Fierce battles were raging on the battlefields of the three regions. On the east bank of the Hutuo River, the Youwuwei division, which was attacked from the front and back, was fighting the Turkic onslaught from the north and the south at the same time. The hungry and crazy wolves kept attacking and attacking the Sui army's positions, crazily biting the Sui army's positions, screaming and screaming. Mountaineering to protect the highlands, and fierce battles with the Turkic army in the mountains and forests on the east side.
Thanks to the elite Youwuwei who have already withdrawn from the Liaodong battlefield and returned to the team, the overall combat effectiveness has been improved qualitatively. If it was replaced by the second-line army during the Eastern Capital Defense War, the Youwuwei division must have collapsed across the board, with dead bodies floating everywhere The surface of the Hutuo River fell, but even so, the Youwuwei division was still retreated steadily by the Turkic army, and the space of the position was gradually reduced. The smaller the Sui army's flanks became, the more vulnerable it became. If the Turks seized the high ground next to them, they would throw stones on the road if they were condescending, and a big stone could cause huge casualties to the soldiers of the Sui army.
There is also the main force of Youwuwei. Because the Turkic army divided up and blocked the Sui army's eastward route, the main force of Youwuwei, who was surrounded by enemies, could only be forced to fight on the spot, forming a square formation hastily in the open area northeast of Yanmen City. The Turkic cavalry came from all directions, and the Turkic generals roared and roared outside the formation, forcing the soldiers of the self-army to charge repeatedly and continuously. Hold on, the Turkic army must not be allowed to rush into the Sui army's square formation, but because of the hasty formation, the Sui army's tortoise formation was not perfect. The army fought back with sufficient strength, and the casualties were not small.
"Brother Yingliang, I'm afraid I won't last long. Send me reinforcements!" Weeping quietly in his heart, our General Liu secretly ordered the confidant soldiers beside him to prepare ordinary soldiers for him. Soldiers' clothes.
The battle was equally fierce on the side of King Jiangduqin's army. Although Wang Shichong ordered the army to fight and retreat and move to the foot of the mountain to fight in an formation, so that the army could rely on the mountain to fight a little easier, but with the continuous improvement of the Sui army in Jiangdu Moving westward, the Turkic army was aware of Wang Shichong's plan. The Turkic general Ashina Tuli who was in charge of this battlefield was also very intelligent. After giving an order, a Turkic army rushed back to the west to block Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong had no choice but to temporarily change his plan and order the army to form a formation on the spot to fight the Turks in an open area more than three miles away from the mountain. He was as tough as Liu Changgong. Carry the Turkic impact from all directions.
The Jiangdu Sui Army under Wang Shichong's command was all infantry, and they attached great importance to battles. They formed the formation quickly and quickly. They formed the square formation in a short time, and protected Qiao Peng's Sui Army at the core of the formation according to Chen Sangliang's request. At the same place, Qiao Peng and the Sui army were not allowed to be attacked. But with the continuation of the fierce battle and the expansion of casualties, Wang Shichong, who has never liked to suffer losses, became cautious and sent someone to contact Kan Leng, asking how to cooperate with Kan Leng in the battle, and took the opportunity to test Kan Leng's shot time. Kan Leng was very straightforward. Tell Wang Shichong's messenger, saying: "After we receive the combat order, we will discuss with you how to cooperate in combat."
After receiving Kan Leng's reply, Wang Shichong, who was very anxious, immediately went into a frenzy, "If you want to preserve your strength, you have to say that we are already surrounded by Turkic regiments. How do we communicate with the outside world? How do we send in combat orders?" Wang Shichong, who had received Chen Sangliang's explanation, did not dare to force Qiao Peng's Sui army to join the war, so he had to swallow his breath and continue to command the army to resist the Turkic attack.
Wang Shichong is very anxious, but there are many people who are more anxious than him. At the moment, Sui Ting Wenwu, who is watching the battle at the top of Yanmen City, is more anxious and worried than Wang Shichong. He saw the torches stirring up the battle and knew that his team was attacked by the Turks. The ambush was a matter of their own lives. Of course, all the civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty were very anxious and anxious. Lai Huer, who was in charge of the city defense affairs, and Yu Wenshu and others discussed several times about sending troops out of the city to respond, but they couldn't make up their minds—if If the reinforcements could not come in, and the last of the city's defenders had been wiped out, the Great Sui court might be overthrown by the Turkic army tomorrow.
The house leak happened to be raining all night. At this time, Emperor Sui Yang, who was also anxious, went up to the top of the city to watch the battle, and went to the front line to understand the battle situation. Emperor Sui Yang, who had a lot of experience in the battlefield, also noticed that the situation was not good, and hurriedly asked everyone: "Dear dears, didn't Fan Aiqing report to me just now, saying that the war is going well? Such a war situation can also be called smooth progress. ?”
No one dared to say anything, but Fan Zigai cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Chen Yingliang has always used his troops well. Our army's fierce battles with the Turks in several battlefields must have been due to his pre-war arrangements, and the purpose must be to create a better future." Fighter, I believe that the situation of the war will change drastically in the near future, and the Turkic siege of Yanmen City is likely to be crushed by our soldiers tonight."
Hearing Fan Zigai's answer, Emperor Sui Yang's face was serious, and he said with a gloomy face after a long while: "I hope so."
At the same time, the fourth Sui army, the main force of the Zuo Tunwei led by Yun Dingxing himself, had also moved northward to the edge of the Turkic camp. Seeing that the Turkic army had never left the camp to intercept it, although Chen Yingliang had previously explained that if In the unexpected situation that they were not intercepted by the Turks, the Zuotun Weiqin Wang Dajun immediately went to reinforce Wang Shichong, and joined forces with Wang Shichong to fight against the enemy. Although Chen Yingliang's considerations were not unreasonable, at this critical moment, Old General Yun, who has always put our fate above anything else, hesitated, and asked tremblingly: "What should we do? Are we really going? Reinforcement of Wang Shichong? Wang Shichong was fighting in the northwest of the Turkic camp, and when we went there, the Turkic army cut off our rear again, so we will be in serious trouble."
Fortunately, Old General Yun is unreliable, and several confidant generals around him are quite reliable. Zhu Can, who is eager to do meritorious service, insists on going north to join the war, and Miao Haichao, who wants to repay Chen Sangliang, also insists on following orders. The veteran Liu Jingye, who stood by Li Yuan's side and had trouble with Chen Sangliang, also pointed out: "General, we have no retreat. It is already a capital crime to ignore the death of an allied army on the battlefield, and if you do not rescue an allied army, it is a disobedience to the military order." , the crime is added to the crime, and if the court investigates it in the future, Yuwenzhu Kingdom will not be able to protect you!"
The muscles on the skinny old face twitched a few times, and our old general Yun still said helplessly: "Then go save Wang Shichong, and order the whole army to bypass the enemy camp and continue northward to join the battle on the closest battlefield to us. Pay attention to the flanks." , We must prevent the Turks from attacking us, and if they find Turks, they will come to me immediately."
The order was conveyed, and the 25,000 Zuo Tunwei soldiers kept walking, bypassing the Turkic camp and continuing to go north for reinforcements. The Turkic scouts reported the situation to Shibi Khan, and Shibi Khan was somewhat surprised again, saying in surprise : "Is it really going north? Chen Yingliang, little savage, really want to turn tonight's reinforcement battle into a final battle?"
"Khan, the barbarian Chen Yingliang has no choice." Li Er said with a smile: "His foundation in the Central Plains court is too shallow, and any army of King Qin who goes all the way is wiped out, which may cause him to be dismissed from office or even deprived of his title. decisive battle."
After nodding his head, Shibi Khan shouted sharply: "Send Nibu, Yushe, attack according to the original plan! Chen Yingliang barbarian wants to let us fulfill him tonight! Also, pay attention to distinguish the identity of the enemy, confirm the identity of the enemy That barbarian army, report to me immediately!"
After Shibi Khan's order was quickly conveyed to the west of the camp, the two generals of Ashina's family had already led 40,000 Turkic troops out of the camp and assembled, and at the same time, the forward of the Zuo Tunwei army led by Yun Dingxing had already moved the flanks. They were exposed in front of the two generals Nibu and Yushe, but Nibu and Yushe did not rush to order to light the torches to launch an attack, but waited until the Zuo Tunwei army passed their front, and the Chinese army exposed their flanks. Yu Shecai gave the order to attack with beating drums. During the beating of dozens of cowhide drums, 40,000 Turks shouted in unison. The four battlefields also opened.
Fortunately, when the Zuo Tunwei army decided to take the risk to reinforce Wang Shichong, it was already prepared to guard against attacks on the flanks. The distance between the front, middle and rear armies was very close. The army has quickly moved closer to the central army, and quickly deployed a circular formation to protect the central army in response to the Turkic surprise attack. Therefore, when the Turkic army rushed to the front, the left guards had basically gathered into a group, and arranged long shields to protect the flanks from the enemy. , and immediately suppressed the impact of the Turkic army with strong bows and crossbows. Although the fast-moving Turkic army rushed to the front of the formation to fight in close quarters, it also completely shattered the dream of the Turkic army to cut off the Zuotunwei army.
Failed to cut off the Zuo Tunwei at the waist, the Turkic army was not in a hurry, and immediately extended to the two wings, and soon surrounded the Zuo Tunwei Sui army on three sides, and beat Yun Dingxing fiercely around Yun Dingxing, while quickly identifying the Sui army's identity. After discovering that the Sui army was not Taiyuan King Qin's army, the two generals Nibu and Yushe did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly reported the situation to Shibi Khan. coming.
"Should we send troops south to fight Chen Yingliang's barbarians? Or send a reserve force to reinforce the ambush battlefield and concentrate our forces to eat up the barbarian army one by one?"
Playing with the golden arrow token in his hand, Khan Shibi hesitated to make up his mind. The members of the Ashina family next to him were also silent. It was difficult to make this difficult decision, and their expressions were the same as those of Khan Shibi. Very serious. Only Li Er's expression was the most relaxed in the sweat tent—if Shibi Khan decided not to open the fifth battlefield at this moment, it was because Chen Sangliang's hook was not clever enough, and it had nothing to do with Li Er. Er naturally couldn't be bothered to worry about his love rival Chen Sangliang, but Li Er didn't say anything, letting Shibi Khan decide on his own.
All kinds of military intelligence and battle reports were sent to Shibi Khan and Chen Sangliang like flowing water, and all the good news was sent to Shibi Khan. It will be difficult to defeat the Sui army on each battlefield, but as long as Shibi Khan sends them a rear army reserve, it is possible to eat a Sui army on a battlefield. In the face of temptation, Shibi Khan hesitated to make up his mind.
All the bad news was sent to Chen Sangliang. Liu Changgong was surrounded, Xie Zichong was surrounded, Wang Shichong and Yun Dingxing were also surrounded, Qin Wang Sui Army on the four battlefields were all surrounded by Turks, and all the troops were in danger of being annihilated. , even though Chen Sangliang still had the hole cards in his hands, and he still had the hope and confidence to turn the situation around, Chen Sangliang inevitably looked serious and nervous.
Chen Yingliang's face was serious, and the face of Yin Shishi next to him was even more serious. Several times he tried to persuade Chen Yingliang to make a decision as soon as possible, but every time he swallowed the words. Although Li Jing's expression was also very nervous, he took the initiative to speak to Chen Sangliang and said, "Commander, be patient, the fish have to take a look around before swallowing the bait, let alone people?"
Chen Sangliang's face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word. He just felt that time was both fast and slow, as fast as a meteor lightning, and as slow as an old ox pulling a cart, as if frozen, but Li Yuan, who was forcibly brought to the battle by Chen Yingliang, was the most relaxed. He smiled and said: "Congratulations to the general, the decisive battle has been formed as expected. Next, it depends on how the general will defeat the Turks."
Chen Sangliang still didn't pay attention to Li Yuan's yin and yang aura, but Qi Wang Yang Hao came to the Zhongjun flag formation again and urged Chen Yingliang: "Commander, the fourth watch has already been engraved, even if the night is long now, there are two more With more time, the sky should be twilight, what should we do next, please give instructions from the commander-in-chief."
"Wait!" Chen Sangliang's voice was so hoarse that he didn't even recognize him, and said viciously, "Keep waiting!"
The price of waiting was that the casualties of the various Sui armies continued to increase. Under the circumstances that they were all surrounded by the Turks, the four Sui armies were scattered on the battlefield nearly forty miles apart, struggling to support each other, unable to rescue each other, and unable to respond to each other. The soldiers of the Sui army fell on the four battlefields every minute and every minute, but the Turkic army was attacking violently every minute and every minute. Every Sui army is looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements as soon as possible, or the turning point predicted by Chen Sangliang, but neither the reinforcements nor the turnaround has been seen for a long time.
Liu Changgong had already changed into his soldier clothes, Old General Yun's face had begun to turn pale, and Wang Shichong had sent someone again to ask Kan Leng when he would make a move? The faces of Emperor Sui Yang and Sui Ting Wenwu in Yanmen City had turned blue and black. Fan Zigai, who supported Chen Sangliang, had already quarreled with Yu Shiji, Feng Deyi and other anti-Chen factions. In the end, Sui Yang God ended their argument with a thunderous growl, "Enough! Shut up!"
After the roar was over, Emperor Sui Yang slammed his fist heavily on the arrow stack, making a bang.
With a bang, Shibi Khan inadvertently overturned the goat milk brought by the maid, and the white goat milk spilled all over the ground, like blood flowing on the battlefield. After slapping the poor maid, she fell to the ground and rolled, Shibi Khan stood up and said viciously: "It's time to decide. Should we eat some barbarians? Or take a gamble and take the heads of Chen Yingliang's barbarians? Tell me, how do you choose?"
Still no one dared to say anything. At this critical moment of the success or failure of Yuguan, the Ashina family and the Turkic officials were all silent, so as not to say something wrong and be blamed in the future. Li Er wanted to express some opinions. After opening his mouth, But he closed his mouth again, and swallowed back the words that had come to his lips.
Coincidentally, Li Er's little action happened to be seen by Shibi Khan, and Shibi Khan, who was in need of advice, took the initiative to say: "Second Young Master, if you have something to say, it's okay."
"You asked me to say it, don't blame me." Li Er murmured in his heart, then cupped his hands and said, "Khan, I just want to remind you of one thing. Behind the barbarian Chen Yingliang, reinforcements are constantly arriving , and there are quite a few of them.”
Shibi Khan was stunned for a moment, and then he thought of a big problem - if he couldn't completely defeat King Qin's Sui army tonight, then no matter how many King Qin's Sui army he wiped out on the side division battlefield, within a few days, he would be killed again in front of his own army. There will be more and even stronger enemies of the Sui army.
"We have to take a gamble." Shibi Khan made up his mind and shouted: "The last 60,000 reserve troops will all come out of the camp from the south gate, and I will personally lead them to fight the Chen Yingliang barbarians!"
Fuli agreed in the tent, and immediately rushed out of the tent to send an order, and Shibi Khan quickly ordered: "Order Tuojie Hubing, let them send five thousand troops, go east to reinforce Nalun, and help Nalun kill the barbarians in the east The army. Then join hands with Na Lun to eat up the barbarian army one by one!"
Arranged the action plan of Tuojie Hubing, and arranged for his son Shibenbi to stay in the camp. Shibi Khan pointed to Li Er and shouted: "Second son, you also go south to fight Chen Yingliang's barbarian!"
Li Er smiled, cupped his hands and said, "I take orders, this junior can't ask for anything."
The 60,000 Turkic reserve team, already fully armed, quickly left the camp from the south gate and assembled in front of the camp, including Shibi Khan's attached central army. Immediately afterwards, the Golden Wolf Banner with its fangs and claws appeared in front of the camp. In the middle of this Turkic army, under the flag of the Golden Wolf, Shibi Khan's golden helmet and gold armor sat high on the saddle of a bloody horse with a ferocious face. Li Er rode a white horse and accompanied him under the supervision of the attached soldiers. Sibi Khan was beside him, with a relaxed expression and a smile on his lips.
At 4 o'clock, the final Turkic reserve team was assembled, and the generals of each army reported the news of the team's arrival to Shibi Khan. Sibi Khan didn't talk nonsense, pulled out his golden waist knife, pointed it to the south, and shouted : "Attack! Whoever can win the head of Chen Yingliang's barbarian will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold!"
The flags are like the sea, the torches are like stars, and the horseshoes are like thunder. The densely packed Turkic cavalry closely follow the golden wolf flag, and they are rushing southward like a torrent, unstoppable. Seeing this scene, the scouts of the Sui army, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, rushed to the south without hesitation, and sent the news that Shibi Khan personally led the army south to Chen Sangliang's family at a speed that was enough to kill the horse. before.
Hearing the news that Shibi Khan had finally taken the bait, instead of being overjoyed, Chen Sangliang was stunned for a full two minutes before turning to the Yin Shishi next to him and ordering: "Prefect Yin, light the fire behind the camp and send out signal, let’s act on the pretense of secession.”
Yin Shishi agreed, and immediately flew to the camp to deliver the order. Chen Sangliang then let go of his clenched fists for an unknown amount of time, but found some pain in his palms. It was dripping with blood, and it turned out to be cut by his own nails. Then, Chen Sangliang also smiled immediately, and said: "The executioner of the peasant uprising army with blood on his hands, this time, his hands will finally be covered with the blood of people from allies."
When the torchlight of the Turkic Central Army led by Shibi Khan was in the distance, a huge bonfire was also lit in the open space behind the Sui army camp. Seeing the bonfire gradually rising, the people in front of the Sui army camp On the top of the mountains on both sides, two piles of bonfires were also lit one after another. Seeing these two piles of bonfires on the top of the mountain, behind the Turkic Chinese army, in the forest beside the road, some moving figures and horses also sneaked out, riding After getting on the horses, these figures trotted quietly in groups of three towards the battlefields where there were loud shouts of killing, and they held up dazzlingly shining command arrows, golden command arrows, in their hands.
Still at the same time, after a long delay in seeing a turning point in the battlefield, Emperor Sui Yang once again slammed his fist on the arrow stack and shouted: "What is Chen Yingliang doing? What are you doing? My army has been surrounded by Turks separately. Why haven't you moved yet?"