The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 557
The land of the Central Plains has only entered the Mid-Autumn Festival in September, but the plateau is also covered with a thin layer of ice and snow.For the Tuyuhun people living on the plateau, there have been no good years since Daye four years ago.

That year, Sui minister Pei Ju ordered Gao Che to attack Tuyuhun, and Tuyuhun asked the Sui Dynasty for reinforcements.Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty took the opportunity to send troops and destroyed Tuyuhun the next year, and Murong Fuyun fled.After this battle, the territory of Tuyuhun belonged to the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty opened up the territory for thousands of miles. The four prefectures of Shanshan, Qiemo, Xihai and Heyuan were conquered.However, after a very short period of control, the giant Sui Dynasty was surrounded by swords and soldiers, and Murong Fuyun not only regained all the lost ground, but also sent troops to support Xue Ju, fought against Li Tang, and repeatedly defeated Li Tang's plan to open up Hexi. Next, Xue Ju died of illness, and the Xue brothers fought with all their might, but they were defeated by Li Tang. With the entry of the Sui army, they had to leave Tuyuhun.However, when the Sui army entered strongly, Murong Fuyun knew that he was no match, so he retreated to Dangxiang in the southeast, and joined hands with Tubo to seize the land. The Tuyuhun people finally had a place to live.

But the war has been going on for more than 20 years. At the beginning, Tuyuhun invaded Hexi, looted the merchants on the Silk Road, and attacked the counties and counties of the Sui Dynasty, which provoked the revenge of the Sui Dynasty. Even the country was destroyed. He went back to his homeland to beat the Sui people, but soon he was forced to retreat by Li Tang and Da Sui.At the beginning, they fought against the Central Plains, but they couldn't fight, and then they fought with Dangxiang.

For the Tuyuhun people who live on the plateau, they have suffered a lot. Knowing that there is a large grassland in Xihai County, no one is grazing, but they dare not go to grazing, for fear that a Sui army will suddenly kill them and reward them with a knife. But what can you do without grazing?Are you farming?who will?And can the land be cultivated on the plateau?

The old herdsman couldn't take care of so much anymore. Not long ago, Tuyuhun and Tubo successfully divided up the party, and the rare calm calmed down. He took this opportunity to drive the cattle and sheep to find a pasture, watching the emaciated cattle and sheep chewing hay frantically, He breathed a sigh of relief. If this continues, he will migrate to the south. The war over there has ended, but here, there are Sui troops patrolling from time to time. If they cross the border carelessly, their cattle and sheep will become With the food in Sui Jun's mouth, when he met Sui Jun with a bad temper, he was beaten severely, and he might not even die.

There were quite a few people who had the same idea as the old herdsman, and soon, people drove their cattle and sheep to graze.

Already bringing the cold wind to the withered grassland, for the herdsmen, the new day is getting colder and the days will be more difficult every day.

The livestock can still eat some hay now, but after October, the livestock can only eat the hay that has been hoarded. If there is heavy snow that lasts for two or three months, not only the livestock will freeze to death, but even people will freeze to death. few.

For a long time, it was not food and war that restricted the development of the grassland population, but the incomparably cruel living environment, but it also created the nomadic people's brave character. They are all people who survived the elimination of the cruel and ruthless environment, with tenacious Exuberant vitality.

It is precisely because they grew up in a harsh environment that they have a wolf-like aggressiveness. It is only natural for them to eat the weak and the strong to respect.

"Khan has frequently recruited warriors from various ministries recently. Is it going to fight again?" The herdsmen who got up early started a new day. A few mouthfuls.

"Who knows?" The companion shrugged and looked at the flock of sheep indifferently.

"I heard that the Great Khan wanted to beat the Tubo barbarians." The Sui Dynasty called Tuyuhun a barbarian, but Tuyuhun also looked down on the uncivilized Tubo and other ethnic groups.

However, Tuyuhun does have the qualifications to despise the Tubo people. After they entered the Qinghai Plateau, they not only brought Mongolian horses and advanced production methods, but also made reasonable use of the local geographical environment to develop animal husbandry production, especially creatively using the pastures around the West Sea Lake and the lake. Due to the natural geographical environment of Zhongdao, Persian stallions were introduced, horse breeds were transformed, and dragon stallions were bred, especially the famous horse "Qinghai Cong", which is a model praised throughout the ages.

Mongolian horses have the characteristics of high cold resistance, strong disease resistance, resistance to rough feeding, and strong adaptability.However, Mongolian horses belong to grassland horses, with large and soft hooves, which are not suitable for mountain climbing, nor are they suitable for high-altitude environments.Therefore, when Tuyuhun moved to Xihai, its performance needs to be optimized to adapt to the new natural environment.

"Wei Shu" contains: "Qinghai is more than a thousand miles away, and there are small mountains in the sea. Every winter, after the ice closes, good mares are placed on this mountain. When they are harvested in the next spring, all the horses are pregnant, and the foals they give birth to are called dragon species. There must be many different horses. Tuyuhun tasted Persian grass horses and put them into the sea. Because of the foals, they can travel thousands of miles a day. It is also passed down from generation to generation in Qinghai." "Qinghai Cong" is a high-quality horse breed bred by crossing Mongolian horses and Persian horses. The main method of breeding and breeding is to use Longju Island in Qinghai Lake for isolation and optimization. "Qinghai Cong" is vigorous and good at walking and running fast.

At this time, Tubo was still in the age of ignorance, and it was normal for Tuyuhun people to look down on Tubo people.

"What is there to fight against the Tubo barbarians?" the old herdsman said disdainfully.

"You don't know that." A man with several hideous scars on his face said with a smile: "The Tubo barbarians are poorly equipped, but the land they occupy is vast and vast. There are countless lush and beautiful grasslands, and they are more livable than the West Sea. The barbarians are extremely weak in battle, so the Great Khan plans to take the land of Tubo as his own and drive out the barbarians in Tubo."

The old herdsman slapped his knees and said loudly: "The Sui people are not easy to deal with, we should pick the weak ones to beat."

Everyone laughed.

They live in a harsh environment and don't care much about their own life and death. It is luck and glory for them to die on the battlefield, which is also directly related to their short life span. In the battlefield is their best home, which can bring great honor to their children and grandchildren.

However, the Tuyuhun people, like other nomadic peoples such as Turks, have their morale easily aroused, but it is also easy to fade. Once the morale fades, the sense of honor that regards death as home will disappear at once. The property of others is unwilling to fight to the end. Once fear spreads, the army will soon be defeated.

This is a kind of contradictory psychology. It is often a matter of honoring death and fearing death and not fighting. Therefore, the leader of the nomads will do everything possible to boost morale before the battle, including using a magnificent horn to inspire, and in the battle. Before the attack, the soldiers would drink a bag of milk wine, so that the strength of the wine could be transformed into the morale of ignorance and fearlessness.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

At this moment, the ears of several huge hounds stood up, and the limbs that were lying on the ground suddenly stood up, looking into the distance vigilantly, and growling continuously.

The ground suddenly trembled slightly, and the cattle and sheep became restless and stopped grazing.But these herders were talking and laughing. They knew what this meant. This was the movement of a large army marching. It was probably another tribe that accepted the call of the Great Khan Murong Fuyun and rushed to the assembly place. These days, wars continue , This kind of thing is nothing new, and you will be nervous at first, but after a long time, everyone is used to it.

After a while, a black line appeared on the distant horizon, squirming and thickening at the place where the sky and the earth meet, and a chilling aura rushed over.

"No!" The old herdsman suddenly stood up.

"What's wrong?" The old herdsman's surprise caused a burst of ridicule.

"It's the Sui army, it must be the Sui army, only the Sui army has this momentum." When the old herdsman was young, he was also a warrior in his clan. He not only broke the Silk Road trade road, but also fought against the Sui army many times. The aura of the dynasty's army has changed. This is a kind of temperament that nomads do not have. He can't say what it is, but he only knows that it is very powerful and terrifying.

"The Sui Dynasty is in civil strife, how can the Sui army come here? You are overthinking."

"Yeah! You're getting old, and your courage is getting smaller."

The young people laughed and said that there is no such thing as respecting the elderly in this land, or even in the grasslands farther away.In their eyes, the elderly are a burden. Neither the Turkic people nor the Tuyuhun people like the elderly.

The old herdsman knew that the young people in the clan didn't believe it, because he was the same way when he was young, so he didn't bother to say anything. He glanced at the direction where the army was approaching, and, ignoring the cattle and sheep, led the horses beside him, and stepped over without saying a word. Get on the horse, turn around and run away.

"Ha ha!"

The behavior of the old herdsman caused bursts of ridicule and laughter.

"Boom~"

Not long after the old herdsmen fled, the seemingly endless iron cavalry passed the cattle and sheep with mighty momentum and came straight to the herdsmen. In front of this kind of battle, the herdsmen were ten thousand times smaller than a drop in the ocean.

"Pfft~"

A cluster of arrows pierced through the air and pierced fiercely into the mouth of a young herdsman who was laughing wildly.The bright red blood spattered out, his body trembled, and there was a little inconceivable color in his eyes, and then he was frozen in this moment forever, and his body fell to the ground weakly.

The herdsmen were stunned.

They could still see the mocking old herdsman's smile on the companion's face, but at this moment, accompanied by the blood splattered and the cold light passing by, a cold arrow cluster was in everyone's astonished eyes. The companion's mouth runs through the back of the skull.They could only see their companions falling slowly while maintaining the same movements as before, and the quivering arrow feathers.

"Enemy attack!"

After the time froze for a moment, the group of people stared wide-eyed and roared loudly at the same time.Hysterically wanted to warn the tribe, but it was too late.

"puff puff"

When the cold light suddenly appeared, the high-speed galloping horses directly knocked several standing corpses into the air, and then countless iron hooves stepped over them, turning them into a pool of bright red, dyeing the land red, and some cattle and sheep fleeing in panic, also Gradually annihilated by this group of cavalry, the army did not stop for a moment from the beginning to the end.

Before the iron cavalry, General Youweiwei and Duke of E, Chi Gong, wore a black bright armor and rode a tall, strong, pitch-black war horse, like a flowing black cloud, and went straight to the Tuyuhun tribe in front of him. , the icy horse lance blade shone with a chilling light under the rising sun.

The pitch-black war horse came so fast that even if the herdsmen had come to their senses, they couldn't react at all. The horse slashed and blocked the herdsmen in front of them, turning into a dark cloud and wedged into the camp of the tribe.

"Boom~"

Amidst the heart-piercing screams accompanied by stumped limbs and broken arms, the four or five herdsmen who were shrouded in the silver light of the horses had no chance to scream, and were smashed to pieces by the rolling clouds , the surrounding herdsmen who had no time to react in the future were affected by the fish in the pond. The silver lance cloud was extremely coquettish, but it was only when faced with it that it was terrifying.

"roar~"

The Tuyuhun herdsmen who had reacted let out roars, and rushed towards the devil who had suddenly killed them. However, before their encirclement formed, the horses that were like dark clouds rushed like lightning, and the group of herdsmen were jaw-dropping. Amid the sour bones shattering, the one who spat out blood was knocked out.

Yu Chigong passed through the crowd with such ease. He let go of the rein with his left hand, reached into the quiver, and grabbed a few arrows. He didn't even use a bow and arrow. , Just shaking his hands and throwing it backwards, one arrow pierced through the body of a herdsman and stuck upside down in the grass, while the other three arrows pierced through two herdsmen each before stopping the castration.

"Yuchi, you are so deceitful!" Niu Jinda, who was wielding the Mo Dao and causing a rain of blood, was a little annoyed. Ever since he felt the lethality of the Mo Dao at Shahuguan, Niu Jinda's weapon has also changed from a steel fork to a special one. Mo Dao, when wielded, is even more ferocious than Yu Chi Gong's Ma Qiang.

But Yu Chigong, in addition to a set of superb lance techniques, also has the ability to snatch white blades with bare hands. Not only can he snatch weapons from people, but he can also launch hidden weapons. Naturally, it was more than Niu Jinda who emptied the surrounding Modao.

"You can do it too!" Yuchi Gong smiled honestly, and the arrows flew.

"I won't."

"I teach you!"

While talking, the two unrivaled fierce men moved forward with their heads muffled. Their heavy weapons carried a domineering aura, as if a strange wind was blowing up in the crowd. Wherever they passed, the Tuyuhun people would almost die if they brushed them, and they would die if they touched each other. .

Behind the two, five hundred elite personal guards followed closely. Each of them tilted their bodies slightly. Seeing the gap torn open by the two generals, they continued to widen it.

"Boom~"

It wasn't until this time that the sound of rumbling horseshoes became clear, and the following troops broke into the herdsmen's camp like a torrent of steel. The herdsmen who were attracted by Yu Chigong and Niu Jinda were directly annihilated by the rushing torrent of steel without even resisting. If you can do it, the horse's hooves that pass by will be trampled into meat.

The momentum of charging did not stop, but under the leadership of Yu Chigong and Niu Jinda, they continued to charge forward with arrogance.

The tents along the way were washed away, and the tents were trampled by ruthless iron hooves before they understood what had happened. Even if some powerful warriors reacted, there was nothing they could do in the face of overwhelming cavalry. In front of the large-scale cavalry, it was so small that it could not be considered, and it was completely buried under the iron hoof without even being able to stir up ripples.

However, the charge could only go so far, and more and more frightened horses, cattle and sheep blocked their way of charge.

Xue Wanche in the rear gave the order with a sad face and a sigh.

Originally, Yu Chigong was the commander of this army, but that guy felt that there was no need to talk about tactics or tricks to fight a sneak attack.He disliked the coach, so he would be better off taking advantage of generals, so he simply pretended to be sick, and then sent an eagle letter to explain the situation to His Majesty the emperor, so the post of coach naturally fell to Xue Wanche, the coach of the Tenth Army of the Sui Dynasty.

In fact, Xue Wanche didn't want to be the coach, commanding the army, how could it be fun to go into battle and kill the enemy?

But this bastard Yu Chigong got the permission of the Holy Majesty to let go of the burden in an open and honest manner, if he doesn't want to, this coach still has to go on.

'woo woo woo'

With three loud and desolate trumpet sounds.The torrent of steel was divided into three parts, attacking the herdsmen who had reacted from three directions. After passing through the grassland, they converged at a place about [-] steps away from the herdsmen's camp. Then they turned around and pierced again.

From Yu Chigong's appearance to the time when the army stepped into the camp, it took only a few moments, but in most of the camp of the Tuyuhun tribe, thousands of herdsmen disappeared.

The tribal chief ignored the fleeing horses, cattle and sheep, but gathered the surviving population, looked angrily at the morning wind, and the "Sui" battle flag fluttering under the morning sun, and said loudly in Xianbei language: "The opposite side The Sui army, why did you hurt my people?"

"Old Niu, what did this old man say?" Yu Chigong asked.

Niu Jinda has been in Hanchang for several years, but he can understand the words of the Tuyuhun people, but the language is not important now, and he said honestly: "He called you a black and ugly dog ​​bastard."

"Special!"

Under Niu Jinda's stunned gaze, Yu Chigong took off his big bow, bent the bow and set the arrow naturally and smoothly, and before the person on the opposite side had any reaction, a sharp arrow had already pierced through the air.In a short time, the sharp arrow tore through the space barrier, and under the astonished and angry eyes of the old man who 'swearing at the street', the sharp arrow severed his throat.

Amidst the drumming and noise on the opposite side, an angry Tuyuhun charged in this direction.

"Kill all these pests!"

Following Yu Chigong's order, locust-like arrows shot up from the ground, and after a short flight, they fell quickly. Four or five hundred Tuyuhun warriors completely disappeared from sight and turned into corpses.

"If you dare to swear when you are about to die, except for women, anyone who is taller than the belly of a horse will be killed!" Putting away his bow and arrows, Yu Chigong gave a chilling order.

"Hoohoho!"

Amidst the roar of excitement, the Silk Road Allied Forces rushed like hungry wolves towards the trembling crowd who had lost their last protection.

Another round of killing was staged amidst screams.

"This! Is it too late?" Qiu Shili looked at Xue Wanche.

Fighting is a man's business, and killing the old and the young, in his opinion, is a bit inhumane.

"General Qiu!"

Xue Wanche looked at Qiu Shili's angry face, patted him on the shoulder and said, "This is completely different from the civil war that took place in the Sui Dynasty. We are fighting against a group of wolves and dogs. It doesn't matter whether we talk about benevolence or not. The intruders in their eyes, as long as they have the ability, they will retaliate with a hundred times, ten thousand times. Tuyuhun is a Xianbei, and their ancestors almost killed the Han people, so they are enemies, damn enemies, we don’t need to be kind to our enemies Kindness and righteousness are not enough for our people, how can Tuyuhun be entitled to enjoy them?"

"From ancient times to the present, in our nation, some people have always shouted for benevolence and righteousness. In order to reflect the so-called "celestial dynasty" demeanor of benevolence and righteousness to foreigners, they used their own people's anointing to decorate the so-called benevolent and righteous state. You will be sneered at by a lot of people and condemned in writing. Those who are influenced by this concept, even the extremely powerful Han Dynasty is no exception, the same is true of the two emperors, civil and military, before the Holy One. Whenever a small Turkic tribe kills countless sons in the frontier When burning countless villages and towns, my Central Plains dynasty showed an extremely tolerant attitude most of the time. Even if the emperor wanted to send troops, the resistance he received was unimaginably greater than sending troops, and their arguments were quite ridiculous and pathetic You say that the Central Plains dynasty is a huge country, and you can’t bully others to bully a small tribe. Where will the people who say this put the suffering compatriots on the border?"

"What's even more absurd is that whenever the people in the border areas are persecuted by foreign races, many of our scholars actually say that the foreign race's rebellion is just for money, and only a little money can be given to them to eliminate the disaster of war. And they can also send people with high morals to influence them. They. What is this? They are raising wolves. When these vicious ambitions are not enough, what they want is the country of the Central Plains Dynasty. When they invade, will they talk to you about benevolence and righteousness?"

Qiu Shili responded silently.

"Encountering an emperor who knows the kingly way and layman's domineering, and meeting the great dynasty of the Sui Dynasty, which is supreme and unanimously foreign, is the fortune of our warriors and the common people of the Sui Dynasty, but it is also the misfortune of the foreign race."

Xue Wanche looked at the Tuyuhun people who were howling under the iron cavalry and the blade, and said coldly: "But the misfortune of foreign races has nothing to do with me. The more unfortunate they are, the more comfortable and comfortable I am."

"So?" Qiu Shili asked.

"Next, just carry out the destruction to the end, just kill it to your heart's content." Xue Wanche cursed and complained endlessly: "This bastard Yu Chigong makes me unhappy, and I make Tuyuhun people unhappy. I can't beat Yu Chigong , can't beat the Tuyuhun people? What the hell, I want to get sick too."

"..." Qiu Shili was speechless.

Xue Wanche got off his horse and said, "We came galloping, we need to fix it up. Send the order, and we will ride south a day later. We must arrange soldiers to patrol the four directions, and it will be a disaster if the Tuyuhun people counter the sneak attack."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)