The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Ding Yuan has less than 2 people left in Jiangling City.

Among them were [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

"My lord! My lord, something is wrong!"

The lieutenant under him immediately ran to Ding Yuan's side.

Ding Yuan put down the letter in his hand, got up immediately, and came to look for the lieutenant general.

What he is most afraid of now is hearing the words that something big is not good.

It will put him under a great pressure. On the one hand, he is worried that his own Jiangling will not be able to defend it, and on the other hand, he is also worried that Hanyang will not be able to defend it.

Chapter 791 Returning to Xiangyang

Fortunately, there are tens of thousands of Liu Qi's troops stationed in Hanyang, and with Liu Qi's troops around, Zhang Liao will not be bullied too badly by Liu Zheng's troops.

"What happened, is it something about Hanyang?"

After seeing his lieutenant general, Ding Yuan was the first to ask about the situation in Hanyang.

"My lord, it's not Hanyang, it's Xiangyang!"

"Xiangyang? What happened to Xiangyang?"

After Ding Yuan heard his subordinates say that it wasn't Hanyang, the tense expression on his face looked better, but after hearing what happened in Xiangyang, he became curious.

"Information came from Xiangyang that Liu Zheng led an army of [-] from Lujiang, bypassed Jingzhou, and went directly to attack Yuzhou, and now he has occupied Runan, Nanyang and others. Now Liu Zheng in Yuzhou, Going directly to Xiangyang, Liu Biao Zhou Mu sent information, let us rush back to help, otherwise Xiangyang will not be safe!"

As soon as this news came from the hands of his subordinates, Ding Yuan, who was still somewhat relieved, suddenly became tense again.

"What did you say?"

Ding Yuan seemed to be still a little bit incredulous about the news.

After the subordinates repeated the sentence again, Ding Yuan was sure that he had heard correctly, and then his expression changed drastically.

"How is this possible? Where did Liu Zheng get so many soldiers and horses? He has tens of thousands of soldiers here. Is there anyone else going to attack Yuzhou?"

"Is it difficult for him to call all the soldiers and horses?"

Ding Yuan didn't believe this matter at all, but he didn't believe it, it was also a fact.

"My lord, what shall we do now?"

"Back to Xiangyang!"

Ding Yuan shouted a few words from his own mouth.

Ding Yuan understood the importance of Xiangyang, and Xiangyang was a nail stuck behind them, but this nail implicated their safety.

Once something happens in Xiangyang, Jiangling, Hanyang and other places will become isolated cities, without supply lines, then the real despair.

Liu Zheng's troops only need to come back directly from Xiangyang, and the two armies encircle, and they will be able to take Hanyang, Jiangling and other places in a short time.

Now, if Ding Yuan does not return to help Xiangyang, there is only a dead end waiting for him.

Without other reinforcements, Liu Zheng could easily defeat them.

After Ding Yuan heard the news, he had no other ideas at all. Anyway, if they stayed in Jiangling, they would not be able to take advantage of it. They might as well withdraw to Xiangyang first and make other plans.

At least, after returning to Xiangyang, Ding Yuan was able to unite with Liu Biao's troops. With more troops, he would have more confidence to contend with Liu Zheng.

Jiangling County quickly took action. After all, it is not far from Xiangyang, and the relationship with Xiangyang is to help each other.

The distances between Xiangyang, Jiangling and Hanyang are almost the same.

The news also reached Hanyang City at the same time.

Originally, the news was not so easy to spread to Hanyang City.

However, in the past few days, Zhang Liao clearly felt that Gan Ning and Zu Lang's soldiers and horses were becoming more and more calm, and they even took the initiative to attack less frequently.

In this way, Zhang Liao had the initiative, and he himself had the most troops. After defending several attacks, Zhang Liao gradually understood Liu Zheng's strength and began to try to counterattack.

So these days, the situation on Hanyang's side is dominated by Zhang Liao's side.

Outside the city of Hanyang, Gan Ning's soldiers and horses could no longer be seen, but Zhang Liao's men and horses forced him to retreat thirty li.

It is now stationed at the junction of Wulin County and Hanyang.

The news that Liu Zheng led troops to kill Yuzhou was also sent by Liu Biao to Hanyang.

After receiving the news, Liu Qi's face changed drastically, and he immediately realized the seriousness of this matter.

He originally wanted to take his troops back to Xiangyang to support his father, but he thought that with his current troops, returning directly to Xiangyang might not be able to stop Liu Zheng's attack, so Liu Qi hurried to find him. Zhang Liao.

After all, after spending so long with Zhang Liao, Liu Qi at this time has already realized how powerful Zhang Liao is. Only when Zhang Liao returns with his troops can Liu Zheng be able to stop him.

Therefore, after receiving the news, Liu Qi did not return directly to Xiangyang, but immediately went to find Zhang Liao.

At this time, Zhang Liao was continuing to construct defensive measures outside Hanyang City. Although Gan Ning's troops retreated, Zhang Liao understood that things were not that simple.

"General Wen Yuan!"

Liu Qi hurriedly found Zhang Liao, and yelled at Zhang Liao from afar.

Zhang Liao came out of the trench and saw Liu Qi.

"Brother Liu Qi, why are you here?"

Liu Qi looked nervous, and after seeing Zhang Liao, he immediately said to Zhang Liao.

"General Wen Yuan, something is wrong. My father just sent someone to send me the news that Liu Zheng is making a fuss this time. He sent people to attack my Jiangxia County on the surface, but in fact he was attacking Yuzhou. Not long ago, Liu Zheng has led people directly to the location of Lujiang County, made a surprise attack on Yuzhou, and captured Runan and Nanyang in one fell swoop."

"Now, Liu Zheng has led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses directly from Nanyang to Xiangyang. Before long, Liu Zheng's army may surround Xiangyang!"

Liu Qi looked ugly, and while speaking, he hurriedly wanted to urge Zhang Liao to return to Xiangyang with him to rescue.

After all, there are more than 5 soldiers and horses stationed in Hanyang now. If there are 5 soldiers, returning to Xiangyang will indeed solve Xiangyang's plight.

"General Wenyuan, what should we do? Let's go back to Xiangyang for rescue now, otherwise if something happens to Xiangyang, our situation will be extremely unfavorable."

Zhang Liao's expression turned ugly when he heard Liu Qi's words.

But Zhang Liao was calm and calm, and he didn't become anxious because of these things like Liu Qi.

Although Zhang Liao was also shocked by this incident, he still figured it out right away.

Reaching out his hand stopped Liu Qi's decision to return to Xiangyang.

"Brother Liu, no!"

"Why not?"

"Don't return to Xiangyang!"

"Ah? Why!"

"Brother Liu, don't you find it strange?"

"strangeness?"

Zhang Liao looked at Liu Qi, and what he said gave Liu Qi some half-knowledge.

"Haha, I always thought it was weird at first, but now after hearing what you said, brother Liu, I have figured everything out."

"I said why the enemy army outside the city of Hanyang hasn't attacked much these days. It's just a feint attack, but they don't take the initiative to attack the city. I thought it was because they were afraid of our strength, but now it seems that they have no attack at all. So many soldiers and horses."

Chapter 792 Zhang Liao's Choice

"The soldiers and horses of Gan Ning were all transferred by Liu Zheng to attack Yuzhou. Liu Zheng didn't have many troops stationed near Jiangxia, so they are not sure to take down our Hanyang City!"

Zhang Liao quickly figured out the story behind it.

Liu Qi who was standing next to Zhang Liao frowned when he heard it, as if he didn't quite understand what Zhang Liao meant.

"General Wenyuan? If we don't go back to assist Xiangyang, then we will"

"We will attack Gan Ning with all our strength!"

"What! Should we attack Gan Ning with all our strength?"

Liu Qi was shocked immediately after hearing Zhang Liao's words, completely puzzled what Zhang Liao was doing?

Zhang Liao immediately explained something to Liu Qi.

"Brother Liu, now that we return to Xiangyang, can we help Xiangyang? I'm afraid that even if we return, we will not be able to defeat Liu Zheng's army in Xiangyang. Instead, because of our withdrawal, we will not even be able to keep the city of Hanyang!"

Zhang Liao had already analyzed Liu Qi's words. At this time, Liu Zheng was determined to win, and his goal was to attack Xiangyang.On the surface, they have already told Liu Qi and others that they are waiting for the support from Ding Yuan and Zhang Liao.

Once Liu Qi really returns to support, although Xiangyang can be kept, Jiangling and Hanyang will definitely be greeted by Liu Zheng.

So even if they can keep Xiangyang in the end, but lose Hanyang and Jiangling, leaving only Xiangyang, they will definitely not be able to continue to stop Liu Zheng's army from attacking.

Instead of doing this, it is better to fight to the death here and defeat the army here in Jiangxia.

Give Liu Zheng a serious setback.

Anyway, Liu Zheng didn't have many troops on Jiangxia's side, so Zhang Liao still had some confidence.

Before, it was because he was afraid of Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses distributed around Jiangxia, so he didn't dare to move around.Now that he knew that there were no soldiers and horses around, and they were all dispatched by Liu Zheng to attack Yuzhou, Zhang Liao had an idea.

Zhang Liao is very confident that he can lead his troops to defeat Gan Ning's army in Jiangxia.

Once his soldiers and horses defeat Jiangxia's enemy army, it will definitely attract Liu Zheng's attention, and the siege of Xiangyang will be easily resolved.

After such an explanation, Liu Qi finally understood.

Although he had some doubts about Zhang Liao's decision, in terms of the current situation, the method Zhang Liao said was indeed a better one.

After all, if they really return to Xiangyang City, then Hanyang City will definitely not be able to defend it. Once Hanyang City cannot be defended, there will only be one Xiangyang City left.Sooner or later, he would be besieged by Liu Zheng's army and eventually perish.

Although what Zhang Liao said is somewhat dangerous, as long as Jiangxia's enemy can be defeated.Both Xiangyang City and Hanyang City can be kept, and they can even occupy a dominant position because of this, changing from passive defense to active attack.

"General Wen Yuan, the method you mentioned would take a lot of risk, how sure are you?"

"Of course there is danger. After all, nothing is smooth sailing. Soldiers are tricky. We have to be surprised to win. If we blindly follow the enemy's plan, then we will only fall into the opponent's step by step. In the trap set."

"Not to mention [-]% certainty, I have at least [-]% certainty that we can defeat Gan Ning's troops in Jiangxia. In this way, we will be able to occupy a dominant position in Jiangxia, causing Liu Zheng's army in Xiangyang City to retreat. Support, so that although our army will be in a situation of being attacked on both sides, as long as Xiangyang City can still be kept, we will not worry!"

Zhang Liao said something to Liu Qi again, which made Liu Qi make some decisions in his heart at this time.

"Okay, then according to what General Wen Yuan said, we will not go back to the original Xiangyang and improve our attack on Jiangxia!"

Liu Qi seemed to have made a decision, gritted his teeth and agreed to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao was originally just an idea. After all, relying on his own soldiers and horses in Hanyang City would definitely not be able to defeat Gan Ning.

He also wanted to join forces with Liu Qi's men.

Otherwise, I wouldn't bother explaining anything to Liu Qi here.

Now that Liu Qi agreed to attack Gan Ning's army with him, a smile appeared on his face.

"Okay, I knew Brother Liu that you wouldn't lose sight, just like this, the two of you and I will definitely be able to defeat the Gan Ning army in Jiangxia, as long as Liu Zheng's tens of thousands of troops here are wiped out, Liu Zheng will definitely suffer a serious setback! "

Zhang Liao and Liu Qi didn't stay at all after discussing it in Hanyang City. They didn't have much time. Now that they knew that Gan Ning didn't have many soldiers here, they didn't hesitate and immediately started to gather troops.

Zhang Liao's nearly [-] troops in Hanyang City complemented Liu Qi's nearly [-] troops.

Immediately gathered together, this time, Zhang Liao took the lead. He led his [-] vanguard army and went directly to Wulin to fight against Gan Ning.

Gan Ning, Zu Lang's army, on Wulin's side, Yishui gradually took some defensive measures, but these days, because they did not receive orders from Liu Zheng, neither Gan Ning nor Zu Lang took the initiative to attack. For the time being, send people to maintain the appearance of going to Hanyang every day to call for battle, but not fighting.

In this way, because it was not a war, Gan Ning and Zu Lang did not go out in person, but let the two lieutenants beside them lead the soldiers and horses to call for battle.

On Gan Ning's side, the person in charge is naturally Su Fei, and on Zu Lang's side, the person in charge is Pan Lin who later defected to Liu Zheng.

These two people are the supreme commanders besides Gan Ning and Zu Lang.

The two of them each led [-] soldiers and [-] soldiers together. According to the usual plan, they rushed to Hanyang City to call for battle. They wanted to follow the usual plan, shout a few words, and casually curse a few words with each other, so they withdrew. Go, there won't be a fight anyway.

But today, the atmosphere is obviously different.

Su Fei led the soldiers and horses. Before he got close to Hanyang City, he realized that something was wrong with the people here. Usually, there were some soldiers and horses outside Hanyang City, but today, there were more soldiers and horses than usual. , and each one looked ready to go.

After seeing Su Fei's soldiers and horses, without waiting for Su Fei and the others to step forward, they directly rang the golden gong for attack.

The sound of the drums shook the sky, and Zhang Liao's army charged forward, making Su Fei's army who had just arrived here still unable to react.

"Not good, the enemy army has launched an attack on us, end the formation!"

"Fix the formation! The front row goes up, and the shooters behind are ready to shoot!"