There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Now is the early stage of the vassal struggle for hegemony, and the population has not withered as much as it did when the Three Kingdoms were established, but even so, imagine that when Cao Rui ascended the throne, the registered population of the Great Wei Kingdom was more than [-] million!That is to say, Yuan Shu's population at this moment is the same as the population of Great Wei during Cao Rui's period.

But now, Yuan Shu is splitting his forces into two groups, one to attack Jingzhou, and the other to attack the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang.

There is Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Yuan Shu may not be able to get his hands on it, but once Jiujiang Army and Lujiang Army are defeated by him, Yuan Shu will also occupy Huainan County, which has the most stable and abundant food and grass supply in the Yangtze River Basin.

In this way, Yuan Shu had the population and food, and he wanted to support an army of 30 to [-] people, which was absolutely within reach.

But right now, there are only 5000 people, and there is no navy...

Looking at the rather lonely expression of the pottery merchant, Gan Ning suddenly said: "But right now, there is a ready-made navy in front of Tao Taishou. Does the eunuch not want to use it?"

Tao Shang was stunned when he heard the words, and then suddenly realized, "Brother Gan said, could it be those water thieves at the Heroes Meeting... brothers?"

Gan Ning nodded, and sighed: "Those old water thieves have spent three to five years on the Yangtze River, and more than ten years, and what's more, they have been floating on the river for most of their lives, with their feet barely touching. In the past, Gan has 6000 brothers under his command, and those water bandits in the Yangtze River, such as Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, have a thousand or more youngsters under their command, and there are as few as a hundred or ten young men under their command. If you add up your cubs, there are at least [-] to [-] people, and they are basically formed sailor soldiers. With such combat power, how can you not care about it?"

Hearing this, the pottery merchant felt a sense of acquaintance, and said: "Actually, I have thought about this too, but I am afraid that they are not as sensible as Brother Gan. After all, they are all bandits, so suddenly let them join the army , I'm afraid they will have conflicts in their hearts."

When Gan Ning heard this, the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

Why does this sound a bit like scolding?

If you hadn't used the 35-year mining incident to scare me back then, I might not have said it rationally.

"This matter really shouldn't be rushed. According to Gan's idea, Gan has nothing to do under the command of the Fujun. It's better to continue to be a water thief and carefully observe the actions of those thieves in the Qunyinghui on the Yangtze River for the Fujun. Xiangdong, and the Fujun took the opportunity to become the leader of this so-called Jiang thief, and slowly conquer the hearts of the people in the future, you and I, the inside and the outside, complement each other, which is actually a good strategy."

When the pottery merchant heard Gan Ning's implication, he wanted to leave, he hesitated somewhat.

Should we let him go?

Seeing that the pottery merchant didn't answer, Gan Ning smiled and said, "Could it be that Master Tao doesn't trust me?"

The potter weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and finally made up his mind.

"I believe in you, just follow what Brother Gan said, you continue to be a water thief and help me supervise those people at the Heroes Meeting. Tao is not in a hurry to accept surrender from them. He will be the leader of the river thief first, and the rest will be discussed later!"

Gan Ning cupped his hands, and said boldly: "Don't lie to your lord, even though I'm a bandit, I also understand the word "faithful". Don't worry, since I have agreed to my lord, I will never let you down! I am really serious about this matter. It's done!"

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Fanyang Lake, Zhou Tai's water village.

Today is the second meeting of the Heroes Association, and it is also the day when Zhou Tai, Gan Ning, and Lu Fei, the three major pirates, hand over the results of the big exam.

The leaders of the water thieves on the Yangtze River had already gathered in Zhou Tai's water village early in the morning, waiting for the three leaders to hand over the achievement of capturing the front flag of the Yamen of Chungu County.

In the minds of the water thief leaders, the one who can do this must be Zhou Tai.

Of course, if Zhou Tai couldn't do it, then that gangster Gan Ning took advantage of him.

However, when the big banner in front of the Chungu County Government Office was taken out by the man named Lu Fei, all the water thieves couldn't help but fell silent.

What's the situation?

Gan Ning and Zhou Tai had diarrhea and missed the date of the big exam?

It shouldn't be, I usually like to eat and make things, and I don't see anything wrong with it.

Then how could he win! ?

Who is this young and weak little water thief leader?It's so amazing!

Zhou Tai stood in the hall, staring closely at the flag spread out on the ground, his face was red, white, purple, green, and changed seven or eight colors in less than a stick of incense.

The potter has been watching him from the sidelines.

Chameleon, so fancy.

When I was young...

"It's fake!" Zhou Tai said swearingly to the people present.

All the water thief leaders were in an uproar when they heard the words.

Makes sense!

The pottery merchant touched the straight bridge of his nose when he heard the words, and he didn't look angry at all.

Zhou Tai's reaction was already in his expectation.

"Master Zhou, you say this flag is fake? But what proof do you have?"

Zhou Tai patted his chest, and said proudly: "Thinking of my old Zhou, who has experienced many battles and traversed the Yangtze River waterway for many years, what a hero! I can't beat Chungu County, but you, a yellow-mouthed child, can beat it? Say I don't believe anything!"

At this moment, a sneer suddenly sounded from the side.

"Jiujiang thief, after all, you still don't have the slightest proof. It's just that you are unwilling to give up the position of leader. Thanks to you, you can be regarded as a person who has been famous in this waterway for many years. You are too stingy!"

Zhou Tai flew into a rage when he heard the words, and turned his head to Gan Ning.

In his opinion, even if Gan Ning is not with him, he should not still be in conflict with him at this time. Could it be that he really intends to let this yellow-mouthed child take the position of leader of the Yangtze River thieves?

"Jinfan Bandit! Don't make sarcastic remarks from the sidelines! Don't forget, you never went to Chungu County either!" Zhou Tai growled at Gan Ning with his brows wide open, but in reality, he meant more than he said. Gan Ning - it is not appropriate to have conflicts at this time.

The problem is, Gan Ning didn't talk about him at all today.

Gan Ning spread his hands and said with a smile: "Yes, I didn't hit the county seat, but I am convinced! It's not like some people, tsk tsk tsk, can't afford to lose!"

Zhou Tai's face was flushed by being squeezed by Gan Ning, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Who said I can't afford to lose!"

At this time, the village master Liu who had been hanging out in the Xiangjiang River stood up and raised his voice to the pottery: "Zhai master Lu, may I ask if you have other things besides this flag? As your proof that you entered Chungu County?"

The potter stood up slowly and said with a smile, "Yes."

After finishing speaking, he winked at Xu Rong behind him.

Xu Rong understood, and then raised his voice and shouted loudly to the outside of the hall: "Bring the things in."

Not long after, I saw Lu Fei's "water thieves" carrying bundles of weapons into the hall of the water village and throwing them on the ground.

Seeing this, the village owners of the various water villages came over one after another to have a look.

After a while...

"This, this is the weapon of the official army?!"

"real or fake!"