Zhang Xuan was originally in Zhuo County, and the letter sent by Tule made him rush to Anle County immediately, and just when he led his army to Yanle County, an alarm of the arrival of a large army appeared on the high mountains in the distance, and three thick clouds of smoke rushed into the sky. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The beacon fire on the city of Yanle County was also lit, and there was also thick smoke thirty miles away, and the beacons were passed down one by one, Miyun County, Jixian County, Hejian County, and finally all the way to Zhongdu, and the war finally came.

However, Fengsui was only a warning, the Turkic army was still two hundred miles away, and it would take at least one day to reach Hugu Pass.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xuan arrived at Hugu Pass, and Su Dingfang went out of the city to greet the arrival of the coach.

The two walked up to the city, and Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "I have a word first, don't give me back the command because I arrived, I don't care about Hugu Pass, I have to rush to Mayi County for two days to watch the battle, and that is the battlefield I want to command." ”

Su Dingfang was a little embarrassed and said: "The other party only killed 50,000 troops, and I think we are enough to deal with it." ”

"Do you have any plans?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

Su Dingfang pointed to the deep valley in front and said: "The Northern Tiger Valley runs through Yanshan, the valley road is about 100 miles long, although the terrain is open, but there is only one passage between the north and the south, and I consider whether I can trap 50,000 Turkic troops in the Northern Tiger Valley." ”

"So how?"

"I haven't fully thought about it, but I just want to see if a part of the army can go out from Lulongsai and block the retreat of the Turkic army from the north."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "We don't have many opportunities to deal with the Turkic army, but I think the Turkic commander will also think about the problem of the back road being cut off, if I am the Turkic commander of the Eastern Road, I will not enter the entire army into the North Tiger Valley, only 20,000 troops can enter, compared to the narrow valley, it is meaningless to kill all 50,000 troops, if our army rushes out, it will give the other party a chance for a grassland duel, and even break into Hebei from Lulongsai, you have to think about this problem clearly." ”

Although Zhang Xuan did not directly accuse his plan of being inappropriate, Su Dingfang also realized that he had considered the problem simply, and he was a little ashamed and said: "Thanks to the commander's reminder, the humble position is indeed not well considered." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "The other party only sent 50,000 troops, and it is understandable that you have the idea of counterattacking, but our army deployment is biased towards defense, and it is not impossible to properly carry out some counterattacks on the basis of ensuring defense, but there must be a chance, so be it!" I'll leave Ling Senjun to assist you, and you can just consult with him more about everything. ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

After a pause, Zhang Xuan said slowly: "I think you can send more scouts out of Lulongsai to carefully probe the intelligence of the Turks on the Eastern Road, such as how to solve the logistics support if they traveled thousands of miles to come?" For example, when they find that they can't break through from Hugu Pass, will they turn around and attack Lulongsai, or even Liaodong? I think that intelligence is the most important thing, and only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can we grasp the opportunity to win. ”

"The words of the handsome Jin Yu are engraved in my heart."

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At noon the next day, a cavalry of 5,000 men in the vanguard of the Eastern Turks had reached the northern entrance of the North Tiger Valley, and their task was to clear the scouts of the Sui army and the beacons along the way, and choose a suitable location to build the city of sheep and horses.

This time, the Turkic army on the eastern road marched eastward lightly, and did not carry cattle and sheep and other grains, but carried ten days of dry food and cheese, in the grassland hundreds of miles north of the North Tiger Valley, there were three Turkic tribes, and Chuluo Khan gave them an order to provide them with 50,000 cattle and sheep supplies, which means that they have to prepare a million sheep, which is a disaster for any tribe, but they have no choice, if they do not follow, these three tribes will cease to exist.

The commander of this 5,000-strong Turkic cavalry was a Turkic commander named Wuman, who was the confidant of Bu Lishe, the commander of the Eastern Road.

The Turkic army did not directly enter the Northern Tiger Valley, and the newly built beacons on the steppe made the Wu Barbarians suspect that the Sui army had already prepared, and it was not that the Khan said that they could succeed in a sneak attack.

At this time, a troop of cavalry came from afar, and they brought with them three chiefs of Turkic tribes, these three tribes belonged to small and medium-sized tribes, and the population was only a thousand people, and the three chiefs looked ugly and worried.

The Khan's order to each of their tribes was 300,000 sheep, which was most of their property, which meant that their people would starve for a few years, although the Khan exempted them from taxes for ten years, but the premise must be that the Khan must reign for ten years, otherwise the new Khan may not be recognized as exempt from tax after taking the throne.

The three chiefs stepped forward and bowed to the Wuman, who pointed to the Weiwei Mountains in the distance with his horsewhip and asked, "We have come all the way east and found a lot of newly built beacons, let me ask you, is the Sui army prepared?" ”

The three chiefs looked at each other, and one of them said: "General Qiyu, the road is closed by heavy snow in winter, and it is impossible for the Sui army to go north to build a beacon, it should have been built before." ”

"Nonsense!"

Wu Man angrily rebuked: "There were no beacons last autumn, but now they do, are they falling from the sky?" ”

The three chiefs trembled, "If it hadn't been last fall, it must have only been built for a long time." ”

"Humph! Don't I know yet? I just want to ask you, have you noticed any changes in the Sui army? Wu Man was very dissatisfied.

One of the chiefs thought for a moment and said, "I once heard from the herdsmen that they saw the Sui cavalry, and there were not many of them, only a hundred or so people. ”

"When?"

"About half a month ago."

Wu Man has already understood in his heart that the situation is by no means as simple as Khan said, and he can directly kill from the North Tiger Valley into Hebei, and the Sui army has already prepared.

He did not dare to be reckless, and immediately sent a cavalry team of more than 100 people into the valley to check the defense of the Sui army, and he himself began to build the city of sheep and horses under a cliff thirty miles west of the entrance to the North Tiger Valley.

The Turks originally built a wooden fence sheepfold to prevent wolves, but the effect of the wooden fence was not great, and the steppe wolves could still drill in through the gap, and later they learned the rammed earth technology from the Han people who fled north, and they also began to ram the earth to build walls, using wood as bones in the middle, building civil and wooden walls, and Turkic soldiers could patrol the walls at night.

Despite the reluctance of the three chiefs. But they had no choice but to go back to their respective tribes to organize the transportation of sheep to Yangma City, otherwise the five thousand troops would come directly to their tribe to snatch cattle and sheep, and then it would not be as simple as 300,000 sheep.

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At midnight, in the military tent south of Hugu Pass, a personal soldier woke up Zhang Xuan, who was sleeping, "What's the matter?" Zhang Xuan asked in a deep voice.

"Marshal Qiqi, General Su has sent news that he has discovered the enemy!"

Zhang Xuan immediately sat up and asked, "Is it the Turkic army that is coming?" ”

"I don't know the specifics, but it didn't raise the alarm, it shouldn't be a big army."

"What time is it?"

"The fourth watch has just passed."

Zhang Xuan put on military boots, put on a coat and hurriedly walked to the city, he came to the outer wall in front, at this time, more than a thousand soldiers on the outer wall have been waiting, Su Dingfang looked at the canyon in the distance, and a soldier said: "The big marshal is here!" ”

As soon as Su Dingfang turned around, he saw a large group of sergeants walking briskly around the commander Zhang Xuan, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See the marshal?" ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"Qiyu Dashuai, it is a Turkic outpost, there are about more than 100 people, to investigate our situation."

"Didn't the main force come?"

"I should have arrived at Chatani, I guess I have some suspicions, so I sent a sentry to check the situation first."

At this time, a soldier shouted: "They have appeared again!" ”

Zhang Xuan stepped forward and looked north with the help of the bright moonlight, only to see that under the silver moonlight, a group of Turkic cavalry appeared on the river beach a mile away, it was difficult for ordinary people to see how many of them were in the night, but the experienced generals could deduce their number from the figure of the war horse, and after a while, the Turkic cavalry turned their horses and galloped north.

Zhang Xuan turned back to Su Dingfang and said, "The Turks fight quickly, once they determine the target, they will soon be in battle, your side must be ready." ”

Su Dingfang nodded silently, and asked again: "Is Dashuai still leaving tomorrow?" ”

Zhang Xuan originally wanted to stay in Hugu Pass for a little longer, but the day before yesterday he received an urgent report from Lou Fuguan that the main general Fan Wenchao unfortunately fell into the city during the city defense drill, was seriously injured, and could no longer command the battle.

Zhang Xuan had to urgently transfer Wei Wentong, the head of the party county, to the north to replace Fan Wenchao and guard Lou Fu Pass.

This incident really disrupted Zhang Xuan's plan, he really didn't worry about Lou Fu Pass, and he had to leave Hugu Pass after dawn and go to Lou Fu Pass.

Although the Turkic cavalry had already appeared, Zhang Xuan didn't want to change his plan, so he said: "The main force of the Turkic army is estimated to be almost killed in Mayi County, I must rush over as soon as possible, as long as I fight steadily, 50,000 Turkic cavalry can't threaten Hugu Pass, and I will hand it over to you here." ”

"Please rest assured, the lowly position will not act in a hurry, let alone take risks."

At this time, Zhang Xuan remembered something again, pointed to the top of the cliff and said with a smile: "The tents of our 50,000 army are all in the valley, beware of the Turkic army climbing to the top of the mountain and attacking with a large fireball, we have always used this tactic to deal with the enemy army, but don't be burned by the enemy army yourself." ”

"Back to the marshal, there are already 300 people stationed on the top of the mountain on both sides, since the marshal is not at ease, then the number of garrisons will be expanded to 1,000 to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"Prevention is not about the number of people, but about really doing it with heart, remember my saying, 'success or failure comes from the details', this sentence is not only effective for you, but also for the Turkic army, any defense will have loopholes, don't let the Turks find your loopholes."

Su Dingfang remembered the coach's entrustment, and at this time, Zhang Xuan instructed Ling Jing a few more words, asking him to assist Su Dingfang with all his might, and then he returned to the camp.

As soon as the morning dawned, Zhang Xuan left Hugu Pass under the escort of 2,000 cavalry and galloped in the direction of Bingzhou.

(To be continued.) )