Guo Song and Guo Chongqing became partners again. Although all the generals objected to Guo Song personally taking action, no one could convince him. Indeed, no one's martial arts skills could compare with his. If his identity as the coach was not considered, Guo Song was actually
The most suitable candidate.
The two men were lurking outside the sheep and horse circle, observing the enemy's situation. Perhaps because of the relatively small number of people, the patrol posts in the sheep and horse circle were not fixed in one place, but mainly patrolled, every two or three minutes.
A group of sentries will rush past.
Seeing a group of more than a dozen cavalrymen rushing past, Guo Song waved to Guo Chongqing, and the two of them rushed towards the sheep and horse pen, jumped over the sheep and horse pen in the dark, and attacked Qie Mo.
There was no need for cavalry in the Five Cities. War horses were basically stored in sheep and horse pens, and horses and sheep were separated. In order to avoid disturbing the horses and sheep, Guo Song and Guo Chongqing galloped along the fence.
After running for about two miles, several wooden towers appeared in front of them. These wooden towers are not sentry towers, but are used to observe the horses and sheep. Standing on a high place, you can see more clearly. This wooden tower is also a place for sheep and horses.
At the junction of the circle and the military camp, walking forward is the military camp.
Guo Song quickly climbed up the wooden tower. There was no one on the wooden tower. He looked into the military camp from the viewing port of the wooden tower. It was the third watch. The weather was extremely cold at night, almost to the point where dripping water turned into ice. The soldiers hid in the warm room.
He slept particularly soundly under the sheepskin quilt. To Guo Song's surprise, there were no patrols in the camp, and the camp was completely dark.
It's right to think about it. As long as the Tang army keeps an eye on Pu Tao City, no reinforcements will come at this time. Zheng Ju, who ran for help, finally reached Puchanghai and didn't even reach half the distance. If he hadn't met Guo Song and the others,
His destiny is to feed wild wolves.
Guo Song came down from the wooden tower, and the two squatted at the corner of the fence. He whispered to Guo Chongqing: "There are no patrols in the military camp, so you can just set fire to it."
Guo Chongqing nodded and took out two torches from his backpack. Each of them carried a backpack. There were dozens of small torches in the backpack for easy lighting.
Guo Song also took out a few torches and said to Guo Chongqing: "I'm in charge of the northwest corner, you're in charge of the northeast corner, let's start taking action!"
The two climbed over the fence and ran into the darkness of the camp.
At the same time, Liang Wu also led a dozen soldiers to sneak into the sheep and horse pen. They were responsible for herding the horses. Once a fire broke out, they had to let out all the horses in the sheep and horse pen to prevent panicked soldiers from running away on horseback in the chaos.
The remaining 280 cavalrymen, led by Li Ji, were ready. They were divided into ten teams and distributed one mile south of the camp, waiting to massacre the fleeing soldiers.
They recreated the entire process of burning the Xueyantuo Logistics Camp last year, except that last year they were short of manpower and failed to wipe out all the Xueyantuo soldiers who escaped. This time, they will be merciless.
At the northwest and northeast corners of the camp, Guo Song and Guo Chongqing lit torches at the same time. The reason why they chose the northeast and northwest corners was because the cold wind blew from the north, and the wind was very strong at night. Once a fire broke out, it would be very dangerous.
It will form a spectacular scene of a burning camp.
They ran all the way, constantly throwing small lit torches towards the big tents. The big tents made of wool were particularly easy to ignite. One big tent after another was lit one after another, and the flames burst into the sky.
The soldiers in the far north began to panic. Many soldiers rushed out from the burning tent. They saw a sea of fire in the camp. They all fled in panic outside the camp. Most of them fled to the south. To the north was the Tang Army.
Military City, and their hometown and logistics center are in the south, so they could have fled to the south.
When the first tent caught fire, Liang Wu and his soldiers overturned the wooden fence on the east side of the horse pen. They got on their horses and drove thousands of horses to run outside the camp.
The sentries on duty were mainly concentrated between the camp and the military city in the north. When they discovered that the camp was on fire, they were also at a loss. Should they rush back to put out the fire, or should they continue to keep an eye on the Tang army in Putao City?
At this time, the camp was already a sea of fire. The fire was driven by the wind, and the fire was devouring everything like a devil. Many soldiers could not escape from the tent, and were trapped in the sea of fire, screaming in despair. The fire spread extremely quickly, even exceeding
Guo Song and Guo Chongqing were unable to light the fire quickly, so they simply threw the last dozen or so torches into the sea of flames, and they quickly evacuated the fire scene.
The killings had already begun in the south. The first batch of soldiers to escape from the sea of fire were the first to encounter the Tang Army cavalry waiting outside. To the Tuyuhun and Tubo soldiers who had bare hands and no leather armor, the murderous Tang Army was no more than a wolf.
With only tigers, they had only two options, either to be killed by the Tang Army's cavalry, or to run as fast as they could. Perhaps the Tang Army's cavalry would be negligent and let them go.
But the Tang army cavalry, who were red-eyed, would not let anyone go. Spears pierced the chest and swords chopped off heads. Thousands of Tuyuhun and Tubo soldiers were brutally slaughtered by the Tang army cavalry amidst wailing and crying. More than two hundred
The sentinels named Tuyuhun were even more frightened. They thought it was the main reinforcements of the Tang army coming, so they desperately fled westward, abandoning their companions and struggling in the hell of massacre.
At dawn, the fire gradually extinguished and the massacre came to an end. The farthest group of Tang soldiers chased for more than ten miles and chased and killed a group of fish that had slipped through the net.
The camp was burned to a white ground, with twisted and charred corpses everywhere inside. Outside, there was a river of blood and corpses strewn all over the ground. Tang troops were busy cleaning up the corpses and collecting loot.
This was an extremely brutal massacre. Except for the patrol cavalry who escaped, almost all of the more than 3,000 Tuyuhun and Tibetan coalition troops were burned or killed, and no one escaped.
However, the Tang army did not kill anyone and created a miracle of war.
Not only were the enemy troops completely wiped out, but the loot was also quite generous. More than 200,000 fat sheep alone were captured, as well as thousands of war horses and a large number of unburned weapons. Although the wooden parts of these weapons had been burned,
But pig iron is still very important, especially for the Qiuci Tang Army, these are precious resources.
In addition, there were more than a thousand stones of highland barley and kumiss, and more than 100,000 dans of fodder. The enemy's granaries and fodder warehouses were placed in sheep and horse pens and were not destroyed by the fire.
But victory also comes at a price. It was this most glorious battle of annihilation in the past decade that broke the balance in Anxi and aroused strong vigilance among the Tubo and Tuyuhun people. A few months later, a Tuyuhun army of tens of thousands began a massive attack
anxi
It was getting daylight, and a group of Tang Army cavalry rushed out from Putao City. The leader was Yao Yucheng, the town general of Putao Army. They watched the fire all night on the top of the city last night and listened to the fighting all night, but they did not dare to leave the city easily.
, lest the enemy set a trap.
It was not until Yang Xiaoyan came to inform him just now that he knew that it was the special envoy army sent by the emperor who had wiped out all the enemy troops, and Yao Yucheng hurriedly left the city.
Not long after, Yang Xiaoyan led Yao Yucheng to Guo Song and introduced to Guo Song: "This is General Yao, the general of Putao City!"
Yao Yucheng quickly clasped his fists on his horse and saluted, "Yao Yucheng, who is a humble official, met with Guo Changshi and thanked him for coming to the rescue thousands of miles away and saving Pu Tao City."
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Since I am the governor of the Anxi Protectorate, I should come to the rescue out of emotion and reason. General Yao does not need to be polite."
"Please Guo Changshi to follow me into the city!"
Guo Song asked: "How many women, children and soldiers are there in the military city, and what is the condition of the soldiers?"
"Reporting back to the long history, there were more than 70 women and children, all family members of the army. There were 437 soldiers and 280 young and strong men in their forties. The rest were old and weak, and the soldiers were in poor physical condition.
That's great, the main reason is that the food supply is less than a hundred shi, and everyone is suffering from hunger and cold."
"A young man of about forty years old," Guo Song sighed secretly and said to Yao Yucheng: "Let the soldiers, women and children in the military city pack their belongings! Come with us to Kucha."
Yao Yucheng was surprised, "Does Chang Shi mean to give up Pu Tao City?"
Guo Song asked calmly: "Do you think Pu Tao City can still be defended after the spring begins?"
Yao Yucheng was silent. In fact, he knew in his heart that Putao City was riddled with holes and relied on the severe cold weather to build ice walls to resist enemy attacks. It was already early February, and in more than half a month, spring would come to Qiemo River.
Once spring begins, the broken Putao City will become vulnerable, and several other military cities have been demolished. Although he cannot emotionally accept the withdrawal, he also knows that withdrawal is a wise decision, and the other party is his boss, boss
How dare he disobey orders?
Seeing that he was still a little hesitant, Guo Song said: "I will explain it to your coach, and I will bear all the consequences!"
"I humbly obey the order!" Yao Yucheng finally bowed and accepted the order.