The scout looked embarrassed: "General, those traps are indeed very easy to identify, but there are true and false, we tried several times in a row, and found that they were all fake, so we thought it was the Shu army that was playing tricks, who knew that after walking a few steps, we encountered a real trap, we were defenseless, and we fell inside." ”

"Let's take a look!" Zhang He frowned and urged the horse forward.

However, after a while, everyone walked to the road where the trap was set, Zhang He looked forward, and saw that the wide road in front of him was full of potholes, which were indeed traps all over the ground.

"The Shu army really spared no effort to stop our army!" Sima Yi urged him to step forward and said to Zhang He: "These traps are real and false, we want to go over, unless we eliminate them one by one, at least we will delay a day's work."

And the Shu army set up so many traps, it will take at least three days, and they will not hesitate to spend three days to set traps, and they will also block our army for one more day. It can be seen that the determination of the Shu army is firm, and I am afraid that it will be a vicious battle at that time. ”

"The Shu army is determined, and it will be even stronger!" Zhang He shouted in a deep voice: "If you can't take the street pavilion, you will never return to Chang'an alive!" ”

After Zhang He finished speaking, he said to Sima Yi again: "Zhongda, the terrain here is wide, there are high mountains on both sides, you can set up a camp, you lead the soldiers and horses to camp here, and I will lead the troops forward to clear the trap." ”

"No!"

Subsequently, the 50,000 Wei soldiers were divided into two routes, Zhang He personally led 20,000 people to clear the trap, and Sima Yi led the troops to set up camp.

There are many traps on the ground, some of the potholes are set up with bamboo thorns, some have lost thistles, and a large number of traps have been dug for horses, and some places are filled with stagnant water, and the roads are muddy and have been seriously damaged.

If the soldiers and horses want to pass, they must be cleared one by one and the road surface must be re-repaired, and this kind of work may not even be completed in a day.

Han military camp.

The scout reported to Deng Aiyu: "General Qiyu, the Wei army has arrived, there are about 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it is less than twenty miles away, and it is clearing the trap and resting the road. ”

Deng Ai nodded and ordered: "Order the cavalry in the army to prepare, the scouts continue to investigate, and report ten miles away from the camp!" ”

"No!"

In the face of the Wei army, Deng Ai naturally would not choose to sit idly by, waiting for the Wei army to attack, and if he wanted to hold on longer, as long as he took the initiative to attack and thwarted the Wei army's spirit.

Although the roads in front of the camp were set up with traps, but within the first ten miles of the camp, Deng Ai set aside a road for marching, Zhang He led his troops to clear the traps, and when he reached the first ten miles of the camp, Deng Ai could lead his troops to attack.

The Wei army cleared the trap, the team must be chaotic, and a sudden attack should be able to slightly dampen the Wei army's spirit.

At this moment, a soldier came in again and reported: "General Qiyu, General Lin is here." ”

Deng Ai was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Let him come in!" ”

"Brother Deng!" But after a while, Lin Yuan gasped and walked into the camp.

"Drink your saliva!" Seeing Lin Yuan's panting appearance, Deng Ai knew that Lin Yuan had never stopped on his way, so he hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan took the cup of water and drank a big bowl of it.

Deng Ai saw that Lin Yuan had finished drinking the water, so he asked, "How is it?" Has Your Majesty ever sent troops? ”

Lin Yuan wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "Your Majesty has already driven to Yangping Pass, but the grain and grass baggage team is behind, and it will take a month to get here." ”

"One month...... Enough is enough! Deng Ai nodded, looked at the generals and said, "Brothers, Your Majesty will lead the army to arrive as long as we support it for a month." Now that the Wei army has arrived, we must work hard to block the Wei army for a month. ”

The generals said in unison: "Don't worry, general, we will definitely defend the street pavilion to the death!" ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuan asked, "The Wei army has already arrived?" When did it come? ”

Deng Ai replied: "Just now, I set a trap on the road outside the camp, and now Zhang He is leading his troops to clear the trap, and I am about to lead my troops to raid them. ”

Lin Yuan was overjoyed and said: "It's better to come early than to come early, count me in." ”

Deng Ai shook his head and said, "You came from afar, so let's rest for a while." ”

Lin Yuan waved his hand and said, "I'm just tired from the journey, and I haven't consumed much physical strength, bring some meat and vegetables over, and when I'm full of food and drink, I'll go with you." ”

Seeing this, Deng Ai did not refuse, and ordered the soldiers: "Quickly let the room prepare some meat and vegetables." ”

More than two hours later, Lin Yuan was also full of food and drink, and the soldiers came to report, saying that Zhang He led the troops to clear the trap and arrived at the camp for ten miles.

Deng Ai naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and immediately dispatched troops to prepare to attack Zhang He.

However, Zhang He is not a philistine either.

Seeing that the Han army camp was in front, if he continued to move forward to clear the trap, he would definitely be attacked by the Han army.

Therefore, Zhang He transferred a group of archers and a group of shield soldiers early.

With shield soldiers and archers in their cover, it is much safer to clear the traps.

Deng Ai naturally knew about Zhang He's arrangement, but Deng Ai was not afraid, because Deng Ai had a cavalry under his command.

Heavily armored cavalry!

The cavalry was divided into light cavalry and heavy cavalry.

The weapon of the light cavalry is the bow and arrow, in order to facilitate shooting on the horse, the soldier's clothes are generally relatively loose, do not wear battle armor, only arrange leather armor on the chest, wear a leather hat on the head, keep the vital parts, strong mobility is the advantage of the light cavalry.

In guerrilla warfare, the light cavalry is invincible.

And the weapon of the heavy cavalry, in general, is a knife.

Mainly based on scimitars.

Heavy cavalry wore leather armor, and their main weapon was a scimitar, which had a strong impact and good defense.

When attacking, the scimitar is unfolded, there is no need to wield it at all, and the scimitar will automatically reap the lives of enemies along the way.

The reason why the scimitar is used is because the scimitar has a good unloading effect, if the spear is used, the spear stabs the enemy, if the spear cannot be quickly pulled out of the enemy's body, the war horse continues to charge, the weapon is stuck, the powerful impact is enough to break the arm of the cavalry.

This principle is equivalent to the principle of sticking your hand out of the window and hitting a tree on the side of the road when driving.

The scimitar, on the other hand, is curved, and when the scimitar is unfolded, it automatically harvests, and its impact does not hurt the soldier's arm.

And above the heavy cavalry, there were also heavy armored cavalry.

This kind of cavalry, whether it is a man or a war horse, needs to have physical strength beyond ordinary people, and both men and horses are equipped with battle armor, even iron armor, with strong impact and super defense.

The weapons of this cavalry are mainly spears and axes, and they are extremely powerful in melee combat, and no one can beat them.

However, the armor of the heavily armored cavalry is too heavy, and it is difficult for the soldiers to wear the armor alone, and even the dismount needs the help of others, and because the armor is too heavy, the battle time is difficult to last, and it is generally used to break through the enemy's defensive position.

Moreover, the selection of heavy armored cavalry is too strict, whether it is people, horses, or armor, it is one in a hundred, and the cost of one heavy armored cavalry is enough to feed ten ordinary soldiers.

Ma Chao has only cultivated 1,000 people over the years, of which 500 were allocated by Zhuge Liang to Deng Ai.

In the camp, Deng Ai assigned the task: "Brother Lin, you first lead five hundred heavy armored cavalry to break through the Wei army's defenses first, and then I will lead the heavy cavalry to follow." Brother Zijun, you lead the light cavalry to respond in the rear. If the enemy is in pursuit, they only need to shoot arrows and do not need to step forward. ”

"No!" The generals will take the command.