The rebellion launched by the Tuan Hu soldiers was completely caused by the Ashina family, Chen Fuliang adopted Li Jing's Jianyì, and indeed bought some captured Tuan Hu soldiers, promising heavy rewards, and letting them go back to the Turkic camp to encourage the Tuan army to rebel, but in fact, the total number of Tuoba Hu soldiers bought was less than forty, and the Tuan Hu soldiers of less than 40 people also agreed to work for Chen Fuliang mainly to get out, and did not really work hard to encourage his companions to rebel, let alone really organize his companions to stab the Turkic army in the back on the battlefield.

But if you don't die, you won't die, but the response of the Ashina family to this completely angered the Tuan Hu soldiers, first the grumpy Nalun brutally arrested those Tuan Hu soldiers who were suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and used torture to ask for confessions on the spot, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Tuan Hu soldiers who were naturally huddled, and then the Turkic army adjusted the army garrison in the evening, stationed additional troops next to the Tuan camp, and also sent additional personnel to the Tuan camp to monitor the Tuan Hu team, these actions not only made the Tuan Hu soldiers more dissatisfied, It also made the Tukahu soldiers understand that they had lost the trust of the Turkic army, and at the same time, they naturally gave birth to fear, fearing that the Turkic army would suddenly kill them, and the rift between them and the Turkic army would naturally widen.

Here we must also say a fair word for Shibi Khan and Ashina's family, the key reason why they are so wary of Tuanjia Hu Bing is that Tuanjia Hu Bing's capricious and insatiable nature guides zhì, forcing Ashina's family to take some precautions against Tuanhu Bing. At the same time, this is also the most disgusting part of the discord meter, even if you suspect that this is a discord meter, or even understand that this is a discord meter, it will not cause some estrangement to the object of separation, and then encounter any unexpected wind and grass, this estrangement will only deepen and increase.

After returning to the camp with Chen Fuliang's reward, because the Tuan Hu soldiers had made a riot, of course, they were severely interrogated and examined, and the gold and silver that Chen Fuliang rewarded them were also searched, although the three Tuoba Hu soldiers truthfully explained the fact that Chen Fuliang had bribed them to encourage Tuoba to rebel, Shibi Khan also handled it properly, and did not pursue it again after appeasing the three Tuoba soldiers, and rewarded Chen Fuliang for the gold and silver given to them. But after these three Tuoban Hu soldiers returned to the camp with gold and silver, they immediately attracted the eyes of other Tuan Hu soldiers, and still publicized Chen Fuliang's leniency policy towards Tuan Liang in disguise, so that the insatiable Tuan Hu soldiers had the idea that it was not bad to give Chen Fuliang his life.

After mending the knife, the fatal blow came, in the middle of the night, Ashina's family suddenly gathered in the Chinese army camp to discuss matters, and in the evening, the Turkic army mud step team that moved to the side of the Tukuo camp was also suddenly under full martial law, and the army was sheathed and wound up, ready to fight at any time, although Shibi Khan did this entirely because of Ashina Simo's arrangements in case of preparation. But after these situations were noticed by the Tuan team, Tuan was of course afraid, and the rumors in the team naturally did not say, and several Tutuo leaders immediately organized Tutuo Hu soldiers to get up and prepare for the war in order to prevent accidents, so as not to have a chance to fight back and defend themselves in case of sudden accidents.

As a result, the vicious circle naturally came out, and it was found that the Tuan Hu soldiers were preparing for war late at night, and the eyes of Ashina's family in the Tukuo camp were of course to call the police immediately, and the Turkic army next to the camp was of course also very nervous, and immediately rushed to the gate of the Tukuo camp to prepare for the battle, and the gate of the camp was blocked by the Turks in the middle of the night, and the Tuan team, who was worried about being caught in the urn, naturally had to assemble late at night with torches, and at the same time asked the reason for the Turkic siege, which in turn caused other Turkic camps to assemble late at night to prepare for war, And the more the Turkic troops gathered around with torches, the more fearful the Tuumhu soldiers were, and then they had to make a loud noise and demand that the Turkic army lift the siege and explain the reason.

The vicious circle continued to deepen, and then when Shibi Khan and Ashina's family hurried to the scene, the inner and outer periphery of the Tuuma camp was already a sign of sabre-rattling, the Turkic army and the Tukuo Hu soldiers questioned each other about the reason for the late night assembly, and asked each other to disarm to show their sincerity, and at the same time, of course, rumors were flying inside the Turkic and Tuan armies, and the Tuuma rumors said that the Turkic army was ready to unload the mill and kill the donkey, and the birds were all hidden, and the Turkic army was rumored that the Tuuma Hu soldiers had been bought by the Sui army and were ready to launch a rebellion to surrender to the Sui army, The morale of the army was in chaos.

The situation gradually began to be difficult to control, and in desperation, Shibi Khan had to go out in person under the protection of a large number of soldiers attached to him, and explained to the Tuan Hu soldiers that the reason why the army assembled late at night was because Ashina Simo rebelled and collaborated with the enemy, and in order to prepare for war in the middle of the night as a precaution, he had no malice towards the loyal Tuang Hu mercenaries, and asked the Tuan Hu soldiers to return to their tents to rest with peace of mind, and promised that after the Tuan Hu soldiers returned to the account, he would immediately withdraw the besieging army, and he would not hold any Tuan responsible afterwards.

After listening to Shibi Khan's explanation, the greedy and cunning Tukarhu soldiers were only suspicious, and although they agreed to return to their tents to rest, they asked the Turkic army to lift the siege first, and at the same time transfer the Turkic army stationed next to the Tukar camp in the evening. However, such a request from Tubi Hu Bing was tantamount to asking Shibi Khan to turn around and give them a random chrysanthemum, Shibi Khan did not dare to pick this piece of soap anyway, the scene suddenly fell into a stalemate, Shibi Khan and several Tuoba leaders repeatedly bargained, but because they did not dare to trust each other, neither of them dared to make decisive concessions, and there was no result for a long time, and it also gave the main force of the Sui army twenty miles away time to adapt.

Let's turn the picture back to the Sui army camp, the Turkic camp assembled in the middle of the night riot, such a big action, of course, no matter what, can not hide the eyes of the Sui army scouts, the Sui army scouts flew the news to Chen Fuliang's face, Chen Fuliang, who was about to sleep, hurriedly gathered the generals in the Chinese army's big tent to prepare to send troops, but after the promotion account was blown, the old man Wang Shichong was the first to rush to the Chinese army's big tent to listen to the order, Chen Fuliang was overjoyed, and asked Wang Shichong without waiting for the generals to arrive: "Uncle Yue, within a pillar of incense, How many troops can you mobilize to rally and launch a battle? ”

"At least five thousand." Wang Shichong proudly stretched out a slap in the face - it is indeed worthy of Wang Shichong's pride to be able to gather so many troops in a hurry in the middle of the night to launch a battle.

"Good!" Chen Fuliang was even more overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "Then ask my father-in-law to gather 5,000 troops immediately, and then immediately go north out of the camp and rush to the outside of the Turkic camp to wait for orders!" ”

"What?" Wang Shichong's face turned white, and he exclaimed, "Virtuous son-in-law, you're not joking, are you? In the middle of the night, you told me to attack the Turkic camp with only 5,000 troops? ”

"Feints, just feints." Chen Fuliang quickly explained the situation of the civil strife in the Turkic camp, and then explained: "If I guess correctly, the chaos of the Turkic army in the middle of the night must be our divisive plan, those Tuoba Hu soldiers are in chaos, we have to do them a favor and make them make a big scene, so after your 5,000 troops go north, you don't have to really fight, you just need to shout and pretend to attack, and then the chaos within the Turks will definitely be even worse." Don't worry, if something happens inside the Turks, they won't dare to go out of the camp to fight your descendants in the middle of the night, and I will immediately send follow-up reinforcements to you. ”

Wang Shichong suddenly realized, and said that you should send reinforcements quickly, and then hurriedly rushed out to gather the army, and Chen Fuliang shouted again: "Uncle Yue, play more torches and flags, bring more drums and gongs, and make the noise as loud as possible." ”

Wang Shichong agreed again, and walked away without stopping, but Wang Shichong just left, Liu Changgong, Yun Dingxing and Li Jiancheng and other generals also came to the tent to listen to the order, Chen Yingliang once again introduced the good news of the Turkic army's civil strife, and then ordered each army to send 5,000 troops, and joined hands to go north to cheer for the Tuan Hu soldiers. Why don't you send more troops and try to break through the Turkic camp in one fell swoop? ”

"The enemy situation is unknown, and you can't take risks." Chen Fuliang replied: "The rebellion of the Tuan Hu army is just our speculation, and it has not been confirmed, let alone confirmed the internal strife of the Turkic army, so the main army is dispatched to the north, if it is useless, it will only hurt morale, it is better to go and see the situation first, if the situation is really favorable, it is not too late to send the main force to fight a decisive battle." Besides, we're not ready for a decisive battle yet. ”

The generals of the Sui army suddenly realized, so they rushed down to organize the army to attack, and Chen Fuliang ordered the Sui army to also gather 5,000 troops to prepare to go north, while banging on the table and thinking quickly, and secretly said in his heart: "If the Tuan Hu soldiers really fight with the Turkic army, then I can't hesitate to launch a decisive battle immediately, and at the same time divide my troops to seize Xicheng Pass." It doesn't matter if the Shibi Thief Chief appeases the Tuoba Hu soldiers, if there is a first time, there will be a second time, and it will be easier to encourage the Tuoban Hu soldiers to rebel next time - but, if I were the Shibi Thief Chieftain, what method would I use to appease these absolutely unreliable Tukarhu soldiers? ”

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At the same time, the swift response of the Jiangdu Sui army has been assembled into an army, sent 5,000 troops to the Turkic camp to the Tuan Hu soldiers to cheer for the drums, the unified army is still the most powerful Wang Shiyun and Wang Renze father and son under the command of Wang Shichong, as a result, the wolf bèi treacherous father and son played a big trick as usual, out of the camp less than ten miles and couldn't wait to order the gong and drum, making a huge noise to alarm the Turkic army, and at the same time let the queue pull away slightly, each soldier played two torches, using the cover of night to create the illusion of a large number of soldiers, to intimidate the Turks.

Wang Shiyun's father and son still received a lot of results, which frightened the Turkic army, so frightened that Ashina's family quickly ordered the whole army to be on alert, and dispatched heavy troops to guard the camp fortifications, and really did not dare to send troops to fight with the Sui army at night, but only strictly guarded the camp to prevent the Sui army from taking the opportunity to attack. And with the gradual approach of the drum band of Wang Shiyun and his son, the Tuoba Hu soldiers who heard the sound of war drums and gongs also re-agitated, and involuntarily gave birth to the idea of simply taking the opportunity to rebel, and several Tuoba leaders who were negotiating with Shibi Khan also took the opportunity to open their mouths, and a Tuoba leader directly threatened Shibi Khan: "Khan, the army of the barbarians has come, if you believe us, immediately lift the siege and remove the garrison." ”

"If you still insist that we disarm and return to the account." Another Tuoba leader took over and said viciously: "Then even if we agree, the warriors surnamed Zhaowu Jiu in our camp will not agree, and if there are any consequences at that time, please bear the Khan yourself." ”

"Yes, Khan, you take care of it yourself." Another leader of the Tuo Shan also took the opportunity to knock on the bamboo pole and said, "Also, in order to appease our nine warriors, we implore the Khan to reward each of our soldiers with a piece of cloth, five pieces of money, and a reward of 1,000 sheep and 100 cattle." ”

Genghis Khan appeared in the head of Shibi Khan, and he wanted to order an attack to kill all these Tuoba Hu soldiers, not only destined to be greatly damaged, but also definitely to give the Sui army a god-given opportunity to take advantage of the fire and rob, and it is very possible to be defeated by the Sui army in one fell swoop; The key is that after the encirclement of these Tukuohu soldiers is lifted, it is equivalent to exposing the henchmen of the main Turkic force in front of them, and once these Tutuohu soldiers really rebel and attack the Sui army inside and outside, the Turkic army will only have to be defeated and defeated.

After thinking about it for a while, Shibi Khan finally came up with a rather genius idea, and hurriedly said, "Okay, do you think this will work?" I don't want you to go back to your tent to rest, and I won't lift the encirclement of you for the time being, you calm down first, and when we have repelled the attack of the barbarians in the Central Plains, I will immediately lift the encirclement, and let you move your camp to the south of the Xicheng Pass to be stationed on the official road, and then dispatch you when there is a need for war, so that you can rest assured, right? Also, I will give you the cloth, silk, cattle and sheep you want! ”

After hearing Shibi Khan's sincere conditions, several Tuoban leaders discussed it and felt that it was acceptable, but they still refused to be satisfied, so they said: "Khan, we can be quiet for a while, or we can move to camp and station, but we must be stationed to the north of Xicheng Pass. ”

"No way!" Shibi Khan flatly refused, and said confidently: "Over the years, I have spent so many cattle and sheep cloth to raise you, just so that you can go into battle to kill the enemy, you moved to the north of Xicheng Pass, how can I mobilize you to participate in the war?" ”

"Khan, it's not that we're not afraid of war, and the Zhaowu warriors are never afraid to go into battle." Several Tukari leaders said: "We are just in case, we know the situation on the other side of Xicheng Pass, the road is very narrow, and the water source is also very scarce, just like a prison cell made in heaven, if we move there, if someone blocks the intersection and the Xicheng Pass does not open the door for us, then we will not be starved to death of thirst and thirst?" ”

"How can I block the intersection?" Shibi Khan said impatiently: "If I really doubted you, I would have ordered an attack a long time ago, and you also believe me, it was all Chen Yingliang's little barbarian who did the ghost and divided the relationship between me and you." ”

"Khan, we're not worried that you're blocking the intersection, we're worried that the Central Plains barbarians will block our intersection." A Tuo Qiang leader said politely: "We also ask the Khan to believe us, if we really have any collusion with the barbarians of the Central Plains, then we would have launched a rebellion a long time ago." ”

"If the barbarians block the intersection, of course I will immediately send troops to help you." Shibi Khan said anxiously: "Also, I will also order the guards of Xicheng Pass to open the gate at a critical moment and let you move to the north of Xicheng Pass. ”

Several Tuoba leaders dared to believe Shibi Khan's promise, but they all shook their heads and refused, and then one of the Tuoba leaders said: "Khan, otherwise, we will each give in one more step, and we will move to the south of Xicheng Pass, but we must have a thousand troops stationed in the Guancheng of Xicheng Pass, so that we can dare to move our camp with confidence." ”

Letting the Tuan Hu soldiers enter the Xicheng Pass is equivalent to planting a time bomb in the choke point of the Xicheng Pass, this truth is of course understood by the Khan, and of course he refused, but unfortunately several Tuan leaders refused to give in half a step, and at the same time the Sui army drum and gong team was getting closer and closer, and the deafening drum and gong sound resounded throughout the Turkic camp, and the greedy and cunning Tuan Hu soldiers also took the opportunity to shout loudly, deliberately creating the illusion of preparing to rebel - in fact, these shameless mercenaries were always ready to rebel, They wanted to coerce Shibi Khan to agree to their unreasonable conditions.

With internal and external troubles, Shibi Khan had no choice, and finally stomped his feet and said, "Okay, I promise!" ”

Hearing Shibi Khan's words, the Tuoba Hu soldiers who had succeeded in ripping off the bamboo lever suddenly burst into laughter, and Shibi Khan hurriedly asked the Tuoba Hu soldiers not to act rashly, and at the same time ordered the Turkic army surrounding the Tuoba camp not to act rashly, restrain each other to maintain stability and harmony, and asked the two armies to retreat a hundred steps back to avoid misunderstanding and conflict, and then free up their hands to deal with the attack of the Sui army outside the camp, and at the same time, Shibi Khan naturally had to grit his teeth in his heart and swear, "Wait for Lao Tzu to clean up Chen Yingliang's barbarians, Look at how Lao Tzu cleans up you nine surnamed Hu dogs! ”

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Leaving Yin Shishi and Liu Changgong and others to guard the camp, Chen Fuliang personally led 20,000 rear troops to the Turkic camp when the sky was already light, and at the same time, Wang Shiyun's father and son, who were greedy for life and afraid of death to the extreme, had already ordered the army to arrange a turtle formation to prevent the Turkic army from suddenly attacking the camp, Chen Fuliang did not pay attention to them, but quickly climbed to observe the situation of the Turkic camp, and also focused on observing the situation of the Tukuo camp that he knew yesterday morning. But there was no sound of turmoil, and Chen Yingliang couldn't help but be surprised, "Huh? The Shibi Thief Chief really appeased those Tuoba Hu soldiers, how did he appease them? ”

Now, of course, no one can answer Chen Fuliang's question, but Wang Shiyun ran up to greet Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang asked about the situation in the Turkic camp, Wang Shiyun reported: "Yu Dashuai, when the last general's father and son led the army to the outside of the Turkic camp, there was no sound of turmoil in the Turkic camp, but fortunately, the Turks did not come out of the camp to fight with us, but they just stood in the camp and did not come out. ”

"When you arrived outside the Turkic camp, the riots in the Turkic camp had already stopped?" Chen Fuliang was shocked again, and was even more curious about how Shibi Khan appeased those jackal-like Tukarhu soldiers, but he couldn't find an answer for a while.

The Sui army quickly lined up the battle array, the Turkic camp still did not move, the enemy situation was unknown, Chen Fuliang did not dare to rashly launch an attack, and it was difficult to decide whether to give up the attack or mobilize the main force to go north to attack the Turkic camp, but at this time, a messenger with a white flag came out from the Turkic side, trotted to the Sui army and asked to see Chen Fuliang, and at the same time, the herald also carefully reported that the Turkic envoy was carrying a blood-stained package, Chen Yingliang was shocked when he heard it, and said secretly: "Could it be that Chai Shao has been exposed?" If that's the case, I have no choice but to take Chai Qian as a concubine. ”

Frightened, Chen Yingliang hurriedly summoned the Turkic envoy, but when the Turkic envoy came to Chen Fuliang's face, he really presented Chen Fuliang with a bloody package, Chen Fuliang hurriedly ordered his own soldiers to take it and open it, and when he waited for the soldiers to open the package, Chen Fuliang was relieved that although the package was indeed filled with a human head, it was a human head that he had never seen before, and the thousand catties of boulder in Chen Fuliang's conscience also fell to the ground suddenly, and said secretly: "Fortunately, there is no need to raise his father, mother and wife for Chai Shao." ”

Secretly happy in his heart, Chen Fuliang's face remained silent, and he said after a while: "Go back and tell the thief chieftain, he can't see the sun rising the morning after tomorrow, I must kill him with my own hands to avenge General Ashina Simo." Besides, by the way, I would like to tell the chief of the thieves, don't think that I am in your camp, and I only have one friend, General Ashina Simo. ”

The interpreter translated Chen Fuliang's words, and the Turkic envoy did not speak, nodded and left, while Chen Fuliang pretended to be frustrated that the traitor had been recognized, and decisively ordered the troops to retreat back to the camp.

Seeing the appearance of the Sui army slowly retreating, the Turkic camp, which had been worried for a long time, suddenly burst into thunder of joy - in fact, the crisis in the Turkic camp has not been completely resolved, if Chen Fuliang really launches an attack at any cost, there is still a great hope of breaking through the Turkic camp, so to be precise, Chen Fuliang finally made a wrong judgment this time and missed a chance to break the enemy.

At the same time of cheering, the relieved Shibi Khan also got a reply from Chen Fuliang brought back by the Turkic envoy, hearing that Chen Yingliang threatened that there were traitors in the Turkic army, Shibi Khan did not dare to slack off, and quickly summoned Chai Shao and Mao Fugui, asking them to return to the Sui army camp to meet Li Yuan, and asked Li Yuan to continue to investigate Chen Yingliang's contact with the Turkic traitors.

Mao Fugui respectfully agreed, Chai Shao agreed with a grin, and said: "Khan, the situation was too urgent yesterday, I forgot to tell you two things, one is that Chen Yingliang's thief is also a little worried about my father-in-law, deliberately want to transfer my father-in-law back to Taiyuan to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, my father-in-law pretended to be sick in order to stay to help you, but you can rest assured, now the honorary commander of the Taiyuan army is my father-in-law's eldest son General Li Jiancheng, and the Taiyuan army is still in the hands of my father-in-law." ”

Shibi Khan nodded, and also thanked Li Yuan for his full help to the army, and when he asked the second thing, Chai Shao replied: "The second thing, Chen Yingliang's thief declared yesterday morning that he would defeat you within three days and lift the siege of Yanmen, so within two days today and tomorrow, Chen Yingliang's thief will definitely launch a large-scale attack, and my father-in-law asks you to be prepared, don't let Chen Yingliang's thief succeed." ”

Shibi Khan nodded solemnly again, and believed that Chen Fuliang would launch a decisive battle within two days today and tomorrow, and then Shibi Khan couldn't wait to say: "Chai Gongzi, please sue Duke Sù Tang, please be sure to find out for me the time and tactical plan of Chen Yingliang's barbarians, and as soon as there is news, immediately send someone to sue me." ”

"It's okay to send someone to sue you, but you have to take care of your scouts." Chai Shao was a little annoyed, touched the back of his scarred head and said, "Don't be like yesterday, you will hit my head as soon as you meet, and you almost beat me to death." It doesn't matter if my father-in-law's messenger is killed, what if you miss the big thing between you and my father-in-law? ”

Shibi Khan hurriedly made amends, in order to facilitate contact with Li Yuan, Shibi Khan took out a wooden gold arrow sealed with wax, handed it to Chai Shao with both hands, and said solemnly: "Chai Gongzi, this is my Khan Tent Arrow, usually only my attached soldiers can hold it when passing orders, as long as the Duke Tang's envoy shows this arrow, my soldiers will never stop the injury, please take it, don't lose it." ”