Cao's army from the north, Sun Quan from the east, 200,000 troops attacked Jingzhou on both sides, and Jingxiang began to fight.

The first to engage in the battle were Sun Quan and Huang Zu, who guarded Jiangxia County.

Although Sun Quan's 100,000 Jiangdong troops are all elite troops who have experienced a hundred battles, and their strength is several times that of Huang Zu's 50,000 Jiangxia defenders, Huang Zu's side is the defender after all, and Huang Zu has a fierce general Gan Ning and Gan Xingba under his command.

Gan Ning is a native of Ba County, Yizhou, not only brave, but also well-versed in history, both civil and military. He is a good ranger, once recruited outlaws, crisscrossed the rivers and lakes of Xichuan, and was called 'Jinfan thief' by the people.

Thieves are often villains, Gan Ning has always had heroic ambitions, how can he be willing to be a thief?

So two years ago, Gan Ning changed his past and led his troops to enter and exit Yizhou along the east of the Yangtze River to join Liu Biao, and was arranged by Liu Biao under Huang Zu's subordinates, and Huang Zu ordered Gan Ning to defend Xiakou.

Sun Quan's army first won a big victory with Huang Zu on the river, but when it attacked Xiakou, the forward general Ling Cao was killed by Gan Ning with an arrow, and most of the forward soldiers and horses were also killed by Gan Ning, and then, Sun Quan's onslaught on Xiakou could not be broken!

Gan Ning not only shot Sun Quan's forward general, defeated Sun Quan by a big victory, but also firmly held Xiakou, which frustrated Sun Quan's offensive, which was an absolute achievement.

With such a great achievement, why should Huang Zu reuse Gan Ning.

It's a pity that Huang Zu not only didn't reuse Gan Ning, but when he asked him why, he said: "How can Gan Ning rob the river and water bandits?" ”

Huang Zu's words reached Gan Ning's ears, and there was nothing more heart-wrenching and irritating than this.

Gan Ning said to his subordinates: "Huang Zu Pifu, I am from a water bandit, so I refuse to reuse me, and I am angry!" ”

Everyone was also excited, and they and Gan Ning came to vote for Liu Biao, just to do a career and seek a future. When I first came to vote, I couldn't reuse it, but I made great contributions, but I still couldn't reuse it, and I was despised for being a bandit.

The subordinate said: "Since we despise us and are unwilling to reuse, then how can we continue to serve them, it is better to leave early, and avoid war, we will have more casualties, and it will not be worth it." ”

Gan Ning thought so, he was not allowed to reuse, and he was despised, and he continued to work hard, that is, he had a hole in his brain.

Gan Ning currently has three paths, the first is to leave directly and become his own water bandit again. The second is to take refuge in Wu Hou Sun Quan. The third is to take refuge in Qinhou Liu Yu.

Yes, Liu Yu sent Manchu to secretly woo Gan Ning earlier.

Liu Yu intends to unify the world, Gan Ning's water bandit background was disliked by Huang Zu, but Liu Yu attached great importance to it, because Gan Ning, who was born in a water bandit, was familiar with water nature and water warfare, and Liu Yu's generals plotted Jingzhou and Jiangdong, and there must be a general who was familiar with water warfare to lead the army, and Gan Ning couldn't be more suitable.

Compared with Liu Yu, Gan Ning is more inclined to Sun Quan in his heart, after all, Sun Quan's naval army is strong, and Gan Ning knows that he is better at water warfare, if he votes for Sun Quan, he is now a voter for guarding Xiakou, and it will be easier to give full play to his talents when he enters Sun Quan's naval army in the future.

It's just that Gan Ning worships heroes and wants to be a hero, Liu Yu rose up by three horsemen in the past, one of the princes of the Nineteenth Road, defeated Dong Zhuo, killed Li Dao and Guo Yan, and occupied Hanzhong, Guanzhong, Liangzhou and other places, if you talk about the princes of the world, Cao Cao is the most, but when it comes to the heroes of the world, Liu Yu is the first in the eyes of Gan Ning.

While Gan Ning was still a little hesitant, it was night, and Man Pet came to see Gan Ning secretly.

Man Chong said to Gan Ning: "My lord Qin Hou has great ambitions, Huang Zu dislikes General Gan, but Qin Hou said that General Gan is a general, good at water warfare, if Qin Hou has the opportunity to unify the world in the future, General Gan can be the governor of the navy." And the Marquis of Qin heard that General Gan had a grudge with Liu Zhang of Yizhou, if one day the Marquis of Qin took Yizhou, General Gan could also be a vanguard general. If the Marquis of Qin obtains Yizhou, and Yizhou is Jingzhou and Jiangdong down the river, General Gan should not worry about the long water war. ”

Hearing Manzhong's words, Gan Ning was a little excited: "Does Qin Hou really value Gan Ning so much? "Let's read the book

Man Zhong smiled: "Qin Hou is a true hero, commanding Yong and Liang, and he knows such a beautiful jade as General Gan. General Gan also has the intention of voting for Sun Quan, but Sun Quan borrowed two generations of Yu Lie from his father and brother according to Jiangdong, and he is not a hero himself, how can he be compared with Qin Hou! And there are many good water fighters under Sun Quan, they are all Sun Quan's cronies, if General Gan throws in, he is only one of the good water fighters under Sun Quan, but if he is under the command of Qin Hou, General Gan is the only one! ”

Gan Ning struggled for a moment, and had already decided, Qin Hou Liu Yu is the hero of the world, if he really captures Yizhou and captures Yizhou, then Yizhou is adjacent to Jingzhou, and Jiangdong is down the river, which is a place with a dense water network, he is not worried that there is no opportunity to show his water war talent, and Qin Hou also promised to be the governor of the water army in the future, compared to Sun Quan, the true hero Qin Hou is more worthy of defection.

Gan Ning arched his hand and said: "Since Qin Hou values Gan Ning so much, Gan Ning would rather vote for Qin Hou, serve his life and death, and have no regrets!" ”

Since the decision was made, Gan Ning and his subordinates left Xiakou that night and went straight to Guanzhong.

Huang Zu learned that Gan Ning's negative qi was hanging and leaving, he snorted coldly: "Let's go, let's go, under my Huang Zu, is there a shortage of water bandits?" ”

Sun Quan learned that Gan Ning was leaving, but he beat his chest: "Gan Ning has the talent of a general, if it weren't for Gan Ning, I would have broken through Jiangxia." Ben also had the intention of recruiting him, but he didn't want to be a step too late, regretful, painful! ”

Sun Quan is not as good as his father and brother Sun Jian and Sun Ce, but he can be regarded as a master, knowing that talents are rare, hearing that Huang Zu actually dislikes Gan Ning's water bandit background and refuses to reuse it, he doesn't know how excited he is, and he is about to send someone to contact Gan Ning, but he is one step too late.

Although he failed to recruit Gan Ning to his command, Gan Ning also left Xiakou, so Sun Quan naturally did not let go of such a good opportunity and ordered to attack Xiakou again.

Without Gan Ning, how could the Xiakou defenders be the elite opponent of Sun Quan's Jiangdong, and they were conquered by Sun Quan in just one day.

Xiakou was lost, and Sun Quan's army went straight to Jiangxia City.

At the same time as Jiangxia Huangzu fought Sun Quan, Xinye, Fancheng, and Xiahou also killed 100,000.

Xiahoudun's Cao army was strong, while Liu Bei only had 30,000 troops, but it was only 30% of Cao's army, and he would definitely lose to Cao's army in a head-to-head battle.

Zhuge Liang used a trick to lead Cao Jun to Bowangpo, and then burned Bowangpo, which caused Cao Jun to be in chaos and trampled on each other. Then, Zhang Fei, Guan Hai, and Wei Yan ambushed the troops on all three routes, and the Cao army was defeated, with nearly 40,000 dead and wounded, and the grain and grass were either burned or abandoned, and the Cao army had no choice but to return to Xudu.

Bowangpo defeated Cao's army of 100,000 with 30,000 troops in the first battle, which not only achieved Liu Bei's prestige, but also Zhuge Liang's prestige.

Previously, although Zhuge Liang was a military advisor, Zhang Fei, Guan Hai, Wei Yan and others were not convinced, and now in a battle, nearly 40,000 Cao troops were killed at the cost of less than 4,000 casualties, and Zhang Fei, Guan Hai, Wei Yan and other generals will no longer disagree with Zhuge Liang.

Although Xiahoudun was defeated and returned to Xudu, and there was the original military order, Cao Cao did not really kill Xiahoudun.

Of course, it was impossible for Cao Cao to give up on seizing Jingzhou, so he only continued to gather more troops and horses, waiting for the opportunity to march south again.

Guanzhong.

The details of Zhuge Liang's burning of Bowangpo and the defeat of 100,000 Cao troops were transmitted to Guanzhong through Xinye's meticulous work.

After Liu Yu sorted it out, it was passed on to the generals under his command, so that the generals must be vigilant.

If some generals still don't believe in the terrain analysis and fire attack examples in Liu Yu's version of the 36 plans before, then Zhuge Liang's burning of Bowangpo caused the defeat of 100,000 Cao troops and the battle listed in the 36 plans.

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