"Captain, look at how the grass in front of you looks like it has been plowed. And why can you still smell some blood on the surrounding ground?
It seems that the general's worries are not groundless, and there is indeed a problem.
The soldiers who went to check the situation came to a place two miles away from Xu Chu and his army.
I found that the color of the grass in the front meadow was different from the color of the grass in other places. It was obviously lighter.
In addition, they also smelled the smell of blood in the air, so they felt that there was indeed a problem.
The captain did not say anything after hearing this, but took the initiative to dismount and go to the grasslands in front to explore the situation.
But just when he stepped onto these meadows, the grass on these meadows suddenly collapsed.
"As expected, it seems that the enemy has really set up an ambush here in advance, and there are also traps. It seems that there may be such things on the road ahead. We must be more careful during this march."
After seeing these traps, the captain directly grabbed a handful of soil inside the traps.
He returned to Xu Chu's side, and then began to report to Xu Chu.
"General, you see, this is the enemy's trap we saw. It's exactly what you said. There should be ambushes on both sides, but they should be somewhere further ahead.
In the places closest to us, there are such traps in the grass on both sides. And it seems that they have just been set up, but it is obvious that these traps were made very hastily."
After the captain came back, he also reported everything he saw and heard to Xu Chu.
Xu Chu looked thoughtfully at the handful of soil handed over by the captain, because he could clearly see it.
The soil is one or two meters deep underground, which is obviously a trap specially prepared by the enemy for their cavalry.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to dig so deep, and with such evidence, it can be shown that the enemy must be on guard all the way.
If they want to rush over, there will be certain risks, but if they want to get over safely, they have to use some other methods.
If they continue to rush forward like this, they will definitely encounter enemy traps and enemy ambush, and then they will be in great danger.
Thanks to Xu Chu's cautious behavior, otherwise their team would have been in danger now.
Soon after Xu Chu came out of the camp, he felt that there seemed to be a problem on both sides, so he sent people to investigate.
After the people sent out came back, they clearly told Xu Chu that all the grasslands in front were traps set by the enemy.
It was obvious from this that the enemy was preparing for them cavalry, which meant that the enemy came over in a hurry and laid a trap.
Xu Chu and others were relieved after hearing the news. Fortunately, he sent someone to check it out in advance.
If he hadn't sent someone to check in advance and rushed over so rashly, he might have been ambushed by the enemy.
He is afraid that he will suffer heavy losses by then, but now he realizes that it is not too late or not too early, after all, there are still ways to deal with it.
Moreover, the enemy did not seem to have ambushed soldiers near them. Otherwise, I am afraid that if they went to check these things, they would not be able to come back.
After Xu Chu confirmed that the enemy had an ambush, his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking of ways to break the situation.
After all, it’s not enough to just know that there is an ambush. You also have to think of ways to break it. But the problem is that the enemy not only has people in front.
I'm afraid there are a lot of traps arranged. It's easy for this man and horse, as long as they can avoid them, but these traps are very troublesome.
After all, you don't even know where these traps are, and they may pop up anytime and anywhere, which will make them restrained.
There is simply no way to march at full speed, which will greatly hinder them as a whole.
"General, I have an idea. We can send someone with a spear to tie a wheel to the front of the spear.
In this case, if you let the horse drive behind, I can use the wheels on the lance to detect the front.
If a trap is discovered, a timely warning can be given.
This way, the horses behind us won’t be able to step on them, what do you think?”
Just when Xu Chu was thinking about how to crack it, one of Xu Chu's generals also took the initiative to give Xu Chu suggestions.
After Xu Chu thought about it for a while, he realized that this method was indeed feasible, so he ordered the production of the wheel that the general mentioned.
In fact, this person said that this method is actually very simple. It is to make small wheels from trees and tie them to their spears.
Put the spear in front of the horse. When the cavalry moves forward on the horse, the wheel can extend two or three meters in front.
In this way, if there is a trap in the grass or on the ground, it will collapse because the wheel travels on it.
This will alert those behind you and allow them to avoid it, just like mine clearing in later generations.
"The general has been made, let's set off now. After a quarter of an hour, all the necessary things have been made.
Finally, he came to Xu Chu for instructions. After Xu Chu looked at the things he had made, he gave the order directly.
"Order all those with spears to go ahead and keep moving forward at half the original speed."
Finally, under Xu Chu's order, their men and horses set off on the road again.
But this time was different from before. This time they also slowed down a bit.
After all, if the speed is too fast, even if the phenomenon is discovered, it will not be able to dodge.
It's good to slow down now. If you find a trap, you can avoid it in time.
After learning that the enemy had set up traps and ambushes ahead, Xu Chu also came up with a way to deal with them.
Then they started walking again, but this time their walking speed was obviously much slower.
The men and horses on both sides of Xu Chu, after seeing Xu Chu like this, also sent people out to ask Xu Chu why he was marching like this.
After all, the current speed was obviously much slower than before, and Xu Chu also sent someone to explain this matter clearly to the commanders of the two pairs of horses.
After the robot learned the truth, it followed Zhao Yuan and others and slowed down.
After all, there is no guarantee whether there are any traps on the road or on the grass, if they continue to travel at the same speed as before.
It is very likely that you will run into a trap, and you will be overturned when the time comes, which is something no one wants to see.
So they slowly moved forward at half the speed before. After walking for a while, Xu Chu felt that something was wrong.
Because they found a lot of traps along the way. Although the traps were not connected, it was obvious that the number was quite large.
But as they approached the river bank, they slowly discovered that the number of these traps gradually decreased.
This is a bit abnormal. If the previous situation goes according to the situation, as they get closer to the river bank, there should be more and more traps.
The most important thing now is that the enemy will definitely set more traps on both sides of the river bank, but now it is completely opposite to this situation.
"Why do you think the number of traps we have along the way is getting less and less? The number of traps should obviously be increasing as we get to this river bank. Why is it the other way around now?"
Xu Chu didn't understand this matter after thinking about it himself. Don't start discussing this issue with the generals below him.
As soon as Xu Chu asked, the coaches below also began to fall silent, thinking about why this was the case.
They didn't pay attention to this at all before, but after Xu Chu said it, they felt that this was indeed the case.
So everyone started to think about it, but after thinking for a long time, no one said anything.
At this moment, a soldier suddenly made a sound, which attracted the attention of Xu Chu and others.
"Generals, I think I know why." Although the soldier spoke a little slowly, he spoke very brightly, so that the soldiers next to Xu Chu could hear him.
After the soldier finished speaking, the soldiers all looked at the soldier.
"Really? Tell me what you think. If that's the case, I will promote you to sergeant major."
When Xu Chu heard what the soldier said, he was also a little curious. This was just a soldier.
Then he asked the soldier why he was like this, and after the soldier heard what Xu Chu said.
He also suppressed his excitement and began to explain his views.
"I think the reason for this situation is simply that the enemy's route is like this, and they have to reduce the number of traps.
And the most important thing is that they want to force us all to both sides of the river and fight them on the beach here."
When Xu Chu and the others slowly arrived at the river bank, they found that the number of traps was getting smaller and smaller.
This thing is actually very abnormal. After all, according to common sense, there must be more traps when Yue reaches the bank of the river.
In this way, he could restrict Xu Chu and the others from crossing the river, but the current situation was exactly the opposite, which had to attract the attention of Xu Chu and the others.
But Xu Chu never figured out why the enemy would do this. After all, this thing was really too abnormal.
Just when they couldn't figure it out, one of Xu Chu's soldiers suddenly came out and expressed his opinion.
Xu Chu and his managers also fell silent, because they felt that the soldier's statement seemed to make sense.
"No matter what you say is true or not, the fact that you have such thoughts shows that you are not an ordinary person.
Being a mere soldier is too humiliating. Come here and give him a horse. From now on, you will be the sergeant major, responsible for being on both sides of me and listening to my orders at any time."
When Xu Chu heard what the soldier said, he felt that what the soldier said made sense.
Then, regardless of whether what the soldier said was true or not, he directly promoted the soldier.
The soldier was overjoyed when he heard what Xu Chu said, after all, if he had not had such an opportunity.
I'm afraid I'll be nothing more than a soldier in this life, with little chance of making any achievements.
Now Zhao can be said to have made him prosperous, and then Xu Chu led them to move forward.
"General, we found traces of the enemy ahead, but we didn't see any enemies nearby."
When they were not far from the river beach, the people below came over to report to Xu Chu that they found traces of the enemy ahead.
However, they only found traces of the enemy's footsteps, but did not see anyone nearby.
After Xu Chu saw this situation, he also knew that he was about to encounter an enemy ambush.
Because this is obviously because the personnel movement around here is too intensive, so there is no time to hide all these whereabouts.
Only then was they discovered it, and Xu Chu looked at the map and compared it with the local scenery.
They also roughly determined their position. They had already reached a place very close to the river beach, which meant that they would soon arrive near the river beach.
Once they arrive near the river beach, the enemy must be ambushing them somewhere, and this will also be their next main battlefield.
"Inform the entire army and be extremely vigilant. We will soon reach the river beach. Once we get there, the enemy's ambush will probably be revealed."
But Xu Chu was not too worried, after all, they had made preparations in advance.
Immediately, he gave the order to put everyone on alert, so Xu Chu led his men and horses and continued to move forward.
After walking a short distance, we came to the vicinity of the river beach. Once we got there, we could clearly see something unusual on both sides of the river beach.
Because there is indeed no trap near the river beach and it is very flat, which is not in line with the enemy's basic characteristics.
After all, the enemy had arranged so many traps on this road before, but now there are no traps nearby.
Soon Xu Chu and the others arrived near the river beach. After arriving near the river beach, it was exactly what they thought before.
There are really no traps on both sides of the river beach, which also confirms what the soldier said before.
It seems that the enemy deliberately wants to use this river beach as a battlefield for their battle.
In this case, it will be more beneficial to surround Xu Chu and his team here, and it will also be convenient to strangle them.
And the most important thing is to facilitate the enemy's mobilization, but at least Xu Chu and the others knew about this situation in advance.
Otherwise, I'm afraid they will be easily lured into this battlefield by the enemy.
"General, we have reached the hinterland of the river beach, and there is no trace of the enemy nearby. It seems that the enemy may not have ambushed in this section. I think we are really lucky this time."
After arriving near the river beach, Xu Chu and the others did not see any Turkic cavalry.
This also makes all of Xu Chu's generals very confident.
Previously, they were afraid that the enemy would ambush here, so they were always on tenterhooks.
But when we actually arrived near the river beach, we found that there were no enemies here.
This made all of them a little happy. After all, there was no enemy ambush, which meant they were safer. Of course they would be very happy.
But Xu Chu kept frowning because he felt something was wrong about this matter.
"Do you really think that this enemy will not ambush us near this river beach?
The enemy is not a fool, and looking at the traces along the way, it shows that the enemy is already on guard against us.
They have spent so much effort digging so many traps, will they let this river beach go?
They clearly know that we are the best place near both sides of the river beach, how could they give up."
