The night was fleeting, and after dawn, Sun Jianjun launched a new round of offensive against Xuchang City.

As yesterday, the attack on the east gate where Cao Ren was located was still weak and pitiful.

The western, southern, and northern gates were each attacked by about 16,000 troops, and the number of troops responsible for attacking the eastern gate was only about 2,000.

"Only one thousand people will be left at the east gate, and the rest will go to the other three gates to support." Seeing this, Cao Ren finally gave the order.

1,000 people against 2,000 people is not very difficult in the battle to defend the city, and with Cao Ren's ability, he can definitely hold on. In that case, let's allocate troops and try to reduce the pressure on the other three gates.

"Lord, Cao Ren has transferred troops, do you think we should also concentrate our forces and take this Xuchang City in one fell swoop?" Under the East Gate, Zhou Tai saw the crowded scene in the city from afar, and knew that Cao Ren was already distributing troops to the other three gates, and the opportunity for his own army had arrived.

The opportunity for meritorious service is just around the corner, and Zhou Tai is now a person who is ready to move!

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, wait until these troops get to the other three gates." Sun Jian stroked his beard slightly and said very calmly.

Sun Jian himself appeared at the east gate, which no one in Xuchang City expected. Sun Jian's banner has always been hung outside the South Gate, so everyone thinks that Sun Jian is sitting outside the South Gate to command the battle, if they learn that Sun Jian himself is actually leading the whole army outside the East Gate at this time, I am afraid that they will immediately realize that the phenomenon of the weak offensive at the East Gate must be deceitful.

It's a pity that no one knew that Sun Jian had already appeared at the east gate at this time.

Although Sun Jian was calm on the surface, he was already excited in his heart, if everything went well, then Xuchang could conquer it today.

Thinking that the Son of Heaven in Xuchang City was about to fall under his control, Sun Jian's breathing became a little rough, and his face was a little flushed.

Forcibly calming himself down, Sun Jian looked up to the sky and exhaled. When did your ambition swell so much? I think that when I attacked Dong back then, I should answer Cao Cao's appointment and lead the army to pursue Dong Zhuo together in the starry night, which is that my loyalty to the Han family has not faded in the slightest. But only a few years have passed, and this ambition has swelled so fast that it seems that even he can't control it.

I don't know if Cao Cao's change in mind over the years is similar to himself.

Shaking his head and throwing these distracting thoughts out of his mind, Sun Jian looked in the direction of the city again.

It seems that most of the defenders of the East Gate have reached the other three gates, leaving only a thousand men left.

Great opportunity! If you don't conquer the city now, when will you wait?

"Order the other three gates, each with half of the soldiers and horses to quietly gather here, and leave the other half of the soldiers and horses to attack the city with all their might, and be sure not to let the defenders of the city notice the movement of our army." Seeing that the time had come, Sun Jian ordered the heralds beside him.

Several heralds received the order and hurriedly rode their horses to the other three gates, conveying Sun Jian's order to the generals who were responsible for attacking the other three gates.

After the other three generals received the order, they withdrew half of their soldiers and horses and quietly rushed to the east gate.

Since they all followed Sun Jian's instructions, leaving the other half of the men and horses to attack the city desperately, the defenders who were busy defending the city did not notice Sun Jianjun's other actions for a while.

After all, even if only half of the soldiers and horses were left in each gate, there were still 8,000 people, which was still a lot more than the four or five thousand defenders in each gate. These 8,000 men and horses tried their best to attack the city, and the pressure on the defenders of the city was also not small, and they had to deal with it with all their might, so they had no time to pay attention to other superfluous situations.

Soon, the soldiers and horses that were originally located outside the other three gates arrived one after another, and with the original 2,000 men outside the east gate, the number of people attacking the east gate has now reached 26,000.

In comparison, the number of defenders at the East Gate was only 1,000.

At this time, Cao Ren was on the city wall, and the cold sweat was already dripping all over the ground.

The other three defenders didn't see Sun Jian's army quietly withdrawing, would he still not see the gathering of the opposing army?

still hit, Cao Ren regretted it.

"Quick, withdraw the troops transferred to the other three gates for me immediately! Wait, tell the other three keepers to send more men and come to the aid quickly! Cao Ren shouted hoarsely to the sergeant beside him.

Just by withdrawing the manpower transferred out, how can it be enough, looking at the enemy's posture, there are probably nearly 30,000 horses!

Is it too late to mobilize soldiers now, Cao Ren is really anxious. 1,000 to 30,000 is tantamount to using a mantis arm as a car and bringing about self-destruction. In the face of such a sinister situation, he has no power to return to the sky. Could it be that today's Xuchang City is destined to be difficult to defend, and is it possible that Cao Cao's foundation is destined to be destroyed in one fell swoop?

"Siege!" Outside the east gate, Sun Jian gave an order.

Twenty-six thousand people surged in unison, and countless Jiangdong soldiers carried ladders high, ready to launch one fierce offensive after another.

"Get ready, everyone! Hold on! "So far, there is no other way, before the reinforcements of the other three gates arrive, they can only fight to defend to the death.

If you can't keep it, you will die, and there is no second way!

The remaining 1,000 defenders at the east gate hurried to find everything that could be used to help defend the city, throwing wood without bows and arrows, throwing stones without wood, and in short, doing everything in their power to prevent the enemy from ascending the city.

It can shoot one by one, and it can slow down the enemy's siege for a moment.

But the number of 1,000 people is too small, even if 1,000 people find a fist-sized stone and throw it at the same time, it is estimated that if they are unlucky, they will not even be able to kill 100 people, and even if they are lucky, they will kill 300 people at most. Even if it was a casualty of 300 people, it would be a drop in the bucket for Sun Jian's army.

Ladders were erected one after another, and soldiers climbed up one after another.

Although from time to time some soldiers were hit by arrows, or fell by wooden stones, but the base number of their siege soldiers was too much, and the defenders of the city had already tried their best to shoot arrows and throw things downward, and the enemy army seemed to be unhindered.

Finally, a soldier of Sun Jianjun ascended to the top of the city.

As soon as possible, the soldier was quickly cut down by the Cao army guards in the city, but since there was a beginning, more and more people succeeded in landing the city later.

Cao Ren's face turned pale.

Is it all going to end? It seems that today is the time for my own martyrdom.

The enemy's siege speed was still too fast, and reinforcements from the other three cities simply didn't have time to arrive. However, this is not surprising, the number of defenders is only one-tenth of the number of the opponent, and even if he has military talent, it is difficult to change anything.

If Xuchang is a fortified city in the true sense, he may be able to hold out until the reinforcements from the other three gates arrive, but unfortunately, Xuchang is not a fortified city.

It seems that the fall of the city is inevitable.

The city is broken, people die, it is normal. Since you are a general, you must have the courage to endure such an outcome.

"No, it's not time to give up, even if the gates are broken, there is still an urn city inside. If you can hold the urn city and wait for reinforcements to arrive, then there will be a chance. Although he thought about swinging his sword to kill himself, Cao Ren finally abandoned this idea and silently encouraged himself, telling himself to cheer up at this time.

It's not that Cao Ren is afraid of death, it's just that he is really unwilling, and he doesn't want to see Cao Cao's ten years of hard work ruined.

We must persevere, and we must not give up Xuchang City like this!

Although Xuchang City is not a strong city, it is also the capital of a country, and the urn city is still built. Moreover, the urn city of Xuchang City is different from the urn city of most other cities, generally speaking, the urn city is built on the periphery of the city gate, while the urn city of Xuchang City is built inside the city gate and is an inner city.

"The defenders of the East Gate have all retreated to the Urn City! Face the enemy in the Urn City! Cao Ren lifted his spirit and shouted loudly. Cao Ren knew that at this moment, he must not appear discouraged, but must show good spirit in front of the soldiers. At this time, the battle situation is extremely unfavorable, if the main general's discouragement is reflected in the eyes of the soldiers, then there is no possibility of reversal in this battle, and it is definitely a complete defeat.

Now that the enemy army has poured into the city, with such a huge disparity in numbers, hand-to-hand combat with the enemy army on the city is tantamount to death, and it will die very quickly.

But if you retreat into the urn city, the situation may be slightly better, the volume of the urn city is not large, just a semi-circular small city, after a thousand people enter, it is already more crowded.

Cao Ren just wanted to rely on the narrowness of the urn city, so that a thousand defenders could have the ability to confront the opposing army.

"Do you want to defend the city of urns? Hmph, it seems that the enemy's commander still hasn't given up. Sun Jian saw the Cao army at the head of the city quickly retreating to the rear, and immediately understood Cao Ren's intentions.

"Heh, I have heard for a long time that Cao Ren is Cao Cao's brother, and the army is extraordinary, and when I saw it today, it was true." While Sun Jian felt disdainful of Cao Ren's trapped beast fighting, Zhou Yu sighed on the side.

The fall of the city is completely unavoidable, and with such a huge disparity in numbers, no matter who estimates it, it will be impossible to hold it. However, Cao Ren was able to make a decision at the same time as the city fell, and led everyone to retreat to the city without hesitation, this decision and insight were by no means what ordinary generals could have, which was enough to make Zhou Yu sigh.

The urn city is narrow and cannot accommodate many people, so the numerical advantage of his army will inevitably be weakened, and Cao's army can also have a chance to breathe.

"It's just that no matter how you struggle, the result is destined to be unchangeable, and Xuchang will definitely change hands today!" Although he lamented Cao Ren's ability, Zhou Yu never thought that the enemy's behavior of trapping and defending the urn city could change the current situation in the slightest.