The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 379
After Gan Ning jumped onto the wall, he slammed the iron chain, clearing an open space immediately. The soldiers behind were cheered up, their morale was boosted, they shouted and rushed upwards, and soon a small square formed around Gan Ning. Hold this position firmly.

Zhu Guang was shocked. If the enemy troops were allowed to stand on the city wall, Wancheng would not be able to defend it.So Zhu Guang ordered the crossbowmen to assemble to shoot Gan Ning and the soldiers around him to death.

However, as long as there is a problem on the side defending the city, it may cause a series of chain reactions. Before Zhu Guang could gather the crossbowmen, General Wenpin had already climbed up the city wall, rushed to Zhu Guang, and chopped Zhu Guang down with a single blow. .

The soldiers of the Jingzhou Army climbed up the city wall one after another, and soon took control of the city wall.Seeing that the main general was dead, the defenders knelt down and surrendered because of their bravery.

Gan Ning took down Wancheng in one go. Before the hour was over, Gan Ning led his army into the city and rewarded the three armies. He gave Lu Meng who made a plan and Wenpin who killed Zhu Guang each a great contribution, and Jiang Qin and Zhu Huan who fought bravely. Make a note of it too.

Hefei defender Zhang Liao immediately led [-] cavalry out of the city with Le Jin after Zhu Guang asked for help, leaving Li Dian to guard Hefei.

Cao Cao led the main force to pacify Hanzhong, and there were not many troops left in Hefei and Wancheng, but he was very assured of the defense of these two places.Because Cao Cao kept a lot of cavalry in these two places, he knew that Zhang Wu had no cavalry, if he dared to abandon the ship and land on the shore to attack the city, he would let the Jingzhou soldiers have a taste of the cavalry.

Those who remained in Wancheng were Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, the generals of the Cao clan. In addition to the [-] elite cavalry, there were also [-] tiger and leopard cavalry. In the flat area of ​​Nanyang Basin, they can definitely exert great power.

The [-] elite cavalry remained in Hefei, and Zhang Liao, a top cavalry general, was not afraid of the Jingzhou army.

However, the consumption of cavalry is too high. Ten thousand cavalry consume as much food and fodder as [-] infantry. The output of Hefei alone cannot support it, so it is necessary to rely on Wancheng or Shouchun to transport food and fodder.

Just as Zhang Liao led his troops out of Hefei City, he was blocked by an army by the edge of Chaohu Lake. It was the [-] army led by Zhuge Liang who came to stop Hefei soldiers from saving Wancheng.

Zhang Liao's [-] soldiers were all cavalry. In fact, he could just ignore Zhuge Liang and go straight to Wancheng, but Zhang Liao didn't know how many soldiers Zhuge Liang had come. He was afraid that Zhuge Liang would attack Hefei by chance.

Hefei is the barrier of Huainan. It was originally an important military town to resist the Jiangdong army going north. Now that Zhang Wu has annexed Jiangdong, he must also covet the rich Jianghuai Plain.If Hefei is taken by Zhang Wujun, not only will Shouchun on the south bank of the Huaihe River be difficult to defend, but even Xuzhou in the east and Yuzhou in the west will be threatened.

Liu Bei had been in Yuzhou for a long time back then, occupying Runan to resist Cao Cao, and had a high reputation and a certain mass base here, and Zhuge Liang was from Langya, Xuzhou, and Cao Cao's reputation in Xuzhou had always been bad.If Zhuge Liang was allowed to take down the Huainan area, maybe someone in Xuzhou or Yuzhou would respond with troops.

Therefore, Zhang Liao didn't dare to use his whole army to rescue Wancheng, so he had to divide half of his troops to let Le go in to rescue Zhu Guang, and he led the remaining half of the cavalry to deal with Zhuge Liang's army.He felt that there were [-] defenders in Wancheng, and Zhu Guang, the prefect, was not incompetent. It should be fine to guard for more than ten days.

As long as Le Jin arrives with his troops, the opponent will definitely not be able to attack the city with all his strength, and reinforcements from Shouchun or Runan will be able to rush over.

To be honest, if Sun Quan led the army here, even if he had a hundred thousand troops, Zhang Liao might have the courage to lead the cavalry to charge directly there, but after seeing Zhuge Liang's army formation, he did not dare to act rashly.

Zhuge Liang came here this time with full preparations. First, [-] infantry lined up against Chaohu Lake, which could be defended with the help of long-range weapons on the navy warships; It can be used for long-range attacks and can be used to block cavalry charges; finally, among the [-] soldiers in formation, there are [-] crossbowmen, all holding strong bows and crossbows, and the infantry behind them form a phalanx of spears.

Zhang Liao didn't dare to charge directly into the assembled infantry phalanx, because his ten thousand cavalry were not heavy cavalry. Under such a fierce long-range attack, they would definitely suffer heavy losses, and the opponent even had a cavalry. Banner, the commander of the white horse and silver helmet should be Zhao Yun.

Although Zhang Liao had never fought against Zhao Yun, he was very familiar with the generals who belonged to Liu Bei, because when Zhang Liao was under Lu Bu's command, he often dealt with Liu Bei.

At that time, Lu Bu and Liu Bei still had a honeymoon period. Liu Bei once took in Lu Bu, who was desperate. Later, Lu Bu attacked Liu Bei's Xuzhou, and once rescued Liu Bei by shooting a halberd at the gate. The two families fought from time to time. Zhang Liao also saw it Liu Bei's fierce generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are very powerful.

Later, Zhao Yun left Gongsun Zan and went to Liu Bei. With Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's ability and temperament, if he could treat Zhao Yun as a brother, then Zhao Yun's ability will definitely not be inferior to them.When Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought in Runan, Zhao Yun showed great power, fought Xu Chu vigorously, shot Gao Lan, defeated Zhang He in [-] rounds, and protected Liu Bei from the siege.

Therefore, Zhang Liao knew Zhao Yun's martial arts very well, and he also knew that Zhao Yun had commanded the White Horse Yi Cong when he was under Gongsun Zan, and he was a general who was good at leading cavalry in battle.

Zhang Liao didn't dare to charge forward, so he sent Le Jin to rescue Wancheng, and at the same time sent someone to report to Li Dian in Hefei, asking him to guard the city and guard against the enemy's sneak attack.

As soon as Le Jin led his troops halfway, he met Cao Bing who had escaped from Wancheng. He learned that Wancheng was lost, and Zhu Guang was also killed. The opponent had at least [-] troops, and his [-] cavalry went there. It's useless, so I have to come back again.

Zhang Liao was taken aback, why did he lose Wancheng so quickly!Once Wancheng is lost, the Lujiang River will be over, and the Jingzhou army over there may come to join Zhuge Liang and attack Hefei together.

Hefei was safe from accidents, so Zhang Liao led his troops back to Hefei and made preparations to defend the city. At the same time, he ordered people to rush to Hanzhong at night to report to Cao Cao and ask for help.Because Cao Cao left too few troops in Huainan, if Huainan is lost, the whole situation will be broken.

Seeing that Zhang Liao had retreated, Zhuge Liang smiled and said to Zhao Yun, "It must be that General Gan has captured Wancheng, and Zhang Liao has returned to defend Hefei. Cao Cao will surely get the news soon, and maybe he will withdraw his troops from Hanzhong to rescue him. Hefei."

Zhao Yun said: "Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, and it is the only way out from Yizhou to Guanlong. After taking Yizhou, the lord will definitely look for opportunities to attack Hanzhong, which can not only ensure the safety of Yizhou, but also threaten Cao Cao. Guanzhong and Liangzhou. At that time, Cao Cao will not be able to take care of both things, and we will take the initiative even more."

Zhuge Liang said: "Zilong is right, that's why my lord told us to take action to force Cao Cao to withdraw the main force from Hanzhong. Although Jiameng Pass can also be exhausted with Cao Cao, if the loss of troops is too large, take Hanzhong. It's a little more difficult."

(End of this chapter)