At noon, Hou Junji and other soldiers finally slept enough, came out of the tent, and stared blankly at the scene in front of them.

The grassy land was covered with a thick layer of sand, and the sand was not too thick, it was about half a tent high, and it was enough to bury people.

Seeing this exaggerated scene, the soldiers couldn't speak for a long time, and Han Feng muttered in a low voice: "It stands to reason that such a serious sandstorm will not happen on the grassland, it is not us... ”

While speaking, a cool breeze blew in front of them, and the frozen people shrank their necks and shouted cold.

"No, why is it so cold here? Could it be that we ran in the wrong direction, not to the east of the runway grassland, but to the north? ”

Everyone was speechless one after another, and this situation seemed to be really telling them - running in the wrong direction, the runway went north!

In fact, it's no wonder that they evacuated in a panic in the night, and there is no reference on the grassland to distinguish the direction, so it is inevitable to deviate.

Hou Junji spread out the map and looked for a 。。。。。。 against the terrain The tragedy was that there was no feature at all, and the map was so perfunctory that it was difficult to determine where I had gone.

"Alas, I really didn't expect that Lao Tzu would get lost after fighting a lifetime!" Hou Junji seemed to be self-deprecating and said. Then he instructed: "Count the damage from yesterday's storm, see if there are still people buried under the sand nearby, clean up as soon as possible, it is not easy to stay here for a long time, it is better to leave early!" ”

The soldiers were ordered to leave, and after a while, they counted the losses in the storm and reported them to Hou Junji.

"General, last night's storm, sixty-three people were injured, eight people were missing, no bodies were found, more than 300 horses were missing, more than 20 were dead, and most of the rest of the horses were intact."

Hearing this number, Hou Junji breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the casualties were not large, and he could bear it. It's also fortunate that the sandstorm encountered is not big, otherwise it is not impossible for them to be buried here.

Then the soldiers briefly cleaned the camp, sorted out an empty area, made a fire to make food, and continued the mutton that had not been eaten yesterday.

Halfway through eating, Fang heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, Hou Junji secretly said badly, and scolded himself for being confused, he was amused by the wind last night, and he actually forgot that there were still 10,000 chasing soldiers in the Western Turks who stayed more than ten miles away, and he actually didn't set any precautions!

The sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder, and black dots could already be seen in the distance, and roughly estimated, it seemed that there were more pursuers than yesterday's.

Han Feng immediately shouted at the soldiers who were in a daze: "What are you doing in a daze?!" Formation! Meet the enemy! ”

"No need!" Hou Junji put down the binoculars and waved his hand, interrupting Han Feng's shouting, signaling that they didn't need to panic.

"General?"

"It's my own people, and the flags hung out have the words 'Tang' and 'Li' written on them, compared to General Li's reinforcements."

"General Lee?" Han Feng looked shocked and wondered, "Shouldn't General Li still be on the way?" How did it arrive so quickly? ”

"Hahahaha!" Hou Junji said with a smile: "Maybe it's the reinforcements sent by General Li, don't care so much, it's good if the people arrive!" As soon as the reinforcements arrive, we don't have to hide from the Western Turks, maybe we can fight back and find an opportunity to chop them! ”

Han Feng also nodded heavily: "Good! If the army arrives, you must kill the Western Turks! Damn, I've put up with them for a long time! ”

The black dot in the distance is getting closer and closer, and the person who Hou Junji can see without the help of a telescope is Li Ji, and the soldiers who came are much better than he expected, and it is estimated that there are 30,000 people, that is to say, the main army led by Li Ji has all arrived?

Soon, the two armies successfully met, and after coming to the front, Hou Junji found that about 10,000 of the 30,000 people were the troops of the Beiting Protectorate, and the governor Ma Yuan was also among them, as well as an army composed of thousands of herdsmen.

Hou Junji was surprised, came to Li Jing and asked, "The last general has seen the general, but... Why did the general get here so quickly? It has been less than six days since the last general sent the letter. ”

Li Jing glanced at the remnants of the army behind Hou Junji, sighed, and said: "Speaking of which, the old man is careless and underestimates the enemy, the enemy is outnumbered, and he should not rush to send troops. ”

Li Ji originally just wanted to send Hou Junji to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, first go to the vicinity of Yu Dujun Mountain to clean up the remnants of the enemy, join forces with Ma Yuan, and take the Western Turks by surprise. It can frustrate the spirit of the Western Turks, and at the same time facilitate his strategic deployment later.

Unexpectedly, Hou Junji was exposed in advance, and seeing the menacing appearance of the Western Turks, he obviously knew about Hou Junji's arrival, so he gathered all the soldiers and horses and besieged Hou Junji on the mountain of Yu Dujun.

Fortunately, Hou Junji had the foresight to first establish an earthen fort defense, and then used thunderbolts to assist the attack, fighting with the Western Turks on a par, and then finding the opportunity to attack the Western Turk barracks at night to snatch the military horses and escape.

It is also thanks to Hou Junji that he is an experienced veteran, otherwise this battle will be fought by other inexperienced generals, and I am afraid that he will fall back to the end of the whole army.

Even so, Li Ji still blamed himself. Fortunately, Hou Junji had good luck and escaped, what if he didn't escape? The imperial court's loss of 10,000 soldiers and horses is small, but if a general of Hou Junji's weight has a problem, I am afraid that the entire Tang Dynasty will be shaken.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention generals like Hou Junji, even the generals of Wupin did not have a precedent for dying on the battlefield, let alone a heavyweight who had been crowned a general?

"General Li, now is not the time to talk about this, the situation on the battlefield is already changing, there is no correct order, only the right response. General, don't dwell on this. ”

Li Ji glanced at Hou Junji and said with a smile: "Also, General Hou killed 20,000 Western Turks with 10,000 people, which frustrated the opponent's spirit, and the old man will definitely report it truthfully, please reward Your Majesty." ”

Hou Junji pulled the corners of his mouth when he heard this, but did not speak. Han Feng on the side opened his mouth to ask, "General Li, shouldn't your army have 30,000 people, how..."

"Hehe, the old man, like you, led the army into battle lightly, day and night, and rushed to arrive here for two days and two nights, leaving 10,000 soldiers and horses, escorted to reload, and went to join Li Daozong's troops."

Hou Junji looked left and right for a while, and suddenly said in an inexplicable tone: "General, who do you leave to lead those 10,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

Li Ji touched his beard, smiled and spit out two words: "Chen Fei!" ”

Chen Fei ........... "I@¥......#¥%¥¥#@¥%#@¥#" In the past two days, Chen Fei has scolded the sky the most. Two days ago, Li Ji didn't know what was crazy, so he left in a hurry with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and left the 10,000 soldiers and horses and equipment to him without greeting him.

"Okay, I'm just a staff officer with the army, why do you want me to lead the troops?" Chen Fei felt that the people in the court were all old foxes, and the thieves would fool. I was fooled around by them, poor thief!

"! After finding General Li Daozong, throw the mess at him, and I won't do it! Chen Fei looked at the pushing and shoving team behind him, rubbed his temples and said with a headache.

(End of chapter)