The Sui army did not kill everyone, they targeted Khitan men, and more than 100,000 old and weak women and children were taken to Liucheng as prisoners of war and placed in Hebei and Qingzhou counties.

The prisoners of war were quickly escorted away by the Sui soldiers in a cry, and the 30,000 Sui cavalry did not even have time to collect the spoils, so they immediately rushed to the north.

Songmo City is less than 100 miles away from the Zimengchuan grassland, and there are about thousands of residents in Songmo City, almost all of whom are nobles from various Khitan tribes, and 20,000 elite soldiers selected by each department are stationed in the city to guard.

Just two hours after the Sui cavalry attacked the Zimengchuan grassland, the gate of Songmo City was opened, and 20,000 Khitan cavalry galloped out of the city, with horses' hooves like thunder, dusty and obscuring the sky.

The Khitan chief Dahe Luoben was at the front, he heard that the eldest son was arrested, his eyes were red, his young son died in Liucheng, only one eldest son was left, if he also had three long and two short, he would be the last.

Not only for his son, the Khitan people living in Zimengchuan are his core tribe, and the population of more than 200,000 is the guarantee for him to become the Khitan chieftain.

20,000 Khitan cavalry galloped all the way south under the leadership of Dahe Duluo, not only Dahe Luluo's eyes were red, most of the soldiers were anxious, more than half of the 20,000 cavalry were Dahe soldiers, and the Zimeng River that was attacked lived by their wives, children, and parents, how could they not be worried.

Running out of more than 30 miles, the left is a forest that stretches for dozens of miles, and the right is the Zimeng River 20 zhang wide, and in the forest, 10,000 Sui army crossbowmen have been waiting for a long time, and the main general Luo Shixin did not appear in the Zimengchuan grassland, but led the army to prepare an ambush for reinforcements from Songmo City halfway.

Their ambush was at the narrowest bottleneck between the forest and the river, and the cavalry was less than fifty paces away from the woods, making them ideal for ambushes.

At this time, Luo Shixin felt that the earth was trembling, and with his rich experience, he judged that 20,000 Khitan cavalry had been dispatched, and they were only seven or eight miles away at most.

"Bow and arrow ready!"

Luo Shixin gave an order, and the 10,000 Sui soldiers hiding in the woods raised their crossbows.

In just a moment, the black-pressed Khitan cavalry rushed from the north and galloped in front of them like a tide.

When the Khitan army rushed halfway, Luo Shixin shouted: "Shoot! ”

The rapid sound of bangzi suddenly sounded, ten thousand arrows in the forest, the stormy arrows shot at the Khitan cavalry in the gallop, thousands of horses and cavalry fell down one after another, the horses neighed, the soldiers wailed, the cavalry in front found that something happened in the back, and they slowed down to strangle the horses, and the cavalry behind wanted to escape from the ambush point as soon as possible, desperately beating the horses and running away, the speed before and after was different, the two sides collided together, and the Khitan cavalry suddenly became a mess,

Without waiting for the Khitan cavalry to come out of the chaos, the second round of crossbow arrows of the Sui army shot out again, and 10,000 crossbow arrows shot out violently, and a large number of Khitan cavalry fell from their horses.

At this time, Dahe Duluo had already turned back, and they led 6,000 elite cavalry to rush into the forest and kill the Sui army in ambush, Luo Shixin saw that the enemy army was coming too fast, and there were many big trees to cover it, and there was no point in shooting, so he immediately shouted, "Evacuate!" ”

The 10,000 Sui ambush soldiers immediately retreated to the depths of the forest, the forest was full of shrubs and vines, and the trees were dense, which was extremely unfavorable for cavalry combat.

The Khitan cavalry had already rushed through the narrow area, and although there was still a forest in front of them, their vision suddenly widened, and the cavalry quickly moved away from the forest that was easy to ambush.

At this time, a neat cavalry formation appeared two miles ahead, and the phalanx was very neatly arranged, about 9,000 cavalry, blocking their way.

Oga Drashi drew his sword and shouted, "Attack!" ”

The Khitan cavalry suddenly launched, and thousands of horses galloped, like the tide of the sea that broke the embankment, and went to cover the Sui army's formation.

Pei Xingyan was at the forefront of the cavalry formation, and he shouldered the heavy task of dragging down the Khitan cavalry, creating an opportunity for Zhang Xuan to lead his army to capture Songmo City.

Seeing that the Khitan cavalry was getting closer and closer, Pei Xingyan raised his hand, "Ready!" ”

His voice was like a bell, and the nine thousand cavalry brushed the ground and raised their horned bows, and the long arrows pointed at the Khitan cavalry rushing towards the distance at an oblique angle.

Three hundred steps.... Two hundred steps.... One hundred and fifty steps.... One hundred steps

"Shoot!"

The sound of breaking the sky was sharp, thousands of arrows formed a rain of arrows, and the black pressure was shot towards the rushing Khitan cavalry, the standard assembly of the Great Sui cavalry was a long and short horizontal knife, a standard war lance, a bow, thirty arrows, and a round shield, and the nine thousand cavalry led by Pei Xingyan were the elite of the 30,000 Sui cavalry, they were equipped with the strongest bows, the sharpest knives, the strongest armor, and now they have the highest morale.

Although the enemy army was already in front of them, they were determined, and a rain of arrows shot towards the dense enemy formation, while the Khitan cavalry was extremely flexible, they were constantly scattered, concentrated, and from time to time on the horse left and right to dodge, or raised their shields to reduce the damage of the Sui army's arrow array to them, despite this, because the Sui army's arrow array was too dense, there were still a large number of Khitan cavalry fell with arrows, or were overturned by the arrow-hit horses.

Fifty steps ....

Nearly 1,000 Khitan cavalry members in the first wave had rushed to fifty paces away, Pei Xingyan raised his long knife and shouted: "The first team!" The wings are separated. ”

A Sui army of 2,000 people brushed the ground and leveled the long lance, the dense formation was like a solid piece of steel, the war horses slowly advanced, and 1,500 cavalry on each side gradually pulled away, like two slender wings, outflanking the rear of the Khitan cavalry.

The second team of 4,000 Sui troops behind them still kept shooting arrows, more calmly and accurately, and they wanted to use arrows to thwart the offensive of the Khitan cavalry.

This is a professional army that does not need to be motivated, they have an iron will, they can gallop on the steppe for three days and three nights, they can stand still in the storm of the night, and their desire for military exploits is so strong.

When the 50,000 Khitan army and the 70,000 Goguryeo army successively invaded their land and were about to bring shame on the Great Sui, they came, penetrated 300 miles into the enemy's territory, like an incomparably sharp knife straight into the enemy's heart, and they wanted to defend the dignity of the Great Sui Empire with blood and even their lives.

The two armies finally met, and the gray mist in the sky was still gentle and slippery, as if it wanted to wash away the killing in the world and minimize the cruelty of war, but the cruelty of war could not be stopped by water mist.

The second wave was 7,000 Khitan cavalry to cover up, the second team of 4,000 people of the Sui army also immediately put into battle, a mile-long battle line, the two cavalry were engaged in a fierce battle of life and death, the cold sword light flew in the mist, dew, sweat, blood mixed together, the palpitating screams were endless, the Sui army gathered into two phalanxes, like two iron fists on the left and right, impacting the enemy's position again and again, they ruthlessly and cruelly tore the enemy.

Although the Khitan cavalry was twice as large as the Sui army, the Sui army's weaponry and training were obviously stronger than the other party's, and the distance was stabbed with a war lance, while the close hand-to-hand combat was chopped with a horizontal knife.

Especially the two wings of the Sui army, they were like two dense nets, constantly strangling the scattered enemy troops, and at the same time blocking the assembly of the Khitan cavalry.

Suddenly, there was a big chaos in the back of the Khitan army, the two cavalry were one left and one right, the strength was about 10,000 people, the left was 10,000 cavalry led by Luo Cheng, and the right was the 8,000 Xi cavalry soldiers led by Su Zhi, the Khitan people's hundred years of oppression made the Xi soldiers full of hatred burst out at this moment, they were more ferocious than the Sui cavalry, more ruthless.

The two cavalry armies were concentrated in a line and struck at the back of the enemy from the rear in one fell swoop.

Attacking from the front and back, the Khitan army's formation was in chaos, and there was already a momentum of imminent collapse........

"Kill!" A tall Sui military captain burst into flames, and the big knife in his hand drew a roaring arc, slashing at the neck of a Khitan commander like lightning, and the Khitan commander did not show weakness, and raised his knife with a roar.

'Click! The strength of the Sui military captain seemed to be able to smash the mountain, and the Khitan commander's knife was cut alive, and the knife was still fast and fierce, coldly slashing from the opponent's shoulder, and splitting a big head more than three feet away, the opponent's head was still angry in the air, and blood spurted out of the neck, which provoked the face of the Sui military captain, and he couldn't help but look up and laugh wildly.

"What's your name and where are you from?" Pei Xingyan stepped forward and asked the laughing captain in a loud voice.

"In Xia Xiao Jinyong, the former general of the Youzhou Army, is now a captain."

"How much does the knife weigh?"

The captain waved the big knife in his hand, "General Hui, it weighs seventy pounds!" ”

Pei Xingyan nodded, and immediately ordered: "From now on, you will be promoted to Lang General again!" (To be continued.) )