Gao Kaidao and Kang Sheli glanced at each other worriedly, knowing that Jieli Khan was not confident enough to conquer Taiyuan, so he would consider clearing the city from the periphery and preparing to spend it for a long time; The two received the military order, ordered 8,000 Turkic troops, and rushed all the way to Niangzi Pass. The movement of the Turkic army was discovered by the Hexi Army spies on the city tower, and Meng Zhen personally rushed to take a look, confirmed that the Turkic army had left, and the fireworks sent out the message.

After waiting all night, the next morning saw that Deng Bao had not retreated, and Meng Yu immediately launched an attack. The two sides fought fiercely until the afternoon, and as soon as Yang Yanshi's reinforcements arrived, Deng Bao couldn't resist it, abandoned the village and fled, was chased by the cavalry behind, scattered the troops, and Deng Bao was decapitated and cut off his head with a knife. Meng Yan originally had 500 fine cavalry, plus the war horses sent by Yang Yanshi, forming a cavalry of 2,500 people as the front team, Yang Yanshi commanded 7,000 troops behind, all the way to the west, recovering Luquan and other counties, approaching Niangzi Pass.

When Wang Dai saw the Turks leaving and the Hexi army was killed, he was depressed in his heart, and worried that the soldiers would escape, so he kept whipping his subordinates and held on to the sixth day; The general Yuan Pu couldn't bear it anymore, so he set fire to his subordinates, and closed up 2,000 soldiers, all of whom were veterans of the Hexi Army, and then responded with a clamour, and Wang Dai was hacked to death by the chaotic army. Yuan Pu immediately put down the gate, and took Meng Jian and Yang Yanshi into Niangzi Pass, Meng Shu left Yang Yanshi and Yuan Pu to guard the pass, led 2,500 horsemen down the pass, and 500 people wore the armor of the Turkic army and went straight to Yangquan County.

There were only 300 Turkic soldiers in the county town who were mobilizing materials, and they were caught off guard by the sudden attack of Mengshu, and the whole army was annihilated. Jingcheng Pass has been beaten by the Turks, the defenders are dissatisfied with the laxity, Meng destroyed 500 cavalry rushed into Jingcheng, played the banner of the Hexi Army, all surrendered, Wei Bao and more than a dozen henchmen still wanted to resist, all were beheaded.

Wang Daisan will be killed, and the two passes of Niangzi and Jingcheng will be lost, which will shock Taiyuan; Yang Shanjing immediately found Jieli Khan and suggested peace, Jieli Khan endured it and didn't speak, and An Wuzhao said: "I got the news last night, Tong Yehu swept the Western Regions, and the Tong Special Service was defeated all the way from the Qiuzi Kingdom, and now all the countries in the Western Regions have been lost, and Xue Yantuo also announced his surrender to the Western Turks. Fortunately, Zhao Deyan reminded that he was one step faster than the Tiele messenger, Zuo Guocheng purged the Tiele troops last night, all the Tiele generals were killed, and the Tiele soldiers were scattered and incorporated into the Turkic army. ”

Yang Shanjing was shocked, such an army could not have any combat effectiveness in a short period of time, and Zuo Guocheng would not be able to capture it for a long time, so there would be no result. Jieli Khan squeezed out a smile and said: "The news from the Northeast has been broken, and there is only Yanmen left in the forty-one cities of Yanmen County, and it is estimated that it will not last long. ”

Yang Shanjing understood the sorrow in the heart of Jieli Khan, Shibi Khan, Chuluo Khan were ambitious and died before they were paid, and now the Turks have won a chance to enter the Central Plains in his hands, and now they are smashing the state, but the loss of the Northeast, the Western Regions, Xue Yantuo, and Yanmen County is almost unbearable. Jieli Khan must withdraw his troops now, otherwise he will be killed by the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo into the hinterland, and once the Eastern Turkic people and livestock are taken away, then Jieli Khan will have nothing.

Yang Shanjing said bitterly: "If you give up Dingxiang City, Yang Chong is afraid that the meeting will be peaceful, or it will be Li Shimin's head." ”

Jieli Khan knew that Yang Shanjing was familiar with Yang Chong, and he could guess eight or nine in this regard, so he immediately made up his mind and ordered: "Qi Jishe, you go to Lingshi County immediately, take back the command of the army, and arrest Li Shimin; Good scripture trouble you to contact Hebei, negotiate peace with Yang Chong, Dingxiangcheng, Yanmen, Xi I will give him. No matter how you negotiate, as soon as the troops of Jisheh and Gao Kaidao return, I will withdraw my troops. ”

Yang Shanjing nodded, as soon as the hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops of Jieli Khan retreated, Han Shige and the others would definitely turn to attack and defend, but it was a pity that Lingshi County was there. When Qi Ji arrived, Li Shimin had just captured the Bird Mouse Valley, shot and killed the famous general of the Hexi Army, and killed more than 10,000 Hexi troops, but the losses of the Turks were also huge, 20,000 cavalry killed 11,000 people, plus more than 6,000 wounded soldiers, and less than 3,000 people were intact, so even Ying Yi's 2,000 light cavalry failed to drive out of Lingshi County.

Qi Jishe's nose was almost crooked, and he couldn't help but think of what Zhao Deyan said, Li Shimin just wanted to make both the Turkic and Hexi armies defeated, so as to find an opportunity to make a comeback; Qi Jishe showed the tiger talisman of Jieli, withdrew the army, and immediately ordered Li Shimin to be tied up, and the whole army retreated. Li Shimin stopped the guards who were about to resist, and said with a sneer: "Didn't the Turks say that they were invincible, and now they don't dare to fight?" ”

The Turkic soldiers are also inexplicable, if this is the case, what are they fighting desperately in front of them, and Li Shimin is good at buying people's hearts, and he has established a position in the hearts of this group of Turkic soldiers in more than a month. If it weren't for Li Shimin's Han nationality, the Turkic soldiers would have been clamoring by now, and Qi Jishe said sharply: "Xue Yantuo has rebelled, Yanmen County is in danger, we can't let the Turkic men bleed in vain for your selfishness." ”

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Now take the Bird Mouse Valley, in front of you is a horse Pingchuan directly to Chang'an, if you don't have the guts, I will take 3,000 people, and you can kill Chang'an." ”

"Really?" Kang Sumi, a close confidant of Jieli behind him, said disdainfully: "Li Shimin, you just want to escape, even if you have 3,000 cavalry to sweep through Hedong, can you raise another 100,000 male soldiers, will you listen to our Turks?" ”

Kang Sumi's words hit Li Shimin's death hole, Rao is Li Shimin's wisdom and martial arts, and he can speak well, but he was still stabbed and couldn't say a word. Those who say that they do not listen to the Turks will have different hearts than those of our race; If you talk about listening to the Turks in broad daylight, you will become a person with Liang Shidu and Liu Wuzhou, and you will definitely keep the scholars away, and under the condition that Yang Chong is so strong, it is equivalent to no longer being able to chase the Central Plains in the future.

Qi Ji set up a loyal person, knowing that Li Shimin was uncomfortable now, he just gave a faint order, and the whole army cleaned up and retreated immediately; Fortunately, many people were robbed to take care of the wounded, and in just one day, Gao Kaidao's reinforcements arrived again, and they finally withdrew to Taiyuan safely. As soon as the two armies returned, Jieli Khan immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, 60,000 Turkic troops reinforced Yanmen County, 60,000 troops escorted 100,000 people to retreat to Saiwai, and the army of Zuoguocheng directly retreated to Dali City.

Zhang Changxun's 10,000 people became a broken army, and under the three-way siege of Zhen Zhai'er, Meng Xuan, and Ying Yi, Zhang Changxun learned of Li Shimin's fate and directly led the army to surrender. Yujuluo sent Yuan Keng and Liu Yun cavalry to pursue, engaged the Turks several times, and only rescued more than 6,000 people; Yu Juluo rectified the military horses on the one hand, and wrote to Chang'an to ask for guilt, and Chang'an received the news and didn't know how to reply for a while.

(End of chapter)