Chapter 1002: Death Doesn't Spin

"What, Sima Jun didn't take the Yiguan Road, but changed to Pusakajin?" Cao Liang frowned slightly when he heard the news.

This news did surprise Cao Liang a little, it stands to reason that after the defeat of the Sima army, the most likely way to go is the Yiguan Road, after all, the Yiguan Road is the closest road from Hanoi to Luoyang, when the Sima Army launched an attack, it was from the Yiguan Road, and now after the defeat, eager to leave Hedong County, the natural first choice should also be the Yiguan Road.

Therefore, Cao Liang arranged for the Tun cavalry battalion to go to Yiguan Road in advance to ambush, as long as the Sima army stepped into the Yiguan Road, and the three major cavalry of the state army carried out an iron wall to encircle, so that he had no way to go to the sky and no door to the ground, and it was not a problem to annihilate the Sima army in one fell swoop.

But unexpectedly, after Sima Jun left Anyi, he suddenly turned around, turned southwest, and went to Pubanjin.

Did the whereabouts of the Tun Cavalry Battalion leak out, or did someone in Sima's army see through Cao Liang's scheme? Cao Liang naturally doesn't know about this, after all, the number of cavalry camps is huge, and the movement is quite large, and it is very difficult to be quiet, and Sima Jun may not be alert, especially Sima Yi, who is old and treacherous, is so experienced that it is not easy to hide from him.

Cao Liang himself is just a gamble, there are ways out on three sides of Hedong County, and the Yellow River is blocked by the Yellow River in the west and south, relatively speaking, the possibility of taking the Yiguan Road in the east is the greatest, so he will choose to set up an ambush on the Yiguan Road in the east.

However, since Sima Jun went to Pubanjin, Cao Liang has nothing to regret, fighting the enemy is like a god and has no last resort, even if you calculate it correctly, it will not be possible to ensure that there will be changes due to various reasons, Sima Jun gave up Yiguan Road and changed to Pubanjin, although it is unexpected, but it is also reasonable.

It's just that the Tun Cavalry Battalion has been deployed in place, and if it is transferred to Pubanjin at this moment, it is obviously too late in time, and the long-range attack ability of the Tun Cavalry Battalion is much inferior to that of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion.

Cao Liang had already arrived at Wenxi at this time, very close to the front line, he immediately ordered Wen Qin and Deng Ai to step up the offensive against the Sima army, and at the same time sent a part of the men and horses to go around to the front of the Sima army, and try every means to take the county seat of Puban, control the crossing of the Yellow River, and prevent the Sima army from crossing the Yellow River west.

Pubanjin is an important ferry on the Yellow River, is the throat of the Qin and Jin Dynasty, the west bank is the Linjin Pass of Yongzhou, the east bank is the Puban County of Hedong County, the two Guancheng face each other across the river, no matter which one controls the most, you can cut off the passage of Pubanjin.

However, if you want to cross the Yellow River to capture Linjin Pass, this difficulty is almost at the level of heaven for the Bingzhou army, so Cao Liang could not give Wen Qin and Deng Ai an order to let them cross the Yellow River to attack Linjin Pass, but put the target of the attack on Puban County on the east bank of the Yellow River.

As long as Sima Jun does not leave Hedong, Cao Liang has a way to slowly eat away at them.

After receiving the order, Wen Qin and Deng Ai immediately drew 1,000 men and horses from each of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion to form a mixed cavalry of 2,000 people, and made a detour to attack Puban City.

As for the rest of the army, in accordance with Cao Liang's orders, they intensified their attacks on the Sima army, annihilating as many Sima troops as possible and delaying their march.

But at this moment, Sima Shi is urging the army to march all the way, when he left Jiexiu, Sima Jun almost abandoned all the heavy equipment and goods to steal the baggage, and now running again, Sima Jun continued to throw equipment, even the camp tents they were preparing to camp in, they also discarded, anyway, they almost threw away all the things that could be discarded, so as to ensure that they could really travel lightly, and increase the speed of the march to the highest level.

At this time, Sima Shi did not dare to have any delay, the Tun Cavalry Battalion went to Yiguan Road, which was simply a great news for Sima Shi, after all, what gave him the most headache was the Tun Cavalry Battalion, that kind of invincible attack ability, so that Sima Jun's infantry could not prevent it at all, and the Tun Cavalry Battalion was not there at this moment, which undoubtedly made Sima Jun's action a lot less resistance, and the hope of breaking through was greatly increased.

The remaining Xiao Cavalry Battalion and Yue Cavalry Battalion, although they are difficult enough, they are not as terrible as the Tun Cavalry Battalion after all, as long as Sima Jun pays enough price to block these two cavalry, the hope is still quite big.

But even so, Sima Shi also asked Sima Jun to speed up, God knows whether Cao Liang will remobilize the Tun cavalry battalion after learning that Sima Jun was rerouted to Pubanjin and participate in the encirclement and suppression of them, so Sima Shi did not dare to take any chance at all, and rushed to Pubanjin desperately, and must force the Yellow River to cross the Yellow River and flee to Yongzhou before the three major cavalry of the Bingzhou Army were encircled.

Only by entering the territory of Yongzhou can Sima Shi's heart be calm.

The attacks of the Xiao cavalry battalion and the Yue cavalry battalion became more and more intense, and they seemed to have the intention of delaying the advance of the Sima army, and constantly sent troops and horses to attack the rear and flanks of the Sima army, which brought great pressure to Chen Qian's broken rear men and horses.

In the past, when the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion attacked, most of them adopted the mode of nuisance, avoiding the important and taking the light, and never confronting the infantry of the Sima Army head-on, so as to minimize the cost of casualties and achieve the greatest victory.

And now the Bingzhou cavalry seems to have changed its style of play, began to increase the intensity of the attack, and no longer cared about its troops, even if it was the spear formation set up by Sima's army, the cavalry battalion did not hesitate to rush forward, forcibly tearing a defensive line, causing great casualties to Sima's army.

Obviously, the Bingzhou cavalry was suspected of jumping over the wall in a hurry, and they were not in a hurry before, because the battle situation was completely under their control, and the Bingzhou army did not need to be in a hurry at all, they had to catch Sima Jun step by step into their trap.

However, since the Sima army changed course, the plan of the state army was completely frustrated, so their attack appeared extremely impatient.

This also confirms Sima Shi's idea from one side, that is, his strategy of deciding to go to Pubanjin is extremely correct, and this is also Sima Jun's last hope, as long as they cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin, they will have a chance to escape.

The opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, Sima Shi does not care how much the loss caused by the attack of the state army, he is now looking at Pubanjin with all his heart, and he will not die.