Chapter 293: Wildfire

At this time, the situation on the battlefield has changed considerably.

The explosion of the 3,000 grenades and the dust kicked up made the Tuyuhun soldiers tremble and lose their fighting spirit. Even the Heavenly Pillar King, who was far away from the battlefield, was taken aback by the loud noise. The 5,000 Tang troops took the opportunity to storm and soon slaughtered nearly three layers of Tuyuhun cavalry, which were about the same number, and the rest immediately retreated. Tang cavalry took advantage of the situation to cover the killing, and killed a lot of the retreating Tuyuhun cavalry.

At this time, the retreating cavalry retreated into the Tuyuhun army that was attacking the Tang army camp, and immediately disrupted the formation of the army. The famous king who commanded the army scolded for a long time, but it was to no avail. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Que in the camp led a thousand soldiers to make a counter-charge under the cover of the arrows, and once again killed the Tuyuhun army.

The commander of the army was about to organize another attack, but he saw that 5,000 Tang cavalry had already rushed over, and in the Tang army camp, more than 2,000 men and horses also rushed out. The king, who was also a brave man, saw him slam back and slay a rout, and then shouted loudly: "Brave warriors, don't be frightened by these Tang people, they have been fighting for half a day, they are exhausted, we will fight bravely, we will be able to kill them!" Kill—"

He first waved his scimitar and rushed towards the Tang army's camp. Seeing that the main general was so brave, the rest of the Tuyuhun soldiers also shouted: "Kill-" and then killed. For a time, the morale of the Tuyuhun army increased greatly, and everyone scrambled to be the first!

In an instant, the two cavalry collided again and started a fierce battle.

Just when the two armies were strangled together, Zhang Yunwen waved his hand down violently and clamped the horse's belly hard: "Kill—"

Under his leadership, the three thousand scouts were like tigers out of the box, leaving the sword of the sheath, and killing all the way to the direction of the Tuyuhun camp in Kushan.

When the three thousand iron cavalry rolled in, the Heavenly Pillar King suddenly understood the intention of the Tang Army, and immediately sneered: "Hmph, this Tang Army general is too big, I really think that these three thousand cavalry can break through my 10,000 guards and kill the big camp!" Send the order, dispatch the remaining soldiers and horses, and after destroying these 3,000 people, gallop to the battlefield! ”

A moment later, I saw that the gate of Tuyuhun Village opened again, and the mighty cavalry rushed out of it and rushed straight towards the three thousand scouts led by Zhang Yunwen.

"Hey, what's wrong with this number? At best, there are only 6,000 people here, and where are the rest? After looking at the knights who continued to rush out for a moment, the Tianzhu King made a rough estimate and immediately asked.

"It's the Great Khan, the Great Khan transferred 5,000 men and horses, saying that it was for other purposes!" The subordinate next to him whispered.

"Great Khan?" King Tianzhu's face suddenly sank, "Since the Great Khan has given me the right to command the military, why should he transfer troops for other purposes?" What the hell is he trying to do! ”

Although he thought so, he didn't show the slightest dissatisfaction on his face, but just said lightly: "Since that's the case, then it's up to me to use these 6,000 soldiers and horses to defeat these 3,000 Tang cavalry, and then go to the battlefield to help!" ”

As he was talking, he saw that Tang Cai, who was wearing black armor, and his own army of 6,000 were less than two hundred paces. At this time, Tang Jun took out a crossbow machine with a metallic luster from the saddle in unison, holding it flat with one hand and controlling the reins with the other.

The Heavenly Pillar King looked at these bows and crossbows, and was in shock, but saw Tang Jun pull the trigger violently, and hundreds of crossbow arrows shot out flat. The Tuyuhun soldiers who rushed in front of them seemed to have hit an invisible wall, and they immediately fell to the ground. And the Heavenly Pillar King looked down from above, only to see that his thick cavalry team had been thinned in a moment.

The Tang cavalry, who rushed to the front, ran away from both sides after shooting the crossbow arrows, and the Tang troops behind immediately followed and fired a second round of crossbow arrows. They advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and cooperate with each other very skillfully.

Before the two armies could take over, Tuyuhun lost nearly a thousand men and horses, and the Tianzhu King on the side was very distressed.

Seeing that the two armies were about to take over, Zhang Yunwen slashed down with a horizontal knife in his hand and shouted: "Kill-"

Dodging the scimitar in the hand of an oncoming Tuyuhun cavalryman, the horizontal knife slanted upward, and suddenly cut a large hole in this person. The cavalryman was mortally wounded and fell off his horse.

Suddenly felt a cool breeze flashing behind his head, Zhang Yunwen didn't think about it, and slashed out with his backhand, only to see an arm holding a scimitar falling to the ground, blood splattered, and half of his armor was dyed bright red. And the Tuyuhun soldier with a broken arm moaned loudly with a distorted face, staring at Zhang Yunwen, full of hatred.

A sword light slashed from the side, cutting the Tuyuhun soldier to the ground.

Zhang Yunwen looked at it, but it was Yang Shi who made it. Nodding slightly, he continued to kill the Tuyuhun cavalry camp!

Continuing to fight, the two sides gradually became a ball, and gradually moved in the direction away from the Tuyuhun camp.

Zhang Yunwen suddenly felt bad. He is suitable for commanding small-scale battles, but he is not so handy at commanding such a battle of nearly 10,000 people. But he remembered Li Daozong's words before leaving.

"Yunwen remember, don't fall in love with the battle along the way, and directly insert yourself into the enemy's Chinese army camp!"

At that moment, Zhang Yunwen roared: "Don't fall in love with the war, rush with me to kill the past!" ”

After slaying an enemy soldier with a swing of his sword, he rode his horse in the direction of the main camp. Every time he walked, there were soldiers who followed him, guarding the left and right wings and the rear of the strategy, and walked out of ten zhang, forming a charging formation with Zhang Yunwen as the arrow.

Zhang Yunwen immediately shouted: "Brothers, follow me and capture Fu Yun alive!" ”

"Capture Fu Yun alive!" As soon as Zhang Yunwen's voice fell, a wave of response sounded behind him, and the momentum was huge, soaring into the sky.

The horses under the crotch of the Tuyuhun cavalry next to him couldn't help but neigh, and they took two steps back uneasily.

This time the charge was much smoother, but the reason was that Zhang Yunwen took out a grenade and opened the way in front of him. Pull the tab, wait a second or two, and then throw the grenade forward. After the explosion, the road ahead was cleared.

When the King of Tianzhu saw the grenade explode, shrapnel flew everywhere, and people turned over on their backs, his heart was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't help but take two steps back. At this time, a famous king hurriedly stepped up and said to the king of Tianzhu: "Your Excellency, the Great Khan has called you over!" ”

In this way, I killed all the way, and I was about to reach the Tuyuhun camp, when suddenly a rain of arrows fell from the sky, and I was not divided between the enemy and me. Zhang Yunwen's heart was cold, he couldn't imagine that this Tuyuhun people still had a back hand, and they had arranged a lot of troops in the big camp, if so, this big camp was not easy to attack!

In the rain of arrows, more than a dozen scouts were unable to dodge the arrows and were hit by arrows.

At this moment, Zhang Yunwen is facing a choice, if he rushes forward, he is afraid that the loss will be too great, and if he retreats back, he is afraid that he will be surrounded by Tuyuhun and his previous efforts will be wasted. Gritting his teeth, Zhang Yunwen made a decision after a while: "Brothers, rush me!" ”

Three thousand cavalry rushed up the gentle slope.

Zhang Yunwen could almost predict that after the end of this battle, the reconnaissance battalion would be reduced by at least 100 people. I knew that I didn't agree with Li Daozong's opinion, and it was more convenient for me to take more than ten or twenty people to act!

At this moment, a long and two short horns suddenly sounded from the Tuyuhun tent, and then, the Tuyuhun soldiers, who were originally fighting with the reconnaissance battalion behind, actually stopped, looked at each other blankly, and then turned their horses' heads and fled in all directions to the east or west.

Not only the 5,000 Tuyuhun soldiers who fought with the reconnaissance battalion, but even the soldiers who were strangled with the 7,000 Tang Army also scattered and fled after hearing the sound of the horn. Tuyuhun's move suddenly made the Tang army scratch his head, but he knew that the enemy army was retreating, and the opportunity could not be lost, so he chased and killed him at the moment.

And Zhang Yunwen was about to rush into the Tuyuhun camp, when he suddenly saw a thin orange line rising in the camp tent, and then suddenly spreading, shrouding the entire camp in an orange color.

But it was a monstrous fire that was burning in the camp.

At this time, it is the end of March, the spring precipitation is low, and the ground is mostly yellow pasture grass from last year, which is very flammable, almost burning when it meets fire.

Seeing such a situation, Zhang Yunwen did not dare to rush into the camp again, and immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat.

Just as Zhang Yunwen gave the order to retreat, suddenly there was an exclamation from the battlefield. Sitting on the horse and taking a look, I saw that black pillars of smoke had risen one after another on the east, west and south sides, and it was obvious that someone was setting fire to the grassland.

Before he had time to think about it, Zhang Yunwen galloped all the way north, shouting loudly: "Listen, everyone, hurry up and leave here and retreat to a place without grass and trees!" Come on! ”

Many of the sergeants and soldiers recognized Zhang Yunwen, and when they heard Zhang Yunwen's call, they immediately rode their horses and followed him.

didn't go far before he met the oncoming Li Daozong. Without waiting for Li Daozong to speak, Zhang Yunwen said: "Lord Wang, hurry up and let the soldiers get out of here!" Once the fire on this grassland is burning, it spreads very quickly, and if you can't evacuate, you may suffer heavy losses! ”

Li Daozong hesitated for a moment and finally nodded, and ordered the personal soldiers on the side to go down and give orders. However, his gaze was regretful at the figures of the Tuyuhun cavalry who had disappeared on the horizon.

"Brother Daozong, this matter of chasing and killing Fu Yun will have a chance in the future, and now, we need to make a good living and think about what to do next!" Zhang Yunwen replied with a calm face.

Li Daozong nodded, and led his generals and Zhang Yunwen all the way to the north.

Behind them, the soldiers hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield, put the corpses of the Tang soldiers killed in the battle on their horses, and transported them to the north.

"Today's raid was done by the younger brother!" Zhang Yunwen said to Li Daozong with a slight sense of shame.

Li Daozong waved his hand: "Where is Yunwen!" Today's event is that this king did not plan carefully, and he didn't expect that Fu Yun would hide the soldiers first and set fire later! It's no wonder that Yunwen is doing this, it's only that Fu Yun's cunning and cunning! ”

Zhang Yunwen wanted to say something, but Li Daozong stopped him and said, "Don't talk about this yet, let's talk about how to plan for the future!" ”

Saying that, he groaned, "Fu Yun set fire this time, planning that it would be best if he could burn my Tang soldiers, and if he couldn't burn our army, he would also burn all the grass on the ground." If the war horses can't get fodder, I'm afraid our army's combat strength will drop a lot! ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "Fu Yun's plan is vicious!" Now, if you go straight to the south, I am afraid that there will be insufficient forage and it will be difficult to continue. If you don't chase it, you're afraid of letting the tiger go back to the mountain! ”

Li Daozong listened to Zhang Yunwen's words, but said suddenly: "Forget it, don't care, let's talk about this matter when the chief manager comes!" Anyway, the Grand Governor will be here in seven days at most! Now I have to take stock of the results of this battle, and I can report to the chief manager! ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he hugged his fists and left. He's going to count the losses of the reconnaissance battalion too!