Before dawn, the 40,000 Turkic army abandoned the camp tent, quickly left the camp, and galloped north, almost all the soldiers knew about the Khan's plan, which was a stubborn suggestion, undoubtedly a wise strategy, giving the soldiers hope to return home, and also gave them and the Sui army desperate fighting spirit and rekindled morale. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Each person carries dozens of catties of beef and mutton, salted with salt to prevent the meat from rotting, this is their food for the next half a month, as long as they go out of Yanmen County and enter the grassland, they can find small nomadic tribes, and there will be new food supplies.

Not long after the Turkic army left the camp, the 80,000 Sui army was also launched at the same time, Zhang Xuan left only 9,000 people to guard the camp, and the other Sui and Tang coalition troops all went north, of which 20,000 cavalry had already left the camp and went north, and they would intercept the Turkic army in the area of Chenghou Mountain.

Zhang Xuan's intentions were also clear, never allowing the Turkic army to retreat north from Xinkou, because the Turkic army's plan to build a dam and barrage was feasible, Zhang Xuan also changed his combat strategy, from the previous attrition of the Turkic army, to the decisive battle with the Turkic army in advance.

In the brutal defensive battle for five consecutive days, the Sui army also suffered more than 7,000 casualties, but compared with more than half of the Turkic army's casualties, this is still an impressive record.

However, once the support of the battalion is lost, the Sui army will enter a more brutal and bloody ground battle, and Zhang Xuan also informed all the soldiers, so that all the soldiers have the psychological preparation to die on the battlefield.

Eighty thousand soldiers of the Sui and Tang dynasties left the east bank of Fenshui in the morning breeze with a hint of chill and galloped towards Xinkou, hundreds of miles away.......

The Turkic camp is about 300 miles away from Xinkou, for the powerful Turkic cavalry, this is only a day and a night journey, but Loufan County belongs to the plateau terrain, the surface is broken, there are many ravines, there is no smooth road like the steppe that can gallop horses, so the Turkic cavalry is not fast, only one hundred and fifty miles a day, when the night falls, Chu Luo Khan issued an order to rest in place.

Although the Turks grew up on war horses and were skilled in riding, after a day of running, both men and horses were exhausted, dismounted and rested, each cut off a leg of mutton, gathered together to barbecue meat and drink, and the piles of bonfires were like stars in the sky, which was particularly spectacular.

Chuluo Khan also sat in a leeward place to rest, and at this time, he stepped forward and said, "Khan, the Sui army is also chasing." ”

Chu Luo Khan nodded, which was expected by him, he also admitted that the scouts of the Sui army were strong, and they could not escape the eyes of the Sui scouts when they retreated north, and Zhang Xuan would inevitably lead the army north to chase after them.

"Where have they been?"

"It's about sixty miles from us."

Chuluo Khan frowned, "They are going so fast? ”

In the eyes of Chuluo Khan, most of the Sui army were infantry, and the distance between them should be about 100 li, but he didn't expect that it was only 60 li.

"Khan, it's not that the Sui army is moving fast, it's that we are walking slowly, we only walk one hundred and fifty miles a day, and we won't reach the valley until at least tomorrow night, and I feel that we should be fully prepared."

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhi Sili said worriedly: "This afternoon, Beizhi met the patrol post heading south from the mountain pass, and they said that they had already sent three cavalrymen to the camp to deliver the drawings, but I didn't see the three cavalry, let alone any drawings, and I suspected that the three of them had been intercepted by the Sui army scouts. ”

"You're saying Jang Hyun already knows about our plans?"

Zhi Zhi Sili nodded slowly, and Chu Luo Khan's heart was also a little worried, if Zhang Xuan knew his plan, would he send troops north to occupy the mountain pass and intercept his return to the north.

Returning to the grassland from the Hutuoshui Gorge to the north is the only hope for Luo Khan, if even this line of hope is cut off, then he will die in the Central Plains, no! He must keep his last glimmer of hope.

Thinking of this, Chu Luo Khan eagerly said to Zhi Zhi: "You quickly send an army to the north first, and you must clarify the situation on the other side of the canyon." ”

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The Sui and Tang armies also stopped when they were about fifty miles away from the Turkic armies, and it was still dusk, the sun was about to set, and the brilliant sunset filled the sky.

Zhang Xuan ordered the whole army to rest on the spot, and the 80,000 troops sat down to rest and eat dry food. ”

Sun Changle was one of the five tiger generals of Wagang, followed Shan Xiongxin to surrender Zhang Xuan, Shan Xiongxin was appointed as the Taishou of Dongjun, and Sun Changle was named Huya Lang General, following Luo Shixin, the Sui army canceled the cavalry guard, after the implementation of the mixed infantry and cavalry, Luo Shixin's first guard also had 7,000 cavalry, which was led by Sun Changle.

Zhang Xuan smiled: "What do you think?" ”

"The cavalry of the lowly commander has undergone strict night combat training, and the lowly commander hopes to lead the brethren to disturb the Turkic army garrison at night, so that the Turkic soldiers will not be able to rest and deepen their fatigue, and if a big battle breaks out tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it will affect their combat effectiveness."

"Your idea is good, but what if the Turkic army is also trained in night warfare?"

"Marshal, I heard that nomads generally have poor eyesight at night, presumably the Turks are the same, if they are indeed trained in night fighting, they will not be greedy for war, and immediately lead the army back."

Zhang Xuan thought about this plan and said with a smile: "Then take three thousand brothers with you, and be careful not to fall into the wolf trap of the Turks." ”

Sun Changle was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "You must be cautious in your humble duties, and you will never fall into the trap of the enemy." ”

Sun Changle received the military order, and left the Sui army camp with 3,000 cavalry, and made a detour to the north, Sun Changle also knew that if he went straight, he would inevitably be discovered by the Turkic patrol post, and if he took the Nanwei East Road, he could approach the resting place of the Turkic army.

At the first watch, the 3,000 Sui troops arrived at Nanwei Mountain under the cover of night, Nanwei Mountain is much smaller than Chenghou Mountain, and the mountain is not high, it is called Mountain, but it is like a soil ridge more than 20 miles long, and the Turkic army stopped to rest on the west side of Nanwei Mountain.

Sun Changle was not in a hurry to continue to go deeper, but sent a scout to investigate, he suspected that he had been discovered by the Turkic outpost, Sun Changle also learned a lot in the Northern Sui Army in the past two years, especially learned to be cautious, his character gradually stabilized, Luo Shixin often praised him for being able to take charge of himself, which is also the reason why Zhang Xuan was relieved to let him lead a cavalry north alone to harass the Turkic army.

After a while, several scouts rushed back, clasped their fists and said, "General Qiqi Sun, there is no ambush ahead, but there are patrols in the woods, and they have already discovered us." ”

The scout pointed back, only to see a few Turkic sentinels coming out of a forest halfway up the mountain in the distance, and they looked at the Sui cavalry from a distance for a moment, then turned around and galloped back to the station.

Sun Changle immediately summoned a lieutenant and whispered a few words to him, and the lieutenant understood, and immediately waved his hand, "The first brigade will follow me up the mountain!" ”

A hundred horsemen followed him and rushed up the hill along the slower part of the ramp.

Just more than 100 cavalry just rushed up the hill, not far away there was a low horn sound, from the hill can clearly see the Turkic army garrison located in the west of the hill, the Turkic army was in a commotion, only to see the Turkic cavalry began to move, a Turkic cavalry of more than 10,000 people is along the south of the hill to the east to kill.

At this time, Sun Changle had already led the cavalry to the east and quickly left the hill, while the more than 100 cavalry on the hill rushed into the forest and disappeared into the forest.

The Sui cavalry disappeared, and the Turkic cavalry returned to the camp, and not long after it was quiet, smoke suddenly billowed from the hill, and the flames soared into the sky, and a large area of woods quickly burned.

The Turkic army was once again alarmed, and more than 10,000 cavalry close to the hill got up one after another, leaving the hill, and the whole army moved westward to avoid being swept by the fire on the mountain.

At this moment, there was a great chaos in the north of the Turkic army, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and a Sui cavalry of thousands of people suddenly killed from the north, and the Turkic soldiers were killed by surprise, and they were killed so that they turned over on their backs, and screamed, and hundreds of people were killed by the Sui army that attacked in just a moment.

Furious, Chu Luo Khan personally led two cavalry to the north to flank and kill, but before the Turkic army arrived, Sun Changsun led the cavalry to quickly withdraw and disappeared into the dark night.

At the third watch, the Turkic soldiers, who had just calmed down from their fright, finally fell asleep, and at this moment, a bell suddenly rang from the west to order the patrol soldiers to hurry, 'Dang! While! While! Suddenly the Turkic soldier who had just fallen asleep woke up.

They got up in terror, and at this moment, a flurry of arrows in the distance came towards the Turkic army's station, and the Turkic soldiers sleeping on the edge were hit by arrows one after another, and a terrible scream rang out, and thousands of Turkic soldiers were so frightened that they stumbled and fled to the east.

But after a burst of bows and arrows were fired, the Sui soldiers who attacked the land disappeared.

On this night, all kinds of disturbances came from all directions, the rumbling of war drums did not stop all night, the shouts of killing shook the sky, the south continued to appear overwhelmingly dusty, and the north suddenly burned a raging fire, all of which were signs of an attack by a large army.

Chu Luo Khan was tossed and exhausted, and in the end he didn't want to deal with it, he strictly ordered the sentinels, as long as it was not the main force of the Sui army, no one was allowed to report to him again, and he fell asleep.

But most of the soldiers could not sleep, they were wrapped in sheepskins, dozed off, and sat on the ground waiting patiently for the dawn. (To be continued.) )