Only ten days later, Liu Wuzhou's elder brother Liu Shanbo was hit by three arrows, leaned over a jujube red horse, and appeared in the eyes of the scouts of the Hexi army. The officer at the head saw that there was a cavalry of the Turkic Golden Wolf Army chasing after him, and knew that it was unusual, so he immediately sent four people to escort Liu Shanbo back to the barracks, and he took 30 soldiers to meet the opposite side with more than 100 cavalry to fight.

The Golden Wolf Army killed all the scouts and did not stop, and in the whistle, more Golden Wolf Army cavalry rushed from the mountains, forests and streams; The Hexi Army also sent a signal for help, and the nearby scout teams moved to the place of the incident, and battles began everywhere. The Golden Wolf Army actually gathered more than 3,000 people and continued to advance until Poliu Han Bakui arrived at the battlefield with 5,000 cavalry, and the Turkic Golden Wolf Army still fought to the death.

The two sides fought fiercely until dark, and the Golden Wolf Army lost more than a thousand people before they had to retreat; Po Liuhan Bakui naturally knew that the figure was important, and when he returned to the barracks, Liu Shanbo had been bandaged and was resting in the tent, Liu Shanbo called his name and said: "I went to Dingxiangcheng to find my second brother Liu Wuzhou, but I didn't expect to meet him was killed by the Turks, Li Shimin has served as Yang Zhengdao's Shangshu Ling, appointing Yuan Junzhang as the governor of Daizhou, the second brother just refused to accept it, so he was killed by the Turks, and the second brother left a piece of information, and Li Shimin colluded with Wang Dai." ”

Poliu Han Bakui's face changed greatly, Wang Dai was Wang Gong's uncle, and Yin Dianming, Shi Daqian, and Murong Xixiong were the earliest commanders of the Sui army, and followed Yang Yichen to sweep Qinghai, and later transferred to Taiyuan, not reused by Li Yuan, and resigned and went home after being a petty official for a while. Soon after Wang Gong followed Yang Chong, Wang Dai made a comeback, served as the guard of Niangzi Pass, and was deeply trusted by Han Shige, once Wang Dai rebelled, if he designed to attack Jingcheng Pass, Han Shige's army in Hebei would not be able to return to Shanxi to support, if the city of Zuoguo was lost, Taiyuan would really be a lonely city.

Poliu Han Bakui reported to Han Shige on the one hand, and sent scouts to investigate, and only after losing a few groups did he learn that Wei Bao, the guard general of Jingcheng Pass, Deng Bao and Wang Dai mutinied together, and the 10,000 Turkic Golden Wolf Army had reached the two passes. When Han Shige received the first piece of information, he informed Song Jingang that the "fog was dissipated"; This is a long-established plan to send troops, and the Turks have already passed through Hengshan and other counties, indicating that Yang Chong's estimate is correct.

Within a few days, Bingzhou and Daizhou became the battlefields of the Hexi army and the Turkic army, and the intensity exceeded the pre-estimate of the commanders of both sides. Before Liang De took office in the so-called Fengzhou, the Turkic 20,000 cavalry broke through the defense line of the Hexi Army, but Yin Dianming did not retreat, and also refused Wang Miao's persuasion to surrender, and led 5,000 soldiers and civilians to defend for seven days under the condition of continuous reinforcement of the Turkic army, and fought to the last soldier and died with the city.

Liang De, who was on the march, did not enter Zuoguo City, but detoured to the Great Wall of Xiuhua County to block the 40,000 Turkic troops rushing from Jingle County, and the two sides fought fiercely for 12 days before retreating to Zuoguo City under the attack of the Hun rebels led by Liu Jizhen and Wang Miao, with 11,000 people and less than 2,000 left. However, in order to buy time for Liu Harrier, he withdrew all the troops of the nearby castles to Zuoguo City, plus Liang De's army, there were still more than 10,000 people.

At this moment, complete intelligence has been sent, and the Turks have mobilized a total of 250,000 troops, and for the sake of secrecy, only 100,000 people were invested at the beginning, and the army behind is constantly replenished. The 50,000 men of the West Route Army under the command of Yantuo and Hu Special Service have all been in place, and the 150,000 troops of the Middle Route led by Jieli and Li Shimin are the main force to attack Taiyuan. It was Gao Kaidao who attacked Niangzi Pass, and the 40,000 troops of Bu Lishe, Yu Sheshe, and Yuan Junzhang remained in Daizhou, and Tuli and Tong Special Service resisted Yang Chong in Hebei and Tong Yehu, who was approaching Qiuzi.

This was the decisive battle to destroy the country, and Liang De understood why the Turkic army was mixed together and did not consider retreating at all; Jieli gambled and bet all the bets, similarly, Yang Chong ordered the cancellation of all the titles of Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao, and did not consider rescuing Taiyuan at all, almost on the same day that Jingle County was attacked, Xu Shiji, Liu Heimin, Song Jingang, Han Shige's 100,000 troops crossed the border and entered Hengshan and other places, and there was a war inside and outside the Great Wall.

Zhuojun has now become the base camp of the Hexi army, the battle situation in various places continues to summarize, Song Jingang is the fastest, leading 12,000 cavalry to advance lightly, fighting fiercely in the Lahe Valley for six days and six nights, defeating the coalition army of Yu Sheshe, Yuan Junzhang, killing more than 5,000 Turks, and then fighting all the way to the city of Mayi, the guard general Gao Manzheng killed Yuan Junzhang, Liu Jizhen's family and two hundred Turkic soldiers, and surrendered the city. Another county seat in Mayi County is Shanyang, the hometown of Wei Chigong, where Wei Chixiao has already laid a hidden pile, and the inside and outside should be combined.

Cui Baoshan and Yang Qi led 5,000 infantry troops to attack and occupy Juyong Fort on the mountain road, completely cut off the retreat of Bu Lishe, 30,000 Turkic, Xia coalition army in Han Shige, Meng destroyed the two sides of the attack, the queen of Cang retreated, intending to flee to the White Wolf River, and the Turk Li rendezvous, as a result of the Songting Pass was ambushed by Liu Heimin's army, fought hard for a day and a night, was caught up by Han Shige, the Turkic, Xia coalition army was annihilated, the general of the Xia tribe was killed, Bu Lishe was captured.

Yang Chong breathed a sigh of relief, according to the rehearsal, even if the city of Taiyuan was broken now, it could still attack one side with the Turks; As long as Taiyuan City can hold out for half a year, Song Jingang and Han Shige will be able to approach Dingxiang City after taking Yanmen County. Su Shichang asked in a low voice, "King Yue, how is the negotiation now?" ”

Yang Chong looked at Su Shichang and said, "Are you worried about the people of Li in Bingzhou, or are you worried about those people in Dingxiang City?" Since both sides have invested hundreds of thousands of troops, it is better to fight a thorough battle, and I want to see how long the Turkic paper tiger can run rampant. Taiyuan City is tall and will not be easily lost, Wudu'er has already arrived in Lingshi County, as long as we work harder, we can still win. ”

"But." Su Shichang was unwilling to give in and said: "The Turks are now holding the people of Dingxiang and other counties to attack the city, and the people who die are our own people. ”

Tianqi said coldly: "As soon as the people are hostages, they won't fight, Master Su, can you guarantee that the Turks won't go south after conquering Taiyuan?" ”

Su Shichang naturally didn't dare to guarantee that if he made this bet, Yang Chongzhen might bet on the nine clans of the Su family, Su Shichang liked to admonish, but he was extremely smart and consciously kept his mouth shut. Zheng Cheng looked at the map and said: "The danger is still on the side of Xu Shiji and Liu Heihe, can you rely on fifty or sixty thousand people to defeat the Turkic, Xi, and Khitan coalition forces, even if the Xi and Khitan are not willing to fight, but they will definitely be interested in grabbing things in Youzhou and Yingzhou." ”

(End of chapter)