Will Ming

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Bypassing Suotou Xiren going north, Li Xian's team arrived at Xiren's pasture in less than half a month.It's mid-August, and it's the time when the grass is lush, but there is no one grazing on the vast grassland at a glance.The sky is high and the clouds are light, the grassland is so green that you can't see the edge, the wind blows very softly and comfortably, and the magnificent scenery makes people feel that their hearts are widened.

The horseshoe stepped on those unknown little wild flowers all the way forward, and frightened small animals fled in the grass from time to time.In the distance, there is a pack of wolves with more than a dozen members peeping here, perhaps because the days have been so comfortable these days, those small animals running for their lives ran not far from them, and they didn't even look at them. Don't look at it.And when the bloody human cavalry galloped by in the distance, all the wolves stood up and looked in that direction vigilantly.Finally, after the head wolf neighed deeply, the wolves fled into the distance.

Even though flocks of cattle and sheep are rarely seen on Xiren's pasture these days, wolves never lack prey on the lush grassland.And wolves are far more sensitive to the smell of blood than humans, so even though they are far away, they can still smell the dangerous aura emanating from the human cavalry.The blood cavalry had no taboos about killing wolves. In their view, the only difference between killing wolves and killing pigs was that the meat of the former was not as tasty as the latter.

The one hundred and four blood cavalry hadn't returned to the Central Plains for several years. When they went back this time, what awaited them was destined to be without any noisy welcome ceremony or even a rain of blades and arrows.Since they left Honghua that year, they were no longer the cavalry of the Sui Dynasty.But they are still Han Chinese, and their home is in the Central Plains, so they go home.

Passing through a sparse forest, Li Xian immediately reined in the horse and then signaled to stop.

Two scouts flew back from the front, and after giving a military salute to Li Xian, they said, "Young General, we found a Turkic camp twenty miles ahead!"

Major General, this is a nondescript title.Daxi Changru was a general whom the blood cavalry admired all his life, and Li Xian was the only disciple of Daxi Changru, so they used such a quack-like title for Li Xian, which was easily criticized by others.In the blood cavalry team, Daxi Changru was a fourth-rank Yingyanglang general, and the highest official besides him was Tie Liaolang, who was a fifth-rank general.And Chaoqiuge and Dongfang Lihuo Dugu Ruizhi are both the school captains of the sixth rank.When they followed Daxi's elders to the north of the Great Wall, they all willingly abandoned fame and wealth.

In the eyes of Xueqi, Daxi Changru is their eternal general.

Similarly, in Xueqi's eyes, Li Xian is the general's successor.

In the past two years, Daxi Changru has taught Li Xian everything in military command.Li Xian's hard work and rapid progress won the respect of all the blood cavalry. Although he is indeed younger than the blood cavalry, there is no doubt that he is a truly responsible man.

Chao Qiuge led ten blood cavalry to take on the task of scouting, they have been exploring the way in front of the team.And the Iron Wolf led fifteen blood knights, and walked five miles away from the group.

"Turks?"

Li Xian signaled the blood cavalry to rest on the spot. He inquired carefully about the situation ahead, and after thinking about it, he decided to go to the front to have a look.He told the Blood Cavalry to wait for the Iron Wolf, while he rushed forward under the leadership of the scouts.

When he got to the place where Chao Qiuge and the others were hiding, Li Xian followed Chao Qiuge's instructions and looked forward and couldn't help but gasped.

In the distance, what a magnificent wooden city!

In sight, a huge wooden besieged city rose up two or three miles away.Two years ago, when Li Xian and the others went north, they also took this road. There was a large forest here, but now it has been cut down and cleared. One can imagine how much wood was consumed by this wooden city that rose from the ground.

It is not so much a wooden city as it is a huge military fortress.

"Ashina Quhu is so generous!"

Chao Qiuge said coldly.

Although it was still far away, the outline of the fortress was already clearly visible.The wooden city was completely built according to the appearance of the city in the Central Plains, complete with archery towers and horse faces.From the looks of it, at least a team of 5 people can be accommodated.

"The Turks have forgotten the pain!"

Li Xian said.

"look!"

Chao Qiuge pointed to the front, and saw a group of cavalry coming out of the wooden city.It looked like at least a Turkic wolf cavalry of a thousand-man team, with a red cloak, came out of the wooden city and rushed towards the south.This used to be Xiren's grassland, not far from Yanshan Mountain.When you arrive at Yanshan Mountain, you can see the North Great Wall in the distance.The Turks built such a huge fortress here, and their hearts are clearly revealed.

"Ashina is waiting for the opportunity to go to the swan!"

Chao Qiuge said: "The Turkic people know that they are not the opponents of the Sui Dynasty. They built a wooden city here, and I think [-]% of it is used to store grain. They are waiting to see if there is an opportunity when the Sui conquers Goguryeo. "

Li Xian sighed and said, "Even the barbarians on the prairie can see that the chances of winning the battle against the Liaodong Great Sui are not high, so they dare to station troops here. But the Emperor of the Great Sui thought that he would win this battle , I even wonder if the emperor who personally led the army to Pingnanchen, Tuyuhun, and Megatron in the Western Regions is the same idiot who gave the Goguryeo people two years to prepare for the battle? Calling the children of good families from all over the world to join the army, what must be done? Wan Dajun marched eastward, didn't he think that the Koreans would have enough time to prepare for the war?"

Li Xian paused and said with emotion: "I really don't know where his self-confidence comes from!"

"From past glory."

Chao Qiuge said: "Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, foreign wars have never been defeated. The strength of the army is unparalleled in the world, and the strength of Nanchen Fushu's national power can't stop the 51 army of the Sui Dynasty. They have always been invincible on the grassland. The Turkic people were brutally beaten in half, who can resist the might of the Sui army? All nations come to court, and the world admires them, and this is how self-confidence comes from.”

Although he was against Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Chao Qiuge's evaluation was still very pertinent: "Throughout the ages, how many people ruled the world at the age of 20?"

He pointed to the red cloak that was gradually disappearing in the distance and said: "He is the only one called Tian Khan by the grassland people!"

"that's true……"

Li Xian sighed and said, "This is the source of self-confidence."

"It's just that he is a little too confident."

Li Xian said: "Give the enemy two years to prepare for the war. Even if Liaodong City used to be an earthen city, it has now been built into a fortress pushed up by stones. Gao Yuan is not an idiot. How much army can be expanded in these two years? Liaohe On the opposite side, he has 20 troops stationed there, can't the emperor of the Sui Dynasty see it?"

Chao Qiuge shook his head and said, "He can see it, and he can see it more clearly than anyone else."

Chao Qiuge said sadly: "He can see it, but he looks down on it. He doesn't pay attention to Goguryeo at all. Don't say that Gao Yuan deployed 20 troops on the banks of the Liao River. At that time, Nanchen had hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, countless powerful cities, and even the great rivers and natural moats could not stop him. In his eyes, the plateau was a low-level clown. How could he take it too seriously? Perhaps, in his view This war is just a fun game."

"game?"

Li Xian really didn't expect Chao Qiuge to think so deeply and analyze so thoroughly.Li Xian always thought that Emperor Sui Yang was a schizophrenic patient, and it was amazing when he was arrogant.It is estimated that this has something to do with the countless brilliant victories he has created, and many times he has to admit that he did a good job when he took the throne.How could a person with the halo of unifying the world not be confident?

He is just playing.

Li Xian sighed in his heart.

In his opinion, any problem is not a problem as long as he takes action himself.

He gave Goguryeo two years to prepare for the war because he didn't think it was a war at all.The game, what Chao Qiuge said may be right, he is just playing a large-scale scary game.If he knew the ending of this game, I don't know if he would regret it.

The decline of the Great Sui Empire began with the three expeditions to Goguryeo. If it hadn't been for the anger and resentment caused by these three Eastern Expeditions, the Great Sui would definitely not have ended its historical mission so hastily.A newly emerging empire with a nearly invincible army, a perfect system, tens of millions of people, and infinite vitality collapsed in just a few years. In the final analysis, could it be his fault alone?

Poor boy, Li Xian found out that he didn't hate Yang Guang and even sympathized with him.

Although Yang Guang is the nightmare that has existed in his life all these years, he is his powerful enemy standing at the pinnacle of the world.But Li Xian really didn't have any hatred for him. It was understandable for an emperor to cut off a person who threatened him, even if the threat was as big as a speck of dust. If the dust got into his eyes, he had to clean it up.So Li Xian never thought of killing Yang Guang in the past, because it was impossible and unnecessary.

Perhaps the emperor of the Sui Dynasty didn't take him seriously at all, and he could kill Li Xian endlessly until he was killed by just moving his mouth.This is not a contest at all, and it can even be said that it is not a contest at all.So Li Xian's first goal in life is very simple, just to survive.Learn as many ways to save your life as possible, the greatest victory is to be alive before the enemy dies.

In fact, Li Xian's biggest reliance is...he knows that Yang Guang will not have a few years to live.Therefore, this contest with a ridiculous level difference has changed to a competition method, which is basically fair compared to the two of them, and it is better to compare who can live longer.

Yang Guang's advantage still lies in his power and status, he can order people all over the world to kill Li Xian.Li Xian's advantage is that he knows the future direction of the story.

After being dazed for a while, he shook