The Turks and the Great Sui have fought for more than 30 years, and although they have lost more than they won, they are also very experienced.

In their eyes, the commanders of the Central Plains, Yang Shuang is the first, Yang Su is the second, and Shi Wansui is the third, and now the first two are dead, and the last one is old, so the Turks did not take the generals of the younger generation of the Great Sui in their eyes.

Although they also know that Li Jing is Yang Su's protégé.

But this time, Li Jing properly taught them a lesson, as soon as the sound of the hammer, Qi Bi Gelen and Kang Sheli retreated at the same time, and the cavalry fought foot, if you can't break the formation, you must retreat, because you no longer have the biggest killing weapon of the cavalry, the impact power.

They needed to retreat a certain distance to give the cavalry room to charge.

But this time, they don't plan to rush again, let's wait for the main force, anyway, Li Jing is here, and if they can't run away, they will be tightly entangled.

In the battle during the day, the Turks suffered heavy losses, more than 5,000 cavalry were killed on the spot, and corpses were everywhere, and Li Jing did not plan to clean up the corpses, because the corpses could well block the momentum of the cavalry charge.

"Don't enter the city, continue to retreat to Yiwu County, send an order to General Fan, let him recruit troops to stay in Zhangye, wait for my next military order, immediately report to the Beijing Division, and ask the prince to decide," Li Jing sent hundreds of rangers to the rear counties to report the battle situation, so that they could be prepared.

He planned to lengthen the battle line and continue to pull the Turks to the hinterland of Hexi, so as to avoid the main force of the other side being too concentrated, after all, the Eastern and Western Turks combined, more than 500,000 people, he was tough and rigid on the front.

At the same time that Li Jing slowly retreated, Yang Yuanqing's rangers rushed back and told him a bad news, the main force of the Eastern and Western Turks, not coming here, was bypassing Linchuan City in the south and heading straight to the direction of Yiwu County.

"They are not going to Yiwu, but they are going to enter Guanzhong," Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Use the cavalry on the opposite side to drag me down, and then drive straight into it with the main force, so that Guanzhong is in danger." ”

Xu Shiji said: "We must pass through Wuwei in the customs, if we can stop it in Wuwei County, in terms of the Beijing Division, we can leave time for the prince to recruit and transfer the army." ”

Hou Junji also said: "The infantry army can't go back, only the cavalry still has time, I'm not afraid that he will attack the city, I'm afraid that he will go around the city, and Wuwei County must hold it." ”

Li Jing did not dare to delay, and directly ordered all the five cavalry except Yang Yuanqing to go in the direction of Wuwei County, Yang Xuanting's troops retreated as fast as possible, and he and Cui Hongsheng stayed behind to resist the pursuers.

In this way, a large-scale tug-of-war unfolded in the Hexi Corridor of the Great Sui.

Wang Wei, who was stationed in Yiwu County, An Xiuren in Dunhuang County, and Fan Zigai in Zhangye County, withdrew in the direction of Wuwei at the same time, in order to gather troops in Wuwei and resist the Turkic iron cavalry.

At the same time, the counties in Longxi that received the news are also urgently recruiting troops.

Chen Yuan, the Taishou of Caohan County, Li Yuan (ai) of Lintao County, the Taishou Que Dushe of Huining County, and Yu Qinwu of Longxi County, etc., are also urgently gathering troops.

Jingshi, Yang Ming, who received the report, was not as panicked as everyone expected.

The Eastern and Western Turks are this urine, because of the same root and the same species, the Eastern and Western Turks have always been fighting when they say they are fighting, and they are making peace when they say it.

They are two-sided and three-stabbed, Yang Ming is not surprised.

In the main hall, Yang Yue said in a deep voice: "Jingshi guard, this time we must move, we must not let the Turks enter Jingzhao to wreak havoc, but Shanxi Dugu Huaien, Qiao Zhongkui, Lu Zhang, Liu Yu, Zhang Dinghe support Jingshi, and the main force of my Guanzhong will go west, and fortify in the three counties of Tianshui, Anding, and Longxi." ”

"At the moment, we have plenty of time, we can urgently recruit troops, one person from ten households in Jingzhao, with Yuwenshu as the general manager of the march, resist the enemy to the west of Jingzhao, and at the same time transfer troops in Luoyang," Wei Xuan suggested.

Yuwen Shu pondered for a long time, puzzled: "It stands to reason that they shouldn't have the courage to do so, even if there are 500,000 iron horsemen, it's a fool's dream to break through the pass, what do they think?" ”

What he said was the truth, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks dared to be arrogant, because of the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the vitality of the Central Plains was greatly damaged, and the current Great Sui population, the population is in the growth stage, the world is quite stable, and the Turks are indeed reckless.

"Cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is harmful to both sides," Yang Yue said: "We are unwilling to help the Western Turks, and Pei Ju is doing things in the Northeast, both sides are complaining about us at the moment, and the Turks are wolf ambitions, which is not unexpected." ”

Cui Zhongfang said: "It's not easy to recruit soldiers, if all the money is spent here, there is no imperial court funding in other places to maintain normal administration, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

Yang Ming said lightly: "We have to figure out one thing first, why do they dare to come?" Everyone thinks it shouldn't be, but they still came, such a large-scale use of troops must be profitable, what are they trying to do? ”

"Want to control the pricing power of the Western Trade Routes?" Yang Yue frowned.

Yuwenshu shook his head: "Shooting may have this thought, but Shibi may not have it, the Western Regions trade route has nothing to do with him, the Turks have always invaded our Great Sui border, and they all went away after plundering, but they didn't this time, they went around the city, just plundered the countryside along the way, in order to fill the grain and grass, do they think they can capture the Jingshi?" ”

"Perhaps, it is to block the passage of my Great Sui to the west and suppress us in Hexi? So that it is convenient for the Turks to completely occupy the Western Regions? Lu Chu said.

Yang Ming shook his head: "I don't understand it either." ”

At this time, Yang Xuanting suddenly slapped his forehead: "Since we destroyed Tuyuhun and opened up the trade route in the Western Regions, a large number of people from the Western Regions have moved to the Central Plains to settle down, most of them are surnamed Zhaowujiu. ”

The surname Zhaowu Jiu is the richest group of people in the Western Regions, and the rich people keep migrating to the Great Sui, which is a major blow to the Western Regions.

"Your idea makes sense," Yang Ming asked, "But what is the beginning of the plan?" ”

"We occupy the Northeast, he is not happy," Yang Xuan said, "I can only think of this." ”

Yuwen Shu laughed: "The more I think it's impossible, the more likely it is, Shibi is still young after all, and it is reasonable to lead troops to attack in anger." ”

Yang Yue didn't think so: "It's not that simple, if he is really unhappy, he can completely make the two divisions of Ashina Dubi and Ashina Buli in the east of the Turks attack the northeast, and they can't invade my Guanzhong, which is better to fight him, I am afraid that Shibi's intention is to worry that my Central Plains will be strong and prosperous, and sooner or later he will be cleaned up, so the joint shooting will consume our country's strength and delay the time for my Great Sui to use troops against him." ”

"There must be this reason, how can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch, I went to Jiangdu to see Your Majesty," Yang Ming said in a deep voice:

"Seeing that we destroyed Goguryeo and used troops in the northeast, the territory has been expanding externally, and sooner or later it will expand to him, so while the main force is also there, simply partner to consume us, after all, if he is alone, he may not have the courage to do so."

Yang Yue nodded and said: "Then in this way, it will be easy to do, send an envoy to contact the shooting and inform the other party that my Great Sui is willing to ally with him and fight together." ”

"It doesn't make sense," Cui Zhongfang said: "The two sides are coming together, they know very well what the result will be once they are separated, even if it is false and wrong, they will continue to maintain the alliance relationship, and besides, I am a kingdom, and I can't show weakness, otherwise the two sides will only be more arrogant in the future." ”

Yang Ming got up and came to the map in the center of the main hall and asked, "Li Jing, where are they now?" ”

Lang Mingya, the head of the military department, explained: "The head of Wuwei County, Fan, has not been able to stop the Turkic army, has been broken, Li Jing is retreating to the direction of Wuwei, after joining forces with Fan Zigai, he will go straight to Longxi, he is also followed by the Eastern and Western Turkic armies, Yang Xuanting is fortified in Jincheng County, but he can't block it, there is no military situation at the moment, if he can't stop it, he will also move closer to Guanzhong." ”

Yang Ming nodded: "Li Jing is creating an opportunity to encircle, if we can deploy Jingzhao in time, we can form a joint attack with Li Jing and defeat the main force that goes deep into Guanzhong, but the time is not enough, calculate the time, in Tianshui County, someone must be able to block the main Turkic force and provide time for Jingzhao to recruit troops, which of you is willing to go?" ”

It is clear that whoever goes is cannon fodder, and he will die for life.

In the main hall, no one spoke.

Su Lie got up and said, "The last general is willing to go." ”

Yang Ming's eyes narrowed: "I'll give you 10,000 fine horses, be sure to drag me in Tianshui County for at least seven days, a small group of enemy troops can be let in, but the main force must be stopped for me." ”

"The last general should be desperately blocked," Su Lie knelt on one knee.

Seeing this, Pei Renji's heartbeat accelerated instantly, you are my son-in-law, if you hang up, my daughter will have to be widowed.

Next, Yang Ming continued to order:

"The military governments speed up the conscription, Wei Yunqi is responsible for the recruitment of civilians, one person out of ten households, the ordnance is prepared by the Weiwei Temple, Yu Wenshu is the marching marshal, and it must be within 20 days to deploy defense and stability, and the official offices at all levels will fully cooperate."

"Yes!" All the ministers stood up one after another.

At this time, there is no need for the tiger talisman, and the prince's decree can be requisitioned at the very moment, because the prince has the responsibility of defending the territory, and the Turks are approaching Guanzhong, which belongs to the battle of patriotism, and the tiger talisman is still in Jiangdu, how can there be time to send it.

Su Lie set off overnight with 10,000 elite horsemen and rushed to Tianshui, which is the only place to pass through to enter the customs, the best way to go, and the main force of the Turks will go here 100%.

Because the place is small, no matter how many troops you have, you can't use it, so Su Lie's 10,000 people can block it, it's just a matter of how long it can be blocked.

In fact, on the entire Hexi line, the consumption of soldiers and horses from various units to the Eastern and Western Turks is very huge, and my foot soldiers can't outrun you, but your battle line is too long, and hundreds of miles are full of cavalry.

I can't reach in front of you, I can't reach behind you.

Yang Xuanting is also a ruthless man, he directly led his troops to block the entire 70,000 troops behind the Turkic palace, but he did this and disrupted Li Jing's plan.

As a result, between Li Jing and Yang Xuanting, 70,000 people were sandwiched, and behind the buttocks, there were also Qibi Gelen and Kang Sheali, and Li Jing's original intention was that after Cui Hong's ascension to the palace, he and Yang Xuanting's troops and the main force of the Beijing Division would clamp the enemy troops that went deep into the pass.

After all, the speed of military intelligence transmission between Li Jing and Yang Xuanting at that time was not as fast as the Turkic eastward advance, resulting in intelligence misalignment.

The battlefield is inherently ever-changing, and it depends on improvisation.

But Su Lie received an order to die.

10,000 elites are in Tianshui County, and they are gone, and Su Lie is nowhere to be found.

The Turkic army's heart was shaken, because they were killed by Su Lie under the condition of absolute superiority, and the corpses of war horses and sergeants could be seen everywhere in the entire Tianshui County.

And Yuwenshu has led an army of 60,000 people and stationed in Fufeng County, and troops are also gathering in the direction of Anding County, with Wei Xuan as the main general.

After the battle of Goguryeo, the two worked together again.