In late autumn when there is no sunshine, there is a desolate scene outside Yangguan City. The hunting wind blew yellow sand all over the sky, and the world was shrouded in haze, exuding a secret chilling atmosphere.

"This weather is really going to snow."

Xirong general Kebia stood outside the tent, building a pergola with his hands, looking at the Yangguan city wall in the distance and said.

Around him, Xirong soldiers were busy digging trenches and setting up lassoes.

In the Xirong camp that originally numbered 200,000 people, now there were only 50,000 soldiers led by Kebia and 30,000 wounded soldiers left.

These 30,000 wounded soldiers were abandoned by Ashina Trabo and used as bait.

Most of them were injured in previous siege battles and were stained with gold juice. The wounds could not heal and became festering and hot.

With today's medical standards, it would have been difficult for these wounded soldiers to survive, so they were left behind, and the tribal leaders did not object.

The effective combat strength led by Kebia was only 50,000 people.

These 50,000 people were waiting for Chu Tianjiao to throw himself into the trap.

Kebia escaped with his life twice at the hands of Chu Tianjiao. How he hoped that this good luck could continue.

Unfortunately, he felt that his good luck seemed to have run out.

When Ashina Tuobo decided to use the withdrawal of troops as bait to lure Chu Tianjiao out of the city to fight, everyone felt that this plan was very good. If it succeeded, Xirong could fight a turnaround.

Even if they lose, they can still take the opportunity to retreat to Shazhou City.

This plan required a team of men to stay as bait. No general was willing to serve as the leader of this bait army, so Ashinatrabo had to let all the generals draw lots to decide.

Kebia was unlucky enough to be assigned the task of leading this decoy army.

"This is a piece of fat fed to Chu Tianjiao's mouth."

Kebia's eyes swept across the wounded soldiers camp in front and the slave soldiers doing coolies, and he sighed in his heart.

He believed that Chu Tianjiao would definitely take the bait, but with Chu Tianjiao's bravery, even if he took the bait, he would definitely tear the piece of meat in his mouth into pieces, and by then, he would probably be done with it.

Kebia didn't want to sit still and wait for death. He prepared two fine horses, wore armor, and held weapons in hand, preparing to flee immediately once Chu Tianjiao started to charge the camp.

Even if he ran into Ashina Trabo who had returned from killing him, he would have thought of an excuse.

Waiting is the most painful thing. Here you can see the shadow of Yangguan City Wall cast in the yellow sand in the sky, but you can't see clearly the scene in front of Yangguan City Gate.

Kebia kept sending scouts out to investigate, "Is Yangguan City Gate open?"

The answer is still no.

It had been one morning, and Ashina Tuobo and Youxian Wang Buzatuo had already retreated fifty miles outside Yangguan City to ambush. It was time to break out of the rear camp, but there was still no movement at the Yangguan City Gate.

"Chu Tianjiao won't give in and stop chasing, right?"

As soon as Kebia thought of this situation, he immediately denied his thoughts.

"That's a female tiger. She will never let go of the fat that reaches her mouth."

For the fifth time, Kebiah sent someone to immediately notify Ashinatrabo of the situation, which was thirty miles away from him.

The military order received was: "Make the noise of the camp withdrawal louder."

Kebia complained in his heart: "You have withdrawn 150,000 people, but the movement is not big enough? Unless Chu Tianjiao is blind, he will not know that you have withdrawn.

How do you want me to make a big splash? Do you want me to sing and dance, and play "Yangguan Sandie" to the Yangguan? "

Like Kebia, Ashinatrabo was also anxious at this time.

He led 80,000 elite men and broke out of camp in the morning to retreat to this area of ​​undulating sand dunes.

In anticipation of the ambush, the army did not set up camp.

At this time, the wind was strong. After Ashinatra took a mouthful of sand from the wind, he dismounted and asked his followers to form a circle, and he hid in the middle.

Bu Ying braved the wind and hurried over, reporting: "Father, Chu Tianjiao hasn't made any move yet. She won't really let us retreat and just ignore it, right?"

Ashina Trabo's heart was also beating.

If Chu Tianjiao didn't come, he would have to really retreat, but he was unwilling to just return in vain. He needed a victory so much to consolidate his reputation.

He began to recall the southern expedition and the several confrontations with Chu Tianjiao.

At first, he led an army of 200,000 to besiege Yangguan. He thought that Yangguan had insufficient troops and was a sure-win situation.

Unexpectedly, Chu Tianjiao used heavy armor to attack his camp at night from the beginning, severely damaging the Kebia tribe of the former army.

After that, Chu Tianjiao continued to use the tactics of exhausting his troops, harassing his military camp every night, but it was just harassment, not really a night attack.

Many days later, when the soldiers were accustomed to this kind of bluff, Chu Tianjiao suddenly launched an attack again, severely damaging the front army led by Buying.

This woman's resourcefulness and patience are amazing.

"Chu Tianjiao is not an ordinary reckless person, she must have guessed that we might use a trick to lure the enemy.

She didn't dare to risk going out of the city to raid Kebia. She was probably still waiting and watching, hoping to wait until we were on the road before suddenly pursuing us.

Maybe her scouts are watching us somewhere nearby.

In this way, the whole army was ordered to move forward and continue to move forward for thirty miles. They must put on a full show to make Chu Tianjiao believe that we are really leaving. "

Buying asked: "What should we do with the Nakbia tribe?"

After thinking about it, Ashina Tubo said: "Send the order to Kebia and ask him to move out, but go slowly. You can leave some seriously injured people on the road to use as bait."

Buying couldn't bear it and questioned: "Father Khan, will leaving the seriously injured soldiers shake the morale of the army?"

Ashina Tuobao was not angry and proud, and said coldly: "Buying, those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. They are all my warriors in Xirong, and they have no fear of life or death. Why do you need the kindness of a woman?"

Buying said no more and went down to deliver the order.

Chu Tianjiao had actually left the city long ago.

When the scouts reported last night that the Xirong people were packing their bags, Chu Tianjiao discussed countermeasures with the generals in Yangguan.

She, Chu Minyu, and Li Kuang, each with 20,000 cavalry, took advantage of the night to leave the city before dawn.

Although there are now 150,000 troops in Yangguan, there are only 60,000 cavalry.

All cavalry were dispatched to pursue them for the sake of high mobility and to prevent Ashinatrabo from cheating.

These 60,000 people made a circle, bypassed the Xirong camp, and arrived in front of the Kebia tribe.

The scouts sent by Chu Tianjiao reported every move of the Xirong people back to the army.

"It seems that Ashina Tuobo left a team of men and horses as bait. According to the observations of the scouts, there are about 70,000 to 80,000 people in the camp, including wounded soldiers."

"Sister, shall we make a surprise attack? With our 60,000 people, it won't be a big problem to capture 70,000 to 80,000 people, not to mention they still have wounded soldiers."

"Second brother, don't worry, Ashina Trabo and Buzato are thirty miles away now. I have to wait until they are farther away before taking action.

If they really retreated, according to their footsteps, these two groups should have walked a hundred miles long ago. They were obviously preparing to counterattack me.

If I don't fall for it, they will definitely do it more truthfully. "

Sure enough, as Chu Tianjiao expected, soon after, the scouts came to report, and both Ashina Tuobo and Buzatuo set off and continued to retreat.

The rear army led by Kebia finally showed signs of setting off.

At this time, Chu Tianjiao gave the order: "Send a signal to Yang Guan to clean up the spy."

After the signal was sent, the elite team ambushing outside Yangguan cleared all the Xirong scouts sent by Kebia.

Then, the 60,000 infantrymen led by Zheng Bei and Wang Zhi received Chu Tianjiao's signal and began to leave the city.

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