It's not that Cao Zhen doesn't want to take a boat, but he is trapped in the city, and there are enemies outside, where can he prepare so many ships?

Sooner or later, you have to cross the river, and you can't do it without a boat. (Baidu search 5 8 read book) vertex update fastest Cao Zhen They had no choice but to take a lot of door bathtubs when they fled, and so far away from the boundary of Chang'an, they hurriedly set up a raft in the middle of the night and robbed the Wei River in batches.

He also thought that the enemy would pursue him by boat, so after crossing the Weishui, he destroyed all the door panels and footbaths, and could no longer be used by the enemy.

After crossing the river, he chose to stay away from the river bank and take the route of Gaoling, Wannian, and Lianlao to Linjin, so as not to be quickly caught up by the enemy.

The clever Sima Yi also took this into account, so it was this route that was agreed at the beginning.

The pursuing Shu Han cavalry moved forward easily, and soon reached a short distance from the Jingwei intersection, where the disguised sergeant who was waiting told Ma Chao and Xu Shu that it was here that the enemy crossed the river, and then went all the way north away from the river.

Xu Shu smiled and rode to Ma Chaozhong: "You see, how smart the Wei army is, they all know that they only cross the river when they get here." Because if you want to go north anyway, you only need to cross the river once after Jingshui joins Weishui. How can you be like you, who shouted at the beginning that you want to go to the north shore first, so don't you have to go through the water again? ”

Ma Chao didn't answer Xu Shu's words, knowing that he couldn't fight these guys when it came to fighting, so he just urged at the moment: "Okay, okay, the enemy has determined that the north bank has arrived, hurry up and let the boat out and cross the river for us." If we delay time and let the enemy run easily, won't we be busy in vain? ”

"Alas, more horses are better, so I wish you success." Xu Shu also felt that the name Ma Chao was good, so he arranged for the sergeant to go ashore and let the boat out to cross the cavalry to the north shore first.

Ma Chaozhong rode across the river, but before leaving, he threw down a sentence: "It's better for you to live well, sit there and don't move, and you can go down the river to the east." Like us, we have to fight hard. ”

Xu Shu hurriedly answered: "Well said! So let's switch? ”

Ma Chao didn't answer, hurry up, I won't change it, the boat is limited by the waterway, which is like riding a horse, running around.

Cao Zhen also rode a horse, but he couldn't let go of the reins, because there were less than 2,000 war horses left of about 15,000 sergeants, and the rest all had to rely on two feet to get to Pusakatsu step by step.

The sergeants couldn't walk anymore, the soles of their feet were full of blisters, they swayed when they walked, and some fell to the ground as they walked.

Because they didn't look at the road at all, they were so sleepy that they couldn't help but close their eyes and doze off when they walked.

Cao Zhen moved his lips, he wanted to say something more to cheer him up, but when he got to his mouth, he swallowed it again, and at this time, it was difficult to say anything else.

Raise your eyes and look at the sky, it may be night soon, what can I do, if I want to rest, I have to wait until I rush to the simple camp of Wei Ping and them in front.

"Take a break." Jing Zhaoyin was riding a horse, but he had never ridden for such a long time, and he was already tired.

"Rest." Xiahou Ba felt that it was too cowardly, "If the enemy catches up, then go out and fight!" ”

"Rest." Cao Zhen had no choice but to give the order, the sergeants had already exhausted their physical strength, and if they went down, they could only be captured when they encountered the enemy, so it was better to seize the time to rest and recuperate, in case the enemy caught up, they could still have some strength to fight.

If the army encountered an amnesty, one by one tilted on the spot, fell asleep upside down, and before the head touched the ground, the snoring sounded first.

This can't work, Cao Zhen hurriedly shouted again: "Get up, line up first, and then arrange a rest!" ”

It turns out that sleeping is also about the formation.

Cao Zhen, Fei Yao, Guo Huai and others asked them to wake up the sergeants who were lying on the ground and told them to be arranged in a certain formation, so that if the enemy caught up, the sergeants would get up on the spot and know where to defend and where to move.

Many of the sergeants had already fallen asleep, and the officers who were leading the army did not move as if they were dead.

Guo Huai angrily stretched out his hand to grab a sergeant from the ground, then pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Those who do not obey military orders will be punished on the spot!" ”

In this kind of critical time, if you can't return the military order, you will really have no place to die.

The sergeants broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly urged each other to get up, and those who couldn't wake up also picked up first, rearranged the formation, and stood in their respective positions according to the generals' instructions, and waited until the order said that they could sleep, and then quickly fell down again, and quickly went to sleep.

Cao Zhen didn't dare to sleep, he let those cavalrymen be responsible for patrolling around, fortunately, they seized the time to doze off on horseback during the day, and they could support it for a while.

finally slept for an hour, and seeing that it was already dark, Cao Zhen hurriedly urged everyone to leave.

As soon as the sergeants fell asleep and died, several people were kicked and beaten desperately, and then they suddenly opened their eyes, and then they turned over, got up and ran, shouting as they ran: "Oh no, the enemy is catching up, hurry up!" ”

Immediately there was chaos everywhere, and the sergeants scattered and fled.

Fortunately, Cao Zhen and Guo Huai were prepared, and the cavalry rode their horses and shouted, intercepting those who had begun to run away, but were still sinking in a dream and did not wake up.

Guo Huai was serious, raised his hand and slashed a screaming sergeant to the ground, and shouted: "Calm, calm!" Those who dare to speak nonsense to confuse the public will be executed on the spot! ”

Finally stabilized, Cao Zhen was in a cold sweat, no sleep, this enemy has not caught up, everyone is nervous, want to bring them all back, I am afraid that it will be too difficult.

Guo Huai is still warning everyone: "Whoever dares to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being ruthless under the knife, hurry up and stand in formation, assemble and set off!" ”

However, some people were not afraid of his warning, and shouts immediately sounded in their ears: "Oh no, the cavalry of the Great Han Hussar General has caught up!" Wei Jun brothers, hurry up and run! ”

"Who? Who is still spreading rumors, I'm really not afraid of hitting the ground! Guo Huai's knife hasn't been put down yet.

However, this time he may not be able to cut it, and several cavalry flying horses behind him ran over and told him: "General, it's not good, Ma Chao's cavalry is chasing after you." ”

"So you're spreading rumors?" Guo Huai's knife was about to fall down on their necks.

Those few hurriedly dodged and retreated, but they still said in their mouths: "General, listen, listen!" It's really the enemy chasing after you! ”

Guo Huai pricked up his ears, and only then did he hear clearly, those shouts were indeed coming from a distance behind, and at this time, they were not so loud in his ears.

Looking up again, many fast-moving torches appeared in the distance, swarming towards this direction.

That's right, it was indeed Ma Chao's cavalry who chased after them, they caught a straggler of Wei troops, knowing that the enemy was in front, and when they saw the lights, they immediately lit up many torches, shouting, shouting, and swarming in.