The knife in Li Dian's hand has been mottled with countless chippings. The armor on his body is also damaged in many places. His handsome face, which was originally white and plump, is covered with blood, and even his original appearance is unrecognizable.
You can see it.
Li Dian also received a knife on his shoulder, which cut open his shoulder armor. The blood kept flowing. He was stabbed in the leg. It was hard to say whether there were any sequelae. But when he saw Le Jin and others rushing up, he immediately
He was the one who reacted, because the Jiangxia defenders did not know Le Jin and Le Jin's people. When they saw the soldiers rushing to the city defense, Gan Ning and the Jiangxia soldiers who stood up vigilantly thought that the enemy had broken through the city gate and attacked the city.
Come.
Li Dian immediately threw away the knife in his hand and shouted: "One of our own! This is one of our own!"
When Gan Ning and other Jiangxia defenders heard Li Dian's call, they lowered their spears and sabers. As soon as the strength that was barely supporting their bodies relaxed, people fell down one after another.
Le Jin did not look at Gan Ning and rushed to Li Dian first. After seeing Li Dian's appearance clearly, he finally took a breath to calm down his worries, and then said with an unserious smile: "Mancheng
(Li Dianzi), are you not dead?"
Li Dian grinned, but it hurt. He squinted his eyes and looked at Le Jin in front of him and counterattacked: "You are not dead, how could I die!"
Le Jin looked at Li Dian, and Li Dian looked at Le Jin. Both of them laughed a few times at their questions.
"How are the enemy troops? How is Xiakou City?" Li Dian, who had laughed too much and was recovering from the pain, joked with his old comrades Le Jin and then hurriedly asked about the situation of the battle.
"Cheng Pu did not pursue us, and Xiakou City is still in our hands, but you have lost more than half of your cavalry..." Le Jin finished speaking with a gloomy expression, squatted down and patted Li Dian's uninjured shoulder gently, like a brother.
General comforted Li Dian's pain.
"Soldiers die in battle. This is their fate. Maybe each of us will have such a day... Oh, Gan Ning, come, come, let me introduce to you this is Le Jin. Le Jin is the captain of Jiangxia. Gan Ning
!" While accepting the bandage from the doctor, Li Dian accepted this reality. Before he could express his sentiments, Gan Ning happened to rush over. So, Li Dian introduced Le Jin and Gan Ning to each other.
"I've seen the general!" Gan Ning said. Gan Ning may be the best-preserved general in the city defense in this battle. He personally killed the enemy general Ling Cao, but he himself had no major injuries, only a few minor injuries and battle wounds.
A bit exhausted.
"General Gan, no courtesy! I have heard of General Gan's name for a long time!" Le Jin replied. But the last sentence still made Gan Ning stunned. Gan Ning himself knew whether his reputation was good or bad and how big it was. "
General, where are the others in our prefecture?" Gan Ning did not hear Le Jin's compliment and continued to ask Le Jin about the issues he was concerned about.
Gan Ning, surrounded by Jiangxia remnants, walked up to Le Jin and asked about Huang Zu's whereabouts. After all, they were still under Huang Zu, and Gan Ning also urgently needed to inform Huang Zu that his son Huang She had died in the battle.
News. They didn't know that Huang Zu had died in the battle at this time.
"Prefect Huang... sacrificed his life for the country..." Le Jin said in embarrassment.
Le Jin did not know Huang Zu at all, but when he informed his subordinates of his death, he still felt embarrassed and did not know how to express it.
After the Jiangxia soldiers burst into tears, Gan Ning pointed to a gap where half of the arrow stack collapsed and whispered: "His son is also dead, they are all good!"
The news that father and son died at almost the same time on the same battlefield made everyone feel uncomfortable. When Huang Zu was alive, he was not a good official who cared about his subordinates, but it still made people feel uncomfortable that father and son died together in the same battle.
and sadness.
"How is the war going in our city?" Gan Ning asked.
"Xiakou City is still in our hands!" Le Jin's answer was very political.
Of course Gan Ning understood. He glanced at Le Jin who was looking at him, and showed no resistance to Le Jin's "us" and said, "Fortunately, we also left two of their generals behind!"
"No, there are three of them. Before he died, Governor Huang also captured a major general in the enemy army, who seemed to be named Ling Tong..." Le Jin said.
"Oh! Then we're not at a loss!" Gan Ning said comfortingly to the few Jiang Xia soldiers who were left beside him.
"But our navy failed to defeat Zhou Yu and suffered heavy losses. It was blocked by him in the Han River and unable to advance or retreat. Xiakou City is now surrounded by Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu's navy and land forces!" Le Jin said
The truth came out.
Le Jin's words directly made all the Jiangxia soldiers look dim. Some of them were even struck by Le Jin's word "surrounded" and sat on the ground. For several months, Jiangxia soldiers and Sun Ce's troops had been fighting continuously without any victory.
Fan's defeat had caused Jiang Xiabing to lose all confidence. At this time, both Huang's grandfather and his son were killed in the battle, which made many people lose all fighting spirit in an instant after hearing that their last city was besieged.
But only generals like Gan Ning are still thinking. If even these generals give up, Le Jin will undoubtedly raise the sword in his hand and kill them first. He can't afford to support useless people now, and he can't
Can't stay.
This was also one of the things Cao Zhi ordered Le Jin to do. This time, in order to solve the communication time problem, Cao Zhi used the legendary Zhuge Liang's patented "Tips" for the first time. Before Cao Zhi entered Xiangyang, he sent someone to
Le Jin, the vanguard, was given three tips to open at different times or when he arrived at a specific area, and he followed the orders.
Of course, Cao Zhi's clever plan is not as sophisticated as those in movies and TV shows. Cao Zhi's clever plan is more like a document involving multiple military and political orders, and the main reason why he came up with this method is to save time in sending letters to each other.
It takes about a few days for a military order or military information to be transmitted from the front line to Cao Zhi at the rear. However, fighter opportunities are ever-changing and sometimes even fleeting. In this case, Cao Zhi thought he was familiar with the Battle of Chibi.
During this period of history, everything could basically be controlled at the pace designed by Cao Zhi, so after he gathered Zhuge Liang, he thought of using this method to remotely control the progress of the war that was far away from him. But Cao Zhi also knew that he
There is no way to grasp the many uncontrollable factors and unexpected changes in the battle situation, so after each "tips", Le Jin is given free control.
After thinking for a while, he looked up and saw Le Jin's sinister eyes. Gan Ning immediately knew where he should go next!
"Pfft!" After Gan Ning read Le Jin's eyes, he immediately knelt down in front of Le Jin.
"General Gan, what does this mean?" Le Jin, who pretended to be confused, pretended to reach out to help Gan Ning, and his expression gradually became more relaxed.
"Brothers, both prefects died in the battle, but we still have to live. We are not finished. General Le and General Li are here, aren't they? General Le has about a thousand people in the Xiakou garrison. Regardless of Prefect Huang,
Whether you have admitted to surrendering to Duke Cao before now, we are all willing to join Cao Jun and serve Duke Cao from now on!"
Gan Ning made his position clear at this time, which was undoubtedly the right thing to do. This is what Le Jin wanted to see. Although Jiangxia was basically finished both militarily and territorially, it had not yet complied with Liu Cong's call to surrender to Cao Zhi.
There are many other local governments in Jingzhou. One is the issue of time, the issue of Liu Cong's prestige, and the most important issue is the response. This all depends on Cao Zhiman who needs to free up his hands during or after Sun Ce's war.
Solved slowly.
But now it is logical to take Sun Ce's attack as an opportunity to resolve some matters in this regard. The reason why Cao Zhi sent Yue Jin to Xiakou before Liu Cong's announcement was that he wanted Huang Zu to set an example.
, or it could be said that Cao Zhi wanted to set an example so that those in Jingzhou who had just surrendered and were still on the fence would know where to go.
But now Huang Zu is dead, and his son Huang She is also dead. Deep down in his heart, Le Jin definitely thinks that it is a good death. Now Le Jin can save a lot of energy and directly conquer his generals and subordinates.
You can easily complete the "model" created without hesitation by force.
This greatly advanced Le Jin's original idea. When he received Cao Zhi's "tips" instructions to him, he originally thought that he might have a fight with Huang Zu. Conquering Jiangxia by force was not the best choice.
But it is also a last resort choice.
However, Zhou Yu unexpectedly advanced his troops very quickly. Le Jin did not expect that the two armies encountered each other in advance, but it greatly helped Le Jin.
Huang Zu is dead! What a great death!
This cry was Le Jin's inner cry. At this time, his expression was still shocked by Gan Ning. At least that's how it looked on the surface!
"We are willing to swear allegiance to Duke Cao to the death!"
When the smart general saw Gan Ning's statement, he immediately understood that they were now ownerless and needed to find someone to support them! It was good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, otherwise they would be treated as garbage by others!
If the general does this, the soldiers will imitate him no matter how stupid they are!
"Hahaha... You don't have to be polite, Gan Ning, the governor of Xiling. All brothers, please get up. From now on, we will all be a family. There is no need to do this again. Get up, get up..."
Le Jin felt fortunate to have completed the first task assigned to him by Cao Zhi. There was someone who was happier and more fortunate than him, and that was Gan Ning, who had been promoted.
"It turns out that this Cao Zhi, whom he has never met before, has been prepared for him for a long time. He has even arranged his official position. If Huang Zu had not died, if he had not surrendered to his subordinates first, what would have happened?...
"Gan Ning is a smart man, and now he has to think like this. While he feels lucky, he also feels a little bit lucky, and a burst of sweat inevitably rises on his back.
Sometimes people just make one wrong step and it is irreversible. Gan Ning obviously chose the right path for the rest of his life. If he had chosen wrongly, he and his people might have been dead by now.