The Fengmingshan Hukou Gang Annihilation Incident was not staged in this time and space, after all, Han De in this time and space was not as arrogant as in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he would not drag his family with him when he went into battle.

However, the consequences of the death of Han De and the defeat of the Wei cavalry corps were even more serious than the consequences of the Hukou regiment annihilation.

The Hukou Regiment Annihilation Incident, the unlucky ones were just Han De's family, and now that the cavalry has been defeated, the infantry following the cavalry is dangerous.

Dai Ling is really anxious to scold his mother, Han De, this idiot, where did he bring people to encircle and suppress Zhao Yun, this is to bring the master to death together.

At this time, the infantry led by Dai Ling was only about 300 steps away from the scene of the cavalry rout.

And the consequences of the cavalry assault on the infantry in the wilderness, Dai Ling didn't have to think about it to know what it was.

Therefore, Dai Ling directly ordered the whole army to stop marching, spread out a defensive formation on the spot, and the pikemen rushed forward to prepare for the cavalry onslaught.

There is no way, Dai Ling knows very well that he can't retreat at this time, once he retreats, the cavalry will follow and kill, and none of these foot soldiers he brought will be able to go back.

Therefore, it is necessary to deploy defenses on the spot, support the first few attacks of the cavalry, and then exchange casualties for casualties, and insist on holding out until General Cao Zhen sends troops to meet him, so that there is a possibility of survival.

One thing to say, Dai Ling's command level is much higher than that of Han De, and his response is not a problem at all, that is, the most correct approach that ordinary infantry and cavalry should take when encountering battle.

But. Zhao Yun's command level is also much higher than Dai Ling.

Zhao Yunke has never forgotten what his real purpose was in this battle - to find an opportunity to attack the weak point of the Wei army and open the passage to Tongguan.

Therefore, Zhao Yun didn't care about Dai Ling's 10,000 infantry at all, and directly bypassed this army defending on the spot, and went directly to the direction of Wang Chang's department, which was attacking Tongguan, and attacked it.

That position, close to Zhang Xi's camp, as long as the gap is opened over there, Zhang Xi is leading the troops to follow and enter Tongguan. Then the next step is to fight or defend, and the initiative is all in the hands of the big man.

Zhao Yun made such a detour, and Dai Ling was indeed stunned for a moment. He was mentally prepared to lose nearly half of the entire army, but the other party actually didn't care about himself and went around himself to kill him?!

Well?! Killed?!

Although Dai Ling didn't understand what Zhao Yun was going to do, the direction in which Zhao Yun was traveling was the direction where Wang Chang's army, which was attacking Tongguan, and the most important thing was that it was not far from General Cao Zhen's Chinese army camp.

If the enemy army directly rushes at General Cao Zhen's Chinese army camp, it will be a big trouble.

As soon as he thought of this, Dai Ling immediately led the reinforcements. Although he knew that the infantry could not outrun the cavalry, but fortunately, the battlefield was so big, as long as the general's Chinese army battalion could slightly block the time of about two quarters of an hour, Dai Ling could still lead the troops back to the army.

For the rest, Dai Ling can only pray that Wang Chang's reaction can be a little more timely, and he will find the surprise attack of the Shu thief cavalry in time, and prepare for his own defense and reinforcements of the general in time. Anyway, Dai Ling at this time was powerless.

And Wang Chang is here. In fact, when Wang Chang organized the army to attack the city, he had been paying attention to the battle situation behind him.

There is no way, Wang Chang always feels that the cavalry of the Shu thieves appears behind the flanks, it must not be such a simple thing, that Zhang Yuanchang is the best at doing things that cover people's ears, maybe there is some conspiracy.

Therefore, when attacking Tongguan, Wang Chang always kept a reserve of 5,000 people in his hands, just in case.

And when the flank cavalry was blocked, and Zhang Xi was forced to send troops, and the main force of Cao Zhen's Chinese army was stopped, Wang Chang did not let go of most of his worries.

But I still don't dare to be completely reassured.

Although it is said that from the perspective of the situation, the Shu thieves have already come out with all their forces, and there is no possibility that there will be any back-up, but Wang Chang was chased by Zhang Xi all the way from Changling to Tongguan, and the psychological shadow of being chased is a bit big, and he never dared to be careless, so he still sent people to pay attention to the battle situation behind him at all times to prevent accidents.

Then Wang Chang found that the Shu thief cavalry actually broke through the joint interception of Han De and Dai Ling, and came in the direction behind him.

I know that the offensive of the Shu thieves is not so simple!!

As soon as Wang Chang saw the sudden change in the battlefield situation, he also reacted immediately, released the reserves in his hand, and urgently supported the junction between him and General Cao Zhen's Chinese army battalion, strengthened the defense there, prevented it from being penetrated by the Shu thief cavalry, and also bought time for himself to respond.

At the same time, Wang Chang immediately ordered the soldiers attacking Tongguan to withdraw, reorganize the army, and begin to deal with the cavalry threat from the rear with all his might.

As for whether the defenders of Tongguan will take the initiative to kill at this time. This is a bit of a lot of thinking, Wang Chang is very clear about the situation of the Tongguan garrison now, it is good to be able to hold the city, how can there be spare strength to go out and kill the enemy.

The 5,000-man reserve left by Wang Chang rushed to the junction of the battlefield in time and temporarily established a defensive front, which not only bought time for Wang Chang to collect his troops and return to the army, but also gave Cao Zhen time to adjust his response.

Originally, Cao Zhen fought well, relying on the combat power advantage of the guards in his hand, he steadily suppressed Zhang Xi, and if he continued to fight like this, Zhang Xi would definitely gain nothing except for wasting troops in vain.

But who knew that such a cavalry would suddenly burst out from his flank.

Cao Zhen had the heart to slaughter Dai Ling and Han De on the spot to vent his anger!!

Why are there so many of you, you just can't stop a cavalry of 5,000 people?!

It's all waste!!

At this time, of course, Cao Zhen asked for a change and drew troops to flank the threat of cavalry, but Zhang Xi, who also noticed the changes in the battlefield, could he let go of this opportunity?!

Zhang Xi, who originally planned to withdraw his troops, immediately dispelled the idea of withdrawing when he saw the opportunity coming, and instead ordered the whole army to adjust the direction of the attack and launch a strong attack on the flank position of Cao Zhen's army.

On the one hand, it is possible to predict the direction of Cao Zhen's troop transfer in advance and give a blow in advance, on the other hand, it can also respond to Zhao Yun's cavalry breakthrough, contain Cao Zhen's defensive forces, and create opportunities for the cavalry to assault Cao Zhen's Chinese army.

As long as the cooperation is good, the cavalry led by Zhao Yun assaulted into Cao Zhen's Chinese army camp, or even killed Cao Zhen, then there is no need to consider the issue of reinforcing Tongguan, this battle is already won.

But. No one knew what was going on, but suddenly five thousand soldiers appeared, and the timing was very coincidental, they appeared on Cao Zhen's flank, blocking the way of Zhao Yun's cavalry for a while, and also making Zhang Xi's advance adjustment useless.

This can't be blamed on Zhao Yun, the cavalry led by Zhao Yun now is no longer a heavy cavalry corps, in order to pursue speed, the heavy cavalry has changed its armor and combat equipment, and has been transferred to light cavalry, not to mention that the assault ability has been greatly weakened, and its own protection has also decreased a lot.

In addition, the previous confrontation with the light cavalry of the Wei army, as soon as he came up, he occupied the enemy's main general and died, and no one commanded him, and defeated the light cavalry of the Wei army, but it was impossible for him to be undamaged.

Therefore, in the face of the defensive formation established by the sudden appearance of five thousand foot soldiers, Zhao Yun's cavalry could not penetrate the infantry defense line for a while, and it was normal to join Zhang Xi's infantry.

However, this is not a difficult thing to do.

The infantry can block a single assault of the cavalry, but it certainly cannot stop the continuous cavalry fire and assault of the cavalry. It just took a little time, and Zhao Yun was still confident that he could break through the interception of these infantry.

When the time comes, whether it is to assault Cao Zhen's Chinese army or to open a passage to Tongguan, Zhao Yun is sure that he can do it.

And about this, not only Wang Chang knows, Zhang Xi knows, and Cao Zhen also knows very well.

He knew very well that the infantry on the flanks couldn't stop for long, and at this time, Cao Zhen also had two choices.

One is to gather troops, while blocking Zhang Xi's attack, while starting to retreat, to join Wang Chang's army, with Wang Chang's army advantage, to make up for the defense gap on his flank.

The other is that regardless of the threat of cavalry on the flank, he believes that Wang Chang will lead his troops to come to help, and he will defeat Zhang Xi's attacking troops in the front, and then besiege the cavalry troops on the flank.

On the battlefield, between the lightning and flint, there is not so much time for Cao Zhen to consider.

And as Cao Zhen found out that Zhang Xi took the initiative to strengthen the attack, Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and decided to change the formation of the whole army, change the semi-circle formation to the front and arrow formation, completely give up the flank defense, and attack the Shu thieves.

Yes, Cao Zhen chose the second option, choosing to believe that Wang Chang could be rescued in time.

As for himself, he had to take advantage of Zhang Xi's opportunity to adjust the deployment of troops in advance, resulting in some emptiness in the frontal defense, and face Zhang Xi for a showdown.

(End of chapter)