"The king's soldiers win without arrogance, and lose without resentment." [Book of Shang Jun: Warfare]
Gan Ning was originally a partial army whose symbolic significance was greater than its actual significance. However, after leaving Sichuan, he marched along the river with overwhelming momentum, and he was actually defeated by him. After the main force of the Northern and Southern armies, Liu Yu, Cao Cao, Xu Huang and others, he was defeated.
The momentum of Lu' soldiers and horses.
Among them, in addition to holding the edict and being ordered to conquer, Huang Zu, Cai Mao, Zhang Xian and other powerful local governors who either actively or semi-voluntarily followed and joined the group along the way also played a very important role.
Zhang Xian, the governor of Changsha, was the first to lead the Jingnan counties to respond to Gan Ning. When Gan Ning led thousands of Yizhou naval forces down the river, Zhang Xian was the first to lead Huan Jie before Liu Biao could make any response.
Waiting for Jingnan's powerful army to attack Luling from the east, Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, was not willing to lag behind. He immediately expressed his intention to obey the imperial edict in Gan Ning's hands and even sent a boatman upstream to meet military supplies.
The two prefects with heavy troops under his command made their own decisions without even saying hello, which made Liu Biao very passive. He knew that these two people had been bribed and persuaded by Pang, Huang and others, and they wanted to go to the court, but he didn't expect that they would actually
They will ignore the authority of their own state pastor!
Liu Biao, who was still hesitating, knew that if he didn't do something, he would really be surrendered by them. There was a big difference between voluntarily surrendering and being forced to surrender. Moreover, Cai Mao did not dare to really stop Gan Ning's navy in Jiangling.
Although Gan Ning's few soldiers and horses did not pose a threat to Jingzhou, Cai Mao had to worry about the imperial court behind him.
So after receiving Cai Mao's letter analyzing the situation, Liu Biao finally made the final decision to order Cai Mao, Huang Zu and others to join forces as General Zhennan in front of Zhao Qi, who was ordered to go to Jing to supervise the grain supply and comfort the powerful servant Zhao Qi.
The troops marched eastwards.
Yuzhang, Chaisang.
From Xiling to Chaisang, the allied warships of Huang Zu, Cai Mao and others were drifting along the river. They rode the wind and flowed down the river day and night. This fleet was led by Huang Zu's commanders Su Fei and Chen Ji, and Cai Mao's general Zhang
After being detained, Gan Ning led his troops to hold the battle in the middle. The autumn wind was high and the wind was strong. According to the planned deployment, this combined force of more than 20,000 to 30,000 land and sea troops from various parties arrived at the gate of Chaisang City not long ago.
Gan Ning used a high-rise ship donated by Huang Zu as the Chinese army's ship. Although he was not the official commander in chief, Huang Zu and others did not dare to underestimate him and treated him with respect and respect as an honored guest.
On this ship, Gan Ning, Huang Zu, Cai Mao and others had no intention of admiring the quiet and vast mountains and rivers on the river, nor were they aware of the hazy haze in the Western Mountains. They closely observed the banners at the head of Chaisang City and the contiguous buildings in front of them.
In the water village, regulatory military orders were issued from time to time, and there were always small boats passing between the big ships.
The commander was moored in a boat at the water village on the bank. After a hard day's work, Gan Ning called everyone to have a drink. There was endless singing and dancing at the banquet, and the lights on the boat were brightly lit, reflecting in the river. You could see and hear the excitement here from a distance.
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In the past few days, Huang Zu and others had figured out Gan Ning's extravagant and flamboyant nature. He was born in a rough family and liked to engage in such ostentation, so they all happily went to the banquet, intending to use this to build a good relationship with Gan Ning.
Gan Ning was drunk to the point of drunkenness. He walked to the railing with the wine jug in his arms, raised his neck and drank heavily. Then he pointed at the dim enemy water camp on the other side with blurred eyes and said: "Sun Ben, Ling Cao's disciples
Relying on favorable geographical conditions is nothing! When I set sail for Bajun, they didn’t know where to eat dirt!”
In the past few days, Huang Zu and other naval forces had been unable to defeat Chai Sang. Gan Ning was eager to win, so it was natural for him to vent his grievances. However, in the eyes of Huang Zu, Cai Mao and others, this move was not as prudent as a coach should be. They secretly thought
He was disdainful, but in his heart he was thinking about how to coax this face-loving Jinfan thief.
"Only, only." Cai Mao, holding the wine cup, stood aside and echoed with a smile: "What the general said is that our army is approaching the east of the Yangtze River, and Chaisang changes hands only in the moment of overturning. Tonight is just a banquet, and tomorrow the battle will begin.
, I will immediately order Zhang Yun as the vanguard to attack the water stronghold by boat!"
Zhang Yun, who was both Cai Mao's general and Liu Biao's nephew, came over with a smile and a half-jue wine.
When Cai Mao saw this, he didn't wait for Gan Ning to say. He took the wine pot from Cang Tou with a smile, filled Zhang Yun's cup with wine, and said: "Chaisang Water Village is such a nobleman, I will hand him over."
It’s given to you, if you drink it, you will take it!”
Zhang Yun raised his eyebrows and was about to drink it and say some generous words. At this time, Huang Zu stretched out a hand, pulled the drunken Gan Ning away, and said: "Captain Su is sailing the ship today.
We fought hard and cut several cables. If Ling Cao hadn't jumped off the ship to intercept them, how could we have tolerated them till now?"
After speaking for a moment, Huang Zu didn't seem to look at Cai Mao and the others, and whispered in Gan Ning's ear: "The morale of the army is available. I think we will work hard tomorrow and ask Su Fei to lead the army to fight again."
"Huang Zu!" Cai Hao suddenly shouted softly, and then winked. Zhang Yun quickly stepped forward to pick up Gan Ning and helped him back to the banquet to sit down.
"Don't wait until tomorrow!" Gan Ning suddenly seemed to be drunk. He turned around with difficulty, holding the wine jar tightly in his thick arms, holding Zhang Yun's neck with one hand, and faced Huang Zu and Cai Mao who were standing behind him.
The person said with certainty: "Tonight, I will sleep in Chaisang City tonight!"
"The general is drunk!" Huang Zu twitched his spotted beard and said to Gan Ning with a smile on his face.
After Gan Ning was coaxed back, Huang Zu's expression slowly changed and he turned back to look at Cai Mao coldly.
Cai Mao was younger than Huang Zu, but they were both descendants of powerful families, and they were bound by military power. Their aura was not much different from that of his counterpart. He sneered and said, "You really don't take Liu Gong seriously?"
"He is not my brother-in-law, why should I take him seriously?" Huang Zu looked at Cai Hao amusedly, as if he had heard a joke, and stroked his beard and said, "Can't you see the current situation clearly?
Even he has supplied and transported tens of thousands of grain and grass to the imperial court, and he hastened to send you to help in the battle, which shows the great power of the imperial court. Gan Ning is brave but has no plans.
Gan Ning can't handle this meritorious service, so naturally he has to let those who are capable take it."
Looking at Cai Mao's solemn expression, Huang Zu smiled even more proudly. Taking advantage of his slight drunkenness, he approached him and said softly: "Who is Zhang Yun? Is Liu Jingsheng's nephew worthy of your taking credit for him? Jiang Xia has always been
I am guarding Chaisang Water Village, and I have always led troops to fight against it. The enemy is in sight, and you are rushing to grab it now. Do you really think that I will take into account the estranged friendship?"
In terms of kinship, Cai Mao's eldest sister married Huang Chengyan, and his second sister married Liu Biao. Huang Chengyan, Huang Zu, and Situ Huangwan were all descendants of the Huang family in Jiangxia. Huang Chengyan was also close to Pang De. There was a blood relationship between several powerful men in Jingzhou.
Being close and sharing the same spirit with each other, Cai Mao and Huang Zu were also close to each other. However, at this time, their position was greater than their kinship. Even Huang Chengyan was alienated from Liu Biao, not to mention Huang Zu's relationship with Cai Mao?
Cai Mao looked ugly. When he saw that only Gan Ning led thousands of naval troops out of the gorge into Jing, he knew that the court only wanted to encourage Zhang Xian. Huang Zu coerced Liu Biao and became a thorn in his back, and did not want to use him to carry out more tasks.
However, since Liu Biao had taken the initiative and Gan Ning did not act alone, Cai Mao and Huang Zu would naturally compete to pick up the slack.
He was in tit-for-tat with Huang Zu, but Gan Ning was shouting at the banquet: "What are you still talking about? Come over and drink!"