At the time of the third watch, the Turkic cavalry was sleeping sweetly, and suddenly a dozen large fireballs fell from above, and after falling to the ground, they shattered, and the fire cloth and burning hay were scattered and splashed in all directions, and the fire was so rapid that it instantly ignited the dry branches and shrubs in winter, and the fire spread rapidly in the valley. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The horses neighed in terror, and groups of Turkic soldiers rushed out of the house shouting and screaming, most of them did not even have time to put on leather armor, in fact, everything that could prove their identity, such as armor and spears, was specially hidden, and everyone carried only swords and daggers, and wore ordinary clothes.

"Get out of the valley, quick!" A thousand-old man shouted an order, and the fire raged all around, and the tongue of fire swept through the trees and houses, and the rapid spread of the fire made him frightened, and if he did not go out, he was afraid that everyone would be killed in the flames.

At this time, someone had already opened the stable, and groups of war horses galloped out of the stables, and the war horses were as frightened as the soldiers, and instinctively ran along the valley to the outside, and many soldiers turned over and rode on bareback horses, and galloped with their superb riding skills, and rushed to the valley first.

A hundred cavalry just arrived in the valley, only to hear a bang, dense arrows head-on, all the arrows as if they had eyes, shooting people but not horses, more than 100 Turkic cavalry screamed and fell off their horses, but the horses did not stop, along the sides to the valley out, Liu Lancheng saw that there were no cavalry on dozens of war horses in front, and shouted: "Let go of the horses in front!" ”

The stumbling rope was not stretched, and after the thirty or so war horses in front of him galloped, a war horse with cavalry appeared behind, mixed with other horses.

At this moment, the stumbling ropes on the ground bounced one after another, and the running horses could not dodge, and a series of trips fell to the ground, and many horsemen tumbled from their horses to the ground, and before they could get up, the sharp short lances had pierced their vests, nailing the Turkic cavalry to the ground.

When a group of war horses took the lead in galloping, the crowd behind the slightly slower also appeared at the mouth of the valley, without the order of the main general, the dense arrows were shot at the Turkic soldiers who fled in a hurry, the soldiers in front could not dodge, more than a hundred people fell to the ground with arrows, and let out a terrible cry, and the soldiers behind were so frightened that they turned around and fled back to the valley.

But at this time, the valley was already full of flames, not only all the houses and trees were swallowed up, but even the vines on the cliffs were ignited by the fire of bamboo cages that did not fall, and the whole valley was so blazing that even the sky was red, and many Turkic soldiers were engulfed in the fire and burned alive all over the valley.

At this time, the Turkic commander swung his sword and shouted at the last 200 or so men who blocked the valley mouth: "If you don't rush out, everyone will be burned here and killed!" ”

The Turkic soldiers' instinctive will to survive was ignited, they drew their swords and roared, desperately rushed out of the valley, although the soldiers were shot down by arrows, but more than 100 people rushed out of the valley, Liu Lancheng shouted: "Surround them, leave no one, kill them all!" ”

The Sui army surrounded these Turkic soldiers from all sides, although the Turkic soldiers were brave and good at fighting, and fought more desperately in order to survive at this time, but they encountered the elite of the Northern Sui army, all of them with bright armor, sharp swords and steel short lances, and the strength of the army was several times that of them.

In just a moment, more than 100 Turkic soldiers who broke through were all killed, and the Turkic commander was also cut off by Liu Lancheng's own hands, so far, all 538 Turkic soldiers were annihilated by the Northern Sui Wind and Thunder Army.

Ling Jing and Wang Shu stood at the head of the city, staring at the reddened sky to the southeast, billowing smoke rolling out of the firelight, and the soldiers defending the city whispered, guessing where the fire had occurred.

"Join the army, can they defeat the Turkic cavalry?"

Ling Jing smiled slightly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi only sent this army to encircle and suppress the Turkic cavalry, although they only have more than a thousand people, but even more than 10,000 enemy troops may not be their opponents, they have dragged 50,000 Tang troops on the Yiling Road for 20 days, do Jun Cheng think they will be no match for 500 Turks?" ”

Wang Shu nodded and said with a wry smile: "I almost forgot that they are the famous Wind and Thunder Army, and it is chaotic to care!" ”

"Don't worry! There will be good news tomorrow. ”

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The raging fire was not gradually extinguished until noon the next day, and some soldiers began to pour water into the valley to check the situation, the battle reports outside the valley had already been counted, and the Sui army outside the valley shot and killed 435 people, and captured nearly 400 extremely strong war horses, but there were still some deviations from their expectations, about 80 war horses were injured or killed, and there was a gap of about 50 war horses, and the number of soldiers was also less than 100 people.

This made Liu Lancheng a little worried, but all the Turkic soldiers were killed last night, and they could not get a confession, so they could only wait for the fire to go to the valley to investigate the scene.

Liu Lancheng sent five groups of 300 soldiers into the valley to investigate, the valley was extremely hot, the soldiers could only stay for a short time, at most half an hour before running out sweating, and then another group of soldiers entered, in this way, the five groups of soldiers entered in turn, and in the evening, the results finally came out.

A lieutenant reported to Liu Lanchengyu: "General Qiyu, we have found ninety-nine charred corpses in the valley, and forty-eight skeletons of war horses in the stables. ”

Liu Lancheng calculated a little in his heart, the number of war horses and the number of people can basically be combined, which means that all the Turkic cavalry are here, maybe a few people have gone out and not returned, but it does not affect the overall situation, Liu Lancheng finally let go of his heart.

He asked, "Did you find any paperwork or letters?" ”

The lieutenant shook his head, "I didn't find it, all the houses were burned to the ground, and it couldn't exist." ”

Liu Lancheng felt a little regretful in his heart, if he could find the other party's documents and letters, maybe they could learn about the deployment of the Turkic invasion of the south, so he had to stand up and order the soldiers: "Clean up the valley, and the army will return to Yidu County!" ”

At this moment, a cavalryman rushed over, clenched his fists and said loudly: "General Qiyu, General Li has captured two Hui merchants at the mountain pass, and after interrogation, they are the Turks. ”

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At the beginning of February, there was a slight hint of warmth in the air, although the rivers in Youzhou have not completely thawed, but on the ice sheet, you can already faintly hear the sound of gurgling water under the ice, the snow subsided, and the jade tree branches disappeared, revealing the original black of the branches, all of which indicates that in another ten days, the early spring in Youzhou is also coming.

On the slightly muddy official road in Anle County, a cavalry of 2,000 people was marching in formation, although it was cavalry, but the team did not gallop, but walked slowly on the official road, under the blue dragon red flag inlaid with gold edges, Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi wearing a golden helmet and wearing iron armor, was thinking about something, and his body shook slightly with the walking of the war horse.

Twenty days after his return to Zhongdu, he came to Anle County again, Liu Lancheng led the Fenglei Army to annihilate more than 500 Turkic cavalry in Beihai County half a month ago, eliminating a major hidden danger that seriously threatened the hinterland of Northern Sui, and capturing two Turkic merchants at the same time.

Through strict interrogation, they got some of the initial plans of the Turkic army, Chu Luo was indeed preparing to raid Hebei last autumn, and the breakthrough point they chose was the Northern Tiger Valley and not the Mayi Road controlled by Liu Wuzhou, after all, the Northern Sui army had heavy troops at the eastern end of the Flying Fox Mountain, and the Turkic cavalry might not be able to enter Shanggu County, but the Northern Tiger Valley was much easier, this traditional trade route had not encountered a war for hundreds of years, and if the army raided, it could kill the Northern Sui by surprise.

This information confirmed Zhang Xuan's previous worries, although the battle of the north changed the Turkic plan, but it did not prove that the Turkic army would not go south again from the North Tiger Valley, Zhang Xuan thought of Liaodong again, if the Turks killed Liaodong and then went south from Linyu Pass, how would the Sui army defend at that time?

Of course, this possibility is not large, but from this incident Zhang Xuan deeply realized why the Han Dynasty finally chose to take the initiative to attack the Huns, simple defense will inevitably be beaten everywhere, the high mobility of the nomadic cavalry makes it difficult for the Central Plains army to understand their offensive route, and only the best defense is to attack the Hu cavalry outside the country.

After learning from the pain, Zhang Xuan secretly made up his mind that after surviving this difficulty, they could no longer continue to be passive, and if the national strength allowed, they must also take the initiative to attack and completely cripple the Turks, even if the unification of the world would be delayed, he would not hesitate. (To be continued.) )