Li Hou Han Wu nodded secretly.

Although the damage to the three thousand heavy cavalry also made him feel distressed, compared to being able to defeat the Wei army under the command of Wei Gongzi Run in one fell swoop, defeating the vigor of the Wei state and seizing the position of overlord of the Central Plains, this was a price that Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, was willing to pay.

After thinking about it, Lihou Han Wu suddenly raised his head. After staring at Wei Jun in the distance for a while, he asked his left and right: "How long has it been?"

The guards on the left and right replied: "About half an hour."

Li Hou Han Wu frowned when he heard this and asked again: "Has Mr. Wei Run sent anyone here?"

"No." Zuo Zuo replied.

Hearing this, Li Hou Han Wu frowned even more tightly, and he secretly muttered: What is this Wei Gongzi Run doing? Half an hour is not enough for the Wei army to arrange their formation?

However, since he had vowed before that he would wait for the Wei army to be ready before engaging in war, he could not regret it now and beat himself up, so he could only wait patiently.

After waiting for another full half an hour, Li Hou Han Wu couldn't hold it any longer and said with an unhappy expression: "What the hell is Zhao Run doing? It's been almost an hour. Isn't it enough for Wei Jun?" Are you ready?"

After hearing this, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin who was standing by, touched his chin and guessed: "Marquis Li, I suspect that Wei Gongzi Run may be delaying time... The elites of the Wei army are known to the world. According to rumors, the Wei army was unprepared. Under such circumstances, you can quickly prepare for the battle within a moment, how could you be so slack?"

At this point, he frowned and added: "I suspect that Wei Gongzi Run may have some intentions!"

At this moment, due to the ink mark of the Wei army, Ma She, Qin Kai, and Le Yi have not yet returned to their respective formations. After hearing the words of Dangyin Hou Han Yang, they all nodded their heads - they felt more and more that today the Wei army His actions reveal a sense of disobedience from beginning to end.

Li Hou Han Wu couldn't wait any longer, so he gritted his teeth and summoned the two soldiers he had just sent out, and told them: "You two will urge them for me."

"Yes!" The two soldiers responded with clasped fists.

Just as Dangyin Hou Han Yang judged, the Wei army was indeed deliberately delaying time.

As for the purpose, it is very simple. The Wei army is making preparations to deal with the heavy cavalry.

Heavy cavalry is undoubtedly the king on the plains, but this unit has very high demands on terrain, and at the same time, it is also easy to be targeted.

At least in Zhao Hongrun's mind, there are dozens or even hundreds of tactics that can make heavy cavalry die ugly. Among these tactics, the simplest and most convenient is undoubtedly the "horseshoe pit".

Horseshoe pits, as the name suggests, are pits the size of horseshoes, about the length of an arm.

When such horseshoe pits are densely spread over an area, the area becomes a place of death for heavy cavalry.

Once the heavy cavalry is galloping and sprinting, the horse accidentally sinks its hoof into such a hole. Due to inertia, the leg of the horse that fell into the hole will be broken immediately, directly throwing the knight off its back. , thus triggering a chain reaction, causing a large area of ​​heavy cavalry to be knocked down by the bodies of their companions, and even trampling on each other, which was out of control.

For this tactic, Zhao Hongrun also specially asked the Metallurgical Bureau to design an earth-digging instrument. The whole thing is like a hollow cylinder, with an opening at the lower end, and the edges of the opening are sharpened. When the soldiers put this thing on On the ground, you can easily sink the object into the ground by stepping on the upper foot. When pulling it out, the cut soil will be brought out, and a hole the size of a standard horseshoe will be dug out in an instant.

The craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau named this instrument "horse hoof trap" and made nearly two thousand of them.

Unfortunately, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Although Zhao Hongrun led the Shang Shui Army and Yanling Army to successfully invade the hinterland of South Korea, the ships transporting supplies and war equipment in Wei State failed to deliver these items to the army in time. South Korea's Julu Shouyanju led the navy to block the river.

In this case, Zhao Hongrun could only use the oldest method, which was to ask the soldiers to secretly dig the horseshoe pit.

He deliberately chose to start the battle at the end of the day, and today, at the end of the day, he came belatedly, just to facilitate the delay of the battle until dusk - after all, the Korean army could not invest heavy cavalry at the beginning. Right? When the heavy cavalry appears, it will definitely be at the most stalemate of the battle.

Therefore, the Wei army had no time to set up such a simple trap.

As long as the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers in the front row formed a tight formation and used shields to block the friendly troops behind them, it would be impossible for the Korean army to see what the Wei army in the rear row was doing secretly in the position, let alone when the battle dragged on until around dusk and the line of sight dimmed.

However, what was unexpected was that today, in order to show his calmness and magnanimity, Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, actually wanted to give the Wei army time to prepare for the battle. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun was disrespectful and simply asked the soldiers to dig holes in the middle and rear positions. Come to the cave.

Although I don’t have suitable digging equipment, I have plenty of time so I can dig slowly.

Until Lihou Hanwu sent the two soldiers here again, Zhao Hongrun realized that the former was probably impatient.

In order to prevent the two soldiers of Lihou Hanwu from noticing anything, Zhao Hongrun sent someone to intercept the other party and asked them to convey their intention to fight to Lihou Hanwu.

After getting the exact reply from the two soldiers, Li Hou Han Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but start imagining the spectacular scene of heavy cavalry sweeping across the Wei army later.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun was also maliciously looking forward to the tragedy of the powerful heavy cavalry being defeated in front of a small horseshoe pit.
Chapter completed!