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Chapter 97

The journey to Fenyang Palace in Yanmen County was long and far away, and along the way, one had to be on guard against the attacks of Turkic wolf cavalry, so Li Shimin and Li Zhiwan, who led the army, did not dare to neglect and proceeded cautiously.

At this time, the news that 20 Turkic cavalry were going south had spread in Taiyuan County. The villages and towns along the road were empty, and a large number of villagers were forced to give up. Hide in the dock.

And when they passed through Loufan County, there was already a lot of noise here.

A large number of county soldiers and township soldiers, civilian husbands and auxiliary soldiers, came out from the rice fields, like a confluence of rivers, swarmed on the official road, walked side by side with the Li family cavalry, and went to the military opportunity together.

Li Chongjiu was riding on the horse, and saw the infantry beside him carrying rough spears and knives on their shoulders, wearing leggings, and walking side by side barefoot.

These people don't know that their equipment is poor. If they encounter fierce Turkic wolf riders, they may only be slaughtered. However, they still look at the distant mountains resolutely with the unique simplicity of Yanzhao men, and drive without hesitation. mission.

Li Chongjiu is just one of them. The Turks invaded the frontier and merged with the four counties of Bianzhou. The flames of war ignited, and every male in the county had to fight against the enemy.

Even if he fled to Huaihuang Town, his father and the brothers in the Escort had to go to battle, so Li Chongjiu must not abandon them at this time.

The cavalry quickly passed through the village soldiers, and Li Chongjiu looked back, only to see a cloud of smoke behind him covering the sky and blinding his eyes.

Stationed at the junction of Yanmen County and Loufan County at night.

The closer to the north, the crowd seemed to have heard Hu Qi chirping in the distance.The new wind blew, and the sound of fighting at night filled the barracks with a sense of murder. The cavalry seized the time, took up iron horse bowls to eat, and used cloth troughs to feed the horses. The weapons were neatly displayed on the nail beds. Immediately unload from the mule.

Even though there were only 1000 or [-] people, Li Shimin's general camp was divided into five battalions, one each in the southeast and northwest, to defend the central army.

Ditches were dug between the camps, and the intervals were strict, which shows that the brothers and sisters of the Li family ran the army rigorously.

Li Chongjiu's barracks is in the north, and there is a rocky beach here, which is not conducive to cavalry attack.Therefore, Li Shimin's combat power was weak, and Li Chongjiu's bodyguard cavalry was placed here.

Affected by the chilling atmosphere of the military camp, Li Chongjiu, who joined the army for the first time, couldn't help but find it difficult to sleep, so he got up in his clothes.

In addition to the big tent, under the moonlight, Li Shimin was wearing iron clothes and holding a horse spear, standing in front of the camp gate.And beside the guard post at the camp gate, his bodyguard actually dozed off.

Li Chongjiu shook his head, if it was the Cangtou army he trained, it would never be like this.

At that moment Li Chongjiu hurried up to shake the drowsy escort.When the other party saw Li Chongjiu, he knew he had made a mistake, and was panicked at the moment.

Li Chongjiu looked at Li Shimin and was about to speak.

But the other party stretched out his hand and said: "Brother Chongjiu, your department is no more than a formal soldier, so there is no need to be harsher."

Hearing what the other party said, Li Chongjiu was even more speechless.

Li Shimin said immediately: "I just received bad news. Today's scout cavalry who scattered in all directions returned to report that within a radius of tens of miles, there are very few people."

Li Chongjiu was also shocked. According to the logic, the Turkic invaded the border, and the people in the border counties would consciously flee to the south and flee to the interior, but there is no one at the moment, and the situation is obviously very bad.

Li Chongjiu was silent for a while, then asked: "Second Young Master, is the current situation very unfavorable to me?"

Li Shimin pondered and said: "The elite soldiers of my Sui government were all lost during the three conquests of Goguryeo. The soldiers in frontier counties are far from what they were when they conquered Lingzhou with the Duke of Yue."

"And the Turks gathered together for ten years, led by Shibi Khan, a powerful alpha wolf, under the ebb and flow of each other..."

Li Chongjiu was startled, unexpectedly Li Shimin was also very pessimistic.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Brother Li, don't worry, we went deep into Yanmen, not to fight the Turkic people, but to find the location of the Turkic main force, and then join up with General Zuo Tunwei's soldiers and horses."

The next day, the thousand-two cavalry set off at five o'clock, and went deep into Yanmen County to find the main force of the Turks.The majestic Luliang Mountains are on the side, and several black smoke can be seen in the distance, rising straight into the sky.

The scattered scouts reported back that the places where the fire was on fire were several abandoned villages.The village was burned to a white ground, but the people did not know where to go.

Li Shimin felt strange, so he went to check immediately, but after searching, he found something strange in the east of the village.

Several military dogs threw half of their hands in the sand. It turned out that under the sand was a deep pit where villagers were buried alive.In a village, men, women and children were buried alive by the Turks.

"Kill all the Turkic dogs!"

All the soldiers were furious when they saw this atrocity.

Everyone got on their horses and went back. When it was almost dusk, they suddenly found several riders. When they saw the team from a distance, they stopped and rushed forward immediately.

Li Shimin and Li Chongjiu went up together.

The other party's blood-stained shirt, with an anxious expression on his face, said to Li Shimin: "Quick, come with me. Dingxiang County was besieged by [-] Turkic wolf cavalry. The Ming government ordered me to risk my life to break through and ask for help. Your army is requested to reinforce immediately." !"

"No!" Li Shimin flatly refused, "I have a military order in my body, and I cannot divide my troops."

The other party was also a man with a temper. He immediately pulled Li Shimin's horse rein, and the good Turkic horse neighed in pain.

The opponent turned his body sideways, sat in front of Li Shimin's horse, made a knife with his hand, cut it at his neck, and shouted: "Either agree, or I will kill Lao Tzu."

Li Shimin pressed the sabers on both sides, Li Shimin stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "It is true that there is no deception, there are military orders, besides, there are [-] Turkic cavalry, even if I go, it will be useless."

"If you don't try it, how will you know? There are five thousand soldiers and civilians in the city! Five thousand!" The other party swiped his hand and compared five fingers.Several cavalrymen from the Li family forcibly pulled this person aside and left him behind.

"Sorry!" After Li Shimin said, he shook his head ruthlessly and urged the horse again.

The cavalry moved on, and the horses' hooves kicked up dust as they passed the man.

The other party knelt on the ground and shouted loudly towards Li Shimin's back: "Five thousand soldiers and civilians, even if you just go to the city to take a look! Take a look!"

"I beg the general to take a look!"

As he spoke, the man lost his voice and fell on the slope crying bitterly.

Li Chongjiu looked at it and couldn't help but hesitate in his heart. Li Shimin's decision was undoubtedly correct, but when he saw this soldier, he couldn't help but feel a sore nose.

Li Chongjiu stood on the horse and turned his head to look at the other party several times. The soldier's fingers were deep in the loess, kneeling on the ground, looking at the back of himself and his party in a lonely and hopeless manner.

As they walked farther and farther, finally a burst of yellow sand rose up, blocking Li Chongjiu's sight.

Two days after entering Yanmen County, Li Shimin attacked a Turkic ranger and captured a Turkic Tuntun. After torture and torture, the location of the Turkic main force was finally discovered.

Except for Shibi Khan who led the elite attached army and settled under the Fenyang Palace, the rest of the Turkic tribes swept the entire Yanmen County.

At this time, news from all sides has been coming in one after another.

Within a few days, except for Nao County and a small remote town, 41 cities in Yanmen County were captured and 39 cities were captured.

As for Loufan County and Mayi County, which are the closest to Yanmen County, the Turkic siege of Fenyang Palace, which is to be heard, sent troops from the county to help, but they are still far from Fenyang Palace. They are near Yanmen County. , In the fierce battles of Turkic rangers in the outer periphery, they were all... all victories.

That's right, the news came that it was a big victory, but it's just strange that after the "big victory", these county soldiers not only did not continue to advance in the direction of Fenyang Palace, but instead retreated for several miles, as if waiting for follow-up reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)