There are indeed a large number of Turkic cavalry hidden in the forest, more than 10,000 people are hidden on both sides, the first general is Ashina Kunji, two Turkic armies in a row were annihilated by the Sui army, so that Ashina Kunji is also under great pressure, after more than ten days of searching for Turkic sentinels, they finally found the traces of this Sui army, they are gradually moving closer to the direction of Anyuan County, in order to completely eliminate this Sui army, Ashina Kunji thought of a way to lure the fish to the bait, with a thousand Turkic cavalry as bait, to induce the Sui army to be deceived.

They have been ambushing here for three days, and the Turkic sentinels have finally discovered the Sui army scouts, which means that the Sui army should also have discovered this bait of a thousand people, Ashina Kunji's heart began to get excited, and he patiently waited for the Sui army to take the bait.

The night is clear, a bright moon passes through the thin clouds, sprinkles the silver clear light all over the Hetao Plain, in the southeast of Anyuan County about fifteen miles away in Xujiagou, a small river less than one zhang wide flows slowly, the water waves appear particularly bright in the moonlight, the small river is about ten miles long, and finally flows eastward into the Hansan Canal a few miles away.

The canal, which is actually an irrigation branch dug by villagers in several villages in Xujiagou to provide drinking water for the villagers, is only seven feet wide and flows from the higher Han Si Canal to the lower Han San Canal.

Several villages in Xujiagou have been completely destroyed, no one has a few deer coming out of the forest to drink, looking around vigilantly, the two sides of the river are overgrown with shrubs, so lush that almost the whole river is covered, and from time to time a snake will crawl out of the bushes and swim into the river.

But hiding in the bushes were two Sui scouts, who had been hiding here since the afternoon, patiently waiting for their chance.

At this time, several deer who were drinking water seemed to have found something, they raised their heads vigilantly, and suddenly fled in panic, and the sound of talking faintly came from the hillside, and then a group of Turkic soldiers came down, about three hundred people, two people carried a stick, and the stick was full of skins containing water, and the Turkic soldiers did not come to fetch water for cooking, nor for the soldiers to drink, each soldier had his own skin, they generally came to fetch water for only one purpose: to drink horses.

The war horse is hidden in the forest, in order to prevent exposure, it is impossible to bring out the drinking water, can only send someone to get water, Li Jing has already felt the law of the Turkic army to take water, morning, noon and evening each came out to use the water source to deal with the Turkic army, this is the Sui army more than once used the trick, the opening of the emperor 20 years, the eldest Sun Sheng is the use of water poisoning, so that a large number of Western Turkic soldiers and war horses poisoned, the Western Turkic army was defeated.

Li Jing is well aware of the topography of Fengzhou, the climate of Fengzhou is relatively dry, there is not much precipitation, almost all of them rely on the Yellow River water for irrigation, and there are generally no wells on the hills, like the villagers in Xujiagou have to dig their own canals to divert water for drinking, which proves that there are no streams and springs in the two forests.

The Turkic army may have prepared water bladders in advance, but the war horses also needed drinking water, and this unique terrain and this canal made Li Jing think of this bold and vicious way to break the enemy.

More than 300 Turkic soldiers did not make a noise, they quietly and quickly fetched water, but no one noticed that the water had become a little muddy, and no one noticed that there were two uninvited guests hidden in the bushes by the water more than a dozen feet away.

A quarter of an hour later, the Turkic soldiers returned with the water bags, and soon they came back to get water, and so on three times, they did not appear again, and the two Sui soldiers poured the last bit of powder from the bags into the water, and they carefully avoided the muddy water and swam upstream along the canal.

More than an hour later, the Turkic army in the northern forest was in chaos, nearly 5,000 war horses had problems, fell to the ground and convulsed, foaming at the mouth, so that the Turkic soldiers had nothing to do, they watched their beloved horses die in agony at the end, the mass death of the war horses frightened the Turks, countless people knelt down to apologize to Tengri, they thought that they had blasphemed the immortal heaven, causing the wrath of the gods.

Ashina Kunji was shocked and angry, he thought of what happened to the Western Turkic army more than ten years ago, this kind of bad luck once again fell on his head, he vaguely guessed that it was the Sui army that made a move, but he couldn't explain it to the soldiers.

There was a problem with more than 5,000 war horses, and Ashina Kunji knew that this battle could not be fought any longer, so he immediately ordered the ambush troops in the north and south forests to retreat.

The Turkic soldiers were so frightened that the two men rode together on a horse and hurriedly retreated in the direction of the large camp to the west.

Three miles west of the two forests, there was also a gentle hill, on which grew a forest, but the area was much smaller, covering an area of tens of acres, and in the woods, five thousand Sui cavalry were already lined up, waiting for the order to attack.

Li Jing rode a horse and stood on the edge of the woods, watching the movement of the two forests in the distance with full attention, under the clear moonlight, you can clearly see the dark forest in the distance, the forest to the west is a large area of farmland, the winter wheat planted in the autumn and winter last year is already green at this time, but unfortunately most of it has been trampled and destroyed by the Turkic army, only some wheat fields on the edge still retain a little wheat seedlings.

At this time, a low shout came from the sentry on the big tree, "Sima, they are coming." ”

Li Jing also saw it, a large group of Turkic cavalry rushed out of the forest in the distance, almost two people riding a horse, the team was chaotic, and they looked very frightened, this is their poisoning of the water source, Li Jing immediately turned back and looked at a forest to the south, there should also be a large number of ambushes there, but he did not see them withdraw.

This should be a time difference for an order, and the ambush troops in the southern forest should also be withdrawn quickly, Li Jing bit his lip tightly, his troops were much smaller than the other party, and his only advantage was the confusion of the other party and the Sui army had the training to fight at night.

Li Jing sighed in his heart, the number of enemy troops is still too much, if it is only half, then he will win this battle, but he still has a chance, he knows that the other party's main general, Ashina Kunji, must be in the chaos in the northern forest, and in the end he will check the situation there, so where is this Turkic uncle now?

Li Jing looked for the anomaly of the 10,000 Turkic cavalry, and it was easy to find, most of them were two people and one horse, but one team of cavalry was a single horse, holding a large banner and surrounded by a general.

The Turkic army was getting closer and closer, and at this time, the ambush in the southern forest also came out, and the army was relatively neat, and there was no loss of men and horses.

The two armies were only three miles apart, but this distance would be the key to the success of Li Jing's ambush, and he had to take out Ashina Kunji before another Turkic army could come up to support him.

A group of panicked Turkic cavalry rushed past before their eyes. Only two hundred steps apart, Li Jing slowly pulled out his war knife, he used his war knife to point at the Turkic commander who was surrounded by soldiers two hundred steps away, and said to Gao Zi, the Eagle Yang Lang general beside him: "That is the commander of the Turkic army. If you can kill him, I will take your first credit in this battle. ”

Gao Zi Kaiyuan is the commander of the Youzhou Army's flag brigade, responsible for holding the banner of Youzhou, he was born in the Bohai famous Gao family, was favored by Yang Yuanqing and promoted to the Eagle Yang Lang General, he is six feet seven tall, with a big waist and a round waist. The power is infinite, so that a hundred-pound big knife, the knife is exquisite, can open two stone bows, left and right bows, one hundred shots and one hundred hits, is one of the five tiger generals under Yang Yuanqing's account.

Gao Zi was overjoyed, and his leopard-like eyes stared at Ashina Kunji. Li Jing saw that the enemy army was getting closer and closer, and he waved his sword, "Kill!" ”

The five thousand cavalry are like the tide of the sea that has broken its banks. Rushing down the hill, surging towards the Turkic army that had retreated westward, the sudden arrival of the Sui army caught the Turkic army off guard, they were already panicked, the two rode together, they didn't know how to deal with it, most of them thought of running for their lives.

The Sui army galloped in, and the arrows rained down, shooting the Turkic army into a crowd of people on their backs, and in an instant. The Sui army slaughtered into the enemy army, although the Sui army did not form a formation, but the team was not chaotic, they were a team of hundreds, under the leadership of the brigade commander, galloped and killed in the Turkic army group. Without mercy, they were like countless sharp daggers, cutting the Turkic army to pieces, suffering heavy casualties.

Ashina Kunji fled north under the desperate protection of five hundred personal soldiers, although he knew that the Sui army was not numerous, but he could not control the chaos of the Turkic army, nor could he organize a counterattack, he hated it in his heart, and shouted: "Quickly order Kuji to counterattack!" ”

Kuji was the commander of another Turkic army, and at this time, they were three miles away, and they saw the ambush soldiers rushing out of the mountains and woods from a distance, and he was so anxious that he ordered the soldiers to counterattack the Sui army, and he personally led two thousand cavalry to rush to the rescue of the commander.

This is an extremely spectacular scene, thousands of Turkic troops fled in panic in the chaos, most of them were two people and one horse, cold and frightened, had no intention of fighting, 5,000 Sui troops chased and killed in the enemy group, all the way to ambush corpses, chased out more than ten miles, 10,000 Turkic troops were killed and wounded more than seventy percent, and two or three miles away, another 10,000 Turkic cavalry was desperately chasing behind.

Gao Zikai led three hundred elites to intercept Ashina Kunji from the north, they were ferocious and abnormal, and attacked Ashina Kunji's personal troops again and again, and the Turkic guards resisted desperately, although he was superior in numbers, but he was not trained in night battles, and could not resist the offensive of the Sui army, and fought and left.

Gao Zikai held a bow and arrow, kept staring at Ashina Kunji, when more than a dozen guards protected him from the left side, his entire side was exposed to Gao Zikai's field of vision, Gao Zikai did not hesitate, Zhang Bow is an arrow, the arrow is strong, from the side an arrow pierced Ashina Kunji's neck, Ashina Kunji let out a muffled scream, and dismounted.

Gao Zi was overjoyed, he brandished a big knife, killed quickly, killed more than a dozen guards in a row, and rushed to Ashina Kunji's side, at this time Ashina Kunji had not yet swallowed, fell to the ground and struggled, was slashed by Gao Zikai, his neck was divided into two sections, and the head flew out more than two feet away.

Gao Zikai provoked the head with the tip of his knife and shouted at a gallop: "The Turkic commander is dead!" The Turkic commander is dead! ”

Li Jing was waiting for this moment, and when he saw Gao Zikai galloping with his head, he knew that this victory ticket was already in his hands, and immediately ordered, "Blow the trumpet and fight back!" ”

The Sui trumpeters blew the horn, and the 5,000 Sui cavalry stopped the pursuit, quickly reorganized the horses, and formed a swallowtail formation, ready to meet the 10,000 Turkic cavalry chasing behind.

The 10,000 Turkic cavalry also slowly slowed down their horses, and they were in a dilemma at this time. retreated, they would be defeated, and the commander Kuji had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the army to a decisive battle with the Sui army.

Under the cold moonlight, the large wheat fields are as bright as day, and a mile to the west is the Han Four Canals, the river is sparkling, and a large group of Turkic remnants are fleeing along the Han Four Canals to the north.

Five thousand against 10,000, the Sui army has experienced countless night combat training, rich experience, and more importantly, their morale is high, the Turkic army banner and the head of Ashina Kunji are in front of the team, they are facing a group of Turkic cavalry who are not good at night battles and have low morale.

"Kill!" Li Jing waved his sword and gave the order to attack.

"Kill!" Five thousand cavalrymen with shields and spears in their hands, galloping towards the Turkic army, galloping horses, shouting and killing shook the sky, and the belief of victory was permeated in the hearts of every Sui soldier.

In March of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, outside the city of Anyuan in Fengzhou, Sima Li Jing of Fengzhou led 5,000 cavalry of the Sui Army to break through the 20,000 Turkic army, and at the cost of more than 1,000 casualties, 15,000 enemies were killed, creating an extremely brilliant record.

Three days later, Li Jing and Su Dingfang's troops who had rushed from Jiuyuan City converged, with a force of nearly 20,000 troops, and according to the order of the commander Yang Yuanqing, they went to Hekou City to support.