Chapter 773: Besieging Hanyang

"Hahaha, that's right, it's the general, since you've heard the name of the general, don't go out of the city and surrender quickly!"

Gan Ning heard the enemy generals on the city tower speak, and he was quite excited in his heart, but he didn't expect that his name had already been known by the enemy.

It seems that he Gan Ning is also very famous in this vicinity, and the more he thinks about it, the more excited Gan Ning is.

Anyway, he has followed Liu Zheng for so many years, and he has also made great contributions to Liu Zheng, and in the southern and northern wars, he has also made some fame, and now he opens his mouth to scold a few times, and wants to use his reputation to scare the enemy.

If it was someone else, he was naturally frightened by Gan Ning's few voices.

However, at this time, the person in Hanyang City was Zhang Liao.

He is also an extremely strong general.

In the Battle of Xiaoyaojin in history, the 800 warriors led by Zhang Liao defeated the 100,000 army under Sun Quan.

The children of Dongwu were so frightened that they didn't dare to cry anymore when they heard Zhang Liao's name.

There is a myth and legend that a child stops crying.

Zhang Liao, who was shocked and Xiaoyaojin, fought against the Jinfan thief Gan Ning.

Which of the two wins and who loses, Liu Zheng is actually really hard to say.

Perhaps in Liu Zheng's heart, if the two are compared in history, Liu Zheng is more inclined to Zhang Liao.

However, the current Zhang Liao is still young after all, and he has not been trained. And Gan Ning has been following him to fight in the north and south for several years, and the two are no longer two in history, and the victory or defeat of another fight is a matter of two words.

"Hahaha, go out of the city and surrender, you are still a famous general, how can you say such ignorant words, I am a general of the court, and I eat the court, so I naturally want to share the worries of the court, and you and other thieves dare to ignore the court by setting themselves up as kings, and today I will Zhang Liao and others to exterminate you to set an example!"

Zhang Liao loudly scolded Gan Ning.

This also caused Gan Ning's displeasure.

Immediately, Gan Ning also responded loudly to Zhang Liao on the city tower.

"You wait for the waste, help the abuse, what do you talk about the food of the king's Lu for the king's worries, we just obey the mandate of heaven and change the order of heaven and earth, Your Majesty Liu Zheng is the destiny of heaven, I will advise you to open the city and surrender now, and take refuge in my majesty, otherwise, I will break the city and punish your nine clans!"

Gan Ning only scared twice, but in fact he didn't take any actual action.

There are 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in this Hanyang city, and there are generals to guard it, while Gan Ning has only more than 10,000 men and horses around him.

It is simply impossible to use these more than 10,000 people to conquer this Hanyang City.

Even with the support of Gan Ning and Zu Lang's naval army, it is unlikely that they want to take Hanyang, and even if they can really capture this city, they will suffer heavy losses.

Gan Ning didn't need to take Hanyang directly, he just needed to surround this city and wait for Zulang's army to go up the Xiangjiang River.

What they have to do is to directly attack Xiangyang, and when they take Xiangyang, what can they do with a mere Hanyang city, when the time comes, they will be surrounded by Liu Zheng's army, and only a lonely city will remain, and Zhang Liao will have nothing to do in the city.

Moreover, Liu Zheng's real purpose is Huarong, where Ding Yuan is located.

The men and horses on Zhang Liao's side are all new troops, and they are the remnants of Yuan Shu recruited by Zhang Liao in the Runan area, which are not elite, but those cavalry under Ding Yuan are.

Liu Zheng needs to focus on Ding Yuan and destroy the cavalry in Ding Yuan's hands, so that Liu Zheng can sit back and take the entire Jingzhou with peace of mind.

Otherwise, these cavalry in Ding Yuan's hands could easily support various places in the Jiangxia region, making Liu Zheng's side very passive.

Liu Zheng sent Huang Zhong's men and horses to meet Ding Yuan directly near Huarong, intending to defeat Ding Yuan's soldiers and horses first.

In Huarong County at this time.

The news of Liu Zheng's large-scale attack had already been passed on two days ago.

Ding Yuan did not act rashly, and he still had 30,000 soldiers and horses in Huarong.

Fifteen thousand is his own cavalry, and the other fifteen thousand are some township warriors recruited by him nearby, and the combat power is not clear, but the fifteen thousand cavalry is Ding Yuan's killer weapon, and it is Ding Yuan's powerful combat power against Liu Zheng.

"Report to the general, the army under Liu Zheng is heading towards Hanyang, and it is less than a day's journey from Hanyang!"

The herald passed on the information and told Ding Yuan, who sat in the military tent and immediately frowned.

"Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses have all gone to Hanyang?"

"Most of them went to Hanyang, and there was only a battalion of soldiers and horses, stationed near our Huarong, and they did not attack us."

After Ding Yuan heard this, his face was suspicious.

"It's strange, this Liu Zheng's army attacked, but he didn't come to us, he wasn't afraid that we would lead the men and horses to attack him?"

Ding Yuan fell into deep thought, and then immediately asked again.

"And who are the enemy troops stationed near our Huarong?"

"Is it Huang Zhong's battalion?"

"Huang Zhong!"

Ding Yuan's expression became solemn again.

"Most of Huang Zhong's subordinates are archers, Liu Zheng placed Huang Zhong near our Huarong, the purpose is very simple, it is to stop us, Liu Zheng's target should be Hanyang!"

"The army is pressing Hanyang, in a short period of time, we can't support, Zhang Liao may not be able to hold it!"

When Ding Yuan saw that Liu Zheng could not attack his Huarong, he had already begun to guess in his heart.

Especially when he knew that Liu Zheng's men and horses stationed here were Huang Zhong, it made Ding Yuan look even more nervous.

He wasn't worried about himself, but worried about Zhang Liao.

Although Zhang Liao had an army of 30,000 in Hanyang, the 30,000 horses and horses might not be able to stop it under the frantic attack of several battalions of soldiers and horses of Liu Zheng.

Ding originally just wanted to focus on defense, but at this time, with Liu Zheng's active attack, Ding Yuan also knew that he couldn't blindly defend, and he couldn't defend separately, Hanyang must defend.

In order to hold Hanyang, they must go over to support the soldiers and horses guarding the vicinity of Hanyang.

And his cavalry is the most suitable person to support.

"A few days ago, Liu Qi said that he was going to Xiangyang to mobilize troops and horses to come over to support, presumably, in terms of time, it should be almost over, and immediately sent someone to inform Liu Qi and asked him to support Hanyang, and at the same time, we also brought people to support Hanyang."

"Perhaps, in this way, we can also annihilate Liu Zheng's army in the field and completely wipe out Liu Zheng's people here."

Although it is now Liu Zheng attacking Jingzhou, but Liu Zheng's men and horses have always been like this, once Ding Yuan annihilates Liu Zheng's men and horses attacking Jingzhou, then Ding Yuan's men and horses will have the possibility of counterattacking Changsha and other places.

After Ding Yuan decided, he immediately ordered to take his men and horses to attack from Huarong, follow the official road, and go straight to Hanyang.

However, on the way to Hanyang, Ding Yuan's men and horses were intercepted by Huang Zhong's army of 20,000.

On the official road, Huang Zhong ordered people to build a camp, built seven or eight arrow towers on both sides, and arranged a large number of horse guns and trenches.