With the starlight in the night sky, Shibi Khan led his subordinates to retreat quickly to Xiawu Mountain. He did not ask all the great and small khans to retreat along the same line, which in fact was not possible. As for the fighting ability of the tribal alliance, Shibi Khan knew better than everyone. If the attack goes well, they even dare to launch a strong attack on the enemy force ten times their size with hundreds of men, and there is a high probability that they will be crushed. But in case of a major setback, just like everyone is outside Yanmen City today, the samurai will not retreat, and once they retreat, they will not care about each other.

The first few tribal armies to evacuate chose the path of going straight north. Follow the west bank of Hutuo River to Fanyi, and then turn to the Sanggan River at the foot of Heng Mountain. Several cities along the road are still under the control of the tribal coalition, so everyone doesn't have to worry about supplies along the way. However, Shibi Khan did not follow the same path, and he expected that the Sui army would pursue and kill along the Hutuo River. If the Sui army from Hebei had the intention of currying favor with Yang Guang, they would also take advantage of the opportunity of the retreat of the allied forces to cross the Flying Fox Ridge. Although all the counties in Hebei were still standing still when the coalition army moved south, Yang Guang was still alive at this time, and intercepting and killing the coalition forces in a hurry was the best opportunity for those local officials to make up for their achievements.

Shibi Khan chose another road that seemed to be farther, and withdrew from Tucheng to Mayi County. He knew very well the personality of Wang Rengong, the Taishou of Mayi County, and perhaps gave the other party enough benefits when the army went south. And Wang Rengong is also very good friends, even if the noise of the coalition soldiers has reached his county guard's mansion, Mayi County has not sent a single soldier.

"Now that I have become a friend, does he dare to betray me?" Shibi Khan thought with a sinister smile, he was secretly proud of his arrangement. But at the same time, he was very depressed. Such a good opportunity was wasted, and it was really immortal that God did not bless the Turks. But what benefits did the Great Sui give to Changshengtian, and he actually escaped death again?

Shi Bi couldn't understand why the defenders of Yanmen City resisted so strongly, and they could still fight to the death in an almost desperate situation. He didn't understand that the heroes of the Central Plains were so united, knowing that Yang Guang was a confused and faint king, and he came all the way to work for him.

Several old horses with heavy burdens fell, causing a big lump in the advancing procession. The shepherd slave who tended the pack horses pulled the reins desperately in an attempt to regain the spirits of the poor animals. The old horse gasped and let out a "Boom!" "Wailing, it's working hard, but it just can't get up. The shepherd cut the ropes on the horse's back, preparing to lighten the load on the animals. Shibi Khan's own soldiers ran over and stabbed the old horse into the drenched neck.

The blood spurted more than three feet high, splashing the faces of the herdsmen like a spring. "The Great Khan has decreed that all fallen horses and baggage shall be abandoned, and no one shall waste time!" Ignoring the sad and indignant eyes of the herdsmen, the soldiers shouted. Immediately after, the wails of other herbivores before they died were heard far away in the night wind.

The night wind was cold, and the cold air from the northern grasslands passed through the ruined inner Great Wall on the distant hills, blowing cold to the people. The brocade clothes that were soaked with sweat were attached to the front chest and back, and they were as hard as two pieces of iron. However, in this cold autumn night, Shibi Khan could not easily stop and change his clothes, as the master of the entire northern grassland, whether his movements were calm or not was related to the morale of the remaining soldiers and horses of the brigade. If the Great Khan himself panicked, the tribal warriors below who had not undergone much training would have to blow up the pot.

The reality of the situation and the sense of responsibility made Shibi Khan insist, insisting on not stopping to rest, insisting on ordering his subordinates to give up some of the looted property, killing the old horses that had lost their strength or lost their hooves, and insisting on asking the guards to straighten the wool Daxu that represented the majesty of the Great Khan, in order to prove that the army was retreating in an orderly manner, not in a rout.

"Great Khan, the earth city is coming, whether to enter the city and station!" Ashina Qiyu gasped and leaned forward and asked in a low voice. Tucheng is a small place stuck between Yanmen County and Mayi County, and due to its unique location, Shibi Khan deliberately left his henchman Bayegu with a thousand warriors to garrison there while besieging Yanmen. As long as the city is safe, the army can retreat into Mayi County. Then follow the east bank of the Sanggan River all the way north, and you will arrive at Baishan Mountain in five days. After the Baishan Mountain, the Turkic people were under control, and the large and small tribes of the Suzhen, Wuzhou, and Qifu Bo would come to meet them and ensure that the Great Khan returned to Dingxiang in peace and security (Note 1).

"Go around the city, order Bayegu to set fire to the earthen city, and then quickly follow!" Qimin Khan didn't think about it and replied without hesitation.

"But there are more than 2,000 truckloads of dried meat there?" Qi Yu, who had become a loyal staff, stared at him with round eyes and reminded in a low voice. Instead of burning more than 2,000 truckloads of dried meat, why not let everyone take it as dry food on the road. Anyway, the enemy army has not yet begun to pursue, so why did the Great Khan go in such a hurry?

Before he could ask, a horsewhip had already been whipped down. "If you want to go, you can go quickly, don't delay your efforts!" Shibi Khan rebuked impatiently, looking like a bull with a spring hair.

Today's Ashina Choyu is no longer the Danyu of the past, and he has no military power in his hands, so even if he suffers a great grievance, he can only hold back. Bowing deeply to Shibi, he said with a smiling face: "Yes, yes, I'll send someone." Set fire to Tucheng and leave nothing for the Han people! ”

"Old goods!" Shibi Khan glared at him fiercely and continued to ride his horse. Speaking from the heart, Ashina Choyu's suggestion is a serious word. There is not much on the grassland, and 2,000 carts of dried meat are enough for a large tribe of tens of thousands of people to eat for a whole winter. More than 60,000 soldiers and horses of Shibi Khan's descendants rushed into the city to copy a small bundle of each, and it was not necessary to delay half an hour to carry all these precious foods. But Shibi Khan always felt that this was inappropriate, like an old wolf who had been roaming for many years, and he instinctively sensed that there was danger hidden behind the night curtain. As to where the danger came from, he could not smell it. So I had to withdraw across the Inner Great Wall as soon as possible and go as far as possible.

After the removal of the inner Great Wall, it was Mayi County, and the soldiers under Wang Rengong would not go out of the city to stop it. And the pursuers behind him were entangled by Ashina Bone Toru, and it took a lot of effort to catch up.

Leaving behind the army, a fire soon broke out in the earth castle, and the air was filled with the smell of barbecue. It was a drooling aroma, and dried meat, which had lost all its moisture, was a delicacy of the grasslands, and when roasted over a fire, the aroma of a trombone would make a burst of trombone from wolves miles away.

"Oh-woo!" Between the mountains, there is a wolf howling, deep and long, as if calling a dead hero. Shibi Khan shuddered violently, as if his soul had been bitten by the howl of a wolf in an instant. He finally understood what he was afraid of, and Ashina Bone Toru, who had lost the silver wolf, did not show the despair he deserved at all. Without the assistance of the Silver Wolf King, the Eastern Saizhu would soon abandon it, and without the support of the Eastern Saizhu, Gu Turu would be the next Choyu.

Knowing that he had lost the favor of the Silver Wolf King, Gu Turu could still order Dongsai Zhuhu to stay behind as the army, and the stupidest roe deer on the grassland could see that it was fake. Gu Toru wouldn't break it for everyone at all, and he had already thought of a way to get out. Even he didn't lose the Silver Wolf King at all, the so-called holy relics were robbed and his wife was humiliated, all of which were tricks that he and the Sui people had done for everyone to see!

"Speed up, speed up and rush through the mountain pass ahead!" Shibi Khan raised his horsewhip and shouted angrily. The only thing that Gu Turu could use to trade with the Great Sui could only be his cousin. If he was killed by the Central Plains people on the way to withdraw the army, the two brothers, Tong Lifu and Du Bihe, would not have the strength to fight against Gu Toru. As for her Kedun and stepmother Yicheng, all she cares about is Kedun's name, and she doesn't mind that Khan is younger.

"Woo--woo---" The herald blew the horn and sent the order of Shibi Khan. The low, irritable sound of horns echoed through the mountains, making people's hearts tense. The walker finally survived to the end of the rhyme, gradually relented, and was tensed up by another sound of horns.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo!" Short and crisp, from the mountain beam overhead to the valley behind him, and the direction of the earth city that has been thrown away, this horn sound is transmitted everywhere. In the dark, it is not known how many horns are playing in ensemble, but there is one clear answer, none of these horns are Turkic.

It was the horn of the Great Sui people's counterattack, through the woods, around the rocks, and sounded just when Shibi Khan least wanted to hear it. Hearing the sound of horns, the Lei Lei rocks on the mountain beam seemed to have life, and they lined up to roll down. "Boom, boom!" As they rolled, they made a sound of death, which frightened the samurai of the valley and the horses under their crotches screaming.

Thousands of meteors flew up from behind the rolling rocks and fell into the crowd before the stones. It was a rocket fired by the Sui army lying in ambush on the mountain beam, and the Turkic bandits at the bottom of the valley were so dense that the soldiers didn't need to aim at all. The smell of barbecue once again filled the night sky, accompanied by a desperate wail. Shibi Khan rushed left and right, watching his subordinates be shot down one by one. Then he saw the torches all over the mountain, and the Great Wall, which was once dilapidated but still mighty, illuminated by the torches.

The city wall has stood for thousands of years since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, and it has been weathered many times, but it has never fallen.

Note 1: Dingxiang, in the northwest of present-day Datong City. The territory belongs to the Sui land, but from the time of the Qimin Khan, the Turks occupied this place on the pretext of guarding the wall for the Sui, and gradually became the capital of its southward movement

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