Lu Zhongtian is still somewhat self-aware, and in areas he doesn't understand, he won't forcibly point fingers. After thinking about it, he complied with the advice of the generals and agreed to stay there for the night temporarily and start the pursuit in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Anyway, it's the middle of summer, and the sky will be bright on the fifth watch, and it's only six or seven hours, and Lin Jue can't fly. Moreover, Lu Zhongtian also agreed with the generals' opinions, and sent scout cavalry to keep an eye on Lin Jue and the others to see if they escaped overnight. Even if they flee, they must find out the direction in which they are fleeing, so as not to lose sight of the enemy at dawn.

After the third watch that night, the scout 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 noticed that the town was brightly lit and full of people. From time to time, people patrolled outside the city on horseback, and there was no sign of escape. After receiving such a report, Lu Zhongtian fell asleep with peace of mind.

At dawn, the trumpets sounded in the camp of the army, and the horses and infantry troops were ready to go. Lu Zhongtian gave the order majestically, and in the morning fog that had not yet dissipated at dawn, the cavalry brigade began to take the lead in pursuing along the official road. The infantry followed. The 50,000-strong army was densely packed and blackened down to Chicang Town.

The scouts kept reporting news, and the news showed that the other party still hadn't left Akakura Town. The scouts saw the figure of the other party wandering around the town idly, and they seemed to think that Lu Zhongnaï would really care about Wu Chunlai's life and would not attack.

The generals were gearing up, and they all laughed at Lin Jue's vain reputation, not knowing that the crisis was coming, and praised Lu Xiang's clever calculation to stabilize the opponent. Lu Zhongtian had some doubts in his heart. With Lin Juezhi's shrewdness, he wouldn't have expected the danger, and he should have fled overnight last night. Even if you don't run away, at least send someone to reconnoitre. How could he not know that the movement of his own army was so big? If he knew all this, why didn't he run away? Do you want to pretend that you don't really have it?

Lu Zhongtian thought about it for a long time, and finally he laughed out loud.

"This Lin Jue has gone crazy with the old man's scheming. Pretending to be calm, this is to play an empty city plan. It's a pity that he is not Zhuge Kongming, and the old man is not Sima Yi. Bluffing and pretending to be useless in front of the old man. Sima Yi doesn't know how many soldiers and horses there are in the city, but the old man knows your bottom line, you only have six or seven hundred people, and the old man is a hundred times your strength, you are playing with the old man? Hahaha, it's really ridiculous and generous. ”

When all the generals heard this, they all admired it in their hearts, and Lu Xiang had insight into Lin Jue's thoughts. Isn't that what you think? This guy is obviously pretending to be calm, trying to fool anyone.

Lu Zhongtian ordered the army to speed up its movements, and when the morning sun was rising, it had already reached the avenue east of Chicang Town. Lu Zhongtian didn't want to spend too much time, he called the deputy commander of the Ma Military Division, who was responsible for leading the horse army to follow him to pursue Lin Jue, and issued an order without asking his opinion.

"General Zhao, the old man doesn't want to delay for too long, I hope you can lead the cavalry to capture Chicang Town in one fell swoop and wipe out all the hundreds of people on the other side. After that, pursue the families who fled before. This matter is not difficult, I want to give you this credit to the guard Ma Junsi, you don't live up to the old man's hopes. ”

Zhao Degang patted his chest and said loudly: "Lu Xiang let him go, deal with the other party's manpower, if he misses his position, is he still a person?" The humble post does not need too many men and horses, and the humble duty personally leads 5,000 cavalry to charge, and in a moment of incense, he will level the town of Chicang and kill them all. ”

Lu Zhongtian stroked his beard and smiled: "Okay, it is really the favorite general of Yang Shu's envoy, with a breathtaking momentum and a bold heart." The Prime Minister personally presses you for the array. ”

Zhao Degang immediately went to prepare, and the five thousand cavalry quickly assembled at the east entrance of the town, because the official road and the road in the town were not wide, and the attack of a swarm would definitely not succeed, so the five thousand cavalry were divided into three teams, intending to attack in three groups. Zhao Degang deliberately ordered his right-hand man Song Ming to lead the first wave of 2,000 cavalry to attack.

After everything was prepared, the flag waved, and Song Ming raised his long knife, shouted, and urged the horses. The charge began.

The horse's hooves shook the dew drops on the tips of the grass, breaking the silence of the morning. In the same way, the long knife was like a forest, reflecting a dazzling golden light. The armor of the cavalry guarding the horse army division was shining, and the strong and powerful war horses were shining with sweat, and they were like a group of heavenly soldiers and generals, majestic and murderous.

Although the official road is rough, the streets in Akakura Town are smooth, and they are all flat avenues paved with blue bricks and gravel. The town of Chicang is also a transit terminal at the western end of the Bianhe River, so the infrastructure is still good. This flat ground was more conducive to cavalry charges.

The cavalry swept into the town like a strong wind, the wide streets were lonely and empty, and the small and large tents stood in place in the small square in the center of the town hundreds of paces ahead, and when the cavalry rushed into the town, the people in those tents could be clearly seen running in a hurry. Apparently they were overacting, and when they actually attacked, those who pretended to be calm began to run wildly.

"Kill!" Song Ming let out an earth-shattering cry, urging the jujube red horse under his crotch to gallop, and the long knife in his hand danced whirring.

"Kill!" The two thousand cavalry also let out a cry with red eyes. The cavalry's charge comes with a kind of blood rush BUFF, and the training requires the cavalry to move forward once they charge, and they don't have anything on their minds, just put their horse's hooves on top of the enemy's head, trample them, ravage them, and slash them. The Forbidden Army's guards were also well-trained soldiers, so the cavalry also practiced this tradition. For a time, everyone scrambled to be the first, and the cavalry rushed down the long street like a torrent of eruptions, and the momentum was enough to destroy everything that stood in front of them.

Just when the war horse had increased its speed to the limit, and it was only seventy or eighty paces away from the tents in the town square, and it only took a few breaths to chop melons and vegetables, suddenly, there was a buzzing sound, and a rope suddenly jumped out of the flat ground that crossed the east and west streets. The rope was as thick as a child's arm, and it was woven from a dozen thick ropes again, and it was a little thick. Pieces of various shapes hung from the ropes, shaking in the sunlight and shining brightly.

Tripping horses! The lowest means of dealing with cavalry. But this low-level means are effective at this time. Some of the charging cavalry had time to cross the horse, but some did not have time to react at all, the thick rope stumbled the horse's legs, the horse neighed and rolled and fell, and the knight flew into the air and fell heavily more than ten zhang away.

That's not all, after the first triphorse rope popped up, in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen triphorse ropes popped up on the ground of the rear abbot Xu Kuan, and each one was hung with something shiny. Beyond the first, not the second. Past the second one, not the third one. Only between the lightning and the fire, more than a hundred horsemen fell into the rope maze, and one person turned on his back. Immediately, the cavalry of the forbidden army jumped up and down like toads, screaming in the air. The horses rolled and neighed on the ground. The sound of all kinds of terrifying fractures mixed with the smoke and dust on the ground, and in an instant, the long street became a Shura field.

What is strange is that the fallen horses and the fallen soldiers are covered with blood, and it stands to reason that it is possible to fall out and break tendons and fractures or even fall to death, but it is strange to fall and bleed all over. The secret lies in the two hanging pieces of the rope array, which are the fragments of the sword smashing, and are suspended from the rope. Each fragment is a sharp, multi-horned dagger that, when hung, pulls a bloody wound out of its body. Under the huge inertia, the lethal power is even more increased. The bloodied soldiers and horses were all baptized by these irregular sharp shards.

The cavalry were not unguarded, and when they charged, they were already paying close attention to the road ahead, and they were very attentive to the tripping pits and the spikes on the ground, which were effective means of dealing with the cavalry. But they saw nothing but a flat ground. These ropes seem to jump out of thin air, and they are not caught off guard at all.

Of course they can't see the ropes, because all the ropes are buried under the ground. That was the result of Lin Jue and the others' careful arrangement last night. It is not easy to dig a trap in the blue brick and gravel street, and Lin Jue does not have so many manpower, so he can't toss everyone too much. Spending precious energy on digging a pit will make everyone tired, and the follow-up will be difficult to continue. Therefore, it is necessary to have simple and effective means to deal with the enemy without consuming too much physical strength and energy. So this tripping horse is one of the choices.

Quite simply, with a small amount of effort, a dozen small trenches were carved out of the ground across the street, in which all the ropes were buried and covered with a thin layer of earth and rock, so that the traces of the ropes could be hidden. The ropes on both sides are attached to the pillars of the houses next to the street or to the trees, and the ropes can be buried softly on the ground by lifting heavy objects at one end and pulling them to a high place. When the cavalry arrived, they cut the rope that held the heavy object in place at the sound of an order, and when the heavy object fell, it could drive the thick rope to bounce the rope violently and straighten it tightly.

This method is simple, straightforward, effective, and sudden. Naturally, it was Lin Jue's idea. As for the sharp fragments of the swords hanging on the rope after they were smashed, they were the methods that Ma Bin and Shen Tan came up with. They believed that it was not only necessary to trip the opposing cavalry, but also to inflict damage, and these fragments could inflict bruises on the opponent's body when the cavalry charged quickly. Cutting to the throat, head and neck and other vital places can also directly kill them.

Of course, Lin Jue would not have the kindness of a woman, although this method was extremely vicious and insidious, but Lin Jue agreed to their suggestion without hesitation. At the threshold of life and death, how can there be so much morality to talk about.