"Damn it, I can't shake it off......

On the way to lead the cavalry to gallop on horseback, Zhao General Zhang Ji glanced back at his back.

I saw that behind them, thousands of Fangcheng cavalry were chasing after them, no matter how they chose the bumpy and rugged road, how they made sudden turns again and again with the help of superb equestrian skills, those Fangcheng cavalry still followed behind them.

Gradually, some sweat oozed from Zhang Ji's brain.

He really couldn't understand why the Fangcheng cavalry who followed them all had such superb riding skills.

You must know that the cavalry under his command are all veterans with at least five years of military experience, and even some of them are more than ten years old, and they are the old cavalrymen who were originally transferred from the Yanmen Pass area.

In the Zhao State, the cavalry of Yanmen Pass means that they have fought with the cavalry of the Xiongnu, and they can be called the best cavalry - because the unqualified cavalry cannot survive the battle with the Xiongnu outside Yanmen Pass.

But the group of Fangcheng cavalry behind them, they have only been training for a few years?

It was only three years and a few months since Meng Zhong left the Zhao State, and it was only two years since he defected to the Wei State, and in just two years, this young general, who was once valued by the Zhao master's father, trained a group of Fangcheng cavalry that were not inferior to the cavalry of the Zhao State?

If a layman would think that this matter is incredible, then Zhang Ji, who was born as a cavalry general, knows even more that a cavalryman with only two years of training may be able to barely follow the army to fight, but he will definitely not be able to do the dangerous action of suddenly turning in the middle of a gallop like his Zhao cavalry.

Only cavalrymen who have thoroughly mastered superb horsemanship can do this.

"No, there must be something wrong......

In addition to being frightened, Zhang Ji thought secretly in his heart.

In his opinion, the Fangcheng cavalry may have played some tricks, otherwise, according to the conventional training method, the Fangcheng cavalry, which has only been established for two years, will definitely not be so powerful in riding.

But what tricks were played, Zhang Ji couldn't figure it out for the time being.

In other words, as if at the current tense moment, he didn't have time to think carefully.

"Zhang Ji!"

A few feet away, his colleague Chang Yong lay on his horse and shouted at the top of his voice: "I can't get rid of the group of cavalry behind me, what should I do now?" ”

Zhang Ji frowned and thought for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "Withdraw!" Withdraw to the camp! ”

Chang Yong nodded in understanding.

Immediately, under the command of Zhang Ji and Chang Yong, the two thousand cavalry of the Zhao State circled around a large circle on the way to the north, and seemed to be preparing to turn south.

With cavalry against cavalry, the cavalry of Zhao State learned from the cavalry of the Huns, that is, first seduce the opposing cavalry around a large distance, in the fierce pursuit, some of the cavalry who are not good at riding will inevitably fall behind, but depending on the situation, consider whether to take the opportunity to kill the lone enemy cavalry, or find a way to attack the cavalry behind them who are still chasing them.

It is no exaggeration to say that this cavalry-to-cavalry confrontation, superb horsemanship, and endurance to endure bumps on horseback were the most crucial.

At this point, Zhao general Zhang Ji originally had full confidence, after all, his Zhao cavalry could be like the Hun cavalry, sitting on horseback for twelve hours a day, whether it was rushing or eating, drinking, and Lasa, so even the Hun cavalry did not want to defeat his Zhao cavalry.

Because of this, Zhang Ji originally wanted to use this trick to deal with the Fangcheng cavalry who had not been in the army for a long time, and teach these students of his Zhao State cavalry a good lesson, but what he didn't expect was that no one in the Fangcheng cavalry was left behind from beginning to end, as if everyone had mastered superb riding skills.

I have to say that this made Zhang Ji inevitably a little flustered.

After all, if it continues like this, the final outcome will be that each other's men and horses are tired and exhausted, but the problem is that the other party has as many as 4,000 people, and they only have more than 2,000 people, even if the cavalry is far inferior to the foot soldiers after getting off the horse, the cavalry of the 4,000 square city can obviously use the advantage of numbers to wipe them out.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ji had a retreat in his heart.

But unfortunately, how could Menghu and Huahu let the duck fly away when they got to their mouths?

I have to say that when Zhang Ji and Chang Yong initially lured the cavalry of other cities to gallop north, Meng Hu and Hua Hu had already guessed Zhang Ji's purpose.

Thinking about it, Meng Hu and Hua Hu have been by the side of Lord Zhao for a long time, how could they not understand the tactics of the cavalry of Zhao State?

It's just that they are not afraid - after seeing that the cavalry of the Zhao State is still using unilateral stirrups, Menghu and Huahu know that this group of cavalry will not be their opponents.

And now, at this moment when each other's horsepower is about to run out, Zhang Ji, who is not in good shape, tries to withdraw to the Zhao camp with the Zhao cavalry under his command?

How can it be so easy!

Even if there are bilateral stirrups, even if there is a thickened saddle, it is very tiring to gallop on a horse, how can there be a reason to work hard and return empty-handed?

"Hey, want to leave now? It's not that easy! ”

After laughing evilly, Meng Hu turned his head to look at Hua Hu on the side, and shouted loudly: "Hua Hu, you ......"

However, before he finished speaking, he saw that Hua Hu started to act one step earlier, stretched out his hand to make a signal, and immediately led the cavalry under his command to deviate from the original trajectory, obviously preparing to intercept the Zhao cavalry who was trying to return to the Zhao camp.

Looking at the backs of Hua Hu and the others scratching their heads, Meng Hu had no choice but to continue to chase.

At this time, Zhang Ji and Chang Yong had already led the Zhao cavalry to turn a big bend and tried to return to the Zhao camp.

But at this moment, Zhang Ji suddenly caught a glimpse of a Fangcheng cavalry coming to intercept it on the right.

He secretly estimated that according to the galloping speed of the two cavalry of the enemy and us, the cavalry that came to intercept it would just go straight into the middle of the cavalry under his command after a while.

"Damn it!"

Secretly scolding, Zhang Ji and Chang Yong had to change direction again, so that the cavalry of Zhao under his command was forced to take a route that seemed to be "B".

At this time, Zhang Ji regretted his trust.

Yes, he shouldn't lead the cavalry too far away from the camp, and he shouldn't have the luxury of using the cavalry's tactics to cause casualties among the Fangcheng cavalry behind him, he should know that the generals on the opposite side are Menghu and Huahu, although these two are now the generals of Wei, but they are more familiar with the tactics of the cavalry of Zhao than ordinary Zhao generals.

"It seems that I can only fight for patience......

Zhang Ji thought secretly, and immediately gestured to Chang Yong.

Immediately, the two thousand cavalry of the Zhao State slowed down their gallop speed slightly.

At this time, Meng Hu and Hua Hu also converged again because the Zhao cavalry gave up breaking through to the south, and when they saw that the Zhao cavalry in front of them slowed down the speed of their horses slightly, Meng Hu and Hua Hu also immediately ordered the cavalry under their command to slow down.

In this regard, Menghu's deputy general Cao Chun was very puzzled, and he asked Menghu: "Sima, the enemy cavalry has slowed down, why don't you take the opportunity to shorten the distance between the two sides?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Hu said in a rare serious tone: "I can't catch up." …… Zhang Ji is Niu Qian's old department, of course he knows how to save horsepower, do you think he will make the war horse run out of strength? …… Don't look at the Zhao cavalry in front of them at this moment, but their horsepower is not exhausted, even if our army catches up, they will immediately speed up, it is meaningless. Not to mention ......"

Speaking of this, a strange expression suddenly appeared on his face.

"What's more...... What the? Cao Chun was secretly a little frightened, and he keenly felt that this Sima must be thinking about something not very good at this moment.

"Nothing." Meng Hu said with a smile: "I suddenly remembered that there is a class I forgot to teach you, and there is a ready-made teacher right now, hehehe......"

A few feet away, Hua Hu couldn't help but show a little elusive smile when he heard Meng Hu's words.

Yes, although with the help of bilateral stirrups, the cavalry of other Fangcheng has obtained riding skills that are no less than those of the cavalry of Zhao State, but this does not mean that the cavalry of other Fangcheng has become an excellent cavalry, at least, there is a course that the cavalry of other Fangcheng has not mastered.

In view of the intention of Meng Hu and Hua Hu to stay, although the Fangcheng cavalry always followed behind those Zhao cavalry, they failed to catch up after all.

After two hours like this, many of the Fangcheng cavalry felt hungry and thirsty.

Of course, this is not difficult for these Fangcheng cavalry, after all, eating and drinking on horseback was taught by Menghu, Huahu and others earlier, and because of the relationship between bilateral stirrups, they would not fall off their horses in order to eat.

Suddenly, Cao Cheng pointed to a Zhao cavalry in front of him and said, "What is that cavalry doing?" ”

Meng Hu and Hua Hu looked up and saw a Zhao cavalry in front of them pouting their buttocks, driving their horses in an extremely awkward posture.

Of course, the two of them knew what the other was doing, so they couldn't help but laugh and not speak.

So, Cao Chun and Cai Chengcheng stared, and after a while, they suddenly saw something that seemed to have fallen under the butt of the Zhao rider in the distance.

A moment later, a faint stench wafted into the noses of both of them.

"This group of damn ......" Cai Cheng scolded for half a sentence and immediately shut his mouth.

"Hahahaha."

Meng Hu laughed, and immediately said to Cao Chun and Cai Cheng: "Have you seen the power of the cavalry of the Zhao State?" They could eat and eat on the back of a galloping horse, but they also had only one horse per person for the Zhao cavalry in front of them, and there was hope of catching up with them; If the other party has two horses each, Hua Hu and I will evacuate obediently, otherwise we will be consumed by the other party in turn......"

Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, and some nearby Fangcheng cavalry looked at each other when they heard this.

It is not difficult to eat on the back of a galloping horse, but it is possible to pay tribute on the back of a galloping horse...... Oh my God, there's such a thing?!

Many Fangcheng cavalry felt that they had been refreshed their perception of cavalry: this is also too miserable!

At this time, Hua Hu also spoke: "In addition, there is patience!" …… The excellent cavalry of the Zhao State can endure the bumps caused by a long gallop for several hours, and so far, our army has not had the experience of galloping for several hours in a row, so I just take this opportunity to sharpen and sharpen the soldiers......"

Cao Chun and Cai Cheng glanced at each other, feeling that no matter how they sounded, it was a hard work.

After thinking about it, Cao Chun said: "The army is ...... over there."

As if guessing Cao Chun's thoughts, Hua Hu said lightly: "You want to say that these cavalry may not be all of the Zhao army, right?" It doesn't matter, the main purpose of today is just to familiarize you with the cavalry of the Zhao State, if you really can't catch up, Ah Hu and I will order the withdrawal of troops. …… As for the side of the army, you don't need to worry, Ah Zhong knows how to deal with the cavalry of the Zhao State very well......"

"All in all, let's play with Lao Zhang's cavalry today." Meng Hu said with a grin next to him.

While Meng Hu, Hua Hu and others were talking, Zhang Ji and Chang Yong gradually noticed the abnormality of the cavalry in Fangcheng behind them.

Unlike the enemies they had encountered, these Fangcheng cavalry were very orderly, neither blindly chasing them and running out of horsepower, nor letting them get left behind, no matter what they did, the other side would always hang far behind.

The only exception was that when Zhang Ji and the others tried to return to the Zhao camp, those Fangcheng cavalry would speed up, intercept their way one step ahead, and force them to change directions.

After coming and going, Zhang Ji gradually understood.

The two of them are using his Zhao State cavalry to sharpen the Fangcheng cavalry under their command!

"It's capable, these two little cubs."

In addition to laughing and scolding helplessly, Zhang Ji was also helpless.

In this way, the cavalry of the four thousand square city and the cavalry of the two thousand Zhao kingdom lost contact with each other's armies and temporarily disappeared into the main battlefield.

There was no news until around dusk.

In this regard, Meng Zhong was not worried, after all, he believed that the two brothers Meng Hu and Hua Hu and the cavalry of his Fang City, but on the side of Fengyang Jun Li Dui, it was inevitable that some people would panic about this.

No, when dusk did not see Zhang Ji and Chang Yong leading the army back, Zhao General Dong Shu said to Fengyang Jun Li Dui worriedly: "Li Xiang, Zhang Ji and Chang Yong led two thousand cavalry to attack, and they have not returned so far, is it ......?"

Hearing this, Li Dui said lightly: "Although Meng Zhong learned the method of training cavalry from my Zhao State, he may not be able to defeat the cavalry of Zhang Ji and others......

At this, he frowned.

Although he didn't think that Zhang Ji and Chang Yong, Niu Qian's old troops, would be defeated by the Fangcheng cavalry so easily, but there was no news after a few hours, which showed that the current situation of Zhang Ji, Chang Yong and others was not very optimistic.

"Then the cavalry under the command of Meng Zhong, is the strength of the cavalry of my Zhao State even close to that of my Zhao State?"

Li Dui frowned deeply.

He originally planned to use the cavalry to make up for the current disadvantage, but at present, it seems that the opponent's cavalry strength is not weak.

After thinking about it, he sent someone to summon Zhao Xi and Lian Po, briefly told the two about the cavalry, and then said to the two: "At present, it is difficult for Zhang Ji and Chang Yong to open the situation, do you two have any suggestions for this?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Xi and Lian Po both fell into deep thought.

After a while, Zhao Xi said in a deep voice: "Since the cavalry can't open the situation...... Win with odds! When the Qin and Wei coalition forces first arrived here, they were arrogant and regarded our army as nothing, so they didn't send troops to attack this night......"

"No!"

Before Zhao Xi could finish speaking, Lian Po interrupted the former's words, only to see him shake his head and say: "Lian knows that Zhao Sima used to be close to that Meng Zhong, but Zhao Sima has never fought with him Meng Zhong after all, and I don't know what is at stake. Meng Zhong is the best at sneak attacks, how could he not guess that our army would sneak attack him? ”

Hearing Lian Po's words, Fengyang Jun Li Dui stroked his beard and said nothing.

Indeed, in the civil war of Zhao State, he was on the side of the king, but he was made to die by Meng Zhong's series of harassment and sneak attacks, among which Zhao Bao, Li Dui and others still remember the most is Meng Zhong's surprise attack before dawn - others attacked at night, but Meng Zhong did the opposite, but chose to send troops to attack when the sun just rose, who would have thought?

Therefore, when he heard Zhao Xi's words just now, Li Dui was also a little funny in his heart: It's that Meng Zhong on the other side, if he doesn't sneak attack you, forget it, do you still plan to sneak attack him?

Shaking his head imperceptibly, Li Dui turned his head and asked Lian Po: "Lian Po, you have fought against that Meng Zhong several times, in your opinion, how to defeat the Qin and Wei coalition forces?" ”

Lian Po thought for a while, clasped his fists and said: "Li Xiang, in terms of head-to-head confrontation, at the moment, the morale of our army is fluctuating, I am afraid that we will not be able to defeat the Qin and Wei coalition forces, I think that Meng Zhong should also be able to guess this, so in my opinion, he will definitely guard against our sneak attack tonight, because this is the most convenient way for our army to recover the defeat......"

As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Zhao Xi, which could be regarded as an answer to the reason why Zhao Xi couldn't sneak attack the Qin-Wei coalition army tonight.

I have to say that it was a few years ago, Zhao Xi may have been angry at this time, but since the dispute with Meng Zhong back then, his heart has indeed changed, at least he has become willing to listen to other people's advice, and this is also the reason why he has been more and more reused by Zhao Cheng and Li Du since the civil strife in Zhao.

"What does Lian Sima mean that Meng Zhong deliberately lured our army to a night attack?" He asked tentatively.

Lian Po nodded when he heard this: "If my guess is correct, he will definitely lay a heavy ambush tonight, waiting for our army to throw himself into the net." …… Not only tonight, but most likely tomorrow night he will set up an ambush. ”

"Then ......" Zhao Xi frowned: "The night attack won't work, right?" ”

At this time, I saw Lian Po chuckle lightly, and said in a low voice: "No! Our army can sneak attack the Qin-Wei coalition army in the early hours of tomorrow morning! Just like what Meng Zhong did at the beginning, he would never have guessed! ”

After that, he turned his head to Fengyang Jun Li Dui and said: "Li Xiang, when the Qin and Wei coalition forces first arrived here, they have not yet established a camp, as long as they take advantage of their unpreparedness, whether it is a sneak attack during the day or a sneak attack at night, it is actually the same. As far as I am concerned, Meng Zhong will probably guard against our army's night attack, but not necessarily against our army's sneak attack before dawn...... In this case, after tonight, why not call an army to lurk in the Qin-Wei coalition army station, and wait for dawn to cooperate with the cavalry to launch a sneak attack on the Qin-Wei alliance garrison? ”

"Do you follow Meng Zhong's strategy back then?"

Fengyangjun Li Dui stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.

He felt that Lian Po was very reasonable, and there was no chance of winning.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Okay! Lian Po, this matter will be handed over to you, I hope you will deal a heavy blow to the Qin-Wei coalition army! ”

"Whoa!"

That night, as Lian Po had predicted, Meng Zhong and the Qin general Jin Kuang had indeed laid an ambush in the area around the garrison of his Qin-Wei coalition army.

But until around the time of the child, he didn't see Zhao Jun coming to sneak attack, so Jin Kuang found Meng Zhong and discussed countermeasures with Meng Zhong.

And in this regard, Meng Zhong also felt a little surprised: "It's strange, it stands to reason that the Zhao army should sneak attack our army tonight, and use this victory to recover its momentum disadvantage...... Looks like someone guessed my intentions. ”

Hearing this, Jin Kuang couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Among the Zhao army, there are also wise generals who can predict Fang Cheng's strategy?" Who? ”

Meng Zhong shook his head slightly, after all, he couldn't be sure, but at this moment, the faces of Zhao Xi, Zhao Yuan, Xu Jun, Lian Po and others quickly flashed in his mind.

"Tell the soldiers to rest. …… Since Zhao Jun decided not to defend it, then follow our original plan. ”

"Hmm." Jin Kuang nodded.

The so-called original plan was to set up a camp, build siege equipment, and then besiege Taoyi, use cavalry to cut off the grain routes of the Qi and Zhao armies, and completely trap the hundreds of thousands of Qi and Zhao coalition troops in Taoyi.

After saying goodbye to Jin Kuang, Meng Zhong returned to his makeshift tent and lay on a straw couch thinking about tonight's failed ambush.

Zhao Jun, is it really absolutely impossible to defend it?

Meng Zhong doesn't think so.

If the strength of the Qi-Zhao coalition army was far inferior to his Qin-Wei coalition army, then Li Dui chose to defend Taoyi to the death, and Meng Zhong could understand it.

But the current situation is that the strength of the Qin-Wei coalition army and the Qi-Zhao coalition army is extremely close, and there is no reason for Fengyang Jun Li Dui to be led by their nose in vain if he doesn't do anything - forget it once, and still do it the second time?

Could it be that Li Dui was so cowardly, so cowardly that he was frightened when he saw him and the Qin-Wei coalition army, and even lost all hope of trying to win?

Of course it can't be!

"As long as Li Dui still wants to win, then he will inevitably try to reverse the disadvantage, so it seems that Zhao Jun gave up attacking our army tonight, obviously guessing that our army must have set up an ambush...... Is it Li Dui? Zhao Xi? Or is it Lianpo?'

Meng Zhong secretly guessed.

At this point, Lejin came to his tent.

After saying hello, Le Jin said helplessly: "What's the matter, has anyone in the Zhao army seen through our plan?" I squatted outside for half a night, and I didn't see any Zhao Jun coming to sneak attack. ”

Meng Zhong nodded helplessly: "Probably the other party saw through it......"

"Haha." Seeing Meng Zhong's helpless appearance, Le Jin couldn't help but laugh twice, and then asked, "So, what do you say Li Dui will do next?" If he doesn't come tonight, he should be here tomorrow night, right? ”

"This ...... I'm not sure I'm going to eat either. ”

Meng Zhong shook his head and explained, "For the time being, I still don't know if Zhao Jun intends to defend the city......

"If he had defended the city, it would have been much easier for our army." Lejin shrugged and smiled.

Meng Zhong smiled and instructed: "No matter what, since the Zhao army can't get out of the city, our army should set up camp first, anyway, the Zhao army has a short morale today, if it doesn't win with a surprise victory to save morale, at least there will be no big action in a few days, so just guard against its sneak attack...... When our army sets up camp and builds siege equipment, we can surround Taoyi on all sides......"

Lejin nodded.

Immediately, the two chatted a few more words, and Le Jin said goodbye and went back to rest.

The next day, because the Qi-Zhao coalition army did not come to attack last night, the Qin-Wei coalition army sent soldiers to the vicinity at dawn to cut down trees and build a camp according to the tactics previously formulated by Meng Zhong.

However, just as some Qin soldiers yawned and left in groups to go out to cut down trees, suddenly someone's face changed slightly.

"Hey, do you hear that? The sound of horses' hooves ......"

From the side, another Qin pawn said, "It's the Fangcheng cavalry, right?" ”

As he spoke, the sound of horses' hooves in the distance quickly approached.

The Qin soldiers glanced casually, but found that the cavalry in the distance was not the cavalry holding high the banners of "Wei" and "Fangcheng".

What made them even more frightened was that behind that cavalry, there were dense and unknown numbers of foot soldiers.

"Yes...... It's Zhao Jun! ”

The Qin soldiers hurriedly ran back to the station, warning the Qin and Wei soldiers in the station as they ran.

"Enemy, enemy attack!"

"Zhao Jun is coming to sneak attack!"

"Bell, bell, bell—"

In an instant, the garrison of the Qin-Wei coalition army sounded a warning sound.

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