Guangling Battlefield.

Gan Ning has received news from Xiangyang.

He immediately summoned the generals.

At this moment, the ownership of Lujiang County has been confirmed, except for the soldiers and horses who stayed behind to defend the city, Lu Meng and Lu Xun all rushed to the battlefield.

Even, Gan Ning also transferred some troops and horses from the rear.

In the face of the endless Cao army, his pressure is not small, but the current situation makes Gan Ning unwilling to retreat, at least he must stabilize the current harvest.

This half of Guangling County is of great significance.

If this is the basic plate, in addition to being able to contain Cao Cao's large number of soldiers and horses, if Cao Cao mobilizes a large army, Gan Ning can take advantage of the situation and take Guangling County in one fell swoop.

After taking Guangling County, it would be difficult for Cao Cao to go south again.

In the makeshift tent.

All the generals were there, and Gan Ning said in a deep voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the general has received news from Xiangyang that Cao Cao has retreated from Hanzhong and personally led a large army to support Guangling County, and the situation is a little bad for us!"

Hearing this, the reaction of the crowd varied.

In fact, on the battlefield today, they have gained an advantage, Lejin, Xiahou Shang, and other Cao Ying generals, they lead a large army, and they can't stop Gan Ning's continuous offensive.

If they were given a little more time, maybe Gan Ning would be able to completely take Guangling, and then things would be much simpler.

That's exactly what Gan Ning was worried about.

If he faced other people, he had no fear.

But Cao Cao came in person, no one dared to despise it, over the years, Cao Cao's prestige was not trivial.

Soon, the young Lu Xun stood out among the crowd, and the current Lu Xun was very different from before, and under Liu Qi's special arrangement, he was successfully trained.

Lu Xun opened his mouth and said:

"If Cao Cao really led the main force to support, it means that he is ready to abandon the first line of Wancheng and repel our army first, and now most of the territory of Guangling County is in our hands.

Even if Cao Cao kills, it is impossible to defeat it, although Cao Cao is famous, but when he returned from this retreat, he was defeated under the hands of the lord, what is the way?

So you don't have to worry, this Cao Cao is not so terrifying, our army does not want to continue to move forward, as long as we hold the current territory, we will naturally have the opportunity to go further in the future.

Now the soldiers and horses of the three routes, except for Jiangdong, have already achieved advantages, Yizhou has Hanzhong, Jingzhou has Wancheng, and Jiangdong has what, if Guangling County is not taken, we will definitely fall behind. ”

Although Liu Qi didn't say it directly, his arrangement should not be too obvious.

It has been divided into three plates: Yizhou, Jingzhou and Jiangdong. qδ.o

Although there is no direct division, under normal circumstances, they must fight separately, and unless it is a critical moment, they can dispatch troops and horses to support and make any changes.

In other words, today's Jiangdong really has no advantages.

As a small group, whether it is for Liu Qi's hegemony or for their own interests, they have to do something.

It dawned on everyone that they really had a reason not to evacuate. And with their combat strength, even if Cao Cao's army supports them, they have the power to fight.

I saw Lu Xun continue to analyze:

"Although Cao Cao personally led the army in this battle, he must not go all out, and now he does not have the conditions for a full-scale war, and Cao Cao does not dare to do so.

Once a full-scale war with our side starts, Jingzhou and Yizhou armies are killed, Cao Cao must be in a disadvantageous situation, and from the point of view of the last general, the reason why Cao Cao personally led the soldiers and horses is more of a deterrent.

He wants to force our army to retreat, so that Guangling County can be safeguarded at that time. But as long as our army sticks to the city and waits for it, Cao Cao will be helpless when he comes. ”

The matter has been made very clear, Gan Ning also relies on Lu Xun, the lord's eyesight has always been very good, since he values Lu Xun so much, it shows that Lu Xun is indeed capable.

Immediately, Gan Ning nodded and said:

"Bo Yan is right, even if Cao Cao comes in person, now our army has gathered more than 60,000 people in Guangling County, if our army has to defend, Cao Cao will have nothing to do.

Now Cao Cao has just experienced a major war in Hanzhong, and the soldiers have already been soldiers

Exhausted, if you really fight to the death with our army, Cao Cao will kill himself, do you understand! ”

The generals of Jiangdong have expressed their attitudes.

They were not people who feared death.

At the beginning, he followed Sun Quan, lost troops one after another, and also fought with the Jingzhou army. If it weren't for the huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, Jiangdong might not have been defeated so miserably.

And now, since they follow Liu Qi, they naturally have to do their part well.

As generals in the army, it is their responsibility to charge into battle and kill the enemy on the battlefield. How can many soldiers sacrifice the territory that they have only gained, even Cao Cao.

Seeing that everyone was united, Gan Ning felt very satisfied.

He immediately began to make arrangements.

The first is to divide the troops to defend the three most important cities, they are the bridgehead to block Cao Cao's advance. To be on the safe side, Gan Ning also left a support army in the rear.

The main soldier of this road will be Lu Xun.

The next thing they had to do was to wait for Cao's army to arrive on the battlefield.

When the time comes, what Cao Cao's purpose is, you can see at a glance.

Sure enough.

After some running, Cao Cao finally arrived at the battlefield with his troops.

But he didn't see the people of Koto.

Le Jin and Xiahou Shang came to visit.

Seeing Cao Cao, Le Jin was full of guilt, and said uneasily:

"The last general is incompetent, please punish the prime minister!"

However, hearing this, Cao Cao shook it, he looked at Le Jin and said seriously:

"Wen Qian, you can't be blamed for the battle of Hefei, you can only blame a certain improper arrangement, there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and it is difficult to hold on in the face of the strong attack of Jiangdong soldiers and horses.

You've done a good enough job, and if you hadn't reorganized your troops and horses and stopped the enemy army from going north here, I'm afraid that now Guangling County has changed hands, which is *** annoying! ”

Cao Cao said very seriously, and he didn't mean to blame Le Jin.

Soon.

Cao Cao looked around and asked:

"How, where is the enemy?"

Xiahou Shang replied:

"Qi Prime Minister, the enemy army has already evacuated first when they have learned that the Prime Minister's army is coming, and they are defending in three fortified cities, and it seems that they want to start a tug-of-war with us."

When he heard this, Cao Cao's face changed slightly.

Whether Gan Ning wanted to fight him in a decisive battle or evacuate directly, Cao Cao would not be so worried. But when he heard that Gan Ning and the others had retreated to the city, it was clear that they didn't want to leave.

It feels completely different.

Because of the current situation, Cao Cao was no longer able to sustain a long campaign. If I continue to stay here, what will I do with other places, and how will I ensure logistics and grass?

There are many issues to consider.

Cao Cao took a deep breath, he squinted his eyes and said:

"This Gan Xingba really deserves to be Liu Qi's fierce general!"