Hearing the news from the scout in front that Sima Shi was coming, Wei Ba immediately ordered to stop advancing and lined up on the spot to meet the battle.

Sima Shi took 2,000 people to chase Deng Zhi, Wei Ba didn't know if he caught up, the loss was not big, he still arranged the formation according to Sima Shi had 2,000 fine horses. He now has more than 800 horsemen, and he also has stirrups to help, but no matter the number or the level of cavalry, it is not enough to compete with Sima Shi's elite cavalry, so he still adopts a relatively safe tactic of lining up with foot soldiers to meet the battle, and maximizes the combat effectiveness of the Wei family's military soldiers.

In order to stop the charge of the Wei cavalry, Wei Ba ordered the trees on both sides of the road to be cut down to create barricades. The road is divided into three parts, the middle is the emperor's special road, the road surface is the widest, and the two sides are the places where ordinary people walk, which is relatively narrow. Trees were planted in the middle of the three roads, and trees were also planted on both sides of the road, making a total of four rows of trees. Many of these trees were planted hundreds of years ago, and they can be regarded as real antiquities, but at this time, Wei Ba didn't care about a lot, and he didn't care about them for hundreds of years, and they all felled down.

Jianzhang Palace has been demolished, not to mention a few trees.

Those soldiers were very shrewd, and without Wei Ba's orders, they cut down one tree after another, leaving half-human stumps to interfere with the cavalry's charge, and they could also be used as shields when necessary. Since the new steelmaking method, the Wei family has not only greatly improved the quality of armor and weapons, but also the sharpness of the woodcutter cannot be underestimated. From receiving the order to Sima Shi's men and horses appearing at the end of the line of sight, in less than half an hour, Wei Ba had already prepared a wide blocking position on the gallop that spanned the entire gallop road, up to two hundred steps, and was divided into five formations before and after.

The big tree that hadn't even cut off its leaves lay horizontally on the galloping road, blocking the galloping road tightly. If the Wei cavalry wanted to gallop on horseback, they had to move these trees before they could do so. And if you want to move these trees, you must first kill the Wei family soldiers hiding in them.

See this formation from afar. Sima Shi's face was green, greener than the leaves of the trees that did not wither in winter.

He knew what was going on with Wei Ba's cavalry, and he also knew where Wei Ba's war horse came from. After solving a mystery, Sima Shi not only did not feel any lighter. Instead, they were even more angry.

Wei Ba actually used my war horse to organize a cavalry of nearly a thousand people? It's tolerable, it's unbearable!

Sima Shi's teeth were chattering, and his face was hot. It was as if he had been slapped twice by Wei Ba. He is a little self-conscious, his biggest reliance, the most elite cavalry of Great Wei, is it the horse keeper who provides war horses for Wei Ba?

"Major General, this formation is not easy to attack." Liang Ji saw that Sima Shi's face was wrong, and hurriedly urged the war horse. Leaned over and reminded softly.

"I know, he's forcing me to fight him." Sima Shi gritted his teeth: "However, how can my Great Wei's cavalry only fight on horse, not on foot?" Our army is almost half more than him. Even foot combat would be enough to consume him. ”

Liang Ji was just about to speak, but Sima Shi raised his hand: "Wei Ba is the most difficult opponent in the Shu army, kill him, and the others are not to be afraid." Even if you fold everyone here today, you have to kill Wei Ba. ”

"But ......"

"Nothing." Sima Shi paused, and then said, "You led five hundred men around the position to block their reinforcements, and I suspect that there are still foot soldiers following behind." Alternatively, he would leave some cavalry in reserve. ”

Liang nodded in agreement.

"In addition, you immediately send scouts in the direction of Shang County. If the hussar general sends another cavalry reinforcement, bring them here at once. No matter what, I'm going to stop Wei Ba here. ”

Liang Ji frowned: "Since this is the case, why don't the young general wait and see what happens, just drag him off?" ”

Sima Shi's eyes flashed, and he laughed: "Good plan, then do it, you go quickly." At this time, it is fifty miles to Shangxian County, and it is only two hundred miles away from Wuguan, so I wait for a day, and I think that the reinforcements should be able to arrive, right? ”

"That's nature." Liang Ji smiled slightly, arched his hand, took five hundred elite horsemen, got off the gallop, bypassed Wei Ba's position from the ridges, and rushed to the rear of Wei Ba's formation. What he was most worried about was Sima Shi's strong attack on Wei Ba's position regardless of casualties, although both sides were foot soldiers, but it was obvious that Wei Ba, who was on the defensive, would have to take advantage of some advantages, and once the war started, Sima Shi's casualties would be greater. In the absence of absolute superiority in troops, it is undoubtedly the safest choice to brake quietly and wait for reinforcements to arrive to encircle Wei Ba.

Watching the Wei knights separate out and walk down the road, Wei Ba smiled.

While the soldiers were preparing for this blocking formation, Wei Ba was wondering what countermeasures Sima Shi would have. In his opinion, Sima Shi is nothing more than three countermeasures. One is to attack, which is obviously not the best policy, which is equivalent to giving up the advantage of the Wei cavalry and turning to fight with him on foot. With 800 soldiers in his hands, he was confident enough to ravage Sima Shi again, even if the opponent's number of soldiers was twice as large as his. For him, this is the best policy, but for Sima Shi, it is a seemingly feasible choice, but it is actually a losing game. Another option is to retreat, go around behind him, and then wait and see, if you don't move, I won't move, if you run, I'll follow. This is the best plan for the cavalry to deal with the foot soldiers, considering that Sima Yi's army is gradually approaching, Wei Ba cannot wait here indefinitely, this plan will be the most uncomfortable plan for him. For Sima Shi, this should be the best policy.

In addition to the above two choices, Sima Shi has a third choice, which is the choice he is making now. It can't be said to be the best policy, nor is it the next policy, it can only be said that it is not good or bad. There are similarities with the upper policy, it is also a siege, but he blocked Wei Ba's way and forced Wei Ba to take the initiative to attack him, which seems to be a good choice, and it can even be said to be the best policy.

However, this is actually a very unsuccessful choice.

In the case of similar troops, dividing troops is definitely a stupid move.

Yes, Sima Shi left a thousand people by his side, and he still had an advantage in numbers, and he was all cavalry, even if he was defeated, he could retreat, and Wei Ba couldn't catch up with him. But he didn't know at all that these Wei family soldiers around Wei Ba were not ordinary foot soldiers, they could be said to be the strongest foot soldiers in the Shu Han army, even if they looked at the world, they might not be able to find someone stronger than them, I am afraid that only the trapped camp led by Gao Shun, Lu Bu's subordinate, could compare with them.

It's just a comparison. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Wei family's military soldiers, who have been trained strictly since childhood, are three points stronger than the trapped soldiers in the camp.

Sima Division divided his troops and attacked. It seems safe, but in fact it is an outright mistake.

All of this stems from the fact that he doesn't know the true strength of the Wei family's martial arts. He can only be compared from the conventional comparison of forces.

Wei Ba waved his hand quietly, leaving two hundred people hiding in the chaotic trees, and the remaining six hundred people quietly sneaked out of the tree array. Pounce on the Wei cavalry who are carefully advancing between the ridges.

These ridges look smooth, but they are actually different from solid runs. The soil is very soft, and there is still a lot of wheat stubble that has not been cleaned, so walk slowly. It doesn't even matter if you run in small steps, but it's an impossible task to run as hard as you can on the gallop. After the war horse enters the ridge, it must be careful and slow, so as not to break the horse's hooves by the potholes in the field, and even some knights choose to dismount and walk in order to protect the war horse. The pace of their march became extremely slow.

Just as they had made a lot of effort, they watched as they bypassed the tree formation on the galloping road. Just as he was about to re-embark on the gallop road, when he went around Wei Ba's back, six hundred Wei family warriors suddenly rushed out of the tree formation, down the mountain and fierce tigers, and rushed straight at those slow-moving cavalrymen.

Liang Ji's eyes widened. I couldn't believe what was happening in front of me. In the case of an obvious disadvantage in troops, Wei Ba actually dared to divide his troops to attack? He wasn't afraid that Sima Shi would take the opportunity to attack his own formation?

No matter how incredible Liang Ji thought, the six hundred Wei family warriors did not hesitate at all, they even walked on the rugged mountain roads, and these somewhat soft ridges were nothing to them. They were like a tidal wave, surging in, seeing the needles and seams, and unstoppably slaughtered into the formation of five hundred Wei army knights.

It can't be said that the Wei knights are not skilled in foot combat, even if they get off the horse, they are no worse than ordinary foot soldiers, but in the face of the most elite Wei family soldiers, they have no power to fight back. Many people turned over their horses and prepared to gallop on horseback, but the soft ground brought them a lot of trouble, and some of the war horses could not even stand on their feet, how could they charge with force, even if a few war horses began to run, they seemed very reluctant, and they could not reach the expected speed at all.

Without the speed of the cavalry, how could it be the opponent of the Wei family's military soldiers.

Liang Ji anxiously hissed and shouted: "Don't fall in love, go up the gallop road, go up the gallop road-"

The knights of the Wei army also understood that to fight these running Shu troops in such a place, they did not have an advantage at all, and only when they were on the gallop road could the war horses accelerate and they could regain their advantage.

Many knights whipped their horses and rushed towards the gallop, and they had no formation at all.

This is exactly in the hands of the Wei family's military soldiers, whose personal combat ability far exceeds that of the Wei army's cavalry, and they like this kind of chaotic battle the most. They rushed into the Wei army's formation, dragged the Wei knights off their horses, and cut them to the ground, as if they were chopping melons and vegetables. About a hundred people rushed to the front of the knights, blocked their running in the direction of the gallop, formed a formation, and blocked with all their might.

This sudden battle was one-sided from the start. Liang Ji, under the protection of several personal guards, rode on a bumpy war horse, and couldn't even sit still, let alone take it calmly. While watching the chaotic battle situation, he also had to pay attention to his feet, and did not dare to be careless. Seeing the rapid rout, he was anxious, but there was nothing he could do but shout loudly in vain.

His shouting attracted the attention of the Wei family's soldiers, and several Wei family soldiers rushed over, slashing Liang Ji and several of his guards under the horse.

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The first update arrived.

The first month of the new book on the shelves is a day of zuihou, and this month's efforts will be settled today. It's the first time for Lao Zhuang to fight for a monthly ticket so seriously, I don't know what the result will be for Zuihou, and I'm as worried as my first love.

However, Lao Zhuang said at the beginning that fighting for a monthly ticket is an attitude, no matter what the result of Zuihou is, what Lao Zhuang can guarantee is that Lao Zhuang has an attitude.

In addition to having an attitude, Lao Zhuang also prepared some manuscripts, which were prepared for today's hi. Presumably, some book lovers still remember the first day they were put on the shelves, and today, maybe they can break that record. It's still the same agreement, every 10 monthly passes plus one change.

Lao Zhuang is waiting for you, come and fight together! (To be continued.) )