I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 340 Crossing the Yellow River Three Times
The Wei cavalry broke away under the terrifying charge of the Han cavalry.

When Pang Hui fled, there were only a dozen riders left with him.

Some fled towards Puyang County, and some fled along the Yellow River.

Some even became impatient and fell into the Yellow River together with people and horses.

The shouts of killing were replaced by screams.

Just after dark on the sixth day of June, Sima Yi received the news that Sima Zhao had disobeyed orders.

He didn't get angry, but just sighed: "Pay close attention to the battle situation."

"Here!"

Sima Yi sat there motionless and looked outside. It wasn't until the sky got slightly bright that he called for someone again.

"Send the order to Guo Huai to retreat to the position."

Sima Zhao closed his eyes. He was not lamenting the defeat of the cavalry. In fact, the cavalry losses were not heavy. Most of them were defeated and fled.

Sima Zhao, who had been marching intensively for many days, had bloodshot eyes. He held the military report hard, and the anger in his heart could burst out at any time.

He was unwilling to chase Li Heng for so many days. On the bank of the Yellow River, he faced Li Heng for the first time, but his cavalry was defeated.

The Wei army began to cross the Yellow River south.

Sima Zhao arrived on the other side of the river in Puyang, and after reorganizing on the north bank of the Yellow River, prepared to cross the river.

On the morning of the sixth day of June, on the bank of the Yellow River, wheat fields rolled in the summer wind, like golden waves.

I have to admit that Sima Zhao is talented, but he has the arrogance of most young people.

"Here!"

Chen Qian asked: "By the way, are Wu Guan's Yecheng soldiers going to be transferred to the south?"

Sima Zhao ignored this and took his people to Puyang County, intending to make supplies there.

Sima Zhao nodded and slowly regained his emotions. He said: "Even if the Shu army is strong and exhausted after many days of marching, Runan County's troops should be able to play a role."

At this time, he received news that Pang Hui's army had been defeated.

There are also many corpses of Wei soldiers who died in battle, and their armor has been taken away, along with their horses.

"Let's go to Puyang." Sima Zhao sighed and began to organize troops to cross the Yellow River south.

"General, Li Jian has been exhausted after many days of marching. After we cross the Yellow River south, we can garrison Puyang and contact the soldiers from various counties to form a large net on all sides and slowly block him in Yanzhou." Chen Qian said.

At noon, Sima Zhao crossed the Yellow River and found traces of yesterday's battle on the bank of the Yellow River.

Chen Qian said: "When Li Jian goes south this time, he can only fight back to Chenliu, and then go from Chenliu to Runan, ready to escape along the original road at any time. However, Runan County has enough time to organize a military force during this period. A force of a thousand men.”

This was a shame for the arrogant Sima Zhao.

"Move here, have more troops, more strength." Sima Zhao said without thinking, "The soldiers and horses from Pingyang County have also been transferred here. Three lines of soldiers and horses are deployed in Dongjun to go south. I don't believe that Li Jian will return." Can escape our dragnet!"

There were some people nearby who were stripping off the dead man's clothes and shoes. When they saw the arrival of a large number of officers and soldiers, they immediately ran away.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to report and let them cross the river as soon as possible."

But when Sima Zhao arrived in Puyang County in the evening, he suddenly received a piece of news that shocked him: the Han army was crossing the Yellow River north again at Baimajin in the west!

When Sima Zhao heard the news, he thought he had heard it wrong. He stared at the scout for a long time before he managed to say: "What did you say?"

"General, the Shu army will cross the Yellow River from Baimajin north this morning!"

Sima Zhao grabbed the scout's collar hard, opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Say it again!"

The scout was startled and stammered quickly: "We found out that the Shu army crossed the Yellow River from Baimajin this morning!"

"Going to the north of the Yellow River?"

"Yes!"

Sima Zhao and Chen Qian were both stunned.

Chen Qian suddenly said: "General, the soldiers and horses of Yecheng and Yangping County are still on the north bank!" Sima Zhao immediately realized something and felt a chill all over his body.

Li Heng obviously rushed towards these two soldiers and horses. If the Yecheng soldiers and horses and Yangping County were killed, both Wei County and Yangping County would fall into an empty state without troops to defend.

Yecheng in Wei County was Cao Wei's largest city in Hebei and Henan, the most prosperous, and the political and commercial center.

"Quick! Go back quickly!" Sima Zhao said hoarsely.

But it was too late.

After the Han army crossed the Yellow River from Baimajin, fifty miles west of Puyang in the morning, Li Heng sent his most elite infantry and cavalry to form an infantry and cavalry corps, and quickly advanced toward the east.

On the morning of the seventh day of June, the sky was slightly bright.

Wu Guan's soldiers and horses in Yecheng had just woken up and were almost thirty miles away from the Yellow River.

Wu Guan expected to arrive at the bank of the Yellow River this afternoon.

But he had no chance. The soldiers in the barracks had just opened their eyes and were still thinking about the girl they dreamed about last night when they suddenly heard bursts of roaring.

Yecheng soldiers were temporarily recruited from the local area. They had never really been on the battlefield. Their most glorious record may have been against bandits.

They were somewhat unfamiliar with the iron hooves of the cavalry.

Some soldiers had their heads full of questions and stuck their heads out curiously.

You don’t know this by looking at it, but your soul immediately soars when you look at it.

I saw a black torrent of cavalry approaching quickly in the morning sun.

Those armors reflected a cold luster in the morning light.

A few soldiers who were still peeing at the gate of the military camp were stunned. It took them a while to recover. They even forgot to pick up their pants, turned around and ran away: "The enemy is coming..."

Two more fell to the ground and ate a few mouthfuls of dirt and grass.

At this time, the entire military camp felt it and caused a commotion.

The leader of the charge was Guan Tong. The half-hour attack just happened to wake him up from his nap, and Guan Tong was very excited.

But what excites him even more is that this Wei army was not even surrounded by fences, and they "slept naked" in the wilderness all night.

So, on this morning when the fragrance of wheat filled the banks of the Yellow River, the Han cavalry rushed into the thousands of Wei troops.

Like the iron plow leaving the soft soil.

Only this time, what was splashed was not soil, but flesh and blood.

This Wei army of thousands of people unexpectedly reached a common idea in a short period of time: escape!
The Wei army dispersed in a hurry.

The cavalry ran over it, leaving flesh and blood bloody.

The Wei army further away ran away like crazy.

Panic spread across the fields.

After the Wei army fled several miles north, they found that there was already a group of Han infantry waiting there.

The cavalry can break up the enemy's formation, but the cavalry cannot completely destroy the enemy.

Because the cavalry is a moving horse, the horse has no subjective consciousness and cannot pursue the enemy at a fixed point.

So infantry is needed.

When the Han infantry saw the defeated Wei army coming, they all showed smiles of satisfaction.

When the goal you are waiting for arrives, it is one of the happiest moments in life.

By the morning, the Wei army, which consisted of several thousand people, had been almost completely destroyed.

Then, the surprise was yet to come. Thousands of soldiers and horses from Yangping County also arrived nearby at this time.

(End of this chapter)