Big Joe, Little Joe loves me

Chapter 303
In the third year of Jian'an, in the summer, Liu Gan made a big breakthrough in Liang Guo, wiped out countless enemies, and captured more than [-] prisoners of war.

Yu Jin led the remnants of the army to flee to Chen State, and joined forces with Cao Cao in Xinping.

After Cao Cao defeated Lu Su, he took advantage of the situation and entered the Chen State. Relying on the firepower of the unparalleled cannon, he attacked the city and pulled out the village all the way, winning consecutive battles!

Although Liu Chong's crossbow army was sharp, they were unable to resist Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, and Cao Cao's army was large and powerful, and all good generals came out.

Therefore, although Liu Chong wanted to kill thieves, Chen Guozhi eventually fell due to insufficient troops.

After the defeat, Liu Chong led his troops back to Ningping and asked Liu Gan for help.

Liu Gan did not lead his army to Chen Guo, nor sent his men to support Chen Guo, not a single soldier.

After Liu Gan broke the Yu ban, he led a large army into Chenliu County in three ways. Wherever he passed, there were not a few officials from all over the country who surrendered in anticipation.

Of course, there were also those who rose up and resisted. These people were very courageous, so in the end, without exception, they were slaughtered by Liu Gan after breaking through the city.

With the lessons learned from the past, as Liu Gan pointed out, almost everyone is in danger, and few people dare to take chances and sing against Liu Gan.

In addition, most of the combatable soldiers in Chenliu's land were drawn away by Cao Cao, and Liu Gan took most of Chenliu County almost without bloodshed.

Until, when Liu Gan's army came to Chenliu's city, the gate of Chenliu's city was tightly closed, and there were piles of human heads and flags on the top of the city.

Liu Gan understands that there is another guy who is not open-eyed and wants to resist to the death.

"Who is the guard of this city?"

Among the army outside the city, Liu Gan looked at the city gate tower and asked in a cold voice.

As soon as Liu Gan's words fell, many of the generals looked sideways. Obviously, everyone was interested in knowing who was so bold.

Zhu Huan came out and said: "Commander, according to the news from the scouts, Chen Liu's guard at this time should be Xun Yu!"

Liu Gan raised his eyebrows and said: "It turned out to be him, I said who is so bold, do you have a plan to break the city?"

Chen Gongdao: "Commander, I understand Xun Yu. With him guarding the city and Chen Liu's stronghold, it will be difficult to attack this city! In my opinion, our army can surround it without attacking it. First take down the surrounding cities, and then wait for Cao Cao's army Come back, hit and break it!"

Gan Ning said: "The final general doesn't think so. Chen Liu has not many soldiers to fight, and our army has a large number of elite soldiers. It may not be impossible to take this city by force. The final general invites a battle to attack the city!"

Chen Gongdao: "I know that General Gan is eager to make contributions, but Xun Yu is definitely not an ordinary person. With this person guarding the city, even if there are only a thousand soldiers in the city, it is difficult for our army to defeat in a single battle!"

Tai Shici said: "This Xun Yu has this ability? I don't believe it! Marshal, the last general is willing to be the vanguard of the city. He only needs three thousand elites to conquer the city for him!"

Gan Ning glared at Tai Shici, and said in a deep voice: "Commander, the last general only needs 2000 people, and Chen Liu will be captured for the commander!"

Tai Shici sneered and said, "It's really shameless, 2000 people want to take down Chen Liu, you're talking nonsense!"

Liu Gan waved his hands and said, "Stop arguing, how about this, you two each lead an army to attack the city, Xingba, you attack the east gate, Ziyi, you attack the west gate, where are Wen Chang and Zi Ming?"

"The last general is here!" Wei Yan and Lu Meng said at the same time.

Liu Gan glanced at them and ordered: "You two also lead an army each, and pretend to attack the north and south gates. Note that it is a feint attack. The two of you must build momentum for Xingba and Ziyi. If you can take Chen Liu in one fell swoop , all four of you will be rewarded!"

"Here!" Everyone responded in unison and took orders to leave.

The east wind is blowing, and the drums of war are beating.

Outside Chenliu City, a dark army rushed in like a tide, and the ladders and carts were pushed to the bottom of the city.

Immediately afterwards, the fearless soldiers braved the rain of arrows and carefully climbed the ladder. Their goal was only one.

That is to climb to the top of the city!
"Boys, whoever kills the leader of the city first will be credited with his first merit!"

I saw a man wearing a bell let out a roar, and all the soldiers around him shouted in response.

On the top of the city, Xun Yu squinted his eyes, staring closely at the man with a bell below the city, and asked in a deep voice: "This army is brave, but who is the general of this army?"

On the side, Wen Ji approached Xun Yu, respectfully said: "Looking at the banner and attire, the general of this army should undoubtedly be Gan Ning!"

"Oh, he is Gan Ning! Can Zi'an be sure to shoot this son?" Xun Yu said seriously.

Wen Ji roughly estimated the distance, and pondered: "The distance is too far, if he gets closer, maybe he can give it a try!"

Xun Yu smiled and said, "What's the difficulty? Order everyone to stop shooting arrows and let the enemy come up!"

Wen Ji's face changed slightly and he said, "Mr. Xun, this is not an appropriate move. If the enemy attacks with all their might, what should we do?"

Xun Yu said lightly: "Don't worry, how did they come up, and how will they go down! You just need to complete what you should do!"

The next moment, the soldiers under the city saw that there was no rain of arrows falling from the top of the city for a long time, thinking that the enemy's arrows were exhausted, they immediately climbed up desperately.

It didn't take long before the No.1 warrior finally boarded the city.

However, as soon as this warrior landed, he was stabbed into a beehive by seven or eight spears before he could stand still.

Gan Ning saw that someone had climbed to the top of the wall, and immediately rushed towards the ladder. Strangely, just as he started to move, the arrows rained down on the top of the wall again.

Seeing the brothers around him die tragically under the rain of arrows, Gan Ning gritted his teeth and glanced at the top of the city, shouted angrily, climbed up the ladder, raised his arms and shouted: "Boys, come up with me!"

On the top of the city, Xun Yu looked down at Gan Ning on the ladder, and said coldly, "You are so naive, Zi'an, shoot this son with me!"

Not far away, Wen Ji had already drawn his bow and set his arrow. He chose a good angle. Shooting from this angle, he could hit Gan Ning's whole body, from head to toe!
Where should I shoot?
Since Gan Ning was going to be shot, it was natural to shoot him in the head!
Wen Ji was ruthless, aimed at Gan Ning's head, hit the string with an arrow, pulled it hard, held his breath quietly, and let go!
"Whoosh!" The feather arrow pierced through the air!
"Ah!" There was a scream.

bingo!

Taking a closer look, it was not Gan Ning who was hit by the arrow, but a soldier who fell in front of Gan Ning and blocked the fatal arrow for him.

Gan Ning was furious, hanging on the ladder, hooking his feet on the ladder, hanging upside down, took off the strong bow on his back, put on an arrow, and shot the arrow back to the top of the wall!

When Gan Ning was shooting an arrow, Wen Ji hit the second arrow just in time, and wanted to try again if he missed the first shot.

However, Wen Ji didn't expect Gan Ning's reaction to be extremely fast. He drew the bow and shot the arrow, flowing like clouds and flowing water, shooting the arrow sharply and swiftly!
"Whoosh!" The arrow is like a shooting star chasing the moon, heading straight for Wenji!

"Ah!" In a panic, Wen Ji abandoned his bow and arrow, and stretched out his hand to block it. The arrow pierced through his arm, and Wen Ji couldn't help but scream.

Xun Yu watched everything coldly, looking at Gan Ning who was hanging upside down on the ladder and stretching his bow, he couldn't help admiring: "This Gan Ning has some tricks!"

After a pause, Xun Yu gave the order: "Pass me the order, pour the grease!"

The next moment, buckets of grease poured down on the ladder.

"Ignite, rocket attack!"

As Xun Yu's words fell to the ground, all the ladders were instantly ignited by flames, and the raging fire scorched the ladders, and at the same time, killed and injured a large number of enemy troops.

Amidst the endless screams, Gan Ning had no choice but to retreat down the ladder, calling gold to retreat.

The siege of the East Gate ended in failure!
Gan Ning, with deep reluctance, led the army back to the big tent. Eight hundred people were lost in this battle, and nearly a thousand people were disabled!

Gan Ning had never suffered such a heavy blow, and dejectedly pleaded guilty to Liu Gan.

When Gan Ning entered the big tent, Tai Shici had already knelt in the tent, and said in his mouth: "The last general was unlucky, failed to climb to the top of the city, and died in battle, 380 people died, and I am here to accept the crime!"

Only 380 people!
Gan Ning gritted his teeth secretly, knowing that he had lost [-] people, more than twice as many as Tai Shici, this made the always strong Gan Ning feel ashamed.

However, Gan Ning still chose to report the results of the battle truthfully. He knelt down in front of Liu Gan and said in a deep voice, "The last general failed to attack the city and lost [-] soldiers. I am here to accept the crime!"

Although Liu Gan felt sorry for the soldiers who died in battle, he did not intend to blame Tai Shici and Gan Ning, he believed that they had done their best.

With Xun Yu guarding Chenliu Town, without the Wushuang Cannon, it would be impossible to easily take down Chenliujian City.

Liu Gan secretly regretted not listening to Chen Gong's advice.

Liu Gan did not punish Tai Shici and Gan Ning, but took the initiative to apologize to Chen Gong, bowed and said: "I regret not listening to the public platform, I am ashamed!"

Chen Gong was overwhelmed by the flattery, and quickly helped him up: "You don't have to be so, commander. Although Chenliu City is strong, it has limited soldiers to fight. Moreover, the population in such a big city is large, so the food consumption is bound to be huge. Our army only needs to cut off the water and besiege the city. Send more archers every day to shoot letters of persuasion into the city, and within ten days, there will be chaos in the city, and someone will volunteer to offer the city at that time!"

Liu Gan's eyes narrowed, and he said with a smile: "Gongtai's plan is subtle, so act according to what Gongtai says!"

While Liu Gan acted according to Chen Gong's strategy, he ordered someone to bring the unparalleled cannon from the south, without which it really wouldn't work.

Liu Gan didn't want to waste too much time and troops on the siege battle, because it was really not worth it.

At this time, the nearest Wushuang Cannon was far away in Liang Guo, and it would take at least ten days to pull it to Chen Liucheng.

If Chen Gong's plan doesn't work, then in the end, he can only rely on the unparalleled cannon to show his power again.

Liu Gan had to fight Chen Liu, because Cao Cao's lair was in Chen Liu. Once Chen Liu was captured, Cao Cao's family would fall into Liu Gan's hands.

Cao Cao, are you still not returning to the army?
"Ah!"

Inside a luxurious carriage, Cao Cao sneezed and asked with a frown, "How long will it take for our army to reach Chenliu?"

Guo Jia said: "According to the distance and marching speed, it will take about ten days!"

Cao Cao said: "Ten days? No way! This march is too slow, we must speed up the march, pass my order, the whole army discards all unnecessary supplies and weapons, and travel lightly!"

Guo Jia said: "My lord, don't worry. If Wen Ruo guards Chenliu, no matter how many Liu Gan's troops are, it is absolutely impossible to easily attack the city!"

Cao Cao said: "Why don't you worry, Liu Gan has already arrived at my door, don't worry about my home is gone! Damn Yuan Benchu, I trust him so much, I didn't expect him to go back on his word, and the [-] reinforcements agreed to attack Liu Gan , Up to now, there has been no news of a single soldier, and I am really angry!"

Guo Jiadao: "From my point of view, it's not that Yuan Benchu ​​doesn't want to send troops. If I'm not wrong, what he's thinking is that the snipe and the clam will fight and the fisherman will benefit!"

Cao Cao said: "Hey, Liu Gan's wings have been formed. If Yuan Benchu ​​doesn't send troops, Chen Liu will be hard to protect, and Liu Gan will be hard to defeat. I'm afraid I will give up my hard-earned foundation!"

Guo Jia said: "Don't worry, my lord, even if Yuan Benchu ​​really doesn't send a single soldier, our army may not lose this battle!"

Cao Cao said: "Oh, doesn't Feng Xiao have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Guo Jiadao: "Actually, it's not a strategy to defeat the enemy, it's just a little secret, but if this little secret can be used properly, Liu Gan will definitely mess up his own position. As long as Liu Gan is in chaos, our army will be relieved!"

Cao Cao said, "What secret?"

Guo Jiadao: "The grievances between the Liu family and the Lu family."

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(End of this chapter)