The most terrifying team on the battlefield will never be the enemy's elite soldiers, but the crowd of defeated soldiers of their own. Seeing their own defeated soldiers rushing towards their own army like a tide, no matter how elite the army is, they will feel panic and timid, and their morale and fighting spirit will be greatly affected. What's more terrible is that if you don't stop these defeated soldiers rushing like a tide, no matter how neat the battle formation is, it will be washed away and scattered, and no matter how strong the fortifications are, it will also be washed away. But if you want to stop these defeated soldiers, you must It is necessary to point bows, arrows, knives and guns at these companions, comrades-in-arms, or even brothers, no matter how strong the army is, doing so will have a major psychological impact, which in turn will affect the morale and combat effectiveness of the army. It is a dilemma that cannot be solved.
The Turkic army that did not accumulate virtue encountered such a bad thing tonight. When the troops still had the upper hand, because of a rumor that Sibi Khan was about to die with an arrow and a false order to return to the camp immediately, the Turkic army was in a panic. Unbearable, he turned around before the battle, showed his butt and asked the Sui army to cut it, and before the battle, Chen Sangliang ordered the Sui army to resolutely pursue and kill them to the end. The retreat of the Turkic army gradually turned into a retreat, and even collapsed.
The night was still rising, and under the dim moonlight, the torches on the huge Yanmen battlefield were as dense as stars. The four Turkic armies were like four bereaved dogs, rushing back to their respective camps with countless torches. Behind each Turkic army was a soldier. The Sui army with torches pursued them with all their strength, and the Turkic army, whose strength was worrying, had no intention of fighting. They either fled with all their strength, and the ranks were disorganized, or they hurriedly arranged the rear troops to resist the pursuit of the Sui army. The Turkic army's rear team did not play its due role, and was killed by the Sui army shortly after the battle, and quickly joined the fleeing team. The soldiers of the Sui army continued to march forward, chasing the Turkic army's buttocks just struggling to kill, and there was no time to breathe None left to the Turks.
In the end, the Turkic Yushe and Nibu troops who received the false order from Shibi Khan were the closest to the camp, and they were the first to withdraw to the side of the Turkic camp. Originally, the Turkic army considered that there would be chaos when they retreated before the battle. In order to ensure safety, the mudbu Instigated the important task of the rear, but in front of the Zuo Tunwei Sui army who fought back with all their strength, the panic-stricken Turkic rear army was overwhelmed by the Sui army in a moment, and was forced to turn around and join the ranks of fleeing. Stop, charge at full speed, and pursue the Turkic camp next to the Turkic camp, the Turkic army has just begun to enter the camp.
Of course, the few narrow camp gates could not allow the 40,000 Turkic troops to return to the camp quickly. The Turkic soldiers who were eager to return to the camp to avoid danger panicked and rushed to the camp gate, bumping into each other, pushing each other, and even trampling each other, pushing and jostling. During the period, the Turkic soldiers became more flustered, more anxious, their heads became hotter, and they were even more unwilling to pay attention to the orders of the generals and officers. The panic and fear, like an infectious disease, quickly spread to the entire army and even the Turkic camps, causing Turkic The ranks of the army became even more chaotic, and the generals and soldiers were even less interested in fighting. All they wanted to do was enter the camp quickly to avoid the pursuit of the Sui army.
Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers crowded in front of the narrow camp gate. In a panic, countless unlucky Turkic cavalry were squeezed into the ditch, screaming and falling into the wide ditch filled with sharp wooden stakes, one after another, One by one, human corpses and horse corpses quickly filled the trenches; and the situation at the gate of the camp was even worse, the dense crowd of Turkic soldiers fought against each other, crowded with people, horses crowded with horses, and horses crowded with horses, crowded and struggling to move forward The ground was already covered with the corpses of Turkic soldiers and horses that had been trampled into mud, and the brackets of the camp gate were already crowded and crumbling. , asking the soldiers not to panic, but they did not receive any effect, and the defeated soldiers continued to come in waves one after another.
The reason why the Turkic army was so chaotic is of course the great contribution of the Sui army's pursuit of troops. After chasing and killing them to the front and rear of the Daying Gate, although the Sui army of Zuo Tunwei could not immediately enter the Turkic camp, they were able to drive out the defeated Turkic soldiers and fight for free. The vanguard, let the defeated Turkic troops break through the enemy's fortifications. The experienced generals Liu Jingye, Zhu Can, and Miao Haichao have also been commanding the army to charge with all their strength, exacerbating the chaos and panic of the Turkic army. To live up to expectations, from the beginning to the end, the Turkic defeated soldiers were slashed and killed around the crowd, until the Turkic defeated soldiers were howling ghosts and wolves, and their corpses were strewn all over the ground.
With a loud bang, the pillars on both sides of the gate of the west camp of the Turkic Army finally couldn't withstand the collision and extrusion of so many defeated soldiers, and they fell to the ground with a loud sound with the sound of wood breaking, knocking down many Turkic soldiers who had escaped into the camp Even the people and horses were smashed to pieces, and the Turkic soldiers in the archery tower above the gate screamed and fell to the ground, and before they had a chance to stand up, they were immediately trampled into meat sauce by the horseshoes of the Turkic cavalry flooding into the camp. .
The gate of the camp fell down, and the overcrowded Turkic defeated soldiers got a relatively open outlet, the pressure in front was greatly reduced, and the speed of entering the camp was immediately much faster, but the Turkic soldiers behind were even more anxious, and the speed of the crowded forward Faster, stronger, knocked down more of their own companions, and all the Turkic soldiers who were able to escape into the camp entered the camp stepping on the corpses of their own horses, and the trenches on both sides of the camp gate were quickly covered by the corpses of Turkic cavalrymen. Filled and filled, the Turkic cavalry can directly step on the dead bodies of their companions to cross the trench, and the Turkic general Ashina Yushe, who has fled into the camp, also roared in despair, "It's over! I can't stop the barbarians from entering the camp anymore!"
Also suffering such bad luck was the Tuli Department of the Turkic Army on the northwest battlefield of the camp. Like their unlucky relatives Yushe and Nibu, although Tuli also arranged for an army to be in the rear, the army in the rear was also overwhelmed by fighting power in a short while. The Sui army in Jiangdu killed and scattered, Wang Shiyun and Wang Renze, father and son, who liked to pick the cheapest, led the Sui army in Jiangdu to pursue and fight fiercely. It was also not a good thing. The Turkic partial division under Tuli's command, like the Zuotunwei Sui army, rushed outside the Turkic camp when the Turkic army entered the camp, and slashed desperately to aggravate the chaos of the Turkic army.
Tuli's luck is actually worse than that of his relatives Yushe and Nibu. Although the strength of the Jiangdu Sui Army is not as large as that of Yun Dingxing's Zuotunwei Sui Army, the overall combat effectiveness is to a large extent surpassed by some elites. Zuo Tunwei, now it is a rare opportunity to win the battle with the wind and get rewards. With the morale boosted, the Huainan soldiers who are already brave and good at fighting are of course even more heroic and invincible. In order to kill more enemies and make more contributions, many Huainan soldiers simply Bullying into the Turkic crowd, taking advantage of their shortness and agility to stab the enemy up and down and chop off the horse's legs, the tall Turkic soldiers looked extremely cumbersome in a small space, and were killed by the Huainan soldiers who were more dexterous than monkeys. He loves to fight, and fights for his life even more.
Like the gate of Xiying, the north gate of Xiying was also knocked down by the defeated Turkic soldiers. When Tuli's defeated soldiers managed to escape into the camp, the Jiangdu Sui army took advantage of the momentum and rushed into the camp. While continuing to chase and kill the panicked Turkic defeated soldiers, they set fires everywhere to create chaos. The sky-high fire quickly ignited in the northwest of the Turkic camp, and the fire continued to extend towards the hinterland of the Turkic camp, and the speed was also very fast.
At the same time, the Sui Army of Zuo Tunwei also drove the defeated Turkic soldiers into the Turkic camp as free vanguards. In a sea of flames, the Turkic west battalion guard once organized an army to intercept, but the interception position was smashed to pieces by the Sui army soldiers in just a few minutes-seeing so many of their own defeated soldiers fleeing back to the camp in embarrassment, the Turkic soldiers still have The determination to persevere to the end is called a ghost.
The fall of the Turkic Western Camp is a foregone conclusion. The son of Shibi Khan, who stayed behind in the Chinese army, did not dare to neglect. He quickly organized an army to defend the camp of the Chinese army. Khan Shibenbi still had the brains to make a quick decision, and ordered viciously to the defenders of the Chinese army: "From now on, no one is allowed to approach the camp of the Chinese army. If our defeated soldiers flee, we will immediately shoot arrows to stop them. !"
At the same moment, seeing the west camp turned into a sea of flames, the Turkic army Nalun who had withdrawn from a distance and was entering the camp also panicked. There was also great chaos when they rushed into the camp. Before arriving at the scene, the Turkic army trampled on its own. Fortunately, the retreat of the Nalun army was quite fast, and Liu Changgong was separated by a certain distance, so he finally retreated safely to the camp, and immediately set out to arrange the north. He defended the battalion and shot back the soldiers of You Wuwei who were trying to attack the camp with random arrows.
Liu Changgong, who failed to catch the opportunity, was caught in a dilemma. He was not strong enough to storm the Turkic camp and was not sure. If he did not attack, it would be tantamount to sitting back and watching a better opportunity to destroy the enemy, wasting the main force of the right military guard, but fortunately, just as Liu Changgong was around When he was at a loss what to do, a few riders came from the direction of Yanmen City to meet Liu Changgong. The leader was none other than General Hu'er of the Sui Army. His colleagues met to understand each other's situation, and Lai Huer made a decisive decision and shouted: "From now on. To start, the Youwuwei army is under my command! Come with me, enter the Turkic camp from the west, and help our friendly troops break through the Turkic central army!"
After all, Lai Huer, who was ordered to go out of the city to find out the situation, sent his son back to the city to report the military situation to Emperor Sui Yang, and at the same time personally led the main force of the right military guard to detour to the west and join the battlefield through the gap that had been opened. Liu Changgong, who is not good at fighting tough battles Feeling relieved, she quickly volunteered to become Lai Nuer's follower. As for Niu Niu, one of the soldiers, after replacing Niu Niu's nest with the famous future guard to command the Youwuwei army, there is no shortage of elite Youwuwei troops in the team, and their combat effectiveness will naturally rise to a higher level immediately.
Chen Sangliang's little tricks were not over yet. As the Sui army's victory gradually became stronger, the other five groups of fake attachments who had not moved before also began to attack. Four of them rushed into the Turkic camps with fake golden arrows, declaring that Shibi Khan was shot by an arrow and was about to die. He ordered the battalion guards to prepare to abandon the camp and retreat. When the military order is delivered, the whole army will immediately withdraw to the north of Xixing Pass! After hearing such an order, the Turkic camps that had already panicked were of course even more panicked and timid. They didn't have the heart to guard the camp, and they were all busy packing up the supplies and packing the valuables looted from the land of the Sui Dynasty. Car, or directly on the back, the morale and fighting spirit plummeted, and fell directly to the bottom of the valley.
There is also a group of fake attachments who are the most dangerous. Holding the golden arrow order, they rushed directly to the pontoon bridge erected by the Turkic army on the Hutuo River. An order was sent, declaring that the battle situation was urgent and the encirclement of Yanmen City could no longer be maintained. He ordered Rustu to abandon the camp immediately and lead his troops to withdraw across the Hutuo River to the north of the main camp, lest the Sui army cut off Rustu's return route. None of the Turkic warriors in Edom escaped with their lives!
The perfectly forged golden arrows and the crisis situation in the Turkic camp jointly deceived Rustu, and verified that the secret words of the golden arrows were correct, and saw that the west of the main camp had turned into a sea of flames, and Rustu, who was stationed in an extremely dangerous Without hesitation, he quickly ordered to abandon the camp and retreat. The panicked Turkic soldiers rushed to pack their luggage and abandon the camp to the west, so that when Lu Situ asked who would lead the army to the rear, none of his generals dared to stand. Coming out to take on this errand forced Lu Situ to lead the army in the rear.
The panic and fear of the hasty retreat, coupled with the fact that Xie Zichong led the right military guards to attack outside the camp, the camp of the Turkic army on the east side of the Hutuo River was quickly broken. Murder and arson quickly turned the Turkic camp east of the Hutuo River into a sea of flames.
In the blazing flames, the morale of the Sui army divisions on all roads was like a rainbow, and they kept advancing towards the camp of the Turkic army. The Turkic army was defeated like a mountain, screaming and screaming. Emperor Yang of Sui also laughed in Yanmen City, saying repeatedly : "Okay! Good! Good kill! Kill all these dog Turks for me! Kill! Kill hard! But, why hasn't Chen Aiqing come yet? We have already won, should he come?"
"Your Majesty, please take a look!" Pei Ju pointed to the southwest and cheered: "Fire! Fushi Chen's main force is here!"
Emperor Sui Yang quickly followed Pei Ju's instructions and saw that the night sky in the south of the Turkic camp was reddish. There was indeed a large area of fire, and it was obvious that another army came to kill him. Here you go! I haven't seen you for two years, I really miss you little guy, come on, come on, I want to see with my own eyes what this little guy looks like now."
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Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty saw that the flames included not only the light of the torches of the Sui Army's Central Army, but also the torches of the defeated Turkic Army. After Niu Jinda led Qiao Peng's army to successfully rescue Xu Shixu's troops from Taiyuan King Qin's army, he immediately joined forces to attack the Turkic Central Army again. On the front, Yang Hao, who was guarding the right wing of the Sui army, also led the right wing Taiyuan Qinwang army to launch a counterattack under the order of Chen Sangliang. The left wing continued to expand the scale of the war.
In fact, even so, the main force of the Sui army was still not sure about the main force of the Turkic army, but the main force of the Turkic army was defeated by itself. After seeing the fire from the rear of the army, the morale of the Turkic main force will inevitably be affected even more. And the one who dealt the fatal blow to the Turkic army was the messenger sent by Shibenbi. After learning that the western camp of the own army had been breached and the Chinese army was in a hurry, Sibi Khan tried his best to keep himself calm, and he said nothing. I can't come down.
"What should we do? Continue to attack? Or go back to the army to rescue the camp?" Shibi Khan made a difficult choice, "If you retreat now, the barbarians will definitely take the opportunity to pursue them. When the time comes, the army will be defeated, and our army will lose. Continue to attack and take down the army." The head of Chen Yingliang's barbarian turned the situation around?... Are you sure about it?"
The result of the analysis is that there is no certainty. Chen Sangliang still has a lot of reserve troops to squander. Even if the Turkic army launches a general attack, there is no certainty that it will break through the most powerful Sui army's central army, let alone quickly break through. . And if the stalemate continued, once the Sui Army's partial division in the north took advantage of the momentum to break through the Turkic Central Army's camp, or went south to encircle the Turkic Central Army, Shibi Khan would not be able to cry. So after a moment of difficult calculation, Shibi Khan was finally defeated by his own panic, and said painfully: "Mingjin, withdraw troops! Erding, you lead the army to the rear."
The gong sounded, and the Turkic army, which was fighting fiercely with the Sui army, turned around and retreated in a hurry. Shibi Khan also took the lead in turning his horse's head, leading his own soldiers to retreat first, and the rest of the Turkic army followed. Erdin led an army in charge of the rear. But the war situation has progressed to this point, Chen Yingliang doesn't deserve to be called the most innocent Chen Sangliang if he doesn't order the general offensive. He has to change his name to Chen Er. Stupid. Join forces to charge and pursue the main force of the Turks with all their strength.
The one who rushes to the front is always the Baoguo army. The horseshoes are rumbling, and the Baoguo army cavalry advances straight, directly rushing to the Turkic rear team, and completely ignores the harassing feather arrows shot by the Turkic rear army. The soldiers of the Baoguo army with teeth opened up again, throwing ten gunpowder bottles into the Turkic army, which made the Turkic army jump around for a while, and then there was no suspense. There was a gap in the position, and the largest number of Taiyuan cavalry poured in from the gap, followed by the infantry, and the Turkic army was in chaos. Although Erding tried his best to restrain the army to stick to the position, he still couldn't stand up to the Sui army's cavalry. In the flanking attack, the panicked soldiers of the Turkic rear army turned around and fled for their lives one after another. As Qiao Peng's new force joined the battlefield, the Turkic rear army quickly disintegrated and disappeared in the wind and waves like a bunker built with sand.
Here we have to say a fair word for the Turkic army. It's not that they didn't try their best to buy time for Shibi Khan to retreat. At least Ashina Erdin led a team of attached soldiers to fight to the death. It's a pity that the enemy Erding faced was too powerful. The Sui army's heavy infantry Modao rushed up and down like a copper wall and an iron wall, smashing all the Turkic soldiers who tried to stop them into pieces, and there were feather arrows falling from their heads. , Occasionally, one or two gunpowder bottles exploded in the densely populated soldiers, causing the eardrums to bleed and the horses lost control. After shooting through the throat, the Turkic rear army also completely collapsed, and the main force of the Sui army continued to drive straight in, chasing the Turkic central army that had not had time to escape ten miles away.
In the pursuit battle, the Baoguo army rushed to the front again, and the Taiyuan Sui army, who were good at riding and shooting, followed closely. They used bows and arrows to cover the Baoguo army and charged. Sang Liang kept yelling in the army, "Quick! Quick! We must catch up with the Turkic army before they enter the camp! Tell the front, don't be stingy with the gunpowder bottle, it doesn't matter if you use it up!"
Fortunately, the Nationalist Army and the Taiyuan cavalry clung to the Turkic army. The Turkic army had just retreated to the front of the camp and charged with all their strength at all costs. They did not give the Turkic army a chance to return to the camp calmly, and won Chen Sangliang's main force. In the precious ten minutes, Chen Sangliang was able to lead the main force to catch up with the Turkic main force, and immediately threw his infantry into the Turkic army crowded in front of the camp, laying a solid foundation for taking advantage of the victory and entering the Turkic camp.
When he shamelessly ordered the Taiyuan Sui army to storm into the Turkic camp, Chen Sangliang raised his head under Li Yuan's resentful eyes, and carefully observed the situation of the Turkic camp. He was happy, and said: "Not bad, it has already hit the edge of the Turkic army camp."
The partial divisions of the Sui Army had indeed reached the edge of the Turkic Central Army's camp, and there were still thousands of defeated Turkic soldiers who fought forward for the Sui Army's partial divisions. , Immediately released arrows to force their companions to turn back. The defeated Turkic soldiers cried and screamed, and there was no way to advance or retreat. They suffered heavy casualties in front of the bows and arrows of their own army and the swords and guns of the Sui army. It is also difficult for the partial division to enter the Turkic central army as soon as possible and completely establish the victory, wasting a lot of precious time to completely defeat the enemy.
At a critical moment, Lai Huer led You Wuwei's main force to the battlefield. After roughly observing the situation on the battlefield, Lai Huer pointed with a knife and led You Wuwei to the southwestern part of the Turkic camp to attack the rear of the front camp of the Turkic camp. This action also immediately achieved immediate and miraculous results. The Turkic camp in the southwest had been emptied of troops long ago. A small number of troops could not stop the main force of Youwuwei at all. The Turkic army, which was still fighting stubbornly in the front camp, was in chaos, fearing the enemy, including Shibi Khan, fled back to the camp of the Chinese army, and the defeated Turkic troops rushed through the gate of the front camp. Swarming into the camp, the main force of the Sui army also took the opportunity to rush into the front camp, and went straight to the camp of the Turkic Central Army.
"Huh?" Seeing Liu Changgong's banner from a distance, Chen Yingliang was also taken aback, and said in surprise, "Since when did Liu Changgong become so smart, he rushed into the front camp in an arc to meet me, and helped me break the deadlock in the front camp? Can you come up with such an ingenious tactic?"