The grassland in early November is already bleak, withered grass and yellow, life is dull, and the boundless grassland becomes lifeless. Even the herdsmen on the grassland rarely see such ugly grasslands.

Because in previous years, the grasslands were covered with heavy snow at this time, and the world was covered with snow, so it was difficult to see the withered grasslands.

But the weather was extremely dry this year. It was November. There was not even a snow in the north. It was just two rains in September, which did not alleviate the drought. The drought in winter was extremely unfavorable to soil moisture, making it even worse

People's concerns about spring drought.

But after November, another worry swept the Sui court and the people, that is, the northern Turks might invade the Central Plains. This news came from Mayi County, and small Turkic sentries continued to invade the Sui Dynasty.

Kill and loot.

Generally, the Turkic army is composed of herdsmen. In normal times, these herdsmen live in grazing and live a carefree life. The Turkic army only gathers near the Khan's tent, and there will never be any wandering sentries on the border.

At this time, Turkic wardens appeared on the border, and there was only one possibility, that is, the Turkic army began to assemble on a large scale, and the emergence of the wardens was actually a signal.

Mayi County Wolf Claw Mountain, this mountain is named after the mountain looks like a wolf claw. It is located on the border of Sui Tu. A beacon tower is built on a cliff more than ten feet high. This is a beacon tower in the northernmost part of the Sui army, called Wolf

Claw Mountain beacon.

The beacon tower is three meters high and divided into three levels. A total of ten soldiers are stationed here. Every day, a pot of beacon smoke will be lit. If a small wave of wandering waves strike, two beacon smoke will be ignited, but if it is a large number of beacons

When the Turkic cavalry appears, the three-pot beacon will be lit.

Although there have been a constant stream of Turkic roaming and raids recently, and have also attacked beacon towers. However, because the terrain is too high, the beacon towers have never been broken by Turkic roaming and raids.

However, the soldiers in the beacon tower were under tremendous pressure of war. The rounds of roaming squad attacks caused five of the ten soldiers in the beacon tower to be killed one after another. Only five Sui soldiers were left to defend the Great Sui Dynasty, the largest group of the Sui Dynasty.

Military fortresses in the north.

Early this morning, a series of continuous vibrations woke up the sleeping soldiers in the beacon tower. Several soldiers turned over and looked at each other, wondering what had happened.

At this time, a strange sound came from afar, like the muffled thunder before the storm. The head fire chief suddenly reacted and shouted, "No!" He pulled his feet and ran towards the third floor.

In the third floor of the beacon tower, the eyes of several Sui soldiers became extremely frightened. They saw that a black line appeared in the north. The horizontal length was about ten miles, and the main force of the Turkic cavalry appeared.

Experience. They knew that behind this black line that was more than ten miles long, there would be an endless group of cavalry, with at least 200,000 to 300,000 people.

Huo Chang suddenly roared. "Light the beacon and escape!"

He and two soldiers climbed to the top of the beacon tower, lit the torch, and then lit the firewood and wolf dung in the big iron pot. Three wolf smoke rose into the sky, and the smoke rolled, conveying the news of the Turkic army's attack to the south.

Ten miles away, three pillars of wolf smoke ignited, spreading farther and farther away, and traveling to Taiyuan.

Soon, the boundless Turkic army rushed to the foot of the Wolf Claw Mountain. The black Turkic cavalry was like a black ocean, with endless reaching, with at least 200,000 troops. The Turkic army was a country where all the people were soldiers. As many young and strong men as they had, they had.

In the late years of the great cause in history, Shibi Khan led one million soldiers wearing armor to the north, seriously threatening the security of the Central Plains.

The Turks were another loose tribal alliance. In addition to the thirty-six tribes of the Turks themselves, they also controlled more than a dozen Tiel tribes. When the Turks needed to start a war, all Tiel tribes had to send troops to assist. The power of the Turks was

Whether it depends on whether it can control the Tielite tribes.

The Turks suffered a crushing defeat in Fengzhou. Although the strength of the Turkic tribes was severe, the Tiel tribes did not suffer much loss. However, it was precisely because the strength of the Turkic tribes that the Tiel tribes were weakened and the grasslands were divided, which made the Turkic slums unable to recover.

Falling rapidly.

It was impossible to revive the Turks in just two years, but they could give the Turks a chance. The internal strife of the Wutu tribe seemed to be a gift given to the Turks by the immortal god.

Chuluo Khan quickly seized the opportunity, defeated Uzhamu, and accepted the surrender of nearly 300,000 Wutu tribes, giving the Turks a strong confidence.

It was precisely because of this strong confidence to defeat the Wutu tribe that the Turks successfully convened the Tiel tribes to join the alliances. Almost all the Tiel tribe khans came to pay homage to the Turkic Khans, making the originally declining Turkic Khan stronger again.

stand up.

At this time, Chuluo Khan died of illness, his brother Jie Li Khan ascended the throne, and the Tiel tribes showed signs of centrifugation again, putting the Turks in an extremely dangerous but very subtle situation, and the newly ascended the throne

Jie Li Khan was very clear about the crisis facing the Turks and knew what to do?

If you want to save the Tiel tribes from no longer being centrifuged and to save the current crisis, there is only one way to use a brilliant victory to establish the supreme prestige of the Turks on the grassland. Jie Li Khan's eyes turned to the south, from the Turks

Wherever you fall, you must get up.

Jie Li Khan saw the civil war in the Central Plains, and he knew that he could use the discord between the Sui and Tang dynasties to find opportunities, so he sent two envoys to the Sui and Tang dynasties.

But while sending envoys, he began to assemble troops on a large scale. He assembled a large army of 170,000 Turks, including the original Wutu tribe, and borrowed 40,000 troops from the Uighurs and Xueyantu tribes to achieve his total strength.

Two hundred and fifty thousand.

Jie Li Khan held the war horse and squinted his eyes and looked at the beacon tower on the Wolf Claw Mountain not far away. He knew very well what the beacon tower marked. After passing this beacon tower, he entered the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty. Jie Li Khan waved his hand

, stopped the army from advancing.

He turned over and dismounted, knelt on the grassland with his knees, and then put his whole body on the grassland, extremely pious, as if he was feeling the revelation given to him by the God of the grassland. After a long time, he stood up, turned around and shouted: "Tengge

The place tells me that the grassland does not snow, and it is him who gives us the opportunity!"

His prophecy instantly spread throughout the army. More than 200,000 Turkic troops raised their arms and shouted. Cheers resounded throughout the grassland. Amid the cheers, Jie Li Khan waved his sword to the south and issued an order:

"Totally wipe out the Wutu tribe and loot the Central Plains!"

More than 200,000 troops galloped, like black tides sweeping across the grassland, whistling towards Fuqibo in the south...

The night was shrouding in Taiyuan Prefecture. Yang Yuanqing sat in the inner study and wrote a letter to Wang Shichong in Luoyang, telling him some changes in the situation.

Due to the massive invasion of the Turks in the south, the strategic deployment of the Sui Dynasty was disrupted. He had to make some military adjustments. The 50,000 Sui troops stationed in the Central Plains were reduced to 30,000, mainly deployed in Dongjun, Liyangcang and Xingyang County, and Sui Army

They will give up their garrisons in Yingchuan County, Runan County and Xiangcheng County.

The implication is to tell Wang Shichong that this time the Sui army would not be able to protect his safety, so he could only do it himself. This is actually the long front that the Sui Dynasty would be forced to shrink.

Just now, Yang Yuanqing had already written a letter to Xu Shiji and Lai Huer, ordering them to move as much of the Central Plains population to Hebei as possible.

As early as ten days ago, Yang Yuanqing issued a war mobilization order to various parts of the Sui Dynasty, ordering Pei Renji, the general manager of Fengzhou, to lead 10,000 troops to assist 30,000 households, and about 200,000 people moved to Lingwu County, and ordered the population of the Central Plains to be completely destroyed.

Many places may be moved to Hebei.

At the same time, rural farmers in counties north of Taiyuan tried their best to hide in the city and ordered local governments to arrange refuge for villagers.

At present, the total strength of the Sui army is about 250,000, but because the front line of the Sui Dynasty is too long and the deployment is relatively scattered, there are 20,000 people stationed in Huining County and Lingwu County, 30,000 people stationed in Zhongyuan and Liyangcang,

There are 10,000 people in Zhuo County, Hebei Province, 10,000 people in Liaodong, 10,000 people in Dunhuang County, 30,000 people in Hedong County and Henei County, and 40,000 people in the capital Taiyuan. In this way, they can be mobilized.

There are only one hundred thousand men left in the army.

Yang Yuanqing put down his pen and sighed softly. At any time, war will have a great impact on the people, especially the plundering invasion of alien races. If the preparations are not sufficient, it will bring serious disasters to the people of the Sui Dynasty. At the end of the Sui Dynasty in history

The Turkic cavalrymen came to the city of Taiyuan and plundered Hedong. Some soldiers came to the city of Chang'an and looted the entire Guanzhong. They took advantage of the inability to resist in the Central Plains at the end of the Sui Dynasty to enter the Central Plains again and again, looted women and property, and suffered from the suffering of life, so as to make the population of the Central Plains and the

The property losses were extremely heavy.

Yang Yuanqing knew very well that this time was very different from Fengzhou. At that time, nearly one million people in Fengzhou moved south to Lingwu County, and Hekou City was the last barrier, which prevented the Turkic army from invading the south, causing Fengzhou to suffer little loss.

The army can confront hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops based on the defense of the strong city.

This time, Hedong is densely populated, and after the Turkic army entered Hedong, there was almost no danger to defend. If the Turkic army was really killed into Hedong, it would cause heavy losses. More importantly, the Turkic army would not fight again to siege the city, so that

The Sui army lost its advantage in Fengzhou.

Moreover, at this time, the Turks' bow and arrow combat power was no less than that of the Sui army. In addition to armor, the Sui army had little advantage in other aspects.

On the side, Pei Minqiu silently packed the boxes for her husband. Tomorrow, Yang Yuanqing will lead the army northward. She is very worried. She can feel the heavy feeling in Yang Yuanqing. Even if the Turks launched a large-scale attack on Fengzhou, he would not have the same concern as today.

Many.

"Yuan Qing, is the situation this time bad?" Pei Minqiu finally couldn't help asking.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at his wife and saw that his wife was full of worry, so he slowly lay on the backrest, relaxed his body, and smiled as easily as possible, "It's not that serious, it's just that time is too short and the family business is too big, I

I was too busy for a while, so I felt that I was a little bit overwhelmed. The Turks were no big deal."

Pei Minqiu remembered something and hurriedly said, "Asduo asked me to tell you, begging you to try your best to save the Wutu tribe and not to abandon them."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I can only say that the Sui army will not go to the grassland to fight the Turkic army this time. If the Wutu tribe can go south in time, then maybe it can still protect them, but if they do not retreat south in time, I have no way.

Now.”
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