Seeing that the antlers were almost cleared, Cao Rentima took a few steps forward, and suddenly found that several holes appeared in the ground, as if a mouse had made a home in the middle of the road. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Well? This is not right, Cao Ren felt that his heart suddenly jumped, as if he remembered something, so he quickly dismounted, walked to a few holes, and checked them one by one.

Those holes are not big, just a little wider than the fist, and you can see the bottom at a glance, about nearly a foot deep, looking at the wall of the hole, it is obvious that it was deliberately dug by hand, and it is newly dug!

Cao Ren subconsciously squatted down, put his fist into a hole and pounded it twice, what is the enemy digging such a hole for?

Oh, come to mind, this, this, this is a hole in the horse! It was dug up by the enemy, and it was specially cut off from our horse's legs. Back then, wasn't our pure brother miserable by this kind of thing?

As soon as he thought of Cao Chun, Cao Ren's compassion came from his heart, and his pure brother later died of illness, and he suspected that it was because he had been in trouble with the enemy several times in a row, and he had been unhappy and depressed in his chest, which led to his long-term illness and death.

Cao Ren covered his face with his hands and was sad for a while before he said to the soldiers: "Slow down and pay attention to the ground." ”

Pound didn't know what was going on, and he was anxious: "General, the enemy should be not far ahead, let's hurry up." ”

Cao Ren pointed his finger and told him, "Did you see it?" Those holes were specially dug by the enemy to prevent our cavalry from following us. Once the horse runs fast and the horse's leg sinks in, the horse will turn over on its back, the horse will be broken, and the person may also be disabled. ”

Pound hurriedly said: "This, such a few small holes, the horses themselves will avoid them." ”

Cao Ren shook his head: "These holes are all visible to us, as long as there is a slight distance between people and horses, it will naturally not be a problem, but since the enemy has dug such holes to warn us, there will naturally be some hidden holes that are covered up and waiting for us to step on." With that, he instructed several sergeants to line up and stab the ground with their spears as they marched forward.

"General, here's one."

"Discover one."

"There's another one here."

As the sergeants continued to explore, hundreds of small holes were found on the mile-long road, and they were all covered with leaves and sprinkled with a layer of fine sand.

Niu Jin looked frightened: "It's still the general who is careful, if you really step on it while sprinting, the consequences will be very serious." ”。

Eat a trench and eat a wisdom, people can't stumble in the same place! Seeing that the ground covered by debris was almost searched, Cao Ren ordered everyone to get on their horses: "Okay, let's move on." Without these debris obstacles, it can still be seen whether the road surface has been manipulated by the enemy. Of course, don't run too fast, stretch the distance between the horses, keep your eyes open, and be careful at all times! ”

As long as the horse does not gallop, it will not just land on the ground with one hoof, so that even if it steps on the hollow, it can retract the horse's leg in time, but in this way, the speed advantage of the cavalry is greatly reduced. Pound looked anxious: "If you follow this, when will you be able to catch up with the enemy?" ”

Cao Ren looked back, frowned and ordered his subordinates: "Let the foot soldiers behind hurry up!" ”

After that, there were few horse traps on the road, and Cao Ren's cavalry pursued more than 100 miles for two days, seeing that it was getting late, and the road ahead was clogged with many branches and weeds.

Behind them, dozens of grain carts were parked, and many enemy soldiers stood behind them, armed with spears, bows, or short swords and shields, waiting for them.

Haha, I caught up, it seems that the enemy knows that he can't run, and is ready to turn around and give up his life!

Cao Ren suppressed his excitement and looked at the messy firewood piled up in the middle of the road in front of him, and he couldn't tell how many traps there would be; Looking at the wall formed by the connection of the grain carts, it was difficult for the cavalry to rush through it for a while.

Counting the enemy soldiers and horses waiting on the hillside, there are more than 2,000 people, and behind them, I don't know how many people have not appeared.

"Is this going to be ready for a decisive battle?" Pound was excited, his hands had already loosened the reins, and he held the big knife in his hand tightly.

"Don't be in a hurry, stand back for the time being, and wait for the army to arrive!" Cao Ren looked at the opponent's longbow and crossbow, which was extremely unfavorable to the cavalry impact, "Don't be in a hurry to fight them, just bite them, it's getting late today, it's better to retreat for the time being." ”

Cao's cavalry retreated five or six miles, choosing the terrain to build a simple military camp to prevent the enemy from counterattacking at night, while anxiously waiting for the rear army to arrive.

In the middle of the night, the sound of war drums was heard from time to time on the enemy position in the distance, and Cao Ren arranged for many people to be on duty at night, telling everyone to sleep and pay more attention.

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Ren had just woken up, and he got the good news that many foot soldiers had already arrived overnight, and he hurried over to check, and saw many of his own soldiers arriving one after another sweating and panting, and after waiting for half an hour, they actually gathered 5,000 foot soldiers, and behind them, there were still people coming.

Great, now it's time to launch a formal attack! Cao Ren decided to let them hurry up and rest for a while, drink some water, and eat some food.

"General, it seems that all those enemies have withdrawn!" The scout horses sent out in advance hurried back to report.

"What? Ran away again? Before Cao Ren could speak, Pang De jumped out first.

Didn't they beat the drums of war all the time last night? I thought they wanted to attack at night, but why did they already run away? Cao Ren hurriedly got on his horse and rushed to check with the horses.

The roadblocks are still there, even the grain trucks are still there, but none of the Jingzhou soldiers who were covered with mountains yesterday are gone.

Cao Ren looked into the distance on the top of the mountain, where could he still see the shadow of the enemy, it seemed that they had retreated overnight last night, but where did the drumming come from all night?

Someone discovered the mystery and hurried over to ask Cao Ren to come over and check it.

Several goats were tied to a tree with their hind legs tied, and under their front hooves, a war drum was placed, and those goats struggled a few times from time to time, and the two front hooves stepped on the drum surface, making a "dong dong" sound.

It turned out to be a hanging sheep drumming, such an old-fashioned technique, why didn't I think of it last night? Cao Ren couldn't help but shake his head with self-deprecation and sneered twice.

Pound shouted loudly over there: "General, the enemy's grain cart is really full of grain, come and see!" ”

Cao Ren strode over, saw that dozens of grain trucks were stacked high with grain bags, pulled out his waist knife and split several bags in a row, and the white rice suddenly flowed to the ground.

"General, these enemies fled all night long, and even the food was thrown away. General, let's chase after it. Pound was in a hurry to suggest.

Niu Jin was also pleasantly surprised: "I've been worried that we are chasing too fast, and the grain and grass behind can't keep up. ”

Pound said again: "General, it seems that the enemy has panicked, and yesterday they put on a show to scare us. Now that they have abandoned so much food, they are afraid that there will be no ambush ahead, and they will not have time to dig any holes. Let's chase it, they won't go far! ”

Unexpectedly, the enemy was deceived again while fleeing in embarrassment, Cao Ren couldn't hold his breath, what Pang De said made sense, there should be no more traps ahead!

"Chase!" Cao Ren jumped on the horse and no longer hesitated. (To be continued.) )