Chapter 200 The North of the Yangtze River belongs to Cao Cao
Chapter 200 Everything north of the Yangtze River belongs to Cao Cao
Outside Nanjun, Guan Yu is the chief general, Zhang Fei, Yu Jin and others are the deputy generals and come with 50,000 troops.
Now that Lu Bu is away, Gao Shun is the only one stationed in Nanjun.
"Gao Shun, surrender quickly before you leave the city!"
"Your grandfather Zhang Fei will not kill you today!"
Gao Shun in the city showed a trace of panic on his face, but he quickly calmed down and looked at the approaching army with panic in his eyes.
At this time, why did Cao Jun suddenly come and kill him?
He was completely unaware of the news that Cao Jun was coming, and even the spies did not detect any movement.
Even yesterday, Cao Jun had no intention of sending troops. These soldiers under Cao Jun seemed to have no need to organize themselves, and they killed them instantly.
Moreover, he still seized the opportunity when Lu Bu was away and led the army. This was obviously a conspiracy and was definitely not a coincidence!
Gao Shun looked at the soldiers below the city and said in a deep voice: "The enemy army is so powerful that we are not allowed to go out to fight. Everyone must defend the city!"
Gao Shun could still see through the analysis of the situation.
Now there are 30,000 Nanjun garrison, 60,000 Wuling garrison, and the remaining 50,000 soldiers were taken away by Lu Bu to attack Changsha.
Guan Yu said calmly: "Today we are ordered to come and recover Nanjun. If you know what's going on, open the city gate as soon as possible to avoid the loss of life!"
Gao Shun looked at the countless soldiers below and couldn't help but panic, should Nanjun be defended or not?
Looking at Cao Jun below, Gao Shun gritted his teeth and said, "Stop talking nonsense there. If you have the ability, step into this city gate first!"
The city defenses among the seven places in Jingzhou are not bad at all, Changsha is the worst. The city defenses in Nanjun should be able to resist the attack of Guan Yu and his 50,000 troops.
"Everyone is preparing to defend the city, but a mere 50,000 soldiers want to take over our Nanjun?"
After finishing his words, Gao Shun had no intention of opening the city gate.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not have such good tempers and continued to argue with Gao Shun.
I only heard Zhang Fei shouting: "Everyone, kill me!"
Fifty thousand soldiers charged directly. The soldiers at the front held their shields high, and behind them, they covered countless ladders and headed towards the city wall.
Gao Shun's face couldn't help but change when he saw the extremely skillful actions of these soldiers breaking through the city.
Not to mention these soldiers wearing heavy armor and walking like flying, the soldiers who followed were also divided into various formations in an orderly manner, and countless soldiers were advancing quickly under the cover of heavy infantry shields.
The arrows flying down from the city defense had little effect and had no big effect at all.
Even falling rocks and rolling logs had no great effect. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others did not want to waste any time.
As soon as they disagreed, the soldiers began to charge.
Behind the battlefield, Guo Jia watched all this calmly.
"We will capture Nanjun within half a day!"
Under Guo Jia's orderly leadership, Cao's army was even more impeccable.
Yu Jin, who was closely protecting Guo Jia, looked curious.
"Why are you a military advisor?"
Guo Jia said with a solemn look in his eyes: "If we cannot capture Nanjun in half a day, we must retreat!"
"It should take half a day for Lu Bu to defeat Changsha and return. If we cannot seize this opportunity, we will be attacked from both sides!"
"So for us, if trying to persuade us to surrender is useless, then we can attack by force!"
At this moment, the soldiers in front of the formation are still charging towards the city defense. It seems that a strong attack may lose many soldiers, but compared to Lu Bu's army of more than 100,000, these losses are nothing!
The ladder was successfully erected under the cover of heavy armor.
The heavy infantry in the first row rushed to the front with their shields held high, and countless soldiers climbed up the ladder.
Gao Shun, who was personally in charge of the city defense, shouted loudly: "Landing rocks, fall rocks quickly!"
Under the airtight defense of Cao Jun, the archers on the city defense could not play any role at all. Watching Cao Jun climb up step by step, Gao Shun became more and more panicked.
According to this trend, Cao Jun could directly attack the city defenses in less than half an hour. This scene was too exaggerated.
Gao Shun, on the other hand, could not think of any way to retreat from the enemy, and almost all the city defense methods at his disposal were used.
"Everyone, prepare to fight Cao Jun!"
Gao Shun glanced sideways and used cold methods.
The soldiers in the city who were preparing for war immediately gathered towards the city defense and city gate.
It was obvious that the city could no longer be defended. The city defenses in Nanjun could not form any organization in front of these soldiers.
Although the general who came to lead the army was Guan Zhang, there must be an expert behind this rigorous formation.
He is so docile and obedient, so what can he do to defend this southern county?
Under Cao's army's repeated attacks, the soldiers continued to climb up via climbing ladders.
The soldiers who were ready stepped forward to resist, but how could Liu Biao's old troops compete with Cao Cao's soldiers?
At first, it was possible to form a 50-50 situation, but as Cao's army continued to climb up, these soldiers were vulnerable to a single blow.
Gao Shun's face looked ugly. According to this trend, Nanjun will definitely fall.
"The enemy's army is vast, our army should conserve its strength, fight another day, and retreat!"
With Gao Shun's decisiveness, he would immediately implement the decision after making it, directly leading the 20,000 participating soldiers to abandon the city and head towards the south gate.
After the troops withdrew, the city gate was immediately occupied by Cao's army and the city gate was opened wide.
Zhang Fei looked at Guo Jia behind him and asked, "Commander, Gao Shun, should we pursue him or not?"
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Occupying Nanjun is the first priority. Don't ignore Gao Shun. Moreover, Gao Shun still has a trap in his hands. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for us to keep him!"
As a military advisor, how could he not be able to distinguish between priorities? The most important thing now is to capture Nanjun.
If we continue to pursue, I am afraid that we will encounter Lu Bu who returns from the battle defeated, and then the gains will outweigh the losses.
By acquiring Nanjun, their goal has been achieved.
I only heard Guo Jia say calmly: "Everyone is stationed in Nanjun, arranging the troops and horses, and preparing to welcome the follow-up army!"
The southern part of Nanjun already borders the Yangtze River Basin, so there is no need for them to pursue it. Lu Bu and all his soldiers should move closer to Wuling County and the southern part of Nanjun.
Although it is said that Nanjun was captured, it was only the northern part of Nanjun.
As the dust of this battle settled, all of northern Jingzhou, bounded by Dongting and the Yangtze River, fell into Cao Cao's hands.
In the southern part of Nanjun, the defeated Gao Shun fled here.
"Gao Shun, why are you here?"
Lu Bu's face darkened, and looking at Gao Shun and his soldiers in embarrassment, it was clear that this explained everything.
The northern part of Nanjun has been lost.
Chen Gong said with an ugly face: "The northern part is probably lost. I didn't expect that Cao Jun would choose this time to come."
Gao Shun also shook his head and said: "My lord, you have only been away for an hour, and Cao Jun came to kill you immediately. It must be a premeditated plan, and Cao Jun's ability to attack the city is simply indescribable."
Although he wanted to explain, he still gave up. Once the city was lost, it was lost. No matter how much he said, it would be of no use.
Neither of them blamed Gao Shun for his loss.
Cao's army moved south at this time and was unable to resist it.