Seeing all the soldiers exhorting in unison, Gao Shun's heart regained a trace of reason slightly.

Indeed, his family is in Xuchang City, and if Xuchang City is not protected, his family may be in danger.

But if he led the army on a rampage like this and wanted to break through to Xuchang City, then the consequences might be even more serious.

If Xuchang City has really been breached, then with his own 5,000 people, I am afraid it will be difficult to save his family, but it is just needless to send him to death.

At that time, his family will not be able to save it, not to mention, and he will bury 5,000 lives in vain.

Gao Shun has a certain degree of wisdom and can be regarded as a wise general, but he is not a strategist after all, and he does not see some problems very thoroughly. If Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and other strategists were on the side, they would definitely remind Gao Shun that Sun Jian would most likely not move his family in order to recruit talents.

In fact, if Gao Shun could calm down and ponder the nonsense carefully, he might not be able to perceive this truth. But the so-called authorities are obsessed, Gao Shun is now worried about his family's situation, even if anyone points out the reason in front of him, Gao Shun may not believe the other party's words.

However, the bitter persuasion of Hao Zhao and others was not without the slightest effect, at least now Gao Shun is much more sober than before.

Gao Shun took a deep breath, his eyes were deep, and his inner thoughts were racing, thinking about how to act.

Will it rush in regardless of sacrifice, or will it ......

The time left for Gao Shun to think about it was extremely limited, and if he hesitated for a moment, the situation in the city would be more dangerous.

"Do according to the plan of the military division." Gao Shun finally decided to adopt the strategy that Guo Jia had offered to Cao Cao, although Gao Shun did not know how effective such a strategy would be in today's situation.

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At this time, at the east gate of Xuchang City, although Sun Jianjun had torn off the Cao character banner hanging at the head of the city, this did not mean that they had taken Xuchang City.

Yes, Cao Ren died, but only a few moments after Cao Ren's death, reinforcements gathered from the other three gates had already arrived.

Cao Jun and Sun Jianjun launched a new round of fighting near the city gate, and the scene was extremely heroic.

The number of Cao troops who came from the other three gates was not large, and the total number was about 6,000. After all, outside the other three gates, a part of Sun Jian's army was also attacking the city, so it was impossible for them to send all their forces to the east gate.

Otherwise, even if the East Gate is saved, but the other three gates fall, won't the result be the same?

Sun Jian's army originally gathered about 26,000 troops outside the east gate, and in the siege battle and hand-to-hand combat in the urn city, Sun Jian's army lost about 2,000 men one after another. But Rao is like this, and the number of troops they have at this moment is still four times that of Cao's army who rushed to the east gate.

Although Zhou Yu was taken aback by the arrival of the remaining three reinforcements, he was not in a hurry. Although Cao Ren's insistence at the cost of his life made the time for Xuchang City change hands continue to be postponed for a while, it is still an indisputable fact that Xuchang City is about to be conquered by his own army.

There are only 6,000 people, how can they stop my army of more than 20,000 people? Don't forget, this is not a siege war, now that the gates are open, the two armies are completely engaged in a hand-to-hand confrontation. Having lost the support of the city, Cao Jun had no chance to turn the situation back with a fourfold gap in numbers.

Sun Jian was excited, this Xuchang City is at his fingertips, and it will become a foothold for himself to step into the world.

"Lord, General Zhou!" Just as Sun Jian and Zhou Yu were proud, a herald suddenly ran to them with a hurried look and reported, "An army is approaching us. ”

Army? Still approaching Xuchang? When Zhou Yu and Sun Jian heard this, their hearts were full of joy.

Especially Sun Jian, Xuchangcheng can be captured at a moment's notice, and he doesn't want to make trouble at this juncture.

Could it be that Cao Cao had defeated Yuan Shao and led his army back to help?

No, although it is not impossible for Cao Cao to defeat the strong with the weak and defeat Yuan Shao's superior forces with inferior forces, it is by no means so fast. If Cao Cao wants to win the victory on the battlefield of Guandu, he can only fight with Yuan Shao, and 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, will Yuan Shao let him go? After chasing and killing all the way, Cao Cao's army could not return to Xuchang safely.

It was precisely because these factors were analyzed clearly in advance that Sun Jian would wave his troops to attack Xuchang.

Could it be that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao secretly reached an agreement that could not be reached?

Sun Jian was constantly guessing various possibilities in his heart, while Zhou Yu was much calmer at this time.

"How many enemy troops are there? What kind of flag is it flying? Zhou Yu asked.

"The subordinates are just visually inspecting, there are about forty or fifty thousand, and the banner is Cao Cao's handsome banner." The herald replied, a tremor in his tone.

"What? So much? Hearing this amount, Sun Jian and Zhou Yu gasped in unison.

"Impossible!" If Sun Jian was only a little concerned before, then his face had completely changed at this moment.

If there are only 10,000 or 20,000 reinforcements coming, then it is better to say that you can handle it yourself. But with an army of forty or fifty thousand, Sun Jian didn't feel good in his heart.

Although the fall of Xuchang is imminent, the other party has 6,000 people, and it will take some time to kill them all.

If the opponent's tens of thousands of troops are killed during this period, it will definitely form a disaster.

You must know that you haven't been able to attack this Xuchang City yet, and if your more than 20,000 people are blocked by the other party's 40,000 or 50,000 people outside this east gate, it will be really desperate.

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 at all, once the enemy's reinforcements arrive, then these 6,000 people can echo the tens of thousands of troops from afar, forming a two-sided attack, which is enough to cause considerable casualties to the own army.

"Gongjin, what should I do now?" Sun Jian asked Zhou Yudao.

"How long do you think it will be before the enemy arrives?" When Zhou Yu heard Sun Jian's question, he did not answer immediately, but continued to ask the herald.

"I guess it won't take much, maybe half an hour." The herald replied.

Zhou Yu was very dissatisfied with this answer, and it was an estimate and an approximation. But now he didn't have time to reprimand the herald, and it was really difficult for him to accurately guess the speed of the enemy's march in such a short time.

"My lord, it seems that I have to retire for the time being." Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said to Sun Jian.

This is also a helpless move, Xuchang is in sight, and no one wants to fall short. However, the accident has happened, and if you carry it on at this time, I am afraid it will cause an irreparable end.

Withdraw troops? Sun Jian's body trembled, and Xuchangcheng was close in front of him, so how could he be willing to retreat.

"Why don't you gather the rest of the Zhumen siege men and horses and fight with Cao's army?" The power of the world is close at hand, Sun Jian really doesn't want to give up.

"My lord, no!" Zhou Yu admonished, "Recall the siege soldiers and horses of Zhumen, although our number is not inferior to Cao's army, but the defenders in the city will have no restraint." It must be known that there are still 10,000 thousands of defenders in the city, and if they and Cao's army outside the city should join forces with the outside world, our army will be attacked by the enemy, and the situation will only be more dangerous. ”

Sun Jian pondered for a moment, and finally reluctantly ordered: "The whole army retreats!" ”

The order was transmitted to the other three gates, and Sun Jian's army outside each gate retreated one after another after receiving the order, and assembled ten miles away from the east gate and set up camp.

The reinforcements from outside the city did not enter the city, and they also set up camp outside the east gate, and their camp was also about ten miles away from Sun Jian.