In fact, Sima Shi guessed well, Cao Liang concentrated all the three major cavalry battalions in Qi County, and he did have a plan.

But the trap, it's not a trap, after all, Cao Liang is not prepared to play any conspiracy, the most important reason why he chose Qi County as the battlefield is that Qi County is flat and open, as a place for cavalry battles, I am afraid that this place is very suitable.

In order to prepare for this Northern Expedition, Sima Yi worked hard, and Cao Liang was not, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the existing cavalry, Cao Liang poured out the skills he had mastered and created a new cavalry that was enough to change the pattern of the times.

This is also the upper limit of the technology that Cao Liang can provide, although he also knows that there are more powerful weapons, such as aircraft cannons, but those things are too high-tech, not within Cao Liang's reach, even if he masters the production technology of these weapons, with the basic scientific and technological level of this era, it is impossible to make these things.

Therefore, at this stage, it is already an epoch-making breakthrough to be able to create a high bridge saddle and bilateral stirrups to create a new and powerful cavalry, and the battle of Qixian will also be a classic battle that will go down in history.

Sima Shi thinks that Cao Liang may play conspiracy and set up a trap and ambush in Qi County, but he really wronged Cao Liang this time, Cao Liang chose Qi County as a battlefield, but there is no trap and no ambush, this contest will be a head-to-head duel with real swords and real guns.

The terrain of Qi County is open and flat, such terrain conditions, it is almost impossible to ambush, Cao Liang also knows that if you want to lure Sima Yi, the old fox, to take the bait, you must not set the battlefield in a place with dangerous terrain, otherwise Sima Yi will definitely not come, relatively speaking, Qi County here as the main battlefield, will be very appetizing for Sima Yi, Sima Yi does not have to worry about what ambush the Bingzhou army will have, for Sima Yi, who is eager to find the Bingzhou army for a decisive battle, he will definitely not miss such an opportunity.

Sima Yi has always paid unusually high attention to the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army, and even did not hesitate to send a spy master to infiltrate the Bingzhou to spy on the military situation, so that he could grasp the latest movements of the Bingzhou cavalry.

What reassures Sima Yi is that the number of cavalry in Bingzhou has not increased, presumably the population and economy of Bingzhou have limited the development of cavalry, originally in the number of cavalry, the two sides are almost equal, but Sima Yi has concentrated manpower and material resources this year, giving priority to vigorously developing cavalry, it can be said that Sima Jun's cavalry has been completely defeated in terms of quantity.

As for the quality, Sima Yi is not too worried, in fact, it can be seen from the battle of Shangdang that the strength of the two sides is basically equal, even if the new cavalry combat experience of Sima Jun is insufficient, but after mixing with the veterans, there is not much of a problem, I believe that the confrontation of the cavalry on both sides, Sima Jun can achieve a crushing victory.

According to the intelligence found by the spies, the Bingzhou cavalry seems to be practicing a new battle formation, which may have a slight impact on the battle situation, but Sima Yi firmly believes that this impact is minimal, after all, it is expected that a certain kind of battle formation can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, it must be wishful thinking, the victory or defeat of the battle, the number will play a decisive role, Sima Yi does not believe that his 70,000 cavalry, can he still beat the 30,000 cavalry of the Bingzhou army?

So Cao Liang believes that as long as he casts the bait, Sima Yi will definitely take the bait.

After the Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups were equipped to the cavalry battalion, the response was extremely strong, and almost all the cavalry were full of praise for it, even if it was someone who had never ridden a horse, with such a harness, they could easily control the horse, not to mention these riders with extremely rich riding experience, the Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups made them like a tiger with wings, and they were more comfortable with the war horse.

The control of horses has always been a problem, especially for horses with strong temperaments and stubborn temperaments, it is not easy to ride, and they will fall off the horse if they are not careful.

With the Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups, the horse can be ridden on the ground and, most importantly, the rider can ride with only the strength of his legs and waist and abdomen, leaving his hands free. The freed hands can do more things, and the improvement of combat effectiveness is naturally a matter of course.

It is precisely because of the two "artifacts" that the cavalry of the state army can also be subdivided for the first time like infantry, light cavalry, heavy cavalry, and archers, different arms have different combat methods, and the state cavalry can now use different arms to discharge a variety of offensive or defensive combinations, which comprehensively improves the combat capability of the cavalry.

In order to allow the cavalry to adapt to the new harness and the new class of identity, the three major cavalry battalions have carried out special targeted training in their respective secret training bases, and now, the combat mode of each cavalry battalion has been formed, so Cao Liang dared to put all the cavalry into the battlefield of Qixian County.

Although the number of Bingzhou cavalry has not increased, the improvement of combat effectiveness has made Cao Liang full of confidence, even in the face of 70,000 Sima cavalry, Cao Liang has no fear.

Cao Liang had already moved his Chinese military battalion to Qi County, and then transferred three cavalry battalions here one after another, Cao Liang did not make the slightest concealment for such a military transfer, and believed that Sima Yi would get the news soon.

The battle of Jiexiu Yanghu fought really well, there was no need for Cao Liang to send him reinforcements, Yanghu led more than 20,000 troops to resist the attack of more than 50,000 people in the Sima army, Jiexiu's side was solid, so that Cao Liang was also a lot at ease.

Jiexiu is the most important part of the defense system of Bingzhou, this time Cao Liang did not use the guerrilla warfare method of outflanking, but adopted the tough fighting method of defending the enemy outside the country, the main reason is that the terrain characteristics of the Jinzhong area are very different from those of the Shangdang.

Shangdang is a basin, surrounded by mountains, lush mountains and forests, and the Bingzhou army adopted guerrilla warfare methods, fought in a roundabout way, concentrated forces to attack the weak points of the Sima army, and indeed achieved good results and inflicted heavy losses on the Sima army.

But Jiexiu is different, from Hedong to Jinyang, except for a few places where the terrain is dangerous, most of the rest of the places are a horse and a flat river, if Sima Jun Chang drives straight in, then the entire Jinzhong area will be caught in the war.

Only Jiexiu is a stronghold that blocks the direct entry of Commander Sima, and Cao Liang does not hesitate to spend a lot of money to transform an ordinary small county town that can no longer be ordinary.