At the third hour, the Turkic cavalry were sleeping sweetly. Suddenly, more than a dozen large fireballs fell from above. After falling to the ground, they shattered. The fire cloth and burning hay splashed everywhere. The fire was rapid and instantly ignited the dry branches and shrubs of winter, and the fire spread rapidly in the valley.

The war horses neighed in horror, and groups of Turkic soldiers rushed out of the room yelling. Most of them didn't even have time to wear leather armor. In fact, all items such as armor and spears that could prove their identity were specially hidden. Each of them only carried a war knife and a dagger with them, wearing ordinary people's clothes.

"Get out of the valley quickly, hurry!" A thousand-man yelled and issued an order. Fires raged around him, and the tongues of fire swept through the trees and houses. The rapidly spreading fire made him frightened. If he didn't go out, everyone would probably die in the sea of ​​fire.

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

As soon as one hundred cavalry arrived at the valley, a clapper sound was heard, and dense arrows shot towards him. All arrows seemed to have eyes, shooting people without horses. More than a hundred Turkic cavalrymen screamed and fell off their horses, but the horses did not stop and ran out of the valley along both sides. Liu Lan saw that there were no cavalry in front of them, and shouted: "Let the horses in front!"

The tripping rope did not stretch out. After more than thirty war horses were running, there were cavalry war horses behind them, mixed with other horses.

At this moment, the tripping ropes on the ground bounced up one after another, and the running war horses could not dodge in time. They were tripped to the ground in a series of tripping. Many cavalry rolled and fell to the ground. Before they could get up, their sharp short spear had pierced their vests and nailed the Turkic cavalry to the ground.

When groups of war horses ran first, the slower crowd appeared at the entrance of the valley. Without the order from the main general, dense arrows shot at the Turkic soldiers fleeing in a hurry. The soldiers in front could not dodge at all. More than a hundred people were shot into arrows and fell to the ground, making shrill crying sounds. The soldiers behind were so scared that they turned around and fled back to the valley.

But at this time, the valley was already full of flames. Not only were all houses and trees engulfed, but even the vines on the cliffs were ignited by the fires that had no two groups of bamboo cages that had fallen. The fires in the entire valley soared into the sky, and even the sky was red. Many Turkic soldiers had been engulfed by the fire and were burned to death in all parts of the valley.

At this time, the Turkic commander waved his sword and shouted at the last two hundred subordinates who blocked the valley entrance: "If you don't rush out, everyone will burn it here and kill it!"

The instinctive will of Turkic soldiers was ignited. They pulled out their battle knife and roared, and rushed out of the valley regardless of everything. Although the soldiers were shot down by arrows, more than a hundred people rushed out of the valley entrance. Liu Lancheng ordered: "Enter them, no one will be left, kill them all!"

The Sui army surrounded these Turkic soldiers from all directions. Although the Turkic soldiers were brave and good at fighting, they fought even harder to survive. They encountered the elite of the Northern Sui army, each with bright helmets and bright armor, holding sharp swords and steel short spears in their hands, and their troops were several times higher than them.

In just a moment, more than 100 Turkic soldiers who broke through were all killed, and the Turkic commander was also chopped off by Liu Lancheng's own hands. At this point, all 538 Turkic soldiers were annihilated by the Northern Sui Fenglei Army.

Ling Jing and Wang Shu stood at the top of the city, staring at the red sky to the southeast. Thick smoke rolled out from the fire. The soldiers guarding the city whispered, guessing that there was a fire.

"Can they defeat the Turkic cavalry when they join the army?"

Ling Jing smiled with his hands behind his back and said, "His Highness King Qi only sent this army to encircle and suppress the Turkic cavalry. Although they only had more than 1,000 people, even more than 10,000 enemy troops may not be their opponents. They once held up 50,000 Tang troops on Yiling Road for twenty days. Does the county magistrate think they would not be able to compete with 500 Turks?"

Wang Shu nodded and smiled bitterly: "I almost forgot that they are the famous Fenglei Army, and they will be confused when they care!"

"Don't worry! Good news will come tomorrow."

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The raging fire did not gradually fade until noon the next day. Soldiers began to pour water into the valley to check the situation. The battle reports outside the valley had been counted. The Sui army shot and killed 435 people outside the valley and seized nearly 400 extremely strong war horses, but they were still somewhat different from their expectations. The war horses were injured or shot to death, and there were still a gap of about 50 war horses. In addition, the number of soldiers was less than 100.

This made Liu Lancheng a little worried, but all the Turkic soldiers were killed last night. They could not get a confession, so they could only wait until the fire was extinguished and went to the valley to investigate.

Liu Lancheng sent five groups of 300 soldiers into the valley to investigate. The valley was extremely hot, and the soldiers could only stay for a short time. At most half an hour, they ran out in sweat. Then another group of soldiers came in. In this way, the five groups of soldiers entered in rotation. By the evening, they finally came out.

A school captain reported to Liu Lancheng: "General Qi, we found ninety-nine charred bodies in the valley, and the bones of forty-eight war horses were found in the stable."

Liu Lancheng calculated briefly in his mind that the number of war horses and the number of people can basically be combined, which means that all the Turkic cavalry are here, and maybe a few people have not returned, but it has no effect on the overall situation. Liu Lancheng finally let go.

He asked again: "Have you found any documents or letters?"

The captain shook his head, "Not found that all the houses were burned to white ground and could not exist."

Liu Lancheng felt a little regretful. If he could find the other party's documents and letters, perhaps they could know the Turkic invasion deployment. He had to stand up and order the soldiers: "Carry down the valley and the army returns to Yidu County!"

At this moment, a cavalry rushed over and clasped his fists and said loudly: "Report to General, General Li grabbed two Uighur merchants at the mountain pass. After interrogation, they were made by Turks."

In early February, there was a slight warm breath in the air. Although the rivers in Youzhou have not completely thawed, when you put your ears on the ice cap, you can faintly hear the sound of gurgling water under the ice. The snow has subsided, and the jade branches are gone, revealing the original black of the branches. All of this indicates that in more than ten days, early spring in Youzhou will soon be coming.

On the slightly muddy official road in Anle County, a cavalry of two thousand people were marching in line. Although they were cavalry, the team did not run fast, but walked slowly on the official road. Under the Qinglong Red Flag with gold edges, wearing a golden helmet and iron armor, the King of Qi Zhang Xuan, was thinking about something, and his body was shaking slightly as the war horses walked.

Twenty days after he returned to Zhongdu, he came to Anle County again. Liu Lancheng led the Fenglei Army to wipe out more than 500 Turkic cavalry in Beihai County half a month ago, eliminating a major hidden danger that seriously threatened the hinterland of the Northern Sui Dynasty, and also captured two Turkic merchants.

Through strict interrogation, they obtained some initial plans of the Turkic army. Chu Luo was indeed preparing to raid Hebei last fall. The breakthrough point they chose was the Beihu Valley rather than the Mayi Road controlled by Liu Wuzhou. After all, the Northern Sui army had heavy troops in the east of Feihu Xing, and the Turkic cavalry might not be able to enter Shanggu County, but the Beihu Valley was much easier. This traditional business road has not encountered war for hundreds of years. If a large army raids, it can be caught off guard by the Northern Sui.

This information confirmed Zhang Xuan's previous concerns. Although the Battle of Bianbei changed the Turkic plan, it did not prove that the Turkic army would not go south from the Beihu Valley again. Zhang Xuan thought of Liaodong again. If the Turkic attacked Liaodong and then headed south from Linyu Pass, how could the Sui army defend at that time?

Of course, this possibility is not great, but from this incident, Zhang Xuan deeply realized why the Han Dynasty finally chose to take the initiative to fight against the Huns. Simple defense will inevitably lead to be beaten everywhere. The high mobility of the nomadic cavalry makes it difficult for the Central Plains army to understand their offensive routes. Only attacking the Hu cavalry outside the national gate is the best defense.

Learning from the pain, Zhang Xuan made up his mind that after surviving this difficulty, they could no longer be passive. If national strength allowed, they had to take the initiative to completely crippled the Turks. Even if the unification of the world would be postponed, he would do whatever he could.
Chapter completed!