On the east bank of the Hutuo River, the enemy's right armed guard division on the back of the abdomen carried the Turkic onslaught from the north and south at the same time, and the Turkic army that wanted to completely annihilate this Sui army's partial division was like two groups of hungry and crazy wolves, constantly attacking and pounced, frantically biting the Sui army's position, and constantly divided his troops to seize the roadside highlands, in a vain attempt to attack the waist of the Sui army from a high position, forcing Xie Zichong to divide his troops to climb the mountain to protect the high ground. Fierce mountain battles with the Turkic army in the mountains and forests on the eastern side.

It is also thanks to the fact that the elite of the right military guard has already withdrawn from the Liaodong battlefield and returned to the team, and the overall combat effectiveness has been qualitatively improved, if it is replaced by the second-line army when the eastern capital defended the war, the right military guard division must have collapsed on the whole line, and the dead bodies are floating all over the Hutuo River, but even so, the right military guard division is still retreating from the impact of the Turkic army, and the position space is gradually reduced, and the Sui army officers and soldiers have failed to recapture the position several times in counterattack, and with the gradual reduction of the internal space, the flanks of the Sui army have become more and more fragile- If the Turks seized the high ground next to it, they would be condescending to throw stones on the road, and a large stone could also cause huge casualties to the Sui soldiers.

There is also the main force of the right guard, because the Turkic army divided its troops to block the Sui army's eastward road, the main force of the right guard who was attacked on all sides could only be forced to fight in formation, hastily formed a square circle formation in the open area northeast of Yanmen City, and carried the Turkic cavalry from all directions to attack, the Turkic generals roared and roared outside the formation, forcing the soldiers of the self-army to charge repeatedly and keep charging, Liu Changgong and He Lanyi were sweating profusely in the battle shouting and cheering, demanding that the soldiers of the self-army resolutely resist, and the Turkic army must not be allowed to rush into the inner circle of the Sui army. However, because of the hasty formation of the formation, the turtle formation of the Sui army was not perfectly formed, and the formation was loosened several times in the face of the impact of the Turkic army, not only did it not give the Turkic army enough counterattack strength, but the casualties were quite small.

"Brother Yingliang, I'm afraid I won't last long, you can send me reinforcements quickly!" Quietly wailing in his heart, our General Liu secretly ordered the henchmen and soldiers beside him to prepare the clothes of ordinary soldiers for themselves.

The battle was also fierce on the side of Jiangdu Qin's Wang army, although Wang Shichong ordered the army to fight and retreat to the foot of the mountain and then fight in formation, so that the army could fight a little easier against the mountain, but as the Jiangdu Sui army continued to move westward, the Turkic army was still aware of Wang Shichong's plan, and the Turkic general Ashina Tuli who was in charge of this battlefield was also very smart, and after an order, a Turkic army rushed back to the west, blocking Wang Shichong's westward retreat road, and completely shattered Wang Shichong's dream of fighting on his back to the mountain, Wang Shichong had no choice but to temporarily change his plan, ordered the army to form a formation on the spot, and fought fiercely with the Turks in an open area more than three miles away from the mountainous area, and carried the Turkic onslaught from all directions like Liu Changgong.

Wang Shichong's Jiangdu Sui army was all infantry, attached great importance to the battle, and the hasty formation was quite fast, and it didn't take long to form the Fangyuan array, and according to Chen Fuliang's requirements, the Qian Peng Sui army was protected at the core of the phalanx, so as not to let the Qian Peng Sui army be attacked by the enemy. But as the fierce battle continued and the casualties expanded, Wang Shichong, who had never liked to suffer losses, also moved his eyes and sent someone to contact Kan Liang, under the pretext of asking how to cooperate with Kan Liang to fight, and took the opportunity to test Kan Liang's attack time, Kan Liang directly told Wang Shichong's messenger, saying: "After we receive the battle order, we will discuss with you how to cooperate in the battle." ”

After getting Kan Liang's reply, the anxious Wang Shichong also suddenly rushed over, "If you want to preserve your strength, just say that we are all surrounded by Turkic groups, how can we communicate with the outside world?" How do you get a combat order? But in addition to being furious, Wang Shichong, who had been explained by Chen Fuliang in advance, did not dare to force the Peng Sui army to participate in the war, so he had to swallow his anger and continue to command the army to resist the Turkic onslaught.

Wang Shichong was anxious, but there were more people than him, and the Sui Tingwenwu, who was watching the battle at the head of Yanmen City at the moment, was more anxious and worried than Wang Shichong, and saw the fierce battle with the torches from a distance, and understood that his team was ambushed by the Turks, and it was a matter of his own life, Sui Tingwenwu was of course a heart like fire, anxious, and the people who presided over the affairs of defending the city discussed several times to send troops out of the city to respond, but they couldn't make up their minds - if they couldn't send reinforcements to meet them, The last defending force of the city has also been exhausted, and the Great Sui Imperial Court may have to be served by the Turkic army tomorrow.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and at this time, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was also anxious, also went up to the city to watch the battle, and went to the front line to understand the battle situation, and when he saw the Sui army fighting fiercely with the Turks far away from the city, Emperor Yang of Sui, who had a lot of battlefield experience, also noticed that the situation was not good, and hurriedly asked everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, didn't Fan Aiqing report to me just now, saying that the war was going well?" Such a war situation can also be called a smooth progress? ”

No one dared to say anything, but Fan Zigai arched his hand and said: "Please rest assured, Chen Yingliang has always used troops well, our army has fought fiercely with the Turks in several battlefields, it must be due to his pre-war arrangement, and the purpose must be to create a better fighter, I believe that it will not be long before the war situation will change dramatically, and the Turkic siege of Yanmen City is likely to be crushed by our soldiers tonight." ”

Hearing Fan Zigai's answer, Emperor Yang of Sui's face was solemn, and he said with a gloomy face for a while: "I hope so." ”

At the same time, the fourth Sui army, the main force of Zuotunwei personally led by Yun Dingxing, has also gone north to the edge of the Turkic camp, seeing that the Turkic army has never come out of the camp to intercept, although Chen Yingliang has also explained before, saying that if there is an unexpected situation that is not intercepted by the Turks, the army of Zuotun Weiqin Wang will go to reinforce Wang Shichong and join forces with Wang Shichong to resist the enemy. Although Chen Yingliang's consideration was not unscrupulous, at this critical moment, General Yun, who has always valued his life more than anything else, hesitated, and asked left and right with a little trembling: "What should I do?" Do you really go to reinforce Wang Shichong? Wang Shichong was fighting in the northwest of the Turkic camp, and when we went there, the Turkic army cut off our rear route again, and then we were in big trouble. ”

Fortunately, General Yun is unreliable, several henchmen and generals around him are quite reliable, Zhu Cang, who is eager for meritorious service, resolutely advocates going north to participate in the war, and Miao Haichao, who wants to repay Chen Fuliang, also advocates acting according to orders, even the veteran Liu Jingye, who once stood on Li Yuan's side and Chen Fuliang, also pointed out: "General, we have no way out, it is already a capital crime to not save friendly troops on the battlefield, plus if you don't save friendly troops, you are disobeying military orders, and the crime is added to the crime, and the court will investigate it in the future, and Yuwen Zhuguo will not be able to protect you!" ”

The muscles on the thin old man's face twitched a few times, and our old general Yun still said helplessly: "Then go and save Wang Shichong, send an order to the whole army, bypass the enemy camp and continue to go north, and go to the battlefield closest to us to participate in the battle." Pay attention to the flanks, to prevent the Turks from attacking us, and when you find the Turks, immediately move closer to me. ”

The order was conveyed, and the 25,000 Zuotun guards kept walking, bypassing the Turkic camp and continuing to reinforce north, and the Turkic scouts reported the situation to Shibi Khan, who was somewhat taken aback and surprised: "Really went north?" Chen Yingliang little barbarian, do you really want to turn tonight's reinforcement battle into a final battle? ”

"Khan, Chen Yingliang has no choice." Li Er said with a smile: "His foundation in the Central Plains Imperial Court is too shallow, and any way to the annihilation of King Qin's army may lead him to lose his official position and resign, or even deprive him of his title, and he can only fight a decisive battle." ”

After nodding, Shibi Khan shouted loudly: "Summons mud steps, Yu shot, attack according to the original plan!" Chen Yingliang wants to fulfill him tonight! Also, pay attention to identify the enemy, confirm that it is the barbarian army, and report it to me immediately! ”

After Shibi Khan's order quickly reached the west of the camp, the two generals of the Ashina family had also taken 40,000 Turkic troops out of the camp and assembled, and at the same time, the forward of the Zuotunwei army led by Yun Dingxing had exposed the flanks in front of the two generals of Nibu and Yu Shot, but Nibu and Yu Shot did not rush to order the torch to launch an attack, but waited until the Zuotun Guard army crossed their formation, and the Chinese army exposed the flanks. All the way to the rear army of the Zuotun Guard, all the way to the Central Army of the Zuo Tun Guard, the fourth battlefield of the decisive battle of Yanmen was also opened.

Fortunately, the Zuotunwei army was ready to prevent the attack on the flanks as early as when it decided to take the risk of reinforcing Wang Shichong, the distance between the front, middle and rear armies was very close, and the Turkic side had just launched an attack, and the front army and the rear army had already moved closer to the Chinese army, and quickly arranged a circle formation to protect the Chinese army and deal with the Turkic raid, so when the Turkic army rushed to the front, the Zuotunwei side had basically gathered into a group, arranged a long shield to protect the flank from the enemy, and immediately suppressed the impact of the Turkic army with a strong bow and crossbow, Although it allowed the fast-moving Turkic army to rush to the front of the battle in close combat, it also completely shattered the dream of the Turkic army to cut off the waist of the Zuotunwei army.

Failed to cut off the Zuotun guard, the Turkic army was not in a hurry, immediately extended to the two wings, and soon surrounded the Zuotun Wei Sui army on three sides, surrounded Yun Dingxing for a while, and at the same time quickly identified the identity of this Sui army, and then found that this Sui army was not Taiyuan Qinwang army, Nibu and Yu Shot two generals did not dare to slack off, and quickly reported the situation to Shibi Khan, and decided the critical moment of the decisive battle of Yanmen tonight, and also came.

"Is it to send troops south and fight a decisive battle with Chen Yingliang's barbarians? Or send reserves to reinforce the ambush battlefield and concentrate on eating the barbarian armies one by one? ”

Playing with the golden arrow token in his hand, Shibi Khan was hesitant to make up his mind, and the members of the Ashina family next to him were also silent, it was difficult to make this difficult decision, and his face was the same as that of Shibi Khan, extremely solemn. In the sweat tent, only Li Er's expression was the most relaxed - if Shibi Khan decided not to open the fifth battlefield at this moment, it was because Chen Fuliang's hook was not good enough and not clever enough, and it had nothing to do with Li Er, Li Er naturally couldn't worry about it for his rival Chen Fuliang, but Li Er didn't say anything, and let Shibi Khan decide for himself.

All kinds of military intelligence and war reports continue to be sent to Shibi Khan and Chen Fuliang respectively like flowing water, and all that is sent to Shibi Khan is good news, the Turkic army is progressing smoothly in all battlefields, but because of the lack of strength, it will be difficult to defeat the Sui army on each battlefield for a while and a half, but as long as Shibi Khan sends them a rear army reserve, it is possible to eat a Sui army on the battlefield, but in the face of the temptation of the Sui army of the king of Qinqin, Shibi Khan has been slow to make up his mind.

All the bad news sent to Chen Fuliang was surrounded, Liu Changgong was surrounded, Xie Zichong was surrounded, Wang Shichong and Yun Dingxing were also surrounded, and the Qin Wang Sui army on the four battlefields was surrounded by the Turks, and there was a danger of annihilation of the whole army.

Chen Yingliang's face was strict, and the face of the Yin Shishi next to him was even stricter, and he wanted to persuade Chen Yingliang to make a decision several times, but every time the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back. Although Li Jing's expression was also very nervous, he took the initiative to say to Chen Fuliang: "Dashuai, be patient, the fish have to take a look around before swallowing the bait, let alone people?" ”

Chen Fuliang's face was gloomy, and he didn't say anything, but he felt that time was both fast and slow, as fast as meteor lightning, and as slow as an old ox pulling a cart, as if solidified, but Li Yuan, who was forcibly brought to the battle by Chen Yingliang, was the most relaxed, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the last general, the decisive battle has been formed as desired, and next, it depends on how the commander breaks the Turks." ”

Chen Fuliang still didn't pay attention to Li Yuan's yin and yang weirdness, but Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, came to the Chinese army flag formation again, and urged Chen Yingliang: "Dashuai, it's already the beginning of the fourth watch, even if the night is long now, there are more than two hours, and the sky should be light, what should we do next, please give instructions quickly." ”

"Wait!" Chen Fuliang's voice was so hoarse that he didn't even know him, and said viciously: "Keep waiting!" ”

The price of waiting was that the casualties of the Sui army continued to expand, and in the case of being completely surrounded by the Turks, the four Sui armies were scattered all over the battlefield nearly forty miles apart, struggling to support, unable to rescue each other, unable to echo each other, the Sui army soldiers fell on the four battlefields every minute, but the Turkic army was attacking and attacking every minute. Every Sui army was looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements, or the turning point predicted by Chen Fuliang, but the reinforcements and the turnaround were delayed.

Liu Changgong has already changed into a soldier's clothes, General Yun's face has begun to turn pale, and Wang Shichong has already sent someone to ask Kan Liang again when he will make a move? Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Wenwu of the Sui Dynasty had turned blue and black on the Yanmen City, and Fan Zigai, who strongly supported Chen Fuliang, and the anti-Chen factions such as Yu Shiji and Feng Deyi had already quarreled, and finally it was Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty who roared like thunder to end their quarrel, "Enough!" Shut up! ”

After the roar was over, Emperor Yang of Sui slammed his fist on the arrow stack, making a bang.

With a bang, Shibi Khan inadvertently knocked over the goat's milk brought by the maid, and the white goat's milk was sprinkled all over the ground, like blood flowing on the battlefield, and after a slap that whipped the poor maid to the ground and rolled, Shibi Khan stood up and said viciously: "It's time to decide, is it to eat some barbarian teachers?" Or take a gamble and take down Chen Yingliang's barbarian's head? You say, how to choose? ”

Still no one dared to speak up, at this critical moment of success or failure, Ashina's family and the Turkic ministers were all silent, so as not to say the wrong thing and carry the black pot in the future, Li Er wanted to express his opinion, and after opening his mouth, he closed his mouth again, and swallowed back the words that had been said to his mouth.

Coincidentally, Li Er's small action happened to be seen by Shibi Khan, and Shibi Khan, who was in need of advice, took the initiative to say: "Second son, if you have anything to say, it's okay." ”

"You want me to say it, don't blame me." Li Er muttered in his heart, and then he arched his hand and said: "Khan, the junior just wants to remind you of one thing, behind Chen Yingliang's barbarians, there are still reinforcements constantly arriving, and there are quite a few of them. ”

Shibi Khan was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered a big problem - if he couldn't completely defeat the Qinwang Sui army tonight, then no matter how many Qinwang Sui troops were eliminated on the battlefield of the partial division, in a few days, there would be more or even stronger Sui army enemies in front of the army.

"Gotta take a gamble." Shibi Khan made up his mind and shouted: "Pass the order, the last 60,000 reserves, all from the southern gate, will be led by me to fight a decisive battle with Chen Yingliang's barbarians!" ”

The tent agreed, and immediately rushed out of the tent to give an order, and Shibi Khan quickly ordered: "Order the Hu soldiers, let them send 5,000 troops, march east to reinforce Nalun, and help Nalun kill the barbarian army in the east." Then join forces with Naren and eat the barbarian army one by one! ”

After arranging the plan of action of the Tuo Qi Hu soldiers, and arranging for his son Shi Ben to stay in the camp, Shibi Khan pointed his finger at Li Er and shouted: "Second son, you also go south and go to a decisive battle with Chen Yingliang's barbarians!" ”

Li Er smiled and arched his hand and said, "Take the order, the younger generation can't ask for it." ”

The 60,000 Turkic reserves, which were already fully armed, quickly came out of the camp from the south gate and assembled into an army in front of the camp, including the attached Chinese army of Shibi Khan, and then immediately after, the golden wolf flag with teeth and claws also appeared in the middle of this Turkic army, under the banner of the golden wolf, Shibi Khan's golden helmet and golden armor, sitting high on the saddle of the sweaty and bloody horse, with a hideous face, Li Er rode a white horse, accompanied by Shibi Khan under the supervision of the attached soldiers, with a relaxed expression and a smile on the corner of his mouth.

At the second moment of the fourth watch, the last Turkic reserve was assembled, and the generals of each army flew the news of the team in place in front of Shibi Khan, who didn't talk nonsense, pulled out his golden waist knife and pointed to the south in front of him, shouting: "Attack!" Who can take the head of Chen Yingliang's barbarian and reward a thousand gold! ”

The banner is like the sea, the torches are like stars, the horse's hooves are like thunder, and the dense Turkic cavalry follows closely under the banner of the golden wolf, surging south like a torrent tide, unstoppable. Seeing this scene, the scouts of the Sui army, who had been impatient for a long time, hurried their horses and charged south at all costs, and sent the news that Shibi Khan personally led the army south to Chen Fuliang at a speed sufficient to kill the war horse.

Hearing the news that Shibi Khan had finally taken the bait, Chen Fuliang not only did not overjoy, but was stunned for a full two minutes, and then turned to the Yin World Master next to him and ordered: "Yin Taishou, light a fire behind the camp, send a signal, let us pretend to be attached and act according to the plan." ”

The Yin Shishi agreed, and immediately personally flew to the camp to give the order, Chen Fuliang then let go of the fist that had been clenched for an unknown amount of time, but found that the palm of the palm was a little painful, and when he looked closely, he unexpectedly found that the palms of his hands were dripping with blood, and they were actually pinched by his own nails. Then, Chen Fuliang also smiled and said: "The executioner of the peasant rebel army with blood on his hands will finally have his hands covered with the blood of friends this time." ”

When the light of the torches of the Turkic Chinese army led by Shibi Khan himself was in sight, the open space behind the camp of the Sui army also lit a huge bonfire, seeing this gradually rising bonfire, on the top of the mountains on both sides in front of the Sui army camp, two bonfires were also lit successively, and then saw these two piles of bonfires on the top of the mountain, behind the Turkic Chinese army, in the mountains and forests on the side of the road, there were also sneakily drilled out of some active figures and horses, after riding the war horse, these figures in a group of three, quietly trotted towards the battlefields where there was a loud shouting and killing sound, In his hand, he also held a dazzling light of arrows, golden arrows.

At the same time, there was no turning point on the battlefield for a long time, and Emperor Yang of Sui once again slammed his fist on the arrow stack, shouting: "What is Chen Yingliang doing? What are you doing? My army has been surrounded by the Turks, why hasn't he moved yet? "The south gate out of the camp, assembled in front of the camp into an army, including the Shibi Khan's attached Chinese army, and then, the golden wolf flag with teeth and claws also appeared in the middle of this Turkic army, under the banner of the golden wolf, the Shibi Khan's golden helmet and golden armor, sitting on the saddle of the sweaty and bloody horse, with a hideous face, Li Er rode a white horse, under the supervision of the attached soldiers, accompanied by the Shibi Khan, with a relaxed expression and a smile on the corner of his mouth.

At the second moment of the fourth watch, the last Turkic reserve was assembled, and the generals of each army flew the news of the team in place in front of Shibi Khan, who didn't talk nonsense, pulled out his golden waist knife and pointed to the south in front of him, shouting: "Attack!" Who can take the head of Chen Yingliang's barbarian and reward a thousand gold! ”

The banner is like the sea, the torches are like stars, the horse's hooves are like thunder, and the dense Turkic cavalry follows closely under the banner of the golden wolf, surging south like a torrent tide, unstoppable. Seeing this scene, the scouts of the Sui army, who had been impatient for a long time, hurried their horses and charged south at all costs, and sent the news that Shibi Khan personally led the army south to Chen Fuliang at a speed sufficient to kill the war horse.

Hearing the news that Shibi Khan had finally taken the bait, Chen Fuliang not only did not overjoy, but was stunned for a full two minutes, and then turned to the Yin World Master next to him and ordered: "Yin Taishou, light a fire behind the camp, send a signal, let us pretend to be attached and act according to the plan." ”

The Yin Shishi agreed, and immediately personally flew to the camp to give the order, Chen Fuliang then let go of the fist that had been clenched for an unknown amount of time, but found that the palm of the palm was a little painful, and when he looked closely, he unexpectedly found that the palms of his hands were dripping with blood, and they were actually pinched by his own nails. Then, Chen Fuliang also smiled and said: "The executioner of the peasant rebel army with blood on his hands will finally have his hands covered with the blood of friends this time." ”

When the light of the torches of the Turkic Chinese army led by Shibi Khan himself was in sight, the open space behind the camp of the Sui army also lit a huge bonfire, seeing this gradually rising bonfire, on the top of the mountains on both sides in front of the Sui army camp, two bonfires were also lit successively, and then saw these two piles of bonfires on the top of the mountain, behind the Turkic Chinese army, in the mountains and forests on the side of the road, there were also sneakily drilled out of some active figures and horses, after riding the war horse, these figures in a group of three, quietly trotted towards the battlefields where there was a loud shouting and killing sound, In his hand, he also held a dazzling light of arrows, golden arrows.

At the same time, there was no turning point on the battlefield for a long time, and Emperor Yang of Sui once again slammed his fist on the arrow stack, shouting: "What is Chen Yingliang doing? What are you doing? My army has been surrounded by the Turks, why hasn't he moved yet? ”