Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Show Is About to Begin
—— "Why does it always snow in this ghost weather?!"
Tian Qianzhen, who strode into the tent, shook off the snowflakes and complained angrily.
The guards around him knew that their master was in a bad mood, and no one dared to respond, and they didn't dare to gasp loudly.
Tian Qianzhen saw that no one answered him, so he had to give up, walked into his big tent, and ordered the guards to bring wine and food, he wanted to drink some wine to drive away the cold, it was too cold on this snowy day. The guards agreed, and immediately went to prepare, and after a while, the steaming wine and food were served, and Tian Qianzhen ignored the guard's caution and drank to himself. He was very depressed, but he didn't vent in the place, so he could only drink to kill his annoyance.
Originally, it was forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, but now no one cares about him. Coach Sun Xiaozhe was made, and now he can't get up, so he can only carry it away, he manages military affairs on behalf of Sun Xiaozhe, no one dares to say anything about it, and Sun Xiaozhe won't say anything.
Moreover, it was almost dusk, and the sergeants in the battalions were also preparing dinner.
After Tian Qianzhen drank a few glasses of wine, he also stopped his glass, and looked intently at the outside of the heavy snow through the small window of the tent, hoping that the snow would stop as soon as possible. On the way from Luoyang to Shaanxi County, several heavy snowfalls were encountered in a row, which further hindered the march of the army.
This expedition should be regarded as very unsmooth. Soon after the departure, the Tang army encountered several small-scale ambushes, the main general Sun Xiaozhe was injured, and the deputy general Ling Guchao died, which caused the army's spirit to be unstable and at the same time slowed down the march of the army a lot, and it was originally expected to arrive in Shaanxi County in about ten days, but it was also expected to take twenty days. But several successive heavy snowfalls slowed down the march of the army again.
Fifteen days have passed since Luoyang, but there are still two or three hundred miles away from Shaanxi County, and even half of the road has not been passed, which makes Sun Xiaozhe and Tian Qianzhen very anxious. It was an unusual vintage. God may be working against them.
However, Tian Qianzhen blamed the abnormal situation on the problem of Sun Xiaozhe's leadership, and he felt that if he was allowed to be the coach, he would definitely not encounter such a thing. Now it's a good thing, the coach Sun Xiaozhe was injured in the Tang army raid, and many things have to be handled by his deputy. Tian Qianzhen didn't mind handling military affairs on his behalf, and he even hoped that Sun Xiaozhe would no longer be able to stay in the army, so that everything could be decided by him, and everything would get better. He had already thought about how to fight the Don army, and he believed that he could achieve victory.
He hoped that the heavy snow would stop sooner rather than later, and that the army would be able to march again. Decisive battle with the Don Army as soon as possible.
In three days, it will be the New Year. Tian Qianzhen didn't have much feeling about the New Year, but he felt that the New Year was a good time to attack.
During the New Year's holidays, the officers and men in the army will feel homesick, especially the newly recruited sergeants. Most of the sergeants of the Tang Army have just been recruited, and many of them are people from near Chang'an, these people have just joined the army, and their families are by their side, and it is inevitable that they will miss their families and have no intention of fighting when the New Year comes. The overall combat effectiveness of the army has declined. Most of the sergeants he led were border soldiers who had been on the border for a long time, and they had been away from their families for several years, and their homesickness faded early during the New Year's Festival. As long as you give them enough rewards, these sergeants will fight for you.
Tian Qianzhen also ordered that the officers and men of the army should be provided with wine and meat, so that they could eat and drink well. so as not to affect the morale of the army because the New Year is approaching.
Attacking Tongguan was not possible, Tian Qianzhen participated in the entire process of the war, but after retreating to Shaanxi County. He followed An Qingxu back to Luoyang. He was also glad to have returned to Luoyang, otherwise if he followed Cui Qianyou to guard Shaanxi County, he would also suffer a fiasco, and he was likely to end up being blamed like Cui Qianyou and being imprisoned. At this point, he feels lucky, and he also believes that there is luck waiting for him in the future.
The last time the Tang army attacked the camp, several main generals were not injured, which is also lucky. If you don't die in a great disaster, will there be a blessing in the future!
Roasted on fire, a few glasses of wine down, the cold when he went out to patrol the camp was all driven away, and the night outside was approaching, Cui Qianyou also ordered the guards to bring him a few more steamed buns to eat, and he had to sleep well after eating. On a snowy day, there will be no abnormal situations, and all the soldiers of the army can sleep well. For those sergeants who were lazy and unwilling to go out to patrol the camp because of the heavy snow, Tian Qianzhen also turned a blind eye. In this kind of weather, it is easy to get lost when you go out to patrol the camp, and it is not convenient for horses to ride.
After being full of wine and food, Tian Qianzhen handled the military affairs for a while, sorted out many military affairs, and sent them to Sun Xiaozhe's army, and then saw that it was already dark, and he was also ready to sleep.
It was a good night's sleep.
But Tian Qianzhen never expected that this night would be so unusual-
"General Li Lang, ten miles ahead, is the camp of the rebels."
A sergeant dressed in snow-colored camouflage quietly slid in front of Li Han, who was leading his sergeants to rest temporarily in a leeward valley, and reported the situation in a low voice.
"The rebel camp is just ten miles ahead? Immediately ordered all the sergeants to prepare for battle. Li Han, who heard his sergeant's report, was very surprised, and his hanging heart was completely relaxed, and he immediately ordered the entire special operations detachment and the other special operations sergeants resting in the nearby valley to prepare for action.
The 2,000-odd men and horses of the special forces led by Li Han set out from Shaanxi County seven days ago and sneaked to a place more than 100 miles east of Shaanxi County. After resting for two days, they finally waited for the snow to fall, and after a night of heavy snowfall, and there was a thick layer of snow on the ground, they immediately took advantage of the heavy snow to move forward on their skis and prepare to attack the rebels.
However, it was snowing heavily, and the team of more than 2,000 people was not easy to lead. They had been lost in the snow and had been separated from each other, but fortunately they had corrected their route in time and kept in touch with each other, gathering their ranks and continuing in the right direction. However, this also wasted more than half a day, and they also approached the rebel camp after two days and two nights of heavy snowfall, when the snow slowly faded and the temperature was getting lower and lower.
Li Han was the commander-in-chief of the operation, and Liu Feng was his deputy.
In the process, Li Han was responsible for the dispatch of the entire team, and Liu Feng was responsible for the operations of the special operations detachment. The special operations detachment is the Datang special forces formed by Yang Xi, who are responsible for clearing the reconnaissance cavalry of the rebels in front, as well as investigating the situation and searching the road. When Li Han led the brigade to rest, the special operations detachment led by Liu Feng had already searched the rebels' camp and immediately sent people back to send back information. The location of the rebel camp was searched, and the time was night, and Li Han did not hesitate to give the order to attack.
Li Han believed that in such weather, the rebels would definitely be unprepared, and the scouts would not be sent far away. Even if a scout was sent out, it would have been cleaned up by Liu Feng's men and horses a long time ago. It's time to make a fuss again!
The more than 2,000 sergeants who received the order, under the leadership of their respective commanders, immediately set off from their resting places, using skis and quickly galloped in the direction of the rebel camp. A battle on a snowy day is about to begin!