Time flies, five years have passed, and it has reached the fourth year of Renshou. Yang Yuanqing has grown into a fifteen-year-old young general. In the Sui Dynasty, this age was enough to start a family and start a business.
Four years ago, Datou Khan took advantage of the chaos caused by the death of Dulan Khan to unify the grassland and proclaimed himself Bujia Khan. The Sui Dynasty once again divided its troops into two groups, with Jin King Yang Guang as the west army.
The commander-in-chief, Yang Su, was the deputy commander, with Han Wang Yang Liang as the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, and Shi Wansui as the deputy commander. He once again sent 200,000 troops to attack the Western Turks and defeated the Western Turks army. In that battle, Yang Yuanqing won the victory for the second time.
Under the golden wolf-head banner of Bujia Khan, Yang Guang named him Yitong, becoming the youngest general in the Sui Dynasty.
In the following years, Yang Yuanqing led his men to fight dozens of large and small battles with the Western Turks, and he was promoted to the rank of general due to his accumulated achievements.
Yang Yuanqing finally broke through the stagnation period the year before last and entered a new stage of development. His bones and meridians grew rapidly. At this time, his height had grown to six feet three. According to the standards of later generations, he was 1.87 meters, with broad shoulders and a round waist.
, especially his arms are extremely long, his hair is tied high, and he is full of strength. His face is also much more mature than before, and his eyes have become as deep as water. There is a kind of light emitted by the pupils like a cat's eye at night, which penetrates the heart.
, he has a tall and slender nose and sharp-cut lips. Most of the time, he is silent, giving people a sense of calmness.
Yang Yuanqing had been learning archery from Yu Juluo for five years. At this time, his archery skills were no less than Zhang Xutuo.
, even Yuguluo's sword was defeated by him last year. In the warm flower blooming season, the warm sunshine shines on the endless grassland, the sky is as clear as a blue, as blue as a sapphire without impurities, and it is like...
The new and delicate grass was blown green by the spring breeze, and the unknown delicate yellow flowers poked out from the grass. The wind blew, they nodded slightly, and the slightly cool breeze carried the fragrant grass fragrance together.
Delivered, it's so refreshing.
A prairie falcon circled and flew under the blue sky, its sharp eyes watching a group of more than 300 Sui Army cavalry marching leisurely on the boundless grassland.
Fat Fish took a piece of paper and read it twice, then suddenly frowned and asked: "Old Kang, I forgot again, what does 'pin you by the neck' mean, and what does 'roast crispy duck over slow fire' mean?"
Kangba, a Sogdian, served as Yang Yuanqing's clerk. He was also Yang Yuanqing's Turkic and Sogdian teacher in recent years. Although Yang Sien and Liu Jian could also speak Turkic, they did not know Turkic writing, and Kangba
Si can not only speak, but also be proficient in Turkic writing.
Fat Fish, who has been promoted to brigade commander, also works extremely hard to learn Turkic, but his learning method is different. He likes to use homophonic sounds to remember each word. As for whether Turks can understand his "Yushi Turkic"
', then only God knows.
Kangbas chuckled and said: "'Budeng Ningli' means God of Heaven in Turkic language, and 'Manhu Laisuya' means the land of the sun, which can also be understood as the grassland under the sun. Fish Brigade Commander, you Turk
You can’t speak English well! Turks can’t understand you.”
Fat Fish scratched his head and laughed and cursed: "What the hell, this Turkic language is so hard to pronounce, when will I learn it?"
"Scoff!" Yu Chiwan next to him sneered disdainfully, "That's because you are half-hearted. One moment you brag about your skills in grilling fish, and the next you look for wild vegetables. What can you learn? Look at the general, he only learned it for seven or eight days.
In a short time, people can already speak in simple Turkic language, but you have been learning for so many years and you can only slow-roast crispy duck."
Fat Fish blushed and defended: "Can I compete with the general? The general is a son of a famous family, and I am just the son of a doctor. I live in heaven and earth."
Yang Yuanqing's identity has been known to everyone for a long time, but after getting along for a long time, no one takes his identity to heart. Only people like Fat Fish who study without seeking improvement would use it as an excuse.
Yang Yuanqing heard Fat Fish's excuse, turned around and said with a smile: "Old Fish!"
Fat Yu heard that Yang Yuanqing actually called him Lao Yu. He had always called him Fat Fish before. He was a little flattered and stepped forward and said, "General, you called me?"
Yang Yuanqing has always liked this fat fish brigade commander. He smiled and said: "I will teach you the fastest and best way to learn Turkic language."
Fat Fish was overjoyed, "What's a good idea?"
"Turkic women all like men who can barbecue. Aren't you good at barbecue? Next time I send you to the old town of Yudujin Mountain to do business with the Turks. If you show off your barbecue talent, women will surround you. Then
Then you learn Turkic from them! Maybe you can even carry a small fish home in the end."
The fat fish scratched the back of his head and asked in confusion: "General, what kind of little fish are you!"
The surrounding sergeants suddenly burst into laughter.
At this time, a cavalryman pointed in the distance and shouted: "General Yang, someone is coming from ahead."
Yang Yuanqing had already seen a group of Sui army scouts. He urged his horse to greet them. In a moment, several Sui army scouts arrived and bowed to Yang Yuanqing, "General, Chief Fish has arrived at Dali City and ordered you to go back immediately.
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After a pause, the scout said again: "General Changsun is here too!"
Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed. Changsun Sheng also came. He turned around and smiled and said: "General Changsun has sent us some wine, hurry up and go home!"
Everyone was in high spirits, speeding up and galloping south.
At this time, they were not far from the Yellow River. Half a day later, everyone arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, crossed the Yellow River directly on the temporary pontoon bridge, and entered the territory of Fengzhou in the Sui Dynasty.
Fengzhou is also the Hetao area, and was later renamed Wuyuan County. After the Yellow River entered the Hetao area, it was divided into two, a North Yellow River and a South Yellow River. After flowing for hundreds of miles, they merged into one and continued to flow eastward.
Then, between the north and south Yellow Rivers, the fertile Hetao Plain is formed.
The Hetao Plain has dense river networks, lush forests, and extremely fertile land. It has been known as the frontier fortress south of the Yangtze River since ancient times. Nearly 10,000 Han households reclaimed land on the Hetao Plain and thrived. The Sui Dynasty established Fengzhou here and stationed 5,000 troops.
The governor of the state is General Yu Juluo
The prefecture of Fengzhou is Jiuyuan County, located in the south of the Hetao Plain. In order to defend against the Western Turks in recent years, the Sui Dynasty built three strong castles in the northern Yellow River area, with a thousand soldiers stationed in each castle. Yang Yuanqing was one of them.
City Lord.
After crossing the Yellow River and walking for more than a hundred miles, Yang Yuanqing led his army to Dali City. Dali City was built close to an abrupt granite mountain. This mountain is about 100 meters high and looks like a Turkic dome, so the locals call it it.
Qionglong Mountain, this stone mountain is steep and smooth all around, making it difficult to climb, as if it is the work of nature.
Dali City is built with square stones and is extremely strong. The city wall is three feet high, in the shape of a half-moon, and has a circumference of about ten miles. It can accommodate tens of thousands of people. At present, in addition to a thousand garrison troops, there are also more than 700 households that have migrated from Lingzhou.
The Han people, together with the soldiers, have reclaimed hundreds of hectares of land on the plains outside the city in the past few years.
It was Chang Sun Sheng's suggestion to build castles here. Three castles were built in the northern part of the Hetao area. They could not only farm fields, but also recruit farmers from the Central Plains to farm here to solve the problem of military supplies. When the Western Turks invaded, they could hide in the castles for defense.
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In addition, the Sui army built twenty beacon towers on the cliffs beside the Yellow River. In this way, when the Western Turkic army arrived, the city of Dali could be informed of the arrival of the army hundreds of miles away.
As soon as Yang Yuanqing and his entourage walked into the city gate, Liu Jian, the centurion on duty at the top of the city, smiled loudly and said to him: "Yang Tou, Chief Fish invites you to go to Xuanwu Hall."
Yang Yuanqing's subordinates were all promoted along with him. Yang Sien, Liu Jian, Fat Fish, and Ma Shao were promoted to brigade marshals. Yuchiwan and Kangbas served as civil officials, and Yuchiwan served as warehouse manager, in charge of logistics and transportation.
, Kang Basi is the Ji Gong Lang, responsible for military copywriting.
Generally speaking, during non-war periods, the army reverts to its original system of army soldiers. However, the army soldiers in frontier fortresses are very different from those in the mainland. They are all professional sergeants, so the army soldiers in frontier fortresses and combat organizations are mixed together. For example, like Yang Yuanqing,
He should be a cavalry general in the imperial military system, but in fact, he was named a partial general.
Yang Yuanqing walked to Xuanwu Hall, which is the command center of Dali City. It is made of bluestone and named Xuanwu Hall because it looks like a turtle shell.
Yang Yuanqing walked into the lobby and saw three people in the lobby. One was Yu Juluo and the other was Chang Sun Sheng. Behind Chang Sun Sheng, there was also a young general standing, about fourteen or fifteen years old. He was plump and tall.
He is handsome, with handsome features, and is slightly shorter than Yang Yuanqing by half a head. He wears a thin silver armor with a gold-backed tiger-tooth knife next to him. He is obviously not a soldier. The armor and sword on his body are not customized by the army. Seeing Yang Yuanqing come in, the young general is curious.
He looked at Yang Yuanqing carefully.
Yang Yuanqing saw that his knife was made of fine steel and weighed about forty or fifty kilograms. Like Yu Juluo's weapon, it was also a gold-backed tiger-tooth knife. He couldn't help but be stunned, who was this person?
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