In the big tent, Xiang Gui was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, and he knew about Murong Bianlin's total annihilation from the soldiers who had fled, but the two thousand Tubo troops who went to collect food also lost contact.

He wouldn't take it to heart no matter how many Tuyuhun troops died, but the Tubo army was different, wasn't it because of the loss of a thousand Tubo troops that Zampu's anger was caused before, so he decided to use 20,000 troops to attack Qiuzi.

But now that the two thousand Tibetan troops have lost contact, once something happens to them, how can they explain to Zampu?

Xianggui has already sent cavalry to find the whereabouts of the 2,000 Tibetan army, hoping that it is only because there is too much food and walking slowly, and it is still on the way back.

This is just a good expectation, and I know in my heart that I am afraid that the final result will not be good.

At this time, a general rushed over and said urgently at the door: "Marshal Qiyu, the Tuyuhun army is making trouble!" ”

On Xianggui was immediately furious, "What are they doing?" ”

"It seems that I am dissatisfied with the treatment!"

On Xianggui snorted heavily, "Prepare a horse for me!" ”

He walked out of the big tent quickly, turned over his horse, and ran towards the station of the Tuyuhun soldiers, the whole camp except for a handsome tent and a dozen warehouse tents, the other soldiers almost had almost no tents, the soldiers camped and stayed, although they camped and stayed, but the Tubo soldiers and the Tuyuhun soldiers still had a distinction, they lived in different places, the Tubo army was close to the west, which was not easy to be attacked by sneak attacks, and the Tuyuhun soldiers lived in the east, and often the Tang army sneak attacked, all starting from the east.

This difference is nothing, the key is that there is a big difference in food treatment, which is the most important aspect of the soldiers, the Tubo soldiers can eat enough, as well as meat, and the salt is enough, while the Tuyuhun soldiers can only eat half full, that is, a bowl of barley batter, the salt is also very light, and the shadow of the meat is not visible.

Because of the lack of food, the army had to cut the supply of military rations, the standard of the Tuyuhun soldiers was one pound of barley, half a catty of meat, and one or two taels of salt per person per day, while the Tuyuhun soldiers only had three taels of barley a day, no meat, and only one penny of salt, and what made the Tuyuhun soldiers even more angry was that not only was the treatment poor, but also the siege and war were their business, and the Tubo soldiers did not go into battle at all.

Dissatisfaction builds up in their hearts day by day.

However, the fuse that led to the disturbance of the Tuyuhun army was the Tang army's attack on the Tuyuhun herdsmen along the Puchanghai and Jimo rivers, where many soldiers' homes were located, and without Murong Bianlin's suppression, anxiety and anger caused hundreds of Tuyuhun soldiers to erupt.

On horseback, Xianggui rushed to the camp of the Tuyuhun army, and heard an angry shout from a distance, and hundreds of Tuyuhun soldiers and hundreds of Tubo soldiers confronted each other, shouting angrily.

"What are you doing?" Xiang Gui urged the horse to rush up and yelled.

A large group of Tuyuhun soldiers immediately stepped forward and shouted at Xianggui.

"We're going to starve!"

"Why do we have to starve, but the Tibetan soldiers can eat enough?"

.........

"We're going home!"

"We don't want to die anymore!"

........

The Tuyuhun soldiers shouted and shouted, and their voices were very noisy.

A general whispered to Xiang Gui: "The main reason is the food problem, and they are dissatisfied with the treatment of the Tibetan soldiers. ”

On Xianggui snorted coldly, "Then let them pray for reincarnation in the next life!" ”

He raised his eyebrows and said sharply: "The army has military regulations, if you dare to make trouble again, the leader will be beheaded!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the angry soldiers pointed the finger at him, and the stones and mud rained down on the Xianggui, who was caught off guard and hit the forehead by a stone, and the blood flowed immediately.

Xiang Gui was furious and ordered: "Arrest the first troublemaker and behead him immediately!" ”

He turned his horse's head and returned to his big tent, where a military doctor hurriedly treated the wound on his forehead.

On Xianggui's anxiety, in fact, it is not that he wants to deduct the rations of the Tuyuhun soldiers, it is really a shortage of military food, and he has to reduce the supply of military food, and the Tubo soldiers cannot be reduced, this is the regulation of Zampu, and the number of Tubo soldiers is not large, and there is no need to deduct their military food supply, the different treatment of the two armies has always been a practice, and everyone has always accepted it, why is there trouble today?

On Xianggui vaguely guessed that it might have something to do with Murong Bianlin's death, and someone wanted to take over Murong Bianlin's tribal power, so he deliberately provoked an incident.

Whether to appease or forcefully suppress has also been repeatedly weighed in the hearts of the ministers, if the appeasement does not yield practical benefits, the soldiers will still not buy it, the gaffe will be more serious, and the tough repression will also face the risk of the situation deteriorating.

Xianggui no longer had food to appease the soldiers, so he could only choose to suppress it strongly.

At this time, a general reported at the gate of the big tent: "Marshal Qiqi, the first five people have been arrested, what should I do?" ”

On Xianggui said coldly: "Didn't I say that I would be beheaded immediately? Do you want me to say it a second time? ”

"But these five people are all generals!"

"If it's a general, it must be punished even more severely, not killing is not enough to take the military regulations seriously, no matter who it is, it will be executed, I don't want to say it a third time!"

The general outside the tent had to sigh and turn away.

.......

In the middle of the night, Tan Xianggui was suddenly woken up by the soldiers.

"Marshal, something is wrong!"

"What's going on?" On Xianggui asked in a daze.

"The Tuyuhun soldiers burned down the warehouse tents, and there were a large number of escapes!"

"What!"

Xiang Guidi turned over and stood up, his sleepiness was completely gone, and he widened his eyes and asked, "When is it?" ”

"Just now!"

On Xianggui suddenly heard a commotion outside, he pushed away his own soldiers, and walked out of the big tent in a hurry, only to see a mess outside the tent, and a fire in the distance, that is, the warehouse was burned.

He stomped his feet angrily and angrily reprimanded the soldiers around him: "Why don't you go and put out the fire and grab the grain and mutton for me!" ”

There was chaos in the barracks, soldiers ran around, and countless people rushed to put out the fire with basins and buckets.

The Tang army in Qiuzi City was also alarmed, Guo Xin heard the news and came to the city wall, looked at the fire in the military camp in the distance, and faintly heard shouts in the enemy camp.

"Marshal, if there is infighting among the enemy troops, is this our chance?" Several generals whispered.

Guo Xin shook his head, "Even if it's internal strife, we can't go out of the city to fight, the risk is too great, we must beware of the enemy's deception!" ”

"But hasn't Guo Changshi already cut off their grain and grass?"

Guo Xin received an eagle letter from Guo Song yesterday, and learned that Guo Song's army had wiped out the two armies of Tuyuhun and Tubo, completely cutting off the other party's grain and grass, and it was reasonable if the enemy army had civil strife.

But Guo Xin still shook his head, "It is precisely because of the crisis of the other party that we can't rush forward, once we fall into the scheme, Guo Changshi's side will be wasted." ”

Several generals showed shame in their eyes, and bowed down together and said: "It's still the big handsome who is thoughtful, we know our mistakes!" ”

Guo Xin smiled slightly: "But what the situation is, we will know at dawn!" ”

.........

The fire in the warehouse tent has been extinguished, nearly 1,000 stones of barley have been burned in half, and the fresh mutton that has just been slaughtered has also been burned in three-tenths, but the most violently burned is the forage, which cannot be extinguished at all, and can only wait for it to burn to ashes by itself, but the dozens of siege ladders stacked together with the forage have all been burned to char and can no longer be used.

In addition, more than 2,000 Tuyuhun soldiers fled, and it is estimated that they set fire with a grudge.

But the loss of food and grass and the flight of some soldiers are still secondary, the key is that the military spirit began to show signs of collapse, there are currently 9,000 soldiers left in the barracks, 8,000 are Tuyuhun soldiers, and there are only 1,000 Tubo soldiers, if other Tuyuhun soldiers mutini or flee on a large scale, once they are realized by the Tang army in Qiuci City, then they are in danger of being wiped out.

He knew that they could not stay any longer, and at this time, there was still an hour before dawn, and he immediately gave the order to withdraw his troops.

A quarter of an hour later, nearly 10,000 Tibetan allied troops quietly left Qiuzi City and retreated on horseback in the direction of Puchanghai.

The day gradually dawned, and the Tang soldiers at the head of the city found that the enemy camp outside the city was empty, and hurriedly reported to the commander Guo Xin.

Guo Ting immediately led more than a dozen generals out of the city to check the situation, the camp was indeed empty, only a lonely Chinese army tent remained, and the ground was full of all kinds of garbage and sundries discarded by the Tibetan soldiers, broken armor, broken swords, and some tattered blankets.

The warehouses to the south were even more in shambles, with sacks of charred grain soaked in water, charred mutton, and burned forage, and dozens of blackened siege ladders stacked next to them, most of which had been burned out and could no longer be used.

Guo Xin put his mind at ease this time, the enemy army really retreated, he turned back to the generals and said: "Tell the city that the Tubo army has retreated!" ”

When the news reached the city of Qiuzi, there was a sudden jubilation on the city walls and inside the city.