When Gan Ning led the army back to the camp, a personal soldier took out a water bag and gave it to Gan Ning, Gan Ning drank most of the water with a grunt, wiped his mouth, and asked, "Captain Guan, what about Ma joining the army?" ”

"General Hui. The two lords went back to the Great Tent, and asked the general to go to the Great Tent as soon as he returned to the camp. ”

Gan Ning nodded, turned on his horse, and led a few knights across the camp road to the outside of the Chinese army's tent. Turning over and dismounting, handing over the horse to his own soldiers, Gan Ning stepped into the big tent.

"Brother Xian, Ma joins the army." After Gan Ning entered the big tent, he saluted Guan Ping and Ma Yan, and then came to the second seat and sat down.

Strictly speaking, this barracks is Ganning's, and this tent is also Ganning's. But because Guan Ping is the son of Guan Yu and the person in charge of this military operation, he sits on the handsome seat.

Guan Ping also returned the salute to Gan Ning and said, "Brother Gan has worked hard. ”

After being polite, Guan Ping said bluntly: "Brother Gan." First, the gains of the siege outweigh the losses, and second, there are no siege equipment, and third, Liu Biao is afraid that he will have to do it. I plan to leave Brother Gan to lead a thousand elite soldiers to guard here. The other 3,000 elite soldiers, commanded by Sima, accompanied me to the Han Shui Village to block Liu Biao. ”

This time, Ma Jian can be regarded as a success.

The morale of the defenders in Shangyong City has dropped.

But that's about it.

Since the Shen brothers have made a shrunken turtle with an iron heart, Guan Ping can only look at the city and sigh. Guan Ping planned to leave Gan Ning to lead a thousand soldiers and horses, and then choose a more dangerous place to set up camp and monitor the Shen brothers in Shangyong City.

And he himself led the rest of the elite soldiers back to the Han Shui Village. Eight thousand men and women, including the rear army, will also return to Fangling.

These men and women were not originally fighting, and Guan Ping planned to let 8,000 men and women plough the fields in Fangling after pacifying the three counties.

This is a decision made by Guan Ping and Ma Jian after discussing together. Gan Ning pondered for a moment when he heard this, and said, "Brother Xian will leave me a battalion of soldiers and horses, five hundred and fifty people." ”

A small battalion is an army.

At present, there are eight small battalions under Gan Ning's command, with more than 4,000 people.

"There are too few battalions." Guan Ping was taken aback when he heard this, shook his head and said.

It is important to know that the Shen brothers are very important, and monitoring and guarding against their sneak attacks from the rear is the top priority. Furthermore, Guan Ping went to resist Liu Biao's army, and there was no difference between 500 more and 500 less.

"Could it be that Captain Gan is planning to lure the enemy?" Ma Yan's eyes lit up, but he was still moody, and said calmly.

Gan Ning smiled when he heard this: "The Shen family brothers are afraid of defeat, so they don't dare to fight. But if they knew that there were only 500 people in my camp, would they still be able to hold back? ”

Guan Ping also understood, and was a little depressed.

This strategy that Gan Ning thought of, Ma Jian immediately understood, it was really the same as the hero. Feelings just I'm sluggish?

Never mind.

Guan Ping shook his head, putting the thought behind him. He is also an ordinary person, and it is okay to engage in small inventions, but when it comes to fighting, the two people in front of him are elites.

"Even if you lure the enemy, five hundred people is too little." Guan Ping is more worried about Gan Ning's safety.

"There are not many soldiers, but in the elite. When you meet suddenly, you will not be wise, but brave. It is that 5,000 Shen brothers poured out of the nest, and my 500 people are enough to break it. Moreover, if there are too many people, the Shen brothers are suspicious and dare not come to rob the camp. Gan Ning's face showed a look, and he sat confidently, with a majestic aura.

Although Guan Ping's martial arts are good and his strength is endless, there is still a gap between him and Gan Ning. It's breath, momentum.

Gan Ning only sits upright, and he has the spirit of a bear and a tiger, and the hero of ten thousand people is not trivial. Guan Ping's heart is really beautiful, this is my family's Gan Ning, not Sun Quan's family.

Besides, Guan Ping also remembered something.

In history, Gan Ning had the glory of robbing Cao Ying with a hundred horses, although it was said that there were no major results, it was also a matter of course. If Cao Cao could be defeated by relying on a hundred horsemen, then Cao Cao would have died many times.

After all, Gan Ning just killed dozens of people and retreated.

But it also proves that Gan Ning is an extraordinary person.

If you change a person or a normal person, you can't have the courage and command of Gan Ning.

"Okay, uproot the camp immediately. Retirement. Guan Ping was full of confidence in Gan Ning, and immediately got up and ordered.

"No." Gan Ning, Ma Tan promised. Immediately, Guan Ping led Gan Ning's battalion Sima Xian, his own army Ma Yan, and all the remaining horses, uprooted most of the camps, leaving only a small battalion to hand over to Gan Ning. Then he led the army to join the 8,000 men and women of the rear army who had not yet arrived, and retreated to Fangling.

Whether a general can fight a war or not is closely related to the use of good spies.

A good spy can look at the enemy army from a distance and be able to discern how many men and horses the enemy army has.

And the Shen brothers are good spies who can be used. Even though Guan Ping ordered the rear army to put up many banners and bluff, intending to make the Shen brothers fear and sacrifice the city.

However, the spies of the Shen brothers still recognized that this group of people was around 10,000, and many flags were still effective, and the number of people calculated by the scouts was a little worse than reality.

But there is not much difference, which proves that the spies of the Shen brothers are also elite and excellent. At this moment, although the Shen brothers closed the city gate to guard it, Guan Ping did not have the troops to encircle Shangyong after all, so there was still a connection between the city and the outside of the city, and the spies of the Shen brothers were active outside the city.

Guan Ping led most of the men and horses, converged with the rear army, and slowly retreated to Fangling. These spies were in the hidden places on both sides of the mountain road, monitoring the retreat of Guan Ping's men.

Guan Ping's men and horses withdrew from the twenty-mile mountain road, and in the evening, camped on a low mountain.

And the small camp of Ganning that stayed behind could not do a fake, a small camp only had 550 people, 11 people in a tent, a total of 50 small tents, at a glance.

It's a fraud, and there are no more than twenty-two people in one tent.

In other words, according to the information fed back by the spies, he clearly told the Shen brothers that Guan Ping left 500 people to monitor Shangyong, and led a large group of people back to Fangling.

After this news reached Fangling City, it made it difficult for the Shen brothers to sit still.

In the city of Shangyong, martial law has been imposed in the city. People who had migrated into the city from outside the city were properly resettled. There was no commotion in the city, but order.

And the strong among the people have already been organized. If the war goes badly, these sturdy men will be sent to defend the city.

Unless the forces are far outnumbered, it is completely impossible to storm this city.

Taishou Mansion, in the study. Shen Tan sat on the main seat, Shen Yi and Shen Ding sat on the guest seat, and the three brothers were silent.

"Brother, the matter is clear. Guan Ping must have seen that he could not attack Shangyong, and he was worried that Liu Zhennan would send troops from Xiangyang to attack, so he hastily retreated, leaving only a battalion of men and horses to monitor us. During the day, my brother refused to fight, which caused the city soldiers to be quite broken and their morale dropped. Why didn't my brother take this opportunity to rob the camp outside the city and restore his morale? Shen Ding couldn't help it at first and asked out loud.

The Shen brothers made up their minds to sit and watch the success or failure, see the victory or defeat of Guan Yu and Liu Biao, and then decide on the next move. But in their hearts, the two brothers are still inclined to Liu Biao.

Because Liu Biao is gentle, he allows the two brothers to be at ease in Shangyong, but if the Guan family is changed, although the two brothers are not afraid of big roots, their situation will definitely change.

At this moment, Guan Ping led his troops to retreat, he must have been worried about Xiangyang. If the two brothers sent troops, swallowed the people and horses outside the city, and then took advantage of the victory to send troops to Fangling, not to fight with Guan Ping, but just bluff, involving part of Guan Ping's forces, and contributing to Liu Biao's Xiangyang army entering the three counties.

The two brothers were very happy.

Moreover, what Shen Ding said was also right, the two brothers refused to fight during the day, and lost their morale, and if they could swallow up the small camp outside the city, they could increase their morale.

Now there's one question left.

Shen Tanhu hesitated for a long time, scratched his beard and said, "I suspect that this is Guan Ping's plan to lure the enemy." ”

"I doubt it too." Shen Yi also nodded, and then asked Shen Ding again, a question that he had already asked several times just now.

"The banner of the small camp outside the city, is Gan?"

"Brother, you have asked many times, and the banner is indeed Gan. Guan Ping is afraid that the few soldiers left behind will be broken by us. That's why we left Gan Ning behind, and I sent a small battalion of soldiers and horses to monitor us. Shen Ding was quite helpless, and guessed by the way.

That's the problem.

Guan Ping left Gan Ning and more than 500 people in the small camp under his command, which is the bait. Or is it because there are not many soldiers and horses, only more than 500 people can be divided, and they are afraid of few soldiers, so they send the general Gan Ning to sit in the town?

Is this a lure or a desperate move?

Although the two brothers are suspicious, they are more inclined to helplessness.

Although the two brothers are quite in awe of Gan Ning, they will not depreciate themselves, there are five thousand people in the city, not to mention pouring out of the nest, that is, leading two or three thousand people to rob the small camp outside the city, the two brothers are also full of confidence.

What is Decoy?

To lure the enemy is to echo back and forth.

There are bait, there are hooks, people who fish.

Now Gan Ning led a small battalion of more than 500 troops outside the city, and Guan Ping led a large group of men and horses to withdraw from the twenty-mile mountain road and set up camp on a low mountain.

The spies were always watching, and no disturbance could escape the eyes of the two brothers.

There is no need to hesitate to send troops at this moment.

The two brothers were restless, Shen Tan stood up and paced back and forth from time to time, and Shen Tan changed from kneeling to cross-sitting, muttering from time to time. The two of them were suspicious for a moment, and then suddenly looked at each other.

Make up your mind.

"Second brother, you and Brother Ding led three thousand elite soldiers out of the city and devoured Ganning. The time was selected for tonight's three watches. ”

Shen Tan thought about it for a moment and said.

The Shen family brothers are always scheming, and Shen Tan will never act rashly, since he can sneak attack in the middle of the night, he will never act at other times.

"No."

Shen Yi and Shen Ding agreed in unison, Shen Yi was dignified, and Shen Ding was excited.

It's finally time to fight, and there's no need to be a shrunken turtle.

During the day, he was scolded again, and he was given a woman's belly pocket, and Shen Ding couldn't bear it anymore.