Chapter 780: Turning the tide of battle
Just when Wen Qin had just ordered the cavalry battalion to attack, suddenly a shout sounded behind him, mixed with the sound of hurried horses' hooves, from far and near, and was killing them from far and near.
Wen Qin was shocked, and the state army did not arrange reinforcements at this time, and at this moment, an army suddenly came, is there any other army besides Sima Jun?
Wen Qin and Yanghu were not far away, and after the sudden abnormal situation, the two quickly communicated and decided to suspend the attack of the Xiao cavalry battalion, and first see what happened behind before making plans, if it was really Sima Jun's reinforcements, at least the Xiao cavalry battalion would not turn its back to meet the enemy.
Due to the high position of Huyukou, there is a large gap from here to Pingchuan in the south, and there is almost no need to send scouts, Wen Qin and Yanghu saw the banner of Sima Jun from a distance, this is a cavalry team, its momentum is huge, at least not less than 30,000 people.
Wen Qin was obviously stunned for a moment, according to the prior intelligence, Sima Yi's 100,000 army set off in a group, lined up in a long snake, end to end, such a formation is relatively compact, Cao Liang in order to cut off this long snake, so he deliberately set up an ambush at Huyukou for ambush.
That is to say, now Sima Yi's army is cut into two by the Bingzhou army, one is in the south, that is, his rear team of men and horses, has been surrounded by the regiments of the Bingzhou army, and the other road is in the north, that is, his front men, and horses are currently blocked by the Changshui battalion and the shooting sound battalion, and cannot meet with the besieged rear troops.
To put it simply, Cao Liang used a typical military operation to encircle and block reinforcements this time, with a fairly clear goal, using the Changshui Battalion and the Shooting Battalion to block the rescue of the men and horses in the front of the Sima Army, and using the infantry battalion and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to eat the besieged rear team of the Sima Army.
Judging from the current siege situation, the front of the Sima army is unable to break through the defensive position of the Bingzhou army in a short period of time, and the siege of the rear team of the Sima army is to occupy an obvious advantage.
But at this most critical moment, a cavalry of the Sima army suddenly came out from behind, which obviously completely disrupted Cao Liang's deployment, and also brought uncertain factors to Wen Qin and Yanghu's siege of Wang Guan, and the situation on the battlefield was suddenly reversed.
What made Wen Qin wonder was where this cavalry of the Sima Army came from, and why did he not get any information about this army in advance?
The Bingzhou army had a huge intelligence network in Shangdang, and if Sima Jun mobilized cavalry from Hanoi to join the state again, it would be impossible to hide from the scouts of the Bingzhou army.
Now the only explanation is that this cavalry was originally in the 100,000 army of Sima Jun, but did not go out with the army to Huguan, but quietly hid behind the army, if the army was not attacked, this army may have been hidden, but if the army is attacked or even in danger, then this cavalry is a new force, and their appearance is enough to turn the tide of the war.
In fact, this is a plan carefully arranged by Sima Yi, before the action, he deliberately transferred Chen Qian, Chen Tai and Hu Fen to the tent, and ordered the three to lead 10,000 cavalry each, keeping a certain distance from the main force, once the main force is attacked, these 30,000 cavalry can rush to the aid and completely smash Cao Liang's conspiracy.
The 30,000 cavalry drawn out by Sima Yi is the elite force in the Sima army, and the combat effectiveness is second to none, and it is also a hole card for Sima Yi to kill Cao Liang.
Cao Liang deliberately appeared in Huguan, wanting to lure the enemy deeper, but what kind of character Sima Yi is, how can he be deceived by his little trick, of course Sima Yi will not be stuck, he has been looking for an opportunity to fight with Cao Liang's main force for the past two months, and now this opportunity is actively sent to the door, of course he will not let go, so Sima Yi simply came to a plan, sent 70,000 troops, falsely claimed 100,000, and then arranged another 30,000 elite cavalry to ambush behind, and counterattack at any time.
In fact, the gap between 70,000 people and 100,000 people is really not something that ordinary people can see, even if the state army is ambushed in Huyukou and sees Sima Jun swaggering by, it is impossible to count them one by one.
What's more, along the way, Sima Yi was in a suspicious formation, although the total strength was reduced by 30,000 people, but the banner was not reduced, just from the momentum, it was difficult to judge how many Sima Jun there were.
And Sima Yi did this very secretly, even Sima Shi didn't know about it, Sima Shi just knew that his pioneer deputy general Chen Qian was transferred to another place by Sima Yi, so this time he went north, and Sima Shi did not have a deputy general by his side.
And Chen Tai and Hu Fen returned to the Sima army camp in disgrace since the defeat of Wanzi City, and there were only three or four thousand soldiers and horses left under their command, so they had a very low sense of presence in the army.
Sima Yi did not completely abandon them because the two of them lost the battle, because Sima Yi knew very well that Chen Tai and Hu Fen defeated the battle, not because they were incompetent, but because they fell for Cao Liang's tricks, under the absolute superiority of the Bingzhou army, it would be good to be able to pick up their lives, under the same conditions, wouldn't Hu Zun and Wang Jing be wiped out by the whole army?
Therefore, Sima Yi naturally did not mean to pursue them for the crime of war, but entrusted them with a heavy responsibility this time, so that Chen Tai and Hu Fen were pleasantly surprised, and they were grateful to Sima Yi, and they all said that they would not give up.
This appointment made Chen Tai and Hu Fen really surprised, it stands to reason that the two of them have just lost the battle, even if they are not held responsible, they will at least be treated coldly for a while, but I didn't expect Sima Yi to trust them as always, how can this make the two dare to die without serving their lives.
Chen Qian, Chen Tai, and Hu Fen hid their tracks along the way, kept a certain distance from the main force, and only sent scouts to maintain contact, and after the army was attacked at Huyukou, they soon knew that according to Sima Yi's pre-arrangement, the three generals immediately led their troops to rush forward and rushed to Huyukou to come to the rescue.