Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 200: The fierce Turkic soldiers are coming

Suddenly hearing about the Turkic cavalry, Yang Guangxin suddenly raised his head, and his sleepy eyes were now widened.

"Tell me specifically what happened?"

"The scouts ahead reported that traces of Turkic cavalry were found on the grassland."

"how many people?"

"A small group of cavalry, no more than a dozen people, chased our scout for more than 20 miles. Fortunately, the scout ran back. The Turks' habit is to have small groups of cavalry go first before attacking. They deploy small groups in all directions, making it difficult for our team to I went forward to find out the news about their large force, but I don’t know from which direction they attacked, and the current situation is very similar.”

He came to report that it was yesterday's intelligence. The Turkic cavalry had appeared and they didn't know when they would attack. Yang Guang did not dare to stop for a moment.

The incident suddenly happened and Yang Guang couldn't make perfect arrangements for a while. He looked at the bandit's stronghold not far away, finally found the place and made a plan, but things didn't work out as he wished.

"Is this fate?"

"Come and protect the child."

"The end is here."

"You lead ten people to guard here. When Gao Huairong comes back, take his head and bring it back to Yanmen Pass. The rest of the people will follow me back to Shuozhou to resist the Turks."

Everything was considered serious, and resisting the Turks was obviously more important than the bandits. Yang Guang had to give up all arrangements and take people back first.

After receiving the order, Lai Hu'er said unconvinced, "Your Highness, I will also go into battle with you to kill the enemy."

"There is no rush for this moment. Your bravery is the reason why I can rest assured to stay and deal with Gao Huairong. Once you take his head, you can follow him quickly."

After hearing what Yang Guang said, he had no choice but to stay.

The group set off immediately. Yang Guang led a small force to set off first, returned to the nearest official road and hurried back to Yanmen Pass.

Entering Yanmen Pass just after noon, he rushed to Yang Shuang and asked, "Uncle King Wei, how is the situation?"

Yang Shuang frowned: "The scouts have returned again. From a distance, a team of a thousand people is expected to appear within sight. According to my understanding of the Turks, their tribes will be assembled within a few days. According to the current scale, this This plunder may involve an unprecedented number of people. I have asked Taiyuan for help, and now I am beginning to let the people of Shuozhou withdraw into the pass."

However, there were so many people in Shuozhou that there was not such a large place to settle in Yanmen Pass. The whole city of Shuozhou was in great chaos. Before the Xiongnu arrived, they started burning, killing and looting.

"Uncle King Wei ordered the arrest of a merchant named Liu Kuang in Shuozhou City. He sent people to trade Turkic goods with the bandits. I suspect that there is private trade between him and the Turks. This kind of person is most likely to become the lackey of the Turks. We don’t have time to review it now, we’ll talk about it after we catch him.”

Yang Shuang immediately ordered: "Go and arrest him quickly."

"Also, Uncle Wei, the deputy general of Yanmen Pass provides protection for his trade. Now I don't know if there are others. Please press the Yanmen Pass guards Yu Dehuai and Zhang Xiangren first. If something happens to these two people, nothing can happen to Yanmen Pass. Obedience to authority."

Speaking of this matter, Yang Shuang carefully confirmed: "Are you sure there is something wrong with Gao Huairong?"

"I'm sure, I caught it with my own hands. I originally planned to trick him into making amends with him and defeat the bandits, but I didn't expect the Turks to come, so I had to give up the whole plan. I won't joke about this."

Yang Shuang frowned and punched the table with his fist: "At this juncture, arresting both the guard general and the deputy general at Yanmen Pass will definitely destabilize the morale of the army, phew... But if there is a problem between the two of them, the biggest problem is the cooperation between the Turks inside and outside. Please, go and bring both of them here, keep them under house arrest, and keep them secret."

The two were soon taken to the command post.

Yang Shuang did not say anything suspicious, but said: "General Yu, you two are familiar with the situation at Yanmen Pass. You will be at the command post to assist me from now on."

The two of them had no doubts and immediately accepted the order. Since the command post was now full of Yang Shuang's people, it was impossible for the two of them to spread the news to the outside world.

Both Yang Guang and Yang Shuang knew that there must be someone in the Yanmen Pass garrison who had problems. After all, it was impossible for Gao Huairong to personally inspect the trade. Yang Shuang had not had time to check the news that Yang Guang had sent back before, and he had no time to do so now.

With the top management under control, it will be difficult for the small soldiers to make a difference. For now, this is the expedient measure.

Yang Guang looked at the slowly retreating crowd and said with great worry: "Uncle King Wei, has Liu Kuang caught him?"

"I didn't catch him. He escaped when we caught him. I was still looking for him all over the city."

"No, if this person is not caught, he will probably pass the information to the Turks. If our deployment in Shuozhou City is leaked, we will be in trouble. I will catch him."

Yang Shuang grabbed Yang Guang and said, "No, you can't go. We don't know when the Turks will attack."

"Uncle King Wei, it's time for the Turks to see my new weapon. Don't worry, I'm very timid and will never charge forward. I will run back when the situation is not good."

Although Yang Guang said this, Yang Shuang's worry did not lessen, but became more worried, because he knew that Yang Guang was not the kind of rat who ran away.

"I have studied your firearms. According to the previous deployment, they have been deployed in Shuozhou City. The soldiers and civilians of Shuozhou will withdraw part of it and stick to part. The most important thing is to cover the withdrawal of civilians first."

At this moment, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Sorry, Your Majesty the King of Jin, a small group of Turkic cavalry has bypassed Shuozhou City and raided the evacuated people. They are now fighting fiercely with our army."

"The damn Turkic cavalry came so fast. Your Highness, King Wei, let me lead the troops and I will kill the enemy."

When Yu Dehuai heard the Turkic cavalry, he shouted angrily, but Yang Shuang naturally couldn't use him and turned to look at Zhang Xutuo.

"Zhang Xutuo, you lead the army to fight. The other side clearly knows our retreat route. The army is now at Yanmen Pass and Shuozhou City and cannot move. They just want to disrupt our march and deployment, so they can only fight in a small scale. Let me Let's see what your Shenji Camp is like?" Zhang Xutuo immediately led the troops, and Yang Guang arranged for Qin Qiong and others to follow him.

Zhang Xutuo led his cavalry into battle and advanced against the retreating crowd.

From a distance, I saw about [-] Turkic cavalry cutting off the retreat route from the left and right sides, charging back and forth. Our soldiers resisted vigorously, but they were not able to cause good damage.

The scimitars were stained with blood, and the Turks killed indiscriminately, shouting wildly, waving flags, and seemed to be enjoying the war.

"Soldiers, protect the people."

Zhang Xutuo led the cavalry without any fear. Their armor shone in the sunlight amidst the sound of horse hooves, their horses stepped on the stones with a dull clicking sound, and their swords and guns drew cold and hard trajectories in the air.

The war horses penetrated the air like arrows. Their swords and the enemy's scimitars intersected in the air, making the sound of metal collision. They formed vortices on the battlefield. These vortices rotated on the battlefield, swallowing everything they encountered. enemy.

Next to Qin Qiong was Zhou Wu, who had just put on Sui army armor. At this time, Zhou Wu had a fierce look on his face and was fighting with the Turkic soldiers.

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As the gunfire rang out, the Turkic cavalry horses panicked after never hearing the gunshot, while the Sui Dynasty's horses had their ears blocked in advance to be less frightened and more accustomed to it.

When the horses are frightened, the cavalry formation becomes chaotic. This is the time to kill the enemy.

Qin Qiong jumped up from his horse and struck the Turkic cavalryman on the chest with his powerful mace, causing him to fall to the ground with blood spurting from his mouth.

Others also took this opportunity to kill the enemy.

The generals of the Shenji Battalion took out their matchlock guns one after another, but the Turkic cavalry still didn't know what this thing did.

A soldier lit a matchlock gun and walked side by side with the Turkic cavalry. He pointed the gun at the Turkic cavalry at the right time. The Turkic cavalry looked at the dark mouth of the pipe. As the fire snake spurted out, he fell to the ground with a gunshot. .

This group of people were highly skilled in martial arts and equipped with new weapons. The Turkic cavalry were retreating steadily.

Zhou Wu was always brave and fearless in battle. When he rushed towards the enemy, he did not care about his own life or death. In order to avoid the opponent's scimitar, he fell off his horse during the fight.

Looking back, a Turkic cavalryman had already leaned down on horseback, and the scimitar struck Zhou Wu's neck. The sharp scimitar cut through the smoke and sand.

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A pair of dark maces stood in front of Zhou Wu, and the huge force directly pulled the Turkic cavalry off their horses. Qin Qiong kept moving, chasing after him, and hit the thief on the head with his mace. The sound of his skull breaking could be heard immediately. His eyes widened and his head tilted, and he was dead.

Qin Qiong held the Dragon Mace in one hand and reached out to help Zhou Wu up: "Brother Zhou Wu is so brave."

Zhou Wu is indeed brave, but his hard power is not as good as Qin Qiong and others.

At this time, the Turkic cavalry saw that they were outnumbered and lost their troops, so they began to retreat.

After temporarily defeating the Turkic cavalry, Qin Qiong and Zhou Wu both looked in the direction of their retreat.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "General Zhang, Liu Kuang has been captured."

In a double happiness, Liu Kuang was discovered hiding in his cellar in Shuozhou City, and he happened to encounter the previous battle on the way back.

Liu Kuang was a middle-aged man of medium stature. At this time, he was brought to Zhang Xutuo in disgrace.

Before Zhang Xutuo could deal with anything, he saw smoke and dust rising in the distance. A large Turkic army was coming from the horizon. The smoke and dust were rising like a natural disaster.

"No, Qin Qiong, please take the small team first and ask you to take Liu Kuang back to Yanmen Pass and hand it over to His Highness. The rest will follow me into Shuozhou City to fight against the enemy."

Facing the menacing Turkic army, Zhang Xutuo did not have any fear and directly attacked.

The people far away at Yanmen Pass could not see that far because of the dust today. It was not until Qin Qiong reported back with his soldiers that they learned that the large Turkic troops had arrived.

Yang Guang looked at the captured Liu Kuang and ordered: "Take the person down first, and then interrogate him later. Pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and you have to keep his life. Qin Qiong, you can take custody of him personally."

"No, Your Highness, I want to kill the enemy."

"Taking care of him is as important as killing the enemy. Listen to the military orders and don't mess around."

Qin Qiong could only nod angrily and led the people down.

Zhou Wu ran over after him: "Brother Qin Qiong, I'll accompany you."

"Brother Zhou Wu, you are also from Shuozhou. Have you ever known Liu Kuang, a villain who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country?"

Zhou Wu's expression froze: "No... I don't know him."

(End of this chapter)