Dugu Yanjing rushed to the Tiemen Pass west of Yanqi overnight, and saw him disappear into the night, Huang Xuan silently returned to the military tent, lying on the military couch but tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He slept for a while until dawn, but soon he was awakened by his entourage.

"General, it's time to pull out the camp......"

The voice was very soft, Huang Xuan sat up from the couch, shook his heavy head, and it took him a long time to wake up.

"Was there any anomaly around the camp this night?"

"Tanma has come back a few times, but I haven't seen a ghost shadow within a radius of ten miles. ”

The brigade of men and horses accelerated the march along the so-called official road stepped out by the caravan in the past, and walked the Gobi for three days and three nights, and now the eyes are full of mountains, forests and grasslands, and even the heavens and the earth are silent when there is no wind, giving people the illusion of returning to the fairyland of the world in a trance. Huang Xuan once followed the Qin and Jin dynasties to fight in Hedong, Henan and other places, and he has seen a lot of mountains, rivers and customs, and a place like Yanqi has never been seen before.

In the past, the Western Regions gave people the impression that it was a land of wind, sand and bitter cold, but now it seems that there is only a place with abundant water, which is comparable to the south of the Yangtze River. It's a pity that Huang Xuan didn't have the heart to appreciate the scenery along the way, and the blackened ruins in the distance added a discordant touch to this tranquil landscape painting. Soon there was a shout from the soldiers, the sudden appearance of the ruins was really shocking, and many people had already guessed that the ruins in front of them might be the Yanqi they had been looking at.

Huang Xuan governed the army with the standards of the Shenwu Army everywhere, because the news of the destruction of Yanqi was also strictly confidential, and only a few people in the army knew about it.

It was only at this time that he suddenly realized that it might be a big mistake to not inform the soldiers of the news of the destruction of Yanqi earlier, and suddenly learning that Yanqi was destroyed would definitely cause a certain degree of damage to the morale of the army.

Huang Xuan was right, but even if he intentionally remedied the matter, it would not have any effect.

In desperation, Huang Xuan had to urgently convene a temporary meeting of the generals above the team, the main content of which was to inform Yanqi of the destruction and make everyone not overly interpret and worry.

Just as the generals gathered around Huang Xuan, they suddenly rode back at a gallop and brought back a surprising piece of news.

"Report! In the valley on the north bank of the Yingpo River, a group of Turkic people of unknown origin has been found, and the size is about four or five hundred!"

The news of the discovery of the Turks quickly made everyone nervous, the whole team of war horses was no more than a thousand, Dugu Yanjing took away 400 horses with two horses, and those who remained were all one person and one horse, and only 600 cavalry remained. Without any hesitation, Huang Xuan sent all the 600 cavalry, and at the same time assigned 2,000 foot soldiers to follow closely in case of emergency.

Four or five hundred Turks, if they are all soldiers, Huang Xuan's arrangement is also stable, if they are all old and weak who can't get on the horse and open the bow, it will be a bit redundant. However, he could not take any chances, and found a hidden Turkic near the destroyed Yanqi, and whatever the reason, I am afraid that it is inseparable from Yanqi.

Even with such a steady arrangement, Huang Xuan was still not at ease, in order to cover the crossing of the Yingpo River with 600 cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers, he personally led the remaining 2,000 people to line up on the south bank of the Yingpo River.

In fact, the amount of water in the Yingpo River varies greatly depending on the season, and it is more than enough for the river to swell to the top of the heads of adults during the rainy season, but now is the time when the water level is at its lowest in spring, and the deepest part of the water surface is only to the base of the adult's thigh, and the general water level in normal places is not above the knee at most. Even if there is an ambush that intends to attack halfway, it will not be cheap.

It took less than half an hour, and more than 2,000 people finally crossed the Yingpo River without any danger, and Huang Xuan's hanging heart was half of the ground. With thousands of people against hundreds of Turks, with such a large lead in manpower, Huang Xuan is still cautious and walking on thin ice, which cannot be blamed entirely on his timidity, there are many examples of winning more with less on the battlefield, and there are many examples of thousands of people defeating tens of thousands of people. Almost ninety percent of those who were defeated with superior forces were defeated by a light enemy.

Already leading a group of improvised rabble, Huang Xuan had to fight with a spirit of twelve points, which was not only responsible for himself, but also responsible for the fate of 5,000 soldiers. Due to the high speed of their crossing of the river, combined with the slow movement of their movements, they finally alarmed the Turks hiding in the valley.

A cavalry of more than 100 men rushed out, but after discovering the * battle flags all over the mountains, they turned their horses and fled.

This move all fell in the eyes of Huang Xuan, who was watching the battle on the south bank, and he couldn't help but sink his heart, seeing the * flag and fleeing, he must be weak-hearted, and those with a weak heart must be enemies and not friends.

"Tell the cavalry, slow down and move forward cautiously!"

Huang Xuan did not order to speed up the pursuit, but was more cautious, this was done out of the tactical understanding of the Turks, although the Turks in this era have long since lost the strength of the year, but there is still no shortage of brave warriors, if the other party is defeated in foreign clothes, and then make a halfway ambush and robbery scene, I am afraid that the cavalry of these five hundred unfamiliar and battle formations will immediately lose half.

Therefore, it was the scouts who were running in front of the main force, and only after receiving their exact signal would the cavalry and infantry advance in advance. If this continues, the speed of the march will naturally be greatly reduced.

However, Huang Xuan's purpose was to disperse and demonstrate, so that the Turks would not dare to come forward easily, and the goal was achieved. Soon, the more than 100 Turkic cavalry lingered in front of the valley, and when they saw that the leading cavalry was about to rush forward, a war horse rushed out of them, and immediately the knight shouted in an unfamiliar Chinese:

"Don't kill us, we are all herdsmen near Yanqi......"

These words did not stop the advance of the Sandbank Army's cavalry, and the cavalry commander repeatedly shouted the words of laying down his arms and not killing.

They were already ready to ride on a horse, and if the Turks refused to lay down their arms, they could only kill them indiscriminately.

Unexpectedly, the Turks obediently laid down their weapons and dismounted, indicating that they had no ill intentions.

Huang Xuan, who is located on the south bank of the Yingpo River, witnessed this scene, and his heart was also full of surprise, he really couldn't imagine that an unexpected battle would end like this. He was not afraid that the Turks' abandonment of resistance was a ruse, and in fact it was impossible.

The terrain of the valley is spacious, and the mouth of the valley is narrow, so even if there are ambushes hidden in it, it is difficult to rush out in a short time. As long as the ambush is difficult to scale, the ambush will naturally not pose a threat.

According to Huang Xuan's request, all the Turks in the valley laid down their weapons and came out, and after a rough count, there were more than 1,000 people, more than four times more than what had just been reported by Tanma. However, it is in vain to have a large number of people, because most of these people bring their families with their families, and there are all the old and young women and children.

Seeing the result, Huang Xuan's hanging heart was finally put back into his stomach safely, and he crossed the Yingpo River, and he met with the leader of the Turks at the first time to inquire about the situation.

It turned out that this group of Turkic people had long been attached to the Tang Dynasty, and they had settled in the vicinity of Yanqi for more than 30 years. In the past 30 years, the nine divisions of Tiele have risen in the grassland, among which the Hui tribe has a tendency to unify the grassland, and those Turkic people who refuse to belong to the Turks have no way out, either running west or annexing the Tang Dynasty. In just a few decades, the Turkic people, who once dominated the steppe and the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, have declined.

The Turkic leader who came to see Huang Xuan was an old man with gray beards, and his body trembled involuntarily when he spoke, obviously not due to fear, maybe there was some disease or pain on his body, Huang Xuan thought.

"Why are you hiding in this valley, what happened to Yanqi City, and why was it burned here?"

When asked about the reason for the destruction of Yanqi City, the gray-haired Turkic old man's eyes showed obvious hatred.

"Yes, you did it, not only did you burn Yanqi, but also plundered the inhabitants inside and outside the city, and if my people had not settled far outside the city, I am afraid they would not have been spared......

"This, how is this possible?"

The old man's answer surprised and shocked Huang Xuan, and he subconsciously refused to believe it, thinking that there must be some misunderstanding in this, or that the Turks were deliberately lying.

Which of these two possibilities was closer to reality, Huang Xuan couldn't tell the difference based on the old man's words, so he diverted the topic and asked some other questions that were not directly related to the burning of the city.

"Where have all the inhabitants of the city gone?"

The old man was even angrier.

"Strung together like slaves, kidnapped!"

Huang Xuan could clearly feel the hostility of the old man, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't help himself, he was afraid that he would burst out and hurt people.

"Where did they go, who kidnapped them?"

There are three questions in a row.

"Do you still need to ask? It is you who wear the Tang Dynasty number* and go west, regardless of men, women, old and weak, and many of my people have been kidnapped, and the rest of the residents, who are lucky enough to escape the clutches, either run for their lives, or go to the south, and they can't hide from ......the east and west."

This series of answers made Huang Xuan even more inexplicable, he really couldn't guess the hidden meaning and reason.

"The Turgish have just besieged the city of Guizi, don't you know?"

The old man snorted coldly and replied:

"I don't know what Tuqi Shi or Grolu is, but I know that your Tang Dynasty army is like a crazy jackal, forcing my people to hide in the valley, if it weren't for their lack of far, they wouldn't have risked hiding in the ......"

Huang Xuan looked at the Turkic people gathered in the distance, and sure enough, most of them were old people, women and children. This made him feel very strange, there were nearly 2,000 people who could only get on the bow of the war horse, and the proportion of men was too low.