When I was working as an accountant, the money and food in the treasury often didn't match up with the amount in the account books. I tried it several times but it didn't match up. I was anxious, so I took my men to look for Cangpu. When I saw Cangpu, I came to him angrily, thinking I was here to investigate his corruption, so I told him everything at once."
"Now I know how to be an official, that is - there is strength in numbers!"
"Huh?" Chen's eyes widened. He had never heard of such a statement.
"Strength in numbers?"
"Yes, there is strength in numbers! Later, whenever something happened, I would lead my brothers to look for people with knives. Once I found the right one, they all said it was their fault, and they would either hand over money and food to make up for the accounts, or Correct the accounts and give me half of the benefits!"
Chen was dumbfounded. This was nowhere to be seen.
Su Fei, who was hugged by Gan Ning, suddenly said six words: "You are using your power to suppress others!"
"Hey, why do you care so much? Anyway, no matter this trend or that trend, as long as you have the power, you are right!"
Gan Ning squinted and looked ahead. The ship finally sailed out of the Han River and reached the Yangtze River.
I guess when I talked about how I got to Jingzhou, I was almost at the shore.
But why didn't Su Fei and Chen resist?
No one knows that Su Fei, who is talented in both civil and military affairs and has an extraordinary mind, is actually a timid person who is afraid of death.
And the kind that is extremely afraid of death!
In terms of force, Su Fei's martial arts was actually far superior to many generals of the Jiangxia Army, including Huang Zu.
But because Su Fei was afraid of death, he never charged into battle and put himself in danger.
When facing Huang Zu, Su Fei often recommended generals. No matter how easy the battle was to win or how easy the military merit was, Su Fei would try his best not to lead troops on expeditions, but rather give the opportunity to others, while he would be the commander-in-chief of the camp.
For example, this time, Liu Biao wrote to Huang Zu and asked Huang Zu to send 5,000 troops to surround Chaisang; then Jingzhou sent a main force of 10,000 to ambush Yuan Yao.
For Jiang Xiajun, this is an opportunity to gain military exploits. Five thousand Jiangxia troops only had to pretend to surround Chaisang City. If Yuan Jun came to rescue, Liu Hu and Han Xi would lead the Jingzhou Army to set up an ambush halfway to fight, and they would not give Yuan Jun a chance to get close to Chaisang.
Huang Zu originally proposed to let Su Fei lead the army, but Su Fei recommended Huang Zu's legitimate son Huang She. In addition, Huang She himself volunteered to fight, so Huang Zu "reluctantly" accepted Su Fei's proposal.
There have long been rumors in Jingzhou that Kuai Yue, the prefect of Zhangling, will step down from his post as prefect, and Huang She will be selected as the new prefect.
As long as Huang She makes any meritorious deeds at this moment, the Zhangling Prefect can basically get his hands on him.
When the time comes for the Huang family, both father and son will be governors at the same time, which will be a big deal!
Sure enough, when it came time to choose generals, Su Fei did not disappoint Huang Zu.
Afterwards, Huang Zu faced his son Huang She and praised Su Fei for knowing how to advance and retreat. He was a man who was not greedy for merit and was sensible. He should always be the governor!
Little did he know that Su Fei was simply afraid of death and didn't want to go to the battlefield.
So from the moment Gan Ning captured Su Fei, Su Fei completely gave up the idea of resisting and struggling.
Because he had completely determined in his heart that Gan Ning was bribed by Yuan Yao, and the two of them set up this plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
But he preferred death over death, and had the idea of recommending a general for Huang Zu. His carelessness gave Gan Ning a chance to capture him alive.
But now that Gan Ning has caught him, he will definitely use himself to claim credit for Yuan Yao.
It is definitely impossible to negotiate conditions with him and ask him to let her go.
Monstrous achievements are right in front of you, and no one can let go of such an excellent opportunity!
So just stop bothering and act like you are so loyal to Huang Zu. Once you get to the shore, you will have no way to survive.
…
Unlike Su Fei, Chen thought much simpler.
He was promoted by Su Fei, and Su Fei was kind to him. He didn't care how the battle ended. If Su Fei was stabbed to death by Gan Ning because of his impulsiveness, he would have no shame in the world.
And looking at the situation, with the fire burning like this, no one can save the Xiakou camp today.
Even if Su Fei is saved and Huang Zu becomes angry, Su Fei will be scolded. The only one who can be responsible for the burning of one hundred thousand stones of food and grass is himself or Deng Long. Deng Long is Huang Zu's confidant. , I will definitely die by then.
Moreover, Deng Long stayed on the shore and did not know whether he was dead or alive. If he had been killed by Yuan Jun, then he would definitely die.
So I just stayed with the boss Su Fei. If he dies, I will die with him. If he survives, maybe I can survive too.
Governor Su had nothing to say to his subordinates. He was never greedy for merit and would always think of his brothers first whenever he got the chance.
And he has a good mind. If he can survive this battle, then maybe I can survive too!
…
The other soldiers on the building ship didn't have any extra thoughts.
As a soldier, you just have to obey the orders from above.
Is it possible that you went up to save the Governor alone while the others didn't move?
Obviously you can, right?
Captain Chen didn't say anything without looking at him. He was so nervous.
As for the overall situation of the battle, I don't understand that even as a top soldier. Didn’t you hear what this guy named Gan Ning said? I can only recognize one, two or three characters. Why do I know so many words?
Anyway, I can do whatever others do, I can just watch them when they do it, and I can row the boat as long as they row the boat.
…
"Later, I was promoted all the way and became the county magistrate of Shu County!"
"Jun Cheng, do you know how big an official is? Six hundred stones! That's a six hundred stone official. Most county magistrates don't even have six hundred stones!"
"It's just that something happened to me as a county magistrate within a few days. Suddenly one day, a man who called himself Jingzhou Biejia came to see me..."
Just when Gan Ning was spitting, Su Fei suddenly interrupted: "Gan Ning, the ship is about to dock!"
"ah?"
"The ship is about to dock. You don't need to delay time by talking about your story."
Su Fei said coldly.
"oh."
Gan Ning took a closer look and saw that the huge ship was about to sail into the water village.
At this time, the Xiakou camp was completely controlled by Yuan Jun. Countless Yuan Jun crossbowmen stood everywhere and aimed at the approaching Jiangxia Army warships.
"Let your men put down their weapons, quickly!"
Gan Ning regained his fierce expression and put the tip of his spear at Su Fei's throat.
Su Fei moved his Adam's apple and said, "Chen Jiu, order the soldiers on each ship to put down their weapons and not to resist!"
Although Chen Jiu had already expected the outcome, he was still a little unwilling: "Captain..."
Su Fei: "The situation is over, so don't increase the casualties."
