Chapter 395 You and I Owe Each Other Nothing!

Chapter 395 - You and I owe each other nothing!

In Soochow, Gan Ning was the only one who could be called a weapons master.

He is capable of water warfare, horse warfare, and infantry warfare, and is proficient in both long and short weapons. He once wielded a short sword in the Battle of Miannan and killed Liu Biao's vanguard Deng Long.

He also shot Ling Tong's father Ling Cao to death with his bow and arrow, Huang Zu at the east gate of Jingzhou, and Cai Mao's younger brother Cai Si in the Battle of Sanjiangkou. You know, these times the marksmanship was swaying. on board; on board

Not to mention, in the Battle of Sanjiangkou, they used double halberds to engage the enemy at hand-to-hand combat. During the celebration banquet in Anhui City, they used double halberds to fend off Ling Tong, who wanted to avenge his father's murder.

Also during the Battle of Chibi, he charged into Cao’s camp with a sword and his horse, beheading Cai Zhong, Ma Yan, and Zhang Wei one after another;

Even when attacking Wancheng, he wielded the meteor hammer to push away the flying arrows and rocks in the sky, climbed up the city, and was the first to reach the top of the city;

If we follow the original trajectory of history, Gan Ning's final appearance was against the Barbarian King Samoko's Iron Caltrop Bone Flower, and he used a snake spear in that battle.

With such a record and such a variety of weapons, Gan Xingba, the No. 1 tiger general in Soochow, is well-earned as the "Weapon Master".

Because of this, Ling Tong subconsciously panicked and became nervous after seeing the person clearly.

He thought to himself:

——‘I’m afraid it’s hard to leave today. 』

"I guess you're not dead." Gan Ning's tone was cold, and he emphasized again, "The Ling Gongji I know is a courageous, brave, and promising young man. How could he remain silent on the execution ground like this? Just like a coward, at that time, I was sure that person was not you!"

Hearing this, Ling Tong put down the weapon in his hand. He knew that if Gan Ning came to arrest him, he would not be able to kill him based on his martial arts alone.

Simply, Ling Tong seemed relieved, and he gestured to Gan Ning: "Sit down!"

Then he continued to shout to the waiter behind him, "Waiter, serve the wine!"

Not long after, several jars of fine wine were served, and Gan Ning's men withdrew one after another, taking the shopkeeper and the waiter away with them. Only Ling Tong and Gan Ning were left in Nuo Da's farmhouse wine shop.

Ling Tong poured wine for Gan Ning and asked him about the doubts in his mind.

"How do you know I'm here?"

"Don't you forget, what did I do before?" Gan Ning answered in a rather high-spirited tone, "Haha, I am a water thief on this river. As long as you appear on this river, I can find you. "

"Then...are you here to take me back? Or are you here to kill me directly?" Ling Tong had already filled Gan Ning's glass with wine, and this time he asked while pushing the wine bowl over.

"Kill? Capture? Hahahaha..." Gan Ning smiled and burst into laughter, "If I want to kill you? How can you get on this river bank?"

"That?"

Before Ling Tong could ask back, Gan Ning said straight to his chest, "I know about you. If you say you betrayed Soochow, would I, Gan Ning, be the first to not believe it?"

"Humph, bullshit betrayal?" Gan Ning was filled with anger when he mentioned this, "That night when I went to rob Cao's camp, the whole Soochow was silent, but you, Ling Gongji, followed me with your own soldiers? Humph, like this Young hero, even if everyone in Soochow has betrayed you, you, Ling Tong, will not betray you!"

Having said this, Gan Ning drank the wine in the bowl in front of him in one gulp, "Our lord is...well...he is just too suspicious. I don't know why. After the Battle of Chibi and the capture of Nanjun, I felt that he Changed, everything changed.”

this…

Listening to Gan Ning's words, Ling Tong lowered his eyebrows slightly and said lightly: "He is no longer my lord!"

These words were extremely bitter, and Ling Tongyi even took a light sip of wine while saying it, and licked his lips, as if there was a bitter taste on his lips.

Gan Ning was silent for a moment, then replied "Yes", then he filled up the wine and drank it all, "Ling Tong of Soochow is dead and has been killed by Sun Quan..."

Ling Tong was worried that things would change if he stayed here, so he asked: "Is General Gan here just to tell me this? If there is nothing else, Ling Tong will stay soon."

"Wait!" Gan Ning raised his hand and his eyes became sharp, "I am not here to complain for you, nor am I here to kill you or keep you. It's just that I heard something today and I think you must be interested. That’s why I came here to tell you.”

"What's the matter?"

"Sun Quan sent Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin to march secretly and ambush at the foot of Bagong Mountain!"

"Bagong Mountain?"

Following Gan Ning's words, Ling Tong asked in surprise, "Why Bagong Mountain?"

It was as if this place name evoked Ling Tong's mood, and also evoked a certain memory that was engraved in his bones.

Gan Ning held the wine and said calmly: "Tomorrow, Cao Zhen will escort Zhuo Rong back to Bagong Mountain. He said it was for ancestor worship and Cao Cao arranged it..."

"What…"

As soon as he said this, Ling Tong stood up suddenly, his pupils suddenly widened, and he looked at Gan Ning in disbelief.

Gan Ning still said calmly: "That's what I said. You should know that I, Gan Ning, never tell lies."

At this time, Ling Tong's eyes widened even more. He could no longer suppress the worry in his heart. He turned around and walked out the door. As if he thought of something, he turned around and gave Gan Ning a deep hand. A bow.

Then there was only a sound of "Dede", the neighing of a horse, and then...the sound of vigorous and rapid hoofbeats.

Ling Tong had already ridden away the dust and disappeared on the official road in the darkness.

"Brother..."

At this time, Gan Ning's bodyguard just broke in, "He...he rode away the eldest brother's horse."

As he spoke, the guard was about to ride his horse and chase after him.

"Come back!" Gan Ning waved to the bodyguard with one hand and held up the wine bowl with the other hand. He tasted the aged wine carefully and said lightly, "That horse is what I did for him. prepare."

Speaking of this, Gan Ning slowly walked out of the farmhouse wine shop, looked at the dark official road, and looked at the back of the man riding away in a trance, Gan Ning murmured in his heart:

——"Gongzhi, this can be regarded as repaying the friendship between you and your five hundred soldiers when I, Gan Ning, burned Cao Cao's Feishui camp that day, right?" 』

——"You and I owe each other nothing!" 』

Ling Tong is the style of a national scholar!

Isn’t Gan Ning a person who values ​​righteousness?

The actions of this pair of men who have deep hatred for each other but also cherish each other are enough to shame the entire Soochow, as well as the entire civil and military dynasty of Soochow!

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North of the Han River, in the sky, the night has deepened, and the hot air balloon almost blends into the darkness.

That cluster of weak flames looked like "stars" to people on the ground.

On the other hand, the four people in the hot air balloon were all in high spirits and not sleepy at all.

It's so cold... My whole body is freezing, which makes me have to cheer up even more.

Zhuge Ke was young and powerful, and he was the only one who could still look at the ground with the "Thousand-mile Watch". Through the "Thousand-mile Watch", he spied on every bonfire tent on the ground.

Speaking of the thousand-mile telescope, it was invented during the period of the Eastern Han Dynasty astronomer Zhang Heng. It was used to peer into the sky and get close to the sky and the stars.

Now, I'm afraid that even if he were to live again, he wouldn't believe that someone could observe the ground with that "thousand-mile sight" from above.

"There seems to be someone there...it's red armor, it's Guan Jiajun..."

Zhuge Ke's sudden voice made several people look in the same direction at the same time.

Looking down from a bird's eye view, there is indeed firelight, and you can see clearly against the firelight that it is indeed the red color of Guan Jiajun's armor.

Liu Ye started to shake a mechanism on the edge of the rattan basket. There was a small wind wheel installed behind the rattan basket. When Liu Ye shook it, the wind wheel began to stir up. With the rotation of the wind wheel, the balloon started to move. Move quietly towards the bonfire.

Slowly, the sky became slightly brighter, and the sky turned white, with a ray of morning light falling down.

With this faint light, the images in "Thousand Miles View" become clearer.

"It is indeed the Guan family army, there are thousands of them..."

Zhuge Ke exclaimed.

From a thousand miles away, two thousand, no...three thousand Guan family sergeants were gathered together. Everyone's face was dark, and many of them were injured.

But...even so, they only dared to light a few bonfires, as if to prevent their location from being exposed.

"Looking at their appearance, they must have gathered themselves. Judging from their location..." Huang Yueying muttered: "They plan to wait until dawn, forcefully cross the Han River and escape to the south bank."

Yes, the hiding place of this remnant army of the Guan family is extremely secretive. It is only about ten miles away from the Han River. It is possible to break out of the siege by planning a route.

Because they saw "one of their own", the four people in the hot air balloon also cheered up more, but at this moment.

"not good."

Zhuge Ke spoke again, because from the "Thousand Mile View", he saw a large number of Wei troops secretly gathering around the Guan family army in all directions.

"They exposed it..." Zhuge Ke exclaimed...

Liu Ye, Huang Chengyan, and Huang Yueying also noticed this. Countless yellow-armored Wei troops had surrounded them. Looking from the sky... the encirclement network had begun to shrink, which was very obvious.

In this case, Guan Jiajun would be surrounded by ambushes... it would be impossible to escape.

"Do you want to save me?" Huang Yueying is a woman. She saw "Sergeant Guan" being surrounded and she didn't know anything about it...

Inevitably, my heart palpitates and I want to remind them.

Huang Chengyan shook his head, "If we remind them, it will expose us and expose this hot air balloon. This Guan family soldier cannot save..."

Liu Ye deeply agreed, "The fuel is no longer sufficient. We must return immediately and hand over the information here to Young Master Yun Qi. During the day... Young Master Yun Qi still has actions to take, and we must not create any complications."

"But they..." Huang Yueying bit her lip.

He understood what Huang Chengyan and Liu Ye said, but she...could she just watch them fight and be surrounded, and then die?

"Mother..." Zhuge Ke also advised: "A small impatience will ruin the big plan..."

Hearing her son's words, Huang Yueying's clenched fists loosened. She realized that no matter how anxious she was, in fact... she couldn't do anything.

Even if I remind these sergeants of the Guan family,...does the sergeant of the Guan family recognize them? Do you recognize this hot air balloon?

Also, under such an encirclement and with several times more Wei troops ambushing them, how could they escape?

Seeing Huang Yueying's silent and sad look, Huang Chengyan felt uncomfortable, and he sighed deeply.

Immediately ordered: "Go back -"

"Okay!" Liu Ye agreed and increased the blast. Under the raging fire in the kerosene tank, the hot air balloon rose to a safer atmosphere, and then slowly flew towards Xian Mountain.

Only Huang Yueying looked at the soles of her feet as always...

Looking at the red "squares" of Guan Jiajun, those are all fellow soldiers!

"You must live on, live on..."

Huang Yueying murmured to herself, feeling like a hundred claws were scratching her heart.

However, she was wrong. There were not only the soldiers from the Guan family, but also people brought by Wang Tao and Wang Yue to search and rescue their lover Guan Suo.

They are... being trapped in a tight siege, narrowly escaping death.

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Yi Ji and Pan Jun were originally Guan Yu's advisers.

There were not many counselors in Jingzhou, so they always went out on expeditions. Guan Yu would leave Ma Liang to garrison the city, while he would take Yi Ji and Pan Jun with him...occasionally they would discuss military matters together.

Of course, because Guan Yu favored martial arts and despised scholar-bureaucrats, Yi Ji and Pan Jun were not given much importance, and they were treated as ordinary soldiers.

Speaking of which, Yi Ji came from Bashu. After he collaborated with Zhuge Liang to complete the "Laws of Shu", he came to Jingzhou to assist Guan Yu.

Before coming, Zhuge Liang had given special instructions, so Yi Ji knew Guan Yu's temperament quite well, and he didn't mind the so-called "disrespectful scholar-official".

Pan Jun felt a bit at odds with Guan Yu, and there was some resentment in his heart for not being able to appreciate his talents.

At this moment, Yi Ji and Pan Jun were studying with a group of centurions and thousand captains how to escape southward and cross the Han River.

They were originally dispersed during the encirclement of the enemy, but fortunately they reunited and gathered the remaining troops, forming a team of more than 2,000 people.

In addition, I was lucky enough to meet Wang Tao and Wang Yue who came to the North Bank to find their husbands...

Wang Tao and Wang Yue provided them with a route to escape south.

He also told them an important piece of information. The Han River east of Fancheng was not well defended and it was possible to kill them.

Of course, the current situation is still not optimistic. There are interceptions in front and pursuers behind, and we are still in a situation where we are surrounded on all sides.

After deliberation for a long time, Yi Ji decided that he would lead a group of troops as bait to lure away the enemy troops from the Han River, and Pan Jun would lead the main force to rush over to save some fire for the Guan army.

"It's time for Chengming (Pan Jun) to set off..." Yi Ji sighed.

"But we still haven't waited for Guan Gong." Pan Jun also sighed. He rolled his eyes and said with a hint of deliberateness in his tone: "If you don't wait any longer..."

His words made everyone feel sad.

The veteran of the Guan family wearing a helmet and whipping armor had a somewhat sad voice, "Second General? Can he come back?"

"Oh, let's go!"

There were tears in Yiji's eyes. "There is not a single coward in the soldiers brought out by the second general. They are all good. This revenge... we must avenge!"

Nearby, the sisters Wang Tao and Wang Yue were also sitting on the ground, both sharpening their swords.

When women go to the battlefield, they often don’t like to use weapons that require strength, such as broadswords and spears. Swords and daggers are the first choice. Of course... On the battlefield, every inch is longer and every inch is stronger. Swords, daggers, and halberds will not account for much when they compete against each other. Cheap.

"Sister? Why don't we continue to look for Wei Zhi?" Wang Yue asked.

Wang Tao shook his head, "I've been looking for three whole days and still haven't found it. On the contrary, there have been several dangers. I'm afraid... afraid..."

As she spoke, Wang Tao burst into tears.

As if, the last part of her sentence that she didn't blurt out was - "I'm afraid I'll never find Wei Zhi again!" 』

"Sister, don't cry..." Wang Yue comforted her sister, "I heard that the third girl from the Bao family also came to see Wei Zhi, and... was caught by Wei Jun. Will she..."

"Stop talking about this." Wang Tao pursed her lips and glanced around at the Guan family sergeants, "Wei Zhi has always been proud that he is a member of the Guan family army. Now that we encounter them, we sisters cannot ignore death. , if Wei Zhi is here, he...he will definitely choose...let us rescue these Guan family sergeants first, and then after sending them back, we will...then..."

Wang Tao wanted to come back and continue looking for Weizhi, but the news that Bao Sanniang had been caught made her fearful, and she... suddenly became afraid.

Among the people Wang Tao and Wang Yue brought, there was a horse.

Only with horses clearing the way can there be hope of escaping.

This pair of sisters just talked about this.

"Report..." a rapid voice resounded, "Mr. Yi, Mr. Pan... there are more than ten thousand Wei cavalry attacking this way!"

"Report, gentlemen, we...we are surrounded!"

Accompanying this voice was a scout looking panicked.

"What?"

"What should I do?"

Yi Ji and Pan Jun looked at each other, with deep worry in their eyes. However, when Pan Jun turned around, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a faint smile.

——"Here he comes, my petition is here!" 』

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The stadium suddenly exploded, and all worries became reality at this moment. Unprecedented despair once again breeds and spreads among the crowd.

Wei Jun, here we go again——

In the past few days, the name Wei Jun seems to have become the nightmare of every Guan family soldier.

"Gather, gather, array..."

Yi Ji's face darkened. He was a counselor, but in this era, because of the existence of the "Six Arts of the Gentleman", counselors could also wield a horse-drawn sword.

"Here!"

The echoing voice in the last darkness before dawn was sonorous and powerful, showing unusual determination.

This battle will end in death!

In a short while, the Guan family's army was already in position, even though each of them still had scars on their bodies, they looked... even more exhausted.

but…

Are you in charge here? Who will back down?

“Fight, fight, fight—”

The long roar pierced the night sky, making Wang Tao, Wang Yue... and the people they brought from Lutang Village feel hot in their eyes?

——'Is it Guan Jiajun? 』

——"Is it the Guan Jiajun whose expression remains unchanged even when Mount Tai collapses in front of him?" 』

"Hahaha... Uncle Ji (and), don't you want to know how I, the great Wei Xiongbing, could discover you?"

A wild laughter sounded...

This surprised Yi Ji, and it was Pan Jun who showed even greater surprise.

Under the dancing shadows of the trees, under the quiet moonlight, countless cavalrymen were swaying, and it seemed that they had surrounded the place.

Chen Jiao, Cao Wei's long history of conquering the south and captain of the west, slowly walked out. He and Yi Ji were old acquaintances. Chen Jiao's original surname was not Chen, because his mother was from a prominent family of the Chen family in Xiapi, so he adopted his mother's family name and changed his surname. List.

His maternal uncle Chen Deng and Yi Ji are both famous people in the world, and their families have had all kinds of contacts...

"Uncle Ji, long time no see. How are you?"

Chen Jiao was condescending and his arrogant look made people uncomfortable.

Yi Ji remembered what he had just said, and he asked Chen Jiao: "What did you mean by what you just said? How do you know our whereabouts?"

"Hahaha..." Chen Jiao smiled, "Someone deliberately exposed your whereabouts to us, right? Mr. Pan -"

As soon as he said this, Yi Ji turned his head and looked at Pan Jun in disbelief...

All Guan Jiajun, including Wang Tao and Wang Yue, looked at Pan Jun in disbelief.

"Aren't you coming over yet? Mr. Pan?"

Following Chen Jiao's words, Pan Jun lowered his head, quickly drove his horse, and threw himself into the Wei army's camp.

"Chengming? Why are you?" Yi Ji asked in surprise.

In his subconscious mind, Guan Jiajun could die in battle.

But the emergence of such a pickpocketing person was unacceptable to him, and also unacceptable to all the Guan family sergeants.

Pan Jun could only hear Pan Jun say softly: "Guan Yu, why did he ever regard me as the counselor of the Guan family army? Huh... If you don't want to be reused, it's better to help Wei than to help him!"

Having said this, Pan Jun raised his hands and faced Chen Jiao on his horse, "General, something will change later... Please..."

Don't wait for Pan Jun to finish speaking.

"Hahahaha..." Amid Chen Jiao's laughter, he waved his flag, "Kill, leave no one behind -"

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Ps:

(It used to be Hu Ban and Pan Jun. I forgot. Hu Ban has died, so the name here has been changed to Yi.)

(Thanks to ‘Camp Ink Blue and White’ for the reminder.)