At dusk the next day.

The cold wind roared and slammed into the earth, splashing countless snowflakes flying all over the sky.

The sky is still gloomy and terrible, as if some demon is staring coldly at this vast grassland, and it may be punished by heaven at any time, but fortunately, the snow has finally stopped, and for several days, the snow has been more than a meter thick, and the freeze is relatively strong, and it is not easy to pull out when one leg is stuck in.

A large team slid on the sled, came to a snow slope and stopped, excitedly looking at the tribes below, one by one's eyes lit up, panting, all the way to the tired, almost to the limit, must find a place to rest, recuperate.

In the team, Qin Huaidao carefully observed the front and did not rush to give orders.

The roof of the tribal yurt is cone-shaped, the snow will slide down, only a thin layer, but there is no snow under the yurt, and the fire should be able to be lit, there are no people outside the tribe, they are hiding in the yurt to keep warm, the smoke is curling, quiet, peaceful, like a paradise.

"General, look!" Cheng Chumo pointed in one direction and whispered, going to Liaodong is just a few acquaintances, and they can be commensurate with each other, but if you follow the army, you must be commensurate with a general, this is the rule.

Qin Huaidao looked at what he was pointing at, and the snow over there was obviously much higher, and he was a little surprised: "It's a mound of earth, there's no reason why such a big piece of land suddenly rises on the flat ground, unless there is something underneath." ”

"It's a corpse!" An Guogong was determined.

Everyone looked at An Guogong one after another, full of curiosity, and An Guogong explained when he lost his mind: "It is common on the grassland, and if you kill someone, it will be piled up downstream, and when the wolf comes to eat it, no one will dig a pit and bury it, the blizzard will close the mountain, the wolf will not come, and the corpse will be buried in the snow, that's it." ”

"Corpse...... How much does it cost? Cheng Chumo's face changed.

"There are always 10,000 or 20,000 people." An Guogong said casually, it is not strange to see it for a long time.

"That should be the aborigines of the tribe, it seems that the army of Goguryeo really took this tribe, and they are below." Li Dejian reacted, staring at the tribe in front of him with a pair of eyes, and he couldn't see through it.

"Are you sure?" Qin Huaidao looked at the stubborn loss of thinking.

Zhi Sili observed for a moment, and said: "Can you be sure, general, please look below, it's cooking time, generally speaking, men will be in the yurt, and whatever needs to be stored at the door is a woman, but what comes out are men, and all of them are young and strong, which is unreasonable." ”

"Isn't it normal for a man to come out?" Fang Yiai asked curiously.

"It's normal in the Central Plains, but it's different in the grassland, most of the women are responsible for cooking, and the men are responsible for eating and drinking, and raising enough physical strength just in case, which is also the way of survival on the grassland, similar to the female protagonist in the Central Plains, and the male protagonist outside." An Guogong explained thoughtlessly.

Qin Huaidao observed carefully for a moment, and found that there were really no women, teenagers or old people coming out, all of them were men, and they all carried weapons, this is not normal, who has nothing to do in their own family to bring weapons with them, just put them within reach, unless they are soldiers.

Soldiers have the habit of carrying weapons at all times.

The eyes couldn't help but look at the high snowdrift, one or two thousand troops killed can be understood, after all, during the war, each is its own master, each does its own thing, but it is ordinary people, just say kill and kill, really ruthless,

At this moment, Qin Huaidao's eyes became cold, and said: "Let's go with the wind, shoot far, An Guogong, your part of the three ways, attack from three positions, the three brothers of the Cheng family, each of you bring a thousand, attack together, first use rockets, and then use a two-stage style, nothing can be done, alternately cover and retreat, and fight according to the training tactics, and the general will lead the forbidden army to press the formation for you." ”

"Obey!" Everyone clenched their fists, and their eyes instantly became fanatical.

An Guogong cautiously asked, "Or the head, tail and middle?" ”

"Yes, the last sparrow battle was the same tactics, the difference is that there are no war horses, so when retreating, you must alternately cover, while fighting and retreating, although there are crossbows, this time there are a lot of arrows prepared, as long as the attack continues, the enemy may not dare to chase, but also have to be prepared, Ben will not like to fight to the death with the enemy, trying to add casualties."

An Guogong didn't want casualties, but it was his own people who died, hearing Qin Huaidao say this, his heart was settled, he solemnly clenched his fists, his eyes were grateful, and he hurried away.

Yu Chi Baolin was a little unwilling: "General, let's just watch?" ”

"No, wait for the fighter." Qin Huaidao said.

Yu Chi Baolin didn't say anything more, the order is like a mountain, since it was issued, it can't be changed indiscriminately.

The three brothers of the Cheng family excitedly caught up with An Guogong, each led an army to rush down, the downhill sled was very fast, but it was difficult to control the route, and it was a mess, and soon they arrived near the tribe, and they quickly stopped one by one, and formed a formation according to the previous training, but it was also chaotic and orderly.

Cheng Chumo stood still, everyone took Cheng Chumo as the benchmark, separated on both sides, five hundred people on each side, and the captain stood at the head of the row and scolded loudly, reminding the people below that the position was good.

After about two or three minutes, the team gradually looked a little shaped, Qin Huaidao looked at this scene and was a little speechless, it was too slow, but there was no way, after all, he only trained for ten days, and saw that people from the felts of the tribes below kept rushing out to watch, and then began to assemble, at first glance, it was a well-trained army, not an ordinary person.

"Sure enough, it's Goguryeo's army." Qin Huaidao was overjoyed.

Fang Yiai and others were also excited, this is a big fish, if you swallow it, it will be a great achievement, and they will all be excited, and they will be ready to rush down immediately.

Qin Huaidao also felt that it was necessary to give Yu Linwei a great credit, otherwise everyone would be dissatisfied, and said to Fang Yiai and Li Yixie: "Let everyone get ready, and go straight to the Chinese army in a while." ”

"Obey." Two great joys, this is the first achievement.

Yu Chi Baolin was not happy: "General, what about us?" ”

"You are the same, whoever takes it, the credit goes to whom." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, please don't be as good as a radical general.

"That's what you said." Yu Chi Baolin was overjoyed, and the two brothers exchanged glances and nodded tacitly.

Everyone looked at the battlefield again, their eyes suddenly changed, and they couldn't wait to rush to kill immediately.

on the battlefield.

The sound of the horn sounded, revealing a bit of desolation and tragedy, as if it was summoning the undead.

Countless people in the tribe gathered, and the black pressed one, and before they could launch a counterattack, countless rockets fell from the sky and landed on the yurt, in the ranks, but no one ran around, and the difference between the army and ordinary people was manifested.

On the snowy slope not far away, Cheng Chu silently saw that the enemy had been assembled and might rush up at any time, so he was not in a hurry, stood in front of the team, stood proudly, and shouted: "Continue to use rockets, ignition!" ”

Everyone took out the prepared rockets, and many people took out the fire sickle and lit it, ignited each other, and pulled out the big bow.

"Aim at the yurt for me, put it!"

The key to this battle is not how many enemies are killed, but to burn the yurt, so that the enemy has nowhere to hide and freeze to death.

After another burst of rockets.

The enemy began to fight back, and did not chase it out, but sent archers, a black and oppressive arrow rain roared, but was blown away by the cold wind, and fell ten meters in front of everyone, seeing this scene, everyone was settled in their hearts, and Cheng Chumo shouted: "Continue to use rockets, shoot me light!" ”

What could be more wonderful than an enemy attack on the battlefield that can't reach it?

One by one, they excitedly drew their bows and shot out one rocket after another, which was blown farther by the cold wind, although it was not much lethal, and even fell in a twist and turn, but it could still shoot through the felt room, and the fire ignited the felt cloth.

Arson is the point.

Tens of thousands of rockets fell in an area, the fire quickly rose, this kind of yurt is almost all sewn with sheepskin, the grease is still there, it is easy to ignite, it is blown by the wind, it burns faster, the enemy in the tribe begins to panic, a team rushes up, there is less snow in the tribe, but the snow around the tribe is very thick, these people hit their heads in the thick snow, it is difficult to move for a while, and they become live targets.

Cheng Chumo was overjoyed when he saw this scene, and shouted excitedly: "Change the crossbow, kill!" ”

"Woohoo!"

Bursts of crossbow arrows went one after another, dense like rain, where could the hundreds of people who rushed out be able to stop them, and all of them were shot and killed in a while, all of them staring wide-eyed and dying.

"Hahaha, keep using rockets, shoot freely."

Cheng Chumo was overjoyed and quickly changed the order.

Everyone hung the crossbow on their waists, picked up their bows and continued to fire rockets, so frightened that the firefighters retreated one after another, and more yurts were ignited, and the fire grew bigger and bigger.

Suddenly, a cavalry of two thousand men rushed out of the camp and pounced.

However, as soon as they rushed out of the camp, they were blocked by thick snow, the snow did not stop the horses' legs, and the horses ran with the same difficulty, and they could not walk after running a few steps.

Cheng Chumo was overjoyed, and his voice trembled excitedly: "Change the crossbow, the rear team prepares, the front team shoots freely, give me a hard fight, kill them!" ”

The front team is just a pronoun, not a formation, but everyone has been training for ten days, and they have long been used to it, and the front five hundred people lined up, picked up the crossbow and fired excitedly.

Wave after wave of crossbow arrows, such as rolling waves, rushed forward, shooting the enemy and the war horse indiscriminately, countless people fell off the horse, and did not die on the spot, but the war horse jumped around after the arrow, but could not run far, almost in the same place, the people who fell off the horse trampled to death, and the screams came and went.

Cheng Chumo counted according to Qin Huai's Taoist method, and after counting to thirty, he shouted: "Front team, squat, back team, kill me-"

The hundred people in front quickly squatted down, skillfully changed the arrow magazine, and did not immediately participate in the battle, looking at the crossbow arrows continuously fired by the rear team, their faces were filled with excited smiles, they never expected that the battle could be fought like this.

Once a person is no longer under pressure, his psychological quality will improve, and his shots will be more stable and accurate!

After the rear team shot into the air, few of the enemies who rushed up could still stand, and Cheng Chumo decisively changed the order: "All of them, advance ten zhang forward!"

After speaking, Cheng Chumo took the lead and walked forward about ten zhang and stopped, everyone followed, stood side by side, skillfully opened some distance, restored the formation, and heard Cheng Chumo shout: "Rocket, free shooting." ”

Soon, one rocket after another shot out, burning the yurt is a prescribed tactic, and there are naturally a lot of rockets prepared, and everyone is eager to shoot them out, so as not to take them too heavy.

As the team moved forward, firing farther, bursts of arrows rained down and more yurts set on fire.

The tribe was in chaos, and the morale of the army was also in chaos.

Rush out and fight back, the snow is blocked, the walk remains the same, use the bow and arrow to fight back, and it is blown away by the strong wind, and it can't be reached, this kind of battle is extremely aggrieved, how can you fight?

If you don't fight, you can't do it, the yurt is all burned down, where do you live?

The cold and cruel reality made everyone anxious, and soon, more people were holding shields to cover the archers to advance forward, which was going to be desperate.

Cheng Chu was not stupid, decisively changed his tactics, and shouted: "Stop shooting, hold the shield, and go backwards!" ”

Regression is also a training subject, everyone does not master enough, but slowly retreat is not a big problem, all take out the shield behind the back to block the front, slowly retreat, the enemy shot the feather arrow was blown by the wind, the strength is greatly reduced, not to mention, only about half of the shot to everyone, fluttering, blocked by the shield, have fallen, no pressure.

Ten feet back, back to the original position, the team stopped.

This distance is beyond the reach of the enemy even if he shoots arrows on the periphery of the tribe, unless he continues to move forward, but there is a thick snow in front of him, and he can't rush forward, Qin Huaidao saw that the enemy really didn't rush forward like last time, and assembled on the periphery, using shields as walls, and archers hiding behind.

This distance can't be shot at all, but Cheng Chumo didn't dare to let the team move forward, sent it to the door, and in a fit of anger, he yelled: "Use rockets, throw!" ”

"Puffy—"

The bowstring exploded, the rocket rushed into the sky, was blown by the strong wind, floated farther, and then fell down, smashed on the enemy's shield, bounced and rolled into the gap in the shield, and landed on the person under the shield, the fire made people instinctively frightened, panicked, and many people were so frightened that they lost their shields and ran.

All of a sudden, the enemy's shield array was in disarray.

Another burst of rockets fell, and the chaos increased.

Cheng Chumo looked at this scene coldly, unmoved, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at Qin Huaidao's location, such an opponent is simply terrifying, it is simply a last resort, fortunately it is a brother, not an enemy.

In the distance, on the hillside.

Qin Huaidao didn't know what Cheng was thinking, he calmly observed the battle situation, and saw that the enemy could not rush out of the tribe, everything was as he expected, his heart was settled, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a relaxed smile.

The die is cast!

"General, the snow is too deep, the enemy can't rush out, the general's sleigh can be called a divine object, from ancient times to the present, I have never heard of it, with this thing, I will never be afraid of the enemy in the north in the future." Li Dejian said sincerely, the last trace of disbelief in his heart disappeared, and he was convinced by what the old man in the family once said.

Even Fang Yiai, who had a reckless personality, sighed: "If the imperial court had this thing a long, the north would have been pacified, but it's okay, this great achievement has fallen on us, happy, general, I don't think the enemy can see it, is it our turn to attack?" ”

"Don't worry, the enemy has 50,000 people, we only have 5,000, don't be reckless, the time is not enough, rushing down now is looking for death, slowly consuming them." Qin Huaidao was in a good mood and explained.

"Indeed, these bastards can't wait for us to rush into battle." Li Yixie agreed.

After observing for a while, Qin Huaidao saw that most of the yurt room was ignited, and his heart moved, and he shouted: "Captain Fang." ”

"General, but let us attack, please rest assured, take custody of it." Fang Yiai said excitedly.

"Give the order quickly, the troops retreat a mile, stop the attack, and do a good job of defense." Qin Huaidao shouted.

"Ahh

"Ahh Qin Huaidao shouted.

Fang Yiai didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly arranged for someone to pass the order.

Li Dejian couldn't help but ask, "General, what does this mean?" ”

Qin Huaidao glanced at the other party, thinking of Li Jing's feelings, he still explained: "Retreating one mile and not moving, you can put pressure on the enemy, the enemy does not dare to enter the yurt room to rest, nor does he dare to put out the fire, we must maintain a state of alert to prevent our army from suddenly killing and wasting physical strength and energy." ”

"But that won't win the battle." Li Dejian said.

"That's not the point." Qin Huaidao reminded him, seeing that Li Dejian didn't understand very well, he patiently explained: "The yurt burns, the temperature of the whole tribe increases greatly, and the enemy army doesn't feel cold outside, and when the yurt is burned, the temperature drops suddenly, one is hot, one is cold, the enemy will feel more unbearable than before, but there is no yurt shelter, the body heat will be lost quickly, and it will be frozen, numb, and unable to fight again." ”

"Ahh

As soon as he spoke, everyone's faces changed greatly.

This calculation is no longer a simple calculation of people's hearts, even the temperature is calculated, it is too incredible.

Li Dejian thought for a long time, and said sincerely: "General, the generals of all factions in the world dare not say that they are proficient in the art of war, but they also think they are familiar with it, but none of them mention the temperature, the general's talent, and Dejian admires it to the extreme, but this method is too important and subtle, can it be written into the military situation and reported to the imperial court?" ”

Reporting it means that everyone in the world knows that the art of war has always been a treasure, and no one wants to show it.

Qin Huaidao said nonchalantly: "Whatever you want!" ”

Li Dejian thought about it for a while, and secretly dispelled his thoughts, such an important tactic must not be easily shown, and he would ask the old man at home to decide after he went back.

As he spoke, the three attacking armies slowly retreated.

Seeing that the enemy did not pursue, they did not dare to disperse, and continued to remain vigilant, everything was exactly as Qin Huaidao expected, and they became more and more admired, full of confidence and expectation for the next big battle.

After waiting for a while, An Guogong lost his strength and the three brothers of the Cheng family hurriedly came over, and An Guogong shouted excitedly from afar: "General, happy, too happy, everything is expected, the old man has been fighting all his life, and he never thought that the battle could be fought like this, but why did he let us retreat, is there another big move?" ”

Li Dejian smiled and said: "Hahaha, I really let the old general say it." ”

"Is there really a big move? Great, tell us about it. Obsessively asked.

Li Dejian looked at Qin Huaidao, and when he saw Qin Huaidao nodding, he repeated the analysis just now.

Originally, he was still a little dissatisfied with the loss of the fighter plane, and he was suddenly dumbfounded, and even calculated the temperature, is this still a person? I had never heard of this style of play, so I couldn't believe it, and asked, "General, can it really be like this?" ”

"Wait and see, the soldiers are tired of drawing their bows just now, just take a break, anyway, the enemy doesn't dare to chase them out, there is still an hour or so before it gets dark, but it won't take half an hour for the yurt to burn out, everyone will go back to their respective units, and when the general puts up the banner, it will be the time to attack." Qin Huaidao explained.

"Hahaha, this battle is a good one!" As soon as he heard the reason, he agreed.

Qin Huaidao looked ahead and said: "Once you attack, rush down first, test in a stone's throw away, if you find that the enemy can't pull the bow and can't rush up, it means that the body is frozen and unable to fight again, but there is still a part of the yurt that has not been burned, there should still be an enemy hidden in it, you can't enter blindly, slowly advance, as just now, if you find that you can't do it, you will open the distance, and consume the enemy alive. ”

"Obey!" The three brothers of the Cheng family were convinced by Qin Huaidao, so they naturally would not mess around.

An Guogong is obsessed with losing his thinking power, and he can't wait to save his strength and fight slowly, let alone rush forward.

"Go back to command!" Qin Huaidao sent everyone back, and his sharp gaze fell on the tribe in front again.

In the tribe below.

The enemy is still on alert, being watched by thousands of people, and it is only a few hundred meters away, and it may rush down at any time to fight, and dare not be unprepared.

When the general of Goguryeo saw this scene, he felt a chill in his heart, and wondered why his opponent was not affected by the cold climate and why he was able to walk on the snow. His eyes fell on the burning yurt, and a sense of powerlessness came to his heart, and he led a group of generals to the big tent.

Everyone sat down around the bonfire, and the general's cold eyes looked around, and when he saw that they were all depressed, he sighed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, our army has 50,000 people, and the opponent is only a few thousand, as long as you confront them, the final victory must belong to our army." ”

"General, the opponent has a repeating crossbow, it is definitely not a Khitan, I am afraid it is the Tang army." One reminded.

"What about Tang Jun? The brave Goguryeo soldiers are not afraid of any enemy, they are also people, and they will be cold, now they are facing each other, just hold the periphery of the tribe and see who survives to the end, although the burning of the yurt is not good for our army in the future, but it can be warmed at the moment, on the other hand, the enemy army, with their backs to the upwind, unobstructed, colder than us, what are you afraid of, and getting through is victory. The general hurriedly said, without morale, this battle is even more difficult.

I have to say that the general is very experienced and knowledgeable, if he changes to other troops, he will lose in such a confrontation, but unfortunately he met Qin Huaidao, one by one, wearing thick coats, there are armor inside, there are winter clothes in the armor, there are silk warm clothes in the winter clothes, there are thick woolen socks under the feet, and thick sheepskin gloves, which are not cold at all.

Everyone doesn't know, after listening to the analysis, they will wait for a while.

A general hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but remind: "If it's really the Tang Army, how did they come here?" With such a thick snow, it was impossible to march, and even if they could, it would take about two days to come, so how did they survive two days to arrive? ”

"yes, how did they get through it?" Someone chimed in.

As soon as he spoke, everyone's faces changed again.

can climb to the position of general, no one is a fool, if you can survive two days to get here, you can survive two more days, what do you use to confront each other? Without a yurt shelter from the wind and cold, the soldiers of Goguryeo could not hold out in the cold wind for two days, no—not for half an hour!

The general also thought of this, and his face became even more ugly.

The big tent was suddenly as silent as death, and everyone was preoccupied.

An oppressive atmosphere permeated.

One person couldn't stand this kind of suppression, and couldn't help but say: "General, fight with them." ”

Someone immediately objected: "It's not easy to say, the crossbow is sharp, dense as rain, once we fight and retreat, we only have to be beaten, what to fight?" ”

"Then rush out, you can't wait to die." The other party shouted unwillingly.

"The snow is deep, and it is difficult for war horses to walk, even if they walk, how far can they go? And for how long? ”

As soon as he spoke, the audience changed.

You can't fight it, you can't run it, the problem is that you can't fight it, how can you fight this battle?

Everyone looked at the general one after another, their eyes full of panic.

The general is also one head and two big, and suddenly regretted coming to Khitan, thousands of calculations, but did not count a big snowstorm, before the snow was only one foot, the war horse can barely walk, now the snow is three or four feet deep, can not walk at all, want to withdraw can not do, what should I do?

"You can't surrender, can you?"

A terrible thought flashed through his mind, and he quickly dispelled it, although the Tang army was benevolent and righteous, and would accept the surrender, but what if it didn't accept it? What's more, it's not yet time to run the tide of the mountains.

After a moment of silence, the general said coldly: "Order, in addition to the vigilant troops, the others go back to the yurt to avoid the wind and cold, and are ready to fight again at any time, we have 50,000 people, even if we die, we must pull these people on their backs, and we must not insult the prestige of Goguryeo." ”

"Obey!" Everyone answered, but their voices were weak and desolate.

The general didn't want to say anything, motioned for everyone to go out and make arrangements, looked at the door of the big tent, and his mind was heavy, do you really want to take the road of surrender, a full 50,000 army, if you surrender, you will become a Goguryeo sinner, what will your family do?

Thinking that his family was beheaded all over the house, the general felt a chill in his heart and quickly dispelled this thought.

Inexplicably, a sadness came to my heart, and I thought I could make a contribution, but who knew that it was such a situation, who was this opponent? How could it be so terrible!

It is impossible for Xue Wanshu's old horseman to do it, when did Yingzhou have such a terrible general?

And the grain and grass were burned, could it be the same person?