The first time Wu Sicheng felt that things had changed, it was nine days after he made a bet with Abicilil.

After successfully stimulating Abichilir to make a bet with him, thus dragging a considerable part of Tuqi's troops in Zhuozhou City, Wu Sicheng's goal can be regarded as more than half completed. Although he wandered around the royal tent every day, Wu Sicheng always deliberately avoided those classified areas that would cause dissatisfaction among the Turks, and of course had as little contact as possible with his dozens of subordinates, so as not to arouse suspicion.

Ever since he made a bet with Abicherier, he has gained the trust of Kingier. For it was according to the rhetoric he concocted that won Abicheril's reward. Although Jingil still has a lot of complaints about making up a set of lies to deceive the Great Khan's reward, he also admires Wu Sicheng because of this incident. Because everything is just as Wu Sicheng expected, Jingil will be rewarded and trusted by the Great Khan, and Wu Sicheng himself will be treated with a feast. For Gingill, Wu Sicheng is like a wizard, everything is expected by him. Since then, no matter where Wu Sicheng goes, he can always see the figure of Ginger behind him, and others seem to think that the Great Khan has strengthened the surveillance of Wu Sicheng, and Wu Sicheng has learned more about the Turks by virtue of this, but others can't see it.

From the ninth day onwards, the messengers who came to the king's tent to report became more and more frequent, and it was evident from the countenances of these people that the situation was turning against the Turge. After that, Tuqi's attack on Zhuozhou City suddenly became fierce, which strengthened Wu Sicheng's judgment - reinforcements had arrived.

At noon the next day, Wu Sicheng walked to the tent where his subordinates lived. The big horn said: "You guys stay in the tent all day long and can't go out for activities, are you suffocating?" ”

He deliberately spoke loudly. Make sure that the Turkish soldiers who are on guard around you can hear clearly.

"My lord, we're all suffocated. It's boring to eat and sleep all day. The subordinates replied equally loudly.

"Alright, don't be impatient. It's nice to be able to eat and sleep, it's better than being locked in a cage, right? Wu Sicheng was about to step into the camp, but he only took one step and then retreated, covered his nose and said, "What does it smell like in your tent!" It smells terrible! I have time to open the tent to ventilate, what is this? ”

After saying that, Wu Sicheng brushed his sleeves and left, and several subordinates were busy at the door of the tent to make amends. The Tuqi soldiers watched Wu Sicheng go away, and no one expected that he had already relayed the signal he wanted to convey to his subordinates - Wu Sicheng had made an agreement with his subordinates early in the morning. Ventilating the tent was a code to prepare for a retreat. From this moment on, the captured guards finally settled down, and everything their commander had said to them seemed to be coming true.

Of course, Wu Sicheng only sensed that reinforcements had arrived, and he didn't know the actual situation. The actual situation was much more optimistic than he expected, and the coincidence of timing exerted great pressure on Abicheril: Xue Boren, who had been left behind in Taiyuan Prefecture, sent Lu Qinghan to lead 20,000 elite troops from Shuozhou to the east along the north bank of the Sanggan River; Xue Boren himself led 30,000 troops from Daizhou to rescue eastward along the south bank of the Sanggan River; At the same time. Liu Yan, who received Xue Boren's secret report, sent Shangshu Anjingbian of the military department to recruit envoys for the east road, urgently requisitioned officers and soldiers from all over the east of Luoyang, the eastern capital, under his command, and gathered 170,000 troops to march towards Dingzhou City in the direction of Xingzhou; Even the Liaodong Army, which was far away in Goryeo, gathered all its cavalry forces and rushed to Jizhou in the starry night. And the timing of the arrival of these four armies is very close. For a while, the Tuqi army fell into the encirclement of the four-way army at the same time, and the main force of the Tuqi was cut into two sections by the Sanggan River, and it was not easy to support the north and south.

Faced with such a situation. The Turkish army, which was inferior in strength and situation, had extremely little hope of victory. Later historians have put forward a hypothesis that the army of the Silk Country had not yet been fully assembled at that time. It's a good opportunity for each to break through. But this argument is on paper, because the Tuqi army itself is not without any burden and can be mobilized at will. They were still besieging Youzhou City and Zhuozhou City at the same time, once they gathered their forces to break one of the support armies, it would undoubtedly give Youzhou City and Zhuozhou City a chance to get reinforcements, not to mention that the terrain at that time was not a prairie that came and went like the wind, but a plain blocked by a big river, and the cavalry of Tuqi could not gallop at will to give full play to the mobility of the cavalry.

If Abicilir chose to retreat at this time, the army of the Silk Country was actually unable to do anything about it (in fact, even in the end, the army of the Silk Country was unable to effectively pursue the Tukhe army that came and went). However, at that time, Youzhou City and Zhuozhou City were already in danger, and there was a possibility of falling at any time, which made Abicialir hesitate - although he could no longer stick to Youzhou City, as long as he captured these two cities, then he won the bet and could get an excellent strategist, which was the reason why Abicialir really hesitated. By the time the situation became more and more precarious two days later, and Youzhou City and Zhuozhou City had put up desperate resistance and failed to let Tuqi succeed, Abicheril had to accept that he was no longer able to win the bet, and the situation had changed decisively.

Just as Abicilir was preparing to withdraw his troops, the news came that shocked all the Turks: on the Sangan River and its tributaries, the fleet of the Silk Country had appeared!

As early as when the news of the danger in Youzhou reached the ears of the Liaodong Army, Su Chengdong suggested following Chang Miao's practice of returning to Chang'an and transporting a part of the infantry back to China by sea. As a result, according to the intelligence, Zheng Menglong divided the fleet into two routes, which were reversed along the Sanggan River and its tributaries, cutting off the Tuqi army from the waterway.

After learning that the Sanggan River had been cut off by the Navy, all the Raiders were dumbfounded. There is no concept of the Turks at all, let alone how to deal with them, and once the waterway is cut off, it will undoubtedly mean that these soldiers on the south bank of the Sanggan River are equivalent to being surrounded by the army of the Silk Country!

In the face of the crisis, only Abicheril did not fall into chaos. It's time to withdraw, although I really want Yang Lian as a talent, but I won't sacrifice the Tuqi army for him alone.

Abicherier immediately stopped the panic of his subordinates, and ordered him to quickly go to the shallow place in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River to open up a crossing point, and the rest of the army immediately lifted the encirclement of Zhuozhou City and retreated to the upstream area, leading the guards to serve as the palace army to cover the retreat of the main force.

After the order was given, the Turks stabilized their emotions and began to get busy. Abicialir suddenly thought of something, that Yang Lian, since he had already lost the bet, then if such a talent continued to be left to the country of Juan, it would inevitably become a scourge of Tuqi, and he must be killed to prevent future troubles. At that moment, five hundred guards were sent to kill Yang Lian and his men. But not long after the guards went, they came back and reported that Yang Lian had killed the guards with his subordinates and fled.

Abicheril was so angry that he stomped his feet, but at this time the situation was not good, and he really couldn't bother more about such a person, so he had to turn over and take his subordinates to attack. (To be continued......)