Chapter 766: Defeat is decided
said that it was too late, it was fast, and before the spear battle formation of the Sima army was completely formed, the cavalry of the state had already killed in front of the formation.
The first to enter the attack position was the Yue cavalry battalion, they had their own set of means to break the dense defense of the pikemen, not to mention the flawed pike array that Sima Jun had temporarily put together, even if it was a well-trained and well-prepared pike formation, the Yue cavalry battalion was not too frightened, and it could tear through the defense line of the pike array at the minimum cost.
As for the defense break, the battle becomes much simpler, and the infantry without this layer of defense is nothing more than a fish belly to be slaughtered in front of the cavalry.
Cao Liang arranged the Yue cavalry battalion to take the lead, it was to fancy the fighting ability of the Yue cavalry battalion, this cavalry, but Cao Liang personally brought it out, followed Cao Liang through several major battles, has rich combat experience, combat effectiveness is absolutely impeccable, the Yue cavalry battalion has gradually become the trump card of the main force of the state army, known for being good at fighting tough battles.
The spear formation of the Yue cavalry battalion is the most experienced, and the throwing guns they are equipped with can be called the sharpest weapons, hundreds of throwing guns are gathered in one place in an instant, which can easily tear through the enemy's defense line.
The main reason for the chaotic deployment of the Sima army in a hurry is that the rushing Bingzhou cavalry has brought them endless pressure, seeing that the Bingzhou cavalry will soon rush over, at this time, change the queue to rearrange the formation, and require everyone to be in place, which is obviously a more difficult thing.
In the chaos, Sima Jun's spear array was reluctantly discharged, but the effect was much worse than the usual practice, and the spear array was densely packed like a forest in some places, sparse in some places, and even in some places, the sword and shield soldiers were directly put in the front, and the spear array lined up was nondescript.
But at this time, it was too late to think about adjustment, and the iron cavalry of the Yue Cavalry Battalion had already rushed to the front, and hundreds of throwing spears suddenly shot out, like a torrential rain hitting the front of Sima Jun.
The inertia generated by the high-speed galloping of the war horse and the force of the rider's full thrust superimposed on the extremely terrifying speed of these throwing guns, and the sharp tips of the throwing guns easily penetrated the bodies of Sima Jun's soldiers, and did not stop because of the resistance, and continued to stab forward, stabbing the second and third rows in succession......
In a very short period of time, the Yue cavalry battalion forcibly tore a hole in the Sima army's defense line, and without waiting for the Sima army to react to fill this gap, the Vietnamese cavalry had already rushed through this opening, trampled over the corpses of those Sima soldiers, and killed into the Sima army's formation.
Just like a tiger rushing into the flock of sheep, after the Yue cavalry battalion entered the Sima army's formation, it was rampage, killing all directions, and it was difficult for the Sima army to resist.
But the more they avoided, the more Sima Jun's formation became chaotic, and the more the cavalry battalion was like entering a no-man's land, invincible, sweeping and crushing all the way.
After the Yue cavalry battalion broke through the defense line of the Sima army, the two roads of the Tun cavalry battalion and the Xiao cavalry battalion also quickly killed, and at this time the defense line of the Sima army was already fragile and could no longer organize the corresponding defense.
The Bingzhou cavalry lined up in several columns, each column was like a sharp knife, cutting through the defensive line of the Sima army like tofu like chopping waves, and every time the formation of the Sima army was cut in half, the result of countless impacts made the original intact formation fragmented and completely disintegrated.
This was a completely crushing battle, and the Sima army did not even have the slightest strength to resist, and in a very short period of time, he was killed by the Bingzhou army and suffered heavy casualties.
Hu Zun originally wanted to try to resist with a spear formation, but he soon found that under the strong impact of the Bingzhou cavalry, the spear formation temporarily arranged by the Sima army was useless, and the Bingzhou cavalry was like entering a no-man's land, easily tearing apart the defense line of the Sima army, and severing the connection between the various departments of the Sima army.
Seeing that the general trend had gone and the defeat had been decided, Hu Zun didn't care about anything else, and ordered the troops around him to break through immediately, if they didn't leave, they were afraid that the whole army would be wiped out.
But in this chaotic army, it is not easy to fight a bloody way, Hu Zun can command now, only his own troops and a few soldiers are left, these soldiers are also because of the close relationship with Hu Zun, they can still get Hu Zun's orders, and the rest of the farther army is now caught in the division and encirclement of the Bingzhou cavalry, even if they want to break through, it is extremely difficult.
Hu Zun led the pro-army troops to rush to the periphery, if you only talk about combat effectiveness, this pro-soldier force is still relatively strong, they fought hard, desperately impacting the defense line of the state army, trying to open a gap, escorting Hu Zun to break out.
However, while Cao Liang deployed the attack, he also set up interception positions on the periphery and sealed several exits of the Baishui River.
The main reason why Cao Liang strengthened the blockade of the periphery was that during the Battle of Wanzi City, when the Bingzhou army had an advantage, he finally let Chen Tai and Hu Fen escape, which made Cao Liang very dissatisfied.
At that time, the three-way cavalry focused on the offensive and ignored the defense of the periphery, so that Chen Tai and Hu Fen, who were desperate to break through, got away with it.
Such a mistake, Cao Liang will naturally not repeat it.
Yanghu's infantry battalion did not participate in the hunt, but that did not mean that they could sit on the sidelines, and one of the important tasks given to him by Cao Liang was to block the three exits of Baishuichuan to the east, south and north, and to intercept the Sima army that had broken out of the encirclement, so as to prevent them from escaping.
This task is still relatively easy for Yanghu, after all, under the encirclement and suppression of the three major cavalry, the Sima army itself that can escape is very few, even if there are sporadic Sima soldiers who escape, it is just some guerrilla scattered bravery, not a system, with the strength of the infantry battalion, there is still no problem to take a few fish that slip through the net.
However, in the west, that is, in the direction where Sima Jun came, the infantry battalion was a little inconsiderate, mainly because the distance between them was relatively far, and when the three major cavalry launched an attack, they had already blocked the way for the infantry battalion to go back, and the infantry battalion was a little beyond the reach of the whip.
But Cao Liang had already thought about this, and he deliberately sent a group of men and horses out of the Tun Cavalry Battalion to block the road to the west.