Chapter 426: Breakout

Xiahou Ba just said that it was impossible, and he was slapped in the face, he only felt that his face was hot, and this Shu soldier had to be returned at the right time.

This place is not far from Seoul, and the Shu army has set up heavy troops to ambush and fight here, and I am afraid that there is nothing to fear.

This also proves from one side that Cao Shuang's army must not be in Seoul at the moment.

It seems that Cao Liang's prediction is correct, and sure enough, Seoul can't go, but this time Cao Liang's warning time is too short, and there is no time for Wei Jun to breathe.

Xiahou Ba immediately ordered the troops to go north to avoid the sharp edge of the Shu army.

However, before the Wei army could move, the scouts reported it one after another, and found traces of the Shu army on their flanks and rear flanks one after another, forming a three-sided encirclement in the northeast and west.

To the south, it was the turbulent Han River, and for a time, the Shu army fell into the danger of being besieged.

There is no doubt that the actions of the Shu army were premeditated, and they had already spread their nets in the area of Seoul, waiting for the Wei army to throw themselves into the net.

"Cao Changshi, according to the original plan, you can take the Yue cavalry battalion to break out immediately." Xiahou Ba said to Cao Liang.

They had discussed the plan before, if they encountered an ambush or encirclement by the enemy, Cao Liang led the Yue cavalry battalion to break through immediately, and after the breakthrough was successful, they would seek the help of reinforcements and turn back to solve the problem of the brigade.

Encountering such an unexpected situation at this moment, Xiahou Ba naturally didn't think about it, and ordered Cao Liang to act according to the original plan.

However, Cao Liang frowned, the original plan was that the Yue Cavalry Battalion broke through first, but the follow-up part of the plan was that after the Yue Cavalry Battalion successfully broke through, it would ask Cao Shuang's army for help, but now this goal is obviously not complete, Cao Shuang's army has long been gone, after Cao Liang broke through, Xiahou Ba's army is afraid that the situation will be more difficult.

Cao Liang didn't leave, but said: "The plan has changed, we can't wait for reinforcements, we can only rely on our own strength to kill them!" ”

Xiahou Ba said awe-inspiringly: "The reason why Jiang Wei dared to set up an ambush here is probably because he has been prepared for a long time, and today's battle will be a vicious battle, and he has already prepared for the horse leather shroud." The Yue cavalry battalion is full of cavalry, and it can be completely highlighted before the Shu army forms a siege, Cao Changshi, you should quickly take your uncle and leave together, and when you see the general and Tai Chu, tell them that a certain oath will not dishonor the surname of Xiahou! ”

Yanghu said anxiously: "How does this make my father-in-law, my son-in-law willing to accompany you to fight to the death." ”

Xiahou Ba said in a deep voice: "You don't have to fight, I have made up my mind, you are still young, the future is immeasurable, you can't accompany me to the danger, my father died in Hanzhong, with blood to defend the reputation of the Xiahou clan, today a certain should live up to the name of his father, vow to fight to the death with the reverse Shu." ”

Cao Liang pretended to be relaxed and said: "The art of war is cloudy, ten are encircled, five are attacked, and the times are divided, the terrain here is flat, there is no danger to rely on, Jiang Wei wants to swallow my 30,000 army in one bite, I am afraid that he has the heart but is powerless, and the Xiahou Protector does not need to worry, if there is so, it will be able to break through." ”

Although the tactics of the Ten Sieges are a bit exaggerated, but in the Pingchuan area, where there is no danger to rely on, if you want to annihilate and eat 30,000 enemy troops, you must have at least five or six times the strength of your own troops, five times is 150,000, it is estimated that all the troops of the Shu Kingdom can barely make up this number, Cao Liang feels that Jiang Wei is now holding 50,000 or 60,000 people in his hands, and putting on a three-sided siege posture, which seems to be violent, in fact, no matter in that direction, the troops cannot be strong enough, only the 30,000 people of the Wei army can work together, Not intimidated by difficulties, Cao Liang believes that the chance of success in the breakthrough is still very high.

Cao Liang asked Xiahou Ba to draw out all the cavalry in his army, and together with the Yue cavalry battalion, they formed an assault cavalry team to serve as the vanguard, ready to storm the enemy's defense line.

In this battle into Shu, most of the troops equipped by the Wei army were infantry suitable for mountain operations, but the cavalry also occupied a certain proportion, but it was not as organized as the Yue cavalry battalion.

Xiahou Ba quickly drew out all the cavalry under his command, don't look at the cavalry formed by the Yue cavalry battalion is very powerful, the cavalry in Xiahou Ba's army combined, the number is even more than the Yue cavalry battalion, and now including the Yue cavalry battalion, can almost form a cavalry team of 1,500 cavalry, the number is so large that Cao Liang is surprised.

The cavalry is on the battlefield, it is like a king's existence, and it is in the Pingchuan area, which is the big stage on which the cavalry can gallop.

In other words, in the Pingchuan area, the cavalry will be invincible, and Cao Liang did not expect that the number would exceed 1,500 people, with such a large scale of cavalry team, Cao Liang has great confidence.

Cao Liang and Xiahouba discussed the tactical arrangement, and Cao Liang led the 1,500 men to open the way in front, and the infantry led by Yanghu immediately followed Cao Liang, while Xiahouba came to take charge of the broken back.

Don't look at the break to seem to be easier than the front, in fact, it is very important, if there is no effective fighter to break off, although the front breaks out, but the tail is grabbed by others, it is also a heavy loss.

Therefore, in the battle of breakout, the head is as important as the tail, and relatively speaking, the risk of breaking off is greater.

The scouts came and went on the battlefield, constantly reporting the approaching trend of the enemy, from the initial ten miles away, to now it is less than three miles, and even without the scouts to report, the Wei soldiers can clearly see the formation of the Shu army, looking at it from a distance, a fiery red ocean, overwhelming, rolling in, and the momentum is compelling.

Can't wait any longer, if the Shu army forms an iron wall, the difficulty of breaking through will increase, Cao Liang gathered all the cavalry, divided into three roads, the middle route is personally commanded by him, the left route is commanded by Deng Ai, and the right route is commanded by Shi Bao, Cao Liang gave an order, and the mixed cavalry launched an attack on the position of the Shu army.

In the direction of attack, Cao Liang did not choose to shake the front of the Shu army, but chose the junction of the east and north of the Shu army, protruding from there.

Under normal circumstances, even if the two roads are already connected together, but they belong to two command systems, they will definitely not be coordinated during combat, so this kind of joint is generally a weak link, and Cao Liang chose to break through from the northeast, which naturally values this.

The speed of the Shu army approaching was very fast, but the speed of the Wei cavalry was even faster, like yellow lightning, towards the red front of the Shu army.

Fifteen hundred horsemen and horses were indeed insignificant compared to the vast size of the Shu army, and they rushed towards the Shu army's front like moths to a fire.