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At the same time, the battle under Yanmen Pass had reached a time of great urgency, and the siege battle entered the fourth day, and the Turks invested 150,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on the Yanmen County from the west, south and east of the city, leaving only the north of the city without attacking. It seems that Shibi Khan is also well aware of the basic siege tactics of besieging and releasing the city.

Wang Rengong, Pei Renji, Pei Xingyan, Song Laosheng and others commanded the soldiers, tried their best, and even mobilized all the young and middle-aged men in the city who could be mobilized on the city wall, so that they could barely protect the city. But after a few days, more than half of the 100,000 Sui troops had suffered casualties. The situation is precarious.

"Tuli, with a little more effort, we will be able to break through the Yanmen Pass!" Chu Luo rode a horse and looked at the city, and said triumphantly.

At this time, Tuli was riding a fast horse, and he had just come to the side of Chuluo, he looked at the Turkic soldiers who were carrying the ladder and were about to step forward, but he shook his head and said: "Uncle Chuluo, the Khan asked me to inform you to suspend the attack, leaving only 50,000 people to monitor Yanmen Pass, and not let them break through." ”

"What? Stop the attack now? Is Khan crazy? I'll just need to attack for another hour...... No, in just half an hour, I will be able to take the Yanmen Pass! When he heard this, he grabbed Tu Li's collar and said loudly.

"Uncle Chuluo, it's too late! The 170,000 infantry led by the Sui army Yujuluo and Lai Hu'er have already arrived behind our army's camp, if we don't turn back and defeat them first, let them attack our army's camp, and the Sui army in the city will come out and form a two-sided attack on our army, our army will suffer a crushing defeat! Tuli shook his head.

At this time, Chu Luo loosened the placket of Tu Li's shirt and no longer objected. He was also well aware that it would be difficult for a unit to deal with it if it was attacked from both sides. The Sui army in the city had already suffered heavy casualties, nearly half of them were killed or wounded, and now only 60,000 or 70,000 people were left to continue fighting. It's only a matter of time before the city is broken. In contrast, it was more important to defeat the newly arrived 170,000 Sui infantry.

He glared at Yanmen County City fiercely, and then burst out of his teeth: "Pass my order, collect the troops and return to the camp, the people of Ashina will stay to besiege the city, and the rest of the men and horses will turn around with me, ready to meet the enemy reinforcements that come from you!" ”

About an hour later, Chu Luo and Tuli arrived at a flat land ten miles west of Yanmen County with 100,000 horses, and Shibi Khan had already led 150,000 cavalry to confront the Sui army here. The two sides have apparently been at war before, but neither has opened the situation. In the middle of the plain, however, there were already many corpses lying on the ground.

"Khan, here we come!" When Chuluo and Tuli arrived at the battlefield, they hurriedly reported to Shibi Khan.

Shibi Khan was also happy when he saw his younger brother and son coming. He smiled and said, "Just now Jieli has sent someone to inform me that he has transported a large number of siege equipment from Mayi City, and it is estimated that he will be able to reach Yanmen Pass the day after tomorrow." At that time, we don't need much price, we can break the city and capture Yang Guang'er alive! ”

"Really? That's it! When Chu Luo heard this, he was also overjoyed.

"Hmmm! However, before we can do that, we must first defeat this group of Sui reinforcements. Shibi Khan pointed to the Sui army in front of him, who was lined up in a neat phalanx, and said, "I have already sent someone to investigate clearly." They are the 170,000 infantry led by the veterans of the Sui army, Yu Juluo and Lai Hu'er, which are reorganized by the government soldiers of various provinces, whether officers or soldiers, they are veterans of Shacheng for a long time, most of them have experienced the expedition to Goryeo in the past few years, and have rich combat experience, especially have more experience in using infantry to deal with cavalry. It's a fierce battle! ”

"Father Khan, don't worry! In front of our Turkic wolf riders, there is no invincible enemy! Tuli also said without showing weakness at this time. After several years of conquest, he is no longer the young man who was dedicated to reverence and friendship with the Sui Dynasty. He considered the problem more from the standpoint of the Turks. Under the influence of his father, Shibi Khan, he was also bent on becoming a strong Turk and becoming the overlord of the steppe and even the Central Plains.

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Behind a small hill twenty miles west of Yanmen Pass, Shibi Khan was standing solemnly under a big tree, and behind him stood more than a dozen Turkic generals, all armed with spears and scimitars, all in armor. In front of them, 250,000 sharpened weapons stared at the Turkic cavalry in front of them.

Among the 250,000 Turkic cavalry, half of them are the army composed of various tribes of the steppe, and the other half are Turkic wolf riders, whose equipment and combat effectiveness are higher than those of ordinary steppe peoples, which is also the reason why the Turks have become the overlords of the steppe.

In the eyes of these Turkic cavalrymen, they were warriors from the steppes, invincible heroes. The Han people should tremble under their swords and arrows, and obediently offer gold, silver, money, and women, and although the Sui army has repeatedly defeated the Turkic army before, it was all due to the Han conspiracy to split the Turkic people into two parts, each with its own civil war. If the Han Chinese and the Turkic wolf riders were to face each other head-on, the Turks would never be defeated.

The sound of horses' hooves of "got, got, got" sounded in the wasteland, and a fast horse roared to the Shibi Khan with the knight on its back.

The knight on the horse jumped down and bowed to Shibi Khan on one knee and said, "Qiqi Khan, the Sui army has been standing in the sun for about two hours, and many soldiers are already tired, and some people in their phalanx have begun to sit down and rest because of physical exhaustion. ”

"Good! Haha, finally waited for this opportunity! I want to see what Yujura and Laihu'er have to resist my 250,000 Turkic wolf riders! ”

Shibi Khan laughed, he was waiting for this opportunity, this is all plains, there is no danger to defend, just to give full play to the advantages of cavalry, rush across the 170,000 Sui infantry.

You must know that the infantry against the cavalry must stand in a dense phalanx, line up in a good formation, hold a spear and remain motionless, and be ready for the battle. But the cavalry was not so tired, they could rest on their horses, recuperate, and wait until the infantry was exhausted before attacking.

And the two veterans, Yukura and Laihu'er, in order to save their emperor, will definitely not retreat, and can only fight in the field with his Turkic wolf cavalry on the plains. Fighting cavalry with infantry on the plains, if he was defeated by Shibi Khan, then the Turks would no longer have to think about marching into the Central Plains, and honestly retreat to the steppe, and be a steppe overlord.

Shibi Khan immediately said to Chi Wen beside him: "Chi Wen, you first lead 50,000 Turkic cavalry to charge and kill from the front, and take advantage of the Sui army's infantry to relax a little, kill them by surprise, and try the reaction of these two Sui army veterans!" ”

"Hey, hey! A certain family has long wanted to cut off the heads of these Han people! Chi Wen said happily. He was a big man in his forties, with a scar on his face and a hideous face.

He made many meritorious contributions in the wars against Tiele, Xuyantuo, Murowei and other departments, and made great contributions to the consolidation of power and control of the steppe by Shibi Khan. In addition to being a little afraid of Yuming, he was very contemptuous of the other Sui generals.

And this battle did not have his most feared opponent Yu Ming and the most elite Liaodong Army in the Sui army, which made him more confident. Vowed to wash the scimitar in his hand with the blood of the Han Chinese.

"Sons! Let's go! Let the Han people taste the power of our Turkic iron horsemen! Chi Wen roared, and the 50,000 wolf horsemen behind him began to move forward slowly, leaving the Turkic army's brigade.

After advancing for a few feet, Chi Wen ordered to start accelerating, and the 50,000 Turkic cavalry grabbed the reins, lay down on their horses, and swung their whips to smack their horses, entering the sprint stage.

Just as Chi Wen began to give the order to attack, the Sui army in front also quickly received information from the scouts that reinforcements from the Turkic army had appeared.

However, Yujura had already arranged for this, and Laihu'er, who was at the forefront of the army, immediately led 50,000 infantry to set up a phalanx along the center of the plain.

"Attention the whole army! The Turkic army is about to be killed! The location is in the southeast! Set up a defensive position and prepare to meet the enemy," Lai Hu'er ordered.

The infantry of the Sui army under his command immediately set up a defensive position, and at the forefront was a spear and shield array composed of shield soldiers and pikemen, mainly used to resist the impact of the enemy cavalry, and behind them were archers, who mainly shot and killed the enemy in large numbers when the enemy cavalry was charging, and after the real short-handed encounter, they did not have much effect.

On the two flanks of the Laihu'er troops were heavy infantry teams, the left flank was the Wanlongxi infantry led by Xue Ju, and the right flank was the Wanxi Liang infantry led by Li Liang.

Their main task was to prevent the Turkic cavalry from bypassing the phalanx and attacking the Sui army from the flank. At the same time, if the frontal battle is stalemate, they will also rush up and outflank the enemy from both flanks.

The Sui army waited for more than half an hour in a tense defensive state, and finally heard a rumbling sound of people shouting horses from the southeast, and at the same time, all the Sui soldiers felt that the ground was trembling slightly, and the experienced veterans immediately judged that this was the vibration of the horses' hooves brought by the rush of a large number of cavalry.

Lai Hu'er looked to the southeast, only to see a black line appear on the horizon in the distance, this black line slowly became thicker and larger, and gradually rushed towards the phalanx of the Sui army.

"The Turks have finally arrived!" After seeing the Turkic cavalry appear, Laihu'er breathed a sigh of relief, and he had been lining up the formation all the time, waiting nervously with all his attention, which was a double test of will and physical strength for the heavily armored infantry. At this time, he had already seen that some of his soldiers had a look of exhaustion on their faces.

"That's not a good sign!" Lai Hu'er secretly said that it was not good in his heart.

However, he also knew that this was a helpless thing, and anyone would be tired after many days of long marching. But now is clearly not a good time to think about it. He immediately ordered that all the soldiers must cheer up and enter the state of meeting the enemy within half a pillar of incense.

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