Cao Cao's surprise attack on Liyang failed, but was defeated miserably, and now the news of his life and death is uncertain, and one day later, he was sent to the desk of the arrogant camp. Zhang Qiang, who got the good news, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was glad that Han Dang went south in time.

Among the princes who still exist today, the most feared one is Cao Cao, who is known as a traitor. This includes not only the first impression left by later history books, but also the talent that Cao Cao himself has shown over the years.

Since Cao Cao suffered such a serious defeat, whether he died or not, in the short term, he would not bring any more trouble to Zhang Qi. It's a pity that there are still Xun Yu and other heroes in the Yanzhou area, and the defense force is not weak. Even if Cao Cao died in the battle under the city of Liyang, the current arrogance will not have enough strength to take Yanzhou just by relying on the army supported by the people as the main force.

At this time, how to deal with the allied forces of Liu Cousin and Sun Jian under Chen Liucheng became the key point of the entire Central Plains war situation. As long as Chen Liu's Xu Huang can hold on and not be broken through the city defense by the superior enemy army, after the reinforcements gathered from the north by Zhang Qiang go south one after another, the Zhao army will have the strength to completely crush the southern princes with absolute superiority.

You must know that in view of the requirements of logistical supply and maintaining the suddenness of the attack, so far, the mobile forces that can be drawn out for the southern attack have only used about two-thirds of all military forces.

As long as Zhang Qi was given a month to mobilize with all his strength, he could still draw more than 30,000 regular troops from the rear - and this was on the premise that a sufficient number of garrisons were maintained in the border areas.

Of course, such a large number of troops put a lot of pressure on Zhao's finances. If Liu Biao and Sun Jian's allied forces can quickly break through Chen Liu, so that Yanzhou and Yuzhou Jingzhou can be connected, then there will be strong support from the south, even if the arrogant reinforcement army arrives. It may not be able to successfully conquer Yanzhou, which has been generally fortified.

On the other hand, the two major princes, who have not moved at present, Han Sui, who is entrenched in Sili, and Liu Bei, who holds half of Yangzhou, will definitely not sit idly by and watch the arrogant and wanton attack of the Quartet. Considering the cold of lips and teeth, if the war is delayed for a longer time, the arrogance will inevitably add two more threats from the southeast and the west.

So in the battle of Chenliu. If Zhao Guojun is defeated, then there will still be a fight to unify the world in the future. However, as long as Zhao Guojun can draw with his opponent under Chen Liucheng, it will put the alliance of southern princes in an unfavorable strategic predicament. Naturally, if Zhao Guojun actually won this battle, it would ......

Having said that, in the face of the combined forces of Liu Biao and Sun Jian, who have superior forces, how much chance of victory is there on the side of Zhao Guo's [] army?

Zhang Qiang, who was hundreds of miles away, was not too confident in the victory of his own side in the battle of Chen Liu. However, more than 10,000 cavalry followed Li Dao. Guo Jia, who went north to rescue Chen Liucheng, was full of confidence in the victory of this battle.

On the fourth day after Cao Cao's defeat, Li Wei's army led his troops to thirty miles outside Chenliu City without hurry. In other words, at this time, Chen Liu had already experienced five days of guard battle. In the face of the strong attack of counterweight trebuchets and various other siege equipment, Xu Huang and Gao Shun's troops had been killed and wounded.

If it weren't for the fact that Xu Huang and Gao Shun were both world-class training and leading soldiers, such huge casualties. It is enough to make Chen's remaining defenders completely lose the ability to resist!

However, even Chen Liucheng already has a city wall. was smashed by dozens of trebuchets to create a large gap several zhang wide, even if Xu Chu, the number one fierce general of Sun Jian's army, once rushed into the city with his elite soldiers, Chen Liu at this time was still under the control of Zhao Guojun.

With the arrival of more than 10,000 cavalry led by Li Dao, Liu Biao and Sun Jian, who could have attacked the city with all their might, joined forces. Half of the men and horses had to be divided to guard against the surprise attack of Li Dao's cavalry.

Fortunately, Liu Biao and Sun Jian are not unscrupulous, and they have already arranged for this situation in advance. When Li Dao's troops appeared within the scout range of the coalition forces, Liu Biao's army quickly broke away from the front line of the siege, using a series of small pre-built camps. In the rear of Sun Jian's camp, a defensive line was built enough that the cavalry could not break through.

Here's what happened:

Chen Liucheng, as the center of the battle, was surrounded by Sun Jian's 20,000-strong army on all sides. Liu Biao's army of more than 20,000 people backed Sun Jian's camp and built a defensive camp outward to protect Sun Jian's rear and allow Sun Jian's army to continue to attack the city without worries. As for the Li Dao cavalry army that came to the rescue of Chen Liu, they wandered outside the position constructed by Liu Biaojun, looking for weak points that could be attacked.

The distribution of the entire battlefield army is similar to the word "dan."

It can be said that with Chen Liu's current defense capability, if a sufficient number of reinforcements do not enter in time, he will be conquered by Sun Jian if he insists on defending for three days at most. However, although Li Dao arrived at the outskirts of Chenliu City in time, if he wanted to lead the main army into Chenliu, he had to break through the defensive position set by Liu Biao's army first.

And a common sense in military circles is that cavalry is not good at attacking fortifications. Even in a position outside the city where Liu Biao's army was relatively weak, it was impossible for Li Dao to forcibly break through the anti-cavalry comprehensive defense system composed of a complete three-zhang wide trench and two walls with a height of one zhang in a short period of time.

In the face of the targeted obstacles set by the other party, Li Dao knew that he was powerless, and there was no chance of winning the attack, so he could only ask Guo Jia, the planner of the entire campaign.

So far, Guo Jia has fully demonstrated his "ghostly" side in his grasp of the progress of the battle. Li Wei believed that since Guo Jia strongly asked the army to go north to rescue Chen Liu, and let Xu Huang defend it with all his might, there would inevitably be a backhand to deal with the current war situation.

Now that the matter has come to this, there is no need to keep the next tactic a secret. In the face of Li Wei's earnest questioning, Guo Jia smiled slightly, making the already obscene face more and more joyful. Then he came up with a name:

- Gan Ning.

Gan Ning word Xingba, Yizhou Ba County Linjiang people, local strong background, since childhood like rangers, courage, with a brave and dominant side. It's just that this reputation in his hometown is not very good, and he often leads a group of clans and rogue children to rob passing merchants, and as a result, he is called "Jinfan Thief" or "Bell Thief" by the villagers.

Later, Gan Ning entered the office in Yizhou, and with the righteous elite soldiers and the family power of the Gan family that he was entangled in his early years, he served as a big official like "Shu County Cheng". However, he soon became rashly involved in Liu Zhang's succession. It's a big problem for my own family.

Liu Yan died of illness, because Gan Ning, Shen Mi, Lou Fa and other officials raised troops together, opposing Liu Zhang's replacement of Liu Yan as the pastor of Yizhou, so Liu Yan's subordinate Zhao Wei was conscripted with a large army. Gan Ning and others were short of troops, and they had to flee from Yizhou after repeated unfavorable battles in Shuzhong. Flee to Jingzhou from the Yangtze River waterway.

The defeat in Yizhou made Gan Ning understand that personal bravery has great limitations. So, Gan Ning started his old business in Jingzhou, robbing merchants to make a living, and at the same time he also read some scriptures and learned a lot of military arts.

When Gan Ning felt that he had enough strength, he took the initiative to take refuge in Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, hoping to show his talents under Liu Biao, and maybe one day he would return to his hometown in the future.

It's a pity. Gan Ning is a rough warrior, while Liu Biao is one of the most well-known celebrities in the world. The two are not destined to have much in common with each other. If it weren't for Liu Pan finding out that Gan Ning was the world's top fierce general at the level of "ten thousand enemies", and vigorously recommended it in front of Liu Biao, I was afraid that Liu Biao would give Gan Ning a maximum of 200 stones.

Although Gan Ning was finally able to become the real lieutenant under Liu Biao through Liu Pan's recommendation, he was still the object of rejection and depravity by the Jingzhou generals. There is no way, after all, Gan Ning's behavior when he was young was really a little too out of line. The nickname "Sail Thief". will follow Gan Ning for the rest of his life.

Just when Guo Jia explained his strategic design to Li Wei, the location of Gan Ning's camp. Sneaked up on two black-robed messengers. After greeting Gan Ning, the first person silently handed over a letterhead. And after Gan Ning read a few lines of text on the letterhead, he was expressionless for a while.

Subsequently, Gan Ning spit out a sentence from his mouth word by word:

"What, what. When, wait! ”

"A moment!"

The black-robed man replied solemnly, without a word of nonsense.

"Sending off!"

Saying this, Gan Ning's wild face became more and more hideous. Wait for the black-robed man to leave silently. Gan Ning instructed his henchmen to hang three lanterns in the camp, and then issued an urgent order to the whole army to prepare for battle.

Seeing the three lanterns hanging up in Ganning's camp as promised, Li Dao was still skeptical. He asked Guo Jiadao in a low voice:

"Strategist, will Gan Ning set a trap?"

At this moment, Guo Jia's ugly face, with a calm and calm expression, infected the people around him:

"Gan Xingba is a smart person, but also a random person. He takes a fancy to righteousness, has his own insistence in his heart, and will not change his hexagram at will. What's more, at this point, if Gan Ning knew the current affairs, he would not regret it! ”

"Okay, let's follow the strategic plan, and kill Liu Biao by surprise!"

Li Dao was also a resolute person, and since he could not change the entire battle plan, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the implementation of the plan. Moreover, Guo Jia's achievements over the years have also convinced Li Dao.

What's more, Li Dao is now a subordinate of "Zhang Tianshi". With the eyes of the "Heavenly Master", which are enough to see through the future, it is enough to fill the confidence in Li Wei's heart.

Thus, at the moment agreed in advance, that is, at about 19 o'clock in the future, this great war that decided whether the arrogant forces could successfully unify the Central Plains officially began.

Because of the notoriety of the "Jinfan Thief" left in the past, Gan Ning's reputation for bravery is second only to the general Huang Zhong, but he is not very valued under Liu Biao. Therefore, in the location of Ganning's camp, it is sandwiched between Huangzhong Dazhai and Wenpin Dazhai, far away from Liu Biao's main village.

Therefore, when Gan Ning led his subordinates' elite "Jinfan Army" to launch a surprise flank attack on the unsuspecting Huang Zhong Dazhai, Huang Zhong's attention was attracted by Li Wei's army directly in front of Dazhai.

Obviously, according to Guo Jia's strategy of breaking the enemy in advance, the first thing that Zhao Guo's [] army had to solve was Huang Zhong, a super fierce general who was the world's first-class in terms of force and archery! (To be continued......)

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