If it was just like this, Liu Zheng would not be nervous.

However, Zhang Liao had already made up his mind to give Liu Zheng a little color, and the 50,000 or 60,000 troops rushed directly to Ganning's Wulin County and defeated Wulin in just three days, forcing Ganning to retreat to Changsha.

Gan Ning and Zu Lang's soldiers and horses, in Wulin and Zhang Liao and Liu Qi's men, fought a big battle.

However, Zhang Liao had already decided that there were no reinforcements from Ganning and Ning, and the soldiers and horses near Jingzhou were all sent to Yuzhou by Liu Zheng, so Zhang Liao's army was very imposing.

riveted a full fight, and rushed to the county seat of Wulin after a few rounds of charges.

This Wulin county town is not a particularly strong big city, but a small county town, the city is not high, and the vanguard army can easily climb the city tower directly with a ladder.

Zhang Liao, who already had a lot more soldiers and horses than Gan Ning and Zu Lang, with the blessing of Liu Qi's army, charged in two rounds and directly killed the city tower.

After a round of head-to-head confrontation, the people on Gan Ning's side could block Zhang Liao's attack, but the navy on Zulang's side couldn't.

The navy still barely had an advantage in the water, and in the offensive and defensive battles, after not giving full play to the advantages of these sailors, the casualties were very large, and the 20,000 sailors directly lost more than half of them in the battle of Hanyang City.

When he was in Wulin, the already small navy suffered casualties again, and if it wasn't for Huang Zhong's army arriving in time to pick up the remnants of Gan Ning and Zu Lang.

I am afraid that these horses of Gan Ning and Zu Lang will be completely wiped out by Zhang Liao in Wulin County.

But despite this, Gan Ning and Zu Lang still suffered a defeat, nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, and when they fled back to Baqiu County, there were only 15,000 people left.

These people, relying on some of Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses, retreated near Baqiu County, and Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses also pursued at this time.

It's just that Zhang Liao didn't dare to continue the assault at this time, and when he attacked Wulin, Zhang Liao had already lost some soldiers and horses, and he and Liu Qi's fifty or sixty thousand people, at this time, there were only about forty thousand left.

If you continue to storm Baqiu, although there is some possibility of defeating Baqiu, the loss of troops will definitely not be less.

Zhang Liao still has some self-knowledge.

The two sides were in a stalemate in Baqiu for several days, trying to find a way to deal with their opponents.

"Damn, damn! I actually lost to this guy, and I lost so many soldiers and horses, how can I explain to Your Majesty! ”

Zu Lang shouted loudly at Pan Lin and the others.

Although there is his own fault in this, the bigger reason is that Pan Lin and the others lost too many troops when they went to Hanyang City, so that the current Zulang here has been defeated again and again.

Of the 20,000 or 30,000 sailors, there are less than 5,000 left.

It means that his water army is about to be defeated.

Pan Lin was scolded by Zu Lang a few words, but he didn't dare to refute it, after all, this matter did suffer losses, and it was already good to pray in his heart not to be punished by Liu Zheng, so how could he have any other extravagant hopes.

"Okay, Zulang, we haven't failed yet, the county seat of Wulin was originally only fought by us before, and now it's just returned to them."

"As long as we can hold on to this Baqiu county, your majesty must be just too much to punish us."

Gan Ning is aware of his current situation, and does not put his mind on the battlefield of defeat, but wants to summarize some previous failures and see how to re-boost morale at this time.

"Xingba, that Zhang Liao is good at martial arts, and he is not afraid of death, he takes the lead in every charge, and takes the lead in the charge, this is me, and now in this position, I don't dare to be so fierce, he really treats himself as a young man."

"Hahaha, brother, what are you and me, what age is that Zhang Liao, he is a general, so desperate, he wants to make a name for himself, but we are different, we already have a reputation in our bodies, as long as we don't make mistakes, so in the battle, it is inevitable that there will be some fears."

"But this time it won't work, Baqiu is the junction of Jiangxia County and Changsha County, if Baqiu is lost, their soldiers and horses will be directed at Changsha County!"

Gan Ning also hardened up at this time and gave an order.

Huang Zhong also nodded after Gan Ning said this.

"General Gan Ning is right, Baqiu is very important, don't let that Zhang Liao fight down, otherwise we really can't explain to Your Majesty, according to the time, Your Majesty has already begun to attack on the Xiangyang side, we just need to hold on here, and Xiangyang will fall into the hands of Your Majesty."

"When the time comes, this Liao will become the turtle in our urn, and you can handle it at any time."

As soon as Huang Zhong told Gan Ning and Zu Lang about his opinions, several lieutenants under him nodded, this was the first time they had suffered such a big defeat, and they were all holding their breath at this time, wanting to be ashamed.

At the same time, in the camp of Zhang Liao and Liu Qi on the other side, they were also thinking about how to attack Baqiu and take down this important town between the two counties.

"What should I do, General Wenyuan, our spies came to tell us that in this Baqiu County, there are a large number of soldiers and horses of Liu Zhengjun, among which the main force of the Ganning Department is here, a part of Zulang's naval army, and Huang Zhong who came from Jiangling to support, and even some county soldiers who were urgently transferred from Changsha."

"There are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses here in Baqiu, they are just stationed in the county seat, and they don't go out of the city to fight us, is it possible that we will attack again?"

Liu Qi was very concerned about attacking Baqiu County, but after weighing the difference in strength between the two sides, he always felt that it was difficult to attack Baqiu County, and it was not as easy as he thought.

Zhang Liao frowned, and after hearing Liu Qi's description, his face became even darker.

"Baqiu is an important town, it's not easy to fight, if it's easy to fight, it's strange, but even if it's not easy to fight, we won't give up, on the surface we are here and they are deadlocked for a few days, in fact, we don't fight Baqiu, go directly to Jiangling, go to Jiangling, and then join forces with Lord Ding Yuan's men and horses, and then turn back to Xiangyang, which can be regarded as being able to solve the siege of Xiangyang."

Zhang Liao didn't plan to fight Baqiu here, but the battle in Wulin had already made Zhang Liao show his momentum, so in the face of Gan Ning and others, he didn't care so much.

Thinking that these days have passed, the situation in Xiangyang should be very crisis, so he still wants to see what is going on, after all, these days, there is no news at all, Zhang Liao and Liu Qi will have some worries.

As soon as Liu Qi heard that Zhang Liao said that he wanted to return to Xiangyang, he naturally agreed to 10,000.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, General Wenyuan!"