Chapter 352: The Sword Is Ageless
That's right, Zhou Yu's killer feature is Han Dang.
Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Dai and others had already discussed, and spread the news first, causing the army's morale to be unstable, so that a group of unstable soldiers were afraid so they fled across the city and went to Guan Yu.
This is not to send someone to act as a spy, but to defect to Guan Yu because of fear.
So even if Guan Yu interrogated or even tortured, he wouldn't ask anything. Then spread the news, retreat tonight, and burn your own grain.
Zhou Yu really burned all the food that couldn't be taken away.
is to make things realistic enough to attract Guan Yu to chase them. But obviously Guan Yu is not Pan Zhang, and he is not so easily fooled.
If one plan fails, there is another.
Of course, it is easier to fight an ambush, if Guan Yu comes to chase, Zhou Yu can teach Guan Yu to be a man. But if Guan Yu doesn't chase after him, then he can only attack Guan Yu.
For this reason, he secretly mobilized Han Dang and led 20,000 elite soldiers to help him. At present, in the large battalion north of Jiangling, only 20,000 elite soldiers are left to confront Zhang Fei.
In a large battalion, there were suddenly 20,000 elite soldiers.
Unless Zhang Fei tried to attack, he wouldn't notice it.
With 20,000 elite soldiers, plus Han Dang's 20,000 elite soldiers to make up 40,000 elite soldiers, Zhou Yu is going to kill Guan Yu.
This is certainly a risky thing to do. First of all, it is now in the middle of the night, and attacking in the middle of the night is inherently disadvantageous. If something happens, the army risks a rout.
Moreover, Guan Yu sits in the military camp, and his soldiers are also very elite. People say that Guan Yu has more than 5,000 elite soldiers under his command, who can compete with Cao's army, and his armor rate is the best in the south.
Although Gan Ning is not famous, he has eight or nine thousand people under his command. Attacking Guan Yu's camp with 40,000 elite soldiers, regardless of success or failure, there will be countless casualties.
Not to mention failure, if it is successful, it is a great benefit.
This is the best way Zhou Yu can think of at the moment.
Koto died in this game of chess.
Shamoke unexpectedly helped Guan Yu, which led to the addition of Ma Liang's strong team in the south, and the three counties that had just been occupied were lost in a blink of an eye.
Jiangdong Shanyue rebelled, and there was a fire in the rear.
Now in front of Zhou Yu, the only way to slowly retreat to Jiangbei Shuizhai to join Sun Quan, and then go to the mouth of the oil river and to Changsha.
Zhou Yu is very confident in the smooth withdrawal of troops. Jiangdong has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and there are countless elite soldiers and strong generals, and it is impossible to collapse.
But the occupied territory is gone, which makes Zhou Yu very unwilling.
Zhou Yu didn't want to fight Guan Yu with real knives and guns before, his purpose was just to obtain Nanjun and Jiangxia counties, gain a foothold in Jiangbei, and pave the way for the next attack.
Therefore, stabilizing Gangneung City is a victory.
And now that the situation has changed, Zhou Yu has to take risks. This adventure is to kill Guan Yu, as soon as Guan Yu dies, the Guan family will not say that they will be defeated immediately, but the momentum will also go to sixty percent.
Although Guan Ping is powerful, he is brave and good at fighting, and he is famous in the world. But compared with his Laozi Guan Yu, he is also a small thing, and he can't support a huge force.
As soon as Guan Yu dies, Shamoke may change his mind. Guan's generals are likely to be unstable. As long as Guan Yu died, Zhou Yu even dared to ignore the affairs of Jiangdong for the time being, and the pioneers went north, attacked Xiangyang, and then ate Zhang Fei, Jiang Wan, and Zhuge Liang one by one.
Pacify Jingzhou, and then return to Jiangdong.
Although Koto is very chaotic, the basic market can hold on for a long time. Because many big clans in Jiangdong support Sun Quan and don't want Jiangdong to be in chaos.
Although the Shanyue rebellion was violent, it could not overturn Jiangdong. It will only cause turmoil in the hearts of the military.
As long as Guan Yu can be defeated and Jingzhou can be occupied, the morale of the army can be stabilized.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion also swept the world that year, but it was also quelled by the clans.
The peasants could not defeat the scholars.
Sadly, it's true.
Beheading Guan Yu, this is an opportunity to turn the tables.
"General Cheng, you are the front. Attack Guan Yu's camp from the front. General LΓΌ, you attack Guan Yu's camp from the left for the left. Han Dang was on the right and attacked the Ganning camp. I led 4,000 elite soldiers as the rear town, and sent people to listen to the movements of Guan Yu's camp, and spies were all over the place. If Guan Yu wants to slip away, he must stay. β
Zhou Yu straddled the war horse and decided to fight.
"No." Cheng Pu and Lu Dai promised, and the two of them led the army to the north first, and Zhou Yu sent someone to inform Handang, who had arrived nearby, and then reined in the horse to the north.
The night sky is bright.
In the east, it is more than ten miles away from Gangneung City. Han Dang led the generals to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to ambush here.
Han Dang came out in the middle of the night two days ago and stayed about twenty miles away from Gangneung City.
Guan Yu's spies didn't reach such a far place, so they didn't detect Han Dang's movements.
It wasn't until tonight that Han Dang entered the army here, and he walked a lot along the way, because the weather was cold and freezing, and the soldiers also consumed a lot, but their physical strength was enough to support a fight.
Han Dang stood on his horse, holding torches left and right. The people sent by Zhou Yu rode their horses in front of Han Dang, dismounted and bowed: "General Han, the Metropolitan Governor asks you to attack Ganning from the right. β
Hearing this, Han Dang stretched out his hand and said, "Map." Suddenly, a pro-soldier held a map, and a pro-soldier came to Han Dang with a torch, and Han Dang looked at the map.
Guan Yu's company camp is a structure of one south and one north. The north camp is large, and the south camp is small, as if it is a gourd. This is because Gan Ning has more soldiers, while Guan Yu has fewer soldiers.
The two camps were separated by a wide road, and there was not even a single obstruction.
But no one wanted to go in from this road, and as long as the northern and southern battalions set up archers on the camp walls, a hundred would go in and a hundred would die.
Therefore, to attack this large battalion, it is still four directions. But there are two goals.
Attacking the southern camp is to attack Guan Yu, and attacking the northern camp is to attack Ganning. If Guan Yu is beaten, Gan Ning will send troops to support. On the contrary, Guan Yu will also support Gan Ning.
So it's better to fight together.
At present, Zhou Yu, Lu Dai, Cheng Pu and others are attacking the southern camp, and he is going to attack Gan Ning in the northern camp. And Han Dang knows that he is the main force.
Because although there are many soldiers and horses in Gan Ning's department, they are not as elite as Guan Yu's department.
What's more important is that Gan Ning's reputation is not as good as Guan Yu's, and the gap is huge.
It looks like a soft persimmon.
"I heard that this person was originally the general of Liu Zhang's father and son, and he couldn't win against Liu Zhang, so he fled to Jingzhou and returned to Liu Biao, and then defected to Huang Zu, and finally became Liu Bei's general.
Han Dang is quite confident.
"Raise the torch and attack Ganning." Han ordered now.
"No." Han Dang's personal soldiers answered the promise and conveyed the order to the generals of the various armies, and soon the 20,000 troops lit many torches, carried ladders, and slaughtered the Ganning camp.
In the darkness of the night, the most striking thing is not the sound of footsteps, but the torches.
Bright torches lit up the sky.
"Knock Knock Knock !!!!" The sergeants guarding the gate of the south camp immediately noticed a little fire in front of them, and the officers immediately ordered the drums of war to be beaten.
It's too slow to send someone to inform, and the sound delivery is the fastest.
The war drums suddenly sounded, and Guan Yu and Gan Ning's camp were alarmed. At this time, it depends on whether the soldiers of the department are elite, if it is a rabble, in such a situation, it is very likely to bomb the camp, and the army will be defeated by itself.
And Guan Yu's department is naturally elite.
Inside the big tent. Guan Yu and Zhou Cang immediately woke up, and at the same time, a large number of pro-soldiers entered the big tent. Someone held the lamp and took the armor for Guan Yu.
Guan Yu didn't say a word, and after getting up, he opened his arms and had his own soldiers put on his armor. But he called Zhou Cang and said: "Order all armies to wait for the soldiers, and the ironclad soldiers will all wear armor." Zhou Yu actually attacked me, it must be a strong army, and I must not slack off tonight, and the gutter will capsize. β
"No." When Zhou Cang heard this, he immediately went down and sent someone, and soon turned back and asked his own soldiers to put on his armor.
Out of the big tent, Zhou Cang helped Guan Yu on the horse, carried Guan Yu's big knife, and stood beside Guan Yu. Guan Yu didn't move, and he couldn't move.
There was only one soldier of Guan Yu's own soldiers around, all of whom were dressed in iron armor. And the soldiers of each battalion were well trained, and they boarded the camp gate with bows and armor.
Over the course of a few years, the Guan family had hoarded countless iron armors in Xinye. Guan Ping entered Fangling, and after Hanzhong, he also forged armor non-stop.
Except for the newly recruited soldiers, such as Fu Tong and Huo Jun, the armor rate of the Guan family's army is extremely high. For example, Guan Yu's department is the most terrifying.
There are only ten soldiers in the Communist Party, but five of them are in iron armor.
Now back to back with Gan Ning, you only need to guard three sides. It's a pity that there is no river in this place, otherwise you would have to camp by water, and you would only need to guard on both sides.
Although Guan Yu knew that since Zhou Yu was in trouble and made a thunderous blow, there would inevitably be many soldiers, and he had made sufficient preparations, but he was not afraid.
Although Guan Yu did not move, the message was transmitted. Soon after, there were shouts of killing.
Guan Yu already knew that Zhou Yu was attacking the south and the west, and there didn't seem to be many soldiers and horses.
"Zhou Yu only attacked our south, the west side, and there didn't seem to be many soldiers and horses. There's no way he's going to attack our camp with just 20,000 elite soldiers, right? It's also too rampant. Zhou Cang's eyebrows furrowed.
"There must be someone in the East. Han Dang's guy may have taken advantage of the night to send troops, and it was nearby. Guan Yu suddenly thought of the key.
"If Han Dang quietly sends out troops, there will definitely not be many soldiers and horses left, so they won't be afraid that the third master will rob their camp?" Zhou Cang was puzzled.
"What if you kill me, then you lose a big battalion?" Guan Yu sneered, the stinky kid was really underestimated.
The camp is not the key.
Zhou Yu wanted his life.
"Immediately send someone to Yide, and order him to let the battalion governor lead 10,000 elite soldiers to guard the camp. He led his battalion out of the north, went around to save me, sent more horses, and was careful of an ambush. β
Guan Yu said.
Although Guan Yu is very confident that he will hold the camp, if the other party has too many troops and does not breathe in the fierce attack, he will still be broken without reinforcements.
Now the overall situation is on me, and I can't let myself be defeated because of arrogance.
"No."
Zhou Cang agreed, immediately selected a reliable team, led his troops out of the camp from the north, and went to Zhang Fei for help by detour.
Immediately, Guan Yu stood in front of the big tent, like a sculpture. Now the shouts of killing are becoming more and more intense, and the sound of drums and trumpets is becoming more and more intense.
As you can imagine, the fight must have been extremely fierce.
With every breath, someone may be killed or injured.
But Guan Yu was silent, as a veteran on the battlefield, he had seen too many deaths. There is no immortal in war.
And although Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Dai and others launched a fierce attack on the soldiers, they did not shake Guan Yu for a while. Because the soldiers in charge of garrisoning the camp did not send anyone to ask for help.
Ironclad soldiers and archers will defend the camp very steadily.
Half an hour passed after the fight, and the voice not only did not weaken, but became more and more intense. There was still no one from the army to ask for help, but Gan Ning couldn't sit still.
At the moment when the drum sounded, Gan Ning also woke up, and roughly made a general arrangement like Guan Yu, sending people to guard three sides.
But after a while, Gan Ning knew that the other party was from the Feather Battalion. Gan Ning didn't move for a while, and rode his horse to stand in front of the big tent, with personal soldiers and fast horses around him.
But after half an hour and so long, Gan Ning couldn't sit still.
"Send someone to ask the lord, but you need help." Gan Ning asked.
Although Gan Ning also knew that since the other party had launched an attack, he would definitely not use such a small measure, but Guan Yu was the lord after all, and he couldn't afford to lose.
"No." A fast horse answered the promise and rode to Guan Yu's camp. Soon after, he turned back and reported: "General." The lord said that there was no need to rescue. Please take care of yourself, the lord is afraid that Han Dang will kill him. β
Before the words fell, a fast horse galloped from the east, and immediately the knight turned over and dismounted, and reported: "Report to the general." The fire in the east is soaring into the sky, and it seems that a large group of people are coming. β
"Is that really the case? This is for me Gan Ning, and I was underestimated. Gan Ning was not surprised, but in the dark night, he was responsible for Guan Yu's safety, and Gan Ning was not impulsive.
"Strengthen the defense of the east, but also not ignore the defense of the north and the west, and order all the soldiers to be cautious and shake up. Ordered the Huotou army to cook broth and warm up the retired soldiers at any time. β
Gan Ning calmly commanded.
"No." A few of them said yes and went down to give the order.
Soon after, Han Dang also began to fight with Gan Ning. The 20,000 elite soldiers led by Han Dang, holding torches and carrying ladders, seemed to be a torrent, rushing towards the Ganning camp.
From the very beginning, the fight was extremely fierce.
Whether it is Zhou Yu, Lu Dai, Cheng Pu, or Han Dang, they all made a bloody investment and attacked Guan Yu and Ganning camps at all costs. The originally noble ironclad soldiers were also dispatched at this time, and all of them were made of consumables, trying to break through Gan Ning and Guan Yu's camp in one fell swoop.
If you win, it's all easy to say.
If you fail, you will inevitably end up dismally.
Attacking a strong, large battalion is bound to result in heavy losses. When the time comes, many wounded soldiers will not be able to take away, and the corpses of the ironclad soldiers will not be able to be taken away.
It was a thunderous blow.
If you don't win, you lose.
Defeat is miserable.
This is a blow that breaks the boat, and it is also a blow that Zhou Yu gambled on everything.
And the key to this blow is in Ganning. Yu Gan Ning, a little-known guy, is not very powerful, can he guard Guan Yu's back.
If Gan Ning is defeated, then Guan Yu will also die, and he will die ugly.