Yanchi County is not a lonely castle, Sanshui City, North City, West City, Yanchi City form a defensive area on the plain, stationed with 2,000 government troops and more than 3,000 salt workers in service, the salt production area is less than 20 miles southwest of Hui'an Fort, it is there after the warm pool, it is convenient to transport and guard, the temperature difference of the water in the warm pool is not big all year round, just to bathe the army and salt workers.

The sky is clear, the sky is so blue, the dazzling sunlight shines on the earth wantonly, whether it is a warm pool or a salt area, it is a piece of white flowers, and it makes people tired. The soldiers and overseers of the salt district wielded long whips and urged the salt workers to work, while the sentries on the towers were lazy and out of formation. At the gate of Salt Pond Castle there is a row of aspen trees, with straight, thick trunks that make people look up, and the canopy of the large umbrella shone with green satin-like leaves.

A gust of wind blew through the treetops, the leaves rattled, and Liang Jun, who was not standing guard, surrounded the officers, telling jokes, which could not please the boss and enjoy the coolness, so why not. As he was saying this, a sentry upstairs shouted, "The Turks are coming." ”

The officers and soldiers under the shade of the trees stood up very reluctantly, and under the eyes of the city gate, Liang Jun didn't care about the horse thieves grabbing salt, there was more salt in the salt area, and to tell a joke, no one picked up the salt when it fell on the road; But the Turks, phew, a mouthful of spit can only be spit in the heart. Daliang relied on the Turkic cavalry to guess and lay down this territory, so the Turks were on the territory of Liang Shidu, that is, the uncle, no one could afford to provoke him, and he sent people to Yanchuan County to get salt at both ends in three days.

Today's Turks are a bit numerous, more than 2,000 people, and the two generals led by them do not know Chinese, and the Turkic dialect is foaming at the stars, and no one understands it; The two Turkic generals were in a hurry, and they grabbed the Liang army officer and were about to beat someone, but they were stopped by a Turkic general who came up from behind. The Turkic general, who was in great shape, handed over a sheepskin covered with Turkic script and said: "We are from Wuyuan, we need to carry salt, and there are a thousand people with the people behind. ”

The officer of the Liang army looked disdainful, the Turks would escort the people to run all the way, and they didn't know where they looted, no wonder so many people came. But the Turkic language couldn't be understood, and he didn't even know the red seal, so the officer thought for a while and said, "I'll take you to General Hesui, and you come with me, so that your men can find a place to rest." ”

The officers did not dare to leave these unreasonable Turks at the gate of the city, and if they were not there, the Turks would have something to blame for their lives. The Turkic general smiled, turned around and commanded a few words loudly in Turkic language, and the command was passed down, and two hundred Turkic soldiers followed into the city, and the rest of the Turks scattered on horseback, and some even ran to the gates of Sanshui City and the North City to watch; Suddenly a shrill whistle sounded, and the Turks immediately turned their faces.

In the continuous whistle, the two hundred Turkic soldiers who entered the city immediately cut down the Liang soldiers beside them, killing and wounding the city tower, and the city gate was controlled by the Turks in a blink of an eye, and Sanshui City and Beicheng were also broken through the city gate by the sudden action of the Turkic cavalry. There are only two thousand defenders in Yanchi County, excluding the Liang army on guard in the salt area, there are only three or four hundred defenders in each city, one is that they have not figured out what is going on, and the other is that the Liang army is afraid of conflict with the Turks, and it is suddenly in chaos.

Sanshui City, Beicheng, and Yanchi City quickly fell, and the Liang army and salt workers all fled to Xicheng, and the guard general He Sui resisted for half an hour and was captured. He Sui was escorted to the Turkic generals, and kept protesting loudly: "I want to sue the king of Liang and accuse you of this unfriendly behavior. ”

The Turkic general smiled and said, "General He, you don't know me, I sent you a horse." ”

He Sui looked at the other party and said in surprise: "Suo Yanshou, you are the Hexi Army. ”

Suo Yanshou patted He Sui with satisfaction and said, "General He has a good memory, let Xicheng surrender, and General Yang will be there in two days." ”

He Sui persuaded the defenders of Xicheng in Yanchi County to surrender very willingly, he was born as an officer, and naturally knew that Yang Chong's strength far exceeded that of Liang Shidu, and it was a good thing to change the court. Suo Yanshou sent out fireworks at the first time he occupied Yanchi City, Zhiyongfeng Town, Wuyuan County was only one hundred and seventy miles away from Yanchi City, and ten fireworks came and went, quickly delivering the news; Han Shige saw the last fireworks on the high post and immediately gave the order to attack.

The horse thieves pretended to be Liu Harizi and Jing Pantuo immediately pounced on the crowded convoy on the west road of Yongfeng Town, whether it was Liang Jun's grain team, or the caravans played by Xiang Shanzhi and Yang Yanwu, they were all surrounded inside. Naturally, the grain fleet was all annihilated, but the caravan fought and left, retreating towards Yongfeng Town.

The sentinels of Yongfeng Town also saw the fireworks in the distance, and the guard Suo Zhou understood that the fireworks represented the arrival of the horse thieves in the brigade, but if they were hit by the horse thieves under their noses, what would be their face in the future, the grain and grass would be lost, and if they didn't fight, how to explain to King Liang; The Turkic generals also thought the same, no matter how many horse thieves counted, the goods of the caravan were eye-catching.

The two of them ordered 2,000 men and horses and 500 Turkic cavalry to kill out of the city, Liu Harizi and others immediately scattered, and the caravan took the opportunity to retreat, and also tried to let the Liang army chase the horse thieves, and he pounced on the caravan with 500 cavalry. But when the Turks approached, an accident happened, and the crossbow arrows fired by the caravan were powerful and powerful, with six or seven hundred bows and crossbows, and a rain of arrows, the Turkic cavalry was left with less than a hundred people, and four arrows were planted under the horse.

Suo Zhou was dumbfounded when he saw it, the horse thief roared and reflexively killed, and the caravan abandoned the cart and killed the grain transport team of the Liang army; The melee between the two sides took less than a stick of incense, and two thousand Sui cavalry roared over. Suo Zhou understood that even if he withdrew to Wuyuan County, there would be few 2,000 cavalry left, and with 1,000 newly recruited infantry left in the city, he would not be able to hold the city at all; Seeing that the horse thieves were eager to seize the city, Suo Zhou immediately commanded the cavalry to flee eastward.

The soldiers of the Liang army who watched the battle in the city saw that Suo Zhou and the cavalry did not come back, and the enemy army was surging, so they simply put up a white flag and surrendered, and did not even close the city gate. Suo Zhou is worthy of being a fierce general under Liang Shidu, and he still ran away with more than 900 horsemen; Han Shige was already satisfied, Wuyuan County is the county governor of Yanchuan County, and it is much more useful than nine hundred cavalry in good condition, Suo Zhou, a little person who has never heard of it.

The next day, Han Shige sent Poliu Han Bakui, Zong Luohu, Liu Harizi, and He Sui to attack the seven castles in the north of Yanchuan County. He Sui is the deputy general of Yanchuan County, and the generals of the two castles are his old subordinates, like He Sui, who has just defected to Liang Shidu and has not yet been loyal, and has surrendered Kaicheng successively; In addition, there are three castles that are veterans of the border guards, who don't care who is in charge, as long as they can provide materials, the two castles that refuse to surrender have been captured by Poliu Han Bakui and Zong Luohu, and the defenders were killed.

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