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Chapter 429
Hearing Xu Shiji say that it will snow heavily tonight, all the generals did not believe it.

Yinghe Fu remained solemn and did not speak, but gave Yan Yelie a wink.Yan Yelie said: "I heard that Dou Jiande has 10 horses, while our army has only [-] sons. Khan's army is still staying on the north bank of Yishui. If we attack at night, it will be better for us in snowy weather. If it’s not snowing, I think it’s better to forget it, and everyone finds a leeward place to sleep for the night, and we’ll talk about it when the Khan’s army arrives, what do you think?”

Without waiting for Xu Shiji to speak, the generals of the Fan Army all agreed.

Xu Shiji glanced at the crowd, and said with a smile: "A general must know astronomy above and geography below. Don't you all trust me, Xu?"

Yan Yelie laughed, looked at Xu Shiji and said: "Using the Chinese saying, call you Brother Xu, look at your body, you are not as strong as a lamb, do you really know when the wind blows, when it snows, If it doesn't snow tonight, wouldn't we ask more than 2 soldiers to spend the night with you?"

Yan Yelie walked up to Xu Shiji, looked down at Xu Shiji provocatively.The generals of the Han army beside Xu Shiji were all angry, but they wanted to draw their swords but Xu Shiji stopped them.

"Yan Yelie!" Ying Hofer shouted in a low voice.

"Brother Yinghefu." Yan Yelie retreated knowingly.

Yinghe Fu said in a deep voice: "Night raids must be done with certainty. Khan endured humiliation to trick Dou Jiande into retreating. If we are not sure of missing a single blow, we will lose our chance forever. Yan also ranks first Although what Jun said was rude, it was also thoughtful."

Xu Shiji looked at Yinghe Fu, smiled and said: "This general speaks Chinese very well, he seems to be a man of both civil and military skills, why don't we make a bet like this, please command the army to return to the camp to order troops, if there is nothing tonight Xue, then I'm the only one asking, how?"

Yinghe Fu stared at Xu Shiji for a long time, and said: "I believe you are not a person who talks nonsense, well, so be it."

After finishing speaking, Yinghefu turned around and walked down the mountain, while Yan Yelie and other generals of the Fan Army followed behind.

Yinghefu said to General Fan Jun: "You all go down and order the soldiers to feed the horses, and prepare for a night attack tonight."

Yan Yelie sneered at Yinghefu and said: "Brother Yinghefu, I don't believe it. There will be heavy snow tonight. On the grassland, even the great shaman who can count life and death, can't be sure whether it will be sunny or rainy tomorrow." , I don’t believe it anymore.”

Yinghe Fu said: "This is the Central Plains, not outside the Great Wall. The weather outside the Great Wall is fine today, and there will be a white wind blowing in the evening, but the Central Plains is different. You should prepare tonight. If there is no snow, it will be very difficult for us." , at worst, it’s just a waste of time.”
Hearing what Yinghe Fu said, Yan Yelie and other Fanjun generals dared not disobey, and they all agreed.
At present, Fan Jun rode lightly in the hidden valley, bit the horse, wrapped the horse's hoof with cloth, pulled out the scimitar, and blackened both sides.

When they were ready, the crowd fed the horses and sat aside to eat milk lumps.When Yan Yelie saw that the Han army was also preparing in the same way, he sneered and was just waiting for a good show tonight.

Unexpectedly, when night fell, the north wind suddenly blew up. After a while, the wind stopped a little, but snow flakes were falling in all directions.

The weather was so cold that even the Fanjun cavalry couldn't help wrapping their fur jackets around their bodies.

Seeing this scene, Yan Yelie was stunned, and Yinghe Fu said, "Let's go."

Yan Yelie could only keep up resentfully.

On the top of the hill, Xu Shiji heard footsteps behind him, but he saw Yinghefu striding forward, clasped his fists and said, "The general is really a man of gods, I am convinced, and I am willing to be my encouragement for tonight's battle."

Yan Yelie also stepped forward together, reluctantly said: "I lost."

Xu Shiji chuckled, and said: "It's just a fluke, if that's the case, let's see us defeat the enemy on a snowy night."

In the cold night, I can't see my fingers.

Prairie cavalry quietly approached Dou Jiande's barracks from all sides.

At this moment, it was snowing heavily, and there was snow powder floating in the air. Although it was the first snow, the snow fell extremely fast, as if white hairs were flying all over the sky.

The men and horses walked in the snow for a while, and their bodies were covered with hoarfrost.

The army marched for a while at night, when suddenly the wind picked up again, and the strong wind and snow came suddenly. The soldiers were choked by the wind and their faces were purple, and their eyes were blinded by the snow.

If it were an ordinary war horse, it would definitely be frightening at this time, but the war horses of the Fanjun cavalry are all good horses on the grassland, and they are very adaptable to such a windy and snowy climate.

Under the lead of Fan Jun, the war horse was like a silent old scalper, moving forward steadily step by step.

The heavy snow also successfully blocked the line of sight, and the army marched to the distance from the Xia army's camp.In the snowy day, Xia Jun's scouts also returned to the camp to rest, and the former army stepped out in vain, but they didn't catch a single one.

Xu Shiji easily pulled out the three sentry camps behind Xia's army and captured hundreds of enemies.

It wasn't until near the hundred paces that I heard the sound of soldiers beating Diao Dou, and the voices of one or two people in the middle of the wind. In addition, the whistling wind in my ears drowned out everything else.

Gradually, the field of vision became clearer, and the outline of Xia Jun's camp emerged in front of everyone's eyes.

The dimly shining camp lantern swayed wildly in the wind, under the camp lantern, one could only see countless snow flakes turned into white hairs flying densely.

The Fanjun cavalry came to the front, rested slightly, and at the same time wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads, observing the situation of the Xia Army's camp, and waiting for a while for the soldiers following behind.

After waiting for a while, the soldiers of the former army patted their shoulders and immediately stepped forward with guns.

When approaching thirty steps, Xia Jun's camp was gradually clearly visible.
The outer periphery is a circle of felt boxcars, and the soldiers of the Fanjun cavalry are hiding in them, which can be clearly seen.

The grain and grass loaded in the felt car were all thrown under the car bag after bag.And the soldiers of the Xia army, wearing single clothes and thin jackets, were trembling and sleeping in the felt car.

There was no one on the watchtower, but Xia Jun's soldiers were like this, huddled in the car defenseless, sleeping in shelter from the wind and snow.

Seeing this scene, even the Fanjun soldiers who attacked at night were stunned and almost stopped moving.

In the wind and snow, Fan Jun's soldiers approached silently, and in the felt car, a Xia Jun was squeezed and rolled out of the car.

The soldier rubbed his eyes, cursed a few words, walked to the side of the car sleepily, opened his trouser waist and was about to pee, but he heard rustling footsteps.

The other party raised his head, but saw a crowd of people under the heavy snow.

"what!"

Several arrows were shot, and the opponent's scream was suppressed in the throat, and the opponent rolled over and fell on the snow.

Fan Jun soldiers raised their knives and spears, and rushed into Xia Jun's camp like wolves and tigers.

Faced with the sudden attack, Xia Jun's soldiers were immediately taken aback.

Today Dou Jiande ordered the soldiers of the battalions to repair the camps to prevent the enemy from attacking at night.Although the order was communicated to each battalion.However, the generals of each battalion obeyed and obeyed, and simply conveyed the order.

When it comes to the level of soldiers, although they received orders from the generals to repair the camp, after repeated battles and a day's journey, the soldiers are exhausted, and they are even more perfunctory. The peace talks with the Youzhou army have already been made, and the soldiers and generals are all lax in their defenses, and they have not seriously carried out the order to repair the camp.

After that, the sudden heavy snow caught Xia soldiers by surprise.

The soldiers of the Xia army in single clothes were unbearable in the cold. When the heavy snow came, even the repair of the camp was suspended, and there were not enough scouts to patrol the outer periphery, so that the Youzhou military residence killed the Xia army right in front of the nose. .

Xia Jun in the felt cart was first attacked by a round of arrows.

The Fanjun cavalry, who are well versed in fighting in the snow, put on leather gloves on their right hands to keep out the cold, lest the right hand that controls the strings become stiff, and oiled the bows so that the bowstrings could be pulled open enough.

Fanjun soldiers are good at riding and shooting, and a wave of arrow feathers is overwhelming.

The arrows shot through the sheltered felt easily, and the soldiers of the Xia army hiding inside were shot in the backs and thighs one after another, and the screams of the people were heard far away amidst the wind and snow.

However, Xia Jun's counterattacks were very rare. The soldiers raised their bows hastily in their sleep, and some new soldiers were not even able to string their bows.

Immediately Xia Jun heard the sound of horseshoes suddenly, and it turned out that the Fanjun cavalry behind them began to charge.

The Fanjun cavalry drew out their sabers and long bows from their horses. In the snowstorm, it was really snow-covered with their bows and swords.

(End of this chapter)