Yang Yuanqing's 45,000 Fengzhou army and 100,000 Turkic army have been facing each other for three days, if it was in the past, the Sui army's equipment was superior, Yang Yuanqing would take the initiative to attack, looking for fighters, but now it is different, the equipment of the Turkic army is close to the Sui army, and the opponent's strength is twice as much as his own, if it is a hard battle, even if the Fengzhou army is undefeated, it will suffer heavy casualties, which is contrary to his original intention.

More importantly, Yang Yuanqing wanted to drag down the Turkic army, reduce the pressure on Yanmen County, and wait for reinforcements to arrive, or Su Lie cut off the Turkic army's logistics and grain routes, then the Turkic army would inevitably be in chaos and forced to retreat north, and that was when the fighter arrived.

Surrounded by hundreds of guards, Yang Yuanqing rode on a hill and stared at the Turkic army camp several miles away, the camp of the 100,000 army was huge, spread like a carpet on the vast field.

It can be seen from the neatness of the opponent's camp that the opponent's commander is an experienced general, who fights steadily and steadily, and wants to win with superior forces, and will not take shortcuts.

For such a commander, Yang Yuanqing was more cautious, at this time, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he took out a letter and handed it to a personal soldier, "Shoot this letter into the enemy's camp!" ”

At this time, a group of more than 100 Turkic cavalry greeted him, and the soldiers opened their bows and shot arrows with letters at each other, and he turned his horse's head and ran towards the hills, and the Turkic cavalry did not pursue, and some soldiers picked up the letter and ran to the camp.

Yang Yuanqing saw it clearly, he smiled, and said to the left and right: "Go back to the camp!" ”

Hundreds of people turned their horses and headed towards the camp.

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The Turkic commander is the general Ashina Kunji, who is also a Turkic royal family, about thirty-seven or eight years old this year, and is the younger brother of the Qimin Khan. Shibi Khan's uncle was also an extremely important figure in the Turks. He was named Teller by Shibi Khan.

Ashina Kunji is more cautious. He knew very well that Yang Yuanqing was powerful in the grassland, and the Turkic soldiers were generally afraid of him, and the morale would not be high, and more importantly. Yang Yuanqing knew the Turkic army very well, and he could grasp the weaknesses of the Turkic army. This made Ashina Kunji more cautious and did not dare to attack easily, and he was also waiting for Yang Yuanqing to take the initiative to attack.

Then. A soldier rushed into the tent. Holding a letter in his hand, he said: "Teller, there is a letter from the Sui army." ”

Ashina Kunji hurriedly took the letter, only to see that the envelope was written in Turkic script: 'Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Sui Fengzhou, to the Turkic generals', which is Yang Yuanqing's handwritten letter.

Ashina Kunji hurriedly opened the letter, which turned out to be a letter about war, inviting each side to send 10,000 troops to fight. Time is arbitrary, this is the traditional way of fighting the Turks. The two sides agreed on the number of people, the place and time, and no matter whether they won or lost, they were not allowed to support, but this was only within the Turks, and it was the first time that they fought against the Sui Dynasty.

Ashina Kunji sneered and shouted, "Where is Hutai? ”

A Turkic commander came in response, "Humble duty! ”

"The Sui army comes to make an appointment, you can lead 10,000 troops from your headquarters to fight, defeat the Sui army for me, and severely demoralize the enemy."

"Obey the order!"

In a short time, a Turkic cavalry of 10,000 men rushed out of the tent and rushed towards the vast wilderness, and Ashina Kunji followed dozens of generals to watch the battle at the gate.

In the sound of fierce war drums, a group of Sui troops rushed out, which was also an army of 10,000 people, 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 heavy infantry, and another 2,000 crossbowmen.

The three generals commanded the battle, the general Pei Xingyan was the commander of the 5,000 cavalry, the general Yang Sien was the 3,000 heavy armor Mo sword army, and the general Ma Shao led 2,000 crossbowmen to suppress the position.

The purpose of Yang Yuanqing's battle is to test the combat effectiveness of the Modao Army in actual combat, so that the Modao Army can run in in actual combat, and this battle is of great significance.

Like the Turkic commander, Yang Yuanqing climbed the watchtower and watched the battle between the two armies, his eyes were grim, watching every change in the formation of the Modao Army.

The Modao Army formed a long phalanx, a row of thousands of people, a total of three rows, protected by cavalry on both sides, and the side was the weakness of the Modao Army.

The three thousand Mo sword army slowly followed the cavalry, about two miles away from the Turkic army, Pei Xingyan waved his hand, the Sui cavalry stopped, and the army behind also stopped.

This is a different way of array, the general Sui army array, is the bow and crossbow in the front, the cavalry in the back, and the infantry in the last, but this time, it is the cavalry in the front, the heavy infantry in the middle, the bow and crossbow in the back, this way of formation makes the Turkic generals are stunned.

Ashina Kunji stared at the Sui army's formation from afar, his heart was uncertain, his brows were furrowed, at this time he had also seen the heavy infantry hidden behind the Sui army's cavalry, and his heart was full of ** to solve the mystery.

"Order to attack!"

With Ashina Kunji's order, the drums of the attack in the Turkic military camp were loud, boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of the offensive war soared into the sky, and the 10,000 Turkic cavalry shouted and launched an offensive, and the 10,000 cavalry became faster and faster, holding high their swords and spears, and rushed towards the Sui army like a storm, this time neither side used bows and arrows, it was a hard-fought battle.

Pei Xingyan gave an order, the battle flag waved, and the five thousand cavalry separated to both sides, revealing the three thousand heavy armored Mo sword infantry behind, the three thousand heavy armored soldiers shoulder to shoulder, steady as a mountain, three thousand Mo knives brushed horizontally, and three thousand pairs of eyes coldly stared at the overwhelming 10,000 cavalry.

Yang Yuanqing stood on the wooden platform, there was also a trace of unconcealable tension in his eyes, using the Modao army formation to deal with the Turkic cavalry was completely his way of thinking, but he did not take into account many details of the actual battle, although after more than a year of intensive training, all kinds of loopholes that he wanted to get have been filled, but whether he could withstand the impact of the Turkic cavalry still had to be tested by actual combat.

Yang Yuanqing's palms were already sweating, and he watched nervously at the impact of the Turkic cavalry.

On the battlefield, the Turkic cavalry is getting closer and closer, and they are also furious, and will use the strength of ten thousand horses to break through the human wall in front of them, hundred, seventy, fifty, forty, and thirty steps.....

Yang Sien's eyes were fixed on the oncoming Turkic cavalry, and he roared, "Ready!" ”

His Mo knife brushed up, and slashed away at the first rushing war horse, and in an instant, the war horse rushed to the front, the knife flashed, blood burst out, a person turned on his back, the war horse neighed, or the horse's legs were broken, or the head was very chopped off, and a corpse was piled up in front of the Mo knife army.

But there was also a hole that was rushed open, more than 20 heavily armored soldiers in the west failed to withstand the impact, and were knocked open by the war horse, and the second row was also hit, and the heavy armored soldiers in the third row were in charge, and the formation of more than 300 people in the west was a little chaotic, and the Sui cavalry next to it quickly pounced on the battle, and the Modao Army in the west quickly formed a team and gradually recovered the formation.

Such a result made Yang Yuanqing not expect that the wall lined up by the heavily armored Mo Sword Army would withstand the thunderous impact, as long as it could withstand the first wave of impact, the impact force behind it would be greatly weakened.

Although wave after wave of Turkic cavalry rushed like a raging wave, the three thousand heavily armored Mo sword army was like a reef on the seaside, allowing the enemy cavalry to attack, but they stood majestically, the initial panic had disappeared, the Mo knife formation became more and more stable, and began to launch an active attack, the three thousand Mo sword army marched forward step by step, and every step forward, hundreds of Turkic cavalry were strangled under the knife.

Ashina Kunji's heart is getting colder and colder, he understands, this is the heavy armored infantry of the Sui army, using long knives, this is not a new weapon, for hundreds of years, the Central Plains army has always had a horse chopping knife, there are also heavy infantry, and there are also gun formations to deal with cavalry, but today, the Fengzhou Sui army combines the horse chopping knife, heavy armored infantry and gun formation, it forms a powerful weapon, heavy armor long knife formation, which is simply a nightmare for cavalry.

"Summons the order!" Ashina Kunji shouted hysterically in shock.

'When! While! While! The bell rang to collect the troops, and the attacking Turkic cavalry retreated like a tide, but at this time, Pei Xingyan gave an order, and five thousand cavalry rushed from both sides, and the Turkic cavalry was defeated, and the people who were killed turned over on their backs, and the corpses were all over the field, and thousands of people fled back to the camp in embarrassment.

Yang Yuanqing breathed a long sigh of relief on the high platform, he finally found a way to deal with the Turkic cavalry, but the three thousand Mo Sword Army was still too little, but if you want to equip more Mo Sword Army, the financial resources of Fengzhou alone cannot afford it, Yang Yuanqing sighed slightly.

"Pass my order, collect the army and return to the camp!"

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In a mountain forest about five miles west of Xicheng Pass, more than 1,000 Sui army scouts were resting in the forest, everyone leaned on a big tree, drinking water from the kettle, eating bread, the soldiers were exhausted, many soldiers were still asleep with bread in their mouths, and more than 1,000 war horses were leisurely chewing hay on the other side.

The leader of this army, Lang General Wu Zhiyuan stood on a big stone on the edge of the mountain forest, looking in the direction of Xicheng Pass in the distance, from here you can faintly see the city tower of Xicheng Pass, he knew that at this time the main force of the Sui army was fighting with 100,000 Turks under Xicheng Pass, and he had a bold idea in his heart.

"General, he's coming!"

A soldier brought the guide, a Taoist priest who collects medicine in the mountains of this area all year round and knows the terrain of this area well.

"Is there something the general is looking for me?" The Taoist priest stepped forward and saluted.

Wu Zhiyuan pointed to the Xicheng Pass Tower in the distance and asked, "Is there a road from here to Xicheng Pass?" ”

The Taoist priest pondered for a moment and said, "There is a very difficult cliff path that can be crossed, but the war horse definitely can't." ”

Wu Zhiyuan was overjoyed and asked, "How much time does it take?" ”

The Taoist priest smiled: "It doesn't seem to be far, but it's different when you actually walk, it takes at least two hours." ”

Wu Zhiyuan looked at the sky and immediately ordered: "All the officers above the team are coming over for a meeting!" ”