Chapter 544 ended in a draw
By the time Sima Yi led the Wei army to arrive, most of the Han army had already gone up the mountain.
"Damn!" Seeing this, Sima Yi was furious in his heart, his time in Tongguan was too short, and he could not make up for the quality of the soldiers.
Now the Wei army is in the west, most of the elite warriors have been annihilated by the Han army, and the 90,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, as well as the 20,000 Tongguan soldiers and horses in his hands, most of them are collected from the Central Plains and Hebei, and they have not experienced much battle, and they cannot be compared with the experienced Han army at all.
Huang Xu's lieutenant general saw that Sima Yi led a large group of men and horses to arrive, and ordered: "The archers will occupy a high place for me to shoot the Wei army, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will be killed with me to rescue the general!" ”
The Han army had many more archers than the Wei army, more than 20,000 people, nearly half of the archers, and the lieutenant general left half of the archers on the mountain ridge. Then he took the other soldiers and horses and went around to the rear of Cao Zhang's two thousand soldiers and horses on the road below and started a fight.
"The Shu army has a lot of combat experience, and even a partial general can use the terrain to fight back!" Sima Yi saw that the deputy general of the Han army led his troops around the rear of Cao Zhang, and did not sigh at the rich combat experience of the Han army.
Sima Yi thought for a while and ordered: "Send me two thousand shields to go up the mountain to attract the archers of the Shu army, and the rest of the soldiers and horses rushed up to kill Huang Xu in one go, as long as you can kill Huang Xu, the big thing can be decided!" ”
"Get me up the mountain!"
"Kill Huang Xu!"
Under Sima Yi's order, the Wei army was also divided into two groups, and two thousand shield soldiers went up the mountain to attract the firepower of the Shu archers, and the rest of the soldiers and horses rushed towards Huang Xu in a swarm.
On the other side, the deputy general led more than 10,000 men and horses to the rear of Cao Zhang's gun and shield array.
The formation of these two thousand men and horses was facing the east, the defense in the rear was empty, the attack and defense were one-way, and the deputy general led the troops to attack their rear, and the combat effectiveness of these Wei troops was greatly reduced.
"The general quickly broke out of the encirclement!"
The deputy general took the lead, and when he saw a large number of Wei troops killed behind Huang Xu, he hurriedly called on Huang Xu to get out of the encirclement as soon as possible.
"It's coming!" Huang Xu responded, and struggled to force Cao Zhang back with several knives, and urged the war horse to rush into the gun and shield array, and there was a deputy general in front of him to respond, as long as he rushed a few dozen more steps, he could get out of the encirclement.
"Hugh away!" Where was Cao Zhang willing to let Huang Xu go, and chased after Huang Xu.
"Eat me with an arrow!"
Huang Xu saw that Cao Zhang was in hot pursuit, and suddenly grabbed the treasure carving bow on the horse, and turned around to shoot Cao Zhang.
Cao Zhang was startled, lay on the horse to dodge, waited for a while, and didn't hear the sound of arrows around him, got up to look, but saw that Huang Xu had killed Xu Yuan, and knew the plan.
"It's kind of a 300-round fight with me!" Cao Zhang was furious, and chased after Huang Xu.
Huang Xu desperately waved the machete in his hand, killing the Wei troops around him one after another, and the deputy general on the opposite side also led his troops to kill and respond, but after a long time, he had already broken out of the encirclement and joined his subordinates.
Cao Zhang also caught up at this moment.
"Eat me with an arrow!" Huang Xu picked up the horse carving bow again.
Cao Zhang suffered a loss before, but he felt that Huang Xu was bluffing again, so he ignored it and rode his horse straight towards Huang Xu.
"Go!" Cao Zhang didn't dodge, but he saw Huang Xu in front of him, and a feather flew straight towards him, Cao Zhang didn't take precautions, and was shot in the arm by Huang Xu's arrow.
With Huang Xu's archery skills, it was not difficult to shoot Cao Zhang's vital point, but there were many Wei troops nearby, and when he shot Cao Zhang, there was a Wei army attacking him, so he missed the shot.
Although Huang Xu's shot missed, his strength did not weaken, and the arrow directly pierced his arm, and Cao Zhang's arm suddenly bled like a pour, and he couldn't even lift the knife in pain.
"The general retreats first!" Seeing that Cao Zhang was injured, the Wei army hurriedly pulled him into the rear army.
Huang Xu ignored Cao Zhang, and said to the lieutenant general: "Let the brothers on the mountain slowly retreat!" I'm here to stop the Wei army. ”
"No!"
Huang Xu led his troops to block the road, and the lieutenant general came to the ridge to persuade the archers to come down.
Due to the low quality of the Wei army's soldiers, they were attracted by the grain and grass discarded by Huang Xu, and missed the best time to pursue, resulting in the Han army getting out of trouble in time without many casualties.
Despite this, the Han army was at the cost of losing the grain and grass baggage, if Huang Xu's 20,000 horses were alone, and the loss of grain and grass baggage, it would be difficult to escape the end of the entire army.
Fortunately, Huang Xu's soldiers and horses are only partial divisions, and there is still a large army in Guanzhong, which is not far from Huayin County, which is the easternmost part of the Guanzhong, and the soldiers and horses can go to Huayin County to replenish, as long as the soldiers and horses are saved, it is not a big deal to lose the grain and grass.
"Missed opportunity, missed opportunity!" Seeing that Huang Xu had been freed from the predicament, Sima Yi, who was in the rear, beat his chest angrily.
The first general didn't care, and said: "Dudu, we got their 20,000 horses and grain and grass baggage, which can be regarded as a big victory!" ”
When Sima Yi heard this, he was even more angry: "The grain and grass are heavy, the grain and grass are heavy, if it weren't for the grain and grass, we could at least annihilate half of the Shu army and leave Huang Xu behind!" ”
Under the command of the lieutenant general, the archers withdrew from the ridge to the main road and came to the rear of the foot soldiers.
The two sides faced off on this road.
Huang Xu urged the horse out, looked at Sima Yi and shouted: "Sima Zhongda, the plan is a good plan, but it's a pity that your soldier is not very good!" ”
Sima Yi regretted in his heart, and Huang Xu also regretted in his heart, he knew that the quality of the Wei army's soldiers was so low, so he stayed in the rear army.
Sima Yi's face was as black as ink, if these 20,000 soldiers were his carefully trained soldiers and horses in Nanyang, Huang Xu and the 20,000 Han army would have to be wiped out.
"Slowly retreat!" Seeing that Sima Yi didn't move, Huang Xu waved his hand and let the soldiers slowly retreat.
Seeing this, Sima Yi did not chase after him, and now that the encirclement has been broken, the combat effectiveness of his soldiers and horses is not as good as that of the Han army, and he will continue to fight, and he will not have good fruit to eat.
Because the grain and grass were lost in order to delay the time, the Han army could not set up camp and could only go to Huayin nearby.
Huayin is located at the foot of Huashan Mountain, there are nearly 100 miles away from Tongguan, the march takes a day and a half, although there is no grain and grass baggage, but it is close to the Yellow River, the water source is sufficient, the Han army is quite strong, but it can also be rushed.
By noon this time, the Han army had been traveling day and night, and finally arrived in Huayin.
Huang Xu led his troops to Huayin City, only to find that a large number of Han troops were also stationed in Tongguan at this moment.
"Brother, aren't you stationed under Tongguan, why did you come here? Still so embarrassed? Lin Yuan was at the head of Tongguan City, and he was surprised to see the soldiers and horses arriving from a distance, and when he saw that it was Huang Xu.
Huang Xu sighed and said with a look of annoyance: "Don't mention it, you almost won't see me." ”