Shenlong three years, Hedong Province, Yanmen Pass.

In the twilight, a neat procession came from afar, and banners fluttered high on the horizon, along with many carriages and cavalry. The banner flying high was the banner of Da Chen Zuo Yiwei, who was the first batch of soldiers and horses to rush to Hedong.

This army numbered about 30,000 people, but most of the soldiers marching in the ranks were cavalry, and cavalry accounted for nearly half of them. In addition, the team also carried a large number of carriages, and the carriages pulled by several horses were covered with black cloth, which was indescribably mysterious.

From afar, a horse galloped to the city and said loudly: "Sun Wuji, the governor of Hedong Province, Yao Junsu, the governor of Hedong Province, and Wang Rengong, the governor of Hedong Province, have led the officials of Hedong Prefecture and County, and the generals and schools of Hedong Xingying have gone out of the city for ten miles to greet each other!" ”

A general in the front of the army rode out, but it was Chen Qing, the general of Yulinwei, who frowned and said, "Didn't you deliberately explain that you should not be too public?" Why do you still do this, isn't this deliberately trying to make people suspicious? ”

Chen Qingzheng reprimanded the herald, but saw another burst of cigarette butts rising in front of him. An officer in the army had already shouted: "Alert, array!" ”

The cavalry in the vanguard moved quickly when they heard the order, and the horses galloped like flying, and quickly lined up a charging reserve formation in front of the army. There were more infantry in the back who were rapidly changing formations, the soldiers were like facing a great enemy, linking the wagons and forming a simple defensive formation, and more cavalry rushed out from behind, quickly surrounding the smoke and dust coming from the front.

The most central position guarded by the shield array. The curtain of an ordinary carriage was lifted. Chen Kefu jumped out of it and said to Chen Lei on the side: "It's Yanmen more than ten miles ahead, so you don't have to be so nervous." It must be my own people! ”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Qing had already ridden back, dismounted and saluted Chen Kefu and said: "Your Majesty, Marshal Wang, General Qin, and General Wei Chi led three thousand cavalry to pick up!" ”

Chen Kefu stretched his hands and feet and said with a smile: "I finally arrived at Yanmen, I sat in this carriage all day long, and I was not allowed to hunt along the way, but I was really aggrieved." Now that Marshal Wang has arrived. Then bring my horse here, and I will go back to Yanmen first, and Chen Qing will lead the team to follow. ”

Chen Kefu rode on a war horse and rode to the front of the battle, Wang Rengong and Wei Chigong and Qin Qiong, the three supreme commanders of the Hedong soldiers and horses. He had already dismounted and stood there respectfully. As soon as they saw Chen Ke coming back, the three of them immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Congratulations to the Holy Driver!" ”

"I guess you're all worried about it, and I'm causing you trouble!"

"Don't dare!"

Chen Kefu smiled and stepped forward to pull up the three of them, and looked at the three of them carefully. The three generals have been guarding Hedong for several years, especially Wang Rengong has been in Hedong for almost four years, if you add the Ma Yi Taishou who he took up in the Sui period, then Wang Rengong has been in Hedong for a really long time. Although Wang Rengong passed the sixtieth birthday in his early years, his whole face looked ruddy, and he was even more energetic than when he first saw him in Luoyang. And Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong, the two fierce generals of the younger generation, have not seen each other for more than two years. It's a lot more mature.

"Shubao and Jingde's beards are so long, they are a lot longer than mine." Chen Kefu smiled and stepped forward and patted the shoulders of the two henchmen and generals affectionately. Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde were very excited to see that Chen Kefu was now the Ninth Five-Year Venerable, and he was still so close to them.

Wei Chi said with a smile: "Your Majesty's beard is still good, my beard is like a handful of grass, but Your Majesty's dragon beard has a god." ”

Qin Shubao also smiled and said, "Marshal Wang and Governor Changsun have already prepared a banquet in Yanmen City to welcome Your Majesty. ”…,

"There's no need to catch the wind or anything, I went all the way north, and I came to Yanmen to drink. Marshal Wang, I heard that the Turks are about to move again, and the day before yesterday on the road, I received a message from your flying pigeon that the Turks had gone south to the vicinity of Yanmen? Specifics. Talk to me right away. ”

When it came to the Turks, Chen Kefu didn't have a smile on his face. This time, he traveled thousands of miles to the north, and even ignored the reactionary reactions of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and secretly went north. The reason is because of the secret service department's secret agent report, saying that the Turks are ready to move. has begun to secretly assemble troops and horses at the foot of Yin Mountain, wanting to have the intention of going south. After Chen Kefu heard about it. After ending his recuperation and recuperation early, and first raiding Shen Fayan, who had severely damaged Nan Chen, he immediately began to let Wang Rengong attack Liu Wuzhou.

For this reason, he didn't even wait for Wang Rengong to gather his troops and horses, so he asked him to launch an attack as soon as possible, and prepare in advance to recover Hedong, for the sake of the Turks.

For a long time, the nomadic tribal customs of the steppe people have made these steppe tribes always able to serve as soldiers. And unlike the Central Plains, even if the tribes on the grassland have suffered heavy losses, the speed of recovery is amazing. Previously, the Eastern Turks failed to move south to the Central Plains, and were severely damaged by Chen Kefu's sneak attack, coupled with the rise of Tiele, the Eastern Turks were completely defeated.

However, the Western Turks took advantage of the opportunity to rise again, although Chen Kefu once united with the Commander Yehu, so that the Western Turks were divided into two. However, Daluo Khan faced Tongyehu Khan, and the speed of defeat still caught Chen Kefu unexpected. Originally, Chen Kefu thought that the Western Turks would have to fight for at least ten years after the split before it could be unified. But in fact, after the Eastern Turks existed in name only, it took less than five years for Tong Yehu to completely defeat his nephew Daro Khan, who held the name of orthodoxy, and completely defeated Daro and drove him to the extreme west.

In the past few years, Chen Kefu has been busy conquering the Central Plains, and has to focus his attention on all parts of the Central Plains, but there are still a lot of forces left to monitor the tribes of the grassland. Chen Kefu saw every move of the grassland people, but he was powerless to take care of it. Originally, he had the best way to maintain such a situation until the unification of the Central Plains.

Wang Rengong's face was heavy, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Turks have indeed gone south. The day before yesterday, we didn't wait for the government soldiers to assemble, and launched a surprise attack on Liu Wuzhou with 20,000 standing soldiers and horses, but this guy had already prepared, and as soon as we left, he had already fled from Loufu to Mayi. Fortunately, we were also prepared, and Shubao and Jingde successfully ambushed Liu Wuzhou at the Sanggan River outside Loufu Pass. The cannons sent by His Majesty were indeed incredibly powerful, with an ultra-long range. We annihilated and captured Liu Wuzhou nearly 50,000 horses in a battle, Liu Wuzhou fled back to Loufu, wanted to cross the river from Linquan, the minister took the first step to seize Linquan Town, but unfortunately in the end Liu Wuzhou fled again, and the ministers pursued all the way, and finally "

"Straight to the point." Chen Kefu said.

Wang Rengong said cautiously: "In the end, one of the soldiers and horses sent out to pursue reported that they found Liu Wuzhou in the area of Bailong Mountain, but there was also a Turkic team with Liu Wuzhou. They repelled the pursuers of the ministers, covered Liu Wuzhou, crossed the Yellow River, and returned to Longshang. ”

"You mean that Liu Wuzhou has secretly colluded with the Turks, and it is even possible that he has surrendered to the Turks?" Chen Kefu said with some shock.

Qin Qiong said worriedly: "The ministers are worried that this is indeed the case, so the ministers ask Your Majesty to return to Taiyuan immediately." If Liu Wuzhou surrendered to the Turks, then there was a possibility that the Turks would move south at any time in Dingxiang and Mayi. At that time, Yanmen will be at the forefront. At the beginning, Sui Dianguang was besieged by Yanmen, and the ministers could not let His Majesty take this risk. At present, the soldiers of the prefectures and counties in Hedong have not yet been fully assembled, and even if they are assembled, there are only more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, plus the 30,000 soldiers and horses brought by His Majesty, there are only 80,000 horses. According to the report of Tanma, the Turks have more than 100,000 iron horsemen in the Yinshan area, and if you add the soldiers and horses of Liu Wuzhou in Mayi, Dingxiang, and Longshang, I am outnumbered. ”…,

Chen Qing and Chen Lei also immediately persuaded Chen Kefu to move to Taiyuan, and before the Turks knew that he had arrived at Yanmen, they would immediately move to Taiyuan again. No one wants to repeat the result of the emperor's siege of Yanmen again. Chen Kefu pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head and said: "The Turks must have been planning for a long time to go south this time, and although I don't know if Liu Wuzhou has surrendered to the Turks, at least they have colluded together. The more this is the case, the more I can't retreat. At present, Mayi and Dingxiang have opened the door to the Turks, and Yanmen is the front line and the last strong pass to block the Turks. We can't let the Turks enter Yanmen Pass again, otherwise Hedong, which has been recuperating for two years, will be destroyed by war again. Moreover, without Yanmen Pass, suddenly the iron cavalry will go south, which will be very unfavorable to us. I have already thought about it, we have to fight a good battle at Yanmen Pass, and completely defeat the Turks. ”

As he spoke, several horses galloped forward. Chen Kefu looked back, but it was Sun Wuji, the governor of Hedong Province, who arrived, although the eldest grandson Wuji was a civil official, he was also wearing a leather armor at this time. He jumped off his horse and ran over quickly, shouting, "Your Majesty, Ma Yi is in a hurry!" ”

Chen Kefu took the letter and quickly opened it to read, but Wang Rengong next to him was very nervous, and Wei Chigong said: "Your Majesty, is it that the Turks have gone south." The ministers asked to lead their troops out of the Xicheng Pass to take the initiative to meet the enemy and attack the Turkic cubs. ”

Chen Kefu laughed a few times and handed the letter to everyone, "No, this letter is Song Jingang's handwritten letter." Liu Wuzhou's King Song and King Yan actually wanted to ask me to surrender, how credible do you think this matter is? ”

Wang Rengong and the others took the letter and read it carefully, and sure enough, they saw that Song Jingang wrote above that he would lead the troops of Dingxiang and Ma Yi to surrender to Chen with his brother Zhen Zhai'er. It is said that Liu Wuzhou suddenly sent an edict to them from Longzhong the day before yesterday, saying that he had been attached to the Turks and had been designated as the Khan of the Commander Yehu Khan. Let them immediately assemble Dingxiang and Ma Yi soldiers and horses, and march south for the Turkic army to spearhead and attack Yanmen first. Song Jingang said that their brother was a Chinese Han and refused to do such a thing, so he was willing to lead the soldiers and horses of the two counties to ask Chen Jun to surrender, hoping that Chen Jun would accept it.

"Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er were originally Hebei horse thieves, brothers of Wang Xuba and Wei Dao'er, and it was Liu Wuzhou who fled because Dou Jiande killed Wei Dao'er and usurped the throne. Now Song Jin just now suddenly said that Huayi defended and refused to surrender to the Turks, but this thing is a little unbelievable. Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Song Jingang may be deceitful, and we can't trust them. The old Wang Rengong said cautiously. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )