After Liu Xun led the army, he did not rush to Jiangling. Stopped when I walked to Maicheng. Maicheng is a sub-county of Xiangyang County. It is not a big place. It is indeed the only way to Jiangling and Jiangxia.
Liu Xun believed that the enemy had a fierce general Gan Ning, and he should not attack rashly, so he stopped in Maicheng. Liu Xun recruited all the generals and advisers, and held a military meeting in the Great Account of the Chinese Army to listen to everyone's opinions.
"I think our army should go straight to Jiangling and attack Zhang Xian with Liu Biao. The enemy will lose," Wei Yan said loudly, very determined. Wei Yan participated in the war for the first time since turning to Liu Bei, so he was eager to make meritorious service.
"General Wei's words are extremely true," Zhang Fei said. "Although our army has fewer numbers than Zhang Xian's army, its combat effectiveness is very strong. There is no need to be afraid of them." Zhang Fei is very confident, Zhang Xian and others are not in his eyes at all.
"If our army rushes out rashly, even if it wins, it will still be a tragic victory. The gain is not worth the loss. It has to find a perfect solution." Zhao Yun considered the problem more comprehensively. Indeed, if you fight against Zhang Xian, the army will surely lose most of it, and the consequences will be disastrous when a powerful enemy comes to attack.
After Liu Xun heard Zhao Yun's opinion, he nodded frequently, saying this to Liu Xun's heart. Since being appointed as the chief general by his father, Liu Xun has been thinking about how to defeat the enemy at the least cost. Liu Xun also thought about driving the army directly to Jiangling, and attacking the enemy back and forth with Liu Biaojun, so that Zhang Xian would lose. However, the Jiangling army is now in charge of Cai Wei, who has always been hostile to our army. Moreover, Cai Wei is narrow-minded and never puts the overall situation in mind. Liu Xun worried that Cai Hao would not sincerely cooperate with our army. If Cai Hao messes around behind his back, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Liu Xun thought hard, and finally thought of a clever plan.
"General Zhao is right. We must defeat Zhang Xian and build our prestige in Jingzhou, but also preserve our strength. Instead of entangled with the enemy, we should go straight to Jiangxia. Zhang Xian's army is in Jiangling, so there must be very few soldiers defending the city. Zhang Xian After hearing the news, he will definitely return to the division for rescue. Zhang Xian will inevitably pass Longquan Mountain when he returns to Jiang Xia. Longquan Mountain is steep and densely covered with jungles. Our army can set up an ambush on Longquan Mountain and will surely wipe out the enemy. What do you think?" Liu Xun explained his own methods of warfare, and wanted to hear if anyone else had a better method.
"The general's method is very appropriate"
"Now the death date of the traitor Zhang Xian is coming, hahaha..."
"The general is such a strange man, he can come up with such a wonderful plan."
"The general is worthy of being a young hero"
Everyone talked about Liu Xun's method and admired Liu Xun even more.
After making up his mind, Liu Xun ordered the three armies to pull out the camp and attack Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia is guarded by Zhang Ze, Zhang Xian's son. Seeing Liu Xun's aggressive approach, Zhang Ze was so frightened that his legs were weak and he didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly sent troops to ask Zhang Xian for help. Zhang Xian was shocked after receiving the news and wanted to return to the teacher for rescue.
However, he was stopped by Gan Ning. Gan Ning said: "Liu Xun has 30,000 troops but is not in a hurry to attack the city. The purpose is to lure our army back to help, so that they can wait for work and defeat our army."
"In case Jiangxia is occupied and Jiangling cannot be attacked for a long time, and our army loses the city, wouldn't the army be upset?" Zhang Xian asked anxiously.
"Don't be afraid of the lord, Liu Xun is just a yellow-haired kid. Give me 10,000 cavalry, and I will definitely defeat Liu Xun and solve the siege of Jiangxia." Gan Ning said confidently, not putting Liu Xun in his eyes at all.
"Well, if you can successfully repel the enemy army, I will definitely show that the court will grant you an official title to you," Zhang Xian was overjoyed.
After Gan Ning took the order, he led ten thousand cavalry back to Jiangxia.
Liu Xun didn't expect the enemy's reinforcements to come so quickly, before they had time to ambush, Gan Ning arrived.
I thought that Zhang Xian's slow retreat from Jiangling would take three to five days, but I didn't expect it. Only, Gan Ning led a cavalry to help, and arrived in half a day. Liu Xun realized that the enemy was not so easy to deal with.
Gan Ning led the army into Jiangxia City, not in a hurry to fight, but to avoid the battle. When Jiang Xia soldiers saw Gan Ning's arrival, their morale was greatly boosted.
Only by fighting a tough battle and annihilating the Ganning Army can Zhang Xian be forced to return for help. On the one hand, Liu Xun sent people to Jiangling to tell Liu Biao that he was fighting Jiangxia, and Zhang Xian would retreat soon to increase Liu Biao’s confidence in holding on; on the other hand, he prepared the army and waited for the arrival of the war.
Three days later, the gate of Jiangxia City opened wide, and Gan Ning led 10,000 cavalry to come and call for battle. Liu Xun personally led the Xiaoqi Camp and the White-eared Cavalry to fight, Wei Yan and Guan Yu accompanied, and Zhao Yun guarded the camp.
Seeing Liu Xun's arrival, Gan Ning yelled, "Yellow-haired boy, dare to offend my city."
Liu Xun sternly shouted: "Zhang Xian is a person who betrays his master and seeks glory. If you don't realize it, you will be ruined."
After hearing this, Gan Ning was ashamed and said: "Everyone is his master, and I am only loyal to my lord."
Liu Xun asked loudly: "Catch this rebel, reward ten gold, who dares to go."
Wei Yanying said: "I will be willing to go in the end."
Guan Yu saw Wei Yan's meritocracy, so he didn't compete with Wei Yan for merit.
Wei Yan's weapon was a double star knife, about the same size as Guan Yu's Yanyue knife.
When Gan Ning saw Wei Yan approaching to challenge, a big halberd stabbed Wei Yan head-on with the strong wind. Wei Yan quickly reined his horse to dodge, yelled, and slashed at Gan Ning. Seeing that Wei Yan was coming very ferociously, Gan Ning leaned to the left to avoid it, and stabled up with the Spike Halberd.
Wei Yan used the knife to move to the next gear, and the weapons creaked. The two are really unparalleled fierce fighters, and they all meet their opponents. Wei Yan thought to himself, this Ganning reaction is so fast, and with such great strength, it is really difficult to deal with.
Gan Ning saw that Wei Yan was not an idle person, and also became cautious, for fear that a flaw would be revealed and he would die.
Seeing the two men fighting so wonderfully, the soldiers on both sides applauded in unison, shouting loudly.
Wei Yan thought to himself, this was my first battle with Liu Beijun. If I didn't win, it would be too shameful. Wei Yan shouted and attacked.
Gan Ning saw the move, you hit me to block, and fought for dozens of rounds. Seeing that Wei Yan was very impatient, Gan Ning was overjoyed when he saw that Wei Yan was on the offense but not defending. He knew that there was a bargain to pick up. Suddenly, Gan Ning turned behind Wei Yan, with a "spiritual snake strike", rushing to Wei Yanhou's heart.
When Liu Xun saw it, he was worried to death, and shouted: "Not good..."
After all, Wei Yan is not a person waiting to be idle. He has gone through many battles and has rich experience. Hearing the sound of the halberd whistling behind him, Wei Yan grabbed the handle of the halberd with a backhand. Gan Ning finally broke free.
Seeing that Gan Ning was unusually brave, Liu Xun wanted to use Gan Ning for his own use. Liu Xun was worried that the two generals would be injured in this way, so he ordered Mingjin to retreat.
Wei Yan was fighting vigorously and suddenly heard the sound of gold ringing, and he was very dissatisfied, but the military order was hard to violate, and he sold a flaw and ran away.
Gan Ning did not chase, and returned to Jiangxia City.
Wei Yan arrived at the camp and complained: "General, why did you suddenly retreat?"
Everyone laughed when they heard it.
Liu Xun patted Wei Yan on the shoulder, and comforted: "You are all fierce generals. It's a shame that you will be injured if you continue to fight like this. However, if you win honor for our army today, you still count as your first merit."
Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard it, and immediately kowtow to thank you.
Liu Xun made up his mind to capture Gan Ning for his own use. Can Liu Xun get his wish