However, in three days, when they arrived in Shangxian, the four of them got another piece of news, Yu shot south, and the target was Lingwu County. Yu shot 16,000 horsemen, the speed of the south was very fast, ignoring Huaiyuan County, the army directly attacked Lingwu County, and captured the four counties of Huile, Hongjing, Lingwu and Feng'an in one go, and the county guard Changda was missing; Almost at the same time, Xue Ju's 20,000 troops passed through Changchuan County, pounced on Anding County, and successively defeated Anding, Liangyuan, and Chaona counties.

Xue Ju's move was likely to join Yu Jie and cut off the situation in Yang Chong's territory, and he would even attract reinforcements from the Turkic army later; However, what made Qu Tutong, Yang Qi, Yuan Wuji, and Li Xiyu different was that the eyebrows in the marshal's mansion were dancing, and it seemed that it was not the enemy who defeated the city, but the Hexi army.

Fang Yanzao explained: "It turned out that there was a plan to change counties with Zhuge Quan, and we were ready to set up Lingzhou in the three counties of Anding and Beidi, and the history of the assassination was not decided, but the long history was determined by Yang Ze, who commanded Liu Qicheng, Lifei Shixiong, and Xiang Yizu to concentrate 15,000 men and horses in Helan Mountain, and at the same time Xie Yingdeng's army made preparations to attack Xue Ju, they all formed an army alone, and there was no need for another order from the Marshal's Mansion. Now that they have come out, isn't it just right that Wei Yuanzhao and Suo Yanshou have already led five thousand horsemen to reinforce Xiao Guan, and they have also informed Wang Ting and Sima Fan to pay attention to the movements of Tongwancheng and the Turks. ”

Qu Tutong asked, "Can you find out why these cities were lost in one day?" ”

Yuan Wei sneered: "If there is no internal response, how can there be such a speed, when the battle is over, some people will know." ”

Yang Chong's demeanor was still relatively calm, and when he met with the four of them and talked about the war, he said calmly: "Xue Ju and Yu Shot are both dowries for others, and He Batwei is still smart, he burned the materials when he retreated, and when the materials in those castles are tight, Xue Ju, Yu Shot and the people who receive them will definitely kill each other." ”

Li Xiyu asked, "Aren't you preparing to regain the lost territory?" Once you have conquered the city, the burden of the people will be on you. ”

Yu Yu shook his head and said: "There will be no people, and when there is nothing to divide the spoils, the Turks will definitely sack the cities, or rob the population and flee north." ”

Qu Tutong understood that Yang Chong's first stage was to intercept the Turkic team returning on the northern front, and Huaiyuan County was in hand, which was just the use of the base; For Yang Chong, this is the lowest-cost way to play, and the price is not to rush to rescue the people of the seven counties. Yuan Wuji asked: "Yue Guogong, will the Turks fight other county seats?" ”

Yang Chong pointed to the Yujiao tribe stationing place on the map, and said gloomily: "As long as Suo Yanshou destroys these 10,000 households, Yujiao has only one way to fight back to Huaiyuan County." ”

There are 10,000 tents, about 40,000 people, 20,000 people who control the strings, 4,000 men left behind, women, the elderly, and 10,000 people who can draw bows and fight, and they are not worried about defense. But the sudden fire in the steppe made no matter how many people who controlled the strings, and the enemy who came to attack did not think about the loot at all, and the only thing to do was to set fire, and put it in the pasture, and when it encountered the tent, it ran away, and did not give the Turkic cavalry a chance to pursue at all.

The whole tribe was caught in the fire, the cattle, sheep, horses, and camels were scurrying everywhere, everywhere were ghosts crying and wolves were howling, the wind was blowing the grass low, and what was seen was no longer cattle and sheep, but rolling blazing flames. The fire burned for two days before it weakened, and the generals who stayed behind, Jujian Teller, knew that most of the cavalry of the Hexi Army were Turkic, Tiele, and Qiang people, well-equipped, and their combat effectiveness should be above their own, so they hurriedly sent people to Wuyuan and Tongwancheng for help.

Suo Yanshou, Liu Qicheng, Li Chunfeng, and Li Duan stood on Huaiyuan City, looking at the north, there was still a fire in the distance, Suo Yanshou said with a smile: "Medicine King, congratulations first, Uncle Shi can say, the seven counties have been destroyed a lot this time, and Huaiyuan County will be reestablished, and you will have a treat when the time comes." ”

Li Duan was appointed by Yang Gongren to guard Huaiyuan, and he had no way to fight for power and power of the big people, so he could only concentrate on doing his own thing; Fortunately, Yang Chong was good and sent reinforcements in time, Suo Yanshou and Liu Qichengke were all famous figures. Li Duan looked to the north and said, "I don't know if we can drive the Turks away." ”

"Absolutely." Li Chunfeng said confidently: "At most, tomorrow afternoon, there will be a strong wind blowing to the north, which can be used." It's just that I don't know if Yu Cai's army has rushed back. ”

Li Chunfeng was running errands in Helan Mountain, and was caught by Yang Ze on an errand, afraid that Liu Qicheng would lead four thousand miscellaneous Hu to Huaiyuan and make a mistake, so he let Li Chunfeng follow. Liu Qicheng said with a smile: "Lifei Shixiong has already robbed the Turkic team returning north twice, fought a battle in Qingtongxia, and killed a thousand enemy horsemen. According to the schedule, a team of four or five thousand people can rush back at most. ”

Suo Yanshou said decisively: "Don't underestimate the enemy, under the strong wind, just cause losses to the other party as much as possible, General Liu can lead the headquarters, prepare the iron chain; I went down to the village twenty miles northeast of the city to prepare for a sniper attack, and General Li was responsible for answering it. Chunfeng, you take the people to dig a ditch for me, and I go down to the village two hundred meters behind the ditch and arrange for three hundred thunderbolts to plant gunpowder. When the enemy rushed through the camp and the explosion sounded, I followed the wind and chased after him. ”

Li Duan nodded, two hundred meters, just the distance to avoid the fire, Suo Yanshou is to delay time, do everything; Liu Qicheng also understood, grinning and laughing: "I understand, Yang Ze taught, use iron chains to tie cows, mules and donkeys together, it is easy to transport, once there is an enemy behind them, let them impact in the opposite direction behind them, if not, burn their tails, I want to tell these boys, one iron chain per person tomorrow, don't forget." ”

Li Duan was convinced, no wonder Yang Chong wanted to ask for Yanshou to be the coach, he would indeed fight, and he was ruthless enough.

At noon the next day, the sun was shining; Just half an hour later, the sky suddenly darkened, and a strong wind rose up, and the sky was full of wild sand, blowing towards the Yushu tribe, making it difficult for people to open their eyes; The mood of the Turks has not yet calmed down, and at this moment they believe in gods and ghosts, and everyone is frightened for a while, and they run back to the tent one after another. The sentry soon found that the cavalry of the Hexi Army was swarming, but after calling the police, the soldiers who rushed out could not fight at all, and became the ghosts of the opponent's sword one after another.

Regardless of the military horses, the Yushu tribe only cared about escaping when they heard the news, and Jujian Teller himself was no exception, with more than ten horses galloping wildly; As long as Liu Qicheng's men grabbed the cows, mules, and donkeys, and there were about fifty of them, they tied them together, leaving one soldier to watch, and the others continued to chase and kill.

Yu Jie sent back 8,000 horsemen, except for 2,000 horsemen to escort the people, and 6,000 horsemen ran in front in a hurry; Knowing that Huaiyuan City was actually twenty miles outside the city, he was afraid of being attacked from front to back, so he still came to attack the camp, but he didn't expect to be blown up by gunpowder, and the whole army clashed and trampled on each other, and became a mess.

(End of chapter)