Great Sui Dynasty

"It seems that this Qin Qiong is very interesting." Li Shimin handed Qin Shubao's letter to Zhangsun Wuji and Hou Junji to read. Qin Shubao asked Li Shimin to send troops westward to Shangjun and Honghua County, to correspond with him from the north to the south, to fight against the Turks head-on, and to do nothing else. no requirement.This is actually an opportunity for them. Even if Qin Shubao didn't ask them to, they would take the opportunity to enter the northern counties of Guanlong. They have been coveting Guanlong for not a day or two. Occupying it, how could Yang Hao restrain his troops in the Hedong and Daxing areas, and then occupy a large area of ​​Guanlong for Liang Shi for nothing, which caused the Guanlong family to be quite disappointed with them.

"Your Majesty, give me an order. I haven't exercised my muscles for a long time! I just used Turks to train my hands!" Hou Junji was originally a talented military talent, but now he doesn't have Li Jing and Xu Shiji to give him advice like in history. , and there is no group of competitors who are not inferior to him. Now Li Shimin's camp has few real skills except him, so he has always been self-confident. The peerless general who holds the military power in his hand and turns his back into the cloud, and turns his hand into rain.

"The Turkic army has reached the area of ​​Lingwu County, and the situation is overwhelming. In addition to the surrender of Liang Shidu, the Turkic army will come to Shuofang soon. If they want to stop their southward steps, the best places are Honghua and Yan'an. Great rivers and rivers, no matter how powerful the Turkic cavalry is, it is impossible to launch a large-scale offensive here, which is beneficial to us. As for the stabilization of Pingliang and Huining, the Daxing side will deal with it!" The Turks chose the land of Guanlong as a breakthrough point to go south It's a little unwise, but it's much more convenient to have Liang Shidu, who is familiar with the terrain, lead the way, but they are sacrificing their own advantages, and instead of going on a flat road, they have to go into the ravine.

"The Yuchi Jingde and Liu Heifu recruited last time are both good. Let them learn more this time. I will take Yuchi Jingde to Yan'an County, and you will take Liu Heifan to Honghua County. This time you Lead the army alone, and discuss with Mr. Zhaoren more when you encounter problems." Liu Wenjing just came from Daxing yesterday, and he knew that Li Shimin lacked major generals, and Li Shimin was the person he valued the most. He didn't care, so he simply sent Daxing to Li Shimin to give charcoal in the snow.

Li Shimin left 3 horses to garrison Hedong. To be honest, he didn't trust Yang Hao, fearing that his hometown would be confiscated as soon as his army left.

Qin Shubao didn't stay in Jinyang, and went directly to Mayi. Although it was impossible to keep the enemy out of the country with his strength, he still had to resist the Turkic footsteps for a while, for Taiyuan and other places. It is not within his consideration whether Ma Yi can defend himself or not, regardless of the gains and losses of a city and a pool. Destroying the enemy's vital forces is his best choice now. Yang Yichen and Su Dingfang are already in the north of Zhuojun After setting up his formation and waiting for the Turks, Luo Yi also bypassed Xibu and entered the interior of the Turks.

Mayi has been in turmoil for several times, and there are traces of war everywhere. Facing the Turkic offensive, there is neither city nor danger to defend, but it has to be defended. The fleeing people have not yet retreated to a safe area.

Qin Shubao asked the deputy general to dig a isolation strip in front of Mayi City, filled it with sharpened bamboo pieces, and then covered it with twigs and soil.The Turkic people are all cavalry, and there is an open land in front of Mayi, there is no natural danger at all, so we can only find a way to go underground, but the trap can only work once, and the Turkic people will be prepared after suffering a loss, Qin Shubao thinks He has a big head, without cavalry and Turkic soldiers to check and balance, he has some headaches in this battle, he is reluctant to use the few carts brought from Licheng, this is just the first battle, maybe there will be more in the future The situation was even more severe, and what happened later also proved that Qin Shubao's choice was correct.Although the situation is grim, it is far from critical, and he does not intend to stay here for a long time. Mayi now needs no one, no food, and even the most basic defense equipment. This is not a Ideal place to keep the enemy out.

"The Turks are coming!" When the sun was setting, the Turkic cavalry finally set foot on the border of Mayi and rushed towards Shanyang, and the smoke and dust that rolled up from the ground filled the air for several miles.

"Let's withdraw all the soldiers!" Qin Shubao said, the Turks came at this point, so at most they could only organize an offensive. The Turks are not good at night fighting, let alone attacking the city at night.

"Hedong, I, Ha Riman, have returned!" The leader of this Turkic army is none other than Ha Riman. This is the third time he has set foot in the land of the Sui Dynasty. Was ambushed by a group of people and fled back to Turkic in embarrassment, but fortunately Jieli was eliminating dissidents and buying people's hearts. Fortunately, Ha Riman was not questioned.This time, he was ordered by Jieli to lead 5 troops to act freely. After all, he was the one who knew the Sui better among all the Turkic generals.

But this time he came for revenge. The people in Dingxiang County were killed mercilessly by them before they could escape, but this was not enough to relieve their anger, especially when they saw the costumes of the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty on the city wall and the soldiers outside Zhuo County. The people who ambushed them were almost exactly the same, Ha Riman's eyes were red, the enemy met, although this team may not be the same people who ambushed them, but they definitely came from the same camp, he knew that Tai Sui was in a mess now, The armor belts of the soldiers of the various forces are also different, so they can be distinguished at a glance.

"Pass down the order and take this city in one fell swoop!" Looking at the dilapidated Shanyang City, Ha Riman was full of confidence. Shanyang and Zhuojun were obviously not at the same level, not to mention that Mayi hadn't seen him since he came out of Dingxiang after several wars. It can be guessed that all the people have fled, and Shanyang still has the defenders, which means that it is to deal with the aftermath of Baixin who fled. This shows that they do not have many soldiers and horses, and they know that they cannot stop their cavalry , so Ha Riman's confidence soared!

The front of Shanyang City is open, and there is no problem at all with [-] Turkic soldiers and horses forming a formation. The Turkic people rely on the strength of their cavalry and never consider tactical issues.

At the head of Shanyang City, the atmosphere was also very tense at this time. The 5 horses brought by Qin Shubao had almost never fought against the Turkic people. People are tall and have long arms, and their horses are also taller than those of the Central Plains cavalry. It is not a small shock for them to line up with 5 people.

"Don't be afraid, the Turkic people are not good at attacking cities. Although they are tall and powerful, they only have brute force. In the words of the prince, they have strong limbs and a simple mind. They are good at weapons in their hands. Don't throw away my Da Sui's weapon." Face! Let them see that my soldiers in the Sui Dynasty are the most elite teachers in the world!" Qin Shubao doesn't have Yang Hao's eloquence, let alone the domineering spirit, but he stands at the top of the city and is the spiritual pillar of everyone !

"The Turkic people are attacking!" At this moment, the Turkic people who had already formed their formation finally launched an offensive. The Turkic people only attacked one city, so the scene of [-] horsemen heading straight for the north gate was quite shocking.

"Come on! For Changshengtian! For sweating! Go for me! All the money and women in the city belong to you—my most heroic sons!" Ha Riman learned to encourage his soldiers without a teacher. Seeing Jieli's swearing-in in the tooth tent made his blood boil, so he also followed suit.

But what disappointed him was that he was about to approach the city wall, but he saw the soldiers in front falling one by one with their horses, and the soldiers in the back couldn't get on their horses in time. be filled.

"Look, this is trying to decide the cavalry. As long as the method is right, they can be slaughtered without any effort!" Qin Shubao didn't mind belittling the Turks to boost the morale of his soldiers.

"Ming Jin!" Seeing that the situation was wrong, Ha Riman hurriedly called Jin to signal. In fact, even if he didn't Ming Jin, the Turkic soldiers had already stopped. Facing the unknown danger, the Turkic cavalry, who had always been known as fierce, would not dare to rush casually.

Everyone has already returned, frightened by such a sudden danger, their morale is suddenly low, and it is meaningless to rush forward.Hariman sent people to investigate to see if there was any danger ahead, but he was relieved that the enemy only dug a few.

"The enemy is short of manpower! There is no danger ahead. How can the people of my grassland be frightened by these things! They have no choice but to resort to such indiscriminate means. They are not worthy of being a real warrior at all! Let them Take a look at what is called a real warrior!" Ha Riman continued to encourage, in the Turkic view, only pure force is paramount, why the Han people once swept the grasslands, but they could not rule the grasslands, because they relied entirely on foreigners Power cannot conquer the people of the grassland from the heart at all, so the Han people can only stay in the Central Plains forever.The grassland will always be the territory of the nation on their horseback!

"Rush!!" The Turkic cavalry crossed the ravine that nearly killed them just now, and the city wall was already close at hand!The low and dilapidated city walls seemed to no longer exist in their eyes, and Shanyang in front of them was a fat sheep that was stripped naked and waiting to be slaughtered.It's just that the tragedy repeats itself again!The gully reappeared, and a large number of people died again!

This is actually Qin Shubao's strategy. He dug a few fortifications far away from Shanyang, and then dug a few more within the range of Shanyang's bow and arrow to the city wall. Turks will definitely send people to investigate if they suffer the first loss. , but did not dare to enter the range of the archers. Qin Shubao played a very beautiful strategy here. The Turks lost thousands of troops without bloodshed. The most important thing was that they hit the morale of the Turks and encouraged their own side!

The two sieges failed, and people were sent to investigate in the middle to delay the time. It was already dark, and Ha Riman had to give up and gave up the siege. Although he was angry, he did not dare to attack the city in the dark. What's the use of trickery?

Seeing the Turkic people retreating again, Qin Shubao knew that he could only go here today, but the Turkic people's anger would not be so easy to bear tomorrow.

"Order the soldiers to clean up the fortifications overnight! Dig some more caves!" Tomorrow the Turks will investigate as soon as they come up. The caves are for hiding people. At the same time, they will send soldiers directly into the fortifications for hand-to-hand combat, and then retreat into the city pretending to be invincible, waiting until the Turks attack When the soldiers are not allowed to retreat, if the soldiers hiding in the cave take the opportunity to cover up and kill them, then the Turks will definitely be hit again!Qin Shubao used his wisdom to slowly apply the book and what Yang Hao gave him to the battlefield, and began to grow towards a famous general!