Chapter 266: Reinforcements

Once the war cavalry rushes up, it is almost impossible to resist unless it is a heavy infantry formation, and the war cavalry is a tank force, not an infantry can resist. Zhou Tai and many brave sailors also tried to turn the tables, desperately blocking the charge of the war horse, only to hear a loud sound of clanging and clanging, and the sailors were knocked to the ground one after another. The sailors couldn't resist it, and subconsciously fled out of the city by the tide of cavalry.

Huang Zhong led the cavalry to drive the enemy sailors out of the city, and then rushed back and forth, killing Sun Jian's corpses all over the field, and then retreated into the city and closed the city gates.

Zhou Tai, who was extremely annoyed, did not want to be so numerous, and ordered all the troops in the barracks to be dispatched and forcibly attacked.

The raid eventually turned into a forced siege, and for a whole night, Fuling City was like being grilled in an oven.

The next morning, when the sun showed half of its face in the sky, the battle continued, and the scale of the attack was greater than at night. The boundless assault force was like a tidal wave that constantly crashed into the ramparts, and the arrows and stones thrown by catapults obscured the sky; The shouts pierced the clouds and dispelled the morning mist, and soldiers continued to fall from the walls; The battle on the city wall was extremely bloody, the sword light flickered, blood flew, and seeing more and more corpses on the ground, the bright red color quickly spread! The battle is fought to this point, and it is not only about willpower, but also about the number of people, to see who is enough to die.

When the time reached noon, the defenders were almost unable to hold on, the battle lines on the east and west sides were precarious, and Sun Jian's army rushed to the city wall more and more, while the number of defenders was getting smaller and smaller. Huang Zhong and Zhu Rong all fought in armor in person, covered in blood, and they were already numb to kill! Bang, bang,...... Suddenly there was a loud sound of rushing carts hitting the city gate.

The wolf smoke covers the sun, the battle flag is stained with blood, and Fuling is about to be lost.

A huge cavalry suddenly appeared on the east bank of the Min River, rolling in from the north, and instantly rushed into Sun Jian's military camp on the east bank of the Min River like a torrent. Sun Jian's army was caught off guard, and the 20,000 defenders were rushed to pieces in a blink of an eye.

Sun Jian, who was commanding the siege under Fuling City, suddenly heard the sound of rushing and killing behind him, and hurriedly turned around to look back, and saw that the tide of Lu Bu's army was sweeping the Jiangdong Army camp. Sun Jian was shocked: "What's going on?" ”

"Lord, it's Ma Chao's blue wolf army!" A general said.

Sun Jian frowned, and gave a categorical order: "Demolish the pontoon bridge, and the army will continue to attack the city!" Sun Jianjun immediately carried out the order, and thousands of cavalry rushed to the river, and began to separate and cut the ropes that bound the pontoon, and by this time a trooper had already rushed out of the camp and killed the pontoon, trying to seize the pontoon. However, they were a step too late after all, and as soon as they arrived at the river, the pontoon bridge had already fallen apart and were drifting with the tide.

Ma Chaojun completely annihilated the 20,000 or 30,000 Sun Jian's troops who stayed in the camp in Jiangdong, came to the Minjiang River, and frowned as he looked at the fierce battle on the other side.

Sun Jian was relieved to see that the pontoon bridge was successfully destroyed, and showed a victor's smile.

However, at this moment, a force of more than 20,000 cavalry suddenly appeared in the north of the west bank of the Min River, surging, Sun Jianjun thought that all the cavalry were in Jiangdong, and was caught off guard, and the right flank was violently attacked by 20,000 cavalry, and instantly collapsed. The 20,000 turquoise cavalry that broke through the right flank did not stop there, but surged towards Sun Jian's Chinese army camp, and the leading general was Ma Chao's younger brother Ma Tie.

The tide fiercely crashed into Sun Jianjun's defensive front, only to see that the defensive front instantly concave and collapsed in a blink of an eye! The surging tide carried the rout to continue to attack, breaking through three lines of defense one after another, and finally unable to break through again because the impact was exhausted!

The 20,000 cavalry turned their horses and slaughtered the tens of thousands of Sun Jianbu troops who were attacking the city.

Seeing this, Sun Jian's complexion changed greatly. At this time, the tens of thousands of infantry troops were not up or down, and there was no formation, how could they withstand the impact of the cavalry. Sun Jian hurriedly ordered all the 5,000 cavalry to attack.

20,000 assault cavalry rushed into the siege troops, the column swept away, Sun Jian's infantry fell like seedlings in the wind, and the cavalry behind them was rushing in an instant, and the whole battlefield seemed a little chaotic.

The 20,000 assault cavalry killed countless Sun Jianjun's infantry in one charge, and the scene was a terrible scene. When they came to the city gate, 20,000 cavalry turned around and met the 5,000 cavalry of Sun Jian's army. The two sides fought in a scuffle, how Sun Jian's cavalry was the opponent of the turquoise cavalry, and the number was much smaller, and it was defeated in just a few moments. However, their sacrifice was not useless, and it was because of their attack that the tens of thousands of infantry troops who were besieging the city were safely evacuated.

Ma Tie did not continue the pursuit, turned the horse's head and pushed into the city, and a cheer rang out in the city. Huang Zhong, who was covered in blood, saw Ma Tie and punched him excitedly, "You guys are really here!" Then he asked, "You are so sudden?" Ma Tie smiled and clenched his fists and said: "Our army received the general's general order and went south day and night, the purpose is to raid Sun Jian's army!" Then he said regretfully: "It's a pity that Sun Jian's gang destroyed the pontoon bridge in time, otherwise the main cavalry of the eldest brother will be able to completely defeat Sun Jian's army!" ”

Sun Jian's army stopped the offensive and set up camp on the west bank of the famous general. Zhou Tai in the west also stopped the offensive and returned to the camp.

Sun Jian and the others gathered in the big tent, and the atmosphere was a little depressing. Sun Jian said annoyedly: "Seeing that it has been completed, it has fallen short!" ”

A subordinate general said: "Now that the camp on the east bank has fallen, and our army's baggage and materials have fallen into the hands of the enemy, we must make plans early!" The generals nodded in agreement.

Sun Jian was unwilling, the battle had reached this point, and it was a pity to give up.

A scout suddenly rushed into the big tent with a panicked face, and hurriedly reported: "Lord, Ma Chaojun has divided a cavalry to run along the north bank of the Yangtze River to the east!" ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone's faces changed, and one of the generals exclaimed: "Not good! Ma Chao wants to cut off the supply lines of our army! Hurriedly looked at Sun Jian. Sun Jian hesitated for a moment, and gave an order helplessly: "Order Zhou Tai to retreat from the Western Front, and the naval fleet will come to the river to pick us up!" Be quick! Sun Jian was very anxious, because once Lu Bujun recaptured Kuiguan, it would form a trend of closing the door and beating dogs.

On the same day, the defenders saw on the city wall, Sun Jianjun in the west hurriedly abandoned Xizhai and retreated to the boat, and then the mighty fleet went down the river and came to the river, and Sun Jianjun's infantry who were waiting by the river boarded the ship one after another. Until late in the evening, all of Sun Jian's troops were withdrawn.

A cavalry team sent by Ma Chao arrived at the foot of Kuimen City two days later, made a tentative attack, saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, and learned that Sun Jian's army was returning to help at full speed, so he gave up the attack and retreated westward.