Han Xiang

Chapter 600 Gan Ning barely ranked in the top ten

Jiang Qin realized it later and immediately issued orders, but his opponent was obviously well prepared.

Thousands of warships crossed the river and were locked in position, making it almost impossible for the warships to turn their rudders and shift their positions.

If you want to break out of the siege, you must either seize the ship and escape, or kill all the enemies in ambush.

The ambush on the north bank of the Han River was none other than Gan Ning, who came from Hanzhong for reinforcements. Relying on the population and wealth of Hanzhong, he built thousands of warships in a short time.

As soon as he arrived at Fancheng in the morning, he encountered Lü Meng besieging the city, so he aggressively went down to fight with him.

Lu Meng didn't have a telescope to widen his field of vision. The scouts found that the enemy ship was less than three miles away, so he hurriedly retreated to the ship to passively meet the enemy.

Water warfare also pays attention to the formation of troops. Each ship needs to cooperate closely to give orders with flags, but Lu Meng had no time to arrange the formation and make arrangements.

During the fierce battle between the two sides on the Han River, Guan Ping suddenly led his troops from Fancheng and fought with Gan Ning with strong bows and crossbows.

Lü Meng's formation was chaotic and he was attacked from both sides. He finally withdrew at the cost of losing more than [-] soldiers and abandoning hundreds of warships.

The fact that Liu Bei had such a naval force exceeded Lu Meng's understanding. He felt that he had suffered a serious loss and should not continue to stay in Jingzhou.

When he fled in panic, Lu Meng did not send anyone to notify Jiang Qin. After all, he had no intention of taking him back.

Guan Yu led his navy back to aid Wancheng, leaving only Guan Ping with 3000 men to defend the city. Liu Qi, who was in Fancheng, was frightened and was particularly friendly when he saw his "old subordinate" Gan Ning.

Gan Ning planned to go directly to Wancheng after the war, but Liu Qi insisted on letting him stay in Fancheng for one night.

This time, I actually stayed and waited.

Rabbit Jiang Qin was particularly unlucky. His vision was suppressed by Gan Ning, and coupled with the multiple effects of dusk and heavy fog, he fell directly into the opponent's trap.

Gan Ning naturally wanted to accept all the warships given away for free.

Gan Ning had more than [-] troops and had an absolute advantage.

The ships around Jiang Qin were captured one after another, and countless arrows fell into the river in the process.

Seeing that there was no possibility of escape, Jiang Yi ran to Jiang Qin and shouted a warning.

"Father, why don't we surrender? Liu Bei's navy is so powerful. They may not lose to Cao Cao, but they are still better than Sun Quan!"

"Surrender Liu Bei? I don't even know who my opponent is."

Seeing Jiang Qin frowning and hesitating, Jiang Yi persuaded again: "Father, look at the surrounding formations. This man must be a master of water warfare. It won't be embarrassing for us to lose to him. We can really vote!"

"Go and send an order to all the ships to give up resistance. I, Jiang Qin, surrender."

After Jiang Qin finished saying the word surrender with difficulty, his whole body went limp and he leaned against the railing, laughing at himself. Is this the day I will live too?
Looking at Jiang Yi's shaking back, Jiang Qin encouraged himself with firm eyes.

I said in my heart that I couldn't stay depressed like this. My two sons are still young and they still need my help to guide them.

After dark, Gan Ning led his soldiers into Fancheng.

Jiang Qin looked at the city gate and sighed, lamenting that he entered Fancheng in this way.

Three thousand soldiers under his command experienced a battle at dusk, and nearly a thousand people were killed or injured in a short period of time. Jiang Qin thought that if he persisted until dark, he might have a chance to escape under the cover of night.

But people can jump into the water and swim to the other side, but a warship stuck in the center of the cave cannot take it away.

In addition to enduring the humiliation when returning to Yuzhang, I don't know what else is waiting for me.

It’s okay to surrender like this, after all, [-] pieces of music have been preserved.

Since it was completely dark, Two Thousand Buqu were placed in a prison camp for supervision, while Jiang Qin and his son were taken to the Governor's Mansion in Fancheng.

When Liu Qi saw that the visitor was well-dressed, he immediately asked Gan Ning with a smile: "Xing Ba, they are the enemy generals. I don't know their names?"

"According to the surrender, they seem to be Jiang Qin and his son. The general has not had time to confirm it himself."

When Gan Ning stood up to answer, Jiang Qin finally saw clearly who his opponent was. He said that his appearance was extraordinary at first glance, and he didn't know who under Liu Bei was so proficient in water warfare.

Gan Ning should have become famous when he shot and killed Xu Kun, but Huang Zu gave the credit to Huang Zhong out of selfish motives, so Jiang Qin was still unfamiliar with "Xingba".

When Liu Qi heard that it was Jiang Qin, he immediately stood up and looked Jiang Qin up and down and asked:

"Are you really Jiang Qin, Jiang Gongyi? A general under Sun Quan?"

"A defeated general, I am ashamed, I am ashamed." Jiang Qin neither humble nor arrogant, crossed his fists, but stared at Gan Ning closely.

"May I ask the general's name? Your Excellency is really a good man."

"I, Gan Ning, Gan Xingba, but from your tone, it seems that you are quite dissatisfied?"

After Gan Ning finished speaking, he half-closed his eyes, and when he heard the harsh voice, his temper turned into a tone of voice that looked aggressive.

"Hmph, so what if you don't accept it?"

Jiang Qin snorted coldly, and suddenly probed meaningfully: "If General Gan dares to test his martial arts, Jiang may be convinced. If he doesn't dare, forget it. Your Excellency is already good at using troops in water warfare."

"Don't you dare?"

Gan Ning's eyes sharpened, and he told the guards beside him: "Get him a knife, and let's practice it in the palace, just in time to entertain the governor."

"That's it."

Liu Qi was about to say something to stop him, but stopped as soon as he spoke.

Because Guan Ping was winking at him, as if he was saying that there was a conflict between men, and this was the easiest way to handle it.

Seeing Jiang Qin pick up the Huanshou knife, Jiang Yi didn't understand this behavior very much, and quickly reminded him softly: "Father."

"You stay on the sidelines and watch."

Jiang Qin glared at Jiang Yi, immediately assumed a fighting stance towards Gan Ning, and stretched out his hand to challenge: "General Gan, please."

"as you wish."

Gan Ning drew his sword and jumped up, directly in front of Jiang Qin, and then used his fierce sword skills.

Clang, clang, clang, the swords collided wildly.

Jiang Qin held his sword and resisted with all his strength. Although his momentum was not inferior to that of Gan Ning, he was always on the defensive and couldn't help but applaud his opponent.

"Good swordsmanship!"

"You're good too."

Seeing that Jiang Qin was not weak in strength, Gan Ning did not hesitate to praise him. He thought that if he could completely recover this man, it would be considered as adding more talents to Liu Bei.

The two fought so hard that they both dropped their weapons and laughed loudly at the same time.

"General Gan has superb martial arts skills and should be a first-class fierce general under the imperial uncle's command. Jiang is convinced of the general and hopes to give you more advice in the future."

"General Jiang is full of compliments. My lord has so many powerful generals under his command, but Gan is not the best."

"Isn't it?"

Jiang Qin thought Gan Ning was modest, but he didn't expect that Gan Ning was speaking from the bottom of his heart.

He counted on his fingers for a while, shook his head and said, "I guess I can barely rank in the top ten."

"Top ten? How is that possible?"

Jiang Qin's eyes were like bells and he thought Gan Ning's words were exaggerated.

Gan Ning was about to explain when he heard Liu Qi's warm greeting: "Two generals, don't stand around. Come to the table and chat."

"Eh."

Gan Ning invited Jiang Qin to sit at the table. At the same time, Guan Ping also invited Jiang Yi to sit next to him.

Just after the battle, he had sent a horse to Wancheng to report the news, hoping to boost Guan Yu's confidence.

Jiang Qin drank a few glasses of wine to calm down the shock, and Gan Ning brought up the old story again and said: "General Guan, General Zhang, and General Zhao are all enemies of ten thousand people. I once competed with General Zilong and felt that there was a certain gap between me;
My lord recently recruited Ma Chao and Pang De, both of whom can fight against General Zilong. Especially Ma Chao who can fight Bai He, and Wei Wenchang and the other three are also very strong. I can't guarantee that they have a chance of winning. There are nine of them in total, so I’m not exaggerating when I say the top ten.”

"The emperor's uncle is really full of talents."

Jiang Qin took a deep gulp of wine, thinking that Gan Ning's ability should be one of the best among Sun Quan's men, but he didn't expect that he could only be ranked tenth under Liu Bei's men.

He didn't know that Gan Ning didn't say that those three people were actually Long Xiang, Tai Shi Ci, and Xu Chu. Gan Ning couldn't tell the newly surrendered Jiang Qin.

(End of this chapter)