Chapter 76: Gan Ning recognizes his master! Liu Wu meets Zhou Yu, Taishi Ci and other old friends! ( chapters!)
Chapter 076: Gan Ning recognizes his master! Liu Wu, Zhou Yu, Taishi Ci, and the twelve generals of Jiangdong meet their old friends! (Six thousand five chapters!)
"coming……"

On the top of the city wall, Gan Ning looked at the Jiangdong delegation that had already landed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long ago, he received a secret letter from Jiangdong. The Marquis of Wu sent the general of Jiangdong to pick him up, the princess, and Lu Xun and bring them back to Jiangdong. Now they are finally here.

The red sunset shines on Gan Ning's face.

There was a hint of fatigue in his eyes...

it's over,
It's all over at last!

I can finally go back to Jiangdong...

"Please report to General Liu Zilie that Zhou Gongjin and his men from Jiangdong have come to visit you on the orders of Marquis Wu!" Outside Xiling City, the Jiangdong delegation headed by Zhou Yu was already standing at the city gate, negotiating with the soldiers guarding the city.

The familiar figures under the city came into Gan Ning's sight.

Zhou Gongjin, Taishi Ci, Lu Ji, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai...

The twelve generals of Jiangdong are all here!

"Princess...who?"

Gan Ning was about to shout to the people below the city when suddenly more than ten people rushed up from behind him!

Six or seven people, one on the left and one on the right, had already held down his arms!

boom! ~
The two men kicked him hard in the knee.

Gan Ning's feet went weak and he fell to the ground!
Then his eyes went dark, as if he was blinded by a black cloth.

A piece of rag was stuffed into his mouth.

He was quickly tied up with thick hemp ropes!
Zhou Yu and others were still at the foot of the city, waiting for the soldiers to report.

On the top of the city wall, Gan Ning had already been dragged away silently in the afterglow of the setting sun...

……

"Pooh!"

Gan Ning spat out the rag stuffed in his mouth, and the black cloth on his eyes was torn off by someone.

Everywhere I looked, it was dark.

There was only a flickering candlelight standing on the large table in front.

On both sides of the big case, there were more than ten soldiers holding big sticks, standing on the left and right.

After a major case, a young figure was leisurely holding a teacup and drinking tea.

This figure looks so familiar...

Gan Ning subconsciously took a few steps forward, and under the dim candlelight, the figure put down the teacup.

Gan Ning finally saw the face clearly.

It’s Lu Xun, Lu Boyan!

"Lu Boyan, what exactly do you want to do?!" Gan Ning's face looked grim. He knew very well that he was tied here as a trick of the person in front of him.

"What do I want to do..." Lu Xun sneered: "I should be the one asking you this question, what do you, Gan Xingba, want to do?"

What on earth does this kid want to do?
Gan Ning frowned, he didn't understand what the other party was saying.

"Don't understand?" Lu Xun stared at Gan Ning. "Calculate it yourself. Since you first sent a message to Jiangdong, how much of Xiling's secrets have you revealed to Wu Hou and the others?!"

Lu Xun's voice was like a summer breeze blowing gently past Gan Ning's ears.

boom! ~
Gan Ning's heart suddenly struck with a thunderbolt!
He, he knew those things?!

The leader of the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangdong suddenly had his biggest secret exposed by Lu Xun, and his face turned pale.

I clearly did it very secretly, how could Lu Xun know?
If Lu Xun knew about it, wouldn't that mean Liu Zilie was also...

Gan Ning's heart slowly sank.

Lu Xun kept mocking him: "Do you think what you did was secret? Do you think that the Shanyue soldiers around you were trained by you and that they are all your confidants?"

"ridiculous!"

"I'm telling you clearly that every bamboo slip and every piece of silk you passed on was personally checked by me, Lu Boyan."

"If there is no news that threatens Xiling, I will let you pass it on. If there is any news that involves the real secrets of Xiling, I will delete, add or modify it!"

"Haha, the news Jiangdong received was all the news Xiling wanted Jiangdong to receive!"

Gan Ning seemed to be able to move freely in Xiling City and had great autonomy.

But how could Liu Wu really be completely defenseless against this chief of Jiangdong's tiger generals and the most trusted and beloved general of the Marquis of Wu?

Lu Xun had been secretly sending people to keep an eye on Gan Ning.

The first time Gan Ning sent his Shanyue confidant to deliver a message to Jiangdong, he was caught red-handed by Lu Xun. Lu Xun asked Liu Wu how to deal with the matter, but Liu Wu told Lu Xun to keep quiet.

At that time, Xiling was in urgent need of Jiangdong's assistance. Through Gan Ning's channel, Jiangdong could be made aware of the value of Xiling's assistance. At the critical moment, some half-true and half-false news could be released to disrupt Jiangdong's vision. Why not do it?
In the eyes of Liu Wu and Lu Xun, Gan Ning was just a puppet controlled by them, but he didn't realize it...

With every word Lu Xun spoke, Gan Ning felt a little colder.

He did pass on a lot of information to Jiangdong, because Gan Ning was in Xiling City, he saw many things very clearly and what he saw was shocking. Liu Wu was really terrible.

They dared to capture Xiling City with only two thousand soldiers.

With just over a hundred cavalrymen they charged straight into an army of 30,000 and captured Cao Ren alive.

When Cao Cao's army surrounded the city, he even dared to break into Cao's center, captured Cao Mengde alive and brought him back to the city, forcing him to cede a thousand miles of land!
Gan Ning almost watched helplessly as Liu Wu became a lord on both sides of the river...

Such a hero, who is located in the north of the Yangtze River, how could he not be the master of Jiangdong in the future... No, Liu Wu has already occupied Xiling and Hefei, he has become a great threat to Jiangdong!

As a general of Jiangdong and a minister of the Marquis of Wu, how could I stand by and watch this indifferently?
So Gan Ning began to pass on news to Jiangdong bit by bit. He passed on all the news he knew to Jiangdong.

But he never dreamed that all his movements were seen clearly by Liu Wu.

"Now that things have come to this, what do you want to do?" Gan Ning seemed to have accepted the reality. He just looked at Lu Xun calmly and repeated his previous words.

Lu Xun slowly stood up and said in a cold voice: "The envoys from Jiangdong have arrived outside the city. The Marquis of Wu wants to take you back."

"You have all the secrets of Xiling in your heart, and you have a tongue that goes like that, so how can you keep the secrets of Xiling safe?"

"Gan Xingba, you should understand that the only people in this world who can keep secrets... are the dead!"

The words fell,

The tent was instantly filled with murderous aura!
Jiangdong, I'm afraid I can't go back.

Gan Ning's heart was already chilled. Was he going to die here before he could accomplish anything?
He was a little dazed.
Gan Ning turned his gaze towards Lu Xun, and suddenly anger flashed across his eyes. He gritted his teeth and sneered, "Yes, I did pass on the message to Jiangdong! A real man should die if he wants to! What is there to be afraid of?"

"I, Gan Xingba, am a great general of Jiangdong. I have received great favors from Marquis Wu. Today I will die for Jiangdong. It can be said that I died a worthy death!"

"But you, the [Lu Family Thousand Miles Horse], are a descendant of a Jiangdong noble family and a minister of the Marquis of Wu! You are praised by the Marquis of Wu! But now you have rebelled against Jiangdong and joined a new master!"

"I want to see how you will face your Lu family ancestors and the two former rulers of Jiangdong after you die?!"

Gan Ning has long been dissatisfied with Lu Xun's actions to help Liu Wu. As a descendant of a noble family in Jiangdong, he is doing things that are scheming against Jiangdong!

Seeing that the deadline was approaching, he finally cursed loudly.

Listening to Gan Ning's sarcastic remarks, Lu Xun flew into a rage: "How dare a dying man act so arrogantly?"

"Come on, hit me!"

In an instant, the soldiers around rushed over with sticks raised high.

Woo! ~
A dull sound of breaking through the air was heard, and a thick wooden stick hit Gan Ning's back hard!

boom! ~
Severe pain came from the back.

Gan Ning groaned. At this moment, he was still tied up with hemp ropes. Even though he was skilled in martial arts, he could not use any of them.

"Good! Good fight!" Gan Ning gritted his teeth and said, "I am a tough guy who fought my way out of a huge army! I am not afraid of death, so why would I be afraid of your broken sticks?"

Lu Xun looked coldly at the soldiers who were taking action: "Did you hear everything? Don't let General Gan underestimate you, fight hard!"

In an instant, more than ten large sticks came down on his head like raindrops.

It just hit him so hard that his bones were almost broken.

His head and face were covered in blood.

Poof! ~
That was the sound of flesh tearing apart.

Click! ~
That was the sound of bones breaking.

At first, Gan Ning straightened his back.

But after being hit dozens of times by more than ten big sticks, even he was a man of iron and couldn't hold on for a while...

Finally, Gan Ning fell down.

The bright red blood stained his clothes.

Sticky blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, but he still clenched his teeth and did not utter a single groan.

After an unknown amount of time, his consciousness had already become somewhat blurred...

Wow! ~
At this moment, the curtain was lifted.

The dazzling white sunlight, mixed with the red sunset, broke through the deep darkness in the tent.

A figure walked into the military tent in the light outside the tent and was helped into the tent.

That figure was Liu Wu who was supported by Sun Shangxiang.

in an instant,
The soldiers who were carrying out the execution suddenly stopped the sticks in their hands and saluted Liu Wu hurriedly: "My lord!"

The lord is coming?

Lu Xun quickly stood up and came to Liu Wu: "My lord."

There was silence in the military tent at this moment.

Lord?

Liu Wu?

Gan Ning was shocked, and he raised his head with difficulty...

Inside the tent, the lights flickered.
Liu Wu’s huge shadow almost filled the entire military tent!
Looking at Liu Wu being supported by Sun Shangxiang, Gan Ning suddenly felt a sense of panic in his heart!
A feeling of shame arises!
He even instinctively wanted to find a place to hide from his own figure. He subconsciously struggled on the ground for a few times, but he could do nothing except make himself more embarrassed...

Liu Wu said calmly: "Everyone has their own aspirations, let him go."

Free yourself?

Gan Xingba was stunned, hardly able to believe what he heard.

Lu Xun's face changed. "My Lord, please think twice! Gan Xingba knows too many secrets of Xiling. If we let him go back to Jiangdong, Xiling will no longer have any secrets in front of Jiangdong."

Liu Wu: "Untie him."

Lu Xun wanted to say something, but in the end he waved his hand helplessly.

A soldier immediately stepped forward and untied Gan Ning.

Liu Wu walked up to Gan Ning and said calmly, "General Gan, Zhou Gongjin and others are outside the tent right now. If you don't want to leave, stay."

"If you want to leave, you can leave the tent now and go back to Jiangdong with them."

Is Zhou Gongjin outside the tent now?

Gan Ning was startled. He looked towards the entrance of the tent. White light from outside the tent seeped in through the gaps in the tent curtains.

His heart began to beat violently...

go out!

Just get out!

Gongjin, Ziyi and the others are outside the tent! I will be able to return to Jiangdong with them soon!

Gan Ning struggled to get up from the ground and knelt down in front of Liu Wu: "General, you are kind and virtuous! But Gan Xingba is a minister of Jiangdong after all, how can he stay in Xiling for a long time?"

"I bid farewell to the general."

After saying this, Gan Ning knocked his head to the ground.

He staggered to his feet, brushed past Liu Wu, and walked towards the tent door step by step.

Getting closer,

Getting closer!

Seeing that he was only one step away from the entrance of the big tent... "Gan Xingba!"

A loud shout suddenly woke Gan Ning up.

He turned around and saw Lawrence Lu staring at him: “Are you really going to leave?”

"Have you forgotten that when Cao Mengde's army besieged the city, the lord narrowly escaped death when he left the city?"

"But even so, the lord did not forget to hand over all the soldiers and horses in the city to you before leaving the city, and prepared a way for you to escape!"

"You haven't yet repaid me for saving your life! Now that you've been caught stealing my Xiling secrets, my lord wants to let you go! I've saved your life twice, and you haven't yet repaid me for it. Are you going to leave like this?"

Lu Xun's voice became louder and louder: "If that's the case, how can you still be called a general of Jiangdong? How can you still be called a real man?!"

"If you dare to step out of this tent, I will spread your ungrateful behavior to the whole world one day! Do you still have the face to stand in this world?!"

Every word Lu Xun said was heart-wrenching!
Gan Ning was stunned, and he recalled the past scenes...

Cao Cao attacked Xiling City fiercely, and Liu Wu could hardly protect himself. Before he went out of the city to fight to the death, he handed over the last 3,000 Shanyue soldiers in the city to himself and even prepared a way for himself to escape.

Now, even though I was caught delivering messages for Jiangdong, Liu Zilie still hasn't punished me.

Liu Zilie saved his life twice.

Am I really going to just leave like this?

Do I really want to be an ungrateful person? !

Gan Ning's face suddenly felt hot...

He was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Alas, if I, Gan Xingba, left Xiling at this moment, I would be so ashamed... Marquis Wu, oh Marquis Wu, Gan Ning can only feel ashamed of you!"

In front of the curtain,
Gan Ning turned around with difficulty.

Step by step, he slowly walked to Liu Wu...

Plop! ~
Gan Ning knelt down in front of Liu Wu again and said, "Gan Xingba has received great favor from General Zilie for saving my life. I am willing to serve you like a dog! Jiangdong... I will not return!"

The former leader of the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangdong finally bowed to Liu Wu.

Lu Xun, who was standing aside, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Wu didn't say anything, but slowly walked out of the tent with the help of Sun Shangxiang.

Gan Ning was still kneeling on the ground, at a loss as to what to do.

Lawrence Lu kicked him: “Why don’t you keep up!”

Gan Ning woke up as if from a dream. He quickly got up, walked to the door of the tent, lifted the curtain and went out.

Instantly, Gan Ning was stunned...

There were no Zhou Gongjin and others outside the tent, only dozens of armored soldiers!
"This..." Gan Ning was speechless.

"If you had insisted on leaving the tent just now, you would have been broken into several pieces by now." Liu Wu's figure had already gone far away, and only his voice floated to Gan Ning's ears.

Gan Ning shuddered all over, and his back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

Before I knew it, I had just been to the gates of hell!
"Gan Xingba, now do you know why I suddenly called you?" Lu Xun came to Gan Ning leisurely, standing with his hands behind his back: "But at least you still have a heart of gratitude, otherwise..."

"I have to dig a hole now and bury your broken body!"

It was Lu Boyan who saved me...

Gan Xingba had never been as grateful to Lu Xun as he was at this moment. All his previous dissatisfaction with Lu Xun had now completely disappeared.

……

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Outside Xiling City.

The setting sun gradually disappeared and the sky became dark.

"Why is there no news yet?"

"It's already dark, could it be that Liu Zilie still doesn't want to see us?"

"No! This time it was the old friend who took the initiative to write to Marquis Wu to ask for marriage. As long as he still wants to make such a marriage happen, he must meet us."

"Gongjin and Gongfu both said that the old friend wanted to make peace with Jiangdong. I think he will not turn us away this time."

Outside the gate of Xiling City, the twelve generals of Jiangdong were discussing in low voices.

"Everyone..." At this moment, the soldier who went to report finally came back: "My lord invites the envoys from Jiangdong to enter the city."

He agreed!

That old friend finally agreed to meet us!
The Jiangdong generals were in high spirits. Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and other veterans took the lead and said, "Please lead the way."

"please."

The soldiers of Xiling walked in front with torches, and the people of Jiangdong followed closely behind.

Beep! ~
Inside the city, two groups of soldiers had already lit torches to dispel the darkness around them.

Zhou Yu and others used the firelight to look around at the situation in Xiling City.

As far as the eye can see, there are still many demolished houses, and several beams that have been cut into rolling logs are lying on the ground, and traces of the battle to defend the city can still be seen.

Everyone was a little dazed...

It was this city that led to the defeat of Cao Ren and Cao Cao respectively!
It was this city that held off the siege of nearly 100,000 troops!
Before they knew it, under the guidance of the soldiers, they had arrived at the residence of the Xiling County Magistrate.

The Jiangdong generals entered the lobby of the mansion, only to see that it was brightly lit, with wine, music and banquet, but there was no sign of the host.

What does this mean?
Zhou Yu and the twelve generals were all stunned, not understanding what tricks this old friend was playing.

"Everyone, please take a seat. My lord will be here soon." After the soldier leading the way said this, he hurried away.

The Jiangdong generals were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

Lu Ji was a little unsure and looked at Zhou Yu: "General, what does this mean?"

Just as Zhou Yu was about to speak, he heard a laugh: "Generals, how are you?"

Everyone turned their heads and saw a young figure striding into the hall.

Looking at the person coming, Zhou Tai grinned: "Ha, Lu Boyan!"

The visitor was none other than Lu Xun, the former "Lu Family's Talented Horse" and now Liu Wu's chief strategist.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the originally cold atmosphere suddenly became warm:
"Good job, Lu Boyan. Jiangdong can't see you anymore, and those juniors are getting more and more boring."

"I heard that you joined the Xiling commander and became his adviser?"

"Why? The six counties and eighty-one states of Jiangdong are no longer able to accommodate you to display your talents?"

"Hehe, you haven't been back to Jiangdong for a long time, and the Marquis of Wu is not very happy."

Everyone started to tease Lu Xun.

Facing the ridicule of the Jiangdong generals, Lu Xun just smiled and said, "Now my master has sent a letter to the Marquis of Wu asking for the princess' hand in marriage..."

"When the two families become one, whether Lu Xun is loyal to Xiling or Jiangdong, what difference does it make?"

“Boyan, stop messing around.” Lu Ji, who finally saw his own [Qianliju], pulled Lu Xun aside and said, “When the Marquis of Wu received Liu Zilie’s letter of marriage proposal, he was furious and tore the letter into pieces with his own hands!”

"It is a blessing that the two families have not engaged in war..."

"I came to Xiling this time to follow the order of Marquis Wu to bring you, the Thousand Mile Horse, back to Jiangdong. You should follow me quickly and don't mention your master anymore."

Facing the admonition of the head of the Lu family, Lu Xun just lowered his voice: "Mr. Zhuge Ziyu from Jiangdong serves the Marquis of Wu, while his brother Mr. Wolong is the think tank of Uncle Liu..."

"A cunning rabbit has three burrows; this is the way of aristocratic families."

"The Zhuge family can do it, but my Lu family can't?"

A true aristocratic family will never put all their eggs in one basket. They will always have a way to escape, as they always have three burrows. This is the norm for aristocratic families.

Lu Ji understood the meaning of Lu Xun's words. He wanted to say something else, but Lu Xun had already left him and started chatting with other Jiangdong generals.

"Everyone, I'm late!"

At this moment, a majestic figure stepped into the lobby.

Gan Ning, Gan Xingba? !
Seeing the familiar figure in front of them, the Jiangdong generals were stunned at first, and then they excitedly surrounded Gan Ning:
"Gan Xingba, are you okay?!"

"Without you, Gan Xingba, the Jiangdong army is like losing an arm!"

"Lord Wu misses you day and night, and is afraid that something might happen to you."

"The Lu family's talented horse still knows to come and greet his old friend from Jiangdong, so why is Gan Xingba so late?!"

Although all the Jiangdong generals knew that Gan Ning was trapped in Xiling City, they had no idea what Gan Ning's situation was like in Xiling, except that they had met once when Lu Su came to Xiling to send Shanyue off.

Seeing that Gan Ning was safe and sound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Gan Ning is the most powerful and bravest among all the generals in Jiangdong. If he encounters an accident in Xiling, not to mention that the morale of the Jiangdong army will plummet, there will be no room for maneuver between the Marquis of Wu and Xiling.

At this moment, Gan Ning had changed into new clothes and the blood on his head and face had been wiped clean. No one could tell that he had been beaten with sticks not long ago.

When his old friend asked him why he was late, he could only give a vague answer: "I drank too much during the day and overslept."

"It's good that Xingba is safe in Xiling." Zhou Yu stepped forward and held Gan Ning's arm, smiling: "I'm sure the Marquis of Wu will be overjoyed that Xingba has returned to Jiangdong."

Gan Ning was silent for a while after listening to Zhou Yu's words, but he finally spoke: "Gongjin, brothers, Gan Xingba has something to tell you first."

"General Liu Zilie of Xiling has been very kind to me, I..."

"I'm not going back to Jiangdong!"

The originally noisy lobby suddenly became quiet.

Gan Xingba, he, what did he say?!

The Jiangdong generals stared at Gan Ning in astonishment. What a joke! The Jiangdong general Gan Xingba would not return to Jiangdong?

What do you think Wu Hou's reaction would be after hearing this? !

Zhou Yu was stunned for a long time, and finally reacted. He stared at Gan Ning and said, "But Liu Zilie forced you to go back to Jiangdong?"

Gan Ning smiled bitterly and was about to speak...

Tap tap tap~
Two footsteps were heard from outside the door. Everyone turned around and saw two figures walking towards them, supported by their personal guards.

One of the women was beautiful, youthful and pretty...

she is,

She is the Princess of Jiangdong, Sun Shangxiang!

This Jiangdong Princess was actually like a maid, carefully supporting a young man? ! !
Everyone in Jiangdong looked at Sun Shangxiang in a daze.

Zhou Gongjin was still in a trance when Zhou Tai's ethereal voice suddenly came from beside him: "Gongjin, Gongjin, am I dazzled? Is that really our princess?"

Zhou Yu also hesitated: "It should be... the face is indeed the same as the princess's."

When this Princess of Jiangdong was in Jiangdong, she loved to wield swords and guns. She often rode her horse in the city, acted lawless, and was deeply loved by the three generations of the Lords of Jiangdong.

Who dares to mess with her?

But now, she would actually serve people so carefully?

Everyone subconsciously turned their eyes to the young man who was supported by Sun Shangxiang.

In the entire Xiling City, apart from that old friend from Shentingling, the current Xiling commander Liu Zilie, who else is qualified to be supported by Sun Shangxiang in this way?

At this moment, they finally got to see their old friend!!

The Twelve Generals of Jiangdong, as well as Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci, couldn't help but breathe faster.

It's him,

Sure enough it was him!

Many years have passed, and although his appearance has changed, one can still see the same spirit as before.

He is more than a head taller than he was back then, and all the childishness on his face has been lost.

There is a restrained look between his eyebrows, yet there is a hidden edge...

His power now is even greater than when he was at Shenting Ridge!
Tap tap tap! ~
Under the gaze of the Jiangdong generals, Liu Wu, supported by Sun Shangxiang, slowly sat down in the main seat.

His bright eyes swept across the audience, and he spoke calmly: "My dear friends, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you?"

Liu Wu's voice was low, but it exploded in everyone's hearts like a war drum!
All of a sudden, the Jiangdong generals woke up suddenly...

(End of this chapter)