Chapter 521: A Difficult Battle
Before the battle, Zhang Yun, as the chief general, was actually still looking forward to it, and even some looked down on Shangpin and Gan Ning, the first time he led the army to the battle, it was in this kind of major matter of supporting Xiangyang.
Zhang Yun really wants to show himself, once he defeats Wen Ping and Gan Ning's soldiers and horses, and then like a divine soldier descending from the sky, supporting Xiangyang and repelling Liu Zheng's men and horses, then Zhang Yun will definitely be able to change his image in Liu Biao's mind, then he Zhang Yunke will not only be a general of Nanjun, but will be entrusted with important tasks by Liu Biao and become the most powerful general under Liu Biao.
Of course, these are all things that Zhang Yun thinks in his own heart, and when he really led the soldiers and horses to fight with Wenpin's men and horses on the battlefield, he recognized the reality clearly.
Reality slapped him in the face, shattering all his illusions at first.
He personally led an army of 20,000 to attack Wenpin's camp, Zhang Yun had no combat experience, and although Wenpin was not very old, he followed Liu Zhengnan to fight in the north, whether it was his own experience in the battle against the enemy, or the confrontation of arranging troops, Wenpin was far better than Zhang Yun.
The first battle between the armies of the two sides, only one hour, Zhang Yun, who was killed by Wenpin, was defeated, this is still Wenpin's people, only focusing on defense, not taking fierce attacks, and Zhang Yun, who was killed, retreated by himself.
If the first attack, Zhang Yun seemed to have some light enemies, then the next few attacks completely made Zhang Yun recognize his strength.
Losing in the battles of Wenpin one after another, he is now beginning to doubt his strength, on the one hand, he is angry that he can't beat Wenpin, and on the other hand, he is also worried about not being able to support Xiangyang for a long time, which makes Zhang Yun's expression more and more ugly these days.
"What's the use of talking about this now, what is the situation in Xiangyang, you and I don't know, Liu Zheng, this bastard, surrounded Xiangyang, even if he didn't dare to attack the city, there were only five thousand defenders in the city, and the city could be broken at any time. You'd better figure it out! ”
"If Xiangyang is gone, do you think you can get away? You are also a dead end, and if my uncle is gone, you, including your family, will be also gone! ”
Zhang Yun was obviously a little angry, and shouted at Cai Mao and Kuai Yue.
Cai Mao and Kuai Yue don't know it, let alone Zhang Yun's uncle Liu Biao, Cai Mao's Cai family, and Kuai Yue's Kuai family are all in Xiangyang, once Xiangyang falls and falls into the hands of Liu Zheng, then their situation is quite passive.
So there is no need for Zhang Yun to repeatedly emphasize that Cai Mao and Kuai Yue both want to rush to Xiangyang as soon as possible, but if they don't want to, they can kill back.
The soldiers and horses of Wen Ping and Gan Ning have always been unable to win, and they have no choice.
"At this point, we either have to find a way to leave, or we have to break through with all our strength, these days, although our soldiers and horses have suffered a lot of damage, but the enemy army is not completely unscathed."
"According to my observations, there were no more than 10,000 men under Wenpin at the beginning, and now the loss is more than half, and now there are at most 5,000 men and horses stationed there, and Ganning on the other side, although there is no loss of soldiers and horses, but we choose to break through, just attack Wenpin, and gather more than 26,000 people now, we will definitely be able to fight it."
"Success or failure is here, everyone, if we can't defeat these enemy forces, my uncle's side, everyone will not be able to explain."
After Zhang Yun heard Kuai Yue's words, he also nodded, in his opinion, time is already a matter that cannot be delayed, although from Hanshou, to Xiangyang, in fact, there are only two days left, but these two days have made them unable to advance here at all.
When Zhang Yun and Cai Mao and Kuai Yue were almost discussed, they went down to prepare to charge again, unaware that Wen Ping already had Liu Zheng's reinforcements of more than 10,000 people.
As soon as Wen Ping retired from the front line, he received the news that Liu Zheng's men had withdrawn from Xiangyang, and immediately went over to meet Liu Zheng.
Liu Zheng sat in the big tent, waiting for Wen Ping to come, as soon as Wen Ping came in, he first saw Cai Yao, and his face was immediately happy.
"Sister Cai Yao!"
Among the many generals under Liu Zheng's command, the closest to Cai Yao is Wen Ping, because Cai Yao used to be a professor in the Military Academy for a period of time, and Wen Ping was a student in the Military Academy, and he met Cai Yao the most times, plus he had some respect for Cai Yao, so the first time he saw Cai Yao was a surprise.
After all, Cai Yao has disappeared for so long, and suddenly reappeared, and when she suddenly saw her after not seeing her for so long, she would always feel some surprise.
Cai Yao was holding the child in her hand, and she couldn't say anything more to Wen Ping, she just nodded her head and answered Wen Ping.
And Liu Zheng opened his mouth to ask.
"Wen Ping, thank you for your hard work, help me block Cai Mao and the others here, this credit belongs to you."
was praised so much by Liu Zheng, Wen Ping immediately said modestly.
"Wen Ping didn't dare to take credit, this was all arranged by General Gan Ning, and it was this place chosen by General Gan Ning as an ambush point, so that Cai Mao's men and horses could not pass through here and go to support Xiangyang."
Liu Zheng is right when he thinks about it, Gan Ning is a water thief near Dongting Lake, and he must know the terrain around this place well, plus Su Fei, who is under Gan Ning, also knows a lot about the vicinity of Dongting Lake, and the two of them came here, they are as familiar as going home, not to mention finding a place to ambush Cai Mao and others, it is not a problem to fight guerrilla warfare with Cai Mao here.
"Gan Ning also has credit, you are together, this time you can help me bring Cai Yao back from Xiangyang, you have the most credit, and the next thing is to get Cai Mao and these people."
"Xiangyang can not be wanted for the time being, but Changsha County must be taken, and if Changsha is taken, it is equivalent to most of Jingzhou will be in our hands, relying on these three states, we have the capital to compete for the world."
Liu Zheng said a word to Gan Ning and Wen Ping, and as soon as the two heard what Liu Zheng said about competing for the world, they immediately became interested, and their eyes lit up at the moment.
"Don't worry, my lord, now Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others are besieged here by us, and we can go over and destroy them at any time."
"Just wait for them to die, and those soldiers and horses in Changsha City can only look at the wind and surrender."
Gan Ning was honest and directly reported the current situation to Liu Zheng.
Liu Zheng also knows the situation of Cai Mao and others, but the only thing he is afraid of now is that Cai Mao is Cai Yao's brother after all, and this battle is not easy to fight.