Chapter 1004 A complete failure
The Bingzhou Army could no longer stop the Sima Army from crossing the river, but this did not prevent the Bingzhou Army from launching a more fierce offensive.
Along the way, the Bingzhou Army no longer knew how many Sima soldiers had killed. However, after arriving in Puban, Wen Qin and Deng Ai ordered to continue to increase the attack. Even if the Sima army could not be kept in Hedong, it would at least make the Sima family feel a painful pain.
The Xiaoqi Camp and the Yueqi Camp have devoted themselves to the battle. This is different from the pursuit battle. At this moment, the Sima army has gathered at the ferry, but the ferry is limited after all. Even if they can carry thousands of people at a time and transport these tens of thousands of troops across the Yellow River, they will have to run back and forth at least a dozen times.
The Yellow River is wide in the Pubanjin area and the water flows smoothly. This is also the reason why Pubanjin has become one of the most important Yellow River ferries. Otherwise, there will be rapids and dangerous shoals everywhere, and the ferry will easily sink to the beach.
Although the wide river surface has the advantage of wide river surface, the disadvantage is obvious. That is, every time the ferry ferries are ferrying back and forth, it takes a lot of time. Although these ferries have tried their best to ferry, the boats have to paddle one oar and one oar, and the river has to cross one oar. After transporting this group of Sima troops, they immediately return to the east coast to transport the next group.
The battle on the east coast was always in full swing. The Bingzhou cavalry knew that this would be their last chance to attack. The more people they won, the greater the contribution they received. You must know that the rewards of the Bingzhou army in terms of military merit were extremely generous. Not only were there rewards for money and land, but also rewards for official positions and titles. The more enemies they killed, the greater the contributions they made. If you miss this opportunity, it would naturally be difficult to obtain such generous military merits in the future.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Bingzhou cavalry, the crowded river bank was filled with gold, and you could just look down. The Bingzhou cavalry's offensive was naturally extremely fierce. They relied on the advantages of the cavalry and continued to attack the Sima army's positions and seized every head.
At this moment, the Sima army had no choice but to retreat. The turbulent Yellow River was in front of them. If it fell into the river, it would be basically a dead end. All their hopes were placed on the ferries that traveled to and from the river. However, the number of ferries was limited after all, and the number of people they could carry was rated at each time. If they wanted to leave Hedong County alive, they had to withstand the attack of the Bingzhou Army and get the opportunity to board the ship.
In the face of the greatest desire to survive, Sima Jun's fighting spirit was still aroused. They fought to the death, blocking the Bingzhou Army's attack as much as possible, and fighting for the last glimmer of hope of life.
Wen Qin and Deng Ai looked at each other for a moment. At this moment, the Xiaoqi Camp and the Yueqi Camp had indeed put all their strength into it. Although their attack power was very strong and they killed a lot of enemies, many Sima troops still boarded the ferry and fled.
Compared with the Tunqi Camp, the Xiaoqi Camp and the Yueqi Camp are slightly better in terms of maneuverability, but they are slightly inferior in impact. They lack the means of decisiveness and are indeed slightly insufficient compared to the invincible attack power of the Tunqi Camp. Therefore, although they severely damaged Sima Jun, Sima Yi and his son escaped.
Sima's army took the last batch of ferries off the shore. The remaining Sima army at the ferry shore was extremely weak and could no longer resist the attacks of the Bingzhou cavalry. The ferry that Sima's army was only dozens of feet off the shore, and the war horses of the Bingzhou cavalry had already stepped onto the shore.
The archers and cavalry shot arrows without hesitation. This was the last wave of attacks of the Bingzhou Army. Some arrows shot onto the ship, shooting death and wounding many Sima soldiers. These victims were indeed very sad. They had already left the land in Hedong and had great hope of escaping from heaven, but the ruthless arrows still took their lives and became the last group of people to die in the Battle of Bingzhou.
However, Sima's army was already numb. Although the number of deaths in this battle was not yet counted, the approximate number could be estimated. In addition to the Sima cavalry who were completely wiped out in the battle of Qi County, half of the remaining infantry were able to burn incense if they could escape the Yellow River.
Nearly 70,000 troops died in Bingzhou. The Sima army completely failed in this battle, and not only lost its troops, but even the two counties of Hedong, Pingyang, which the Sima family had always controlled, fell into Cao Liang's hands since then. The Sima family had no more land in Bingzhou, and even if they wanted to counterattack in the future, they would probably find a breakthrough.
The water of the Yellow River was roaring, and Sima Bing rowed his oars hard, and the ferry finally escaped from the range of the Bingzhou army's bows and arrows. Many people then breathed a sigh of relief. It was not easy. This feeling of escaping from death really made the heart beat faster and feared.
Sima Yi crossed the river before. He was lying on a stretcher and crossed the Yellow River with the first group of soldiers who crossed the river.
When he arrived at Linjin Pass, Sima Yi refused to enter the pass, but asked someone to support him and sat at the ferry on the west bank. He wanted to watch the last batch of Sima troops crossing the river with his own eyes, and also witness the last moment of his failure.
Once upon a time, the army led by Sima Yi fought south and north, and fought east and west, and almost rarely suffered defeat. Even when he fought with Zhuge Liang, although Sima Yi was defeated repeatedly, his losses were minimal. After Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi went to the battle and won every battle, and there was no such thing as failure at all.
Seventeen years have passed, Sima Yi, the ever-winning general, finally tasted the bitterness of failure.
Is it because he is old, or is his opponent too strong, or maybe it is both? Sima Yi dragged his sick body and looked at the surface of the Yellow River sadly, and sighed a long sigh. For this complete failure, Sima Yi only had endless melancholy and desolation in his heart.
In the past, Sima Yi might not care about it. Victory and defeat were common in military affairs. If you lose this battle, the next battle will come back. It is precisely with this indomitable spirit that Sima Yi exhausted the famous Zhuge Liang and defeated countless opponents.
But this time, Sima Yi felt that he could never get back. This crushing defeat in Bingzhou was probably the last time he led the army in his life. Sima Yi was still unwilling to end his life in such an almost humiliating way.
But no matter how unwilling to accept it, it is useless. Just like the surging Yellow River water, everything that has passed can never be saved. Perhaps this is Sima Yi's fate, a fate that cannot be escaped.
Chapter completed!