East to the northeast suburbs of Yanmen City, west to the lofty mountains of the Luliang Mountains, south to the east bank of the Hutuo River under the Taihang Yumai Mountain, the distance between each other is more than 40 miles, the four battlefields are full of killing sound and earth-shattering, swords and swords, corpses are everywhere, blood flows, all the Sui army divisions and the Turkic teams of all roads in order to win and survive, all took out the strength to eat milk to fight for their lives, and the fight was extremely fierce. However, because of factors such as the number of troops, terrain and roads, and the environment, the situation of the Sui army on the four routes was quite bad, and all of them fell behind, and Liu Changgong's army, the right guard Sui army, which was the farthest away from the battlefield, was still in the most dangerous situation, and there was a possibility of collapse at any time.

The four Sui armies are looking forward to the appearance of the turnaround predicted by the coach Chen Fuliang, even if it is the Zuotun Wei Sui Army with the best situation, the coach Yun Dingxing is constantly praying for God's blessing, praying that the turnaround predicted by Chen Fuliang will appear, or Chen Fuliang's main reinforcements can come to the aid as much as possible, but what the Sui soldiers who are in dire straits on these four roads do not know is that their main force of the Chinese army is also facing the threat of life and death at this moment. Facing the dual threat of the main force of the Turkic Chinese army and the Taiyuan Qinwang army, which had a worrying position.

Horses' hooves rumbled, flags were on fire, and tens of thousands of Turkic torches reflected the front of the Sui army's camp as if it were daytime, and at the same time as the fire behind the camp sent out a signal, the important generals of the Sui army of Qian Peng and the Sui army of Taiyuan also hurriedly came to Chen Fuliang to accept the final pre-war instructions of the commander Chen Yingliang. After glancing around at Li Jiancheng, Yang Xuan, Qin Qiong, Ma Sanbao and Guo Feng and other generals, Chen Fuliang only said one sentence with a calm expression, "Everyone, please." ”

Although he didn't expect Chen Fuliang's final instructions to be so simple, after a little flurging, the generals of the Sui army still clasped their fists neatly and sang loudly, "Obey the orders of the marshal!" ”

The main force of the Sui army, composed of 15,000 Peng soldiers and 20,000 Taiyuan soldiers, also quickly lit a large number of torches in the case of only a small number of torches illuminated before, and more than 30,000 torches fluttered in the wind, reflecting the front of the Sui military camp into a daylight. The sudden appearance of a large number of torches also had the desired effect of intimidating the enemy, and the Turkic army, which had been fierce before, subconsciously slowed down its speed, so as not to rush too fast and not be able to restrain its horses.

Chen Fuliang has always had a lot of means to intimidate the enemy, this time is no exception, when he saw the shadow of the Turkic vanguard, Chen Fuliang was just Nunu mouth, immediately five soldiers stepped forward, rushed to the front of the Sui army, lit the five gunpowder bottles and threw them at the Turkic army, the gunpowder bottles rolled in the sky and exploded, emitting thunderous noises and huge firelight, Chen Fuliang raised the command flag in his hand again, and the drummers in the Sui military camp behind him immediately beat hundreds of cowhide drums at the same time, rhythmically beating the war drums, The Turkic troops on the opposite side also involuntarily reined in their horses' heads one after another, and exchanged heads and talked about the loud explosion of gunpowder just now.

The golden wolf banner with teeth and claws appeared in the Turkic array, and Shibi Khan, who heard the loud explosion of gunpowder, did not dare to immediately order an attack, but ordered the army to form a formation quickly, and personally urged the horse to come to the front of the formation to check the enemy's situation.

"Khan, look, Duke Tang's banner!"

A Turkic general pointed to the left flank of the Sui army, Shibi Khan looked in the direction guided by his subordinates, and saw that in the left flank of the Sui army, there was indeed a big banner with the character Li fluttering high, Shibi Khan was also immediately overjoyed, and said: "Okay! As long as Duke Tang keeps his promise and defects on the verge of battle, we will win this battle! ”

"Khan, rest assured, this is also my father's last chance to get rid of Chen Yingliang's barbarian, and he won't miss it." Li Er took over the conversation next to him, his expression was still very relaxed and confident, but in his heart, Li Er was already quietly trembling, knowing that once the enemy's last conscience was eaten up by the dog, and he deliberately did not use a dummy head to deceive the enemy, then he would definitely die and could not die anymore.

Fortunately, the biggest weakness and disadvantage of Chen Fuliang is that his conscience has not been eaten up by dogs, more than two years ago in Daxing, this time is no exception, in the light of the torches, a Sui army knight rode out of the battle, rushed to the front of the Turkic array with a white flag in his hand, carried a package in front of the Turkic array, and shouted loudly in Turkic language: "Shibi Khan, our Chen Dashuai asked me to sue you, three days ago you killed our inner line Ashina Simo, today we killed your traitor Li Yuan, one report and one report, and it is flat!" ”

After shouting, the Sui army knight threw the package in front of the Turkic array, and rushed back to the Sui army formation, but Shibi Khan's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, bring that package!" ”

"How could it be that my father was killed?" Li Er also screamed in disbelief, and when the soldiers attached to the family quickly killed, brought the bloody package back to Shibi Khan, and opened the package to reveal the human head, Li Er also immediately cried loudly, and jumped off the war horse directly, kowtowed to the human head again and again, cried bitterly, and said in his mouth, "Father!" Father! Father————! ”

Of course, Shibi Khan's face had turned iron blue, but at this moment, there was also a new move on the Sui army's side, and a large group of men in tattered Turkic clothing suddenly appeared in the Sui army formation on the left flank, and a group of Sui cavalry forced them to walk towards the Turkic enemy formation with leather whips and knives and guns, and behind them, there were Sui heavy infantry lined up neatly, and those men in tattered Turkic clothes also cried in Turkic language, "Khan, don't release arrows, don't release arrows, we are all your controllers, We're all your herdsmen! ”

"How is my herdsman?" Shibi Khan was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses under the reminder of his subordinates, and guessed that these people must be Turkic soldiers who had been captured in the battle before.

At the same time, those Turkic prisoners of war had also sped up, and were forced by the Sui cavalry to charge quickly with whips and guns, and were also expelled to directly attack the front of the Turkic battle formation that had not yet been established. ”

"Khan, what should I do?" Several Turkic generals exclaimed, "Our formation is not yet in line, if we let them rush into our formation, our front line will be in chaos!" ”

"Shoot the arrows!" Shibi Khan didn't even blink his eyebrows, and immediately yelled with a blue face, "Shoot the arrows, don't let them get close!" ”

The order was conveyed, the Turkic soldiers hurriedly pulled their bows and released arrows according to the order, the feather arrows flew out of the air, and fell into the head of the Turkic prisoner of war team with a roar, and the screams also came from the Turkic prisoner of war team, and the Turkic prisoners quickly turned around and fled south, but they were stabbed down by the Sui soldiers' Xueliang swords and guns, and were forced to flee to the north again. - But there is no need to pity these nomadic robbers, it is their nature to kill, it is their instinct to plunder, adultery and plunder, murder and arson are their favorites, and if these Turkic captives are put among the common people, they will do even more unreasonable things if they are not given weapons.

At this time, the Sui heavy infantry had also advanced to a distance where they could charge, and the cavalry in front quickly dodged to the two wings, and the Sui heavy infantry shouted in unison, holding their spears and rushing directly to the front of the Turkic position, while the Sui cavalry continued to shoot the Turkic prisoners of war in the back with bows and arrows, forcing them to continue to charge forward and act as a free forward for the Sui heavy infantry.

The decisive battle of the main force of the Chinese army officially began, followed by the back of the Turkic prisoners, the heavy infantry of the Sui army strode forward and slammed the front of the Turkic battle array, and although the Turkic generals shouted loudly to order the soldiers to release arrows, but the Turkic soldiers were somewhat soft when they released arrows to their own people, so that many Turkic prisoners rushed to their front, Shibi Khan was shocked, and quickly ordered to kill these Turks, when the Sui heavy infantry had already followed, without saying a word, they stabbed the Turkic soldiers immediately, and the Turkic soldiers parried and counterattacked. The heavy infantry of the Sui army took the opportunity to get closer and fought with a large number of Turkic soldiers, pinning down the Turkic front army, and also limiting the mobility of the Turkic cavalry.

Frontal Shun lì entangled the enemy, Chen Yingliang did not rush to launch the next wave of offensive, just patiently waited for the Turkic movements, as a result, in order to share the frontal pressure, Shibi Khan really flank the army attacked, impacting the Taiyuan Sui army on the left flank of the Sui army, Li Jiancheng formed a formation according to Chen Yingliang's requirements and defended the formation, suppressed the momentum of the Turkic charge with a strong bow and crossbow, and started a fierce battle with the Turkic cavalry that rushed to the front.

The situation on the battlefield was quickly clear, the heavy infantry of the Sui army slammed the front of the Turks, and the Turkic army attacked the right flank of the Sui army. Seeing this scene, our Ambassador Li Yuan and Li were also immediately anxious - because all the people who were fighting with the Turks were his descendants, so Li Yuan hurriedly asked Chen Fuliang: "Dashuai, should we increase troops to the Turks head-on?" Amplifying our positive advantage? ”

"What's the hurry?" Chen Yingliang said coldly: "It's just the beginning, send the reserves out, how can we pursue the enemy and break through the Turkic camp in one go?" ”

Repulsed Li Yuan, Chen Fuliang raised his neck, looked into the distance to the north, and said secretly in his heart: "Shun lì entangled the Turkic Chinese army, next, it depends on whether our fake attachment can succeed." Although I have a countermeasure to the failure of the disruptive plan, you must succeed in order to win! ”

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At the same time, the battle on the battlefield of the four partial divisions became more and more tragic and cruel, especially the two teams of Liu Changgong and Xie Zichong of the Right Military Guard, who were beaten by the Turkic army to the point that they could only parry, and had no power to fight back, and the position was on the verge of collapse several times, and what made matters worse was that after receiving the order of Shibi Khan, although the Tuan Hu soldiers stationed south of Xicheng Pass were reluctant, they still sent 5,000 troops to leave the camp according to the order, and rushed east to reinforce Ashinarun to help Ashinaren besiege Liu Changgong, Win the final victory on the battlefield with the most certainty - if this Tuan Hu army rushes to the battlefield, Liu Changgong, who is not very good at fighting tough battles, will indeed have to completely collapse.

It was also a coincidence that when the five thousand Tuan Hu soldiers left the narrow road south of Xicheng Pass with torches, they just walked on the official road and turned their heads to the east, when the three knights suddenly rushed from the south with horses, and the mobile sentry of the Tuan Hu soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to block the room, but suddenly saw that these three knights were all Turkic elites with distinct armor, and the Turkic annexation led by them also showed the golden arrow token of the Turkic Khan's tent, and shouted in Turkic language: "The Khan's order!" Khan heralds! What team are you going, where are you going? ”

Seeing the Golden Arrow Token, the wandering sentinel of the Tuoba Hu soldiers did not dare to slack off, and quickly answered their own team, and then explained: "We received an order from the Khan to go east to reinforce General Nalun and help General Nalun quickly destroy the barbarian army he surrounded. By the way, did you give us orders? ”

"Khan has been shot!" The attached man with the golden arrow order shouted, "The Khan personally went to attack the barbarian camp and was seriously injured by a stray arrow, and I was ordered by the Khan to order General Nalun to retreat!" ”

"The Khan was seriously wounded by a stray arrow?" Tuoban Hu Bing was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Is the injury serious?" ”

"It's heavy, it's life-threatening!" The Turkic detachment galloped eastward while beating his horse, and shouted: "I am not giving you orders, what you should do next, decide for yourself!" ”

The three Turks fled and rushed to the east, and the mobile sentinel of the Tuoba Hu soldiers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly returned to their own team to spread the news that Shibi Khan was seriously injured by a stray arrow, and the Tuoba Hu soldiers were also in turmoil, and several leaders of the Tuoba Hu soldiers heard the news, and they also quickly ordered the army to stop advancing and gather together to discuss what to do next.

Not to mention how the Tuan Hu soldiers discussed, the three Turks rushed all the way to the east, and it didn't take long to rush to the battlefield of Liu Changgong, who was fighting fiercely, and also showed the banner of the golden arrow order to rush directly to Nalun, and at the same time kept shouting on the battlefield, "General Nalun, the Khan was hit by an arrow, and ordered you to withdraw immediately, immediately retreat!" ”

Hearing such a shout, the Turkic soldiers next to him were of course in a panic, and Nalun, who was beaming with pride, also turned back in surprise, but saw that the Turkic detachment holding the golden arrow token ran directly in front of him, and while saluting with Turkic etiquette, he presented himself with a golden arrow order, and said loudly: "General Nalun, the khan personally led the army to attack the barbarian camp, unfortunately he was seriously injured by a stray arrow, and the injury was extremely serious, our army was defeated, and I order you to withdraw to the camp immediately!" ”

"The Khan was seriously wounded by a stray arrow?" Na Lun was shocked, quickly looked at the secret words on the token, and quickly looked up to see the direction of the Sui army's camp, but was blocked by the aftermath of Taihang Mountain, only faintly saw that the sky over there was red, there was indeed a lot of fire, Na Lun's heart couldn't help but be in chaos, I don't know whether to retreat according to the order, or gnaw the fat that has been put on the side of the mouth.

"General Nalun, please withdraw quickly." The Turkic detachment urged again: "Our camp is empty, the barbarian army is in hot pursuit of the Khan, if the barbarian army takes the opportunity to attack our camp, then we will be finished!" ”

Without the camp, there would be no life rations, no money and beauties that were finally stolen from the thirty-nine cities of Yanmen, and no relatives, and in desperation, Nalun could only throw the golden arrow token back to the Turkic annex, and shouted: "Give the order to go down, knock on the gong, and retreat back to the camp!" ”

When the gong sounded, the Turkic cavalry who were fighting fiercely with the Sui army were all taken aback, and hurriedly retreated from the battlefield, of course, they immediately inquired about what happened, and when they heard that Shibi Khan was about to die, the military heart of the Turkic soldiers was naturally in chaos, and they hurriedly followed behind the banner of Nalun and hurriedly withdrew to the Turkic camp.

It was the turn of the soldiers of the Sui army to be taken aback, and Liu Changgong, who had already changed into ordinary soldiers' clothes, was even more confused, and he didn't understand how the Turkic army could suddenly retreat when he had the advantage, until He Lanyi, who had also changed into soldiers' clothes, opened his mouth to remind him, and Liu Changgong reacted violently, "That's right!" Brother Ying Liang said that the Turkic dog will definitely retreat suddenly, and then ask us to chase and kill with all our might! ”

Coming to his senses, Liu Changgong, who was not only good at escaping for his life, but also good at fighting with the wind, was unceremoniously, and immediately pulled his knife and shouted: "Brothers, rush me!" Kill all these Turkic dogs! ”

In the roaring and shouting of the order, the morale of the right military guard Sui army, which had been pressed and beaten by the Turks before, was greatly boosted, and immediately launched a counterattack under the leadership of Liu Changgong, striding after the Turkic army, which was already panicked, was also more chaotic.

At the same time, in view of the unfavorable situation of the four Sui armies, Yu Shiji, Feng Deyi and other anti-Chen factions and Fan Zigai, the pro-Chen faction, have also quarreled again, Fan Zigai swore that Chen Fuliang, who he personally promoted, would definitely be able to turn the tide of the battle and smash the siege of Yanmen, and dare to make this bet with his own head. Feng Deyi, who had a grudge against Chen Fuliang because of the lackey Su Shichang's imprisonment, was so angry that he picked up a sheep's head stone for defending the city, and said angrily: "The battle has come to this point, if Chen Yingliang can really turn the situation on the battlefield around, I will eat this stone!" ”

"Stop arguing!" Yang Zhiji, the king of Cai, who rarely spoke, suddenly opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Brother Huang, colleagues, please pay attention to our northeast battlefield, the situation there is not right!" ”

Hearing Yang Zhiji's words, Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Wenwu of Sui Ting, who were paying attention to the two battlefields in the west, quickly turned their heads, and were stunned to find that the northeast battlefield that was still full of flames before, the firelight had changed drastically, and a large number of torches lined up in a long line, rushing towards the west. Emperor Yang of Sui couldn't help but be surprised and said, "What's wrong?" Why is the army over there moving towards this side? ”

"Two possibilities." Lai Hu'er next to him analyzed: "First, the Turks have annihilated the Great Sui army on that battlefield and returned to the division to reinforce other battlefields. Second, the Great Sui army in that position turned the tide, defeated the Turkic army and was pursuing. ”

"Of the two, which one is the biggest?" Emperor Yang of Sui hurriedly asked.

"It's ......." Lai Hu'er hesitated for a moment and replied, "Wei Chen can't guess this." ”

"You can't guess?" Emperor Yang of Sui was taken aback.

Lai Hu'er nodded, and the veterans of the battlefield such as Yuwenshu, Pei Renji, and Dugusheng next to him also said: "Your Majesty, we can't guess that it stands to reason that even if the Turkic army defeats our army, it will take some time to chase and kill or divide the troops to chase and kill, but depending on the situation, the Turkic army is retreating on all fronts." If our army had defeated the Turks, it seemed unlikely, our army there had been besieged by the Turks, and if there had been a counteroffensive with the strength, it would have been done a long time ago, and it was impossible to wait until now. ”

Getting such an answer, Emperor Yang of Sui couldn't help but be full of surprise, and Fan Zigai next to him said triumphantly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, when our Great Sui army defeats the Turks, we will know the reason." Feng Neishi, put away your sheep's head stone, and think about it casually, whether you will steam and eat that stone or boil it in a while. ”