Not far to the south of Duyang is Bowang Slope, and Bowang Slope along the Qishui River to the south is Wancheng.
As for Wancheng, it is now regarded as the Huang family's territory.
Although the Huang family controls the territory of Wancheng, it still has not been officially recognized by the local government or the court, but there is not much difference in the actual management of the Huang family. For a long time, Wancheng has been an important link between Liu Biao and Cao Cao.
The place where supplies are purchased is densely populated with businesses, so he is quite well-informed about information from relevant departments.
Not long after Liu Biao made his decision, Huang Chengyan of Wancheng received the news.
Normally, Huang Chengyan still cares about the face of his in-laws. After all, he and Liu Biao are both married to women of the Cai family, so they are somewhat related. Therefore, generally speaking, Huang Chengyan does not object to Liu Biao's decisions in most cases.
Yes, but this time is different.
His daughter and son-in-law, no matter how close they are or how far they are, are naturally more important than Liu Biao. Huang Chengyan is not so old that he is stupid and has his elbows hanging out. Therefore, when he heard Liu Biao's decision, he felt that Liu Biao seemed a little distracted...
Did Liu Biao not take any medicine recently, or did he take too much medicine?
However, directly asking Liu Biao to argue was basically ineffective. Huang Chengyan immediately found Pang Shanmin. After the two people discussed it, they decided to send troops to Duyang first and take the people to Wancheng regardless of Liu Biao's lack of face.
Say it again.
As for Liu Biao's problem, we will talk about it later. After all, Liu Biao's health is not good now, and many things have variables. Although Liu Biao has repeatedly tried to cover up, the problem is still a problem, and no matter how much he conceals it, it will not have much effect.
Now from Xiangyang to Yingchuan, the whole situation is very delicate.
Liu Biao and Cao Cao formed an alliance when they joined forces to fight Yuan Shu, and they have not said that they will dissolve the alliance until now. Therefore, in a sense, they are still allies. They have opened communication ports to each other, and the default separation area between Liu Biao and Cao Cao is
It's the Runan area.
Wenpin was in Xiangyang, and Gan Ning was in Duyang. They controlled the north and south directions of Wancheng one after another, and also built two lines of defense against Cao Cao. Liu Biao thought that this would be foolproof, but what was the actual situation? In fact,
It was not as good as Liu Biao imagined.
The most important issue is the number of soldiers. Liu Biao used Wenpin or Gan Ning to check and balance with Cai Mao. Since it was a check and balance, it meant that Cai Mao's original weight was too great, so even if Wenpin and Gan Ning were the commanders of the army,
, still cannot deduct the superior number of soldiers from Cai Mao. After all, it is impossible for Liu Biao to fall out with the Cai family, so it has continued like this.
The maximum number of civil servants is about 5,000. As an outsider, Gan Ning has only three or four thousand soldiers. If some auxiliary soldiers are deducted, the number of soldiers will be even less. This is also the number of soldiers from Duyang to the Huang family.
As we were approaching Duyang, we suddenly discovered a major reason.
The leader of the Huang family's troops is naturally still the Huang family. Of course, it cannot be Huang Chengyan. After all, Huang Chengyan is not young anymore, has old arms and legs, and has never practiced martial arts. Of course he is not suitable for the battlefield, so it is Huang Chengyan who comes.
Loyalty.
Huang Zhong has obviously been doing better in the past two years than in history, both in terms of financial pressure and living conditions. Therefore, although he is now in his early forties, he is still at his peak.
When he led his men and horses to rush to Duyang City overnight, although his appearance was stained with a lot of dust, he didn't look tired.
Kaicheng! Release the people! Huang Zhong shouted at the city gate, Gan Ning Gan will lead the hegemony! Don’t make mistakes!
Gan Ning naturally had no time to come and answer. Huang Zhong also just made a gesture, glanced at the rising black smoke in the city, and ordered his soldiers to prepare to attack the city immediately.
Although the Jingzhou soldiers on the top of Duyang City were a little panicked, most of them felt that Huang Zhong and others could not pose much of an immediate threat. After all, there were thick city gates across the city wall and moat, so they sent people to
He notified Gan Ning and stepped up his efforts to intercept Zhu Ling.
Most of the archers in the city were mobilized to the east gate under Zhang Yun's order. Only a small number were left at the west gate, and they had to intercept Zhu Ling, so they couldn't attack Huang Zhong's men at all.
How much threat it caused, Huang Zhong's men quickly nailed the materials they brought to one place, built two or three ladders, and laid them flat on the moat. Then several soldiers held shields and went to Duyang Xicheng.
Touch the door...
If these Jingzhou soldiers are given another chance to choose, these Jingzhou soldiers will definitely focus all their attention on Huang Zhong and others. But unfortunately, these Jingzhou soldiers under Gan Ning are basically ignored by Zhu Ling.
Lie and others had all their attention, and not many people paid any attention to what Huang Zhong's men had done.
Several of Huang Zhong's men barely received any attacks. They held up their shields and half-bent down. They climbed unsteadily but not slowly across the horizontal ladder, and then slipped under the west city gate along the base of the city wall.
After a while, several of Huang Zhong's men ran out of the West City Gate with a roar, as if their buttocks were on fire, and then ran to both sides along the base of the wall...
When the Jingzhou soldiers on top of the city gate saw such a situation, they were a little dazed. What happened? Before this thought lingered in their minds for a long time, they heard a loud explosion, and the entire Duyangxi City Gate seemed to be in place.
Jumped up! The pillars of the city gate tower seemed to be creaking and trembling, and dust and tiles fell down amidst the loud noise! The choking smoke rose along the city gate hole!
Huang Zhong stared at the west city gate with thick smoke rising, and frowned slightly.
Although the momentum was huge, the effect was relatively average. The city gate was not torn apart in the explosion, and most of it was still intact. However, a half-person-high hole was blasted at the explosion point below...
The gunpowder formula of Fei Qian was also developed in Huang Yueying's private workshop, and Huang Chengyan naturally had it here, but the same ratio obviously did not achieve as strong an effect as described in the letter.
Although the city gate was not exploded at once, the sudden loud noise and strong fireworks made the Jingzhou soldiers defending at the west city gate so frightened that they almost became incontinent. Especially the Jingzhou soldiers near the city gate cave were plunged into a huge trap.
Amidst the panic and disorder, many people either froze on the spot stupidly, or left the formation without thinking and just ran away to avoid...
Human beings have some innate fear of unknown things, and the relatively small space of the city gate will undoubtedly amplify the impact of sound and fire!
Unlike the Jingzhou soldiers who were almost frightened to death, whether it was Zhang Lie, Zhu Ling, or the cavalrymen and horses under them, they all had an indescribable sense of familiarity with such a loud noise. After hearing such a huge noise
, just stunned for a few seconds, and then burst into even louder cheers, and the whole momentum went straight up two or three steps in vain!
The general is here!
The hussars are coming!
Many of the soldiers under Zhang Lie and Zhu Ling couldn't help cheering, and charged forward regardless. However, the Jingzhou soldiers who were originally blocked at the west city gate lost their formation and fighting spirit. Almost in the blink of an eye, they were like Xia Xia.
The ice and snow under the scorching sun quickly collapsed and melted, and was immediately broken through!
Although the city gate bolt has been twisted and deformed, it can still be pulled open!
Zhu Ling, who rushed to the city gate, also led others to destroy the mechanical links of the suspension bridge. The suspension bridge was quickly smashed down and fell onto the city moat, making a huge creaking sound!
Everyone cheered, and like a tiger that had escaped from trouble, they quickly walked along the west city gate that was still filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and rushed straight to the outside of Duyang City!
With the help of his guards, Zhang Lie wrapped up his wounds and fought back.
But Gan Ning still persisted and refused to give up easily. He chased and pestered Zhang Lie, just like Party B who couldn't get the money and refused to let Zhang Lie go no matter what.
Zhu Ling, who had already rushed out of the city first, saw that it was not the real hussar general who came to help, but he knew that it was the Huang family's men, and he felt a little more at ease. After all, they were the lord's relatives, so he could give up half of them.
Heart.
But when he turned around and looked through the open city gate, Zhu Ling saw that Zhang Lie was still tightly entangled by Gan Ning and could not escape. His face changed and he was about to lead his people back to rescue Zhang Lie immediately, but he was stopped by someone on the side.
Huang Zhong held on.
Stop for a moment and let someone come...
Huang Zhong took the arrow and opened the bow steadily.
Huang Zhong used an infantry bow, which was relatively long and thicker than an ordinary bow. Standing aside, Zhu Ling could even hear the squeaking sound of the bowstring when the bow was fired.
Gan Xingba!
Huang Zhong exhaled loudly, and the moment the arrow left the string, he also shouted loudly!
All I saw was that the bowstring suddenly bounced back to its original position and trembled, and the long arrow on the bowstring seemed to have suddenly disappeared. When I turned around to chase the trace of the long arrow in the air, I felt like I couldn't follow it no matter how hard I looked.
Feeling good!
Gan Ning was a little angry. After all, the pass he was stationed in was penetrated from front to back. Although there was a reason for it, it was hard to say, so he thought about leaving Zhang Lie in front of him. At least it was an explanation. As a result,
When he was clinging to Zhang Lie, he suddenly felt a chill all over his body, as if he was being stared at by a wild beast. He suddenly became excited, and then heard someone calling his name vaguely. When he raised his head, he saw something.
The starburst is like a shooting star from the sky hitting sideways in front of you!
Almost subconsciously, Gan Ning blocked the back of the sword in front of him with the broad and thick sword blade!
clang!
It was obviously just an arrow, but the sound it made when it hit Gan Ning's sword was almost the same as the sound of an ordinary sword or gun hitting him! The powerful impact even caused the entire blade of the sword to swing backwards, almost hitting Gan Ning's nose!
The sound of the first arrow lingered, and the second arrow shot through the air again!
Gan Ning didn't have time to check whether his sword had been damaged again in such a collision. He saw that the second arrow flashed past like a meteor in such a short period of time, seemingly in chaos and disorder.
Among the crowd, an absolutely still straight line was drawn!
Gan Ning glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that the gap on the left seemed to be relatively loose. Without thinking too much, he rolled over in an attempt to avoid this straight line shining with cold light. However, after making the evasive movement, he suddenly realized that this arrow was actually
It was a prediction of my avoidance behavior! It seemed like I took the initiative to meet him!
An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.
Gan Ning was also a good archer, but when faced with Huang Zhong's archery skills, he still had to submit.
It is not too difficult to hit a fixed target. Even ordinary soldiers can basically hit the target after three to five months of training. However, it is not that easy to hit a moving target or even predict it in advance.
Already.
In fact, Huang Zhong's archery skills were attributed to his son's illness.
At that time, Huang Zhong's son was weak and coughed a lot. If he couldn't keep up with his nutrition, he was afraid that he would go to hell immediately! As a last resort, Huang Zhong had to go up to the mountains to hunt every two days, and for more alert prey, he had to walk through the lush forest.
The basic requirement is to kill branches and shrubs with one hit, otherwise you will not be able to provide your son with sufficient nutrition...
It can be said that Huang Zhong's archery skills were forced to prolong his son's life, so they are naturally sharper than ordinary people.
The color drained from Gan Ning's face!
It was too late to dodge again, or was blocked by the horizontal sword. At the critical moment, Gan Ning could only follow the momentum of the side attack and violently pulled an unlucky guy who happened to be near the arrow's path...
The unlucky man was pulled by Gan Ning and his body tilted.
Phew!
It was like a skin bag filled with blood that had been punctured and burst open!
The blood-stained arrow shaft was like a trapped ferocious beast. After it penetrated the body and tore out a large amount of flesh and blood, You was unwilling to break free. In the next moment, most of it was saved.
, Fortunately, the unlucky ghost was pulled by Gan Ning, lost his center of gravity, and was hit by Huang Zhong's heavy arrow. The whole person fell down, and the arrow also deviated from the original direction, otherwise the arrow would have penetrated the body.
, maybe it will get stuck on Gan Ning.
The third arrow!
It roars in with the breath of death, as if it can freeze all human blood!
Not to mention that the sword has been dropped to the side, even if it is in the hand, it may not be possible to accurately find the direction of the arrow and block it while lying on the ground like this!
Gan Ning howled for a while and picked up a slightly incomplete shield that someone had dropped on the ground. He didn't care that the shield blocked his head and face but couldn't cover his butt. In any case, it was better than picking up Huang directly with his body.
Zhong’s heavy arrow is better!
clang!
The next second, Huang Zhong's arrow arrived!
However, this arrow did not hit Gan Ning's body. Instead, it hit Gan Ning's dropped Huanshou knife. The sharp arrow pierced through the paper easily.
The copper bell on the blade nailed it to the ground!
Gan Ning slowly moved his shield away, and through the city gate hole, he saw Huang Zhong on the back of the moat horse, with an uncertain face.
Zhang Lie had already taken advantage of this gap to rush across the suspension bridge with the last group of troops...
Huang Zhong nodded slightly towards Gan Ning, then put away his long bow, suppressed the rear formation, and slowly retreated. After all, Huang Zhong only came to save people, and did not want to start a war with Liu Biao of Jingzhou immediately.
On the blood-stained street, Zhang Yun and his soldiers ran over panting. Seeing this, he couldn't help shouting: No! Hurry up and catch up! We can't let them run away!
Gan Ning looked at the ground blankly. At this time, Gan Ning realized that Huang Zhong should actually hold back. The bell nailed to the ground on the sword seemed to indicate that if Huang Zhong really wanted to shoot
Kill Gan Ning, then Gan Ning may be nailed to the ground like this bell...
Zhang Yun was still croaking.
Gan Ning stretched out his leg and raised his sword from the ground. He looked at the bronze bell that had been shot down, then looked at the damage and gaps on the sword, and then glanced at Zhang Yun: I have not received the military order from the envoy.
You can't leave without permission! If General Zhang wants to pursue you, just do it of your own accord!
Zhang Yun was furious and was about to explode, but saw that Gan Ning had already turned around and walked away with a sullen face. He was so choked up that he immediately jumped to his feet and cursed after a while. Although he didn't say anything, he was determined in his heart.
I must explain my idea to Gan Ning properly in front of my uncle!
Anyway, this time, I had no fault at all, it was all Gan Ning’s fault!
