Chapter 983: Retreat to Gaoliangyi
The impact of the Tiger Cavalry is at the forefront of the Shu Army, if the most powerful infantry battle is the Wudang Flying Army, then the cavalry is undoubtedly the Tiger Cavalry is the leader, Shao Kai does not know the depth, hastily responds to the battle, and the rout is naturally inevitable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although the proportion of cavalry in the Jin army is generally not low, the generals of the Jin army do not seem to have the habit of using cavalry alone, most of the time, they like to discharge a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry, the infantry phalanx is in the center, and the cavalry is deployed on both wings.
This kind of formation is mainly infantry, supplemented by cavalry, although it has the advantages of both offense and defense, but it also loses the biggest advantage of cavalry - mobility, if the Jin army is lined up, then there is still a battle against the tiger cavalry army, but in response to this sudden encounter, the shortcomings of the Jin army are undoubtedly exposed.
Coupled with the mediocrity of the commander of the battle, when the Tiger Cavalry launched a surprise attack, the Jin army responded in a hurry, and failed to convert from a marching army column to a battle formation, and in the face of the strong impact of the Tiger Cavalry Army, it collapsed in a blink of an eye.
As soon as Shao Kai died, the Jin army lost its backbone, collapsed for thousands of miles, and was out of control.
The Shu army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, the cavalry of the Jin army fled faster, most of them picked up a life to go back, pity the infantry, ran away, only hated his father and mother gave him two legs, but no matter how desperate, he couldn't run the war horse of the Shu army, the cavalry of the Shu army did not need to exert force, they could easily catch up with the infantry of the Jin army, after a slash, the battlefield was full of corpses of Jin soldiers,
However, for the Jin army that fled in all directions, Fu Zhi did not chase after him, the purpose of this trip was to relieve the siege of Pingyang, and for the Jin army that was intercepted, he only needed to defeat it, and he did not need to be completely annihilated.
"The armies listen to the order, the poor Kou Mo chases, the target is Pingyang City, go!"
The direction of the Tiger Cavalry is still Pingyang City. This battle is just an appetizer, Fu Zhi did not win because of the small battle is extraordinary, the purpose of his trip is to rescue Pingyang City, only to save Pingyang City from the hands of the Jin people, to live up to Liu Yin's hopes.
The news just found out that Pingyang City has not yet been lost, but the defenders seem to be at the end of their crossbows, and if the reinforcements come later, it is likely that Pingyang City will not be able to hold it. Rescuing Pingyang City is the top priority, Fu Zhi doesn't need to do anything about this Jin army that has already fled, if he chases down all the way now, at most a few more Jin soldiers will be killed, and it will be insignificant to the entire battle situation.
Therefore, Fu Zhi did not pay attention to the Jin army that fled in all directions, and still listed the main force of the Jin army besieging Pingyang City as the main target, and advanced to Pingyang City with all his might.
Shao Kai's death was very tragic, his task was to block reinforcements, but it seemed that the advance of the Shu army was not delayed at all, and it was still rapidly approaching Pingyang, so Shao Kai's death was worthless.
Many of the retreating Jin soldiers fled back towards their main formation, Wen Yang noticed this phenomenon, and couldn't help frowning, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”
A soldier reported to Wen Yangyu: "General Qiqi Wen, the army sent out to intercept the Shu army has been defeated by the Shu army. ”
Wen Yang was furious, how long has it been, and the more than 10,000 people sent out were actually defeated by the Shu army? "Where is Shao Kai?"
"General Shao has died."
Wen Yang's brows were twisted, originally he was counting on Shao Kai to lead troops to intercept the reinforcements of the Shu army, so as to free up a little time for his side to take Pingyang City, but Shao Kai's quick defeat made Wen Yang's plan completely frustrated, and it seems that this Pingyang City will not be able to take it anyway.
"General Qiyu, the cavalry of the Shu army has come to Pingyang, less than ten miles away from our army." The scout flew to Wenyang.
This time Wen Yang did not hesitate, since the Shu army had defeated Shao Kai, he must have killed it soon, he raised his eyes to look north, and sure enough, he could see the smoke and dust billowing in the north, and he could faintly hear the rumbling horses' hooves, like muffled thunder.
For the infantry, it takes a long time to walk, but for the cavalry, it is just a matter of a moment.
"General Wen, Shu reinforcements have arrived, how should we respond?" Adjutant General Wu Mao's face changed greatly, and he asked Wen Yang anxiously.
The vanguard cavalry of the Shu army was only 15,000 people, and Wen Yang didn't care too much at first, and only sent Shao Kai to lead an army to intercept it, but this Shu cavalry had strong combat effectiveness, and unexpectedly easily killed Shao Kai and defeated the Jin army's blocking force, which had to make Wen Yang re-examine this Shu army.
The Jin army attacked Pingyang with only 30,000 troops, and thousands of people were injured and damaged during the siege, and the 10,000 people brought by Shao Kai were scattered again.
If the Jin army takes Pingyang City, it will be a different situation, in the face of the Shu cavalry attack, the Jin army can completely occupy the city and wait for work. But now that Pingyang City has not been taken, the Jin army will inevitably face a situation of being attacked on its back.
And the terrain near Pingyang City is not conducive to the Jin army to fight, the Jin army infantry cavalry is mixed, can adapt to the combat requirements of any terrain, and the Shu army is different, all the cavalry troops, the most suitable for action in the Pingchuan area, Pingyang City is surrounded by a Fenshui in the east, the other three sides are low-lying terrain, unobstructed, can not resist the impact of the Shu cavalry.
"Give the order to go down, and the whole army retreats." Wen Yang decisively gave the order.
The cavalry of the Shu army is already ten miles away, and it will be there in a moment, if Wen Yang hesitates to drag the mud and water, it is likely that the cavalry of the Shu army has already been killed in front of him, what is most needed at this time is the decisive decision to make a decision, Wen Yang can only grit his teeth and retreat in pain.
Without the certainty of victory, Wen Yang did not dare to take any more risks, so he could only retreat to Gaoliangyi east of Fenshui first, meet with the Jin army stationed in Yang County, and then try a good strategy.
"Let it be cut off from the end." Adjutant General Wu Mao took the initiative to ask for orders. Even if the pontoon bridge was not demolished at the beginning, it is by no means easy to cross the Fenshui in time if the whole army wants to cross the Fenshui in time, unless the Jin army can send a force to resist the cavalry of the Shu army, which will make the main force withdraw easily and safely.
Wu Mao took the initiative to ask for battle, which was in line with Wen Yang's thoughts, he nodded and said, "Then there is General Lao Wu." ”
Wu Mao received the order and led an army to the north to resist the Shu army, while Wen Yang led the army to cross the Fenshui and go to Gaoliangyi in the east of Fen. (To be continued.) )