Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 710 Huo Jun lost?

Wen Qin was afraid of being defeated by the Wei army, so he engaged in a desperate fight. In order to win as quickly as possible, the Wei army attacked Wen Qin's troops with all their might. As a result, the battle lines of the two armies intersected and twisted, and soldiers from both sides fought and killed each other, with many casualties.

Spears stabbed at each other, axes flew through the air, shields were pierced and broken, limbs were injured and bleeding. The two armies fought so fiercely that it was hard to imagine that the two armies were originally from the same camp. It was really ironic!
But irony aside, we have to admit that Wen Qin was a rare fierce general in the Wei army. Inspired by his personal example, his subordinates fought bravely and resisted the Wei army's attack.

"Whoosh!"

The Wei soldier holding a spear was hit in the face by an arrow, causing him to cover his face and wail in pain.

The next moment, the Han soldier stabbed him with a spear, causing him to fall to the ground and die unwillingly.

Seeing one man dead, Wen Qin took his bow and aimed at other brave Wei soldiers. With his arrows one after another, and the desperate fight of his subordinates and confidants, he was able to barely slow down the Wei army's offensive.

Seeing that the frontal assault failed, the Wei army retreated slightly to reorganize its formation, and decided to use the advantage of large numbers of troops to attack Wen Qin's troops from the front from both wings.

The second attack was even more intense. Blood splattered on the battlefield, shouts of killing were like thunder, and corpses were scattered all over the fields.

Wen Qin didn't know how many arrows he had shot. His arms were shaking and his strength to bend the bow was getting weaker and weaker, so that he could hardly pull the strong bow.

The attendant came up covered in blood, panting, and said, "General, our army can no longer hold on. Why hasn't the Han army arrived yet? Do they want to abandon us?"

Wen Qin looked around with trembling hands, and suddenly found that his troops were surrounded by Wei troops on three sides. The Wei flags fluttered in the wind, and Wei soldiers attacked the soldiers on both wings.

"Hasn't the Han army arrived yet?" Wen Qin seemed not to have heard and asked.

"Yu Shao's troops have not made any moves, as if they want to see our army annihilated!" The attendant said bitterly, "If we had known that the Han army wanted to harm us, we would not have surrendered."

Wen Qin showed some regret on his face, he thought he would be valued by Huo Jun, even if Huo Jun sent people to challenge him, he believed Huo Jun would not betray him, after all, Yu Shao led the troops behind him. Unexpectedly, he and his subordinates really became victims, sold out by Huo Jun and Yu Shao.

"General, there are still more than a hundred cavalrymen in the formation. You can lead the cavalrymen to break out of the encirclement." said the attendant.

"What about you brothers?" Wen Qin said painfully.

He was a descendant of a general. His father had followed Cao Cao in his early years, and he inherited his father's career and led his troops. Wasn't it because of his troops and veterans that he dared to surrender to the Han Dynasty and was confident that he would be reused?
If he led a hundred cavalrymen away, wouldn't he be abandoning a large number of his followers and veteran soldiers, and he would lose the means of survival.

"General, why don't you take care of so many things?" the attendant urged.

Suddenly, Wen Qin heard the faint sound of drums coming from the rear of the army and said happily, "Here they come! Reinforcements are coming!"

"What's coming?"

Wen Qin turned over onto the horse's back and pulled himself up with all his strength. He saw the flag of Yu Shao's troops approaching him, and he was very excited. He said, "Yu Shao has moved and is coming towards our army."

"What should we do now?" the attendant asked, surprised and happy.

"hold fast!"

Wen Qin cheered up and ran around shouting, "Reinforcements are coming, hold on. There will be a great reward after this battle."

Seeing Yu Shao's troops coming to support them, Wen Qin and his soldiers were inspired and tried their best to fight against the Wei soldiers. However, the Wei army had to send out fresh troops when they saw Yu Shao coming to support them.

Although the troops led by Yu Shao were not from the Wei army, they were also elite troops of the Han army. Guided by the sound of drums, Yu Shao's troops moved to Wen Qin's left wing. Although there were some differences between the two armies, at least the opponent's flank was protected, and the offensive of the Wei army was actually weakened.

At this moment, the battle arrays of the Han and Wei sides stretched across the plain, and the battle situation fell into a brief stalemate. However, if the battle continued for a long time, relying on the numerical advantage of the Wei army, it would not be a problem to defeat the armies of Yu Shao and Wen Qin.

Wang Ling stopped his horse and looked at the situation, looking anxious because he had not yet defeated Wen Qin's troops. Seeing Yu Shao leading his troops to join the battlefield made him even more anxious.

Guanqiu Jian rode up and said, "General, the infantry cannot defeat the enemy now, so we should use cavalry to break through the enemy's formation. Although I am not talented, I am willing to lead the cavalry to attack."

Although the Xianbei restricted the entry of war horses, Cao Wei was still able to obtain a lot of war horses by relying on Hexi, Liaodong, Youbing.

Previously, Wang Ling had 60,000 soldiers and horses under his command, but as the troops were damaged and Wen Qin defected, he had only 50,000 soldiers and horses. Among the 50,000 soldiers and horses, there were 7,000 to 8,000 cavalry and more than 40,000 infantry. However, although there were many cavalry, Wang Ling was reluctant to use too many, so he wanted to use infantry to defeat them in battle.

Guanqiu Jian had the potential to be a famous general. He saw the current situation between the Han and Wei armies, so he proposed to Wang Ling to use cavalry to charge into the battle formation in order to gain an overwhelming advantage.

Wang Ling hesitated for a moment and said, "I am worried about Huo Jun's army. If we send out cavalry now, it may be disadvantageous."

Guanqiu Jian pointed with his whip and said, "Now we are many and the enemy is few. If we send out several hundred cavalry to attack from behind, we may be able to win."

"good!"

Wang Ling nodded and said, "We can follow Zhong Gong's advice and send out cavalry to contain the Han cavalry, and send out trap cavalry to attack Wen Qin from behind, and try to defeat the enemy before the Han reinforcements arrive."

"promise!"

Guanqiu Jian held his whip and bowed, then called on the cavalry to attack. Drums and trumpets sounded, and three thousand cavalry mounted their horses and gathered towards Guanqiu Jian.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Wei cavalry from taking advantage of the Han army's fatigue and breaking into the battle line, under the order of Huo Jun, the Han cavalry, led by Ding Feng and Gao Xin, galloped from afar on horseback.

From a distance, one could see thousands of horses' hooves kicking up dust, the sound of their hooves was deafening, and flags fluttering in the wind. As they approached the battlefield, the cavalry slowed down, as if they were waiting for something.

Upon learning that a large number of Han cavalry had appeared on the battlefield, Wang Ling called Guanqiu Jian back and asked him to give up his plan to lead the cavalry to attack Wen Qin's formation.

Guanqiu Jian ran up to him and asked, "General, why did you cancel the military order?"

Wang Ling pointed to the two wings and said, "The Han cavalry came from the Si and Yi rivers, intending to protect the flanks. If our cavalry charges, we will be easily attacked from the flank, so we must not move lightly."

Seeing Wang Ling's conservative use of troops, Guanqiu Jian frowned and asked, "What do you mean by the king's chariots and cavalry?"

Wang Ling thought about it for a while and said, "Now the Han cavalry has arrived, and their infantry army is about to arrive. You can order General Zijing to lead the remaining infantry and cavalry out of the camp, so as to replace the soldiers who have been fighting for a long time and also guard against the Han infantry."

"What about the cavalry?" asked Guanqiu Jian.

"Don't worry for now, let's see what the Han army does." Wang Ling said.

"promise!"

The Han cavalry arrived at the battlefield and although they did not launch an attack, they put invisible pressure on the Wei army. The Wei infantry who did not participate in the battle did not dare to relax and were on guard to prevent a sudden attack from the Han cavalry.

Qian Zhao received Wang Ling's order to leave 10,000 old and weak soldiers to guard the camps of various units to prevent Huo Du from the other side from suddenly leading his troops to sneak into the camp. He led more than 20,000 infantry and cavalry out of the camp, with strong soldiers in the front and weak soldiers in the back. The infantry was in the middle and the cavalry was on both wings.

As the Wei army adjusted, Wang Ling did not expect it. Thousands of elite infantrymen lined up in columns or rows, wearing fiery red uniforms and solid armor, holding spears and shields, and slowly moved forward, like waves surging forward. The ranks kept approaching, engulfing fields one after another.

The army's drums sounded loudly, and its flags blocked out the sky. It stretched for several miles, with the two ends several miles away from the Si and Yi rivers.

The position surrounded by the Tiger Guards and the Feathered Guards, the nine flags symbolizing the emperor are flying in the wind, and the generals' flags of various colors are densely arranged. From a distance, the flags are like wings hanging from the sky. In the clouds, the gorgeous canopy stands in the center, and the large banner with the word "Huo" written behind it can indicate what kind of noble person is under the canopy.

Huo Jun rode in his carriage and said to his attendants, "Order Quan Cong and Zhou Qian to lead the left and right wings to attack the Wei army. Have someone notify Wen Qin and Yu Shao to withdraw when the cavalry wave the white flag. Ding Feng will lead the Hun Kui army to the center to prevent the army from being defeated."

"promise!"

With the flags flying, Quan Cong and Zhou Cang led their troops to press forward, trying to get closer to Yu Shao and Wen Qin. However, Wen Qin had not learned the Han army's flag language, so the cavalry informed him.

Fortunately, Wen Qin's troops were constantly arriving from the Han army, sharing his manpower. As a result, Wen Qin was able to use soldiers from the left, right, and rear to replace the soldiers fighting in the front. However, Wen Qin and his men were exhausted after fighting for a long time.

After receiving Huo Jun's order, Wen Qin did not dare to retreat even if he wanted to. After all, retreating was a small matter, but if he caused the army to be defeated, his crime would be great.

In order to avoid being liquidated by the defeated Wei army, Wen Qin had no choice but to continue to hold on. He sent his subordinates and confidants to fight, and even Wen Qin personally led the troops to fight, in order to meet Huo Jun's requirements for the formation.

Now if we look down from the sky, we can see that Huo Jun has Yu Shao and Wen Qin as the center army, Quan Cong and Zhou Qian as the left and right, and the cavalry as the wings. However, because the Wen and Yu armies were the first to enter the battlefield, the two armies are more prominent than the left and right.

However, the situation was changing, Quan Cong and Zhou Cang were constantly moving forward. However, their task was not to level the battle line with Yu and Wen's forces, but to be behind them a little bit, which meant that they were uneven.

When the Han army advanced to the battlefield, Qian Zhao had already led his troops to join Wang Ling. Wang Ling and Linghu Jun led the troops in the center, while Qian Zhao commanded the right wing to confront Zhou Cang's troops on the left wing of the Han army. Wang Ling handed over the left wing to Xie Jun to command, who faced Quan Cong's troops on the right wing of the Han army.

Xie Jun was a veteran general on the frontier. When Cao Pi selected civil and military officials to fight against the Xianbei, he and Qian Zhao were both appointed as the Generals of the Central Army for Protecting the Xianbei.

At the moment of the great battle, Wang Ling handed over the key left and right armies to the command of veteran generals in the army, striving to achieve victory in a stable manner.

If we look down from the sky today, we can see that the armies of Han and Wei are stretched out over a distance of ten miles, with the infantry fighting in the middle and the cavalry already probing.

Although Huo Jun had just entered the battlefield, Wang Ling had hope of winning. In his eyes, although Huo Jun led his troops to help, the rebel general Wen Qin and the enemy general Yu Shao had been fighting for too long. If the battle continued, it would be difficult for Wen and Yu to hold out for long, and he would be able to break through the center and defeat the Han army.

Wang Ling held the reins and urged, "Tell General Linghu to increase the offensive. Don't let Wen Qin delay for too long!"

"promise!"

Not long after the military order was issued, a scout came back with a happy look on his face, saying, "General, General Linghu has defeated Wen Qin's troops!"

This news was like rain after a drought, making Wang Ling very excited.

"We can defeat Huo Jun now!"

Wang Ling reined in his horse and laughed, saying, "Order the central army to pursue!"

(End of this chapter)