Chapter 619 Misjudgment
Pan Hua was surprised to see those brilliant brocade sails. "Who is so luxurious that he actually uses brocade as a sail?"
The guide's face turned pale, he pulled Pan Hua's sleeve hard, and said repeatedly: "Junhou, go quickly, go quickly, this is the Jinfan thief Gan Ning."
Pan Hua suddenly realized. It turned out that this was the Jinfan thief. Before going to the war, Lou Gui explained to him that according to the detailed investigation, which generals in Yizhou might go to the war and their characteristics. Gan Ning was one of them. His description of him was high martial arts, good water quality, brave and aggressive. He had been a Jiang thief for many years. The nickname Jinfan thief was mentioned, but there was no concept. At this moment, when he saw the real Jinfan, Pan Hua did not react for a while.
"Junhou, go quickly. If Gan Ning finds out, he will die!" The guide said repeatedly, his lips so anxious that he lost blood.
"Don't worry, see how many people he has." Although Pan Hua was a little nervous, he was not confused. He came to find out the news. How could he leave before the task was completed? He looked at the four outside, pointed to a lonely cliff above, and made a gesture. A companion who was agile and good at climbing understood and left the team and quickly climbed up. The other people held powerful crossbows to cover him.
Gan Ning in the river did not find Pan Hua and others on the shore. He led his subordinates downstream and was depressed. Not far from Yufu was the most dangerous Qutang Gorge among the Three Gorges. Even if his subordinates were good boatmen, he did not dare to be careless. In his opinion, Zhao Wei repeatedly sent him to Wu County to find out the news even if he did not deliberately make things difficult for him, he would have to tormented him. It was easy to go downstream, but it was difficult to go upstream. After going back and forth, he could not get any delay in less than three or five days. If he accidentally capsizes the boat and loses a few brothers.
Seeing more than 30 ships with brocade sails sailed past the canyon, and those who climbed up there almost counted the number of warships parked outside Yufu City, Pan Hua was satisfied and took his subordinates on the way back. There was a plank road on the cliff on the shore, but the road was very narrow, and it was very dangerous to walk, and it was slow, far from the ships that went down the water. Pan Hua and others couldn't even see the shadow of Gan Ning's sails.
The guide was very nervous and kept muttering, worried that Wu County would be harassed and robbed by these thieves. Pan Hua was not in a hurry at all, and he was confident that Wu County would be safe and safe. The guide just didn't believe that although Wu County was steep and easy to defend the difficult situation, Gan Ning was brave and had more than a thousand river thieves, and there were only more than 300 people in the city. Pan Hua's subordinates had just arrived urgently for more than ten days. Once Gan Ning decided to attack the city, it was really hard to say when they could support it.
Pan Hua laughed, patted his chest, and pointed at his companion behind him. "Look at us like this, we are so tired that we can't get up?"
The guide looked at Pan Hua and others with flying steps and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Gan Ning passed through Qutang Gorge without any danger and saw Wu County, but his mood was not good at all.
Unlike his last time, a battle flag was erected at the head of Wu County, and the reflection of armor and weapons, and it was obviously wary. Even the farthest Wu County was guarded, not to mention Yiling, the west gate of Nanjun, what was even more depressing is that Wu County is thousands of miles away from Jiangling, and it is also mountain roads. The march was at least half a month, or as much as one month. Since reinforcements have arrived here, Zhou Yu must have arrived in Jiangling. When they arrive in Jiangling, they are afraid that Zhou Yu will also take down Jiangling City.
"The scholar made a mistake!" Gan Ning was so angry that he stamped his feet and cursed. "Whatever he said was waiting for the opportunity was clearly a delay in the opportunity to fight."
"General, what should I do? It's a waste of time." A man with a green face full of rust muttered.
Gan Ning gritted his teeth and said, "Since you are here, you can't go there in vain. Take down Wu County, cut a few heads back to report the merits, loot Wu City, and let out this anger."
When they heard that Wu County could be looted, Gan Ning's subordinates became excited and all went to the dock.
Attacking Wu County is not an easy task. Wu County is built on the mountain, facing deep valleys on the east and west sides, and only facing rivers on the south, and there are stone steps to climb. If he was not angry, Gan Ning would not have made such a bad move. He was from Ba County, and he got along with Ba people, was accustomed to the barbaric style, was brave and fierce, rarely encountered opponents, and he also relied on his subordinates to be strong and had obvious advantages in military strength, so he naturally would not take the mere Nanjun County soldiers seriously.
Gan Ning got off the boat and asked someone to tie the boat to the shore, set up a warning around it, hold a hook inlay in the left hand and a long knife in the right hand. He led the way and walked up the stairs and came to the city gate. While still outside the range, he felt the panic and nervousness at the top of the city, and became even more proud. He laughed loudly with his subordinates, intending to rob a few beautiful women after entering the city.
A hundred steps away from the city gate, Gan Ning stopped and signaled a ranger to come forward to call. He has been a thief in the river for twenty years. Wherever he went, no matter whether he was officials or civilians, if he was attentive to entertain him, he would be proud. If he was rude to him, he would kill and rob him without any scruples. In the past twenty years, he had already made a name for himself. Jinfan was his famous sect, and there was no obstacle to the passage. How dare the little Wu County stop him?
Just as Gan Ning was waiting for Wu County to open the door to greet him with confidence, a sharp roar sounded from the top of the city, followed by dozens of crossbow arrows. The Ranger who came forward to shout fell to the ground, twitched twice before swallowing. Gan Ning reacted quickly, and raised the hook to protect the door and chest and abdomen in time. "Ding Ding" sounded a few times, and the Rangers beside him were not so agile. The two of them were shot at the scene, screaming in pain.
Gan Ning was furious and raised his sword and roared. "Follow me to climb the city and slaughter Wu County!"
The rangers were also angry and raised their weapons and ran towards the city gate. They lined up their array while running. The people in front raised their shields to cover the arrows, the people in the back raised their crossbows to fight back, and some people took off their iron claws from their waists and prepared to force the city to climb. When the thieves robbed the robbers, they often hooked the other's ship first, and they also liked to use this trick when siegeing the city. As long as they hooked the head of the city with their iron claws, they could quickly climb the city without using a ladder.
Gan Ning has been doing this for twenty years, very skilled, and has never encountered any trouble. It is precisely because of this confidence that he dared to attack Wu County and give it a blow. However, he soon felt something was wrong. He had already forced himself to the city, but the city was not as chaotic as he expected, but instead calmed down. The vague shouting sounded a little strange, not the accent of the people of Nanjun.
More importantly, those voices are sonorous and powerful, simple and clear, and although they are very rapid, they cannot hear too much tension.
A trace of uneasiness flashed across Gan Ning's heart. He felt that he was a little impulsive today, and he might have encountered a tough problem. He subconsciously looked back and took a breath of air conditioning. Thirty or forty people lay in a distance of within a hundred steps. Although not everyone had died, he had lost the ability to move and lay helplessly on the ground wailing.
"There are sharpshooters in the city?" Gan Ning took a breath. He himself had outstanding shooting skills and knew how lethal a sharpshooter was. More importantly, sharpshooters are a key protected military force in the army and usually only act with generals above the lieutenant. If there are generals at the lieutenant level in Wu County, the defensive power in the city would be far beyond his expectations, and it would not be possible for him, more than a thousand people to defeat him.
Chapter completed!