"I only see the light of fire burning the house, but I don't hear the wind and waves capsizing the empty boat." [Two Sensing Poems]

"Dang, Dang, Dang" the gong sounded three times, but instead of withdrawing the troops, there was a temporary truce. A pawn with a loud voice had been following Gan Ning. At this time, he was ordered to cut off Ling Cao's head and use a long pole. He raised it to a high place and shouted at the top of his lungs: "The thieves will be killed. Surrender and avoid death!"

"The rebels will be killed. Surrender and avoid death!"

Not only Gan Ning's troops on the river, but also Huang Zhong's belated reinforcements also shouted in agreement.

Then, the fire on the river swayed a few times in the wind, and tore off a large bamboo pole. It was caught in the flames and burned to ashes in the night sky.

The remaining soldiers opened their eyes in confusion. Behind them, Chaisang City was silent. Looking around, they were filled with dark, cold river water. They knelt down one after another, abandoning their weapons and surrendering.

So the army cheered, resounding in the sky. Gan Ning gathered his troops first, and after counting for a while, he found that Shen Mi's body had been washed away by the river, and his face darkened. Compared with Lou Fa's rage, Gan Ning quickly calmed down his emotions, and he A group of surrendered soldiers were left behind, leaving Huang Zhong, who was following behind, to lead his subordinates into Chaisang City.

They were busy for half the night, until the river sky gradually became brighter, the dark blue sky gradually became lighter, and the first fish-belly white cloud appeared. Everyone gradually finished their work, and Huang Zu, Cai Mao and others, who were hungover and sleeping in the water village on the other side, took the boat. After crossing the river, I saw Gan Ning in high spirits in Chaisang City.

"What did I say?" Gan Ning looked at Huang Zu, Cai Mao and others who were all groggy after sobering up, and said with a smile: "You must sleep in Chaisang City that night."

Cai Mao smiled bitterly and said: "Since the general has a plan to assassinate Chen Cang, we can just plan the use of troops together, so why bother hiding it from me?"

Gan Ning didn't seem to understand the complaint in the other party's words. He laughed and said in a panic: "I didn't have this plan at first. Who knows, after drinking last night, the wind blew, and the idea suddenly came to my mind. Seeing you all drunk again, It was not convenient to fight, so I simply took a group of people and went for a walk on the river."

"In the final analysis, the general is more powerful." Huang Zu celebrated with a smile on his face and raised his hands: "We attacked Chaisang for several days and suffered countless losses, but in the end we were not as powerful as the general. This is evident from the selection of generals and troops by the imperial court. We are truly unworthy of being called veterans, and we are extremely ashamed."

Gan Ning laughed out loud and ignored the matter, but glanced at Huang Quan and Deng Zhi from the corner of his eye.

He had thought in advance that this move might make Huang Zu and Cai Mao resentful, but as long as he won, with his power and Zhang Suo and other troops who would come from Luling north to join forces in the near future, he would be able to suppress their resentment. After all, There is still great profit in Jiangdong and Huainan in front of them, so they will not fall out over a Chai Sang.

But the current situation made Gan Ning a little confused. He could still hear some resentment in Cai Mao's words, but Huang Zu didn't seem to care about it at all, which made Gan Ning a little unpredictable.

Huang Quan said aloud: "The patrol boats on the river met a group of ships on the east side. They said they were sent by Sun Ce from Danyang, and the person on board was his fourth brother, Sun Kuang, the Marquis of Wucheng." Then, without waiting for Gan Ning to raise his eyebrows, he asked, Huang Quan reached out and took out a well-preserved piece of silk from his sleeve: "When I entered the city this morning, I saw this on the desk of the government office. The general may have gone to bed early last night and did not pay attention to this memorandum. "

Gan Ning stretched out his hand to take it and read it, frowning and said: "Sun Ce has done something wrong anyway? Then why didn't Sun Ben send an envoy to communicate yesterday? Is he looking for death?"

Huang Quan and Deng Zhi looked at each other. Due to the occasion, they could not tell their guesses. They just said vaguely: "Maybe they are waiting for Sun Kuang, the messenger."

"Sun Kuang?" Gan Ning looked up at everyone, nodded, and said, "Then call them in!"

They had already been waiting outside the door. Not long after, Wuchenghou Sun Kuang, Fengzheng Captain Liu You, and Wuguan Gao Cheng came in one after another.

Sun Kuang is Sun Ce's fourth brother. He is only a child of six or seven years old. Among the Sun family's children who have many generals and heroic figures, he is born with a weak appearance. At the same time, because he is the youngest, he is very close to Sun Ce.

, after Sun Jian died, he gave him the title of Marquis of Wucheng.

In Sun Ce's opinion, his younger brother was mediocre and cowardly, and he might not be able to achieve success in the future, so it would be nice to inherit the title and enjoy wealth and honor. He could fight for a marquis by himself without relying on this title.

Sun Kuang came with him just to act as a proton, and it was up to Gao Cheng and others to carry out the specific negotiations and explain the purpose of his visit.

"I've met Lieutenant Gan." Gao Cheng didn't seem to know that Chai Sang had just experienced a battle last night. He smiled and took out the letter and message written by Sun Ce and presented it: "Yuan Shu is the fourth and third prince, and he is a high-ranking official.

He once advocated righteousness and raised the army and sent the father of General Sun into Luo to attack Dong. Therefore, General Sun deceived him about his whereabouts and was willing to serve as the master of the Ming Dynasty. Who knows now..."

He laughed, expected a pause, and then said: "Since General Xu conquered Yuan Shu in the south, Colonel Zhou reminded us of his old feelings and tried to persuade him several times. General Sun originally had regrets. He recounted his past and was so ashamed that he wanted to die.

The Mongol court refused to give up, so they raised troops to fight anyway, even if they risked their lives in exchange for the court's mercy."

Most of Gao Cheng's rhetoric was based on rhetoric, describing how Sun Ce was a young man in the beginning. Because his family had received favors from Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu did indeed revive the Han Dynasty in the first place, he tried his best to help him. Who knew the final step?

Stepping into the quagmire, now that the imperial court has given him a chance to turn back as a prodigal son regardless of the past, Sun Ce will naturally fight with all his strength, draw a clear line with the past, and express his attitude.

This kind of rhetoric is just a reasonable excuse, at least it must be vague at the official level. As for the actual situation, it depends on what people thought at the time.

Gan Ning didn't know much about Jiangdong or Sun Ce's inside story, so he really thought this was what happened when he first heard about it. However, he suddenly thought that since Sun Ce planned to make peace with him and send troops north to attack Yuan Shu together, why did Sun Bi delay and refuse to tell him?

?Now that I am so tired that I continue to capture Chaisang even after Sun Ce suggested it anyway, it does not look like I am attacking the thieves, but rather like I am fighting against friendly troops for the sake of military exploits.

If Sun Ce turns against him because of this, and his stance changes again, causing the situation in Jiangdong to deteriorate, wouldn't it be Gan Ning's fault?

Thinking of this, he finally understood the attitude of Huang Zu and others just now. It turned out that he had blocked the knife for them.

Seeing the expressions of Huang Zu, Cai Mao and others, Gan Ning suddenly felt disgusted. After making eye contact with Huang Quan and others, he wisely chose not to express his position for the time being.

"Sun Ce's decision to keep the order and divide the counties was an act of rebellion." Huang Zu glanced at Gan Ning and said in a brisk tone: "Now that it's over, it's time for the entire army to withdraw from Yuzhang."

Gao Cheng immediately agreed: "General Sun has already made this intention. Grand Administrator Sun of Luling has led troops on the road and will join forces with General Sun soon."
Chapter completed!