Shuozhou city Qin is under the jurisdiction of Yanmen County, Han is the county of Mayi, the Western Jin Dynasty when the Hu people outside the Saiwai power victory, the Han people all moved into the south of Yanmen, the land returned to the king Tuoba Yilu. The Northern Qi Dynasty changed Mayi County to Zhaoyuan County, and changed it back to the old name of Mayi during the Sui Dynasty, and was later occupied by the Turks all year round. At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Zhengman led the people of Ma Yi to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, which made the first Ji Dun lose the place of Zhongton, which invaded the south. Jili Khan led his troops to the south, fought with the Tang soldiers several times, and killed Gao Zhengman, but Ma Yi finally stood majestically in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and later changed its name to Shuozhou, for Shuozhou, Tang Taizong Li Shimin specially selected the Tang Dynasty to have a number of fierce generals Qin Wutong to guard Shuozhou, so far there is still no way to take him.

In the early morning of this day, the sky was overcast, and the sky of Shuozhou City was surging with a strange and dangerous atmosphere. Qin Wutong, who had experienced a hundred battles, felt a trace of murderous intent that made him restless. He couldn't stay in the governor's palace any longer, called for the lieutenant general, put on the brand new armor that had just been transported from the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, equipped with a matching sword, and personally inspected the city. As soon as he reached the top of the city, he saw Wu Xiaokuan, the guard of the north city gate, rushing towards him.

"What is General Wu worried about?" Qin Wutong pressed Wu Xiaokuan's shoulder and shouted.

Wu Xiaokuan pointed to the beacon towers on the west, south, and north sides of Shuozhou, and said breathlessly: "General Qin, I was about to tell you that the beacon towers of Cuiwei, Zijin, and my daughter Sanshan have all been lit. The Turks invade south!"

"What?" Qin Wutong's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "Where is our Tanma? Why is it that the beacon fire is lit, and I haven't seen them report yet? How far are the Turks from us?"

"General Qin, look!" Adjutant General Guo Daquan said in a panic.

Qin Wutong followed the direction of his finger, held on to the battlements of the city wall, looked at it fixedly, and gasped. I saw miles of smoke and dust rising from the horizon to the northeast, the sound of horses' hooves, whistling, and the neighing of horses rushing towards me like thunder in the wind. Flags flying in the sky obscure the sky and the sun, like dark clouds rising slowly, heralding the coming of a violent storm.

"Our scouts are all done." Qin Wutong slapped the wall battlement fiercely and said angrily.

"General Qin, what should we do?" Guo Daquan asked at a loss.

"Humph! Where is the paperwork?" Qin Wutong said in a loud voice.

A man dressed as a scribe was surrounded by a group of soldiers and came to his side, bowed and said, "What does General Qin command?"

Qin Wutong didn't think about it, and immediately spoke: "Write two documents, one for six hundred miles to step up for help, and hand it to Chang'an, and one letter for help, to Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, this guy should come back at this time, let him send people to support, how many people are sent over." The clerk immediately took the order and left, not daring to delay at all.

Qin Wutong pointed at Wu Xiaorong and said, "General Wu, Shuozhou City has an immediate curfew, which will take effect immediately, and you have ordered all the people in the city, who can walk, whether male or female, to be dispatched within ten zhang of the city wall. All the fire oil, stove oil, and iron pots of each household were requisitioned, and the orderlies were ordered to open the storehouse and send strong men to carry arrows. Wu Xiaorong received the order and led more than a dozen officers and soldiers to run down the city wall quickly.

Qin Wutong said to the deputy general Guo Daquan: "Immediately order 5,000 archers, 3,000 pikemen, 3,000 sword and shield men, 1,000 bound hands, and 4,000 cavalry, and we will go out of the city to meet the battle." He thought for a while, and then said, "It's too late to order troops, pull out the whole battalion for me, the sooner the better."

Guo Daquan nodded, and immediately went down to the city to arrange everything.

When the men on the city wall were empty, Qin Wutong habitually held the head of the city, looked at the hundreds of thousands of Turkic generals under the city, and sighed heavily. He decided to go all out and lead his elite men to disrupt the Turks when they were not gaining a firm foothold. However, the Turks appeared so suddenly and quickly that he had no certainty of victory. But if the Turks are allowed to complete the siege without paying any price, then the morale will be low, and they will only lose faster if they hold on to the isolated city of Shuozhou. He had no choice.

"If only I could be ten years younger......" Qin Wutong looked at the Turkic warriors who were showing off their might under the city walls with contempt, and snorted.

The closed north gate of Shuozhou City suddenly opened, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses with bright armor neatly walked out of the city gate and crossed the moat. The archers lined up in a neat phalanx and shot tightly at the formation. The infantry marched out of the city gate in columns, with sword and shield men in the forefront, shields nearly a man tall to protect their bodies. The spear team clings to the back of the sword and shield hand, and the steel spear is set up high like a dense forest, giving people a feeling of strong walls and murderous opportunities. These infantry, lined up in a thick and tight formation, approached the Turkic army step by step. The cavalry finally went out of the city, like two surging red waves, surging to the two wings of the infantry formation, lined up in a neat and solemn formation. Qin Wutong personally led more than a dozen partial generals and his own 500 personal soldiers in the middle formation, and in the back were a thousand sword and axe men of the overseer team.

Feng Jie and dozens of Turkic generals rode their horses and stood at the forefront of the 100,000-strong army, silently watching the Tang soldiers and horses that were slowly approaching. "Second Prince, the Tang people have begun to approach, and our army has not yet gained a firm foothold, so it is better for me to lead a group of men and horses to rush their infantry formation, force them, and let our army have a chance to breathe." Feng Jie's outstanding general, Nagu Otter, who was known for his wisdom and bravery, came to his side and whispered. Feng Jie waved his hand and said, "That's exactly what the Tang generals want you to do. As soon as they break up your troops, they will immediately take advantage of the momentum to boost morale and return to the city to defend it. At that time, the confidence of the Tang people to defend the city was greatly increased, which was extremely unfavorable to us."

Feng Jie grabbed the horse's head and carefully examined the formation laid out by Qin Wutong. At this time, the Tang people's majestic infantry formation was already less than two arrows away from them, and as long as they got closer, they could use the first rain of arrows to prompt the Turks to rush into battle.

Feng Jie's left vanguard general, Bian Hong, an iron man who is famous for his good at fighting tough battles, came to his horse and said loudly: "Second prince, if you don't give the order to attack, it will be too late, I ask for orders to fight, and vow to bring the head of the Tang guards to meet you."

Feng Jie waved his hand, and a smile appeared on his slender face: "Don't worry, Bianhong, have you ever seen a crab?" Bian Hong was stunned: "What is that?" Feng Jie laughed and looked at the Nagu otter on the side. The Nagu Otter shook his head, indicating that he hadn't heard of it either. An unfathomable smile appeared on Feng Jie's face, "Today I want to not only let you know what a crab is, but also teach you how to eat it."

A terrifying horn sounded in the Turkic battle array, and a commander in brocade and armor in front of him gave an order, and five thousand Turkic knights rushed to the infantry phalanx in the middle of the Tang soldiers like wolves. Five thousand horses flew with four hooves, like ten thousand drums in unison, the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and the momentum was shocking.

Qin Wutong's spirits were greatly lifted, and he shouted loudly and ordered the deputy general Guo Daquan to carry out the final pre-battle mobilization of the cavalry arrays on both flanks of the team. He set up this crab formation, with the shield soldiers in the center as the center, a spear array, an archery team, and a bound hand to form a strong fortification, advancing towards the center of the Turkic formation, inducing the enemy to attack towards the center of the formation. The cavalry on both flanks plays two roles, the first is to prevent the enemy's mobile cavalry from going around the rear of the large array to harass, and the second is to intersperse from the two wings when the enemy is attacking the frontal assault, and cut the flanks of the enemy's frontal troops through the two wings, so that the enemy attacking the infantry formation is cut in two, so that the enemy in front of the attack is caught in the belly and back by the enemy, and cooperate with the frontal infantry formation to eliminate a part of the enemy soldiers, and then listen to the orders of the main formation. Now that the enemy has finally won the scheme, how can he not be excited.

Just when he thought that victory was in his hands, the cavalry of the five thousand men suddenly froze, and then as if a sharp sword had cut it from the middle, the five thousand cavalry, led by the two fierce Turkic leaders, circled in a huge circle, and actually changed direction and rushed towards the cavalry formations on both flanks.

Qin Wutong hurriedly waved the command flag, commanding the cavalry on both wings to intercept immediately, but the start of the Tang cavalry was too late, and it was hit by the Turkic elite cavalry that rushed up like a bamboo, and immediately messed up, thousands of people and horses swirled in place, and the formation was in chaos.

Qin Wutong was furious, secretly scolded the Turkic dog thieves for being cunning, drew his sword, and led 500 personal soldiers and 1,000 warlords to the left flank of the large array, preparing to repel the enemy on the left flank first, and then make a plan.

The Turkic men and horses on the left flank were led by Tiehan Bianhong, who bravely killed seven Tang cavalry leaders in a row, winning a cheer from the surrounding soldiers, and 2,500 people under his leadership killed and wounded thousands of Tang Dynasty cavalry like mowing grass mustard, and finally collided with Qin Wutong's personal army. Qin Wutong is a brave general of the Tang Dynasty, a big knife to cover the front and back, try his best to fight, even killed more than ten Turkic cavalry in a row, and forcibly stopped the defeat of the left wing cavalry, the Tang cavalry showed their steely discipline, and rushed up again after a little formation formation. The cavalry on both sides suddenly gathered and scattered, killing in the dark, Bianhong and Qin Wutong fought for twenty rounds, Bianhong, who was good at riding and fighting, couldn't help Qin Wutong, and Qin Wutong, who was strong in martial arts, couldn't capture Bianhong, and the horses of the two people were spinning around on the ground, biting and trampling each other frantically, and falling into a crazy fight like the main general. At this moment, the cavalry on the right flank of the Tang soldiers could not resist the fierce cavalry assault of the Nagu otters, and there were countless casualties, and the defeated soldiers retreated to the rear like a tide, rushing the originally neat Tang soldiers' rear into chaos. Qin Wutong saw the chaos in the back, and immediately made a decision, and immediately led the supervision team to temporarily retreat for rectification, despite this, this famous general of the Tang Dynasty had fallen into a dilemma of being overstretched. Bian Hong and the Nagu otters who came from the rear of the Tang soldiers joined forces, and only one rushed to kill, and the Tang cavalry on the left flank, which had lost its command, was thrown into chaos. The two skillfully mobilized their troops and horses, and drove the defeated Tang soldiers into the infantry formation like ducks. The infantry phalanx, which had been waiting for the battle, was immediately dispersed by the defeated and retreating Tang Dynasty cavalry, and the men and horses trampled on each other, with countless casualties. The Turkic elite cavalry took advantage of the situation and rushed into the infantry formation, and the five thousand sabers slashed down like five thousand lightning bolts, followed by a tragic blood light flying all over the field.

"Withdraw!" After Qin Wutong finished reorganizing the rear team, he already knew that the general trend had gone, and immediately led the remnants of the army to retreat towards the north gate of Shuozhou. Looking at the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty who were in a rout, Feng Jie waved his horsewhip lightly and said casually: "The whole army is assaulting and attacking Shuozhou City!"

Shuozhou City fell into a sea of fire, Qin Wutong led the remnants of the army to hold on to Shuozhou City for two days and one night, and finally broke through the north gate of Shuozhou by the Turkic army on the night of the second day. Immediately after the West Gate and the East Gate were lost one after another, the Turkic cavalry poured into the streets and alleys of Shuozhou City like a tide, and engaged in fierce street battles with the Tang soldiers defending the city. The South Gate finally fell under the repeated attacks of the Turks day and night, and the deputy general Guo Daquan resisted the enemy soldiers, held his post tightly, and died bravely.

Qin Wutong led 3,000 remnants of soldiers, and with the assistance of Wu Xiaorong, desperately fought his way out of the encirclement and fled in a hurry towards Daizhou.

In the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin came to the imperial book case in high spirits, holding two copies of the folds high in his hand, and said excitedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, can anyone guess what is written in the two urgent folds in my hand?"

Prime Minister Sun Wuji observed his words, smiled slightly, walked out of the train and asked, "Your Majesty, is it the letter from the ** Dynasty?"

Li Shimin looked up to the sky and laughed, and said loudly, "Isn't this boring?"

At this time, Shangshu Zuo Cheng Wei Zheng's face showed a knowing smile, and he walked out of the class and said, "Your Majesty, is it that the ** army has arrived at Yanmen?"

Li Shimin was shocked, his face showed a look of sincere appreciation, and praised: "It is Wei Qing who knows my heart best. Yes, since the Bohai State was entrenched by the Turks, and a large number of people fled south, I thought about it day and night, just guessing when and from which way the Turks invaded south. Now, I don't have to worry anymore, they have sent me to the door."

He put the two copies on the imperial book case, picked up one of them, and said, "This is an urgent document from Qin Wutong, the governor of Shuozhou, and 100,000 Turkic soldiers have arrived in Shuozhou. Not far from the total number of Turkic armies that we have estimated these days. It is certain that there will never be more than 30,000 Turks in the Bohai Kingdom. Because of the large number of southbound people in the Turkic country, 160,000 people is already the limit of what they can mobilize, except for the 30,000 people who stayed in Dingxiang and the 30,000 who attacked the Bohai Sea, the 100,000 people who have gone have all come to the two states of Shuodai."

He held up the second copy and said, "This is an urgent recital by Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, in which he said that Shuozhou was lost, and Qin Wutong led 3,000 remnants of the army to retreat. He is good at making claims, contacting You, Yi, Heng, and, Fen Zhuzhou soldiers and horses, with 100,000 soldiers, has sent to Shuozhou all roads to invite thieves to return."

There was a whisper in the Liangyi Palace, and they all talked about Zhang Gongjin's boldness and decisiveness. Wei Zheng walked out of the train again and said loudly: "Although Zhang Gongjin's move is quite abrupt, the military situation is urgent, and if the general is not able to make a decision immediately, he will easily delay the military aircraft and cause losses. Now that people from all walks of life have been dispatched in time, General Zhang has made great contributions, and the minister thinks that he should be commended."

Li Shimin smiled slightly and said, "Wei Qing's words are very agreeable. But I will punish him for a year."

Wei Zheng was stunned and asked, "General Zhang is not trivial, why is there such a punishment?"

Li Shimin sat back on the imperial book case and said with a smile: "Zhang Gongjin must have received Qin Wutong's urgent document on the day Shuozhou was besieged, but he was two days late before sending troops to rescue, what does this mean? He wanted to wait until Qin Wutong was exhausted before rushing to the rescue, this is to show me his ability." His expression suddenly straightened, and he said coldly, "That's why I have such a punishment, and the princes should take this as a warning in the future." As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials present were all convinced, and they all nodded yes, only Wei Zheng was silent thoughtfully.

Li Shimin said again: "Where is the book of the military department?"

Li Jing's expression was grim, he walked out of the train, and said loudly, "The minister is here."

Li Shimin said: "Give you five days to gather troops and horses, and tomorrow I will issue a document to officially crusade against the ** Turks." As soon as the ** Turkic soldiers and horses are repulsed, I want you to immediately send troops to Dingxiang City."

Li Jinghong said, "The minister obeys the order."

Li Shimin waved the sleeves of his robe and said loudly, "Retreat from the dynasty."

Qin Wutong fled to the front of the Yanmen Pass in Daizhou, and finally joined forces with Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, who came out of the pass to help. Zhang Gongjin urged the horse to come to his horse and said in a loud voice, "General Qin, Zhang is late to save him, please forgive me." Qin Wutong's face was full of shame, and he pushed the big knife behind his back, and said, "I lost Shuozhou in just two days, and Qin really has no shame to see my brother." Zhang Gongjin said, "General Qin doesn't have to worry, just let you and me stop the thieves here. You, Yi, Heng, and, the soldiers and horses of the Fen Prefecture will soon arrive at Yanmen, and when the time comes, they will defeat the Turks, and they will have the opportunity to make up for their mistakes."

At this time, the Turkic men and horses, under the leadership of Fengjie, gathered their cavalry and chased them to the front of Yanmen Pass day and night. Zhang Gongjin and Qin Wutong had just joined forces together, and they had only chatted for a few words, and they had already seen the Turkic banners that covered the sky and the sun rising from the horizon. "How did the Turks come so quickly?" Zhang Gongjin said in surprise. Qin Wu channel: "This time, the leader of the Turks is proficient in the art of war, plus there are many people and horses, Brother Zhang is careful."

Zhang Gongjin looked back at Yanmen Pass, gritted his teeth and said loudly: "The front army changed into the rear army, the archers shot the position, and the whole army retreated." The army of 20,000 people completed the transformation without any confusion, and slowly withdrew to Yanmen under the escort of 5,000 archers.

Feng Jie, who rushed to the front first, saw the formation of Daizhou's soldiers and horses, sneered, and shouted: "Everyone rein in their horses, and the cavalry and archery team move to the front of the formation." The galloping Turkic army reined in the heads of their horses, and 5,000 knights in brocade clothes with pheasants on their heads urged their heads to come to the front.

Lian Feng took off the iron-tired bow behind his back and said loudly, "Brothers, let the Han people see the bows and arrows of our Turks." His words were met with a wolf-like cheer in response. Five thousand Turkic knights, under his leadership, rushed in front of the Daizhou Bow Corps. The sky was full of wolf's fangs and arrows.

"Shoot the arrows!" The leaders of the archery team shouted loudly, and a rain of arrows also flew out of the camp of the big ** team. The cavalry and archery team of the Turks lived on horses all their lives, and the art of comprehensive horses was ingenious and abnormal, coming and going suddenly, fast as lightning, and it was often difficult for the Tang people's bows and arrows to hit them. But their bows and arrows were able to accurately penetrate the vital points of the Tang archers. After several exchanges of bows and arrows, more than 1,000 archers were killed and wounded, and their morale was greatly reduced.

Feng Jie saw it in his eyes, shook his hand and shot three arrows to kill the three leaders of the archery team, rode his horse and led the team back to his own formation, and said loudly, "Everyone, charge me!" The cavalry of the Turkic vanguard had already seen the itching of their hands, and when they heard the commander's order, they all shouted and urged the horses together, and rushed towards Zhang Gongjin's rear team like a mountain. The archery team of the Daizhou soldiers and horses had already been more than half of the arrows, and the sharpness was exhausted, and they only had time to shoot four rows of arrows to make the Turkic elite rush to the front. The warriors at the forefront of the Turkic army raised their horses' heads high, trampled the archers in the first row into meat paste with only the horse's hooves, and inserted them into the hinterland like sharp swords.

Zhang Gongjin and Qin Wutong respectively led the elite men and horses to turn back to intercept the Turkic cavalry, and the two sides launched a fierce battle in the dark. Feng Jie commanded the army in an orderly manner, dividing tens of thousands of cavalry into several teams to charge and kill in turns, one after another, never stopping. Zhang Gongjin and Qin Wutong tried their best, but they still couldn't contain the powerful offensive of the Turks, and 20,000 horses fell into a hasty retreat, leaving behind more than 5,000 corpses, and retreated to Yanmen Pass in embarrassment. Dozens of miles of mountain roads in front of Yanmen Pass were filled with the wild wolf-like victorious cheers of the Turkic cavalry.