"Your Highness, I'm afraid that this breakthrough of the Turks is extraordinary." Li Jing stared at the end of the mountain road and said in a deep voice.

"How so?"

"Your Highness, please look at the beacon fire and you will understand."

Yang Yuanqing turned his head to look at the beacon tower on the cliff, and he unexpectedly found that the original three-pillar beacon smoke had become four at some point, and in the beacon fire system he had set up, there had not been four beacon fires.

"What's going on?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a slight displeasure.

Li Jing also knew that he was guilty of setting up military regulations without permission, and he said apologetically: "Returning to Your Highness, the main thing is that the Turks come out to break through the siege with more or less troops, and most of them are at night, and the number of enemy troops is always increasing, so the humble post has set a beacon fire for additional troops, if the enemy army continues to increase the number of troops on a large scale, more than 5,000 people, it will be shown with the four-pillar beacon smoke, and now the four-pillar beacon smoke means that the enemy has more than two teams of troops, more than 5,000 people." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded reluctantly, didn't say anything more, his eyes were still fixed on the end of the mountain road in the distance, at this time, Li Jing took a step back and gave a deep salute, "Changing the system without permission, I am willing to be punished by His Royal Highness!" ”

After a while, Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "Since the army regulations have been established, the whole army should abide by them, otherwise Xu Shiji will change one place, Qin Qiong will change one place, and you will change another place, and finally the whole army will be at a loss, and the army will be chaotic. ”

Li Jing nodded shamefully. "It's really ill-conceived, and there won't be a next time."

Yang Yuanqing saw that his attitude was sincere, and said with a smile: "I never question General Manager Li's ability to lead troops, and after the New Year, I hope you will go to the Mobei grassland." ”

Li Jing was stunned at first, then reacted and said in surprise: "Is Your Highness going to completely eradicate the Turks?" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded slowly. "The Turks are already weak, and Hui and Xue Yantuo are stupid, and we will completely destroy the Turks. Let those two wolves kill each other. ”

Only then did Li Jing understand Yang Yuanqing's train of thought, and he still focused on provoking grassland infighting, and he hurriedly asked, "Your Highness." And what about the Western Turks? ”

Speaking of the Western Turks, Yang Yuanqing frowned slightly, and a look of doubt flashed in his eyes, "I received a report from Su Dingfang, it seems that something happened in the West, the Western Turks did not attack Yiwu County on a large scale, but withdrew their troops back, the specific reason is unknown, Su Dingfang has sent someone to Yiwu to inquire, there should be news." ”

The two were talking. Suddenly, a soldier pointed into the distance and shouted: "Your Highness, the enemy has appeared." ”

Yang Yuanqing looked up at the mountain road, and sure enough, a large group of black oppressive troops appeared, about five or six miles away, and they were almost all infantry. Only the more than 1,000 men in front were cavalry, and because of the narrowness of the mountain road, they could not charge, and they were slowly approaching this side along the mountain road, and there were thousands of them.

A thought suddenly flashed in Yang Yuanqing's mind, the Turkic army had been slaughtering horses for more than a month. But these soldiers in front of them only have more than a thousand war horses, which means that the war horses are almost dead, and there is enough meat, so how many Turkic soldiers have died, will make them not last for more than a day, and flee over the mountains and mountains, Yang Yuanqing is a little suspicious, I am afraid that the Turkic army is only three percent left.

Yang Yuanqing's guess was not wrong, several heavy snowfalls fell in succession, 30,000 Turkic troops were frozen to death nearly 10,000, coupled with the epidemic of infectious diseases, the Turkic soldiers in the well suffered heavy casualties, and there were still 12,000 survivors, while the war horses were almost all starved to death because of the lack of forage.

And among the 12,000 soldiers, thousands of them were sick and wounded, dying, waiting for death, and in fact only 7,000 people were left who could fight, and if they did not break through, the remaining Turkic army would all be devoured by the disease, and they could not wait for the day to come.

It was precisely because he was unwilling to sit back that the main general Guo Zihe decided to break through, starting from five days ago, breaking through again and again, desperate again and again, and today, he made a desperate bet and led the last 5,000 soldiers to storm the Jingcheng Pass, no matter what, he wanted to rush out.

In the team, Guo Zihe became dark and thin, but the fierce light in his eyes was more cruel than that of a leopard, and for more than a month, there were constantly Turkic generals who accused him of bringing the army to a dead end, and should not go to Hebei, but should go directly west to the Yellow River, and return to the grassland along the Yellow River to the north, and the generals accused him of selfishness

But all those who accused him were brutally killed by him, and even one of the most opposed people was roasted alive, but Guo Zihe did have selfish intentions, and when the news of the Khan's defeat in Mayi County came, his first reaction was to take the army for himself.

It was impossible for him to return to the Mobei grassland, he thought of Liaodong, first occupy Liaodong, and then attack Goryeo, which had been severely weakened by the Sui army, and he Guo Zihe Zhan Goryeo was king.

It is a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and not long after he entered Jingcheng, the Sui army blocked Jingcheng from both sides, so that his army spent more than a hellish month in Jingcheng.

Guo Zihe was already desperate, but he didn't want to die, he wanted to let the remaining Turkic army be his siege weapon, break through the pass for him, and kill him, and then he found a place to live in seclusion, and became a rich man for the rest of his life, but Guo Zihe never dreamed that he broke through today and happened to meet Yang Yuanqing, who came to inspect Jingcheng.

At this time, they were only two miles away from Jingcheng Pass, Guo Zihe stared at the city wall of Jingcheng Pass and the fortifications under the city in the distance with blood-red eyes, he drew his war knife and shouted in Turkic language: "If you want to live, give me my best, cavalry charge!" ”

"Kill!"

More than 1,000 Turkic cavalry burst out with earth-shattering shouts, spears and shields in hand, and rushed towards Guancheng like a madman, and behind them, 4,000 Turkic soldiers fled on foot, following the cavalry towards Guancheng.

At this time, 10,000 Sui troops had been deployed in the Jingcheng Pass and the three fortifications under the pass, and the soldiers were already ready, they were holding bows and crossbows, and they were intensively aimed at the Turkic cavalry rushing from the mountain road, waiting for the order to attack.

Li Jing respectfully raised the command flag, "Please command, Your Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I'm just here to inspect." You're the boss. ”

Li Jing jīng shook his head, he was no longer humble, and held high the yellow sè ling flag, which was an order to prepare for shè strike, and as the order flag was raised, a heavy drum sounded, 'dong - dong - dong - dong'. The drums were not rushed, and the five thousand Sui crossbowmen raised their crossbows with flat arrows. Aimed at the Turkic cavalry, which had been killed a mile away, the sharp crossbow arrows shimmered with a cold metallic luster in the sunlight and snow.

The mountain road widened about a mile closer to the official city. It is about five zhang wide, and more than a dozen war horses can gallop side by side, and the Turkic cavalry is getting closer and closer, three hundred paces...... Two hundred paces ......, all the Turkic cavalry realized that the last moment had come, they raised their shields aloft, galloped with their horses between their legs, and shouted desperately.

Li Jing's gaze stared sternly at the Turkic soldiers who were gradually rushing into the killing distance, they had already entered a hundred steps, and Li Jing raised the red sè order flag. All of a sudden, the drumming became rapid, as if it had changed from a stroll to a gallop, 'Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! That's what shè strikes order.

With the sound of a crossbow machine, the first row of fifteen hundred crossbow arrows densely shuffled towards the oncoming Turkic cavalry. A network of arrows made up of dense crossbow arrows rushed towards the Turkic cavalry like a black cloud.

Yang Yuanqing's brows furrowed slightly, Li Jing used three rows of shè, he could understand, but fifteen hundred crossbow arrows were struck together, which undoubtedly could only knock down dozens of cavalry in the front rows, is this too wasteful?

But his doubts were only for a moment. He immediately understood that the fifteen hundred crossbow arrows, in addition to the five hundred in the front were flat, the one thousand crossbow arrows in the back were all on the back, and the crossbow arrows passed over the heads of the enemy soldiers in the front rows and headed towards the Turkic cavalry behind.

A dense rain of arrows roared, and only a snapping sound was heard, followed by the neighing of the war horses, and a group of people turned over on their backs......

The shield of the Turkic cavalry could not withstand the powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army, the shield was pierced by shè, and the piercing arrows entered the body, blood and light splashed, and more than two hundred people were knocked down in an instant.

At this time, the second round of arrows and the third round of arrows came one after another, the Turkic cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining more than 700 cavalry finally could not withstand the strong pressure of the Sui army's crossbow arrows, and turned their horses' heads and fled back, and hundreds of steps behind were the Turkic infantry following the rush.

Guo Zihe was furious, raised his spear and stabbed to death a cavalryman who was the first to flee back, and more than 100 of his own soldiers also moved together, stabbing dozens of fleeing cavalry to death, Guo Zihe brandished his spear and shouted: "Rush over for me!" ”

In desperation, the cavalry had to turn the dock and continue to charge, but Li Jing looked at the thousands of infantry behind him, and saw that half of them rushed into the open area, and the other half was still on the mountain road, he sneered, but raised a blue sè flag, and a rocket soared into the air, making a screaming sound.

This made Yang Yuanqing stunned, not understanding what Li Jing meant, at this moment, on the slopes on both sides of the mountain suddenly boulders rolled, wrapped in snow, roaring towards the mountain road, the momentum was huge, like an avalanche, this is Li Jing in advance ambush of the three thousand soldiers to exert power, prying hundreds of boulders to roll down.

The boulder fell head-on to more than 2,000 Turkic soldiers behind, the soldiers were caught off guard, they screamed wildly, but they could not escape this catastrophe, with a loud rumbling sound, more than 2,000 people were flooded by boulders and snow, and the Turkic soldiers' back road was completely blocked.

The sudden change caused the soldiers in front of him to be in chaos, most of the soldiers were frightened, running around without a head, Guo Zihe was so anxious that he shouted: "Rush out of the city, rush out!" ”

Li Jing pointed to Guo Zihe in the distance to Yang Yuanqing, "Your Highness, the general of the golden helmet is Guo Zihe, the chief general of the Turkic army, and these 30,000 troops are led by him." ”

Yang Yuanqing became a little interested in this person, and he stretched out his hand, "Take my bow!" ”

A personal soldier handed the strong bow and iron arrows to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing had not had shè arrows for more than half a year, he opened his bow and took the arrow, the strong bow slowly opened, the bow was like a full moon, Yang Yuanqing's eyes slowly narrowed, and the string was loosened, 'Collapse! With a loud bang, the iron arrow burst out of the string and headed towards Guo Zi and Shè, who were one hundred and fifty paces away, with a force like a golden cracking stone.

Guo Zihe felt something, as soon as he turned around, an iron arrow suddenly appeared in front of him, he couldn't dodge, shouted, and only heard 'poof!' With a bang, the iron arrow entered from the center of his eyebrows, passed through his brain, red and white brains burst out, and the tip of the arrow pierced through the back of his head, Guo Zihe opened his mouth wide, and fell to the ground on his back.

Yang Yuanqing put down the bow and smiled coldly, Arrow hunter head, he hasn't felt so happy for a long time.

"Your Highness is good at archery!"

Li Jing exclaimed sincerely, he raised the red flag again, the drums beat loudly, and the overwhelming arrows densely shuffled towards the enemy group