How could Liu Beijun, with Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang present, get into danger so stupidly?
After deciding on the policy of taking Wancheng first, their tactics became more flexible and changeable.
If they are still like before and only want to evacuate Jiangdong, then... Gan Ning's arrangement is stuck in their throats.
But everything is different now.
Gan Ning's current method of building the fortress is not bad, but he has given up his original advantages——
What are their advantages?
Just like before, how did Gan Ning ambush Chen Shi?
Isn't it because Chen Shi limited his retreat route because he had to go by water, so that the flexible Gan Ning could easily ambush them.
——Gan Ning has never been a general who is good at strategy. It is really difficult for him to think so much.
It's just that Yi Xiaotian, they really don't have much thought to worry about Gan Ning - again, Yi Xiaotian is not a god, and it is not easy to lay out such a plan that covers the overall situation based on the current information.
, if you want to dig into the details, you still need the people in each department to implement the plan to put in their best effort.
So...it wasn't that Gan Ning's choice was too bad, but that Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang made the opposite choice, which made Liu Bei's army risk his own life.
Since Wankou is not a necessary place to pass through - then the situation is completely reversed.
Gan Ning, who was holding on to the fortress, became their target.
At present, everything was as Pang Tong expected, Gan Ning's ambush arrived as expected.
But because he knew the terrain of Jiangdong very well, Pang Tong had already arranged for Chen and Wei Yan to divide their troops into two groups to intercept the valley where the opponent's ambush was located.
What you hit is to catch the opponent off guard.
Wei Yan's condition has recovered well.
Leading 3,000 soldiers and horses, facing an ambush of about 2,000 enemy troops, he swept away the previous gloom and simply killed these people into disgrace - the opponent was the navy. If it really came to a land battle, who could?
Can you fight against a top-level reckless man like Wei Yan?
On the other side, Chen Dao fought steadily, following the enemy's ambush route, and when he found out that the enemy was showing up, he shot the first bird, and struck out with thunder without hesitation, cutting off the opponent's main formation in the valley.
In less than an hour, the first contact between the two sides ended with Liu Beijun's victory.
Only then did Gan Ning realize that something was wrong - it turned out that the opponent's main force was the bait. It was not that the opponent had plunged into their trap, but that he had fallen into the enemy's trap.
But it's too late to regret.
"General Gan Ning! The situation is not good. The other party is clearly trying to attack us... We can no longer take care of the ambush. What should we do now..."
"No... we can't retreat! Once we retreat, we can't easily let our opponents cross the Wanhe River. It would be nonsense to pursue them after they cross the Wanhe River."
Gan Ning was a little panicked.
The opponent's cavalry came fiercely, and were about to attack the city -
The only flaw of the earthen fortress is that it is not a real city, so when faced with an assault by heavy cavalry, it is very likely to be directly overwhelmed by the opponent.
The worry between Wang Can's brows has solidified.
Seeing that Gan Ning was helpless, he planned to go directly to Wancheng to mobilize reinforcements - there were still many remaining garrison troops in Wancheng, firstly to guard against other retreat routes of the opponent, and secondly to prepare for reinforcements that were very likely to arrive from local enemies.
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But now the opponent's offensive is too fierce. If the defenders of Anhui City are not mobilized, they may not be able to survive the first day.
"General Gan! I'm going to Wancheng to mobilize troops. General Gan, please hold on!"
While he was talking, Wang Can had already hurried down the tower. Gan Ning heard that it was too late to stop Wang Can.
It's not like he hasn't thought about mobilizing Wancheng's army, but...
His intuition on the battlefield told him that if Wancheng's troops were temporarily mobilized, the enemy might take advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack on Wancheng...
Before Gan Ning could finish his thoughts, the current situation had changed rapidly.
The enemy's cavalry drove straight in, and actually killed them directly at the bottom of the city.
"No! Fire the arrow quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gan Ning heard the sound of breaking wind...
But this was not caused by arrows shot by his subordinates, but by the enemy's arrows that accurately hit the subordinates behind him——
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The first battle between Gan Ning and Liu Beijun was quite anxious.
On the one hand, the enemy's offensive was extremely fierce, and they were already at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Although their mission was not really to defeat the enemy, just to hold them back was enough to make them miserable.
On the other hand, what really made Gan Ning feel helpless was that his opponent's intentions were always unclear.
The sudden advance of the enemy cavalry caused Gan Ning to respond hastily. They came with great ferocity. Fortunately, it was the strength of the fortress and Gan Ning's personal fighting that prevented Wankou from being lost in the first place.
But after this initial battle, Gan Ning's losses had exceeded their imagination.
Out of an army of more than 10,000 people, only about 7,000 were left as evening approached.
Looking back at his opponent, apart from the initial ambush which barely dealt a blow to his opponent, in the melee outside the city, Gan Ning tried his best and was able to replace less than a thousand of his opponent's troops.
This is already a blessing among misfortunes.
Because the trouble is still to come.
The melee lasted for more than two hours, and the two sides fought from noon to evening. I thought that their opponent's momentum had been stalled by them, and today's battle was coming to an end. But despite Gan Ning's inertial thinking, the enemy
The move caught them off guard.
Yes, at the moment before the sun set, at the end of Gan Ning's and others' breath, under the leadership of Chen Dao and Wei Yan, the enemy launched the most ferocious offensive of the day.
The charge of 20,000 people once flooded Wankou——
Gan Ning even thought for a moment that they were doomed to defeat.
Fortunately it is…
"General! Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements from Wancheng are coming!"
Wankou is less than fifty miles away from Wancheng.
Finally, nearly two hours after Wang Can left, he led the vast defenders of Wancheng back.
Previously, he thought that Wancheng's defenders could not move, but when he saw Wang Can's defenders cutting into the battlefield from the flank, they instantly shared the huge defensive pressure. At this time, Gan Ning was actually a little lucky that he did not stop Wang Can.
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"fine…"
With the efforts of Gan Ning and Wang Can, the enemy's offensive was finally broken down, although they still paid a higher price - their opponents had rich experience in land warfare, so even though Gan Ning had the advantage of terrain and city defense,
But it still failed to cause damage to the opponent.
——They even used bombs, but their opponents seemed to have known for a long time that they would use bombs. Several times Gan Ning tried to use bombs to turn the tide of the battle, but his opponents were able to withstand them at the minimum cost.
The blow to Gan Ning was quite severe.
But when the enemy's offensive receded, Gan Ning, who had not yet had time to breathe a sigh of relief, felt a numbness in his heart due to the changes that followed.
In a place where he had not noticed at all, an army disappeared...
