It is said that these two teams of ambush soldiers killed in front of the battle in a blink of an eye, raised their long knives and spears and slashed indiscriminately, the archers here only have short swords to defend themselves, where can they parry, plus more than half of the dead and wounded, at this time they are even more defeated, so they can only turn around and flee.

The pikeman was even more caught off guard, and before he could pick up the weapons on the ground, he was hit by the cavalry's fast horses, and he had to hug his head and skewer the rats, and was killed for a time to cry wolf, which was unbearable.

Those people recruited from Tongyuan City, all armed and neat, armed with long knives and spears, followed behind the large army, shouting and charging all the way, and found that the enemy soldiers were so vulnerable, there was no power to fight back, killing the enemy was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables, and suddenly all of them were arrogant, waving swords like rainbows, and becoming more and more powerful.

Before the siege soldiers had time to step forward to see this, they immediately threw down all kinds of siege equipment, turned around and ran, and for a time the army was defeated like a mountain, and the officers and soldiers who were being chased and killed grabbed the sky and the earth, and retreated backwards like a tide.

Commander Chai Yu saw that the general trend had gone on the position, and it was expected that the enemy must have heavy troops in the city, otherwise he would not dare to attack the city easily. He had to order the whole army to retreat, turn around and lead the rest of the troops to retreat.

The cavalry here pursued for a while, and when they saw that the enemy's large force had turned away, they stopped their positions and stopped pursuing.

Zhao Jian and Situ Qian, two generals who led the team, commanded the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and burned the catapults and various siege equipment left by the enemy, and then led the squad back to the camp.

In this battle, the encirclement and suppression army were forced back, and nearly 20,000 enemy troops were killed and wounded, so that the enemy collapsed like an anthill. General Chu, who was watching the battle on the city tower, couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this, and looked up to the sky and laughed.

Commander Chai Yu led the remnants of the defeated army and retreated all the way back for more than 20 miles, until he met with the army of General Fang who had caught up behind.

Chai Yu immediately led his troops to General Fang to ask for guilt. It is said that it is to chase and rescue the grain and grass troops, but the siege is too hasty and poorly prepared. The enemy army has already deployed no less than 100,000 heavy troops to defend Tongyuan City, and ambushed tens of thousands of troops outside the city in advance.

After hearing the report, General Fang said: "Commander Chai doesn't have to worry too much, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. I was also careless and ordered your troops to attack the city first, and I fell into a situation where I was outnumbered. Stand down and arrange for the army to camp here, and we will plan for the siege of the city tomorrow in the long run. ”

At present, the remaining nearly 60,000 horses of the Western Expedition army are more than 20 miles away from Tongyuan City to build a fence and build a fortress, and the palace is set up in a camp, ten steps and a battalion, and thousands of camp tents are laid out, stretching for several miles, which is very spectacular.

Speaking of which, General Chu reorganized the troops and horses in Tongyuan City, counted the troops, and found that his army had less than 100 casualties.

Situ Zhen reported to General Chu: "Although the enemy army has been temporarily defeated, after it has rested and rectified for a while, it will gather a large army of reinforcements and attack the city again. ”

General Chu was also very worried when he heard this, and said: "The enemy army gathers heavy troops to attack the city again, and Tongyuan is afraid that it will be difficult to protect himself, can he ask the general to return to the Western Regions immediately and ask the king of Zhenxi to send troops to help, so that it can still be supported for a while." ”

Zhao Jian stepped forward and said: "The king of Zhenxi sent Lord Situ to help defend Tongyuan City, and the original intention was only to use Tongyuan City to delay a little, so as to mobilize the army of the Western Regions to defend it in Xiama Pass. There are only 40,000 soldiers and horses in the Xiama Pass now, how can the king of Zhenxi send men and horses to help. ”

The generals were also at a loss, full of anxiety, and didn't know what to do, so they turned their eyes to the godsend who had not yet spoken.

Tianci naturally understands in his heart that everyone is now counting on him to offer another good solution to the current crisis. Then he stepped forward and said: "Generals, don't worry, I have already prepared heavenly soldiers and generals, and I will definitely be able to retreat from the enemy tonight to ensure that Tongyuan City is safe." ”

Everyone was very puzzled when they heard this, and they were all very curious, wanting to know what this heavenly soldier was and where it was?

"As for when to send the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals to help our army, I have my own arrangements. Now everyone must act according to my plan, and when the time comes, it will naturally succeed and defeat the enemy and win. ”

General Chu said: "What is the plan of the virtuous nephew, hurry up." ”

Tianci ordered the general to retreat, leaving only Zhao Jian and Situ Ji in the mansion to listen to the order.

I saw him say: "Before the ugly hour tonight, the two generals Zhao Jian and Situ Ji still brought 4,000 cavalry each, horses picked up bells, and people ranked, and quietly ambushed the troops in front of the enemy camp, and General Chu led the recruits of 10,000 people, and they were also divided into two roads, each driving 500 carriages, following behind your department. War drums are placed on the carriage, and the drums are good to cheer on when the boundary is in place. ”

General Chu said: "This is preparing to attack the enemy's camp in a sneak attack, but with only a few thousand men and horses, isn't it hitting a stone with an egg?"

Tianci continued: "After your men and horses set out tonight, I will sacrifice the heavenly soldiers and generals in the city, and when the time comes, I will reach the enemy camp, and when the boundary is reached, I will listen to the three trumpet cannons in my rear as an order, launch an attack, and I will be able to succeed." ”

Zhao Jian and Situ Ji had already seen the subtlety of the Tianci arrangement, and they were not condensed at the moment, so they were ordered to go down to arrange the arrangements.

It is said that that night, General Chu, Zhao Jian, Situ Ji and other three people, according to the score, led the soldiers and horses out of the city at night, came to both sides of the enemy camp, and quietly laid ambush troops.

Here, God ordered people to take out the Kong Ming lantern prepared in advance, and led more than 5,000 people from the city to carry the lamp to the open space outside the city.

After Tianci asked everyone to disperse into a formation and stand up, they each filled the oil bowl on the Kong Ming lantern with oil, and then distributed a piece of incense to each person, and taught everyone to tie the tail of the incense to a falling line of the Kong Ming lantern.

After everyone did the same, Tianci stopped to watch the wind direction of the day, and after calculating the strength of the wind, he ordered everyone to go in the direction of the outside of the city and walked forward about sixty zhang.

Seeing that the time had come, God ordered everyone to light the oil bowls in their respective Kong Ming lanterns, and at the same time also light the incense, and then release it into the sky together.

In an instant, five thousand Kong Ming lanterns floated into the air, rising higher and higher, reflecting half of the sky, and after forming a formation in the air, they slowly floated towards the distance outside the city.

In about half an hour, the lights floated over the enemy camp.

The enemy soldiers were tired from the journey, and they had not eaten half a grain of food all day, and they were already hungry and tired, and they were all asleep at this time.

The sentries standing guard in the camp saw a sudden star floating in the sky, densely mixed with the sky on the camp, and they didn't know what it was.

One of the guards raised his bow and arrows and shot them into the sky, only to see a lantern fall, and the oil bowl in the lamp fell to the ground, igniting the lawn.

At this time, a general shouted an order: "Don't spotlight it! Don't spot it! Don't catch fire!"

Before the words fell, I saw that these lights in the sky suddenly and indirectly fell one after another.

It turned out that the incense attached to these Kong Ming lamps was burned out at this time, burning a hanging wire on the lamp, the lamp base overturned, and the burning oil bowl on it fell down, and it was like a rain of fire.

Suddenly, the falling oil lamps lit all the tents in the army, and the fire borrowed the wind, and the wind helped the fire, and for a time, the wind was fierce, and the grass and trees were all on fire, and the whole sky shone like a white sun.

The officers and men of the enemy army woke up in their dreams and panicked, rushing out of the camp tents one after another, or hiding in Tibet, or carrying water to save themselves, trampling on each other, and making a mess.

At this time, three cannon shots were suddenly heard, and the left and right of the enemy camp each entered a team of cavalry, like the wind and clouds, and in an instant, the sound of war drums and shouts of killing rang out in all directions, resounding through the sky.