The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Besides, now is the period of the Yellow Turban Uprising, even if Gan Ning, the Jinfan thief, got up early to engage in the water thief industry, the time is relatively early, so it is not too early. Gan Ning at this time should be estimated to be in his teens, 20 years old In his early years.

In Liu Zheng's mind, he had already denied that Gan Ning, the Jinfan thief, was the water thief who robbed his own ship.

And Yuan Zhou's next sentence made Liu Zheng affirm that those water thieves were not Jinfan thieves.

"No, they don't have bells on them, but when one of them called their leader, it seemed to be something called Zhou, because they spoke in a dialect, and I didn't quite understand what they meant, so I didn't listen in detail .”

After listening to Yuan Zhou's answer, Su Fei nodded, and then continued to speak to Liu Zheng.

"My lord, that's all I want to ask. Those people are not the water thieves I know. I know a lot about the water thieves near Jiangxia in the past few years in Jiangxia, and I often deal with them. This wave of water thieves should not be in the Dongting waters." The thieves in the river, but the water thieves from Poyang Lake, if my guess is right, it should be the Poyang water system, the more famous Jiang Zhou thief."

"Jiang Zhou is a thief?"

Liu Zheng carefully read this sentence from Su Fei's mouth.

"My lord, that's right!"

"Between Dongting waters and Poyang waters, there are countless water thieves, large and small. There are tens of thousands of strong ones and dozens of weak ones. As far as I know, there are four famous thieves in Poyang waters."

"Four well-known thieves, huh? I don't know about that, let's hear it."

"The four major thieves occupy the four corners of the waters of Poyang Lake. Yan, who is the most powerful, occupies the east. Zu Lang, who is slightly less powerful, occupies the north. Pan Lin, who is third, occupies the south. Jiang Zhou, who is the weakest, occupies the south. west."

"Even the weakest bandit Jiang Zhou Zhou has thousands of people under him, and he is good at guerrilla attack on the surface, proficient in water skills, and his strength cannot be underestimated."

After all, Su Fei once served as a general in Jiangxia, and although Jiangxia is within the waters of Dongting, he also has some understanding of some situations in the waters of Poyang not far away.

After Su Fei finished speaking, Yuan Zhou also hurriedly agreed.

"Yes, yes, I've heard of these people's names, but they don't come to Yichun often. Yichun was occupied by Ou Xing before, and those water thieves never came to make trouble. I didn't expect that after Ou Xing's defeat, they would come to Yichun. Started to stretch out the tentacles."

Yuan Zhou was also depressed, quite annoyed by these water thieves.

"Since this is the case, it is even more necessary to give them a little color."

"My lord, if I want to deal with these water thieves, do I have a way?"

"any solution?"

"Murder with a knife!"

"Borrowing a knife to kill? Whose knife to borrow?"

Liu Zheng was immediately curious by Su Fei's words, and looked at Su Fei, waiting for Su Fei to explain the plan to him in detail.

Su Fei didn't hide anything intentionally. When Liu Zheng asked and everyone present looked at him, he also hurriedly said what was in his heart.

"My lord, you don't know that the waters of Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake belong to different states and counties. The waters of Dongting Lake belong to Jingzhou, while the waters of Poyang Lake belong to Yangzhou."

"There are many water thieves in the two waters, but they are not of the same mind. The water thieves in the Poyang waters often conflict with the water thieves in the Dongting waters, and most of the time, the water thieves in the Dongting waters are at a disadvantage. Now if we To deal with the Poyang water thieves, we can cooperate with those Dongting water thieves."

"Cooperate with water thieves?"

"That's right, my lord, we don't have a water army. It's not flattering to fight water thieves on the lake, but if we can cooperate with the water thieves and let the water thieves deal with those Jiang Zhou thieves, it will definitely be better than sending troops directly by ourselves. Much easier."

"That's good, but we don't have any friendship with that Dongting water thief, how can we get them to help us?"

"About this, my lord, you don't have to worry. When I was an official in Jiangxia, I knew some Dongting water thieves. If I went to find those people in person and persuaded them to join the lord, I still have a certain degree of confidence. I just don't know if the lord is willing. Accept those water thieves?"

When Su Fei said this, Liu Zheng realized that the friend Su Fei mentioned should be the Jinfan thief Gan Ning.

Chapter 168 The Jinfan Thief Comes to Vote

In fact, when Liu Zheng recruited Su Fei from Huang Zu, part of his willingness was because Su Fei was Gan Ning's friend.

He asked Su Fei to join him, but he actually planned that one day Su Fei would introduce Gan Ning.

But for this kind of thing, it's not good for Liu Zheng to take the initiative to bring it up. On the contrary, Su Fei has to say it himself.

Now that Su Fei finally said this matter, how could Liu Zheng refuse.

"Of course I am willing to accept it. I am not a high-ranking official. Now mine is just the leader of the Mingyue Village. Speaking of it, I am not considered a gangster, but I am better than a gangster. How can I be unwilling to accept others' surrender? As long as it is Su Fei The person you value, General, I am also willing to treat him as a brother!"

Liu Zheng sincerely said something to Su Fei, even if Su Fei didn't say that the person he was looking for was Gan Ning, Liu Zheng had already identified that person as Gan Ning.

Even if it wasn't Gan Ning, Liu Zheng wouldn't have any regrets. After all, he really lacked a navy at this time. Among his generals, there was only one general, Su Fei, who knew a little about surface warfare.

But Su Fei was going to plan a business base and establish an intelligence network for Liu Zheng, so he couldn't spare himself to form a navy.

What Liu Zheng lacks most at this time is a navy commander.

So if he can find a navy commander, whether it is Gan Ning or not, as long as he has some understanding of the navy, it will be enough to open up Liu Zheng's current situation.

After Liu Zheng agreed to Su Fei, this matter was temporarily resolved. Su Fei took the order to go to find his friends, and Liu Zheng also began to start from among his 5 people. Select some people who are better at water.

The preparations for the establishment of the water army began. As long as Liu Zheng established the water army, with the escort of the water army at that time, his merchant ships would be able to run wild in the two major waters of Dongting and Poyang.

Not long after Su Fei left, he brought his friends back to Mingyue Village.

In just two days, several small boats came to the river under Liu Zhengmingyue's cottage.

From far away, there was a sound of copper bells, jingling, and then on the river, several boats hung with colorful silk appeared on it.

Not long after, they stopped at the ferry where Liu Zheng came here for the first time.

Seven or eight people got off the boat, and under the leadership of Su Fei, they started to walk up the mountain.

Liu Zheng was still in the lobby. At this time, Zhou Cang came to report that Su Fei had returned, and immediately came to the lobby to receive the people brought back by Su Fei.

Liu Zheng just came to the lobby, and not long after, Su Fei walked in with seven or eight people.

Liu Zheng saw it at a glance. Among the seven or eight people, there was a young man with half of his arm bare, and the other people behind him all looked young.

"My lord, Fei fulfilled his mission and found my friend."

Su Fei took a step forward, then turned around and glanced at the people behind him, and the young people standing behind Su Fei also took a step out.

Standing in front of Liu Zheng, he took the initiative to say hello to Liu Zheng.

"Bajun Gan Ning, I have met Liu Zhengqu!"

When the words Berkshire Gan Ning fell into Liu Zheng's ears, Liu Zheng, who had already been mentally prepared, immediately burst into a smile.

It was not in vain that he had waited for these few days and waited for so long.

"Gan Ning, you are Gan Ning! I have heard the name of the Jinfan bandit before, and seeing it today, it really surprised me!"

Liu Zheng was really surprised, not the Jinfan thief in front of him, but Gan Ning, who was so young.

Looking at it, he should be only ten years old, several years younger than Liu Zheng, and he is the youngest among the generals in front of him.

And the seven or eight people standing behind Gan Ning were also young, all around 20 years old.

Liu Zheng was a little curious at the beginning, why did these guys become water thieves at a young age?

However, if he thinks about it carefully, he can understand that the world is in chaos and famine, and many people simply cannot support themselves by farming the land.

In this way, those families with no background, poor people who were not born in rich families either went to the mountains to become bandits, or they went to the water to become bandits, seeking a way to survive.

Most of the tens of thousands of horses under Liu Zheng's command are like this.And most of the labor force is young and middle-aged.

When Liu Zheng praised Gan Ning, Gan Ning was also a little surprised. After all, he didn't expect Liu Zheng to know the name of their Jinfan thief.

In fact, the Jinfan Thieves at this time period are not too famous, and they are just a small group of rogue water thieves around Jiangxia.There are many more powerful water thieves than Jinfan thieves.

But Gan Ning and Su Fei have a good relationship. Although Gan Ning and the others are water thieves, they have their own principles. They never plunder the poor and poor, and only target the merchant ships that come and go.

Moreover, Gan Ning and the others distributed most of the goods and money obtained after plundering these merchant ships to the poor people, and did not take it as their own and strengthen themselves.

So Gan Ning's team has actually been kept in the hundreds of people, all of them come from various villages, unlike other water thieves.

Relying on the money obtained from looting, it continued to grow, and it seemed to become the overlord of one side of the waters.

"I didn't expect Liu Zhengqushuai to have heard of our name. We were so surprised. I had heard of Liu Zhengqushuai's name for a long time. I always wanted to join Liu Zhengqushuai, but I didn't have a chance."

In fact, Liu Zheng has a very good reputation in Jiangxia, Nanyang, and Runan, especially among the bandits.

Many thieves have heard of Liu Zheng's deeds, even though Liu Zheng is a Yellow Turban Army.But these things he did made every thief admire him.

If it weren't for Liu Zheng, Emperor Han would not have died, because Liu Zheng created the current situation and gave those thieves a great buffer and a chance to breathe.

"Hahaha, I also want the help of a brother like Gan Ning. Brother Su Fei must have told you what happened to us this time. How about it? Join us!"

Liu Zheng directly offered an olive branch to Gan Ning.

Since Gan Ning has come to Mingyue Village, firstly, he wants to meet Liu Zheng, and secondly, he also sincerely wants to seek refuge with a big force.

In history, Gan Ning just wanted to join Huang Zu, and asked Su Fei to recommend him to join Huang Zu again and again, but Huang Zu never reused Gan Ning because of his background as a bandit.

Gan Ning, who could not be reused by Huang Zu, defected from Huang Zu and went to join Sun Quan.

But now it is different, Liu Zheng defeated Huang Zu, claiming to be superior to Huang Zu. Although Liu Zheng is a bandit, Gan Ning himself is also a bandit, and he has no guard against Liu Zheng's identity.

Chapter 169 Preparation

Liu Zheng opened his mouth to recruit Gan Ning, and Gan Ning agreed without saying a word.

"Thank you, my lord, for your appreciation. I came here this time to seek refuge with Qu Shuai!"

"Alright then, Zhou Cang ordered to go down immediately, prepare the food and drink and prepare to welcome Brother Gan Ning to join us!"

The conversation between the two sides didn't even have the slightest nonsense. After Gan Ning agreed, Liu Zheng directly asked Zhou Cang next to him to go down to prepare food and drinks, and welcome Gan Ning to join the group.

Liu Zheng was so enthusiastic, Gan Ning naturally didn't have much to say, and immediately began to enter the lobby of the cottage surrounded by everyone, ready to eat and drink.

Gan Ning and the others traveled long distances from Jiangxia County all the way to Mingyue Village. The time was also very short. They hadn't had a good meal in the past few days. When they arrived at Mingyue Village, it was natural to invite them to eat and drink first, and then talk about it. Let’s talk about how to deal with the water thieves in Poyang Lake.

After a full meal, Gan Ning began to tell Liu Zheng about the relationship between these water thieves in the Poyang waters.

There are dozens of water bandits in the Dongting water area, large and small, but the water bandits in the Dongting water area are not united, they are scattered in various counties, and they rarely communicate with each other.

They are also hostile to each other, but the water thieves in the waters of Poyang Lake are different, although they are also divided into different groups.

However, there is no direct conflict between each group. On the contrary, sometimes these water thieves will cooperate with each other in order to fight against the imperial court and the county soldiers who encircle and suppress the water thieves.

So if you want to deal with these water thieves in the waters of Poyang Lake, you must first disintegrate the connection between them.

Although Gan Ning and others are not water thieves in the waters of Poyang Lake, they have also dealt with people from Poyang Lake water thieves, and occasionally there will be some small frictions.

Regarding the Jiang Zhou thief that Su Fei mentioned, in fact, the Jinfan thief had some unpleasant conflicts with them before, but they were all water thieves after all, and there were no irreconcilable conflicts between them, so there was no violent fighting.

Now because of Liu Zheng's matter, Gan Ning and the others began to chat about what they knew.

As far as they know, although Jiang Tuesday's bandits are the weakest among the four bandits in the waters of Poyang Lake, there are still quite a few water bandits gathered under their command, with a combined number of more than 2000.

These 2000 people are the direct labor force of young and middle-aged people, who can act as effective combat figures when they board the ship, and there are more than a dozen walking boats, which travel very fast on the water surface.

Speaking of warships, Liu Zheng became curious. He didn't know much about ships in the south of the Yangtze River, and he didn't even know about horses.

At least Liu Zheng knew where the war horses of the Han Dynasty came from, and what quality of war horses they were, but as for the ships, Liu Zheng had only seen some in the game.

I know some types of building boats, scorpion boats, and red horse boats.

However, I really don't know what the specific classification of these ships is, so I immediately asked Gan Ning.

Gan Ning was not bothered, and immediately explained the classification of warships to Liu Zheng.

The water army in the Han Dynasty is mainly divided into four types of ships. One type of large ship is a large ship that can carry a large number of people. Ancient aircraft carrier.

The other three are the main medium-sized combat ships of the navy.The 艨艟 is an assault ship and the main ship of the ancient navy.The hull is narrow and long, with strong maneuverability, making it easy to collide with enemy ships.

There is also a small boat walk.The function of walking scorpion is similar to that of scorpion, but it is smaller and faster, so it is easier to attack.

And the last ones are yachts, scout boats and other small boats, which are smaller in size and are not used as warships, but for scouting and reconnaissance.

Of course, these are ships used by the navy, not private and commercial transport ships.

The ships used by water thieves are generally not large ships.

Large ships are too bulky to sail, and they are too large to hide their bodies. At most, there are a few warships as the main battle ships.

In fact, most water thieves use walking boats and red horse boats. These ships are small in size, fast, and can quickly chase enemy ships on the water, especially those merchant ships. Ge found that it was difficult to escape.

In a short time, they will be overtaken by these ships, and then they will carry out some looting.

The Jinfan thieves like Gan Ning are not considered powerful water thieves, and their number is not large.The ships he owns are only seven or eight boats, and three or four yachts.

These ships were all merged into Liu Zheng's command, which immediately gave Liu Zheng's navy a prototype, but there were still too few ships. If you want to form a powerful navy, these ships are not enough at all. Jiang Zhou's thief in Poyang Lake is not enough.

There are only 800 Jinfan bandits, and Liu Zheng can barely make up 2000 troops, including some water-savvy people recently drawn from his subordinates.

But these 2000 people, if they want to face Jiang Zhou's thief last week, they will inevitably be a little naive.

Fortunately, Gan Ning gave Liu Zheng an idea.