"Since the general is passing by, why don't you come to Jiangdong? As long as the general is willing to serve our lord, the governor promises to make the general the governor of Danyang."

Sun Ce only had six counties in total, and he gave Gan Ning Danyang County. This was a very sincerity in recruiting Gan Ning. Gan Ning was stunned for a moment and asked Xun Chen, "Does he believe that we are just passing by? Governor, two of us are here."

Qianshi!"

"He is stalling for time so that others can attack us from both sides!"

Xun Chen glanced at Gan Ning speechlessly and reminded him.

This guy's temperament was just as the princess said, and he had no pressure to break his promise. He was attracted by the other party's mere prefect position.

It is very easy to attack the south, but Sun Bofu wants to unify the world from south to north, and he will spend his whole life unable to do it. Does the general want to be the two thousand stone of the Tang Empire in the future, or the two thousand stone of one side?"

Gan Ning smiled miserably, "Two thousand dan from the Tang Dynasty are worth a lot of money!"

He said to the messenger soldier, "Go and tell Zhou Gongjin that if he gives up his position as governor, I, the general, will reluctantly stay here!"

Gan Ning was not stupid. How could he not know that Zhou Yu wanted to delay. After saying this, he ordered the entire army to continue sailing forward. The ships on both sides entered the shooting range and began to fly arrows on the river.

Gan Ning arranged three large ships and sixty ships in front. Although there were not as many soldiers on each ship as Zhou Yu, he had more ships. After a close encounter, he asked the forward fleet to separate the opponent's warships on the river.

He turned sideways and let the boats behind him pass first. After the boats carrying his family members were almost gone, he began to gather his own fleet and prepare to evacuate.

Seeing this operation, Zhou Yu was a little dumbfounded. Is the other party really just passing by? Where are you going with so many people?

After thinking about it for a moment, Zhou Yu realized that besides the Tang State, who else would abandon this good place in Jingzhou? And this naval force joining the Tang State would be a fatal threat to Soochow in the future, but it is obviously too late to change tactics now.

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The forces on both sides were about the same, and Gan Ning only wanted to break out of the encirclement, so Zhou Yu could not stop him at all. The two sides fought until it was getting dark, and Gan Ning's ship finally got rid of Zhou Yu's pursuit and passed Pengze smoothly.

Gan Ning was afraid that the opponent would mass a large number of soldiers and horses behind to intercept him, so after passing Pengze, he rushed down the river. Although he encountered two blocks on the way, fortunately there were not many troops, and Gan Ning was able to pass through smoothly.

On the twelfth day, he entered the territory of Wujun.

This was the last level. After passing here, it would be safe to enter the East China Sea. All members of the fleet were ready for battle. However, what surprised Gan Ning was that Sun Ce, who was personally in charge of Wu Commandery, did not send anyone to intercept.

"Why didn't Sun Bofu stop him?"

When Gan Ning asked, Cheng Pu also asked Sun Ce very puzzledly, "Why didn't my lord stop him?"

Sun Ce stood by the river with his sword in hand, looked at the river in the distance, and sighed, "It's not that I won't stop him, but I can't stop him at all! The river here is more than three times wider than Peng Ze. Gong Jin said that this man is very good at water fighting, and his subordinates are also good at water fighting."

He is an experienced veteran, so it is not easy to stop him? It is better to let him go north, and then the whole thing will be dealt with."

Because Sun Ce was preparing to use troops against Jingzhou, after annihilating Yuan, the main force of Soochow did not return to Wu County. Almost all of them were stationed in the Pengze-Poyang area. Zhou Yu mistakenly thought that the opponent was coming to attack Soochow, even though he was well prepared.

, but the purpose of fighting was to defeat the opponent. Peng Ze didn't stop him, and he couldn't stop him from behind.

Cheng Pu frowned, "I also know the difficulties, I'm just afraid that the sneak attack will fail!"

Sun Ce said, "So this matter must be planned carefully, and only success must be allowed without failure! Also, the capture of Jingzhou must be advanced, at least the entire territory of Jingzhou must be captured before Cao Mengde is destroyed."

Gan Ning took away so many warships from Liu Biao. Although it strengthened Tang's navy, it also weakened Jingzhou's strength. This was not entirely a bad thing for Soochow.

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In the spring of 198 AD, Gan Ning, who had been sailing at sea for nearly a month, finally arrived in Buqi County, Qingzhou. Lu Bu, his wife and children came to the port to greet him in person.

In order to welcome the Jingzhou soldiers, Zhang Mo had people simply decorate the pier, with Tang national flags and military flags on both sides. Among them, the closest to the port was a Tang navy military flag, on a piece of blue brocade, embroidered on one side.

There is a great white shark with sharp teeth exposed on the other side, and the word "gan" is embroidered in small seal script on the other side. There is a red carpet on the middle road, headed by the king of Tang and the princess, followed by Toyo Makita of Qingzhou and a group of officials from Donglai, and there is a group of people beside him.

A gong and drum honor guard.

Seeing such a grand welcoming ceremony, Gan Ning felt that he had been respected as never before. With tears in his eyes, he quickly walked off the boat and came to Lu Bu, and gave the most serious and standardized salute in his life.

"Xingba, please don't give me any courtesy. I heard Jinfan's name all by myself, and all I wanted to do day and night was to meet you. Now that I have you, it's like adding more wings to a tiger. I hope you can lead our Tang Dynasty navy in the land of the Han Dynasty."

Every river in the country will help Gu Gu realize the unification of the country and the country as soon as possible!"

Gan Ning bowed again and said, "Your Majesty treats your subordinates so well, how dare you not die for your Majesty!"

Behind him, all the Jingzhou generals also bowed down and said, "I am willing to die for your Majesty!"

"Excuse me. You have worked hard all the way. I have prepared a new home for the soldiers and arranged for the family members to settle down first!"

However, the county could not accommodate these more than 30,000 people, so half of them were sent by cattle and horse vehicles to Zhuangwu County in the neighboring country of Beihai. Due to time constraints, some houses were newly built and some were old houses that had been vacant.

These Jingzhou soldiers and civilians

In addition to allocating houses and land to them, the Tang Palace also gave each family a year's living allowance, and their children could go to school for free. Those officers received better treatment. In addition to improving their original military positions in Jingzhou, each of them also received additional rewards.

Got a lot of money.

The work of settling the family members was left to the local officials. Lu Bu hosted a banquet in honor of Gan Ning and a group of officers that day. He drank freely from a small bottle of distilled liquor worth one gold in Jingzhou and tasted delicacies that had never been eaten before. Everyone once again sighed.

, it’s really the right time to come to Tang State.

The next day, Xu Rong officially handed over the Bohai Navy to Gan Ning, and took his troops to station in Wen'an City, Hejian State, preparing to use troops against Youzhou.

After the beginning of spring, the pirate Guan Cheng came to Qingzhou to plunder again. By chance, he ran into the navy sent by Soochow to attack the Tang military port. Guan Cheng mistakenly thought it was the Tang army, and had a friction battle with Soochow. After that, the two sides

They were all taken care of by Gan Ning. Guan Cheng was captured alive and led his troops to surrender.

During this period, Tian Chou and Tian Zitai, who had been living in seclusion in Youzhou, could not bear Wuhuan's intrusion, so they also led their people to seek refuge with the Tang king.

Lu Bu didn't know Tian Chou, but Zhang Mo knew him. He was a talented man with both civil and military skills. He was a good hand whether he was leading troops in battle or governing the local area. The key is that this person was a purely moral person. In history, Cao Cao conquered Wu.

During the reign of Huan, Tian Chou made suggestions and provided help for him, but he did not accept any rewards afterwards.

What is even more surprising is that Tian Chou also brought hundreds of grassroots talents to the Tang Dynasty, all of which were young talents he taught when he lived in seclusion in Xu Wushan.

Zhang Mo immediately transferred Zhuge Liang from the Hejian Kingdom to serve as a military advisor next to Gan Ning, and asked Tian Chou to serve as the governor of Hejian. He was unwilling to accept it at first, but Zhang Mo told him that after Youzhou was pacified, he would still need his help to conquer Wuhuan.

, and then he accepted the position.

With the investment of so many talents and the successful experiment of the method of drying salt, the relatively low price of sea salt in the Tang Dynasty attracted countless wealthy businessmen to gather in Qingzhou and the Bohai Sea. In two years, the economy and military of the Tang Dynasty developed rapidly.

In 200 AD, in the spring of the first year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, Xu Rong and Gao Lan led the troops to pacify Youzhou. Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Fan died in battle!

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Gongsun Du was forced by the situation and surrendered to Lu Bu under Xu Rong's persuasion. Lu Bu appointed him as the commander of the Liaodong Army and together with Xu Rong conquered the Three Koreas.
Chapter completed!