At the feet of the soldiers, the fine ice pieces and withered grass stems began to bounce slightly, and the earth trembled faintly. The sound of Cao's horse hooves became louder and louder, like huge waves slamming against the reefs, making a roar like muffled thunder. Thousands of iron hooves passed by, smoke and murderous aura soared into the sky, like boundless wildfires spreading in the winter desert, which made the viewers terrified.

Ma Su held his breath and looked at him. After a while, he finally couldn't help but say loudly: "The cavalry on the right wing of Cao's army has begun to accelerate!"

The distance between the two sides is still far, not far from the time to join the formation.

Zhuge Liang did not respond. He did not even look at Cao's army's movements, but instead focused on his soldiers, waiting for them to take their place gradually according to the pre-plan.

At this moment, they are located in a relatively open plateau. There are several abandoned fields, several bushes, and several dilapidated farmhouses on the plateau.

There are ravines four or five feet deep in front and back of the plateau, cutting the originally flat fields. In spring and summer, there should be water in the ravines, which has dried up at this time, with only a small amount of frozen ice. On both sides of the ravines, many slopes formed by the collapse of loess, which can be used for infantry and cavalry to advance.

The formation of the Han army was roughly in the shape of a front and a back Permian.

Jiang Wei led more than 2,000 soldiers to form a formation at the front. With Jiang Wei himself as the center, five square formations, front, back, left and right, each square formation is four or five hundred people, led by a senior chief Qu. Compared with Cao's army, which was spread out in huge front and was shocking, these five square formations seemed very small.

Three hundred steps behind Jiang Wei was the Hu Ben camp array of Xiang Chong.

The Hu Ben and Yulin battalions gathered elite soldiers of the entire army. The selection criteria did not require each of the soldiers to be brave enough to be ten or a hundred, but they must have rich experience in battle formations and be orderly at all times. The military formations listed in the two battalions were also long-term training before, and they were arranged quickly and conveniently.

Once Zhuge Liang waved the military flag to form a formation, the entire army would move in response, like an arm to use his fingers.

When each team of soldiers was in place, Du Bo, who led the team, shouted and signaled. On the upper level, the garrisons of each garrison will be determined to be in place, then blew the horns and shook the pennant flags representing the town; upwards, the leaders of the chariots waved the flags representing their respective ranks; in the end, the leaders of the two battalions waved the flags and erected flags decorated with yak tails on the side of the flag to represent everything.

After the front team formed the formation, the cavalry who were originally guarding the front dispersed to the wings and returned to the last side of the two formations. While they were riding their horses, they saw that some soldiers in the back team had not yet taken their seats, so they laughed and laughed at them.

A small number of the soldiers were responsible for supervising the surrounding areas during the march, and a group of people drove dozens of strong trucks, so they arrived late, not because they were not weak in their feet. When the cavalry laughed, they retorted a few annoyedly, discarded the luggage on their shoulders and quickly pushed the cart.

When we marched two days ago, the vehicles were used to transport supplies such as armor, crossbows and crossbow arrows, and were wrapped in thick felt cloth. Last night this morning, most of these combat supplies were distributed to the soldiers, and the vehicles should have been unloaded.

But now it seems that the idled vehicles are still very heavy. After removing the felt cloth, I saw that each vehicle was made of thick wood, square, and there were extra movable thick support feet on the four corners of the car. The baffles on both sides of the vehicle were wrapped in iron sheets and nails. When the sun shone, it emitted a cold and cold light.

Experienced cavalry can tell at a glance that this big car is not an ordinary vehicle, but has been improved and processed and has special uses. I don’t know what the hell is hidden in this carriage.

Many people then thought that Prime Minister Zhuge set up a car city on the west side of Jinguan City in the southwest corner of Chengdu. There are military camps and cities in the east, west, south and north of the city, with tight supervision... Could it be for these big cars?

Although most people are aware of the origin of these vehicles, they are ignorant and do not know what the purpose of such vehicles is to be placed on the battlefield.

If used as a cover on the battlefield, the vehicle would be too heavy and inconvenient to dispatch, which was inconsistent with the eight-format method that has been practiced in the past two years and strives for rapid and changeable methods. However, if used as a chariot, the vehicle would not have a wide shaft, obviously it would not be able to accommodate two horses, so it would not be able to carry soldiers to gallop and fight.

Many cavalrymen couldn't help but truce the horses and watched carefully.

Sima Liuyin, the assistant army of the Huben Camp who was responsible for leading the convoy, glanced at their stupid appearance, and felt very proud, and repeatedly urged his subordinates: "Get into the formation quickly!"

Liu Yin is not an ordinary martial artist. He was born into a famous scholar in Yizhou. He was a famous person in his youth and had a reputation of being honest and friendly. He was as famous as his fellow villager Du Zhen and Liu Shen of the same clan.

Du Zhen, Liu Shen and Liu Yin were almost at the same time, and now they have been engaged in the Prime Minister's Office. They are Zhuge Liang's assistant in government affairs. However, Liu Yin, who is the same famous scholar, became a military officer as a military officer under the title of Sima of the Huben Camp.

For more than two years, he had been staying in Cheguan City, accompanying the craftsmen to endure the fire. Few people knew what he was busy with. So some people joked outside and called Liu Yin the "Cheguan".

Until this time, Liu Yin and his subordinates finally stepped out of Cheguancheng with confidence and followed the Prime Minister to the front line.

Today is the beginning of the year, and it is just right to make a contribution!

Liu Yin pressed his sword and raised his head. When he saw Zhuge Liang standing on a higher place, he waved his hand and laughed.

His movement was a bit rude, but Zhuge Liang immediately waved to him.

Turning back, Zhuge Liang handed over the banner to Ma Su, showing a reassured look: "Liu Xiuran has arrived, we are ready soon."

In a moment, the General of the Hu Ben Central Army Xiang Chong took his position, the Sima Liu Yin of the Hu Ben Camp Army was in his position, Jiang Wei of the left supervisor of Yulin, Zhuge Qiao of the right supervisor of Yulin, ten chiefs of the two battalions were in his position, fifty generals of the treasury were in his position, and 250 Du Bos with colorful epaulettes on his shoulders were in his position. The complete force of the 250 Du Bos should be 6,250. But at this time, those who were put on the battlefield, deducted the people left in the palace ban in Chengdu and Chang'an, totaling 5,168 soldiers.

This is enough.

Zhuge Liang was at the rear of the Huben Camp, a slope with a slightly higher terrain. Several personal soldiers ran and ran for a while and raised two large flags high. One was the general flag with the words "Zhuge" written on it, and the other was the "Han" army flag with the red background and black characters.

At this time, the Cao army's cavalry continued to approach. The closer they got, the more they could see the cavalry surrounded by their respective commanders and showed their power. The smoke and dust behind them rolled, and they were even more like an angry dragon flying towards the ground, as if they would approach the nearest and swallow the Han soldiers in one bite.

But the Han army's flag did not move at all, and the generals and school flags did not move at all. Perhaps some people would have doubts before the war, and some would have wavered, but at a critical moment, hundreds of flags and thousands of people seemed to be condensed into a whole, like a golden city pond, like a copper wall and an iron wall.

Zhuge Liang knew that this was not the result of his own military management, but the powerful will of the soldiers who had been tempered through countless fierce wars.

Over the past decade, the Han army soldiers have defeated countless powerful enemies and turned around the situation in the world. Victories have been repeated and timely gathered the confidence of the soldiers and cultivated their tenacity, so that they can still maintain their fighting spirit in such a huge gap between the enemy and us.
Chapter completed!