Jiang Wei's way to deal with cavalry is to hang together, the infantry phalanx is arranged in a tight formation, and the spearmen are arranged at the outermost layer of the formation, and behind them are sword and shield soldiers. These two major troops can be replaced at will. If the enemy is an attack by a archer, the sword and shield soldiers will be lined up on the front line and use shields to block the enemy's bows and arrows. If the enemy is an impact cavalry, the spearmen will form a dense forest of guns to prevent the enemy's impact.

However, no matter which formation, the most important thing is to have counterattack methods. Otherwise, it would be passively beaten. Therefore, when Jiang Wei set up a formation, he valued the most the counterattack method. He arranged a square formation mainly composed of crossbow soldiers behind the spearmen and sword and shield soldiers.

The strongest individual weapon equipped by the Shu army is the Yuanrong Crossbow, which is commonly known as the Zhuge crossbow. With one arrow, it is extremely domineering. It is precisely because of this kind of killing weapon that the Shu army can stand invincible with the Wei army in repeated battles.

During the attack, the Yuanrong Crossbow was a magic weapon to defeat the enemy. When retreating, the Yuanrong Crossbow became a magic weapon to block the enemy. Zhang He, a famous general, was deeply surrounded by the Shu army while Mumendao was pursuing the Shu army and was shot to death by the Yuanrong Crossbow. The Yuanrong Crossbow has a great record and has always been the most important weapon of the Shu army. It is widely equipped among the Shu army and has become the standard weapon of the Shu army.

Jiang Wei knew very well that in fighting against the Wei cavalry, a blind defense cannot resolve the enemy's attack. Only by using an attack-defense can we effectively attack the enemy's cavalry.

Infantry and cavalry battles are always at a disadvantage. The powerful mobility of cavalry makes them in an invincible position. If the cavalry does not attack, the infantry phalanx will not be able to achieve the effect of injuring the enemy no matter how powerful the infantry formation is.

When the cavalry retreated voluntarily when the attack was unfavorable, the infantry phalanx had no means to retain them. This unequal way of fighting was destined to be a passive side compared to the cavalry.

Due to the national strength and terrain, the Shu army has always been an army with infantry as the main body. Even if there are some cavalry, they are sporadically scattered? There is no establishment system? So they have some experiences and methods in their years of fighting with the Wei cavalry. In addition to being good at using terrain, the advantage of maintaining long-range attack power is the magic weapon for the Shu army to be invincible.

In field battles, infantry can no longer expect to be able to take the initiative to eliminate opponents? But war is always relative. Since the enemy's cavalry has the initiative on the battlefield, they will look for opportunities to launch attacks continuously. When the enemy attacks, the counterattack of the crossbowmen is particularly important. As long as they can kill and injure the enemy's cavalry in large quantities, they can resolve the enemy's attack and let them retreat in the face of difficulties.

Moreover, when the infantry phalanx advances, it must maintain a dense formation. Even if it encounters the strongest attack, the formation cannot be dispersed? This is crucial.

When the enemy's cavalry attacks, they must constantly try to tear the infantry phalanx and then break them one by one. Once the infantry formation is dispersed by the cavalry, the remaining battle will become unilateral massacre, and the infantry will completely lose the ability to fight against the cavalry.

This time, Sima Lun originally planned to divide the Sima army and the Shu army into two groups to take care of each other, but Jiang Wei firmly expressed his opposition, because if the troops were divided into two groups, they would probably be defeated by the Wei army one by one.

On the battlefield, the mobility of cavalry is often beyond imagination. Once the Sima army and the Shu army separate, the Wei army can easily implement a combat method of circumventing all the way. After eating all the way, they will turn around and concentrate their forces to eat the other way. The Sima army and the Shu army will inevitably be destroyed and none of them will survive.

Only by holding 100,000 people and horses tightly together would not give the Wei army an opportunity to take advantage of it. Even if the Wei army concentrates its forces to attack the entire line, the Shu army and the Sima army will lose the most of the troops on the periphery. Moreover, with the troops on the periphery as restraint, the crossbowmen can open fire without any pressure, making the Wei cavalry pay the same price.

Moreover, there were a certain number of cavalry in the Sima army. Jiang Wei did not intend to push them to the front line as soon as the war started, but hid them. When the Wei army retreated, they sent this part of the cavalry to pursue them and could also receive certain results.

Sima Lun considered it and agreed to Jiang Wei's plan. After all, in terms of combat experience, Jiang Wei is definitely the best. He has been fighting with the Wei army for many years and is very familiar with the terrain in the Longxi area. Relatively speaking, Sima Lun is far from Jiang Wei's combat experience, so Sima Lun handed over the command of the 50,000 troops he led to Jiang Wei, and Jiang Wei will command it uniformly.

The 100,000 army left Ji County and walked winding all the way east. The roads chosen by Jiang Wei were basically close to the Wei River and were traveling along the south bank of the Wei River.

One of the biggest benefits of advancing near the water is that you don’t have to worry about being surrounded by the Wei army. No matter how powerful the Wei cavalry is, it cannot wader through the water. Therefore, the side facing the Wei River is relatively safe. What the Shu army needs to pay attention to is the enemy from the front and south, and of course there is also the direction behind it, which is also the focus of Jiang Wei’s attention. The powerful mobility of the Wei cavalry determines that they can launch a raid from any direction. Even the rear wing of the Shu army is not an absolutely safe place.

Moreover, Cao Liang often does not play according to common sense, and often has methods to surprise and attack him unpredictable. Jiang Wei must take precautions.

Fifteen years ago, Jiang Wei and Cao Liang had a fight once. Although Cao Liang was just a small Yueqi captain at that time, the extraordinary ability he showed left a deep impression on Jiang Wei.

Fifteen years have passed in a flash. Cao Liang has already taken the position of Emperor Wei from the Yueqi Captain, and Jiang Wei has no chance to fight with him anymore. This time he finally had the opportunity to face him, and Jiang Wei's eyes have also become deeper.

Although there is no chance to fight, it does not mean that Jiang Wei will ignore Cao Liang's existence. On the contrary, Jiang Wei's attention to Cao Liang is unusual. The spies sent by Shu Kingdom to Wei will transmit countless information about Cao Liang back to Shu Kingdom every year, so Jiang Wei has never ignored Cao Liang's growth process.

Over the years, the reason why Cao Liang was able to defeat the Sima family and sweep the world must be his outstanding performance. Jiang Wei was naturally extremely cautious in Longxi fighting with Cao Liang this time, and regarded Cao Liang as his strongest enemy in his life and did not dare to relax at all.
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