Chapter 411: Defeat is decided
Liu Yin's layout in Guanzhong, there is an unavoidable link is Hanzhong, now most of Hanzhong is in the hands of the Wei army, even if the entire Guanzhong is taken, it will be likely to be counterattacked by Zhonghui, and Guanzhong is the lifeline of Zhonghui, once lost, Zhonghui's counterattack will be extremely crazy, and he may even give up his vested interests in Yizhou and return to Guanzhong.
If you want to cut off the possibility of Zhong Hui returning to Shiguanzhong, you must take Hanzhong, so Liu Yin is extremely concerned about the military situation in Hanzhong, and Lu Xun's arrival can undoubtedly provide him with the most detailed information, laying the foundation for Liu Yin's next strategy in Hanzhong.
According to the information previously obtained, the three strongholds of Han, Le, and Jin were still in the hands of the Shu army, and the four guerrilla captains were responding outside, and the situation in Hanzhong was acceptable. And now from the perspective of the information provided by Lu Xun, the three guerrilla captains have been defeated, and the situation of the Han, Le, and Golden defenders is not optimistic, the three cities have been trapped for more than a year, and the grain and grass materials have been in an extremely scarce situation, and there is even the possibility of falling at any time, which makes Liu Yin have to re-examine his plan, it seems that the strategy of Hanzhong is bound to advance, and it must be before Zhonghui returns to help Hanzhong, it is necessary to clear the enemy in Hanzhong and recapture Hanzhong.
However, the difficulty in front of Liu Yin is that Guanzhong has not yet been taken, and if he divides his troops to take Hanzhong, it will undoubtedly violate the principle of concentrating superior forces, give Sima Wang some respite, and have a certain impact on taking Guanzhong.
Lu Xun is also worried, but what he is thinking about is obviously not on the same level as Liu Yin, he is more concerned about whether a young general sent out by Liu Yin is Xun Kai's opponent, you must know that Xun Kai is a fierce general. The great-grandson of Xun Yu, a famous minister in the late Han Dynasty. The three major guerrilla captains in Hanzhong were all defeated at his hands. Wise and brave, with outstanding ability, Lu Xun thought that he was difficult to match, seeing that Liu Yin only sent Fu Zhi, who was only in his early twenties, out of the horse, Lu Xun couldn't help but secretly sweat.
Liu Yin was calm, talking and laughing, Fu went out to fight in the valley, Liu Yin did not have the slightest worry. His attention was still on the battlefield of Wuzhangyuan.
The transfer of the right battalion of the tiger cavalry did not change the situation of the battle, and Sima Wang's long snake formation was strangled to the death by Liu Yin's three-way attack, and the formation could not be changed, and the defeat was irretrievable.
Yao Yikang's 30,000 Qiang cavalry played a vital role in this battle, the Qiang cavalry was vigorous, brave and good at fighting, and the Qiang people's heroic fighting style was brought into full play in the attack battle, and the Wei infantry against the cavalry, the biggest reliance came from the formation. Rely on a tight phalanx of infantry to build an impregnable defensive line, but once this line is breached. The formation of the Wei army became scattered, which undoubtedly gave the Qiang cavalry the best stage to play.
Fighting separately is the best means of attack of the Qiang cavalry, using cavalry to deal with the infantry, this is a battle without suspense, Yao Yikang is anxious to show himself in front of Liu Yin, when attacking is sparing no effort, not caring for the troops, the entire snake tail formation under the powerful impact of the Qiang cavalry, quickly collapsed. And because the snake head and snake waist were controlled everywhere, they were also unable to resist the attack of the Shu army, and the entire long snake array entered a mode of total collapse.
Sima Wang saw the defeat of the Wei army with his own eyes, his heart was cold, since the defeat of the Battle of Jieting, the Battle of Wuzhangyuan he had to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat again, if the defeat of Jieting was defeated in the light enemy, then the defeat of Wuzhangyuan again, Sima Wang was already convinced of the defeat. With careful preparation and careful planning, Sima Wang can be said to have used all his life's learning in this battle, but the ending was still extremely miserable, and Sima Wang suffered two consecutive defeats that he had never experienced in his career.
He knew that after this battle, the situation in the entire Guanzhong would be completely reversed, and it would be very difficult for Wei to keep Guanzhong alive, and now his only hope was to take as many Wei soldiers as possible to escape back to Chang'an, and now the opportunity left for Sima Wang was only to stick to Chang'an and wait for Sima Zhao to send reinforcements again.
But when countless routs flocked to the Weishui pontoon bridge, Sima Wang found that this was the beginning of the real disaster of the Wei army.
Fortunately, the Wei army did not dismantle the pontoon bridge after crossing the Weishui, leaving a way for the defeated Wei army to retreat, but when crossing the river from north to south, the Wei army passed in an orderly manner, and at this moment the chasing troops were behind, and it was impossible for the Wei army to discharge an orderly queue, and countless Wei soldiers desperately squeezed onto the pontoon bridge, everyone knew very well that escaping Weishui was equivalent to picking up a life, and when life and death were at stake, there would be no one to carry forward the style, and they all broke their heads and squeezed to the pontoon bridge. There is really a sense of sight of thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge.
Without waiting for the Shu army to chase and kill, in order to snatch the qualification to go to the bridge, the Wei soldiers were already trampling on each other, huddled together in a mess, many soldiers saw that the distance from the pontoon bridge was a few steps away, but even dead and alive could not be squeezed up from the crowd, many people were squeezed to the ground, and countless feet would be ruthlessly stepped on, and they died in the desperate **.
Even the soldiers who barely squeezed onto the pontoon bridge may not be able to reach the north bank, and the narrow pontoon bridge that can only accommodate two horses at the same time is also overcrowded at the moment, many soldiers are squeezed into the water, most of the northern soldiers do not know the nature of the water, and they are struggling helplessly when they fall into the river, but whether it is the people on the shore or the people on the bridge, they ignore their life and death, and let them float in the water until they are swallowed by the current.
Hu Shi also led the heavy infantry to retreat to the vicinity of the pontoon bridge, while the cavalry of the Shu army covered it in a big way, Hu Shi saw that Sima Wang, escorted by the soldiers, was blocked at the mouth of the pontoon bridge, and the front was crowded and impassable.
Sima Wang's face was gray at the moment, his eyes were blurred, and he seemed to be a little unwilling, and he seemed to be blind to everything in front of him, completely immersed in the shadow of failure.
Hu Shi was in a hurry, the chasing soldiers were behind him, if he didn't cross the river at this time, he would probably be dead, he quickly rushed to Sima Wang's side, and said loudly: "Governor, the situation is urgent, cross the river quickly." ”
Sima Wang's face was full of gloom, and he looked up to the sky and sighed: "The King of Jin gave me the great task of Yongliang, and today I am a failure, what face will I have?" ”
Hu Shidao: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, why should the governor feel sorry for himself, when he returns to Chang'an, it is not too late to repack his soldiers and horses and fight again." The governor will go first, and a certain will be broken! (To be continued.) )