Next month, Yan Xiaoyuan was shocked when he heard it, and the detailed work that went to investigate the movements in the south of Liaohe had already sent back the news that Goguryeo was mobilizing troops on a large scale, with a scale of more than 200,000, and now that there was time, it showed that the time for Goguryeo to start was not far off. Yan Xiaoyuan asked Wuhan to take all his tea leaves and exchange them for three ginseng sticks that had been prepared long ago; Hearing Wuhan muttering and walking away, Yan Xiaoyuan wrapped the ginseng in his baggage, tied it to his body, left the bazaar, came to his own place, rode a fast horse, and quickly went to Houcheng.

This wharf is managed by the Beji people, and there is not much attention at all, and the businessman leaves after doing business, and no one cares about it at all; Goguryeo's fine work was not until the evening when he found out that a merchant from the Great Sui was missing, and asked if he had left with ginseng, and that he would come with tea in a few days. Ukhan was a Turkic, and Goguryeo really didn't dare to move, so he had to tactfully let two merchants inquire about the situation and watch Uhan leave in the Turkic caravan; The other is to wait for the net to see the Han businessmen come back, and then get the stolen goods.

But after waiting for a few days, there was no trace of Yan Xiaoyuan, and the details knew that something was wrong, so they hurriedly asked the merchant ship that had been ferried back to the south bank to report to the barracks. Gai Suwen hurriedly sent people to report to Pyongyang and Liaodong City, this cooperation with the Turks is related to the situation in the northeast and the future of Goguryeo, Gai Suwen does not dare to be casual.

Yan Xiaoyuan had already returned to Houcheng, Xu Shiji immediately sent two thousand horsemen divided into ten squads to search for this group of Turkic merchants, and finally found the merchants on a small road north of Houcheng to Yingzhou, but Wuhan was already dead, and Zhuo Mier and two cronies fled. There is no need to ask for the truth, Zhuomir killed people and fled, which in itself shows the weakness of the Turkic people's hearts, Xu Shiji immediately sent a fast horse to inform all the levels of the Great Sui to catch Zhuomil.

After Xu Shiji finished writing the chapter and went to Zhuo County, he asked Qin Qiong and Guo Qing to start evacuating the materials and personnel to Yingzhou, and on the other hand, he informed Liu Heimin, Deng Wei, Cheng Mingzhen, Su Dingfang, Tudiji, Heishui and Beji to act according to their own instructions. The armies of the Great Sui in the northeast and Hebei were immediately mobilized, and more than 100,000 troops marched to their respective targets in various places; Although Yingzhou captured many Turks, Zomir escaped many checkpoints and returned to the Lightning River.

Xu Shiji's intelligence proved that the information collected on the two lines of Wang Ting and Pei Ju was correct, and Jieli Khan listened to the persuasion of Princess Yicheng, and finally sent troops to merge the state to test whether the Great Sui had the courage to start a war with Goguryeo and the Turks at the same time. For this reason, Li Shimin was released by the Turks and served as the head of the march army of Shangshu Ling annexed the state road under Yang Shanjing, and once again assisted Jieli Khan in the battle.

Jieli Khan obviously knew that Yang Chong's Eighth Route Army was on standby in the north, and knew where the troops were staying, Jieli Khan ordered Gao Kaidao to lead more than 10,000 cavalry and 6,000 troops led by Ma Yi Yuan Junzhang to attack Daizhou from Yanmen, and ordered Tuli's entire army to attack Fangcheng County, Anzhou, Sijie and Jin led 7,000 people to plunder Yuan, Ling and other states, and led 50,000 troops to invade and annex the state.

The combined forces of Gao Kaidao and Yuan Junzhang were attacking instead of defending, and they were weaker than Song Jingang's army in terms of numbers and equipment, relying on their momentum; The troops who thought about it came and went like the wind, and Li Duan and Zong Luohu were playing hide and seek on the grasslands of the Hetao; After Jieli's own main force broke through Dingxiang City, after going around Taiyuan, he plundered Fen, Lu and other places, and restrained Li Jing, Liang De, and Han Shige.

Li Jing asked Kuaima to send the same opinion as Yu Juluo, since Jieli Khan used Li Shimin, he would not use troops so easily, and only enjoyed living on the border, Jieli's target was likely to be Huining and Xiaoguan. Through the desert to capture Huining, you can fight all the way to Hexi; If Xiao Pass is directly captured from the grassland, it can be driven straight into the pass, which will pose a threat to Chang'an, so that Chang'an will not dare to send troops north easily.

Shan Xiongxin and Yang were stationed in Huining and Xiaoguan respectively, and at the same time informed Zong Luohu not to fight with Sijie, and to pay attention to whether there were Turkic ambushes around them; As a result, Zong Luohu became a wandering snake, and retreated after a battle with Sijie, maintaining a trend of sniping. After three long days of hard work, an army of 30,000 led by Li Shimin suddenly appeared outside Xiaoguan Mountain, but Yang had already mobilized 17,000 defenders, so the two sides started a big battle.

Li Shimin obviously got the city defense map of Xiao Pass, and began to storm from the weakest Chengzigang, Guoer Mountain, Jade Emperor Mountain, and the three major beacons in the east of the city all lit the beacon fire, and Yujuluo, who arrived in Longzhong in advance, ordered Guanzhong and Longyou Yiqiang Army and Fan soldiers and government soldiers to reinforce Xiao Pass. The Transit Department and the Military Department counted as many as 50,000 reinforcements, commanded by Yu Juluo and Zhang Gongjin respectively.

Li Shimin commanded the Turkic army to attack the momentum is very fierce and smooth, the only trouble is that the Sui army will blow up the city wall every time it is lost, causing great casualties to the Turkic army, with the fall of Yuhuang Mountain, Chengdong Plateau, Chengzigang, and Shenjiatai all the way, the number of Turkic army dead is also rising, more than 5,000 people. By the time the seventh day captured the ditch in the east of the city and surrounded the county town, the number of Turkic casualties reached 8,000.

Yang Ze shot the messenger who persuaded him to surrender, the urn city around the river was still in his hands, there were still 9,000 elite soldiers in the county, there were plenty of grain and grass materials, and the siege equipment prepared by the Turkic army had been lost, and Yang Ze was confident that he would defend until the reinforcements arrived. When Li Shimin learned that the envoy had been killed, he immediately ordered the army to rest for a day, and the craftsmen and soldiers to build siege equipment.

Sijie and Jin fought with Zong Luohu on the front line of Beidi County, even if the army was far less than the opponent, Sijie and Jin did not dare to retreat slightly; Zong Luohu understood that the Turks were fighting for their last breath, so they were more able to fight than usual. Feng Deyi, who rushed to the front of the army, dissuaded Zong Luohu: "General, you might as well stop for a day and fight again, we can replenish bows and arrows and other equipment through this day, and thinking about it is just to recover some physical strength." I asked the craftsmen to make some kites, which I could send to send people to harass the Turkic army. ”

When Zong Luohu saw it, the kite was written in Turkic, "If you all die in the Great Sui, Xue Yantuo will occupy your homeland and turn your wives and children into slaves." I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately arranged for someone to fly. Seeing the kites handed over by his subordinates, he could only order that all the kites be burned and not allowed to circulate.

(End of chapter)