The siege lasted for another day, but it still failed. Cao's army had no choice but to retreat again. Under the command of Gao Shun and others, the soldiers were forming square formations and retreating neatly and orderly.
Gao Shun looked at the towering Wancheng wall in the distance, with a trace of sorrow in his eyes. Even though the siege for several consecutive days caused significant losses to the Wancheng defenders, the pressure he had been under was not small. Not to mention the number of soldiers killed and injured, even half of the siege equipment had been damaged one after another.
In addition, what Gao Shun was worried about was the reinforcements set out from Xiangyang. How much time would they spend to arrive in Wancheng?
But no matter how long the reinforcements will enter Wancheng, there will be less time left for Gao Shun. If you can't take Wancheng within five days, you may have to retreat.
But to be honest, the five-day period is too tight, and Gao Shun is not sure that he can break through the city gate of Wancheng within five days. If the period doubles, from five days to ten days, Gao Shun will probably be full of confidence. Unfortunately, he can only do his best now...
Gao Shun sighed lightly, his heart was as irritated as numb and his taste was mixed.
"As the chief general of the army, you must not be anxious." At some point, Yu Jin, who was the deputy general in this battle, came to Gao Shun's side and said to him, "The city of Wancheng is solid and the number of defenders is large. It is reasonable to not be able to capture it for a long time. Chang Gong does not have to worry about this, so he will be confused."
"Shun, receive education." Gao Shun was also a little grateful for the kind-hearted persuasion of the ban, so he replied sincerely.
"General, look." Suddenly, Xiahou Lan, the commander of the vanguard, suddenly pointed to the Wancheng city gate and shouted loudly.
Looking in the direction Xiahou Lan pointed, Gao Shun couldn't help but look extremely surprised, and his eyes widened.
The gate of Wancheng was actually opened, just like that in front of his eyes.
Although Gao Shun is more than 300 steps away from Wancheng City Gate and the specific situation is not very real, there is no doubt that Wancheng City Gate is indeed opened.
"Hurry! Please come and discuss with the military advisor!" Gao Shun hurriedly shouted to the messenger beside him.
The military advisor naturally refers to Jia Xu. After a while, under the leadership of the messenger, Jia Xu also came to Gao Shun's side.
Seeing that the gate of Wancheng was opened, even though Jia Xu was as quiet as water, he could not help but show an incredible look at this time.
"Is there any fraud?" Jia Xu, who was used to being indifferent, subconsciously thought that this was the plan of the city's defenders, and he might be setting up an ambush inside the city gate waiting for him to enter the trap.
No matter how scheming and calculating Jia Xu was, he would never have expected that all this was caused by Wei Yan. When he let Wei Yan go back, he did not think about getting much benefit from this matter. In Jia Xu's original expectation, if Wei Yan could contact his army and become his army's inner support in the city after returning to the city because of his incompatibility with Liu Pan, this would have been the most perfect result. As for Wei Yan's angrily killing Liu Pan, opening the city gate and surrendering, even if Jia Xu's IQ was unfathomable, he would never have expected such a god-driving plot.
"Wenhe, how should we act now?" If Gao Shun's mind is to launch a charge of the entire army, and rushed into the city gate in one fell swoop, occupying Wancheng with lightning speed.
Of course, Gao Shun was not a reckless man. The gate of Wancheng was opened for no reason. Gao Shun was naturally a little surprised and suspicious, so he called Jia Xu over to ask for advice.
"There are probably ambushing soldiers in the city." Jia Xu thought for a while, but he couldn't figure out anything. In the end, he just spit out these six words.
Is it an empty city plan? Hearing Jia Xu say this, Gao Shun can't make a decision.
"General, send troops." Xiahou Lan on the side could no longer hold back and said to Gao Shun, "No matter what tricks the defenders of Wancheng want to do, they are inferior to our army in terms of numbers and combat power. As long as our army is prepared, what are the fears even if they are cheated?"
Xiahou Lan is a typical militant. How could she give up when she saw that she had the opportunity to make meritorious service? At this time, she naturally tried her best to persuade Gao Shun to attack.
However, what Xiahou Lan said may not be completely correct, but there is some truth. At least in terms of the current situation, this is really a god-given opportunity. If you ignore this opportunity, it may be really difficult for you to conquer Wancheng.
The so-called "God's teachings are not taken, but they are blamed instead.
Gao Shun asked the rest of the people again, Le Jin and Cao Ang were in charge of fighting, while Yu Jin said that it was not advisable to act rashly.
Yu Jin was calm and therefore did not want to act lightly. Although Le Jin was the same as Yu Jin, he was brave in fighting and dared to take risks, so he advocated taking advantage of this opportunity to launch an offensive. Cao Ang was appointed by Cao Cao and entered the army for training, but due to his identity, he had no chance to show his performance from beginning to end. As his first battle, Cao Ang naturally did not want to return to Xuchang empty-handed, so he also hoped to get a chance to make contributions.
After much consideration, Gao Shun finally made a decision: Attack!
"Order the entire army to stop retreating, and change the rear army to the front army and attack Wancheng!" After the plan was decided, Gao Shun would never be vague and immediately ordered.
Jia Xu did not persuade Gao Shun's offensive order. Although it was abnormal that there would be monsters, it was unreasonable that Wancheng suddenly opened its gates, but for some reason, Jia Xu had a vague feeling that Gao Shun would definitely win a complete victory after going there.
The soldiers continued to fight for a day, and were already exhausted at this time. When the retreat was halfway, they suddenly heard the order to reorganize and attack the city again. Many people couldn't help but complain. Fortunately, the Cao army had strict military discipline and issued orders, but they were in an orderly manner without any confusion.
The army quickly turned around and drove towards Wancheng again.
Unfortunately, he had no cavalry in this battle, otherwise the speed of charge would be greatly accelerated. If the enemy really had any tricks, he could retreat quickly. Gao Shun not only sighed in his heart. But there was nothing he could do about it. Cao Cao had not unified the north at this time, and the reserves of war horses were not very sufficient. As for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry with strong combat power, there was no shadow. In this case, the distribution of war horses was strictly controlled. Gao Shun's trip was a siege battle, so what would it take? Cao Cao would not arrange cavalry with him.
Although Gao Shun and other generals had horses to ride, they would never make the gap between themselves and the stair formation behind them too big.
The distance of more than 300 steps was not very far, but it would take some time to run over with your legs. During the march, Gao Shun was afraid that the city gate would suddenly close, but fortunately this was purely his unnecessary worry. When he was about ten feet away from the city gate, the Wancheng city gate was still open, and there was no sign of closing.
The scene near the city gate almost shocked Gao Shun's chin.
I saw two old and young fighting to the death. After careful look, they were Huang Zhong and Wei Yan!