Chapter 169: Liu Bei has already won the hearts of the world
"General, the enemy soldiers are coming."
When the scouts saw Gan Ning catching up with Li Dian, they hurried back to report to Xia Houyuan.
"How is that possible? Aren't the enemy soldiers afraid of our ambush? Where is Li Mancheng?"
Xia Houyuan couldn't believe it. Guo Jia had set up a plan to mislead the enemy and asked Li Dian to ride alone to stop the enemy. How could the enemy dare to pursue him?
Even if they dare to chase, they can't chase so fast, at least they have to wait until they detect that there is actually no ambush.
The scout told Xia Houyuan what he saw.
"General, do we want to rescue Li Mancheng?" the military commander next to Xia Houyuan asked.
Xia Houyuan hesitated for a moment and said: "The fact that the enemy general dares to chase him on his own means that his troops must be following closely behind him, and maybe Liu Bei's army has arrived. Li Mancheng can easily escape on his own, and the enemy general is not Zhang Fei, so he must be fine. Send the order."
Strengthen your defenses with troops and horses, and don't let the enemy attack you again."
He thought that if Gan Ning dared to pursue him alone, there must be a large army following him, and he also thought that Li Dian would definitely be able to escape by himself, so he did not send anyone to rescue him.
They just asked the soldiers and horses to be on guard against another enemy attack, and at the same time sent people to report to Cao Cao. They also asked the scouts to pay more attention to the distance of the pursuing troops and report at any time.
When Cao Cao received the report, he was as shocked as Guo Jia.
"The enemy general actually pursued Mancheng on a single horse, and chased him two or three miles away? Where are the enemy soldiers? Are they following closely?" Cao Cao also couldn't believe it and asked quickly.
"There is only one enemy general, and there are no soldiers and horses following him." the scout replied.
"Did they discover that the ambush was fake?"
Cao Cao said and shook his head again, obviously thinking it was impossible. It was impossible for the enemy general to discover that the ambush was fake in such a short time.
"Maybe... the enemy general is not afraid of an ambush." Guo Jia thought for a while and said.
"Is the general chasing you Zhang Fei?" Cao Cao asked anxiously.
In his opinion, among the enemy generals, only Zhang Fei should have such courage.
"However, Zhang Fei was ambushed by me once before and his troops were severely damaged. He shouldn't be so bold this time." Cao Cao seemed to be talking to himself.
"The enemy general who is chasing me is not Zhang Fei. I heard that he is a man named Gan Ning, who always has two bodies on his back." The scout replied.
Cao Cao had heard about Gan Ning, and he was particularly concerned about such a fierce general, but he only heard that Gan Ning ran back to Jingzhou from Yizhou and lived in Nanyang, and was not used by Liu Biao.
He knew a little about Gan Ning's character, but he didn't know much about force.
"Gan Ning is far away in Nanyang. How did Liu Xuande get help from this man? Is it possible that he has won the hearts of the people so much that people come all the way to join him?"
Cao Cao's heart sank, and he felt that Liu Bei was getting more and more terrible. If he didn't get rid of him, he would definitely be a nightmare for him in the future.
"Ming Gong is worried too much," Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's worries and smiled slightly, "Gan Ning can help Liu Bei. He didn't come to vote voluntarily. He should have been persuaded by Zhou Wen'an when he went to Jingzhou."
Cao Cao then remembered that Zhou Ping had gone to Jingzhou to ask Liu Biao for help. He nodded and said: "Well, hahaha... I thought Liu Bei was so famous that people from all over the world came to join him voluntarily! That's not the case, Gu.
But there is no need to worry, it’s just that Zhou Wen’an is able to recognize the world’s wise men and heroes, and he is also eloquent, so he has recruited many heroes for Liu Xuande. If this continues, it will eventually be a big problem!”
"I should have gone to Feng County to look for him in person at the beginning, but now he has been obtained by Liu Xuande. What a shame!" Cao Cao sighed again.
"Don't worry, sir. Although Zhou Wen'an is wise, he has the emperor's order, and all the people in the world look up to him and worship him. When the troops return to protect Xu Du and the emperor, we will make careful plans to destroy Liu Bei first and then bring peace to the world." Guo
Jia comforted.
Cao Cao looked solemn and said leisurely: "I wonder what happened to Li Mancheng?"
At this time, another scout came to report: "Report to the general, Li Dian fought with the enemy general and died in the battle."
Cao Cao didn't seem surprised when he heard the news.
He knew how powerful Li Dian was in terms of force. When encountering a person like Gan Ning, he would definitely be in danger if he did not run away but stayed to fight the enemy.
"If Gu Ruo uses Gong Ming, he might be able to kill Gan Ning. But if we want to retreat in a hurry now, I'm afraid it will be difficult."
The fake ambush plan failed. Cao Cao had no better way now, and he couldn't leave in a hurry. He could only lead his troops and horses to move slowly as usual, retreating while guarding against pursuers, and only walked more than ten miles a day.
Gan Ning took Li Dian's horse and immediately carried Li Dian's body back to the soldiers.
"Sima is indeed very brave. He accomplished great feats by killing the enemy generals. It's a pity that there are no ambushes on both sides. Those flags are all fake, just to scare people."
When the military lord saw Gan Ning coming back, he said with great joy.
He had already sent people to inspect both sides of the road, and found that there was not even a shadow of an enemy soldier, only a few flags planted in the grass.
Gan Ning laughed and said: "It turned out to be a trick of doubting the soldiers, hahaha... Brothers, fortunately we are chasing you. If we were frightened by a few flags and a weak general and dared not move forward, wouldn't we be laughed to death by others, and we would still do it in the future?"
How to go into battle and kill the enemy. Listen carefully. Next time we catch up with the enemy soldiers, we have to kill them longer and cut off more enemy soldiers' heads and come back to the lord to claim the merit."
It is indeed quite dangerous. If they dare not pursue him and later find out that Cao Cao is just putting up a few false flags, his reputation will be ruined.
The military princes and other soldiers could not help but admire Gan Ning even more, and were glad that they were following a brave Sima.
Chen Dao received the news and rushed there with his troops. He was relieved to hear that Cao Cao was just assuming an ambush.
Hearing that there was an ambush, Gan Ning led his troops forward again, saying that he wanted to deliberately lure the enemy into an ambush, and asked Chen Dao, Li Jia and others to lead the troops to cover up the attack from behind, a strategy of mantis stalking cicadas and oriole behind.
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I was originally worried about Gan Ning's safety, but now I saw that Gan Ning was not only safe and sound, but also looked proud because he was not afraid of ambushes, showed his courage, and killed an enemy general at the same time.
"Uncle, next time I attack the enemy, I will kill more enemy soldiers. Don't worry about me, and don't rush to come for reinforcements. The enemy soldiers are now like frightened birds. Removing their heads is as easy as picking out objects from a bag. We will be rewarded for our merits.
, I’ll share some with you then.”
After this incident, Gan Ning paid even less attention to the enemy soldiers.
"Xing Ba, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. You must ask your lord for permission." Chen Dao quickly advised.
"Haha, we are risking our lives to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds. How could the lord disagree?" After Gan Ning said this, he immediately walked away, not wanting to listen to Chen Dao's advice again.
Chen Dao was helpless and knew that it would be difficult for him to convince Gan Ning, so he had to send someone to report to Liu Bei and Zhou Ping.
Gan Ning had Li Dian's body delivered to Liu Bei to prove his merit.
Liu Bei asked the captured enemy soldiers to identify them.
"This is Li Dian, Li Mancheng." The captive soldier recognized Li Dian.
"Sir, do you know this person?"
Liu Bei asked Zhou Ping, who knew everyone in the world.
Zhou Ping nodded slightly and said: "Li Dian is a giant savage from Shanyang in Yanzhou. He is rarely good at studying and has mediocre martial arts. I didn't expect Cao Cao to ask him to stop the pursuing troops. From this point of view, Cao Cao has no brave generals in his army."
Liu Bei didn't expect that Zhou Ping could even know such an unknown general. He couldn't help but be secretly shocked, wondering how Zhou Ping could know everyone in the world.
"How do you know this person, sir?" Liu Bei couldn't help asking, trying to clear up his doubts.
Zhou Ping just smiled and didn't answer.
Although Liu Bei was full of expectations, seeing that Zhou Ping didn't want to answer, he couldn't ask any more questions, so he had to mention Gan Ning's incident.
"Gan Xingba wants to attack the enemy and fight for a long time, but he is afraid that he will be surrounded by the enemy and find it difficult to escape!"
"Cao Cao's assumption of an ambush shows that he is just eager to retreat and does not want to fight with us. Gan Xing is so bold and brave that it is okay for him to fight the enemy for a long time. As long as he can hold Cao Cao back, he will wait for General Guan to lead his troops to stop him.
On the way forward, if we attack from both sides, we may be able to kill Cao Cao."
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"Brother, let me also attack the enemy."
When Zhang Fei heard about Gan Ning's pursuit of the enemy on horseback, he was very dissatisfied and wanted to compete with Gan Ning to show his courage.
Zhou Ping smiled and said: "General Zhang, attacking the enemy is just a small fight. When General Guan blocks Cao Cao's path, then we will attack from both front and rear. That will be a big battle. Then you will have a chance to kill the enemy. Don't fight for this moment."
achievement."
"Hahaha... Then I won't fight." Zhang Fei heard that there would be a big war, so he stopped fighting such a small battle.
