noffsinger Chapter 258 Gan Ning becomes a prisoner in an instant, Wei Yan: I told you I am the sixth brother!
Chapter 258 Gan Ning becomes a prisoner in an instant, Wei Yan: I told you I am the sixth brother!
"Boss, did you hear anything?"
Beside Gan Ning, a Jin Fan bandit soldier looked at him with a puzzled expression and said something.
"sound?"
"All I heard was the cheers of victory!"
Gan Ning didn't take it to heart at all.
The city that Cao Jun built was taking shape, but it was not yet completed.
With such a city situated in such narrow terrain, Gan Ning seemed to have already foreseen the scene of annihilating Cao Cao's army!
However, when Gan Ning led the Jinfan bandits to the vicinity of the city gate, they did not see a single Cao soldier.
The beacon fires on the city walls seemed like the greatest irony.
The Cao army soldiers inside the city had long since withdrawn, leaving behind an empty city!
Inside Xiangyang, Liu Bei, unaware of Cao Cao's plans, also dared not launch an attack rashly.
It wasn't until Liu Bei caught a glimpse of the surging water coming from the mountains not far away that he realized Cao Cao's army's purpose!
"No...not good!"
Liu Bei's shouts could not save the Jiangxia navy from being thoroughly drenched by the flood!
The unfinished city and its beacon tower were swept away by the flood!
Gan Ning's Bajiang Greatsword also fell from his hand and rolled several times on the water's surface.
If Gan Ning hadn't lunged forward and grabbed it, this knife would probably have been completely out of his reach.
The thousand Jinfan pirates were overturned by the flood and instantly lost their fighting ability.
Following closely behind, Huang Zu and the Jiangxia navy also suffered a devastating blow!
The collapsed city was a gift that Cao Cao's army had deliberately left for them.
Wood chips, stones, and floodwater mixed together, turning all the Jiangxia naval forces into ducks in an instant!
So what if you can swim?
The warship was capsized!
Amidst the floodwaters, even self-preservation was difficult, let alone taking up arms to fight the enemy!
Only after the floodwaters washed away the debris did Cao Cao's troops begin to appear sporadically from the other side of the river.
There's no need to worry about this flood attack destroying farmland and crops.
The tributaries of the Han River are sufficient to flow all these waters into the main stream.
However, the Jiangxia navy was reduced to a state of near-death by the flood!
"Cough...cough..."
Gan Ning's nose, ears, and mouth were filled with river water, which blurred his vision considerably.
In a daze, he seemed to see a figure appear beside him.
The next moment, a huge black net descended from the sky.
Wei Yan silently tallied up his gains in his mind.
Prisoner, +1.
On the other side, Huang Zu, who was usually very stable, was no longer stable this time.
He hurriedly boarded a warship that was still able to move, and together with more than a thousand soldiers who were still able to move, he sailed the warship back towards Jiangxia.
Of these warships, apart from Huang Zu's, which suffered the least damage, the others were all damaged to varying degrees.
Huang Zu knew this perfectly well.
He has completely lost this battle.
He didn't even know how many troops the enemy had, and he was already defeated!
These more than a thousand soldiers were the last bit of strength he could preserve for the Jiangxia navy!
On the city tower of Xiangyang
Liu Bei originally planned to leave the city to rescue Huang Zu.
However, below the city walls, Cao Cao's cavalry, led by Cao Ang, Cao Chun, and Zhang Xiu, suddenly surrounded the city.
Liu Bei was dumbfounded!
Leaving the city now would be like being a sitting duck.
Meanwhile, nearly 10,000 Jiangxia naval troops were captured!
For Cao Cao's camp, this was the most valuable gain!
Gan Ning struggled, but was unable to break free from the black net.
Wei Yan, the sixth brother, even punched him, which undoubtedly made Gan Ning even more furious.
"Wen Chang, well done!"
"Kill him, and you'll at most get promoted two ranks."
"But if you capture him, your future will be limitless!"
Jia Xu stroked his beard, expressing his great admiration for Wei Yan's spirit of being a "sixth brother".
Covered in bells and adorned with feathers, this attire, along with its defiant expression, completes the picture.
This immediately reminded Jia Xu of Gan Ning, the troublemaker under Huang Zu and leader of the Jin Fan bandits!
Wei Yan chuckled.
He and Jia Xu are now in a master-disciple relationship.
With Jia Xu's guidance, Wei Yan gradually changed his reckless personality and began to develop in the direction of Lao Liu.
"let me go!"
"If you've got the guts, fight me to the death on the water!"
Gan Ning roared loudly.
But his throat became incredibly hoarse because he had swallowed too much river water.
Wei Yan smiled disdainfully:
"Want to fight you to the death on the water?"
Why don't you say you'd fight me to the death in the sack?
Gan Ning was speechless.
Like a victorious general, Wei Yan, under Jia Xu's guidance, carried Gan Ning to meet Cao Cao and Su Yu.
Cao Cao is sending his soldiers to count the number of prisoners of war.
With Cao Ang and his cavalry at the gates of Xiangyang, Cao Cao was not worried at all that Liu Bei would dare to leave the city to fight.
Yes, my Cao army's naval warfare capabilities are inferior to your Jiangxia navy; in fact, we are not even in the same league.
But try it on land!
Even without sending cavalry, just sending Cao Cao's veteran infantry would be enough to rout the Jingzhou army!
"My lord, how is the battle going?"
Su Yu and Guo Jia also rushed back from near the dam.
Cao Cao laughed and said:
"There are prisoners everywhere outside now."
"Hmph, when I, Cao, march south, let's see who dares to fight me to the death on the river!"
Cao Cao had already made up his mind to assimilate this captured naval force.
Huang Zu and the powerful families of Jingzhou will not submit to Cao Cao now, but that does not mean that ordinary soldiers will not surrender.
When Cao Cao offered high salaries, marriage opportunities, and land as bait, what reason did the Jiangxia navy have not to surrender?
"My lord, Wei Yan is outside requesting an audience."
Dian Wei strode in with a gruff voice and reported to Cao Cao.
"Oh? Wei Yan is here?"
Cao Cao valued Wei Yan quite a bit, even though Wei Yan was still young at the time.
However, both Su Yu and Jia Xu believed that Wei Yan was a promising talent.
Jia Xu even became Wei Yan's teacher.
Cao Cao, being a talent detector, would naturally not overlook Wei Yan.
"My lord, the fellow I captured appears to be the leader of some Jinfan pirates, named Gan Ning."
Wei Yan placed the black net containing Gan Ning on the ground.
Just as Gan Ning was about to break free, Dian Wei and Xu Chu walked over and patted his head, seemingly testing its hardness.
"He who knows the current affairs is a hero!"
Gan Ning screamed wildly in his heart.
"Gan Ning, right?"
Would you be willing to join my army?
Cao Cao extended an invitation to Gan Ning.
Gan Ning sneered:
"I have never known what heaven and earth are, so why should I surrender to you?"
The words have not yet fallen.
Su Yu gave him a look.
Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Wei Yan instantly understood.
Fists the size of sandbags rained down relentlessly, as if they were free!
If you're not convinced, just beat me until you are.
The right way to deal with such troublemakers is not to indulge them. It's better to give them a good beating to make them behave before offering them something sweet.
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