Chapter 1068: What if reinforcements come
Zhu Zhen would look up at the sun every other breath, it was indeed very close to noon, and it only took half an hour to reach three o'clock at noon, of course, the premise was that the reinforcements of the Jin army could arrive at noon. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, it no longer makes sense whether the reinforcements can arrive on time, according to the current offensive of the Shu army, it is almost a matter of time to break through the inner city of Xiaopingjin Pass, unless the reinforcements can arrive now.
Zhu Zhen looked to the east, he waited for reinforcements to wait for the eyes, but there was no movement in the east, Zhu Zhen was completely desperate, the casualties of the Jin army defending the city were getting bigger and bigger, and the offensive of the Shu army was getting stronger and stronger, and the loss of Xiaopingjin Pass seemed to be a foregone conclusion.
At this moment, on the east avenue, there seemed to be a rapid sound of horses' hooves, Zhu Zhen's heart sank, he raised his eyes, but he didn't find anything abnormal, he secretly smiled bitterly, could it be that he was suffering from auditory hallucinations.
He shook his head, as if trying to shake off the voice.
But the sound of the horse's hooves was still stubbornly ringing, and there were signs of getting bigger and bigger, Zhu Zhen frowned, it seemed that there was really something wrong with his ears.
However, his gaze was still subconsciously cast to the east again, and this time Zhu Zhen saw the bursts of dust and smoke stirred, ah! Reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming!
Like a long drought and a rainy day, Zhu Zhen almost cried with joy: "Reinforcements...... Reinforcements...... Reinforcements are coming......" Due to excitement, Zhu Zhen was incoherent and stammered.
However, there is no need for Zhu Zhen to say, the Jin army defending the city has also seen the arrival of reinforcements, and the current battle has reached the most critical time, the defenders are already losing and retreating, and the inner city is already in danger.
In this case, the will of the defenders was close to collapse, and as soon as the reinforcements arrived, the morale of the Jin army suddenly rose, and the will to break out in a desperate situation was still very strong, and they resisted the attack of the Wudang Fei army alive.
The first to lead the army to Xiaopingjin Pass was Jiang Jun, the governor of Mengjin Pass. In fact, the change in the ships of the Shu army crossed by Meng Jin had long attracted Jiang Jun's attention, and according to the information provided by He Yu earlier, the day when the Shu army launched an attack was today.
Jiang Jun was not sure whether the information was accurate or not, but with the principle that he would rather believe what he had than what he didn't, Jiang Jun had already sent people to wait on the embankment.
Now that the main forces of the Jin army are all gathered here, relying on the natural danger of the Yellow River, Jiang Jun is not worried that Mengjin Pass will not be able to hold it, he only needs to make his own defensive preparations.
However, it is strange that the Shu army did not attack at the appointed time, and the ships that had gathered on Mengjindu had disappeared. Previously, Jiang Jun thought that the Shu army was in a suspicious formation and wanted to confuse him, but soon Jiang Jun found that these ships were not ambushed nearby, but rushed towards Xiaopingjin Pass.
Could it be that the real target of the Shu army is still Xiaopingjin Pass?
Jiang Jun chuckled in his heart, the original Shu army invested heavy troops in Xiaopingjin Pass, which was not fake, and the information transmitted back by He Yu was completely tricked by the Shu people.
But Jiang Jun did not dare to act rashly, he immediately sent a fast horse to report to Luoyang, and soon he received an order from the imperial court to immediately lead the army back to Xiaopingjin Pass.
Jiang Jun's report to the imperial court was half an hour earlier than that of Zhu Zhen, the governor of Xiaopingjin Pass, so he received a reply from the imperial court exactly half an hour earlier than Zhu Zhen's side.
After receiving the order, Jiang Jun did not dare to make any delays, and immediately set off with troops to help Xiaopingjin Pass.
In order to speed up the march, Jiang Jun deliberately separated the infantry and cavalry, and it was the cavalry units of the Jin army that arrived at Xiaopingjin Pass in advance.
Zhu Zhen's spirit was shaken and he ordered the west gate of Xiaopingjin Pass to be opened to welcome Jiang Jun's arrival.
Although it was cavalry, it was finally injected with new strength, and the defensive situation of Xiaopingjin Pass suddenly reversed.
This time Zhu Zhen finally put the anxious heart back to the original place, after the arrival of the support troops, it is no longer a dream to recapture Xiaopingjin Pass, Zhu Zhen sighed again and again that his luck is good, if it is half a moment late, Xiaopingjin Pass will be lost, if you want to recapture Xiaopingjin Pass from the hands of the Shu army, it is almost impossible.
Zhang Le personally commanded the attack of the Wudang Fei Army under the city, seeing that the Jin army was already gradually exhausted, there was almost no suspense in taking the inner city, but at this moment, the Jin army suddenly broke out and repelled an attack by the Wudang Fei Army.
Zhang Le only thought that it was the Jin army's return to the light, and when he was about to send troops to continue the attack, he suddenly found that the defense of the inner city of Xiaopingjin Pass had become stronger, and the number of troops had obviously changed, and it was obvious that the reinforcements of the Jin army had arrived.
In this regard, Zhang Le naturally scoffed, what should the reinforcements do, now the Shu army has broken through the Yellow River, the general trend of the Jin State has gone, and it is just a matter of time before Xiaopingjin Pass is taken.
Zhang Le simply ignored the increase in the Jin army, and continued to send the Wudang Fei army to attack all the way.
Liu Yin had already crossed the river with Fu Baiyanghu and others at this moment, and saw that Zhang Le couldn't take the inner city of Xiaopingjin Pass for a long time, so he immediately transferred the Hubu Army and the Yang'an Army to help in the battle.
The two sides of the Xiaopingjin Pass has reached a white-hot level, the Jin army in the early stage of the Xiaopingjin Pass defense is more than 10,000 cavalry, and soon the other 40,000 infantry of the Jin army has also been invested in the Xiaopingjin Pass, at this moment the Jin army has determined that the real purpose of the Shu army to cross the river is in the Xiaopingjin Pass, and the information transmitted back by Yu can be regarded as the Jin army to suffer.
If it weren't for the carelessness of the defenders, the Shu army would be safe and secure now, and now the outer city of Pingjin Pass was lost, which would undoubtedly create a problem for the Jin army to recapture Xiaopingjin Pass.
However, Jiang Jun is still full of confidence in this, the Shu army only occupies the outer city of Xiaopingjin Pass, the geographical location of this outer city is narrow, and it cannot accommodate too many men and horses, as long as the Jin army is united, stubbornly hold the inner city of Xiaopingjin Pass, and then gradually invest troops to counterattack, and completely drive the Shu army across the Yellow River.
But Jiang Jun's confidence was dashed under the strong attack of the Shu army, the Wudang Fei army was in the center, the Yang'an army followed the left, the Hubu army was on the right, and the three-way army rushed to the inner city like a tide.
The most powerful siege warfare is naturally firearms, although the small stone Pingjin Pass is relatively strong, but firearms are just as useful, and it will surely become the key to success or failure.