Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 774: Battle of the Commanders
Cao Cao, who was running for his life, looked back at the city wall and saw that Gao Shun had disappeared. A group of soldiers guarding the city wall ran to the rear. Cao Cao knew what had happened.

"Miaocai has arrived."

He immediately reined in his horse, turned around, and pointed the sword toward the sky.

"All troops, listen up. Only 20,000 men will be left to attack the city. The rest of the troops will be dispatched to surround and kill the enemy troops that have left the city. Kill..."

With a wave of his hand, not only did he draw out tens of thousands of troops from the army that had previously attacked the city to charge forward in a mighty force, but the 20,000 soldiers that had been supporting the rear also all headed towards the 25,000 Han troops outside the city gate.

Cao Cao deployed a total of 80,000 troops outside the east gate. In addition to the thousands of people who had died in today's bloody battle, there were still 20,000 people who continued to attack the city. The remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses all went to battle and soon surrounded the 25,000 Han troops.

"Oh no, this is the plan of the Chinese thieves to lure the snake out of its hole."

Several generals stood in front of the army, looking regretful.

"Alas, I should have listened to General Gao's advice and not been so greedy and reckless. Now it's too late to regret."

"Hey, brothers, why are you so depressed? Although Cao's army is powerful, what can they do to us? We will fight and retreat, slowly retreat back to the city, and then lower the gate. The gate is ten thousand pounds heavy. Even if the enemy wants to resist, how can they do it?"

When this person said this, everyone suddenly became enlightened and perked up.

"Brothers, form a square formation. Everything is for defense. Don't rush out of the formation easily."

Under the arrangements of these generals, the formation was quickly adjusted, and the soldiers who were originally fighting outside also ran back.

This square formation was composed of the heavy shield soldiers of the Han Wuzu and the broadsword soldiers among the ordinary soldiers, standing in a staggered manner to form a square formation, while spearmen, long pikemen, and another thousand soldiers armed with powerful crossbows stood in the formation.

When Cao's soldiers charged forward, the heavy shield soldiers and the broadsword soldiers cooperated tacitly. One side was responsible for resisting the attack, while the other side used the broadsword to stab, chop or slash to kill the enemy. The spearmen and long spearmen in the rear assisted in killing the enemy, and the strong crossbowmen at the back continuously fired crossbow arrows to disrupt the enemy's momentum.

Cao Cao was slightly surprised. "I didn't expect that the Han army could maintain its morale even after losing its leader Gao Shun. The generals and soldiers could remain calm even when facing a huge disaster. They could adapt to the situation and change the battle formation. If such a person were under my command, he could be stationed in a county and fight with the army. He could command tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, second only to the generals Xiahou Cao and others. I didn't expect that there would be so many talented people in the Luoyang court army. It's really terrifying. But..."

He suddenly grinned: "They probably don't know that behind the city gate, there is chaos now, and no one will open the gate for them. It's a pity that such an elite person died here."

Guo Jia walked up to him and whispered, "The Emperor of Luoyang and his generals such as Guan Yu and Gao Shun have lived and eaten together in the army for many years, talked with the soldiers, and educated and supported them. The ordinary soldiers were almost illiterate, but after several years of enlightenment, they were able to accumulate knowledge. After several years of experience in hundreds of battles, and with the constraints of military rules and discipline, some of them with high comprehension naturally stood out gradually, from soldiers to generals, and from generals to commanders."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Liu He's training and use of troops is indeed a model for military strategists. It's a pity that he applied this method to the court, which made it impossible to distinguish between scholars and farmers, and caused chaos in industry and commerce. How could the scholars of the world be convinced? No wonder many ministers in Luoyang have repeatedly rebelled. Back then, we put down the rebellion of Chen Ji and others. Now I heard that many ministers in the court are resentful again, and few scholars from all over the country have gone to Luoyang to join their efforts. This shows how serious this problem is. If not for this, Cao would have joined his army and become a capable minister who governs the world, and his name would have been recorded in history."

Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Yes, rather than waiting until the court in Luoyang falls apart again and the people suffer, it is better for the lord to take charge of the government on behalf of the Han Dynasty first and stabilize the overall situation, which is most beneficial to the country and the people."

Cao Cao was very pleased with his words, and his expression softened a lot.

He looked at the battle situation ahead and said, "Gao Shun has not appeared on the tower again. It seems that Miao Cai's attack is going well. Order the other two gates to temporarily stop the attack and leave half of the troops stationed outside the gate to prevent the defenders in the city from escaping. The other half of the troops will immediately go to the west gate and try their best to break through the gate."

More than 200,000 Cao troops outside the city were quickly mobilized, while inside the city, nearly half of Cao's troops at the west gate had been killed or wounded. The north and south gates were unusually quiet, except for the east gate, where Xiahou Yuan personally led his troops, charging forward and killing left and right.

Although 50,000 troops were deployed at the east gate, 25,000 of them were surrounded when they went out of the city, and at least 10,000 had to be left to guard the city to prevent Cao's army from taking advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack on the city. Only more than 10,000 soldiers were left. Under this surprise attack, they retreated quickly and could not withstand Xiahou Yuan's momentum at all.

"General, the situation has changed drastically. Please take shelter for a while."

A team of guards pulled Gao Shun and tried to escape, but Gao Shun struggled to break free.

"As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, how can you escape from the battlefield?" "But Xiahou Yuan is a great archer. If he rushes to the front, wouldn't it be..."

Gao Shun interrupted them directly, holding up his spear in his hand: "I am not powerless, how can I sit and wait for death? My personal guards, follow me to kill the enemy."

"promise!"

Gao Shun went down from the city wall and mounted his war horse.

His warhorse was a trophy obtained from the Jizhou Mu Mansion after defeating Yuan Shao. It was said that Yuan Shao bought it for a large sum of money. The horse ran very fast, so it was named Lightning Horse and was given to Gao Shun by Liu He.

However, Gao Shun seldom led the charge into battle himself, so he rarely rode Lightning Horse to the battlefield. Over the past few years, this fine BMW horse was extremely lonely. At this moment, he also felt the murderous aura coming from the battlefield. Seeing his master mounting his horse, he seemed to realize that he finally had a chance to use his skills. He immediately jumped high with his front hooves and neighed to the sky.

Gao Shun smiled a rare smile, bent down, and stroked the Lightning Colt's mane: "Lightning Colt, oh Lightning Colt, you have followed me for several years, and I have wronged you. Today, let's fight side by side and have a hearty fight."

"Xilulu..." The Lightning Colt seemed to understand his master's thoughts. It scratched the ground with its right front hoof a few times, and bursts of hot air came out of its nostrils.

Gao Shun straightened his body and pointed his spear forward: "Kill them!"

The personal guards behind him were all full of fighting spirit, roaring and charging forward. Gao Shun led the way, holding a Snow-Proud Plum Blossom Spear in his hand. Every time he stabbed out, he would take the life of a Cao army soldier.

Seeing that he was coming to kill him personally, Xiahou Yuan was encouraged: "Good Gao Shun, you came here to die, which saved me a lot of energy. But if I can kill you, I will get the first credit."

He took the longbow from his back, bent the bow and drew the arrow, aiming at Gao Shun who was galloping and killing the enemy.

All I heard was a "swoosh" sound, and there was a faint sound of breaking through the air. I realized that the arrow was so powerful that it could penetrate even the stone wall.

Gao Shun's ears moved, and when he heard the sharp sound, he knew that it was Xiahou Yuan who shot the arrow.

Although he did not have the ability to identify positions by sound like Liu He, Guan Yu and others, he had already seen where Xiahou Yuan was. Even though he lowered his head to kill Cao's soldiers, he could still guess the direction from which the arrow was flying.

The moment the sound came, Gao Shun picked up a Cao army soldier he had stabbed and threw him towards Xiahou Yuan.

"puff……"

The sharp arrow accurately shot into the body of the Cao army soldier, then quickly penetrated out and continued to fly.

However, the arrow was already at the end of its strength at this moment, and 90% of its power had disappeared. Gao Shun raised his gun and knocked the arrow to the ground.

At the same time, the moment he threw the soldier out, Gao Shun slapped his horse and rushed forward from another direction.

"Hmm? I didn't expect Gao Shun to have some martial arts skills."

Xiahou Yuan was a little surprised, but soon laughed again.

"Humph, if Guan Yu and the others were here, I would have no choice but to retreat. Even if you, Gao Shun, have martial arts skills, how much can you do? It's already a rare achievement for you to block my arrow. Even if we were to compete in spear skills, how could I be afraid of you?"

He then stepped on his horse and rushed towards Gao Shun.

(End of this chapter)