Chapter 763: The city gate was broken
Chen Gong, who was limping on the city wall, suddenly burst out in the moment before the machetes of those big swords, and used all his strength in his life, Yang Tian shouted.
"Cao Cao is traitorous, unfaithful, I, Chen Gong, shouldn't have saved you back then..."
As soon as he finished speaking, several generals' swords were slashed at the same time, but Chen Gong did not let out a slight pain for this. His blood-cold eyes stared at Cao Cao's figure, and his body leaned against the city wall and slowly fell down.
During this process, Gao Shun never spoke, his eyes were watching the battle situation tightly, his feet were not moved, his hands were not moved, his eyes were not moved, as if nothing had happened.
Several generals waved to their soldiers: "Please carry this guy's body down so as not to dirty the city wall."
At this time, an enemy soldier was climbing up a ladder beside Gao Shun onto the city wall. When he saw Gao Shun himself, the soldier was immediately excited and stabbed him with his weapons.
Gao Shun was still standing there, his body still moving, looking ahead intently.
Just when the soldier felt that he was about to make great contributions, a spear suddenly came out and hit his chest, then lifted him up and threw him off the city wall.
"General!"
Just now, several generals from Chen Gong killed and surrounded Gao Shun.
Gao Shun said, "Go to defend the city, don't worry about me."
"This..." The few people looked embarrassed and asked them to leave Gao Shun alone, which was really a little worried.
Gao Shun's tone became a little stern: "What should we be punished if we don't accept military orders?"
After hearing this, several people had no choice but to scatter and attack the enemy troops who climbed the city tower.
At the East Gate, Gao Shun was in charge, so the soldiers naturally calmed down from panic. Then, under the command of the generals, an orderly defensive battle began. Therefore, less than half an hour after the battle began, the situation in the East Gate stabilized.
However, Cao Cao looked at this situation and was not in a hurry at all. He seemed to be not concerned about the battle situation at the East Gate. Instead, he lowered his head and said to Guo Jia: "After capturing the city, be sure to find the body of the Gongtai, take it back to his hometown in Dongjun, have a grand funeral, and then bring his family to take care of him."
Guo Jia bowed his order and then said, "Lord, don't blame yourself too much for this. If Chen Gong had not received this information accidentally and came to inform him that we would have no such good strategy and had to attack forcefully, and the soldiers would be injured tens of times more. The lord, who was one of Chen Gong and rescued tens of thousands of soldiers was a great act of good."
Cao Cao looked up at the sky and sighed: "Hey... Although Gongtai left me back then, now he can come to save me without fear of hardships. It shows that I am deeply in love and friendship, but I treat him like this. In the future, I, Cao Cao, dies, and I don't know how to deal with him underground. His youngest daughter is only eight years old this year, and I love her very much. If she asks me for her father, how should I deal with it?"
If someone else had seen a generation of hero Cao Cao, when such a war broke out, he was actually thinking about these love affairs of his children, and being indifferent to the war would have to be shocked, but Guo Jia did not look surprised or confused at all.
"After conquering Luoyang, the lord will welcome the emperor. At that time, the world will be in control. You can posthumously enfeoffed Chen Gong and support his wife and children with a generous salary. Then erect a monument and inscription for him, which is worthy of him."
Cao Cao did not comment on this and did not say anything else.
Seeing that his expression was dim, Guo Jia turned the topic away.
"I don't know if General Xiahou has ever attacked the city at the west gate. As long as he has his troops all the way into the city, and the inside and outside are in harmony, the city will be taken away by me in less than half a day."
When Cao Cao heard this, he instinctively looked west. Although it was impossible to see anything between the city and the vast army, he still said: "Miaocai and Yuan Rang have their own strengths when they commanded the troops. Yuan Rang is polite to the soldiers, share the joys and sorrows, and govern the army with benevolence and righteousness. Whenever there are major events, only Yuan Rang can best determine the morale of the army. Miaocai is rigorous in governing the army, and the military law is strict, and he often waits for rewards and punishments. In an urgent battle, Miaocai cannot be as fast as possible."
Guo Jia nodded: "The lord's eyes are sharp, and every word is gem. The lord supervises the battle in the east of the city to attract Gao Shun to the east gate to take charge. In this way, General Xiahou will definitely be more smooth. With his ability, it is not difficult to break into it before the enemy completely closes the city gate."
While the two were talking, the many supplies outside the West Gate had been cleared out, and tens of thousands of Cao troops finally rushed under the city wall.
The city gate was densely filled with sharp arrows shot by Xiahou Yuan. Inside and outside the city gate, dozens of corpses of soldiers guarding the city were all killed by Xiahou Yuan when they were closing the city gate or cutting off the arrows.
In addition to these, in the only space between the two city gates, there were also several long spears inserted diagonally. The spear tips of these spears were deeply inserted into the ground, while the gun rod was blocking the middle of the two city gates.
Xiahou Yuan delayed the closing of the city gate for a quarter of an hour with his own strength. He saw the defenders on the city tower and behind the city gate becoming more and more shocked.
"This guy is so scary, he is simply unbearable. Even if we are General Gao, we may not be able to match."
"I see that this person's archery skills are exquisite. Even compared with General Ye Xiang, they are almost the same. With him here, we can't close the city gate..."
The soldiers behind the city gate were still able to die at first, but seeing dozens of comrades-in-arms slumped in front of them one by one, many soldiers finally felt a little timid. It was this little timid that made them dare not go forward to close the city gate again. For a moment, the city gate seemed to have become some terrifying monster, which was beyond escapism.
Just when many soldiers were still shocked and hesitating, Cao's army had approached the city gate. Xiahou Yuan finally put down his longbow, lifted his spear again, and rushed over first.
"Those who block me will die!"
He tied the reins of the war horse, and the war horse jumped high, one man and one horse, and passed through the gap between the city gates. Before the war horse landed, Xiahou Yuan provoked his spear and attacked continuously, instantly killing the two soldiers behind the city gates.
"Soldiers, break into the city and open the other three gates. Everyone makes meritorious service, everyone has rewards, and you will be charged!"
Tens of thousands of troops rushed into the city one by one.
The defenders of the Ximen generation hurriedly ran down from the city wall.
"Quick, stop them..."
"We must not let them go to the other three gates, otherwise the enemy will cooperate inside and outside, and our army will be defeated."
"Hurry, everyone get on!"
About 30,000 troops were arranged at the west gate, and they surrounded them from all directions. Although Cao's army was powerful, most of the tens of thousands of soldiers were still outside the city, waiting to enter the city. Therefore, the situation was quickly controlled. At the city gate, the two sides fought fiercely.
Although the army guarding the city was attacked in such a surprise and the leading deputy general Ge was injured, it was an elite army tempered by Gao Shun. With his familiarity with the terrain in the city and the advantage of the geographical advantage, he launched a counterattack and temporarily suppressed Xiahou Yuan's army here, making it difficult for them to move forward.
Xiahou Yuan looked at the city guarding soldiers in front of him, but looked disdainful.
"There are no generals here, who else can stop me? Let me fight out."
He used both guns and bows, sometimes shot from a long distance, sometimes attacked in close combat, and fought with all his might in one direction. Although those ordinary soldiers were also strong and experienced in many battles, how could they compare with world-class generals like Xiahou Yuan when it comes to martial arts?
Not long after, hundreds of corpses were lying on a central avenue within the city gate. One of them was shot in vital parts or shot through the chest by sharp arrows. They were killed with one blow. Xiahou Yuan also rushed hundreds of steps away. Although he was still a long way from the other three city gates, if he continued to rush like this, it would be a good idea that it would be enough for him to succeed in just one hour.
The breakthrough on his side caused the confidence of the soldiers guarding the city to greatly reduce. However, the morale of the Cao army sieges greatly increased. As one of them grew and the other was declining, the battle situation that was finally suppressed soon became tilted again. The Cao army's offensive became more and more fierce, and the front line was constantly moving towards the city. The Cao army outside the city was also rushing into the city continuously.
Chapter completed!