The night sky in the Northern Plateau is something that cannot be seen in the Central Plains. The vast stars fill the entire night sky, as if black velvet is covered with silver sand, without any empty space.

In the palace of King Zhenbei, King Yuwen Haotian of Zhenbei was pacing and thinking deeply. He walked out of the meeting hall of the palace alone and came to the platform facing the north.

From the highest point of Gulu Pass, he looked at the largest city-state in the north. Gulu Pass under the night sky of the Northern Plateau was quiet and peaceful, not at all like a place that had been plagued by wars. There were still a few lights in the city late at night.

Shining in the distance, echoing the stars in the sky, giving people warmth and hope.

This man in his forties has a tall and strong body, a cold head and a resolute face. He stares forward with deep and calm eyes. The night wind lifts and flutters his handsome robe.

Touching the two strands of hair beside his ears.

Less than twenty years ago, this was a small town with less than 100,000 people. Now it has become an important town in the north with a population of nearly 700,000, prosperous economy and trade, abundant people and abundant resources, and a large concentration of wealthy businessmen.

More than thirty years ago, his father Yu Wenbo was worshiped as the Prime Minister of the Dafeng Dynasty. One person was less powerful than ten thousand people. He had supreme power and was the most important minister in the court.

The late emperor Wu Yuwang once said to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: "I conquer the world, and you have one of you." This is true. King Wu was able to conquer the world only because of the great help of the Yuwen family, which was known as the richest in the world, and also because of Yuwen's family.

The eldest son, who was already famous in the world at that time, was said to be as talented as the sky, and had a plan as deep as the sea. Only with the help of Yu Wenbo, an unparalleled commander, could he finally pacify the six kingdoms of the Central Plains and unify the world.

After King Wuyu brought peace to the world, he established his capital in Youjing, named his reign "Wuzhi" and his country "Dafeng". He worshiped Yuwenbo as the Prime Minister of the country, and implemented a series of reforms to enrich the people and strengthen the country.

After Prime Minister Yuwen worked hard and worked hard to promote comprehensive reforms in the political, economic and military aspects, the initial stability of the country was ensured. The old system was abolished, the tax system was reformed, the national economy was rapidly restored and developed, and the military's combat effectiveness was greatly improved."

Both "civilian governance" and "martial arts" were very effective, and there was a prosperous scene of peace and prosperity for the country and the people, which was known as the "magnificent scene of martial arts".

However, the good times did not last long. In the 14th year of the reign of Emperor Wu, King Wuyu died, and Concubine Huang's son Wu Shizhong succeeded to the throne. Concubine Huang's family became increasingly powerful, and gradually controlled key departments and important positions in the court.

Because of his old age, Yu Wenbo also resigned from the position of Prime Minister and returned to his hometown. The Yuwen family became increasingly weak, but because of its high prestige, it still had a decisive influence in Dafeng Kingdom. Moreover, because of Yu Wenbo's

The eldest son, Yuwen Haotian, was appointed as the internal bodyguard and commander of the 500,000-strong imperial army. He had a large number of troops at his disposal, and was in charge of two major intelligence agencies and security agencies, the Internal Security Department and the Huben Army. This made the forces surnamed Huang dare not underestimate him.

Later, under the instruction of Concubine Huang, the then-emperor Wu Shi Lieutenant General Yu Wenhaotian was granted the title of King of Zhenbei, which was actually deprived of power. He was transferred to the northern border far away from the capital to guard the northern border.

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As a non-royal family with a common surname, being granted the title of king by the emperor was considered a high honor. The Yuwen family had no choice but to obey, and Yuwen Haotian had no choice but to take office immediately.

At that time, there were not many Central Plains residents living on the Northern Plateau. There were only a few cities, and the largest Guluguan City only had tens of thousands of people. It was robbed and harassed by northern nomads all the year round, and local wars often broke out. However, the imperial court stationed troops

Less than 60,000 people.

Yu Wen Haotian brought only less than 2,000 of his elite soldiers and generals to the Northern Territory to take office. Before leaving, his father Yu Wenbo personally taught him the secrets of border governance, telling him how to promote governance through war and how to ease ethnic conflicts.

How to promote the integration of northern ethnic groups and stabilize national rule.

After taking office, Yuwen Haotian took advantage of his advantage in intelligence work to conduct a full investigation of the folk customs, sentiments, social, economic and military conditions in the entire area under his rule, so that he could have a clear idea.

He discovered that there are many ethnic minorities in the north, such as Khitan, Turks, Tufan, etc. There are often wars between these ethnic groups or between tribes to compete for territory, and they also take turns coming to harass and rob the Han people, although the invading enemies are large in size.

They are not very big, but because these ethnic groups have strong folk customs and are good at riding and shooting. They all have fast horses and light cavalry, and they come and go without a trace, making them hard to guard against.

There is a long section of protective wall outside Guluguan City, a key town in the northern region. It has been damaged a lot in the years of military chaos and is no longer continuous and neat. The soldiers stationed in the city rely on these intermittent walls to defend themselves against intruders.

The enemy is fighting.

One of his subordinates suggested to Yuwen Haotian that the walls outside the city should be renovated and integrated into one body to better resist the enemy. However, King Yuwen did not adopt it and instead ordered his soldiers to demolish all these walls.

This move was questioned by many officials, who believed that the barbarian soldiers were only fast horses and light cavalry. If there was no protection wall outside the city, the enemy troops would march straight in, and our bows, arrows, artillery, trebuchets, etc. would not be able to exert greater lethality.

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But King Yuwen didn't think so. He felt that although these protective walls outside the city could resist the enemy's attack and had no decisive effect on the outcome of the battlefield, they dispersed our limited forces. At the same time, they could break through the enemy's defense line.

If you use bows, arrows, artillery, etc. to attack, you will definitely hurt your own people and cause unnecessary casualties. It is better to let the enemy troops in directly and concentrate your own forces to annihilate them.

After the protective wall outside the city was demolished, there was a flat plain outside Guluguan City, which was connected with the vast grassland outside the city, and there was no longer any obstruction.

After the news spread, several leaders of the Turkic tribes gathered together to discuss and decided to take advantage of this opportunity to lead their troops into Gulu Pass to make a fortune. They then united and sent 40,000 troops to invade.

After receiving the news, the atmosphere inside Guluguan City was very tense. Everyone was as panic-stricken as if they were facing a powerful enemy. Some people had packed up their belongings and prepared to leave the city for refuge.

There were less than 30,000 troops stationed in the city, and 20,000 soldiers were arranged by King Yuwen to complete a secret project. Only 10,000 soldiers were actively practicing and deploying defenses in the city, preparing to defend themselves against the enemy.

Wang Changyi, the commander of the troops in the city, suggested that the king of Zhenbei quickly transfer the troops from several cities in the northern region to Gulu Pass to strengthen defense, but King Yuwen refused to adopt it. He smiled and told him to face the enemy with confidence. He has his own skills to defeat the enemy, so there is no need to worry.

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When the enemy army came to the city, they looked at a large area of ​​densely packed black grassland outside the city. They were all riding horses and holding swords. They all had high morale and looked arrogant.

Looking at the city here, there are only 10,000 spearmen and swordsmen lined up under the outer wall of the city, preparing to face the enemy. On the city wall, the archers and artillery soldiers are not in place, and they are preparing to face the enemy in an empty city.

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The generals on the city were all panic-stricken when they saw the situation, but they saw King Yuwen of Zhenbei standing on the top of the city, looking calm and unfazed.

As soon as the trumpet sounded, the enemy troops immediately rushed towards Guluguan City with thousands of horses and shouts.

The soldiers under the city held their spears and swords tightly in their hands and stared nervously ahead, preparing to fight to the death with the invading enemy.

When the enemy's cavalry rushed halfway, they suddenly heard the sound of a cannon, and then two chariots rushed out from both sides of the city. On the chariots stood two generals of the King of Zhenbei. They were Chen Jinchao and

Duan Fei and two generals.

After the two chariots, hundreds of chariots each followed. However, the shape of the chariots at the back was very different. It was pulled by three heavily armored horses. On the cart was a huge long chariot.

It was a square wooden cabinet with windows on all four sides, and it was vaguely visible that the car was filled with soldiers.

Led by two generals, nearly a thousand tanks rushed towards the oncoming enemy troops.

When the two sides were tens of feet away, the two generals who were rushing in front raised their flags and waved, and suddenly thousands of arrows were fired from the chariot, hitting the enemy cavalry camp.

The Turkic cavalry who were caught off guard immediately suffered numerous casualties and fell off their horses. The remaining cavalry continued to charge forward without losing their fighting spirit at all.

When the two soldiers met, the enemy cavalry came to our chariot. When facing the large wooden box on the chariot, they felt that they had no idea what to do. Suddenly, dozens of spears pierced out from the chariot, knocking the enemies off their horses one after another.

, another mass of casualties.

When the cavalry coming from behind saw this, they wanted to avoid the chariots and pass through the space between the chariots. Unexpectedly, there were iron ropes connecting the chariots. At this time, the iron ropes were suddenly tightened and pulled up, turning into a stumbling rope.

, the war horses were unable to get out of the way, and all of them were tripped to the ground. The Turkic soldiers on the horses immediately rolled to the ground, and were attacked by the spearmen and swordsmen who caught up behind them, just like chopping vegetables with their claws. The Turkic soldiers who landed on the ground were

Like a fish on the shore, it has no power to fight back.

But seeing the chariot rushing forward, it formed a crushing force against the enemy's cavalry. It was so powerful that the enemy was unable to parry after a while, and the whole line was defeated.

After chasing the chariot for a while, they stopped pursuing and returned home, cleaning the battlefield along the way and winning the battle. In less than half an hour, more than ten thousand enemy soldiers were killed, wounded and captured.

It turned out that after Yu Wen Haotian repeatedly and carefully studied the tactics of the prairie cavalry, he discovered the loopholes in cavalry combat, and personally designed a wooden cage chariot to defeat the enemy cavalry, and asked General Chen Jinchao to lead 20,000 people to secretly build it. Sure enough, today's battlefield

On the battlefield, the wooden cage chariot played a miraculous role in defeating the enemy.

Seeing that the enemy had won a complete victory without any effort in less than half an hour, all the civil servants and generals who were watching the battle with the King of Zhenbei on the city wall couldn't help but marveled, and all praised the King for his strategic planning and the victory with surprising troops!


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