Chapter 383: A Flawed Victory

The rain-like arrows frantically poured towards the Shu army camp, and the Shu soldiers who had just woken up from their sleep were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another.

The Wei army quickly approached the Shu army's camp and quickly broke through the first line of defense of the Shu army's camp.

At this time, the Shu army woke up like a dream and realized that this was a real attack by the Wei army, not a dream. Originally, they were stationed here, just to prevent the Wei army from attacking Hanzhong along the Fu Luo Road, and Huaishu Pass was an unavoidable and dangerous place on the Fu Luo Road, where the Shu army was deployed, guarding the dangerous points, and intercepting the Wei army's advance route.

The original intention of the Shu army is good, but stationed between the poor mountains and bad waters, guarding the mountains day after day, after all, it is slack, not to mention that the weather is freezing now, in the subconscious of the Shu army, this season is far from the season of marching and fighting, so the consciousness of defense will inevitably be negligent.

Since Zhuge Liang's death, the war-torn Wei-Shu border has suddenly become calm, and there has been no war baptism for a long time, and the mentality of the Shu army has naturally relaxed.

Although the news from Guanzhong indicated that the Wei state was most likely planning a large-scale military operation, the Shu army, which had been at ease for many years, did not seem to feel that war would befall them, and when they realized that the enemy was attacking, they realized that this was not an exercise.

The commander of this army is a young general, surnamed Fu Ming, is the son of the general Fu Wei, when the battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Xun in Yiting, Liu Bei collected troops to Ma'anshan, Lu Xun re-attacked it, Liu Bei broke through at night. After Fu Wei led his troops to resist, his soldiers were all dead, and the generals of Wu ordered Fu Wei to surrender, and Fu Wei scolded: "I am a Han general, and Anken surrenders to Wu!" So he died in battle.

After Fu Wei's death, Fu Wei was still young, and was supported by the imperial court, and when he became an adult, he also enlisted in the army, worshiped Zuo Zhonglang, and belonged to the command of Wang Ping, the general of Hanzhong Taishou, who was in the north of the town.

Wang Ping was deeply worried, believing that if the Wei army invaded Hanzhong in the south, it should first take the gold of Xingshi, so Wang Ping moved from Hancheng to Xingshi and strengthened the defense of the eastern highlands of Hanzhong.

For the sake of safety, Wang Ping specially ordered Fu He to garrison Huaishu Pass, not that Wang Ping really expected that these thousand people could block the Wei army's hundreds of thousands of troops, but at the front end of the Xingshi defense line, set up a stronghold similar to a beacon tower, found and blocked the Wei army's attack, and played a warning role for the Xingshi defense line.

Fu Tong led the troops for the first time, and there was inevitably a lack of experience, and there were still considerable omissions in guarding against the Wei army's attack, but after the Wei army broke through the first line of defense, Fu Yan became calm, shouted to stop the panicked soldiers, organized men and horses, and moved closer to the second line of defense.

The deployment of the Shu army in Huaishu Pass is not parallel, but according to the topography, there are echelons, so that a multiple defense system has been formed, when the first line of defense is broken through by the enemy, the Shu army can immediately retreat, resist at the second line of defense.

The biggest advantage of this defensive formation is that it allows the defending side to organize a multiple defense system, so that it will not collapse completely after the first line of defense is breached.

Fu He showed a calm and calm attitude that was not commensurate with his age and identity, and when the Shu army was in a hurry when he was suddenly attacked, Fu Li's calm and calm performance played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army to a great extent, and the Shu army could still maintain a calm attitude under the fierce offensive of the Wei army, all relying on Fu Yan's command.

The second line of defense was a steep slope higher than the Chang'an city wall, and after the first line of defense was lost, Fu Tong did not like to fight, but gathered the remnants of the army and quickly retreated to the second line of defense.

There is a second line of defense as a barrier, even if the first line of defense is lost, even if the attrition of the Shu army is very large, Fu Yan can calmly hold his position.

The sun has risen high, the battle that began in the early morning, at this time, there is still no sign of the end, the Shu army is in danger, and the Wei army is surging like a tide to start a desperate fight, the entire mountain of Huaishu Pass, corpses are all over the ground, and blood flows like a river.

Compared with the weak Shu army, the biggest advantage of the Wei army is its large number, and it is precisely because of so many people that they can succeed one after another and fight to the death.

"General Fu, this Huaishu Pass must not be able to be defended, let's withdraw first, if we don't retreat, I'm afraid the whole army will be wiped out." Seeing that the situation was critical, the officers under his command all came to persuade Fu to retreat.

Fu Yan sneered and said, "If you want our army to be annihilated, it depends on whether they have the ability." ”

Fu He mobilized a large number of archers to guard the second line of defense, the steep slope here is almost impossible for people to climb, Guo Huai commanded the Wei army to attack the slope, countless arrows and arrows from the top of the slope arrows down, many Wei soldiers died.

Guo Huai was a little anxious, his soldiers and horses were all his Yongliang's disciples, and every death or serious injury made Guo Huai feel a little heartbroken, after all, these soldiers had a deep relationship with him for many years of life and death, and Guo Huai didn't want them to die here in vain.

This damn Xiahou Ba, didn't he say that he was going to go around the back of the Shu army to attack the Shu army, it has been a long time, and Xiahou Ba has no movement on his side, could it be that Xiahou Ba did it on purpose, specifically to let him and the Shu army fight to the death, so that he can benefit from it.

Thinking of this, Guo Huai was a little annoyed, it seems that he still underestimated Xiahou Ba a little, on the surface, it seems that Xiahou Ba is very positive about this expedition to Shu, but when it is really time to calculate people, Xiahou Ba is not soft at all.

It stands to reason that even if you go around to the back of the Shu army, it is impossible to waste much time, it is at this time, and you haven't made a move yet, you are completely watching from the wall, waiting for Guo Huai and the Shu army to fight for a defeat, it's really hateful!

Usually Guo Huai calculates others, but he didn't expect to be calculated by Xiahou Ba this time, which made Guo Huai depressed, seeing that the Shu army was stubbornly holding on to the second line of defense, and the casualties on his side were getting bigger and bigger, but Xiahou Ba never showed up, it was too pitiful.

So Guo Huai ordered a slow attack, just when he was a little relaxed, Fu He suddenly rushed over with his men and horses, killing Guo Huai by surprise, before Guo Huai could react, the Shu army had already rushed out of a bloody road and went westward.

The battle at Huaishu Pass came to an abrupt end, and the victory of the Wei army paled in paleness due to the forced breakthrough of the Shu army at the last moment.