Chapter 629: Closing the Door and Hitting the Dog

The topography of Daizhou is not the same as Shuozhou, Yanmen Xiongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Turkic army cannot completely encircle Chengguan, so it can only attack the city with local men and horses in a small area. And their formation is lined up in a "long snake" shape without choice.

Such a formation is obviously no longer suitable for dealing with the five armies' forward arrow formation. Xue Shao used a trick to attack poison with poison - also used the long snake formation to deal with it, focusing on cavalry and shooting, and expulsion, supplemented by charging and melee.

Not long after the battle began, Xue Shao was surprised that the enemy had already taken precautions in the rear, and they were making an organized retreat.

Xue Shao suddenly thought in his heart that there must be a few defeated soldiers in Shuozhou who fled back to Daizhou and told the Turkic generals here about Shuozhou's birth. In this way, the Turks could easily imagine that once the siege of Shuozhou was lifted, then their group of men and horses would be cut off from their way back, and they could easily fall into a disadvantageous situation of being attacked behind them. Even if they reluctantly take Daizhou now, they will be sandwiched between Shuozhou and Bingzhou, and there is no foreign aid in a lonely city, and there is nothing to defend!

The Turkic general was not too stupid, and he immediately made the decision to "evacuate".

However, the evacuation of tens of thousands of horses in a narrow area will take a lot of time. The Turkic general never imagined that Xue Shaohui would move to Daizhou again with a tired army without rest in less than two days after relieving the crisis in Shuozhou, blocking their return route so quickly!

Yanmen Xiongguan is connected with the eighteen passes on the east and west sides, and the terrain is very dangerous.

The Turks were blocked in front of the Yanmen Pass led by Xue Shao, and ahead of them were the majestic and steep passes and the Tang army soldiers and people guarding the pass. The arrows ran out early, and the soldiers and people of the Tang Army demolished their houses and dug three feet into the ground, and countless stones and logs were desperately smashing down. To the rear, there was the brave and fierce cavalry of the Shuofang army, blocking all the mountain passes. No matter how powerful the cavalry of the Shuofang army was, even if they were a group of dead men and dead horses, it would not be easy for the Turks to step over them!

This is called no way to heaven and no way to the earth!

"God help me!" Xue Shao was overjoyed when he saw this, and thought to himself that the opportunity only favored those who were prepared, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't take a break and resolutely waved his army to attack, and was marching rapidly all the way, how could he happen to block the Turks in the mountain pass when they were withdrawing?!

"Pass my general order - all the soldiers of the army must shoot all the arrows in their hands!" Xue Shao shouted, "Rocket is the best!" ”

The six big red flags of the commander were immediately waved on the high mountains.

The officers and men of the whole army got the order, and they tried their best to get rockets and shoot wildly at the Turks in the mouth of the mountain pass and valley!

In an instant, rockets flew down from the sky, like a volcanic explosion, and a deadly rain of fire fell from the sky!

The Turks are miserable!

There is no reason to advance or retreat, at most, it is to set up a position and wait for the Tang army to come to a decisive battle. Just about to fight hard, the Turks may not be really afraid of the Tang army, one has already taken precautions and has not been chaotic, so the formation is not chaotic, and the other is that they are still superior in numbers.

But as soon as this rocket came, the Turkic generals and all the soldiers panicked!

"Rockets! - Dodge!! ”

There was a panicked scream, and all the Turks began to flee in a hurry.

However, the territory of the Turks' troops was too small, and everyone avoided and panicked, and you rushed and squeezed and trampled on each other, and the people who caught fire after the arrows ignited more people. The frightened or injured horses were even more animalistic, rushing around, and the entire Yanmen Gate turned into a sea of human flesh and fire in an instant, and the flames screamed again and again, like a netherworld purgatory!

The panicked and angry Turks did not forget to shoot arrows to counterattack, or to attack the military formation of the Shuofang army with their lives, wanting to seize the road and escape.

Xue Shao, who came prepared, how could he give them a chance to escape when the door was closed and the dog was beaten?

Countless cavalry shields have long been laid out into steel walls, and behind the city walls are full of horselances, which are worn by people and horses with a single shot!

Soon, the Shuo army quickly piled up stones and trees from local materials, and built a temporary fence to completely block the narrow mountain pass, turning it into a barrier that the Turkic cavalry could no longer cross.

The situation of shutting down the door and beating the dog has been completely formed. Now, even if all the Turkic cavalry put on their wings and turned into birdmen, Xue Shao would let the archers shoot them all down!

"Shoot the arrows! Give me a desperate arrow!! Xue Shao ordered again and again, "Chop down more trees and branches and throw them into the valley and burn them!" ”

……

This is no longer a war.

But it lives up to the name - slaughter!

Xue Shao, who had already prepared for a bloody battle, never expected the battle to be like this. He rode a Weilong BMW and stood on a high place, looking at the entire battlefield, and he couldn't help but feel a thrill in his heart - should I thank those defeated Turkic soldiers who fled back from Shuozhou? …… It seems that my strategy is still not tricky enough, I should take the initiative to release a few captives to report the news to Daizhou!

- Sure enough, experience is the best teacher, you see, and wisdom grows!

When the Tang soldiers guarding Yanmen just felt that the Turks were about to retreat, they thought that the Turks had suddenly opened their minds and learned to deceive the enemy. It wasn't until the shouts of killing began under the city and the Turks fell into a sea of fire and collapsed that they suddenly realized that it was a friendly army that came to help!

The excited and ecstatic defenders of Daizhou beat the war drums and let out earth-shattering cheers.

Xue Shao didn't hear it too real when he was a little far away, but he vaguely heard them shouting-"Long live the God of War, long live the God of War!" ”

Whether it is the Tang Army or the Hu people who are enemies of the Tang Dynasty, they all unanimously believe that Xue Rengui is well-deserved - the god of war!

Xue Shao couldn't help laughing, it seems that the soldiers of Daizhou thought that it was Xue Rengui who led the army to rescue Daizhou!

- It is understandable, who would have expected that Xue Shao would come to Hebei from Fengzhou, thousands of miles away, to help in the war?

The sunset in Hebei is always so red as blood.

At sunset, there was not much activity in front of the Yanmen Gate, except for the raging fire. The Turks who were lucky enough to escape their lives in the sea of fire and the rain of arrows threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground without exception, please surrender!

The smell of burning was extremely strong, and there was too much black smoke and ash, so Xue Shao had no choice but to chop up a piece of battle robe and cover his nose. The other officers and soldiers of the Tang Army did the same, turned into "masked men" one by one, and began to clean up the battlefield.

The charred corpses completely blocked all the mountain roads, and the Shuofang army could barely enter the battlefield for a while. After spending a lot of effort to extinguish the fire and dredge it, the soldiers of the Shuofang army marched in on foot and began to collect prisoners and clean up the battlefield.

The guards guarding the Yanmen Pass were also cautious, in order to prevent the remnants of the Turks from taking advantage of the darkness and chaos to enter the city, they refused to open the city to welcome Xue Shao into the city. Only a letter was shot with a bow and arrow, saying that the identity would be verified after dawn, and then the friendly troops would be invited into the city.

Xue Shao smiled but it didn't matter, and asked someone to shoot a reply letter into the city, indicating his identity.

As soon as this arrow entered the city, it immediately caused an uproar. The city was lit up all night, and the drums of war were beaten all night.

The sound of this drum beat is familiar to Xue Shao and many Tang Army soldiers, which is used in the palace to celebrate the victory of the war - "King Qin Breaking Array Music"!

Xue Shao couldn't help but be gentle when he heard this, and said to the soldiers on the left and right, it seems that this general who took over from Zhou Daowu to defend the city is still an elegant man who likes music and rhythm from a Shi family!

The officers and men of the Shuofang Army were outside Yanmen Pass, resting in batches while cleaning up the battlefield. By daybreak, the battlefield was barely cleared.

In this battle, although the Shuofang army fought very easily, the number of enemies killed was much higher than that of the first battle of Shuozhou. According to incomplete statistics, the number of Turkic cavalry killed was definitely no less than 35,000, and only about 10,000 were captured. The only pity is that the loss of war horses is relatively strict.

Since these 10,000 people knelt on the ground and asked to surrender, they had no other choice. Just like the Turkic soldiers who were incorporated in Shuozhou, they also became the "official" soldiers and slaves of the Tang Dynasty. For the rest of his life, he can only serve in the army of Datang!

The gate of Yanmen was finally lowered.

Above the head of the city, the drums and horns sounded in unison, and the battle flags flew, and the soldiers and people defending the city cheered loudly, and the sound shook for hundreds of miles.

An official in a green robe walked out first, almost running towards Xue Shao at a trot.

"Xue Concubine!!"

When Xue Shao heard it, it was rare for the army to call me "a horse", and this voice was quite familiar...... Who can't think of it for a while!

When the man ran closer, Xue Shao suddenly realized that it was actually Liu Sheng!

Xue Shao's heart lit up and he remembered. At the beginning, Liu Xian'er was "caught" by Princess Taiping to Chang'an, but Liu Sheng's courage was broken, and he immediately resigned. Later, he married Liu Xian'er as his wife, and Liu Sheng regretted it again, so he ran to Chang'an to "ask for an official". I remember that it was Princess Taiping who took care of the matter and went to help Liu Sheng "run away", but because Pei Yan was in the way, Liu Sheng only got a "Wutai County Order".

- Wutai, isn't it a small county under the rule of Daizhou!

"Xiaguan Liu Sheng, meet Xue Yuma!!" Liu Sheng had already run to Xue Shao's horse, knelt on his knees and bowed, crying silently!

"Liu Ming Mansion, please get up!" In front of everyone's eyes, Xue Shao rode on the horse and did not get down, and said, "You still call me a general!" ”

"Thank you, General Xue!" Liu Sheng got up, escaped death and saw the old man again, he couldn't help but sigh with tears.

"Why are you in Yanmen?" Xue Shao asked.

"Back to the general's words, the Turks invaded the border, and the acting governor Shi Zhou Daowu recruited the young men under the rule of Daizhou, and came to Yanmen Pass to guard the city." Liu Sheng replied, "Xiaguan personally brought a group of young men to Yanmen, and happened to encounter the Turkic cavalry to kill under the city pass. Because of the urgent shortage of manpower, the subordinate officials stayed and did not leave. Unexpectedly, Zhou Changshi died in battle...... The generals raised their love and elected me to temporarily act as the governor of Shi and serve as the general of the city guard. That's when I saw the general! ”

"I see!" Xue Shao nodded, thinking that although Liu Sheng was only a small Wutai county commander now, he used to be the Sima of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou, and he still had some prestige and influence in the territory of Hebei.

"General Xue - quick, hurry up and please enter the city!!" Liu Sheng stepped forward in surprise and affection, personally took Xue Shao's horse reins and led the way.

Xue Shao didn't want to be so high-profile and arrogant, how to say that Liu Sheng was also half of his father-in-law. But seeing that he was so enthusiastic, it was up to him.

In the majestic cheers of the Yanmen soldiers and the people, Xue Shao entered the city and fully enjoyed the treatment of a hero and a savior. But just after eating a bowl of hot rice, Xue Shao was about to leave. Liu Sheng and all the generals couldn't keep it, so they had to let Xue Shao go.

Xue Shao asked Tang Xiujing to lead the army to stay in Daizhou and deal with the aftermath. I only brought dozens of parts, and I ran to Taiyuan City in Bingzhou on a starry night.

- Xue Chuyu's life is still there! If Wu Chenghe's waste basket that has brought disaster to the country and the people is not solved, Hebei will suffer even greater disasters, maybe all his efforts and efforts will be in vain!

In Xue Shao's view, a trip to the state is more important than anything else!

[How about two tickets?] 】

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