Chapter 5
Sure that this person is the Gan Ning in history, Liu Jue suddenly burst into joy, his luck was really good, and he met a famous general when he first came to Xiakou.
Gan Ning, later the general of Eastern Wu, was praised by Sun Quan: Cao Cao has Zhang Liao, I have Gan Xingba, and I am the enemy!
This shows how capable this person is.
Liu Jue couldn't help laughing out loud, and said to Gan Ning: "I have heard your name a long time ago, and I heard that you have a strong talent, but you are a rare general!"
Gan Ning's eyes widened, his face was full of surprise at first, and then he turned into excitement and said to Liu Jue: "Major General Liao Zan, how can Gan Ning afford it?"
Liu Jue laughed and said: "How can you not afford it? In the eighth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan led his troops to attack Jiangxia, Huang Zu was defeated and fled in embarrassment, if you hadn't shot Ling Cao, so that Sun Quan did not dare to pursue, Huang Zuyan would have survived to this day?"
Gan Ning was even more shocked and said, "The young general actually knows about this?".
Liu Jue smiled and said, "It's not a secret, how can I not know? I don't know what General Gan's official position is now?"
Gan Ning sighed and said unwillingly: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the young general when I say it, Gan Ning is just a soldier now, how can he be worthy of the word general?"
Liu Jue suddenly frowned.
Seeing this, Su Fei thought that Liu Jue was unhappy, after all, all the generals here were here, how could a military candidate be qualified to sit here?
Su Fei hurriedly said: "Young General, although Gan Ning is only a military candidate, his talent is far better than mine, and he asked him to participate in the banquet today to introduce him to the young general." "
Su Fei and Gan Ning have been friends for many years, and he has always felt unhappy that Gan Ning is not reused.
Gan Ning was also nervous, he had been under Huang Zu for many years, but because of his background as a sail thief, although Su Fei had always recommended and even saved Huang Zu's life, he still couldn't get Huang Zu's attention.
This made Gan Ning feel depressed, and Liu Jue's arrival was his last hope.
If he didn't get Liu Jue's attention, Gan Ning planned to go to Jiangdong to join Sun Quan.
Liu Jue waved his hand and said: "General Su is too worried, you introduced such a talent for me, I can't be happy! That Huang Zu is really old and mediocre, and he has such a talent under him, but he doesn't know how to reuse it!"
Liu Jue looked at Gan Ning, and then said: "Meiyu is buried like this, I don't know if General Gan's talent can be used by me?"
Death for a confidant!
The short words made Gan Ning's blood boil, and he suddenly became loyal, and said excitedly: "Thank you for the appreciation of the major general, Gan Ning is willing to go to the soup for the young general, and his liver and brain are smeared!"
Liu Jue laughed loudly and said: "Today I got General Gan, it is like a tiger with wings, it is really a great blessing in life, and I should be a big white with you!"
At the banquet, bursts of hearty laughter suddenly sounded.
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After two days of repairs in Xiakou, Liu Jue divided 5,000 soldiers and horses, and let Xiang Lang, Xiang Pet, and Huo Jun stay in Xiakou to rectify Xiakou's military and government affairs.
He commanded 5,000 soldiers and horses, and took Huang Zhong, Yi Yuan, Su Fei, Gan Ning and others to cross the river to Xiling County, the seat of Jiangxia.
Jiangxia is divided into north and south by the Yangtze River, Xiling County is located in the north, and Xiakou across the river, Liu Jue's army only took half a day, and then came to Xiling City.
The one who went out of the city to greet Liu Jue was naturally Huang Jue, the son of Huang Zu.
Liu Jue ordered the army to be stationed outside the city, and with Huang Zhong and others and a hundred personal soldiers, he entered Xiling with Huang Jue.
Liu Jue first condoled Huang Zu, then comforted Huang Biao a few words, and then took out Liu Biao's appointment letter.
In other words, Liu Biao is kind enough, although Huang Zu is dead now, he still appoints Huang Biao as the Taishou of Zhangling, and there are countless various pension items.
"The last general Huang Shot led the order, Liu Jingzhou was very kind and virtuous, and it was unforgettable. Huang Zhu took over the letter of appointment and the ribbon, and when Huang Zu was buried, he was about to leave for Zhangling to take office.
After dealing with the matter of Huang Jue, Liu Jue began to take over the affairs of Xiling City.
There are 15,000 soldiers and horses in the whole Jiangxia, of which 5,000 are stationed in Xiakou, 7,000 are stationed in Wuchang, and only 3,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in Xiling and other places.
Now with the 10,000 soldiers and horses brought by Liu Jue, the total strength has reached 25,000, not to mention that he still has 10,000 elites rewarded by the system.
An army of 35,000 is a great force wherever it is placed.
It's just that after Liu Jue inspected the army, he felt a little worried in his heart, the quality of Jiangxia soldiers was average, even if they had an advantage in numbers, it was difficult to meet Jiangdong's army.
Yi Ji couldn't help but say: "Huang Zu is old and mediocre, and Sun Quan is eyeing him in the east, but he is so inattentive to the military, if it is not for Liu Jingzhou's support, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with Sun Quan in Jiangdong." "
In the battle between Huang Zu and the Sun family, it can be said that he has been defeated repeatedly.
Even if Sun Jian was shot back then, it was Huang Zu who was defeated first, and Sun Jian rushed to pursue him, so he seized the opportunity to shoot him with a dark arrow.
To put it mildly, Huang Zu is a mess of mud, relying on Liu Biao to barely support the wall.
Liu Jue groaned and said, "Everyone, if Jiangdong sends troops to attack, how should we deal with the enemy?"
Huang Zhong clenched his fists and said: "The young general doesn't have to worry too much, Jiangxia now has 25,000 soldiers and horses, if Jiangdong sends troops to come, we only need to focus on defense, Jiangdong army has been attacking for a long time without results, and it will naturally retreat." "
Yi Yuan also said: "Besides, there is also Shanyue rebellion in Jiangdong, Sun Quan will definitely spend a lot of troops to suppress it, if Jiangdong comes to attack Jiangxia at this time, the number of troops will definitely not exceed 15,000." "
Hearing Yi's words, Liu Jue remembered that the Shanyue Rebellion was a major problem in Dongwu.
The Shanyue problem was so serious that it affected Eastern Wu for decades, and it was so serious that Sun Quan had to spend more than half of his troops to suppress the rebellion of the Shanyue.
At the time of the Battle of Chibi, Jiangdong had about 80,000 troops, but Sun Quan only gave Zhou Yu 30,000, and the rest of the army was all used to deal with Shanyue.
In history, Shu Han made many northern expeditions, but Eastern Wu rarely used troops against Cao Wei, because he was afraid that once he waved his army to the north, Shanyue would take the opportunity to make trouble in the rear, and a bad one would affect the foundation of Eastern Wu.
The problem of Shanyue was not completely solved until the emergence of Zhuge Ke, but that was decades later.
It is also said that Jiangxia is waiting for work, Liu Jue only needs to hold various Xiakou and other places, and the Jiangdong army is bound to return in vain.
Even if they can seize the opportunity, they can also give the Jiangdong army a head-on blow, so that they can steal chickens and rice.
When Liu Jue thought of this, his confidence suddenly increased, and his eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of Jiangdong.
Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, if you don't come, forget it, if you dare to offend me Jiangxia, I will definitely let you have no return!