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Chapter 1345: Driving the Turks Miles Away

We went to war with the Turks in the summer and before we knew it the war lasted until autumn.

The temperature dropped and the wind became colder.

Early in the morning, the red sun rises in the distant sky and shines on the grassland, and the frost and dew on the tips of the withered yellow grass are also crystal clear.

The horse snorted, and the air was filled with mist. It pawed the ground anxiously. The knight who controlled the horse, with a lance hanging in front of him and a crossbow in his hand, looked at the Turkic army that was gathering in panic not far below the mound.

Li Jing was at the front of the team. He looked at the rising sun and squinted his eyes: "Divide into three groups and encircle the enemy from left and right."

As he finished speaking, the flag-bearing messenger beside him took out a flag and waved it back and forth.

Then, we saw several hundred men and horses detached from each side, shouting and riding their horses, dispersing and moving diagonally downwards.

Li Jing squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and the horse snorted and trotted down the hill. Taking advantage of the acceleration of the downhill, the horse's speed became faster and faster.

After joining the hundreds of riders following Li Jing, they also had an overwhelming momentum.

For a moment, the vibration of horse hooves hitting the earth resounded through the sky.

The small Turkic army had no intention of fighting. As soon as they saw the enemy coming, they had already gathered their troops and retreated in a panic.

In just a few short months, they had once again lost their fighting spirit.

Because this was a large-scale battle, the scale of the battle escalated very quickly. After Wang Yan led his troops into the grassland, less than a month later, the number of Turkic troops detected had reached more than 80,000.

But so what?

Ten years ago, Wang Yan led 4,000 soldiers and was able to defeat their 40,000. Ten years later, he led nearly 30,000 troops, and he could only beat the Turks more fiercely.

Although this is not actually the conversion, after all, commanding 4,000 soldiers and 30,000 soldiers are two completely different things. But for Wang Yan, there is nothing wrong with this conversion.

In his hands, every bit of military strength was an advantage. The more soldiers and horses there were, the greater the power they could exert.

After all, he was adept at commanding a million troops. Now, with only 30,000 soldiers, what was that?

So when the war started, the Turks remembered the great terror of ten years ago.

The grasslands they were familiar with became dangerous everywhere. They were exhausted during the day and could not sleep at night. The powerful and cruel Sui Dynasty and the warriors of the Youbi tribe would always appear when they least expected.

If they gathered their troops together, the Sui people would constantly divide their troops to harass them. If they divided their troops to encircle and suppress them, one group of troops would always be killed.

The grasslands were filled with tombs of human heads, all of which were the Turkic warriors.

Ten years ago, they were even able to use their numerical advantage to besiege Wang Yan's troops, forcing Wang Yan to personally rescue them. Ten years later, Wang Yan commanded more troops, and they could no longer do the same thing, and were always beaten up unilaterally by Wang Yan.

Casualties were certainly inevitable on both sides, but their casualties were always far greater.

Since the war began, the battle in which they suffered the most damage was when Wang Yan led 3,000 soldiers in a head-on battle against more than 10,000 Turkic troops.

At that time, the Turks were very happy because by killing Wang Yan, they could destroy the more than 10,000 cavalry sent by the Sui Dynasty, which would be an extremely heavy loss for the Sui Dynasty.

At the same time, Wang Yan was also a famous god of war, and had caused serious damage to the Turks in the past. Killing Wang Yan would not only strike a blow to the morale of the Sui army, but also boost the morale of their own side, which was definitely a good thing.

But it was obvious that they had failed. All the beautiful things they had imagined were shattered by Wang Yan swinging his lance.

Wang Yan was like a god of war, an authoritative commander-in-chief who personally led the charge. Three thousand men confronted more than ten thousand Turkic troops. Just one charge disrupted the morale of the Turkic army.

The Turks were still planning an encirclement, but several thousand men in the central army were defeated by Wang Yan. The fanatical soldiers of the Sui Dynasty and the Youbi tribe rushed out in all directions, howling, chasing, pursuing, and killing.

After the battle, only one out of ten thousand troops fighting against Wang Yan survived. The largest Jingguan was born in this battle. The beheadings were done on the spot, and the officials who were in charge of counting the military merits were asked to count the number of people. Except for giving some to those who had no military merits and those who died, there was no fraud.

This battle was a huge blow to the Turks. They lost despite their superior forces, and Wang Yan was so cruel that the army's morale collapsed. However, this battle was related to the survival of the Turks, and they could not retreat. Instead, they began to run around, trying to cause trouble for Wang Yan.

But it was useless, Wang Yan was always attacking their manpower. The infantrymen behind them all came out on war horses.

At the same time, there were some Turkic surrendered soldiers, as well as women and children who were forcibly relocated by Wang Yan, and a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, which hit the Turkic's not-so-rich logistics system.

Wang Yan's side has more and more troops as the battle goes on. Since the beginning of the war, he has experienced several major victories, and through the influence of the surrendered Turkic soldiers, the number of troops has increased from less than 30,000 at the beginning to nearly 50,000. In just a few months, he has achieved the goal of converting all soldiers to cavalry.

There is no doubt that this is a truly amazing achievement.

After all, normally speaking, a few months on the grassland is not enough for both sides to use the mobility of the cavalry to make circles, but Wang Yan was already crippling the Turks.

It was mainly Wang Yan's fault. He didn't say he tried his best, but he didn't hide his shortcomings. He basically achieved the best results according to the existing conditions.

Normally, the war would have ended at this point, as the Turks had already surrendered. The reason why the war did not end was that Wang Yan fought too fiercely.

The longer the war lasts, the greater the pressure on logistics. But Wang Yan fought too quickly, and before the logistics were under pressure, the Turks had already begged for peace. The original plan was for the war to last for one or two years, with everyone fighting back and forth until the Turks' logistics collapsed and they could no longer support it, and then they would sit down to negotiate peace. The Turks were beaten up, and they would behave themselves from now on.

Now that they saw the hope of destroying the Turkic nation, the civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty did not want to negotiate peace. They should continue to fight and see if they could really destroy the nation after fighting for a while. With such a great achievement, everyone would be remembered in history, so now they all clamored to destroy the nation. The conservatives also felt that the radicals were too conservative...

Wang Yan was not afraid of suspicion. Compared with suspicion, what was more important to him was his strong influence on the army. Even if he did not go to the battlefield, his will could be implemented in the army.

And to be honest, he was loyal to the old Yang family from beginning to end, and he was irreplaceable. They were afraid of his influence in the army, so they didn't let him take action easily. But any emperor with ambitions and pursuits would not think of killing Wang Yan in the early stage. Just raising him in the capital to live a rich life with all the family together, what trouble could there be?
It can only be that at the end of the reign, they were worried that Wang Yan's power would dominate the court and the country, and the successor would not be able to suppress him, so they thought of a way to take someone like Wang Yan away with them to keep him company...

So now the Turks have become obedient. When they see the Sui army, they want to run away and wait until they have gathered superior forces before fighting back.

Even if it seemed that their forces had the upper hand on a single local battlefield, they would not choose to fight, because past experience had taught them the answer, and there were no Turkic warriors who would not obey.

Li Jing led his troops to surround the three gates and one, chasing and slashing at the Turkic army, which was larger in number than his own. He chased in three directions and fled in one direction, and traveled more than ten miles on horseback.

Just as they were about to climb over a mound again, the desperate Turks discovered that in front of them, a large number of Sui knights were charging in all directions and were surrounding them.

On the top of the mound, Wang Yan, dressed in military uniform, sat on a small folding wooden stool, chewing dried horse meat, while his soldiers beside him were using cow dung to boil water and make milk tea.

The fighting didn't last long. The Turks just found a direction and launched a strongest breakout. But after fighting for a while, they were surrounded and beaten by the Sui army. They had lost their fighting spirit and surrendered one after another.

After the battle, the Sui army skillfully cleaned the battlefield, collected the war horses, dealt with the dead horses, beheaded people, and counted the prisoners. A series of operations were done with ease and in a standardized manner.

Li Jing, covered in blood, rode over and bowed respectfully, "General."

Wang Yan didn't care about these things, it was Li Jing who insisted.

He waved his hand and asked his subordinates to pour milk tea for Li Jing: "Are you okay?"

"My arm was grazed." Li Jing showed his arm, revealing a deep wound caused by an arrow.

"Get some strong liquor to wash it down."

Wang Yan gave instructions and his men brought some alcohol. Li Jing was also a tough guy and did not ask anyone else for help. He turned the meat over and cleaned it himself, and then let Wang Yan's men wrap it with cloth.

Li Jing was sweating profusely as he drank milk tea and chewed on the dried horse meat that he had already eaten enough of.

There was no other way. Besides people, many war horses died. In line with the principle of not wasting, the uneaten meat was preserved and made into jerky. It didn't taste very good. But it was still meat, rich in nutrition and energy. After a few months, after eating countless war horses, most of the soldiers were rosy-faced.

"General, the Turks can no longer hold out at this point. It will snow soon. Do we still want to fight?"

"I didn't receive the order to withdraw the troops, but I did receive a mountain of warm clothes and strong liquor produced by a certain company. It has been delivered to the Youbi tribe, so the brothers will be able to warm up in the next few days."

"Fighting in winter is not advantageous for us." Li Jing told the truth.

The snow on the grassland was three feet thick, and it was all white. It was difficult to find the direction and deliver supplies. It was also freezing cold, and no matter how much clothes people wore, they would still be frozen through. There was also the danger of snow blindness, etc.

By then, it would be hard to even find the Turks, let alone fight them. At the same time, Wang Yan was also subject to regional restrictions. They had to protect the Turkic population, cattle, sheep, etc., and could not go deep into the grassland to hunt them down.

"I didn't say we'd continue fighting." Wang Yan said with a smile, "We'll stop fighting when the snow falls in the north. Everyone should take good care of themselves and wait until the spring of next year to fight again. After all, I'm the commander-in-chief of the Yanmen march, and I've captured many Turkic people, so I have to manage them well.

Furthermore, the Turkic people are weak, their morale is unstable, and their people are not united. This winter will be even more difficult for them. It is possible that after a winter, the Turkic people will collapse without fighting and start killing each other. Du Lan's head must be sent to us on his own initiative, so that we, the Great Sui, can withdraw our troops."

Li Jing obviously had the same idea. He nodded in agreement, then said a little embarrassedly: "I thought we had to fight in winter. That's not cost-effective. The general is far-sighted and has already made a decision."

Wang Yan took another sip of milk tea and chewed some dried meat. He said as he ate, "We have been fighting for so long, and the brothers are tired. The New Year is coming in a few months, and the issues of pensions and rewards must be decided as soon as possible. Even if the court wants to fight, I have no choice but to disobey. Fortunately, the officials in the court are not good-for-nothings, and they sympathize with us brothers who have risked our lives."

He waved his hand and said, "The order to withdraw has been issued. We will withdraw in the coming days. While there is still time, Pharmacist, take your men to sweep the surrounding area and move all the people away. Don't leave any cattle or sheep, not even a strand of wool behind."

"Understood sir." Li Jing bowed, then drank his bowl of hot milk tea, turned around, mounted his horse, went downstairs to gather the troops, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Wang Yan continued to stand on the mound, enjoying the cold wind, drinking hot tea, and chewing dried horse meat...

He had only fought one battle since the war began, and the rest was just about deploying troops. But there was no doubt that the battle he fought played a decisive role in the smooth progress of the war.

At this moment, he was five hundred miles away from Yanmen. The army he commanded was basically within a hundred or two hundred miles around him, arranged in a fan-shaped attack, radiating out from the west, north and south. In the east behind him, there were only some troops guarding the migrating Turkic population, cattle, sheep, horses, etc. that had been looted. It was basically completely undefended.

In the previous battle he fought, the Turks were too clever and took great pains to go around them from behind, but he ended up defeating them.

Within this range, there is no decent resistance force. It's just those immature wolf cubs who are disobedient and making trouble. They are really disobedient.

After all, every group of migrating Turks had to pass through several Jingguans. Those who dared to cause trouble after seeing the Jingguans all died miserably.

Wang Yan's current achievements can be said to be driving the Turks away for 800 miles. He believes that the people in Daxing and all the wealthy families in the world have already dropped their jaws in astonishment.

But he was not proud of it. After all, he, Wang, was the captain of the team. What was there to be proud of about doing a small job as a Turk?

After the battle here, he simply withdrew his troops, sending some back to Yanmen to rest, and some staying on the grassland to guard the spoils they had robbed, and also to prevent the Turks from getting angry and wanting to have a decisive battle with him in winter.

He set an example by not going back to Yanmen to enjoy his life, but stayed on the grassland with his brothers. Of course, given his status, he wouldn't suffer anywhere, but the meaning of his staying here was different.

In winter, he led some young men from poor families to deal with the problems of the Turks and the issue of ethnic integration, which was a bigger matter than fighting a war.

Because all the Turkic men had gone to war, all the influential people in the tribe had died, only women and children. So Wang Yan was very straightforward and gave wives to the men who moved here.

This is a very quick way to integrate the Turks. It can directly change the race of the Turks and completely solve the problem within three generations. It also solves the problem of the people of the Sui Dynasty not being able to find wives and the problem of lack of labor on the grasslands. It is the best of both worlds and kills multiple birds with one stone.

In addition, the pensions and rewards mentioned by Wang Yan were also processed, so that the brothers would not come in vain and die in vain. This was to cooperate with the financial resources of his old Wang family. He mainly took care of the dead, disabled soldiers and their families. In this regard, the ancient dynasties were not worthy of the soldiers who paid the most.

He once again won over the troops.

This continued until after the Chinese New Year, when the dark clouds of war seemed to once again cover the grassland, making the early spring, which had not yet begun, particularly harsh.

At this moment, some unsatisfactory news came, although Wang Yan had already expected it.

It's so blue.

Killed by his subordinates.

Du Lan's head was sent to Yang Su...

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