At the foot of Qi Mountain, the battlefield that had just been fought fiercely was a mess. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The soldiers of the Shu army are cleaning up the battlefield.

Ge Liang and Xu Shu walked down from the mountain together, and watched with great joy as the army continued to escort the prisoners and carry the harvested booty to the camp.

"Gongjia Da Sima, in today's battle, a total of 6,000 enemies were captured, countless armor, swords and guns were captured, and the first battle was a great victory!" Wang Ping couldn't suppress his excitement and rushed over to report to Ge Liang.

Ge Liang asked him to train the spear formation for nearly two years, and in the first battle today, he won a big victory, how could he not be happy.

Ge Liang nodded and said, "Yes, Wang Zijun, these two years have not been in vain. ”

asked Xu Shu again: "By the way, the news you learned before, how many people did this Cao Xiu bring to Tianshui?" ”

Xu Shu shook his head lightly: "I heard that Cao Xiu came with 50,000 steps this time, although we won the first battle today, we don't have to mind Cao Xiu's side at all." ”

Ge Liang laughed: "There are six thousand prisoners alone, and most of the remaining ones are afraid that they have already been frightened, and they have listened to our shouts, and they are worried that the way back will be blocked by us, and the morale of the army is weak, so there is no need to be afraid." ”

"You, you!" Xu Shu raised his finger and wanted to point at Ge Liang and said, and remembered that he was now in the third duke, although he and he had been friends for many years, he wouldn't care about any etiquette, but in front of so many people, it was still not good, so he quickly put it down again.

"Yuan Zhi, I know what you want to say." Ge Liang smiled, "You want to say that the men and horses brought by Cao Xiu this time are the elite troops of the Wei army stationed in Luoyang, which should not be underestimated." So, next, whether we can inflict another heavy blow on the enemy is up to us. ”

Xu Shu immediately smiled: "Yes, Wang Zijun's spear has already won a big battle, and next, it's time for our chariot to be dispatched." ”

"You, you!" Ge Liang learned from Xu Shu's appearance just now, raised his finger and pointed at him, "Obviously, I can't wait, but I want to say that the enemy should not be underestimated." ”

Xu Shu spread his hands: "Am I wrong?" Isn't it something that should be taken seriously? Are you sure that Cao Xiu will come to rob my chariot, oh no, will he definitely come to rob my grain cart? ”

"This," Ge Liang put his hand on Xu Shu's shoulder, "it depends on whether we pretend to be like it or not." ”

Cao Xiu saw that Ma Chao and the others left their army behind and went directly north, and he was suspicious in his heart, this method of ignoring the back road and throwing himself into the enemy's encirclement is really unreasonable.

Zhang Ji was worried about Jicheng and Shangqi, and reminded: "General, don't forget, Ma Chao is in the Guanlong area, but he is very popular with Hu people such as Qiang and Di, and now with Liu Bei's heroic name, it cannot be taken lightly." I'm just afraid that now that we've been defeated, they're going to rush to the back again, and they're going to spread the word that we're vulnerable in front of him, and they're going to stir up mobs everywhere. Once someone in Longyou echoes, even if it is the people of a county, he Ma Chao can immediately occupy a city, and then if he wants to eradicate it, he doesn't know how much effort it will take. ”

Cao Xiu was not afraid that Ma Chao would occupy the county seat, but he was worried that Ma Chao would occupy Shangqi and block the road for the Guanzhong army to reinforce Longyou.

He couldn't allow Ma Chao to do anything wrong in his rear, so he discussed with Zhang Ji at the moment, let him immediately return to Jicheng to defend it, and then let the deputy general lead the army to chase after Ma Chao's department and protect Shangqi.

And he himself decided to stay here for a few days.

He instructed his lieutenant to lead five thousand elite horsemen to ambush in the valley.

"Although it is still impossible to determine where Ma Chao will go, but they rushed over like this, and they did not bring heavy grain and grass, how many days can they last? I think that in the next few days, their grain delivery team will definitely have to keep up. When the time comes, you can rush out and kill them and burn them up. In this way, the enemy will retreat without a fight. ”

There was no need for Cao Xiu to wait, the next day, Xu Shu led 5,000 sergeants and pushed a mixed convoy of 1,000 grain trucks and chariots, and began to march north.

This is a kind of chariot that Ge Liang and Huang Yue have been repeatedly improved and carefully manufactured.

From the outside, it doesn't seem to be anything special, that is, two wheels, and the body is a rectangular compartment, which can be loaded with a lot of things.

At this time, on the top of the carriage, there were also several sacks, and when others looked at it, they knew that they were used to transport grain and grass.

Yes, it does also have the function of shipping grain.

At the bottom of the carriage, it was divided into several parts, which contained a lot of food and even drinking water.

The other compartments are full of knives, guns, arrows and crossbows, all of which are used to fight the enemy.

Ge Liang remembered that Li Ling led 5,000 infantry, pushed chariots, went deep into the desert, and fought fiercely with 110,000 cavalry of the Huns, that is, he used the chariot as a formation to resist the impact of the enemy's cavalry, and then shot the enemy with bows and arrows, fought fiercely for many days, and killed more than 10,000 enemies......

In addition, according to historical records, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was basically because of poor grain transportation and returned in vain.

The baggage brigade often became the object of special attention of the enemy, and was attacked by the enemy from time to time.

Ge Liang learned from the experience, deliberately pondered with Huang Yue for a long time, repeated experiments, and designed this kind of combat convoy that works together to transport grain and combat.

This kind of fleet is also built according to the formation of five people and one car.

When marching, in front of each cart, there is a person in front of the cart, a person in the back to push the cart, and two people on both sides to help push it, and the commander of the army walks in the last command.

In the event of an enemy attack on the road, these vehicles can quickly gather in a circular defensive formation with the nose facing outward.

For this reason, the shape of the whole car is deliberately made slightly wider in front than in the back, and once it forms a circular formation, it is almost impossible for the enemy to attack from the outside and squeeze the car formation.

This is because the body with a wide front and a narrow rear is arranged in a circle, and once it is subjected to an external impact, it will be more tightly packed with each other.

Moreover, with this shape and structure, there will be no strict requirements for the number of vehicles, a few more or a few.

Once attacked by the enemy, the chariots formed a circle formation, and the sergeants could rely on the protection of the chariots to block the enemy's attacks.

And if they want to rush out and fight back, they only need to force from the inside out, push out one or several cars, and then they can attack quickly.

Because the shape of the body is large in front and small in the back, it can almost be said that you can push the cart forward as hard as you normally would.

Pushing hard from the inside to the outside is to push more and more loosely, and pushing from the outside to the inside is to push more and more tightly. (To be continued.) )