"Maoyo, please talk about something, don't hide it." Li Yuan said.

"Tang Gong, my subordinate is proficient in Turkic barbarian, and I also overheard it from a local Turkic merchant, saying that a Sui army of about 10,000 people raided a Turkic tribe and robbed the Turkic merchant of the cowhides hoarded in that tribe and more than 1,000 war horses that were to be sold to the interior. I don't know if this news is true or not? However, Xia Guan thought about it again and again, this so-called Sui army should not exist. ”

Tang Jian's words were like a bombshell, which made everyone in the study suddenly explode. Liu Hongji, Yin Kaishan, Ren Gui, Liu Zhenghui and other generals did not believe it, and they all said that it was impossible.

"Tang Gong, this is absolutely impossible, now only our army in the north can attack the Turkic flank, our army has not moved, how can there be a Sui army deep behind it? This must be an excuse that the merchant could not come up with to deliver to the next house. General Yin Kaishan said to Li Yuan, and at the same time to everyone in the room. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Could it be the soldiers of the Northern Taihang Mountain of the King of Jin, and the leader of the troops must be Xue Wanchun." Uncle Dou Kang tried to say another possibility for everyone to consult.

"Uncle Guo, this is impossible! Xue Wanchun is confronting the defenders in the Yanmen area of Jinyang, how can his army not know if there is a wind and grass in his place? Besides, after Xue Wanchun's army goes to the Turkic side, it will also pass through our various pass territories, how can an army of more than 10,000 people not show traces? Liu Hongji shouted and retorted, the defenders in Changzhi County were personally deployed by him, and there were Tang soldiers in all the passes and dangerous roads, so they were to prevent the Taihang Mountain army of the King of Jin from raiding Jinyang.

"Alright, be quiet. Mr. Maoyo needs to hear this matter clearly, and he can send a delicate person to Dingxiang to inquire again, and be sure to find out the merits. Li Yuan was also confused, he wanted to believe it or not, but he thought it was possible, so he had to let Tang Jian go and discuss it after finding out again, and there was no result here.

After listening to Li Yuan's order, Tang Jian nodded and agreed. Subsequently, Li Yuan asked everyone to go back to their homes, and asked Liu Hongji to arrange the dispatch of troops to the Fenyang ferry.

After the Turkic envoy learned that Li Yuan had arranged to send troops, he returned overnight to report the news.

When Chai Shao returned to Fuzhong again, it was noon. When I came to the back room, I saw Li Xiuning's sister and brother eating, and Li Shimin was holding a big chicken leg in his hand. Chai Shao couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw it.

"Madam, so partial. There is no chicken leg reward for the husband's daily troubles about state affairs, but the people of the world are happy to eat here and eat deliciously! ”

"Huh! Husband! Shimin has spent a lot of time today to relieve the plight of his husband, and he should have chicken legs to eat. Shimin, don't you say? ”

Li Shimin nibbled on the chicken leg and grinned.

"Shimin, brother-in-law asks you something again, can you answer?"

"Brother-in-law, for the sake of this chicken leg that my sister gave me, if you ask, Shimin will answer."

"Good! Listen, there is news that a Sui army raided the back of the Turks, plundered several Turkic tribes, and killed all the Turkic adult strong men, do the people think it is possible? ”

"Huh! Brother-in-law, this should have been done by my Jinyang Army, why is it impossible? The people of the world can guarantee with this chicken leg that there will be our Great Sui army taking advantage of the Turkic attack on Wuyuan City and taking advantage of the gap to kill the Turkic tent, which is found in the history books of such tactics. Doesn't my brother-in-law think it's the best time? Ask me again! Besides, it is not surprising that the Han champion Hou Huo Hussar has already returned with a complete victory due to a thousand-mile raid, and his name has been left in history. Li Shimin rolled his mouth and looked directly at Chai Shao, and what he said was eloquent.

When Chai Shao heard this, he immediately sweated behind his back, and it seemed that Li Shimin's words touched a nerve in his heart again.

"If Shimin wants to eat chicken legs, just come to your eldest sister, brother-in-law has something urgent to do." After saying that, he turned around and ran out again.

"Husband, go again after eating, husband, ---" The county lord Li Xiuning didn't even shout a few times to call back Chai Shao, who was on an empty stomach.

Chai Shao walked out of the mansion and trotted all the way to the mansion of Tang Jian, the squire of the military department. At this time, it was lunch break, and Tang Jian must eat at home. couldn't wait for the porter to report, Chai Shao ran directly to the inner house, and the porter who followed behind him shouted again and again: "Master Ma is here, come out, my lord." ”

Tang Jian, who was eating at the table in the back hall, was just finishing eating at this time, and when he was about to get up, he heard the shouts outside, and hurriedly withdrew to look, just in time to see Chai Shao raise his feet and step into the main hall.

"Sichang, what do you mean by this?" Tang Jian hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand.

"Lord Tang, Shao has a question. You are in charge of the military department, and you are in charge of the news in the outside work, so you know where Wu Yunzhao, the general of the Jin Dynasty, is in charge of the army? Chai Shao didn't say much, and went straight to the point.

"Si Chang! According to the investigation report in the possession of the lower officials, Wu Yunzhao, the son of Wu Jianzhang, the Jin army Baimayi, was stationed in Fanyang, Jizhou, from what is now Jizhou, in order to prevent Luo Yi, the king of Beiping-----"

"Wait!" Tang Jian was about to say more but was interrupted by Chai Shao, only to hear Chai Shao shout again: "Fanyang can have a road to take the northern desert directly?" ”

"There shouldn't be this ---, why did Si Chang say this?" Tang Jian lowered his head and thought about it, but still gave a negative answer.

"Could it be that the caravans of Yanyun and Jizhou have to make a detour to my Jinyang to the Turks? There must be a trail in the mountains! Chai Shao got up and thought about it, then looked at Tang Jian and said affirmatively.

"Maybe there ---!"

"It must be that the hussar general Wu Yunzhao's Bai Ma Yi raided the Turkic rear with more than 10,000 people from the battalion, and it is very likely that he will directly take the Turkic Har and Lin Ya tent, and repeat the battle of beheading Tuyuhun Murong Shan Yu in the surprise attack of the winter Qianli, you don't know yet!"

"Huh?"

"Hey!" Chai Shao sighed, and didn't care about Tang Jian, who was stunned on the spot, and turned away.

"Is this possible? It seems that --- is really possible! Tang Jian looked at Chai Shao's back and couldn't help muttering.

The Mansion of the Duke of Tang.

Li Yuan looked at Chai Shao with a look of disbelief, and said, "Sichang, do you really think that army is Wu Yunzhao's White Horse Righteous Servant?" ”

"Uncle Yue, with his son-in-law's understanding of the King of Jin, how can he sit idly by and watch such a war, now Yang Guang is a guest in the Beiping Palace, and he is waiting for Wu Yun to summon the victorious soldiers back."

"In that case, how should I deal with it? Or just let it go? ”

"Uncle Yue, immediately inform Sha Bo Luo Khan of the situation, and ask him to immediately return to the army of Har and Lin to protect the royal family of Wangcheng, and at the same time send the general to lead the army to the Yinshan Pass to intercept Wu Yun's retreat, and attack Yang Guang's Baimayi battalion in the desert before and after, and behead Yang Guang to help him weaken his strength."

"Good! What a plan to kill people with a knife. According to what Sichang said, Bengong immediately wrote a book and sent a fast horse to the Wuyuan Turkic tent. ”

"Uncle Yue, you can order General Liu Hongji to cross the river from the Fenyang ferry again, but there is no need to publicize it, and don't go to Shuofang City, you can go straight to the north of Shuofang City, and after the Turkic army and horses cross the river to the north and return, take advantage of the gap to occupy the Hetao area north of Shuofang, and collect war dividends for my Jinyang granary. It can also make the east and west of the Yellow River become one, and all of them belong to Yuezhang. At that time, our army had the moral name of expelling the Turks and relieving the Turks from the siege of Wuyuan, and the Sui court could only acquiesce. ”

"Good! It's a good plan to destroy the wrong way, and it's a good plan for the heir! ”

Coming out of the mansion of Li Yuan, the father-in-law, looking at the cloudless clear sky, Chai Shao seemed to be a lot more relaxed all of a sudden, and he also grew a mouthful of stuffiness that had accumulated in his chest, and this stuffiness was as for the cunning Jin King Yang Guang, who had been calculated by him many times, and today he was finally able to win back a game with the help of the Turks.

The Turkic village outside Wuyuan City was already in chaos at this time.

Before Li Yuan's letter was delivered, Shabalio Khan and other high-ranking Turkic officials had already learned that Laochao Har and Lin Ya were about to be attacked by a Sui army that appeared out of nowhere, and this Sui army was attacking extremely fiercely, and dozens of Turkic tribes of all sizes fell along the way, and all tribes suffered heavy losses. Judging from the information obtained, this Sui cavalry is still less than 600 miles away from the tooth tent, and the key is the lack of organized resistance along the way.

"Great Khan, Li Yuan said in his letter that let our army send an army to the mountain pass on the northern slope of Yinshan Mountain to cut off the return route of this invading desert Sui army, and encircle him in the depths of our desert, and I think it is feasible. If the Sui army learns that the way back will be cut off, the danger of my tooth tent will naturally be resolved. Dalit said with a letter from Li Yuan, which was thrown to him by Sha Bo Luo Khan.

"Father Khan, my son is willing to lead the Eagle Division to intercept the Sui army at the Yinshan Pass, and the Sui army will enter my rear from the caravan road where the merchants passed." Jieli shouted for his life.

Li Yuan speculated that the attacker was the Baima Yicong battalion under the King of Jin of the Great Sui, and the leading general was Wu Yunzhao, the general of the Great Sui hussars who was very good at running and fighting. This general is brave, Jieli my son, you can take more generals to intercept his retreat, Father Khan will withdraw his troops and return to Har and Linya, you and I will attack the north and south to gather and annihilate the Sui army. Shabalio Khan said with a determination to withdraw his troops.

"Great Khan, if I withdraw my troops and return at this time, then I don't have much to gain from the Turks! Isn't that all the work done in vain? Dalit didn't expect Shabal Khan to decide to withdraw his troops so happily, and he couldn't help but feel a pity, after all, his side now has an absolute advantage. Maybe the Sui army in Wuyuan City will collapse when they hear that the back road is cut off, which can at least cause panic among the defenders in Wuyuan City.

"Humph! Strategist, didn't you see that the letter said that he, Li Yuan, would send troops to the west of Fenyang Ferry to attack Shuofang? The land in the Hetao area occupied by us on the south bank will be given to Li Yuan, and this move will inevitably cause contradictions between the Sui Dynasty and Li Yuan, and perhaps as soon as our army and horses withdraw, the two of them will fight dog-eat-dog. After both of them were defeated, our Turkic army attacked Jinyang and ate Li Yuan's territory in one fell swoop. Sha Bo Luo Khan said viciously, and all the generals in the account nodded in praise when they heard it.

"General Takhan, order your troops to immediately retract the siege and withdraw the siege first, and return to my tent by the same route. Be fast, and arrive before the Sui army captures my tent. Jieli led the Eagle Division to attack tonight, and he had to block the Sui army's way back. ”

"Yes! The general (son) obeyed the order. Takhan and Jieli hurriedly gave the order, turned around and went out to prepare.

"Inform the Tagre Leopard Division on the south bank that two days later, when they see Li Yuan's soldiers and horses coming, they will immediately cross north and return to Wuyuan, and burn all the ferries on the river."

"Great Khan, you can let out the wind about the alliance between Li Yuan and our association this time, and it is best to spread it to the ears of Emperor Sui, so that it is like adding a handful of firewood to the furnace, so that they can be suspicious of each other." Dalit said.

"Yes, please leave this matter to the military advisor!"

That night, 20,000 cavalry from each unit of the Takhan Tiger Division and the Jieli Eagle Division withdrew from Wuyuan City under the cover of night, and galloped away in different directions overnight. Although the two troops left, there were still about 50,000 Turkic troops outside the city.

"Marshal, there are a lot fewer Turkic soldiers and horses, and the North Gate and West Gate are no longer the Turkic siege soldiers, why is this? Are the Turks going to withdraw? Liu Fang looked at the besieging Turkic soldiers and horses outside the city, which were obviously missing nearly half, and asked Sun Sheng, the handsome commander who also looked confused.

"Or maybe something happened and I had to retreat one by one, right?" Yuan Ying didn't wait for Changsun Sheng to speak, and whispered.

"No matter what the situation, our army can't go out of the city to pursue, I'm afraid it's a ploy?" Eldest Sun Sheng said coldly.

"It may also be that General Wang Xuan said that he moved the king of Jin Chitose and sent troops to attack the Turkic rear, maybe?" Changsun Sheng said to himself, he really couldn't guess why the Turks outside the city suddenly began to withdraw the siege, but as a battle-hardened general, he had a premonition in his heart. In particular, nearly half of the men and horses were evacuated overnight, and it was so urgent that the possibility of the rear being attacked was very great.

Two days later, all of Tagele's leopard divisions returned to Dazhai outside Wuyuan City to join the army of Shabalio Khan. The vast area on the south bank was handed over to the Tang army of Li Yuan of Jinyang, who had arrived from the west overnight.

Seeing that all the leopard divisions had returned, Shabalio Khan did not delay any longer, and gathered his whole army and left the camp. Bursts of yellow sand rolled up again. After an hour later, the yellow sand was gone, and everything outside the city of Wuyuan was calm, and there was not a single Turkic soldier left, leaving only a piece of abandonment.

"Great marshal, the Turkic Tartars have withdrawn." Liu Fang whispered to Changsun Sheng.

"Hmmm! Move the city gate and block the stones, and you will lead the people out to probe and see if the Turkic Tartars have gone far. ”

"Yes, Marshal." Liu Fang agreed, and hurriedly led his entourage to run down the city.

"General Yuanying, you also go to the ferry to see if there are still Turks there, and see if the ferry can still be used?"

"Yes, Marshal." Yuan Ying was also ordered to go down to the city.

Although on the surface, this time the defense of the five plains was won. But the fight was extremely unpleasant, and many mysteries lingered in Changsun Sheng's mind, and he could not find the answer, this was the first time in his decades of military service that he felt that this battle had been won so confused.

Shuofang City.

"What? Tang Duke Li Yuan's soldiers and horses repelled the Turkic soldiers crossing the river? How could Tang Gong suddenly send troops here? Pei Renji was puzzled after receiving the report, he had led the troops for most of his life, and he had a gut feeling that there must be something strange in this.

"Marshal, the Tang soldiers crossed the river from Fenyang, east of the river, to help, but they didn't say hello to me first, and went directly to meet the Turks, and even drove the Turkic Nandu soldiers and horses across the river directly, but the ferry was all burned by the Tartars and could not be chased." Adjutant General Pei Fu will probe the information he heard and report to the coach.

"That's it! When the marshal reported the situation here to His Majesty, now that the Turks have retreated, this war will be over. After Pei Renji drank the generals in the tent, his brows furrowed, and he turned around and went to the inner room.

A few days later, the recitals from Sun Sheng, the mayor of Wuyuan City, Pei Renji of Shuofang City, and Li Yuan of Jinyang were placed on the desks of Emperor Wen and Dianwen in the capital.

There was nothing wrong with the recitals of Changsun Sheng and Pei Renji, only the recitals of Li Yuan of Jinyang made Emperor Wen extremely angry after reading them.