During the two days of accompanying the army, Sun Jian did not find anything abnormal in Liu Tao's army, and there was nothing strange about the three-meal system. From now on, they may encounter enemy troops at any time, and they must keep their strength full and ready to enter the battle.

There is nothing to say about the speed of the march, it is slower than the normal cavalry march, but it is not too slow either. According to Liu Tao, it is to ensure the physical strength of the horses and be ready to charge at any time, and Sun Jian accepted this statement.

It's just that he didn't notice that the horses were in good condition every night when they rested. Obviously, I drove almost a hundred miles, but it was as if I was taking a walk, and I didn't consume much physical strength at all.

Of course, it is estimated that unless there is a dedicated horse breeder, there will be little special attention paid to the condition of the horse. Even if you find out, you probably think it's always been like this, after all, it's not very fast.

"I'm going to enter the mountains starting tomorrow......" After stopping to rest, Liu Tao picked up a piece of paper and a prepared charcoal pen to scribble there, and said casually.

"To be precise, it is a mountain road, and if you go to Qi County, you will have to walk at least a day or so on the mountain road." Sun Jian replied, "It's just that the mountain road is not so steep, and the mountain is not very high, so the cavalry can still pass." ”

"There is only one mountain road, and there are woods on both sides, and the old man doesn't say less, 'Don't enter the forest'." Liu Tao complained.

"The general is worried, there are ambushes?" Sun Jian seems to have tasted it, and Liu Tao has something to say.

"It's not that I'm worried about ......," Liu Tao handed the paper to Sun Jian, "but there are indeed ambushes!" Sun Sima, there are nearly 10,000 ambush soldiers waiting for us to take the bait thirty miles ahead, but in that terrain, it is not easy for cavalry to move, what do you say? ”

"Is there an ambush? But how did the general know? Sun Jian was shocked when he heard this, and then he was a little puzzled. The scout cavalry is indeed dispatched, but in this way, it can be seen that if there are ambushes, the reconnaissance ability of this scout is too strong.

Or is it that the other party can't even ambush and shows a flaw? Or, neither, is neither, Liu Tao has another way, knowing that there are ambushes over there? No, no, no, he didn't believe the idea himself......

Of course, now is not the time to discuss this, Sun Jian looked at the drawings, and the terrain in front of him, as well as the distribution of thieves, were all drawn......... This painting technique has improved a lot compared to two days ago, at least it feels much clearer.

The big problem is...... Did you plant a spy in the thief, why do you know so clearly?!

Generally speaking, it is understandable that the scouts found ambushes, after all, the other party also said that there are tens of thousands of ambushes, which means that it is not surprising to find one or two people occasionally...... Slowly, why is he sure that there are tens of thousands of people?

Sun Jian felt that he couldn't continue to think deeply, otherwise he would probably have question marks in his mind. After living for thirty years, for the first time like now, I have a stomach full of problems that I want to talk about.

"If the weather is dry, a fire will solve everything." Sun Jian thought about it and replied, he knew it so clearly, find a direction and set a fire, and all problems would be solved.

"Yes, if it's dry." Liu Tao pointed to his head, it's only afternoon now, why should they stop and rest, just because there are thieves in ambush thirty miles away?

Of course not, because it started to rain in the afternoon!

This is not only to camp on the spot, and then carefully protect the baggage, no one wants to look at it the next day, and the dry food they carry with them will be moldy. Seeing that they are almost in Qi County, they can't send people back to deploy a batch of supplies, right?

I haven't seen it rain for more than ten days before, who knows that it will suddenly be cloudy at noon, and then it will rain one after another in the afternoon, the rain is not small, it seems to be going to rain overnight.

This time to the north, all the supplies were mainly carried by an additional five hundred war horses, and there were not a few tents, mainly taking care of a few generals. According to Liu Tao's strategy of 'eating the enemy', it doesn't matter if you bring things with you or not, you have everything when you capture the enemy camp.

"Then follow the night attack that the general is good at, and ...... on a rainy night tonight," Sun Jian thought about it and replied.

"That's a good piece of advice, but on a rainy day, the mountains and forests are wet and the roads are slippery, and horses can easily slip and break bones." Liu Tao also has his worries. Don't have zero casualties by then, but the loss rate of horses is more than half.

"I don't know when it's going to rain." Sun Jian reminded. Will we have to wait until the heavy rain stops, and even the sun has dried the land, before the night attack begins?

In this kind of weather, even the fire can't rise, and the thief's laxity must be the highest, and it is also the best opportunity to surprise and make contributions in one fell swoop.

"It's also ......" Liu Tao nodded when he heard this, "It seems that there are some things that can't be too conservative." ”

There are still a lot of war horses in the rear reserves, and if there is really a loss, it will be replenished in time. But the fighter plane was lost, and the chance to defeat tens of thousands of people in one fell swoop was gone.

"Tell down, everyone have a good rest, tonight's night attack!" Liu Tao immediately got up and walked out of the tent to announce.

"How do you have a good rest on this rainy day?" Zhang Fei directly complained that at present, the use of oilcloth or something to ensure that everyone can barely cover the rain to the greatest extent, but after a long time, water will still seep in. Besides, the ground is wet.

"Then kill it now?" Liu Tao asked rhetorically.

"That's okay!" Zhang Fei thought for a while and nodded, "Anyway, there is no difference between a running attack and a night attack, if you can take a thief by surprise, you can get it!" ”

Lu Bu and the others also nodded, thinking that after beating the other party's camp, it would be more comfortable to rely on the facilities over there to shelter from the rain. At least, it's more comfortable than it is now.

"Okay, let's take a look at the distribution of thieves first." Liu Tao ordered, after all, the thieves' camps were distributed on both sides of the road, and there were two camps. That is, there is a need to divide the troops. It's just that it's not a big problem, right?

According to the map drawn by Liu Tao, almost all of the fan-shaped surfaces are the camps of thieves, large and small. The rear is larger, and it is estimated that there is no need to conceal it, and the front is scattered, and it may even be an outpost.

The range is too wide, and Liu Tao's line of sight cannot be completely covered. 10,000 people is just the result of speculation, how can this scale be tens of thousands, just don't be suspicious.

"Lord, what is hidden behind this ambush army, do you know?" Guo Jia's concern is clearly elsewhere.

"We're just about to come over, there's an ambush here, it's too coincidental, right?" Of course, Liu Tao knew that when he saw this ambush army, he had already thought about this problem.

"What do you mean by that?" Sun Jian also realized that the situation was not right.

"General Che Cai has just sent us to Qixian to stand by and prepare for a decisive battle, but when we came here, we found that there was an ambush here. If I hadn't happened to find out, we would have been in ambush by now. After all, according to the intelligence on the front line, the thieves are still roaming around Linjing County...... How did they do it, set up an ambush here? Liu Tao asked rhetorically.