Chapter 417: Ling Tong and Gan Ning
Cao Cao saw that Han Xing's light boat had not left, and he was suspicious. On this day, the water mist on the river was a little big, and Cao Cao's subordinate sergeants faintly saw that the big flag with the word "Han" was hanging on the boat, and Cao Cao thought that Han Xuan personally came to explore the water village, so he did not dare to fight.
After all, during the previous Battle of Chibi, it was because Chen Wu personally came to visit the water village of the army that Chen Wu seized the opportunity and burned himself to defeat himself.
Cao Cao let the crossbowmen fire another volley, and Han Xing's ship was very tightly guarded, and the people were very safe in the cabin. The side of Han Xing's light boat was full of arrows again, and the hull of the ship slowly balanced.
Chen Xiudu breathed a sigh of relief and said to Han Xing: "Brother Xing, thanks to your haste and wisdom, the ship has stabilized. β
Han Xing was quite proud, and Huang Xu said to Han Xing: "Now that Cao Jun has found out the truth and reality, while Cao Cao has not reacted, let's hurry back to Shuizhai!" β
Han Xing nodded and ordered to return. didn't travel two miles, Han Xing and the others were pleasantly surprised to see Zhou Tai's water army responding. Of course, it was Han Xuan who asked Zhou Tai to come, and his son led the troops for the first time, Han Xuan must not be at ease.
Han Xuan was waiting for Han Xing and their return at the gate of Dazhai, and when he saw Han Xing's ship full of feather arrows, Han Xuan's heart couldn't help but sink. Suddenly, Han Xing walked out of the cabin, and Han Xuan was relieved to see that he was overjoyed.
Han Xing, Huang Xu, Chen Xiu and others came to Han Xuan to return to their lives, and Han Xing said proudly: "The last general, Han Xing, has found out about Cao Jun's military situation. In addition, with this ship, you can borrow tens of thousands of feather arrows! β
Zhou Tai also praised Han Xingdao: "Sure enough, the tiger father has no dog, and Han Xing's son borrowed arrows from the grass boat this time, which greatly increased the morale of our army!" Hahaha, good! β
Han Xuan couldn't be happy, and said, "What's good!" β
Han Xuan originally wanted Han Xing to suffer setbacks and hone his temperament, but sending him a mission this time only fueled his arrogance. When Han Xing saw Han Xuan say this, he retreated sullenly.
Han Xuan looked around at the generals under his tent and said, "The Cao army has come from afar, and its food and grass will definitely be short. I want to have a military horse in Jiangxi Tun and harass Cao's army, so that it can not be tuntian at ease. Who would dare to go? β
Gan Ning was just about to ask for help, but he saw a fierce general with a broad waist behind him come forward and bowed: "The last general, Gongsun Yang, is willing to oversee the army and discipline him Cao soldiers for a thousand to die!" β
Seeing that he was brave and courageous, Han Xuan smiled and said, "Okay! Gongsun Yang, I now order you to be the governor of Jiangxi Daying, and lead 5,000 elite soldiers to garrison Xiang'an. If Cao's army comes to attack, stick to the battle of Don't Fight! β
"The last general commands!" Gongsun Yang took the military order and went out of the account.
Gan Ning said: "Gongsun Yangyong is brave, but I am afraid that he will not be able to handle this important task, if Xiang'an loses, then Cao Bing occupies the upper class, and it is difficult to break!" β
Han Xuan waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Xingba, I use Gongsun Yang as the army to lure the enemy, but in fact, I intend to take Anhui City." β
It turned out that Wancheng had changed hands repeatedly between Cao Cao and Han Xuan, and the city was not solid. After taking Wancheng, the Jiangdong Army will form a flank attack on Shouchun's Cao army in Jiangbei, so Han Xuan decided to divide his troops and let Gan Ning go to take Wancheng.
After Cao Cao sent people to reconnoitre, he finally became familiar with the geographical environment of the Shuikou, and together with Cheng Yu, Xun You, Lu Qian and other strategists, he also speculated on the direction of Han Xuan's possible attack.
Cao Cao's sphere of influence reached Juchao, and Hanshan and Wuwei were under the control of Jiangdong. If Cao Cao wanted to cross the river and cut down Jiangdong, he must enter the river from Chaohu Lake through the water. Han Hao clearly saw that if the mouth of the water was not guaranteed, the door of the Yangtze River bank would be wide open, and Cao Jun would approach the capital at any time.
Therefore, Han Hao moved the capital to Moling on the one hand, and sent troops to build a wet dock in Dongguan. Han Hao in Lu Meng suggestion, in the Xuxu Mountain to build a city and pass, in the Qibao Mountain to build the West Pass, the two passes confront, there are stone beams, chisel stone through the water, for the dangerous pass of the Jindao, and build the shape of the weir moon shaped of the Whisker Dock.
Cao Cao secretly admired the wonder of the defense of the Whisker Dock, and sighed: "Han Hao and Han Xuan are not idle people, and there are so many Jiangdong Junjie!" β
Cao Cao sent Deng Long to lead 2,000 sailors to cross the river for the front to challenge. Han Xuan sent Zhou Taidu three Mongs to meet the battle, Zhou Tai fought bravely, personally commanded the warships to advance, the Jiangdong army marched forward, Deng Long could not resist, and was killed by Zhou Tai's army.
As soon as Deng Long died, Cao Cao's navy retreated, and Zhou Tai took advantage of the situation to pursue and break the front of Cao Cao's navy.
Cao Cao collected his troops and returned to the camp, so angry that he slapped the table and scolded: "You have been training the naval army for several years, why can't you fight the Jiangdong soldiers now?" β
Xun You stepped forward and said: "The prime minister is angry, Jiangdong relies on the Yangtze River moat, and the navy is its director. Visiting the Malay newspaper, Han Xuan ordered Gongsun Yang to oversee the army to garrison Xiang'an. That Gongsun Yang is a partial general, and he can surround and break it, so as to boost morale. β
Cao Cao then ordered LΓΌ Bu, Zhang Liao, and Yu Ban to lead an army to besiege Xiang'an, but Gongsun Yang could not hold out. Cao Cao instead sent Man Chong and Mao Jie to lead 5,000 troops to attack Han Xuanjiang's Jiangxi camp, and Gongsun Yang took advantage of the night to lead his troops out of the city to break through.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao's subordinates discovered that Lu Bu and Yu Ban hurriedly led the army to attack, and Gongsun Yang was beaten back to the city. In the end, under the onslaught of Cao's army, the city of Xiang'an was broken.
Gongsun Yang fought to the death, and a pair of drums and golden hammers were difficult for ordinary people to get close. It's a pity that in the end, his physical strength was exhausted, and he was finally captured against a top master like Lu Bu.
Gongsun Yangning died and did not surrender, Cao Cao had no choice but to behead him, and then Zhang Liao and Yu Ban returned to the army, and Han Xuan's camp in Jiangxi was also broken.
When Cao's army attacked Xiang'an, Han Xuan had already sent Gan Ning and LΓΌ Meng to lead the army across the river, captured Hezhou, and went straight to Wancheng. Anhui City guards Zhu Guang too much, so that people go to Heshu for help, while sticking to the city, the wall does not come out.
When Gan Ning went to the city to look, the arrows on the city were like rain, and it was difficult for the Jiangdong army to get close to the city wall. Gan Ning returned to the village and discussed with the generals: "The defenders of Anhui City have a lot of arrows, and it is difficult for our army to enter. It is better to send soldiers to build dirt mountains, erect cloud ladders, build rainbow bridges, and look down at the city and attack it. β
Lu Meng dissuaded: "This method is all made by time and moon, and once the rescue army arrives, it cannot be done." Now that our army has just arrived, its morale is sharp, and it is time to take advantage of this sharp spirit to attack vigorously. Come to the day and march into the army, and break the city before noon. β
Gan Ning listened to LΓΌ Meng's advice, and after eating a full meal on the fifth watch of the next day, he ordered the three armies to advance. The city is full of arrows. After the ladder was built, Gan Ning held the iron chain in his hand and braved the arrow stone to go up.
Zhu Guang ordered the crossbowmen to fire a volley, and Gan Ning waved the iron chain to open the arrow forest, knocking down Zhu Guang with one chain. LΓΌ Meng personally beat the drums, and the Jiangdong soldiers all rushed up and hacked Zhu Guang to death with knives. Most of the remaining defenders surrendered, and the Jiangdong Army occupied Anhui again.
Gan Ning left LΓΌ Fan to guard the city of Anhui, and led an army back to Shui Xuwu with LΓΌ Meng to return to Han Xuan. Han Xuan comforted the two generals, rewarded the three armies, rewarded the generals Lu Meng and Gan Ning, and set up a banquet to celebrate the achievement.
LΓΌ Meng invited Gan Ning to sit down and praised Gan Ning's merits to Han Xuan: "General Gan is brave and brave, and his morale has been greatly boosted. In this way, the city of Anhui was obtained. β
Gan Ning laughed loudly, exchanged cups with Lu Meng, and said to Han Xuan: "Fortunately, thanks to Lu Ziming's advice, otherwise our army will spend time and soldiers, and we will not be able to take Anhui City for a long time." β
Han Xuan was very happy on the surface, but he was very distressed in his heart, he had just lost a fierce general, Gongsun Yang. He is not as good as Cao Cao's generals, and there are very few Jiangdong fierce generals, which is very unfavorable for Han Xuan's troops in the Central Plains.
When the wine was half-drunk, the sergeant outside the tent came to report, and Ling Tong came to ask for a meeting. Han Xuan cherished Ling Tong's talent and ordered someone to bring Ling Tong over.
When Ling Tong entered the tent, he knelt down to Han Xuan and said, "Chu Hou! Ling Tong returned to Yuhang, and the villagers praised the government of Chu Hou. Ling was confused when he was unified, and he almost made a big mistake! Now that the Marquis of Chu led a large army to fight against the Cao thieves and protect Jiangdong, Ling Tong is willing to join the tent of the Marquis of Chu, fight the bloody battlefield, and shroud the body of the horse leather! β
Han Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately took a drink and sat down to help Ling Tong up. Han Xuan gave Ling Tong wine, saluted him, patted Ling Tong's arm and said with a smile: "Ling Gong's achievements have the style of a countryman, I want to get public achievements for a long time!" β
Ling Tong, Lu Meng and the others were very puzzled, Ling Tong had just been put into the account, and everyone still didn't understand him, why Han Xuan praised Ling Tong for having the style of a countryman.
Han Xuan ordered someone to give Ling Tong a chair, so that Ling Tong and the generals could toast each other and get acquainted with each other. When Ling Tong respected Gan Ning, he remembered that Gan Ning had a grudge against him for killing his father, and when he saw Lu Meng praising Gan Ning, he was furious.
Ling Tong stared at Gan Ning directly, holding the wine and not drinking, he suddenly flashed over and pulled out the swords of the left and right sergeants, stood on the feast and said, "There is no joy before the feast, watch me dance the sword." β
Gan Ning knew that Ling Tong wanted to avenge his father, so he pushed the table full of fresh fruits, stood up, took two halberds in both hands, and stepped out and said, "Look at my halberd before the feast." β
Seeing that neither of them had good intentions, Lu Meng stood between the two of them with a rattan card in one hand and a knife in the other, and said, "Although the two of you are capable, they are not as good as me." β
After Lu Meng finished speaking, he danced his sword card and stopped the two of them on both sides. Han Xuan saw Gan Ning and Ling Tong facing Mai Mang, and shouted: "Today, you and you are both generals under my account, so you should stop thinking about the old hatred." Today, isn't it disregarding the feelings of the robe and making Cao Cao sit back and watch me defeat? β
Ling Tong cried and worshiped on the ground, Han Xuan repeatedly persuaded and stepped forward to comfort Ling Tong.