Yang Gao sent an army of 400,000 to the north of the Great Wall to conquer the Turks. This news made the Li brothers, who were currently pressing down on the border, secretly relieved. Li Jiancheng, who had originally planned to ask for help from Li Shimin, also gave up the idea and ordered Li Huaiguang, Li Shentong, Li Zhongchen and others to The people guarded the pass and watched the Turks and Sui armies compete for success or failure.
Li Shimin was vaguely aware of Yang Gao's intentions, and once sent an envoy to warn Li Jiancheng, hoping that the two brothers could temporarily reconcile, and mobilized tens of thousands of troops from both sides stationed on the Xiaoguan line to go north to support Temujin.
However, Li Jiancheng was far more wary of Li Shimin than the Sui army, and he did not comment on Li Shimin's reminder. Instead, he felt that Li Shimin was tempting him to reduce the number of troops in Xiaoguan, and strictly ordered Li Dingguo, who was stationed in Xiaoguan, to strengthen defense and beware of Li Shimin's sneak attack.
On the Turkic side, after learning that the main force of the Sui army had left the fortress, Temujin did not dare to be careless and immediately convened a group of Turkic generals in Yazhang to discuss countermeasures. In the past few years, Temujin's several military campaigns against the Sui Dynasty ended in disastrous defeats, and some Turkic generals also became fearful of the Sui army.
"We fought with the Sui army many times, and everyone knows the situation of the Sui Dynasty."
Temujin said solemnly: "Emperor Yang Gao of the Sui Dynasty was an extremely powerful character. He also had many generals who were good at fighting. For example, his generals on the left and right, Yue Fei and Han Xin, had served in We suffered a lot on the battlefield.
This time, Yang Gao mobilized an army of 400,000 troops, all of whom were battle-hardened elites. This is not an exaggeration. This will be a battle of life and death for us. Therefore, Ben Khan hoped that no matter what kind of dispute there was between them, they would work together to fight against Yang Gao. "
"Work together to fight against Yang Gao!"
On top of the tooth tent, all the Turkic generals had serious expressions on their faces and nodded solemnly.
"You must be so pessimistic too."
All the strong Turkic men in the tent shouted in unison: "Blessed by the Immortal Heaven, your army will win! Capture Luo Yan alive! Flatten the Central Plains!"
"Kill all the wild dogs! Xiao Sui will win!"
Amidst the loud shouts of killing, horns sounded one after another, tens of thousands of Yang Gao changed their marching direction, and marched slowly towards Gu Duolu's troops. Tens of thousands of people raced on horseback, as if they were trying to overthrow the small grassland. Everything is turned upside down. "Report, little general, please wait!"
Liu Rengong, the former general of the Youzhou Army who followed Li Jiancheng to flee to Seili. Because Kublai Khan admired Han culture, Liu Rengong naturally fell in love with Kublai Khan. At this moment, he followed Boyan closely and said: "Even if the Sui army is lucky enough to escape, , must have been disgraced. Back then, my tyrant father, Yang Guang, was not besieged by Shi Bi's small army in Yanmen. Even though he escaped by chance, he still had all his prestige. He fell apart internally and completely lost control of the sky!"
Kublai Khan smiled at everyone in the tent and said calmly: "Although your army was defeated by Yang Gao several times, it was all because your army went deep into the Sui territory and understood the geography. Now Yang Gao is out on an expedition. Stretching for thousands of miles. That small grassland is where you have lived since childhood. The cavalry cannot gallop freely. That time, the time and place were on your side."
In Yanmen Pass, the sky is full of wind and sand. A Luoyan squad of tens of thousands of people is hurriedly retreating. The whole army is lined up in a long snake stretching for more than ten meters. In the sky below the Chinese army, there is a small flag with the word "Fu" written on it. Flying low.
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Kublai Khan stood up hurriedly. Before Ogedai's death, I was not Luo Yanjie's only heir. I was just my father's force dragging thunder, not the army that originally belonged to Ogedai. Li Jiancheng was also gradually handed over to me. In addition, its status in Turks is increasing day by day.
The Turkic generals in the small tent had not yet ignited a blazing fire at the encouragement of Kublai Khan and others. Seeing that the time was right, Li Jiancheng immediately stood up and whispered: "Everyone, that will determine the fate of your Turks." After the first battle, Xiaojia will go back to reorganize his troops and gather the warriors from all the tribes, and go south with this Khan to fight Luo Yan to the death!"
That was Yang Gao and Li Shimin's troops who were originally in charge of Bingzhou. Because of the distance problem, Yang Gao's rear group was the first to go out. Luo Yanjie, a veteran on the battlefield, was even more cautious before the small army left the fortress. Teams of patrols and scouts extended to hundreds of miles away.
Before the assembly dispersed, Li Jiancheng issued a mobilization order to the disappeared Turks and their servant tribes, ordering all the small tribes under the grassland to move closer to the Turks' tents. With the help of a group of Turkic tribal leaders who supported Li Jiancheng, the Turks also showed their best strength. In a very short period of time, nearly 800,000 small Turkic troops gathered in a desperate stream towards the Turkic tent.
The fire chief thanked him and left. Li Shimin immediately ordered people to summon Yang Cunzhong, Zhang Yu, Yao Xing, Xue Wanche and other deputy generals to discuss the military plan. The result of the discussion was also expected by everyone. The small army went out to the fortress not to conquer the Turks. The Turks sent down did not avoid but fought.
At Kublai Khan's, the atmosphere in the tent became lively. Kublai Khan's confidant Boyan said: "Yang Gao's expedition to Saili was not only a crisis but also an opportunity for you. If that time your army could annihilate the 700,000 Yang Gao main force in one fell swoop and capture Luo Yan alive. Common man, the Sui Dynasty has such a small territory, there are mountains of gold, and the enchanting beauties of the Central Plains are at your disposal."
The fire chief immediately replied: "Your Excellency took the risk and led a team to attack a lone Turkic sentry and captured eight Turks alive. Before interrogating us, we learned that the Turkic army was led by the young Turkic general Gu Duulu, and its strength was Eighty thousand people on the right and left were ordered by Li Jiancheng to move south as the rear."
"Thank you for your humble position, little general!"
Li Shimin frowned and asked in a deep voice: "Have you ever found out who is leading the army and how many Turkic troops there are?"
"It's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong!"
At that time, Luo Yanjie and my beloved grandson Kublai Khan had not discussed the matter in private. Many tribes in the Turks had less or less internal friction. Luo Yanjie did not show off at that time mainly to increase the number of people. Weakened the crisis consciousness of those tribes to temporarily put aside their suspicions and cooperate to deal with Yang Gao, but now it is time for Kublai Khan to play the red face.
A seemingly out-of-breath Yang Gao scout Huo Chang came galloping from Dizong on horseback. He stopped in front of Li Shimin, got on his horse and cupped his hands, saying: "Little General, last night you were waiting for someone to find someone in the valley eighty miles away." A resting Turkic army."
Li Shimin nodded in opposition and said to the fire chief: "He did a very bad job on that mission. I will reward you without any merit. I will mark him as a meritorious officer and get a reward of 8,000 yuan. I hope he will do it for you again in the future." Xiao Sui made great achievements."
"Fellow soldiers, this battle is your first battle with the Turkic barbarians before Sui leaves the fortress. I hope that you, the soldiers, will go all out to contribute to the country!"
