The 2,000 Tang troops who were having lunch in the barracks quickly assembled, and at this time, the warehouse in the distance had caught fire and billowing smoke, and Song Wenfu was so anxious that he led the 2,000 to rush out of the camp and run towards the warehouse two miles away. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

There are 150,000 stone of grain, 50,000 quintals of forage and 30,000 sets of armor stored in the warehouse, which are the war preparation materials that the Tang army is preparing to transfer to Xiangyang.

The topography of the east bank of Danshui is determined by the mountain, the mountain is round, so that there is a large open space in the north and south, but the middle is pushed to the line along the river by the prominent mountain, it is a typical dumbbell-shaped terrain, the two ends are wide, the middle is slender, so that the barracks are about two miles apart from the warehouse.

Because the middle part of the terrain is low, which is convenient for large ships to dock, the Tang army used it to build a wharf, which is two miles long and moored dozens of large ships, which is a thousand stone fleet that has just sailed from Xiangyang to prepare to transport grain and grass materials.

The boatmen were not in the boat, but went to the county town on the other side to drink and have fun, and only tomorrow began to board the goods and sail the ship, and the wind and thunder Sui army seized this gap to attack.

Song Wenfu took the lead and led 2,000 soldiers to run along the trail, not far to the west of the trail is the wharf, and on the other side is the gloomy mountain forest, even in the daytime, the mountain forest is dark.

There were still more than five hundred steps away from the warehouse, and there were faint shouts and screams, Song Wenfu was shocked, and couldn't help but tighten the reins, and the war horse suddenly slowed down.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of bangzi in the mountains and forests, dense arrows shot out from the mountains and forests, the Tang army was caught off guard, they were shot down by random arrows, and the screams rang out, and the main general Song Wenfu became the target of the public, dozens of arrows shot at him, Song Wenfu couldn't dodge, and he was hit by more than 20 arrows in his body, shooting like a porcupine, the big knife in his hand fell to the ground, and the corpse fell from the horse.

Liu Lancheng, who was ambushed here, roared, "Kill out!" ”

Eight hundred cavalry rushed out of the mountains and forests, instantly breaking the Tang soldiers into two sections, and the wind and thunder cavalry descended the mountain like fierce tigers, wielding horizontal knives and war lances to kill the Tang soldiers in the chaos......

The smoke from the warehouse also alarmed the county town on the other side, there were only dozens of soldiers defending the city in the county, they were so frightened that they closed the city gate, and more than a thousand boatmen who were drinking and having fun in the city heard the news, and ran up to the city to look at the other side of the Danshui, only to see that the warehouse group had been shrouded in smoke and fire, the smoke covered the sky, and even the mountains and forests began to burn, but it was not only the warehouse that burned, the military camp in the south also burned a raging fire.

The battle on the trail was over, and the battle between the two sides was no longer visible, when a boatman pointed to the big boat and shouted, "They're on the dock!" ”

Many boatmen saw it, only to see dozens of cavalrymen holding torches and throwing them at the big boat, all the boatmen's hearts sank into the abyss, this is the cavalry burning the ship, in a moment, several big ships began to catch fire, the fire burned bigger and bigger, and on the other side there were also two big ships that were ignited by the fire, ropes and masts burned.

At this time, dozens of cavalry rushed up the hill and ran into the depths of the woods, and their figures gradually disappeared.

........

Two days later, Qu Tutong led 5,000 troops to Junyang County, the east bank of Danshui in Junyang County was already a mess, the granary and the military camp were burned to the ground, there were large traces of fire on the mountain, only pieces of blackened stumps remained, and dozens of thousand-stone cargo ships moored on the wharf were also left with dozens of wreckage, piled up on the wharf, extremely shocking.

Qu Tutong walked in the warehouse that was burned to the ground, all the materials were burned to ashes, and the whole warehouse was only left with a 30 zhang long fence, and dozens of large logs that were burned into charcoal and did not break, which made Qu Tutong's heart very heavy, 150,000 stone of grain and a large amount of armor and forage were burned, so that they had to stop preparing for war, and they also had to delay the plan to attack Jingbei, Qu Tu informed the seriousness of the consequences, how could he explain to the upcoming King of Qin? How to explain to the Son of Heaven?

At this time, a lieutenant led several surviving soldiers over, "General, they are all survivor soldiers!" ”

The 3,000 garrisons were also slaughtered, and less than 100 of them were lucky enough to survive because they swam through the Danshui, and several soldiers still had palpitations, and knelt down and wept bitterly: "General, the brothers have died too miserably! ”

"Don't cry!"

Qu Tutong stopped them a little impatiently and asked, "How many troops are there?" ”

"About a thousand cavalry!"

There were only 1,000 cavalry, Qu Tutong frowned, "Is it the cavalry of the Sui army?" ”

"We don't know if it's the cavalry of the Sui army, but they are too powerful, all of them are fierce and vicious, and the war horses are also extremely strong, one person can easily kill our five brothers, it may be the cavalry sent by Luoyang." Another soldier said.

Of course, Qu Tutong knew that it would not be the Luoyang cavalry, there were only 5,000 cavalry in Luoyang, and the 5,000 cavalry could not make up such a powerful thousand-man cavalry, it must be the Sui army, and only the huge cavalry and scout cavalry of the Sui army could select such a brave 1,000 people.

"General, His Royal Highness King Qin will be here tomorrow, should we clean up here?" A senior general asked cautiously.

Qu Tutong sighed, shook his head and said, "Keep it as it is!" ”

.......

Li Shimin arrived faster than expected, and the next morning he and a fleet arrived in Junyang County, where Li Shimin had already heard a little news that an army of unknown origin had attacked the Tang Army's logistics stronghold in Junyang County. This news made him anxious, and he ordered the fleet to sail overnight and rush to Junyang County.

Li Shimin stood at the bow of the ship, staring at the warehouse on the east bank of Danshui that was burned to the ground, he was extremely shocked in his heart, he was anxious to know at this time, how much damage had been caused? To what extent will it affect the plans of the Don Army for the Eastern Crusade?

Since the ship could not be stopped on the dock, the fleet was moored on the west bank, only Li Shimin's ship slowly stopped in a gap, both sides were huge wreckage that had been burned to charcoal, Li Shimin had just walked ashore, Qu Tutong stepped forward and knelt down, "Dereliction of duty, I beg Your Highness to punish severely!" ”

"Tell me first, what the hell is going on? How much is lost? ”

"Your Highness, it should be inferred from the Sui army that the ...... should be done"

"Let's talk about how many losses there are?" Li Shimin interrupted him.

"There were 3,000 casualties, 30,000 sets of armor were burned, and 50,000 quintals of forage were burned."

"Where's the grain?" Li Shimin suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, the forage and armor were basically not transported, so the amount of grain would not be small.

Qu Tutong said in a low voice for a while: "All the 150,000 stone grains have been burned. ”

"What?"

Li Shimin's eyes were dark, and he almost fell, but the two guards hurriedly supported him.

Li Shimin slowly came back to his senses and said bitterly: "After a month of busyness, a total of 200,000 stone of grain was transported, and 150,000 stone was actually burned, aren't we busy in vain this month?" ”

Qu Tutong said with a face full of shame: "This is the responsibility of the lowly position, the location of the lowly position is wrong, although this is the intersection of Danshui and Hanshui, but the land on both sides is too narrow, at most five thousand people can be garrisoned, and the lowly position thinks that the difference between five thousand and three thousand is not big, so only three thousand people are stationed." ”

"If five thousand people were stationed, would this loss be avoided?" Li Shimin asked coldly.

Qu Tutong shook his head, "Unless there are 10,000 garrisons, it will be difficult for 5,000 people to keep the warehouse." ”

"That's it, the problem is that we shouldn't set up a transit warehouse, giving the other party an opportunity."

Li Shimin sighed, "If you must be held responsible, then the responsibility lies with me, I didn't expect Zhang Xuan to surprise the army, let alone that he would interfere in our Eastern Crusade, I underestimated Zhang Xuan, I will ask my father for this matter!" ”

Li Shimin knew very well in his heart that if Qu Tutong was responsible, then his father would definitely punish him, so that Qu Tutong could no longer send troops to the main general, Li Shimin did not want to see such a result, if he was responsible, then this matter would eventually be over.

Qu Tutong wanted to say more, but Li Shimin did not allow him to mention this matter again, Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and said to Qu Tudao: "Zhang Xuan's intention is obvious, he is delaying the progress of our Eastern Crusade, so that he can finally free up his hand to interfere in our Eastern Crusade, our top priority is to seize the mines of Jiangxia County, collect a large number of Jingzhou civilian ships, smelt iron in Xiangyang and build armor, as for the lack of food, we can temporarily borrow grain from the Xiangyang Shi clan, and I will guarantee it, and return it to them later, so that we can win back the time." ”

Qu Tutong bowed and said: "I thought about it repeatedly last night, I think Zhang Xuan's tactics of elite raids are very good, we can learn from them, we can also draw three thousand of the most elite troops and directly kill Jiangxia County, at present, there are only five thousand Liang troops in Jiangxia County, and three thousand troops are enough to seize it!" ”

"This plan can be implemented!"

Li Shimin completely agreed with Qu Tutong's strategy of learning from him, although they suffered heavy losses in Junyang County, they must not affect the progress of the Eastern Expedition because of this, and they must make up for their losses and thwart Zhang Xuan's plan to delay their Eastern Expedition.

Li Shimin immediately said: "I took over an army from my brother not long ago, the main general is called Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, this person is both wise and brave, and has the style of a famous general, so he led the army to raid Jiangxia County. (To be continued.) )