Guo Song and Guo Chongqing became partners again, although all the generals opposed Guo Song to go out in person, but everyone couldn't convince him, there is really no one's martial arts can compare with him, if you don't consider his status as a coach, Guo Song is actually the most suitable candidate.

The two lurked on the periphery of the sheep and horse pen, observing the situation of the enemy army, perhaps because of the relatively small number of people, the patrol posts in this area of the sheep and horse pen were not fixed in one place, but mainly patrolled, and every two or three minutes a team of sentries would gallop by.

Seeing a team of more than a dozen cavalry galloping past in front of him, Guo Song waved his hand to Guo Chongqing, the two rushed to the sheep and horse pen, jumped over the sheep and horse pen in the dark, and did not need cavalry to attack and the last five cities, the war horses were basically stored in the sheep and horse pen, and the horses and sheep were separated, in order to avoid disturbing the horses and sheep, Guo Song and Guo Chongqing galloped along the fence.

Running out for about two miles, there are several wooden towers in front, this kind of wooden tower is not a guard tower, but to observe the horses and sheep, standing on a high place, you can see more clearly, this kind of wooden tower is also the junction of the sheep and horse pen and the military camp, and then go forward is the military camp.

Guo Song quickly climbed the wooden tower, there was no one on the wooden tower, he looked into the barracks from the wooden tower overlook, it was the third watch at this time, the weather was unusually cold at night, almost to the extent that the water was dripping into ice, the soldiers hid in the warm sheepskin quilt and slept very sweetly, to Guo Song's surprise, there was no patrol post in the camp at all, and it was dark in the camp.

It's right to think about it, as long as you keep an eye on the Tang army in Pu Tao City, there will be no reinforcements at all at this time, Zheng Ju, who ran to ask for help, finally arrived in Puchanghai, and he didn't even go half the way, if he didn't meet Guo Song and them, his fate would be to feed the wild wolves.

Guo Song came down from the wooden tower, the two squatted in the corner of the fence, and he whispered to Guo Chongqing: "There is no patrol post in the barracks, you can directly set fires." ”

Guo Chongqing nodded, took out two torches from the backpack, each of them carried a backpack, and there were dozens of small torches in the backpack to facilitate ignition.

Guo Song also took out a few torches and said to Guo Chongqing: "I am in charge of the northwest corner, you are in charge of the northeast corner, let's start acting!" ”

The two climbed over the fence and ran into the darkness of the camp.......

At the same time, Liang Wu also led a dozen soldiers to infiltrate the sheep and horse pen, they were responsible for herding the horses, once the fire broke out, they had to release all the war horses in the sheep and horse pen, so that the panicked soldiers would not run and run on horseback in the chaos.

The remaining 280 cavalry, led by Li Ji, were ready, and they were divided into ten teams, distributed a mile south of the camp, waiting for the slaughter of the fleeing soldiers.

They reproduced the whole process of burning Xue Yantuo's logistics camp last year, but last year they were undermanned and did not completely annihilate the Xue Yantuo soldiers who escaped, and this time, they will show no mercy.

In the northwest and northeast corners of the camp, Guo Song and Guo Chongqing lit torches at the same time, the reason why the northeast corner and the northwest corner were chosen was because the fierce cold wind blew from the north, and the wind was very strong at night.

They ran wildly, throwing small torches at the tents, which were made of wool and were so easily lit that they were lit one after the other, and the flames rose into the air.

The northernmost soldiers began to panic, many soldiers rushed out of the burning tent, only to see that the camp was full of fire, and they all fled in panic to the outside of the camp, most of them fled to the south, the north was the Tang army military city, and their hometown and logistics were in the south, they instinctively fled to the south.

When the first tent caught fire, Liang Wu and his soldiers overturned the wooden fence east of the horse ring, turned over and rode on horses, and drove thousands of horses to the outside of the camp.

The sentries on duty were mainly concentrated between the camp in the north and the military city, and when they found that the camp was on fire, they were also at a loss, whether they wanted to rush back to fight the fire, or continue to keep an eye on the Tang army in Putao City?

At this time, the camp was already a sea of fire, the fire borrowed the wind, the fire devoured everything like a devil, many soldiers could not escape from the tent, were trapped in the sea of fire and screamed in despair, the fire spread extremely fast, even more than Guo Song and Guo Chongqing ignited the speed, the two simply threw the last dozen torches into the sea of fire, and the two quickly evacuated the fire.

The killing has been carried out in the south, the first batch of soldiers who escaped from the sea of fire were the first to encounter the Tang cavalry waiting outside, for the Tuyuhun and Tubo soldiers who were bare-handed and did not even wear leather armor, the murderous Tang army was tantamount to a tiger, they only had two ways to choose, either they were killed by the Tang cavalry, or they ran desperately, maybe the Tang cavalry would be negligent and let themselves go.

But the red-eyed Tang cavalry would not let go of anyone, the spear pierced the chest, the sword cut off the head, thousands of Tuyuhun and Tubo soldiers were brutally slaughtered by the Tang cavalry in the wailing and crying, more than 200 Tuyuhun sentries were even more frightened, they all thought that the main reinforcements of the Tang army were killed, so they desperately beat their horses and fled westward, abandoning their companions to struggle in the hell of slaughter.

When the day was almost dawn, the flames were gradually extinguished, and the slaughter came to an end, and the farthest group of Tang troops chased them for more than ten miles, chasing down a group of fish that had slipped through the net.

The camp was burned to a white ground, with twisted charred corpses everywhere, and there was a river of blood outside, and corpses were strewn all over the ground, and the Tang troops were busy cleaning up the corpses and collecting the booty.

This was an extremely tragic massacre, more than 3,000 Tuyuhun and Tubo allied troops, except for the patrol cavalry who fled, almost all of the rest were burned or killed, and no one escaped the net.

However, the Tang army did not die or wound a single person, creating a miracle of war.

Not only was the enemy army completely annihilated, but the spoils were also quite rich, more than 200,000 heads of fat sheep were captured, as well as thousands of war horses and a large number of weapons that were not burned, although the wooden part of the weapon had been burned, but the pig iron was still very important, especially for the Qiuzi Tang army, these are valuable resources.

In addition, there are more than 1,000 stones of barley and mare's milk wine, and there are more than 100,000 loads of forage, and the enemy's granaries and forage warehouses are placed in the sheep and horse pens, which have not been destroyed by the fire.

But victory also came at a price, and it was this war, arguably the most glorious battle of annihilation in the past decade, that upset the balance of Anxi and aroused the strong vigilance of the Tubo and Tuyuhun people, and a few months later, a Tuyuhun army of tens of thousands of people began to attack Anxi in a big way.

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The day gradually brightened, from the Putao City rushed out of a group of Tang cavalry, led by the Putao Army town general Yao Yucheng, they watched the fire in the city last night, listened to the night of fighting, but did not dare to go out of the city easily, lest the enemy set a trap.

It wasn't until just now that Yang Xiaoyan came to inform him that he knew that it was the envoy army sent by the Son of Heaven who annihilated the enemy army, and Yao Yucheng hurried out of the city.

Not long after, Yang Xiaoyan led Yao Yucheng to Guo Song and introduced Guo Song: "This is General Yao, the town general of Putao City!" ”

Yao Yucheng hurriedly clasped his fists on the horse and saluted, "Humble Yao Yucheng saw Guo Changshi, and thanked Changshi Wanli for coming to the aid and saving Putao City." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Since I am the governor of Anxi, I should come to the rescue because of my feelings and reason, and General Yao doesn't have to be polite." ”

"Please Guo Changshi march into the city with me!"

Guo Song asked, "How many women, children and soldiers are there in the military city, and what is the condition of the soldiers?" ”

"Looking back at the long history, there are more than 70 women and children, all of whom are family members of the army, there are 437 soldiers and soldiers, 280 young and strong men around 40 years old, the rest are old and weak, and the soldiers' physique is not very good, mainly because the food is less than 100 stones, and everyone is suffering from hunger and cold."

'A young man about forty years old', Guo Song sighed secretly, and said to Yao Yucheng: "Let the soldiers, women and children in the military city pack up their belongings!" Come with us to the trip to Kuzi. ”

Yao Yucheng was taken aback, "Does Changshi mean to give up Putao City?" ”

Guo Song asked lightly: "Do you think Pu Tao City can still hold on after the beginning of spring?" ”

Yao Yucheng was silent, in fact, he knew in his heart that Putao City was already full of holes, and it was all relying on the cold weather to build an ice wall to resist the enemy's attack, and now it was the beginning of February, and in more than half a month, the spring of the end of the river would come.

Once the spring begins, the broken Putao City will become vulnerable, and several other military cities have been demolished, although he can't accept the withdrawal emotionally, he also knows that withdrawing the army is a wise decision, besides, the other party is his boss, how dare he disobey the orders of his superiors?

Guo Song saw that he was still a little hesitant, so he said: "I'll explain to your boss, and I'll bear all the consequences!" ”

"Obey the order!" Yao Yucheng finally bowed down and accepted the order.