Marry Changle in Datang

Qin Wenyuan got an urgent report from the scouts of the former army, so that the whole army paused and took out the map to stare at it. After a while, he guessed the intention of the Khitan and Xi troops. The two armies must pass through the valley next to the Huihe tribe on the way forward It was a good idea to launch an ambush against the Qin family's army. Once the Qin family's army entered this narrow valley rashly, the result could be imagined. At that time, there was really no way out, and they had to be slaughtered by others.

After deliberation, the generals led the army to march for half a day, and then set up a camp in an open area not far from the entrance of the valley to prepare for defense and rest.

In the camp of the Chinese army, Qin Wenyuan sent hundreds of Turkic soldiers who were familiar with the local folk customs out of the camp to find the local residents, and stood in front of the map to think about how to deal with the current enemy.

In the evening, a Turkic soldier brought back two people, old and young, dressed in Uyghur costumes. Qin Wenyuan invited them into the tent. There is another road around the valley, the old man hurriedly returned the silver tael to Qin Wenyuan, and proposed that if he wanted to lead the way with him, he must save the life of the young man accompanying him.

The old man's name is Jiang Qing. He was originally a Han Chinese who transported goods between the "Songmo" city and the grassland. He was robbed by Khitan soldiers on the way to transport goods more than ten years ago. The old man followed the sound of the cry of the baby, and found that there were many corpses of Sui officials and soldiers on the road ahead. Among them was a female corpse in noble clothes, covering her body. The baby was crying loudly. Jiang Qing couldn't bear it, and picked up the baby in the dead body I found some dry food and melted it with water, and only then saved the young man's life. Because of the lost goods, he dared not go back to his hometown to meet the owner.

Hearing the old man's self-report, Qin Wenyuan was in awe of the old man who had become like a Huihe, and swore that if the old man could lead an army around the valley, he would treat the young man well and take him to Pingzhou for resettlement. The old man agreed with tears.

But it turned out that there was a plank road for merchants in the Sui Dynasty beside the dense forest in the valley. Because the road was slightly detoured and tigers, leopards, snakes and insects were rampant in the mountains and forests, after a long time, some people opened trails in the current valley. The tribesmen and merchants went to the city of "Songmo" to enter the avenues of western and eastern Liaoning.

Qin Wenyuan was overjoyed to hear this news. He placed the old man and the young man in the army to rest, and ordered the generals to enter the account.

"Tomorrow's dawn, Zhou Cang and Lu Qingling will follow the official and lead their guards to sneak into the plank road on foot, and go around to the place where the Khitan and the Xi clan joined forces to look for an opportunity to launch an attack. Kili Sugu, Luo Shiyi, Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, Fang Yiai and other generals After seeing the red signal flare, you need to be alert to the movement of the highlands on both sides of the valley before leading the whole army to attack, and remember not to act rashly."

All the generals were ordered to return to the camp to arrange for tomorrow's surprise attack.

When the dawn tore through the darkness and the outline of the land loomed under the morning light, a group of hundreds of elite soldiers dressed in strange camouflage colors slowly advanced among the trees not far from the valley.

In the mountain road, under the guidance of the guide Jiang Qing and the young man, the whole team went all the way through thorns and thorns. After nearly three hours of marching, as the road under their feet began to level off, the faint neighing of horses could be heard in front of them.

Qin Wenyuan sent hundreds of guards to hide and suspend, soared into the sky to use a telescope to observe where the sound came from, and saw that there were many military tents about a kilometer away. Judging from the size of the camp, the enemy army in front should number in the tens of thousands.

After observing the time for nearly a stick of incense, he jumped off the big tree and first called the guards to bring a hundred taels of silver to Jiang Qing, and told him to take the boy to leave the place quickly. Jiang Qing took the silver taels and knelt down, thanking him tremblingly, On the contrary, the young man looked at Qin Wenyuan very curiously, his eyes seemed to have an excited expression, and he wanted to say something, but he was a little confused and dared not speak.

But it turned out that since the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy came to the Qin Army's barracks, he saw the might of the Qin Army's cavalry and was envious in his heart. He had already moved the idea of ​​​​joining the army. It was because he was very curious about the telescope on Qin Wenyuan's chest, and he didn't want to leave the team.

Qin Wenyuan was also a little surprised to see the young man standing up in disregard of Jiang Qing's urging, and he understood the young man's mind after lightly asking. Handed the jade token with him to the young man and said.

"Why don't you go home with old man Jiang and think about it first, and then take this token to Songmo City to find the official?"

The young man took the jade tablet and handed it back to Qin Wenyuan, knelt down and kowtowed.

"The boy has been hunting with his grandfather in the mountains since he was a child. In his free time, he lived with other people's herds and has no fixed place to live. Today, he wants to follow the general to kill the enemy and beg the general to take him in."

Qin Wenyuan felt pity after hearing what the young man said, so he nodded in agreement, took back the jade card and waved his hand to call his personal guards to order him to try his best to protect the safety of his grandfather and grandson when the battle started, and then ordered his personal guards to move forward in concealment...

Among the trees and bushes, hundreds of guards quietly approached the camp of the Xi clan and the Khitan coalition army, staying only three to four hundred meters away from the enemy camp, and chose favorable terrain around them to make bunkers. bit.

With a sniper rifle in hand, Qin Wenyuan jumped up and landed on a slightly higher ground. Under the cover of some rocks on the high ground, he used a telescope to observe again. At noon, a large number of Khitan cavalry and Xi cavalry were seen leaving their tents to replenish food and grass. At the same time, the sniper rifle in his hand aimed at the big man in the uniform of the Khitan soldier and pulled the trigger.

With the sound of the gun in Qin Wenyuan's hand, dozens of mortars on the position opened fire, and the shells with the screeching sound fell into the barracks of the Khitan and Xi allied forces in an instant. Rising, the blast blast tore apart everything in the battalion.

The sudden blow made the allied forces of the Khitan and the Xi people into chaos. The horses in the barracks were startled by the sound of the guns and ran around, killing and injuring many soldiers. There was a loud cry for their fathers and mothers. To this unknown gunfire, how devout were they? The Khitan and Xi soldiers thought it was a punishment from the gods, and knelt down and prayed loudly.

In the panic of the Khitan and Xi cavalry, three red flares were fired into the sky, and the bewitching red dragged gray and black smoke across the sky.

The sound of "sudden, sudden, sudden" machine guns was loud, and the mortars launched a full-scale strafing of the enemy. In the crisp sound of "bang, bang, bang", all the Khitans and Xi people in general costumes were inexplicable Get down on horseback.

The crossbowmen of the Xi tribe, who were ambushing on both sides of the valley and were about to attack the Qin army, heard the sound of artillery fire and saw the smoke rising from the barracks behind. The main cavalry of the Khitan and Xi tribes were attacked, and the leading general suddenly felt that the situation was critical. If his camp was destroyed, the ambushes on both sides of the valley would lose their supporting troops.

Knowing nothing about the origin of this powerful sound of guns and guns, the general of the Xi clan wondered in his heart, could it be that the enemy army will call the wind and rain, attracting the thunder god from the sky to attack our army?The situation in the barracks must be very critical now.

The continuous sound of guns and artillery made the infantry of the Xi tribe ambushing on both sides of the valley into turmoil. The fire disciples had no choice but to order the Fu army to retreat quickly, regardless of the important task of blocking the Qin army from passing through the valley.

Seeing the three red signal flares in the sky, the generals of the Xu army, such as Cheng Chumo, Kili Sugu, Luo Shiyi, Yuchi Baolin, and Fang Yiai, knew that the general had launched an attack on the enemy. Amid the rumbling sound of the cannons, the Qin family army was not surprised , knowing that it was a weird weapon that only a general's personal guard could possess, but the Turkic cavalry such as Cheng Chumo, Kilisu Gu, Luo Shiyi, Yuchi Baolin, and Fang Yiai felt very frightened. Hearing the explanation from the Qin family army general, he understood , put away the shock and fear and ordered the army to search and move forward in sections, quickly passing through the valley.

When the nearly ten thousand cavalry of the Qin Army had just rushed out of the valley, all they could see were the scattered Khitan and Xi cavalry, and their ears could only hear the sound of "bang bang, chug" gunshots and "booming" shelling.

In the binoculars, Qin Wenyuan saw that the army had already left the valley, and then repelled a wave of enemy cavalry who reacted to the sound of guns and wanted to go to the guard bunker to seize the high ground. After that, he ordered the guards to stop shooting and quickly joined the army The merger launched a full-scale suppression of the Khitan and Xi clan armies.

The guards were ordered to quickly put away their guns and marched along the slope to defend the cavalry of the Qin family army.

At this time, Cheng Chumo, Qili Sugu, Luo Shiyi, Yuchi Baolin, and Fang Yiai began to lead the army to charge against the enemy, and Qianqi, more than one man and two horses, went to Qin Wenyuan and other places to go down the mountain to meet them.

The cavalrymen gathered by the guards quickly got on their horses, and even Jiang Qing and the young man found ownerless horses from the battlefield and rode on behind the Qin family's guards.

Qin Wenyuan stepped on the back of the "Red Rabbit" horse, and his personal guard took over the magical soldier "Fang Tianji" in his hand, ordering the buglers to sound the trumpets for attacking across the board.

With the sound of bugles, the Qin family army began to kill the Khitan and Xi clan cavalry with all their strength. Although the Khitan cavalry was brave, they lost their momentum under the artillery fire, and then were charged by the Qin army. In the chaos, they were too busy to take care of themselves and left the Xi clan Most of the cavalry scattered and fled.

The battlefield was almost one-sided. Qin Wenyuan swung his long halberd and led the army to chase and kill thousands of cavalrymen of the Xi clan like sheep.

The cavalry of the Xi nationality fled frantically along the foot of the Yin Mountain with the general Li Zijun, intending to go to the several tribes of the Xi nationality gathered in "Yunzhou".

At that time, the chief of the Xi nationality led the tribe to join the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin gave the chief the surname Li and managed the Xi tribe for the Tang Dynasty. This plum is the brother of the chief, and it is a good idea to flee in the direction of "Yunzhou". My elder brother told me that if the battle is unfavorable, we can use the strength of the guards at the "Gubeikou" of the Great Wall to stop Xu Jun.

This was the plan made by Xiao Yu when the Dahe Alliance encouraged the Xi clan to send troops. The reason for this is that Qu Tong, the general guard of "Gubeikou", was a member of the Xiao family, and he had received a secret order from the family to provoke Youzhou The conflict between the army and the Xu army was used by Changsun Wuji as an excuse to instigate Wei Xiaojie to set up a trap to embarrass Qin Wenyuan, prevent the caravans from western Liaoning to and from the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty to trade, and put resistance to the development of western Liaoning.

Just when Qin Wenyuan led his army to chase down the Xi cavalry and was approaching the "Gubeikou" pass in Youzhou, Qu Tong, the general guard of the pass under Wei Xiaojie's command, led his army out of the pass to let the Xi cavalry flee in the direction of "Yunzhou" in the northwest. After that, he ordered the soldiers under his command to line up and set up horse-blocking posts on the road to stop the Qin army from pursuing.

The cavalry of the Qin family army saw soldiers holding the flag of the Tang Dynasty blocking the way in the pursuit. They didn't know how to deal with it. Pointing at the two of them, he shouted loudly.

"This is the boundary of Youzhou, why did you send your troops here!"

Cheng Chumo saw that the other party was a general of the Tang Dynasty, and replied angrily from his horseback.

"A certain Tang army under the command of the Ping Liao envoy led the army to hunt down and harass our enemies outside the west of Liao. Why did the general set up a block? Could it be that he had colluded with the Xi people?"

"Hey! The Xi people are also my subjects of the Tang Dynasty. The land of the Tang Dynasty is naturally won, so why bother, no matter what the reason for a certain family to go to war, you must get the token of the governor to pass through the places you want to pass. "

While Qu Tong was talking with Cheng Chumo, Qin Wenyuan led the army to arrive, and the dust and smoke that shook the earth filled the air. The Qin family army, covered in blood and evil spirits, was ready to attack without waiting for the order from the general. The Qin family army does not care how holy you are. The enemy is:
"kill!"

Qin Wenyuan waved his halberd to stop the army from forming, pointed at Qu Tong and shouted loudly.

"What do you mean, why did you set up a barrier here to stop our army? I can't give a reason. Don't blame me for being ruthless."

Qu Tong heard that the young general under the "Qin" army scolded him, but he didn't know that it was Qin Wenyuan, the marshal of the Xu family army. This fellow, Wei Xiaojie's confidant and love general, has been domineering in Youzhou for a long time, so how could he take him seriously? He completely forgot Xiao Yu's words to warn him to be careful and guard against this son, and he cursed angrily when he opened his mouth in a fit of rage.

"Where did the bastard come from and dare to shout in front of grandpa. I think it's because you don't know how to live or die. A certain family advised you to return to the Liaoxi garrison before grandpa got angry..."

This guy didn't finish talking, how could Zhou Cang beside Qin Wenyuan hear such insulting words to his master, and shouted loudly in anger:

"Looking for death! Grandpa wants to see how you get angry."

After saying that, Zhou Cang rode his horse and threw his long iron stick at the guy...

Qu Tong suddenly saw a big man like an iron tower throwing his weapons at him on horseback. He was frightened and angry and used long spears in his hands to meet the enemy. When the guards saw that the general was fighting, they all drew their bows and set up arrows to kill Zhou Cang.

Seeing that something was wrong with the situation, Ruan Xiong, the deputy guard of "Gubeikou", hurriedly ordered the soldiers to put down their bows and crossbows. In fact, he was very puzzled by the general's intention of letting go of the cavalry of the Xi clan to prevent the Tang Dynasty from pursuing the army. He wanted to guard the border all these years. I hated the bullying of the Tang people by the foreign soldiers for a long time.

On a thought, Ruan Xiong opened his mouth to stop the soldiers from acting rashly, but he didn't know that he had saved so many lives. If these soldiers dared to shoot sharp arrows, how could a mere thousand soldiers withstand a round of charge by the cavalry of Xu's army.

Don't gossip, let's watch Zhou Cang fight Qu Tong again.

The two generals came into contact with each other, and Qu Tong stuck a red cherry spear in Zhou Cang's hand and stabbed straight at the iron rod, but unexpectedly, he held the spear too big, and quickly grabbed the spear with one hand and pulled it back violently. , a strong pull made Qu Tong's body lean forward, and then saw him smashing the iron rod in his hand at himself.