Mayi County is in depth, about a thousand miles long, and the terrain varies greatly from north to south. The north is an endless grassland, and the middle is Wuzhou Mountain and Hezhen Mountain, which belong to the remnants of the Taihang Mountains, blocking Mayi County by half, and the vast mountains have been
It extends westward to the Yellow River, almost forming a perfect mountain surround, geographically separating the Central Plains and the grasslands.
However, there are countless passages running through the north and south in the vast mountains, less than one mile in the narrow part and dozens of miles wide. It is these passages that have become shortcuts for the northern nomadic peoples to fight to the south.
At this time, the Sui army had deployed more than 20,000 people on the northern border, commanded by Li Jing, the general manager of Daizhou. Li Jing divided more than 20,000 people into three armies, and about 5,000 people guarded the Zihe area to the west. The area was low and the terrain was flat.
It is a common way for the Turkic army to go south.
Another army also had five thousand troops to defend Yanmen County, mainly defending Junduxing and strictly preventing the Turkic army from entering Hebei from Junduxing.
Li Jing personally led 10,000 troops to station in Yunnei County, which is the Datong of later generations. It is located in a huge basin, mainly with hills and peaceful rivers. In the north, Wuzhou Mountain and Hezhen Mountain are natural barriers to block them.
The cold wind invaded the south.
The unique geographical environment makes Yunnei County humid climate, dense vegetation and fertile land. Dozens of rivers crisscross the area, making it one of the few agricultural areas in the central Mayi County.
It is also true that Yunnei County also made the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty hundreds of years ago, and still retains tall and sturdy city walls, exquisite palaces and ancient buildings and countless Buddhist temple statues.
Although the mountains in the north of Yunnei County blocked the invasion of the cold current, there is a natural passage about dozens of miles wide between Wuzhou Mountain and Hezhen Mountain, which makes the mountain barrier in the north unable to stop Hu Qi from moving south, and twenty north of Yunnei County
Bai Dengshan, which is still far away, is the place where the Huns army besieged Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han.
More than ten years ago, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty conscripted hundreds of thousands of civilians to rebuild the Great Wall, but the Great Wall still could not stop the Turkic army from moving south. At that time, hundreds of thousands of Turkic army entered the Great Wall passes.
Having mastered the simple siege technique, the Great Wall gradually lost its defensive effect.
At the head of Yunnei County, Li Jing stared at the north with heavy eyes. Although the Wutu tribe had sent people to ask for help three times, he still did not move. He only had 10,000 troops in his hand and could not fight against hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry on the grassland.
It can be wiped out.
If his army is defeated, then the Turkic army will not have any obstacles and will drive straight into it. The people of Mayi County will suffer a catastrophe. Li Jing judged the situation. He knew that his task at this time was to drag the Turkic army south.
The people of Mayi County retreated south to fight for time.
At this time, Li Hai'an, the deputy general next to him, whispered: "General Manager, will the Turkic army just want to wipe out the Wutu tribe, and then they retreat to the grassland. After all, it is winter and it will snow at any time. Will they really go south?"
Li Jing shook his head, "If it were just to wipe out the Wutu tribe, it would not have sent more than 200,000 troops, 30,000 troops would be enough. And it would not be possible to destroy a small Wutu tribe, and the military achievements of Xuli Khan were not shown.
, When the Turkic army was defeated in Fengzhou, they split and fell. If they wanted to cheer up again, they would still defeat the Sui army. At least they had to break into the Central Plains and plunder, so that Xuli Khan's prestige could be re-established."
As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, several cavalrymen appeared in the distance, rushing towards this side, stirring up rolling dust. This was the scout of the Sui army who came back. Li Jing quickly ordered: "Take them up!"
After a while, several scouts entered Zicheng and were taken to the city tower. The headed scout captain knelt down on one knee and reported: "The General Manager of Qiwu, Wutu's troops were caught by the Turkic vanguard south of Qifubo, and the casualties were extremely heavy,
Less than 10,000 escaped, and they fled to the Zihe area."
This news shocked Li Jing. There were more than 40,000 people in the Wutu tribe, and there were less than 10,000 people who escaped. Is the casualties so severe? He asked again: "Where is the army of the Wutu tribe? Their ten thousand troops arrived.
Where did you go?"
The scout captain shook his head. "I heard that I went north to resist the Turkic army, and there was no news again. I guess the entire army was wiped out."
Li Jing sighed slightly. Things have reached this point, and the Wutu department has been completely finished. Yang Yuanqing still wanted to build the Wutu department like he had supported the Qimin Department back then.
But the Turks had learned from the lessons of that year and annihilated the Wutu tribe in time, leaving no more troubles. More importantly, the Turkic army obtained the livestock of the Wutu tribe, and had solved the problem of military food, and could even spend the winter in Qifubo.
Thinking of this, Li Jing asked again: "Where is the Turkic army now? Have you gone south?"
"The Turks divided a army of about 20,000 to Zihe to pursue the last Wutu tribe. The rest of the army camped in the Wuzhou Mountain Pass area, about thirty miles away from Wuzhou City. General Yu asked Beiye to ask the general manager for instructions.
Will the city continue to stick to it?”
Wuzhou City is a military fort guarding the Great Pass of Wuzhou Mountain. Its circumference is six miles and its troops are stationed with one thousand people. Its role is mainly to prevent a small number of Turkic troops from invading Yunnei.
It is obviously meaningless to deal with hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops.
From Wutu's defeat, Li Jing realized the Turkish tactics, which was to divide part of the army to deal with the blocking force, and the main force continued to move south, and the same was true for the Wutu tribe, and the same would be true for the Sui army, only a small part was used.
The army dealt with the city, and then the army continued to move south. The Turkic army would never attack Yunnei City day and night.
If this is the case, it is actually meaningless to stick to Yunnei City. It will not stop the Turkic army from moving south. Instead, it will be blocked by the Turkic army in the city. At this point, Li Jing suddenly had a bold plan in his mind... Maybe he has a way
Delay the Turkic army southward.
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The Utu tribe's defeat was due to their misjudgment. They thought their army could withstand the southward advance of a large Turkic army and win them the time to retreat south. Therefore, they were full of family responsibilities and drove cattle and sheep to retreat south, walking slowly.
However, he sent 50,000 people to surround the 10,000 troops in Amuth, and he led 200,000 troops to chase him quickly. Finally, he caught up with the Wutu tribe on the south side of the grassland about 80 miles away from Qifubo.
After two hours of bloody looting and killing, nearly 20,000 young and strong men and old men were killed, women and property were looted, and blood stained the grassland red. Only Anuli and a small number of tribe members who were walking in front of the team escaped.
Despite this, Xuli Khan still wanted to eliminate the roots and sent the ten thousand tyrant commander Haji to lead 20,000 elite Turkic cavalry to chase and kill the remaining members of Wutu.
It was already deep in the night, and the Turkic army did not go south immediately. They needed to clean up and enjoy the occupied goods. They set up camp on the northern bank of the Qinghe River, about thirty miles north of Wuzhou Mountain.
A bunch of bonfires lit fires in the Turkic camp, roasting fragrant cattle and sheep. The millions of cattle and sheep seized from Wutubu and a large amount of hay became the best military ration supply for the Turkic army, so that they could not
Worry about insufficient food and grass.
Turkic soldiers surrounded the bonfire, drinking and laughing wildly and chewing barbecue. Teams of captured Wutu women were forced to dance in front of the bonfire. Many drunk Turkic soldiers would pounce on them with a lewd smile.
A woman pressed her to the ground, causing laughter from the soldiers around her.
The Turkic King's Treasure was also very lively. A small table was placed in circles, with thick and soft sheepskin on the table, and horse milk wine, dried fruits and plates of roasted lamb sitting in the middle of the big tent. The Turkic Young Sit
On both sides of the Great Khan Du Xin, there were dozens of chiefs and senior generals from various tribes.
Fifty young and beautiful Wutubu girls in the middle of the tent were divided into two teams, dancing to the sound of drums and fire-busting music.
Pei Sa, the chief of the Uighur tribe, raised the golden cup and respected Suli Khan, and said with a hearty smile: "Today, the Great Khan completely annihilated the Wutu tribe and established an unparalleled achievements. The grassland will surely sing the great achievements of Khan everywhere. Tiel
All tribes return to the heart of the Turks, and I represent the Uighur tribe to toast the Khan with fine wine, hoping that the Khan can unify the grassland as soon as possible.”
The Uighurs are not a Tiel tribe but a Tiel tribe title, including Weihe, Pugu, Tongluo and Bayegu. They formed the Tiel alliance to resist the Turks in the year of Daye.
Uighurs.
This time, the Turks sent troops south. In addition to the Turks' own 170,000 troops, there were also 40,000 troops each. Among them, the 40,000 troops of the Uighurs were the four tribes of Fenghe, Pugu, Tongluo and Bayegu.
Each sent 10,000 troops, led by the great chief Pei Sa.
Du Xin smiled indifferently. He could understand the implication of the Uighur Chief's praise, which was to ask him to withdraw his troops and return to the north and stop attacking the Sui Dynasty. He sneered in his heart, but his face was silent and he bowed slightly, "Thank you for your beauty in the chief."
It is said that although the wine is mellow, how can it be compared to the military achievements that are intoxicating? How can the wolves go on a battle and only catch a few thin sheep? The warriors' southern expedition has not ended. We will continue to go south to find more abundant prey.
After saying that, he raised his glass and drank the American wine in the glass. A whisper suddenly sounded in the tent. The Uighur chief Pei Sa sat down with some displeasure and said nothing.
In the Battle of Fengzhou the previous year, 30,000 of their Uighur League children died in battle, and the Turks have not made any statement yet.
Although Xuli Khan promised to compensate them, how did they compensate? When did they compensate, there was no mention of the slightest. Today, after obtaining so much property from the Utu tribe, wouldn't there be any share of the Uighurs?
Pei Sa is not actually opposed to attacking the Sui Dynasty. Instead, he hopes to agree on the distribution plan for the spoils before the war. He and Tongluo tribe and the Pugu tribe have discussed that if Suli Khan does not decide on the distribution plan in advance.
, They will no longer follow the south.
The dancing girl retreated, and the atmosphere in the tent became a little colder. No one spoke. They each drank and thought about their thoughts. Lingli Khan understood their thoughts. He had to make a statement.
He picked up the wine glass and stood up and said, "Of course there is a distribution plan. I have already considered it, so I will tell you! Whether it is the destruction of the Wutu tribe this time or the population and property plundered from the Sui Dynasty in the future, the military station has been replenished.
After the necessary consumption, the remaining population and property are divided into three parts, the first part accounts for 20%, and the number is distributed according to the number of troops sent by each unit. The second part is more important, accounting for 60%, and the number is distributed according to the military merits of each unit. The third part is
It is distributed to the fallen soldiers of each division, accounting for 20%. What do you think?"
There was still silence in the tent. At this time, Pei Sa said, "I have no objection to the first and third parts, but I don't understand the second part. Who will decide the level of military merit? Is it Khan decides or
Everyone sit down and discuss together?"
Suli Khan understood what he meant, and it was supposed to be decided by himself, but since he came up with the matter, he meant to ask everyone to discuss military merits.
But Xuli Khan was unwilling to use negotiation methods to decide military merits, which would mean depriving him of his supreme power as the Turkic Khan, which was contrary to his original intention of sending troops south this time.
Suli Khan glanced at the Khan Yinan from Xueyantuo's tribe, and wanted him to express his opinion.