Ding Yuan's cavalry was defeated here, and Huang Zhong's side breathed a sigh of relief.

In the battle with Ding Yuan's cavalry, Huang Zhong's 20,000 army also lost three or four thousand people, which was not a big loss, and the rest of the people, with the cooperation of those war elephant troops, continued to guard this passage of Huarong Road.

The other 10,000 people, under the leadership of Huang Zhong, marched east to support Ganning.

Liu Zheng's order was like this, Huang Zhong blocked Ding Yuan's reinforcements in Huarong Dao, and once Ding Yuan's men and horses were attacked and Huang Zhong won a big victory, he would take the rest of his men and horses to join Gan Ning.

Attack Hanyang together.

At present, Ding Yuan's men and horses were defeated by Huang Zhong, although they were not able to completely annihilate all of Ding Yuan's soldiers and horses, but Ding Yuan had already suffered a heavy blow, making Ding Yuan's possibility of wanting to support Hanyang again much smaller.

The battle that took place on the side of Huarong Dao was not known to Zhang Liao and Gan Ning, who were facing each other outside Hanyang City at this time.

Gan Ning received Liu Zheng's order to besiege Hanyang, and he didn't need to take the initiative to attack, he only needed to block Zhang Liao.

And the army of Zulang, the naval army that cooperated with him, went directly north through the Yangtze River water system, intending to surprise attack Xiangyang.

After all, Zhang Liao's army in Hanyang was besieged, and if they wanted to go out of the city to fight, they had to let Zhang Liao and others have some scruples.

Zhang Liao and the others can indeed stay in the city all the time. In this way, Gan Ning really did not dare to attack rashly.

However, the same Liu Zheng's army did not plan to attack this Hanyang City directly, but planned to bypass Hanyang and attack Xiangyang.

In this way, Gan Ning's men and horses also turned from defense to offense, and the anxious one became Zhang Liao in Hanyang City.

Sure enough, in this Hanyang City, you can see that there are constantly warships sailing on the Yangtze River.

Huge dragon boats and dozens of small boats slowly sailed along the river.

Zhang Liao on Hanyang City saw these warships at a glance.

After seeing that the direction of these warships was Xiangyang, Zhang Liao's whole face became gloomy.

Zhang Liao looked at those boats, constantly following the current, in the direction of Xiangshui, and understood the thoughts of Gan Ning and the others.

Gan Ning didn't want to attack Hanyang at all, the real purpose was those sailors, they went north and attacked Xiangyang.

"Not good! Their purpose is not us at all, but Xiangyang! ”

After Zhang Liao thought of this, he did not act rashly, and at this time, he also knew that he was in a passive position, because once he left the city, Na Gan Ning and those naval troops would be able to turn back and annihilate his Hanyang.

Once Hanyang is lost, Liu Zheng's men and horses can really restrict the entrance to Xiangyang, and they can attack Xiangyang when they enter, and they can defend Jiangxia when they retreat.

"Did the general send someone over?"

Zhang Liao's face was gloomy, and after pondering for a moment, he asked the deputy general beside him.

"Report to the general, there is no news from Huarong's side, but we got the news that Gongzi Liu Qi is supporting us from Xiangyang with an army of 30,000!"

"Young Master Liu Qi came to Hanyang with someone?"

As soon as Zhang Liao heard the words of the deputy general, the look on his face suddenly looked a little better.

"Well, the news has just arrived, saying that the person said that General Ding Yuan is also going to bring people to support us, and we just need to hold on to Hanyang now."

"No, we can't stick to Hanyang, we have to take the initiative to attack and contain Gan Ning outside the city, lest he escape, calculate the time, and see when Liu Qigongzi's soldiers and horses will arrive, and we will go out of the city in advance to deal with Na Ganning!"

The lieutenant general speculated on the time, and if he wanted to come to Liu Qi's people, it was estimated that it would only take one or two hours to reach Hanyang.

Zhang Liao, who heard the news, became more and more excited.

"Come, pick some dead soldiers for me, I'm going out of the city to meet those enemy troops!"

Zhang Liao wants to become famous in a battle, and wants to make a name for himself on the battlefield of Jingzhou, so naturally he can't hide in the city, only when he goes out of the city and fights with Gan Ning and them, can Zhang Liao's reputation be greatly enhanced.

Zhang Liao himself was on the battlefield in Yuzhou, after repelling Yuan Shu, his reputation has been opened, and now if he can still defeat Gan Ning, it is inevitable that the Jingzhou battlefield will gradually be dominated by Zhang Liao.

It didn't take long for Zhang Liao to gather a number of people from this Hanyang City, and these people all wanted to follow Zhang Liao out of the city to mix up the military exploits, and they were playing the role of a dead soldier.

More than 2,000 people, all carefully selected by Zhang Liao, after taking these people to the city gate, Zhang Liao gave the order to open the city gate.

"Open the gates!"

Zhang Liao shouted loudly, giving some confidence to those soldiers defending the city.

With the rumbling opening of the city gate, Zhang Liao raised the big knife in his hand, and after the city gate was opened, he rode a horse and took the lead in killing the two thousand dead soldiers behind him.

Although Zhang Liao only brought 2,000 dead soldiers to kill, it does not mean that there are only 2,000 people from this Zhang Liao here.

The rest of the people are all waiting in the city, waiting for Zhang Liao to take the advantage, and they will rush out in one go, making the Gan Ning army outside the city desperate.

However, at this time, the battle between the two sides had not yet started, and Zhang Liao did not know whether he could win over Gan Ning.

Only 2,000 people out of the city also means that in case of failure, these people in the city will not be completely defeated, relying on the city walls, they can still hold on and wait for reinforcements.

When Zhang Liao came out of the city, the Gan Ning army stationed outside the city also took action at this time.

In the past few days, Gan Ning has been stationed outside this Hanyang City, and basically has not done anything, because his goals are to besiege the city, and he deliberately let Zhang Liao know that he is just besieging but not attacking.

Even, when Gan Ning was besieging the city, he didn't even bother to send people out to call for battle, so he did the siege and forced the siege.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a few days, and Gan Ning's idle eggs hurt every day, so he lay on the fence and looked at the city in a daze.

Finally, the gate of Hanyang City opened, and Gan Ning, who was looking forward to it, finally looked forward to Zhang Liao.

As soon as the city gate moved, Gan Ning immediately excitedly took his weapon, rode directly with people, and rushed over.

and Zhang Liao's men and horses confronted each other outside the city.

"Gan Ning dog thief, the turtle has shrunk a few times, he doesn't dare to attack, he has no courage to bandits, let your grandfather Zhang Liao teach you a lesson today!"

Zhang Liao did not lead people to charge directly, but rushed out by himself first, shouting at Gan Ning's side.

Gan Ning was in a panic, and actually saw Zhang Liao rushing out alone, where would he be afraid, he raised the big knife in his hand, and then rushed out, intending to fight with Zhang Liao.

Ganning itself has few soldiers, and compared with Zhang Liao, he occupies a disadvantage.

So going it alone may be able to boost some morale.