It is late autumn, the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer, and the weather is getting cooler. The first quarter of the unitary hour has just passed, and the Yanmen battlefield at a high latitude is already shrouded in darkness. Among the uniform clouds, although the ground is not so invisible, it is still difficult to see the situation a little farther away.
Seeing this kind of night, Shibi Khan and Ashina's family frowned somewhat, because fighting in such an environment, the Turkic army's best riding and shooting stunts would be discriminated against because they could not see the target clearly. With a small impact, the overall combat effectiveness will be somewhat discounted, which will not be conducive to the follow-up plan of the Turkic army to defeat King Qin and the Sui army in one fell swoop tonight.
But fortunately, defeating the Sui army King Qin's army in the First World War was only a follow-up plan of the Turkic side. Under the unfavorable situation, the Turkic side could not attack the Sui army's camp. It only needed to annihilate the reinforcements sent by Chen Yingliang to Yanmen City. It is still a big victory for the Turks, so before the sky is completely dark, the Turkic army has actually made various preparations for night battles, arranged for the ambush plan and participating teams, and also arranged for the reserve team and The army that continued to besiege Yanmen City, as well as the direct descendants of Shibi Khan's Central Army who may not necessarily go to battle, have also made arrangements to go out to fight at night in advance, and wait for Shibi Khan's order to be ready at any time Surrounded by Shibi Khan, he went out of the camp and went south, heading straight to the Sui Army camp.
The Turkic ambush plan is as follows. In order to ensure the complete annihilation of the two lines of Sui troops who reinforced Yanmen City, Ashina resolutely gave up the ambush at the southwest and northwest corners of the camp against the Sui army reinforcements going north on the road west of the Hutuo River. The opportunity of the Sui army arranged the ambush battlefield in the north of the Turkic camp, ten miles away from the west gate of Yanmen City. As soon as the Sui army stepped into the trap, the Turkic army ambushing outside the north gate of the Turkic camp immediately rushed out in two ways. , all the way to attack the Sui army's flank, all the way to cut off the Sui army's road to enter Yanmen City, at the same time, another Turkic army rushed out from the west of the camp, outflanked and attacked the back of the Sui army's reinforcements. Taking the opportunity to escape back to the camp in the south, he also took the opportunity to try to lure the Yanmen defenders out of the city to fight. Therefore, Ashina's family also attached great importance to this battlefield, and arranged a full 30,000 troops to lay out an ambush, and also arranged 10,000 reserve troops to prevent emergencies.
Seeing this, friends may ask, since the Turkic troops are sufficient, why not also arrange an army in the northeast of Yanmen City, surrounded by Sui army reinforcements? The answer is three words, no need. The northeast of Yanmen City is indeed a gap in the Turkic defense circle, but if the Sui army flees in that direction, there will be no chance of returning to the Sui army camp, and at the same time, it will completely lose contact with the main force of the Sui army. The Turkic army can calmly pursue and kill them, displaying their riding and shooting stunts in the pursuit battle, and gaining the greatest victory at the smallest cost. Now that's the case, why bother to push the Sui army's reinforcements into a corner and fight the Turkic army to the death
As for the side division of the Sui Army on the small road on the east bank of the Hutuo River, there is the Taihang Remnant in the east and the Hutuo River in the west. In view of the narrow terrain, it is obviously impossible to double-team the side division of the Sui Army, so Shibi Khan and Ashina's family simply arranged He made an ambush plan for closing doors and beating dogs, and divided the ambush army into two teams. The southern team ambushed ten miles south of Yanmen City, and the northern team lay ambushes five miles south of Yanmen City. Deliberately let the Sui army's partial division go north, and the northern team was responsible for intercepting the Sui army's partial division, and then the southern team came from south to north, closing the door and beating dogs before and after attacking the Sui army's partial division. Considering the narrow terrain of this battlefield, which is not conducive to the deployment of troops, Ashina's family only deployed 25,000 troops on this battlefield, and a considerable part of them did not need to participate in ambushes, and concentrated on preventing the Yanmen defenders from going out of the city to make an assault.
In addition, in view of Chen Sangliang's scheming, the Turkic army, which has suffered a lot, has prepared a large number of reserves, ready to attack at any time. At the same time, because Tuo Jie Hu Bing was already unreliable, in order to avoid leaking news about the ambush plan, Shibi Khan and Ashina's family simply did not let Tuo Jie Hu Bing know that there would be a big battle tonight in advance, and prepared to wait until the ambush was launched. Then order the Tuojie Hu soldiers to prepare for battle, and then temporarily decide how to use these Tuo Jie Hu soldiers according to the battlefield situation.
The ambush plan and contingency plan were all arranged, but what made Shibi Khan and Ashina's family quite sad was that they didn't know when the Sui army would send troops, so they could only sit and wait for news without even realizing it. Those who dare to sleep wait for the war to unfold. But fortunately, Ashina’s family also had a relatively qualified traitor named Li Er by their side this time, who took the initiative to help Shibi Khan and Ashina’s family solve their problems: “Khan, please rest assured, although the barbarian Chen Yingliang did not arrange to send troops before. time, but night battles and raids are usually launched in the middle of the night, and this junior ventures to speculate that the little savage Chen Yingliang should send troops after the second watch, and the war may start after the third watch."
"It makes sense, it should be like this."
Ashina's family nodded one after another, and advised Shibi Khan to wait patiently, take the time to rest, and get enough energy to command the battle. Only then did Shibi Khan feel relieved, and dozed off to wait patiently for the battle to unfold. On the contrary, Li Er, who had been swearing before, sneered in his heart, "You have to hurry up and rest. For Chen Yingliang, the sooner you start the battle tonight, the more chances you will have. If I expect it to be right, Chen Yingliang will definitely be uncharacteristic this time. , to start in advance, the battle tonight will definitely start earlier than anyone expected!"
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While waiting patiently, Shibi Khan and Ashina's family were of course a little worried, but compared with the Sui army's vanguard Liu Changgong, this worry was nothing. , The queue gradually took shape, and Liu Changgong's feeling of dread became stronger, and he was so nervous that he even had difficulty breathing.
Liu Changgong's character is rough and sloppy, not stupid, and if he was stupid, he would not be able to climb to the position he is today. As early as the moment Chen Yingliang hugged and bid farewell to him, Liu Changgong already understood that his good brother entrusted him with the most dangerous task, the degree of danger It is also extraordinary, and it is possible to lose its head at any time. Of course, Liu Changgong also complained that Chen Yingliang was not loyal enough and did not hand over the easier tasks assigned to him, but Liu Changgong was still a little self-aware, knowing that he could not fight tough battles, and his good brother entrusted him with the task of luring the enemy to escape. I have a plan to show off my strengths, and it is difficult to violate the military order, so Liu Changgong can only bite the bullet and take over this task to help his good brother lure the enemy to divide his troops.
In order to prevent the Turks from being suspicious, the lights in the Sui army camp were not densely lit, and Liu Changgong's team did not light many torches. More than ten thousand soldiers of the Sui army who were tasked with luring the enemy carried three days of dry food and quietly stood at the main gate of the camp. They lined up outside, although except for a few generals of the Sui Army, these Sui Army soldiers didn't know what kind of hardships they were going to face, and they didn't even know what their real purpose was, but few of these Sui Army soldiers said anything , I understand that there is a fierce battle waiting for me tonight. All the soldiers of the Sui Army can do, other than obey orders, is to pray, pray for a great victory in this battle, and pray for God to bless me to get through it safely. tonight.
After the army was assembled, the time for the attack at the beginning of Xu Shi also arrived. Deputy He Lanyi reminded in a low voice, asking Liu Changgong if he gave the order to go? After asking twice, Liu Changgong, who was in a state of anxiety, just woke up like a dream. First, he nodded hurriedly, and then looked back at the Sui army camp under the night, and the good brother Shuai flag fluttering high. Only then whispered: "Send the order, let's go!"
The order was conveyed, and more than ten thousand soldiers of Youwuwei, who had important responsibilities, trotted northward. Under the guidance of the guide Mayi and Liu Changgong's banner, they trot silently to the Shura battlefield that was destined to be full of blood and killing. Behind them, 15,000 Jiangdu soldiers and more than 2,000 Qiaopeng soldiers also started the final pre-war inspection. When the pointer of time pointed to the second quarter of the first watch, these Jiangdu soldiers were also led by Wang Shichong himself. He went out of the camp to assemble, and surrounded the soldiers of Qiao Peng who were carrying Zhang Changmo knife and cloth bag weapons in the middle of the team, and used their flesh and blood to serve as wall shields for them.
No one knew what kind of weapons those four hundred or so Qiao Peng soldiers were carrying. The weapons in their hands were only four to five feet long, not thick, and they were all tightly wrapped in linen, like a stick wrapped in a stick. Even Wang Shichong was curious about this kind of weapon, but even if Wang Shichong came forward to inquire about the situation and asked to see what these sticks wrapped in linen were, he was met by these Qiao Peng soldiers. He categorically refused, and San Gouzi, who led this strange army, even apologized to Wang Shichong Jishou, saying that without Chen Yingliang's order, he would never allow anyone to see what was hidden inside, which made Wang Shichong feel ashamed.
At the same time that Jiangdu soldiers left the camp, the Youwuwei Pianshi, who had crossed the Hutuo River in advance, was also led by Chen Yingliang's old comrade-in-arms Xie Zichong, and marched northward along the narrow road on the east bank of the Hutuo River. The news was sent to the Sui Army's central army tent , Chen Yingliang, who was waiting patiently in the big tent, nodded, and said to Yin Shishi, Li Jing and others next to him: "It's started, I bet, this night will be very long, maybe it will be the longest night in my life. "
After finishing speaking, Chen Yingliang picked up the official document on the handsome case to look at it again, but for some reason, the official document he picked up knocked over the candlestick on the handsome case, and the candlestick fell and rolled over. Everyone was surprised, and Chen Sangliang couldn't help laughing at himself Said: "Unexpectedly, I am still a little nervous."
Everyone smiled knowingly, but Li Yuan, who was mentioned to the Chinese army tent after dark, had no expression on his face. His legs trembled subconsciously, and he couldn't help but muttered in his heart, "Erlang, don't play tricks and kill your father."
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Let’s take a look at the situation on the side of the Sui Army’s vanguard Liu Changgong. According to Chen Sangliang’s combat requirements, the Sui Army’s vanguard ran for the first ten miles. The speed was not too fast, until he crossed the ten miles and entered the Turkic army. Liu Changgong ordered the whole army to speed up in a low voice, and marched north as close as possible to the Luliang Mountains in the west, and passed the side of the Turkic camp at the fastest speed. Following the order, the speed suddenly increased, and there was no major confusion in the formation, and there were very few laggards.
The next ten miles is of course not a big problem for a healthy young man, but for the Sui Army coach Chen Yingliang, it is the most tormented time - if the Turkic army does not set up an ambush in the back camp, but If the ambush is set up in the front camp or next to the camp, then all of Chen Yingliang's battle plans will be completely disrupted. So after receiving the report from the scouts, under tension, Chen Yingliang simply strode out of the handsome tent and looked north, listening to the echo of the valley, for fear that the most unfavorable sound of killing would come from him. ordinary people can imagine.
At the same time, on the Turkic side, although Shibi Khan had deliberately taken back the Turkic outposts that were once rampant in order to invite the king into the urn, it was necessary to arrange some ambush scouts on the south road to detect the movement of the Sui army. The Sui army's vanguard team is quite large, and of course it is difficult to hide such a large-scale march from the eyes of the Turkic scouts. Therefore, when the Sui army's vanguard was still three miles away from the Turkic camp, the Turkic scouts had already spread the news. Ben sent him back to the camp, and sent him to Shibi Khan who was resting with his eyes closed.
"Already here?!" Shibi Khan, who hadn't expected the Sui army to act so quickly before, was taken aback. When he jumped up to look at the leaking clock beside the tent, he found that the time was only approaching the second watch, and said in surprise : "Come here before the second watch? Why did Chen Yingliang barbarian make a move so early?"
"Khan, this is the usual method of Chen Yingliang's barbarians, to catch him by surprise." Li Er next to him pointed out: "The younger generation said before that the time for surprise attacks at night is usually around the second watch, and the third watch or the fourth watch. , but some military experts do not stick to this routine, and they attack at dusk or before dawn, and their purpose is still nothing more than to surprise and seize the opportunity. Chen Yingliang is very treacherous, and it is not surprising that he uses such methods .”
Feeling that Li Er's analysis was reasonable, Shibi Khan just nodded and didn't go deeper into the real purpose of Chen Yingliang's move, but several members of Ashina's family next to him couldn't wait to ask: "Khan, Are you sending troops to fight?"
"Idiot, we have already set up an ambush, what should we do if we attack at this time and drive the barbarians away?" Shibi Khan cursed angrily, and shouted: "Let the barbarian army pass us by pretending not to know." In the camp, when they fall into the trap, Na Lun will take care of them! Also, continue to closely monitor the movements of the barbarians, and report any changes immediately without any delay!"
Relying on Shibi Khan's intentional indulgence, the vanguard of the Sui army arrived at the southwest corner of the Turkic camp very smoothly, and advanced northward at a faster speed, detouring to Yanmen City, thirty miles away. At the same time, the movement of the Youwuwei side division in the Hutuo River has also been reported to Shibi Khan by the Turkic scouts, and because of the geographical advantage, the last thing that Shibi Khan is worried about is the Hutuo River battlefield. , Not only was he not surprised when he received the news, he also sneered and said, "Hurry up, although the road is about ten miles closer to Yanmen City than the main road, the terrain there, hum, entered the road I arranged there. Trap, don't even try to escape any of you savages!"
This was also a night when the scouts and messengers of the two armies were destined to work hard. The second correction had just arrived, and the scouts of the Sui army sent the news that Liu Changgong's team had successfully entered the open area west of the Turkic camp to Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang was not happy because the progress was smooth. , on the contrary, his expression became more dignified, and with a wave of his hand, he sent away the scouts who had galloped their horses and charged twenty miles away, and then turned their eyes to the outside of the camp. At this moment, the Sui army team assembled three miles north of the camp had been replaced by Yun Ding The main force of the Zuo Tunwei led by Xing, Jiang Duqin Wang Jun, who had left the camp for the second time before, had already moved northward slowly according to the established plan a quarter of an hour ago, saving time and distance, and at the same time deliberately let the Turks notice.
At this time, Yin Shishi, who succeeded San Gouzi and led the military law team to protect Chen Yingliang, came before him, bowed his hands to Chen Yingliang and said, "Commander, Old General Yun's team has entered the established position. When will the main force of our army leave the camp? Please." Let me show you handsomely."
"No, let's talk about it after confirming the battle ahead." Chen Yingliang shook his head, clenched his fists again, and found that his palms were covered in cold sweat.
Time seemed to be frozen, moving extremely slowly, while the commanders of the two armies were waiting in fear, the vanguard of the Sui army led by Liu Changgong finally crossed the side of the Turkic camp without a sound, and turned around at the relatively open northeast corner of the Turkic camp. East, running towards Yanmen City non-stop. At the same time, there was news that a Sui army team was advancing towards the north, which was also sent to Shibi Khan by Turkic scouts!
Li Er, who voluntarily stayed in the Turkic camp as a hostage, finally faced his first test. Hearing the news that the Sui army still had rear troops, Shibi Khan immediately turned to Li Er and asked loudly, "Why are the barbarians still alive?" The rear army? When you introduced the barbarian tactics to us before, you didn't mention this barbarian rear army?"
"Khan forgive me, this junior doesn't know why." Li Er was full of panic, and hurriedly said: "When my father introduced Chen Yingliang's barbarian's tactical plan to me, he didn't mention this barbarian army, and this junior didn't know. Something went wrong."
"Khan, perhaps the barbarian Chen Yingliang temporarily adjusted his tactical plan." Zhi Simili, one of the few civil servants in the Turkic Army, analyzed: "Sending troops to reinforce Yanmen City in a detour, once we find out, it must be extremely dangerous. In order to prevent changes, it is not surprising that Chen Yingliang barbarians arranged for a rear army to respond. This army may also attack our camp deliberately, luring us to focus on the south, and then the barbarian reinforcements can rush Enter Yanmen City."
"Khan, this may be very big." Ashina Yushe also said: "We don't have to worry about it. Before that, we prepared a reserve team with an absolutely sufficient number in order to guard against changes. battalion, we just need to defend the camp. It would be better if the rear army of the barbarians ran to rescue their former army. Our reserve troops could immediately leave the camp from the west gate and south gate, attack their flanks, and cut off their return route. In this way, we The harvest must be greater."
Shibi Khan nodded after hearing this, and then his heart moved again, and he hurriedly ordered: "Quickly, keep an eye on the situation of this barbarian army, find out where they are from the barbarian army, and see if they belong to Duke Tang." The army, if it is, it will be bad."
Li Yingnuo was attached to the tent, and immediately went down to make arrangements, while Li Er hurriedly said: "Khan, it is absolutely impossible to be my father's army. If this rear army is my father's army, then he must send someone here immediately." Got in touch with you."
"It makes sense." Shibi Khan nodded, and then he remembered that if the rear army of the Sui Army was Li Yuan's team, Li Yuan must have sent someone to contact him immediately, but this situation has not happened until now, which is enough It proves that Li Yuan is still in the Sui army camp, and the Turkic army still has the hope of defeating the main force of the Sui army and beheading Chen Yingliang.
The time that followed was even slower. Chen Yingliang and Shibi Khan were more than 20 miles apart, and they almost coincidentally walked around in circles in the Chinese army tent with their hands behind their backs. , with a dignified face like water, Shibi Thieves even more uncivilizedly pulled a maid in the tent into his arms in public, reached into her clothes and roughly kneaded, venting his nervousness, and kneaded the maid's whole body everywhere. They were all bruised and bruised, and the tears kept streaming down.
At the second quarter of the second watch, when the pointer of the time was about to point to the second quarter of the second quarter at 11:30 p.m. in modern time, when Chen Yingliang almost gnawed off the nails of his left thumb, and when Shibi Khan couldn't bear to hold his finger in his arms. When the maid tore off her shirt and lay on her body to bite, the east side of the Hutuo River was the first to hear the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the sound of war drums and gongs. Hearing this sound, Shibi Khan, who had already bitten his mouth full of blood, suddenly raised his head, and then there were shouts of killing and the sound of drums and gongs at the same time directly north of the Turkic camp. Minutes later, the first shot was fired at the same time.
"It's started!" Shibi Khan spat out the raw human flesh in his mouth, pushed away the maid whose chest was already covered with blood and flesh, and said viciously: "It's finally started! You barbarian, come as much as you want !"
The two ambush positions of the Turkic army were far away from the Sui army's camp. Although the sound of the battle was loud, it could not be heard that far. Chen Yingliang had to wait for the scouts to report the situation before he knew the situation, so he hadn't received the news for a while. information. However, these two battlefields are only ten miles away from Yanmen City, and the sound can be heard very far in the dark night. Of course, it only took more than ten seconds for such a loud cry to spread into Yanmen City...
Hearing the sound of killing, the Yanmen defenders who would have to run out of food tomorrow morning were overjoyed. Emperor Sui Yang, who had just slept with Empress Xiao, also got out of bed immediately. After asking the reason, he immediately prayed for God's blessing, so that The loyal minister Chen Sangliang's battle was successful. But when Lai Hu'er, Yu Wenshu, Pei Renji and other battle veteran sparrows rushed up to the city wall to check the situation, they all had gloomy faces, because they all saw at a glance that the reinforcements sent to them by Chen Yingliang were in ambush!