Chapter 441: The wolf smoke rises and the country looks north

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In comparison, this army in the north is quite easy. Along the border road of the six towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was no pressure at all to attack Huaihuang on the northern line of the Great Wall.

But before he could say that he wanted to lead his troops to the northern line, Nili spoke first.

"Dulan Khan is more familiar with the situation in Yanyun, so I thought that you should still lead the Southern Route Army by the Khan, but the task of the Southern Route Army is heavier, so I will give you half of the soldiers and horses under my command, and you will lead 150,000 soldiers and horses for the Southern Route Army. In this way, you can use 50,000 troops to surround Yunnei and Heng'an, and at the same time deal with the Hedong Sui army from Shuozhou. Another 100,000 horses, divided into two roads, all the way down the Nanyang River to the east, into Yanzhou, do not necessarily take Daning Pass. On the other hand, 50,000 soldiers and horses marched east along the Sanggan River, and quickly rushed to the military capital to block the Hebei army from exiting the pass. If the shape is very good, you can also properly consider sending troops to sweep Ulzhou and block the flying fox. ”

Du Lan was a little hesitant.

"Or, I'll lead the Southern Route Army, Dulan Khan, you pull out half of the men and horses for me, how about it?" Niri smiled and looked at Du Lan.

Dulan Khan thought about it again and again, and finally felt that if he had 150,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, then it would not be impossible to lead the South Road, muddy guy, that smile really made him look too unpleasant, as if he was laughing at him for being timid and cowardly.

"Okay, then Ben Khan will lead the south road."

However, Du Lan also mentioned [one opinion, that is, not to rush to divide the troops first.]

Since Yunnei and Heng'an are so important, then they should first join forces to pull out these two nails, so that no matter whether the Sui army from Hedong comes to reinforce or not. It doesn't matter, don't worry about it. Took these two cities. The Southern Route Army can also rest assured that it will divide its troops and march eastward, and there will be no worries.

"Take Yunnei and Hengan. It can not only pull out a dangerous nail, but also become the advance base camp of the Turkic army, which can be attacked and defended. ”

Heng'an Town, the former capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Pingcheng.

The old capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which had long been dilapidated, is now just a northern military town.

Now guarding here is King Li Yao, a newly awarded military rank from the general of the fourth rank of Yunlu, and a military protection officer, and inherited the family title of Yongkang County Duke. He was originally a general of the Acting Prefecture Governor's Office. Han Hong, the governor of Daizhou, is his uncle, and he is good in Daizhou. As a result, some time ago, a sudden order transferred him to the Shuozhou Governor's Mansion and asked him to Heng'an Town. Heng'an Town is the upper town of the Zhenshu Army, and it can be transferred from Daizhou to Shuozhou, but it can only be regarded as a flat adjustment, or even a demotion.

After Li Yaowang arrived in Heng'an Town, he looked tired and exhausted these days. Miserable.

He has been in the army for many years, and he has fought many times on the battlefield before he won a four-grade real military attaché, who was originally an official under his uncle Han Hong. It was smooth sailing, but it changed overnight. He was transferred to Shuozhou, which is still the northernmost town of Heng'an.

Arrived in Shuozhou. After arriving in Heng'an Town, he found that this is the northernmost military town in Shuozhou Prefecture. It's really worrying. The military town was dilapidated and morale was extremely low. Originally, it also guarded an ancient road from Shuozhou to the Elechuan River. However, since the tension between the Sui and the Turks, and then the rise of Huaihuang Border City, the caravans passing through this ancient road have become fewer and fewer, and the military town has also lost a large amount of money. Far away from the border pass, guarding this desolate place, but in the end there is not even a little extra money, the feelings of those town soldiers can be imagined, especially in this town and garrison There are many criminal prisoners who are used to fill the army.

In this case, King Li Yao had to work hard to rectify the military town, he knew very well that the above suddenly transferred him to the meaning, to fight a big battle, the imperial court needs someone who can really fight, not just a young Guan Long Gongzi like the previous town general.

After inspecting his military jurisdiction, King Li Yao shook his head in his heart, the most important north Great Wall is full of broken gaps, and in order to keep Heng'an, he must first repair the Great Wall in the north and set up a strong defense line. But this city wall has already collapsed and collapsed in many places in the year, and the cloud is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a very strict shortage of materials and manpower, and to build the Great Wall, even if it is just repaired, it is not something that a small town will be able to do.

The Great Wall could not be repaired, so King Li Yaowang had to transfer 300 soldiers from the town and let them garrison the first-line pass of the Great Wall. These people can't stop the Turks, and if the Turks really come on a large scale, 300 people will not be enough to stuff people's teeth. But with these people on the Great Wall, at least they can play a role in early warning, at least they can light a beacon fire to warn in advance.

King Li Yao couldn't build the Great Wall, so he could only find a way to build Heng'an Town first.

So he personally went to visit the county magistrate of Yunnei County, thirty miles to the west of him, and King Li Yaowang talked to him seriously about the current grim situation, and also mentioned the need to repair the city defense and strengthen the defense. That magistrate still understands things and knows the truth of cold lips and teeth. Yunnei County and Heng'an Town are separated by 30 miles, the surrounding areas are vast and sparsely populated, there are no towns 100 miles away, and the Turks go south, they bear the brunt and can only rely on each other.

So the county order immediately recruited the people in the city to be young and strong, and King Li Yaowang also mobilized his soldiers and horses and their families, mobilized all the idle personnel, and even went to the construction site to command, repair the city wall, build fortifications, and work in full swing.

After careful discussion with the county order, Li Yaowang sent 300 town soldiers to Yunnei County, and helped Yunnei County organize 1,000 Qingzhuang Township soldiers, and pulled out a batch of swords, guns, bows and arrows from Heng'an Town to Yunnei County.

Li Yaowang knew very well that this was at most a matter of obeying the fate of heaven.

There were 400 soldiers left in Heng'an City, and King Li Yaowang selected those old and young from among the military subordinates, and formed three regiments of 600 auxiliary soldiers, which can be regarded as making up for the 1,000 soldiers and horses in Heng'an Town.

In the end, King Li Yaowang secretly arranged the two hundred light cavalry guards he brought from Daizhou to Baishan Mountain, ten miles outside the city, and let them secretly go down there. As a surprise soldier, even if the situation is so bad, he doesn't plan to just blindly close the city.

After doing this, King Li Yaowang could only hope that the city fortifications could be repaired better, and also hoped that the messengers going south would bring back reinforcements as soon as possible.

It was another sunny morning, and King Li Yaowang went to the city to inspect.

"General, look, Beacon Smoke!"

Li Yaowang looked up, and sure enough, in the direction of the north, the beacon smoke was like a pillar, rising high.

The Sui army was on the border, and there was a beacon every thirty miles, with one beacon and one deputy commander, one deputy marshal, and six beacons. The beacon marshal sits on the beacon tower, the deputy marshal goes back and forth to inspect the school, one beacon is responsible for sending the talisman, and the other five beacons are watching at the moment. These beacon guards can only be replaced for two years, and they must all have loyal and trustworthy people. After King Li Yaowang arrived, he added five guards to each Feng in accordance with the wartime regulations of the Sui army.

The beacon emits smoke during the day and sets fire at night.

Now the smoke is billowing from the north, warning the enemy!

Seeing this beacon smoke, King Li Yaowang was taken aback, and sighed again and again in his heart, "I'm really afraid of whatever I want, the reinforcements haven't arrived yet, but the Turks have already arrived, so fast, too fast." ”

The Turks attacked in large numbers, and the first hundred Turkic scout light horsemen poured into the Great Wall and pounced on Heng'an Town, raising a thick cloud of smoke and dust in the open wilderness.

King Li Yaowang has fought with the army more than once, and he is no stranger or afraid of the Turks, but after all, there are too few soldiers in Heng'an Town. Moreover, since the Turks have broken through to the Great Wall and killed in front of Heng'an Town, the 300 soldiers he sent to guard the Great Wall are estimated to have already been wiped out.

After all, he is also a battle-hardened general, who has fought a lot of tough battles and vicious battles over the years, and he is also a man who has repeatedly charged into battle in northern Xinjiang. After the initial panic, he quickly calmed down, and at the same time he sent his own soldiers to order his 200 Ding cavalry to meet the battle, not seeking to kill the enemy, but only asking them to touch the details of the Turks to decide the next step.

After receiving the order, the general Li San immediately ordered his 200 light horsemen and left Baishan Mountain to meet the Turks.

Twenty miles away from the city, Li San and a hundred scouts of the Turkic vanguard met unexpectedly.

Li San saw that the enemy cavalry was only half of his side, but only a hundred cavalry, and immediately and decisively ordered a fierce attack, and the two sides fought each other. Then this Turkic forward, which was only half of Li San's division, did not panic, they quickly shouted loudly to form an effective defense, and after the two sides tore each other apart for a while, the Turks did not even have the slightest intention of retreating.

After fighting for a while, Li San also discovered the fierceness and tenacity of this Turkic army, and after seeing that the enemy was well-trained, brave and good at fighting, and very tenacious, Li San was not willing to fight, and soon took the initiative to give an order and withdraw the team.

When the Turkic vanguard saw Li San retreating, he chased after him reluctantly, and Li San led his troops to reflexively rush and kill, so three or five times, and finally the Turks retreated.

After leaving the battle, Li Sanyi counted the team and found that in the battle just now, although they fought more and less, they were twice as large as the Turks, but they still lost more than 20 horsemen and almost one horse.

"Fuck, these Turkic wolf cubs are so fierce, they bite like vicious wolves, damn it." A knight who was covering a wound on his arm said viciously. The ferocity of the Turks really impressed him.

Many knights are in a heavy mood, double the enemy, and the result is still like this, which is really depressing.

Li San comforted his subordinates and said, "Don't be depressed, although the wolf cubs are fierce, we didn't give them cheap, we folded more than 20 brothers, but the wolf cubs left alive in the end only more than 30 people, and their casualties were three times that of us." ”

"But this is only a hundred Turks, just the forward scouts of the Turks!" A knight spoke their minds.

There was a sudden silence on the field, and everyone knew that the Turkic army must be behind.

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