When infantry is prepared, facing cavalry, infantry can form formations, erect spears, shoot arrows, and dig trenches...

Even after Feng brought out the armored ghost cavalry specifically for charging into the formation, the infantry erected a few more spear phalanxes, dug a few more pits, and set up a few more areas of caltrops.

Maybe they can wipe out the entire armored ghost cavalry army.

But why in the history of human wars, the side with cavalry often has a huge advantage?

Because the cavalry is facing the infantry, and if it can't beat it, it can run away, and the infantry can only watch and watch the smoke and dust behind the cavalry's butt.

But if the infantry is defeated, the infantry will not even have a chance to escape.

Therefore, the infantry and the cavalry should rely on the city to defend.

If you encounter cavalry in the wild, you can certainly form a formation, but you will also be restricted. You can only stay in place and wait for rescue.

As long as you move, the cavalry will follow you continuously, waiting for opportunities to find flaws, and then bite you from time to time.

Marching in ancient times was not an easy task.

While marching, you also have to endure constant harassment from the enemy. Not only will your speed be slowed down, for example, from fifty miles a day to twenty, or even ten miles a day.

Moreover, twelve hours a day, you must tighten your nerves all the time to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks, which will cause low morale in the army.

Because the long-term psychological pressure is too great, the soldiers will easily collapse in the end, bomb the camp, and then be chased and killed by the cavalry.

Following, pressuring, intimidating, and bleeding, the prey becomes mentally and physically exhausted, and finally exhausts its strength before swarming up and biting the prey.

This is a tactic often used by wolves when hunting, so it can also be called wolf pack tactics.

The Liangzhou Cavalry, which has the strongest organizational ability in the world today and is also the most elite in the world, plays wolf pack tactics, which is particularly painful for the opponent.

Even though Guo Huai has been dealing with the Hu people in the Yongliang area for many years, he is quite familiar with the tactics commonly used by the Hu people.

But at this time, facing the entanglement and harassment of the Shu captives, he also seemed a little restless.

After all, he was originally on Qiaoshan to defend against Shu captives - who of the serious people would go up the mountain and bring cavalry to join the defense?

Didn't Feng Thief, a guy like him who always acted irrationally, lead tens of thousands of cavalry into Qiaoshan, give up in the end?

So now, apart from scouts, Guo Huai has basically all infantry.

Although the Wei claimed to have tens of thousands of fine cavalry, in Guo Huai's view, the Shu captives, who had only had cavalry for a short period of time, were much better at using cavalry than the Wei.

It can even be said that compared with the cavalry of the Shu captives, the fine cavalry of the Wei Dynasty actually regressed.

Because from the battle of Xiaoguan, it seems that the Wei Dynasty made a mistake by disbanding the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

What is even more unexpected is that Feng Thief was able to fight thousands of miles three times in a row this time.

Not only did it penetrate directly into the heart of the Wei Dynasty, but it also kept an eye on the retreat of the Guanzhong army.

After two battles with the opponent, Guo Huai was already a little desperate.

Can the cavalry still play like this?

Does your horse have eight legs?

Even this can't kill you?

Guo Huaitie stood on a high ground, looking at the smoke and dust rising in the distance behind him, his face turned pale.

This is already the third time.

After crossing Heshui, Shulu's fine cavalry stayed tightly behind him, and even went around to the flanks from time to time.

With more than 20,000 people forced to do so, they had to be divided into two parts, the front and the back, and take turns rolling forward.

Through the battles in the past few days, Guo Huai already knew that the number of the Shu captive cavalry behind him was basically between 3,000 and 5,000.

It's not that he never thought of using his numerical advantage to set up an ambush.

It's just that the other party is too vigilant, like a frightened rabbit. If there is anything wrong, he will stop immediately and send a large number of scouts to investigate the situation.

This involves a serious problem.

The number of scouts in Guo Huai's hands is simply not enough.

Even if it is enough, it is not enough to cover the battlefield.

Because of the problem of scouts, it has gradually become a flaw for the Wei army when facing the Han army.

In front of the well-equipped and highly skilled Han scouts, an equal number of Wei scouts were often in a passive position to be beaten.

If you want to gain a suppressive advantage over the Han army's scouts, you must send many more scouts than the opponent.

But this involves another problem.

Scouts are the elite members of the army who are proficient in riding, martial arts, archery, have the ability to see far and far away, and also have certain observation abilities.

But not just anyone who can ride a horse can be a scout.

So where can I find so many qualified scouts?

Without enough scouts, the battlefield cannot be covered.

The battlefield cannot be covered. With the opponent's high level of alertness, there is no way to set up an ambush for the opponent.

Seeing the other person around him, coming and leaving whenever he wanted, no wonder Guo Huai's face turned pale and ugly.

The riders in the rear quickly sent a battle report.

"How many casualties?"

"General, thirty-six people were injured and twenty-eight died."

The total number is sixty-four, which is not even enough for a hundred people.

But this is not enough to make Guo Huai's face look better.

These small casualties are like small wounds on the prey. Although they are not deep, they bleed profusely and will also deepen the prey's fatigue.

Not to mention the soldiers below, even Guo Huai himself became a little anxious.

If it hadn't been for late autumn and the weather was still cool, but if it had been the hot summer months a few months ago, I'm afraid the current situation would have been even more difficult.

What's worse is that after passing Heshui, the farther south you go, the flatter the terrain becomes and the more suitable it is for cavalry.

The Shu captives chose to intercept and pursue from Heshui, which must have been premeditated.

"While the thieves retreat temporarily, let the rear troops catch up quickly."

Guo Huai waved his hand and ordered.

At the same time, he ordered the front army to stop, preparing the front army to change into the rear army, and move forward alternately.

It can be said that although this method was temporarily effective against the Shu cavalry behind them, it greatly delayed the advance of the army.

A journey that can be walked in one day may not be completed in two days with stops and starts.

If the Shu forces are too tight, it may even take three days.

The current plan is to hope that the cavalry sent out can pass the news to Da Sima as soon as possible to see if Da Sima can send a cavalry army to respond to him.

The Grand Sima of Wei, who had high hopes from Guo Huai, was overjoyed when he learned that Guo Huai was being pursued by the Shu captives:

"The Shu captives are just as I expected!"

I thought that if Feng Thief, a group of Shu captives, could be eliminated and Hedong was pacified, the situation would be reversed again.

Sima Yi couldn't help but asked:

"Is there any movement over at Kabanjin?"

"Back to Da Sima, there is no news."

When Sima Yi heard this, he was startled:

"Why is there no news? Is there no movement from Thief Feng? What's going on with Guo Huai?"

He felt vaguely that the development of things seemed to be different from what he had planned, so he quickly asked again:

"How many troops are there in the Shu captives who are chasing Guo Huai?"

"Reporting to the Grand Sima, there should be between three thousand and five thousand, and they are all cavalry."

The Feng thieves in Pubanjin did not move, and the Shu thieves chasing Guo Huai only had three to five thousand cavalry, which means...

"This Shu captive came from Xiayang City?"

The smile on Da Sima's face froze.

The Feng thief who entered his mother-in-law!

Isn't he planning to cross the river yet?

Why can't he cross the river?

Is fishing really that fun?

The situation in Hedong changes three times a day.

Some members of the local wealthy family couldn't stand it anymore, so they went to see Thief Feng and prepared to place bets again.

Then there were rumors that Thief Feng had been fishing by the river these days...
To be continued...