"Phew! Phew! Phew … "
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "
“.....”
At the foot of Juan County, more than ten heavy trebuchets were mechanically tossing out large stones one after another, smashing them towards the city's south gate tower. The sound of collision rang out, sending up pieces of rubble.
Behind the heavy trebuchets, a large number of Mohist crossbows were placed there. Although they weren't attacking, they were like a group of wild beasts baring their fangs, ready to kill at any time.
Far away from the south gate, a general wore a soft silk tassel on his head, a bright silver two-handed halberd on his back, a dragon-engraved bow on his waist, and a colorful python robe on his body. His entire body was bright and dazzling, and his light armor was mostly golden in color, only protecting the upper and lower parts of his body.
This person was no doubt the general of Jin Fan, Gan Ning. He had a particular preference for clothing, especially shiny equipment. This was also the reason why he and his troops were called the "Jin Fan Bandits".
Gan Ning's outfit wasn't a big deal, but the most important thing was that he wore a pair of large black sunglasses, which made people unable to hold back their laughter. This style didn't seem to match, at least that was what Yang Rui felt when he saw him before.
Yang Rui had already discovered a pattern. It seemed that several NPCs in the real world liked to wear sunglasses. Diao Chan, the girl with the big sunglasses, and Gan Ning, the boy with the big sunglasses in front of him, belonged to this group. However, one of them liked to wear sunglasses offline, while the other was the same both offline and online.
Of course, there were also people who liked to wear clothes from the real world, such as Cai Yan and Wei Xiu'er. Especially Cai Yan who liked to wear professional suits. When she wore them, Yang Rui was stunned by this gentle and virtuous woman who had always been well-read.
However, these kinds of DIY items didn't have any special attributes, nor did they have any bonuses to attack or defense. They were just pretty.
"Reporting to the general, the West Gate of Juan County has sent a messenger to challenge the general, please give your orders."
As the heavy trebuchets continued to attack, a messenger soldier came forward to report to Gan Ning.
"No response!"
Gan Ning adjusted his sunglasses and replied simply. He didn't move from his horse at all.
Previously, when Gan Ning and his troops had just arrived at the city, Juan Xian City had sent out an envoy to negotiate with Gan Ning. Naturally, Gan Ning had rejected the envoy.
Now that the Juan County saw that the soft approach didn't work, they changed to a one on one challenge. They wanted to resolve the crisis at the lowest possible cost, and this didn't escape Gan Ning's eyes.
It was worth mentioning that refusing a one-on-one duel would generally cause a drop in morale, unless one had a complete advantage and there was no need for a one-on-one duel. For example, Yang Rui's Gan Ningjun was in such a situation.
Gan Ning had a total of 50000 soldiers. Compared to the 20,000-30,000 soldiers in Juan County, he naturally had the advantage. Moreover, he was in the midst of sieging the city. Even if Gan Ning rejected the challenge, it would not affect the morale of the soldiers.
Moreover, even if Gan Ning won the challenge, would the Cao soldiers in Juan County give up resisting? Obviously not. At most, Cao Cao would lose one or a few generals.
Based on Gan Ning's personality in the past, he probably would have just used his weapon. However, before assigning him to command the troops, Yang Rui had told him that this time, the attack on Juan County had to be done in a conservative manner. Their goal was to capture the city and there was no need to worry about deserters.
The deserters were naturally left for the vanguard mobile cavalry to deal with. Yu Jin's 100000 cavalry were not to be trifled with. In other words, Gan Ning only needed to chase the Cao Cao's army out of Juan County.
Thus, when Gan Ning arrived at Juan County, he only stationed his troops at the south gate. He didn't disperse his troops at the other gates. His goal was to 'open the net on three sides' and give the Cao army a chance to escape.
"Huff! Huff! Huff … "
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "
“.....”
Half an hour later, the heavy trebuchets were still raining down boulders. The southern gate of Juan County had already been shaved off by more than half. It was estimated that it wouldn't be long before the entire southern gate was destroyed, and Gan Ning's troops would be able to enter the city without fear of repercussions.
The Cao army in Juan County was also starting to panic. According to Gan Ning's flying pet, the Cao army in the city was moving towards the other three gates. They were preparing to retreat.
Gan Ning had a good grasp of the military situation and slowly made some arrangements. When Cao Cao's troops gave up on the city, he would chase after them for a while.
Soon enough, Cao Cao's troops' broke out 'from the other three city gates of Juan County. Once they got out of the city gates, they scattered and fled in all directions. Unlike what Gan Ning had expected, they didn't attack the troops at the south gate.
Now that Juan County was empty, Gan Ning quickly led his troops into the city and took over key locations. After resting for a short while, he split up his troops to chase after the enemy.
During this period of time, their harvest was destined to not be much. However, at this time, Yu Jin's vanguard cavalry had already clashed with Cao Cao's routed army. The cavalry that had the advantage in numbers against the routed army that was mainly made up of infantry, the result was obvious.
It was fortunate that Cao Cao's troops chose to scatter and flee from the start. Otherwise, Yu Jin's troops would have wiped them out. Even so, the number of Juan County's troops that could escape from Yu Jin's troops was only a small minority.
"Reporting to King Dong Hai, General Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan, led his vanguard cavalry into Zhongmou County, which was not well-defended. After a short battle, they have taken down the entire county …"
The first battle report that Yang Rui received wasn't from Gan Ning's troops but from Zhang Liao's vanguard cavalry.
Yang Rui immediately stood up after hearing the news. From the start, Yang Rui had ordered the three vanguard units to only be responsible for cutting through the Cao army, wiping out the Cao army's strength and cutting off the flow of resources within the Cao army's territory instead of attacking the city.
Yang Rui didn't expect the news of Zhang Liao attacking Zhongmou County to come so quickly.
However, Yang Rui quickly sat back down. Zhang Liao was a brave and capable general. If it wasn't necessary, he naturally wouldn't go against his own intentions and rashly attack the city.
"Did General Zhang Liao say why he attacked the city?"
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