Chapter 490: The Military Town Is Empty? Pre-War Challenge

Before Zhou Yu, Gan Ning had already brought his army to the outside of Xiling City. Together with Gan Ning, there were also two troops led by Jiang Qin and Dong Xi as Gan Ning's left and right armies. They fought with each other early Zhao Yun and the others confronted each other.

After seeing Zhou Yu arrive with Zhou Tai, Han Dang and Chen Wu, Gan Ning immediately became more confident. Just before they came, Gan Ning wanted to lead the existing troops and Zhao Yun to try hard. Try it.

Now that they were here, Gan Ning's eyes almost lit up.

"Grand Governor, why are you here now? I have been waiting for a long time. These Liu Bei's subordinates did not speak or attack. They just waited there. Are they trying to confront us? Or are they simply waiting there? Don’t you dare to fight, but you are just a strong person?”

As soon as Gan Ning saw Zhou Yu, he immediately rushed over and came to Zhou Yu's side, mumbling incessantly.

Zhou Yu glanced at Gan Ning with some confusion. He was already moving at full speed and was still behind Gan Ning. And it seemed that Gan Ning had not just arrived, but had been there for a while. After all, even the formation was set up. There is a lot of momentum for a big fight.

"Why did you come so soon?"

Zhou Yu did not answer Gan Ning's words, but asked doubtfully. He couldn't help but have a suspicion in his heart. Sure enough, what Gan Ning said next was exactly what he thought.

"In the military town, there were no soldiers guarding the city at all. When I was almost under the city gate, no one showed up yet. In that case, you can figure it out with your toes, or there is no one inside at all. Or it was the conspiracy of Liu Bei and his subordinates to lure me into the city. I am not as stupid as Lu Meng. Isn't that a fool to enter the encirclement of others? No matter which way it is, there is no risk for me to go around. Why not?"

Gan Ning smiled brightly, and Zhou Yu nodded slightly. It was Gan Ning's style, and what Gan Ning said was not unreasonable. Either there was no one, or it was a trap. No matter which one, just go around and ignore it. .

"Grand Governor, hurry up and give the order, let's do something big!"

Gan Ning and Zhou Yu stood side by side and turned to face Xiling City. Their faces were full of longing, hoping for a hearty battle. Zhou Yu took a deep breath and held the sword on his waist with his right hand. General Dang Kou's sword hilt, for some reason, when he saw that Zhang Liao was not among the other generals, he felt a sense of luck in his heart.

He actually subconsciously felt that without Zhang Liao, they were very likely to win this battle. Even Zhou Yu himself didn't realize that he had begun to regard Zhang Liao as an invincible enemy.

"Xingba, don't worry, we want to fight, but not now. At least we have to wait until Gongfu and the others are here."

"What are you waiting for them to do? We have enough people now. If I didn't have the right to start a war, and if you arrived in time, the commander, I might have launched an attack myself."

Gan Ning grinned, and the excitement on his face had begun to turn crazy. Zhou Yu smiled and shook his head.

"Xingba, you know that my lord attaches great importance to this war. Even though my lord has always loved you, Xingba, you still have to consider the consequences of this kind of thing."

Zhou Yu did not directly use his status as the governor and commander of this war to order Gan Ning, but used Sun Jian to suppress Gan Ning, and at the same time selected himself out, just to tell Gan Ning that he should be obedient when he should be obedient.

The madness on Gan Ning's face turned ferocious, but not towards Zhou Yu.

"The Commander-in-Chief, I've learned a lesson, but don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, I'm just belligerent, not brainless."

After saying this, both of them silently chose to shut up, each with their own thoughts in mind.

It can be seen from Zhou Yu's frown that Zhou Yu has very complicated thoughts now. After seeing the opponent's army and Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others, Zhou Yu only has one question left in his mind, that is, when did they arrive? From Jingzhou? When did he lead his army through the defenses of Dian Wei and Sun Ce?

Except for the two only roads guarded by Dian Wei and Sun Ce, they have their secret sentries in other places. As long as they find Liu Bei's subordinates, no matter who they are, they will report it immediately. However, they have not received any news from the Chinese New Year to now. But it happened that many generals and soldiers under Liu Bei appeared in Jiangxia County.

Nowadays, except for each of them, they can fly to the sky and climb mountains to avoid their control and come to Jingzhou from Linzi, but how is this possible? Zhou Yu felt as if his head had exploded and he couldn't straighten it out. He always felt that he had forgotten something important.

As for Gan Ning's thoughts, it is much simpler. His eyes are full of the generals standing in front of the army. That is his hunting target. Whether it is Zhao Yun or Huang Zhong, even if he cannot defeat him, then He had to take the opportunity to bite them hard, even if he didn't let them lose a piece of flesh, he still had to make them shed a layer of skin. This was all Gan Ning was thinking at the moment.

Without giving the two of them much time to think, the ground suddenly began to rumble and shake. In the distance, an army was galloping towards Xiling City.

"Jie Jie, we are finally here."

Gan Ning couldn't hide the fierce look in his eyes, and licked his slightly dry lips with his tongue. Gan Ning couldn't wait anymore.

"Grand Governor."

Four riders rushed out from the army, and they were Huang Gai, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang and Ding Feng.

"Grand Governor, the military town we just came over is empty. I asked my subordinates to search it carefully. There is indeed no guard force. Are they all here?"

Huang Gai pointed at the army at the foot of Xiling City with a solemn expression.

"That seems to be the case now."

Zhou Yu's voice was heavy. They had 280,000 troops, and they were all gathered here at the moment. However, the number of the other side was not small. It looked like there were more than a dozen or nearly 200,000. This made Zhou Yu even more confused.

Huang Zu's Jiangxia definitely did not have so many soldiers, not even half. In other words, more than half of the nearly 200,000 troops were dispatched from Qingzhou by Liu Bei.

If only Zhao Yun and a few generals came to Jingzhou, it would be understandable. After all, there are few people and high strength, so there is a high probability of evading their defenses. However, it is absolutely impossible for such an army of hundreds of thousands to escape from them. No messages got through when the defense was on.

Zhou Yu shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of all the messy thoughts in his mind.

"Okay, since everyone is here, there is no need to wait any longer. Grand Governor, give the order quickly!"

Gan Ning felt that his blood was rising and he could hardly contain his actions.

Zhou Yu looked at the excited Gan Ning and smiled slightly.

"When two armies are facing each other, it is natural to call the formation first. Since you are so excited, Gan Ning, then the formation will give us the lead and the task of increasing our momentum will be left to you?"

"Hahaha! Okay! Leave it to me!"

After Gan Ning heard this, he rushed towards Xiling City without even giving Zhou Yu a chance to speak again. When he arrived in front of the army formation, Gan Ning carried the ancient ingot sword on his shoulder with a provocative expression.

"Hey, on the opposite side, do you have the guts to send someone out to fight your grandfather for three hundred rounds! Huang Zu! How about you come and settle the grudges between us? Haven't you always looked down on me? Come on, Let Grandpa see if you are still the same as before!"

Facing Gan Ning's provocation, Zhao Yun immediately raised his gun and charged forward, but was stopped by Huang Zhong who was standing beside him. Huang Zhong shook his head at Zhao Yun.

"He asked my clan uncle to fight by name. It's not appropriate for you to take his place. It's better to let me, his nephew, do it."

Huang Zu, who was beside Huang Zhong, was holding the horse's reins tightly. He might rush out at any time, charge towards Gan Ning, and fight Gan Ning to the death. However, everyone present, including Huang Zu himself, knew clearly that he was definitely not Gan Ning's opponent is indeed old. He can deal with some first-rate military generals, but he really has no power to fight back against a famous general like Gan Ning.

"Uncle Clan, don't worry, leave it to me."

After Huang Zhong comforted Zhao Yun, he turned to Huang Zu and said solemnly, then rushed out of the formation and killed Gan Ning.

"Hahaha, old man, if you can't do it yourself, why would you send your nephew to die?"

Gan Ning laughed crazily and rushed towards Huang Zhong with the ancient ingot knife.

Huang Zhong gritted his teeth and looked solemnly. Gan Ning is not a soft persimmon, on the contrary. Huang Zhong knew this former colleague and his uncle's old subordinate very well. Gan Ning's strength was by no means the kind that could be suppressed by him, and this battle was not only for Huang Zu's face, but also for the entire Once the battle situation is won, the pre-battle battle call will increase the morale of the army and deal a huge blow to the opponent, allowing them to gain an advantage in this kind of life-and-death battle.

He held the long bow tightly, with the arrow on the string, ready to go. When the distance between the two was only a hundred meters, the arrow on Huang Zhong's eight-treasure unicorn bow suddenly shot out. The huge force caused the arrow to fall off the line. They all began to tremble irregularly. It was because the force was too great and the force on the front and rear ends of the arrows that flew out were different. That's why.

Gan Ning's ancient ingot sword shone coldly in the sun, and he rushed towards Huang Zhong like a bad wolf.

Faced with Huang Zhong's full-strength arrow, Gan Ning swung the ancient ingot sword fiercely and knocked away the speeding arrow. At the same time, the distance between the two was only less than 60 meters. All the people riding on them were peerless horses, and their speed was staggering.

The distance of sixty meters is too short for the two of them. It only takes a few breaths for the two of them to fight together. At this distance, it is definitely disadvantageous for Huang Zhong. He should walk away from Gan Ning, so that he can always maintain a sufficient distance and not give Gan Ning any chance to get close. He can use the advantage of bows and arrows to fight the enemy. The winning rate is much higher.

But Huang Zhong obviously didn't intend to do this. Gan Ning had just verbally insulted Huang Zu. In addition, this was a battle in front of the formation. If he just avoided it, even if he won in the end, it would be a frustrating victory and would be detrimental to morale. The improvement will not have much effect.

So just now, Huang Zhong made up his mind, even if he used the red blood knife, he would fight Gan Ning in close combat to win.

That's what he thought and did. Just when the distance between the two could be described as just a stone's throw away, Gan Ning had already raised the ancient ingot knife in his hand and slashed towards Huang Zhong's neck. , the moves are ruthless and the offensive is fierce, coming directly from Huang Zhong's name.

Seeing that the ancient ingot sword was getting closer and closer to Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong remained unhurried. At the critical moment, he drew his bow like a full moon and fired an arrow like a shooting star. It hit Gan Ning's blade accurately, causing Gan Ning's offensive stalled.

At this moment of stagnation, Huang Zhong switched to holding the bow with both hands, and attacked Gan Ning with the two short blades embedded in the bow. The short blades flashed coldly, and Gan Ning was forced to bend down to avoid the attack, but Gan Ning was by no means a fool. While bending down to avoid it, he slashed with a knife sideways to attack Huang Zhong's lower body.

What reached Gan Ning's hand was not the touch of the knife cutting through flesh and blood, but the sound of metal and stone colliding. Gan Ning's attack failed, and he did not continue to attack. Instead, he controlled the horse forward. The two men staggered and exchanged positions.

After the two men pulled away, Huang Zhong changed from holding the bow with both hands to holding the bow with one hand again. The short blades on both ends of the Eight Treasures Kirin Bow flashed coldly. Just now, Huang Zhong used the dagger at the other end to block Gan Ning's sneak attack.

Gan Ning shook his hands. The arrow just hit him at a close distance made his hands hurt. The arrow was so powerful and heavy, and the distance was close. The arrow hit Gan Ning not far after it left the string. The arrow's attack was almost without any loss, which made the force of the arrow beyond imagination.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Huang Zhong, feeling a little surprised. He and Huang Zhong had been colleagues for quite a long time, but at that time, Huang Zhong was just like him, frustrated. As Huang Zu's nephew, he was like this under Huang Zu. It can be imagined that he really had no ability. But how long have they not seen each other? How come Huang Zhong has transformed so quickly?

After Huang Zhong adjusted his breathing, he began to attack. Huang Zhong's hand was flying like a picture. One arrow after another was pulled out of the quiver, and then he bent the bow and shot it. Not long after an arrow flew out, the next arrow also broke through the air.

Gan Ning also adjusted his offensive to better block Huang Zhong's arrows that were falling like rain. At the same time, he was looking for opportunities and kept approaching Huang Zhong. Since Huang Zhong's main offensive method was bows and arrows, Gan Ning only needed to get close to Huang Zhong. He had never heard of Huang Zhong's close-range skills, so he just relaxed his vigilance, so he was stunned by Huang Zhong's sudden attack. Now that he had a warning, Gan Ning was confident that as long as he had another chance to get close, he could defeat Huang Zhong and make Huang Zhong at least seriously injured, even if he didn't die.

The battle between the two became more and more intense. Huang Zhong's arrows shot out like a string of cannons, while Gan Ning wielded the ancient ingot knife, the knife flashed, and kept slashing at the flying arrows. No arrow could hurt him at all.

The distance between them was also shortened little by little as Gan Ning kept moving forward, and finally there was only a distance of more than ten meters. At this distance, Huang Zhong's bow and arrow had become much more powerful. Although Gan Ning didn't have to work hard to block it, it was another matter if there were too many arrows.