Qu Tutong took a deep breath and said: "Hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry were found two hundred miles away to the west, and a group of 10,000 Turkic cavalry was less than a hundred miles away from Loufu Pass. ”

"Ahh Sang Xian exclaimed in surprise and froze.

At this time, Qu Tutong said slowly: "It seems that the loss of Loufu Pass must be true, it is no longer realistic to recapture Loufu Pass, we must immediately go north to escort the Son of Heaven to evacuate to Yanmen County, and we can't let the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of the Turks, it will be a great shame for us." ”

After a pause, Qu Tutong said to Sang Xian again: "Our troops are divided into two routes, I will lead 10,000 troops to the north to meet the Son of Heaven, and you will lead the rest of the army to Yanmen County to deploy defenses first, and block the Turkic cavalry attack as much as possible." ”

Sang Xian also said: "General, we don't have time to attack Lou Fu Pass, we can let Yun Dingxing's army attack from the south, and Xue Shixiong's army, I feel that we should notify them immediately." ”

Qu Tutong sighed secretly in his heart, he was afraid that Yun Dingxing would be controlled by others and would not be able to attack the pass with all his heart, but he had no choice, so he had to nod, "Let's do it!" ”

The general Yun Dingxing led an army of 50,000 troops to be stationed in the northeast of Loufu County, about one hundred and fifty miles away from Loufu Pass, which was also an agreement between the Great Sui and the Turks, and they had to be five hundred miles away from Fuqibo.

The military camp covers an area of thousands of acres, and the tents in the military camp are dense, and the army of 50,000 Xiaoguo patiently waits for the order of the Son of Heaven.

In the afternoon, an army rushed from the north, it was Ma Xunwu, the general of Lou Fu Pass, at this time, Ma Xunwu already knew the news of the loss of Lou Fu Pass, his heart was very heavy, and he also had some guilt, he knew what sins he had committed.

According to Yun Dingxing's prior arrangement, he would say that giving up Lou Fuguan was his own plan, so that. He is responsible for dereliction of duty, and Yun Dingxing will severely punish him with eighty military sticks, demote him by one level, and compensate him from other aspects in the future.

Ma Xunwu led his army to the front of the camp, and he shouted loudly: "I ask to see the general!" ”

Inside the big tent, Yu Wenzhihe, who was wearing a pro-soldier uniform, was discussing something with Yun Dingxing in a low voice. "Father's meaning, Uncle Shi wants to attack Lou Fu Pass, but he can only make a show, with heavy casualties, but he can't really take the pass, in short, to show that we are also actively rescuing the Son of Heaven."

Yun Dingxing nodded, and asked again: "Then how to deal with Ma Xunwu?" ”

Yuwen Zhihe sneered and used his palm to go down. "Does the General understand what I mean?"

"I understand, it's really difficult to explain to the world if you don't kill him."

At this time, the soldier reported at the door of the tent, "General Qiyu, General Ma Xunwu has returned." ”

"Take him to another tent to rest first, and then say that I will come to see him after handling a little military affairs."

The soldiers turned around, and Yun Dingxing summoned a few more personal soldiers and whispered to them: "Ma Xunwu is in another tent." Go in and take him and behead him, and give him no chance to speak. ”

"Obey!"

Several pro-soldiers hurried away. After a while, I faintly heard a scream in the distance, and soon my soldiers reported outside the tent: "General, the head of Ma Xunwu is here!" ”

Yun Dingxing sneered and shouted: "Circulate the head of Ma Xunwu to the whole army, this person left his post without permission, and the enemy's army was transferred away from the mountain. Led to the loss of the building, according to military regulations! ”

The Flying Eagle sent a message from Mayi County to Luoyang, and the Eagle Letter was forwarded from Luoyang to Jiangdu, and Zhang Xuan received the news from Mayi County three days later, which was the last day of February.

However, Zhang Xuan was not in Jiangdu at this time. Rather, it is in Shanyang County, on the south bank of the Huai River, where the ditch enters the Huai, and has become an important garrison of the Sui army, where 10,000 Sui troops are stationed.

In the big tent, Zhang Xuanzheng and Fang Xuanling were discussing the matter of going north to rescue, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "The subordinates can understand the heart of making Jun go north to rescue, but the subordinates still say that, without the edict of the Son of Heaven, the Jun cannot lead the army to leave the garrison range, that is, Jianghuai, unless"

"Unless what?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Fang Xuanling also laughed, the two of them already had a very tacit understanding in their hearts and knew each other's deep meaning.

"Unless the bandits in Xuzhou are not settled, so that Jun can continue to lead the army north to suppress bandits, you must know that the Son of Heaven's order to suppress bandits has not ended, this is the only chance for Jun to go north."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I have the final say on whether there are bandits in Xuzhou, and besides, I have ordered Pei Xingyan to lead the cavalry north to find the whereabouts of Meng Haigong, I want to be as close to the Yellow River as possible, once King Qin's order is down, we will immediately cross the Yellow River to the north, so the boats crossing the river must be prepared in advance." ”

Fang Xuanling pondered for a while and asked, "Why does the envoy think that the Son of Heaven will definitely give the royal order?" ”

Of course, Zhang Xuan can't say that history is like this, he smiled and said: "Common sense inference, hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops attacked the Son of Heaven, and Lou Fu Pass has been controlled by the Turks, there are only tens of thousands of troops around the Son of Heaven, even if the Xiaoguo army captures Lou Fu Pass, there are only 150,000 troops, how can it compete with hundreds of thousands of Turkic iron cavalry, now the various armies of the Great Sui are distributed all over the world, and if the Son of Heaven wants not to be captured by the Turks, he can only issue an edict to King Qin." ”

Fang Xuanling thought of another situation, he sighed and said: "I'm afraid that King Qin's order will be made, and the powerful clans in various counties will take the opportunity to recruit troops, and if the Son of Heaven wants to abolish these local armies, it will be even more difficult, as long as the local army is supported, sooner or later the world will be in chaos." ”

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly, "I'm also worried about this, so I want to try my best to return to Beihai County, this is why I went to rescue the Son of Heaven, with the merit of saving the driver, I have the opportunity to return to Beihai County." ”

"Does the envoy want to take Yu Shiji's route?"

"That's right, I seized a few rare things in Wang Bo's hands at the beginning, and I believe he will be tempted."

"The envoy has really made a bloody investment against Yu Shiji!"

"This is called reluctant children can't trap wolves, it's just something outside the body, as long as you can go back to Beihai County, what's reluctant."

"The envoy is very right, I don't know when the envoy is going to go north to Xuzhou to suppress the bandits?"

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and smiled: "I want to set off tomorrow and go directly to Dongping County, there is a remnant of Xu Yuanlang in Juye Ze, I think Meng Haigong should hide there!" ”

Early the next morning, Zhang Xuan led 5,000 troops and 30 grain ships to the north along Surabaya, and he ordered Pei Xingyan to be the vanguard, leading a thousand cavalry to Dongping County first, at the same time, Zhang Xuan sent people to Luoyang, to report to Yang Qi, the king of Yan who stayed in the capital, that Dongping County found the remnants of Meng Haigong, and the defeated and missing Meng Haigong most likely fled north to Dongping County

At the same time that Zhang Xuan led the army north to Dongping County, the situation in Mayi County and Yanmen County was like fire and water, Yun Dingxing led an army of 50,000 to storm Loufu Pass, and the Sui army suffered heavy casualties, but the pass was extremely steep and always difficult to overcome, and as a last resort, Yun Dingxing could only temporarily retreat to Taiyuan to rectify the soldiers and horses, and the general Xue Shixiong continued to lead the army to attack Loufu Pass.

And in the north of Loufu Pass, 300,000 Turkic iron cavalry swept through Mayi County, defeated Qu Tutong 20,000 Sui troops who desperately resisted the Turkic eastward advance, Qu Tutong led thousands of remnants of the army to Yanmen County to retreat, hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry poured into Yanmen County, and conquered more than 40 passes and cities in just two days, and surrounded the Sui Emperor Yang Guang in Yanmen County.

At this time, Yang Guang's army was only 35,000 people, plus more than 100,000 residents of Yanmen County, and there were only 150,000 people in the county, and the county's grain could only support one month, while the Turkic army besieging Yanmen County was as many as 250,000, and the 200,000 Turkic army attacked in turn, the offensive was like a tide, day and night, and Yanmen City was only supported by a little geographical advantage, and the city was in danger.

Yanmen County is a large county with a circumference of 20 miles, built on a mountain rock, the north is a cliff ten zhang high, the south is the main access channel, although the county has two city gates in the north and south, but in fact only the south city gate can be used.

The city wall is about two feet eight feet high, all made of large bluestone that is a specialty of Yanmen County, making the city exceptionally tall and strong, difficult to attack, it is for this reason that the Sui army barely held the city, but it is still full of dangers.

The Turkic army mainly attacked the south and west, and outside the eastern city wall lined up 30,000 Turkic archers, who used bows and arrows exactly as powerful as the Sui army, and the flight of a large number of Han craftsmen to the north brought a great improvement to the Turkic bow-making technology.

"Ready to launch!"

A majestic Turkic commander stood on a boulder and shouted, 10,000 Turkic archers raised their bows, and 10,000 arrows pointed diagonally into the city.

"Shoot!"

The commander of ten thousand men roared, and 10,000 thick arrows came out of the string, like a black cloud to the city, and at this time, the second batch of 10,000 Turkic archers stepped forward quickly, and also fired a black oppressive arrow, followed by the third group of 10,000 archers stepped forward and fired again.

The Turkic army's arrow array was extremely terrifying, and a round of 30,000 arrows entered the city, roaring like a swarm of locusts, and the heavy arrows pierced the roofs, and a large number of people supporting the city were killed in the streets, even the women and children hiding in the rooms.

The reason why the Turkic army chose to shoot arrows outside the eastern city was because the official yamen were mainly concentrated in the area of the eastern city.

In the back hall of the county office, Yang Guang hid under the table with his young son Yang Gao in his arms, and crackling arrows shot through the roof, falling like raindrops, and inserted them in the dirt beside him, and the father and son were so frightened that they trembled.

At this time, a click shot through the table, and the tip of the arrow was inserted into the bun on the back of Yang Guang's head, almost piercing the head, Yang Guang was so frightened that his face was like ashes, and he couldn't help crying loudly, "I'm going to die here today!" (To be continued.) )