Chapter 438: Three Ridges Counterattack
Xiahou Ba knew that the situation was urgent, so after he received the order, he set off immediately.
Before leaving, Xiahou Xuan and Cao Liang saw him off, Xiahou Xuan expressed his worries, this battle for the two armies, Shu is light and Wei heavy, can not take the watershed, the Wei army has the danger of the destruction of the whole army, you can imagine the burden on Xiahou Ba's shoulders, how heavy.
However, Xiahou Ba is arrogant, this battle in Hanzhong, he has experienced several hard battles, the more difficult the situation, the more it can stimulate his fighting spirit, Xiahou Ba said, no matter what, he will swear to fight to the death, do not reach the goal, never give up.
When the vanguard of the army arrived at the watershed, the follow-up troops had just left the momentum, and the army was in the canyon of the Qinling Mountains, like a long dragon, winding and twisting.
Looking at the watershed from afar, the Shu army has already set up camp on the top of the mountain, and it is impossible to see how many Shu troops there are on the mountain, but first of all, the topography of the watershed is already daunting.
A ridge hangs high, like a giant dragon lying on the ground, and the watershed completely shows the majesty and domineering of the Qinling Mountains to the fullest.
Although the Fu Luo Road does not need to climb to the top of the mountain, its ancient road is under the cliff of the watershed, the Shu army is condescending, completely sealing this valley road, if the Wei army tries to force the impact here, the Shu army can easily block it with arrows, and the Wei army does not even have the possibility of passing through at all.
If you want to restore the traffic on Fu Luo Road, you must take down the Fen Lacewing, which may not be negotiable.
However, after seeing the danger of the watershed, most of the soldiers of the Wei army were frightened, what kind of offensive means should be used to take down such a dangerous mountain.
Morale is the key factor that determines the victory or defeat of an army, but the Wei army has just arrived at the bottom of the watershed, and has not yet started a war with the Shu army, it has already been frightened, such a battle is really too difficult to fight.
But Xiahou Ba didn't believe in that evil, he rushed to the foot of the mountain, personally came to supervise the battle, and commanded the army to attack.
The rumbling war drums sounded, and hundreds of Xiahou Ba's carefully selected death squads began to rush towards the top of the mountain, officially kicking off the battle of the Wei army's counterattack on Sanling.
These Wei soldiers are all veterans who have fought with Xiahouba for many years, like dead soldiers, they do not lack courage and heroism, even if there are many difficulties and obstacles ahead, they are also indomitable.
Since Jiang Wei divided his troops to garrison Sanling, he set up passes on Sanling, laid out a defensive line, and waited for the arrival of the Wei army.
Jiang Wei knew that the Wei army would definitely appear, and he won the watershed, which was tantamount to choking the throat of the Wei army and forcing the Wei army to fight this battle.
The arrival of the Wei army was still quite fast, exactly the same as Jiang Wei's expectations, and at this time, the Shu army was already waiting on the top of the mountain.
The Shu army is always on guard, they are using the means of sneak attack to win the watershed, and now that the Wei army has attacked the bottom of the mountain, they will definitely not give the Wei army any chance to sneak attack.
From that point of view, this battle was more difficult than before, even the previous siege battle west of Seoul was not fought as hard as it is now, and if you didn't have the courage to break through the cauldron and sink the boat, you would not have been able to fight at the top.
The "whooshing" cold arrows continued to shoot at the Wei soldiers, as if they wanted to give them a dismount, and they had just entered the range of the Shu army's bow and arrows, and they had already been attacked by the Shu army.
The further you go, the more and more dense the arrows, these Wei soldiers who attacked the mountain, all wearing thick iron armor, holding huge square shields in their hands, are to resist the bows and arrows from the enemy, so the Wei army that attacked the range of the Shu army's bows and arrows was able to do it unscathed.
The death squad that opened the way in front brought great confidence to the Wei soldiers who were rushed up behind, and streams of yellow torrents gathered behind and attacked towards the watershed.
The Wei army came all over the mountains, overwhelming the sky, as long as it was a place to walk, it would inevitably gather a large number of Wei troops, and constantly climb to the top of the mountain.
Jiang Wei was sure to stop the Wei army's attack, and when the bow and arrows could not penetrate the enemy's armor and shields, Jiang Wei ordered the Shu army to throw the rolling logs that had already been prepared to beat the stones.
In mountain defense warfare, rolling logs and rocks are almost a must-have weapon for the defenders, and due to the narrowness of the road, a single log can often control a road.
One by one the rolling logs were thrown down from the top of the mountain, due to the bumps of the mountain road, those rolling logs were not rolling smoothly on the mountain road, but jumping and jumping, whistling, with that kind of unstoppable power, countless Wei soldiers did not have time to dodge, they died when they were hit, and they were injured next to each other, and a rolling wood factory could crush a large piece.
After rolling the log, it was the stone that appeared, and the heavy stone smashed on the top of the Wei soldier's head with a terrible loud noise, even if there was a thick helmet at this time, it would be useless, as long as it was next to a star, the brain would flow out of the gap in the armor.
Wood and stone fell rolling, the entire hillside was a mess, the corpses of the Wei army were a patch, and the blood turned the mountain road red.
Xiahou Ba knew that this battle of attacking the mountain was extremely difficult, and he could not easily take it down through one or two charges, so he ignored the tragic death of the Wei soldiers in front of him and continued to command the army to launch round after round of fierce attacks.
Xiahou Ba is ready to use this perseverance attack method to break through the watershed and fight a bloody way for the Wei army.
The battle situation has been very stalemate, Jiang Wei is obviously fully prepared, he personally went to the first line of defense on the top of the mountain, and the soldiers of the Shu army stubbornly resisted the non-stop attacks of the Wei army.
It was getting late, and it stands to reason that it was time to stop the army and truce at this time, but Xiahouba had no intention of withdrawing his troops at all, and continued to order the Wei army to storm the watershed.
After dark, the difficulty of the battle rose sharply to the hell level, and the steep mountain roads, which were originally a little difficult during the day, became even more difficult at night, even if they lit torches, it was difficult to get enough light, and Wei soldiers continued to stumble and fall off the cliffs, falling to pieces.
The successive setbacks of the attack made Xiahouba realize that this battle was far more simple, and that it was almost zero to take it in a short time, so Xiahouba was forced to abort the first day of the attack and withdraw the Wei army to the camp, preparing to launch another powerful assault tomorrow to conquer the watershed.