When the last Turkic soldier was pierced by thousands of arrows, the battlefield became silent. On the one-mile-long mountain road, there were densely covered with Turkic soldiers who were shot. No one could come down, and no prisoners of war, together with
More than 5,000 people, including the head coach Han Zihe, were killed.
Li Jing sighed, "It's finally over!"
His sigh was filled with too much emotion, and the Sui Tu battle finally came to an end until this time.
Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, "This is just the beginning of the demise of the Turks."
Li Jing understood what Yang Yuanqing meant and said solemnly: "The humble position will not disappoint Your Highness, and will definitely destroy the Turks."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "This matter is over the Chinese New Year. Now we need to clean up Jingxing, send more brothers, try to protect the medicine as much as possible, burn everything that should be burned, buried deep, and do not leave any bad things.
as a result of."
Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but smile and said, "I originally wanted to come to inspect for ten days and half a month, but I didn't expect it to end in half a day."
"This is His Highness's great blessings and magnificent morale to the soldiers and destined the demise of the Turks. This is God's will!"
Yang Yuanqing laughed, "I didn't expect that General Manager Li also learned to flatter. If you could speak like this, you wouldn't have been so miserable."
After saying that, Yang Yuanqing patted Li Jing on the shoulder, turned around and went downstairs with a smile. Li Jing's old face suddenly turned red. This was the first flattering thing he said in his life, but unexpectedly he hit the wall heavily.
It's so embarrassing that I bit my tongue and wish I could bite it off with force!
The dozen generals next to him looked at each other with a very awkward expression. Seeing that his boss was losing face, it was not a good thing. At this time, Li Jing's expression returned to normal. He glared at the generals beside him, "I'm not the army yet, I'm ready to enter Jingxing
!”
The generals were so scared that they rolled and crawled down the city tower. An hour later, Li Jing sent 3,000 cavalry and fifty military doctors into Jingxing to clean up the filth left by the Turks.
According to Yang Yuanqing's order, no one will be left and all will be killed. The bodies will be burned and buried deep to prevent the plague from flowing out...
Yang Yuanqing did not continue to stay in Jingxing, he had other plans. In fact, he came to Jingxing just to inspect, boost morale, calm the morale of the army, and to give Li Jing a straight waist. The real commander was Li Jing. Yang Yuanqing's original plan was only two.
sky.
After leaving Jingxing, the three thousand cavalry went north and the road to Taiyuan became farther and farther. That night, the army set up camp at the foot of Bailu Mountain in Yuxian.
The lights in the tent were bright, and Yang Yuanqing was sitting at the table to review the memorials. The battle had come to an end, and another battle had not yet begun. This period was also Yang Yuanqing's most leisurely moment, and he felt completely relaxed.
At this time, the call from the personal soldiers came from outside the tent, "Who is it?"
"It's me, I'll ask to see Your Highness." This was Luo Shixin's voice.
Yang Yuanqing quickly glanced at Zhong Lu. It was already the hour of Hai. Has he not rested yet?
The personal soldiers appeared at the door, "Your Highness, General Luo is asking for a visit!"
"Let him in!"
The curtain was opened, Luo Shixin walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and bowed, "See Your Highness!"
"stand up!"
Yang Yuanqing put down his pen, smiled and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
Luo Shixin stood up and hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to ask Your Highness when will you attack Qingzhou?"
Yang Yuanqing glanced at him meaningfully, "What are you asking for this?"
Luo Shixin lowered his head, "I want to volunteer to attack Qingzhou. Within half a month, the six counties of Qingzhou will be handed over to Your Highness intact in half a month."
Since Luo Shixin married Dou Xianniang, he had to consider his wife's feelings. He wanted to capture Dou Jiande alive. Even if he was imprisoned for life, he might be able to save his life. He always wanted to find an opportunity to ask Yang Yuanqing for a fight, but in Guanzhong he wanted to say
, but he held back. Now as the war in the West subsided, Luo Shixin felt that the battle was getting closer and closer to the Qingzhou battle.
He knelt down on one knee again, "Please be sure of yourselves!"
Yang Yuanqing stared at Luo Shixin calmly, and after a moment, he said lightly: "You want to save Dou Jiande's life, that's it!"
"Your Highness!"
Luo Shixin's head was deeply buried, "I am selfish in my humble position. Please forgive me for your sins."
"Do you want me to pardon him?" Yang Yuanqing asked without saying a word.
"No!"
Luo Shixin shook his head repeatedly, "Dou Jiande is a dangerous person. He dare not let His Highness pardon him. He only hopes that His Highness can save his life. Life imprisonment may be the best way."
Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Dou Jiande is not Li Yuan, he is insignificant to me. Since he did not do evil in Hebei, it is not impossible to promise you. However, I want to tell you first that I will not attack Qingzhou for the time being."
Luo Shixin was stunned for a moment, "Last time in Guanzhong, did your highness say that the next step is to take Qingzhou?"
Yang Yuanqing laughed, "The situation of the war is changing rapidly, and the plan cannot be unchanged. The plan must be adjusted according to the situation. Dou Jiande and Liu Heita confront each other in Qingzhou. They can't make waves. I will use it if I keep them."
Luo Shixin wanted to ask again, but Yang Yuanqing waved his hand to stop him, "Don't ask anything now. I will fulfill your wish, but now you have to do another thing for me."
Luo Shixin was overjoyed. As long as Yang Yuanqing agreed, he could explain. As for the strategy of unifying the world, it was not something he should ask. He hurriedly said, "Please give me the order!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I want you to train new recruits for me. Now I have conscripted 50,000 troops, but it is not enough. I still need to conquer another 100,000 troops."
Luo Shixin understood in his heart that a Sui Chu battle had caused them to suffer enough of insufficient troops. He vaguely felt that Yang Yuanqing must have launched a magnificent war.
"What Your Highness meant is to let Bei Yi return to Taiyuan overnight?"
"No need. I have written to the Ministry of War. According to the current momentum, a hundred thousand troops can be recruited in half a month at the latest. I hope you can train me a strong army within three months."
"The humble position will never let down Your Highness's expectations!"...
The next morning, the team continued northward. Two days later, three thousand cavalry arrived at the Wuzhou Pass in the north of Mayi, which was also the battlefield of the Sui Tu battle. Niu Jinda led 5,000 Sui troops to be cleaned up and recovered.
At this time, the battlefield cleaning was gradually coming to an end. The bodies of the Turkic army fell into pieces and buried them deeply. The soldiers of the Sui army returned the bodies to their families, and the aftermath of the Ministry of Revenue also began.
The cold wind blew the field. The field was covered with snow. In the distance, there were dark Wuzhou Army City several miles away. There were hundreds of large tents stationed next to the army city, which was the main camp of the Sui Army after the disaster. At this time.
A team of more than 3,000 Sui cavalry rushed from the south, and it was Yang Yuanqing and his party who came from Taiyuan County.
There were still two or three miles away from the camp, and I saw the gray-white camp from afar. Yang Yuanqing slowed down his horse speed. He had already seen a team of cavalry running towards this side. After a moment, a team of cavalry rushed toward the sky.
The person in charge is the left-behind general Niu Jinda.
A dozen steps away, Niu Jinda turned over and got off the horse and ran forward a few steps. He knelt on one knee in front of Yang Yuanqing's horse, "Niu Jinda meets His Highness!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, please get on the horse and talk."
Niu Jinda got on the horse again and followed Yang Yuanqing to introduce the aftermath: "Report to Your Highness. The bodies of Turkic soldiers have basically been cleaned up, and the wounded soldiers have been sent to Taiyuan. The prisoners of war were handed over to the prisoners of war camp. The dead brothers and bodies
They were all returned to their families, and now they are mainly organizing various supplies."
Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked again: "How many cattle, sheep and war horses have been captured?"
This is a big event he cares about. Generally speaking, fighting against the northern nomadic peoples can seize a large number of cattle, sheep and horses. This is a very generous income, but most of them are rewarded to important officials and powerful people, but the soldiers who really fight are not worth it.
To this trophy.
Speaking of cattle, sheep and horses, Niu Jinda couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, it's exciting to say that this time, 130,000 war horses and more than 3 million cattle and sheep were seized."
This number made Yang Yuanqing very excited, "Is there so many?"
"There are so many, but most of them are the property of the Wutu tribe, which was seized by the Turks, and now it's ours."
After saying that, Niu Jinda was a little worried again: "A few days ago, someone from Wutu tribe came. I hope I will return the cattle and sheep to them. I will tell them that I can't make the decision on this matter. Your Highness, will it..."
Yang Yuanqing sneered, "According to the rules of the grassland, the cattle and sheep property is taken away, which means that the owner has been changed. They should go to the Turks to ask for it. These cattle and sheep have nothing to do with them."
For Yang Yuanqing, the Wutu tribe had no strategic value. He could not have built a Qimin tribe like the Sui tribe, and finally became his own northern threat. The Turks had already ended, and the Wutu tribe was gradually integrated into the Han Dynasty.
Nation will not allow them to be independent from the border.
As the grassland continues to fight, there will inevitably be a large number of nomadic tribes attached to the Sui Dynasty. Historically, the Tang Dynasty placed these nomadic tribes on the frontier to allow them to rule themselves. When the Tang Dynasty was powerful, these inner tribes could still keep their own affairs.
, However, after the decline of the Tang Dynasty, these inner tribes began to invade the Central Plains, following An Lushan and Shi Siming to plunder the Central Plains, bringing serious disasters to the Han people.
As the New Sui Dynasty, Yang Yuanqing could never tolerate this hidden danger and stayed there. The best way was to sinicize them, place them in the Central Plains, replenish the population of the Central Plains, and gradually sinicize them in a hundred years, just like Hu Hua, the Han people during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
In fact, the Tang Dynasty in history also adopted this method. For example, after the destruction of the country of Goryeo, millions of Goryeo people were escorted to various parts of the Central Plains to be resettled. The nomadic people were a little troublesome, but it was not impossible.
Everyone came to the military city. Now the military city has been temporarily changed to Sheep and Horse City. Millions of cattle and sheep are raised in the city. Instead, the army went outside the city to camp. Yang Yuanqing led everyone to the top of the city and saw the army.
There were dense cattle and sheep everywhere in the city, which was full of stench and hundreds of soldiers were specially taken care of.
"Your Highness, what should we do with these cattle and sheep?" Luo Shixin looked at the cattle and sheep and asked with concern. At this time, all the generals around him raised their ears with concern, which was related to their vital interests.
Yang Yuanqing had a slander in his heart, and he turned around and said to everyone: "All soldiers participating in the war can get one cow and two sheep, and the soldiers who fell into battle will be doubled. In addition, all Sui soldiers can get two sheep and new soldiers.
Then give a sheep, half of the remaining cattle and sheep are given to the court, and the other half is given to the generals of the army."
Everyone was overjoyed and bowed together, "Thank you, Your Highness!"