The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 572 Xue Wanche Dilemma
The carriage moved slowly, Xiao Yuexian's clear and beautiful face was as pale as paper, she hugged Yang Tong tightly, and put her head on her husband's shoulder, her soft and delicate body shivered.The short and violent assassination did not affect Yang Tong, but it had a huge impact on Xiao Yuexian who was just pregnant. When she was still immersed in the happiness and joy of being a mother, she almost lost her husband...

She arched slightly, found the most comfortable position, and said softly: "I was so scared just now."

Looking at her expression, Yang Tong felt even more pity in his heart. He patted her on the back and comforted her: "I'm fine, it's over! Don't be afraid..."

"Husband, isn't Taoist Qihui a person from outside? Why do you want to participate in the strife in the world?" Xiao Yuexian raised her head, her beautiful eyes were shining like gems, and her beautiful eyes were covered with a faint light. fog.

"What kind of outsider is Qihui? His method of collecting money is not inferior to that of Buddhism!" Yang Tong snorted and snorted, "Louguan Dao has hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land in Guanzhong, and the money seized There are as many as ten million guan, and there are countless rare treasures. It is worth mentioning that this is only the property of Louguan Dao in Guanzhong, and there are more in other places! It is conceivable that this How much wealth do Buddhism and Taoism have. They use religion to confuse believers and achieve the goal of making money crazily, which has long deviated from the teachings and original intention of Buddhism and Taoism to benefit the world."

"Isn't it all cheaper for the husband in the end?"

Xiao Yuexian turned over and sat upright, holding his face with both hands, staring at him affectionately, the love in her beautiful eyes was so strong that it couldn't be melted...

Yang Tong stared at her bright eyes a little hairy: "Is it because this emperor is so good-looking that Concubine Hui can't put it down and has a deep love for her?"

Xiao Yuexian showed a sweet smile: "It's just a little violent..."

Yang Tong's smile froze immediately, "Smelly motherfucker looking for smoke?"

Before the words were finished, Xiao Yuexian dimpled like a flower, and her sweet kiss had already landed on his lips.

Long time, lips parted.

Yang Tong pecked her plump fresh lips again, and said with a smile, "You're wrong, it's not about taking advantage of me, but taking from the people and giving back to the people! This is the way to benefit the world and save all living beings... ..."

"There are millions of followers of Louguan Dao, and there are even more Buddhists. I am worried that they will continue to assassinate my husband." Xiao Yuexian sighed softly.

A warm feeling surged in Yang Tong's heart. It turned out that she was worried about herself. She stared at those beautiful eyes like a deep pool, and said with a hint of determination in her tone: "A man, if you are afraid of this and that, what ambition do you have to fight for world domination?" .”

"Husband, are you not afraid at all?" Xiao Yuexian looked at Yang Tong curiously.

"Get used to it." Yang Tong said lightly: "As a superior, you should at least be mentally prepared to face all kinds of dangers. Enemies don't know how to behave, just like on the battlefield, in order to defeat your enemies , using all means, political struggles are a hundred times more cruel than enemies on the surface."

Xiao Yuexian was silent, for her who grew up in a greenhouse, a war with open swords and guns was already a very cruel thing, but thinking of today's assassination, Xiao Yuexian suddenly felt that this world is really cruel.

"Husband, do you know who sent someone to assassinate you?" After a long time, Xiao Yuexian raised her head and asked.

"Li Yuan, Li Mi, Lin Shihong, Meng Haigong, Feng An, the family, even Goguryeo, Silla, Turkic, and Tuyuhun are all possible. Of course, it may be Qihui's own idea. In this world, there are many people who miss our family. Seeing Xiao Yuexian's worried face, Yang Tong smiled: "Scared?"

"With my husband here, I'm not afraid!" Xiao Yuexian glanced at Yang Tong cautiously: "Husband, what did you do? Make them hate you so much? You don't hesitate to break the law of war."

"The so-called cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. And I took away things that shouldn't belong to them. It's normal for them to hate me... As for the laws of war! It's actually very simple, nothing more than the winner is king and the loser is the king." Kou, the process and means are not important at all. You are pregnant, so don't worry about these messy things." Yang Tong smiled, and said: "You are also tired, so you can sleep well."

Xiao Yuexian stretched out her arm to hook Ailang's neck, her eyes blurred, and she begged coquettishly: "I want my husband to accompany me."

Snow light shone on her face through the car window line, shining brightly like white porcelain. While speaking, her pale pretty face gradually returned to normal flush, and there was a kind of happiness overflowing from the heart.

Yang Tong was a little stunned, could a woman change so much?

"What are you looking at?" Xiao Yuexian bit her lips lightly. The two were already a real couple. She was pregnant with her husband's flesh and blood again, and her words were not as reserved as before. She gave him a coquettish look, "I haven't seen enough yet." ?"

"Can't see enough in a lifetime?"

Xiao Yuexian covered his mouth with a smile, stretched out his jade fingers, and caressed his face, his eyes were full of affection, but he was a little bit shy, he smiled slightly, and whispered: "I will show it to you when I have time, let you see it." Enough."

Yang Tong's heart skipped a beat, if it wasn't for the fact that she was just pregnant, he would have given him a jolt.

Xiao Yuexian was emotionally ups and downs, and after being comforted by her husband's soft words, she soon fell into a deep sleep.

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The rest of the trip was uneventful, but the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, thousands of miles away, was full of blood.

The rumbling horse's hooves pounded heavily on the icy ground, and there was a little panic in the icy air. The man on the horse was already very tired, his face was full of panic, and he waved wildly with one arm The riding whip lashed the horse that sat down, and looked back from time to time, as if something terrifying was chasing him.

Behind him were dozens of Tuyuhun warriors who were in the same distress as him. Their expressions were similar to those of the broken-arm leader, all of them were terrified and bewildered.

The face of the leader with the severed arm in the front had turned pale. He had neatly severed his right arm, dripping blood continuously, and his clothes and mount were stained with a large amount of blood, making him look extremely terrifying.

"Hey~"

The icy sound of piercing through the air was particularly harsh in the hunting wind, like a talisman that made the knight on his horse paler.

"Pfft~"

A stream of light streaked across the sky, accurately entered the vest of the man with the broken arm, and shot out from his chest. The man's burly body trembled, and his body was pushed forward by the huge inertia of the arrow. Leaping forward, he landed in front of the galloping horse. His chest was crushed by the bowl-sized horse's hoof. There was a little relief in his round eyes, as if it was a very happy thing for him to bid farewell to this world. things in general.

The surrounding knights didn't seem to have seen their leader die. None of them paused for a moment, and no one even took a second look. They just swung their whips a little faster.

Not long after dozens of terrified Tuyuhun knights passed by, the sound of horse hooves sounded again, and the first thing that caught the eye was a flowing black flame-like steed, but what caught the eye more was the full body of horses on the horse's back. The knight with evil spirit is daunting.

"Appreciate~"

Yu Chigong lifted the rein lightly, and the high-speed galloping horse immediately stood up, barely stopping beside the inhuman corpse.

The sound of hoofbeats behind him approached slowly, Xue Wanche, Niu Jinda and Qiu Shili rode their horses to Yu Chigong's body, looked down at the corpse, their expressions all changed, Qiu Shili angrily said: "No."

Xue Wanche, Yu Chigong, and Niu Jinda looked at the dead people without much expression on their faces. After defeating Xue Rengao, they made a surprise attack from thousands of miles away, and then directly attacked the large tribe where the West Qin tribe was located. The defense of the West Qin tribe was unexpectedly weak. Xue Wanche led the elite coalition forces to break through easily, and then, it was a five-day pursuit from the West Qin tribe all the way to the Tuyuhun Khan Court—near Jiyu City. Who would have thought that Xue Renyue's puppet would be the one who killed it in the end? , so that they have a feeling of being played by others.

"Hmph!" Looking at the puppet of the Tuyuhun man in disguise, Yu Chigong felt agitated in his chest, he slammed the reins of the horse, the BMW trotted for two steps, and the huge horse's hoof stomped the round and smooth forehead to burst like a watermelon.

The captain came forward with a Tuyuhun man who was tied up, pointed at the inhuman corpse on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Who is he?"

"He is Zong Luozan, Zong Luohu's younger brother."

Seeing the man's body, the soldier's complexion changed. Seeing everyone's stern gazes, he hurriedly said, "In order to lure General Tianjun away, he pretended to be Xue Renyue."

The cold expression on Xue Wanche's face thawed a little, he dismounted silently, looked at Zong Luozan's body, and bowed his hands, no matter what happened in life, but since Zong Luozan is dead, everything in life will naturally follow his death But when the smoke disappeared, at least Zong Luozan's death did not disgrace the honor of a soldier. This man's loyalty, even if he was an enemy, was worthy of everyone's admiration.

Seeing this, Yu Chigong, Niu Jinda and Qiu Shili dismounted silently and bowed to Zong Luozan.

"He is a loyal general, but it is a pity that he followed the wrong person." Xue Wanche waved his hand, signaling his bodyguards to come forward, "A loyal man should not be humiliated. Someone, please bury him nearby, and he will be buried in peace."

"Here!"

Several soldiers stepped forward and dragged Zong Luozan aside to bury him.

"This time, under the order of the Holy Majesty, the surprise attack on Tuyuhun is to seek justice for the Silk Road merchants, and to try our best to weaken Tuyuhun's strength, so that he can be on the same level as the Tubo barbarians, so as to prevent it from making a comeback. The Xue family of the Western Qin Dynasty The strength that has been completely wiped out, and the forces directly under Murong Fuyun have not reached the point where the muscles are broken, if we fail to complete the task, what face do we have to go to see the Holy Majesty?"

Xue Wanche, Yu Chigong, Niu Jinda, Qiu Shili and others did not participate in the Central Plains War. They watched their colleagues make great achievements, and their eyes were endless.After receiving Yang Tong's edict, they gathered together and led the army across Xihai County non-stop, directly attacking Tuyuhun. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to make a great contribution and let the world know about themselves It's not for dry rice.

Unexpectedly, until now, the Western Qin forces who defected to the plateau were finally annihilated. No matter how brilliant the Xiqin Xue clan was, in their eyes, the Xiqin Xue clan was just an extra gain that had nothing to do with the mission. , not as powerful as the army of Murong Fuyun, the Great Khan of Tuyuhun, but Murong Fuyun, an old owl, is very smart, and the people he sent to fight against him were all miscellaneous forces that did not obey him, and finally reached the goal of borrowing the enemy's help. Although he lost a lot for the purpose of annihilation, it also made Tuyuhun's army composition more pure.In a sense, Tai Sui was helping him temper the army and remove impurities.

Neither Yang Tong nor Xue Wanche and other generals wanted to see this result.Because it is impossible for the Sui army to fight on the plateau all the time, once they retreat, Murong Fuyun will be able to annex the various tribes with absolute military strength, so that Tuyuhun can be condensed into a country with one mind and one order, and the army will also become more effective. .

However, Tubo, which began to have friction with Tuyuhun, is still in an ignorant era. It is far inferior to Tuyuhun in terms of cohesion, sophisticated equipment, and military level. If the two are allowed to fight, Tuyuhun will soon be able to wipe it out. Once Tuyuhun occupies the vast territory of Tubo, within a few years, it will become a big country in the southwest of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, even if the Great Sui did not act, Tuyuhun would develop northward, threatening Xihai and other counties, and even cut off the Silk Road again.Therefore, if the development of Tuyuhun is not restricted, it will definitely become a confidant of the Sui Dynasty in the future.And as long as the unification process of the Southwest is dragged on for three to five years, then the unified and revived Sui Dynasty can completely conquer the Southwest in one battle, and wipe out Tuyuhun and Tubo, who have lost both sides in the battle.

It is also for this reason that Yang Tong asked Tuyuhun to take the blame for attacking the Silk Road and strangle it before its great development.He was afraid that Yu Chigong and others would not know the far-reaching significance of this battle, so he wrote it clearly and plainly on the edict.

As the executors of the strategy, Xue Wanche, Yu Chigong, Niu Jinda and others knew the significance of this battle, which was no worse than the Central Plains War. From a national point of view, it was far stronger than the Central Plains Unification War.But the problem now is that Murong Fuyun gathered all the big and small tribes of Tuyuhun to Jiyu City. If he can't retreat, the coalition forces with no siege equipment and insufficient numbers will fall into a situation without food, not only can't complete the weakening Tuyuhun's task of being alive, there is also the danger of losing food and defeating the army.

"Since Murong Fuyun is a shrinking turtle, then we should flatten the Tuyuhun tribes around Jiyu City. Regardless of gender, they will all be executed. Murong Fuyun will only be left with Jiyu City. Without herdsmen, I'd like to see how he raises soldiers. How to regain vitality!" Xue Wanche snorted, with murderous intent in his voice.

"Shuai Xue." Qiu Shili smiled wryly: "The soldiers have not closed their eyes for several days in this continuous attack and battle, and have lost a lot. If we force another fight at this time, I am afraid our army will not last long."

Xue Wanche wanted to say something, but when he looked back, he saw that the eyes of the generals around him were bloodshot. Even when he stopped at this moment, he felt unspeakably tired. After a moment of silence, he asked in a hoarse voice: " What is the loss of our army? How many people are there?"

A bit of bitterness flashed across the corner of Qiu Shili's mouth: "The last general brought 2 coalition troops from the Western Regions, and now there are less than [-]. In fact, not many people died on the battlefield. Most of them were injured and lost too much blood. His weak body and bones couldn't resist the bad weather, and he fell asleep and died, which is also an important reason why our army didn't seriously injured any soldiers!"

When Qiu Shili said this, he felt very sorry. Although these were allied forces outside the territory, they were soldiers brought out by him and Su Dingfang. After several years of indoctrination, they were loyal to the Great Sui, no less than the soldiers of the Sui army.This can be seen from the fact that they have fought thousands of miles and still have no regrets.

"Xue Shuai, the soldiers have reached their limits. If we force them to fight, not only will we not be able to achieve results, but we may also be in danger of mutiny. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. The general thinks that our army should take a good rest." Qiu Shi Leigh suggested.

Xue Wanche pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Set up camp immediately, and rest in place for three days, beware of enemy troops coming!"

"Here!" Qiu Shili heaved a sigh of relief.

Following the order to rest and reorganize, the coalition soldiers were overjoyed.

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