Chapter 780
Just as Wen Qin ordered the Knight Camp to attack, a shout suddenly sounded behind him, mixed with the sudden sound of horse hooves, and was coming from far to near, towards them.
Wen Qin was shocked. The Bingzhou Army did not arrange reinforcements at this time. At this moment, an army suddenly came. Is there any other army besides the Sima Army?
Wen Qin and Yang Hu were not far away, and after a sudden abnormal situation occurred, the two quickly communicated and decided to suspend the attack of the Cavalry Battalion, first to see what happened later, and then make plans. If it was really a reinforcement from the Sima Army, at least the Cavalry Battalion would not face the enemy with its back.
Because Huyukou is at a high position, there is a big gap from here to the flat river to the south, and there is almost no need to send a scout. Wen Qin and Yang Hu saw the flag of the Sima Army from afar. This is a cavalry team, with a huge momentum, at least not less than 30,000 people.
Wen Qin was obviously stunned. According to the prior information, Sima Yi's 100,000 troops set out in groups, lined up into a long snake with heads and tails connected. This formation was relatively compact. In order to cut off the long snake, Cao Liang set up an ambush at the entrance of Huyu to ambush.
In other words, Sima Yi's army was now intercepted by the Bingzhou army to cut off two pieces. One of them was in the south, that is, his rear team had already been surrounded by the Bingzhou army, and the other was in the north, that is, his front team was blocked by Changshui Camp and Shooting Camp, and could not meet with the besieged rear team.
Simply put, Cao Liang used a typical military operation to block the aid of aid this time, with a clear goal, using Changshui Camp and Shooting Camp to block the rescue of the front of the Sima Army, and using the infantry camp and the cavalry camp to eat the besieged Sima Army rear team.
According to normal progress, the rear team of Sima Army was already in the pocket of the Bingzhou Army. Judging from the current siege situation, the front team of Sima Army could not break through the defensive positions of the Bingzhou Army in a short period of time. The Bingzhou Army's siege of Sima Army's rear team had a clear advantage. As long as the fire burned the outer grain truck barrier on the Bingzhou Army, the Xiaoqi Battalion could drive straight in and launch a fierce attack on the Bingzhou Army, which was not far from the end of the battle.
But at this critical moment, a Sima army cavalry suddenly broke out behind, which obviously completely disrupted Cao Liang's arrangements and also brought uncertain factors to Wen Qin and Yang Hu's besieging Wang Guan. The situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed.
What puzzled Wen Qin was where this Sima army cavalry came from? Why didn’t there be any information about this army in advance?
The Bingzhou Army had a huge intelligence network in Shangdang. If the Sima Army mobilized cavalry again from Hanoi to Bingzhou, it would be impossible to hide the scouts of the Bingzhou Army.
The only explanation now is that this cavalry was originally from the Sima army's 100,000 troops, but did not go to Huguan with the army, but was quietly hidden behind the army. If the army was not attacked, the army might have been hidden all the time. But if the army was attacked or even in danger, then this cavalry was a new force, and their appearance was enough to turn the situation around.
In fact, this is a plan carefully planned by Sima Yi. Before the action, he specially transferred Chen Qian, Chen Tai and Hu Fen to the tent and ordered the three of them to lead 10,000 cavalry each to maintain a certain distance from the main force. Once the main force is attacked, the 30,000 cavalry can quickly rush to rescue and completely crush Cao Liang's conspiracy.
The 30,000 cavalry drawn by Sima Yi is the elite force in the Sima army, with its combat effectiveness, and it is also a trump card for Sima Yi to kill Cao Liang. Just imagine, if the Bingzhou army was besieging a Sima army with all its might, and at this time the 30,000 cavalry suddenly came out, the Sima army would cooperate inside and outside, and would be in a passive position, it would probably be the Bingzhou army.
Cao Liang deliberately appeared at Huguan to lure the enemy deeper, but what kind of person Sima Yi is, how could he be blinded by his little tricks? Of course, Sima Yi would not be stuck because of this. For the past two months, he has been looking for an opportunity to fight Cao Liang's main force. Now that this opportunity is coming to his door, he will of course not let go. So Sima Yi simply made a trick, sent 70,000 troops, and pretended to be 100,000. Then he arranged another 30,000 elite cavalry to hide behind and fight back at any time.
In fact, the gap between 70,000 and 100,000 is really not something that ordinary people can see. Even if the Bingzhou army was ambushed at the entrance of Huyu and watched Sima army sway by with their own eyes, it would be impossible to count them one by one if they were idle.
What's more, Sima Yi set up a suspicious formation along the way. Although the total force was reduced by 30,000, the flag was not reduced at all. From the momentum alone, it was difficult for the Bingzhou Army to determine how many Sima Army was.
Moreover, Sima Yi did this matter very secretly, and even Sima Shi didn't know about it. Sima Shi only knew that his vanguard deputy general Chen Qian was transferred to another place by Sima Yi, so this time he went north, there was no deputy general around Sima Shi.
Since Chen Tai and Hu Fen defeated Wanzi City, they returned to the Sima Army camp in shame, and there were only three or four thousand soldiers left under their command, so they had a very low presence in the army.
Sima Yi did not completely abandon them just because they were defeated, because Sima Yi knew very well that Chen Tai and Hu Fen were not capable of defeating the battle, but that they were hit by Cao Liang's trick. With the absolute superior force of the Bingzhou Army, it would be good to be able to save their lives. Under the same conditions, wouldn't Hu Zun and Wang Jing be destroyed?
Therefore, Sima Yi naturally did not want to pursue them. This time, he entrusted them with important tasks, which surprised Chen Tai and Hu Fen, but was grateful to Sima Yi and expressed his gratitude to him, and he was heartbroken and unwilling to refuse.
This appointment surprised Chen Tai and Hu Fen. Logically speaking, they had just lost the battle, and even if they were not held accountable, they would be dealt with for a while. However, I didn't expect that Sima Yi still trusted them as always. How could this make the two dare to die without success?
Chen Qian, Chen Tai, and Hu Fen hid their tracks along the way and kept a certain distance from the main force. They only sent scouts to maintain contact. After the army was attacked at Huyukou, they soon learned about it. According to Sima Yi's pre-arrangement, the three generals immediately led their troops to advance quickly and rushed to Huyukou to rescue.
Chapter completed!