And the Han army camp is here.

Deng Ai Linyuan defeated the Wei army and led his troops back to the camp.

As soon as the casualties were counted, it was learned that more than 1,200 Wei troops had been killed and 5,000 sets of weapons and armor had been captured.

As for the Han army itself, there were less than ten casualties on the armored cavalry, less than 100 casualties on the scimitar heavy cavalry, none of the stirrups were lost, and two scimitars were picked up by the Wei army.

The loss of two scimitars was harmless, and they couldn't make them even if they had a physical object. As long as the stirrups were not lost, the Han cavalry would still have the upper hand.

Back in the camp, the generals gathered to feast, but during the war, they did not drink.

Lin Yuan finished eating a piece of chicken leg and said to Deng Ai: "Brother Deng, now that the Wei army still has half of the road to rest, they will definitely lead the troops to rest the road again tomorrow, and we can continue to lead the troops to attack tomorrow." ”

Deng Ai shook his head and said: "No, the reason why the Wei army will be defeated is because I didn't expect our cavalry to be so powerful, and the Wei army will come again tomorrow, and it must have made sufficient preparations." We have few people, and once we are defeated, the camp will not be able to hold it, so we cannot take risks. ”

Lin Yuan frowned and said, "Then if he is allowed to rest the road, the Wei army will be able to launch an attack on my camp tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Hahaha!" Deng Ai laughed and said: "Ziwei, I have already set up a plan to make it impossible for the Wei army to attack our army camp within three days." ”

Lin Yuan was puzzled: "Oh? Brother Deng, what are your plans! ”

"Come out with me!" Deng Ai pulled Lin Yuan out of the camp tent and came outside the camp.

Lin Yuan was puzzled: "Why are you taking us out of the camp?" ”

Deng Ai smiled: "Brother Ziwei, look at the land under your feet. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Lin Yuan took a torch and illuminated the land under his feet, only to see that the land outside the camp had all been excavated and renovated once, Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and dialed it, but found that the land was dug more than two feet deep.

Lin Yuan asked, "Loosen such a deep soil?" Could it be that you don't know the traps outside the camp? ”

Deng Ai shook his head and said, "No, there are no traps set up within a hundred zhang outside the camp, just the land has been renovated." ”

Lin Yuan was stunned and said, "With this, can you stop the Wei army from attacking our military camp for three days?" ”

"Not bad!" Deng Ai nodded.

Lin Yuan arched his hand and said: "Shizai, don't sell it, tell me how to act!" ”

Deng Ai explained: "I have had the land renovated and dug two feet deep on the roads outside the camp, and this kind of land, if it encounters water, will be muddy. Tonight, all you need to do is ask the soldiers to fetch water for watering, so that the men and horses can trample on it, and the outside of the camp will be like a swamp, which is a natural barrier.

If the Wei army forcibly attacked our army camp through this road, it would be trapped in it and would not be able to attack effectively. If you want to pass normally, first, you should rest with dry soil, and second, wait for natural drying.

It is too difficult to take dry soil for rest, it is time-consuming and laborious, it is difficult to do it within three days, and it is too difficult to be attacked close to our army camp, and it will be too difficult to forcibly rest and recuperate, and there will be heavy casualties, so they can only wait for natural drying, but it will take three days to wait for natural drying.

I ordered people to dig this place in advance, but I didn't let people water and destroy it immediately, firstly, for the attack on Zhang He just now, and secondly, in order to keep the muddy road, watering in advance is not beautiful. Watering tonight, as soon as the Wei army arrives tomorrow, it is just right. ”

Lin Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and laughed and said: "This method is very good, tonight you can teach the soldiers to take water for watering, so that the men and horses will trample on it, and when Zhang He's husband arrives tomorrow, he will definitely vomit blood in anger." ”

Deng Ai said to everyone: "The brothers have eaten and drunk enough, let's act as soon as possible and give Zhang He a big gift tomorrow." ”

The general laughed and said: "I haven't played with mud for many years, and now that I am marching and fighting, I can't imagine that this playing with mud is also useful." ”

Subsequently, the Han army brought water and made the men and horses trample on the road, making the mud within 200 meters outside the camp, and the soldiers walked as if they had stepped into a paddy field, and it was impossible to pass at all.

The next day, Zhang He increased his manpower and asked Sima Yi to lead the army in the rear, and once again led his troops to rest the road.

Although Deng Ai did not lead the cavalry to attack the Wei army this time, as the Wei army got closer and closer to the Han army camp, it entered the range of the Han army stationed on the mountains on both sides of the road.

The mountains on both sides were very steep, and Deng Ai sent people to build many fortifications on the mountains, and it was impossible to go up the mountains from the outside, and there was only a way up the mountain from the inside of the camp.

The archers stationed on the mountains on both sides were condescending, and the Wei army rested the road and advanced step by step, and the archers did not hesitate to shoot arrows at the Wei army on the road.

The dense arrows were like a shield from the sky and the sun on the Wei army on the road below, and although the Wei army had archers, it was difficult for them to effectively fight back against the Han army stationed in the mountains.

Although there are shield soldiers, the road below is wide, and there is no guarantee that everyone will be able to protect it under the shield.

Zhang He watched the soldiers constantly being hit by arrows, and his heart was dripping blood, but he didn't retreat half a minute, and commanded in the rear: "Resist me, everyone disperse on both sides of the road, continue to advance and repair the road, and you must clear the road for me today!" ”

At this point, Zhang He had long expected to be hit by the archers of the Han army, but the Han army was attacking fiercely, so he had to retreat? No way! Only after the road is rested can he turn defense into attack! No matter how big the casualties are, you must take the street pavilion!

The Wei army continued to advance with arrows and under the guidance of the shield soldiers, and the traps laid by Deng Ai and his troops were cleared little by little, and it took the Wei army more than half a day to clean up the mile-long road.

At this moment, the Wei army was about to enter the range of the Han army camp, and the Wei army only had a road in front of the Han army camp, which was two hundred meters long and had not rested.

It's just that Zhang He knew that when he entered the range of the Han army's camp, the arrow attack would be more fierce, and the road would be more difficult to rest.

An adjutant general said to Zhang He: "General, the front is already within the range of the Shu army camp, we have lost thousands of people when we come here, and the offensive in front will be more violent, do you want to let the brothers rest for a while?" ”

Zhang He said in a deep voice: "No, we must have a lot of energy, let the brothers continue to move forward, the Shu army spared no effort to delay time, in order to wait for reinforcements, we must also spare no effort to attack, and take the street pavilion before the Shu reinforcements arrived." ”

Hearing this, the adjutant general ordered: "Continue to advance and rest the road!" The shield soldier is in front, see clearly and don't step on the trap! ”

The soldiers and horses continued to advance, but the Wei soldiers had not been long gone before they discovered a problem.

That is, before the Han army camp, within a range of two hundred meters, no traps were arranged.

But this muddy road is even more terrifying than a trap!

Even if it rains, the ground will be hard and will not affect the march, but if the road is ploughed and rained, it will be muddy and impossible to walk.

The road within the first two hundred meters of the Han army camp is like this, it is muddy, it is impossible to walk at all, and the soldiers will sink their feet into it when they walk in, although there is no trap on this road, but the Wei army wants to pass through and attack the Han army camp, but it is simply impossible.

And there are only two ways to rest this kind of road, the first is to lay a layer of dry dirt to cover the muddy road, and the second is to wait for it to dry naturally.

After the raid on Zhang He yesterday, Deng Ai took advantage of the night to let people water and trample on horses, and now it is like a mess of paste, like a swamp.

The Wei soldiers stepped into the muddy road, and when they entered the range of the Han army camp, they were attacked by the Han archers, and seeing that the road could not be rested, the Wei soldiers hurriedly retreated to the rear.

Looking at the soldiers who came back, there was mud below the knees, and Zhang He's face was extremely gloomy: "Damn, which defense is this camp, it is so difficult?" There are endless tricks, it's really angry old man, and he quickly came to join the army to discuss countermeasures! ”

Sima Yi rushed to hear the news, and Zhang He asked Sima Yi what to do.

Sima Yi looked at the mud from the soldier's knees down, sighed and said: "If you want to pass this muddy road, there are only two ways, the first is to cover the dry soil for rest, and the second is to wait for it to dry naturally. ”

Zhang He nodded and said, "Zhong Da estimates how long these two methods will take. ”

Sima Yi muttered: "This mud is knee-deep, and if you want to cover it with dry soil and rest to a passable state, it will take at least three days. Moreover, we do not have dustpans for soil, and even if we do, it is extremely slow to carry dry soil through this road, and the safety of soldiers cannot be guaranteed. Even if this section of the road is completed, we are only afraid that we will lose a lot. ”

Zhang He asked again: "What if it is naturally dry?" ”

Sima Yi replied: "These days are cloudless, the stars are all over the sky, I expect that there will be no autumn rain this month, if it is naturally dry, it will only take three days." ”

One takes three days to spend a huge price, and the other only needs to wait for three days, so Zhang He naturally chose the latter.

Zhang He sighed and said: "In this way, I can only wait for three days, but I don't know who is guarding the camp, and it is so difficult." ”

Sima Yi looked at the Han army camp, and his face gradually became solemn: "This camp has been established seamlessly, the only way is to attack from the front, and the defense and offensive facilities are closely coordinated. Even though the Shu army only has more than 10,000 people, it is very difficult for us to take this camp. I think even if Zhuge Liang is not in person, he is also a general of Shu. ”

"Even if Zhuge Liang is there in person, I will take down the street pavilion." Zhang He said with a calm face.

Sima Yi said: "General, if we wait for natural drying, we also need to send a team of soldiers and horses to guard here, in case the Shu army continues to take water to irrigate the ground at night, otherwise it will not be able to dry for a month." ”

Zhang He said without thinking: "The general personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses to watch here, this road is muddy, and the cavalry of the Shu army cannot get out of the camp." ”