Chapter 779: Fierce Battle at Huyukou (II)
Wang Jun did not devote himself to the battle of besieging the rear team of Sima Army, and only a small part of the army of the Changshui Battalion went down the mountain to participate in the attack, and most of the army had another task, that is, to block the rescue of the front team of Sima Army.
The Changshui Battalion and the Shooting Sound Battalion joined forces to throw down a large pile of rolling logs, breaking the valley and cutting Sima Jun's long snake in two.
Of course, the goal of the Bingzhou Army is only the second half of the Sima Army, and as for the first half, due to the strong strength of the Sima Army, with the strength of the Bingzhou Army, it will not be able to gnaw for the time being.
While the state army attacked the rear of the Sima army, it was naturally impossible for the men and horses in the front of the Sima army to stand idly by, and they would definitely do their best to rescue.
Sure enough, just after the Bingzhou army cut off the valley, the Sima army in the front pounced like mad tigers, and they tried to move the rolling logs that were blocking the way to clear the blocked road.
Of course, the archers of the Bingzhou army ambushed on the mountain would not let Sima Jun get their wish, just when they were just approaching the edge of the pile of rolling logs, random arrows came one after another, and many Sima soldiers who were moving wood did not have time to hide, and they fell to the ground with arrows, and the wood did not move a single one, but the people died.
These rolling logs rolled down from the mountain, horizontal and vertical, pressing against each other, and if you want to clean them, it is impossible to move them from the bottom, but from the top in turn. But the crossbowmen on the top of the mountain are guarding like this, as long as someone in Sima Jun tries to approach, indiscriminately will serve with crossbow arrows, and they will all be shot and killed, and Sima Jun also found that it is impossible to clear a passage without solving the ambush of the Bingzhou army on the mountain.
So after some unsuccessful attempts, Sima's army began to attack the high ground on the east and west sides.
Sima Jun invested a lot of troops, from the top of the mountain to look down, the whole valley is like locusts like ants, dense, all Sima Army soldiers are figures, they climb up along the cliff wall, if it is not for the steep cliff here, I am afraid that the two mountains will soon be flooded by the crowd of Sima Jun.
Wang Jun's biggest task today is to block the reinforcements in the front of Sima Army, and besieging the rear team in Yukou is only a secondary task, but the Changshui Battalion still divided part of its troops after all, so that in the face of the tide of Sima Army's offensive, it is somewhat weak in terms of blocking forces.
But this is also a helpless thing, after all, compared with the Sima army, there is still a huge gap in terms of strength, and if the state army wants to win more with less, it must fight a tough battle, and it can withstand it at a critical time.
Wang Jun had already observed the geographical details of Dongshan in advance, and deployed soldiers to defend several roads up the mountain, and the state army was condescending, using bows and crossbows, constantly shooting and killing Sima Bing who had just climbed up.
The use of the crossbow in this place is the most suitable, which can completely make up for the disadvantage of the strength of the Bingzhou army, and in a short period of time, it has continuously repelled the many attacks of the Sima army.
However, the careful Wang Jun found that although there were many men and horses sent by Sima Jun, and it was a headache just to look at the mountains and fields, relatively speaking, the battle here was not so fierce, and the momentum of Sima Jun's attack was not so strong.
It stands to reason that the rear team of Sima Jun was surrounded, and the most worried should naturally be Sima Yi of the front army, in order to rescue the trapped rear team, at least troops should be sent to attack with all their might.
However, it is now obvious that Sima Jun's morale is insufficient, and it seems that he is more like he is coping with errands, although the highlands on both sides of Huyukou are dangerous, but they are not so steep that they cannot climb, as long as Sima Jun does his best to launch the tactics of crowds, the Changshui Battalion and the Shooting Sound Battalion will inevitably bear considerable pressure.
Could it be that Sima Yi has any other conspiracy that can't be achieved?
Wang Jun muttered to himself, but so far, the situation is still in favor of the state army, as long as the Changshui battalion and the shooting sound battalion are stuck in the high ground on the east and west, and do not allow the front and rear men and horses of the Sima army to get in touch, then the rear team of the Sima army, which is deeply encircled, will sooner or later be defeated.
Wang Jun looked at the direction of Yukou, several troops of the Bingzhou army were closing the net at the moment, and basically trapped the rear team of the Sima army within a radius of less than two miles, Wang Guan continued to shrink his forces, trying to hold the last remaining people into a group to resist the attack of the Bingzhou army.
Compared with the battle on the mountain, the battle at Yukou was very fierce, although the fire burned for a while, the fire was not as strong as before, but the fire was still blocking the direction of the cavalry, there was no way, Wen Qin could only stay outside the fire circle, waiting for the fire to be extinguished.
Now the cavalry can only use bows and arrows to partially support the infantry of the Bingzhou army that has already attacked, but this support is relatively limited, because once the side falls into hand-to-hand combat, the long-range archers will not dare to shoot arrows in this direction to prevent accidental injury to their own people.
The Xiao cavalry battalion can only use arrows to shoot at areas that the infantry of the state has not reached, but Wang Guan's defense is relatively tight, and the effect of long-range attacks is not too obvious.
The reason why Cao Liang arranged the Xiao cavalry battalion and the infantry battalion to fight together in this position is to expect the Xiao cavalry battalion to give full play to its due ability to attack fortifications, and give full play to the combat effectiveness of the Xiao cavalry battalion in the case that the infantry cannot open the situation, and win the battle as soon as possible.
The ambush of Sima Jun at Huyukou is typical of the type of tiger's mouth, and it is necessary to fight quickly and quickly, otherwise once it falls into a stalemate and bitter battle, the situation will become more and more difficult.
At this time, the offensive of the infantry battalion and the Changshui battalion and the shooting sound battalion had entered a white-hot level, but the Changshui battalion and the shooting sound battalion had another task, and they could only send a partial division to support it, and only the infantry battalion really took the main role.
Yanghu personally went into battle and commanded the infantry battalion to break through the defense line of Sima Army's grain carts and launch an attack with all his might, and the soldiers of the infantry battalion completely trampled on the wreckage of the grain carts and the wreckage of people and struggled forward, and launched a fierce battle with Sima Army's men and horses.
The infantry battalion fought very resolutely, but Wang Guan was also very tenacious, and both sides were a little red-eyed, trying their best to change the current situation.
But if the cavalry can't be counted on, but with the infantry, it will be difficult for the state army to eat such a huge Sima army.
Wen Qin was also very anxious, and seeing that the fire had subsided slightly, he simply ordered the Xiao cavalry to cross the line of fire and deliver the final fatal blow to Sima Jun.