The 247th chapter Yanmen decisive battle (4)
To the northeastern suburbs of Yanmen City in the east, to the steep mountains of the Luliang Mountains in the west, and to the foot of the Taihang Yuma Mountain on the east bank of the Hutuo River in the south, the distance between them is more than forty miles. The four battlefields are full of killing sounds, swords and swords, and corpses everywhere, and blood flowing. In order to win and survive, all Sui army partial divisions and Turkic teams all took their energy to fight with their lives, and the fight was extremely fierce. However, due to the number of troops, terrain and environment, the situation of the four Sui army was quite bad, and they were all at a disadvantage. The Liu Changgong army, the Sui army, which was the farthest on the battlefield, was still in the most dangerous situation and could collapse at any time.
The four Sui army were looking forward to the turning point predicted by commander Chen Sangliang as soon as possible. Even if it was the relatively best-case Sui army of Zuotun Guard, the head coach Yun Dingxing was constantly praying for God's blessing, praying for the turning point predicted by Chen Sangliang as soon as possible, or Chen Sangliang's main reinforcements could come to the rescue as soon as possible, but what the soldiers of the Sui army, who were in dire straits, did not know that their main force of the central army was also facing the threat of life and death at the moment, facing the double threat of the main force of the Turkic central army and the Taiyuan King's Army, whose stance was worrying.
Horse hooves rumbled, flags and seas of fire, and tens of thousands of Turkic torches reflected the front of the Sui Army camp as daytime. While the fire behind the camp sent out a signal, the important generals of Qiao Peng Sui Army and Taiyuan Sui Army also hurried to Chen Sangliang and accepted the last pre-war instructions from the head coach Chen Yingliang. After looking around at Li Jiancheng, Yang Nan, Qin Qiong, Ma Sanbao and Guo Feng, Chen Sangliang looked calm and said only one sentence, "Everyone, please."
Although I didn't expect Chen Sangliang's final instructions to be so simple, after a little stunned, the Sui army generals clasped their fists neatly and sang loudly, "Abide by the command of the commander."
The commander was running around, and the main force of the Sui army, composed of 15,000 Qiao Peng soldiers and 20,000 Taiyuan soldiers, quickly lit the torches with only a small number of torches before. More than 30,000 torches drifted in the wind, reflecting the front of the Sui army camp into a whole lot of day. In the fire, Chen Yingliang's commander's flag drifted in the wind. The sudden large number of torches also received the ideal effect of intimidating the enemy. The Turkic army, which had been aggressive before, subconsciously slowed down to avoid rushing too fast and unable to hold the horse.
Chen Sangliang has always had many methods to intimidate the enemy, and this time is no exception. When he saw the shadow of the Turkic vanguard, Chen Sangliang just said no, and immediately five soldiers rushed forward, rushed to the Sui army, ignited the five gunpowder bottles and threw them at the Turkic army. The gunpowder bottles rolled and exploded in the sky, making a loud thunder and huge fire. Chen Sangliang raised the flag in his hand upwards, and the drum and trumpet in the Sui army behind him immediately beat hundreds of cowhide drums at the same time. With the rhythmic sound of war drums, the Turkic army opposite couldn't help but hold their horses to their heads, whispering to each other about the loud explosion of gunpowder just now.
The golden wolf flag with its teeth and claws appeared in the Turkic formation. Shibi Khan, who heard the loud gunpowder explosion, did not dare to immediately order an attack. He just ordered the army to form a formation quickly, and personally urged the horse to come to the front of the formation to check the enemy situation. As a result, Shibi Khan was secretly shocked that although the Sui army, which formed a formation outside the camp, had only about half of its strength, the formation was very strict and orderly, and the solemn aura soared into the sky, making people know at a glance that they had made enough preparations before the war or prepared for fierce battles.
"Khan, look, the flag of Duke Tang"
A Turkic general pointed to the left wing of the Sui army. Shibi Khan looked in the direction guided by his subordinates. Seeing that the Sui army's left wing formation was indeed floating high with a banner with the Li character floating high, Shibi Khan was also very happy and said, "Okay, as long as the Duke of Tang keeps his promise and turns against him in the face of the battle, we will definitely win this battle."
"Khan, don't worry, this is also my father's last chance to get rid of Chen Yingliang's barbarian. He will not miss it." Li Er took the conversation next to him, with a very relaxed and confident expression, but in his heart, Li Er was already trembling quietly. He knew that once the enemy's final conscience was eaten up by a dog and deliberately did not use a fake head to deceive the enemy, he would definitely die to death.
Fortunately, Chen Sangliang's biggest weakness and weakness is that his conscience was not eaten up by dogs. He was like this in Daxing more than two years ago, and this time was no exception. In the torch light, a Sui army knight rode his horse out of the battle, rushing to the Turkic formation with a white flag in his hand, carrying a wrapping the Turkic formation, shouting loudly in Turkic language: "Shibi Khan, our Marshal Chen asked me to tell you, three days ago you killed our inside line, Ashina Smo, today we killed your traitor Li Yuan, one report to another, and it is even."
After shouting, the Sui army knight threw the package to the Turkic formation, and rushed back to the Sui army formation by horses. Shibi Khan's face changed drastically and he shouted: "Hurry, take that package over."
"How is it possible for my father to be killed?" Li Er screamed in disbelief. When Fu Li's personal soldiers quickly killed him, they brought the bloody package back to Shibi Khan. When they opened the package and exposed the head of the person, Li Er also burst into tears. He jumped off the war horse and kowtowed to the head, crying bitterly, and kept saying, "Father, Father, Father,———"
Of course, Shibi Khan's face had turned black, but at this moment, there were new moves on the Sui army. A large group of men in tattered Turkic costumes were suddenly launched into the Sui army formation on the left wing. A group of Sui cavalry forced them to walk towards the Turkic enemy formation with whips and swords and guns. Behind them were the heavy infantry of the Sui army lined up in neat rows. The men in tattered Turkic costumes also cried in Turkic language, "Khan, don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows, we are all your string controls, we are all your herdsmen's string controls."
"Why are my herdsman?" Shibi Khan was stunned for a moment, and then woke up with the reminder of his subordinates, guessing that these people must be Turkic soldiers who were captured on the formation before.
At the same time, the Turkish prisoners of war had also accelerated their speed. They were forced to charge quickly by the Sui cavalry with horse whip, sword and gun, and were driven to directly attack the front of the Turkic battle formation that had not yet been established. Seeing this scene, Shibi Khan was furious and roared and cursed: "Chen Yingliang, despicable barbarian."
"Khan, what should we do?" Several Turkic generals screamed in shock. "Our formation has not been arranged yet. If they are allowed to rush into our formation, our front formation will be in chaos."
"Shooting arrows" Shibi Khan didn't even blink, and immediately shouted with a blue face, "Shooting arrows, don't let them get close."
The order was conveyed, and the Turkic soldiers quickly pulled the bow and fired arrows according to the order. The feather arrow flew out of the air and roared into the head of the Turkic prisoners of war. The screams also came from the Turkic prisoners of war. The Turkic prisoners quickly turned around and fled south, but were stabbed and stabbed by the sharp swords and guns of the Sui soldiers. They were forced to flee north again. They could not advance or retreat between the Sui army and the Turks, and cried and cried to the sky. - But there was no need to pity these nomadic robbers. Killing was their nature, plundering was their instinct, and rape and plundering, killing and setting fire were their favorites. If these Turkic prisoners were placed among ordinary people, even if they were not given weapons, they would do something even more harmful to the world.
At this time, the heavy infantry of the Sui army had also advanced to the distance that could be launched. The cavalry in the front quickly dodged to the two wings. The heavy infantry of the Sui army shouted at each other, and Ping held his spear and rushed directly to the front of the Turkic position. The cavalry of the Sui army continued to shoot the Turkic prisoners behind with bows and arrows, forcing them to continue charging forward and act as free vanguards for the heavy infantry of the Sui army.
The decisive battle between the main force of the central army officially started. Following behind the Turkic prisoners, the Sui army's heavy infantry stepped forward and slashed at the front of the Turkic battle formation. Although the Turkic generals shouted loudly to order the soldiers to shoot arrows, the Turkic soldiers were somewhat ruthless when they shot arrows at their own people, causing many Turkic prisoners to rush to their formation. Shibi Khan was shocked and quickly ordered the killing of these Turkic people. When the Sui army's heavy infantry had already followed, stabbed the gun without saying a word.
The Turkic soldiers were stabbed at the horse. While the Turkic soldiers were storming against the counterattack, the Turkic prisoners had already taken the opportunity to rush into the gap in their queue. The Turkic front line was immediately in chaos. The heavy infantry of the Sui army took the opportunity to get closer and fought with a large number of Turkic soldiers, restraining the Turkic front army and limiting the mobility of the Turkic cavalry. The Sui army cavalry who had previously made their way backed the heavy infantry and used bows and arrows to cover the infantry's combat.
The enemy was successfully entangled with the enemy head-on, and Chen Yingliang did not rush to launch the next wave of offensive. He just waited patiently for the Turks' actions. As a result, in order to share the frontal pressure, Shibi Khan attacked the Taiyuan Sui army on the left wing of the Sui army. Li Jiancheng formed a formation according to Chen Yingliang's requirements and suppressed the Turkic charge momentum with strong bows and crossbows, and launched a fierce battle with the Turkic cavalry that rushed closer.
The situation on the battlefield was quickly clear. The Sui army's heavy infantry attacked the Turkic front, while the Turkic army attacked the right wing of the Sui army. They attacked each other and defended each other, and it would be difficult to decide the outcome for a while. Seeing this, our Ambassador Li Yuan and Li were also anxious - because all those who fought with the Turkic were his direct descendants, Li Yuan hurriedly asked Chen Sangliang: "Master, should we increase troops to the Turkic front? Expand our positive advantages?"
"What's the hurry?" Chen Yingliang said coldly: "Just just started, I sent the reserve team out. How can we chase the enemy and break through the Turkic camp in one go?"
After repelling Li Yuan, Chen Sangliang raised his neck and looked into the distance in the north. He thought to himself: "I have successfully entangled the Turkic Central Army. Next, it depends on whether our false affiliations can succeed. Although I have a solution to the failure of the disruptive plan, for the sake of victory, you must succeed."
At the same time, the battles on the battlefield of the four partial divisions were becoming more and more cruel, especially the two teams of Liu Changgong and Xie Zichong of the Right Martial Guard were beaten by the Turkic army to only have the ability to resist and have no power to fight back. The position was on the verge of collapse several times. To make matters worse, after receiving the order from Shibi Khan, the Tuojie Hu soldiers stationed south of Xixing Pass were reluctant, but they still sent 5,000 troops to leave the camp and advanced east to reinforce Ashinalun, help Ashinalun to beat Liu Changgong, and win the final victory of the most confident battlefield. If this Tuojie Hu soldiers arrived on the battlefield, Liu Changgong, who was not very good at fighting a tough battle, would have no final collapse.
It was also coincidental that when the five thousand Tuojie Hu soldiers left the narrow road south of Xixing Pass with torches, they just walked on the Guandao Road and turned east, three knights suddenly rushed from the south. The Tuojie Hu soldiers' swimming whistle quickly stepped forward to stop them, but suddenly they saw that the three knights were all Turkic elite soldiers with distinctive armor. The headed Turkic Fuli also showed the golden arrow token of the Turkic Khan tent and shouted in Turkic words: "The Khan ordered the Khan to send you to that team, where are you going?"
Seeing the golden arrow token, Tuojie Hu Bing's Youmo Shou did not dare to neglect, so he quickly answered his own team, and then explained: "We received the order from Khan to go east to reinforce General Nalun and help General Nalun quickly eliminate the barbarian army surrounded by him. By the way, are you sending orders to us?"
"Khan was shot in an arrow." Fu Li, who was holding the Golden Arrow Order, shouted, "Khan personally went to attack the Barbarian camp, but was shot seriously injured by the raven. I am ordered by Khan to order General Nalun to retreat."
"Is Khan seriously injured by the stray arrow?" Tuojie Hu Bing was shocked and asked quickly: "Is the injury serious?"
"It's very heavy, life-threatening." The Turkic Fuli ran east while yelling: "I'm not sending orders to you. What will you do next? Decide yourself."
The three Turkic Fuli rushed eastward. The Tuojie Hu soldiers did not dare to neglect their whistle and quickly returned to our team to spread the news that Shibi Khan was seriously injured by a stray arrow. The Tuojie Hu soldiers' morale was suddenly in chaos. After hearing the news, several leaders of the Tuojie Hu soldiers quickly ordered the army to stop advancing and gather together to discuss what to do next.
Not to mention how Tuojie Hu soldiers discussed, the three Turkic soldiers rushed eastwards and rushed to the battlefield of Liu Changgong, who was fighting fiercely, and even showed the Golden Arrow Order to rush directly to Nalun's flag. At the same time, they kept shouting in the formation, "General Nalun, Khan was caught in an arrow, order you to withdraw your troops immediately and withdraw your troops immediately."
Hearing this shout, the Turkic soldiers next to him were of course in panic. Nalun, who was smug, turned around in surprise, but saw Turkic Fuli holding the golden arrow token running directly to him. While celebrating the Turkic etiquette, he presented the golden arrow order to himself and said loudly: "General Nalun, Khan personally led his army to attack the Barbarian camp. Unfortunately, he was shot seriously by the scattered arrow and was seriously injured. Our army was defeated and ordered you to withdraw the camp immediately to respond."
"Khan was seriously injured by the stray arrow?" Nalun was shocked and quickly looked at the secret words on the token. When he quickly looked up to see the direction of the Sui Army camp, he was blocked by the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain. He could only faintly see the sky over there red, and there was indeed a lot of fire. Nalun's heart couldn't help but feel a mess. I didn't know whether to retreat according to the order or to chew the fat meat that had been placed beside his mouth.
"General Nalun, please retreat quickly." The Turkic Fuli urged again: "Our camp is empty, and the barbarian army is chasing Khan. If the barbarian army takes the opportunity to attack our camp, then we will be finished."
Without the camp, there will be no rations for life, and there will be no money that I finally snatched from the 39th city of Yanmen. And even less relatives Shibi, forced to helplessly, Nalun could only throw the golden arrow token back to the Turkic Fuli, shouting: "Send the order, knock the gong, and retreat to the camp."
The gong rang, and all the Turkic cavalry who were fighting fiercely with the Sui army were shocked. They hurriedly retreated and retreated from the battlefield. Of course, they immediately found out what happened. When they heard that Shibi Khan died of an arrow, the morale of the Turkic soldiers was naturally in chaos. They quickly followed the Nalun flag and hurriedly retreated to the Turkic camp.
It was the Sui army's turn to be shocked. Liu Changgong, who had already changed into ordinary soldiers' clothes, was even more confused. He had not figured out how the Turkic army suddenly retreated without any advantage. Until Helanyi, who had also changed into soldiers' clothes, reminded him. Liu Changgong suddenly reacted, "By the way, Brother Yingliang said that the Turkic dogs would definitely retreat suddenly, and then we would like to chase and kill them with all our might."
After awakening, Liu Changgong, who was good at running for life and fighting with the wind, was not polite, and immediately yelled: "Brothers, rush for me and kill all these Turkic dogs."
Amid the roars and orders, the morale of the Sui army of the Right Martial Guard, who had been suppressed by the Turks, was greatly boosted. He immediately launched a counterattack under the leadership of Liu Changgong, chasing the Turkic army. The already panic-hunting Turkic army became even more chaotic. He thrust the horses and whipped each other and trampled on each other. He fell from countless horses. The soldiers of the Right Martial Guard took the opportunity to cut and slash and scored the leaks, and obtained many gains.
At the same time, given the unfavorable situation of the war between the Sui army of the four routes, Yu Shiji, Feng Deyi and other anti-Chen factions and Fan Zigai, the supporter Chen faction, had already started arguing again. Fan Zigai swears that Chen Sangliang, who was promoted by himself, would be able to reverse the situation again, smash the siege of Yanmen, and dare to use his head to make this bet. Because the lackey Su Shichang was imprisoned and had a grudge against Chen Sangliang, Feng Deyi was so angry that he picked up a sheep-head stone for defending the city and said furiously: "The battle has reached this point. If Chen Yingliang can really turn the situation on the battlefield, I will eat this stone."
"Stop quarrel." Cai Wang Yang Zhiji, who rarely speaks suddenly and said in a deep voice: "Brother, colleagues, please pay attention to our northeast battlefield, where the situation is not right."
Hearing Yang Zhiji's words, Emperor Yang of Sui and the civil and military officials of Sui Ting, who were paying attention to the two battlefields in the west, turned their heads quickly and were stunned to find that the fire had changed drastically in the Northeast battlefield where firelights were clustered, and a large number of torches were rushing towards the west. Emperor Yang of Sui couldn't help but be surprised and said, "What's wrong? Why are the army over there moving towards this side?"
"Two possibilities." Lai Huer next to him analyzed: "First, the Turks have annihilated the Great Sui army on that battlefield and returned to reinforce other battlefields. Second, the Great Sui army at that position has reversed the situation, defeated the Turkic army and is pursuing."
"These two possibilities, which one is the greatest?" Emperor Yang of Sui asked quickly.
"This..." Lai Hu'er hesitated for a moment and replied, "I can't guess this even if I do."
"You can't guess?" Emperor Yang of Sui was shocked.
Lai Hu'er nodded, and Yuwen Shu, Pei Renji and Dugu Sheng and other veterans on the battlefield said, "Your Majesty, we can't guess. Logically speaking, even if the Turkic army defeated our army, it would take some time to chase or divide the troops to chase them. However, depending on the situation, the Turkic army retreated across the board. If our army defeated the Turkic army, it seemed unlikely that we would have been besieged by the Turkic army. If we had the strength to counterattack, we should have taken action long ago and it would be impossible to wait until now."
Chapter completed!