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    On August 22, Qili Fushe Ashina Duli and 20,000 Chongxian arrived at Bailangsai, flying from Yunneicheng.

    Bailangsai is about two hundred miles away from Yunnei City. From receiving the news to making a decision and flying to the destination, Beilu's speed was already very fast. However, after traveling day and night, he was exhausted and had to rest.  .

    In the other direction, Zhilifa Kangshouli and five thousand Beibei Jingqi also arrived at Jinshatan Beach.  He immediately sent scouts across the mountains and ridges to inquire about the military situation. He also sent a team of troops to check the Shenwuchuan River and asked them to wade across the Sanggan River to explore the situation in Shenwucheng City to prevent him from being attacked behind his back during the fierce battle.  Raid from Middle-earth.  Then, escorted by his attendants, he entered the golden beach to inspect the battlefield.  Seeing this, Kang Sheoli felt very heavy.

    Everything you see is high ground, horses, trenches, earthen walls, and rows of giant spears. From the golden beach to the pile of yellow flowers to the white wolf fortress, these simple and practical defensive formations are covered.  In the distance, on the hills on both sides of the avenue, you can still see imperial soldiers digging soil and trenches, and you can vaguely see various flags flying in the dense forest further away.

    How many imperial troops are there in Bailangsai?  The Chinese people deliberately set traps to complete the siege. What is their ultimate goal?  Could it be that the emperor of China was so arrogant that he could stop the Turkic army in Daibei with the help of Jialan and the Yanbei army and inflict heavy losses on the Turks?

    Kang Sheoli did not believe that the Chinese people had such strength.  Judging from the blocking formation set up by the imperial army at Bailang Fortress, the main force of the imperial army should be on the Taiyuan and Yanmen lines, which bought time for the Northern Army to evacuate.  Kang Sheoli returned to the camp and immediately reported the news to Shibi Khan.  From the development of the current war situation, we can roughly guess the decisive battle strategy adopted by the Chinese people, so this time he made a straightforward suggestion to evacuate immediately.

    On this day, Ashina Duli and Kang Sheoli completed the deployment of the front and rear flanking attack on White Wolf Fortress. However, because the army needed to be repaired, various preparations before the storm, and correct analysis and judgment of the development of the battle situation were needed.  Therefore, neither army launched an attack immediately, which gave the Yanbei army valuable time to further improve and strengthen the Bailang fortifications.

    That night Jialan gave the order.  The main army of Yanbei entered the position and took all the time to rest in order to regain their strength and prepare for tomorrow's fierce battle.  However, the Army Corps continued to transport military supplies to Bailang Fortress and ensured the safety of the transportation channel between the fortress and Qingpi Road.

    Also on this night, Ashina Duli and Kang Sheoli established a relationship.  The two sides agreed to launch attacks from the north and south of Bailangsai at the same time on the 23rd.  Considering that the Middle-earth people are well prepared.  Use strong fortifications to force the Turks to dismount and fight.  Therefore, tomorrow's battle will actually be about the Turks using their own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths.  Not to mention the odds of winning, the losses caused by close combat alone were unbearable for the Turks, but they had no choice. The White Wolf Fortress was the only retreat for Shibi Khan and the Turkic army to retreat to the desert.  No matter how much the cost is, no matter how many soldiers are lost, we must fight to the death in a bloody battle.  For this reason, both parties agreed to fight to the end with the determination to both be destroyed.

    On the morning of August 22, Mayi Governor Wang Rengong and Wu Yalang General Zhang Lun commanded the main force of the Northern Army to suddenly rush out of Loufan Pass.  Defeated the Gebei prisoners who were patrolling outside the pass.

    Then the troops were divided into two groups. One group was commanded by Wang Rengong as the main force to attack Juzhu Fortress; the other group was commanded by Zhang Lun and directly attacked Sangqian Town on the bank of the Yellow River, captured its Jinkou, and cut off the connection between Shanyang City and Juzhu.  , and is responsible for intercepting the Beilu army in the direction of Shanyang City to ensure that the main force of Daibei will not be trapped in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides when attacking Juzhu Fortress, and also to ensure that our main force can safely withdraw to Loufan Pass when the attack fails.

    In the late afternoon, Zhang Lun led three thousand generations of northern soldiers to capture Sangqian Town with thunderous momentum.  Captured Sangganjinkou.

    The main force of the Beilu who occupied Shanyang City had followed Kang Sheoli to attack the White Wolf Fortress. The remaining troops had limited strength, and they did not expect that the imperial army guarding Loufan Pass would take the initiative to launch a counterattack, so they waited for the battle to happen.  Such drastic changes made it extremely difficult for them to mobilize troops to retake Sanggan Town.  The situation was very passive for Beilu.

    The Turkic generals who stayed behind in Shanyang realized that the situation was critical. On the one hand, they organized troops to attack Sangqianjin entrance in an attempt to open up the connection with Juzhu Fortress. On the other hand, they sent hundreds of thousands of people to alert Kang Sheoli.

    ?Also this afternoon.  The old commander Wang Rengong commanded nearly ten thousand generations of northern elites to launch an attack on Juzhu Fortress.

    The Beilu who were stationed at Juzhu Fortress were very surprised, and their generals also realized that the war situation had changed.  Moreover, the changes were not conducive to his own side, so while holding on to the key points, he urgently reported to Shibi Khan.

    At the beginning of the day, Khan received the second alarm from Kang Sheoli.  The first alarm was received yesterday. Kang Sheoli said that Bailangsai had fallen, and he led his troops to fight at Bailangsai.  The second alarm was serious. Kang Sheoli probably attackedIt was probably Jialan and his Yanbei army who were blocked by the white wolf. Then Kang Sheoli made further inferences based on this, saying that Yanmen was a trap, that the war situation was reversing, and that the situation was unfavorable to the Turks.

    Shibi Khan was skeptical about this, after all, Kang Sheoli's analysis and inference of the battle situation lacked effective evidence.  In addition, Kang Sheoli mainly considered this decisive battle from a military perspective due to his different location, while Shibi Khan and Mohe Dushe had to consider this war from a political perspective.  Now the emperor of the Middle Kingdom is surrounded by the Northern Army, and victory is close at hand. As long as the city is captured and the emperor is captured, absolute military and political victory will be achieved.  This temptation was so great that Shibi Khan, Mohe Dushe and all the powerful people in the Yazhang consciously ignored the bad consequences of complete failure if the success failed and the success fell short.

    Shibi Khan was worried that this matter would shake the morale of the army, so he deliberately concealed it. However, contrary to his expectations, he received an urgent report from Juzhu Fortress at dusk that day. An imperial army suddenly came out of Loufan Pass and attacked Juzhu Fortress.  Note, the connection between Shanyang City and Juzhu was interrupted.

    Shibi Khan was shocked. His first judgment was that the Central Turks had begun to counterattack. The reinforcements from the Taiyuan direction may have taken the way of Mount Nao to Loufan Pass, and then fought out from Loufan Pass, cutting the Turkic army in half.  .  There will be two possibilities next. If Yanmen is a trap and the imperial army has already prepared its troops, then the main Turkic force attacking Yanmen will surely be surrounded by the Central Turks.

    There is another possibility that Taiyuan's reinforcements were limited in number and could not directly rescue their emperor, so they adopted the strategy of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao, and attacked Juzhu to induce the Turks to make a wrong judgment on the war situation.  Then he evacuated Yanmen in panic.

    Which inference is correct?  Shibi Khan and Mohe Dushe analyzed repeatedly. They made a judgment based on a series of messages recently sent by Kang Sumi, the commander of the Selection Front Army. The imperial reinforcements from the direction of Taiyuan had not yet entered the Yanmen battlefield. The two brothers immediately decided not to maintain the established strategy.  Change and continue to attack Yanmen City.  As long as Yanmen is captured.  Captured the Emperor of Middle-earth.  If they win the final victory in the decisive battle between the North and the South, they will surely win unprecedented results.

    Shibi Khan sent an envoy to the front line of Guocheng overnight and told Kang Sumi, commander-in-chief of the Selected Front Army, that the war situation was changing.  The imperial troops guarding Loufanguan suddenly came out to counterattack Juzhu, causing the connection between Yanmen and Shanyang to be interrupted.  According to the speculation of the headquarters, the imperial troops in the direction of Guocheng might not be able to hold on anymore, and they were worried that the Turks would swarm down and kill Taiyuan, so they ordered the imperial troops guarding Lou Fanguan to launch a counterattack against the Juzhu Fortress.  Trying to induce the Turks to make a wrong judgment on the war situation and then evacuate Yanmen.  Accordingly, the headquarters ordered Kang Sumi to use all his strength to capture the city of Naocheng. If the city could not be captured, the key passes outside the city must be cleared, and the imperial troops coming from the direction of Taiyuan must be intercepted to the south of Mount Laoshan.  A partial division was sent to attack Loufanguan, forcing the imperial army that counterattacked Juzhu to withdraw to Loufanguan and hold on.  Then ensure that the battle situation is always under your own control.

    At the beginning of the war, Khan sent troops to reinforce the Juzhu Fortress, making sure to ensure the safety of the pass. At the same time, depending on the development of the battle situation, he would choose the opportunity to counterattack and cooperate closely with the friendly forces attacking Loufangguan from Shanyang and Naocheng.  In order to ensure that the Turkic army can enter and exit freely and unhindered in Daibei territory.

    Late at night on August 22, Xue Shixiong, the left-behind general of Zhuojun, Zuoyuwei and Wuyin Gong, arrived in Zhuolu and entered Yanbei's camp.  At the same time, there were nearly 10,000 Youzhou soldiers who arrived at Xingyuan.  In addition, there are about 30,000 soldiers who are rushing to Yanbei day and night.

    The one who stayed behind was Gai Wenda, a famous scholar from Hebei. He was pleasantly surprised and reported to Xue Shixiong in detail the latest situation in the Daibei and Yanbei battlefields.

    Daibei battlefield.  General Jialan launched an attack on Bailangsai at dusk on the 19th, and fell in one fell swoop.  On the 20th, the two thousand northern captives who crossed the river from the direction of Shenwu City were wiped out on the Jinshatan Beach and Shenwuchuan lines.  Judging from the time, Qili Fushe Ashinaduoli who was stationed in Yunnei City and Qilifa Kangshouli who was stationed in Shanyang City should be on their way to the White Wolf Fortress, or have already arrived at the White Wolf Fortress.  Next, Yanbei's army will engage in a bloody fight with enemies several times their size at Bailangsai.

    On the 21st, Hongru Liu Xuan led most of the officials and thousands of civilians from Yanbei who were recruited to arrive in Anyang Town and began to transport military supplies to the Bailangsai battlefield.

    On the Yanbei battlefield, the two Yingyang Mansion ten regiments led by Xue Wanche have arrived at the southern foot of Beishan, temporarily easing the crisis of garrisoning the Yanbei Changcheng Town and preventing them from continuing to worry about the empty city strategy.

    Fu Duanyi and Xue Deyin were still negotiating with Chi Jishe Ashina at the northern foot of Beishan.

    Judging from the time, Chi Jishe will soon receive news from Bailangsai or Yunneicheng. Once he is sure that the Yanbei army has marched into Daibei, he will definitely launch an attack on Yanbei.  Regardless of the outcome of this decisive battle, and regardless of the fate of Shibi Khan, if Chiji wants to win the war in the desertTo gain the trust and support of Yan Bei, we must launch an attack on Yanbei and play a vital role in this decisive battle.

    In addition, what makes Gai Wenda most anxious is that the connection between Yanbei Xingyuan and the emperor and the palace has been interrupted, and there is no contact with Taiyuan. Currently, he knows nothing about the battle situation on the Yanmen and Taiyuan lines.

    After Xue Shixiong listened carefully and carefully to Gai Wenda's story, he suddenly asked, "How strong are the thieves in Taihang Mountain?"

    "Zhongda (Kong Yingda) reported back that Wang Xuba, Wei Daoer and other bandit commanders have kept their promises and there is no sign of coming down yet."

    "Mr. Kong is still in Taihang Mountain?" Xue Shixiong was slightly surprised.

    Gai Wenda smiled and nodded, "It is about the safety of China and the mainland, so there is no turning back."

    "Good!" Xue Shixiong praised, "Tell Mr. Kong and ask him to do his best to hold back the Yan and Zhao thieves, so as to help our soldiers from the Central Plains defeat the northern captives and win the decisive battle between the north and the south."
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