Yang Chong and An Ju Khan had a good conversation, expressing their understanding of the relocation of the An family to Qiuzi, and Yang Chong also came to joke that in the future, the business of Gaochang County and Turpan Commercial House would count on An Jia; Yang Chong warmly welcomed Ashina Ni and stayed in Gaochang, that kind of sincere happiness made Ashina Ni Yan feel furious, the young man in front of him was not a harmless and innocent character, and every step was a deep meaning.

Sending away Ashina Ni, Yang Chong quickly found Wang Ting, Liang Shuo, and Meng Fan, and the seven of them held a meeting in the conference room, Yang Chong's face became extremely calm: "The way An Jia left is not right, since the business is not good, you should sell the family property slowly, quietly lay out in Qiuzi, and it is best to wait until the grape harvest season before making the news public." Now on the surface, it is to gain my understanding, but in fact, it is too urgent, indicating that something is going to happen in Gaochang County. ”

Meng looked at the people around him and said: "Nearly half of the caravans that the Shi family has recently gone to Saibei have not returned, and most of the people who have come back are smaller than when they set off, could it be that Saibei has to make moves?" The Shi family and the An family are both Sogdians and have a close relationship, perhaps because the Shi family knows the news. ”

Liang Shuo shook his head and said: "It's unlikely, the Shi family doesn't have the courage to spoil the matter of the Khan, and second, even if the family moves now, it can't be completed in a few months." It is likely that Shibi Khan's target was not Gaochang County, but somewhere near Gaochang. ”

"Sweat Mountain." Yang Chong and Wang Ting almost spoke in unison, Qibi Geleng is now in charge of nearly 30,000 people in the alliance with 4,000 people who control the strings, of which women account for more than half, Shibi Khan does not even need to send Turks, as long as the Tiele tribes in the Orkhon River send troops, they can attack the Greedy Khan Mountain and plunder the population to return north. If Tiele on the Orkhon River can gain a foothold in the Greedy Khan Mountain, it means that the Eastern Turkic troops have been directed at Gaochang, and the poor ones are the soldiers coming to the city.

Fang Xuanling said firmly: "I want to warn." Even if the White Mountain Alliance retreats to Gaochang and temporarily avoids the edge; The Eastern Turks could not be allowed to succeed, once they gained a foothold in the Greedy Khan Mountain, the pressure on Gaochang would be too great. ”

Wang Ting found a few maps, hung them on the wall one by one, and then pointed to the Greedy Sweat Mountain and said: "Even if we warn the three parties of the White Mountain Alliance, the Boluo clan is far away in Yiwu, and they are powerless and dare not reinforce the Greedy Sweat Mountain; Wuhu is bent on retaining his strength, and he will definitely leave when he hears the news, and if he wants to help Greedy Sweat Mountain, only we will send troops. According to my estimates, such an operation is likely to be led by Yizhan and Sumurichi, and the Orkhon Tiele and the Turkic wolf army will not be less than 20,000. ”

Everyone gasped, if this was the case, it would be a bad battle. Yang Chong stared at the map and asked, "What can we do?" ”

Wang Ting suggested: "First, we should believe that women and children should be transferred as soon as possible; Second, two thousand horsemen can be sent to rush to the Greedy Sweat Mountain to respond, waiting for the opportunity to move. As soon as it was certain that the Turkic army appeared, the whole county should be mobilized, and the troops should be concentrated and ready for battle. ”

Yang Chong pondered and said: "I don't think the Eastern Turks will make a move against Gaochang County before the end of the Goguryeo War, the most likely thing is to occupy the Greedy Khan Mountain, and then plunder Gaochang County to return to the north; But there is no cheap thing in the world, it depends on whether the Turks are enough or not, Xuan Ling, let people warn the White Mountain Alliance, and Xie Yingdeng's youth camp began to rush forward. Wang Ting and Meng Fu and I will go to Gaochang City tomorrow and send someone to inform Sikong Xing and Liu Hongji to go to Gaochang to discuss matters; In addition, Du Yan and Li Wenxin were notified and asked them to strengthen their vigilance in Huni City. ”

Greedy sweat mountain is surrounded by rolling mountains, the road is tortuous, there are no people for a hundred miles, this area is already the border between the Great Sui and the Saiwai, Qibi Geleng originally thought that the Turks were not willing to be strong at this time, risking a war with the Great Sui to cross the border, and the wolf cavalry of a small group of men and horses was not their opponent at all.

Now the Qibi Gelen can only sigh helplessly, the Tiele people of the Orkhon River have called, and many people have voluntarily surrendered under the lure of Yi Tahan and Su Mu Lichi, and they have fled in disgrace, and there are less than a thousand people around them. If it hadn't been for the advance news from the Khibi and the delivery of 3,000 women and more than 1,000 children to the Hunter City, the Khibi would have been finished.

After the Turks occupied the Greedy Khan Mountain, they simply no longer concealed their hiding, and swaggered straight out of the mountain, and the smoke and dust that were lifted up along the way could be seen dozens of miles away. Ashina Ancient Elephant with 2,000 wolf cavalry and 3,000 Tiele cavalry is the vanguard, and can't wait to chase in the direction of Gaochang County, more than 4,000 women and children are on the road ahead, Kang Sheli even acquiesced in robbing the Hunter City, which made Ashina Ancient Elephant excited, and he should have taught the Sui people a lesson a long time ago.

Following the road at the foot of the mountain, in front of the army was a mountain stream a hundred meters wide, and a road in a valley on the opposite side of the mountain stream led straight out of the mountain; Ashina ordered the scouts to probe the depth of the stream, which was about three feet deep; Ashina then ordered the three armies to cross the water, with the Tiele people in front and the wolves behind.

Every one of the five thousand men and horses did the same thing, didn't they just cross the river, and they all walked into the stream according to their words, and many people and war horses were draught by the stream; Look at the Tiele people have come ashore, Ashina ancient elephant urged the Turkic people and horses to cross the stream, and for a time the stream was full of wolves. Suddenly, there was a loud sound upstream, like a waterfall falling, and the rolling water was rushing, and in the blink of an eye, people were rolling with the water, and horses were flowing wave by wave; The rolling wood and stones in the sky were sandwiched with flames, falling from the mountain like locusts, and smashed into the dense crowd of Tiele in the valley, beating the heads of people and horses, and the corpses piled up like mountains.

Ashina was so frightened that he dragged his horse and couldn't turn around, so he could only land in front of him; After going ashore, Ashina hurriedly ordered to find another path, abandoned his war horse, and fled for his life from the path under the cliff on the side of the mountain. Xie Yingdeng saw clearly with a telescope at a high place, and he blocked the water and set up an ambush, which would allow the other party to escape, and with a wave of the flag, the three hundred crossbowmen at the end of the road immediately entered a state of preparation; Seeing the deserters coming, the archers of the Sui army immediately divided into three teams, and the giant crossbows and ordinary strong bows were fired in turn, and in a short time, more than 600 corpses were piled up in front of the road.

Ashina ancient elephant was full of gall, knowing that the attack was only to death, so he could only retreat the same way, ride his war horse again, and forcibly rush out of the valley, and when he was killed out of the valley, there were less than four hundred horsemen around him, and more than half of them were wounded; Facing the wind and galloping, five hundred horsemen were killed, and the general led by him was Qi Bige.

Xie Yingdeng is stationed in Hunter City, and has been constantly recruiting horse thieves, there are many large and small horse thieves in the mountains, and Xie Yingdeng recruited more than 300 horsemen in half a year. In normal times, these 500 people would never be the opponent of the 400 Turkic Tiele warriors, but the Ashina ancient elephant people were sleepy and lacking horses, and the army had no fighting spirit, so they were soon at a disadvantage.

Ashina made a spear, and after more than 20 moves, he was beheaded by Kham. The scene entered the rhythm of horse thieves, and the Turkic troops were shot one after another on the way to escape, and only about two dozen horsemen escaped in the end. On the mountain of greedy sweat, Kang Sheli got the news, and could only whip the captives angrily, and they were extremely fierce under the bonfire.

(End of chapter)