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Chapter 1344 The Beginning is the End
"My husband, you will definitely return victoriously."

"I have been in and out of the battlefield seven times. I am going to expand the territory and build a career to make our family richer. Ladies, live a good life at home and teach the children. I will be back in one or two years."

In front of the gate of the Jiangning Mansion, Wang Yan, dressed in formal attire, said goodbye to a large number of wives, concubines and children. Without them seeing him off, he rode away with his twenty pieces of clothing.

Wang Yan was promoted to the rank of county duke, and his number of followers increased, and now he had more than 50 people. Of course, he actually had more followers, which was the normal operation of a military general. Which general didn't have a hundred or eighty private soldiers under his command?

And the big families, without the protection of armed forces, how dare they go overseas to make a fortune?

But Wang Yan didn't bring that many people with him. Some people were just there to pass messages and do things, and most of them stayed at home to do things. His troops were all killers, and they were very reliable...

When they arrived outside the city, they met up with Li Jing and the second and third generations of some other families. With Yang Guang seeing them off ten miles outside the city, Wang Yan and his party rode at full speed to Yanmen.

Wang Yan's fighting ability was well-known, and his casualties were also well-known to be low. Of the 600 people who went out, more than 300 were able to return alive. Although there were also many injured and disabled, more than 200 people were able to continue to serve in the army and continue to fight after recovering.

A 50% survival rate and a 30% health rate, this is too exaggerated.

Of course, there was also the reason that Wang Yan had raised the Youbi tribe, but in the eyes of the senior officials of the Great Sui Dynasty, the Turks were obviously not considered human beings. Moreover, this time Wang Yan had more troops, replacing the Turkic soldiers. Similarly, in the eyes of the senior officials, the big soldiers were not considered human beings either.

Therefore, in order to provide for future generations, senior officials sent their legitimate and illegitimate sons and daughters who could not inherit the title to serve under Wang Yan, and followed him to fight in battles and make meritorious deeds.

The son of a noble family wants to fight for his future and also wants to ride a horse to kill the enemy. There are always people who are unwilling to give up and are not afraid of death. Besides, if they follow Wang Yan, the possibility of survival is still very high.

Wang Yan’s battle plan has also been finalized. As long as they can survive, everyone can get a military honor.

Therefore, the nobles and the powerful families all let their descendants follow Wang Yan to the battlefield to gain merit.

Of course, not everyone can be included, only loyal princelings can be included. Of course, not everyone can be included in the family, but there is a certain limit on the number.

According to Yang Guang, this list was finalized after it was decided that Wang Yan would be transferred to join the war.

After all, they are all ambitious. Their martial arts and knowledge are sufficient, but they just don't have much experience. If a large number of second- and third-generation young masters were stuffed into the 20,000-man army as officers, it can be said that Wang Yan has already lost this battle.

It is because of their lack of experience that their handling of battles is not up to standard. They also lack the calmness of veterans who have fought many battles, and panic when faced with difficulties, which is a taboo in military strategy.

It was reasonable to consider these reasons and arrange these people in various positions according to their family background. However, the highest position was only a deputy governor, an adjutant of a hundred generals, and he followed orders.

Wang Yan generously vacated a few spots in his guards, but unfortunately no one chose to follow him into battle...

A group of men rode fast horses and traveled lightly with only armor and weapons. It took them only half a month to reach Yanmen.

Arriving here, the moment he took over the military power, it also marked that Wang Yan, the commander-in-chief of the Yanmen Army, had supreme power here, and everything was subject to his will.

But Wang Yan didn't have so many quirks. Before going to war, he had to kill a few officers to establish his authority and concentrate power. He really didn't need these methods.

Because he already has a great reputation here, the 20,000 soldiers who are ready to go know that they will fight with him, and they have already been shouting.

Wang Yan was able to adapt to the fast journey, but it affected the condition of Li Jing and others. So Wang Yan ordered a few days of rest, and he also looked at the various logistical supplies prepared for this grassland war.

There were piles of dried meat, grain, salt and other food, sachets to repel mosquitoes and flies that Wang Yan had prepared for war, various medicinal materials, countless strong liquors, swords, spears, and halberds, not to mention the densely packed cold arrows. And they were still being produced and transported to Yanmen.

At the same time, Wang Yan also began to study the various intelligence transmitted, and sent out scouts to collect battlefield information here.

Wars are fought with logistics and information. They have been fighting with the Turks for several months. The market in Yanmen has been closed. The Youbi tribe, which has developed into a large tribe with more than 10,000 soldiers, is also sharpening their knives. It is impossible that Dulan did not know the news.

It's just that Yanmen, and even the entire Bingzhou, are stockpiling heavy troops. They have fought a few battles here before, but after confirming that Wang Yan was in charge, they withdrew their troops and stepped up the training of soldiers, waiting for Wang Yan to come and fight fiercely.

He also showed great respect to Wang Yan and also placed great trust in him.

After all, to be honest, his only battle record was the grassland battle that year, although the record was exaggerated...

This time, the number of troops Wang Yan could mobilize was not 20,000, but 30,000. It was just that the 10,000 troops from the Bi tribe were not counted as humans.

Wang Yan, wearing a light and comfortable undershirt, looked at the grassland map that he had drawn in the past and had been continuously improving over the years. On it were marked all the movements of the Turkic tribes collected since the war began.

"Pharmacist, I'm asking you to be the chief steward. How are you going to fight this battle?"

"The Great Sui Dynasty sent 17,000 cavalrymen from the Bi tribe to attack from all sides, plundering people, cattle, sheep and horses. The remaining 13,000 people escorted food and weapons and followed from a distance to provide support. When they got horses, they switched from foot to horse, and swept all the way."

Li Jing was talking about the big strategy. The specific four-pronged attack was a method of warfare and tactics, which required command and adjustment on the battlefield, so it was hard to explain in detail.

This is mainly due to the characteristics of the grassland. The Turks are nomadic and they only have tribes. Even if there are a few small cities, they are just small earthen walls, which are not even comparable to the county towns of the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, when fighting on the grassland, it is impossible to make detailed deployments to capture a city or occupy a pass like fighting in the Central Plains.

Fighting on the endless grassland is actually very simple in general. It is to find the enemy and then destroy them. How to find and how to destroy them are the key.

So Li Jing didn't hit the point, and it was impossible for him to hit the point directly. Wang Yan nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "That's what I think. The infantry must not go into battle, otherwise they will die. Our cavalry cannot be mobilized, and the same goes for the Bi tribe. We have to guard against the Turks coming around, and we also have to protect the tribes as they migrate. So we have 4,000 out of 7,000, and they have 8,000 out of 10,000. But our troops are not limited to the ones we have now."

"Oh?" Li Jing expressed his confusion.

Wang Yan took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "You are still talking about the Youbi tribe, have you forgotten how the Youbi tribe came about?"

Li Jing suddenly realized, and then patted his head: "Brother, you are thoughtful and have great means. The Youbi tribe is the most loyal tribe to our Great Sui Dynasty. It's really amazing."

"It's nothing strange. I just want to live like a human being and live a better life."

Wang Yan was very pleased with the Youbi tribe. Of course, it might be because he had brought too much pressure to the Youbi tribe, which was both terrifying and kind. Even as time passed, the wolf-like Turks still deeply remembered the mighty and cruel general blessed by Changshengtian.

Of course, more importantly, the Sui Dynasty accepted Wang Yan's advice on the treatment of Youbi tribe and implemented economic control over Youbi tribe. It did not collect too much cattle, sheep and horses from Youbi tribe, and at the same time, relying on the convenience of the market, the people of Youbi tribe lived a good life for many years.

They could eat food, trade for many building materials, build sheds, and even if the snow blocked the grassland in winter, they would not suffer as heavy losses as before. At the same time, Wang Yan also sent experienced people to study with them how to raise more cattle, sheep and horses, how to avoid livestock diseases, and how to treat them.

At the same time, Wang Yan also firmly implemented education, and also brought a number of poor scholars to teach them to read and write, and to localize them.

The local officials who carried out the operation did not treat the Youbi tribe too harshly. After all, they had the market and could make a lot of money. At the same time, the Youbi tribe was not given for nothing. It was a strong army that followed Wang Yan across the grasslands and went in and out seven times.

The local officials in charge of implementation certainly didn't have the guts to force the Yubi tribe to rebel. It wasn't just the Yubi tribe's problem, it was also about Wang Yan, Yang Guang, and the overall deployment of the Sui Dynasty against the Turks. Anyone who messed up this would be cut into pieces.

Moreover, a lot of wealthy families are making their fortunes here. If anyone ruins their business, it won't just be a matter of the death of a local official. The entire family may be destroyed by the angry wealthy families.

After all, destroying someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. This is a serious vengeance...

In a word, the people of the Youbi tribe lived a good life, so they were inclined towards the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, their tribe was very attractive to other Turks, which led to many people defecting from their original tribes. This was also the reason why the Youbi tribe was able to continue to grow in the past decade.

After hearing Wang Yan's words, Li Jing nodded and said, "That's true. The people of Youbi are more stable than the people of our Great Sui Dynasty, and their lives are better. It's all thanks to my brother."

"Why does it sound like you're scolding me?"

Wang Yan smiled and waved his hand, interrupting Li Jing's words, and then said, "I know what you mean. Go, pass on my military order, four thousand cavalry..."

Wang Yan took on the role of the marching commander-in-chief and began to arrange the mobilization of various troops and supplies.

It was not difficult. To sum up, there were only two points. First, all the troops stationed in Yanmen were sent to Youbi, and the logistical materials were also transported to Youbi. At the same time, 4,000 cavalrymen of the Sui Dynasty and 8,000 cavalrymen of Youbi were assembled.

The more important point is that despite the opposition of everyone, Wang Yan still allocated military supplies to the Youbi tribe. The Youbi tribe were all cavalry archers, and Wang Yan provided them with a large number of bows, crossbows, and a huge amount of arrows, and also equipped them with light armor.

The purpose is to further enhance the combat effectiveness of the Youbi tribe, and at the same time to avoid the mercenary mentality of the Youbi tribe, because after this battle, the grassland will be governed and no discrimination can be made.

At the same time, in order to integrate the two sides, Wang Yan merged and disbanded all the cavalry, and reorganized them according to the ratio of one Great Sui sergeant and two Bi tribe sergeants, with the officers mainly from the Great Sui and assisted by Turkic officers.

Wang Yan personally led 1,000 Sui troops and 2,000 Youbi cavalry. The remaining 10,000 cavalry were divided into 20 groups of 500 people each, and they went deep into the grassland and attacked from all sides. Wang Yan coordinated and supported them from behind.

At the same time, a large number of cavalry scouts were deployed and a large number of messengers were sent.

After the troops left Yanmen, Wang Yan's brain became multi-core. He had to coordinate the 20 troops that were dispersed, analyze the information sent back by the scouts and the 20 troops, and take into account the logistics situation in the rear. The 3,000 troops he led had to be dispersed as well. He had to consider the location of each garrison and the supply issues for all the troops.

After all, this was not a few hundred men and horses, but twelve thousand men and nearly twenty thousand horses. A few hundred men could easily rob a tribe of people for supplies, but tens of thousands of men were obviously impossible. If they wanted to resupply once, there would be no living creatures within a radius of several hundred miles.

So Wang Yan certainly couldn't lead more than 10,000 people to fight guerrilla warfare. If the supply could not keep up, that would be a way to death. But he did not give up guerrilla warfare. The several troops that went forward were all his old subordinates who followed him on the grassland and knew how to fight and how to run.

At the same time, Wang Yan's loyalty to his fellow soldiers in the front also reassured the soldiers who were fighting in the front. As long as their news could be delivered in time, they could survive and win the battle.

For Wang Yan, fighting is secondary; what is more important is the rule of the grassland.

His mission as the general manager of the army was not just to fight. He brought with him a large number of second- and third-generation soldiers, as well as many poor children who were willing to come to the grassland to fight for a future. They were to be directly governed.

Wang Yan took out the grassland management method. Now he was fighting in the front and seizing people, and there were people behind him who were distributing and managing the population according to his instructions in advance. In the back, the people of the Sui Dynasty had been mobilized to migrate and leave their homeland.

Although people did not intend to destroy the country, this war was being fought with the goal of destroying the Turkic nation. At the very least, as Wang Yan had promised in Daxing, the Turkic nation would be crippled in one battle.

But Wang Yan was not in a hurry. The grassland was too large and the war had to be fought slowly.

He was taking steady steps, but the Turks would be the ones who were anxious. Because the more they fought, the smaller their population would be, the fewer their resources would be, and even their military morale would be broken. After all, their wives and children had been kidnapped by Wang Yan, so what was the point of fighting? Who were they fighting for? If they couldn't get cattle and sheep, or wives, the Turkic soldiers would have to take out their knives and chop off the heads of various leaders, warriors, and khans...

From the moment Wang Yan stepped onto the battlefield, it meant that this national war had already ended, it was just a matter of time.

This is not Wang Yan's problem, it is a problem of productivity and public construction at this time...

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