Hot spring pool, right guard rate house tent. Chen Ying stretched out his right hand and clenched it into a fist, smashing it heavily on the desk, and Ryazan saw Chen Ying's fist smashing on the thin bone law city on the map with the peripheral vision of his eyes.

"We can't nest in this hot spring pool anymore, we must move and look for fighters in motion!"

Gao Yunquan looked at Chen Ying in a daze, he never thought that Chen Ying would take the initiative to attack a stronger enemy more than six times stronger with a weak army.

"The manager is wise!" Wei Wenzhong said: "Our Xun Erfu will attack first to let the Turkic wolf cubs know that Datang is not a place where they can come and leave when they want!" ”

Chen Yingdao: "Taking the initiative to attack is the tone set by the general manager, how to fight, how to fight, everyone can express their opinions!" ”

"Let's fight the first battle!" Luo Shixin said loudly: "I have an idea, don't we still have a thousand down sleeping bags?" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Not bad!" ”

Luo Shixin said again: "Lying in a down sleeping bag for three hours won't freeze?" ”

"Don't say three hours, four hours doesn't matter!" Chen Yingdao: "How do you want to fight?" ”

Luo Shixin took out his whip and pointed to the thin bone law city on the map and said: "The northeast of the thin bone law city, about thirty or forty miles away from Lingzhou City, is called Hongshan Fort, which is the Lingzhou beacon tower in the former Sui period. At present, it has been occupied by the Turks, and there are more than 100 troops stationed here...... I plan to ......"

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The northwest wind is very cold, even if the sky is cloudless, the cold wind blows on the face, like a knife, and it hurts. Everywhere you look, there is ice and snow, and people's eyes are very susceptible to snow blindness.

Although the method was to create goggles for the officers and men of the whole army, Chen Ying adopted a compromise method and covered his face with a thin silk as thin as a cicada's wings, which would not affect his vision and could effectively protect against the cold.

There is a ditch in Lingzhou, called the Bogulu Canal, which was dug as early as the Helian Bobo era and irrigated the fertile fields of Lingzhou.

However, at this time, the Thin Bone Law Canal had already frozen, and the snow was only slightly lighter than the official road. In the distance, a faint white line was slowly moving in the thin bone law canal. This white line is the troops led by Duan Zhigan, the second lieutenant of the second mansion of the right guard. This unit is composed of more than 1,200 soldiers from the 1st Regiment of Xun 2 Prefecture, the 2nd Regiment of Xun 2 Prefecture, and the 1st Regiment of Yi 2 Fu Yi.

All the soldiers carried three days' worth of dry food and a backpack, plus armor and blades, and each of them carried more than forty-five pounds. In this era, when fighting in wars, they usually do not hide the color of their armor and uniforms, and they also have to carry their own flags, and many soldiers do not understand Chen Ying's practice of hiding his deeds.

There are only more than 1,000 down sleeping bags, and it is impossible to achieve one set per person. In order to prevent the soldiers from being frostbitten, Chen Ying gave each of them two white sheepskins, although the sheepskins were not as warm as down, but for now they can only do so.

In this operation, the current battle is to annihilate the Turkic sentinels, occupy the beacon tower of Hongshan Fort, and use the beacon fire to convey the news that reinforcements have arrived to Lingzhou City, so as to strengthen the confidence of the defenders. Duan Zhigan's division was divided into three columns, and the people behind stepped on the footprints in front of them, and finally the mop made of white at the back of the hall filled the footprints with snow.

Along the way, Duan Zhigan's troops have suffered enough, but in their ant-like creeping team, they are as imposing as a rainbow.

Suddenly, the snow particles on the ground jumped, and without even looking back, you knew that it should be a large force of cavalry running.

Duan Zhigan waved his hand urgently, and the officers and men of the whole army stopped advancing alertly, leaned over the snow, and covered their whereabouts with snow. The white cloak was not much different from the snow realm, and with the camouflaged snow, the Turkic cavalry, who were dozens of paces away, did not find the Tang soldiers in the ditch.

After a short time, the Turkic sentinels of more than 100 horsemen rode far away, until the sound of horses' hooves could no longer be heard. Duan Zhigan waved his hand to move on.

The march of one night and one day also allowed Duan Zhigan to figure out the activity rules of the Turkic sentinels. The Turkic sentinels patrolled every half hour or so during the day, once every hour in the first half of the night, and no patrol in the second half of the night.

Fort Red Hill has finally arrived, and the location of Fort Red Hill is excellent. The Red Mountain behind one side, the so-called Red Mountain, is actually a treasure mountain, which originally stored a large amount of coal, and later due to the weather, the coal spontaneously combusted, forming a brick full of red glazed masonry.

Although the Red Mountain is not high, it is one of the few hills in the Lingwu Plain. It is one of the indispensable passes in the era of beacon biography.

Duan Shi said: "Hurry up and eat dry food and rest!" ”

In order to ensure that the soldiers could consume enough calories, Chen Ying changed the marching dry food of this era. Of course, this is not a high-tech invention, it is to put soybeans in a pot and fry them and grind them into soybean flour. Add a small amount of salt and jerky, mix a small amount of water when eating, knead into a ball and eat directly. You can also add a large amount of water and stir into a paste.

Although it does not look good and tastes average, it is the simplest military dry food.

Duan Shigan grabbed a handful of snow and took a bite of bean noodles. At this moment, the snow that had been silent began to jump again. Duan Zhigan commanded the troops to hide their whereabouts.

He himself got up to observe, and at the end of his gaze, a black line appeared. Slowly getting closer and closer, you can finally see that this group of cavalry is wearing eye-catching Tang Army standard armor, this team of cavalry is not much, only seven or eight hundred horsemen, the cavalry running in front is Tang Army armor, all the war horses are panting, and the cavalry soldiers on horseback are also like a sauna, and the heat rises above their heads.

"thief, there will only be more people and fewer people!"

Duan Zhigan was very angry, the Turks relied on the number of people, and actually sent nearly 2,000 cavalry to pursue the Tang army in front.

However, the war horses could not run in the snow, and the distance between the two cavalry did not close.

At this time, Luo Shixin, who was the leader, suddenly had a strange smile on his face, and he tightened the reins. The front hooves of the war horse soared into the air, and there was a neigh. The other Tang cavalry also followed Luo Shixin's example and stopped in unison.

"Crossbow!"

With a creaking sound, seven or eight hundred cavalrymen simultaneously mounted their crossbows and aimed their crossbows at the Turkic cavalry. When the Turkic cavalry came into range, a rain of arrows fired.

The cavalry pursuing by the Turks suddenly fell to the snow one by one like dumplings.

"Despicable and shameless!" Bu Lugen almost wanted to bite his steel teeth, but he was helpless. Some Turkic cavalry did not die and picked up bows and arrows to counterattack, but it was a pity that those arrows had not yet flown into the Tang army's formation, and they fell on the snow one after another.

The Tang army's standard crossbow machine had a longer range than the Turks' cavalry bows, and the most concessionary thing was that these Tang cavalry had the upper hand, and unless they advanced another fifty paces before they could shoot the Tang cavalry.

After Luo Shixin's blow, he didn't even have the interest to observe the results of the battle, turned his horse's head, and continued to move forward!

Bu Lugen was so angry that he yelled and desperately beat the horse forward.

"Bite them for me, and ask Ye Hu for help!" Bu Lugen roared and said, "I can't let them run away today anyway!" ”

Youxin rode out of formation.

Duan Shi said: "Brother, let's recharge our strength first, and then it's our turn to work." ”