Fancheng, located in the southwest of Wancheng, and very close to Xiangyang, the seat of Jingzhou, if Fancheng is laid, then you can threaten Xiangyang nearby, and at the same time you can block the main road to the north of Jingzhou, in other words, as long as Fancheng is laid, then you don't have to worry about Sun Cejun going north.

"At this time, although there are heavy troops on display in Fancheng, there is no general to defend it, only Cai Mao's brother Cai He, as long as Zongzheng gives the last general 2,000 soldiers and horses, he will definitely be able to take Fancheng!"

The military horses were dispatched, this battle made several generals very excited, except for Zhao Yun, who could not lead the army to fight because of his duty of guarding, the rest of them were eager to take advantage of this opportunity to attack, so when Huang Zhong spoke first, the rest of the people glared fiercely, and at the same time were annoyed that their reaction was not fast enough.

Now that Huang Zhong has become a partial general, if he makes another meritorious service, at least he can mix it up.

can look at the rest of these people, captains, captains and the lowest-ranking generals, these people still hope that they can mix up the general number or be promoted this time, but they didn't expect to have a chance, but they were about to be snatched away.

Gan Ning hurriedly interjected: "As long as you give a thousand soldiers and horses, you will definitely be able to take Fancheng!"

Huang Zhong grinned, he shouted two thousand just now, and this one shouted one thousand, I don't know if he wants to shout five hundred?

In fact, with the combat strength of several of them, it is not impossible to rush into Fancheng alone, but what the siege has to do is not only to plunge the opponent's city into chaos and kill, there are not enough soldiers and horses to occupy it at all, which is why the Son of Heaven also needs to vigorously cultivate excellent soldiers after cultivating so many strong generals.

Zhu Ling pondered for a while, and finally did not shout out that only five hundred soldiers could take Fancheng, he was better at commanding troops to fight, and his personal force was not surprising in the forbidden army, not to mention others, just a few of them, any one of them was stronger than himself - they could sweep the enemy army alone, but they might not be able to do it themselves.

So this time he didn't participate, and the remaining Zhang Xiu didn't want to be too showy for some reasons, and his official position was not low, so he didn't speak.

Liu Bei looked at everyone, and finally named Gan Ning's name: "Since Xingba said this, then I will allocate a thousand troops to you, and I will wait here for the good news!"

After several days of rapid marching, Liu Bei and others had already set up camp a hundred miles northeast of Fancheng, and at this time Fancheng should have received the news of the arrival of himself and others, but they would never have thought that the army would suddenly stop, and then Gan Ning would lead a thousand troops to attack the city.

When Gan Ning took the order and left, several people in the tent looked at each other and Liu Xie, who had been on the side, suddenly asked: "Uncle Huang, that Fancheng is also an important town in the north of Jingzhou, is it not safe enough to let General Gan go alone?"

After all, Liu Xie had never really seen the strength of the generals in the imperial court, so he still thought according to the knowledge he had learned from books - and the things recorded in the books were obviously not in line with the current situation.

Liu Bei has gone through several major battles, and he himself has personally taken a turn around Hebei and Saiwai, knowing how lethal a powerful general like them is on the battlefield According to his estimates, maybe they don't have to wait until tomorrow to be able to enter Fancheng.

Then holding Fancheng can provide a forward base for the army behind.

Liu Bei was not greedy and did not consider taking Xiangyang directly - in the few days they were attacking Fancheng, it was enough for Sun Ce to drive his army into Xiangyang, because it was possible to take a waterway from Jiangling to Xiangyang, and the efficiency of the waterway was undoubtedly much faster than a land march.

As long as Sun Cejun's horse enters Xiangyang, then Xiangyang's garrison force will be upgraded to a higher level, not to mention that there is still a river crossing from Fancheng to Xiangyang, with Sun Cejun's rich experience in water warfare, he will definitely not let go of such a rush to come and go at will, so there must have been a garrison army and horses at the place where the river was crossed. ...,

Even he felt that Cheng Puling's soldiers and horses were not heading towards Xiangyang, but towards him

Therefore, no matter what aspect you consider to conquer Fancheng and then keep this forward base, it is more reliable, as for Xiangyang and the entire Jingzhou, it is better to leave it to Lu Bu!

Sitting in the big tent, from time to time there are scouts to report the battle situation ahead.

At this time, Gan Ning had already led the army to the city of Fancheng, and after observing the entire Fancheng as a routine, Gan Ning directly led the soldiers and horses to charge Fancheng.

"Hmph, the imperial army actually sent a reckless man as a general, so you still want to occupy Jingzhou?

Generally speaking, the first round of siege warfare is to be cautious and cautious, and it is also necessary to be cautious when attacking

"Crossbowmen ready!"

Cai He turned around and casually issued an order, and then was about to find a suitable place to watch the play, but as soon as he turned around, he heard a sudden shout from the guard next to him: "General, look!"

"What?"

Turning around with a strange face, he saw a figure rushing out of the group of charging soldiers, who was obviously a general in armor, but he did not ride a horse, and rushed out of the crowd with a ring-headed knife in his right hand.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Although Cai He wondered what he was doing, his mind was still quite clear, and he immediately ordered the arrow to be released, and then waited for the idiot to be pierced through the heart by the random arrow and died.

"I don't know where this idiot came from!"

But the thoughts in his head hadn't dissipated yet, and everything that happened next made Cai He unable to close his mouth in surprise.

Thousands of arrows fell like rain, because all the crossbowmen were aiming at Gan Ning alone, so the arrows were extremely dense, and even many arrows collided with each other in the air and then bounced away and hit the arrows next to them, making a crackling sound overhead.

There were also some arrows that bounced to one side, clearly deviating from their original tracks.

Gan Ning ignored these changes completely, just lowered his head and rushed forward, seeing that the arrow was about to hit the top of his head, he slashed the big knife in his hand and directly used it with a half-moon slash.

A pale yellow meniscus sword qi came out of his hand, clearing the arrow above his head, but this was not enough to ensure his safety, and Gan Ning stomped on his foot again in the process of running.

"Diquan Chong!"

A strong stream of water as thick as a tree rushed out of the ground, as if the place had been a spring.

Seeing this, Gan Ning raised his speed again and rushed forward, at this time, there was not much arrow rain left in the sky, and the rest basically could not threaten Gan Ning himself, and after raising the speed to the fastest, the archers on the city wall could only barely carry out another attack, and the crossbowmen were still struggling to wind up.

Gan Ning saw this, and then rushed to the city in the shortest possible time, the archers on the city wall had to lean out to shoot, but they didn't have to worry, the soldiers and horses led by Gan Ning were still far away, and they didn't have to worry about being attacked......

Of course, that's the general case.

At this time, Cai He had already recovered from the shock, he had seen a lot of strange things over the years, and his immunity had improved a lot, so he immediately made the right response: "Rolling oil, sassalwood!"

Just before the words came out, I noticed that Gan Ning under the city suddenly touched his waist, and then shook his left hand and pulled out an iron chain. ...,

"Iron chain?" Cai He was stunned for a moment, and then an extremely absurd idea popped up in his head: "He doesn't want to use this iron chain to climb the city, right?"

As soon as he muttered a sentence "How is it possible?" I saw Gan Ning flick it violently, and the iron chain actually came straight to the city, obviously it was only a meter long when it was in the hands of the general, but after it was thrown out, it was as if there was no end in sight.

"What the hell is this?"

But no matter how surprised Cai He was, Gan Ning's movements would not be affected, and the iron chain went straight to the city head like a living thing, and then swept several archers at the city head into two.

Then the iron chain turned a ring, just wrapped around the city wall, under Gan Ning saw that the iron cable had been entangled in the city, immediately shook the rope in his hand, the iron cable in his hand shook, it was shortened at a speed visible to the naked eye, plus the momentum of rushing forward, the whole person jumped up, as if flying straight to the city

"Quick, quick, release the arrow!"

When Cai He saw such a scene, his frightened soul flew away, and seeing Gan Ning getting closer and closer to the city, the whole person unconsciously took a few steps back.

He knew very well that if that monster was allowed to go up the city wall, then Fancheng would not want to defend it.

The archers on the left and right also knew what the end would be if Gan Ning rushed up, and kept shooting arrows and arrows, and shot three rounds of arrow rain in a row in a split second, although the accuracy was not very good, but because there were enough people, the arrow rain was extremely dense. In Gan Ning's opinion, it was as if a wall had rushed up.

With the long knife in his right hand, Gan Ning cast the Half Moon Slash again, but he found that the effect of this knife was not very good, and as soon as his mind turned, he immediately had a way.

Placing the knife in front of him again, and then facing the front with the blade, he immediately made a fierce move, and unleashed it again, and a powerful column of water was cast directly from the blade, breaking away a hole in the rain of arrows in front of him.

Gan Ning took advantage of the situation to pass through the loophole, and then turned over and landed firmly on the city

"Kill him!"

As soon as Gan Ning landed, he heard an overwhelming shout of killing beside him, but there was an obvious trilling in the earth-shattering voice, and he knew that this group of people was already afraid.

The long knife in his hand immediately swept to the left, directly cutting off the legs of the two Jingzhou soldiers next to him, and with a shake of his left hand, the iron rope instantly returned to his hand, and he also smashed over several enemy soldiers who wanted to rush up.

Straightened up, the long knife in his right hand flew over, and a famous Jingzhou soldier fell in front of Gan Ning one by one, plus the iron rope in Gan Ning's hand attacked from an unexpected angle every time, it was simply impossible to prevent it, just a blink of an eye, and within three meters of Gan Ning's side, there was no one alive.