Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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"General, urgent report from Xianyang!"

A moment later, an urgent report was placed on Li Mu's desk.

"The army from Xianyang is dispatched, the number is unknown, and the number of troops out of the city has exceeded [-]!"

Li Mu put down the urgent report, and immediately turned his gaze to the map in front of him. Finally, he fully understood, and let out a cold snort.

"It turns out that the Qin people want to attack from both sides!"

Now the main force of Zhao cavalry led by Li Mu is right in the middle of Xianyang and Wangcheng.

If there were no accidents, the two Qin armies should arrive at the same time outside Liyang City two days later, and encircle Li Mu's troops who were encircling Liyang City.

Xu Li on the side picked up the urgent report and read it, his face couldn't help but be a little dignified, and reminded: "General, there are still [-] defenders in Liyang City. If this is the case, what we have to face this time is Fifty thousand Qin troops!"

Li Mu nodded slowly, and said, "That's right, [-] Qin troops. And [-] are the most elite Qin troops!"

An elite army is obviously different from an ordinary army. The role played by an elite army at a critical moment is often beyond the reach of an ordinary army several times.

So don't look at the fact that the number of the Qin army today is "only" 1 more than that of the Linhu tribe at that time, but both Li Mu and Xu Li know that the combat effectiveness of the [-] Qin army is compared to the [-] at that time. Lin Hu cavalry, that is several times stronger.

Xu Li hesitated for a moment, and said, "General, why don't we retreat north first?"

With the mobility of Zhao Guo's cavalry, as long as they want to leave, the Qin army will definitely not be able to catch up.

"Retreat?" Li Mu chuckled, and said seriously: "General Xu Li, why did you retreat? This is a great military achievement in front of you and me!"

"Huh?" Xu Li's eyes widened.

Li Mu stretched out his hand, punched hard on the map, and said with a sneer, "If we are completely surrounded by the Qin army, then our army might really be eaten by the Qin army. But now the Qin army divides up and attacks together, It just gave our army a chance to defeat them!"

"Ah?" Xu Li was a little stunned when he heard Li Mu's words, and said after a while: "General, these two Qin armies are the elite troops of the Qin State. , wouldn't that be"

With a wave of his hand, Li Mu directly interrupted Xu Li's words, smiling like a fox: "Don't worry, general, our army will definitely win this battle! Come on, come on, you and I will discuss it first. It is better to lose which way the Qin army goes."

After a while, calls for assembly began to sound in Zhao Jun's camp.

Chapter 4 Encounter (first change)

after one day.

Wang Ling led [-] troops under his command to cross Luoshui and march towards the west.

The current No. [-] figure in the Qin army was riding a maroon horse. His body was straight and his face was very serious.

This time, Wang Ling was ordered to lead [-] Qin troops back to aid, and prepared to surround the Zhao cavalry that had invaded Guanzhong with the other two Qin troops at the foot of Yueyang City, and then completely wiped out them.

Very nice plan.

But Wang Ling knew very well from the beginning that this was a difficult plan to realize. After all, during the battles with Linhu, Yiqu and other nomadic tribes, the people of Qin had already had sufficient awareness of the mobility of cavalry.

In fact, Wang Ling himself didn't have much experience in fighting cavalry. After all, only Zhao State in this world had a well-organized cavalry corps. Like Lin Hu Yiqu, they basically invaded on a small scale and scattered.

In the history of the battle between Zhao State and Qin State, there were head-on battles between Yan and Changping, both of which were in the Taihang Mountains where the cavalry was difficult to play, and in the Battle of Hedong County, Qin State could only defend passively.

This caused not only Wang Ling himself, but the entire Qin military generals to lack experience in dealing with Zhao cavalry.

In this way, "knowing the enemy" in knowing yourself and the enemy is obviously a difficult thing to do.

The unknown is the most troublesome thing.

This is not the only trouble.

Wang Ling also knew that Zhao State had a unit called "Armored Cavalry", which belonged to the elite of Zhao State's cavalry regiment.

Since its establishment, the armored cavalry has been dispatched twice on a large scale, one time when it was against Yan State, and the other time when it was fighting against King Lin Hu.

The number of times this time is actually not many, but it is enough for the all-pervasive spies of Qin to detect something. For example, this armored cavalry has armor protection for both men and horses, and the spear in its hand can string three or four people together for barbecue. , It is very difficult to resist when rushing into the battle, etc.

But knowing these things is not of much help to Wang Ling.

How to crack the charge of this armored cavalry?

Can the sharp bows and crossbows of the Qin army penetrate the protection of armored cavalry?

Is the charge of this armored cavalry unstoppable, or can it actually be blocked, but the Yan army and the Linhu people are not capable of fighting?

If it can be blocked, how strong is the defense to be able to block it?

These really crucial questions and their answers are all mysteries to Wang Ling.

Therefore, Wang Ling can only rely on the judgment in his mind to make corresponding preparations and responses.

As for whether these preparations and responses are useful, it can only be known after a real fight.

However, Wang Ling still has great confidence in himself and Qin.

After all, this is [-] against [-], and the [-] Qin army also includes [-] elites.

In order to completely wipe out the Zhao cavalry who suddenly entered the Guanzhong, this time Qin can be said to have really spent a lot of money.

Among other things, there are a total of 300 Qin Ruishi in Wangling's army alone.

You must know that after successive battles, there are now less than 400 Qin Ruishi in the entire Qin Army.

In terms of this number, it is not an exaggeration for Qin Ruishi to say that they came out in full force.

Except for these Qin Ruishi, the other troops were the most capable and elite troops that could be drawn from the Wangcheng defense line to follow Wang Ling.

"I heard that there are only a thousand armored cavalrymen. On this battlefield of thousands of horses and horses, what role can a mere 1000 men play?"

This is the most genuine thought in Wang Ling's heart.

But what Wang Ling didn't know was that the Yan people and Lin Hu people had similar thoughts to him.

A scout rushed over on horseback: "General, we found traces of Zhao Jun's cavalry ahead. It is very likely that they are the main force of Zhao Jun!"

"Here we come!" Wang Ling frowned, but without much surprise on his face, he immediately issued an order: "Send the order, stop advancing immediately, and form a formation!"

Under Wang Ling's order, [-] Qin soldiers stopped and began to line up in an orderly manner, waiting for the Zhao people to arrive.

Zhao Guoren's speed was so fast that even Wang Ling was a little surprised.

Two quarters of an hour later, not long after the Qin army had just completed their formation, billowing smoke and dust filled the western horizon. Countless Zhao Jun cavalry figures were looming in the smoke and dust, and the red flag was extremely conspicuous.

Zhao Guoren is here.

When the distance between the two sides was shortened to about three or four miles, Zhao's cavalry also stopped slowly.