Chapter 39 Li Jing’s strange plan

There were indeed a large number of Turkic cavalry hidden in the forest, with more than 10,000 people hidden on both sides. The head general was Asuna Kunji. Two consecutive Turkic armies were annihilated by the Sui army, and Auna Kunji was also under tremendous pressure. After more than ten days of searching for Turkic sentries, they finally found the trace of this Sui army. They were gradually moving closer to Anyuan County. In order to completely eliminate this Sui army, Asuna Kunji thought of a way to attract fish to the hook, and used a thousand Turkic cavalry as bait to induce the Sui army to be deceived.

They had been ambushing here for three days, and the Turkic sentries finally discovered the scout of the Sui army, which means that the Sui army should have discovered this bait of thousands of people. Asuna Kunji began to be excited and patiently waited for the Sui army to take the bait.

It was clear and bright night, and a bright moon passed through the thin clouds, spreading silver light throughout the Hetao Plain. In Xujiagou about fifteen miles southeast of Anyuan County, a small river less than one meter wide flowed slowly. The water waves seemed particularly bright under the moonlight. The river was about ten miles long and finally flowed eastward into the Han San Canal several miles away.

This canal is actually an irrigation branch canal excavated by villagers in several villages in Xujiagou, which also provides the villagers with drinking water. It is only seven feet wide and flows from the higher Han Si Canal to the slightly lower Han San Canal.

Several villages in Xujiagou have been destroyed, and none of them have happened. Occasionally, a few deer came out of the forest to drink water. They looked around vigilantly. The river was covered with shrubs, which were so lush that it almost covered the entire river. From time to time, a snake crawled out of the bushes and swam into the river.

But there were two Sui army scouts hidden in the bushes. They had been hiding here since the afternoon and had been waiting patiently for the opportunity.

At this time, several deer drinking water seemed to have discovered something. They raised their heads vigilantly and suddenly fled in panic. A voice of speech came faintly on the hillside. Then a group of Turkic soldiers came down, about 300 people, two of them carried a stick, and the stick was full of water-filled skins. Turkic soldiers came to get water not to cook or drink for soldiers. Each soldier had his own skin. They usually had only one purpose for them to get water: to drink horses.

The war horses were hidden in the forest. In order to prevent exposure, it was impossible to lead out drinking water, so they could only send people to get water. Li Jing had already touched the rules of the Turkic army to get water. They came out once in the morning, noon and evening to use water sources to deal with the Turkic army. This was a strange strategy used by the Sui army more than once. In the 20th year of Kaihuang, Changsun Sheng used water sources to poison a large number of Western Turkic soldiers and war horses, and the Western Turkic army was defeated. (-< Shuhai Pavilion >-net.)

Li Jing knew the terrain of Fengzhou. Fengzhou's climate was relatively dry and there was not much precipitation. Almost all of them were irrigated by the Yellow River water. Wells were generally not dug out on the hills. For example, villagers in Xujiagou had to dig canals and draw water to drink by themselves, which proved that there was no stream and spring water in the two forests.

The Turkic army might have prepared water bags in advance, but the war horses also need water. This unique terrain and this canal made Li Jing think of this bold and vicious way to break the enemy.

More than 300 Turkic soldiers were not noisy. They took water quietly and quickly, but no one noticed that the water had become a little turbid, and no one noticed that there were two uninvited guests hidden in the bushes that were surrounded by water more than ten feet away.

A quarter of an hour later, the Turkic soldiers carried the water bag back, and soon they came back to get the water. Three times, they never appeared again. Two Sui soldiers poured the last bit of powder from the bag into the water. They carefully avoided the turbid water and swam upstream along the canal.

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More than an hour later, the Turkic army was in chaos in the forest in the north. Nearly 5,000 war horses had problems. They fell to the ground and twitched and foamed at the mouth, leaving the Turkic soldiers helpless. They watched their beloved horses die in pain. The large number of deaths of war horses frightened the Turks. Countless people knelt down to apologize to Tengri. They believed that their blasphemy had caused the wrath of God.

Asunji was shocked and angry. He thought of the encounter of the Western Turkic Army more than ten years ago. This bad luck once again fell on him. He vaguely guessed that the Sui Army had tampered with it, but he could not explain it to the soldiers.

More than 5,000 war horses had problems. Asuna Kungji knew that the battle could not be fought any longer. He immediately ordered the ambush in the two forests in the north and south to retreat.

The Turkic soldiers were extremely frightened, and the two rode together a horse and retreated hastily towards the west camp.

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Three miles west of the two forests, there is also a gentle hill. There is a forest growing on the hill, but the area is much smaller, covering dozens of acres. In the woods, five thousand Sui cavalry are already lined up, waiting for the order to attack. (-< Shuhai Pavilion >-net.)

Li Jing stood by the woods, staring at the movements of the two forests in the distance with all his concentration. Under the clear moonlight, the dark forest in the distance could be clearly seen. The forest was facing westward with a large area of ​​farmland. The winter wheat planted in the autumn and winter seasons last year was already green at this time. Unfortunately, most of it had been trampled and destroyed by the Turkic army, and only some wheat fields on the edge still retained a little wheat seedling.

At this time, the low shout from the sentry on the big tree, "Sima, they are here."

Li Jing also saw a large group of Turkic cavalry running out of the forest from a distance. Almost two of them rode a horse. The team was chaotic and seemed very frightened. This was their role in poisoning the water source. Li Jing immediately turned around and looked to a forest south. There should be a large number of ambushers there, but he did not see them withdraw.

This should be a time difference of orders, and the ambush in the southern forest should also be withdrawn soon. Li Jing bit his lip tightly. His troops were much less than the opponent. His only advantage was the chaos of the opponent and the Sui army had training in overnight battles.

Li Jing sighed in his heart. The number of enemy troops is still too large. If only half of them, he would be sure to win this battle. But he still has a chance. He knew that the opponent's chief general Asunji must be in the forest chaos in the north. In the end, he would check the situation there. Where is the Turkic Uncle Wang now?

Li Jing looked for the abnormalities of these tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry, and it was easy to find them. Most of them had two horses, but there was a team of cavalry who were single horses, holding a big banner in his hand, surrounded by a general.

The Turkic army was getting closer and closer, and at this time the ambush in the forest in the south also came out, with a steady stream of troops, but the team was relatively neat and the troops were not lost.

The two armies are only three miles apart, but the distance between these three miles will be the key to whether Li Jing's ambush can succeed. He must kill Asuna Kungji before another Turkic army comes to support him.

Teams of tranquil Turkic cavalry ran past them, only two hundred steps apart. Li Jing slowly pulled out his battle knife. He pointed a sword at the Turkic commander who was surrounded by soldiers with a battle knife. He said to Gao Zi, the general of Yingyanglang, beside him: "That is the commander of the Turkic army. If you can kill him, I will remember your first merit in this battle."

Gao Zikai was originally the commander of the Youzhou Army's flag guarding brigade, responsible for holding the Youzhou banner. He was born into the Gao family of the Bohai Sea. He was attracted by Yang Yuanqing and promoted to Yingyanglang General. He was six feet and seven feet tall, with a large waist and a round waist, and extremely powerful. He made a big sword weighing 100 pounds with superb sword skills. He could drive two stone bows, draw bows from left to right, and hit a hundred shots. He was one of the five tiger generals under Yang Yuanqing's tent.

Gao Zikai was overjoyed, staring at Asuna Kunji like a leopard. Seeing the enemy getting closer, Li Jing waved his sword and said, "Kill!"

The five thousand cavalry rushed down the hills like a sea tide that had collapsed. They rushed towards the Turkic army that had retreated west in panic. The Sui army suddenly caught the Turkic army off guard. They were already panicked. The two of them rode together and didn't know how to deal with it. Most of them thought of escaping.

The Sui army rushed over, and arrows were like rain, shooting the Turkic army into a crowd of people and horses. In an instant, the Sui army broke into the enemy group. Although the Sui army did not form a formation, the team was not chaotic. They were a team of hundreds of people, and under the leadership of the brigade commander, they ran and killed in the Turkic army without any mercy. They were like countless sharp daggers, cutting the Turkic army into pieces, with heavy casualties.

Under the desperate protection of five hundred personal soldiers, Asuna Kunji fled northward. Although he knew that the number of Sui soldiers was not large, he could not control the chaos of the Turkic army and could not organize a counterattack. He was very angry and shouted: "So let Kuji fight back!"

Kuji was the commander of another Turkic army. At this time, they saw the ambush rushing out of the hills and woods three miles away from afar. He was anxious and ordered the soldiers to fight back against the Sui army. He personally led two thousand cavalry to quickly rescue the commander.

This is an extremely spectacular scene. Thousands of Turkic troops fled in panic in the chaos. Most of them were two people with one horse, and they were heartbroken and had no intention of responding to the battle. Five thousand Sui troops chased and killed among the enemy groups, and they were corpses all the way, chasing them for more than ten miles. More than 70% of the 10,000 Turkic troops were killed and injured. Two or three miles away, another 10,000 Turkic cavalry was chasing them desperately behind them.

Gao Zikai led three hundred elite troops to intercept Asunji from the north. They were extremely fierce and attacked Asunji's personal soldiers again and again. The Turkic guards fought to the death. Although he had the advantage in numbers, he had not undergone night battle training and could not resist the Sui army's offensive and left.

Gao Zi held the bow and arrow, staring at Asuna Kunji. When more than a dozen personal guards protected him from the left, his entire side was exposed to Gao Zi's vision. Gao Zi did not hesitate and opened his bow with a powerful arrow. The arrow power was strong, and an arrow shot through Asuna Kunji's neck from the side. Asuna Kunji screamed and took off his horse.

Gao Zi was overjoyed. He waved his sword and quickly killed more than a dozen guards in a row. He rushed to Asuna Kunji. At this time, Asuna Kunji had not yet died, and fell to the ground and struggled. Gao Zi slashed him with a knife. His neck was divided into two pieces, and his head flew more than two feet away.

Gao Zikai used the tip of the knife to lift the head and yelled: "The Turkic coach is dead! The Turkic coach is dead!"

Li Jing was waiting for this moment. When he saw Gao Zikai, who was racing with his head, he knew that he was sure of victory and immediately ordered, "Blow the trumpet and strike back!"

‘Woo--’

The Sui army buzzed the horn, and the five thousand Sui cavalry stopped pursuing, quickly rectified the army and horses, and arranged them into a swallowtail formation, preparing to fight the 10,000 Turkic cavalry chasing behind.

Ten thousand Turkic cavalry also slowly slowed down their horse speed. They were already in a dilemma. When they advanced, they had no experience in night battles. When they retreated, they would definitely be defeated. The commander of the ten thousand men, Kuji, had to bite the bullet and lead the army to fight the Sui army to a decisive battle.

Under the cold moonlight, the large wheat field was as silver as daylight. One mile to the west was the Four Canals of Han. The river surface was sparkling, and a large group of Turkic remnants were fleeing north along the Four Canals of Han.

Five thousand to ten thousand, the Sui army has experienced countless night battle training and is experienced. More importantly, their morale is high. The Turkic army flag and Asuna Kunji's head are right in front of the team. They are facing a group of Turkic cavalry who are not good at night battles and have a low morale.

"kill!"

Li Jing waved his sword and issued an order to attack.

"Kill!" Five thousand cavalrymen held shield spears in their hands, galloping towards the Turkic army like lightning. The horses were galloping, and the shouts of killing were shocking the sky. The belief of winning was filled with the hearts of every Sui army soldier.

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In March of the 12th year of Daye, outside Anyuan City, Fengzhou, Sima Li Jing, Sima of Fengzhou, led 5,000 Sui army cavalry to defeat 20,000 Turkic troops, and killed 15,000 enemies at the cost of more than 1,000 casualties, creating an extremely brilliant record. It was the battle that began to reverse the passive situation of the Sui army in Fengzhou.

Three days later, Li Jing and Su Dingfang's troops who came from Jiuyuan City met with nearly 20,000 troops. According to the order of commander Yang Yuanqing, they went to Hekou City to support him.

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Chapter completed!