When Kshatriya and the others returned to the tent, a general scolded in frustration: "It's just a little bit! It's disgusting! ”

Singh walked in, saluted the Kshatriya, and said with a heavy expression: "Generalissimo, our 'Celestial Blade' has lost more than a hundred war elephants and hundreds of soldiers. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and General Mathur said in disbelief: "What? Lost more than a hundred war elephants? The others whispered, all looking shocked. In the past, the war elephants of the Tianzhu people can be described as invincible, rampage on the battlefield, the enemy is crushed, and the war elephant army has very few losses. In the past few decades, the largest loss of the war elephant army was only the loss of more than 20 heads, and the opponent used the strategy of water attack to lead their own side to a low-lying area, and then dug a river embankment to storm their own army with heavy water; But even so, the war elephant army only lost more than 20 heads, and most of the war elephants stood proudly in the surging flood and finally returned to the shore safely.

But this time it was completely different, the enemy cavalry did not use any tricks, but attacked head-on, and actually killed more than 100 war elephants on their side. A thought couldn't help but rise in everyone's hearts: these Ming troops are simply not people, they are evil ghosts from the Maha Hell, otherwise how can manpower compete with the war elephants known as the 'Blade of the Heavenly Gods'? However, I was very relieved to think that the enemy army would not be able to defeat the war elephant troops after all.

Kshatriya thought for a moment and asked Singar, "Hasn't the 'Celestial Fire' arrived yet?" Singh shook his head; Not yet, it should have been transported to Tengchong Mansion. "The 'fire of the gods' in the mouth of the Kshatriya is actually another weapon of the Tianzhu people, in short, it is equivalent to the current flamethrower, and in this era, there is a similar weapon like the 'fierce fire oil tank' in the Central Plains. However, the 'Celestial Fire' is much more powerful than the 'Fierce Fire Oil Tank'!

Tengchong House. Since the Tengchong Mansion fell into the hands of the Tianzhu Army, it has become an important logistics transit base of the Tianzhu Army, the Tianzhu people's grain and grass, weapons and equipment, the wounded and sick are transferred to the rear, and the rear support troops rush to the front line, all of which must pass through Tengchong Mansion.

On this night, although it was very late, Tengchong Mansion was still a lively and noisy scene inside and out, and the light of the torches illuminated the night into day. Near the city gate, many huge objects slowly entered the city under the laborious drag of herds of cattle and horses. That kind of huge object is a bit similar to the water dragon car used to extinguish the fire in the Central Plains, but it is much larger than the water dragon car, if this kind of thing is a kind of enlarged water dragon car, it must be able to spray water far away, maybe it is not a problem to spray from under the city wall to the city wall at all.

The Tianzhu officer in charge of the escort said to the receiving officer: "You have to prepare a lot of horses for me!" Be quick! ”

The reception official said angrily: "The team transporting grain and grass asked me for horses, and the team transporting baggage asked me for horses, and you now come and ask me too, where do I have so many horses!" The escort officer said, "You have to find a way no matter what!" Then he pointed to those huge water dragon strange things, and said: "These 'heavenly fires' are what the generalissimo is anxious to get, if you delay the military situation and the generalissimo blames it, you will be unlucky!" The reception official changed his face and said, "Okay, okay, I'll figure it out for you!" Then he said to one of his subordinates, "You, go and bring all our horses here." The subordinate answered and ran down. When the escort officer heard this, he showed a very satisfied expression.

Soon after, more than two thousand horses were brought here and handed over to the escort officers. The escort officer immediately ordered his subordinates to put on the horses separately. The team started again, and thanks to more than 2,000 more horses, the speed of the team was significantly faster than before!

The procession passed through Tengchong Mansion and continued eastward, where the road was bustling with hustle and bustle, and the glow of torches stretched for miles on the mountain road.

At this time, the Tianzhu people on the avenue did not know that in the mountains and forests not far from them, there were two thousand black-clothed and black-armored knights who were watching them.

"General, it's the Tianzhu people's transport team, do you want to attack?" An officer asked Zhanjin National Road. Zhan Jinguo stared at the huge objects that were being transported on the avenue, shook his head, and said, "These things should be siege equipment, not food and grass, don't act rashly!" The officer agreed.

The Tianzhu people passed by the Xuanjia Army with those huge 'Heavenly Flames', and they were only a few feet away from each other recently. However, the night was deep and the mountains were extremely dark, so although the two sides were very close to each other, the Tianzhu people did not find the Yanyun Xuanjia Army hidden next to them.

A Tianzhu man broke away from the group and ran towards the nearby woods. When Zhan Jinguo saw this scene, he couldn't help but get nervous, and secretly thought: "If they find out, although they are not afraid, but if they fight together, the Tengchong Mansion will definitely be vigilant, and the plan to raid Tengchong Mansion will probably fail!" However, in the face of the situation in front of him, Zhan Jinguo had no choice, raised his right hand, and when it was not right, he immediately ordered an attack. Zhan Jin Guo has already planned at this moment, first solved the Tianzhu people in front of him in one fell swoop with the momentum of thunder, and then rushed to Tengchong Mansion, only hoping that the defenders of Tengchong Mansion have not yet reacted, whether it is success or failure can only be left to fate!

Seeing that the Tianzhu man walked to a tree at the edge of the woods and stopped, then there was a rustling sound, which was particularly clear in this silent night, it turned out that he had left the brigade to pee. The officers and men of the Xuanjia Army held their breath, for fear of being discovered by him. The time to soak in urine is only ten seconds, but in the feeling of the Xuanjia soldiers, it seems like a year.

The Tianzhu man snorted, pulled up his pants, and turned away. Everyone couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. At this moment, a ray of moonlight fell from the sky and shone on the back of the tree, revealing a grim face. It turned out that behind the tree where the Tianzhu man peed, there was a Xuanjia war horse hidden, and the two sides were close at hand, and the Tianzhu man was ignorant.

Soon after, the Tianzhu team had gone far.

Zhan Jin Guo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, immediately passed down the order, and led the two thousand Xuanjia troops to leave the hidden location and run towards the east gate of Tengchong Mansion.

Although it is night at this moment, the Tianzhu people are busy transporting grain and grass, so the city gate is still wide open, and the city gate is a busy scene.

A team transporting grain and grass was coming out of the east city gate, and the escort officer was scolding and talking. He was blaming the officials of Tengchong Province for giving all the horses to the convoy that transported the 'Celestial Fire'.

At this moment, the official suddenly heard the sound of muffled thunder and glanced up at the night sky. By this time, the moon had already taken refuge in the clouds, and the night sky was so dark that nothing could be seen. The official frowned and scolded: "Why is it thundering at this time!" Let's hope it doesn't rain! Hearing the rolling thunder getting louder and louder, he couldn't help but be more worried, and said, "It's not good." There was a thunderstorm coming. We're transporting grain and grass, and it won't be good if it gets wet in the rain. At this point, he immediately ordered the team to stop advancing and prepare to return to the city and wait for the rain to pass before setting out on the road.

At this time, the sound of rolling thunder was closer, and to the surprise of the officials, the earth seemed to tremble slightly. The official's heart suddenly moved, and he scolded: "Damn, I thought it was a thunderstorm, and I was a cavalry for a long time!" I don't know whose cavalry it is, running wild here in the middle of the night! He thought it was a cavalry unit from the front line. The order was given to the team to move on.

At this moment, I saw countless black-clothed, black-armored, black-cloaked, majestic, tall, and hideous war horses rushing out of the darkness. The Tianzhu people outside the city gate suddenly saw such a scene, and they couldn't help but be stunned, and they couldn't help but think: Do we have cavalry like this?

Soon the Tianzhu people knew the answer, and saw those fierce black war horses rushing into the crowd, swinging their knives and slashing indiscriminately, and for a while the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the screams rang out. The Tianzhu people finally reacted in shock, and they all rushed to the city with an exclamation: "Enemy! Enemy! ……”

Yang Zaixing led the Xuanjia army to rush into the city with the Tianzhu people, and at the same time threw torches on the carriages full of grain and grass on the avenue, and the fire raged. The Xuanjia army rushed into the city, immediately divided into several teams, rushed towards several places in the city to store grain, killed people on the road, Tianzhu people saw that the enemy came suddenly and fiercely, and they couldn't figure out how many enemies entered the city, every time they encountered the Xuanjia army, they were defeated, and the wolves ran and fled in all directions! The screams and shouts of the city rang out, and the panic spread like a flame!

The guard ran out of the bedroom with his pants in his hands, and couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the flames of many grain points. Hurriedly put on his armor and led his soldiers out of the garrison towards the nearest grain storage site. On the way, he encountered a fierce assault by a group of black war horses, and in an instant, his own soldiers were killed and turned over on their backs. Seeing that the opponent was as fierce as a demon, the guard was so frightened that he couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly turned his horse and fled for his life.

Tens of thousands of Tianzhu troops were killed by the Xuanjia army, and they fled in all directions, and the grain hoarding places everywhere were in flames, and they had become uncontrollable. ……

Kshatriya was awakened in the middle of the night, only to see the general Singh say with a worried face: "Generalissimo, it's not good, Tengchong Mansion has been raided, and our grain and grass have suffered heavy losses!" Kshatriya was shocked, and then he glared and exclaimed, "What did you say? Singal repeated. Kshatriya was at a loss for a moment. Calming down, he said angrily: "What the hell is going on?" How could the enemy suddenly appear in Tengchong Mansion? What kind of army raided Tengchong Province? ”

Singh shook his head and said, "The specific situation is not clear, only that it is a black cavalry." However, now our enemies are only the Dali Army and the Ming Army, and the Dali Army cannot have such combat power, so it must be the Ming Army. ”

Kshatriya only felt incredulous, looked at Singar, frowned, and said, "Is this possible?" Tengchong Mansion is so far to the west, how can the Ming army come and go for hundreds of miles silently? Are they really evil spirits? Singh said: "The urgent report from Tengchong Mansion will definitely not be false, as for the specific situation, I am afraid we have to wait for further information." At present, there is insufficient information, and guessing out of thin air is not accurate. ”

Kshatriya asked, "How much has the grain and grass been lost?" Singh said: "The report only says that the damage is very large, and it is not very clear what the specific situation is. ”

Kshatriya pondered for a moment and said, "I think we have lost at most half of our grain and grass baggage, and it will not have any great impact on our offensive plan." Singhal nodded. Kshatriya glanced at Singh and said, "The attack plan remains unchanged, and a part of the cavalry will be sent to strengthen the vigilance of the supply line, so that the enemy can no longer be given a chance!" Singal bowed in agreement.

Early the next morning, the Kshatriyas gave the order to attack as usual, the armies moved, and the large camp was crowded with people and there was a lot of noise.

At this moment, however, a herald horse hurried into the barracks until it was in front of the big tent. Immediately, the knight reined in his horse, and the horse neighed and the man stood up. The knight did not wait for the horse to completely stop, then turned over and dismounted, ran to the Kshatriya, saluted, and said urgently: "Generalissimo, Tengchong Mansion is urgent!" Then he took out a letter, ran to Kshatriya, and presented it with both hands. Kshatriya then reported, opened the envelope, took out the letterhead, unfolded it and looked at it. All the generals in the tent looked at Kshatriya, and saw a sudden look of horror and disbelief on his otherwise calm face. All the generals are in their hearts, and who can't help but feel bad.

Kshatriya put down the letter, was silent for a moment, raised his head and ordered: "The order is given, the army is on hold and waiting for the order." The generals were puzzled, and the herald had already promised to run down.

General Matur asked puzzled: "Generalissimo, why did you stop the attack?" ”

Kshatriya frowned and said, "Tengchong Mansion was raided, and all the grain and grass were destroyed!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this, in fact, Kshatriya was also shocked in his heart, although he had already received a report, but he thought that the grain and grass in Tengchong Mansion had only lost half of it at most, and in any case, he did not expect that all the grain and grass in Tengchong Mansion would be destroyed!

Kshatriya looked at the dusty herald and asked, "Is it true that all the grain and grass have been destroyed?" The herald nodded with a look of shame, and said, "The enemy suddenly appeared in the middle of the night, and our army was caught off guard. At this, the herald's face showed fear, "They are like evil spirits from the hell of Maha!" Wrapped in darkness and fierce, the people who stood in front of them turned into corpses in the blink of an eye! There was fire everywhere, blood everywhere, screams in my ears, and the terrible sound of horses' hooves! They shouldn't belong to the human world, they should all be demons sealed by the Buddha! ”

When everyone listened to the herald's account, they couldn't help but look at each other, and their hearts couldn't help but feel fear.

Kshatriya frowned and asked, "Did the enemy army send a lot of horses?" All eyes were on the herald. The herald looked embarrassed and muttered, "Only, there are only two or three thousand enemy horsemen......

Everyone was stunned, then shocked and annoyed, and Mathur exclaimed, "Did I hear me wrong? The enemy has only two or three thousand people? You have 20,000 or 30,000 defenders, but you can't beat the other side 2,000 or 3,000! And let them destroy all the grain and grass! What a shame, what a shame! The other generals were also emotional, scolding. At this moment, the generals did not care so much about the destruction of grain and grass, but they were unreassuring that their allies were defeated by one-tenth of the enemy. The herald was terrified in the face of the anger of the generals, and had the heart to defend his side, but he did not dare to speak.

It took a while for the big tent to be quiet, but the generals still broke out from time to time with an angry scolding, and the viciousness of the words could be compared with those shrews who scolded the streets in the Central Plains.

With a gloomy face, Kshatriya said to the herald, "We are the race chosen by the gods, and we are the warriors of the gods!" Today, you have been defeated by the enemy, and the defeat is so ugly, how can I spare you! ”

The herald's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "Generalissimo, we have done our best!" The generals have all been killed in battle, and the losses of the brothers are also very great! ”

Everyone was shocked, and the scene became silent. The faces of the people were very ugly, and they did not want to believe that what the herald said was true, and they did not want to believe that the warriors of the gods could not defeat the enemy. They prefer to believe that their defenders were negligent, as they had previously believed, and that the enemy had taken them by surprise. However, even so, it is unjustifiable that ten times the number of troops was defeated by the enemy, but if it is explained in this way, then it can be assumed that the defeat of this battle was not a crime of war, but caused by the negligence of the defenders. But after the herald said this, such a fig leaf no longer existed, and the hearts of the people were so angry that they wished that those who were embarrassed would die.

Kshatriya said with a gloomy face: "If you lose, you will be defeated, what are you going to do to defend yourself!" The herald bowed his head in agreement. Kshatriya said again: "Don't say what you just said!" You must remember that the truth of this matter is that the enemy attacked us with several times the number of troops, and our army was caught off guard, although we fought bravely and killed most of the opponent, but after all, we were outnumbered and finally defeated! Everyone looked at each other, and the general Matur glared at him and said loudly: "Yes! That's it! The enemy attacked our army with several times the cavalry, and although our army's combat strength was far above the enemy's army, it was outnumbered and caught off guard by the enemy, so it was finally defeated! The generals chimed in. For a moment, it was as if the truth of the matter was really like that.

Singh said to Kshatriya: "Generalissimo, all the grain and grass have been destroyed, this matter is very serious, how should we deal with it?" ”

The scene fell silent, and everyone was worried. Although the battle of Tengchong Mansion can be taken for granted, the lost grain and grass cannot be recovered, and everyone here is a battlefield veteran, so they naturally understand what it means to destroy all the grain and grass.

Kshatriya frowned and asked, "How much grain and grass is there in the barracks?" ”

Singhal said: "There are still three days of grain and grass. ”

Mathur said loudly: "Generalissimo, let's go on the offensive!" As long as the Longwei Pass is captured, this grain and grass problem will be solved! The generals whispered, some for and some against, and Kshatriyas felt only in a dilemma, unable to make a decision for a while.

He looked at Singh and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Singh frowned and said, "If you continue to attack, it is really difficult to guarantee that you will be able to break through the Dragon Tail Pass within three days!" If we can't break through the barrier as scheduled, the situation of our army will not be good! What's even more worrying is the movement of the Ming army, since they raided our grain and grass hoarding base, is the army already nearby? I think it's a very good thing! If the opposing army is already nearby, the situation of our army will be dangerous! ”

Kshatriya nodded approvingly, and said, "Our army is short of food and grass, so we can only retreat temporarily!" Although the generals felt unwilling, they also felt that it was indeed a bit bad to stay under the Longwei Pass in this situation, so it was better to retreat for the time being. Kshatriya raised his head and glanced at the generals, and ordered: "Tell all the armies, after the cavalry is broken, the army will retreat to the west!" The generals agreed in unison.

The dragon tail was closed, and the defenders were ready to fight. The soldiers of the Dali army all looked a little panicked, after a few days of fierce fighting, the fighting spirit of the Dali soldiers has dropped to the bottom, they have not fled now, it is already a miracle. Huang Xin saw the expressions of the soldiers of the Dali army in his eyes, worried, he suspected that if the enemy army launched an attack, he was afraid that these soldiers of the Dali army would immediately turn around and flee for their lives. At that time, he could only rely on his soldiers to resist the enemy's attack. However, the number of soldiers under his command is not large, and they are only cavalry, good at field warfare, but they are not good at positional warfare, and in the face of the general offensive of the Tianzhu army, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist! Huang Xin felt that it was a question whether he could hold the Longwei Pass today.

However, just when Huang Xin was worried, a lookout pointed outside the city and shouted, "The enemy has retreated!" The enemy forces have retreated! There was a hint of excitement in the shouting.

Huang Xin and the others hurriedly looked outside the city, and sure enough, they saw that the enemy army was retreating to the west. The city wall cheered, and Huang Xin was also excited, secretly saying that he was lucky. After calming down, he muttered: "It must be the Zhanjin Kingdom that has succeeded!" ”

It turned out that not long ago, Yang Peng learned through Hua Xu about the location of the grain and grass transfer base of the Tianzhu people, so he made a war plan. The first step in this battle plan was to raid Tengchong Mansion, and at the same time, Huang Xin led 10,000 war cavalry to the aid of Longwei Pass. The raid on Tengchong Mansion was to cut off the supply line of the Tianzhu people, and the rush to Longwei Pass was to prevent the Tianzhu people from breaking through the pass first, if such a thing happened, then even if the Tengchong Mansion broke through and destroyed the Tianzhu people's grain and grass baggage, it would not make much sense. If both of these goals have been achieved, then the next step can be moved. Whether it is a raid on Tengchong Mansion or a rush to the aid of Longwei Pass, it is not the goal, but to create conditions for the real war plan.

The Tianzhu army was forced to retreat because of the destruction of grain and grass, and retreated straight towards Tengchong Mansion.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.