Chapter 270: Dao Rong Fights Wits to Break Xu Shu?
To give a more appropriate example, Xing Daorong, who was anxious to retreat from Jiangling and retreat to Changsha County after hearing that Zhang Fei and Gan Ning had rushed to quell the rebellion, was like walking on the horizontal side of a T-shaped road.
The Yangtze River is the horizontal of the T-shape, the oil and water is the vertical of the T-shape, and the mouth of the oil river is the intersection of the two strokes.
If Xing Daorong sees that the intersection is impassable, and the original road turns back along that side, it is equivalent to going up the Yangtze River, taking Yidao County, and finally going back in a big circle by land, but that road has been blocked by Dong He and Li Yan, who are obedient to Liu Bei.
If Xing Daorong saw Gan Ning, who was standing directly opposite, he was stunned, and chose to turn right and turn into that shaft.
Then Xu Shu will block him not far away, and Gan Ning will also wait for him to turn into the alley and catch up from behind, and then Xu Shu will come behind Zhang Fei, and then it will be to catch turtles in the urn on three sides - this is also Xu Shu's plan for Zhang Fei.
But he never expected that Xing Daorong didn't coax him, and he went directly to Gan Ning.
When Gan Ning heard the news, a thought couldn't help but flash in his heart: Could it be that this Xing Daorong is well versed in the art of war and has seen through Xu Yuanzhi's deployment?
He saw that we wanted to lure him to the east of Xiaoling City to attack him on three sides, so in order to survive in death, he would rather come straight at me?
In this way, he can only fight with my teammates, without having to face Yide and Yuan Zhi at the same time?
Where did Gan Ning know that Xing Daorong didn't see through anything, he was just reckless.
This wave is really a force to ten meetings.
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At the same time, on the Yangtze River, thirty miles downstream of the mouth of the oil river.
A tall and mighty military general with a round head and a round face and short beard, dressed in fish scale armor and holding a large axe, was standing proudly on the bow of a fighting ship, his eyes were solemn and faintly agitated, looking downstream.
He was Xing Daorong, a general under Zhang Xian, who retreated along the river with the main forces of Changsha and Lingling counties allocated to him by Zhang Xian.
Eleven days ago, he sailed out of Dongting Lake from Baqiu and traveled north against the Yangtze River in an attempt to attack Jiangling.
The lord Zhang Xian told him: Liu Biao transferred a considerable part of Jiangling's troops to the northern front, and wanted to take advantage of Cao Cao's golden opportunity to draw Nanyang's troops to Guandu and get back Wancheng, which was sent away by Zhang Xiu.
Therefore, in Gangneung Castle at that time, the emptiness of troops was at a historical low. Liu Biao stole Cao Cao, couldn't he Zhang Xian steal Liu Biao? If you miss this opportunity, you won't have to!
Xing Daorong was also full of confidence at the beginning, and after driving out of Dongting Lake, he marched for five or six days before arriving at Jiangling, and then began to deploy the siege. The defenders in Jiangling City really didn't dare to come out to fight, which once made Xing Daorong have a dream of victory in sight, and realized that Jiangling City was really empty.
Xing Daorong was also afraid that after Liu Biao's northern line withdrew, he would come to aid from Xiangyang in a big way, so he didn't dare to delay too long under Jiangling City and spend too much time preparing heavy siege equipment.
After only two days to prepare enough flying ladders and crashing wood, as well as a few simple ladders and rushing cars, he decisively threw himself into the storming of the city.
Although Liu Biao's army in Jiangling City is small, his determination to defend the city is still very firm, and it is the foundation of Liu Biao's business for many years, and the people's hearts are very attached.
Xing Daorong attacked regardless of casualties, and both sides suffered quite a lot of casualties, but it was obvious that the losses of the Changsha Lingling coalition army as the attacking side were several times heavier.
After attacking for two days, there was no progress, and then I heard that my back road might have been copied, Liu Bei had already sent troops from Wuchang to help Liu Biao to quell the rebellion, and Zhao Yun Ganning seemed to have arrived in Baqiu.
Xing Daorong's troops turned back and ran for so long, and they attacked under the fortified city for two days, and they lost their troops and lost their troops and gained nothing, so their morale was naturally extremely low. Then Xing Daorong immediately retreated with his decadent troops, and the ship sailed day and night without stopping, until this moment.
But even so, the morale of the soldiers under his command has become decadent, but Xing Daorong himself does not care, but holds back a wave of anger to vent - he thinks that if the Jiangling garrison under Liu Biao dared to go out of the city to meet the field battle, then he would have destroyed Jiangling a long time ago! It's not that the city is strong and shrunken turtle.
Now that a Gan Ning suddenly appeared, at least he was willing to fight a fair battle with him, and he didn't need to attack the city, how could he miss this opportunity to vent?
It's decided, just take Gan Ning out of anger!
"General, the Ganning fleet has been found downstream, with a scale of about three hundred ships! On par with our army! The lookout post roared and informed Xing Daorong of the latest enemy situation.
The existence of the Gan Ning Army has been known for a long time, but it was not until the moment before the enemy was engaged that Xing Daorong could specifically know the number of enemy warships.
The previous light sentry ship reconnaissance did not dare to get too close, and there was no high enough mast lookout field of view to see the overall information clearly.
After hearing the true number of Gan Ning's fleet, Xing Daorong was still quite confident, and scolded:
"Don't panic! Gan Ning came to intercept the water war! Our army is a troop transport fleet, and with the same number of ships, our army is at least twice as numerous as Ganning! As long as the broadside battle starts, our army will win! All ships are ready for battle! ”
Xing Daorong's words were also reasonable, and they stabilized some of the army's morale a little.
According to common sense, Xing Daorong's side is a troop transport fleet, not only sailors and sailors, but also the army that is being transported, and the ships are full of people.
Therefore, with the same number of ships and the same size of ships, the total number of Xing Dao Rong's army would definitely far exceed that of Gan Ning.
With this self-confidence, Xing Daorong's army finally completed the last ten miles before the battle. As the fleets of the two armies formed up and collided head-on on the Yangtze River in the lower reaches of Xiaoling, a bloody water battle broke out.
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Although Gan Ning is good at water warfare, the battlefield environment of this battle is really unfavorable to Gan Ning - Xing Daorong is upstream, Gan Ning is downstream, Xing Daorong's fleet is downstream, and there is an advantage in speed, which is enough to offset the seaworthiness advantage brought by the ship type on the side sailing against the current.
You must know that Xiaoling is only not far downstream of Jiangling, and this section of the Yangtze River has just broken out of the Three Gorges for more than 200 miles, and the water speed is still quite fast.
The so-called "white emperor of the court, between the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling in one day", the Yangtze River from Sichuan into the gorge all the way to Jiangling, the water flow is very turbulent.
In this case, Gan Ning's goal is to intercept and block the opponent and prevent the opponent from breaking through, so he must scatter the fleet into a horizontal formation across the river, and the depth and thickness of the ship formation have become very weak, and there may be only three or four boats in front and back at each point, and this encirclement network will leak after being broken through.
In contrast, Xing Daorong was the one who broke through, and he could twist all the fleets into an iron fist and rush forward along the center of the river in a group, regardless of the shallow waters on the north and south banks.
As long as the central breakthrough pierces Gan Ning, he will have a bloody way to escape.
"Gan Ning child! He is so greedy that he still wants to completely retain our army, spread the encirclement net so wide, and cut the entire Yangtze River! Dividing troops everywhere means that everywhere is weak, see me concentrate on the central breakthrough of the whole army, and send you to see Taishan Fujun! ”
Xing Daorong saw that Gan Ning's remaining troops in the Chinese army were only 30 percent at most, so wouldn't his side's superiority in the local battlefield of the Chinese army be five or six times greater? Can such an obvious advantage still be rushed?
"The whole army aimed at Gan Ning's flagship of the Chinese army and rushed straight over! Central Breakthrough! Leave it alone with the flanking enemy ships on the north and south shores! Xing Daorong gave an order, and the entire fleet launched a desperate charge.
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"Xing Daorong actually chose the Chinese army to make a desperate breakthrough? It's a bit bold, our army is blocking the enemy in a horizontal formation, and it is indeed too weak in depth to be invincible...... Passing on my general's order, all ships of the Chinese army immediately turned around, kept a distance from Xing Daorong, and commanded the left and right flanks to outflank the center of the river with the banner, striving to vertically cut off the front and rear troops of Xing Daorong's fleet! ”
Gan Ning, who was on the other side, was also quite surprised when he saw Xing Daorong's posture, and had to temporarily adjust his tactics.
The Chinese warships of the Gan Ning Army soon began to turn around, but they did not paddle, but only slowly accelerated at the speed of the current.
After both sides turned into going downstream, it was not so easy for Xing Daorong to get close to Gan Ning. Gan Ning's boat is longer and faster, and he can fly Xing Daorong's kite as much as he wants.
Coupled with the Jinfan battalion soldiers under Gan Ning's lineage, the level of ship management is already better than those half-hung Changsha Lingling sailors under Xing Daorong, I don't know how strong it is, I can completely control the distance accurately, and then use the stern bow and crossbow against the enemy.
Some large warships were also equipped with trebuchets and bed crossbows, and Gan Ning also asked people to quickly move to the stern of the ship and shoot at the pursuers behind. The other soldiers who did not have a shooting mission all hid back in the cabin to avoid arrows.
Soon, Xing Dao's Rongjun was shot to ashes, and the morale of the soldiers on the warships of the front army became more and more demoralized, and there were casualties from time to time.
However, Xing Daorong's boat was too slow and couldn't catch up, so he had to let the oarsmen row all their hard, but the effect was still not good.
After just a few teas, Gan Ning's partial division, which was originally deployed on the waterway on the north and south banks, assembled the Chinese army, formed two iron pincer offensives, and penetrated into the waist of Xing Daorong's army.
The warships of the Ganning Army fought separately, but the effect was still like a finger. The crossbow shot at Xing Daorong's waist, just enough to shoot the oarsmen in the portholes.
For a while, some of the warships of Xing Dao's Invalids Army lost a considerable part of their power, and the disconnection between the front and rear armies became more serious. Gan Ning's army saw the opportunity to rush up, cut off the front and rear troops of Xing Daorong's army, and played a superiority in the local battlefield with more troops and fewer troops.
The Gan Ning army released crows' beaks to catch the gangside board, or flying claws with hemp rope to scratch the hook, buckle the warship of Xing Dao Rongjun, and start a white-knives battle with the gang.
On the ship of the Xing Dao Invalids, there were many army soldiers who were transported, but they were slightly unstable on the river, and their hand-to-hand combat effectiveness was slightly inferior to that of the professional naval army.
In addition, after two days of unsuccessful fighting under Gangneung City, and being driven away from running for his life, his morale was already low and his physical strength was relatively tired.
In the face of the soldiers of the Ganning Department who rushed to kill the ship like wolves, these soldiers of Changsha Lingling County only resisted slightly, and they were disturbed by the chaotic situation around them, and they surrendered on their knees and were obediently captured.
Xing Daorongjun's fleet was so easily cut off by Gan Ning, and the first half of the fleet was directly wrapped in dumplings.
And the Chinese army, which had originally turned around and retreated, also turned the bow of the ship again at this moment and turned back to kill. The flexibility of that maneuver amazed Xing Dao Rongjun.
Xing Daorong saw that the general situation was not good, and knew that he would definitely not be able to rush through today, the Ganning water battle was so flexible, like an arm, and the fighting style was still so strong, how could this be fought?
Fortunately, Xing Daorong is very reckless, and he is very reckless. He immediately commanded the left and right to fight to break through and protect his retreat. Relying on the desperate protection of the brothers on dozens of warships around him, Xing Daorong's flagship actually turned around and broke through successfully.
However, most of the dozens of main warships on which his henchmen were riding were slashed and captured by Gan Ning in the struggle, and Xing Daorong almost paid the price of the total annihilation of the previous army before breaking through.
Then he was like a frightened bird, let all the rear troops turn around, sail north against the water, try to take the mouth of the oil river to turn into oil and water, and then withdraw the army by land, avoiding the plague god Gan Ning.
Gan Ning was actually sure to catch up and always stick to Xing Daorong.
But he knew that Xing Daorong would be better killed after entering the mouth of the oil river, so he was happy to see it. In the end, he just wiped out most of Xing Daorong's Chinese army, and then took it when he saw it, keeping a little distance and continuing to oppress.
Xing Daorong was like seeing a wicked man with a mace standing opposite the traffic light at the T-junction, but he didn't believe in evil and refused to turn around and hide in the alley.
I had to cross the road hard and be beaten a few times by the evil man in front of the head, and then drag my stump to cover my head and go down the alley.
And in the alley, a black shop opened by Xu Shu was waiting for him, and there was a watcher named Zhang Fei who was hiding behind the black shop.
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