The last three kingdoms

Chapter 873 Fierce Battle on the West Bank

One of Chen Yuan and Zhou Zhi was in charge of building the fortifications, and the other was in charge of guarding the perimeter. As soon as Zhou Zhi saw the Xiongnu cavalry approaching, he immediately ordered the Jin army guarding the perimeter to join the battle, and retreated into the fortifications.The cavalry of the Huns were ferocious, and if they fought from the front, the Jin army would hardly be their opponent.

Chen Yuan commanded the construction there, and when he saw the Huns attacking, he immediately ordered the Jin army to assemble, throw away the picks and axes in their hands, take up knives, guns, arrows and crossbows, and go into battle in accordance with Zhou's edict, and at the same time reported to Yanghu to know.

Hu Yanyi led the Huns cavalry to kill him. He was sure that the Jin army only crossed about half of the troops. If all the Jin troops crossed the river successfully, it would be too late for Hu Yanyi to start. It seemed a little early for Hu Yanyi to start, even if he could wipe out the Jin army that had already crossed the river, the result would not be much.

Therefore, Hu Yanyi made careful consideration on the timing of the attack. It must be at the time when the Jin army has really reached halfway, and the most profitable is to attack at this time.Hu Yanyi has been closely watching the actions of the Jin army, and sent scouts to scout the progress of the Jin army's crossing of the river every day. When the Jin army had crossed about half of the troops, Hu Yanyi led the army to kill and wanted to kill the Jin army. Annihilated on the west bank of the Fen River.

Most of the troops of the Jin army who crossed the river earlier were infantry, while the cavalry and supplies fell behind. This undoubtedly greatly increased Hu Yanyi's self-confidence. He used 3 cavalry to deal with more than [-] infantry. The battle is simply easy and unnecessary.

The Xiongnu cavalry rushed up fiercely, and the Jin army on the periphery retreated quickly, quickly retreating to the back of the completed fortifications, and fired their bows and arrows at the rushing Xiongnu cavalry.

Although the Huns kept falling to the ground with arrows, they were still unable to stop the fierce offensive of the Huns. The arrows shot by the Huns also caused certain casualties to the Jin army. The battle between the two sides showed extreme tension from the beginning. Intense situation.

However, the Xiongnu cavalry offensive finally came to an abrupt end. The deep trenches dug by the Jin army became the enemy of the Xiongnu cavalry. Even the best horses may not be able to jump over the two-foot-wide trench.

The trenches dug hard by the Jin army in the past few days played a very important role. Because of the existence of the trenches, the surging offensive of the Huns was contained.

Hu Yanyi was furious and ordered the Huns to fill these trenches to facilitate the cavalry attack.

Sandbags are generally used to fill trenches. Tens of thousands of Hun soldiers each carry a sandbag. The number is quite spectacular. What's more, the Huns may not necessarily need to fill up all the trenches that are several miles long. It is necessary to fill in some of the main offensive sections of the Huns cavalry.

Of course, the Jin army would not allow the Huns to fill in the pits. When they saw the Huns carrying sandbags, they opened their bows and shot arrows to prevent the Huns from approaching the trench.

In order to cover the front army and fill the trenches, the Huns also assembled a large number of archers to shoot as a cover to counter the Jin army's archers. The Huns also mobilized trebuchets to attack the positions of the Jin army. Chaotic rocks flew horizontally, smashing the Jin army into a panic.

Since Liu Yuan defeated the Shu army in Jiexiu, the trebuchet has almost become the standard weapon of the Xiongnu battalions. However, Liu Yuan still required that each army of the Huns must be equipped with a sufficient number of catapults.

But the catapults of the Huns failed to shine on the battlefield in the end. In the second battle between Jiexiu and the Shu people, the Huns couldn't keep up with the Shu army's improved vans. The rhythm, failure is inevitable.

But despite this, the catapult equipment in the Huns 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.

However, the trebuchet cannot deal with the van, and it cannot be said that the trebuchet is useless. At least it can play its due role in dealing with the high bases and deep trenches of the Jin army.The Huns used trebuchets to bombard them indiscriminately. The Jin army could not resist at all. The ditch will eventually be filled.

The Xiongnu cavalry attacked the Jin army's position along the passage just established. The Jin army could not resist the Huns' offensive simply by relying on archers. On the passage, a desperate contest was launched with the Huns cavalry.

Chen Yuan and Zhou Zhi knew very well that if the entire defense line was torn open by the Huns cavalry, the tens of thousands of Jin troops who had already crossed the river on the entire beachhead would suffer disaster. Once the Huns cavalry rushed into the infantry formation, then It is like a wolf entering a herd of sheep, and it is bound to set off a bloody storm.

So in any case, no matter what price you pay, you must be able to withstand the powerful impact of the Huns, and they must not be allowed to rush into the Jin army's formation.

The fierce battle on the west bank of the Fen River is in full swing. Yanghu on the east side of the river can see it clearly without reporting from Chen Yuan and Zhou Zhi. .

Originally, Yang Hu stayed on the east bank so that he could better supervise the Jin army's crossing of the river, but now it seems that the battle on the west bank is more important than this side. Yang Hu understands why the Huns launched an attack sooner or later , I just want to attack the Jin army with a half-cross, and want to eat half of the Jin army's troops in one bite.Liu Yuan's wishful thinking, Yang Hu naturally couldn't let him succeed.

Yang Hu immediately crossed the river by boat, preparing to rush to the west bank to supervise the battle.

"The west bank is full of dangers, the governor must not take the risk lightly!" Fang General Fan Yi advised him.

Yang Hu said seriously: "I am the commander-in-chief of the three armies, how can I be afraid of fighting? What's more, in the west of Fenshui, there are tens of thousands of men from our Dajin who are fighting for the country. I swear to live and die with them!" Then he ordered Fan Yi is on the east bank urging the Jin army who are crossing the river to speed up. At this time, if one more person joins the forces on the west bank, the Jin army will have a better chance of winning. If the Jin army can beat the Huns to break through the Jin army's defense line If all the river crossings are completed, not only can the strength of the beachhead be greatly strengthened and the cavalry offensive of the Huns disintegrated, but the Jin army can also counterattack the Huns by virtue of their superiority in strength.

But Yang Hu took the first step, crossed the river by boat, and went straight to the west bank.

(End of this chapter)