Lu Zhongtian is still somewhat self-aware, and he will not forcefully give instructions in areas that he does not understand. After thinking about it, he followed the generals' opinions and agreed to stay temporarily overnight and set off to pursue the pursuit in the early morning of tomorrow. Anyway, it is midsummer now, and May
It was about to break out at watch time, and it was only six or seven hours away. Lin Jue and the others could still fly. Moreover, Lu Zhongtian also agreed with the generals' opinions and sent out scouts and cavalry to keep an eye on Lin Jue and others to see if they could escape overnight.
Even if you escape, you must know the direction in which they are escaping, so as not to lose sight of the enemy at dawn.
After the third watch that night, the scouts came back to report that Lin Jue and his party had not left Chicang Town. The scouts had been watching outside the town for a long time since dark, and found that there were bright bonfires in the town and people coming and going. From time to time, people were riding horses in the town.
Patrolling outside, there was no sign of escape at all. After receiving such a report, Lu Zhongcai fell asleep peacefully.
At dawn, the horns sounded in the army camp, and the cavalry and infantry troops were ready to go. Lu Zhongtian gave the order majesticly. In the morning mist that had not yet dissipated at dawn, the cavalry brigade began to pursue them along the official road. The infantry followed.
.The 50,000-strong army marched toward Akakura Town in a dense and dense mass of darkness.
The scouts kept reporting news, which showed that the other party still had not left Chicang Town. The scouts saw the other party's men wandering around the town. They seemed to think that Lu Zhongzhen would really care about Wu Chunlai's life and would not launch an attack.
attack.
All the generals were gearing up, laughing at Lin Jue for his false reputation and not knowing that the crisis was coming, and praising Prime Minister Lu for his clever calculations and his ability to stabilize the enemy's hand. However, Lu Zhongtian had some doubts in his heart. With Lin Jue's shrewdness, he would not have failed to foresee the danger. He should have stayed up all night last night
Escape is the best option. Even if you don't escape, you should at least send someone to reconnoiter. How could he not know that there is such a loud movement of his army's departure? Since he knows all this, why doesn't he escape? And he still pretends to be nonchalant.
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Lu Zhongtian thought for a long time, and finally he burst out laughing.
"This Lin Jue has gone too far with his scheming with me. Pretending to be calm is an empty city tactic. Unfortunately, he is not Zhuge Kongming, and I am not Sima Yi. Bravado and pretense have no effect in front of me. The empty city tactic
That's because Sima Yi doesn't know how many soldiers and horses there are in the city, but I know your details. You only have six or seven hundred men, and I have a hundred times more troops. Are you playing tricks on me? Hahaha, you are really making a fool of yourself."
When all the generals heard this, they all admired him. Prime Minister Lu had an insight into Lin Jue's thoughts. Isn't that what happened when you think about it? This guy was obviously pretending to be calm, who was he trying to fool?
Lu Zhongtian ordered the army to speed up their operations, and when the sun rose, they had already arrived on the main road east of Akicang Town. Lu Zhongtian did not want to waste time, so he called the deputy commander of the guard Ma Junsi to be responsible for leading the horses this time.
Zhao Degang, the commander-in-chief of the army who followed him to pursue Lin Jue, issued the order without asking for his opinion.
"General Zhao, I don't want to delay it for too long. I hope you can lead the cavalry to attack Akakura Town in one fell swoop and wipe out all the hundreds of people on the other side. Then you can pursue the family members who escaped before. This is not difficult, and you deserve this credit.
I want to give it to your bodyguard Ma Junsi, please don’t let me down."
Zhao Degang took the photo
He said loudly in his chest: "Let Prime Minister Lu let us deal with the few manpower of the other party. If I miss, I will still be a human being. I don't need too many men and horses. I personally lead five thousand cavalry to charge. In one stick of incense, I will wipe out Akicang Town."
Kill them all."
Lu Zhongtian stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, he is indeed the favorite general of Secret Envoy Yang. He is impressive and courageous. I will personally support you."
Zhao Degang immediately went to prepare. Five thousand cavalry quickly gathered at the east entrance of the town. Because the official road and the road in the town were not wide, a swarm of attacks would definitely be unsuccessful. So he divided the five thousand cavalry into three teams and planned to divide them into three groups.
Attack. Zhao Degang specially ordered his capable general Song Ming to lead the first wave of two thousand cavalry to attack.
After everything was prepared, the command flag was waved, and General Song Ming raised his sword, shouted, and urged the horses. The charge began.
The hoofs of the horses shook off the dewdrops on the grass tips, breaking the quiet of the morning. In the same way, the long knives were like a forest, reflecting the dazzling golden light. The armor of the cavalry guarding Ma Junsi was shining, and the strong and powerful horses were shining brightly.
Glossy with sweat, they were as majestic and murderous as a group of heavenly soldiers and generals.
Although the official roads are rugged, the streets in Chicang Town are very smooth. They are all flat avenues paved with blue bricks and gravel. Chicang Town is also a transit terminal at the western end of the Bianhe River, so the infrastructure is still
Not bad. This flat ground is more conducive to cavalry charges.
The cavalry swept into the town like a violent wind. The wide streets were deserted and empty. In the small square in the center of the town a few hundred steps away, large and small tents stood in place. When the cavalry rushed into the town, they could clearly see those tents.
The people inside were running around in a hurry. Apparently they were overacting. When our side actually launched an attack, those who were pretending to be calm began to run away like crazy.
"Kill!" Song Ming let out a loud shout, urging his maroon horse to gallop, and the long knife in his hand made a whirring sound.
"Kill!" Two thousand cavalrymen also shouted with red eyes. The cavalry's charge brings a kind of BUFF with blood rushing to the brain. In training, the cavalry are required to move forward once they charge, without thinking about anything.
All you need to do is put your horse's hooves on the enemy's heads, trample them, ravage them, and chop them to death. The imperial guards, Ma Junsi, are also well-trained soldiers and horses, so the cavalry also practice this tradition. For a time, people
The cavalry team rushed forward like an erupting mountain torrent along the long street. The momentum was enough to destroy everything in front of them.
Just when the war horse has accelerated to the limit, and is only seventy or eighty steps away from the tents in the town square, and can chop melons and vegetables in just a few breaths, suddenly, there is a buzzing sound on the flat ground.
A rope jumped out across the east and west streets. The rope was as thick as a child's arm. It was woven again from more than a dozen thick ropes. It was a bit thick. There were fragments of various shapes hanging on the rope, shaking in the sun and emitting sounds.
Bright shining light.
Horse rope! The most low-level method to deal with cavalry. But this low-level method is effective at this time. Some of the charging cavalry had time to cross the horse, but some had no time to react at all. The thick rope trapped the horse's leg, and the war horse neighed.
Tumble and fall
, the knight immediately flew into the air and fell heavily more than ten feet away.
That's all. After the first tripping rope popped up, in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen tripping ropes popped up on the ground about a foot wide behind, each with something shiny hanging on it. If you can't get past the first one, you can't get past the second one.
Two. Crossing the second, but not the third. In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred cavalry fell into a maze of ropes, and each one of them fell on his back. The Imperial Guard cavalry jumped one after another like toads, flying in the air.
Screams. The horses rolled on the ground and neighed. All kinds of terrifying fracture sounds mixed with the smoke and dust on the ground. In an instant, the long street became a Shura field.
What is strange is that the fallen horses and the soldiers who fell were covered in blood. Logically speaking, it is possible to break bones or even die if they fall, but it is strange to bleed all over the body. The secret
The two pieces hanging on the rope array are the fragments of the sword that were smashed and hung on the rope. Each fragment is a sharp polygonal dagger. As long as it is hung, it will be on the body.
A bloody mouth was drawn out. The huge inertia increased the killing power. Those soldiers and war horses covered in blood had experienced the baptism of these irregular sharp fragments.
The cavalry were not unprepared. When charging, they had paid close attention to the road ahead, paying attention to the traps, traps and spikes on the ground. These were effective means of dealing with the cavalry. But they saw nothing.
, only a flat ground was seen. These ropes seemed to jump out of thin air, which caught people off guard.
Of course they couldn't see these ropes, because all the ropes were buried under the ground. That was the result of the careful arrangements made by Lin Jue and others last night. It is not easy to dig traps on the blue brick and gravel streets, and
Lin Jue doesn't have so many manpower, and he can't torment everyone too much. Spending precious energy on digging pits will tire everyone out and make subsequent operations difficult to continue. Therefore, there must be something simple, effective, and not consuming too much physical energy.
and energy to deal with the enemy. So this tripping horse rope is one of the options.
It's very simple. You only need to spend a small amount of energy to dig out a dozen small trenches on the ground across the street. All the ropes are buried in these trenches, and then covered with a thin layer of earth and stone, they can be hidden.
Traces of ropes. The ropes on both sides were connected to the pillars of the houses next to the street or to the big trees. A heavy object was hung on one end and pulled to a high place, so that the ropes could be buried loosely on the ground. When the cavalry arrived, an order was given
Cut the rope holding the heavy object downwards, and when the heavy object falls, the thick rope will be driven to spring up suddenly and tighten and straighten.
This method is simple, direct, effective, and sudden. It was naturally Lin Jue's idea. As for the sharp fragments of the smashed swords hanging on the rope, it was the method thought up by Ma Bin and Shen Tan. They believed that not only would they trip over
The opponent's cavalry must be killed. These fragments can inflict wounds all over the opponent's body when the cavalry charges quickly. Cutting into vital parts such as the throat, neck, etc., can directly kill them.
Lin Jue certainly did not have the kindness of a woman. Although this method was extremely vicious and insidious, Lin Jue agreed to their suggestion without hesitation. At the critical moment of life and death, how could there be so much morality to talk about.
