Wars are always full of all kinds of accidents, the Sui army scouts captured Xicheng Pass, Yang Yuanqing did not know, this is not his deployment, Wu Zhiyuan's task is to spy on intelligence, waiting for the opportunity to attack the team transporting grain, but they did not expect that they actually captured Xicheng Pass.

As soon as the morning dawned, Shibi Khan, east of Xicheng Pass, got the news, the reason was that the grain could not be delivered, and Ashina Kunji west of Xicheng Pass also realized that something was wrong, and the grain that should have arrived at dawn did not come on time.

The two armies sent people up the mountain to investigate at the same time, and they were shocked by the news they obtained, the Sui army occupied the pass, and the Shibi Khan immediately sent 30,000 troops to the Xicheng Pass urgently, ordering them to recapture the city pass before noon, Ashina Kunji also sent 10,000 troops up the mountain to storm it, and a battle for the Xicheng Pass that was related to the overall situation broke out suddenly at dawn.

The abnormal movement of the Turkic army attracted the attention of the scouts of the Sui army, and Yang Yuanqing also received information from the scouts at dawn that there might be a situation in Xicheng Pass, which made Yang Yuanqing attach great importance to it, on the one hand, he ordered the scouts to find out the exact news, and at the same time ordered Pei Xingyan to lead 5,000 cavalry to stand by at any time.

Yang Yuanqing rode to the hill and looked at the situation on the mountain from a distance, if the weather was good, he could clearly see the Xicheng Pass, but today the weather was gloomy, a thin fog shrouded the mountain, and the Xicheng Pass was like a veil.

Yang Yuanqing had vaguely guessed that it was the scout Lang who took Wu Zhiyuan to seize the Xicheng Pass, but he didn't dare to be careless, and it may be that the Turks pretended to be pretending to confuse themselves.

At this time, a pro-soldier came to report: "Report to the chief, Wu Zhiyuan sent someone to report urgently!" ”

"Bring him up!"

Moment. The soldiers brought up a scout, this was one of the fifty soldiers left by Wu Zhiyuan to guard the horses, the scout stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Chief Qiqi, General Wu has led the brothers to seize Xicheng Pass!" ”

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed. He immediately asked, "Have you come from Xicheng Pass?" ”

"Report to the Chief. The lowly position was that the general Wu was left to take care of the horses. They touched the back of the Xicheng Pass from the dangerous road, and we didn't know the specific situation, but we saw the fire lit at the Xicheng Pass, which was a signal that General Wu had made an appointment with us, indicating that General Wu had succeeded and captured the Xicheng Pass. ”

This unexpected news made Yang Yuanqing overjoyed, and the capture of Xicheng Pass would greatly shake the hearts of the Turkic army for two days at most. The 90,000 Turkic troops opposite them would have to withdraw north, and warplanes would arrive.

"Order General Pei to send troops immediately, and all the troops are ready. Fight at any time! ”

With Yang Yuanqing's order, Pei Xingyan led 5,000 cavalry to rush out of the camp, bypassing the enemy camp from the north, and running in the direction of Xicheng Pass. The 40,000 Sui army was ready for war at any time.

The reason why the West Pass is called the head of the Nine Stops is that it is majestic and dangerous, both sides are narrow mountain roads, the mountains and rocks are steep, circling and rugged, and the pass is just at the top of the mountain road.

After Wu Zhiyuan seized the Xicheng Pass, he deployed 800 troops in the east and west, mainly defending the east, deploying 500 people, and deploying 300 people in the west.

Wu Zhiyuan is less than 30 years old this year, a native of Shangdang County, Hedong, good martial arts since childhood, skilled in bows and horses when he grows up, during the first battle of Goryeo, he was conscripted into the army, as a subordinate of the general Li Jing, after the failure of the attack on Goryeo, he was stationed in Zhuo County, became one of Yang Yuanqing's Youzhou army, and followed him to Fengzhou, accumulated and promoted to the scout battalion Eagle Strike Lang General.

At this time, Wu Zhiyuan was condescending, standing on the tower of the east city and staring at the mountain road in the distance, the early morning fog blocked the sight, but he had faintly heard the sound of the horn, and the team was gathering at the foot of the mountain.

A soldier galloped up, saluted, and reported: "Report to the general, the inventory of the captured weapons has been completed, 1,000 spears, 1,000 shields, 1,000 sharp blades, 1,000 bows and arrows, and 60,000 arrows." ”

This time, they attacked Xicheng Pass with light soldiers, did not bring long weapons, each person only brought a knife, a crossbow and two pots of crossbow arrows, and other weapons did not bring more, so that counting, there are only more than 100,000 arrows, an average of 120 arrows per person, which is not enough, and can only hold out for one day.

Wu Zhiyuan thought for a while, and then said: "Order Captain Zhang to lead the brothers to demolish the house and prepare stones." ”

In fact, the stones are only useful for the east side, and the slope outside the west pass is gentle, and the stones do not play a role.

"Also, how much food is there?"

"Food lasts three days."

Wu Zhiyuan nodded, "Go ahead!" Ordered the other brothers to take a break from the time...... Hook under the mountain, 30,000 Turkic troops have been assembled, Shibi Khan personally rushed to inspect the situation of the city, these days his mood is extremely bad, Yanmen City has been attacked for ten days, the Turkic army has been killed and wounded more than 80,000 people, but has never been able to capture, and Yang Yuanqing's army arrived, not only dispersed his forces, but also seriously disrupted his siege plan, so that he was forced to stop the siege.

He was very worried about whether the logistics camp in the north would be attacked by Yang Yuanqing, since Yang Yuanqing's army had come to support, then he had no reason not to attack his logistics camp, Shibi Khan's heart was full of worry, but at this time, the Xicheng Pass was lost again, and the 100,000 troops in the west of the Guanxi were very likely to face the threat of food starvation, in this case, could they withstand the attack of Yang Yuanqing's army?

In the fourth year of Renshou, Shibi Khan personally followed Yang Yuanqing to participate in the Battle of Hari Lake, in that battle, Yang Yuanqing killed the Western Turkic Khan Datou, and defeated Xue Yantuo's 20,000 army with 3,000 troops, that battle left a deep impression on him, he was very worried that the tragedy of Hari Lake would be repeated, and Ashina Kunji's 100,000 army was defeated by Yang Yuanqing.

But there is no way to be in a hurry, and the most urgent thing now is to recapture Xicheng Pass and order the 100,000 troops in Guanxi to withdraw.

"Recapture Xicheng Pass before noon, if you can't take it, the commander will be killed!" Shibi Khan issued a death order.

With a wave of his sword, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain...... The drums of war rumbled and roared, and thousands of the vanguard of the Turkic army were killed in front of the pass, and the mountain road was so narrow that it could not allow a large army to move forward, and the Turkic army rushed upwards and got closer and closer, but when it was a hundred paces, the army stopped advancing.

Wanfu Changsha Kali stared fiercely at the pass a hundred paces away, he had no experience in siege, he just saw how many troops could be held in front of the pass.

"A thousand troops first!"

He gave the order, and the war drums 'Boom!' Boom! With a bang, a thousand Turkic troops with shields in their hands swarmed towards the tower.

At the head of the city, Wu Zhiyuan bit his lip tightly, and watched coldly at the killing of a thousand enemy troops, and a thousand Turks rushed towards the city gate in groups on the mountain road that only allowed three people, only running out of more than 20 steps, the speed slowed down suddenly, and began to swell forward cautiously, and the shield formed a shield wall.

There were only 300 soldiers on the city, and 300 Sui soldiers with crossbows aimed at the approaching Turkic army, they were waiting for the best range, the best range was 50 paces, this distance, the Sui army's crossbow arrows could shoot through the Turkic soldiers' oak shields.

The enemy was getting closer and closer, already within seventy paces, when the drumming stopped, and there was silence in front of the pass, except for the rustle of the Turkic soldiers as they advanced.

Wu Zhiyuan watched the enemy's advance, and had already entered within fifty steps, he gave an order, "Shoot!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers fired at the same time, a hundred powerful crossbow arrows flew away, shooting at the enemy crowd from the front and side, the Sui army's crossbow arrows were extremely powerful, the armor-piercing arrows shot through the shield, a miserable scream sounded, more than a dozen Turkic soldiers were shot down, rolled to the ground, several soldiers fell from the cliff next to them, fell into the deep mountain stream, and the screams echoed for a long time.

But since the war had begun, there was no reason to retreat, and the Turkic soldiers accelerated sharply, frantically rushing to the top of the mountain, and by rushing into the open field at thirty paces, their forces could be expanded on both sides.

The Sui army's arrows are like flying locusts, 300 people are divided into three teams to shoot in turns, groups of Turkic soldiers screamed and fell, the enemy army behind rushed forward again, in the agitated war drums one after another, the Turkic army behind was covered with bows and arrows, dense arrow rain shot to the head of the city, there were constantly Sui soldiers fell with arrows, but fell one, and the soldiers behind immediately replenished.

The battle was extremely fierce, and the corpses began to pile up rapidly on the short mountain road between sixty and thirty paces, and in only a quarter of an hour, hundreds of Turkic soldiers were killed and wounded, and the first group of 1,000 people finally could not resist it and withdrew like a tide.

Wanfu Changsha Kali snorted coldly, he had already discovered the weakness of the Sui army, they were not many in number, and after the tentative attack was over, Sha Kali gave the order to officially attack, "Three thousand people attack!" ”

The attacking Turkic army suddenly tripled, roaring, brandishing war swords, and rushing wildly towards the hilltop towers, arrows raining down and stones as dense as hailstones, and a fierce battle for the key points began...... Three miles at the foot of the mountain, Pei Xingyan's 5,000 cavalry encountered the stubborn resistance of the Turkic army, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers blocked the road up the mountain, they used stones and giant trees to build a simple bunker, with a strong bow to intercept the Sui army's attack, in front of the powerful bow and arrow array, the Sui army's several attacks failed, hundreds of casualties, the Sui army had to retreat.

At this time, a group of hundreds of Sui soldiers came down from the mountain, and Pei Xingyan asked anxiously, "Can I go up?" ”

He wanted to re-take Wu Zhiyuan's secret mountain path and go to Xicheng Pass to support, but the leading officer shook his head, "Report to the general, that secret road has been discovered and destroyed by the Turks, and there is no other way to go through." ”

Pei Xingyan was extremely anxious in his heart, the enemy army invested heavy troops, blocking the road of support, so that they could not support Xicheng Pass, Xicheng Pass has become a single pass, and can only rely on eight hundred Sui troops to hold on, how long can they hold it?

At this moment, the sound of war drums came, and a soldier quickly reported, "General, 20,000 enemy cavalry have been outflanked and killed here." ”

Pei Xingyan glanced at the top of the mountain helplessly, and had to order, "Withdraw the army immediately!" ”

The 5,000 cavalry of the Sui army retreated quickly, so that Xicheng Pass completely lost the support of the Sui army, and became a lonely pass, which would face the front and rear attacks of the 50,000 Turkic army alone......