Chapter 398: Attack the back mountain
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The battle on the top of the mountain has reached the most white-hot level, the sunset is like blood, and the heaven and earth are plunged into a blood-colored vastness.
At this time, Yanghu finally led the reinforcements of the Wei army to the battlefield, with the arrival of such a new force, the situation on the battlefield was suddenly reversed, the torrent of the Wei army kept flowing in, and the confidence of the Shu army to persist in fighting seemed to collapse at this moment, and began to show signs of defeat.
Wang Ping tried to save the defeat, but the number of reinforcements of the Wei army was too large, and tens of thousands of people kept pouring up, killing endlessly, and in desperation, Wang Ping had to order the troops to retreat and retreat to the position in the back mountain.
At this time, it was getting late, and Cao Liang ordered the Wei army to stop the pursuit and set up camp on the top of the front mountain.
Night fell, and the fighting stopped, but both sides didn't seem to have stopped, and were frantically building up positions for tomorrow's battle.
However, what makes the main generals of both sides more painful is that after the fire, there is hardly a single tree that can be cut down and used as a fence in the entire Xingshi Mountain, and it is almost the same as picking it up as charcoal.
Without timber, the two sides could only dig trenches and earth walls to build fortifications, and if one could not do it, then dig a few more, and the earth walls were piled high, and they were all lit with torches and worked all night.
However, compared with the enthusiasm of the Shu army, the Wei army seems to have built a simpler one, only digging a deep trench and building an earthen wall, and Cao Liang ordered the work to be stopped.
When Xiahou Xuan did not come in person, Cao Liang served as the temporary commander of the army in charge of the expedition to the west, and now the Wei army on the top of Xingshi Mountain is more miscellaneous, with Guo Huai and Xiahou Ba's vanguard battalion, as well as other Wei troops from subsequent reinforcements, totaling more than 20,000 people.
In fact, the Wei army can send more troops, but it is really limited in the place on Xingshi Mountain, and there are basically people in the places where the army can be stationed, and there is no place to settle after more people go up the mountain, so the main force of the Wei army is still stranded on the Fugu line, but there should be no problem with reinforcements at any time, and all the armies of the Wei army are currently in place, and there will no longer be a situation where the follow-up is as weak as during the day.
Therefore, what Cao Liang is thinking about now is no longer a matter of defense, but how to attack the back mountain, repel Wang Ping's Shu army, and take the entire Xingshi Mountain.
Between the front mountain and the back mountain, in terms of topography, it is basically flat, so the Wei army's attack on the back mountain is not as difficult as the original attack on the front mountain, the only unfavorable condition is that there is only a relatively narrow passage between the two, only more than ten zhang wide, and the two sides are bottomless cliffs.
The passage is concave and lower than the front and back hills, and the road is also bumpy, which is not conducive to the operation of large troops.
Now the total strength of the Wei army is more than ten times that of the Shu army, but due to the rugged mountain roads, the army that can be invested at one time is very limited, which is equivalent to giving the Shu army a chance to hold on.
Otherwise, when entering the plains, the numerical superiority of the Wei army could be fully brought into play, and how could Wang Ping's more than 10,000 people alone withstand the all-out attack of the Wei army?
However, Cao Liang was really not in a hurry this time, he controlled the front mountain of Xingshi Mountain, even if the Wei army basically opened the way into the Hanzhong Plain, as for the back mountain position that Wang Ping adhered to, Cao Liang really didn't pay attention to it, without the condescending and commanding terrain, Wang Ping wanted to hold Xingshi Mountain, which was tantamount to wishful thinking.
After this attack, Cao Liang didn't even have to think about any tricks, no need to think about any special means, he only needed to launch a steady stream of attacks from the front, and now the Wei army has many soldiers and horses, and its strength is strong, and it is not afraid of fighting for attrition.
Wang Ping only has more than 10,000 troops under his command, and today's battle alone is already a lot of losses, only Cao Liang insists on fighting a war of attrition with him, one for one, or even two for one, Cao Liang doesn't care, but Wang Ping is destined to be unbearable.
With the current strength of the Shu army, the loss of one is one, and the strength of the defense will be weakened by one point, but the Wei army has no such concerns, one in front of the fall, and one can be added immediately behind, and the sufficient source of troops can ensure that the Wei army's attack will never be weak.
This battle may be the least brainless for Cao Liang, he only needs to attack the camp step by step.
The only thing to think about is to assign the army to take the lead.
Xiahouba's team fought the hardest and suffered the heaviest casualties today, and tomorrow it was time for them to rest. Guo Huai's guy, since the war with the Shu army, is playing soy sauce, originally in the battle of Huaishu Pass, the Wei army had every chance to annihilate the Shu army Fu Yan's department, but in the end it failed to do so, the main reason is not that Guo Huai did not work. Even today, when Xiahou Ba was fighting bloodily, Guo Huai's army was paddling.
Well, let him take the lead tomorrow, isn't he crying and shouting to be this pioneer officer, then it will be as he wishes, Cao Liang wants to see, in front of everyone's eyes, how can Guo Huai continue to play soy sauce?
As soon as the sky was bright, Cao Liang, in the name of the general of Zhengxi, issued an order to Guo Huai to attack the rear mountain position of the Shu army.
Cao Liang is the chief of the general of Zhengxi, and when the general of Zhengxi is unable to see things for some reason, he has the power to issue orders on behalf of the general Zhengxi, that is, Cao Liang is now the supreme commander of the Wei army on Xingshi Mountain, and he has the right to mobilize all the troops within this range.
When Guo Huai received the military order, his face was as ugly as a pig's liver, he understood that the next battle would require a frontal attack, and it would be a war of attrition.
But Guo Huai couldn't disobey the order, who made him a pioneer battalion, since he was a pioneer battalion, he naturally had to play an exemplary role, and he should take the lead in this tough battle.
Yongliang's army is now a complex faction, Guo Huai and Xiahou Ba are fighting openly and secretly, and the situation is like fire and water, plus Xiahou Xuan parachuted in to become the governor of Yongliang, the general of the expedition to the west, Yongliang Erzhou is now deeper, and everyone wants to preserve their own power and weaken the strength of their opponents.
With Cao Liang supervising the battle in the back, Guo Huai had no choice but to raise the army on the hour, along the passage between the front and back mountains of Xingshi Mountain, and launched an attack on the defense line that the Shu army had just built last night.