Chapter 1170: Overwhelmed pontoon
This result was completely unexpected by Zhuge Dan Sima Zhao and the generals of the Wei army, just now they were still laughing at Wu Jun's inadequacy, thinking that they could win the battle bare-chested, but the process of the battle made them naturally shut their mouths.
The Wu army fought naked, but was not affected by the cold weather, but was vigorous and agile, in contrast, the Wei army was much more clumsy, slow and stiff, so that the advantages and disadvantages were judged, and the Wei army was not the opponent of the Wu army at all in the battle, so that it was defeated and retreated, and the army could not be defeated.
Even Han Zong, the vanguard officer of the Wei army, was beheaded by Ding Feng, so the Wei army under the embankment was even more defeated, and fled to the side of the embankment, and the situation on the entire battlefield became out of control.
This result is estimated to be beyond the expectations of everyone in the Wei army, and Zhuge Dan will never believe that the battle situation can evolve into this way, but the current situation is no longer something that he can simply clean up, only by retreating and avoiding the edge of the Wu army, it is possible to reorganize the team and fight with the Wu army again.
Zhuge Dan said to Sima Zhao: "Sima Jianjun, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, it is better to return to Hefei New Town first, and then make plans." ”
Sima Zhao was a little confused, he was really a little confused in this battle, and he was defeated inexplicably, they didn't think so before, laughing at these Wu soldiers who were shirtless, but they didn't expect to really fight in this snowy day, and the shirtless ones actually defeated the armored ones, the reason for this, I'm afraid Sima Zhao hasn't figured it out yet.
If you can win a battle bare-chested, then what's the point of building an army to build armor, just make the troops naked like savages.
Such a conclusion seems to make some sense, but all of this is what Sima Zhao has witnessed with his own eyes, and he cannot be allowed to believe it.
According to the information sent back from Jiangdong, after Sun Quan's death, there was a vacuum in the power of Wu State, and Sun Liang, who was only ten years old, ascended the throne as the emperor, a little boy, regardless of whether he was smart or not, he was unable to preside over the power of the court, according to Sun Quan's deathbed entrustment, the military and political power of Wu State fell into the hands of Zhuge Ke of the main battle faction.
And the Zhuge family is not a wealthy family in Eastern Wu, and Sun Quan didn't want to hand over power to the Jiangdong family before he died, so he finally chose Zhuge Ke. Regardless of whether Sun Quan's choice is correct or not, Wu's government will eventually face a drastic change, and if Wei can only seize this opportunity to pacify Jiangdong in one fell swoop, it will inevitably no longer be a dream.
Sima Shi urgently needs a victory to stabilize his rule, Sima Zhao also hopes to use a victory to prove his ability, and generals such as Zhuge Dan and Wang Chang hope to succeed in defeating Wu and make their career go further.
It is precisely because there are so many demands from all sides that the battle of Wu will finally be promoted, but what Sima Zhao did not expect is that since the expedition, it has encountered an extremely rare wind and snow attack, which has hindered the actions of the Wei army.
The time and place are not on the side of the Wei army, but on the side of the Wu army, originally thought that such a bad weather affected both sides, only to find that the Wu army did not have a, but was alive and well, using this catastrophic weather, launched a surprise attack on the Wei army, so that the Wei army was defeated.
Not only Ding Feng's army, but also the other men and horses of the Wu army under the leadership of Tang Shi, Lu Ju, and Liuzan, also began to attack the Wei army, although the other people and horses were not as fierce as Ding Feng's road, naked into battle, but the momentum of the Wu army was booming, the offensive was very fierce, and from the flanks with Ding Feng's frontal attack, the Wei army was defeated and retreated, and it was invincible.
Therefore, Zhuge Dan decisively ordered a retreat, reducing the losses to a minimum as much as possible, as for the counterattack, Zhuge Dan probably did not have the slightest idea of this, after all, such a bad weather had a huge impact on the Wei army.
If this kind of influence is effective for both sides, Zhuge Dan doesn't need to be anxious, wait for the snow to stop before attacking back.
But what we see now is the opposite, in this heavy wind and snow, the combat strength of the Wu army has not been reduced, but it can take advantage of such wind and snow weather to launch an unexpected attack, and this battle is really impossible to fight again.
Not only did Han Zong, who was sent out by Zhuge Dan, die, but even another vanguard, Le'an Taishou Huan Jia, also died in the chaos, and the entire Wei army stationed under the embankment had all been defeated.
This long embankment is not too high, and when it was built, it was not built vertically, but built into a relatively steep slope, in fact, only this kind of ladder-shaped embankment, which is wider at the bottom than the bottom, can have the ability to defend against floods, and there is no risk of the embankment collapsing when the flood comes.
But if the defensive function is taken into account, the shape of the embankment is undoubtedly a failure, because the attacking side can attack the embankment along the slope of the embankment.
Although the Wei army was stationed on the embankment, there were no fortifications on the embankment, and such a long steep slope was difficult to resist the offensive of the Wu army.
Zhuge Dan has experienced a hundred battles and has rich experience, he knows very well that this is not the time for him to stand up and be a hero, the Wei army is defeated like a mountain, even if he is the main general, it is impossible to prevent the defeat of the Wei army, since the defeat has been decided, it is better to leave early than late.
What's more, Zhuge Dan not only has to consider his own safety, but also Sima Zhao's safety, Sima Zhao's status is noble, if he has any mistakes, Zhuge Dan really can't explain to Sima Shi.
If a defeated battle is fought, the Wei army may not be able to break its muscles and bones, but if Sima Zhao is broken, Zhuge Zhengdong's position as the general may not be able to sit still.
Therefore, as soon as he saw that the situation was unfavorable, Zhuge quickly ordered a retreat, and ordered his own troops to escort Sima Zhao first, and to ensure Sima Zhao's safety at all costs.
Zhuge Dan himself followed behind, protecting Sima Zhao's safety while slowly retreating, preparing to retreat to Hefei along the four pontoon bridges behind the embankment.
But the current pontoon bridge has borne a weight that it should not have beared, and countless Wei soldiers poured onto the pontoon bridge, such a large weight, Sima Zhao was a little frightened when he saw it, and he didn't know if these pontoon bridges would be broken?
Different from the general march, at this moment the Wei army was defeated like a mountain, and the soldiers who fled here did not mean that they were safe, they had to pass through the pontoon bridge to reach the south bank of Chaohu Lake, so that they could escape.
But now, the Wei army was defeated, and they all poured onto the pontoon bridge, and the pontoon bridge was really overwhelmed.