The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 343 Sudden Change of Situation
Beyond Jinshan, to the north is the boundless grassland. On this boundless grassland, there is a north-south river called Qinghe. This river originating from Jinshan is on the grassland, green, like a girl. It is beautiful and quiet, stretches for hundreds of miles, and is calm all year round.

Tong Yehu Khan's logistics camp was set up on the west bank of the Qinghe River. This camp stretched for more than ten miles. There were more than 1 herdsmen and 25 troops living there. They guarded and raised millions of cattle and sheep and countless hay. This is the rations of the [-] troops of the Western Turks. Every day, soldiers drive tens of thousands of cattle and sheep to the barracks. There is an endless stream of cattle and sheep on the eastward grassland, and a large herd of cattle and sheep will appear more than ten miles apart.

After receiving the order, the Sui army led by Qin Qiong ran all the way. They knew the location of the Turkic logistics camp long before they arrived at Jinshan, but Qin Qiong was not in a hurry to attack. The consequences of Zhang Xutuo's recklessness and recklessness left him behind. The most profound lesson in my life, from now on, Qin Qiong will think twice before doing anything.

He had to find out the strength of the opponent's troops, the established routes for transporting cattle and sheep, the number and equipment of herdsmen, how many cattle and sheep there were, and how the camp was stationed.

In the big tent, Qin Qiong will deploy his battle plan to Xie Yingdeng, Cheng Yaojin, Fan Ze and Ying Yanglang. He draws a sketch on a large piece of paper.

"This long river is the Qinghe!"

Qin Qiong pointed to a long river with a wooden pole, and drew countless circles, "This is a Turkic camp, with more than 3000 tents, about fifteen miles long, and the army originally had 1 people, but yesterday another 1 came here." , It shows that Tong Yehu Khan began to pay attention to logistics. They are divided into three deployments, with about [-] people in the west; the other is in the east of Qinghe in the middle, with about [-] people, and the other part is escorting herdsmen, and the defense is very strong. Tight. The Qinghe River is not deep, so if we attack the camp directly, the army from the east can cross the river to support, which will cause a lot of damage to our army, so a strong attack is not the best strategy. But I have a way."

Qin Qiong moved the wooden pole further to the east. It was a long road, and several sheep were drawn at intervals on the road. The so-called sheep consisted of eight lines of two feet, four limbs, a trunk and a tail. It was very funny. look.All the generals couldn't help laughing when they saw it.

Qin Qiong said with a smile: "This is the military ration route they are heading to the northeast. It bypasses the southern foot of the Dajin Mountain Jinshan Mountains, passes through Xiaojin Mountain, and reaches the Turkic Camp about 56 miles north. It took four days, but the sheep walked very slowly. Their journey took at least six days. Soldiers guarding. Our task is to attack the grain branch on the road. After the grain road is attacked, the enemy will increase the army escort. The number of troops in the camp will continue to decrease. This creates the conditions for us to attack the camp. "

Qin Qiong's eyes fell on Fan Ze, "General Fan, I will give you 5000 troops, and the food roads must be completely destroyed. My request is to kill them all and leave no one behind!"

"Why not me?" Without waiting for Fan Ze to accept the order, Cheng Yaojin yelled, Yang Tong's ascension to the throne was imminent, and he wanted to take advantage of this battle to win the founding father of the country.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it." Qin Qiong smiled. Although the war has progressed so far, the odds of winning have gradually favored Tai Sui, but Qin Qiong is not too relaxed, because only he knows that Yang Tong's troops are not enough. One-half of Yehu Khan, there is a lot of pressure there, once the Western Turkic army runs out of food, Tong Yehu Khan will inevitably attack the Tai Sui barracks frantically.Therefore, he must clean up the Turkic logistics, and support Yang Tong without any worries!
Cheng Yaojin and Xie Yingdeng were not bad, but they had never experienced brutal methods of massacre.

Especially Cheng Yaojin, after getting along for so long, Qin Qiong found that this guy is a hard-headed guy, despite his fierce appearance, he actually has a compassionate heart, Qin Qiong was worried that Cheng Yaojin's compassion would miss a big deal.

Fan Ze is different. His martial arts skills are not as good as Cheng Yaojin and Xie Yingdeng, but he is one of the earliest soldiers under Yang Tong's command. The two generals Cheng and Xie are only strong but not weak.

"Go!"

"Here!" Fan Ze respectfully complied, and went forward to deliver the order, and the five thousand cavalry set off quickly. After so many days of rest, the morale of the soldiers was high.

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At dusk, the twilight enveloped the fields, and the Western Turkic soldiers gathered the animals and returned them to the pen. After dinner, they all went to bed early.There was silence in the big camp, only the patrolling soldiers walked in line, taking strict precautions, and their aura was much more serious than usual.

At this time, the Western Turkic Khan Ye Hu and his generals urgently discussed the military situation.

A scout soldier was kneeling on the ground in disgrace, with a look of fear on his face.

Tong Yehu Khan sat on the main seat, his face was livid, and his eyes gleamed with raging anger. Those eyes, like a wolf eating people, made all the generals in the hall tremble with fear.The hand holding the handle of the knife was clenched and loosened, and those who were familiar with him knew that this was Tong Yehu Khan's action before he was about to kill.

The faces of the two rows of warriors below were full of shock. Some of them showed worry, panic, fear, and fear, and some even had ashes on their faces.

Gaochang surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, and the entire [-]-strong army was wiped out; Khan Futu City was destroyed, and the [-]-strong army was completely lost. After being robbed, a general named Xue Wanjun marched westward along the Beihe (Tarim River) from Shanshan County, slaughtered all the Western Turkic garrisons of Yanqi Kingdom and Kucha Kingdom, and then joined forces with a man named Su Dingfang on Mount Sanmi to rob them. After light and killing, a fire burned the Khan Court in the eastern part of the Western Turks to white ground, and then divided the troops across the north and south of the Baishan Mountain (Tianshan Mountain). The colonial system of the Western Regions collapsed suddenly...

That is to say, in less than two months after Tong Yehu Khan left Qianquan City, Western Turks lost half of their country. No, it should be said that the entire Western Turks were under the vanguard of the Sui Dynasty!
The Sui army was able to achieve such great victories in such a short period of time. In the final analysis, the greedy ruling system of the Turks was unpopular. When the Turks themselves were strong, they could still rely on force to deter the world. Once they weakened or a strong enemy came, This extremely fragile so-called country quickly fell apart.

The Turkic nation is also a nation that puts its own tribe first. They put their own interests first. As for the state, they don’t care at all. When a strong enemy comes, some tribes who have no sense of belonging to the Western Turkic Khanate , gave up resistance without hesitation, rolled the whole tribe and ran to the grassland and deep in the desert.The consequence of losing the isolation of external forces was that the Sui army, with a nearly complete establishment, quickly hit the core area of ​​Western Turks, trampled on their homes and slaughtered their people recklessly.

It was only now that Tong Yehu Khan and the others understood the strategic intentions of the Sui Dynasty: their main battlefield was not placed here, and the purpose of dragging their main force here was to create opportunities for other raiders hundreds of miles away. In the end, he got his wish and took over his own lair, which was caused by the gap in the strategic structure.

"Everyone talk about it, what should we do?" Khan Tong Yehu took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the murderous intent in his heart.

When everyone heard the words, they were all silent.

It’s not that everyone doesn’t want to say it, but Tong Yehu Khan is arrogant, conceited and domineering. He has achieved impressive achievements at a young age, and he has become arrogant because of his talents. He alone plans and decides the entire Western Turks. , Arbitrary, so that he can't listen to anyone's opinions. Up to now, no one can discuss countermeasures with him.

Tong Yehu Khan himself didn't care much, he felt that his subordinates were not as intelligent as him, and it didn't matter whether he listened to the advice or not.When I was in a crisis, I realized that there was no one around me who made up my mind.

Although he now showed an attitude of listening to opinions and suggestions, everyone was usually intimidated by his coercive power and never dared to raise objections. If he said something wrong at this time, I am afraid that the head of the project would be unstable, so everyone remained silent.

Tong Yehu Khan looked at everyone with his angry eyes, and his eyes fell on the face of his uncle Mo Hedu. Seeing that he hesitated to speak, he said, "Go ahead, uncle."

Speaking of Tong Yehu Khan this time, he was wronged enough, because his goal this time was not the Sui Dynasty, but the Eastern Turks.

The Mobei Grassland occupied by the Eastern Turks is a place of bitter cold for the Central Plains people, but it is a paradise on earth for the Western Turks.The Eastern Turks have been in constant turmoil for these years, but the Western Turks have gradually risen, and their power has faintly overshadowed the declining Eastern Turks, becoming a major overlord on the grassland.It's just that although they occupy a vast area, they are not as plump as the eastern Turks, so they have long had the ambition to move eastward.However, he had seen the power of the Sibi Khan era, so he forcibly suppressed his covetous heart, did not dare to rush eastward, and instead developed southward, silently building a huge 'colonial' system.

The civil war in eastern Turkic and the invitation of Jieli Khan was an opportunity for Yehu Khan to unify Turks. As long as Jieli Khan and Ashina Simo were both defeated, he would be able to unify Turks. Let the Turks return to their peak and most prosperous period, and after this step, they can invade the Central Plains Dynasty, which is also in the civil war.

But he didn't expect that Sui Chao didn't know whether he took the wrong medicine or something, but he actually got married with him, but he didn't care, just fight, as long as he defeated the Sui army, then he could turn around and go south. The land of the Central Plains is comparable to the east Turkic territory is much better.

But the result was beyond his expectation. When the battle here was delayed, His Majesty's lair was turned upside down by the cunning Sui army. One can imagine the resentment in his heart.

Mo Hedu hesitated for a moment, and said: "Yang Tong set up a big camp in the northeast of our army, the Sui Kingdom captured Khan Futu City, and threatened the west of our army, and the Sui army came out of Yiwu County, and the north is covered with white snow and vast golden mountains. Our army is in a triangular area surrounded by the Sui army, which is very dangerous, and the Sui people are scheming, insidious and cunning, and they are very likely to cut off our food supply. I think that if we return to the country safely, we can obtain stability. "

"Great Khan! The people of the Sui Dynasty have a good saying. In times of crisis, only saving is not wrong. Don't ask for merit. Keeping it is a great victory! So we should take self-protection as the top priority."

"Get out, Great Khan!"

"Our country's territory is unstable, so we must first focus on the country. Now that the Sui army is powerful, I suggest temporarily avoiding the limelight."

"..."

Some people started, worried that the generals of their own tribes expressed their opinions one after another, and more than [-]% of them suggested withdrawing the troops.

"Shut up, all!" Tong Yehu Khan roared like a lion.

The noisy big tent is quiet!
"The Sui State trampled on our land and killed our people. It is so rampant. If you don't teach me a lesson! How can I, the Turks, have the face to rule the Western Regions? How can I unify the Turks? You don't want to be ashamed, but you say that the Sui State is strong and imposing on others What's the reason?" Tong Yehu Khan said angrily:

"The Great Khan thinks how we should fight?" Mo Hedu asked cautiously.

Tong Yehu Khan pointed in the direction of the Sui army camp, and said loudly, "As long as Yang Tong is killed, all problems will be solved."

Everyone was startled, and realized that this was also a good idea.Although there is no such saying as "catch the thief first, catch the king first", it does not prevent everyone from knowing this truth.

"Tomorrow, the battalion will advance sixty miles and choose an opportunity to fight the enemy!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)