Two hundred and seventy sixth chapter: The Battle of Yanmen Pass Eighteen
"Woo,,,"
The sound of the horn sounded in the sky above Yanmen Pass. Although I wanted to capture Yanmen Pass and avenge Elifuss, at this moment, Yanmen Pass was already surrounded by a sea of fire. If I sent soldiers forward to attack, I would just send people to die. , so all I could do was suppress my unwillingness and order the army to retreat.
But before retreating, Shibi's red eyes stared fiercely at Yanmen Pass in front of him, which was surrounded by a sea of fire, and he cursed in a deep voice: "Wait, since you dare to come and die together, why can't I wait a moment longer, wait Tomorrow, I will see how this dilapidated city wall can withstand the prairie knights,"
What I said at the beginning is not nonsense. After so many kerosene bombs were burned, although many Turkic soldiers were burned to death, it also completely burned the top of Yanmen Pass. There was no way to guard the top of the city. He said that the current Yanmenguan city wall is just a lonely city wall. The next time the Turkic army wants to attack Yanmenguan, they only need to rush up and climb over this wall. This is a piece of cake for the Turkic army. So what we have to do now is to wait until tomorrow, after the fire on the city is extinguished, and then order the attack.
After returning to the camp, Shibi asked Kang Sheoli to count the number of casualties in today's battle, and then rushed to the king's tent eagerly. Before that, Shibi had sent people to the king's tent for treatment of Elipheshe. Keeping his brother's injury in mind, he naturally rushed to the king's tent as soon as possible.
As soon as he walked to the king's tent, he saw Duoxin walking around the door of the king's tent eagerly. Although Duoxin and Elipheshe often bickered on weekdays, the brotherly love between them was equally deep. , this is just another way for them to express their brotherhood. Seeing Shi Bi coming, Du Xin immediately stepped forward and saluted Shi Bi. Shi Bi waved his hand, looked at the king's tent, and said to Du Xin. Xin asked: "How is it? How is Eliphesheth? Is there anything wrong?"
"The witch doctor is already treating the second brother, but according to the witch doctor, the second brother's injury this time is very serious, and I am afraid that his life is in danger," Duoxin immediately replied. When he said this, Duoxin said His eyes couldn't help but turn red, but the man on the grassland bleeds and doesn't shed tears, so Duoxin still held back the tears and secretly wiped the corners of his eyes. Duoxin said with hatred again: "Brother, I will personally do it tomorrow." If we attack Yanmen Pass, I will cut the old man who came to protect my son into pieces with a thousand knives."
"No rush," Shi Bi actually calmed down at this moment. He stretched out his hand to stop his yelling, then squinted his eyes and said, "Don't worry, Yanmen Pass has been burned to a terrible extent. We can drive straight in tomorrow." , cut off all the heads of Laihuer and the Dog Emperor, we will definitely avenge Eliphesheth,"
After hearing what Shi Bi said, Du Xin calmed down a little. Then, Shi Bi asked again: "By the way, how are the reinforcements of the Sui army in the south doing now? Is there any movement?"
"There is no movement yet," Du Xin took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down completely, and then answered Shi Bi's question in a deep voice, "Including the 20,000 troops who arrived last night, two more troops came today. The Sui army, a total of 40,000 troops, is now all stationed on a hill more than a hundred miles away from here. I sent people to check it out. In addition to the flags of Wanhe who was stationed in Guo County, the other two There are two flags, one is the flag with the character 'Gao', and the other is the flag with the character '王',"
"'Gao', 'Wang'," Hearing the aggressive answer, Shibi frowned. After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he exclaimed: "Could it be Gao Junyahe?" Wang Wei,"
Shibi suddenly read out these two names, but Duoxin was confused and asked with a puzzled face: "Brother, who are Gao Junya and Wang Wei? Have you heard of these two people?" name,"
"Well," Shibi nodded vigorously and said, "I also learned from my correspondence with Li Yuan that Gao Junya is the deputy city guard of Taiyuan and can be regarded as Li Yuan's assistant. As for that Wang Wei is the county magistrate of Taiyuan and controls part of Taiyuan's military power."
After hearing Shi Bi explain the origins of the two of them, Du Xin also asked in surprise: "Taiyuan, uh, brother, didn't Taiyuan Governor Li Yuan form an alliance with us? How come his people suddenly rescued Yanmen Pass and us?" against,”
"No," Shibi shook his head again and said, "Although Gao Junya and Wang Wei are Li Yuan's men, according to what Li Yuan said and the reports from our spies who stayed in Taiyuan, these two people are not sincere. He was actually working for Li Yuan. In fact, Li Yuan also suspected that these two people were the spies sent to Taiyuan by the Emperor to monitor Li Yuan. Therefore, they came to Yanmen Pass probably not because of Li Yuan. Perhaps, it was between Li Yuan and us. The connection has been exposed, so Gao Junya and Wang Wei personally led their troops to come to the rescue."
"But even if that's the case," Du Xin finally felt relieved at the end of his words, but soon Du Xin asked again: "If that's the case, then why didn't Li Yuan send someone to report the news? Huh, I think it's Li Yuan who is clearly harboring evil intentions. ,"
"Hmph," he heard the harsh words, but he smiled coldly at the beginning and said: "Of course Li Yuan is harboring evil intentions. Do you really think that Li Yuan will actually demarcate all the twenty-two counties around Yanmen Pass as agreed? In the hands of us Turks, Li Yuan clearly wants to wait until we and Gao Junya and Wang Wei fight to the death, and then he will reap the benefits."
Duoxin was much smarter than Elifushu, so he just said it so briefly. Duoxin knew the reason very well, so Duoxin immediately lowered his head and stood aside, saying: "Brother , then what should we do next, should we turn around and give the Sui army a head-on blow first, and then attack Yanmen Pass, or should we capture Yanmen Pass in one go first, and then slowly defeat the Sui army,"
Shibi's eyes darkened. Although he had just made a judgment, he soon hesitated again and lowered his voice and said: "I always feel that there is something wrong with it. Li Yuan knows very well that if he colluded with us, If it is exposed, the entire Li family will inevitably be in danger of destruction. Therefore, it is impossible for Li Yuan to act so carelessly, and it is even less possible for Gao Junya and Wang Wei to come with 20,000 people to cause trouble for us. With the strength of Li Yuan's men, The Taiyuan Army was fully capable of blocking the actions of Gao Junya and Wang Wei, so how could they let them run to Yanmen Pass so smoothly and bring more than 20,000 troops with them? This is really not in line with Li Yuan's behavior. attitude,"
Du Xin was also confused by Shi Bi's sudden change, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what do you mean, is there a fraud in this?"
"Well," Shi Bi had just suffered a big loss from the Han people, so he had to be more cautious in his actions. At this time, Kang Sheoli, who had been sent by Shi Bi to count the results of the battle, also walked quickly towards this direction. When he came over, he saw Shi Bi and Du Xin standing in front of the king's tent. Kang Sheoli hurriedly saluted Shi Bi and shouted: "Great Khan, in today's battle, 1033 people died at Yanmen Pass. Up and down, more than 20,000 people were injured,"
Today's battle, according to Shi Bi's request, was to attack with all strength, but the large amount of damage caused by this was basically what Shi Bi had expected. However, Shi Bi did not expect that the losses would be so serious. These more than 30,000 casualties, even if Shibi still has more than 200,000 Turkic warriors on hand, these more than 30,000 casualties are far beyond Shibi's acceptable range, so Shibi's first The reaction is whether the opponent really miscalculated and how could so many soldiers be injured or killed.
Kang Sheoli smiled bitterly and said: "Great Khan, until the warriors attacked the city, our losses and casualties were not large, but in the end we fell into the enemy's trick and nearly 30,000 people were trapped on the city. , less than half of the people escaped, so..."
It was Lai Hu'er again. Both Shi Bi and Du Xin clenched their fists hard. The debt would naturally be settled on Lai Hu'er. Du Xin immediately shouted: "Brother, why don't you wait until tonight and I'll bring it with you." Man, we have broken through this Yanmen Pass, otherwise, I really can’t swallow this breath,”
"Don't be impulsive," Shi Bi's face looked very ugly, but he still suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted in a deep voice: "Now we must first ensure whether the Sui army in the south is real. Besides, attacking Yanmen Pass at night is more dangerous. , It’s hard to guarantee that we won’t fall into the tricks of the old guy who came to protect our children. Hold it in, tomorrow, we will send a group of people to test the strength of the Sui army in the south. Well, Kang Sheoli, who was in contact with Li Yuan before Everything is handled by you. You are most familiar with the situation in Taiyuan, so I will leave this matter to you. You must find out where these Sui troops came from."
After receiving Shibi's order, Kang Sheoli immediately saluted and accepted the order. Shibi nodded, and his expression softened slightly. At this moment, a figure emerged from the king's tent. When he came out, he saw that this man was dressed in strange and strange clothes. He was the witch doctor admired by the Turks. After the witch doctor came out, he saluted Shibi and said: "Great Khan, Lord Elifushu's injury, the little one is injured." The person is under control, but in a short period of time, Lord Eliphesus cannot exercise vigorously. In addition, the villain needs to collect more medicinal materials to treat the burns on the Lord's body."
Shibi could clearly see the injuries on Elephashu's body. If the witch doctor patted his chest and promised that it would be cured immediately, Shibi would not believe it. When the witch doctor said this, Shibi immediately nodded and shouted: "Okay, okay, I don't care what method you use, I must cure the person."