It's really not that Zhang Xi looks down on Qin Langha, it's true. Anyway, Zhang Xi didn't understand, Cao Wei didn't need a good infantry corps, why did he have to let Qin Lang take the cavalry and infantry to fight together, and run all the way from Hedong County to Hanoi County.

This is too unreasonable to military common sense.

Actually, purely from the march map, Ha Dong County and Hanoi County are adjacent, and the distance is quite close, but in fact, there are two famous mountains at the junction of Ha Dong County and Hanoi County.

One is called Wangwu Mountain, and the other is called Taihang Mountain.

That's right, it's the two mountains that Yugong wants to remove in the story of Yugong moving mountains.

It can be seen that in fact, the transportation between Ha Dong County and Hanoi County is not very convenient.

Take Ma Dai to lead the rangers from Hanoi County to attack Hedong County, taking the official road connecting Hanoi County to Hedong County, and this official road is to make a slight turn in the south of Bingzhou, bypassing part of the Taihang Mountains, before entering Hedong County.

Of course, this is also the path taken when the withdrawal came.

In addition to this official road, there are no other roads leading from Hanoi to Ha Dong County.

For example, Sima Shi led 30,000 foot soldiers back to Hedong County, and he did not take the official road.

Sima Shi can't help it, he leads all the infantry, how can two legs not run four legs, if Sima Shi leads the infantry or along the official road to go back to Hedong County, from the official road at the junction of the Taihang Mountains to go around in a circle, first go to the state, and then turn to Hedong County, wait for Sima Shi to return to Hedong County, I'm afraid there will be nothing left in Hedong County.

Therefore, Sima Shi could only choose to pass through the mountain trail of Wangwu Mountain, take a straight line, and rush for time to come back.

These mountain trails that can pass through the interior of Wangwu Mountain are the mountain roads that merchants in the early years forced out in order to connect the trade routes of Ha Dong and Hanoi counties, although they can also pass people, but in the end they are not as convenient as the official roads, there are no supplies along the way, not to mention, the mountain roads are not wide enough, and some terrain is still relatively steep and dangerous.

But Sima Shi had no choice, he had to rush for time, so he could only risk going through these mountain roads to return to Hedong County.

Fortunately, Sima Shi led all the infantry, and chose the way of the soldiers in front and the baggage in the back, but there was no danger to return to Hedong County in time.

Generally speaking, there are only two directions for the road in and out of Hadong County from Hanoi County, one is the official road in the southern part of Binzhou at the junction of the foothills of the Taihang Mountains, and the other is the two or three narrow mountain roads in the western part of Hanoi County on the side of Wangwu Mountain.

If the soldiers who came to aid Hanoi County this time were still the infantry led by Sima Division, then Zhang Xi would really be a little difficult to judge, after all, with Sima Division's ability, he could really bluff and play the Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang.

Zhang Xi can't afford to defend these two roads, and once Zhang Xi divides his troops to guard against two places hundreds of miles apart, the number of troops besieging Wen County will be greatly reduced. Xiahouba will definitely not stay in Wen County and do nothing.

But the problem is that the person who led the army this time was Qin Lang, and Qin Lang led 10,000 Bingzhou cavalry and 20,000 Hedong County soldiers.

This intelligence information was passed over by Zhuge Liang from Luoyang, and Zhuge Liang's remarks on the intelligence also made Zhang Xi choose to believe in the reliability of this information.

After all, since this Northern Expedition, there has not been a single problem with the information transmitted by this mysterious "Beidi Xiaozuo", which is also one of the important reasons why the Northern Expedition army is now marching smoothly all the way.

Qin Lang led 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, although the strength was 30,000, but the cavalry and infantry were different.

The infantry can take the official road or cross the Wangwu Mountain Road, but Zhang Xi cannot be fortified on both sides at the same time, so he can only wait for the infantry to enter Hanoi County and then find a way to solve it.

But the cavalry is different, the cavalry can't go through the Wangwu Mountain Road.

After all, the mountain road is not an official road, it is not so wide, and there is a steep cliff, in this case, you still march on horseback. If there is a little mess and the horses are alarmed, it will really be a tragedy.

Therefore, Zhang Xi predicted that Qin Lang would not choose to enter Hanoi County from Wangwu Mountain, and should choose a more secure official route to march.

In this way, Qin Lang directly put his marching route directly in front of Zhang Xi.

With such good conditions, it would be a waste not to take advantage of them to make an ambush.

Of course, Qin Lang is not incompetent, he chooses to march on the official road, and naturally he will do a certain amount of protection, and if he has cavalry in hand, as long as Qin Lang is not stupid, he will definitely use cavalry to open the way, and the infantry will follow up with the strategy. As long as they enter the plains of Hanoi County, with the impact ability of the wolf riders of Bingzhou, even the Qianghu rangers of the Shu thieves can't stop them.

In terms of conventional soldiers, this is the result, but in Zhang Xi's hands, isn't there still 800 Zhuge Repeater No. 2 and 3,000 crossbowmen he brings.

From the perspective of the topography of the official road, there are many places that pass through the foothills of Taihang Mountain in an area that enters Hanoi County from the south of Bingzhou, and there are many places suitable for ambushes.

As long as you find a good place to ambush, use the Qianghu cavalry as bait, attract Qin Lang's attention, and ambush the crossbowmen in the foothills of the mountain to carry out a half-volley and attack, I am afraid that Qin Lang may not be able to retreat from the foothills of Taihang Mountain.

What about the plan, it's this plan, the operational ideas, the contingency strategy, Zhang Xi has thought it through, it's just. Who's going to carry out this plan?!

It is impossible for Zhang Xi to leave Wen County.

As the commander of the first army, he could not leave the main battlefield easily, otherwise, Xiahou Ba could easily notice the abnormality and pass the news in the direction of Hedong County.

After all, now the Han army has only crossed the Mengjin ferry and pressed Wen County, and the northwestern part of Hanoi County is still theoretically under Cao Wei's control.

Although the troops in these places are insufficient, and it is enough to protect themselves, it is still no problem to help Xiahou Ba send a message.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhang Xi to leave Wenxian easily.

And Ma Dai is definitely going to go, there is no Qianghu cavalry left and right bait to attract Qin Lang's attention, in that kind of foothill terrain, Qin Lang will definitely not be easily fooled.

It's just that when Ma Dai executes this tactical plan, he must command the Qianghu cavalry on the official road. Just seeing the property looted back by this group of Qianghu cavalry, Zhang Xi didn't dare to believe that this group of Qianghu cavalry had any tactical execution ability.

Without Ma Dai's restraint, it would have been impossible for these creatures to lure the enemy.

Therefore, there is also a need for a person, a brave and resourceful person who can lead the crossbowmen into the mountains to choose an ambush site, and independently decide the timing of the attack and retreat, and cooperate with the joint action of Ma Dai outside the mountain.

And this candidate. In fact, Zhang Xi has two suitable candidates in his heart.

One, it's Wang Chang.

Wang Chang is a person who is both civil and military, brave and strategic, with high ability, and at the same time he is also low-key. But the problem is, he's a demo.

In terms of ability, Wang Chang can definitely command this ambush team composed of all crossbowmen, and Zhang Xi also believes that Wang Chang can fight independently and advance and retreat in an orderly manner.

But Wang Chang's identity as a general could not bring him too high prestige in the army to carry out this kind of ambush mission, and the prestige of the main general in the army was insufficient, and it was also very dangerous to command the whole family like a finger.

One more. Although it is always said that there is no doubt in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people, Zhang Xi really doesn't dare to fully believe Wang Chang.

Yes, in the previous Luoyang offensive and defensive battles and this Northern Expedition, Wang Chang showed an attitude of fighting hard, but when Wang Chang surrendered, he was forced to surrender.

Especially this time, Wang Chang is going to the ambush site, and a little further north is the annex state, and after entering the annex state, it is not far from Taiyuan. That is Wang Chang's hometown.

What if Wang Chang's mind changes?!

It's not that Zhang Xi is worried about what changes will happen to the situation of the battle if Wang Chang's anti-water is concerned, as far as the current situation is concerned, the situation in Hedong is always under Zhang Xi's control, and it doesn't matter whether Wang Chang is anti-water or not.

What Zhang Xi was really worried about was that the No. 2 opportunity of the Zhuge Repeater that followed Wang Chang was taken by Cao Wei's people.

Historically, the Jin Dynasty did not pay attention to it after getting the Zhuge Repeater, because the Jin Dynasty had completed the unification of the world, and it was the family in charge at that time, and this kind of thing was worthless in the eyes of the family. But now, it is still Cao Wei's era, and Cao Wei's son of heaven is still Cao Rong.

With Cao Rong's shrewdness, he really got the No. 2 Zhuge Repeater. After that, this battle will not be easy to fight.

Zhang Xi really weighed it for a long time, and finally felt that he still couldn't afford to take this risk, so he had no choice but to give up choosing Wang Chang as the general and use the second suitable candidate.

It's just that this candidate is a bit difficult to explain.

In today's Zhang Xi Army, in terms of ability and qualifications, the only person who can complete the autonomous combat mission in the formation is Meng Da.

But Meng Da's previous battle in Hexin Prefecture, Meng Da's actions really made Zhang Xi worry about whether he would once again fail because he was in a hurry to make meritorious contributions.

Moreover, Meng Da injured his shoulder before, and after this period of recuperation, although he recovered most of it, he was fighting with an injury after all, and he sent him to fight in this situation, would he have any ideas?!

But no matter what, there are not so many factors that can't be said about this candidate, Zhang Xi can still ask Meng Da in person.

If you are willing to go, then the stage has been set up, as long as you go on stage to sing and sing well, it is not impossible to seal your wife and son.

Of course, if you don't want to go, then Zhang Xi doesn't force it.

And Meng Da said. Go, whoever doesn't go is a fool!!

An old man in his fifties, a person whose neck is half cut into the ground, if he doesn't seize such a good opportunity to make contributions, then he Meng Da still entrusts Li Yan's favor, what is he doing to participate in this Northern Expedition? !

Isn't it more comfortable to retire in the upper mediocrity?!

Not to mention the injury to his arm, as long as he can move a pair of legs now, he Meng Da can't miss this credit!!

ZHANG Yuanchang. The believers are also !!

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