The Three Kingdoms: I can't be a counselor, so I have to divide the world into four parts

Chapter 34

After listening to Gan Ning's narration, Sun Quan was overjoyed.

He was so happy that he took Gan Ning's hand and said:

"General, what you said is really a golden saying!"

"I will send an order to invite Tang Jianming to Jianye with a large sum of money to discuss the plan to resist Cao!"

Gan Ning said:

"That's right."

After the two sides agreed, Gan Ning resigned from Sun Quan.

He got a horse outside the guesthouse and was about to return home.

After walking for a while, he saw a group of people gathered in the street, watching the manifesto.

Many people were illiterate, so he asked a literate clerk to read what was written in the manifesto.

After reading it, the clerk said:

"This is a letter from Cao Cao."

"It says that Cao Cao, in the name of the emperor, has pacified the four directions. He has now eliminated Yuan Shao, and Liu Cong of Jingzhou has surrendered. The world is stable and the people are willing to submit."

"Now he has a million soldiers and thousands of generals. He is ready to cross the river and hunt with the Marquis of Wu in Jiangxia to jointly attack Liu Bei. I hope the Marquis of Wu will not hesitate and give him a quick reply."

The crowd of onlookers heard this and started to discuss:

"This Cao Cao is really shameless. What hunting? Isn't this obviously an attempt to annex Dongwu?"

Another person was not Guan Ji's attitude:

"Well, whether he swallows or not is up to you, it's the Marquis of Wu's business, why should we ordinary people care about it?"

Another person said:

"So, in the future, our Jiangdong will also belong to Cao Cao?"

"It's better to belong to it, so that we don't have to fight all day long, and it's our people who suffer?"

Another person said: "I heard that Cao's army is brutal and slaughtered Xuzhou City before."

As a result, he was immediately retorted: "Did you see it?"

"I didn't see it, but many people say so..."

Sometimes, the world is very small.

The various situations on the streets are just like the various situations in the officialdom.

Some are indignant, some are indifferent.

Some advocate surrender, and some are afraid of the consequences.

After all, their interests are different, and their views are not the same.

Gan Ning sighed, he knew that these things were not something he could control.

He had to ride his horse to his home.

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"Oh my god!!!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, so much money and food? The Marquis of Wu can afford it!"

"With these money and food, it is enough for our camp to spend half a year."

Mercenary camp.

Fu Tong and his group gathered around the parade ground, looking at the many food and supplies sent by Sun Quan.

They were piled up like a hill.

From gold and silver, coins, to food and grass, even bows and crossbows, war tools, etc.

Even fifty war horses were given!

Everyone was shocked.

When Lu Kuang saw the war horses, he said to Tang Jian:

"Sir, with these war horses, we can form a battalion of cavalry."

"No need for many, just form 300 cavalry first, and it will be very useful to charge into battle."

Tang Jian nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you."

Lu Kuang agreed with satisfaction.

After all, he was originally a cavalry general and was good at cavalry combat.

Fu Tong stepped forward and patted the wooden wheelbarrow for transporting grain, then turned back to Tang Jian and said:

"Sir, did we really rob Wu Hou this time?"

"You said that Wu Hou is difficult to serve, but I think he is quite generous now."

Tang Jian smiled and said:

"Sun Quan wants to recruit me, and also wants to create a persona for himself that is eager to recruit talents and respects talents."

"So, he still has to do this kind of thing of buying horse bones with a thousand gold coins."

"Otherwise, he will be defeated soon when facing a powerful enemy."

Fu Tong was confused:

"What...what to create...what human snake?"

Tang Jian changed the way he said it: "It is to establish an image."

Fu Tong finally understood it, grinning and said: "Our lord is still knowledgeable, hahaha."

Everyone laughed together after hearing it.

At this time, the official who was transporting supplies came up and handed a book to Tang Jian, saying:

"Sir Tang, this is the list of money, grain and supplies allocated by Wu Hou, please check it."

Tang Jian took it, glanced at it, and nodded:

"No need to look at it, I believe Wu Hou will not cut corners on this matter."

After listening, the official smiled and said: "You are right, sir."

"Wu Hou also asked me to tell you that Cao's army is about to cross the river. Please arrange your troops and horses as soon as possible to go to Jianye and discuss the anti-Cao plan with my lord Wu Hou."

Tang Jian nodded and said:

"Okay, then wait for me to pack up the troops and horses and settle the camp."

"In three days, I will go to Jianye in person to discuss the plan with Wu Hou."

After receiving Tang Jian's reply, the official said goodbye and left the station and returned to Jianye to report.

Three daysTime passed quickly in the busyness.

Tang Jian left Fu Tong to guard the garrison.

He selected 3,000 people as the vanguard, with Lu Kuang as the main general, and the other dozen captains came to Jianye.

Then he stationed the soldiers outside the city and only took Lu Kuang to see Sun Quan.

It was originally agreed that Gan Ning would come to greet them.

But on this day, Gan Ning went somewhere else for something, so Sun Quan sent Huang Gai to greet him.

Huang Gai was the most determined war faction under Sun Quan in Jiangdong.

He was also the one who hated the surrender faction the most.

Back then, they and Sun Ce attacked Dongwu and conquered the six counties and eighty-one states of Jiangdong with swords and guns.

Which inch of land was not exchanged for their blood?

And those corrupt scholars in the hall who were greedy for life and afraid of death actually kept asking Sun Quan to surrender.

This was the greatest disrespect for entrepreneurs.

Huang Gai, Han Dang, Ding Feng and others had already discussed it.

After discussion, all the generals unanimously decided to send the elite navy to attack first while Cao's army did not have enough warships.

First, dampen his spirit and let the world know that Cao Cao is not invincible.

In this way, relying on the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, they can form a tug-of-war with Cao Cao on the river.

Then look for opportunities to defeat Cao Cao one by one, and it is not impossible to defeat Cao Cao.

However, such a perfect plan was criticized by those corrupt scholars.

This made Huang Gai very upset.

Today, I wanted to go to Wu Hou to make another suggestion.

Unexpectedly, Wu Hou asked him to come here to pick up a mercenary leader.

What mercenary?

It's nothing more than a cargo to protect the ship and deliver the goods. Do you think I, Huang Gongfu, should come here in person to wait?

Huang Gai became more and more angry as he thought about it, and he went directly to the stone pier beside him and fell asleep with his arms around his chest.

Not long after.

Tang Jian and Lu Kuang came to the city gate.

But they didn't find Gan Ning.

All he saw was a bearded old man lying on a stone pier.

There was no one else around.

So Tang Jian stepped forward and asked:

"Old man, are you sent by the Marquis of Wu to pick us up?"

Huang Gai was too lazy to open his eyes.

"Who are you? Why should I pick you up?"

Seeing that the old general still had a strange temper, Tang Jian smiled and said:

"My name is Tang Jian, and I was hired by your Marquis of Wu."

"General Gan Ning should have come here to pick me up, why is he not here?"