Outside the Jade Gate.

Li Jing's cloudy eyes burst out with a fine light, like a sleeping Menghu suddenly woke up, swallowing mountains and rivers, the king returned, and ordered in a cold voice: "You can't lose the battle of Yangguan, the King of Han is only a special operations division and a guard regiment, more than 7,000 people, the troops are too few, Fang Yiai, organize two thousand baggage guards, plus your headquarters has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, bring enough feather arrows, change horses and go to Yangguan." ”

There are more than 2,000 people in the baggage guards, all of whom are retired from the former forbidden army, veterans of a hundred battles, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the government soldiers.

Fang Yiai was overjoyed and excitedly ran to the rear to arrange.

An Guogong didn't want to miss this decisive battle, so he took the initiative to ask: "Wei Guogong, there are still more than 9,000 warriors of my own clan in Yumen Pass, and it is not a big problem to transfer 2,000, why don't you do it?" ”

Li Jing did not agree immediately, but looked at the Yumen Pass.

An Guogong saw that Li Jing was worried, and continued: "Although the city wall of Yumen Pass is not strong and strong, five trenches have been dug outside the city, which can slow down the speed of the attack, greatly increase the defensive power, and have the city wall to rely on, even if two thousand people are dispatched, the remaining seven thousand will block the 30,000 Turks. ”

Li Jing nodded in agreement, thinking that if it was really defeated, the army could directly withdraw to Longyou, as long as the Yumen was closed, the Turks would not dare to chase, otherwise, An Guogong could send troops to attack the Turkic logistics, without logistics support, the Turkic army would be sent to death if they pursued Longyou.

Seven thousand people guarded the Jade Gate Pass for a period of time, and it was no problem at all.

The army will be able to gain respite and return to the battle.

One thought flashed through his mind, Li Jing weighed the pros and cons, and promised: "Good, but you have to obey the command." ”

"No problem, thank you for the success of the country!" An Guogong smiled, he was not worried about losing at all, the seven thousand people around the King of Han could hold out for so long, and he also killed more than 50,000 Turks, and now that there are reinforcements, where will he lose?

How can you miss the opportunity to take credit for nothing?

Soon, logistics, craftsmen, relatives and others were sent by An Guogong to introduce people into Guancheng, a carriage came slowly, stopped next to Li Jing, Li Xueyan and He'er got out of the carriage, holding the child in their hands, the child was wrapped tightly, and he was sleeping fragrantly.

"Shibo, this is Yumen Pass?" Li Xueyan looked curiously at Guan Cheng in front of him and asked.

"Exactly, you go to the city to rest, and the old man takes the soldiers to the sunshine."

"Yangguan, how far is it, is Lang Jun in Yangguan?" Li Xueyan keenly guessed something.

Li Jing will not hide it, nodded and said: "It is indeed in Yangguan, and it is a decisive battle with the Turks, the key to this battle, the old man is worried that there are too few soldiers and horses around the virtuous nephew, and he is ready to bring people over to support, An Guogong and the virtuous nephew of Yumen Pass are also old acquaintances, you can trust, rest assured to enter the city to rest." ”

"There's Lawbo." Li Xueyan said gratefully.

He'er was not at ease, and asked worriedly, "Is there a chance of winning?" ”

"Don't worry, there will be no problem." Li Jing smiled confidently.

He'er was relieved, but he didn't show it, and he wasn't a messer, he looked ahead, but he didn't know which direction Yangguan was in, he thought about it, and he still didn't say anything.

After a few moments, the army was assembled.

In the last battle, Yumen Pass captured a lot of war horses, cultivated for a few days, and was in the best physical condition, Li Jing and Fang Yiai took the army to change the war horses to ride, replenish a batch of feather arrows, and ate some food that Yumen Pass had prepared long ago, and roared away in the direction of Chaoyang Pass.

One by one, the morale is like a rainbow!

At dusk, the army rushed to five miles outside Yangguan.

The Turkic camp was faintly visible in front, hunting with banners, Li Jing was a cautious person, and quickly ordered the army to slow down and slow down, so that the horses could recover their strength, and while arranging the troops, let the soldiers of the Anguo Gong clan who were good at riding and shooting walk in front, and personally commanded them.

Soon, the scout Pegasus who had gone out to explore the way returned: "Report-"

"What's the matter, take a breath and talk slowly." Li Jing threw a water bladder over.

The other party took two sips of it, and said gratefully: "Xie Weiguo gave water, the battlefield ahead is calm, there is no sign of moving, the sun is also very quiet, fireworks and birds, the aroma can be smelled from afar, it should be eaten at the barbecue, and the Turks surrounded Yangguan on three sides, leaving only the backside." ”

"Back?"

Li Jing looked ahead, a mountain on the flat wilderness was raised, particularly abrupt, it was Yangguan, the back of the mountain is relatively steep, not conducive to climbing, more importantly, the back is towards Yumen Pass, if the Turks send troops to guard the back, they will face the risk of being attacked by Yumen Pass, no wonder they dare not send troops.

"It doesn't make much sense to go to the backside, should we go around behind the Turks?" Fang Yiai proposed, the back can't be caught in the fight, how boring.

Li Jing glanced around at the generals around him, and said with a smile: "There are already people staring behind the Turks, let's go to the left side of the Turks to prevent them from escaping to Dunhuang, the left and the rear are blocked, and the Turks can only take Qitun, Qitun has Luotong, and then it can form a situation surrounded on all sides, go!" ”

They are all soldiers of the imperial court, how can they not know the prestige of the country? One by one, their eyes lit up, they were full of confidence, and they loudly ordered the troops to follow, as if they were not going to fight, but to eat.

……

Turkic camp, inside the tent.

The eldest prince was drinking wine and eating meat with the generals, and after making a promise, he finally stabilized the morale of the army, and began to work together to discuss countermeasures.

The shaman's cold gaze glanced at Wu Chi, quickly retracted it, and said after snorting coldly: "Prince, it is said that the old man should not interfere with the actions of the army, but the old man is also the deputy commander of the right army, so he has to say a few more words. ”

"You say." The eldest prince suppressed his dissatisfaction and squeezed out a smile.

"In the first battle during the day, our army suffered huge losses, and someone must bear this responsibility, otherwise the army's morale will be unstable."

"That's right, I can't wait!"

Several generals who were close to the shaman jumped out one after another, and the eldest prince's henchmen and generals were also silent with cold faces, the loss was so big, and he couldn't explain it without an explanation.

As for the king of Khotan, he also lost thousands of soldiers and horses, and he also held his breath in his heart.

The eldest prince saw that the military spirit that had finally stabilized collapsed again, and gritted his teeth with hatred for the shaman, but it was not exposed, there was no way, this shaman was not only high and powerful in the Turkic position, but also the patriarch of a large tribe, and there were 100,000 people in his clan, as long as he received support, he would have the opportunity to win the position of the Great Khan.

For the position of the Great Khan, no matter how big the grievances are, they have to endure it, who let their people lose the battle, squeezed out a little smile and asked: "Shaman, what do you mean?" ”

Seeing that the eldest prince was soft, the shaman smiled with satisfaction: "Deprive the Wuchi of command, demote him to a soldier, and make meritorious contributions to his crimes, otherwise the old man will have to repair the book and state the facts." ”

Once the news of the defeat spread, the great prince's reputation would inevitably plummet.

"Presumptuous, you dare to threaten the eldest prince?" Wu Chi roared angrily, looking like he was about to make a move.

The eldest prince frowned, stared at the shaman without speaking, and his face was gloomy.

Forbearance is for co-optation, not humiliation.

The other party dares to threaten today, and if he compromises, he will dare to replace him tomorrow.

At this moment, the eldest prince made a killing move.

The shaman realizes that he is in a hurry, but so what? Without his own help, this battle will be lost, and the eldest prince will not be able to threaten himself without the capital to compete for the position of the Great Khan.

Thoughts flashed, the shaman stared at Wu Chi and snorted coldly, and said, "General of the defeated army, what kind of face do you have to talk to the old man?" Get out of the way and stay. ”

After speaking, the shaman stared at the eldest prince with cold eyes, and continued: "The eldest prince, we must not let the army have large casualties, otherwise it will be defeated, from now on, the old man will take over the command of the army, if the eldest prince does not agree, the old man has nothing to say, just take his own people away." ”

"The shaman laughed, and as you said, the army will be under your command." The eldest prince smiled, but the killing intent in his heart became stronger.

Seeing Wu Chi's angry eyes, the eldest prince felt a little comforted in his heart, but he was more helpless, to blame only for losing the previous battles, and his henchmen suffered heavy losses, and he was no longer able to control the army.

"Thank you very much." Sprinkled with a somewhat smug salute.

The eldest prince smiled but did not speak, and his heart was as cold as frost.

"Next, the old man will talk about the deployment, and the sneak attack will be tonight! Poor visibility at night, our army can quietly approach Yangguan, and suddenly attack, that strange weapon will be difficult to use. The shaman said triumphantly.

Everyone's eyes lit up and they smiled.

"Report—" Suddenly, a hurried voice came from outside the tent.

A scout hurriedly came in, saluted the eldest prince and said, "Great prince, a large army has appeared on the flank, with more than 12,000 people, waving the battle flag of the Tang Kingdom. ”

"Tang reinforcements? That's impossible? ”

The eldest prince stood up suddenly, and his face changed greatly.