Chapter 874: The Huyan Family's Annihilation
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Chen Yuan commanded the construction over there, and when he saw the Huns attacking, he immediately ordered the Jin army to assemble, throw away the pickaxes and axes and other tools in his hands, pick up knives, guns, arrows and crossbows, and cooperate with Zhou Zhi to enter the battle, and at the same time report to Yanghu for knowing.
Hu Yanyi led the Hun cavalry to kill, he just saw that the Jin army only crossed about half of the men and horses, if the Jin army all successfully crossed the river, Hu Yanyi would be too late, if the Jin army only crossed a small number of men and horses, then Hu Yanyi started a little early, even if he could completely annihilate the Jin army that had crossed the river, the results were not much.
Therefore, Hu Yanyi made a careful consideration in the timing of his move, and it was necessary to attack at this time when the Jin army really reached the half-crossing, and the profit was the most lucrative. Hu Yanyi has been closely following the movements of the Jin army, and every day he sent scouts to reconnoiter the progress of the Jin army's crossing of the river, and when the Jin army crossed about half of the men, Hu Yanyi led the army to kill, wanting to annihilate the Jin army on the west bank of the Fen River.
The vast majority of the troops that crossed the river in the early stage of the Jin army were infantry, and the cavalry troops and baggage were lagging behind, which undoubtedly greatly increased Hu Yanyi's self-confidence, and with 50,000 cavalry to deal with more than 30,000 infantry, such a battle was simply not to be wanted.
The Hun cavalry rushed up fiercely, and the Jin army on the periphery retreated quickly, quickly retreating behind the completed fortifications, and firing their bows and arrows, shooting at the rushing Hun cavalry.
Although the Huns continued to fall to the ground with arrows, they still could not stop the fierce offensive of the Huns, and the arrows shot by the Huns also caused certain casualties to the Jin army, and the battle between the two sides showed an extremely fierce situation from the beginning.
However, the offensive of the Hun cavalry finally came to an abrupt end, and the deep trenches dug by the Jin army became the great enemy of the Hun cavalry, and even the best war horses may not be able to jump over the trenches as wide as two zhang.
The trenches dug by the Jin army in the past few days played a very important role, and it was precisely because of the existence of the trenches that the surging offensive of the Huns was stopped.
Hu Yanyi was furious and ordered the Huns to fill these trenches to facilitate the cavalry attack.
Filling trenches is generally used sandbags, tens of thousands of Hun soldiers each carry a sandbag, that number is also quite spectacular, more importantly, the Huns do not necessarily need to fill in all the trenches up to several miles, they only need to fill out some of the main offensive sections of the Hun cavalry.
Of course, the Jin army would not let the Huns go to fill the pit, and when they saw the Huns carrying sandbags, they opened their bows and arrows and shot them to prevent the Huns from approaching the trench.
In order to cover the front army for trench filling, the Huns also gathered a large number of archers to shoot like cover, countering the archers of the Jin army, and the Huns also mobilized trebuchets to attack the positions of the Jin army.
Since Liu Yuan's victory over the Shu army in Jiexiu, the trebuchet has almost become the standard weapon of the Xiongnu battalions, although the trebuchet is extremely heavy and difficult to move, which forms a sharp contrast with the fast and flexible cavalry, but in order to effectively deal with the Shu army's partial car formation, Liu Yuan still requires that the Xiongnu army must be equipped with a sufficient number of trebuchets.
But the Huns' trebuchets finally failed to shine on the battlefield, and the second time in the battle between Jiexiu and the Shu people, in the face of the Shu army's improved side van, the Huns simply could not keep up with the rhythm of the Shu army, and defeat was inevitable.
But despite this, the trebuchet equipment in the Huns' formation has not been reduced, of course, this is related to the battle of Jiexiu, after all, the battle of Jiexiu has only ended for a few days, and it is too late for the Huns to adjust even if they want to.
However, the trebuchet can't deal with the side car, and it can't be said that the trebuchet is useless, at least when dealing with the high bases and deep trenches of the Jin army, it can play its due role. The Huns used trebuchets to bombard indiscriminately, the Jin army could not resist at all, the entire defense line was smashed in pieces, and the Huns took the opportunity to fill the pit in a big way, tens of thousands of sandbags were thrown down, and no matter how deep the trench was, it would eventually be filled.
The Hun cavalry launched another attack on the Jin army position along the passage that had just been established, and the Jin army could not resist the offensive of the Huns simply by relying on archers, so it could only discharge the spear array, block the passages, and start a desperate battle with the Hun cavalry.
Chen Yuan and Zhou Zhi knew very well that if the entire defense line was torn open by the Hun cavalry, the tens of thousands of Jin troops who had crossed the river on the entire beachhead would inevitably suffer, and once the Hun cavalry rushed into the infantry formation, it would be like a vicious wolf entering the flock, which would inevitably set off a bloody storm.
Therefore, no matter what the price is, it must withstand the strong impact of the Huns, and not let them rush into the formation of the Jin army.
The fierce battle on the west bank of the Fen River is in full swing, and the Yanghu on the east side of the river does not need Chen Yuan and Zhou Zhi to report, and he can see it clearly, the Fen River is so wide in total, and everything is unobstructed from the east bank to the west bank.
Originally, Yanghu stayed on the east bank and could better supervise the Jin army's crossing of the river, but now it seems that the war on the west bank is more important than this side, and Yanghu understands that the reason why the Huns launched an attack sooner or later is to give the Jin army a half-crossing attack and want to eat half of the Jin army's men and horses in one bite. Liu Yuan's wishful thinking, Yanghu naturally couldn't let him succeed.
Yanghu immediately crossed the river by boat, preparing to rush to the west bank to supervise the battle.
"There are many crises in the West Bank, and the governor must not take risks lightly!" Fan Yi persuaded him.
Yang Hu said solemnly: "A certain is the commander of the three armies, how can he be afraid of war?" What's more, in the west of Fenshui, it is my Dajin that tens of thousands of sons and daughters are fighting for the country, and they swear to advance and retreat together with life and death! Then he ordered Fan Yi to urge the Jin army that was crossing the river on the east bank to speed up, at this time, one more person to join the force on the west bank, the Jin army would have a better chance of winning, and Yanghu was the first to take the first step, cross the river by boat, and go straight to the west bank. (To be continued.) )