Chapter 757: The Jiangdong Army Attacks Qichun
To say that Gan Ning is such an adult, he really hasn't admired anyone, but now he really admires Zhou Yu, to be honest, very much. Because he also knows that Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin are not pure generals. If I have to say it, he is actually a strategist, a military advisor, and of course a handsome talent.
Gan Ning had heard of Zhou Yu's name, and he also knew Zhou Yu's ability to command water battles, but the first time he saw him today, it really made him really feel his ability. Sure enough, it is worthy of its reputation, the so-called "no vain man under the fame", Gan Ning thought that he was good before he saw Zhou Yu's ability with his own eyes. Indeed, he crisscrossed the Yangtze River back then, and there was no opponent above the water. But after meeting Zhou Yu today, he completely understood that sentence, what is "there is a sky outside the sky".
Gan Ning knows that Zhou Yu's martial arts are inferior to himself, but his water combat ability is better than his own. I was a little sitting in the well and watching the sky before, to say that the world is capable of producing many people, although I said that I did not encounter any opponents for a while, but it does not mean that the world is invincible. So after losing to Zhou Yu, Gan Ning retreated to Qichun, and he reflected on it in Qichun. If he is like before, he will definitely not be able to, Zhou Yu gave himself a reminder not to be arrogant and arrogant-
In Qichun, Gan Ning was sent by Liu Qi after all, and he also brought a lot of soldiers, even if he suffered a lot of casualties after the battle with Zhou Yu, but he had to say that there were still thousands of men and horses. So he retreated to Qichun, and it can be said that none of the officials in Qichun dared to say anything. Even if there may be some reluctance in the heart. But to be honest, none of them dared not listen to Gan Ning's words. Qi Chunke was on the edge of the Yangtze River, so they might not have seen Gan Ning, but they had really heard of him.
Gan Ning retreated to Qichun, and the defense of the city naturally belonged to him, and he didn't trust others at all. Because he really didn't find any talent in Qi Chun, he absolutely, now he can only rely on himself to deal with Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army, and as for the final result, it is not difficult to predict. It's just that the city has been breached, and the worst result will be, what else can it do.
After Gan Ning had already led his troops to retreat into Qichun City, Sun Ce had also led his troops to land on the northeast bank of the Yangtze River and went ashore. The Jiangdong Army was stationed outside Qichun City. And Gan Ning could only look at them helplessly, there was nothing he could do. After all, now I have just been defeated. Or maybe you can organize a soldier. Go and attack the enemy camp. But now, this is simply not possible.
However, the Jiangdong Army is not the same as the ordinary army, in fact, it is very different, and one of the points is that the Jiangdong Army has never distinguished between a water army and a land army. It can be said that their army is amphibious, on ships. In a big battle on the water, they are the water army. And when they landed on the shore and fought on the shore, they were the foot soldiers of the land. At least not the Jingzhou Army. Their navy is a navy, and the other soldiers are others.
Therefore, the Jiangdong Army is better at water warfare than other armies, even the Jingzhou Navy is not good. As for the Liangzhou Army and the Yanzhou Army, there are no water armies, and if you look at all their soldiers, how many of them know how much water, you will know that they don't know any water battles at all, and it is impossible to go to water battles. Unless it's a few years of practice, it might be useful. It's definitely not going to work in a short period of time, after all, this training water army is definitely not an overnight thing-
The Jiangdong soldiers, who had already been stationed, had a good rest for a day under the orders of their lords. This also has to be so, after all, there was a big battle with Gan Ning's 10,000 Jingzhou naval army before, and it can be said that the Jiangdong soldiers are indeed a little tired. And whether it is Sun Ce or Zhou Yu, to be honest, they are indeed not in such a hurry. They know better than anyone else that they occupy a geographical advantage, because they are next to Jingzhou.
So unless that Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, no one will move faster than their own people. Because when they got the news of Liu Biaoqi's death, Ma Mengqi and Cao Mengde were still in Jizhou, and they did not withdraw. Therefore, in terms of time, you definitely have a big advantage. As long as he can be faster than that imperial uncle Liu Xuande, it will be fine, but Liu Xuande and his people are in Nanjun, and Jiangling, the seat of governance in Nanjun, is definitely not so easy to capture.
When Sun Ce also felt that Gan Ning was not convincing, he said to Zhou Yu and the others at this time: "Everyone should go back to the camp today to rest." Tomorrow, our army will attack Qichun with all its might, and there must be no mistake! ”
Sun Ce is not even ready to test now, after all, this has already fought with Gan Ning, and of course Sun Ce knows what the combat power of the Jingzhou naval army led by Gan Ning is. As for the thousands of county soldiers in Qichun City, to be honest, Sun Ce really didn't pay attention to it. For him, if he also looked at those county soldiers in Jingzhou, then he would be too careful, and they wouldn't be of any use at all. Even the regular army of the Jingzhou Army was not an opponent of its own side, let alone them.
Everyone understood what their lord meant, and had already issued an order to let the whole army rest for a day. And tomorrow, the lord ordered the whole army to attack Qichun with all his might, it seems that although the lord is not too anxious, but he really hopes to take Qichun as soon as possible.
"No!"
Everyone agreed in unison, and they were all gearing up, just waiting for tomorrow to show their skills-
One day later, to be exact, it wasn't really a day, but it was the second day.
At the end of the day, Sun Ce ordered the Jiangdong soldiers to attack Qichun with all their might. As for the chief general who led the troops, he was a general under his account, surnamed Dong Ming and the Yuan Dynasty, and his people were the ones who led the troops to attack the city, in the eyes of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, it was just suitable.
But Dong attacked his people and was indeed suitable for leading troops to attack the city, but his opponent was too strong. After all, Gan Ning is not just a general who can fight on land and water. It is also possible to defend the city, but it is rare to do so. But today he has to do this, so that others he is not at ease at all, in that case, it is really better to surrender in Kaesong. However, that thing was definitely not something that he could do, so at this moment, he had to go all out and try his best to repel Sun Bofu's Jiangdong Army attack.
Gan Ning didn't expect to be able to repel Sun Ce's Jiangdong army, nor did he expect to be able to hold Qichun. It's just that he hopes that he can add more trouble to Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army, and that's it. That's enough for yourself. As for the rest, he hadn't thought about it. In the place where he was most proud before, he was defeated by others, to be honest, Gan Ning at this moment. It was true that confidence was hit hard. However, Gan Ning is not bad, he is relatively strong in his heart. It's more or less adjusted now.
Either way, it won't last long. After all, whether it is Dong Xi or Jiang Dongjun, they are not vegetarians-
To tell the truth, Dong Xi is definitely such a person in the Jiangdong Army who looks down on Gan Ning.
After all, although Gan Ning's skills are good, in his eyes, he is just a water thief. When Gan Ning was a water thief in the Yangtze River before. Dong Xi doesn't look down on him. So now that he sees that his lord attaches so much importance to him, Dong Xi looks down on him even more. Still, Gan Ning's ability is good, which Dong Xi also admits. But in his eyes. A thief is a thief, even if Gan Ning has joined Jiangxia's Jingzhou army for a long time, but Dong Xi thinks that it is difficult to change his thief nature.
So Dong Xi didn't look down on Gan Ning, in his thoughts, if Gan Ning was really a person who knew the times, then he should have taken refuge in his lord a long time ago. As for what happened to Su Fei, Dong Xi felt that it was just an excuse. Even if Su Fei is good to Gan Ning and his people, he joined Jiangxia's Jingzhou Army and served under Jiangxia's Taishou Huang Zu's account, in fact, this can be regarded as a repayment. And he fought with himself on the Yangtze River before, isn't that enough, so what else does he have to resist?
Yes, now Gan Ning is guarding Qichun with men and horses, in Dong Xi's view, this is stubborn resistance. Because he knew that the road was inferior to his own, he was still leading his soldiers to stubbornly resist his own attack. To tell the truth, with their less than 10,000 men and horses defending Qichun, Dong Xi really wouldn't be optimistic about Gan Ning against his own army of nearly 100,000. So he felt that Gan Ning didn't know the current affairs, because the people who knew the current affairs had not already opened the city and surrendered-
Gan Ning was at the head of Qichun City, leading his soldiers to resist the attack of the Jiangdong soldiers. He also knew that his own soldiers, whether it was the Jingzhou Navy or the county soldiers, were not as good as others. Gan Ning hadn't dealt with the Jiangdong Army before, so he really didn't know what to do, but after fighting with others in the past two days, he completely understood that other people's combat power was stronger than his own. And whether you admit it or not, this fact is the truth, and everyone knows the truth.
"Brothers, hold on! Can't let the Jiangdong Army attack it! ”
Gan Ning shouted at the top of his voice, but although he said that he shouted well and thought well, the truth was not as developed as he thought. At least today, Sun Ce asked the Jiangdong Army to attack Qichun with all their might, so whether it was Dong Raid or the Jiangdong Army, they did their best. And Gan Ning at the head of the city is still a guard, and they are indeed under pressure. Originally, the combat strength was inferior to others, but as a result, they attacked the city with all their might, and they would not be able to resist it.
Therefore, many Jiangdong soldiers and soldiers climbed to the head of the city, but Dong Xi did not come up, after all, as a general with troops, he was greeted the most by the guards of the city. In this way, it is impossible for him to climb to the top of the city so easily, after all, no matter how strong a general is, it is not so easy to climb a city, if it is really so easy, why does no one let Lu Bu lead the troops to attack the city, so right, in fact, ......-
Dong Xi was unwilling, he was going to climb the city, but in order to avoid the hot oil at the head of the city, he had to give up his current advantage and jumped off the ladder directly. Of course, this doesn't mean that you just jump down like that, it's so high, and you can't be like this. It's just that you have to use the ladder and jump down yourself, which is how you can avoid the hot oil that has fallen. (To be continued......)