"Arabs?" Hearing this, everyone in the camp was taken aback. I was worried, but I didn't expect the most feared thing to happen. The Western Turks did collude with the Arabs to encircle them. If that's the case, then their situation is quite unoptimistic.

100,000 troops against 150,000 Western Turks Tang Army is still sure to be victorious, but if you add Arabs, then the situation of the Tang Army is quite dangerous.

"Arabs? How many Arabs are there? What are the casualties of our army? Cheng Yanjin asked eagerly.

"General, our army discharged 5,000 men and horses to transport grain and grass, and the enemy rode camels and horses, at least 60,000 or 70,000 people. The Arabs did not run fast, so they did not cause many casualties, only slightly injured a few dozen people, and were shot and wounded during the pursuit, killing more than 100 opponents. ”

Cheng Biting Jin breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, there was no damage and half of the grain and grass he brought back, which was a blessing in misfortune, but now, the situation is obviously not optimistic, and knowing that the Arabs have also joined the battle, it means that the Tang army will have to face at least twice as many troops in the future battles, which is a great loss in the plains and deserts.

Moreover, if this continues, the materials will also be affected, and the other side can arrange sufficient manpower to cut off their food and grass supply, and after a long time, the army will inevitably be unable to hold on.

"Someone, send a fast horse, send the news back to Chang'an, please make a decision to Your Majesty, from now on, we will strictly guard the formation, the enemy will not move, and we will not attack easily!"

Now that the Tang army is at a disadvantage, Cheng Yanjin does not dare to attack easily, lest the enemy seize the opportunity to fight back, and before figuring out the enemy's situation, he chooses to be conservative and retreat.

However, the Tang army intended to be conservative, and the Western Turks and Arabs obviously did not intend to wear down the Tang army like this. Now that they have an advantage on the battlefield, they will find ways to reduce the strength of the Tang army.

Three days later, the Western Turks and Arabs, totaling 220,000 soldiers and horses, jointly launched a night attack on the Tang army.

The Tang army was heavily guarded at night, discovered the coalition army's attempt in time, and launched a counterattack in the dark. On this night, the Tang Army's new weapon, the Hundred Flower Matrix, was officially unveiled on the battlefield for the first time.

The flower tube, as the name suggests, is a tube...... Well, it's a bit under-pumped to put it simply, the shape of the flower tube is a bit like an earthen cannon, but the muzzle is not the shape of the barrel, but dense, honeycomb-like holes, the holes are filled with iron balls, after ignition and detonation, the iron balls are like small cannonballs shot at the enemy, and they can even penetrate the bodies of two or three people at a short distance. It's terrifying.

Moreover, after the improved design, the hole tube in front of the flower tube can be quickly disassembled and assembled, and a row of flower tubes is placed and staggered fire, which can almost hit continuously for a long time.

Without artillery, the Hundred Flower Pool almost became the main weapon in the Tang Army's offensive battles, and against the brisk Western Turks, the Arabs were almost their nightmare.

This weapon was easy to carry, one person could complete the transport, loading, and firing quickly, the first time the coalition forces charged, a large number of people died under the random fire of the hundred flowers.

The Tang army was also ruthless this time, equipped with and carried 5,000 flower tubes, all of which were put on the table, and the sight was not good at night, and it didn't matter whether the aim was accurate or not, anyway, it was blindly placed in the direction where the horse's hooves came from in front of it, even if there was no special aiming, but after the launch of the flower tube, the shooting direction of the marbles was originally very wide, so many coalition soldiers screamed and rolled under the horses, and died, and those who did not die were trampled into rotten meat by the horses that rushed up from behind.

The Tang army took advantage of the coalition forces to disrupt, and people stepped forward to throw thunderbolts, and the cavalry was on standby, intending to outflank the coalition wings from both sides.

However, after fighting with the Tang army for so many years, the coalition forces have obviously learned experience, knowing that their positions are in chaos, they will inevitably give the Tang army the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to counterattack, and when the Tang army throws a thunderbolt, they hurriedly ordered a retreat, so that the plan of the Tang army's cavalry to flank it fell through.

Because of the large number of people on the other side and the poor vision at night, for fear of being ambushed by the enemy, the Tang army had to give up the pursuit.

However, the enemy is clearly not willing to waste such an opportunity to attack! In the second hour after the retreat of the coalition forces, when the Tang army was most relaxed, they attacked again! And this time, the Tang army was cleaning up the battlefield, many people had experienced a war, and the psychological and physical fatigue made them lose their vigilance.

Thankfully, Cheng was very cautious, and although he had just experienced a war, he still sent out many scouts to patrol around the camp. And these scouts do serve as a warning.

However, these warnings only let the Tang army know that the enemy was coming, but they could not form a formation defense at all.

Soon, the coalition forces arrived, and the Tang army hurriedly used their weapons and fought with the enemy. In this case, the enemy's numerical superiority was reflected, and after a while of fighting, the Tang army was obviously overwhelmed, and the enemy was about to break through the camp of the Tang army, at this time, the rear of the Tang army suddenly let out a long roar, and then, a "fire dragon" flew above the heads of the warring army, and many coalition soldiers forgot to attack when they saw this scene, and watched the "fire dragon" in the sky fly from the top of their heads to the rear.

The Tang army took advantage of this opportunity to counterattack in waves, and as soon as the coalition soldiers reacted, they heard a long howl, and one after another "fire dragons" flew by, and then, the rear of their army exploded continuously, and the screams kept coming.

The "fire dragon" in the sky did not stop, constantly flying overhead, and the sound of explosions in the rear was also constant, and before the time of tea, there were heralds to convey the order to retreat, and the allied soldiers did not drag the mud and water, and retreated like a tide.

Tang Jun breathed a sigh of relief again. This time, thanks to Chen Fei's quick reaction, he let people move out of the Divine Fire Flying Crow to hit the rear of the enemy, but ......

Looking at the broken corpses all over the ground, the generals all sighed, last time they relied on the Hundred Flower Tube, this time they relied on the Divine Fire Flying Crow, so what about the next time? And what should I rely on? Could it be that this expedition is destined to return in vain? Everyone's hearts seemed to be blocked by something, and the atmosphere was depressing and terrifying.

Chen Fei turned around the battlefield with a gloomy face, then found Cheng Yanjin and said straight to the point: "Uncle Cheng, if we want to win, we must let go of some conventional things, we can no longer play cards according to common sense, and we must win by extraordinary means!" ”

(End of chapter)