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At this moment, the city of Beiping has fallen into a panic, many merchants and surnames who fled back from the area of the Great Wall, the brutality and ferocity of the Turkic army are hyped up, so that the people in the city panic, south and east of Beiping, all the surnames of the fleeing. After all, the Turks had an army of 200,000, and there were only 10,000 defenders in Beiping City, and no one believed that Luo Cheng and Yu Yuqing could defend Beiping City with such a small number of troops.

In this case, the ministers and generals who stayed in Beiping City also gathered in the meeting hall of the Zhou Palace, discussing how to deal with the current situation.

"County lord, now it has been found out that the army of the Turks has crossed the Great Wall, less than fifty miles away from Juyong Pass, with a total strength of more than 200,000, and from the banner, the Golden Wolf Guards directly under the Turkic Khan are also among them, so it can be concluded that the enemy we are facing this time is Jieli!" Guo Yi bowed down and said at this time. At present, he has taken on the responsibility of finding out information about the enemy.

"The enemy is outnumbered, and it is very difficult to defend Beiping City!" Yu Yuqing also frowned. There are only 10,000 troops in Beiping City, although they are all elite troops, but it is not enough to confront an enemy who is more than six times more than himself.

"Yu Qing, you must not put the battle to defend the city in Beiping City, it will definitely not be able to hold it!" Luo Cheng reminded with a serious face at this moment.

"Oh? Why? After hearing this, Yu Yuqing asked with some curiosity. In her opinion, the city wall of Beiping is high and thick, and moats and ditches have been dug outside the city, and the equipment for defending the city is sufficient, and the reason for defending Beiping is very sufficient!

"Although the city wall of Beiping City is strong and the fortifications are complete, it is helpless that it is bigger, and the four walls add up to more than 40 miles, so that the surface we want to defend is wider." Luo Cheng explained at this time: "Our army only has 10,000 people, and it is indeed a little powerless to defend the city wall more than 40 miles long. ”

Everyone thought about it at this time, 10,000 people defended the city wall for more than 40 miles, and the average 1 mile-long city wall was only defended by eight people. If the enemy concentrates on a certain section of the wall, it can be easily breached by the enemy.

"Brother Cheng, what you said makes sense, so where should we defend?"

Luo Cheng took a map at this moment, pointed to the red circle on it and said, "Juyong Pass!" ”

"Juyongguan?"

"Yes! The terrain there is dangerous, but the wall is narrow, and the road up the mountain is rugged. If our troops hold this place, they will be able to effectively block the enemy. It's much more likely to succeed than in Beiping! Luo Cheng said eloquently at this time.

"Hmmm! Not only that, but we also have to send someone to inform my brother immediately, so that he can send troops to come to the rescue. As long as I can send 70,000 or 80,000 troops over, I will have the confidence to hold Beiping City! Yu Yuqing also said with pretty eyes.

"However, our army is all gone, so should Beiping City be guarded?" Guo Yi hurriedly asked again.

After Luo Cheng heard this, he also frowned. If you want to defend the Juyong Pass, you must also ensure that you can defend it. I'm afraid I'll have to send out all the ten thousand troops. But in this way, Beiping is really completely empty.

"County Lord, you can rest assured to lead the army to Juyong Pass! The lack of troops in Beiping City is not completely impossible! Du Ruhui came out at this time and said: "Beiping is the capital of my Great Zhou, and the residences of all officials and generals are located in the city. And in everyone's mansion, there are more or less generals, guards, and guards...... If you gather them all, there are thousands of them. Although their combat effectiveness is not high, they can just play a role when they are used to defend the city. ”

"Hmmm! Lord Du's words also reminded me! Fang thought that we could also post an announcement in the city to recruit a group of strong men who were willing to help defend and serve as temporary soldiers. In this way, even if Juyong can't hold it, Beiping City can hold on for a few days! Fang Xuanling also stepped forward and added.

"Good! Let's think about it, there are some good suggestions that can help defend the city, you can put it forward! Yu Yuqing was also overjoyed. When Yu Ming was away, her status in Beiping City was the highest, and everyone vaguely regarded her as her. She knew that her knowledge was far inferior to that of these ministers and generals, and she listened to everyone's opinions with a very humble heart.

Everyone saw that Yu Yuqing was so humble, without the arrogance of the eldest lady, and she was not reckless or timid, they were all relieved in their hearts, and secretly thought that the county lord Yuqing really had the style of a brother.

As a result, everyone gossiped and put forward a lot of valuable suggestions, although they did not dare to say that Beiping and Juyong Pass were impregnable, at least they made it not so easy for the Turkic army to break through.

After the meeting, Yu Yuqing, Luo Cheng and Guo Yiren led ten thousand elite soldiers to Juyong Pass to refuse. And Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others took on the heavy responsibility of staying in Beiping.

Now, it is already a scene of mountain rain coming.

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At this time, on the mountain road north of Juyong Pass, Jieli once again led an army of 200,000 to the south. Although the defeat of Yanmen Pass a year ago caused the Turks to lose 100,000 soldiers and horses, most of them were soldiers from the steppe tribes such as Tiele and Murowei who had defected to the Turks, and the losses of the Turkic headquarters were not large.

In contrast, in the past year, the great war that took place in ****** for the throne of the Khan has hurt the vitality of the Turks, otherwise why would Jieli have borrowed troops from the Western Turkic Khan and lost several pastures in vain.

Jieli insisted on marching south to the Central Plains, but he was also forced to do so. Although he is now sitting in the position of Turkic Khan, the strength of the Turks has weakened much compared to the reign of Qimin Khan and Shibi Khan. Taking advantage of the internal war in the Turks, the Xuantuo and Tiele tribes expanded a lot of territory, threatening the hegemony of the Turkic steppe.

There were also many complaints within the Turks about the current situation, questioning whether the position of Jieli Khan was due to the surrender of the Western Turks, and the voices came one after another, which put him under great pressure.

Therefore, he urgently needed a lucrative plunder to restore his prestige and quell doubts within the Turks. At this time, the Liang divisions of the Central Plains, who happened to occupy Hetao and Shuofang, expressed their willingness to defect to him and attack the Central Plains as his pawns. He couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Jieli saw the chaos and fragmentation of the Central Plains after the collapse of the Great Sui, and also saw an opportunity for him to consolidate his position. If he can defeat Yuming, the strongest prince in the Central Plains, he can not only avenge with one arrow, but also plunder a large amount of food and population, and strengthen his own strength.

But just after he negotiated an agreement with the Khan of Shotkui, agreeing to marry his niece Dongli to the Khan of Shotkui, and he would send 100,000 troops to help him fight, he heard a bad news: Dongli had escaped.

This made him anxious, because he would not be able to complete the deal with the Khan of Shooting.

However, what made Jieli happy was that the Khan did not know about this, and according to the customs of the Turks, the Khan could not be shabby when he married a wife. He needed to go back to the Western Turks and organize a large number of cattle and sheep as a bride price in order to marry Dongli back.

And this gave Jieli a certain buffer time, so that he could lead the army to attack the Central Plains first. If he can find Dongli back within this time, then he doesn't have to worry about not being able to explain to the Khan.

Therefore, Jieli mobilized all the people that the Turks could mobilize and organized an army of 100,000 to go south. One hundred thousand horses were sent by the Western Turks to assist him, led by Ashnake and Ashinakin.

Because these two generals were very arrogant and arrogant, Jieli also did not like it, so he sent them to join up with the Liang division and attack Hedong together to attract the main force of the Zhou army.

However, he led his army of 200,000 and rushed straight to Beiping, preparing to kill the Zhou army by surprise.

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On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, this is the Ghost Festival of the lunar calendar, and the 200,000 Turkic army finally appeared overwhelmingly outside the Juyong Pass.

Jieli Khan rode in front of his army, staring coldly at the towering and dangerous Juyong Pass ahead. He was also slightly surprised by the majesty and precipitousness of this pass.

After a while, he turned back to the Turkic tribes around him and said: "Everyone, Juyong Pass is just a stepping stone in our forward pace, we will fight to Beiping, the grain and women in the Central Plains belong to our Turkic warriors, as long as you can take as much as you can, this Khan will allow you to take as much as you want!" ”

"Long live the Khan!"

"The Turks will win!"

Several leaders and leaders of the Turkic tribes immediately raised their arms and cheered. Their cheers also led the soldiers behind, and the deafening roars of the Turks resounded throughout the Juyong Pass.

A smug smile appeared on Jieli's face, and the cheers of the Turks were enough to prove that he was indeed a good choice to send troops this time, as long as it could bring benefits to his subordinates, so that they could get women and wealth.

Then, you will be able to sit firmly in the position of Khan. Even if there are many people who are dissatisfied with themselves, they will quickly disappear, because the only thing in the world is eternal is profit.

At this time, Jieli remembered Yuming, the youngest famous general of the Great Sui, who was outside the Yanmen Pass, and the Turkic army was defeated and fled, and his brother Duji also died in the escape. If you don't take revenge, you are not a hero, this time you must enter Beiping and snatch all the women of Yuming! I heard that one of this guy's wives is one of the four beauties in Luoyang. Such a stunning beauty, you must not let it go!

Thinking of this, Jie Lifang raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

After the cheers gradually subsided, he said loudly to the soldiers: "This attack on the Central Plains, Yuming is my Turk's biggest enemy, and also my Turk's important enemy, this time I will conquer Beiping no matter what, wipe out all his army, and destroy the so-called Great Zhou!" Now Ben Khan announced that the first warrior to plant the golden wolf flag at the head of Juyong Pass will be promoted to Teller, and at the same time reward thousands of cattle and sheep, slaves. ”

Hearing such a rich reward from Jieli, the eyes of all the Turks flashed with an irrepressible desire for battle**.

At this time, Jie Lifang slowly pulled out his war knife, waved it in the direction of Juyong Pass, and gave the order to attack: "Now set up camp first, and then attack!" No matter what the cost, you must win this level! Open the road to Beiping! ”

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