I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 442 Who will win?

Starting from the third day of June, Wang Ling received letters from Master Sima almost every day.

In the letter, Master Sima confessed his progress on the Ruxuwu defense line and Shouchun's current determination to build Hefei's deep defense.

He even told Wang Ling, now that you are old, you should go back quickly and stop participating in this high-intensity battle for defense.

On the fourth day of June, Wang Ling had just finished breakfast when he issued the order to attack Pengcheng.

The Han army's infantry and artillery cooperated in combat, with heavy artillery hitting the city wall and covering the infantry to fill the moat with bobbin carts.

At the same time, thirty eight-oxen crossbows were also deployed, arrows were put into the quivers, and a saturation bow and arrow attack was launched on the city head.

In order to deter the Wei army in Pengcheng, Wang Ling also dispatched two thousand cavalry to run around the city wall, making the sound of gold and iron horses.

But that day, he still received a letter from Master Sima.

Master Sima began to directly threaten Wang Ling in the letter, claiming that if Wang Ling did not withdraw his troops, he would be dead and dismembered when he came over in August himself!
Regarding Sima Division's attitude, the Xuzhou Han army unanimously believed that Sima Division was frustrated and that Sima Division himself could no longer control the situation in the two states.

On the fifth day of June, the Han army continued to intimidate Pengcheng, intending to first lower its morale and then attack the city in one go.

"It's a deal! Go dig the soil quickly, we have to fill in the moat in front today!"

The ordering soldier ran away without looking back.

"I know, I just casually said that I want to take a girl back to Xuzhou to have a baby..."

Otherwise, how could one naively think that the Han Iron Army, which swept through Xuzhou, would be able to retreat with the threat of a letter?

Today, the west and east moats are almost ready to be completed.

"Here!"

Wang Ling, on the other hand, continued to read Master Sima's latest letter and looked at Master Sima's cliche tone.

"What happened, why did he run so fast, and this area is our army..."

The pace of the attack on Pengcheng has been very smooth these days. The resistance of the Wei army can hardly cause damage to the Han army. The moat in the south has filled up a large piece of flat land last night.

After reading Sima Shi's letter, and then looking up at Pengcheng and the highly morale Han army, anyone would think that Sima Shi's letter was a final act of incompetent rage.

The left wing of the Han army camp located to the west of Pengcheng was a large number of light armored infantry. Their task was to cooperate with the main force to fill the moat and to undertake the task of transporting grain and grass.

It can only be said that everyone from Wang Ling to the middle-level officers of the Han army, to the staff, counselors, soldiers and so on, did not understand Sima Shi.

"Don't talk nonsense, you will be punished by military law if you are discovered!" The speaker was a man in his thirties, with dark skin and a lean body. "Our army strictly prohibits looting, and the salary in the army is enough for everyone." It's very good. The family also distributes the land tax-free. I remind you not to mess around. The general manages the army strictly and has military orders..."

These people are preparing, because today the Han troops on the three walls are preparing to launch a larger attack.

The summer wind rolled in rows from the distant fields like waves, blowing the military flags in front of them.

As soon as he finished speaking, a fast horse galloped over. It was the messenger. Fortunately, the man pulled the young man so that he was not knocked down by the horse.

"Brother Zhang is determined!"

In other words, they were all lying in the midst of a huge victory and lost their vigilance against the enemy.

"Haha, this matter is not easy. After the battle is over, I will go back and find one for you!"

"Brother Zhang, you said we destroyed Pengcheng today, can we get some money?" A boy about seventeen years old asked, showing his big white teeth.

Before he finished speaking, a loud horn sound suddenly came from the west.

The sound of the horn echoed across heaven and earth, majestic and thick.

The Han soldiers who were busy filling the moat heard the call and saw a long black line on the green and yellow horizon. The long line is approaching this way quickly.

Although I haven't seen the outline clearly yet, I can already hear the sound of countless iron hooves, just like the sound of waves rolling in from a distance.

At this time, the messenger sent the latest emergency report to the Central Military Camp.

"Report! General, we found more than 10,000 Wei cavalry six or seven miles due west!"

"What!" Wang Ling was shocked and immediately took the battle report. After reading it, his expression suddenly darkened.

He held his old body and climbed up to the commander's platform with difficulty.

Standing on the general's platform and looking out, he vaguely saw a black outline flowing quietly on the plain like a torrent.

"Immediately send an order to the left to defend with heavy infantry. Say there is an enemy attack. Hurry!"

At this time, the large number of armored cavalry regiments of the Wei army were less than three miles away from the Han army outside the West City.

The sound of iron hooves filling the sky came with the wind.

The Han army, which was filling the moat, fell into panic.

The smell of horses in the air and the slight trembling of the ground told everyone that a large cavalry regiment was quickly approaching here.

The leader of this cavalry regiment is none other than Sima Shi himself.

Like Sima Shi, they avoided the eyes of the Han army's scouts and appeared in the rear of the Han army like ghosts.

And with lightning speed, he launched an attack on the Han army.

This was the highlight moment of Sima Division in the Battle of Xuzhou. While he wrote a letter to paralyze the Han army in Xuzhou, he quickly completed the temporary deployment of the large army.

Like a giant spear, it crossed the Xuzhou Plain and stabbed the Han army in Pengcheng like lightning.

Sima Shi pulled out his sword and raised it, and the rhythm of the Wei army's charging horn became faster.

When the Wei cavalry reached a distance of several hundred meters, the horses began to change from walking to trotting.

At this time, the Han soldiers could clearly see that a large piece of raised dust was rolling, and galloping out of it were horses, and on the horses were Wei cavalry wearing iron armor.

There is a distance of at least seven or eight meters between the war horses, and the distance between the front and rear is also very large.

In just a few seconds, the Wei army's cavalry advanced rapidly and crazily from a trot.

The horses' hooves were like flying, and the iron hoofs shook the earth, turning into a rolling and roaring torrent, rushing towards the Han army.

At this moment, the Xicheng Han army felt that the ground was sinking.

"Brother Zhang..." As soon as the young man finished speaking, he was pierced through the chest with a spear from an oncoming Wei army cavalry.

His call to Brother Zhang was quickly drowned out.

The commander of the Western Front was Wang Jinhu, Wang Ling's son. When he received Wang Ling's order, it was already too late.

The light infantry regiment was quickly rushed away by the oncoming Wei cavalry. Countless people were knocked up and rolled to the ground. They were trampled by dense iron hooves, leaving behind a horrible mess.

"Quick! The infantry armor defends the two wings, and the crossbowmen form a formation!"

Three miles to the south of the light infantry, the two thousand infantry armored corps, which had been prepared to attack the city, received a temporary order.

They began to change formations quickly.

But they need to be ready for battle, and this takes time!
(End of this chapter)