Mt. Kei is located on the east bank of the giant ocean water, legend has it that Miko once lived in seclusion here and got its name, Mt. Kei stretches for 30 miles to the east, although the mountain is not high, but there are many hills, belonging to the hilly area, there are many small basins hidden in the middle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, as the giant ocean water continues to turn north into a fertile plain, a large number of people prefer to live in the plains, making the Minosan which is not a remote place sparsely populated, with a radius of nearly 100 miles, but only a few dozen households.

There are two cattle farms in Keishan, each raising hundreds of cattle, and when it comes to the slaughter season, the owner of the cattle farm will drive the cattle out of the mountain, take a boat north to the trading market, and even have mules and horses to come to the door to buy, but last autumn, the cattle in Keishan were not listed as the year before, but because there are too many livestock in Beihai County, the cattle in Keishan have not been slaughtered and have not attracted the attention of others.

In the evening of this day, on the top of a mountain in Keishan, two Sui army scouts were looking down the mountain, there was a large cattle farm at the foot of the mountain dozens of zhang away, covering an area of nearly 100 acres of cattle standing in the cattle pen, which seemed a little empty, next to it was a feed warehouse built with wood, and there was a row of houses where the owners of the cattle farm lived.

There is a valley hidden behind the warehouse and the house, and the mouth of the valley is just blocked by the house, and because it is late in the day and the trees are thick, the valley seems a little deep, and it is difficult to see the situation below.

This cattle village is located in the belly of Kei Mountain, about 20 miles away from the giant ocean water, two Sui army scouts have been lying on the top of the mountain for a day, they have found that there are houses built in the valley, but they have observed for a day and have not found any trace of people, this is a very suspicious thing, if it is a normal cattle village, the owner will also go to the cattle pen to see the situation of the cattle, not to mention that there are two cows fighting at noon, but the owner did not appear, which is intriguing.

Just as the two scouts were about to lose their patience, one of the scouts suddenly elbowed his companion, "Look, someone is out!" ”

The two of them immediately cheered up and stared intently below, only to see more than twenty people coming out from the back of the room, all of them burly and strong, although they were not tall, but their shoulders were very broad, which was the common figure of the Turks.

More than 20 people jumped into the bullpen, the leader of them pointed to a relatively fat cow, the rest of the people rushed up, pulled the cow to the ground, pulled out the knife and cut the throat of the fat cow, a moment, they cut off a large piece of beef, carried it on their shoulders and walked into the valley, half an hour later, a fat cow turned into a skeleton, and finally a few people carried the cow into the room, in addition to the blood all over the ground, the bullpen returned to the peace of the day.

After a while, several people came out of the house, and talked happily, they were very loud, and their voices were very far, if the scene of the slaughter of cattle just now only proved that they were suspected Turks, then at this moment his voice reached the ears of the two scouts, and it proved their identities with great certainty, they were all speaking Turkic.

The two scouts were so excited that they discussed it, one of them stayed behind to continue monitoring, while the other rushed to Linqu County to report.

The 1,200 soldiers of the Fenglei Army led by Liu Lancheng are currently stationed in Linqu County, and the reason why they are not stationed in Yidu County is that they are worried that Yidu County will have the eyes of the Turks, and discovering that their arrival will inevitably cause alarm.

In the room, the scouts reported their findings to Liu Lancheng, Liu Lancheng opened a map of Jishan that he had just asked someone to draw, and soon found the Niu Zhuang mentioned by the soldier on the map, Liu Lancheng pondered for a moment and asked, "How deep is the valley?" ”

"General Qiyu, it's about two miles, and there are lush trees inside, and I only faintly see a lot of wooden houses inside, and we don't know the specific situation."

"You found out that the group only killed one cow, right?"

The soldier nodded, "Exactly!" ”

Liu Lancheng paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, his brows were furrowed, one cow was obviously not enough for five hundred people to eat, but five hundred people ate beef, and the cattle in the cattle pen had already been eaten, and the people inside must have other food, or there was another possibility, there was only a part of the Turks in this cattle village.

"General, shall we do it?" Next to him, Li Keshi asked.

Liu Lan became heartbroken, and said to Li Keshi and Zhang Li: "We can do it, but we must not let them escape one person, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

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At night, Liu Lancheng led 1,200 soldiers of the Wind and Thunder Army into Jishan, and in a mountain col, Liu Lancheng listened to the report of the scouts left behind.

After the first scout left, there was another situation in the cattle farm, a group of people rushed more than 200 cattle and sheep into the cattle pen, and the people in the valley slaughtered more than a dozen cows, Liu Lancheng realized that the cattle in the cattle village had already been eaten by the Turkic soldiers, but they continued to purchase live cattle from outside so that there were more than 100 cattle in the cattle pen.

With this information, the biggest doubt in Liu Lancheng's heart disappeared, and he immediately asked Li Keshi and Zhang Li to come forward, and whispered to the two: "There is only one passage in the valley where the enemy is hiding, I consider using fire to attack, we use a strong crossbow to ambush outside the valley, the enemy army must break through on horseback, we can set up more tripping ropes, and General Li led three hundred cavalry to set up another ambush outside to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

"How do you attack with fire?" Zhang Li asked.

Liu Lancheng looked up at the top of the mountain above and said with a smile: "There is a cliff on the top of the valley, so there is a way." ”

Zhang Li suddenly understood, and said with a smile: "I'm good at killing people and setting fires, I'll go to the top of the mountain!" ”

The three of them discussed for a while, considered all kinds of details, and at this time it was already time for a watch, the soldiers of the Wind and Thunder Army left their horses outside the mountain, leaving a hundred soldiers to guard, Li Keshi led three hundred cavalry to ambush at a dangerous place about five miles into the mountain, and the remaining more than 800 soldiers quickly rushed to the mountain under the leadership of Liu Lancheng and Zhang Li.

Time gradually came to the third watch, Zhang Li led dozens of soldiers have prepared more than a dozen large fireballs on the edge of the cliff on the top of the mountain, this kind of large fireball is made of thin bamboo pieces on the outside of the hollow ball, which is filled with flammable things such as fire cloth and hay, which are very easy to shatter after falling from a high place, and the things that cause fire will be scattered in all directions, thus causing a large area of fire.

"General, the third watch has arrived!"

When the time that Zhang Li and Liu Lancheng had agreed with was up, Zhang Li immediately ordered: "Ignite!" ”

The soldiers lit fifteen large bamboo balls with fire sickles, and the fire burned quickly in the bamboo cage, and in a moment it became a large fireball, and the soldiers pushed the balls down the cliff with long sticks, and the fifteen fireballs fell into the valley like meteors, except for two fireballs that were hung by vines, the remaining thirteen fireballs all fell into the valley.

Liu Lancheng and the soldiers were ambushed in a forest outside the cattle pen, Liu Lancheng looked at the top of the mountain, when the fire on the top of the mountain appeared, Liu Lancheng immediately shouted: "Rush up!" ”

Eight hundred soldiers rushed to the mouth of the valley, and three Turkic sentinels guarding the hut spotted them and shouted in terror, but only two shouts were made, and a flurry of arrows killed them.

The soldiers quickly took their positions, and five hundred soldiers rushed into the long wooden hut, which was actually specially built by the Turks, and it was just across the valley mouth, making the valley very hidden and difficult to detect, but there were advantages and disadvantages, although the wooden houses covered the secrets of the valley, but at the same time hindered the cavalry in the valley from breaking out.

Some of the Sui soldiers went up to the roof, another occupied the window, a crossbow was aimed at the mouth of the valley, and the rest of the soldiers pulled dozens of tripwires on both sides of the wooden house.

It took several Turkic merchants more than a month to find this location, which was close to Yidu County, and at the same time, it was in the middle of nowhere, which was the best place to hide.

The Turkic Luo Khan was indeed preparing to launch a lightning raid on the Northern Sui last October, plundering wealth and population, and at the same time greatly increasing the prestige of the Luo Khan in the Mobei steppe.

The more than 500 Turkic elites lurking in Beihai County were the subordinates of the high priest Mo Aaron, and their mission was to carry out bloody killings in the hinterland of the Northern Sui to defend the empty Northern Sui and destroy the will to resist of the Northern Sui army.

But people are not as good as heaven, Liu Wuzhou's rout caused the Northern Sui army to attack Mayi County, and the Turks did not set up a defense in the north of Mayi County, and the Sui cavalry could even kill all the way to the Turkic king's tent, which disrupted the deployment of Luo Khan, who changed his plan and decided to delay it for a few months and launch a large-scale attack in the spring.

However, this put the Turkic cavalry that had infiltrated the Central Plains in a dangerous situation, and they could only hide as much as possible, except for the purchase of food and special horse feed, they did not go out, but the purchase of black beans finally exposed their hiding place.

Dozens of wooden houses and a large stable were built in the valley, and the Turkic cavalry lived day after day in the valley, patiently waiting for spring to come. (To be continued.) )