Qin Lang led 30,000 soldiers to divide the soldiers from Hedong County into two routes, one to take the official road with a cavalry group, and one to cross Wangwu Mountain with infantry, and quickly galloped to the aid of Hanoi County.

This idea really didn't come up with Qin Lang.

Qin Lang's initial idea, as Zhang Xi expected, was indeed to gather 30,000 soldiers to take the official road together and enter Hanoi County from Taihang Mountain.

The reason is very simple, Qin Lang didn't think about it as much, and from the perspective of unified army operations, cavalry and infantry go hand in hand, and the configuration of troops is more reasonable, and if they encounter Shu thieves blocking the way, the possibility of breaking through or even defeating Shu thieves is higher.

However, before Qin Lang set off, Sima Shi came to him and carefully analyzed and discussed with him the current situation in Hanoi County.

The others actually didn't say much, but emphasized one point, the commander of the Shu thieves in Hanoi County is called Zhang Xi.

Qin Lang had never fought Zhang Xi head-to-head in the true sense, he naturally knew Zhang Xi's reputation, but he didn't have an intuitive understanding of Zhang Xi's actual ability.

However, Sima Shi had learned the battle of Mengjindu, and Sima Shi was completely suppressed by Zhang Xi in terms of strategic layout, and in terms of tactics, only Hexinzhou was lucky enough to bargain for some gains.

Therefore, Sima Shi couldn't understand Qin Lang's swaggering approach of leading troops to support Hanoi County. Is this to lead troops to support Xiahou Ba, or to send people away?!

After Sima Shi's repeated persuasion and analysis, Qin Lang finally chose to follow Sima Shi's advice and chose this way of marching.

Qin Lang is a person, his biggest advantage is that he has no arrogance, he will not be stubborn, in short, he listens to persuasion.

Although Qin Lang also knew what Sima Shi's "Hedong Great Victory" was about, Qin Lang did not have any misunderstanding of Sima Shi's ability because of this.

Moreover, Qin Lang went to Hanoi this time to replace Xiahou Ba to guard Wen County, and Wen County is Sima's hometown.

Sima Shi will not take the safety of his hometown and family to pit people wherever he cheats, and the advice he gave must be a suggestion that can better protect Wen County.

According to Sima Shi, if the cavalry made a detour, the infantry drilled into the mountains, and divided the troops into Hanoi County, this way of marching was itself a way to reduce the pressure on Wen County's defense, and it was much more efficient than the way of marching from just one road to provide a key defense for Zhangxi.

Qin Lang thought about it for a long time, and also felt that Sima Shi's way of marching was more reasonable, after all, what he was about to face was Zhang Xi, a famous general in the world.

Therefore, Qin Lang made a change and sent Dai Ling as the main general and Han Rong as the deputy general, leading 10,000 cavalry out of the official road of Taihang Mountain.

He personally led 20,000 foot soldiers, joined the army with Pei Qian, and led the troops out of Wangwu Mountain Road.

The two roads go together and enter Hanoi County.

Dai Ling led the cavalry quickly, and although it was a detour to merge with the state, it still arrived at the exit of the official road of Taihang Mountain one step ahead of Qin Lang's headquarters and horses.

Along the way, Dai Ling's mood was still good.

As Cao Zhen's cronies, Dai Ling was left by Cao Zhen in Hedong to assist Qin Lang, and his official position was still promoted.

Today's Dai Ling is already a general.

It's just that this position of post-general is somewhat stressful for Dai Ling, after all, for so many years, he has no record that he can achieve.

At the beginning of the battle in Guanzhong, Dai Ling's performance was lackluster, and he was completely compared to Wang Chang, and when Cao Zhen went on an expedition to Gongsun Yuan, Dai Ling was in Hedong County again, and he did not catch up with the position of Hou General, and it was completely recommended by Cao Zhen as Cao Zhen's confidant.

At least in this regard, Dai Ling is still a little shameless, knowing that his record is not enough to convince the public, so this expedition, Dai Ling still hopes to make contributions and prove himself.

Originally, he marched with cavalry all the way, marched quickly to the official crossing of Taihang Mountain, and entered Hanoi before Qin Lang's headquarters soldiers and horses, which can be regarded as a manifestation of ability, but Dai Ling was at the Taihang official crossing and encountered Meng Da's interception.

Dai Ling is also a general who has been in the army for many years, and he still has the qualities that a general should have.

Along the way, although Dai Ling was in a hurry to march, Dai Ling did not send fewer scouts and scouts to be dispatched, so he quickly learned the specific situation ahead.

Of course, this also has something to do with Meng Da not wanting to hide at all, and the two thousand soldiers are in charge of the village, if anyone can't see it, then there is really only a blind man.

It's just that Dai Ling is also very strange. According to the scout's report, Meng Da went down to the village in the middle of the official road, and at the same time arranged a lot of crossbowmen on the rocky cliffs on both sides, what did he want to do?!

Ambush?!

How can there be a reason for an ambush to go down to the village?!

Hard-hitting?!

A total of 2,000 foot soldiers went down to the village, and in the face of the charge of 10,000 cavalry, where did he Meng Da get the confidence to fight hard? !

Anyway. Dai Ling really can't figure it out, which one is Meng Da playing?!

But no matter what tricks you Meng Da is playing, the leader is definitely going to attack, if he doesn't break the Shu army in front of him, how can he enter Hanoi County to support Xiahou Ba?!

Therefore, Dai Ling sent five hundred cavalry and carried out a tentative attack.

Tentative attack, you don't need to send too many troops, the main thing is to see what Meng Da's purpose is.

One more. Five hundred cavalry against two thousand foot soldiers, and they fought on a flat official road, and the advantage was big enough.

As the five hundred cavalry charged in formation, Dai Ling was also carefully observing the changes on the battlefield.

The steep rocks on both sides of the official road are indeed fortified by the archers and crossbowmen of the Shu thieves, but judging from the density of arrows, there are about two to three thousand people at most.

In terms of the speed of the cavalry, it does not take much time to rush through the range of this round of crossbowmen, and for the Cao Wei light cavalry covering light armor, these bows and arrows have a certain threat, but they are not enough to cause too much damage.

Sure enough, after a rapid assault, the five hundred cavalry paid the price of no more than seventy or eighty men, and rushed to a place about two hundred paces in front of Mengda's camp.

Then, the 500 cavalry encountered one of the most difficult obstacles to date, the Antlers.

As a veteran, when he knew that the opponent he wanted to face was the cavalry, how could Meng Da not set up antlers to block the cavalry.

It's just that at the beginning, Meng Da's purpose was to set up an ambush and cooperate with Ma Dai's rangers to kill the enemy, and he didn't carry too much wood in the logistics baggage, and this time he temporarily changed the battle plan, and Meng Da didn't have enough time to build too many antlers.

Otherwise, with the current terrain advantage, Meng Da is eager to cover the official road with antlers, waiting for the Wei army to give up the cavalry impact advantage and let the cavalry dismount to remove the antlers.

It's a pity that Meng Da didn't have the time to make so many preparations, and he temporarily cut down trees and made more than 20 antlers, which was not enough to delay the Wei army for too long.

However, Meng Da is Meng Da in the end, in this case, he still has a way.

Since there are not enough antlers, there is no need to set up all of them in front of the camp. I can't stop it for too long.

It is better to arrange the antlers two hundred paces away, the first row is separated from each other by five, the second row is thirty paces behind, and the same five are placed, and so on.

The purpose of this was not to block the cavalry of the Wei army, but to limit the speed of the cavalry.

The five antlers in the first row are placed in the middle of the official road, which cannot prevent the cavalry from passing through the gap, but if the cavalry wants to bypass these antlers without interference, they must slow down, and the antlers in the second row actually play the same role, so that the Wei cavalry who broke through the first row of antlers still did not dare to speed up.

As long as the cavalry can't speed up, then the rest will be easy to do.

When these cavalry broke through the third line of antler defense, they were within the range of Zhuge Repeater No. 2.

Five hundred cavalry hehe.

The development of the war situation was indeed as Meng Da expected.

When the attacking force of the Wei army approached about a hundred paces in front of the Mengda camp. In the Han army camp, 800 Zhuge crossbow No. 2 machine fired a salvo with all its might.

Cao Wei's cavalry didn't even react, and they saw that arrows like locusts appeared in front of them, and the rest of the matter was only two eyes and one black.

And those cavalry who reacted subconsciously turned around to escape, but found that the current geographical situation simply did not have enough space for them to move around.

The left and right sides of the official road were rocky cliffs, and the cavalry could not climb up the mountain to avoid the arrows, and the chaotic and very messy looking antlers behind the retreat again affected the cavalry's retreat.

In addition, the enemy's arrows were not only dense, but also very continuous, and it seemed that there was no time to shoot without a cup of tea, and these five hundred cavalry did not even have a standing war horse, even men and horses, all of them lay down.

This result, not only Dai Ling looked stupid, but even Meng Da looked stupid, which was too fierce.

But then, Dai Ling fell into deep thought, and Meng Da fell into ecstasy.

Dai Ling was hesitating, whether he should send the next group of attacking teams, and if he wanted to attack again, how many troops should be sent. And Meng Da has only one thought now.

Take advantage of this time to repair the antlers and retrieve the arrows.

This Zhuge Repeater No. 2 machine is indeed very powerful, but it also has a shortcoming. It's too much of an arrow.

But for the current battle situation, with the help of this big killer, Meng Da is even more confident that he can defend this Taihang official road and establish immortal meritorious deeds.

(End of chapter)