Chapter 578: Defeated!
Thanksgiving, Messiah. Two monthly passes cast by Childe!
Just as the barbarians, who were very backward in culture compared to the advanced farming peoples, were sometimes able to hold more advanced weapons, the spread of military technology was the fastest from ancient times to the present.
This oil tank was recently developed by the craftsmen under Sun Jian's command, Sun Jian in view of the Wei army's sharp and amazing power, so he ordered the craftsmen to study weapons that can balance the oil tank, after nearly a year of research, although the craftsman failed to figure out how the huge flame burning of the oil tank came about, but he made this kind of oil tank that although the bombardment power is inferior to the oil tank, the burning power of the moment is far stronger than the oil tank.
This kind of oil tank is made of fish oil mixed with sulfur and saltpeter in a certain proportion and then encapsulated in a closed tank.
The Sun-Liu coalition army used this powerful oil tank to blast open the outer gate of the left camp, and then the 3,000 cavalry of the Jing Han army took the lead in the camp, and the brigade of men and horses followed.
The three thousand horsemen of the Jing Han army roared loudly, and their voices were terrifying, as if they wanted to vent all the depression of defeat and defeat in the past six months.
The soldiers of the left battalion of the fourth corps of the Wei army desperately resisted the attack of the Sun-Liu coalition army, although the number was far inferior to the opponent, but they stepped on the corpses of their comrades one after another to move the initial unfavorable situation back, and the elite Jing Han iron cavalry brandished long knives and ran across the camp, but they were never able to tear the front of the soldiers of the left battalion.
Just as the battle entered the stalemate stage, countless spherical objects flew over the heads of the soldiers of the two sides who were clashing and landed in the Wei army line, and then balls of fireballs rose in the Wei army line.
The originally rigorous Wei army front was soon riddled with holes. The Sun-Liu coalition army took the opportunity to launch a strong attack, and the elite Jinghan 3,000 cavalry broke through the Wei army line from the left and right directions in one go.
The Wei army fought and retreated. The resistance was very difficult, and the general of the left battalion saw that the general situation had gone. He ordered a section to intercept the enemy's army, and then led the remaining 5,000 soldiers to retreat in the direction of the Hengjiang camp.
Huang Zhong led three thousand Yulin Iron Cavalry to get rid of the blocked Wei army, and killed the Wei army that was retreating to the Hengjiang camp.
If the general of the left battalion led his subordinates to stay in the battalion and fight to the death, then these soldiers of the left battalion may not show the slightest fear until the moment they die in the final battle, but the general of the left battalion ordered to retreat, which was to remove the momentum of this death battle, so the soldiers of the left battalion instinctively felt afraid at this moment.
It will be impossible for the general of the left battalion to get out. He had to order his subordinates to immediately stop retreating and line up on the spot, but it was too late at this moment.
Before the 5,000 soldiers of the left battalion could line up the formation, Huang Zhong took the lead and slashed the big sword in his hand, and several Wei soldiers at the head were sent out on the spot.
Huang Zhong urged the horse to enter the Wei army's formation, and when he landed, a monstrous rain of blood was set off, and three thousand horsemen followed, slamming into the Wei army's unformed line, and instantly smashed the Wei army's front to pieces.
Jing Han's 3,000 iron cavalry smashed into the Wei army like a landslide and tsunami. The 5,000 Wei soldiers could not resist such an attack at all, and they saw that the Wei soldiers under the iron hooves fell one by one like wheat in the wind.
Although the Wei soldiers fought back desperately, they could not recover the defeat at all, and the remaining Wei soldiers finally collapsed. More than 2,000 people fled in panic in the direction of the Hengjiang camp.
Huang Zhong led his iron cavalry to chase and kill, and the scene presented a one-sided slaughter.
Just when Jing Han's 3,000 iron cavalry pursued and killed the rout of the left battalion, Zhang He led 20,000 Xianbei cavalry to appear. The two sides fought a great battle on the plains, with tens of thousands of iron horsemen running across the country. The iron hooves rolled, and the sound was like rolling thunder.
At last. This cavalry battle ended with the voluntary withdrawal of 3,000 cavalry of the Jing Han army.
Zhang He rode his horse to the general of the left battalion, and at this moment the general of the left battalion had been wounded, but the injury was not very serious, and he looked a little embarrassed.
"General Zhang, has General Zhao learned the news from here?" The general of the left battalion asked.
Zhang He said: "If you don't know, Ben Jiang won't be here!" General Zhao Yun had an order to order the Zuo Battalion to immediately go to Juchao County! ”
The general of the left battalion glanced at the hundreds of people around him who were in shock, and said with a wry smile: "There are only so many people under my left battalion!" ”
Zhang He looked at the remaining officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army, frowned, and said, "The military situation is urgent, let's talk about it on the road!" ”
The general of the left battalion nodded, stepped on the war horse led by a Xianbei cavalry, and then the remaining hundreds of people in the left battalion followed the Xianbei regiment in the direction of Juchao County.
"General Zhang, although this Sun-Liu coalition army came suddenly, the number is less than 60,000, why did the general order the whole army to be scattered?" The general of the left battalion asked puzzled.
Zhang He said: "Do you know, when our army's naval division was suppressed, Sun Jian concentrated 150,000 troops to launch a strong attack from the front!" ”
"Didn't our army resist it?"
Zhang He shook his head and said, "No! The offensive of the Wu army has been suppressed by our army, but at this time, the scouts came with the news that Chao County, a logistics powerhouse, had been captured by the Sun-Liu coalition army, and the logistics baggage had been reduced to ashes! ”
"How is this possible? There are 10,000 soldiers stationed in Chao County! "The general of the left battalion looked very surprised.
Zhang He frowned, and replied as he walked: "The army of Wu used something similar to my Chao fire oil can, our army did not expect this, and the city gate was blown open by the other party, and then 30,000 Sun and Liu coalition troops entered, and basically all the 10,000 soldiers of our army were killed!" ”
The general of the left battalion thought of the weapon that resembled a fire oil tank he had encountered before, and nodded with a frown.
Zhao Yun and Xu Shu had already led the Fourth Army Corps and most of the Xianbei cavalry that arrived to leave the Hengjiang camp, and then retreated towards Juchao County, while Ganning's sailors broke through the encirclement of Wu's sailors and entered the Yangtze River, then went up the Shuojiang River, and finally retreated into Juchao Lake, which was Xu Shu's suggestion.
At noon on the same day, Zhao Yun led the army of various departments to retreat to Chao County. However, the Sun-Liu coalition army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.
"Your Majesty, why don't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?" Huang Gai asked unwillingly.
Sun Jian said with a smile: "Although the Wei army was defeated, its strength did not suffer much loss, and our army should not be greedy for merit!" ”
"What the king said is very true!" A man beside Sun Jian who looked like an ugly scribe with a nose facing the sky smiled.
This person didn't seem to have appeared around Sun Jian before, who was he?
Huang Gai was not a reckless person, and when he heard the two of them say this, he nodded and retreated into the column.
Sun Jian smiled at Wen Shi next to him and said, "Thanks to Shi Yuan's clever plan, our army can win a big victory from this!" (To be continued......)