"What? The Don army actually attacked the camp? ”

Tian Qianzhen, who was sleeping and was suddenly awakened by the guards, sat up from the marching couch all of a sudden, thinking that he was dreaming.

However, the constant sound of explosions and the visible light of the fire outside the tent suggest that this was not his dream, but that it was happening.

"The Tang army would attack the camp in such weather!" Tian Qianzhen, who got up from the marching couch and hurriedly dressed and bound his armor, gasped, and he immediately calmed down, and ordered the guards to upload his order and organize resistance. After being attacked by the Tang army last time, they did not dare to be careless, and every time they camped, they ordered the first army to be on strict alert and ready to go, even if they were attacked by the Tang army, they could immediately launch a counterattack.

Tian Qianzhen also ordered this group of men and horses to hurry up and organize resistance.

He didn't know how many Tang troops were attacking the camp, but he believed that Yang Xi would not be able to attack with all his strength.

With such a big snowstorm, it is necessary to lead 100,000 men and horses to travel hundreds of miles in a hurry, no one can do it, it must be a few elite sergeants to attack the camp, at most more than 10,000 people, as long as they can resist the initial attack of the attackers, then the situation can improve.

Tian Qianzhen also knew that the troops he personally dispatched must have been careless because of the heavy snow, and he didn't expect the Tang army to attack the camp on a snowy night, otherwise he wouldn't let the Tang army succeed. But as long as you resist the initial panic and organize resistance, you should be able to resist the attack of the Tang army.

However, after walking out of the big tent, Tian Qianzhen was surprised by the scene he saw, there were fires everywhere, and he didn't know whether the grain and grass or the camp tent were set on fire by the Tang army, and the fire rose to the sky, reflecting half of the sky red.

Everywhere there were the screams of the sergeants, as well as the shouts of the Tang army.

Tian Qian was really anxious, and immediately jumped on his war horse, drew his war knife, and shouted to the guards and sergeants around him, "Follow me." Kill it!"

Thousands of men and horses had been quickly gathered around him, and this was the most elite in the army.

These thousands of men and horses also quickly rushed towards the place where the shouting of killing was loudest under the personal leadership of Tian Qianzhen.

Sun Xiaozhe, who has slowly recovered in the past few days, but still needs to travel in a carriage, was also awakened in his sleep by the sound of shouts and explosions.

Hearing the very frightening explosion, Sun Xiaozhe, who was not well injured, was frightened and rolled down from the marching couch at once. He will never forget the tragic situation of the last time the big tent was sneaked into the camp by the elite sergeants of the Tang Army and threw grenades, and when he heard such a sound today, although it was far away, the guards around the big tent were strengthened. Even if the Tang army attacked the camp, it would not be able to lurk nearby, but it still hit his fragile nerves. Once bitten by a snake, I am afraid of the well rope for ten years!

After the grenade was thrown at the big tent last time, Sun Xiaozhe also learned a lesson, and every time he set up camp, he separated the big tent from the camp tents of other sergeants, and also set up a fence around the big tent, and the sergeants were standing guard and patrolling intensively. He believed that with such a defense, no matter how powerful the Tang Army sergeant was, he would not be able to sneak near the big tent. But on a snowy night, when I was sleeping fragrantly. Thinking and judgment ability is obviously reduced, hearing the sound of shouting and killing and explosions, Sun Xiaozhe was frightened all of a sudden, and instinctively thought of escaping. He desperately ordered the guards to come in to protect him and prepare to escape. After being set up out of the big tent by the relatives and blown by the cold wind. Sun Xiaozhe came to his senses and no longer prepared to flee, but immediately ordered the sergeant to resist.

The fire and the constant sounds of explosions and shouts of death made him anxious.

has been attacked by the Tang Army for the third time, which is equivalent to three slaps in the face of him, the coach, if he can't fight back this time and suffer heavy losses, then he will definitely be punished by An Lushan. Therefore, after calming down, Sun Xiaozhe also strictly ordered the sergeants to resist immediately, and at the same time put out the fire, must resist the attack of the Tang army, and strive to protect the grain and grass from loss.

Sun Xiaozhe was unable to kill himself because he was injured, and after giving some orders, he also returned to his big tent to rest and wait for the follow-up news.

Although Sun Xiaozhe's Chinese army also had a big fire, the fire was not big compared to the fire, and the shouting and killing sound was also light, he could judge that the number of Tang troops attacking the camp was not large, and they would not necessarily rush to the Chinese army camp, and the Tang army might also retreat immediately after the attack was successful.

Therefore, he no longer panicked, but tried to calm himself as much as possible, so as not to affect his morale-

The shouts and explosions lasted for about half an hour, and finally slowly subsided, but the noisy sound of the neighing of men and horses was getting louder and louder, and the fire in the camp showed no signs of extinguishing, and it was still getting stronger and stronger in several directions. After going out of the camp several times to check the situation, Sun Xiaozhe finally sadly decided that the grain and grass escorted by the rear army had been burned by the Tang army, and he didn't know how much could be left.

"Report!" A sergeant rushed into Sun Xiaozhe's tent and reported the situation loudly: "General Tian has reported that the Tang army has been repulsed, and he is leading the army to pursue. The fire in the former army camp is extremely difficult to extinguish, and General Tian has already ordered a defensive belt to be separated to avoid spreading to other big tents!"

"Got it, probe again!" Sun Xiaozhe angrily kicked the sergeant who was lying on the ground to report it, and asked his guards to help him up and go out of the camp to check.

The raging fire was still burning, and there were continuous screams mixed with the crackling caused by the burning, and Sun Xiaozhe was already thinking about how to explain the reason for the attack to An Lushan. After receiving a report from Tian Qianzhen that the Tang army had retreated and his troops were pursuing, Sun Xiaozhe let go of his heart a little, and things were similar to what he expected, the Tang army really sent a small group of men and horses to attack the camp, otherwise it would not have withdrawn all at once. However, the fire in the camp was a headache, he didn't know how many camp tents were burned, how many sergeants were burned to death and burned by the fire, and he was even more afraid that the fire would burn here, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to immediately organize men and horses to fight the fire.

In winter, in order to prevent wind and snow, the fabric of the camp is coated with butter, so that the wind is not easy to blow in, and the rain and snow cannot penetrate in, but such a material has a fatal weakness, that is, it is easy to ignite. This time in the camp, in order to prevent wind and snow, the former military Tian Qianzhen ordered the camp tent to be set up tightly. Not only the previous one, but also several other films. Such an arrangement caused fatal trouble, and once the fire broke out, it spread quickly and was difficult to extinguish. This made Sun Xiaozhe very angry, but he also immediately thought of a reason to shirk responsibility.

Under the orders of Sun Xiaozhe, thousands of sergeants, under the leadership of General Yu, went over to put out the fire.

The fire in the camp was not completely extinguished until dawn, and the entire camp was tossed until dawn before it slowly calmed down, the shouts of killing were gone, and the screams were basically silent.

And Tian Qianzhen, who personally led 5,000 men and horses to chase and kill out of the camp, also came back when the sky was bright.

After Tian Qianzhen came back, he immediately came over to discuss the military situation with Sun Xiaozhe. Before discussing, Tian Qianzhen also first reported to Sun Xiaozhe the results of his pursuit of the Tang army attacking the camp: "Report to the deputy marshal, the last general led the army to pursue the Tang army that attacked the camp, but the Tang army could not pursue, the Tang army did not ride horses, they used a tool that we have never seen before, and they can walk on the snow like flying!"

Tian Qianzhen said, ordered the guards to hand over a pair of skis, and then said: "Only then did the last general understand why they dared to attack in the snow. It is with these tools that you can glide in the snow that you can sneak into the camp silently and escape calmly. ”

When Tian Qianzhen led the army to kill the past, the Tang army that attacked the camp was already ready to retreat, they were very organized, most of the men and horses left at high speed, and they couldn't catch up in the snow on horseback, only a few Tang army sergeants who were slightly slower to evacuate were chased and killed by Tian Qianzhen's men and horses, and also captured a few pairs of skis, and they were also taken to Sun Xiaozhe in surprise.

Sun Xiaozhe only glanced at the skis that Tian Qianzhen brought back a few times, and didn't say anything about it, but said in a very cold voice: "General Tian, this commander ordered you to lead the front army and hand over half of the men and horses to you for command, expecting you to fight bravely to kill the enemy, who knows that the Tang army has not yet encountered it, but your department has suffered such a big loss, this commander will definitely report this situation to His Majesty!"

Tian Qianzhen looked at Sun Xiaozhe in surprise, and understood that the commander wanted to use him as a blame sheep, and quickly defended: "Marshal, the last general is indeed negligent, but I really didn't expect that the Tang army would secretly attack the camp in such bad weather, and the last general will personally ask His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for guilt." It's just that now that the situation is critical, the last general will not dare to neglect his duties, and today he still wants to ask the marshal how to deal with the aftermath. ”

Tian Qianzhen knew that Sun Xiaozhe was brutal by nature, stubborn and self-serving, and extremely self-willed, if at this time, instead of arguing, it was himself who was unlucky, it was better to ignore his accusations and say other things. Seeing that Tian Qianzhen did not accept the call, Sun Xiaozhe had no choice but to give up, and reluctantly discussed the aftermath with Tian Qianzhen and other generals who were ordered to arrive. In the end, the result of the discussion was unanimous, that is, to explain the situation to An Lushan, and asked to postpone the attack on Shaanxi County, otherwise they would definitely suffer a fiasco, and their men and horses were ready to retreat for dozens of miles to rest, and everything would be after the New Year, and then prepare for how to arrange the offensive next after the weather warmed up.

At this time, the losses were also counted and presented to Sun Xiaozhe and Tian Qianzhen.

Seeing the statistics of losses, whether it was Sun Xiaozhe or Tian Qianzhen, they all had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears. More than 3,000 tents were burned, nearly 60 percent of the grain and grass were burned, more than 10,000 sergeants were burned to death, countless were injured, and more than 1,000 were frozen to death.

When the fire burned, most of the sergeants were sleeping in the camp tent, and they didn't have time to react, and when the Tang army attacked the camp, the wind happened to be very strong, and the fire spread very quickly, and many people were burned alive inside before they had time to escape. The fire eventually ignited the nearby forest, and the snow was burned by the high temperature of the trees, which ignited the grass and pine needles underneath, and the fire spread faster and faster.

The sergeants who froze to death did not have time to get dressed and ran out and froze to death. Fortunately, an isolation zone was immediately separated to isolate the fire, otherwise the losses would be even heavier, and it would not necessarily affect Sun Xiaozhe's Chinese army or even the entire rear army.

"Yang Xi, this kid, is really quite a means!"

This is the similar sentiment of Sun Xiaozhe and Tian Qianzhen when they saw the loss statistics.

They also swore that if they ran into Yang Xi and confronted the Tang army led by Yang Xi, they would definitely rush to kill and strive to kill this stinky boy who they hated so much! (To be continued......)