A day later.

Wang Ling led his 20,000 troops across Luoshui and marched towards the west.

The No. 2 person in the Qin State military was riding a red horse, his whole body was straight, and the expression on his face was very serious.

This time, Wang Ling was ordered to lead 20,000 Qin troops to come back to help, and prepared to encircle the Zhao cavalry that invaded Guanzhong under Liyang City with the other two Qin troops, and then completely wipe them out.

Very nice plan.

But from the beginning, Wang Ling was very clear that this was a difficult plan to implement, after all, in the battle with the nomadic tribes such as Lin Hu and Yiqu, the Qin people had long had enough knowledge of the mobility of the cavalry.

Wang Ling himself actually didn't have much experience in fighting cavalry, after all, only Zhao had a formed cavalry corps in this world, and people like Lin Hu Yiqu were basically small-scale scattered invasions, and there was never a case of fighting head-on with the large army of Qin.

In the history of the war between Zhao and Qin, the two battles of Yan and Changping, which were head-to-head, were in the Taihang Mountain, where it was difficult for cavalry to play, and Qin could only defend passively in the battle of Hedong County.

This led to the fact that not only Wang Ling himself, but also the entire Qin military generals lacked experience in dealing with the cavalry of the Zhao State.

In this way, the "knowing oneself" among those who know oneself and knowing one's opponent is obviously a difficult thing to do.

The unknown is the most troublesome thing.

And that's not all.

Wang Ling also knew that the Zhao State had a unit called the "Armored Cavalry", which belonged to the elite of the Zhao State Cavalry Corps.

Since its establishment, the armored cavalry has been dispatched on a large scale twice, once against the Yan Kingdom, and the other when fighting against King Lin Hu.

This time there are not many of them, but it is enough for the pervasive Qin State spies to detect something, such as this armored cavalry has armor protection for men and horses, and the spear in his hand can skewer three or four people together for barbecue, which is very difficult to resist when charging into battle, etc.

But knowing these things didn't help much for Wang Ling.

How to crack this armored cavalry charge?

Can the Qin army's sharp bows and crossbows penetrate the protection of armored cavalry?

Is this armored cavalry's charge unstoppable, or can it actually be blocked, but the Yan army and the Lin Hu people are not good at fighting?

If it can be blocked, then how strong a defense will it be to be able to block it?

The answers to these really critical questions are all mysteries for Wang Ling.

Therefore, Wang Ling can only rely on the judgment in his mind to make corresponding preparations and responses.

As for whether these preparations and responses are useful, we can only know after a real fight.

However, Wang Ling was still very confident in himself and the Qin State.

After all, this is 50,000 against 20,000, and the 50,000 Qin army also includes 40,000 elites.

In order to completely eliminate the cavalry of the Zhao State that suddenly entered the Guanzhong, this time the Qin State can be said to have really made a bloody investment.

Not to mention anything else, there are a full 300 Qin Ruishi in Wang Ling's army alone.

You must know that after a series of battles, there are now less than 400 Qin Ruishi left in the entire Qin army.

In terms of this amount, it is not an exaggeration to say that Qin Ruishi is pouring out of the nest.

Except for these Qin Ruishi, the other troops were also the most capable and elite troops that could be drawn from the Wangcheng defense line to follow Wang Ling's side.

"I heard that the armored cavalry is only a thousand people, in this battlefield of thousands of troops, what role can a thousand people play?"

This is the truest thought in Wang Ling's heart.

But what Wang Ling didn't know was that in fact, the Yan people and the Lin Hu people also had similar thoughts to him.

A scout hurriedly rode his horse: "General, there are traces of the cavalry of the Zhao army in front, it is very likely that it is the main force of the Zhao army!" ”

"It's coming!" Wang Ling raised his eyebrows, but there was not much surprise on his face, and immediately gave an order: "Pass the order, stop advancing immediately, and form a formation!" ”

Under Wang Ling's order, 20,000 Qin soldiers stopped one after another and began to line up in an orderly manner, waiting for the arrival of the Zhao people.

The speed of the Zhao people was very fast, so fast that it even surprised Wang Ling a little.

Two quarters of an hour later, not long after the Qin army finished arraying, the western horizon was filled with billowing smoke and dust, and the figures of countless Zhao cavalry loomed in the smoke and dust, and the red banner was extremely conspicuous.

Zhao Guoren came.

When the distance between the two sides was shortened to about three or four miles, the cavalry of Zhao State also slowly stopped.

Li Mu stood on horseback, staring at the formation of the Qin army in front of him, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Interesting...... This general of the Qin army seems to be not ignorant of armored cavalry. ”

The battlefield here was carefully selected by Li Mu and sent people to reconnoiter in advance, and it was all a plain area with a flat river, which was very conducive to cavalry combat.

How flat is it?

There is not even a decent hill bag within a radius of twenty miles.

The reason for this was because Li Mu didn't want his cavalry to face a strong defense line of the Qin people when he went to war.

But at this moment, in front of Li Mu, there really is a defense line that looks quite solid.

A wall.

Car wall.

Hundreds of Qin chariots lined up at the front of the Qin army's position, forming a chariot wall.

And behind this car wall, Li Mu could vaguely see a large number of Qin army's crossbowmen waiting behind.

"Do you want to use this wall as a fortification, and then use the wall as a cover for the crossbowmen to use their power, so as to delay me here...... Hmph, but this Qin general really thinks that he will be able to win in this way? ”

Li Mu gave an order without thinking: "Pass the order, let the three thousand horsemen step forward to test it, and by the way, reconnoiter to see if there is such a car wall in other directions of the Qin army except for the front!" ”

Under Li Mu's order, the banner of the flag officer behind him began to wave, and the heralds galloped back and forth, and after a while, three Zhao Guoqian cavalry rushed out of the formation, respectively from the front, left, and right three different directions towards the Qin army.

Wang Ling, who was at the forefront of the scene, looked at the scene in front of him, his face suddenly changed slightly, and he immediately ordered: "Strengthen the vigilance of the two wings, and draw five hundred crossbowmen from the front to the left and right wings, the speed must be fast!" ”

It was only at this time that Wang Ling realized that he had made a mistake that he had taken for granted.

Since he had no experience in fighting cavalry, most of Wang Ling's conjectures were obtained from the chariot soldiers, which seemed to be similar to the cavalry.

Prior to this battle, the Qin state's combat method was that the chariots opened the way in front, similar to the role of the tanks in later generations, while the infantry followed the chariots and advanced along the roads and gaps opened by the chariots.

The problem with the Cavalry is that this class is actually quite cumbersome, so most of the time the Cavalry can only be used for frontal assault.

But the cavalry is different, these Zhao light cavalry that appeared in front of Wang Ling at this moment were able to easily go around a big bend to raid the two flanks of the Qin army because they did not have the burden of chariots.

This is exactly what Wang Ling, who has no experience in large-scale cavalry battles, ignores.

The cavalry of the Zhao people moved much faster and more flexible than Wang Ling imagined!