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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

This night, the second battle broke out at the junction of Hebei and Hedong, Feihu Trail.

Unlike the Xinzhou War, this war was not large in scale, but more bloody and cruel.

After dusk, Cheng Mingzhen personally led the troops, together with Huang Junhan, the Duke of Sima Guo in Youzhou, and eight hundred elite troops. They drove their horses into Feihu Trail, dismounted and marched on foot ten miles from the mouth of the valley.

At about the same time that Liu Rengui and Dugu De set fire in Dingxiang County, the Hebei Tang Army finally arrived at the mouth of the valley.

Cheng Mingzhen first sent scouts forward, trying to get into the camp and open the camp gate.

This camp was built with red bricks by Li Shan back then. It is located at the west entrance of Feihu Trail, and troops can be sent to block Feihu Trail at any time.

It seemed to have been waiting for a long time, but it didn't seem to be long. Suddenly, a roar pierced the sky. Huang Junhan took the lead with a knife and rushed forward.

The camp gate was already wide open. The Tang Army scouts touched the outer perimeter, but were discovered when they opened the camp gate.

There was a melee between the two sides. Huang Junhan, wearing iron armor, simply pounced sideways and knocked over two Turks and a Tang soldier. The guards behind him screamed and rushed into the formation, killing the Turks all the way back into the camp.

The sneak attack had failed. Cheng Mingzhen sent people to report the news with torches, and led the remaining soldiers to attack.

The brutal fighting began. Cheng Minzhen didn't know how many enemy troops there were in the camp, let alone whether there were still troops on the west side of the camp, but that was all he could do.

In general, the Tang army still had the advantage. After all, they were warriors selected from more than 10,000 troops in Hebei, and they were all wearing armor. However, in the camp, the Turks' riding skills had no place to use, and they were still fighting because of the Khitan cavalry. Escape has just settled in this camp.

Cheng Mingzhen held a long knife and chopped down a Turk who had just stabbed a Tang soldier to death. He retracted the long knife and stabbed straight into the heart of another Turk. From the corner of his eye, he saw Huang Junhan not far away surrounded. The guards are struggling to support themselves.

He threw the long knife suddenly and hit a Turk on the head. Cheng Mingzhen pulled out the long knife that poked the Turk's corpse on the ground and killed it with several guards around him.

"Go right, go right!" Cheng Mingzhen reminded loudly, as a steady stream of Turks were pouring out of the passage on the right.

Huang Junhan ran towards him with his sword in hand without saying a word. After a moment of fighting, almost all of the twenty personal guards around him were dead, which shows how brutal the fight was.

Cheng Mingzhen gasped, looked around, gave loud orders, and deployed his troops. Under his command, waves of Tang soldiers pounced on them in turn, holding back the Turks who came out.

The camp built by Li Shan was not very big and could only accommodate more than a thousand soldiers. The front and middle parts were empty for rapid dispatch of troops. The rear was the sleeping area, the right side was the horse stable, and the left side was the arsenal.

In the slightly open field at the front, soldiers from both sides were fighting in close combat. The Tang army wanted to seize this camp to ensure that they could capture Feihu Trail and receive follow-up troops. However, the Turks launched a crazy attack, trying to pass through the Tang army and reach the horse fence. I believe that as long as you can mount a mount, you can successfully escape even if you cannot defeat the Tang army.

Both the enemy and ourselves were fighting hard, and the rain of arrows from the rear caused the soldiers to fall one by one. However, the Tang army had a slight advantage because of its excellent equipment.

But the Turks knew very well that the Tang army was already in front of them. If they could not get out, death would be the only outcome, so they did not retreat even though they suffered heavy casualties.

Watching the men fall down one by one, Cheng Minzhen turned livid, turned to look at the horse pen, and mobilized a hundred people to lead out the war horses. Anyway, the venue was slightly larger, so he released the Turks and had a horse charge.

At this moment, a sudden fire broke out, Cheng Minzhen's expression changed drastically, and a raging fire broke out behind the camp... This was naturally done by the Turks. Cheng Mingzhen immediately understood that there must be Turkic troops not far from the camp, and the Turks were trying to report the news.

Huang Junhan, who had returned from five armored battles, was also panting, "Close the door?"

Now that the fire broke out, no one knew whether Shuang Shiluo and Tian Liuan, who were the follow-up soldiers of the Tang army, arrived first, or whether the Turkic reinforcements arrived first and closed the camp gate, at least having a chance to hold on to the camp.

Cheng Mingzhen's face was distorted. The next moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "Set fire, set fire!"

"set fire?"

"Set fire!" Cheng Minzhen shouted loudly: "Lock them behind, and send people to guard the left side. Leave five hundred people behind, and the rest will lead the horses!"

Huang Junhan realized that if he stayed behind closed doors, he could indeed hold the camp, but if the Turkic reinforcements arrived first, they could block Feihu Trail.

The terrain of Feihu Trail is dangerous and the road is narrow. If a large force of Turkic troops blocks the west entrance, even if Shuang Shiluo charges with cavalry, it will be useless... This is something that cannot be done. The troops cannot be deployed, and no matter how strong the Tang cavalry is, it will not be able to use its ability to charge into the formation. come out.

Shuangshiluo's previous attacks were blocked here. This was the main reason why Cheng Minzhen chose to march on foot ten miles away and attack at night.

"You stay here..."

Before Cheng Mingzhen finished speaking, Huang Junhan had already mounted his horse, commanded loudly, and gathered hundreds of troops to lead the horse out of the stronghold.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger. The Turks did not expect that the Tang army would also set fire. But the wind was blowing from the west today. The fire took advantage of the wind and set fire to the entire backyard of the camp.

The Turks roared and wanted to rush out. Some of them were covered in flames and rushed out regardless of life and death. Cheng Minzhen calmly asked the soldiers to block the debris in front, and then set a fire to turn the passage on the right into a It became a scene of fire.

They kept raining arrows and led out dozens of war horses. A dozen Turkic soldiers finally fought out. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty drove their horses to charge and defeated the opponent easily.

The problem in the camp is no longer serious... Although I don't know how many Turkic troops there are, at least the possibility of rushing out is slim. While watching the battle, Cheng Minzhen asked his soldiers to climb up and look into the distance.

But not long after, Cheng Mingzhen's face darkened, and what he feared most happened. There was the sound of horse hooves on the west side, and Turkic reinforcements arrived.

Cheng Mingzhen's luck was really not good. In fact, there were not many Turkic troops in Yuzhou originally. However, because the road outside Yanmen Pass was too narrow and the troop dispatch was too slow, tens of thousands of Turks were eager to return north... It snowed, and heavy snow fell in Daizhou early in the morning.

Therefore, some Turkic tribes are preparing to return to the grassland from Yuzhou. Some go north from Yuzhou, and some take the Feihu Trail... The Khitan and other tribes who go to Hebei from the Feihu Trail before dusk are an example.

In other words, several large-scale tribes are in Yuzhou, staying in the area from Lingqiu to Laiyuan, that is, from Lingqiu County to Feihujing, so they can quickly come to help.

Huang Junhan did not choose to hold on. He knew very well that he could not hold on. Instead, after the scout reported back, he immediately led 500 cavalry to attack.

A more tragic war broke out.