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Chapter 57 Failure to comply with orders

Chengdu sent a military order for Gan Ning to withdraw his troops back to Hanzhong to Jiangling first, and then sent to the front line of Xiangfan through the hands of Pang Tong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info//update fast //ig, rainbow

After Gan Ning received the military order, it also attached Pang Tong's detailed strategy for the withdrawal of the army, asking Gan Ning to leave 15,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling and bring back 80,000 to Hanzhong, so as to extinguish Ma Chao's rebellion in Guanzhong as soon as possible.

Faced with the lord's military orders and the urging of the military advisor, Gan Ning hesitated.

Now that high walls have been built on three sides of the periphery of Fancheng, only leaving passages in the gaps, Cao Ren did not dare to attack it, and Gan Ning did not launch a further onslaught, and the two sides confronted each other in peace.

In the tent of Zhou Tai and Meng Da, Gan Ning first passed the general order to the two of them.

Zhou Tai and Meng Da were shocked after seeing it, whoever saw Ma Chao's rebellion would be shocked, regardless of whether they were friends or enemies.

Immediately, Zhou Tai clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Governor, since Guanzhong is in an emergency, then we should withdraw our troops to Hanzhong as soon as possible." ”

Meng Da also expressed this meaning, but Gan Ning turned his back to the two of them, looked at the map hanging in the tent, and was silent for a long time.

Seeing Gan Ning's reaction, the second general became suspicious, and it seemed that Gan Ning was unwilling to withdraw his troops.

That's right, Gan Ning was reluctant to withdraw his troops.

After fighting in Fancheng for a month, building a wall and preparing for another month, seeing that the previous siege plan was about to be implemented, how could Gan Ning be willing to give up all his efforts?

However, Gan Ning didn't insist on going his own way for the little arrogance in his heart, he tore off the map and spread it on the low table, and asked Zhou Tai and Meng Da with a calm expression: "Two, a certain question, if a certain leads the army to withdraw to Hanzhong, and then turns north to attack Guanzhong, what do you think will happen to the casualties in this battle?" What are the odds? ”

Asking this question, Zhou Tai and Meng Da contemplated, Zhang Liao wanted to sit in Hangu Pass, and he couldn't put Cao Wei, a tiger, into the pass, so the evil wolf Ma Chao at home had to be cleaned up by the soldiers and horses sent by Yizhou.

However, the Qinling moat is an insurmountable danger.

The Chencang Ancient Road must have been guarded by Ma Chao, so the road to the north will be difficult and dangerous, and even if it really enters Guanzhong, it will suffer heavy losses.

Zhou Tai's eyes lit up, and he raised his head and asked Gan Ning: "Could it be that the Metropolitan Governor has a clever plan?" ”

Gan Ning pointed at Xiangfan, and said in a resolute tone: "Break Fan City, smash Wancheng, and join Wenyuan under Luoyang City!" ”

Zhou Tai Mengda looked at the map and was slightly surprised.

Gan Ning's idea is very simple, to enter Guanzhong, there are two ways, either from Yizhou to the north, or from Sili to the west.

It was too difficult to go north from Hanzhong, and it was inevitable to suffer heavy losses, and it was necessary to give up the advantage in Xiangfan, which wasted months of preparation and conquest of the Taiping army.

And after breaking Fancheng, the little-known Cao Zhen in Wancheng, Gan Ning didn't pay attention to it at all, and then entered the division, and was able to form a connection with Zhang Liao Yanyan to break through Luoyang together, and when the time came, he would turn around and enter the pass from Hangu Pass to destroy Ma Chao.

This route can be regarded as the established plan of the Taiping army to attack Xiangfan in the north, but after breaking through Luoyang, it is just to turn back to Guanzhong to collect Ma Chao.

Without Ma Chao's rebellion, Gan Ning would also follow this path, and if Ma Chao rebelled, Gan Ning wanted to still act according to the plan.

But Zhou Tai and Meng Da are not optimistic, and the war cannot be delayed.

"Metropolitan Governor, if Fancheng can't be breached in a short period of time, then how can we send a bus to the lord?"

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if Gan Ning wants to storm Fancheng, no one dares to guarantee that he will win the battle.

If there is a problem in attacking Fancheng again, then Guo Jia will not even have the strength to destroy Ma Chao, and the situation will be precarious.

Gan Ning was full of confidence and said firmly: "Within two months, Fancheng will be broken." The two of you will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, if we withdraw the army, what is the difference between giving up Jingzhou? Cao Wei can sweep Jingzhou, and Sun Quan may take the opportunity to expand, can we sit back and watch all this happen? Moreover, dare to ask the two, can the chances of a certain army leading the army north from Hanzhong be higher than the combined forces of the two armies with Wenyuan? ”

It seems that what Gan Ning said is the Tao, but Zhou Tai and Meng Da still feel that it is inappropriate.

Because Gan Ning's plan is based on the premise of being able to break through Fancheng and Zhang Liao's army in Luoyang, assuming that this premise is not valid, then everything is over!

However, the army is dangerous, everything is risky, even if the army is withdrawn, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no variables on the road, and no one can guarantee that it will be smooth sailing from Hanzhong to the north.

Zhou Tai and Meng Da supported and denied Gan Ning's plan in their hearts, and since this was the case, Gan Ning was the governor of the capital, so he could only listen to him.

So, Gan Ning refused the military order sent by Chengdu, and revised a letter to Guo Jia to explain the situation.

When Gan Ning's letter with his own reasons for disobedience and disrespect reached Chengdu, it caused an uproar.

In the Yizhou Mansion, Guo Jia, who was kneeling on the throne, calmly finished Gan Ning's letter in front of a full hall of civil and military personnel.

"Huh."

Guo Jia suddenly laughed softly, but there was a suppressed anger in his voice.

Bang la blah

Guo Jia got up abruptly and overturned the low table in front of him, and everyone was in their hearts.

This monarch, who has always been calm and calm, is rarely furious.

"It's the other way around! It's all reversed! ”

Guo Jia threw the bamboo slip of Gan Ning's letter to the ground and became angry.

"The lord is angry, the governor of the capital has not considered this move a little, so let's urge it again."

Qin Mi came forward at the right time to persuade Guo Jia.

Missing a little thought?

It's just playing with fire!

Although it is difficult to withdraw the army from Hanzhong to the north of Guanzhong, it is indeed a safe choice, but Gan Ning wants to storm Fancheng, first of all, the outcome is unpredictable, and secondly, even if Fancheng is broken, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses of Wancheng Cao Zhen, it is not so easy to deal with, and then think about the benefits, Cao Zhen is vulnerable, but Gan Ning's soldiers and horses have fought repeatedly, and there is still enough strength to capture Luoyang with Zhang Liao?

Knowing under Luoyang City, it sounds wonderful, but in fact Yelang is arrogant!

"This Metropolitan Governor, who has won the war for twenty years, seems to have no one in his sights!"

Guo Jia sneered, still angry.

Ma Chao retorted, he endured it, but then Gan Ning didn't listen to the order, which made it difficult for him to hold back anymore, and now it was a full-scale outbreak.

This sentence is a pun.

In the end, Gan Ning has no one in his eyes, does he look down on Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, Ma Chao, or doesn't put Guo Jia in his eyes?

Heart-wrenching words!

Some time ago, the generals who also used their heads to protect Gan Ning were not good at this time, and it was not easy to come forward to say good things to Gan Ning.

Disobedience is a fact, how can you plead for this kind of thing?

Guo Jia was furious and said in a deep voice: "Give me another order, let Gan Ning lead the soldiers and horses to Hanzhong!" Tell him that if he doesn't, he'll do it at his own risk! ”

With that, Guo Jia brushed his sleeves away.

Guo Jia's love for Ma Chao exceeded everyone's expectations, and with Ma Chao's "feudal official", Guo Jia never let him send his only family to Chengdu as a means of controlling the generals.

Ma Chao's family blood is indeed thin, but he Ma Chao has children, but Guo Jia never let him send his heirs to Chengdu.

However, in this era, in order to ensure the loyalty of his subordinates, the monarch will generally place the relatives of people in important positions under his nose, and once someone betrays, then the first to suffer is the family members of the traitorous party.

Therefore, Guo Jia's trust in Ma Chao is unprecedented, but Ma Chao just ignored this trust.

And Gan Ning is different, all of Gan Ning's family members are in Chengdu, so Guo Jia's sentence is at his own risk, and the reference in his words is very obvious.

At this moment, the whole Chengdu shook, not only Guo Jia sent someone to order Gan Ning to withdraw his troops, but also the military generals Wei Xu Chu Gaoshun and others also wrote to Gan Ning, asking him to act according to orders and not make his own decisions.

Although the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, which monarch can tolerate the general to do so?

Even if the results can confirm that the generals are right to make their own claims, this will inevitably make the relationship between the monarch and the minister become tense.

After Gan Ning received Guo Jia's military order again outside Fancheng, he was full of bitterness.

Looking at Fancheng from afar, Gan Ning exhaled heavily, his eyes wandering.

Zhou Tai and Meng Da also came to persuade Gan Ning to stop and not stare at Fan Cheng.

If you don't fight Fancheng now, there will be a chance in the future, and if you are eager for quick success, I am afraid that the end will be miserable.

But Gan Ning still insisted on going his own way.

He has a clear conscience, and Rong Ma has been assisting Guo Jia wholeheartedly for half his life.

Within a month, Chengdu sent three military orders for Gan Ning to withdraw his troops, but Gan Ning replied to the first military order, and the next two military orders were all silent, and they still stepped up their plans outside Fancheng.

To the north of Fancheng, Yu Ban led seven new troops recruited from Hebei to arrive, and in order to prevent the Taiping army from attacking, Cao Ren led the army out of the city to respond, and finally entered Fancheng together safe and sound.

As soon as Yu Ban arrived in Fancheng, walked up to the city tower, and saw Gao Qiang outside the east, west, and south, he asked Cao Ren puzzled: "Zixiao, what does this Gan Ning want to do?" ”

Cao Ren was also confused, it seemed that Gan Ning had created another line of defense for Fancheng, which made Fancheng more stable.

Yu Ban followed Cao Cao to fight for more than ten years, and fought a lot of siege wars, if you want to isolate Fancheng, it seems that building a wall is the most stupid method, as long as the army walks out of the city, you can break this line of defense with a hammer, and whether it is the Taiping army or Cao Cao, there has been a move to dig a ditch outside the city to divert water to isolate the city, if Gan Ning really wants to achieve this goal, you can dig a river outside Fancheng, so that even Yu Ban's reinforcements will be isolated outside.

"The Taiping army is full of tricks, this wall must hide murderous intentions, in my opinion, after the whole army recupes, I led the army to break through this high wall and disrupt the enemy's plan."

Yu Ban had made a decision, he couldn't guess what Gan Ning was going to do, but since Gan Ning was going to build a wall, then he would destroy it, and he would definitely be able to disrupt the deployment of the enemy army.

Cao Ren shook his head unoptimistically.

"On the high wall, there are bows and arrows of the Taiping Army, and it is difficult to get close."

"In that case, it is all the more important to break through this high wall."

Yu Ban thought that Gan Ning was so nervous about the effect of this high wall, and the importance of this wall was self-evident.

Cao Ren also knew that he couldn't brave heavy casualties to tear down a wall under the rain of enemy arrows, because after paying a heavy price, the enemy could build the wall again overnight.

Since Yu Ban came with soldiers and horses, let Yu Ban go, maybe he can penetrate Gan Ning's intentions. #