Turbulent Times Chapter 1392: Retreat and ambush
Using the light of the stars and the moon in the night sky, Shibi Khan let his younger brother Ashina Tuosi lead 30,000 people from his direct tribe to kill, and then he led a hundred thousand main force to quietly evacuate from Yanmen City.
The Turkic army withdrew from Yanmen City smoothly without any obstruction.
But Shibi Khan felt a little uneasy. Even at night, he tried to increase the galloping speed of his horses as much as possible, and led 100,000 cavalry to the north.
In fact, after leaving Yanmen City, some tribal leaders didn't listen to his orders very much, and he could barely control the 100,000 cavalry to retreat along the same route.
As for their Turkic tribe's army, Shibi Khan is naturally very clear. Their army is precisely a coalition model. His prestige is enough. All tribes, big and small, will listen to him because of his power. If the southward attack goes smoothly this time, his prestige will increase. No one dares to violate his orders, but it is different now.
In addition, their Turkic coalition forces have another feature, or drawback.
If the attack goes smoothly and the victories continue, their warriors will become more brave, and their combat power will even be increased.
Compared with the army of the Central Plains, their army does not have systematic military training and clear military discipline. They are currently in a state of fleeing, so they are more likely to be defeated than the Central Plains army. For example, at the moment, it has already begun There was a situation where the armies of various tribes did not care about each other, and even the leaders of several large tribes had blatantly violated the order of Sibi Khan, and rushed forward instead of following the previously planned retreat sequence.
Even Shibi Khan knew that their army hadn't separated and retreated yet. On the one hand, the army of the Sui Dynasty might catch up at any time, and they needed to get together to fight against the enemy. On the other hand, it was because they had the same retreat route before they passed Feihu Ridge. Although the road under their feet was not a must, it was the shortest road. They took other roads and took too many detours until dawn It is difficult to return to the grassland.
Although the main forces have been attacking Yanmen City these days, the counties in Yanmen County have been captured by the Turkic army after all. Tonight
The city of Yanmen County was broken again, so many Turkic soldiers still robbed a lot of property.
Sibi Khan once issued an order to let everyone abandon their belongings to reduce the burden on the horses so that they could escape more smoothly. Take it, anyway, it is dark at this time, as long as you don't hang around in front of Khan, you don't have to worry about Khan being able to see.
At this moment, several war horses carrying property from a tribe fell down, causing a big knot in the advancing team. Several Turkic warriors pulled the reins desperately, trying to cheer up the poor animals. But the war horse was panting heavily, and let out a whine of "哕哕!", and the war horse seemed to know that it was running for its life. It worked very hard, but it just couldn't stand up.
The Turkic warrior regretfully cut the rope on the horse's back, preparing to lighten the load for the livestock. Unexpectedly, Shibi Khan just saw this scene. In anger, he ordered his soldiers to run over and stabbed the sweaty necks of several horses with a knife.
Blood spurted up to a height of more than three feet, splashing the faces of those Turkic warriors like spring water. Naturally, their faces were full of anger, and their hands were already on the waist knives.
"The Great Khan has an order to give up all the fallen horses and belongings, and no one should waste time!" Ignoring the angry eyes of these Turkic soldiers, the soldiers shouted loudly.
Although it is not winter at this time, the night wind on the plug is very cold. The cold air from the northern grassland passes through the Inner Great Wall on the top of the mountains in the distance, making people feel icy cold. The sweat-soaked brocade clothes stuck to the chest and back, as hard as two pieces of iron.
But in this cold autumn night, Shibi Khan couldn't easily stop to change his clothes. As the master of the entire northern grassland, whether his movements are calm or not is related to the morale of the few remaining soldiers and horses in the brigade. If Khan himself panicked, the Turkic fighters below who had not received much systematic training would panic even more, and the 100,000 army might disband immediately.
Sibi Khan is not only an ambitious, thoughtful, and ideal Khan, but also a responsible and responsible Khan. There is a great relationship, so my heart is full of self-blame.
So, he insisted on not stopping to rest, insisting on ordering his subordinates to give up some of the looted property, killing old horses that were weak or stumbled, and insisting on asking his personal guards to carry the woolen big horse that represented the majesty of the sweat. To prove that the army is retreating in an orderly manner, not in a rout.
"Speed up, speed up and cross the mountain pass ahead, cross the mountain pass ahead, even if the Sui army catches up, we will not be afraid." Shibi Khan raised his horsewhip and shouted pretending to be calm.
When the people below heard Khan's calm voice, their minds were calmed down a lot, and the panic on their faces in the dark night seemed to have faded a little.
However, at this moment, a horn sounded suddenly.
"Woooooooooooooo..."
The horn sounded far away in the dark night, Shibi Khan heard it very familiar, but unfortunately the familiar horn sound was not necessarily the horn sound of their Turkic army.
When the horn sounded, all the Turkic people's faces changed drastically, and at the first moment, Shibi Khan also asked the orderlies around him to sound their horns.
The horn sounded at the beginning was an order for the Sui army to attack, while the Turkic horn sounded to tell the 100,000 troops to be alert and ready to meet the enemy.
It's a pity that this is a valley, a valley carefully selected by Li Shimin and Wang Rengong to ambush the Turks.
Almost at the same time as the Sui army's horn sounded, rumbling sounds came from the mountain beams on both sides, and many large and small stones rolled down from the mountain.
There is friction during the rolling of the stone, but unfortunately the **** is very steep, the friction is not as strong as the potential energy of gravity, the stone naturally rolls faster and faster, and even seems to have life, and the alien race who dared to invade Dasui Jiangshan in the mountain stream People smashed it.
If the Sui army rushed down the mountain, the Turkic warriors would grit their teeth and go up to fight even though they were panicked. The dismounted war horses also whined endlessly, and soon the screams rang out, and the entire valley fell into chaos.
Tens of thousands of stones smashed into the middle of the Turkic army in the valley, directly causing the death and injury of thousands of Turkic people.