"Jinfan Gan Xingba is here, if Sun Ben is not ready to capture him, how long will it take?"
Slightly arrogant and insulting words, extremely gorgeous and flamboyant clothes!
The visitor was none other than Gan Ning, the notorious Jinfan thief who lived in the Yangtze River area in central Sichuan a few years ago!
Gan Ning's grandfather Gan Mao was the Prime Minister of Qin during the Warring States Period.
He himself was very powerful when he was young, but he was idle and did not do his job properly. He often hung out with dandy boys and committed mischief everywhere. But this also showed Gan Ning's excellent commanding ability from the side.
Because they like to make a big splash every time they rob someone, and because their followers are all dressed in brocade, and they like to tie the boat with brocade at the place where they rob someone, some people call them "Brand Sail Thieves".
However, when Gan Ning was twenty years old, he suddenly woke up and stopped this somewhat childish behavior. He began to study hard, devoted his ambition to officialdom, and successfully became an official in the land of Bashu.
When Lu Yan sent people to look for Gan Ning, Gan Ning was in the midst of his arrogance and thought that if he wanted to invite him to join him, he would naturally have to come in person.
A few years later, when he came to his senses, Cao Cao had become powerful and had countless fierce generals under his command. Gan Ning could no longer bear this humiliation and surrendered to Cao Cao's camp.
Later, he served as a county magistrate in the middle of Shu for a period of time. When Liu Yan died of illness, his son Liu Zhang took charge of Quanzhou.
Gan Ning, who was deeply aware of Liu Zhang's weakness, felt that Liu Zhang could not achieve great things, so he left Yizhou for Jingzhou, intending to seek refuge with the famous Liu Biao.
Liu Biao accepted Gan Ning on the surface, but in his heart he despised Gan Ning because of his past, so Liu Biao finally sent Gan Ning to Huang Zu's command and served as a captain of Changshui.
Although Gan Ning was unwilling to do so, he still obeyed Liu Biao's appointment and came to Huang Zu's place in Jiangxia and served as a school captain.
Less than half a year after Gan Ning came to Huang Zu, Huang Zu received a letter asking for help from Liu Ye of Lujiang.
Huang Zu had a grudge against Sun Ce from the east of the Yangtze River for killing his father. If Sun Ce captured Lujiang, he would never have a chance to live happily ever after. Naturally, he could not just sit back and watch Lujiang being taken over by Sun Ce.
Originally, Huang Zu wanted to send his son Huang She to lead the army to Lujiang, but considering that Sun Ce was brave and had many capable men, he was worried that his son would be in danger.
After thinking about it, Huang Zu thought of Gan Ning, who had recently joined him, so he gave him five thousand soldiers and horses, together with Gan Ning's several hundred Jinfan troops, and ordered them to go to Lujiang to rescue Liu Xun.
When Gan Ning and others arrived at Lujiang, it was exactly two days before Sun Ce launched his attack.
Liu Ye had a huge reputation in the local area and was a descendant of the royal family, so Gan Ning was willing to listen to Liu Ye's orders.
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Under Wan City, Sun Ce was holding Ling Cao's body, his eyes red.
Jiangdong's soldiers huddled together in panic.
Zhou Tai came to Sun Ce and said: "My lord, the enemy army is strong, we cannot stay long!"
"Got it." Sun Ce responded, tied Ling Cao's body to Ling Cao's horse, and said to the guards around him: "Watch Captain Ling's body, I will take you out!"
Although I don't know why the enemy expected in advance that they would raid Wancheng and set up an ambush, now is obviously not the time to think about this.
They have no baggage and no supplies. Now it is impossible to capture Lujiang again.
Sun Ce quickly saw his situation clearly. Only by breaking out of the siege and returning to join Han Dang and others who stayed behind in Pengze would they have a chance to make a detour back to Jiangdong.
As for how many soldiers he can ultimately save, Sun Ce dare not estimate for the time being...
Sun Ce saw that Gan Ning's army was not large, so he planned to detach some of his troops to intercept Zhao Xue's pursuers; he himself led a superior force to defeat Gan Ning first.
Without saying a word, Zhou Tai led five thousand soldiers to form a formation and block the city gate.
After getting on his horse and raising his Overlord Spear, Sun Cehu roared: "Soldiers, follow me to break out of the siege!"
"Kill out!"
"Kill out!"
Although the children of Jiangdong fought bravely, there was not much difference in the strength of the two sides.
However, Sun Ce and others were working hard on the expedition, but Liu Ye was waiting for work; in addition, Jiangdong Army was ambushed again, and the enemy shot the general first, which greatly damaged morale. The combat power of both sides waxed and waned, but Liu Ye
This side has the upper hand.
It's a pity that Liu Ye doesn't have cavalry here, otherwise if he had just rushed in while Jiangdong's army was in chaos, they would definitely collapse on the spot.
At this time, when Zhao Xue led the soldiers to the city gate, Zhou Tai had already led his troops in formation and blocked the city gate.
The size of the city gate was limited, and the number of people who could come into contact with Zhou Tai's soldiers was limited. Even if there were more people behind Zhao Xue, they could only stare, and for a while they could not break through the defense of Zhou Tai and others.
Seeing this, Zhao Xue ordered some archers to go up to the city wall and shoot arrows at the soldiers behind Zhou Tai's army, and then slowly opened up the situation.
But Zhou Tai didn't need to stop Zhao Xue for too long. In less than half a quarter of an hour, Sun Ce had already fought against Gan Ning!
Gan Ning's martial arts skills were not inferior to Sun Ce's, and the two of them killed each other when they met Liangcai, and the whole world was covered in darkness.
After fighting Gan Ning for more than ten rounds, Sun Ce was surprised: "When did the Jingzhou Army have such a fierce guy under his command? He can actually give me a 50-50 fight!"
The blood redness in Sun Ce's eyes slowly disappeared, and he saw the soldiers around him who looked frightened and desperate; he also saw the Wancheng defenders who were about to break through Zhou Tai's interception.
Sighing, Sun Ce thought to himself, "I was careless... In recent years, under Gong Jin's plan, we have been invincible. Now that we are ambushed by the enemy, everyone's mentality has quickly collapsed."
With 100% of the battle strength being less than 50%, the hope of victory in this battle has been lost, and Ling Cao's revenge may not be avenged.
Sun Ce knew that he could no longer tangle with Gan Ning and had to lead his soldiers to rush out. If he delayed for a while, the morale of the soldiers who had finally gathered up might collapse.
Sun Ce came up with a plan and deliberately used a flaw to lure Gan Ning to attack.
Gan Ning didn't know it was a trick, and thought it was a sign of Sun Ce's exhaustion, so he raised his sword and struck without hesitation!
"Stab it!"
"Pfft!"
Sun Ce dwarfed, and Gan Ning slashed Sun Ce's left shoulder with his knife. Sun Ce's left shoulder immediately began to bleed!
But Sun Ce also took the opportunity to stab Gan Ning in the chest. If Gan Ning hadn't reacted quickly and veered to the right, the shot would have penetrated directly into his heart!
One was scratched on the left shoulder, the other was stabbed on the left rib, and Sun Ce took advantage of the situation and knocked him off his horse with great explosive power.
Fortunately, Gan Ning quickly distanced himself from Sun Ce after landing and returned to the protection of Jinfan Army.
When Sun Ce saw this, he secretly said it was a pity, and then regardless of the injury on his shoulder, he shouted: "The enemy general is dead, brothers, follow me to break out of the siege!"
The Jingzhou army could not see Gan Ning's figure, so they believed Sun Ce's words and were immediately panicked.
Sun Ce's bravery greatly boosted the morale of Jiangdong soldiers.
Finally, when Zhao Xue was able to break through Zhou Tai's interception, Jiangdong Army tore through the Jingzhou Army's interception, and Sun Ce led the remaining soldiers, who had less than 10,000 soldiers, to break out of the siege.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhou Tai rode up to catch up with Sun Ce's troops before the defenders were about to collapse.
At this point, there were more than 17,000 Jiangdong soldiers when Sun Ce came, but after escaping, there were only less than 10,000 left.
More importantly, Sun Ce also lost one of his generals, Ling Cao, which gave Sun Ce the first taste of failure at the expense of troops and generals.