At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 389 Kill tens of thousands of enemies
Although Gan Ning's archery skills were not as good as Huang Zhong's, they were still very impressive.

In fact, most generals who are good at water warfare have very superb archery skills.

Just because water battles are mostly long-range attacks, crossbows have become the first choice. If you can't have superb archery skills, there is no way to become a qualified naval general.

What's more, during a water battle, the warship is rocking and people's center of gravity is unstable. If you can still shoot the enemy in that situation, how bad can your archery skills be?

Gan Ning was now hiding in the houses on both sides of the road, too close to Chunyu Qiong.

At this distance, let alone Gan Ning's sneak attack, even if Chunyu Qiong was prepared in advance, he might not be able to dodge the fatal arrow.

"Pfft!"

Chunyu Qiong, who was shot through the throat by an arrow, stood up straight and fell off his horse.

When the officers and soldiers of the Yuan Army who were marching saw this, they all turned pale with horror. Some shouted in panic, some hurriedly stepped forward to support Chunyu Qiong's body that fell on the ground, and some went to kill him inside the house.

"kill!"

However, these generals were frightened by Gan Ning and did not dare to take the lead. They just hid behind Yuan Jun and shouted loudly.

Coupled with the fact that Gan Ning was extremely brave and his soldiers were all determined to die, more than a hundred Chu troops actually killed seven in and seven out of Yuan's army, completely disrupting Yuan's plan to put out the fire.

"Hoohoo!"

"These Chu troops want to escape, so quickly surround and kill them!"

However, before those Yuan Jun who had murderous intentions rushed into the house, they heard loud shouts.

"If we don't break through, I'm afraid we will all die here!"

After an unknown amount of time, Gan Ning and others were all covered in blood. In the end, there were only less than thirty people left out of more than a hundred, and almost all of them were injured.

Fighting breaks out.

It is precisely because of this reason that Gan Ning and others have been able to support themselves until now.

Su Fei gasped for air and whispered to Gan Ning beside him: "General, count the time, the grain and grass in the granary should have been almost burned. The brothers have been fighting for a long time, and there are heavy casualties and everyone is injured."

Even though the food was not easily burned, under the constant howling of the northwest wind, after the outermost food that was burned to fly ash was blown away by the strong wind, the food inside began to be ignited.

Yuan Jun was also scared to death by Gan Ning and others who were not afraid of death. Without the command of the coach, they were unwilling to rush to the front to die.

After shouting, Gan Ning transformed into a fighting machine and took the lead and rushed outside.

But he saw Gan Ning holding a broadsword and leading his soldiers of the Chu army to rush towards the Yuan army, which had numerous soldiers and horses outside the house.

These generals were so greedy for life and fearful of death, so naturally those Yuan Jun soldiers would not foolishly rush forward to die. They all followed the instructions but failed to do so, but they gave Gan Ning and others a glimmer of hope.

Upon hearing this, Gan Ning first turned to look at all his subordinates who were covered in blood, then looked at the gradually decreasing fire and thick smoke in the distance, and immediately shouted sharply: "Brothers, follow closely, follow me to break out! "

Due to the narrow terrain of the street, Yuan's army had many soldiers and horses, but they were of no use. Instead, they seemed extremely confused because of the death of their leader Chunyu Qiong.

Chunyu Qiong's death in battle also left the entire Yuan army in Xutai without a leader, and there was no one to direct them to put out the fire.

A soldier is raging, and a general is raging in a nest. The general is the courage of the soldier.

Some low-level generals in Yuan's army discovered Gan Ning and others' intentions and immediately shouted loudly.

"And after a high-intensity battle, the brothers probably don't have much strength anymore."

Despite this, there were still seven or eight seriously injured soldiers left behind under Gan Ning's command.

"General, are you going to abandon us?"

After these wounded soldiers fell behind and were surrounded, they all shouted loudly when they saw Gan Ning who was almost breaking out of the siege.

Gan Ning turned his head and saw the despair on the faces of the seven or eight soldiers. He immediately gritted his teeth and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "I said before that I will never abandon a brother. Now there are seven or eight soldiers who have not been able to follow me. Can you all?" Are you willing to follow me and go back to pick them up?"

At this time, almost all the soldiers under Gan Ning's command were exhausted, but after hearing Gan Ning's words, their blood surged up and they all shouted in unison: "Wherever the general's sword points, we will follow you to the death!"

"kill!"

Just like that, Gan Ning once again led the few soldiers of the Chu army to kill them from behind.

Although in the end, Gan Ning only rescued three wounded soldiers who fell behind, and the remaining five soldiers died at the hands of Yuan Jun before Gan Ning could kill him.

Moreover, even the remaining soldiers under his command suffered four casualties.

Despite this, the soldiers still had no complaints and were all willing to fight to the death with Gan Ning.

Because they knew that Gan Ning could come back to rescue the eight wounded soldiers today regardless of personal safety. If they were in trouble in the future, Gan Ning would definitely not abandon him.

When Gan Ning led his men to the house with a tunnel, there were only thirteen men left under his command.

Gan Ning held a blood-stained blade and stood guard at the door. He shouted sternly at the thirteen people: "You go first, and someone will come and stop the rear!"

Out of their trust in Gan Ning, the thirteen people went straight to the tunnel without any hesitation.

Gan Ning stood alone at the door, blocking Yuan Jun's half-stick incense.

It's not that Gan Ning is invincible, it's just that Yuan's army lacks a general with enough authority to command, and they have seen Gan Ning's bravery, so they are unwilling to rush forward and die.

They surrounded the house and tried to shoot arrows inside, but Gan Ning was not hit because he was protected by the door panel and the courtyard wall.

Seeing that all the soldiers were afraid of death, but a mere civilian house could not be attacked for a long time, a Yuan Jun general became extremely angry and shouted loudly into the courtyard: "If the thief general does not open the door and accept surrender, we will set fire to it!" The reason why they did not The first time he set the fire, he felt that Gan Ning and others had become turtles in the jar.

In this battle, the food and grass were destroyed, and the general Chunyu Qiong was also shot and killed, which will inevitably arouse Yuan Shao's anger.

If Gan Ning, a general of the Chu State, could be captured alive, it might be possible to calm down some of Yuan Shao's anger, and a living Gan Ning would definitely be more valuable than a corpse.

They originally thought that since the house was surrounded by people, Gan Ning had become a turtle in the urn, and they would catch him sooner or later, but they ignored the fact that there was a tunnel inside the house.

The general shouted for a long time, but he didn't hear any sound, and he couldn't help but look suspicious on his face.

Another Yuan Jun general said: "How about sending someone over to investigate?"

Not long after, Yuan Jun was reluctantly forced to go to the courtyard to investigate. Fortunately for them, after the two of them broke open the door and entered the courtyard, they did not see Gan Ning.

Under Shouchun City, Yuan Jun camped.

"Urgent report from Xutai!"

"Urgent report from Xutai!"

"Urgent report from Xutai!"

A soldier from Yuan's army galloped on his horse in a hurry. After verifying his identity, he headed straight for the Chinese army's tent.

Yuan Shao, who was originally discussing strategies to attack the city with his subordinate Wen Wu, frowned when he saw the Yuan Jun who suddenly rushed in.

"Your Majesty, General Gan Ning of Chu State raided Xutai at night and burned all the food and grass in the city!"

Yuan Shao, who suddenly heard such bad news, suddenly felt his energy and blood rushing to his heart, his eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

Fortunately, he steeled himself, stood up and asked, "The lower reaches of the Huaihe River are all under the control of our army. How could Gan Ning appear in Xutai? Are you sure that the person who burned the food and grass was Gan Ning?"

The messenger hurriedly replied decisively: "There can be no mistake!"

Yuan Shao asked again: "How many troops did Gan Ning bring to attack Xutai?"

When the messenger heard this, he couldn't help but look embarrassed. He hesitated for a long time and then said carefully: "More than a hundred people."

"What? More than a hundred people!"

At this time, not only Yuan Shao, but also the other civil and military officials of Zhao State in the camp opened their mouths in surprise.

Xutai is not a small city, and the city is heavily guarded. How could more than a hundred people burn down the food and grass in the city?

Yuan Shao's eyes were spitting fire and he yelled sternly: "I insist that Chunyu Qiong neglected his duties and caused the food and grass to be burned. He will be imprisoned and beheaded to correct military law!"

At this time, Yuan Shao also figured out that it must be Chunyu Qiong's problem that caused such an unbelievable thing to happen.

Not only was Yuan Shao a little regretful, but if he had stopped Zhang He's advice and not allowed Chunyu Qiong to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, he would not have become so passive.

He was so angry now that he simply prepared to kill Chunyu Qiong without asking about the reason.

The messenger whispered: "Your Majesty, General Chunyu was shot by Gan Ning's arrow and has been killed in battle!"

The messenger's words caused silence to fall into the camp again.

Everyone had expressions of disbelief on their faces, and some couldn't understand how stupid Chunyu Qiong was to let Gan Ning lead only more than a hundred Chu troops to burn the food and grass in Xutai City, and he was still among the thousands of troops. Shot to death.

Yuan Shao was so angry that his blood surged up. The strong emotional fluctuations caused his old illness to relapse. He coughed violently several times, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground.

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

Fortunately, Gao Gan had quick eyesight and quick hands. He stepped forward and hugged Yuan Shao, and the other party did not fall to the ground.

"Boom boom boom!"

Just when the civil and military personnel of Yuan Jun were feeling anxious and uneasy, they vaguely heard the sound of war drums coming from outside.

"Where to drum?"

Jushou stood up and shouted sternly at the guard at the door.

As soon as Jushou finished speaking, he saw a scout running over in panic and shouted: "Urgent report from the front line: Shouchun city gate is wide open. The King of Chu personally led the army out of the city to attack our army. Now the southern camp is in urgent need and your Majesty is needed. Send troops to the rescue!”

At this time, Yuan Shao was in a coma and the Zhao army was leaderless. Ju Shou had no choice but to step forward and mobilize his troops.

However, there was a Chu state in the army who stirred up trouble and spread the news about the burning of food and grass in Xutai throughout the three armies. As a result, the morale of Yuan's army dropped sharply and many people were terrified.

When Jushu got the news and tried to kill the rumors, it was already too late.

On the other hand, the Chu army had been recharging its strength for a long time, and its morale was at its peak.

With Zhou Qi's personal supervision of the battle, the Chu army fought with the Yuan army for a whole day, and with a series of victories, they directly broke through the Yuan army's camp in the south and killed tens of thousands of the enemy.

If it had not been for Ju Shou's calm command and Zhang He, Gao Lan and others clinging to the camp, Yuan's army would have suffered even greater losses.

(End of this chapter)