Chapter 1004: A Complete Failure
The Bingzhou army was already unable to prevent Sima's army from crossing the river, but this did not prevent the Bingzhou army from launching a more fierce offensive.
Along the way, the Bingzhou army didn't know how many Sima soldiers they had killed, but after arriving at Pusaka, Wen Qin and Deng Ai ordered to continue to increase the intensity of the attack, even if they couldn't leave all the Sima troops in Hedong, but at least they made the Sima clan taste the pain.
The Xiao cavalry battalion and the Yue cavalry battalion have been fully engaged in the battle, which is different from the pursuit battle, at this moment the Sima army has all gathered on the ferry, but the ferry boat is limited after all, even if it can load thousands of people at a time, and transport these tens of thousands of troops across the Yellow River, at least a dozen times back and forth.
The Yellow River is wide and the water flow is gentle, which is also the reason why Pubanjin has become one of the most important Yellow River ferries.
Although the river is wide, there are advantages of a wide river, but the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, every time the ferry crosses back and forth, it takes a lot of time, although these ferries have done their best to ferry, but the boat always has to paddle and oar, and the river has to be crossed one foot at a time.
And the battle on the east bank has always been in full swing, and the state cavalry knows that this will be their last chance to attack, the more heads they capture, the greater the credit, you know, the reward for military merit is extremely rich, not only the reward of money and land, but also the reward of official titles, the more enemies killed, the greater the credit, missed this opportunity, and then want to get such a rich military merit in the future, it will naturally be difficult.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Bingzhou cavalry, this crowded riverbank is simply full of gold, and it can be picked up by bowing down, and the offensive of the Bingzhou cavalry is naturally extremely fierce, they rely on the advantage of the cavalry, and constantly attack the position of the Sima army, killing every head.
At this moment, Sima Jun has no way to retreat, in front of him is the turbulent Yellow River, if he falls into the river, it is basically a dead end, and all their hopes are pinned on those ferries to and from the river. The number of non-transition ships is limited after all, and the number of people that can be carried each time is fixed, and if they want to leave Hedong County alive, they must be able to resist the attack of the state army and get the opportunity to board the ship.
In the face of the greatest desire to survive, Sima Jun's fighting spirit was still aroused, and they resisted desperately, blocking the attack of the Bingzhou army as much as possible, and fighting for the last glimmer of hope for life.
Wen Qin and Deng Ai looked at each other, at this moment, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion had indeed done their best, although their attack power was very strong, and the number of enemies killed was also quite a lot, but they still let a lot of Sima Jun board the ferry and escaped.
Compared with the Tun Cavalry Battalion, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion are slightly superior in terms of maneuverability, but in terms of impact power, they are slightly inferior, they lack the means to make a final decision, compared to the invincible attack power of the Tun Cavalry Battalion, it is indeed a little insufficient, so although the Sima Army was severely damaged, it finally allowed Sima Yi and his son to escape.
Sima Shi took the last batch of ferries to go ashore, and the remnants of Sima Army's strength at the ferry port were already extremely weak, and they were no longer able to resist the attack of the Bingzhou cavalry.
The archers did not hesitate to shoot arrows, this was the last wave of attack of the Bingzhou army, some arrows hit the boat, killing and wounding a lot of Sima soldiers, these victims, it is indeed very sad, they have left the land east of the river, there is a great hope of escaping, but the ruthless arrows still took their lives, becoming the last group of people to die in the battle of Bingzhou.
However, Sima Shi has been numb, in this battle, although the number of deaths has not yet had time to be counted, the approximate number can almost be estimated, except for the cavalry of the Sima Army who was completely annihilated in the first battle of Qi County, the remaining hundreds of thousands of infantry, half of them can escape the Yellow River, and they can already burn high incense.
Nearly 70,000 troops died in Bingzhou, this battle, Sima's army was a complete failure, and not only lost men, but even the two counties of Pingyang Hedong, which Sima has been controlling, have since fallen into the hands of Cao Liang.
The water of the Yellow River was roaring, Sima Bing rowed his oars hard, and the ferry boat finally escaped the range of the bow and arrow of the Bingzhou army.
Sima Yi had crossed the river earlier, lying on a stretcher, and crossed the Yellow River with the first batch of soldiers who crossed the river.
When he arrived at the Linjin Pass, Sima Yi refused to enter the pass, but let people support him and sit on the side of the ferry on the west bank, he wanted to watch the last group of Sima soldiers cross the river with his own eyes, and also to witness the last moment of his defeat.
Once upon a time, the army led by Sima Yi fought in the south and the north, fighting in the east and killing in the west, almost rarely defeated, even if he fought with Zhuge Liang back then, although Sima Yi was defeated repeatedly, but in terms of its losses, it was very small, and after Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi went out to fight, and every battle must be won, and there was no such thing as failure at all.
Seventeen years have passed, and Sima Yi, a victorious general, has finally tasted the bitterness of defeat.
Is it because you are old, or is your opponent too strong, or maybe both? Sima Yi dragged his sick body, looked at the surface of the Yellow River sadly, and sighed long, for this complete failure, Sima Yi only left endless melancholy and desolation in his heart.
Lost battles before, maybe Sima Yi can not care, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, this battle is lost, the next battle will come back, it is with this indomitable momentum, Sima Yi killed the famous Zhuge Liang, and also defeated countless opponents.
But this time, Sima Yi felt that he could never get it back, and this fiasco in Bingzhou was probably the last time he led the army in his life, and he was still unwilling to end his life in this almost humiliating way.
But no matter how unwilling you are, it won't help, just like the surging Yellow River, everything that has passed can no longer be recovered, maybe this is Sima Yi's fate, the fate that cannot be escaped. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.