Chapter 57: Violating the Order

The military order sent by Chengdu to ask Gan Ning to withdraw its troops back to Hanzhong to arrive in Jiangling first, and then sent it to the front line of Xiangfan through Pang Tong's hand. (, ""){" }

After Gan Ning received the military order, it also included Pang Tong's detailed strategy for withdrawing troops, allowing Gan Ning to leave 15,000 troops in Jiangling, bringing back 80,000 Hanzhong, and extinguishing the rebellion of Ma Chao in Guanzhong as soon as possible.

Faced with the lord's military order and the urging of the military advisor, Gan Ning hesitated.

Now high walls have been built on three sides of the outer periphery of Fancheng, leaving only aisles in the gaps. Cao Ren did not dare to attack, and Gan Ning did not launch a fierce attack further. The two sides confronted each other in peace.

When Zhou Tai and Meng Da were called in the tent of Dao Shuai, Gan Ning first passed the order to the two of them for a look.

Zhou Tai and Meng Da were shocked after watching it. Whoever saw Ma Chao's rebellion would be shocked, no matter how enemies and we are.

Immediately, Zhou Tai clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "Grandmaster, since Guanzhong is in urgent need, then we should withdraw our troops to Hanzhong as soon as possible."

Meng Da also expressed this meaning, but Gan Ning looked at the map hanging in the coach's tent and said nothing for a long time.

Seeing Gan Ning's reaction, the two generals became surprised and seemed to be unwilling to withdraw their troops.

That's right, Gan Ning is unwilling to withdraw his troops.

After fighting in Fancheng for a month, building a wall for another month, seeing that the plan to siege in advance was about to be implemented, how could Gan Ning be willing to waste all his previous efforts?

However, Gan Ning was not just for the sake of his arrogance. He pulled down the map and spread it on the low table, and asked Zhou Tai and Meng Da calmly with his expression: "Two, I have a question. If a certain army leads his army to withdraw from Hanzhong and then moves north to attack Guanzhong, the two think what will happen to the casualties in this battle? How many chances are there?"

After asking this, Zhou Tai and Meng Da stared at each other and pondered that Zhang Liao wanted to stay in Hangu Pass and could not put the tiger of Cao Wei into Guanzhong. Then the evil wolf Ma Chao in his family must be cleaned up by the troops sent by Yizhou.

However, the Qinling Mountains' natural barrier is an insurmountable danger.

The Chencang Ancient Road must have been guarded by Ma Chao, so the road to the north will be full of difficulties and even if you really enter Guanzhong, you will suffer heavy losses.

Zhou Tai's eyes lit up and he looked up and asked Gan Ning: "Is the Grand Governor who has a clever plan?"

Gan Ning pointed at Xiangfan and said firmly: "Break Fancheng, pound Wancheng, and meet Wenyuan at the Luoyang city!"

Zhou Taimengda looked at the map and was slightly surprised.

Gan Ning’s idea is very simple. There are two ways to enter Guanzhong, either go north from Yizhou or west from Sili.

It is too difficult to travel north from Hanzhong, and it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. And you have to give up your advantage in Xiangfan, which will waste the preparations and wars of the Taiping Army over the past few months.

After breaking Fancheng, Gan Ning didn't take the unknown Cao Zhen in Wancheng seriously at all. He then broke into Sili and was able to form a connection with Zhang Liao and Yan Yan to break Luoyang. At that time, he would turn around and enter Guanzhong from Hangu Pass to wipe out Ma Chao.

This route is considered the established plan of the Taiping Army to attack Xiangfan in the north, but after conquering Luoyang, it will be decided to return to Guanzhong to deal with Ma Chao.

Without Ma Chao's rebellion, Gan Ning would have followed this path. With Ma Chao's rebellion, Gan Ning wanted to continue to act according to the plan.

However, Zhou Tai and Meng Da were not optimistic and the war could not be delayed.

"Grandmaster, if Fancheng cannot be broken in a short time, how can we send it to the Lord?"

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Gan Ning wants to attack Fancheng, and no one can guarantee that he will win in one battle.

If another problem occurs in attacking Fancheng, then Guo Jia will not even have the troops to wipe out Ma Chao, and the situation will be in danger.

Gan Ning was confident and said firmly: "In two months, Fancheng will be destroyed. The two will not accept the orders of the king outside. If we withdraw our troops, what is the difference between giving up Jingzhou? Cao Wei can sweep Jingzhou, and Sun Quan may take the opportunity to expand. Can we sit there and watch all this happen? Furthermore, I wonder if you two, can you lead an army from Hanzhong to the north, and can you win higher than the joint efforts of Wenyuan?"

It seems that Gan Ning is very clear about it, but Zhou Tai and Meng Da still feel that it is inappropriate.

Because Gan Ning’s plan was based on the premise of being able to break through Fancheng and Zhang Liao to meet Luoyang. If this premise is not true, then everything will be over!

However, when the army is on the verge of danger, everything is risky. Even if you withdraw your troops, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no variables on the road. No one can guarantee that it will be smooth sailing from Hanzhong north.

Zhou Tai and Meng Da accounted for half of the support and denial of Gan Ning's plan. Since that is the case, Gan Ning is the Grand Governor, so he can only listen to him.

So, Gan Ning rejected the military order sent from Chengdu and wrote a letter to Guo Jia to explain the situation.

When Gan Ning's letter, which was disrespectful to disobey, was spread to Chengdu, it caused an uproar.

In Yizhou Prefecture, Guo Jia, who was kneeling on the main seat, calmly read Gan Ning's letter in front of the civil and military officials in the hall.

"hehe."

Guo Jia suddenly laughed softly, but there was a kind of suppressed anger in his voice.

Crazy

Guo Jia suddenly stood up and overturned the low table in front of him, and everyone was reminded.

This monarch, who has always been polite, was rarely furious.

"Reverse! Reverse!"

Guo Jia threw the bamboo slips from Gan Ning's letter to the ground and was furious.

"Don't be angry, the Grand Governor is a little unconsidered in this move, so let's urge you again."

Qin Mi came forward to persuade Guo Jia at the right time.

Less consideration?

It's just playing with fire!

Although it is difficult to withdraw troops from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, it is indeed a safe choice. However, Gan Ning wants to attack Fancheng. First of all, the outcome is unpredictable. Secondly, even if he breaks Fancheng and Wancheng Cao Zhen’s 50,000 troops will not be so easy to deal with. Looking at the better part, Cao Zhen is vulnerable, but Gan Ning’s troops have fought in succession, and does he still have the strength to capture Luoyang with Zhang Liao?

Meeting at Luoyang City sounds wonderful, but actually Yelang is arrogant!

"This great governor has won a battle for twenty years, and it seems that he is arrogant!"

Guo Jia sneered, but still couldn't get rid of his anger.

Ma Chao turned around and he held back, but then Gan Ning refused to obey the order, which made him unable to hold back anymore. Now it is a full-scale outbreak.

This sentence is just a pun.

After all, Gan Ning is arrogant, is he looking down on Cao Ren, Cao Zhen and Ma Chao, or does he not take Guo Jia seriously?

A heart-killing word!

A few days ago, the generals who used their heads to protect Gan Ning were not able to come forward to speak good things to Gan Ning.

It is a fact that it is against orders. How can you plead for such a thing?

After being furious, Guo Jia said in a deep voice: "Give me another order and let Gan Ning lead his troops to Hanzhong! Tell him that if he doesn't follow, he will bear the consequences!"

After saying that, Guo Jia left with a sleeve.

Guo Jia's love for Ma Chao exceeded everyone's expectations. With a "grand officials" like Ma Chao, Guo Jia never asked him to send his only family to Chengdu as a means of controlling the generals.

Ma Chao's family has indeed become thin, but Ma Chao has children, but Guo Jia has never asked him to send children to Chengdu.

In this era, in order to ensure the loyalty of his subordinates, the relatives of those who are in important positions will generally be placed under their noses. Once someone betrays, the first thing that will be the family who rebels from the party will be the first to suffer will be the family members who betray the party.

Therefore, Guo Jia’s trust in Ma Chao was unprecedentedly heavy, but Ma Chao ignored this trust.

But Gan Ning is different. All the families in Gan Ning are in Chengdu, so Guo Jia's words are at their own risk, and what he said is very obvious.

At this moment, the whole Chengdu was shocked. Not only Guo Jia sent someone to send orders to Gan Ning to withdraw his troops, but also the military generals Dian Wei Xu, Chu, Gaoshun and others also wrote letters to Gan Ning, asking him to obey his orders and not take his own actions.

Although the orders of the kings outside the country are not accepted, which monarch can tolerate the generals doing this?

Even if the result can prove that the generals are right to make their own decisions, this will inevitably make the relationship between the monarch and the ministers tense. The light will lead to estrangement, and the heavy will settle the accounts later!

Gan Ning once again received Guo Jia's military order outside Fancheng, and was full of bitterness.

Looking at Fancheng from afar, Gan Ning exhaled heavily and his eyes were floating.

Zhou Tai and Meng Da also came to persuade Gan Ning to give up and not stare at Fancheng.

If you don’t fight Fancheng now, you will have a chance in the future. If you are eager for quick success and instant benefits, you may end up terrible.

But Gan Ning still insisted on his own.

He had a clear conscience and spent all his life assisting Guo Jia wholeheartedly.

Within one month, Chengdu sent three military orders to ask Gan Ning to withdraw its troops, but Gan Ning replied to the first military order. All the two military orders were silent and they were still intensifying the planning outside Fancheng.

To the north of Fancheng, Yu Jin led seven new troops recruited by Hebei to arrive. In order to prevent the Taiping Army from attacking, Cao Ren led his army out of the city to respond, and finally entered Fancheng safely and safely.

As soon as Yu Jin arrived in Fancheng, he walked up to the city tower and saw Gao Qiang outside the east and south sides. He asked Cao Ren in confusion: "Zixiao, what exactly does Gan Ning want to do?"

Cao Ren was also confused. It seemed that Gan Ning had built another line of defense for Fancheng, which made Fancheng more stable.

Yu Jin fought with Cao Cao for more than ten years and fought many sieges. If we were to isolate Fancheng, it seemed that building a wall was the stupidest way. As long as the army walked out of the city, it could break this line of defense with a hammer of the city. Whether it was the Taiping Army or Cao Cao, they had digging canals outside the city to dig water to isolate the city. If Gan Ning really wanted to achieve this goal, he could dig a river outside the city, so that even Yu Jin's reinforcements would be separated outside.

"The Taiping Army has many tricks, and this wall must have hidden murderous intent. In my opinion, after the army is recuperating, I will lead the army to break through this high wall and disrupt the enemy's plans."

Yu Jin made a decision and he couldn't guess what Gan Ning was going to do, but since Gan Ning wanted to build a wall, he would destroy it, which would definitely disrupt the enemy's deployment.

Cao Ren shook his head in disapproval.

"The Taiping Army has bows, arrows, and crossbows on the high walls, so it is difficult to get close to it."

"Since that's the case, we should break through this high wall."

Yu Jin thought that Gan Ning was so nervous about the role of this high wall, so the importance of this wall was self-evident.

Cao Ren also knew that he could not risk heavy casualties to destroy a wall with the enemy's arrow rain, because after paying a heavy price, the enemy could build the wall overnight.

Since Yu Jin came with his troops, let Yu Jin go, maybe he can see through Gan Ning's intentions.

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