The peasants unloaded the grain and grass, said goodbye and left, and soon Pei Xingyan rushed to hear the news, he carefully looked at a pile of grain and grass on the ground, that is, hundreds of stone grain, but the feed is good, it is concentrate feed, about more than 1,000 loads.

The Sui army came lightly, and the surplus horses were used to transport tents, and the grain and grass they brought was indeed not much, and it could only last for three to four days, so these grain and grass came at the right time.

Pei Xingyan immediately ordered: "Bring the grain and grass back to the camp." ”

At this time, a general reminded: "General, the origin of these grains and grass is unknown, so as to prevent fraud." ”

Pei Xingyan nodded, his scouts patrolled the surroundings and didn't find any villages, these villagers who delivered grain were indeed inexplicable.

He then ordered, "Order the grain Cao to carefully inspect this batch of grain and grass." ”

More than 1,000 soldiers of the Sui army led the horses out and transported the grain and grass back to the camp, and an unexpected appearance reminded Pei Xingyan, who ordered again that the soldiers were not allowed to take off their armor while resting, the weapons were not allowed to leave their hands, and the horses were not allowed to leave the tent......

In a steep place at the foot of the mountain, Chai Shao was squinting at the Sui army camp under the mountain, he was also looking forward to the Sui army camp being in chaos, if that was the case, he would get what he wanted.

People are always slowly maturing, changing their mentality and changing their minds with the change of environment, Chai Shao was simple and hot-blooded, and was played by Yang Yuanqing when he was repairing Fenyang Palace, and even almost died.

But at this time, Chai Shao was already in his thirties and became a high-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty, and his heart gradually matured due to the deception of officialdom, and he began to have a city government, a scheming, and knew how to use various means to seek his own interests, of course, he knew how to avoid risks.

Duan Decao next to him said worriedly: "General, General Qiu is too risky to do this, Sui Jun is not a fool." Even if Pei Xingyan couldn't think of it for a while. But the other generals may not have imagined that if they detect fraud, General Qiu will be in danger. The general should dissuade him, or send someone to remind him. ”

"He is a man of King Qin, can I dissuade him?"

Chai Shao replied lukewarmly. Turning back to the castle, he listened to his order from afar: "The herald orders that all troops are not allowed to go back to the camp to sleep, but only to rest on the spot!" ”

Duan Decao sighed, he felt that Chai Shao didn't seem to care about Qiu Xinggong's life or death at all, and even expected Qiu Xinggong to have an accident......

In a large tent with a patchwork of tops, Pei Xingyan walked extremely fast, and took two long legs, so that his soldiers had to trot to keep up.

He walked briskly to a dozen large tents to the north, where grain, grass and other supplies were stored. Sentinels stood all around, heavily guarded.

Walking into a big tent, Cang Cao Shenjun, who was in charge of managing grain and grass, hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute. Pei Xingyan didn't have the heart to talk nonsense with him. He immediately said, "Where?" ”

"General, please come with me."

Cang Cao led Pei Xingyan to another big tent, where more than 1,000 loads of good horse feed were piled up. These are the things that the nearby farmers sent to the army just now.

The military officer squatted down in front of the hay, he picked up a handful of broken hay from the bottom and presented it to Pei Xingyan, "General, please take a closer look!" ”

Pei Xingyan looked carefully at the forage in his hand, all of which were half-inch-long fine materials, but there was a lot of pale yellow powder in the middle.

Pei Xingyan grabbed a handful of the forage casually, put it on his hand and checked it carefully, he also found that there was also a lot of light yellow powder on these forages, he dipped a little in his index finger and put it in his mouth, the taste was slightly bitter, his brows furrowed, "What are these yellow powders?" ”

"Report to the General, these powders are croton powder."

The military officer said with palpitations: "We are short of horse material, and these horse materials are ready to be distributed tonight, but the humble duty carefully checked the horse material and found that it was mixed with a large amount of croton powder, if the war horse eats it, there will be serious consequences." ”

Pei Xingyan sneered, "What a Chai Shao, he actually used this method, then try it!" ”

He then ordered: "Pass my order, all the soldiers can no longer sleep, stand by the horses and stand by!" ”……

Qiu Xinggong led a thousand cavalry to hide in a wooded area a few miles away, he was very nervous, but at the same time full of anticipation, he found that the Sui army had come with light troops, and they had carried hundreds of tents.

So for the Sui army, the lack of grain and grass is inevitable, and the grain and grass he sent should be urgently needed by the Sui army, and there is no problem with the grain, but he mixed a large amount of croton powder into the horse material, due to the similar color, if you don't check carefully, it is difficult to see these croton powder stuck to the forage.

Qiu Xinggong seemed to have seen the scene of the Sui army's war horses falling down, he knew what kind of chaos would be caused by the loss of war horses for the cavalry, and the 10,000 chaotic Sui army would definitely block the 1,000 brave and sharp Tang army cavalry.

Qiu Xinggong is thirty-eight years old this year, for a Sui Dynasty who can serve as a taishou in his teens and lead troops to fight, a thirty-eight-year-old man is indeed a little old, if he is a civilian official, he may have more than 20 years of career, but for military generals, a fifty-year-old veteran should retire from the army, or become the commander of an army, or transfer to the court.

But Qiu Xinggong is still only a hussar general of Tiance Mansion, and Wei Chigong is also a hussar general, but he is Li Shimin's most trusted general, Yuwenshi and also a hussar general, but he has the title of governing the book and serving the imperial history, and he is deeply trusted by the emperor.

Hou Junji was also a hussar general, but he was a veteran of the army, and he had the surrender of Guogong, and Duan Zhihong was also a hussar general, but he also served as Zuo Yiwei's general.

All the dozen or so hussar generals were either better mixed than him, or much younger than him, and had a great future, but Qiu Xinggong was still a thirty-eight-year-old soldier.

The only glory he can get is that he is ranked tenth among the top ten fierce generals in the world, but he knows very well in his heart that his strength is not as good as a few years ago, and his physical strength has also begun to decline.

If you really gather a group of fierce generals in the world together to compete, it would be good for him to be ranked in the top 100, and he, the world's number one fierce general, is really a bit unreliable.

A thirty-eight-year-old man, the pressure he is under is not something that young people can understand, and if he doesn't come out again, I'm afraid he won't have a bright future.

Qiu Xinggong bet on the happiness of the rest of his life for this battle, and bet on his last trace of passion like the sunset.

In the darkness, a dark figure rushed in, it was a Tang Army scout, and he brought the news that Qiu Xinggong was expecting.

"Report to the General. There was chaos in the camp of the Sui army. There was an exclamation, and many of the outlying patrol soldiers hurried back to the camp, and something big must have happened in the camp. ”

Qiu Xinggong congratulated. The moment he was looking forward to had come, he turned on his horse, straightened up and shouted to the thousand Tang cavalry: "The time has come to make a great achievement." After this battle, all the princes are princes! ”

The 1,000 cavalry suddenly perked up, shouted in a low voice, and immediately waited for the moment of attack.

Qiu Xinggong stared at the Sui army camp for a long time, and suddenly waved his sword, "Attack!" ”

He jumped out of his horse and led a thousand cavalry to gallop towards the Sui army camp, galloping like the wind in the dark. It is like a night elf galloping, and the momentum is overwhelming.

They did not encounter any Sui army patrols, and rushed to the front of the Sui army camp in an instant. There were no spears around the camp. There was only a five-foot-wide trench.

Qiu Xinggong's war horse jumped over the trench with a large iron spear and entered the Sui army camp. A thousand cavalry crossed the trench and followed him into the depths of the Sui camp.

After knocking over more than a dozen tents in a row, Qiu Xinggong's face had changed color, the Sui army camp was already empty, and an exclamation suddenly sounded in the barracks, which was the exclamation of the Tang army cavalry.

"Withdraw! Evacuate! ”

Qiu Xinggong shouted loudly, he took the lead in turning his horse's head and running outside the Sui camp, but it was too late, outside the Sui camp, dense Sui cavalry killed from all directions, blocking the escape of the Tang cavalry.

The Tang cavalry was in chaos, they failed several times, and the dense rain of arrows caused the Tang cavalry to fall off their horses one after another, and the screams rang out.

Qiu Xinggong's mind was blank, he almost instinctively rushed out to kill, he didn't care about the other Tang Army, he just thought that he could kill it.

At this moment, a loud roar came from the side, "General Tang, take your life!" ”

As soon as Qiu Xinggong turned around, he was suddenly frightened, only to see that in the light of the hunting fire, a burly Sui army was urging the horse to rush from the oblique thorn, holding a long lance, murderous.

Qiu Xinggong knew this person, it was Pei Xingyan, the fifth fierce general in the world, and he was also the chief general of the Sui army he wanted to kill in this sneak attack.

Pei Xingyan was killed in front of him in an instant, he recognized the person in front of him at a glance, and couldn't help sneering, it turned out to be the tenth fierce in the world.

"Take your life!"

Pei Xingyan's long lance was as fast as lightning, and he was distracted, Pei Xingyan and Luo Shixin's martial arts were half a catty and eight taels, Luo Shixin's martial arts were powerful, and he could withstand Li Xuanba's hammer blows, coupled with the essence of marksmanship, he won the essence of Zhang Xutuo's martial arts, and Gu was ranked fourth in the world.

And Pei Xingyan is on par with Luo Shixin in terms of strength, but he does not have Luo Shixin's spirit in marksmanship, but Pei Xingyan's marksmanship is also outstanding, that is, fast.

He can stab dozens of lances in an instant, like pear blossoms flying, and like a torrential rain, in terms of assassination speed, no one in the world can compare with him.

Although Qiu Xinggong was the tenth fierce in the world, he was much older after all, and his reaction was a little slower, and when he was about to block the tip of Pei Xingyan's lance, there was an explosive pain in his heart.

He lowered his head slowly, Pei Xingyan's long lance had already pierced into his chest, and the tip of the lance pierced his back, stabbing him through the cold.

Qiu Xinggong suddenly let out an earth-shattering scream, fell from his horse to the ground, and died under Pei Xingyan's lance......

Just half an hour after Qiu Xinggong was killed, Chai Shao sent another eagle letter written in blood to Chang'an.

"The minister wants to break the Sui army with the power of death, but the soldiers are outnumbered, it is difficult to support alone, it is difficult to match the Sui army's iron cavalry, the general Qiu Xinggong unfortunately died, although the minister was defeated, but the fighting spirit is not declining, the minister has been determined to die, rather die on the battlefield, than let the Sui army enter the pass to take a step, may God bless my Tang Dynasty!"

Although there is no mention of Li Shentong in his blood book, all of Chai Shao's spearheads are aimed at Li Shentong, who escaped from disaster in the south.

Without Li Shentong's escape to the south, how can he show his perseverance?

Without Qiu Xinggong's death, how can he show his tragedy?

Without his perseverance and his tragedy, how could Kannai Dao fall into his hands?

The power of high-level figures does not lie in his political achievements, but in the attitude he shows at critical moments