Before leaving, there is another key step, which is to gather some monks and Taoists to set up a feast.
On the Taoist side, Chu Shaoqing, a disciple of Lou Guan Tai Qihui and Xuandu Guan Taoist Sect in Daxing City, who is a great majesty to Yanda Zhenren, will each bring fifty of his disciples to hold a fasting ceremony in Zhongnan Mountain to ward off natural disasters and protect the town.
The emperor saves the people and protects the Western Expedition.
On the Buddhist side, Faneng, a disciple of Master Zhaoxuantong Lingzang, and Master Sencan, who temporarily resided in Daxingshan Temple and called himself Master of the Three Kingdoms, led 300 monks to set up a dharma field in the suburbs of Beijing to pray for the King of Qin.
This Sengcan is not the third ancestor Sengcan, but another one.
As we all know, there are six founders of Zen Buddhism: Bodhidharma, Huike, Sengcan, Daoxin, Hongren and Huineng.
Among them, the third ancestor, Seng Can, was indeed a person from the Sui Dynasty, but he passed away in the first year of Daye. The current living monk Can is also a great person, and often preaches Buddhism in Daxingshan Temple and Dachanding Temple.
What they do is actually to add B to the soldiers who go on the expedition, which has a great effect on stabilizing the morale of the military.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs will allocate some money as incense money to support Buddhist temples and Taoist temples.
In early March, the large armies mobilized from Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei arrived successfully. Zhang Dinghe from Hanoi and the bandit leader Xiao Mohe also arrived in the capital.
But Yang Ming still needs to wait a few days, because the Buddhist and Taoist rituals have not been completed yet. You cannot go on the road until others have finished, otherwise it will be unlucky.
According to Taoism, they will invite the divine power of heavenly soldiers and generals to protect our Sui soldiers. However, the divine power has not been invited yet. Even if Yang Ming wants to leave, the soldiers are not happy.
"Go and urge them. It's best to hurry up. It will delay things too much." Yang Ming sent Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to Zhongnan Mountain and the outskirts of Beijing respectively to urge them.
In the hall, Shi Wansui said: "Counting the days, Xuanting will almost arrive in Zhangye. I don't know who will make the first move between Tiele and us?"
Gao Yan smiled and said: "He is waiting for us, we are waiting for them. Don't worry about this kind of thing. As long as the time is right for me, it doesn't matter who comes first and who comes last. Your Majesty's intention is that the Murong clan must be completely wiped out this time."
, so the vanguard armies of Xuanting and Changsun Cheng will test the reality in the early stage, and when my army arrives, the war will begin."
Lintao County has been harassed by Tuguhun for more than a year. Changsun Cheng and Mai Tiezhang entered the Tuguhun territory on the pretext of killing the bandit leader.
In response to this, Murong Fuyun could only be dumb and eat coptis. Now he has sent people to the Sui Dynasty to negotiate, hoping that Chang Suncheng and the others can retreat. Yang Ming immediately wrote back, as long as the famous king who intruded on the Sui territory was caught, the Sui Dynasty
Withdraw your troops immediately. I am willing to help others and help you eliminate internal troubles. You should thank me.
As for Yang Xuanting's excuse, Zhangye County lost its army horse, so he went into Tuguhun to look for the lost horse.
Murong Fuyun was not a fool. He knew that the Sui Dynasty was going to deal with him, so he sent envoys to contact the Western Turkic royal court and Tiele Khan's tent.
Pei Ju is also negotiating urgently with these two families. Even though they usually bow to the Sui Dynasty, whenever there is a problem with the Sui Dynasty, they will fall out faster than anyone else.
However, Yang Ming and Gao Jiao estimated that only when the Sui Dynasty entered the battlefield and showed signs of decline, would the two families dare to turn against each other. If the Sui Dynasty was unstoppable, the only one who would be stabbed would be Tuguhun.
The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen.
On March 13, the army set off.
Shi Wansui, Zhang Dinghe, and Qu Tutong led the main force of 30,000 infantry troops directly to Huangshui County in Xiping County. Once they entered the country, they first drove all the Tuguhun people in Xiping County to the west and cleared the territory.
Xiao Mohe led his troops to Huining County, Wuwei County, and Zhou Fashang entered Hejin County, Chuihe County. These two groups formed the north and south flanks of Shi Wansui's main force.
Yang Ming led 20,000 Chinese troops to attack Jincheng County.
With great force, Wang Shi marched westward, left the capital, passed Fufeng County, Tianshui County, Longxi County, and finally reached Jincheng County.
"T, what the hell is this place? The wind is blowing again," Yang Xuanting led 500 people alone and stopped in the wilderness. He looked around and saw nothing.
Now he has crossed the Qilian Mountains and entered the territory of Tuguhun. In fact, Zhangye County of the Sui Dynasty had the Qilian Mountains as its border. Crossing the Qilian Mountains was not an easy task.
Fortunately, Yang Xuanting and the others came down along Fuyuan River. There were many scattered tribes on both sides of the river. They grabbed a lot of food and were not short of water.
Sun Kai, an aide on the side, said: "General, we can't go any further south. This place is only six hundred miles away from the royal city. There must be the main force of the enemy in the middle. Once we encounter it, something may happen."
Yang Xuanting nodded: "Immediately send someone to notify Gao Yin and Xu Chang, asking them to return north and meet at the river intersection two days ago."
After that, ten people from the team were divided and ran to the east and west directions respectively to deliver military orders.
Xuanting came out this time with 4,000 men. On his left and right flanks were the hussar generals Gao Yin and Xu Chang, each leading 1,600 men. In addition to Xuanting's 500 cavalry, there were also 300 roving scouts scattered throughout Zhou Dynasty.
After crossing the Qilian Mountains in the south, wilderness and valleys intersect. In places like this, more scouts must be sent out, otherwise there will be no time to prepare if there is a police situation.
Xuanting and the others began to return north slowly, until some cavalry came from behind to report, followed by pursuers, all cavalry, numbering about two thousand.
Xuanting then gave the order to speed up the march and always pay attention to the enemy's movements in the rear.
After running for more than ten miles, several riders circled down the valley in front and rushed to Xuanting:
"Report! There are a large number of enemy troops ahead, numbering between two thousand, and they are rushing towards here."
He had scouts, and so did others, and his whereabouts were also known to others. Yang Xuanting suddenly felt that something was not good. There were enemy troops on the way back north, and there were some behind him. Am I being trapped?
"I have large armies on my left and right wings, how can they get around me?" Yang Xuanting sat on the horse without panicking at all. This was what he had learned from his father Yang Su's training.
Sun Kai on the side opened a parchment map and said:
"It should be a famous tribal king in the Chewo Zhenshan area. We looted along the way. He must have received the news over there and came here. I'm afraid it's not the same as the enemy chasing behind us."
Yang Xuanting smiled: "Then they were really lucky. They actually caught me. They went east to meet Xu Chang and rushed straight to the car, Wo Zhenshan."
After that, Yang Xuanting clamped his horse's belly and headed east.
Cavalry battles can be summed up in four words: dithering, not gaining the absolute upper hand in strength, and generally not direct decisive battles.
Xuanting pulled east, and the Tuguhun cavalry, which was attacking from the north and south, also pulled east.
After Gao Yin, who was originally staying in the west, noticed this, he guessed that the situation had changed and followed him to the east. There were nearly ten thousand cavalry on both sides, all heading for Chewazhen Mountain.
Chewozhen Mountain is located in the upper reaches of Haoqianweichuan, on the northwest border of Xiping County, directly bordering Sui Dynasty. There is a city here called Qilian City, and the surrounding tribes, large and small, total tens of thousands of people.
With the Qilian Mountains in the north, the Chewozhen Mountain in the east, and the Haoqian River in the south, it is naturally a good place to live.
When Xuanting went south along Fuyuanchuan River, he specially avoided this place because he was nominally looking for horses, not trouble.
Before leaving, Pei Ju made it very clear that there should be no fighting.
He didn't have the guts to disobey Pei Ju, but this time, if he didn't fight, he might not be able to go back.
He had only traveled a hundred miles to the east when he bumped into Xu Chang on the west wing. Because there were also pursuers in the east, he was currently in a situation where he was surrounded on three sides.
"The situation is not good. The enemy knows that I am bound to return north. Even if we break through to the north, I am afraid there will be an ambush waiting for us in the direction of Yuanchuan. We need to send people to take a detour immediately and go to Zhangye to find Duke Pei for help," said Sun Kai, an aide.
Yang Xuanting shook his head: "Zhangye doesn't have many soldiers, and most of them are infantry. It's hard to quench the thirst of people near by water far away."
After saying that, Xuanting put the horse on his shoulders and looked north:
"This general cannot be defeated. If you disgrace the King of Qin, you will also disgrace the family. Let's form a formation and break out to the north."
Then, the combined 2,100 cavalrymen began to form a formation, divided into three groups, each group consisted of ten cavalrymen, and began to march north.
In the wilderness ahead, enemy troops have appeared on the horizon.
Tuguhun's clothing style is very similar to that of the Sui Dynasty, but it is also very simple. The armor and stomach are also similar, and more suitable for horse fighting.
The chief general, Ba Mu She, whose surname was Murong, was the eldest son of the king of Qilian City. He was ordered by his father to drive out the Sui army that had penetrated deep into the valley.
Yes, their initial goal was to drive them out, because Bamushe didn't know yet that there were pursuers behind Xuanting's butt and to the east.
If he knew about it, he would definitely annihilate Xuanting.
With the upper hand, he sent a team of envoys to negotiate with Xuanting, but the Sui army on the opposite side suddenly began to speed up.
"Form up!" Bamushe shouted, and the troops behind him raised their spears.
"Kill!" Tu Mu She took the lead and led his army to charge down.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, it was a super chaotic scene. Yang Xuanting was a famous warrior. He had served as a vanguard general when he fought against the Turks. He knew that he was not the eldest son, and he could only win his father's favor by risking his life.
After stabbing three people to death with a horse spear, Xuanting continued to command the army to break out.
And their intention was also discovered by Bamushe.
Are they going north? My order is to drive them out of the north. In that case, why risk my life?
So Bumshe began to lead his central army to deviate to the flank, thinking of giving them a way to pass.
As soon as he moved, the other defense lines were instantly in chaos. Xuanting took the opportunity to tear open the defense line, and it was already a smooth road to the north. Unfortunately, Xu Chang was surrounded by the rebel army and could not escape, and he could not abandon Xu Chang.
So Xuanting gritted his teeth, made a detour, and led his troops directly towards Tumushe.
Gao Yin on the west wing was already very close to the battlefield, but he noticed that there were a lot of pursuers behind Xuanting, so he inserted himself directly into the middle and came into contact with another cavalry army in Tuguhun in a river valley.
A battle of extreme chaos began.
The cavalry on both sides were so confused that they couldn't distinguish between you and me, and corpses were scattered all over the mountains and plains.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the war came to an end for the time being.
Xuanting only led more than 1,500 people to break out of the siege, while Gao Yin had been divided by the enemy and had no choice but to lead his army to flee west.
At the foot of a mountain sheltered from the wind, Xuanting was covered in blood.
"To the west is the Tuolai River. There is also a famous tribal king there. Gao Yin is in danger," Sun Kai said with a gloomy face.
Yang Xuanting spat on the ground and said solemnly: "Let's also go west to rescue Gao Yin."
"General, don't take risks," Sun Kai advised.
Yang Xuanting got on his horse, put the horse's pole on his shoulders, looked up at the stars in the sky to confirm the direction, and said: