Chapter 27: Gao Shun vs. Zhang Liao
Since he made a judgment, Xiahou Dun did not drag on it. Since Lu Bu entered Yanzhou, his confidence had risen to the extreme. In his eyes, some of the troops in Puyang City had no ability to resist in the face of his strong attack, and he could break the city soon. Therefore, he did not follow Chen Gong's advice and adopted the strategy of siege, but stationed the army in the southern suburbs of Puyang City. Lu Bu's move gave Xiahou Dun the opportunity to take advantage of it. After doing his best and paying more than a thousand casualties for an afternoon, Xiahou Dun took advantage of the opportunity when Lu Bu was camping and resting that night, he secretly left Puyang City from the north gate and headed towards Dongjun.
The next morning, when Lu Bu's army was preparing to break the city in one fell swoop, they found that Puyang City had become an empty city. Apart from the panic and at a loss, they could not see a soldier guarding the city.
Chen Gong, the military advisor of Lu Bu, understood Cao's army's intentions at the first time. While shouting that he was deceived, he did not forget to ask Lu Bu to order to chase him immediately and not give Cao's army a chance to merge. However, Lu Bu was already blinded by the successive victory and became obsessed with it. He thought that no matter how many ants gathered, it was not afraid of him. Instead, it was convenient for him to catch them all in one go. Although his army was in good condition in Yanzhou, it was a long journey and he felt a little tired. Puyang is a big city in Yanzhou. Since it was able to occupy it, it would be better to let his brothers rest and rest.
In Lu Bu's eyes, Yanzhou was already a duck that could not fly at this time. Instead of rushing to annihilate the opponent, it would be better to let the brothers maintain their energy first.
Chen Gong paused his feet repeatedly about Lu Bu's mentality. But there was no way. Even as the number one think tank in Lu Bu's army, he could not let the stubborn Lu Bu change his mind.
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The three thousand soldiers and horses originally owned by Gao Shun, the two thousand soldiers brought by Xiahou Dun from Puyang, hundreds of remaining soldiers who escaped from Chenliu, and some defeated troops who fled from other cities to Dongjun. The total available troops in the Dongjun city was about 7,000.
But the situation is still not optimistic. Lu Bu's army has exceeded 30,000, more than four times that of his own.
Gao Shun was in a bad mood. He relied on his understanding of the original history and knew that Cao Cao would eventually return to Yanzhou and drive away Lu Bu. He thought that defending Dongjun City was also a good and beautiful woman who could achieve military achievements. But when he experienced the current severity of the situation, he truly felt what it meant to be unbearable. He had thought more than once about what kind of consequence he would end up in the end. Every time he thought of the end, Gao Shun was frightened.
However, there is no way out. Surrendering to Lu? It is impossible. In that case, your fate will be much worse than Gao Shun in the original history. Although Gao Shun in history cannot escape the fate of being beheaded in the end, it will at least leave a reputation for loyalty and martyrdom for later generations. If he first bears Cao and then beheaded by Cao Cao, he will be despised by all generations.
As for helping Lu Bu eliminate Cao Cao, Gao Shun thought he did not have the ability to do so. Gao Shun had never dared to underestimate Cao Cao. He firmly believed that even if he completely lost Yanzhou, Cao Cao would have the ability to defeat Lu Bu.
It would be best if you fight, and it would be best if you can hold on until Cao Cao returns to help. If the city of Dongjun is really broken, then you will never abide by the moral integrity of the ministers and sacrifice yourself to the city. Then you will be fine if you let it slip away.
————————————————————————————————————————————Lu Bu still seemed so majestic and inviolable when he rode on the Red Rabbit Horse.
Behind Lu Bu, eight powerful generals were lined up, with a powerful and powerful aura. The leader of these eight powerful generals was Zhang Liao, the future leader of the five good generals of Cao Wei.
In Lu Bu's hand, the square halberd pointed at the gate of Dongjun, and issued an order to attack the city.
The eight generals behind him immediately rushed towards the towering East County wall with their own troops.
"Archer, prepare - shoot!" Gao Shun stood on the city wall and ordered the archer behind him.
Thousands of feather arrows shot at the Lu Bu army under the city walls with the sound of breaking through the air. However, Lu Bu army either raised wooden shields and hid under siege equipment. Only a few unlucky guys were unfortunately shot into the chest, throat and other vital parts. In one round of volleys, Cao's army only shot dozens of enemy troops to death. The losses were so slight that it was negligible for Lu Bu army.
Lu Bu's army soon rushed to the bottom of the city wall of Dongjun, either setting up a ladder to climb the city wall, or lifting a log to hit the city gate.
"Group, falling rocks, boiling oil, throw them all down!" Gao Shun looked nervous and kept shouting at the defensive troops behind him. Fortunately, Gao Shun had known that he would fight a difficult city defense battle, and all kinds of city defense tools were prepared in a thorough manner.
The woods fell and rocks fell to the soldiers who were fighting towards the east county city tower, causing screams. After the screams, what appeared were bloody and bloody corpses.
As for the soldiers who were poured with boiling oil, the damage caused by the boiling oil was definitely even worse than that of wood and stone. A soldier of Lu Bu's body was soaked with boiling oil. He was immediately burned to death. He screamed and fell straight down from the ladder. After his body hit the ground hard, he was not dead yet. After he twitched and rolled on the ground for a long time, he finally stopped any sound, but there was a burst of burnt stinking from the corpse.
The mental damage caused by boiling oil to Lu Bu's army is far greater than physical damage. No one wants his death to be so miserable, and he will suffer such tragic pain before his death. A fear arises in his heart, and the speed of Lu Bu's army's attack on the city begins to slow down.
"Arrowman, shoot me!" Seeing that the enemy's offensive was slightly down, Gao Shun continued to order the archers to shoot arrows. At this time, Lu Bu's army climbed onto the ladder one after another, and it was difficult to defend against the arrows shot, let alone avoid them. Therefore, the damage caused by this round of volley shots was significantly higher than before, causing damage to more than 200 soldiers of Lu Bu.
However, among the enemy, there was a general who climbed the ladder with one hand and waved the sword with the other hand. Although the arrow was fierce, it could not slow down its speed by half.
In the end, he was only meter away from the Dongjun City Tower. He saw him holding the ladder with his left hand and turning a kite over. When everyone came to his senses, he was already standing firmly on the Dongjun City Tower.
The general was eight feet tall, had a purple jade face, and was handsome. He was Zhang Liao, the number one general of Lu Bu’s army.
When the defenders saw Zhang Liao successfully climbing the city, they hurriedly rushed towards him. Zhang Liao's big sword danced, and the enemy soldiers who were close to him were slashing and slashing one after another, with an unstoppable momentum.
Lu Bujun, who was climbing on the ladder, was greatly encouraged by Zhang Liao's morale, and even fought for the first place and accelerated to climb towards the top of the ladder.
Seeing this, Gao Shun knew that he had to kill the general who climbed the city tower as soon as possible, otherwise, once the offensive of Lu Bu's army was driven, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Gao Shun rushed towards Zhang Liao in two steps. When Zhang Liao saw an enemy general strode towards him, he immediately raised his sword to greet him.
The moment when the big sword and the spear intersected, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao felt a stern heart: "This opponent is not simple."
Both sides took a step back and rectified their moves. Then Zhang Liao took the lead and saw a flash of lightning. He slashed straight towards Gao Shun's neck with a powerful force.
Gao Shun resisted the spear and blocked Zhang Liao's sword. The tip of the spear quickly slid along the opponent's knife rod and quickly slid towards the opponent's chest.
Zhang Liao hurriedly took a step and barely avoided the dangerous attack. Then Zhang Liao quickly moved his footsteps, walked around Gao Shun's back, flipped the sword, and slashed hard towards Gao Shun's back.
Gao Shun stabbed the sky with a shot, and then he felt the sound of wind behind him suddenly, and he didn't dare to be vague at the moment. He quickly turned around and carried the gun to face Zhang Liao's attack.
Chapter completed!