Chapter 2297 copper wall and iron wall
The Wei army formed two arc-shaped positions on the north and south sides. Although it was relatively slow, it was extremely solid, like a copper wall.
The Wu army launched an attack desperately, trying to tear a hole in this iron wall, but attacking again and again was just a futile one. The extremely powerful crossbow alone formed a long-range firepower network. Once the Wu army had a slight intention to counterattack, it would be ruthlessly attacked by the crossbow, and most of the Wu army could not even touch the shield of the Wei army.
Some of the Wu army were lucky enough to avoid the attack of the crossbow and rushed to the front of the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers, but before they could approach the Wei army's shield, they would be knocked down by the spear pierced from the gaps in the shield.
The spearmen of the Wei army were all hiding behind the shield soldiers. From the perspective of the Wu army, they could only see the shining shields, densely arranged in a straight line, and even a figure of the Wei army could not be seen, let alone the spearmen hiding behind the shield soldiers.
But after they rushed to the front of the shield, before they could destroy the shield, elusive spears quickly stabbed out of the gap in the shield. Most of the Wu soldiers were caught off guard and were stabbed to death.
The Wei army crushed and advanced all the way. Even if there were Wu's corpses on the ground, they would step on the corpses, and the battle formation was not changed at all.
Every time the Wei army advances one foot forward, the Wu army's position will be compressed by one foot. As the encirclement becomes smaller and smaller, there are not many shore areas on the shore where the Wu army can stay. The Wei army's semicircular attack formation also makes the Wu army's possibility of escape from the flanks on both sides is zero, because on the east and west sides, the Wei army almost pressed against the river bank, and the Wu army has no way out except to jump into the river.
As the positions on the shore became smaller and smaller, many Wu soldiers were forced to jump into the river, and at least temporarily protected from the attacks of the Wei army. For a time, the Wu soldiers in the Mashui River were as dense as ants gathered, and they entered the river from the north bank and entered the river from the south bank were all intertwined, shoulder to shoulder and bustling, and the entire river surface was crowded.
Even in this case, the Wei army was still moving forward in an orderly manner, and further squeezed the Wu army's living space on the shore. Those who did not want to enter the river would be ruthlessly shot by crossbows or bows and arrows.
Of course, Shi Ji didn't want to jump into the river. He knew that although he could survive by jumping into the river, it was just a matter of dying early and late. Although the Mashui River could not kill people, if the Wu army was driven into the river, it would lose its ability to fight mobile phones and would only become a living target for the Wei army.
But the current situation is no longer a matter of whether Shi Ji wants or not. The Wu army was defeated like a mountain, and was almost driven away by the Wei army, jumping into the river like dumplings, even more spectacular than the scene of dumplings.
Many Wu soldiers were unwilling to jump, but there were crowds behind them, and they didn't give them a chance to consider it. They jumped into the Mashui River with them.
It was under this situation that Shi Ji was taken to the river.
Shi Ji has been retreating since the beginning of the battle. Although he organized attacks again and again, he had countless injuries and even the Wei army's battle formation was not shaken. Not only the Wu army soldiers were desperate, but Shi Ji was completely depressed.
After fighting here, Shi Ji understood how big the Wei army's appetite was.
Logically speaking, Shi Ji was still sure of sending troops to rescue Jiuzhen County this time, because the news came from Jiuzhen County that the Wei army had not landed in Rinan County this time, and there were only one infantry battalion, about 15,000 people.
Even if the Wei army set up an ambush halfway, it would only be possible to mobilize 10,000 people. They would have to leave at least 5,000 troops to besiege Jiuzhen County. Then the Wei army would not have the possibility of annihilation of the Wu army in one fell swoop.
Shi Ji sent troops to Jiuzhen County this time and was full of confidence. Even if the Wu army really lost the battle and he escaped unstoppably, there would still be no problem.
But unexpectedly, the Wei army launched an attack with the idea of annihilation of the Wu army and did not give them a chance to escape. Shi Ji's several forced attempts to break through were all blocked by the Wei army. At this time, it was harder to break through the Wei army than to climb the sky.
At this time, Shi Ji was still a little unwilling to accept it. After all, the troops he commanded to break through were all Tao Kang's people. The facts proved that the Jiaozhou soldiers were really useless. If it were Shi Ji's direct Jingzhou soldiers, they would definitely not be able to break through the Wei army's shield formation.
Unfortunately, under the leadership of Chen Jin, the Jingzhou soldiers were the first to cross the Mashui River. Now the three thousand Jingzhou soldiers are basically on the south bank of the Mashui River. If Shi Ji could directly command his own direct troops, a miracle might happen.
Shi Ji was thinking about it here, but in fact, the Jingzhou soldiers were not living a good life on the south bank. Faced with this oppressive attack from the Wei army, Chen Jin, like Shi Ji, used a counterattack method to try to break out a path of blood.
But unfortunately, although the strength of the Jingzhou Army is a little stronger than that of the Jiaozhou Army, it is nothing more. They are just helpless in the face of the Wei army's iron wall. They attacked repeatedly and hit walls repeatedly. Although Chen Jin tried his best, he still couldn't achieve his wish.
As the Wei army pressed forward step by step, the Jingzhou army gradually lost its place on the south bank and was squeezed into the Mashui River one by one.
In the end, even Chen Jin himself was squeezed into the water. Although he was riding a horse, most of the horse's body was in the water except for the horse's head. Chen Jin rode on the horse and still had his lower body soaked in the water. Chen Jin cavalry advanced and forcibly rushed to the other side.
Now Chen Jin is powerless to deal with the situation. He can only find Shi Ji as soon as possible, hoping that Shi Ji can lead them out of the predicament.
But there were crowds of people everywhere on the river. It was quite difficult for Chen Jin to find Shi Ji. Chen Jin had to move forward hard and constantly inquire about Shi Ji's whereabouts along the way.
All the soldiers from the scene shook their heads. At this moment, they were so depressed and disregarded, so who would consider Shi Ji's whereabouts?
From the south bank to the north bank, Chen Jin was almost crossing the entire river, but Shi Ji was still not found. Chen Jin's move was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Chen Jin was not discouraged and kept searching among the chaotic army. He finally found Shi Ji's position, and then he rushed out of the crowd and rushed to Shi Ji's side.
Chapter completed!