Wars were always full of accidentality. Yang Yuanqing did not know that the Sui army scout captured Xixing Pass. This was not his deployment. Wu Zhiyuan's mission was to spy on intelligence and wait for an opportunity to attack the team transporting food, but he did not expect that they would seize Xixing Pass.

As soon as dawn was dawn, Shibi Khan, east of Xixing Pass, received news because the food could not be delivered. Asuna Kunji, west of Xixing Pass, also realized that something was wrong. The food that should have arrived at dawn did not come on time.

The two armies sent people up the mountain to investigate at the same time, and the news they received shocked them. The Sui army occupied the pass. Shibi Khan immediately sent 30,000 troops to Xixing Pass and ordered them to regain Cheng Pass before noon. Asuna Kunji also sent 10,000 troops up the mountain to attack. A battle for Xixing Pass, which concerns the overall situation, suddenly broke out at dawn.

The abnormal movements of the Turkic army attracted the attention of the scouts of the Sui army. Yang Yuanqing also received information from the scouts at dawn. There might be a situation in Xixing Pass. This information made Yang Yuanqing pay extremely attention. On the one hand, he ordered the scouts to investigate the exact news, and at the same time, he ordered Pei Xingyan to lead 5,000 cavalry to stand by at any time.

Yang Yuanqing rode a horse to the hills and looked at the conditions on the mountains from afar. If the weather was good, he could clearly see Xixing Pass, but today the weather was gloomy and thin mist covered the top of the mountain. Xixing Pass was like a layer of curtains.

Yang Yuanqing had already vaguely guessed that it was the scout Lang general Wu Zhiyuan who took the dangerous path to seize Xixing Pass, but he did not dare to be careless. It might be that the Turks pretended to be confused by him.

At this time, a personal soldier came to report: "Report to the general manager, Wu Zhiyuan sent someone to report urgently!"

"Bring him up!"

After a moment, the personal soldiers brought a scout, one of the fifty soldiers left by Wu Zhiyuan to guard the horses. The scout stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "Report to the general manager, General Wu has led his brothers to seize Xixing Pass!"

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed. He immediately asked, "Did you come from Xixing Pass?"

"Report to the general manager. The Wuyi was the general who stayed behind the horses. They touched the back of Xixing Pass from the dangerous road. They didn't know the specific situation, but we saw the fire lit up by Xixing Pass. This was a sign that the general had made an appointment with us, indicating that the general had succeeded and seized Xixing Pass."

This unexpected news made Yang Yuanqing overjoyed. The capture of Xixing Pass would greatly shake the morale of the Turkish army, for up to two days. The 90,000 Turkic troops opposite them would have to withdraw to the north, and fighter planes would arrive.

"Appoint General Pei to send troops immediately, and all the troops are ready to fight at any time!"

With Yang Yuanqing's order issued, Pei Xingyan led 5,000 cavalry out of the camp, bypassed the enemy's camp from the north, and rushed towards Xixingguan. 40,000 Sui troops were ready for war at any time.

At the top of Xixing Pass, the eight hundred Sui troops were already treated solemnly. The reason why Xixing Pass is called the leader of the Nine Passes is that it is majestic and dangerous. There are narrow mountain roads on both sides, with steep rocks and rugged mountains, and the pass is just guarded at the top of the mountain road.

After Wu Zhiyuan captured Xixing Pass, he deployed 800 troops east and west, mainly defending the east and five hundred people, and deploying 300 people to the west. The east and west gates were blocked with huge rocks. Even if the Turkic army used giant trees to hit the wood, they would not be able to break the gate open.

Wu Zhiyuan was less than 30 years old this year. He was from Shangdang County, Hedong. He was fond of martial arts since he was a child. He grew up and was skilled in archery and horses. During the First Battle of Goryeo, he was recruited to join the army and served as the subordinate of General Li Jing. After failing to attack Goryeo, he stationed in Zhuo County and became one of Yang Yuanqing's Youzhou Army. He followed him to Fengzhou and was promoted to the scout camp Eagle Fighter General.

At this time, Wu Zhiyuan stood high and stared at the distant mountain road while standing on the east city tower. The morning mist blocked his vision, but he had already faintly heard the sound of trumpets, and a large group of people gathered at the foot of the mountain.

A soldier rushed over and bowed, reporting to the report: "Report to the general, the seized weapons have been counted, one thousand spears, a thousand shields, a thousand sharp blades, a thousand bows, and a thousand arrows."

This time they attacked Xixing Pass, they were light soldiers and simple traveling. They did not bring long weapons. Each of them only brought one knife, carried a crossbow and two pots of crossbow arrows. They did not bring too many other weapons. In this way, there were only more than 100,000 arrows, and an average of 120 arrows per person, which was not sufficient, so they could only last for one day.

Wu Zhiyuan thought for a while and said, "I ordered Captain Zhang to lead the brothers to demolish the house and prepare stones."

In fact, stones are only useful to the east, and the slope outside the pass to the west is relatively slow, so stones cannot play a role.

“And, how much food is there?”

“Food can be supported for three days.”

Wu Zhiyuan nodded, "Go! Please order other brothers to hurry up and rest."

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At the foot of Gouzhu Mountain, 30,000 Turkic troops had been assembled. Shibi Khan personally came to inspect the situation in the city. His mood was extremely bad these days. Yanmen City had been attacked for ten days, and the Turkic troops had been killed or injured for more than 80,000 people, but they were never able to seize it. The arrival of Yang Yuanqing's army not only dispersed his troops, but also seriously disrupted his siege plan, forcing him to stop siegeing.

He was very worried about whether the northern logistics camp would be attacked by Yang Yuanqing. Since Yang Yuanqing's army had come to support him, there was no reason not to attack his logistics camp. Shibi Khan was full of worries. But at this time, Xixing Pass was lost again. The 100,000 troops in Guanxi were very likely to face the threat of food cut off. In this case, can they withstand the attack of Yang Yuanqing's army?

In the fourth year of Renshou, Shibi Khan personally followed Yang Yuanqing to participate in the Battle of Hari Lake. In that battle, Yang Yuanqing killed Khan Datou of the Western Turks and defeated Xue Yantu's 20,000 troops with three thousand troops. The battle left an extremely deep impression on him. He was very worried that the tragedy of Hari Lake would reappear, and Ashinakunji's 100,000 troops were defeated by Yang Yuanqing.

But there is no way to be anxious. The most urgent thing now is to take back Xixing Pass and order the 100,000 troops from Guanxi to withdraw.

"Before noon, Xixing Pass is taken back, and it cannot be seized, and ten thousand men will behead you!" Shibi Khan issued a death order.

With a wave of the sword of the Wanfu Changsha Jili, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers rushed towards the top of the mountain.

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The sound of war drums rumbled and the thousands of Turkic vanguards rushed to the front of the pass. The mountain road was narrow and large troops could not be allowed to move forward. The Turkic squads moved upwards and got closer, but when they were a hundred steps away, the army stopped advancing.

Wanfu Changsha Jili looked fiercely at the pass a hundred steps away. He had no experience in siege. He just could accommodate many armies before looking at the pass.

"Go to a thousand troops first!"

With his order, the war drum "dong!dong!" sounded, and a thousand Turkic troops held shields in their hands and flocked to the city tower.

On the top of the city, Wu Zhiyuan bit his lips tightly and looked at the thousand enemy troops with a cold look. A thousand Turks rushed towards the city gate in groups on the mountain road that only accommodated three people, and only rushed for more than twenty steps. The speed suddenly slowed down and began to surging forward carefully, and the shield formed a shield wall.

Only three hundred soldiers were arranged on the top of the city. Three hundred Sui soldiers held crossbows and aimed at the Turkic army that was constantly approaching. They were waiting for the best range, with the best range being fifty steps. At this distance, the Sui army's crossbow arrows could shoot through the Turkic soldiers' oak shields.

The enemy was getting closer and closer, and had entered within seventy steps. The drum sound stopped and there was silence in front of the pass, with only the rustling sound made by the Turkic soldiers when they moved forward.

Wu Zhiyuan watched the enemy's advance and had already entered within fifty steps. He gave the order, "Shoot!"

Hundreds of soldiers fired at the same time, and hundreds of powerful crossbow arrows flew away, shooting from the front and side towards the enemy crowd. The Sui army's crossbow arrows were extremely powerful, and the armor-breaking arrows shot through the shield. A scream sounded, and more than a dozen Turkic troops were shot down and rolled to the ground. Several soldiers fell from the cliff next to them and fell into the deep mountain stream, with long screams echoing.

But since the war began, there was no reason to retreat. The Turkic soldiers suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the top of the mountain frantically. As long as they rushed into the open land of thirty steps, their troops could expand to both sides.

The Sui army's arrows were like locusts, and three hundred people shot in three groups. Groups of Turkic soldiers fell down screaming. The enemy behind rushed forward and continued to rush in the stirring war drums. The Turkic army behind them covered with bows and arrows, and the dense rain of arrows shot towards the city. Sui army soldiers were constantly caught in the arrows, but one fell, and the soldiers behind immediately restocked.

The battle was extremely fierce. On the short mountain road between 60 and 30 steps, corpses began to accumulate rapidly. In just a quarter of an hour, hundreds of Turkic soldiers were killed and injured. The first thousand-man team finally could not stand it and retreated like a tide.

Wanfu Changsha Jili snorted coldly. He had discovered the weakness of the Sui army. They were not many. After tentative attack, Sha Jili issued an order for the formal attack, "Three thousand people attack!"

The attacking Turkic army suddenly tripled, roaring and waving its swords, rushing wildly towards the city tower on the top of the mountain. Arrows were like rain and stones were as dense as hail. A fierce battle for the dangerous pass began.

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Three miles below the foot of the mountain, Pei Xingyan's 5,000 cavalry encountered a stubborn blockade by the Turkic army. Tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers blocked the road to the mountain. They used stones and giant trees to form a simple cover and used strong bows to intercept the Sui army's attack. In front of the powerful bow and arrow formation, the Sui army's several attacks failed, with hundreds of casualties, and the Sui army had to retreat.

At this time, a team of hundreds of Sui soldiers came down from the mountain. Pei Xingyan asked anxiously, "Can you go up?"

He wanted to re-track Wu Zhiyuan and their secret mountain road and go to Xixing Pass to support, but the leader shook his head, "Report to the general that the secret road has been discovered and destroyed by the Turks, and cannot go there anymore, and there is no other road."

Pei Xingyan was extremely anxious. The enemy army threw in heavy troops and blocked the support route, making them unable to support Xixing Pass. Xixing Pass has become an independent pass, and can only rely on the eight hundred Sui troops to defend. How long can they hold on?

At this time, the sound of war drums came, and a soldier reported, "General, 20,000 enemy cavalry have surrounded this place."

Pei Xingyan glanced helplessly at the top of the mountain and had to order, "withdraw troops immediately!"

Five thousand Sui cavalry retreated quickly, causing Xixing Pass to completely lose the support of the Sui army and become a lonely pass, which will face the front and back attacks of the 50,000 Turkic troops alone.

.............(To be continued)

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