Chapter 336
: Kill the general and seize the flag!
Chapter 336: Kill the general and seize the flag! (Thanks to Ty~, Heiyuan, and Zhang Fei who eats pudding for their monthly ticket support~)
The scout on the city wall reported the situation to Zhang Liao immediately.
Zhang Liao's face changed, and he cursed with gnashing teeth:
“Those coming from the northwest must be enemy troops!
"The enemy anticipated that the locusts would pass through Guanghan County and knew that we would leave the city to kill the locusts, so they chose this critical moment to launch the attack!
"It seems like they really don't treat the people of Guanghan City as human beings!"
Gan Ning on the side smiled bitterly and said:
"From the enemy's perspective, Guanghan City has been controlled by our army, so the people in the city are naturally no longer their people..."
Although Zhang Liao was angry, he did not have time to say more. He immediately ordered Gan Ning to lead 5,000 troops to stop the enemy.
Zhang Liao gathered the remaining 30,000 soldiers and escorted the people back to the city.
After receiving the order, Gan Ning led 5,000 Jingzhou soldiers with high morale to meet the enemy's army of 10,000!
Although he conquered two cities in succession during this period, Gan Ning never had the opportunity to demonstrate his martial arts on the front battlefield.
Now that he finally had this opportunity, he was naturally very excited.
Even when facing twice as many soldiers as himself, he was not afraid at all!
But after the two armies fought for a while, Gan Ning suddenly discovered that his soldiers were killed very quickly.
At first he thought the enemy was too strong.
However, when he killed a few people himself, he found that this was not the case.
Our soldiers had expended too much energy in killing the locusts.
At this moment, when fighting against the enemy who were in extremely good condition, without any advantage in troop strength, naturally many of them were knocked down!
Gan Ning realized that there must be someone in the enemy army who was very good at seizing opportunities!
If we can find this person and kill him, we will have a chance to turn defeat into victory!
The bell on Gan Ning's waist rang, and his soldiers were immediately alerted when they heard the sound!
Hundreds of cavalrymen followed the sound of the bells closely, charging left and right among the enemy!
With Gan Ning personally leading the way with double halberds in hand, the pressure on the soldiers in the rear was suddenly reduced.
Gan Ning searched for the enemy general in the chaos, but the enemy general was very smart and never showed up.
In desperation, Gan Ning could only set his target on the enemy's banner!
Killing the general and capturing the flag is also a way to boost morale.
However, as a spiritual pillar, the big banner has always been heavily guarded by troops.
Gan Ning faced a large number of enemy troops in front of him and found it difficult to get close to the banner for a while!
At this moment, a young general suddenly rushed to his side and shouted at him:
"General Gan Ning! I'm here to help you!"
Gan Ning turned his head and saw that it was Captain Zhu Huan.
I have to say, this kid is really brave and he wields the sword with great vigor!
With one sweeping blow, several enemies in front were swept away.
With the help of Zhu Huan's cover, Gan Ning also advanced forward quickly and soon reached the vicinity of the big flag!
The enemy general guarding the big banner is named Ling Bao, one of the four generals of Xichuan and the commander-in-chief hiding here.
He expected that the enemy would not be able to find him and would focus on the big banner first, so he waited for him here!
When Gan Ning approached, he pretended to be frightened and stepped back.
When Gan Ning chased up to him, Ling Bao suddenly shouted:
"Do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the lasso hidden in the crowd tripped directly towards the warhorse under Gan Ning's crotch!
Gan Ning was unable to dodge in the narrow space, and the horse under him tripped and fell to the ground!
Fortunately, as he was born a thief, he was as steady as a rock even on the violently shaking boat.
Now he was so agile that the moment the horse was tripped, he jumped up directly on the horse's back!
He jumped high into the air and chopped down at the enemy general with the double halberds in his hands!
The two feathers on the top of the head, similar to those of Lu Bu, seemed as if the wings were stretched backwards by the strong wind while flying at high speed!
The whole person is full of momentum at this moment!
Ling Bao obviously didn't expect the enemy general to be so brave and was immediately shocked.
However, as one of the four generals of Xichuan, he is not only smart but also brave.
He quickly raised the spear in his hand to block! Gan Ning shouted, adding more strength to his arms!
When the double halberds smashed onto the spear, they actually burst Ling Bao's tiger's mouth!
Amidst the blood splattering, Gan Ning's blocked spear was actually smashed directly into Ling Bao's shoulders!
Ling Bao was a little dazed for a moment!
This enemy general is not only agile, but also has extraordinary strength. He is definitely not an ordinary warrior!
Just when Ling Bao was planning to push the opponent back while the opponent was exhausted.
Who knew that the opponent's double halberds suddenly moved inwards at the same time!
The sharp halberd blade was like a pair of closed scissors, cutting towards his neck!
Ling Bao was filled with surprise and his head tilted back instinctively.
But it was this leaning back that gave Gan Ning the opportunity to step on his chest and abdomen!
Gan Ning was like a nimble tiger or leopard. He used the force of the step to retract his double halberds and smashed down at Ling Bao again!
Ling Bao, who was lying on the horse's back, could only passively block with his spear, but he had no strength to move because his chest and abdomen were stepped on.
Gan Ning's left halberd's barb suddenly hooked the gun body and lifted it up, easily taking Ling Bao's weapon away.
Without his weapon, Ling Bao could only watch helplessly as another short spear chopped fiercely on his crossed arms!
In an instant, blood splattered and flesh and bones were thrown away!
The severe pain made Ling Bao unable to help but scream out.
But the next moment, his neck suddenly felt cold and painful!
The roaring sound also stopped abruptly!
Ling Bao, whose throat was cut, covered his neck which was bleeding continuously. He felt the hot blood oozing out from between his fingers and he couldn't stop it no matter what he did!
He watched the general who was stepping on his body walk away indifferently, as if he was just a stray dog to be slaughtered at will...
Pfft!
Ling Bao's body fell off the horse.
At the end of his consciousness, he only saw the great banner he was guarding being chopped down by the enemy's halberd and smashed straight towards him...
As Gan Ning killed the general and captured the flag, the balance of victory instantly tilted towards Gan Ning!
Without the 10,000 troops commanded by Ling Bao, they were like a leaderless group and were defeated by the 5,000 troops led by Gan Ning and Zhu Huan!
When Zhang Liao came with his army to support, he saw Gan Ning already chasing and hacking at the retreating enemy troops.
Zhang Liao couldn't help laughing:
"This Gan Xingba has accumulated a lot of energy in Jiujiang County but has nowhere to use it!
"This time he really enjoyed killing!"
However, Zhang Liao was worried that the enemy had an ambush, so after covering Gan Ning and killing for a while, he retreated directly.
In this battle, more than 3,000 people were beheaded and more than 1,000 were captured.
Gan Ning's side lost more than 2,000 people.
After all, they were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, and killing locusts consumed most of the soldiers' energy.
If we had not fought hastily, our losses would naturally have been less and we would have killed more enemies.
Zhang Liao praised Gan Ning and asked him to lead the injured soldiers back to the city to rest.
He continued to lead the remaining soldiers to kill locusts outside the city...
When Lu Bu arrived at Guanghan City, it had already darkened.
Looking at the locusts flying and screaming everywhere, Lu Bu frowned and immediately gave Zhang Liao a good idea!
(End of this chapter)