The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Although some infantry were lost, they were able to defeat Ding Yuan's cavalry.It can already be said to be a great victory.

After all, these cavalry were the soldiers and horses that Ding Yuan relied on the most, without these cavalry, Ding Yuan would be nothing to worry about.

For this reason, Liu Zhen can also sit back and relax and attack Hanyang with peace of mind.

Chapter 777 Battle of Hanyang

Ding Yuan's cavalry retreated here, but Huang Zhong heaved a sigh of relief.

In the battle with Ding Yuan's cavalry, Huang Zhong's 4000-strong army also lost [-] to [-] people, which is not a big loss. With the cooperation of those war elephant troops, some of the remaining people continued to guard this Huarong Road channel.

The other ten thousand people marched eastward under the leadership of Huang Zhong to support Gan Ning.

This is Liu Zheng's order. Huang Zhong stopped Ding Yuan's reinforcements on Huarong Road. Once Ding Yuan's troops were attacked and Huang Zhong won a big victory, he would take the rest of the troops to join Gan Ning.

Work together to attack Hanyang.

Right now, Ding Yuan's troops were defeated by Huang Zhong. Although they failed to wipe out all Ding Yuan's troops, they had already severely injured Ding Yuan, making it much less likely that Ding Yuan would go to support Hanyang again.

Zhang Liao and Gan Ning, who were confronting each other outside Hanyang City at this time, did not know about the battle that took place on Huarong Road.

Gan Ning received Liu Zheng's order to besiege Hanyang, he did not need to take the initiative to attack, he only needed to block Zhang Liao.

And the Zu Lang army, who cooperated with him, went directly north through the Yangtze River system, intending to surprise Xiangyang.

After all, Zhang Liao's army in Hanyang was besieged, and if they wanted them to go out of the city to fight, they had to make Zhang Liao and others have some scruples.

Zhang Liao and others could indeed stay in the city forever.In this way, Gan Ning did not dare to attack rashly.

However, the same Liu Zheng army did not plan to directly attack Hanyang City, but planned to bypass Hanyang and surprise Xiangyang.

As a result, Gan Ning's troops turned from defense to offense, and Zhang Liao in Hanyang became anxious.

Sure enough, in the city of Hanyang, warships can be seen constantly passing by on the Yangtze River.

Huge dragon boats and dozens of small boats sailed slowly on the river.

Zhang Liao in Hanyang City saw these warships at a glance.

After seeing that the direction of these warships was Xiangyang, Zhang Liao's face darkened.

Looking at the boats, Zhang Liao continued to follow the current towards Xiangshui, and he understood what Gan Ning and the others were thinking.

Gan Ning had no intention of attacking Hanyang at all. His real goal was the navy, who went north to attack Xiangyang.

"Not good! Their goal is not us at all, but Xiangyang!"

After Zhang Liao thought of this, he did not act rashly. At this time, he also knew that he was in a passive position, because once he left the city, Gan Ning and the navy could turn back and annihilate his Hanyang.

Once Hanyang falls, Liu Zheng's troops can really restrict the entrance of Xiangyang, attack Xiangyang when entering, and guard Jiangxia when retreating.

"Did the general send someone over?"

Zhang Liao's face was gloomy. After pondering for a moment, he asked the lieutenant beside him.

"Report to the general, there is no news from Huarong, but we have received news that Mr. Liu Qi is leading an army of [-] to support us from Xiangyang!"

"Master Liu Qi brought people to Hanyang?"

When Zhang Liao heard the words of the lieutenant general, his face suddenly became better.

"Well, the news has just been sent. It is said that the person said that General Ding Yuan is also planning to bring people to support us. Now we just need to stick to Hanyang."

"No, we can't stick to Hanyang. We have to take the initiative to restrain Gan Ning outside the city, lest he escape. Calculate the time and see when Mr. Liu Qi's troops will arrive. We will leave the city early to deal with Gan Ning !"

The lieutenant general speculated about the time, and estimated that the people who wanted to come to Liu Qi would only need one or two hours to reach Hanyang.

After hearing the news, Zhang Liao became even more excited.

"Come here, pick some dead soldiers for me, I want to go out of the city to face those enemy troops!"

Zhang Liao wanted to become famous in one battle, and wanted to gain his fame on the Jingzhou battlefield, so naturally he couldn't hide in the city. Only when he went out of the city and fought with Gan Ning and the others, could Zhang Liao's reputation be greatly improved.

Zhang Liao's reputation has already opened up after repelling Yuan Shu on the Yuzhou battlefield. If he can still defeat Gan Ning, then the Jingzhou battlefield will gradually be dominated by Zhang Liao.

It didn't take long for Zhang Liao to gather a lot of men from Hanyang City. These men wanted to follow Zhang Liao out of the city to make military achievements, and they played the role of dead soldiers.

More than [-] people were carefully selected by Zhang Liao. After leading these people to the city gate, Zhang Liao gave the order to open the city gate.

"Open the city gate!"

Zhang Liao yelled loudly, giving the guards some confidence.

As the city gate rumbled open, Zhang Liao swung the broadsword in his hand. After the city gate opened wide, he rode a horse and led the two thousand dead soldiers behind him to kill first.

Although Zhang Liao only brought 2000 dead men out, it didn't mean that there were only Zhang Liao's [-] men here.

The rest of the people waited quietly in the city, waiting for Zhang Liao to gain the upper hand, and rushed out in one go, making Gan Ning's army outside the city desperate.

But at this time, the battle between the two sides had not yet started, and Zhang Liao didn't know whether he could win against Gan Ning.

The meaning of only taking 2000 people out of the city is also that in case of failure, these people in the city will not be completely defeated. Relying on the city wall, they can still hold on and wait for reinforcements.

When Zhang Liao came out of the city, the Gan Ning army stationed outside the city also immediately took action at this time.

For the past few days, Gan Ning has been stationed outside the city of Hanyang, basically doing nothing, because his goal is to besiege the city, and he deliberately let Zhang Liao know that he is only besieging and not attacking.

Even when Gan Ning was besieging the city, he didn't even bother to send people out to call for formation, so he just made a siege, hard siege.

The two sides were in a stalemate for several days, Gan Ning lay down on the fence, staring at the city in a daze.

Finally, the gate of Hanyang City opened, and Gan Ning, who had been looking forward to it, finally let Zhang Liao out.

As soon as the city gate moved, Gan Ning immediately rushed over excitedly, holding his own weapon and leading his men on horseback.

He and Zhang Liao's men confronted each other outside the city.

"Gan Ning's dog thief, retreated a few times, did not dare to attack, has no courage to be a bandit, let your grandpa Zhang Liao come and teach you a lesson today!"

Zhang Liao didn't lead anyone to charge directly, but rushed out by himself first, shouting at Gan Ning.

Gan Ning was worried and panicked when he saw Zhang Liao rushing out alone, he was not afraid, raised the big knife in his hand, and rushed out as well, intending to fight Zhang Liao.

Gan Ning itself had few soldiers, and compared with Zhang Liao in the city, he was at a disadvantage.

So fighting alone may be able to boost some morale.

Chapter 778 Gan Ning fights Zhang Liao

The two rushed over, and soon, they collided.

When Gan Ning was a water thief in his early years, the weapon he was good at using was an iron chain hook.

That kind of iron chain hook is used on water boats to hook other people's boats, so that they can use their strength to draw their own boats closer. It is very convenient.

But after Gan Ning joined Liu Zheng, some of the weapons used when he was a water thief were not so handy.

So Gan Ning also imitated Liu Zheng's generals and used long swords.

After all, a weapon like a long knife can be used to attack and block. On the battlefield, especially when riding on a horse, it is both offensive and defensive, and at the same time extremely lethal.

Gan Ning rushed to Zhang Liao's side, raised the saber to slash, holding the big saber with one hand, and slashed towards Zhang Liao.

Although Zhang Liao was young, he followed Lu Bu after all, and had learned some of Lu Bu's combat abilities, so how can he be mediocre.

Gan Ning slashed at him with his long saber, Zhang Liao's expression darkened, and he raised his own saber immediately.

The weapons of the two collided together at this moment, bursting out fierce sparks.

The horse passed by, but the two of them failed to succeed in one blow, so they separated and pulled back the reins of the horse.

Zhang Liao praised Gan Ning from afar.

"It is said that Gan Ning, the Jinfan thief, was a rare hero at that time, and his reputation is indeed well-deserved!"

"Hmph, what Jinfan thief, your grandfather Gan Ning, is now Major General Gan Ning under His Majesty Liu Zheng!"

Hearing Zhang Liao calling him by his previous name, Gan Ning seemed a little angry.

"Today, right under the city of Hanyang, I will show you Grandpa's abilities, so that you can know that Gan Ning, one of the Five Tiger Major Generals, is not easy to mess with!"

After finishing speaking, Gan Ning clamped his horse's belly again, held up a big knife, and shouted at the same time, building up his momentum, and rushed towards Zhang Liao.

"I, Zhang Liao, am not a newborn calf either, so let me quietly tell you how capable you, Major General of the Five Tigers, are."

The two charged at each other again, this time Zhang Liao struck first, and the long saber slashed along Gan Ning's head, Gan Ning's face froze, the long saber did not attack, but tilted his head, and then the long saber pierced Zhang Liao's head attack.

Gan Ning blocked Zhang Liao's saber, but Zhang Liao's saber was a false move, and then, as soon as he withdrew the ordinary saber, he slashed at Gan Ning again.

Gan Ning's expression didn't change, with a big knife in his hand, he didn't panic, and had enough confidence to fight Zhang Liao.

When the second slash came, Gan Ning turned sideways again to avoid Zhang Liao's slash.

Zhang Liao's face changed slightly after being swung away by Gan Ning twice in succession. He was obviously aware of Gan Ning's strength, his name, and the shadow of a tree. Gan Ning's ability to become a general under Liu Zheng step by step was naturally not achieved by bragging.

Instead, relying on its own strong strength, it was fought step by step.

"Good martial arts, eat me again!"

Zhang Liao snarled, this time with both hands holding the knife, the long knife was raised instantly, and then turned into an afterimage, the speed was too fast for people to see clearly, and it slashed straight at Gan Ning's front.

Gan Ning narrowed his eyes slightly, realizing the power of Zhang Liao's saber, he didn't dare to push it too far, he held the big saber with both hands, then lifted it up, and used the steel blade to forcefully catch Zhang Liao's saber.

It is very difficult to avoid a blow of such power if you want to rely on dodge. Only by receiving such a blow can you resist with the least cost.

When the sound.

Zhang Liao slashed at Gan Ning's handle.

There was a crisp sound, the force of the impact was great, and the sound was also loud, and the force was fed back, making Zhang Liao's arm numb from the shock.

But even though his arm was numb, Zhang Liao still did not withdraw the saber, but continued to exert strength, trying to compare Gan Ning with strength.

Gan Ning held the saber, firmly resisting Zhang Liao's long saber, and the two competed in this kind of strength contest.

But obviously Zhang Liao has the advantage from top to bottom, with the power bonus of inertia, yes Zhang Liao is more relaxed.

Feeling the pressure, Gan Ning's face became a bit more ugly, he gritted his teeth and tried his best to push back Zhang Liao's knife.

However, it was precisely because of this that Gan Ning was so annoyed by Zhang Liao's attacks. When Zhang Liao retracted his knife, he lifted his foot, and with the help of the stirrup, he jumped up and stood upright behind the horse. On the top, the backhand was a knife, and he fought back at Zhang Liao in a condescending posture.

Zhang Liao was taken aback, but he didn't expect Gan Ning to be so decisive.

With a slight change in his face, he still reacted. Da Dao, who wanted to take advantage of the victory, had to change direction and change to defend at this time.

Thrillingly blocking Gan Ning's knife, Zhang Liao slapped the horse, causing the horse to turn in one direction and avoid Gan Ning's blow.

At this time, Gan Ning let go of his legs again, got on his horse, and gave chase again.

The two horses ran side by side, and the two fought again.

Between you and me, it didn't take any advantage.

Although Zhang Liao's riding skills were better on war horses, but Zhang Liao didn't have stirrups, and after Gan Ning had stirrups, his riding skills were not inferior to Zhang Liao's.

In this way, he can be on par with Zhang Liao.

And Gan Ning's own strength is also impressive, being able to fight Zhang Liao so well is enough to amaze the surrounding onlookers.

In such a fight, fifty strokes passed in no time.

At the time of fifty strokes, neither of them could tell the winner, but Zhang Liao began to show weakness in his successor in the contest with Gan Ning.

After all, without stirrups, Zhang Liao needed a lot of strength in his lower body if he wanted to control the horse. In this way, Gan Ning with the stirrups took a lot of convenience, and the energy consumption was relatively small. Great advantage.

When the two fought for another [-] strokes, it was clear that Gan Ning had started to gain some advantage. Gan Ning became more and more excited at this time, and wanted to kill Zhang Liao in the city of Hanyang, so as to make Gan Ning famous. Raise a few more points.

But at this time, a humming sound came from outside the city.

These are the horns of the charge.

As soon as the voice spread, both Gan Ning and Zhang Liao were shocked.

Zhang Liao is overjoyed, this is the arrival of his long-awaited reinforcements.

But Gan Ning was worried, the sound of the horn was clearly not the voice of their army, but the enemy's.

When this sound came, it meant that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived.

Gan Ning, who had no advantage in terms of military strength, also encountered reinforcements from the enemy.

"You are lucky today, and we will fight again in the future!"

Knowing that the enemy was coming for reinforcements, Gan Ning would not be so stupid as to continue to compete with Zhang Liao here. He immediately withdrew his sword and pulled the horse's reins to retreat.