Seeing all the soldiers admonishing him in unison, Gao Shun regained some sense in his heart.
Indeed, my family and children are all in Xuchang City. If Xuchang City is not protected, my family may be in danger.
But if he led his army on a rampage and tried to break into Xuchang City, the consequences might be more serious.
If the city of Xuchang had really been breached, then even with the five thousand men, I might not be able to save my family, and they would just die needlessly.
Not to mention that his family will not be saved by then, and five thousand lives will be lost in vain.
Gao Shun has a certain degree of intelligence and can be regarded as a wise general, but he is not a counselor and does not have a thorough understanding of some issues. If counselors such as Guo Jia and Cheng Yu were around, they would definitely remind Gao Shun and Sun Jian
In order to recruit talents, it is very likely that their family members will not be touched.
In fact, if Gao Shun could calm down and consider the nonsense carefully, he might not be able to detect this truth. But as the so-called authorities are obsessed with it, Gao Shun is now worried about the situation of his family. Even if someone points out the reason in front of him, Gao Shun will
You may not believe what the other person says.
However, the persuasion from Hao Zhao and others was not without any effect. At least Gao Shun was now much more sober than before.
Gao Shun took a deep breath, his eyes were deep, his inner thoughts were racing, and he was considering how to act.
Should he rush in regardless of sacrifice, or...
The time left for Gao Shun to consider was extremely limited. If he hesitated for a moment, the situation in the city would be even more dangerous.
"Act according to the military advisor's plan." Gao Shun finally decided to adopt the strategy proposed by Guo Jia to Cao Cao, although Gao Shun did not know how effective this strategy was under the current circumstances.
——————————————————————————————At this time, at the east gate of Xuchang City, although Sun Jianjun had already hung the
The banner of Cao was pulled down, but this does not mean that they have captured Xuchang City.
Yes, Cao Ren died, but only a moment after Cao Ren died, reinforcements gathered from the other three gates had already arrived.
Cao Jun and Sun Jian's army started a new round of fighting near the city gate, and the scene was extremely heroic.
The number of Cao's troops coming from the other three gates was not large, only about 6,000 in total. After all, some of Sun Jian's troops were attacking the city outside the other three gates, so it was impossible for them to send all their troops to the east gate.
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Otherwise, even if the east gate is saved but the other three gates fall, wouldn't the result be the same?
Sun Jian's army originally gathered about 26,000 troops outside the east gate. During the siege and hand-to-hand combat inside the barbican, Sun Jian's army successively lost about 2,000 men. However, despite this, the strength they had at this moment
It was still four times the size of Cao's army that rushed to the east gate.
Although Zhou Yu was a little surprised by the arrival of the other three reinforcements, he was not anxious about it. Although Cao Ren's persistence at the cost of his life delayed the change of ownership of Xuchang City for a while,
However, it is still an indisputable fact that Xuchang City was captured by the Japanese army.
There are only six thousand people, how can they stop my army of more than 20,000. Don't forget, we are not engaged in some siege battle now. Now that the city gate has been opened, the two armies are completely engaged in a hand-to-hand confrontation. The city has been lost.
With four times the numerical difference, Cao Jun had no chance to regain the situation.
Sun Jian looked excited. This city of Xuchang was at his fingertips, and it would become his foothold in the world.
"Lord, General Zhou!" Just when Sun Jian and Zhou Yu were feeling proud, a messenger suddenly ran to them in a panic and reported, "An army is approaching us."
The army is still approaching Xuchang? Zhou Yu and Sun Jian were frightened when they heard this.
Especially for Sun Jian, Xuchang City was about to be captured, and he didn't want to cause trouble at this juncture.
Could it be said that Cao Cao has defeated Yuan Shao and led his army back to reinforce him?
No, although it is not impossible for Cao Cao to defeat the strong with the weak and defeat Yuan Shao's superior force with inferior troops, it will never happen so quickly. If Cao Cao wants to win the Guandu battlefield, he can only fight with Yuan Shao at exhaustion.
And we will never win in a quick battle.
Or did Cao Cao decide to come back to rescue Xuchang at all costs? But in this case, would Yuan Shao let him go? After chasing him all the way, Cao Cao's army would not be able to return to Xuchang safely.
It was precisely because he had clearly analyzed these factors in advance that Sun Jian sent troops to attack Xuchang.
Did Cao Cao and Yuan Shao secretly reach an agreement?
Sun Jian kept guessing various possibilities in his mind, while Zhou Yu was much calmer at this time.
"Approximately how many people are there in the enemy army? What flags are they flying?" Zhou Yu asked.
"My subordinates only made a visual inspection. There are about 40,000 to 50,000 people, and the flag they are flying is Cao Cao's handsome flag." The messenger replied, with a hint of vibrato in his tone.
"What? So many?" Upon hearing this amount, Sun Jian and Zhou Yu gasped in unison.
"Impossible!" If Sun Jian was only a little concerned before, then his expression completely changed at this moment.
If the reinforcements coming were only 10,000 or 20,000, it would be easy to say that he could handle it. But with an army of 40,000 to 50,000, Sun Jian would not feel comfortable.
Although Xuchang is about to fall, there are still six thousand people on the other side, and it will still take some time to kill them all.
If the opponent's tens of thousands of troops attack during this period, it will definitely cause a disaster.
You must know that you have not yet been able to attack Xuchang City. If your more than 20,000 men are blocked from the east gate by the opponent's 40,000 to 50,000 men, you will really have no choice but to do so.
And don’t forget, there are still 6,000 people from Cao’s army on the other side of the city gate. Although these 6,000 people do not pose any threat to themselves now, once enemy reinforcements arrive, these 6,000 people will be able to compete with those several thousand people.
Tens of thousands of troops responded to each other from a distance, forming a pincer attack from two sides, which was enough to cause considerable casualties to our own army.
"Gong Jin, what should we do now?" Sun Jian asked Zhou Yu.
"According to your estimate, how long will it take for the enemy to arrive here?" Zhou Yu heard Sun Jian's question and did not answer immediately, but continued to ask the ordering soldier.
"It won't take long, probably less than half an hour," the ordering soldier replied.
Zhou Yu was very dissatisfied with this answer. It was both an estimate and a rough guess. But now he had no time to scold the messenger, and it was really difficult for him to accurately predict the enemy's marching speed in such a short period of time.
"My lord, it seems that we have to retreat temporarily." Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said to Sun Jian.
This is also a helpless move. The destruction of Xuchang city is in sight, and no one wants to fail. However, changes have occurred. If we continue to carry on at this time, I am afraid it will cause irreparable consequences.
Do you want to withdraw your troops? Sun Jian trembled, Xuchang City was so close in front of him, how could he be willing to retreat like this?
"How about gathering the troops from other sects to attack the city and fight against Cao's army?" The power of the world was so close, and Sun Jianchen really didn't want to give it up.
"My Lord, no!" Zhou Yu warned, "Recall all the siege troops and horses. Although our numbers are not inferior to Cao's army, the defenders in the city have no control. It should be noted that there are still tens of thousands of defenders in the city.
At that time, if he and Cao's army outside the city should join forces, our army will be attacked from both sides, and the situation will only become more dangerous."
Sun Jian pondered for a moment, and finally ordered helplessly: "The whole army retreats!"
The order was passed to the other three gates, and Sun Jian's army outside each gate retreated one after another after receiving the order, gathering and setting up camp ten miles away from the east gate.
The reinforcements outside the city did not enter the city, but also set up camp outside the east gate. Their camp was about ten miles away from Sun Jian.