From Chiling to the present, everyone has not rested seriously for two days and two nights, and everyone has dragged their tired bodies and taken heavy steps, and the marching speed has become slower and slower.

Xue Chongxun listened to the noise of unknown birds and sparrows in the mountains and forests, and at the same time thought about countermeasures with his drowsy brain, he thought for a long time and then said to the generals around him: "There is no tent and no quilt, and if you stop and camp at night, you must be cold and sick." At noon we set up camp, resting during the day and marching at night. ”

The principle coast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and the sun is warm and hot during the day, but when the sun goes down, people can freeze and shiver.

The men discussed the arrangements for marching and camping again. The pursuers of Tibet are also people, and it is impossible to keep chasing and resting, so everyone thinks that resting for half a day can improve the speed of the march. It's just that the choice of route needs to be a bit particular. For the past two days, they have been walking along the water source, Sun Moon Creek, and now they plan to change direction in order to conceal their whereabouts.

Sun Moon Creek flows southward on this section of the road, and after about 100 miles, it will turn east and flow through the territory of Datang. Xue Chongxun consulted with the generals and decided to leave the direction of the water source and turn southeast. In this way, the bank line and the marching route of the Sun Moon Creek can form a mountain corner, and after two or three days, the army can "join" the river.

It was agreed that everyone walked in the southeast direction for half a day, and when the day reached Zhongtian, Xue Chongxun ordered to stop the march and sent people to cut down trees and camp. In the morning, the firewood knives and other things robbed in the Tuyuhun village came in handy, and the axes and firewood knives were more sharp when cutting trees, and the horizontal knives were used to cut people, and it was really laborious to cut down trees.

Sentry shifts were arranged, and most of them fell asleep. As soon as Xue Chongxun sat down, his sleepiness suddenly came up, his eyelids fought, and he soon fell asleep, he didn't expect that he could sleep so comfortably on this hard ground, which was cooler than the big bed in Daming Palace.

Xue Chongxun slept very hard, and when he woke up, it was already dark all around, and the snoring was still coming and going. Only then did he remember that he was on the way to escape, and the snoring of the soldiers sounded very beautiful and reassuring, at least in this unfamiliar place, there was not a single person, and there were a group of difficult brothers.

A sergeant next to him saw Xue Chongxun sitting up, so he said, "The sun has just gone down, do you want to order the brothers to get up?" ”

The temperature was noticeably cooler than during the day, but the warm atmosphere had not yet dissipated, and it was not too cold. Xue Chongxun said: "Wait a little longer, then call everyone to get up and eat something and continue to hurry." ”

The other generals also woke up two or three and sat down beside Xue Chongxun to chat. There was also a gray-bearded veteran who also came up, and Xue Chongxun said, "Sleep a little longer, it's rare to rest for a while." ”

The veteran said: "When you are older, you will be less sleepy." ”

Xue Chongxun glanced at him, and suddenly remembered that this old man was a veteran who said that he had been in Tibet here under the stone castle, and the old man had a big life, and he was still alive. So Xue Chongxun couldn't help but chat with him a few more words: "I'll hurry when it's cold, and I'll be able to keep out the cold when I move." ”

At this moment, suddenly a sergeant rushed to him, and said in a panic: "Report to the king of the county, I found a group of men and horses in the southeast, and it was too dark for them to use torches, and they did not defend themselves against us." Half a mile away. ”

"How many people are there?" Xue Chongxun was taken aback.

"The unfolded place is not large, it should not exceed a thousand people. ”

Xue Chongxun frowned and groaned: "How did you appear in front of us?" ”

A general said: "This place is the territory of the Tuyuhun people, and it is estimated that it is the Tuyuhun people." ”

Xue Chongxun raised his head and said to the man: "Order the scout team, continue to investigate, and find out the number of people!" ”

"Order, prepare for battle!"

There was a shouting and noise in the camp, and the troops woke up from their sleep, and in a hurry they lined up in formation, some lighting torches, but they were stopped by the generals.

"Damn, what are the scouts doing, only to find others so close?"

"They came in the dark, and they were in front again, and they found it good half a mile."

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Only now did they flee in a hurry, and it was estimated that they would run in scattered places, and a rout was inevitable, but fortunately, the scout team soon reported that the enemy was not numerous. Xue Chongxun looked back at the army, there was no armor, no long weapons, and the combat effectiveness was definitely not as good as before; But most of the other party is Tuyuhun people, and the combat power of these slaves is inferior to that of Tubo, Xue Chongxun pondered for a moment and made up his mind to fight.

Tuyuhun originally lived on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, close to the Longyou region, and was a small country sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, mainly composed of Xianbei people, who were initially dependent on the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time the Tang Dynasty also used them as a bridgehead to resist the Tubo forces. However, the Tang army and the Tubo war were unfavorable, and the Tuyuhun was annexed by the Tubo, and some of its people moved to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and some stayed in Qinghai and became vassals of the Tubo.

This is the case in war, the more you win the battle, the less the enemy will be, and once you are unfavorable, the more you will fight, and the Tuyuhun people have been conquered by the Tang people, and they have become enemies again.

Although Xue Chongxun led the remnants of the soldiers, the equipment was scattered, but the discipline and training were still rigorous, and the Tang people were able to control so many surrounding alien races, relying on the Tang army soldiers who could fight. Within a while, the remaining five or six hundred people were lined up in battle sequences with each team as the core, and they were ready to fight.

"Let the enemy taste the power of our Tang Army!" Xue Chongxun waved his horizontal knife and shouted.

The roar of the army echoed in the mountains and forests, and the shouts before the battle raised the morale.

Unexpectedly, at this time, I saw people outside the camp screaming and rushing in from the camp gate. Xue Chongxun was very puzzled at first glance, when did the Tang army ever collapse at the touch of a button? Thinking about the battle of Dafeichuan that year, Xue Rengui led 20,000 or 30,000 Tang troops to face 400,000 Tibetans, facing the enemy army 20 times his own, and there was no heavy grain and grass, and he went deep into the enemy's territory.

Xue Chongxun suddenly said angrily: "What happened?!" ”

"Snakes! Snake! Snake! The word spread like a plague in the barracks.

There really are snakes, lots of small snakes! I saw that in the cracks of the camp, countless small snakes came in, and the things that roamed softly made people feel numb at first sight. The thing was dark blue, but its head was white, only the size of a finger, and it roamed nimbly and extremely fast.

Someone exclaimed: "It's a plateau bald head green snake, poisonous!" Be careful, everyone! ”

Screams soon rang out everywhere, and the camp immediately became like hell, enveloped in an atmosphere of terror.

Even the few mules that had been snatched in the village were restless, and the livestock, which was the most sensitive, probably sensed the danger.

It's really evil, is this a war? People's faces were full of panic, but they still worked hard to form a battle formation according to the order, and as soldiers, they were conscious: without organization and battle formation, it was a dead word.

"Brothers, light torches, snakes are afraid of fire."

Everyone hurriedly lit the torch made of pine branches, and waved it in their hands, but the little snake did not dare to approach; But before many people had time to light the fire, snakes had already swam in, and the bitten people screamed and jumped in fear, which greatly affected the tightness of the formation, not to mention that the snakes that climbed into the formation were still biting frantically before they were killed!

Snakes generally don't take the initiative to attack people, and those Tuyuhun people outside can control this kind of beast?

Suddenly, there was a cold flute sound rippling in the air, whimpering like a resentful woman sobbing and complaining, and like a spell of an unjust soul.

"Woo ......" The sky seemed to suddenly get darker again.

Human beings, who refer to themselves as the masters of all things, are often full of fear and fragility in their hearts, and the gloomy atmosphere makes Tang Jun almost have a nervous breakdown; The eerie sound of the flute is like a judgment of death, and people don't know what will happen.

Xue Chongxun pointed in the direction of Xiao Sheng and shouted, "Bow and crossbow!" Bow team, arrows wound ......"

At this time, the rippling sound of the flute suddenly mixed with the strange sound of "whoosh".

Suddenly there were long black strips flying in the dim sky, soft and tangled...... Snake! Can snakes fly? Of course not, someone must be throwing it with a tool.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

Little snakes fell from the sky and fell on people's heads, neck sockets, vests...... The cold sensation really gives you goosebumps all over your body.

The screams were incessant, and although everyone was carrying torches, the snakes flew directly into the crowd, with nowhere to run but to crawl and bite.

A general said to Xue Chongxun: "County King, we can't form a team, we can only attack immediately!" ”

Such a chaotic team, completely unclear about the direction of the situation...... To attack like this? But what can be done at this moment! What Xue Chongxun is best at is acting at the opportunity, and shouting: "All the troops listen to the order, the bow and crossbow team is in front, the battle peak team is behind, and the whole army is attacking!" ”

The atmosphere of extreme fear, the desperate feelings, and the chaotic ranks, the Tang army did not immediately disperse, and it had already shown an extraordinary military spirit.

The chaotic crossbowmen were sporadic and blind firing arrows into the night sky, many were busy dealing with the poisonous snakes on and around them, desperate cries mingled, people danced their torches in a daze, and the noisy crowd carried each other forward very slowly and slowly.

What crossbowmen and the battle peak team are completely out of formation, and they are in a mess. It's nonsense to rush around in a frenzy during battle, especially since the infantry is no different from sending them to death.

There was a whizzing sound in the air, and those arrow feathers poured down in the dark sky, and the unequipped Tang people suffered heavy casualties. If, under normal circumstances, they were told to charge at the risk of arrows, it would be fine; But in this situation, those little snakes that make people cold make the army's heart confused, and they are full of arrows in the sky, which is comparable to hell on earth.

After a while, some people began to flee, and the generals could not drink it, and soon it became a rout. The camp was quite flat, and the enemy horse team had some room to play, and when they saw that the Tang army was in chaos, they rushed over.

Seeing this, the soldier next to Xue Chongxun said: "The defeat is ahead, let's escape separately, maybe some people can save their lives." ”M