The next day, the fire at the south gate of Gohara Castle, which had been burning for almost the whole night, was finally extinguished. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Shuang received a report from the scouts that there was no Turkic army guarding Wuyuan City, so he rushed to lead the generals in the camp to the south gate of Wuyuan City, but was stunned by the extremely tragic scene in front of him: inside and outside the south gate of Wuyuan City, the remains of the Sui army soldiers who had been burned into the shape of charcoal by the fire were full of eyes, and a disgusting and unpleasant smell was everywhere in the air......

"Yan Rong!" Yang Shuang was so angry that he shouted.

Yan Rong, whose face was covered with mud, timidly stepped out of the ranks of generals, and stood in front of Yang Shuang with his head lowered like a child who had made a big mistake.

"After a fierce battle last night, what are the casualties of our army? And how many defenders of the city were annihilated? Yang Shuang was expressionless and asked coldly.

"Return, return to the handsome, I haven't had time to ......estimate it yet," Yan Rong didn't dare to raise his head, and replied in a low voice.

"Let's talk about it, after the battle of Wuyuan City is broken, should the commander give you credit or punish your crimes?" Yang Shuang glared at Yan Rong fiercely, gritted his teeth and asked.

"The last general is willing to lead the army to pursue the victory, take Dujin Mountain in one fell swoop, and then come to ask the marshal for his guilt!" Yan Rong was ashamed and angry, and knelt down in front of Yang Shuang, pleading hoarsely.

"Come on, take Yan Rong down, temporarily detain the army, and wait for the marshal to personally raise the army and capture Dujin Mountain!" Yang Shuang said angrily.

The two sergeants complied with the order, tied Yan Rong to the ground, and escorted him down.

"Generals, Yongyu Lu made treacherous schemes to harm the lives of many of my soldiers, this hatred is not shared, this time the commander led the army, attacked Dujin Mountain, and there are those who won the head of Yongyu Lu, rewarded thousands of gold, and promoted to the third level!" Yang Shuang Langsheng issued a military order to the generals in the battalion to launch a general attack on Dujin Mountain.

The bones inside and outside the south gate of Wuyuan City inspired the Sui soldiers to swear to kill Yongyu Lu and avenge the determination of their fallen comrades.

However, Yang Shuang walked out of the north gate of Wuyuan City, and before he could walk out of five or six miles, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him. A Sui army scout sweated profusely and rode his horse to Yang Shuang's approach, turned over and dismounted, threw himself in front of Yang Shuang's horse, presented a military report with both hands high, and said in his mouth: "The little one is ordered by the governor of Zhou to come and ask the marshal to return to the army quickly." ”

Yang Shuang encouraged the three armies, and was about to take Dujin Mountain in one go, when he suddenly heard that Zhou Shao, who stayed in Baidaozhou, sent someone to ask him to return to the army quickly, he couldn't help but be stunned, and while ordering his own soldiers to take the military report from the scout's hands and hand it to himself, he asked the scout in a deep voice: "What happened to Baidaozhou?" Zhou Shao has 10,000 horses under his command, can't he cope with it? ”

"Great marshal, yesterday in the direction of the west of Baidaozhou City, I suddenly found a large number of Turkic iron cavalry, the number of which should be about 50,000, and they are speeding towards Baidaozhou. Manager Zhou was worried that Baidaozhou would lose, so he sent a small one to invite the handsome speedy squad to return to Baidaozhou. ”

"What do you say?! Where are the Turkic 50,000 horses near Baidaozhou, if you dare to lie about the military situation, Ben Shuai will immediately behead you! Yang Shuang was secretly taken aback when he heard this, and leaned over on the horseback to ask the scout.

"What the little one just said, if there is the slightest falsehood, please ask the big marshal to cut off the little one's head now."

Yang Shuang unfolded Zhou Shao's military report, hurriedly browsed it, and then called Du Yanlai, another marching chief in the camp, and ordered him: "Zhou Shao sent someone to report, there is a Turkic brigade of unknown origin outside the city of Baidaozhou, you immediately lead 20,000 horses under your command, and quickly gallop to help Baidaozhou, and at the same time find out the origin and details of this Turkic people, there must be no mistake." ”

Du Yan opened his mouth and was about to receive the order, when he saw a war horse flying from far to near, and the scout who came to report the news on horseback did not wait for the horse to stand firm, that is, he jumped down from the horse, holding a red flag, and reported to Yang Shuangyu in a hurried tone: "Report to the marshal, Baidaozhou has now been besieged by the Turkic army, and it is in danger. ”

Yang Shuang gasped, and thought to himself: Look at this formation, presumably Zhou Shao was besieged by a strong enemy in Baidaozhou, and he didn't even have time to write a military report, so he directly sent a scout with a red flag to tell me that he was coming.

"Let me ask you, where did the Turkic army besieging Baidao Prefecture come from, and who is the banner of the other army?"

"Greeting, when the small one broke out of the siege from the city, it seemed that he saw a large embroidered yellow flag raised in front of the big tent of the Turkic Chinese army, and the Turkic characters written on the flag were not recognized."

"Can you see that this embroidered yellow flag can have a wolf's head painted on it?"

"Nope."

Yang Shuang listened, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: Zhou Shao sent two scouts one after another, urging him to withdraw his troops back to Baidaozhou, if the Turkic army that suddenly appeared outside Baidaozhou was the main force of the Shabaluo tribe withdrawn from the northwest, it seemed to be worth it to withdraw his troops immediately to aid Baidaozhou, but if not, wouldn't it be a pity if he didn't take the Dujin Mountain that he had at his fingertips?

Seeing this situation, Du Yan, the head of the marching army who was summoned by Yang Shuang to lead the army back to aid Baidaozhou, hugged his fists and suggested to Yang Shuang: "Baidaozhou is really the only way for my army to retreat to Yanmen Pass, and we must not fall into the hands of the Turks. ”

According to what Du Yan said, it was just a change from the military order issued by Yang Shuang just now: Yang Shuang's original intention was to concentrate the main force and make every effort to take Dujin Mountain, and at the same time, send a team of men and horses back to aid Baidaozhou, and its focus was still on attacking; However, Du Yan suggested that Yang Shuang adjust the focus of attack and defense in a timely manner, and use most of his forces to ensure that Baidaozhou does not fall, which is more important and which is more important, it can be said at a glance.

Yang Shuang frowned, rode on the horse and muttered for a long time, and finally made a compromise decision: he still sent Du Yan to lead the army back to Baidaozhou, but the number of people and horses returning to Baidaozhou was increased from 20,000 to 40,000. And he led 20,000 horses and horses to continue to attack Dujin Mountain.

The reason given by Yang Shuang is also very sufficient: Dujin Mountain is a place that the Turks must defend to the death, once captured by the Sui army, the main Turkic army besieging Baidaozhou will inevitably try to bypass Baidaozhou at all costs, and do everything possible to recapture Dujin Mountain from the Sui army.

Yang Shuang's plan could not be said to be imperfect, but he reversed the order of the order in which he led his army to capture Dujin Mountain and the sudden Turkic main army to capture Baidaozhou, which directly led to the sharp deterioration of the situation on the entire battlefield.