The Huainan Army suddenly felt confused. Logically, under any circumstances, the enemy would arrange sentries to stare at it. Once they found that the other party had any abnormal actions, they would notify the army that was resting as soon as possible.

Under normal circumstances, there will definitely be a time difference in between. It will take at least a certain amount of time for the sleeping army to be put into battle.

But from the reality, these troops seemed to have been ambushed there, waiting for the Huainan army to enter the range of the bow and arrow, and then immediately fired the bow and fired the arrow.

It seems that these Sima army archers did not go to bed at all, but guarded the trench day and night, and were determined to fight at any time, without giving the Huainan army any opportunity to take advantage of.

Wang Feixiao couldn't help but feel confused. The Huainan Army's breakthrough operation was not a long-planned action, but a temporary decision. It took only about half a day from the time of deciding to the attack. In order to keep it confidential, during this period, Wang Feixiao also deliberately blocked the city gates and walls and prohibited anyone from leaving the city, including refugees who wanted to defect to Sima Army, to prevent the news from leaking.

However, the defense of day and night was finally caught by Sima Jun. Just looking at the dense rain of arrows in Sima Jun, you will know that the Sima Jun has invested a lot of troops. If it were not for prior knowledge, the Sima Jun would not have sent such a large number of archers to guard here.

Wang Feixiao suspected that there was a traitor in the Huainan Army and deliberately leaked the news of the breakthrough to Sima Jun, but he was still a little confused. Even if there was a traitor, how did he break through the defense of Shouchun City and pass the news to Sima Jun?

In fact, Wang Feixiao's speculation was a bit outrageous. The Sima Army ambushed the archers here this time, and it really has nothing to do with the leak of the traitor.

The Sima Army naturally got the news that Cao Liang retreated was earlier than the Huainan Army. So after receiving this news, the Sima Army, who was responsible for the siege, immediately adjusted its defense plan and arranged a large number of archers to ambush behind the trench to guard against the Huainan Army day and night to prevent the Huainan Army from breaking through.

The Bingzhou Army is probably Wang Ling's last hope. Once the Bingzhou Army cannot count on it, Wang Ling's last hope of defending Shouchun will be eliminated. So if nothing unexpected happens, the Huainan Army will definitely break through the siege in the near future, and Sima's army's siege tactics will be adjusted accordingly to the anti-breakout operations.

Arranged a large number of archers to defend the trench, which was naturally the work of Sima Shi. Even Sima Yi did not intervene, but let Sima Shi do it.

Although Sima Yi is still the leading commander, he is no longer responsible for specific tactical arrangements. Many things are left to Sima Shi. Perhaps Sima Yi is also deliberately cultivating Sima Shi's leadership and command ability to prepare for succession.

Sima Shi also seemed to understand Sima Yi's good intentions, so he showed more initiative than anyone else in this battle in Shouchun. Only in this way can he win Sima Yi's trust and hand over the Sima family's great cause to him with confidence.

Although Sima Shi is the eldest son of the Sima family, and in terms of ability, Sima Shi is the most outstanding among all the sects, Sima Shi knows that Sima Yi is very strict with the succession of the throne. If he does not show any achievements, it will be difficult to win Sima Yi's favor.

In this battle in Huainan, Sima Shi has become the commander of specific military affairs. Whether he can win will become Sima Yi's ultimate test. Of course, Sima Shi dare not slackew on the slightest part.

In order to grasp the movements of the Huainan Army, Sima Shi sent a large number of scouts to reconnaissance. Although Wang Feixiao blocked the city gate and prohibited anyone from entering and leaving Shouchun City, it seemed to block the source of Sima Shi's intelligence, but this also seemed to remind Sima Shi that the Huainan Army was so cautious and wary that it was very likely that it would soon enter the attack.

Later, the scout who approached the city came back and reported that when he smelled the stewed horse meat spread throughout Shouchun City, Sima Shi became even more aware.

The Huainan army was indisputable. It is estimated that the soldiers could no longer smell the meat in a few months. At this time, they suddenly killed their horses and slaughtered their teeth. It was obvious that the Huainan army was burning their boats to prepare to fight to the death.

After mastering this information, the Sima Division ordered the entire army to immediately enter the battle preparations. The first to deploy were these archers. As the main force guarding the trench, the archers were ready to fight at the first time. Seeing the Huainan Army rushing up frantically, the Sima Army's archers were calm, with their bows in their hands and arrows in their strings. When the Huainan Army entered the range of the archers, thousands of arrows were immediately fired, causing severe damage to the enemy.

Wang Feixiao was still upset about the news of breaking through, but the whole operation was like an arrow from the string and had to be fired. Therefore, even if he was hit by the Sima army, the Huainan army could not stop because of this.

Wang Feixiao immediately changed his offensive strategy and sent archers to cover the attacking rear-end troops. In addition, he added shield soldiers to the attacking troops to protect him. Anyway, he would fight for a bloody path at all costs.

Sima's archers were hiding behind the trench and covered by cover, so they could shoot unscrupulously. Although the Huainan Army's archers and arrows had a strong counterattack, the effect was unsatisfactory, and there were no few people at all.

The Huainan Army was in an open area, without any obstacles, so they undoubtedly became the targets of Sima's archers' archers' wanton shooting. In just two or three miles, the bodies of Huainan soldiers were lying everywhere. Many people had no chance to approach the trench and had already fallen.

Moreover, the closer they got to the trench, the more dense the arrows the Sima Army had, the more they were. Many Huainan soldiers who finally rushed to the trench near the trench found that the trench was wider and deeper than they thought. This was a very insurmountable natural barrier.

When a sandbag was thrown down, it was as small as a grain of sand thrown in the ravines and disappeared without a trace. The unchanged trench made these Huainan soldiers almost feel desperate.

Not only the sandbags fell into the trench, but also the bodies of Huainan soldiers. After throwing the sandbags, they no longer had the chance to avoid Sima Jun's arrows, and they fell into the trench with the sandbags.

However, Wang Feixiao seemed to be inspired by this. Yes, sandbags can be used to fill the trench, and corpses can be used too. Moreover, compared with sandbags, the corpses are larger. So Wang Feixiao ordered the Huainan army to carry all the corpses that died halfway and throw them into the trench. This greatly accelerated the speed of filling the trench.
Chapter completed!