The two were talking and laughing, Suo Yanshou hurriedly came in to report, just now the scouts on the east road came to report, they received the sound of arrows and left a book, and the Turks sent 20,000 cavalry to kill Ben Yiwu. According to intelligence, the Turks intended to destroy Yiwu, the liaison point between the Western Regions and Hexi, cut off the connection between Hexi and the counties of the Western Regions, and at the same time hoped to defeat Yang Chong; The 20,000 troops came from the Hu Department in charge of the General Special Service, the Hu Xue Department in charge of the Hu Special Service, and the 5,000 Golden Wolf Army led by Kang Sheali.

The Hu people in charge of the unified special service were mainly Hu people from the Western Regions in Central Asia, mainly the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms and the Tiele people; The Hu Xue tribe of the Hu Special Service is a Turkic tribe active from the north of Shuofang to Yinshan, and is one of the five main tribes of the Turks. Coupled with Shibi Khan's personal defense of the Golden Wolf Army, the combat effectiveness of the 20,000 Turkic cavalry far exceeded the strength of the last attack on Gaochang, Yang Chong immediately asked Wei Jie to rush back to Dunhuang and ask Zhao Hongsi for help.

Yang Chong immediately ordered the requisition of troops to meet the enemy at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, in addition to the two battalions of Tuoba Anhu and Xifeng Changshan and 1,000 local soldiers of Yiwu, as well as Xie Yingdeng's hunter battalion, Shan Xiongxin's 1,000 infantry, and the 500 escorts of the Turpan Commercial Bank. The defense of the cities of Yiwu was handed over to Duhu Lan, Yuan Renhui, Boluobu and Tutunshe, all they had to do was to maintain law and order, and once the front line was lost, they could choose to resist or evacuate, and Qimeng Ge was sent by Yang Chong to Boluobu to pacify.

Yang Chong's troops appeared at the intersection of the Tianshan Road, which surprised Hu's special service, Yiwu extended in all directions, the Tianshan area was vast, tens of thousands of cavalry traveled thousands of miles, and it was almost impossible to travel long distances without being discovered, but it was not normal to be blocked on the marching road, unless someone on the Turkic side did an internal response, and the other party knew his own marching route.

However, Hu is not nervous, the other party just set up a small village at the intersection of the road, and there are no more than 2,000 cavalry on the hillside behind the small village. Thinking of this, Hu Secret Service immediately issued an order, ordering Hu Bu to first dispatch 3,000 cavalry to attack the small village of the infantry, and Kang Sheath rate 5,000 Golden Wolf Army to make a detour to seize the hillside behind the village.

The density of arrows in Xiaozhai far exceeded the imagination of the Turks, just like thousands of crossbowmen shooting arrows, and the three thousand charging Hu cavalry were almost wiped out under the continuous shooting of the opponent, and finally only more than 200 horsemen escaped from the battlefield. The warriors of the Hu tribe were red-eyed, and they screamed and pounced on the whole army; Hu special service can only give the order to charge, Hu Xue Department 8,000 strong brigade brandishing long knives and spears, galloping horses, the Sui army has no time to come out to collect arrows, Hu Bu's corpses are likely to pave the way for Hu Xue to succeed.

The infantry led by Shan Xiongxin was stationed in the small village, and the casualties caused by Hu Bu were 200 jackdaw bed crossbows sent by the Turpan Commercial Bank, and each crossbow was equipped with people. The bed crossbow is three bows together, and the crossbow strings are fastened to the winch with a thick rope, and the warriors swing the winch to open the crossbow strings, aim in the direction, and set up the giant arrows or arrow pockets. Each of the arrow pockets used today contains fifty arrows, and when the soldiers shoot the trigger with a sledgehammer, the machine fires string bullets, and shoots the arrows into the distance; Shan Xiongxin divided the two hundred bed crossbows into three teams and fired them in turn, and the effect was surprisingly good.

Seeing that the Turks attacked again, a sneer appeared on the corner of Shan Xiongxin's mouth, and he ordered to shoot in turns again, although the movements of some bed crossbows were a little slower, but there were still more than 160 crossbows to complete the shooting in three rounds, and Hu Bu once again left more than 2,000 corpses. However, the remaining 2,000 Hu cavalry rushed to the bed crossbow position, and Shan Xiongxin shouted, and personally led five hundred swordsmen out to meet the enemy to buy time for the bed crossbow.

The blades on both sides of the knife hand are shining with cold light, the queue is neat, the knife moves are simple and practical, and the horse-legged head does not know how much to see; If all the 7,000 people of Hu were folded in this small village, then what was the purpose of Hu Bu's dispatch of troops to Yiwu, was it to lay white bones for the Turkic tribes. The warriors of the Hu tribe took the initiative to move back and make way for the warriors of the Hu Xue tribe.

After all, there are few people in the Bai Dao Hand, and under the attack of Hu Xue's tide, although they are as solid as a rock, they have lost nearly half of their people in the blink of an eye; Hu Special Service's mood did not have the slightest pleasure, obviously, the task of these five hundred swordsmen is to compete for the installation time of the crossbow arrows behind, once the plan succeeds, they will have to pay the price of at least two thousand horses, a small village actually lost their own ten thousand horses, Yiwu is not easy to fight.

The soldiers beside Hu Special Service suddenly let out cheers, and Hu Special Service looked up to see that the Sui cavalry on the hillside was gone, and the Golden Wolf Army stood all over the hillside with a rainbow momentum, and the wolf's head flag fluttered in the air. Hu Te Qin breathed a sigh of relief, there must be no crossbow arrows in the north of Xiaozhai, he only needs to wait for the Golden Wolf Army to rush down the hillside, break through the back village, and return the crossbow arrows, no longer need to risk casualties to attack; Hu ordered a temporary retreat beyond the range of the crossbow arrows.

Hu Xue kept the formation and retreated, and Shan Xiongxin retreated to the village with more than 100 swordsmen; Suddenly, with a deafening bang, the sky cracked, the stones on the hillside rose into the sky, the smoke hung like a mushroom in the sky, and the falling rubble hit the horses and howled, and most of the five thousand cavalry disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the rest fled in all directions. Whether it is the Turks or the Hu people, they all believe in ghosts and gods, and when this situation occurs in broad daylight, they suddenly panic and feel uneasy, thinking that it is God's punishment for the Turks, and in the blink of an eye, they will collapse into an army.

Although the soldiers of the Sui army did not know how Yang Heng lit the buried explosives, they all knew that Yang Chong once again used thunderous means, and their spirits were greatly boosted, and the momentum of the war drums was like a rainbow.

Hu special service understands that it is impossible to even withdraw the army at this moment, no matter how many people there are, they are the object of slaughter when they flee, and they can only fight to the death, as long as the Sui army is broken, there is still hope for a war. Hu special service danced the horse lance and shouted: "Whistle, charge." ”

In the whining horn sound, Hu Te Qin personally led four thousand Xue Xue's elite cavalry to rush to the hunter camp running in the front, only to see the three hundred heavy cavalry of the hunter battalion lined up, each three horses are connected by leather cords, all of them are chained with iron rings, the warrior on the horse is wearing iron armor and only shows a pair of eyes, and the horse is wrapped in a horse armor and only four hooves are exposed. Although the cavalry on the Hu special service side had some armored horses, they were not so tight at all, as soon as they made contact, the soldiers of the Hu Xue Department were cut down in pieces, and the cavalry behind the Sui army followed and charged.

Hu Xue Hai rushed forward, grabbed the head of Hu's special service, and shouted: "Special service, that's heavy cavalry, retreat quickly." ”

Hu saw several soldiers fall to the ground one after another, if it weren't for the slow speed of the heavy cavalry, I am afraid that they would all be killed in front of him, so he hurriedly turned his horse's head and ordered the withdrawal of the army; At this moment, only these 4,000 troops really withdrew, and the rest of the teams that were barely watching turned around after seeing the banner of the special service, fled faster, and even gave up the last cover.

(End of chapter)