Chapter 358 Psychological Warfare
There were torches everywhere in Zhou Yu’s water stronghold.
Looking at the twinkling flames, Gan Ning couldn't help but nodded.
"Mr. Zhou is indeed cautious in his use of troops. He still maintains such a tight defense under such circumstances."
But at the same time, Gan Ning felt a little relieved.
Zhou Yu's camp was operating normally, and many soldiers were patrolling, so they probably didn't guess that he would launch a night attack.
Having seen many strategists under Tian Ze who were good at understanding people's minds, and having fought with Zhou Yu and others, Gan Ning, who seemed arrogant but was actually very careful, had already been prepared.
Especially his talent, the one who is best at sneak attacks, knows exactly how to avoid being ambushed.
With his hand on the hilt of the knife, he looked calmly at the water stronghold ahead, staring closely at several places where fire was concentrated and possible important locations.
He had already sent scouts to check the situation in advance during the day. Although he was unable to fully understand the layout of Zhou Yu's camp, he already had some idea of where Zhou Yu was and the locations of some important places.
The five thousand soldiers were all dressed in black armor, with their mouths sealed and their horses' hooves wrapped, hiding in the night.
Quietly detouring to a position at the rear that was not very suitable for a sneak attack, Gan Ning waved his hand, and countless soldiers who were agile and skilled in night attacks crouched and quietly moved around the camp.
Armed with a dagger and a crossbow, he quickly eliminated the enemy troops on guard.
A hint of admiration flashed in Gan Ning's eyes.
His efforts in training this "special forces" have paid off, as they have achieved some results.
Gently pushing open the fence of the camp, Gan Ning led his troops to rush in quickly. Gan Ning commanded the soldiers to divide into several teams and carry out operations according to the predetermined plan.
"kill!"
Everyone shouted and launched an attack on Zhou Yu’s military camp. Countless torches were thrown, setting off a huge sea of fire.
They rushed quickly towards where the warships were anchored, where the food and grass were stored, and where the soldiers' tents were, trying to create the greatest chaos in the shortest time and deal a heavy blow to Zhou Yu.
Gan Ning was unusually calm at this time. He felt at ease as he watched the soldiers running out of the military tents in the camp.
It seems that this is not Zhou Yu's trick.
"Zhou Gongjin, Zhou Gongjin. No matter how good you are at military strategy, you can't defeat my night attack. I will capture you alive tonight!" Gan Ning murmured excitedly.
After being suppressed and beaten by Zhou Yu for so long, he had been filled with anger, and now he could finally vent it.
Thinking of the scene after capturing Zhou Yu, Gan Ning could hardly suppress his inner excitement.
Afterwards, Gan Ning had no more scruples and personally led his personal guards to rush towards Zhou Yu's location.
However, as Gan Ning went deeper, he found that the camp was empty. The scattered lights were all torches, and the black shadows everywhere were all scarecrows.
Oops, I fell into a trap!
Gan Ning's heart sank and he immediately understood his situation.
Gan Ning did not retreat afterwards, but led his troops to attack to the side, hoping to break through from another place.
"Gan Xingba, you've fallen into my trap!"
At this time, countless flames appeared in the surroundings, and a large number of Zhou Yu's soldiers came from the darkness outside the camp to surround Gan Ning's army.
While besieging Gan Ning's troops, he shouted.
Zhou Yu stared at the fire dragon that was trying to break free from the net he had set, and smiled slightly.
"Gan Xingba is still naive."
"However, being able to choose to attack from this position and reacting quickly and taking action after realizing that you were tricked is a good sign of caution and decisiveness."
"It's a pity that I chose the wrong opponent."
Although Zhou Yu is young, his grasp of human hearts and human nature is no less than that of some old foxes.
Especially for Gan Ning, whom Zhou Yu often dealt with, Zhou Yu knew his temper very well and naturally knew that he would not sit still and wait for death. However, Zhou Yu also knew that it was not that easy to deceive Gan Ning and it required a rather complicated design.
Once the design becomes complicated, the subsequent actions will not be so decisive and effective.
Coupled with Gan Ning's own decisiveness and talent, it should not be a problem to inflict heavy damage on Gan Ning's troops in this battle, but it would probably be impossible to capture and kill Gan Ning.
He looked dimly in the direction of Gan Ning's camp, which was what Zhou Yu cared about most.
"I hope General Cheng Pu's operation goes smoothly."
In Zhou Yu's camp, Gan Ning brandished a broadsword and led his soldiers, shouting, to break out in one direction.
Although Zhou Yu's ability to command and dispatch soldiers was extremely abnormal, and he quickly assembled them into a formation, his soldiers were ultimately inferior to Gan Ning's elite troops, and they were fighting at night.
Gan Ning, who had a very sensitive sense of battlefield, quickly discovered several flaws in Zhou Yu's army's encirclement and rushed straight to the most obvious flaw.
Having fallen into a trap once, he now began to speculate on Zhou Yu's plan.
Zhou Yu saw the location of the fire and smiled gently.
Guess what you will choose.
What a coincidence, I am also guessing what you will choose.
Playing tricks on yourself!
It would be fine if Guo Fengxiao was still here, but a military general is a military general. Does he really think he can outsmart a counselor by playing tricks?
When it comes to the heart, it has to be the counselor who makes the plan.
Gan Ning had just charged in, and before he had a moment to rejoice, he was faced with an army formation composed of shield soldiers.
At the same time, a large number of archers on both sides formed a goose-shaped formation, bent their bows and drew their arrows, and fired dense rain of arrows at Gan Ning's troops. Although Gan Ning's soldiers fought hard, they still suffered many casualties under this sudden attack.
Fooled again!
"Shield bearers, form a formation!" Gan Ning shouted loudly, trying to organize a defense.
But Zhou Yu's army launched wave after wave of attacks, not only covered by rain of arrows, but also attacked by catapults and crossbows from the warships that had been stolen before.
This caused Gan Ning's army to suffer heavy losses.
Seeing this, Gan Ning gritted his teeth, aimed in one direction, and led the remaining soldiers to turn around and rush towards the other corner.
Ignore any flaws, abandon all ideas, and choose the direction of breakthrough based on instinct.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu sighed slightly.
As expected, this battle could not be completely successful.
After losing many soldiers, Gan Ning finally led his soldiers out of the encirclement and joined forces with Tian Hu who was supporting them from the outside.
Looking back at the mess, Gan Ning's eyes were filled with humiliation and unwillingness, but they quickly became clear.
"Retreat! Return to the water fort immediately. Zhou Gongjin is good at scheming. I'm afraid our water fort will be in danger!"
After this battle, Gan Ning was completely defeated by Zhou Yu.
You can't beat both the Yin and Yang. When facing such a scary opponent, you'd better rely on your advantage in combat power to slowly consume him.
Now, he was completely helpless against Zhou Yu.
In this night attack, nearly half of the 5,000 soldiers were killed.
You know, these 5,000 soldiers were all elite troops carefully selected by him, and their importance was no less than the 10,000 troops that Zang Ba had led on a long-distance raid before.
Moreover, hundreds of them are his personal guards.
The loss of such a backbone force was a serious blow to Gan Ning.
(End of this chapter)
