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"Gan Ning, I only want you to die today." Ling Tong yelled and returned to the horse and charged again. The veins on his arm were bulging, the violent force seemed to crush the handle of the knife, and the impact force attached to the horse was all attached to the blade.
The big sword fell from the sky like a giant waterfall. This was Ling Tong's slash with all his strength. He didn't believe that Gan Ning would be able to catch it.
In a blink of an eye, Gan Ning's black pupils instantly shrank, and he jumped to the side like a spirit ape, easily dodging Ling Tong's move.
"Trash, why don't you dare to block me?" Ling Tong's eyes were bloodshot.
Gan Ning sneered: "You don't want face because you have a horse?"
"As long as I can kill you." Ling Tong roared wildly and galloped again.
Gan Ning glared and didn't speak, but his eyes were more determined. The so-called people don't talk too much, it's time to reunite Ling Tong's family.
When Ling Tong rushed over, Gan Ning suddenly threw away the two halberds, and gently pulled his right hand towards his waist, and he stretched an iron chain straight.
The big knife rolled up the dust and arrived in an instant, Gan Ning threw the iron chain into the sky sideways, and the chain wrapped around the knife like a poisonous snake.
Gan Ning grabbed the iron chain and pulled down with the help of the knife, Ling Tong was dragged off the horse just like that, and the two generals watching the battle panicked and came to rescue him.
Whether to kill Ling Tong or deal with a new attack, the calm Gan Ning decisively chose the latter. He pulled the iron chain back, and Ling Tong's sword was caught in the air.
Gan Ning took advantage of the situation and stretched out his hand to hold the big knife. At this time, one of the generals leaped over the horse, and he had the momentum to trample him under the horse.
Because the speed was fast enough, when Gan Ning turned around and spun, a white light flashed above his head, and the general and his horse were swung twice.
This scene seemed familiar, when Gan Ning killed the tiger in Jiuyi Mountain, Gan Ning did the same trick.
Water battles use double halberds, horses use long-handled broadswords, and the iron chains on their bodies are also weapons. Gan Ning has a unique understanding of weapons.
During the interval between beheading the general and killing the enemy, Ling Tong was helped onto the horse by another general, "General, let's run quickly, or it will be too late..."
Ling Tong glanced around in panic on his horse, only to see that half of his [-] soldiers had fallen, while Gan Ning's 'Jin Fan Bandits' were all on the rise.
"Let's go." Ling Tong squeezed his legs into the horse's belly, and fled to the southeast first.
"Okay... ah..." The general was about to whip his horse, when a bloody blade suddenly appeared on his chest, and then a mouthful of dirty blood spurted out and fell off the horse.
It turned out that Gan Ning saw that the two were about to run away, so he raised his sword and threw it diagonally forward, like a javelin, it pierced into the lieutenant general's vest.
Gan Ning drew his sword from the ground and stepped on his horse. He saw Ling Tong and several cavalrymen running away with their heads in their arms. It seemed that he had abandoned the group of Jiangdong lambs. His mission was to rescue and defend Linxiang, so he did not plan to pursue them.
Gan Ning's songs are all elites trained in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. In addition to their strong fighting power, they exude self-confidence.
The Jiangdong soldiers had no leader, and soon lost their will to fight.
When the sun rose to the mid-heaven, there were thousands of corpses in the south of Linxiang City and on the east bank of the Xiangshui River. Gan Ning wiped out nearly 300 Lingtong's vanguard at the cost of more than 200 dead and more than 4000 injured.
In addition to ambushing sailors in the reeds and blowing arrows to sneak attacks, nearly three thousand soldiers were killed in frontal attacks. Almost everyone in Gan Ning's elite team was one against three.
While cleaning the battlefield, Gan Ning sent people to steer the boat, and at the same time sent people to help the wounded back to Linxiang for treatment. The guard Xi Zhen opened the city gate and welcomed them into the city.
Just now on the city wall of Linxiang, the officers and soldiers who guarded the city saw what fighting is. Xi Zhen did not lead his troops to attack back and forth, because he did not have confidence in Gan Ning's navy. After all, they were not the most elite troops in Quanling.
Seeing Ling Tong's soldiers fall down like melons, everyone immediately respected this thousand-man team. Without a city as a backing, without condescending, they can win more with less in the frontal battlefield, how exciting it is to see.
"General Gan." Xi Zhen greeted Gan Ning at the gate of the city with a sincere attitude.
"It turned out to be you?" Gan Ning was full of curiosity.
Xi Zhen told Lantian's secret order with a smile. Gan Ning's eyes widened after hearing this. He finally knew what Lantian's backhand was. The chess piece in front of him had been buried for several years.
Gan Ning got off his horse, patted Xi Zhen on the shoulder and said, "Okay, the person Mr. is looking at is really extraordinary."
"The last general has prepared the place, and all the doctors in Linxiang have been invited. Your wounded can be treated immediately." Xi Zhen said with her fists clasped.
Gan Ning nodded, "General Xi is thoughtful, and the city defenses are well laid out, but don't let your guard down, there may be tough battles ahead."
Xi Zhen asked in surprise: "General Gan said so, could it be that Ling Tong's rumor is true? Sun Quan's tens of thousands of troops went to attack Jiangling?"
"It is true that Sun Quan sent troops to Jingzhou, but we don't need to worry at all. General Guan has already gone to Dongting Lake to resist." Gan Ning replied.
"It's okay if the relevant general is here." Xi Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, because he was not only Lan Tian's fanboy, but also Guan Yu's fanboy.
After Xi Zhen finished speaking, she turned her head and asked again: "Since General Guan is stationed in Dongting, why do you say that there is still a hard fight? Is it because you are worried that General Guan will not be able to defend with fewer soldiers? With General Guan's bravery and use of troops, Sun Quan's tens of thousands of soldiers may be a breakthrough. No Dongting defense line."
Gan Ning shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about the Yangtze River, but Ling Tong's escape direction is southeast. Sir, I believe that the garrisons of Jianchang and Haihun will invade the country via You County, and they will come to capture Changsha as soon as possible, on the same line as Dongting. They echo each other, so there should be wars in Linxiang, and we are under a lot of pressure."
Xi Zhen was dumbfounded. He swallowed his saliva and said, "Ah? Then we should ask General Guan for help as soon as possible. Including General Gan's new reinforcements, the Linxiang defenders are less than [-]..."
Gan Ning raised his head and laughed loudly: "Since you can predict the enemy ahead of time, how can you trap Changsha in danger? General Gao and the trapped army should be on the way."
"Falling Army? That's no problem."
Xi Zhen was deeply moved. The two hundred operas he brought from Lingling are now the core strength of Linxiang city defense. If these people did not play an exemplary role, the city might have been captured by Ling Tong.
"Please, General Xi, prepare a pen and paper. I want to report the battle in Changsha to my husband and General Guan." Gan Ning said, looking at Xi Zhen.
Xi Zhen clasped her fists solemnly: "General, please follow me."
After Gan Ning was stationed in Linxiang, Xi Zhen directly handed over the command. In the afternoon, the fast boats sent letters one south and one north, and they had to send them to Yinshan County and Dongting Lake overnight.
The speed of the boat was slow at night, and the news was not delivered to the Dongting water village until dawn the next day.
Su Fei found Guan Yu with Gan Ning's letter in hand, "General, Xingba sent an urgent report from Changsha."
"Oh? Changsha?" Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard and took the letter.
Guan Yu had only read two lines of words, and Danfeng's eyes widened, and he said, "Sun Quan, how dare you do this."
Chapter 324 The palm of the hand and the back of the hand are meat
Seeing that Guan Yu was angry, Su Fei quickly said, "Fortunately, General Lan knows everything. This big game played by Jiang Dong should end in a dismal end."
"Use the main force of the Jiangdong water army to contain our main force in Jingzhou, and then secretly attack Jingnan by land. I don't know who offered the plan, but facing Gao Boping's trapped army, you should feel hopeless?" Guan Yu nodded. Defeat is still in sight.
"Jiangdong warships spy on the water stronghold many times a day, probably because they are worried that the general will send warships southward. They have no intention of confronting our army, but are monitoring us. Should we take down Lu Su and Lu Meng first?" Su Fei suggested.
Guan Yu shook his head hastily, "Battle by water is not as convenient as by land. In addition, Jiangdong's naval forces are quite elite. If they attack rashly, they will be easily trapped. Jiangling will be more dangerous in the rear. If Ziyu can destroy the enemy in Jingnan, and then lead the army north to respond to us, Then you can take the initiative to attack.”
Su Fei nodded in agreement: "The general is thoughtful, and the general will not be able to catch up..."
"Is there any news from Yuan Zhi yesterday? Is there anything unusual about Cao Ren in Xiangyang?" Guan Yu asked again.
Su Fei shook his head and replied, "Not yet."
Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard and said to himself: "This time Jiangdong is so powerful, Cao Ren will go south to look for opportunities sooner or later..."
Su Fei clasped his fists and said: "If the general is worried about the safety of the rear, it is better to rush back to Jiangling first, and the general will definitely stick to Dongting."
Guan Yu shook his head and sighed: "If I leave Dongting now, how will Lu Su and Lu Meng feel at ease? If they want to play tricks with us, then Guan will accompany us to the end. After Ziyu pacifies Jingnan, I really want to see the faces of these two people .”
"It must be very exciting." Su Fei complimented.
"Hahaha, the word wonderful is used well. Lan Ziyu has been hiding for so long, and finally she can't hide and is about to break out. Sun Quan should get a big surprise, but the man should shine brightly." Guan Yu laughed.
The two water villages in Dongting Lake were built across the lake. Every day the generals of both sides patrolled the camps. On the surface, they were waiting for news from Liu Bei in Chengdu, but in fact they were all focused on the battlefield in Jingnan.
After several transfers by transport ship, Gao Shun's entrapment army was assembled in two days. When Lantian arrived in Yinshan County, the reconnaissance battalion had sent back good and bad news one after another.
The bad news is that Hao Pu's garrison in Yinshan County was all killed in the process of rushing to rescue Youxian County. At present, in the southeast of Changsha County, Youxian, Chaling, and Ancheng counties have all fallen.
The good news is that the reconnaissance battalion has discovered the whereabouts of the opponent's main force. Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai are marching towards Liling after capturing Youxian, Chaling, and Ancheng respectively. There are about 5000 infantry and cavalry, almost It is the entire force in the west of Yangzhou.
As for Liao Li, who was sent by Gan Ning by boat, Lan Tian didn't want to bring a cowardly burden on the road, so he asked the transport ship to take him back to Quanling, and temporarily put him at the Book and News Office to work with Jiang Wan.
Lan Tian thought that Liao Li liked to spray anyway, so he simply let this guy comment on it full-time.
Hearing that Lantian led troops to Yinshan County, Hao Pu, the prefect of Guiyang, came to ask for help in person, because the Weipu Pass in the south had already started attacking, unlike Ling Tong's lightly armed attack on Linxiang, Wei Jing and Lu Fan's coalition army had tens of thousands of people, and Carried siege vehicles and other equipment.
The defensive pressure at Suipu Pass was huge, and Hao Pu sent all the remaining garrisons in Chen County to the front line, because there was no danger of losing Guiyang at this pass.
Although the population of Guiyang County is not as high as that of Changsha County, and its grain output and military resources rank only third in Jingnan, there are several mines of copper, iron, gold, and silver here.
The Quanling Army Workshop had a large demand for ore, and Lantian moved most of the smelting workshops to Guiyang, saving time and capacity for road transportation.
Seeing Hao Pu pestering Lantian, Gao Shun comforted him: "Prefect Hao, but don't worry, my deputy Xu Shuang has rushed to Guiyang, and I believe he will arrive there in two days, and he will definitely be able to guard the Weipu Pass by then."
Hao Pu smiled wryly and said: "I already know about this, but two thousand soldiers are not enough, Wei Jing and the others are still increasing their troops, just in case of Weipuguan..."
Lan Tian comforted: "The battle in Changsha in the north is tight, and the battle here is about to start. You should rush back as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation. General Xu's [-] elite can hold it. Jiangdong will pass Cangwu and the South China Sea soon, and there will not be much follow-up force."
"General Lan, the palms and backs of Changsha and Guiyang are full of flesh. You have [-] mighty athletes here. Why do you allocate [-] to my side? Can you allocate more?" Hao Pu continued to fight.
Lan Tian saw that this fellow was not finished yet, so he frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Cheng Pu is heading for Changsha with [-] to [-] horsemen. If I send another force to you and go to Suipu Pass, do you know what will happen?"
Hao Pu was so surprised that he couldn't speak, and then he said sweating profusely, "Twenty to thirty thousand? Then you should be careful, I won't bother you with a humble job..."
"Give this whistle to General Xu. If the defenders at Weipuguan are really wiped out, let him send someone to take this whistle to Linwu County to find Li Yang. It shouldn't be a problem if Xindengzhuang pulls out thousands of young men. Question." Lan Tian stopped Hao Pu who turned around, and handed out the bone whistle in his arms.
"I can save it." Hao Pu was full of joy, holding the bone whistle. He almost forgot the people in Xindengzhuang, Linwu County. They were very good at playing with hoes, knives and guns. This might be the only family in Jingnan.
"Remember what I said just now, unless the Weipu Pass is really cleared, don't go to Linwu County to call people. Professional soldiers and civilians perform their own duties. If you have to, don't affect the production of the people, otherwise I will take you as a question later." Lan Tian reminded .
"I understand." Hao Pu nodded.
After the Lantian policy was fully rolled out, the population and productivity have greatly improved. The soldiers no longer need to collect food for the people, nor do they need to dredge the river. They are now professional soldiers defending their homes and the country. Their daily tasks It is training, actual combat exercises, and always preparing for battle.
Lantian is taking the route of elite soldiers, which can not only save food to the greatest extent, but also effectively guarantee the production of the territory.
Everyone knows the advantages of elite soldiers, but cultivating elite soldiers is a test of financial resources. There are only 800 people in Lu Bu's camp, mainly because the heavy infantry equipment is difficult to obtain, especially the price of metals such as copper and iron is extremely high.
From running a school to train craftsmen, to mining, smelting, and forging, the entire Jingnan has a complete industrial chain of armor, which greatly reduces the cost of armor, so Lantian expanded the army to [-] people. In the Central Plains, a cavalry may also be built.
After completing the assembly in Yinshan County, Lan Tian and Gao Shun immediately marched northward. Facing an enemy three times larger than his own, he still did not choose to fight recklessly.
Cheng Pu's three-way army joined forces in Liling. During this period, the scouts of the trapped army followed like a shadow, sending the opponent's movements back to Gaoshun in a timely manner. At first, there were only scattered activities, and later, a group of more than ten people harassed .
Everyone in Cheng Pu ignored the ringworm and scabies at first, but gradually realized that something was wrong. Such frequent activities were not accidental. Could it be that they were being targeted?
At this time, Ling led more than a dozen remnant horses to flee in a rout.
Chapter 325 High-end hunters appear as prey
Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai have served the Sun family since the time of Sun Jian, and they all have high prestige in Jiangdong. However, because Sun Quan keeps promoting new people to check and balance the old officials of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, the voice of these veterans has gradually weakened and has gradually been squeezed out. The navy out of Jiangdong.
Although Ling Tong had a reckless and impulsive personality, he was reused because of Sun Quan's attention.
Seeing him fled to Liling in embarrassment, the three veterans all showed incredulous expressions.
"Why does Gongji mean this? Aren't you attacking Linxiang?" Han Dang asked suspiciously.
Ling Tong blushed and replied: "Ben Linxiang was about to be attacked by me, but Gan Ning led an army to reinforce me and I failed..."
Han Dang took a deep breath: "Hiss... I heard that Gan Ning is in Lingling, why did you rush to reinforce him so soon? Could it be that the master's scheme has been seen through?"
Huang Gai frowned: "In the past two days, there have been constant sentries in the south, and I always feel that there is something wrong."
"Could the incident in the south be related to Guiyang Hao Pu?" Han Dang guessed.
"If Hao Pu still has the energy to take care of the north, then Ziheng (Lv Fan) and Ziqi (Wei Jing) will not be locked up..." Han Dang nodded.
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Cheng Pu looked at Ling Tong, and reached out to stop the discussion between the two, "Don't worry about other places, our task now is to take Changsha first, and then attack Guiyang with Ziheng and Ziqi, and Lingling is the final arrangement." Gongji, tell us about the situation in Linxiang first, how many reinforcements did Gan Ning send?"
"Uh... There should be 4000 to [-] people... But most of them were killed by our troops. Now there are only about [-] defenders left in Linxiang, but my trilogy is complete..." Although Ling Tong didn't finish his sentence, But the full meaning has been expressed.
Cheng Pu stroked his mottled goatee and nodded in affirmation: "I heard that Changsha has 8000 defenders, including Gan Ning's reinforcements, there are 5000 people. Gongji used [-] naval troops to fight the siege battle, and he could still fight off the opponent's [-] soldiers." People, even if the whole army is wiped out, they are also proud."
Ling Tong blushed and nodded, he had to lie in order to save face, he never dared to admit that he lost to Gan Ning, and the defeat was so tragic.
"Cheng Gong, the general saw the cavalry mobilizing just now, and several old generals frowned again. Could it be that the road is not going well?" Ling Tong changed the topic and asked.
Cheng Pu nodded and replied: "We have been very successful these few days. We have captured Youxian, Chaling, Ancheng, and Liling, but dozens of scouts from Jingzhou followed. I have discussed with Gongfu (Huang Gai) and Yigong (Han Dang) just now, and I want to gather all the cavalry and completely kill this group of 'flies'."
"Cheng Gong has thousands of cavalry here, all of which are used to encircle dozens of Jingzhou scouts?" Ling Tong was surprised.
"Public achievements should not be underestimated. In the past two days, scouts have been in constant contact. Our marching information has been grasped. If things go on like this, it will be detrimental to the battle." Huang Gai explained.
Ling Tong hurriedly comforted: "Just now Cheng Gong said that they were scouts from the south, that is, people from Guiyang or Lingling. It is meaningless for them to inquire more clearly. Fu Shiren has already confessed to the lord. Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others entered Sichuan twice. , the soldiers taken away were all drawn from the four counties in Jingnan, and there are very few garrisons left in the four counties."
Cheng Pu nodded, "The information provided by Gongji is very important. I guess the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling have the same number of garrisons. Since Gan Ning brought [-] troops to aid Linxiang, Lingling should be very empty now, so I'm going to split into two groups."
Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Ling Tong all showed expectant expressions, and Cheng Pu continued: "Gan Ning is also a mighty general. I plan to lead [-] infantry to take Linxiang first, and the remaining [-] cavalry can take Guiyang, Lingtong, etc. Ling, Gongfu, Yigong, which one of you would like to be a general?"
"I'll go." Han Dang asked for a job. He is from Liaoxi County. He is skilled in archery and horseback riding. He is the best candidate to lead the cavalry.
Huang Gai also stood up and clasped his fists: "I am from Quanling, and I am familiar with the environment of Lingling and Guiyang counties. Yigong will still go with the deputy governor."
"That's fine, then you go." Han Dang also wanted to give this old man a chance. Huang Gai has not been reused for a long time because of multiple injuries, and he is still just a general.
Cheng Pu also had this idea. If Huang Gai could take down the two counties, Sun Quan would naturally be promoted because of his merits. He would not leave the opportunity to Ling Tong. high.
When dividing the troops, Cheng Pu instructed: "Grand Fu first swatted away those flies, then drove straight to Lingling, and finally turned back to take Guiyang. After the matter is completed, the Lord will definitely reward you."