Early the next morning, Xia Xue got up and went outside to investigate again, sure enough, the snow had become relatively hard, and there was no problem with riding and running, Xia Xue was overjoyed, hurriedly returned to the city, and ordered everyone to pack up their things and prepare to evacuate.

Although there were only 300 people, Xia Xue still asked everyone to bring 2,000 Turkic war horses, one was in charge of multiple war horses, and the surplus horses were consigned with grain and forage, because the whole land was covered with thick snow, and it was very difficult to find forage for horses to eat in the wild. In order to prevent the horses from frostbite, the horses were protected from the cold by using cotton cloth and fur from the city. Bows, arrows, crossbows, and arrows were all packed from the armory in the city, and horses were taken away to prevent enemy troops from being encountered on the road.

At noon, it was basically packed up, and just when it was about to leave, suddenly the sentry came to report that a Turkic cavalry of more than 1,000 people appeared in the distance outside the west gate, and was rushing to Tongliao City, and everyone was shocked when they heard the news. Did the Turks know about the raid on the city of Tongliao? In that case, it's troublesome. After all, the number of people on his side is too small and outnumbered, not to mention that after the incendiary bombs and hand bombs carried by the black-clothed guards passed through the siege barracks that night, there was not much left.

Xia Xue hurriedly climbed the city tower to observe with a telescope, and found that the Turkic cavalry was loosely formed, and everyone's expressions were relaxed, so she was relieved, "It seems that the news of the breach of Tongliao City has not leaked out, this is an uninformed Turkic army." ”

So he ordered more than a hundred Khitan warriors to change into the clothes of Turkic soldiers and stand on the city wall, the city gate was also opened, and the rest of the people were ambushed near the west city gate.

The leader of this Turkic cavalry is a Turkic jin, which is both an official position and a title in the Turks, and most of them are noble titles in other Turkic tribes, and this Turkic Jin is called: Abelslang. He was out on a mission, passing by Tongliao City, and wanted to stay here for a day, rest, and replenish some grain and grass.

Aberslang did not know that Tongliao City had fallen, and saw the Turkic flag fluttering on the city wall, and the soldiers wearing Turkic clothes standing, and the city gate was wide open, so without any suspicion, he led the team to swagger into the west gate of Tongliao City.

After all the Turkic soldiers entered the city, Xia Xue gave an order, the city gate was closed, and the ambush soldiers came out from all sides, and the dense arrows like raindrops shot from all directions to the unsuspecting Turkic army, many Turkic soldiers were shot off their horses before their weapons were drawn, and Aberslang was the first to be shot off his horse, and the sharp arrows pierced his neck, and the blood spurted from the wound like a fountain, splashing on the white snow with hot steam. It was Xia Xue who shot him, and the moment she gave the order, she aimed at the Turkic Qi Jin, "Capture the thief and capture the king first".

Xia Xue had already laid many stumbling ropes in the streets of the West Gate in advance, and now they all suddenly pulled up, and the Turkic cavalry who wanted to escape from the encirclement were tripped by the stumbling ropes and turned over on their backs. Arrows were constantly shot out like locusts from the city walls, city gates, rooftops of streets, behind street corners, behind triphorses, etc., and the unsuspecting Turkic soldiers, now without a commander, were compressed in a small place, and could not give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, and under the condescending blows, they quickly collapsed, and the chaotic ranks were easier to be wiped out, and in less than an hour, more than a thousand Turkic cavalry were no longer alive, and many soldiers had more than one arrow inserted in their bodies.

Pan Jiang was still not at ease, so he led people up to mend the knives of each Turkic cavalry to prevent anyone from playing dead.

The elimination of this Turkic cavalry shows that now that the snow has stopped, the Turkic soldiers and Turks have begun to go out, and the news of the breach of Tongliao City will be known to the Turks sooner or later, so now Tongliao City can no longer stay for a moment.

"One force to suppress ten skills, in the face of absolute strength, all wisdom is in vain!" Xia Xue knows this truth very well. If the Turks knew that the city of Tongliao had been breached, they would definitely send a large army to besiege it, and even if they had great ability, they would not want to flee at that time. Without further ado, Xia Xue ordered to retreat immediately.

After Xia Xue and his entourage left Tongliao City, they went all the way south non-stop and went straight to the Bohai Sea, because when Xia Xue was preparing to rescue Dugu Jun in Tongliao City, he sent people to take a boat from the Bohai Sea to the south, and sent a message to the bearded guest and Sima Chao, asking them to send people and ships to the Bohai Sea to respond.

This retreat had fewer people and more horses, so it was possible to constantly change horses on the road, which greatly reduced the time for rest and pause, so the march was extremely fast, and it was not very far from the Bohai Sea in a few days.

Since this time I didn't go to Shenzhou, Liaodong, it was very different from the last trip from near Shenzhou to Tongliaocheng, but fortunately, Xia Xue had a map to go to Bohai, and there was a compass on the watch to help, so I didn't go the wrong way.

On this day, Xia Xue and his party rushed to a big river, the river surface is very wide, and the strangest thing is that the rivers encountered on the road are basically covered with thick ice, and they can be directly passed by horseback. But this great river did not freeze, the blue waves rippled, the heat steamed, and the warmth was melting.

Everyone saw that the surroundings were covered with snow and ice, but the water of this big river was not only not frozen, but also steaming, and one by one they were so surprised that their jaws almost fell. Xia Xue estimates that there may be hot springs or geothermal heat in this river, which is not surprising, when I was a child, I went to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with my father, where it is also icy and snowy, dozens of degrees below zero in winter, very cold, but there are many hot springs, hot springs, boiling springs, non-freezing rivers and lakes, etc., geothermal resources are very rich, and the lake formed by hot springs is not frozen no matter how cold the weather is, and it is steaming.

If you don't cross the river and take a detour, it is estimated that you will have to walk at least more than 800 miles to reach the Bohai Sea, and if you cross the river directly, there will only be more than 200 miles left to reach the Bohai Sea, and you will basically arrive in about a day. Xia Xue thought about it for a while, and decisively decided to cross the river directly.

There are large woods growing not far from both sides of the river, so Xia Xue asked everyone to get off their horses and seize the time to cut down trees and form a raft to cross the river.

More than two hours later, more than 300 people and more than 2,000 war horses all crossed the frozen river safely, Xia Xue climbed to a nearby high ground and carefully observed the surroundings with binoculars. She suddenly noticed a faint black line on the northern horizon, and she chuckled in her heart, "The Turkic pursuers are coming!" That's fast! ”

It seems that the Turks are really very vindictive, killing thousands of them, they will never give up, and they act very quickly, they are desperately rushing non-stop, but they are still caught up by them, and the Turkic cavalry is really strong and fast.

Although it has now entered the territory of Goguryeo, Xia Xue estimated that Goguryeo, under the pressure of the powerful Turkic Khanate, must have agreed to the Turkic cavalry entering the territory of the country to pursue and kill Xia Xue and his party.

It seems that it is necessary to hold back the Turkic pursuers, otherwise so many war horses will not be able to be transported smoothly and safely to the big ships.

Thinking of this, Xia Xue quickly walked down the high ground and said to everyone: "The Turkic pursuers are about to arrive, and our plan needs to be changed temporarily. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they all secretly said, this Turkic cavalry is really fast, I don't know what to do for a while, there must be a lot of chasing soldiers, there are only more than 300 people on my side, and I can't fight at all.

Xia Xue pondered for a moment, "This is less than a day's journey from the Bohai Sea, Zhao Ning, Ouyang Qian, Dugu Jun, Ye Luxin, the four of you lead a hundred people, take care of the war horses, and set off to the Bohai Sea first, rest assured, our people and ships have already been picked up there, and after seeing our people and ships on the Bohai Sea, we will take the war horses on the big ship as soon as possible and go south quickly." I, Zhao Quan, Pan Jiang, Ouyang Yong, Yeluna, and other 200 people, stayed behind to block the Turkic pursuers. You don't have to wait for us, just leave us more than 200 horses, and let the navy leave us two warships to meet us. ”

When everyone heard Xia Xue's arrangement, they had no objections, because they had already had infinite trust and worship for this beautiful, unparalleled queen of wisdom and bravery, and even the Khitan warriors also worshiped Xia Xue as a god.

Xia Xue asked the 30 black-clothed guards who left to hand over the few hand-held bullets and incendiary bombs to the 70 black-clothed guards who were left, and unloaded a large number of bows and arrows, crossbow arrows, arrows and other tools and items from their horses. Then let Zhao Ning, Ouyang Qian, Dugu Jun, Ye Luxin and others quickly leave with 1,800 war horses and rush to Bohai.