The last three kingdoms

Chapter 936

To the south is the Gua River, a tributary of the Hutuo River. The river is not very wide. The widest part is only a few tens of feet wide, and the narrowest part is only more than ten feet wide. The key point is that its water is not too deep. Most of the river has only one person. The deep water, the shallowest place, can't submerge the horse's belly.

If it weren't for the fact that there were Shu troops intercepting him, Sima Jun would definitely not have taken such a road. Now it seems that only by going south and crossing the Gua River can he break through the encirclement of the Shu army.

Sima Jun has nothing to worry about crossing the Gua River. It is not a mighty river like the Yellow River, nor is it comparable to a main stream like the Zhanghe Hutuo River. The only disadvantage is that the water flow of the Gua River is relatively fast. , there will definitely be some casualties, but now Sima Jun doesn't care too much. The Jin army pursued them all the way, and they didn't bring pontoon troops, so they couldn't build a pontoon bridge, and it was hard to find a ferry on the Gua River. To break out of the siege and go south, you must swim across the Gua River.

The Jin army changed their marching direction and quickly reached the bank of the Gua River, but when they looked at the opposite bank, the hearts of all the Jin troops suddenly became cold. The entire south bank of the Gua River was densely packed with troops from the Shu army. Sealed a dead end along the Gua River.

Since the Shu army set up ambushes in Xidie Mountain and Dongping Mountain, it is not surprising that they appeared on the bank of Guahan. Sima Jun was not too surprised. If you want to break through the encirclement of the Shu army, you have to rely on yourself.

Following Sima Jun's order, the Jin soldiers jumped into the Gua River one after another. Although the river hadn't frozen in the early winter, the river was extremely cold, and the Jin soldiers who jumped into the river couldn't help but I shivered.

There are more and more Jin soldiers entering the water, including infantry and cavalry. The situation of the cavalry will be better. After all, only the body of the horse is soaked in the water. The cavalry on horseback does not need to be completely soaked like the infantry.

However, the war horses became restless. Obviously, the cold water made the war horses feel uncomfortable. They kept neighing, as if they were refusing to wade through the water. The war horses wanted to rush over, but the grumpy war horses stopped working and even overturned the riders in the water.

Here the Jin army was crossing the river in disorder, while the Shu army on the other side was in full formation. They were in charge of the Baidi army and the Guanzhong army who stood firm on the south bank.

All of a sudden, the arrows on the river were like locusts, and the Jin soldiers who crossed the river were hit by arrows one after another, leaving corpses floating around.

Sima Jun originally thought that the Gua River was neither deep nor wide, so it would not be too difficult to cross it by force, but the river is relatively turbulent, which invisibly increased the difficulty of crossing the river. They will be swept away by the rapids, and the most suitable unit for crossing the river is the pikemen. These pikemen use the pikes as crutches, and they can stabilize their bodies by stationing at the bottom of the river.

Those sword and shield soldiers and archers were not so lucky. They could only rely on a few people to support each other, barely being swallowed by the rapids.

The water depth and shallowness of the Gua River are not fixed. Some places are deep and some places are shallow. The deep places can completely cover the top of the head. Only shallow places are suitable for crossing the river.

It is obviously not so easy to find a suitable path to cross the river in the muddy water, not to mention that the Shu army is still guarding the opposite bank, shooting with bows and arrows, which doubles the difficulty of crossing the river.

Sima Jun hurriedly sent archers to cover, and started to shoot at the Shu army.

Zhuge Shang saw that the density of the Jin army's bows and arrows was even greater than his own, so he immediately dispatched a van and blocked it on the south bank of Guashui to block the Jin army's arrows.

The sidecar is the most effective weapon for infantry and cavalry. It has almost become a nightmare for the cavalry to attack. Even if the van was shot into a hedgehog, it still remained motionless.

With the van, the defensive ability of the Shu army has been greatly improved, forming a barrier that the Jin army cannot break through, and the attack power has become sharper. Under the cover of the van, the Shu army can shoot arrows unscrupulously. , without worrying about defense.

Flying together before the chaos, a dense spider web of arrows was formed on the Gua River, which made the Jin soldiers who crossed the river suffer a lot.

Crossing the river is already a very difficult task. Every Jin soldier who enters the water has to be careful. If he is not careful, he will be destroyed. At this time, if he is hit by the bow and arrow of the Shu army, there is no way to fight back. force.

The color of the river was soon dyed red. The entire river surface had countless floating corpses of the Jin army, which were constantly swept away by the rushing water. It is estimated that when the downstream was calm, so many floating corpses were likely to silt up the river surface.

Although the strength of the Jin army was greater than that of the Baidi army and the Guanzhong army of the Shu army on the other side of the river, a natural obstacle made it impossible for them to overcome.

The operation of crossing the river was delayed. As time went by, the shadow of the sun slanted to the west. Now it is the time when winter is short, and the sky has already darkened in the blink of an eye.

The new wind blew fiercely, and the river water became more piercing. Maybe those who had just entered the water didn't feel anything, but those Jin soldiers who had been soaking in the water for a long time had already turned pale, trembling from the cold, their teeth were chattering constantly, and their whole body was shaking. Almost freezing.

No, the Jin army can only attack in rotation. A group of Jin soldiers jump into the water. If they can't finish crossing the river within the time of two incense sticks, they can quickly go ashore to rest. In order to reduce the army's non-combat personnel and improve the efficiency of attacks, if the soldiers are soaked in water for a long time, they will be frozen into ice sculptures one by one.

This damn season made it extremely difficult to cross the river. Even if the Jin army tried their best, they couldn't break through this shallow and not too wide river.

At this time, Sima Jun realized the urgency of the situation. Taking advantage of the advantages of the mountains and rivers, the Shu army set up a huge trap, trapping [-] Jin troops in it and could not get out.

As night fell, Sima Jun had no choice but to stop the attack. He could only temporarily camp on the north bank of the Gua River. The warm bonfire could dry the wet clothes of the Jin army, but it could not dispel the haze in their hearts. They fought fiercely all day. The [-] Jin army ran into walls like headless flies, unable to find a way out. Pessimism and despair enveloped the entire Jin army.

(End of this chapter)