The battle of Taihang Guandao put Dai Ling in a dilemma.

Especially after Dai Ling sent a thousand cavalry to attack the Mengda camp along the official road, and finally withdrew less than 400 people, Dai Ling was really a bit of a mouse.

The official road is indeed wide enough, but no matter how wide the official road is, it is not a plain, and its width is always limited.

In this section, both sides of the official road are basically rocky cliffs, and the only slopes are very steep, and there is no place to hide from arrows. In this terrain, Dai Ling could only arrange a maximum of 1,000 cavalry assaults.

No matter how much it is, it will not only affect the speed of the cavalry's impact, but also the density of arrows on the opposite side, the greater the number of people, the greater the results of the opposite side.

It's just a pure target.

In this case, Dai Ling was really depressed which bastard came up with the idea to let the cavalry and infantry act separately?!

But if the leader can have a few thousand infantry in his hands now, why worry that this small pass can't be attacked?!

Let the cavalry dismount and use it as infantry?!

That's not feasible at all.

It's not that cavalry can't dismount and fight on foot, and it's okay to do so in ordinary field situations, but it doesn't apply now.

The reason is very simple, Dai Ling led the cavalry to the battle, and the logistics materials he carried were basically the ordnance needed by the cavalry for combat, and there were no shields in the army at all.

Whose cavalry will bring a shield when they go out to fight?!

But the current battlefield situation, without the protection of the shield, who can rush over?!

Dai Ling could let the cavalry dismount and fight on foot, but he didn't have enough shields to cover it, and relying on the speed of the infantry, he might not even be able to resist the attack of the three thousand crossbowmen on the rocky cliffs, let alone go head-to-head with the Shu thieves on the official road camp.

So, Dai Ling is really complaining now, which bastard came up with the bad idea to let the infantry act alone. Really, as long as Dai Ling is given 3,000 shield soldiers and 2,000 crossbowmen at this time, he can definitely easily break through this pass and enter Hanoi County.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in reality.

Dai Ling must now find a way, how to withstand such a fierce group of arrows from the Shu thieves, and let the cavalry rush to the front of the Shu thieves' camp.

As long as the cavalry can attack in close quarters, with the impact speed and impact power of the cavalry, those Shu thieves blocking the official road are simply not enough to pose a threat to the cavalry.

The actual geographical advantage limited the strength of Dai Ling into battle, and the antler array limited the impact speed of the cavalry, and we had to find a way to solve one.

Obviously, Dai Ling can't solve the problem of geographical advantages, so the only thing that can be solved is those sparse antler formations.

Although to solve this antler array, I am afraid that I will have to keep filling in the lives of people, but now Dai Ling has no choice.

Once again, a cavalry assault team of 1,000 people was organized, lined up in formation, and attacked in the direction of the official road pass.

The goal this time is not to attack in front of the Shu thief camp, but to find a way to destroy the antlers in the antler array and clear the impact obstacles of the cavalry.

The antlers are made of wood, and the antlers that Meng Da temporarily created are not necessarily very strong, and the number is small Cao Wei's cavalry is relatively easy to destroy.

Especially the antler arrays in the first and second rows, outside the range of the Zhuge Repeater No. 2 machine, whether they are burned or dragged away, they are always easy to solve.

The trouble was that the last three rows of antlers had to brave the rain of arrows to find a way to burn them.

But fortunately, there are not many antler formations, and Dai Ling believes that although it is difficult, it is not impossible to succeed.

Without the protection of the antler array, it would be easy to break through the two thousand Shu thieves on the official road at the speed of the cavalry.

It's just that what Dai Ling can think of, Meng Da, an old fox, can't think of it?!

Whether it is the level of military strategy or the ability to adapt to the battle, there is still a big gap between Dai Ling and Meng Da.

This time, the 1,000 cavalry sent by Dai Ling, after breaking through the group of arrows on the rocks, had just approached the area where the first row of antlers was located, and they were immediately attacked by a dense group of arrows.

Meng Da ordered the crossbowmen to press forward, leave the camp for protection, take the initiative to attack, and use the powerful firepower of Zhuge Repeater No. 2 to protect the antler herd.

And at this time, if Dai Ling's immediate response can be a little faster and more decisive, give up attacking the antler formation, and instead directly assault the bow and crossbow formation and leave the camp protection, the crossbowmen who are deployed in the field, at a distance of more than one hundred and thirty steps, the threat of cavalry is still very great.

It didn't even need cavalry to attack at close range, it only needed to be shortened to a distance of seventy or eighty paces, and the cavalry could kill and injure these unarmored crossbowmen in the same way as cavalry.

However, Dai Ling's response was to order these cavalry to retreat and reorganize the attack formation. Missed the best opportunity to break the game.

And Meng Da's side was also greatly relieved, and this risky attack finally had a good effect.

In fact, Meng Da didn't expect the power of Zhuge Repeater No. 2 to be so powerful at first, so he set up the first line of defense two hundred steps away. Now it seems that it is enough to set up a defensive line at a distance of about 150 paces.

This risky attack is not only Meng Da's prediction of Dai Ling's response, but also an opportunity for Meng Da to readjust his tactical arrangement.

After repelling the third wave of attacking cavalry, Menda immediately ordered his men to move the antlers back to a distance of one hundred and fifty paces.

At the same time, Meng Da gave an order to the ordinary crossbowmen on the mountain, and then they concentrated their forces, narrowed the firing range of the bows, and concentrated on attacking the area in front of the antler array, making up for the lack of range of the second machine of the Zhuge Repeater.

Anyway, Meng Da also saw that no matter how long the range of the three thousand crossbowmen on the mountain and rock extended, in terms of the speed of the cavalry, rushing over was just a cup of tea, and the lethality was not high, and it was not painful for the Wei army.

It is better to concentrate and use it, just guard this pass, and use it as a range supplement for Zhuge Repeater No. 2.

Meng Da made such an adjustment, and Dai Ling was really uncomfortable.

After Meng Da's adjustment, the antler array was within the range of the Shu thief's bow and arrow fire in all directions, and the fourth wave of cavalry attack sent by Dai Ling only barely demolished the seven or eight antlers on the first line of defense, and then had to retreat under the arrow attack of the Shu thief.

What made Dai Ling even more helpless was that these Shu thieves still had enough time to observe their own camp while seizing the time to repair and add new antlers.

Although there is not much to add, it at least proves that the Shu thief has the ability to strengthen the antler array.

This made Dai Ling very embarrassed.

Unless Dai Ling is sure that he can make a one-time assault and break through the past, otherwise, as long as the Shu thief is given a chance, the Shu thief can continue to strengthen the defense line of this antler array and make a fart.

In four cavalry sorties, Dai Ling has suffered more than 1,800 cavalry casualties. If this fight continues, even if this Shu thief is defeated, it is estimated that there will not be many cavalry left to enter Hanoi County alive.

Of course, the most important thing is that the four attacks could not effectively kill the enemy army, and it has always been the loss of troops on its own side. Morale in the army was extremely unfavorable.

If the fight continues like this, the soldiers will definitely not be able to hold on, and no one wants to fight a battle in which there is no hope of victory.

Dai Ling is not a decisive commander, he is just a general who is good at obeying orders and charging into battle, and in the face of such a situation, Dai Ling can not take many means.

The way to lure the enemy to take the initiative to attack and leave the pass, Dai Ling also thought about it.

He once disguised his withdrawal and then suddenly turned back, trying to catch the pursuing Shu thieves by surprise. But he found that no matter whether he withdrew or returned, the Shu thieves had no intention of moving their nests at all, and they just guarded the pass and did not move.

As for the detour, Dai Ling also thought about it, according to the marching guide, there are no detours on the mountain roads, but the conditions of these mountain roads are at most passable, and the war horses and baggage can't pass.

It's normal, there are official roads, who has nothing to do with walking on the mountain trails, do you think your life is too easy?!

Anyway, now Dai Ling is really out of line, except for fighting hard again, Dai Ling can't think of a second way.

Since Dai Ling's side is out of line, then Meng Da's side is easy.

As long as there is no problem with the supply of grain and grass, then Meng Da can continue to spend with Dai Ling here.

Of course, the premise is that there are no problems with the grain and grass.

In other words, Zhangxi must have enough capacity to continuously transport grain and grass to the northern part of Hanoi County.

And this ability depends on whether Zhang Xi and Ma Dai can stop the 20,000 infantry led by Qin Lang.

Stopped, even if the situation is completely stabilized, Meng Da has no worries.

If you can't stop it. I'm afraid that the situation on Zhang Xi's side is about to change.

Moreover, Meng Da is very worried that judging from the actual situation now, Zhang Xi's prediction is wrong.

Zhang Xi didn't predict that Qin Lang would divide his troops out of Wangwu Mountain Road at all, so Meng Da couldn't predict how Zhang Xi would respond in Wen County now.

Although Meng Da rarely rose up, let Ma Dai quickly return to help block Qin Lang's footmen. But in case Ma Dai couldn't catch up, and Zhang Xi's side was defenseless against the arrival of Qin Lang's troops. It's a big problem.

Mengda was really worried, but. Now I can only believe that Zhang Yuanchang, who has such a great reputation over the years, is not boasting.

There have been too many private things in the past two days.,I've been running outside.,The code word time is really not enough to update a little less.。

By the way, the book is almost over, and I'm thinking about what to write next.

(End of chapter)