It was the evening of the third day. Qimin Khan and Xue Xuecang, who had been fighting for a long time in Naumugang, dropped their corpses on the ground and withdrew their troops in a tacit understanding.
"Qimin Khan, what's going on with you?" The white-haired Xiao Mohe heard the clarion call to retreat, galloped towards Qimin Khan, and asked angrily: "Just fight for a little longer, The Tiele people can't hold on any longer. They can defeat the Tiele people's camp in one fell swoop, so why withdraw their troops at this critical moment?"
Xiao Mohe is a general under Yang Liang. After Chang Sun Sheng was injured, he was urgently sent from Taiyuan to serve as the "supervisory army" of Qimin Khan on the order of Yang Jian. This old man only arrived on the battlefield four days ago. The day before yesterday, Yesterday, I saw Qimin Khan withdrawing his troops when he was about to win for three consecutive days, wasting precious fighter opportunities. He was extremely puzzled. He had reminded him twice in a row, but today, Qimin Khan still has a short memory. I couldn't help but raised the question in public.
Many chiefs watching the battle also frowned and looked at Qimin Khan. After fighting for so many days, Qimin Khan would blow the trumpet to retreat at every critical moment. If it was only once or twice, everyone would understand and think that this person would not be able to fight. Fighting, but it's the same with more work and more rewards. He has done it countless times and ruined the fruits of his hard work countless times. The conversation was fine the first night, but on the second day, it continued to be the same as before.
This made everyone very puzzled. When they heard Xiao Mohe's question, they all looked over, wanting to hear his explanation.
"Old general, calm down." Qimin Khan complained in his heart and said with a smile: "It's getting late. Our warriors have been fighting for a day, and everyone is tired and tired. If we continue to fight, even if we break through the Tiele people's camp, we will The casualties are heavy, what will we do to fight Bujia Khan?"
"Still fighting Bujia Khan?" Xiao Maha saw Qimin's opposition forces being consumed for two consecutive days. In the end, all the chiefs quarreled angrily, realizing that Qimin Khan was consuming these chiefs through war. Strength, sneered and said: "If you continue like this, all the warriors will be exhausted by you, and those who attack Tiele's soldiers are tribes that the Khan does not agree with. These tribes have suffered heavy losses, but your soldiers have always been hiding behind. I think Khan simply did not want to go to Ganzhou to fight, but deliberately consumed the opposition forces here, so that he could not only explain to the saints, but also consolidate his own forces. Very good, General Changsun's 'shooting two eagles' You used it here."
This old man has a strong temper, which has become even stronger now that he is older, and he speaks without politeness.
After hearing what Xiao Mohe said, the chiefs who understood Chinese suddenly changed their expressions, and looked at Qimin Khan with anger in their eyes.
Many of them were captured and brought under the control of Qimin Khan after the victory of the Sui Northern Expedition. The reason why they were willing to obey orders was because they were afraid of the fierce and powerful Sui Dynasty, not the "incompetent" Qimin Khan.
At this time, when they heard that Xiao Maha had "brought Qimin Khan's sinister intentions to the world", they naturally couldn't bear it. With just one word from Sui Dynasty, they would abandon Qimin Khan and leave.
"Old General, you have said this." Qimin Khan saw the public anger and was worried about betrayal and alienation, so his tone became tough and he sneered: "This is my enemy's tactic, the purpose is to drain the Tiele Army's energy. , in order to catch them all in one fell swoop, lest they escape and join Bujia Khan and cause huge trouble to Ganzhou."
"Really? Maybe I'm overthinking it!" Xiao Mohe didn't believe his lies at all, but he also knew that Qimin Khan was the main force in this battle. It was not appropriate to force him too much at this time. If he followed the Huns' example and fled deep into the desert, The Sui Dynasty not only had nothing to do with him, but would also seriously affect the battle. Seeing that it had attracted the attention of the chiefs, he did not say anything more and just warned: "What I want to remind Khan is: I am playing with my own mind and my tactics." At that time, Khan was not yet born. Don’t think of me as a fool.”
"Old general, don't worry, I know what I should do, otherwise I wouldn't have asked Duoji to raise an army." Qimin Khan was so angry that he just wanted to kill people, but he didn't dare.
Since he grew stronger, he has always wanted to unify the Eastern and Western Turks and become the co-owner of the Turkic Khanate, thereby getting rid of the Sui Dynasty and no longer being a slave and vassal of the Sui Dynasty. However, the power of the Sui Dynasty prevented him from taking the step of betrayal. More importantly, his strength was too weak. The Tiele tribes were still under the rule of Bujia Khan, as well as most of the former Dulan Khan tribe. The tribe was still in the hands of Bujia Khan.
A few days ago, Xuexuecang came to see him secretly and said that as long as he was willing to help the Xuexue tribe get rid of the control of Bujia Khan, he would surrender to him. The other eight Tiele tribes would belong to him in the future. If anyone refused, Xuexuecang would unconditionally Help me fight.
And the population of Tieleba tribe is 600,000 to 700,000. How could Qimin Khan not be tempted? His current idea was to stabilize Xuexue Cang first, and after the Sui Dynasty killed Bujia Khan, he would use the power of the Sui Dynasty to force all the grassland tribes to surrender, and then turn around to deal with Xuexue Cang, and finally establish the Turks into a highly centralized state. nation, rather than the current tribal system.
Xue Xuecang helped him consume dissidents, which was the first step for the two of them to cooperate. He never expected that the Sui Dynasty would send supervisory troops this time, which not only seriously disrupted his plan, but also prevented him from being as prominent as before. No effort.
What should I do?
"Boom, boom, boom!" At this moment, bursts of thunder-like sounds came from the southwest.
After a while, the thunderous sound seemed to become clearer.
"It's the cavalry." At this moment, the expressions of everyone on both sides of the enemy changed drastically. They quickly looked to the southwest, and the black line crawling at the end of the wilderness gradually became clear.
It's just that this cavalry is obviously not comparable to the cavalry on the grassland. Especially when the big flag with the word "Sui" on it becomes clear in sight, Qimin Khan's expression suddenly becomes incredible. .
"Sui Army? Where, where did the Sui Army come from?" Qimin Khan looked at Xiao Mohe aside in disbelief, his words a little knotted.
But Xiao Mohe couldn't answer at this time, just because he didn't know where this Sui army came from.
"Get ready to fight!" Xiao Mohe saw the Sui army killing the Tiele people who were slowly retreating, and the Tiele soldiers collecting the corpses were even more confused. He shouted with joy: "Warriors, prepare to fight. We will defeat the enemy." Today."
"Ho ho ho..."
The angered chiefs ignored Qimin Khan and mounted their horses one after another, commanding their own warriors to fight from the east.
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"kill!"
The horn of the charge whimpered, and the deep horn sound resounded throughout the wilderness. The 20,000 Sui cavalry sped up and burst out with earth-shattering shouts of killing, releasing their long-simmered vigor. They were like huge waves set off by roaring mountains and tsunamis; the heavy sound of horse hooves was like muffled thunder on the plains, roaring towards the unprepared Tiele army.
The Sui army that suddenly appeared was naturally the 20,000 Lingzhou army led by Duan Wenzhen. They had already been lurking in the vast forest in the mountains in the southwest, like a tiger quietly waiting for its prey to appear.
They hid behind a vast forest so that both warring parties did not notice their presence. When the horn sounded on the battlefield to withdraw troops, Duan Wenzhen, who saw the Tiele soldiers retreating like a tide, launched an attack.
Tiele's soldiers had already reached a tacit understanding with Qimin's soldiers. After the two sides retreated, they each collected the dead bodies and did not pursue each other. Although the ambush was discovered when the horn sounded, they did not take precautions, and the team suddenly fell into chaos.
Xue Xuecang was so shocked that his scalp exploded. They were in a chaos now. It was not easy to quickly form a combat formation. Moreover, he now thought that Qimin Khan was a hound supported by the Sui Dynasty. No matter how powerful it was, it could not be too big. No matter how powerful the Sui Dynasty was, it was just a dog that was at the mercy of its master and did not dare to resist. In other words, he, Xue Xuecang, was the one who thought he was smart enough to 'seek skin from a tiger', and eventually fell into the scheme of Qimin Khan and the Sui army. .
Xue Xuecang slapped his forehead in annoyance, hating himself for ignoring this fatal fact, but now it was too late to hate and regret. He was so anxious that he yelled at his younger brother: "Xue Xuecang, you lead five thousand cavalry to hold back the enemy." , you must buy me time!"
"Yes!" Xue Xue blew the horn loudly. The soldiers he led were the troops escorting the soldiers out of the battlefield. They were also the army with a relatively complete formation at present. When he gave the order, five thousand cavalry arrived immediately. The Sui army two miles away met him.
Xue Xuecang's army was quickly gathering soldiers, but the grassland people rarely paid attention to formations when fighting, and once they retreated, they would become a mess. At this time, it was very difficult to assemble the army. In an emergency, they had to Placed ten thousand of his own cavalry at the front.
The 20,000 Sui cavalrymen ran closer and closer, and finally collided with Xuexue Meng's 5,000 cavalrymen. These 5,000 cavalrymen seemed like big rocks in the river, but they responded to the battle in a hurry, and people were in panic. Excellent and numerous Sui cavalry? In just a moment, they were swallowed up by the massive Sui cavalry. The left and right armies composed of 10,000 Sui cavalry quickly bypassed both sides of the battlefield and continued to rush forward. Once again, they fought in a melee with the 10,000 enemy troops who intercepted them. one place.
The five thousand rear troops led by Zhao Cai rushed north. Over there was the rebel army, which we tentatively called the "rear army". His mission was to kill this rebel army into more chaos and chaos. Fleeing in all directions prevented Xue Xuecang from forming a formation. The ultimate goal was to reduce the pressure on his own front army and left and right armies.
The "rear army" was two or three miles away from the front army and the middle army fighting in the middle army. Since there was no highly respected figure to command them, they had to form a hasty formation and shoot at the roaring Sui army cavalry with their bows and arrows. They raised their shields to meet them, but more than a hundred horses were knocked down by the shots. The cavalry rolled and fell to the ground, and were tragically trampled into pulp by the horses behind them.
The Tiele people fired a round of arrows, and the Sui army was already rushing to kill them. They rushed into the enemy group like a violent storm. Zhao Cai wielded his sword and killed an enemy general. The sword flew left and right, and led the Sui cavalry in Bloody killings broke out among the rebels.
This was an asymmetrical unilateral killing. Once the prairie cavalry fell into chaos, they were like a flock of sheep without a shepherd and leader, and could only be devoured by wolves. The combat unit of the Sui army soldiers went deep into the five-person unit. Before the war, the soldiers were mentally prepared to die in battle, so even if the corps leader, fire chief, or team leader died in battle, there would still be someone designated in advance to lead the soldiers to continue fighting, so that the team would never stop fighting. chaos.
This time the Sui army had the advantage of being unexpected, attacking unprepared, waiting for work, and having sharp blades and strong armor, so they fought very calmly. They didn't care about the enemy's howls, but they didn't care. They just tried their best to kill and kill the chaotic enemy. They were so distraught that they fled in all directions.
The battle was the fiercest on the battlefield between the left and right armies of the Sui army and 10,000 Xue and Xue soldiers. The Sui cavalry relied on their sharp weapons and tough armor to gallop through the enemy groups, killing Xue and Xue soldiers with their corpses all over the field and staining the ground red with blood. .
But Xuexecang's army was his elite main force after all. Although they were ambushed by the Sui army and fell into chaos, they did not abandon their armor and flee, but fought hard with the Sui army.
Their successive blocking of 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 cavalry finally worked. They withstood the fierce offensives of the Sui front army and the left and right armies, and bought Xue Xuecang valuable time, allowing him to gather thousands of cavalry. And throw themselves into the battle by adding fuel to the fire.
Judging from the comparison of numbers, the Sui Army is at a disadvantage, but in terms of military equipment, willpower, and combat proficiency, the Sui Army soldiers who have been defending Lingzhou all year round have the upper hand. More importantly, the Sui Army is ready to work and is fully prepared. Xue Xuecang's army not only responded in a hurry, but also fought with Qimin Khan's army for a whole day under the sun. At a disadvantage, even if he kept adding fuel, he would soon be devoured by the Sui army.
Duan Wenzhen was the commander, but he himself was not involved in the battle. If he had participated in the battle, the entire Sui army would have to form separate formations and would not be able to fight together. He was guarded by a thousand fine cavalry and stood on a hill. The flag commanded the army to fight.
At this time, Xiao Maha usurped the throne and usurped the command of Qimin Khan. Based on the actual situation on the battlefield, he quickly commanded the Turkic soldiers to attack Xue Xuecang's army from the east and northeast. Although these Turkic soldiers were not as strong as those of the Sui Dynasty. The army was so disciplined, but they were very good at fighting against the wind. Seeing that the enemy army was tightly entangled by the Sui army, they all screamed and killed Xue Xuecang's army.
With the sudden arrival of a large number of Turkic soldiers into the battle, Xue Xuecang lost all his advantages. The endless stream of Turkic soldiers killed corpses all over the field and blood flowed into rivers. What was even more frightening was that in the process of advancing, they encircled and surrounded them. The momentum is approaching to outflank Hu Xue Cang.
The completely chaotic Xue Xue army was unable to withstand the fierce attack of the Turkic soldiers. Xue Xue, who had already retreated, shouted anxiously: "I can't stand it anymore, retreat north quickly!"
Xue Xuecang wailed in his heart. He knew that as long as he withdrew, the entire army would collapse, but it would not work if he did not retreat. The Sui army, which had already killed his five thousand and ten thousand cavalry, was now within fifty steps, and the arrow A heavy rain is coming this way. If the defeated soldiers who were too crowded to move were hunted down, he and his personal guards would be next.
Xue Xuecang looked at Qimin Khan's wolf flag in the east, and hatred surged in his heart like a tide. If it wasn't for the damn Qimin Khan who deceived him for so many days, he wouldn't be so slack. He wouldn't be slacking off. There would be no such disastrous defeat as today, but at this time the only important thing was to save lives first.
Xue Xuecang gritted his teeth and shouted, "Quickly retreat!"
Upon hearing the order to evacuate, Xue Xuecang's troops retreated to the north.
The Sui army and Qimin's Turkic soldiers pursued and killed Huxue Cang's army all the way, killing Xue Xuecang's army with dead bodies everywhere. Huxue Cang led thousands of remaining soldiers to flee back to the north of Kent Mountain where Tiele was located.
The 60,000 tiele soldiers led by Xue Xuecang were "calculated by Qimin Khan" and were almost wiped out. This hatred was sealed; after he returned, he quickly gathered his headquarters and Hun and Bayagu who supported him. , the fourth surname of Tongluo is young and strong, seize the time to train and prepare for revenge.
After the battle, Duan Wenzhen took the opportunity to attack Xue Xuecang's camp and seized countless war horses and military supplies. In the past, the Sui army, who wanted to save trouble, would have given some of the results to Qimin Khan and distributed them to him. To all the ministries that have done meritorious service; but Duan Wenzhen has always been wary of Qimin Khan, so how could he give him a chance to win over people?
So in the name of the Sui Dynasty, the spoils of war were distributed to the chiefs who had suffered huge casualties before. He was so clear about rewards and punishments that he naturally gained the love of these chiefs. In response to Duan Wenzhen's call, he happily handed over the army to his command. , instead of Qimin Khan who has been trapping them.
As for Qimin Khan, since his direct army had never fought a single battle, Duan Wenzhen, who divided the spoils based on military merit, did not even reward him with a horse. This also meant that Qimin Khan, who had exhausted all his agencies, "compensated" Not only did he offend his ally Xue Xuecang to death, but it also caused serious internal divisions. In the end, he had to go to Ganzhou to fight with Duan Wenzhen.
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