Chapter 406
As soon as he returned to the camp, Turkic cavalry on duty came over there to investigate the camp. Zhang Yong took his subordinates to say a few nonsense and sent a few bags of good wine to be called "sending the person away."
After the others left, Zhang Yong sat in the tent and slapped his feet, feeling extremely aggrieved.
I never thought that a good opportunity to take revenge was only half done in the end. Now I don’t know whether Li Shimin is dead or alive.
"General, what should we do now? Should we tell Shibi Li Shimin's false surrender immediately?" Zhang Yong sat there and sighed for a long time, shook his head and said, "No, tell Shibi now. If the Turks go crazy and capture the western pass overnight, then Yang Guang will be in danger. We have to give Yang Guang some more time, and wait until dawn, and we will tell Shibi again after dawn. After such a night, Yang Guang ran far away. Even if Shibi is strong, it will take half a day to capture the western pass. At that time, Yang Guang happened to hide in Yanmen. With the powerful pass of Yanmen, although Yang Guang had few soldiers, he was not afraid that Shibi would easily capture Yang Guang alive.
On the contrary, you can continue to chase and kill Shibi. At that time, Yang Guang had a strong city but few soldiers, and Shibi had a strong army but was not good at siege. The battle between the two parties was really what we needed." Everyone thought about it and nodded. When the Goguryeo coalition attacked Liaodong City, wasn't it the current situation? Liaodong army had few soldiers, but the city was strong, and Goguryeo coalition had a strong army, but it was not good at siege. In the end, the tall Liaodong City completely became a meat grinder, and the coalition soldiers who died under the city were everywhere. Now, Shibi and Yang Guang also came like this. At that time, both sides would definitely fight to the death.
Zhang Yong knew Li Shimin's plan, but he just didn't say it. After Chai Shao and others rescued Li Shimin, Li Shimin was still fainted. The military doctor looked at it and bandaged the injuries. They all said that the injuries were serious, and it was terrible that it was difficult to wake up again. Lai Huer and Yun Dingxing and other military generals came to see each other after hearing the news, but when they saw Li Shimin's miserable appearance, they shook their heads repeatedly.
At this time, Li Shimin, who had wiped his body clean, was wrapped like a rice dumpling, with his left sleeve empty, and even a terrifying knife mark on his face. Blood had already vaguely oozed out of those bandaged jump belts. When the doctor said that Li Shimin had 59 injuries on his body, everyone was already a little embarrassed at this time that Li Shimin was strong, and he was even 59 times but not dead.
"Did it be done by the Turks?" Lai Hu'er first thought of the Turks.
Chai Shao shook his head, "When we arrived, we found that Shimin was already fainting. There were four people on the other side, but they were not Turkic clothes but were all wearing night clothes. And when we fought, I clearly heard what one of them said was Chinese."
This result made Lai Huer and Yun Dingxing look at each other, and they didn't expect that this matter was so complicated.
Chai Shao said in a deep voice, "In my prediction, this was not done by the Turks. Shimin encountered a killer when he returned from the Turkic military camp. So I think that Shimin's previous plan of surrendering must have believed the Turks. Judging from the man in black who was born, the opponents of Shimin were either those who were dissatisfied with Shibi and wanted to destroy this Turkic southern expedition, but the southern expedition was beneficial to the Turks, so this may not be great. Another possibility is that those men in black were from the Central Plains, and the most likely people from the Liaodong Army."
The grudge between Li Shimin and the Liaodong Army is well known to everyone. If the men in black were the Liaodong Army, then this matter is understandable. But why the Liaodong Army appeared here is a situation that people can't understand.
After a long silence, Lai Hu'er shook his silver hair and said tiredly, "According to General Chai's analysis, Shimin's plan to surrender is very likely to have worked. This plan is very important to us, so I want to continue. If you can delay one day, you will delay one more day. For every extra day we are here, your Majesty's safety will be more, and the soldiers and horses in Hedong will be closer. General Chai, I will write a memorial for Your Majesty in person. You will take Erlang and Sanqian Mayi soldiers to Yanmen immediately." "Master, at this time when the country is in trouble, how can you leave as a general in the army? What's more, the Xuanjia Army stays here, because Your Majesty is intimate, and I can't leave without leaving." Chai Shao shook his head.
Lai Hu'er patted his shoulder, "Although Your Majesty ordered you to stay here, I also ordered me to stay here for the general. Now Erlang is seriously injured, and even the current situation must be reported to Your Majesty, so this is the general order of this general!" Chai Shao looked at Li Shimin in the dark, and after hesitating for a while, hesitating, he still nodded in agreement.
While at night, Chai Shao, Li Xiaogong, Shi Wanbao, Li Daozong, Li Daoxuan and other Xuanjia generals ordered more than 3,000 troops, and used a carriage to carry Li Shimin away from the Western Frontier Pass and head towards Yanmen Pass.
In Shibi Khan's military camp, although he had decided to wait for Yun Dingxing's inner support, he was not idle that night. He sent many soldiers and horses to cut down trees everywhere, make ladders, siege ladders and stone chariots and other siege equipment. In the narrow valley, a large number of Turkic soldiers were stationed in each large valley. At this time, the various camps had become craftsman camps, making various equipment everywhere. By dawn, the simplest ladder had already piled up like mountains and was everywhere.
Zhang Yong led several of his subordinates to come straight outside Shibi Khan's tent.
"Please report to the Khan, just say that Zhang Yong from Liaodong has important military information to inform the Khan." A golden wolf shiguard turned around and walked into the tent to report, and came out to invite him in after a while.
As soon as they entered the golden tent, they found that the leaders of various tribes were here. Early in the morning, these leaders were already drinking and eating meat and gathering together for fun. Several leaders came to the golden tent and did not forget to bring the women of Central Plains who were kidnapped on the way to have fun.
"General Zhang is here, come and drink some drinks. Let me tell you good news. Tonight, Ben Khan's army will seize the pass in front of him, and lead his troops south to capture Yang Guangxiao alive.
"Son." Shibi greeted with a smile when he saw Zhang Yong come in.
Zhang Yong frowned and walked up to him and said, "I'm afraid Khan is a little too happy." Lingli made Shibi unhappy because of the previous incident with the Pioneer Army. At this time, when he saw Zhang Yong not giving Shibi face, he stood up and said, "Don't toast or not eat and drink, you are just a dog of Chen Pojun. The Khan asked you to drink and look down on you, but don't be shameless." Shibi looked at Lingli and scolded Zhang Yong, but did not speak, but just drank the wine on his own.
"Khan, I summoned the leaders of the tribes early in the morning to drink and have fun, but for the guardian Yun Dingxing in the pass, surrendering to the Khan, the Khan, is preparing to open the city to the third day tonight?" Zhang Yong said casually.
Shibi Khan was shocked. This matter was a secret in the army. He only knew about the largest tribal leaders last night. Even the leaders of the other tribes in the tent had just told them the news.
"Read the profit, go and check immediately to see who left the news. Whether it is to live, execute it immediately." Shibi said furiously.
The brazier in the tent was warmed with horse milk wine, and the golden whole sheep roasted made the whole tent not only smell of sweat on the heads of various tribes, but also the fishy smell of horse milk, and the aroma of roasted whole sheep. The mixed smell made him very uncomfortable when he first arrived at the grassland, but after staying for a long time, he got used to it. Zhang Yong ignored others and walked directly to a brazier, took a copper wine pot from it, poured himself a glass of wine, and after taking a sip, he slowly said, "This horse milk wine is indeed delicious, authentic!"
Seeing Shibi still staring at Hua, Zhang Yong smiled, "If Dahan wants to know where I learned the news, why not ask me directly?"
"Will you tell Ben Khan?"
"Of course, why not?" Zhang Yong walked to the rack where the whole lamb was roasted, took a cut knife from Tuli, and took a plate to slice a few pieces of roasted golden lamb. After eating a piece, he continued to say, "It's amazing that there is no need to let Lingli Khan check the people who have left the news, because this news was not learned from the Khan's army, but from the pass."
"In the pass? Are you talking about the Sui army?" Shibi asked suspiciously.
"That's right, just now, the spy we arranged earlier in the Sui army in the pass sent a message. The beginning of this news was the agreement between the Great Khan and Yun Dingxing yesterday. I didn't believe it, but I thought he was wrong, but I didn't expect that after just saying this, the Great Khan had already helped me settle the fact."
Shibi Khan was sitting there at this time, but the glass of wine in his hand could not drink any more. He was brought to his mouth several times, and finally he hummed and threw it on the carpet in the tent. After walking down the Golden Wolf Throne a few steps, Shibi walked to Zhang Yong and said, "General Zhang said before that Khan was too happy, but what does it mean?"
Zhang Yong no longer deliberately teased everyone and said seriously, "Just just now, our suspicious message from the Sui army that the Yun Dingxing general who came to meet with the Khan last night was not a very human being. He is the second son of the current Duke of Tang of Sui and the Duke of Taiyuan Li Yuan, Duke of Liaoyang County, General Zuotun Guard, and Prefect of Mayi. The Sui general who had annihilated a 5,000-vanguard army of Dahan in Shenwu City was this person.
Just a brief beginning made Shibi exclaim. Hearing this, he also knew that the surrender last night must have been a false surrender. No matter what, Li Shimin has such a big background, how could he surrender to the grassland? He pretended to be a general to surrender on behalf of others. A feeling of being deceived made Shibi angry and kicked a case next to him, and said angrily, "It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable. When I catch this Li Shimin, I will take him back to the grassland, dig out his heart and feed the eagles on the grassland, and throw his body on the grassland to feed the wolf!"
The leaders of other tribes were also furious and kept cursing the Sui people there to be cunning, but no one remembered that Zhang Yongke in front of him was also a Sui people.
After everyone scolded for a while, Shibi said with a dark face, "What else do you know? The most important thing is whether Yang Guang is in the western border at this time?" Although he was fooled by someone, what really made Shibi care about was Yang Guang's whereabouts.
Looking at Shibi's expectant gaze, Zhang Yong shook his head, "According to my information, there are only 50,000 Sui troops in the pass at this time. The General of the Right Guard Lai Hu'er was the main general, the General of the Right Guard Yun Dingxing, and the General of the Left Guard Li Shimin was the deputy. A total of 50,000 imperial guards remained at the guard and resisted the wolf cavalry of the Great Khan. As for Yang Guang, he did not stop at all yesterday, and he had already fled to Yanmen with his 100,000 imperial guards and his concubines and palace maids."
When Shibi heard that Yang Guang was no longer in the pass, he gritted his teeth in hatred. He pulled out the golden wolf-headed scimitar at his waist and shouted, "Immediately send orders to the soldiers of all tribes to attack the western pass immediately. No matter what, before dark, you must take down the western pass. If anyone fails to fight, kill them on the spot!"
As soon as he got angry, the early celebration banquet could not be held. The leaders of various tribes cursed the Sui people, and returned to the military camp and summoned troops to attack the Western Frontier. The horns of oxen resounded throughout the canyon, and the cowhide drums were already ringing.
Turkic cavalry, like a tide, had already run out of the camp tent and quickly gathered together. The leaders of various tribes even quarreled with each other in order to compete for the first attack position. The Turkic cavalry had already abandoned their horses, and teams carried the ladder and rushed towards the pass.
Shibi took the Golden Wolf Shi Guard to the front line in front of the Pass. As the most elite soldiers of the Khan's headquarters, the 50,000 Golden Wolf Cavalry personally ruled by Shibi did not participate in the challenge. The 50,000 Golden Wolf Cavalry had dismounted and set up an extremely dense array in the open space in front of the Pass. All Golden Wolf Cavalry held a long wooden hard bow. This kind of bow and arrow was not suitable for horse riding and shooting, but it was very suitable for infantry archers to conduct long-range intensive suppression shooting.
The sudden attack of the Turks surprised Lai Huer and Yun Dingxing in the city. Last night, when the soldiers were ordered to monitor the movements of the Turks at all times, the entire army was guarding the pass, but there was no movement until dawn. But unexpectedly, after dawn, these Turks attacked the Turks instead.
Fifty thousand golden wolf cavalry shot out dense rain of arrows with long wooden hard bows, covering the city. In front of the Turks, because the terrain in front of the pass was narrow and unable to accommodate too many attacking troops at the same time, the Pugu tribe seized the glory of the first attack. The 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Pugu tribe, shouting like a tide under the cover of the bow and arrow, rushed towards the wall of the Juguan.
In front of the Turkic soldiers who gathered like ants, the simple and small western pass of the gorge was like an isolated island that would be flooded at any time...
Chapter completed!