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At this time, Shibi Khan was placing a celebratory wine in his king's tent.

Now that the 170,000 reinforcements of the Sui army have been completely defeated by him, the two veterans of the Sui army, Yujuluo and Laihu'er, have already made his sword ghosts, and Yang Gongqing led the remaining thousands of people to escape. Although he also suffered heavy losses, there were still 150,000 or 60,000 troops. However, the Sui army in Yanmen Pass only had 50,000 or 60,000 people still able to fight. In this case, he was confident that it would not be a problem to take the city and capture Yang Guang alive.

"Khan, are we setting up this celebration wine a little early?" Chu Luo said with some concern. He had participated in the battle of attacking Yanmen Pass for several days before, and he knew the cruelty of siege warfare. Although the Sui army had lost 60,000 or 70,000 people, the Turkic army also suffered more than 120,000 casualties, plus the men and horses lost by the previous defeat of Yujuluo and Laihu'er's army, now the Turkic army has also suffered most of the casualties, and there is only seven days' stock of food.

"Afraid of what? Jieli will be able to arrive at the camp early tomorrow morning, and he will escort 10,000 stone of grain and a large number of siege equipment. When he arrives, we will be able to use the Upper Well Railing, Siege Crash and Trebuchet for tomorrow's siege! Shibi Khan smiled, then stroked his long beard under his chin and said: "I want to see, what is Yang Guang's expression when he finds out that we are using the siege equipment of the Sui army to attack Yanmen Pass?" Hahaha! ”

Just as Shibi Khan was looking up to the sky and laughing, one of the guards hurriedly ran into the king's tent, and then bowed down and reported: "Qiqi Khan! Lord Jieli is back, and now he is outside the camp! ”

"Huh? He came so fast? He rushed back tonight, did he make a special march to make me happy? But he brought so much food and siege equipment with him, he couldn't get up quickly! Shibi Khan said with some surprise.

After a few moments, Jieli strode into the king's tent, his hat had fallen off, his clothes were torn in several places, and there was even a knife wound on his shoulder, and he looked embarrassed.

"Jieli, what's wrong with you? Did you run into an enemy? Seeing this, Shibi Khan suddenly had a bad thought in his heart.

Jieli immediately knelt on the ground and cried out: "Khan, when I was escorting grain and siege equipment through the valley over there, I encountered a large number of Sui troops in ambush, and there were many of them, at least five times more than ours...... So all 10,000 of my guards were wiped out, and the food and siege equipment were plundered! ”

"What? You've lost even your food! When Shibi Khan heard this, he felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fainted.

He was not afraid of losing the siege equipment, so he continued to use the simple ladder to start Bi Khan believed that he could conquer Yanmen Pass, but the time would take longer, and the casualties of the soldiers would be greater.

But if the food is lost, the problem is big. The Turks also suffered from snowstorms and food shortages. Therefore, his army of 400,000 only had food for ten days, but fortunately, after conquering Dingxiang, he plundered some grain stocks, so he was able to hold on until now.

Now, the Turkic army has only seven days of food left, but it is facing the dangerous situation of being blocked by the Yanmen Pass in front and threatened by a large number of enemy troops in the rear.

If the confrontation continues like this, the army will run out of food, and if the enemy does not need to attack, it will collapse.

All the Turks present reacted immediately, and their faces suddenly changed.

"Jieli, how many Sui troops have ambushed you? Where did it come from? After Shibi Khan was a little sober, he immediately asked.

"Judging from the number of people who have already appeared, there are about 50,000 people, but it is unknown whether they have follow-up troops. Because their main general has never shown up, and they have not played the banner of the main general. So it's impossible to tell which force it is. After thinking for a while, Jieli hurriedly replied.

"If you think about it carefully, is there anything unusual about them, different from the situation of other Sui troops?" Shibi Khan asked anxiously.

After Jieli recalled for a moment, Fang's eyes lit up and said, "I remember, among the Sui army who ambushed me, there were many people who were scolding, mixed with a few Goryeo swear words. ”

"Understood, these people must be the Liaodong Army." Shibi Khan patted his thigh and said, "Yuming conquered Goryeo, Silla, and Ji, and conscripted many people in this country into the army as their soldiers. Therefore, only in the Liaodong army, there will be Goryeo people! ”

"How can Yuming do this? Didn't we just ally with him? He attacked us from behind and took our food and grass! Tuli said indignantly.

After Shibi Khan heard about it, he smiled bitterly, there is only a conflict of interests between countries, how can he talk about faith. Moreover, the agreement he and Yuming reached in Yinshan before was only to take what they needed, and did not conclude any alliance, nor did they restrain each other from attacking each other. He really couldn't blame Yuming.

But Chu Luo asked anxiously, "Khan, what should we do now?" The food in the army is only enough to eat for seven days, and if we evacuate quickly and rely on killing war horses to satisfy our hunger, it may be too late for us to return to the grassland safely. But if you want to continue the attack, you have to think about which side to deal with first! ”

"Evacuate? That's definitely not going to work! Shibi Khan didn't think about it, so he vetoed the proposal to withdraw his troops. He mobilized 400,000 cavalry to go south, but he ended up in disgrace, more than half of the damage was damaged, and he didn't grab any food. I'm afraid that after he returns, some tribes will rise up and rebel and overthrow him, an incompetent khan.

Chu Luo, Jieli and Tuli thought about it for a while, and quickly figured this out.

"Khan, if you don't withdraw, you must defeat one of the enemies as soon as possible to turn the tide!" At this time, Chu Luo said: "Either we continue to attack Yanmen Pass, and after conquering it, we can get food in the city, so that we can tide over the difficulties." And the capture of Yang Guang, the Sui monarch, can also be used to coerce the Sui Dynasty in exchange for food, iron tools and other benefits. ”

"Uncle Chuluo, attacking Yanmen Pass is naturally the best policy, but what if Yuming attacks from behind us at this time?" Tuli said with a worried expression.

All the Turkic leaders also nodded in agreement, if they attacked Yanmen Pass with their main force, but Yu Ming led the army to kill his weakly defended camp from behind, then I am afraid that he would not be able to withstand it for even seven days.

Shibi Khan took a deep breath and said, "Let's try first, attack Yuming with all our might, and see if we can recapture the 10,000 stone grain." If you can't recapture it, then defend the camp with ten thousand pro-troops, and strive to conquer Yanmen Pass within the sky! ”

The Turkic leaders also knew that now was a critical moment, and even if they were a little dissatisfied with Shibi Khan's decision, they could only join forces to get angry. Otherwise, it will be the end of the total annihilation.

So Jieli, Tuli, and Chuluo took the lead, and all the Turkic nobles shouted in unison: "May I listen to the Khan!" ”

"Good! Now I order, with Jieli as the vanguard and Chu Luo as the main general, to lead an army of 100,000 to attack the valley to the west. Fight to get back the 10,000 stone of grain! Shibi Khan shouted.

He is also very good at calculating, secretly thinking that if he wants to transport away 10,000 stone of grain, it will not be a matter of a day or two, if he kills the horse gun at the first time, maybe he can get back some of the grain.

It's just that Shibi Khan forgot a little, since Yuming planned to set up an ambush here, how could he not expect him to fight back.

This valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with only a sheep's intestine trail running through it. This terrain brought great trouble to the Liaodong Army to divert its war profits, but it was also unfavorable for the Turkic army's counteroffensive. If they wanted to break through the valley, they had to abandon their horses and attack the peaks on both sides of the mountain until they had controlled the high point of the valley before they could occupy the valley.

But the Turks were originally a people who grew up on horseback, and they rode and shot in the field on the plains. But if they want to dismount and attack the mountain, the strength is not as good as the ordinary Sui army. And the terrain here is so precarious. As long as the Sui army hid behind the stone wall erected yesterday and attacked with rolling stones and arrows, they could only be defeated in disarray.

As a result, Jieli and Chuluo attacked for a whole day, killing and wounding more than 10,000 people, but they found nothing, and not even a small hill was defeated. Although they had seen the Sui army ordering the coachman to carry the grain back, they were firmly pinned out of the valley and could not move, and could only watch the grain cart they urgently needed gradually drift away.

Shibi Khan also went to the front of the battlefield to inspect it, and was also shocked to see the Sui soldiers on both sides of the valley full of mountains. He roughly estimated that the number of the Sui army was still above 50,000 as Jieli thought, and at least 70,000 or 80,000. And with the strength of the Liaodong Army, it occupies a geographical advantage. If you want to conquer this valley, you will have to attack it for at least ten days with an army of 200,000 before you can take it. But now, neither the remaining troops nor the remaining food allowed him to try again.

In desperation, Shibi Khan had to order to leave the Wanqin army to hold the camp in case Yuming attacked, and then he personally led the main force of 150,000 people to launch a fierce attack on Yanmen Pass. He wanted to try to take Yanmen Pass before Yuming launched a fierce attack on him.

At this moment, Yang Guang in Yanmen Pass had already received news from Yuming using carrier pigeons, saying that he had routed Jieli's troops and intercepted the grain of the Turkic army and the siege equipment in Mayi City. They are now less than 50 miles away from Yanmen Pass.

After Yang Guang got the news, Long Yan was overjoyed and hurriedly handed the letter to the ministers and generals of various armies to read. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The soldiers and civilians in the city were overjoyed to learn that the Turkic army's grain and grass and siege equipment had been robbed, and the reinforcements had arrived fifty miles outside the city, and the morale of the army and the people was high.

If it weren't for Pei Renji and Wang Rengong, two veterans, who felt that it was risky to do this, and resisted the pressure to reject the unreliable proposals of some young Zhuang faction officers, I am afraid that many people would have gone out of the city.

However, the soldiers and civilians in the city were happy for a long time, but they found that the Turkic army under the city had launched another fierce attack, and put on a posture of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and the offensive was much more fierce than the previous days.

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