Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 800 Small troubles on the way to pursue

  (Written at the beginning of the chapter: I just went back and looked through the comments of all the book friends on the chapter, and found that everyone is a prostitute...Ouke, don’t talk nonsense, let’s continue the text...)

  Although Dugu Yuhuan's idea is very good, and his desire to obtain spoils is also very strong, but the reality is generally unsatisfactory.

It didn't take long for the front troops who set off earlier to find the traces of the Han army, but they were surprised to find that the Han army seemed to be hiding some horses from the footprints left behind, and then the retreating Han army changed from infantry to cavalry …

   Are you still chasing after it?

   Dugu Yu Huan waved his hand and continued to chase!

  The pawns who have just climbed on horseback are at most faster than walking, and there must still be a gap compared with these boys under him.

  The Han army wore iron armor, and the pawns who were temporarily mounted must not be proficient in riding skills, so the physical exertion of the horse must be greater. As long as they follow the horseshoe prints, how far can this group of Han dogs run?

   It is no wonder that Dugu Yuhuan is so sure, because the terrain in this area is indeed quite special.

On the passage from Zhenlin to Yulin, there are continuous small mountains on the left side with steep slopes. Except for the valley on the side of Yuanyin, which can be passed through, individual people may be able to climb the top of the mountain, but if you want to pass through the army , especially the cavalry, is basically impossible.

And on the right side is a vast desert, with yellow sand all over the sky, unobstructed and unobstructed. Standing on the flat ground, you can easily see the situation more than ten or twenty miles away. The smoke and dust must rise into the sky, so that it can be seen from forty or fifty miles away...

  So Dugu Yuhuan only needs to focus on the convenience ahead. What he is worried about now is delaying the time and letting the Han army escape to the Yulin camp, so he basically won't be able to take advantage of it.

  But I didn't expect that the Xianbei army's pursuit pace encountered some troubles, and they couldn't get up as fast as they wanted.

Hidden in the cluttered grass, there are a handful of barbed thorns in the middle and scattered in the west. The Xianbei pursuers couldn't find them at all. Even the disgraced one had to endure the pain in his body to take care of the horses...

Avoiding the weeds on the road, the result is even more tragic. If you don’t pay attention, you will fall into a trap for cavalry. The half-deep hole specially designed for horseshoes is simply a nightmare. If you accidentally step on it, the result is worse than stepping on barbed wire. Be miserable.

The caltrops just pierced the horse's shoe, and it will be cured after a few days of lameness, but the horse that stepped on the horse's small hole basically has broken legs and feet. Even if it is cured, various problems will inevitably occur, let alone Continue to catch up...

  Then... still chasing?

  The choice before Dugu Yuhuan is like a gambler who has already lost part of his capital. He can either cut his flesh and leave the game now, or continue to increase his bets...

Cutting the flesh and leaving the market is easy to say, but if you really want to do it, you need a lot of courage and responsibility. Otherwise, there will not be so many people in the future who will lose their wealth in the four-day limit of a thousand stocks. All contributed to the unknown so-and-so...

  So Dugu Yuhuan gritted his teeth, chose to increase the bet, and continue to pursue. After all, only by continuing to chase and gaining the spoils can he make up for the losses that have occurred and save his face in front of his tribe, right?

However, as ordinary Xianbei cavalry who were chasing, after seeing the painful lessons of their companions, they had already woken up from the initial state of excitement and madness. The various traps they discovered made them panic more and more, and the more they walked, the more psychological pressure they suffered.

They don't know how many such traps there are, and they don't know when such traps will appear under their feet. They have chased for nearly a hundred miles, but they haven't seen the troops of the Han army yet. How long will they have to chase? How long it takes to walk in this terrain is an unknown.

The Xianbei soldiers walked slower and slower, and the elders of the team wanted to go fast, but they couldn't get up at all. They didn't know if Dugu Yuhuan was thinking wrong, the Han army had already run far away, and all they were left with was these There are endless small traps, and they are worried that since the Han army left these traps, wouldn't they be waiting somewhere in front to ambush them?

  The more the Xianbei soldiers thought about it, the more uncertain they felt. They exchanged winks and slowed down more and more...

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  In front of the Xianbei army, Xu Yucai commanded a dozen people to dig traps.

They have tools for digging small pits for horses. A long shovel is only half a hollow iron cylinder with a sharp lower edge. As long as you stand firmly, use vertical force, and constantly rotate the handle, you can easily land on the yellow mud flat ground. Cut a round hole out. This thing is a special batch of tools specially made by the Pingyang Workshop after the sniping of the Xianbei cavalry on the Huangcheng River Beach.

   Two or three scouts held bows and arrows and sat on horseback. They did not participate in the digging of the cave, but stood guard on the sidelines, and at the same time shouldered the responsibility of observing the movements of the Xianbei cavalry.

In this kind of relatively flat area, the smoke and dust raised by the large-scale enemy army is easy to be found, and it can't be covered up even if you try to cover it up. In rare cases, it will dissipate easily in the wind, and will not attract the attention of people in the distance.

  The smoke and dust generated by the large-scale infantry is flat and wide, thick and low, but the cavalry is different, the smoke and dust will be relatively high, and because of the automatic follow-up of the horses, the smoke and dust will appear concentrated, like a mountain, moving slowly.

  Experienced veterans can even see the approximate distance and number of personnel based on the difference between the smoke and dust...

   "Captain Xu! It's time to withdraw!" A scout raised his voice.

"Okay!" Xu Yu pulled out the long shovel forcefully, brought out a long cylindrical soil pillar, and then broke the soil pillar into several pieces with one foot, and then kicked it away randomly with a few kicks. , The dark soil clods rolled, stained with the floating dust on the ground, and soon there was not much difference in color.

  Xu Yu put the long shovel on his back, walked towards his horse, and ordered, "Let's go! Get on your horse and retreat!"

The soldiers who could not ride horses had secretly evacuated from Zhenlin a few days ago, while those who stayed behind were soldiers who knew how to ride. Although they could not fight on horseback like regular cavalry, they could ride Hurrying is not a big problem.

"Do the others still have any terriers? Just throw some away!" Xu Yu led the people to evacuate while touching the sack containing the terriers on the horse's back, but found that it was empty. road.

   "Okay! I have a little more!"

   "I'm done throwing!"

  The soldiers responded one after another, a dozen small black spots rolled down from the horse's back, bounced a few times on the yellow ground, and then hid in the smoke...

   Things are always getting more and more...

   It seems that the only idea is to make people feel uneasy...

  (end of this chapter)