At the beginning of the Youshi period, there was a strong wind and billowing sand on the Gobi Desert. The soldiers of the Sui army on the expedition to Yiwu quickly led their horses into their tents to avoid the wind and sand. After a while, the sky became pitch black, as if the end of the world was coming.
Several oil lamps were lit in the Chinese army's tent. The oil lamps hanging on the wall swayed with the tent, illuminating the unconscious tent. Yang Ji and all the civil and military officials were sitting there.
There is a map of Yiwu hanging in the middle of the big tent, and standing next to it is a young man with fine features. His name is Hao Yuan, whose ancestral home is Liangzhou. In his grandfather's generation, his family moved to Dunhuang and settled in the Gobi Desert. The people who coveted the convenient trade route to Yiwu revealed the situation to the horse thieves in the Gobi Desert during a large-scale trading trip by the Hao family. The Hao family's caravan was massacred. They were Hao Yuan's father and several uncles. He also died in this disaster. The Hao family lost all their property afterwards and could not establish themselves in Dunhuang, so they had to return to their hometown to take root. Hao Yuan, dedicated to avenging his relatives and friends, waited for an opportunity in Zhangye, Ganzhou.
When Yang Ji was recruiting troops in Ganzhou, Hao Yuan enlisted in the army. Hearing that the commander was looking for a guide, he volunteered himself. He had been traveling between Dunhuang and Yiwu with his father since he was a child, and he knew Yiwu well. What surprised Yang Ji was that Xue Ju also knew this person, and said that Hao Yuan had great talents and was a rare genius, so he was also attracted by Yang Ji. He was included in the official system of the palace, and he was appointed to participate in the military affairs of the palace.
"Your Highness, generals." Hao Yuan used a wooden stick to carefully point to the map that the Hao family had protected with their lives, and introduced: "Let's go more than a hundred miles ahead and we will find the Liugu River that originates from Shiluoman Mountain. The water source of the river is mainly the melted ice and snow in the mountains. The water volume is very large in summer. Its middle and lower reaches are a piece of land suitable for farming. Therefore, during the Han and Jin dynasties, troops were stationed here and gradually developed into today's Rouyuan ancient town. However, due to the constant wars, the population of the town cannot develop. There were only more than 400 households a year ago. The Yiwu Kingdom has a long-term garrison of 500 troops in Rouyuan City. There has been no change for more than ten years. During the Han and Jin dynasties, there were The beacon towers below are still used by Yiwu. The more than 230 miles from Rouyuan Town to Yiwu City are all Gobi Desert and desert. They built ten beacon towers in oases on the way. After the Sui Dynasty unified the world , the number of soldiers guarding the beacon tower also changed from ten to fifty..."
Hao Yuan was very cautious and only told him about his knowledge of Yiwu country without adding any of his own opinions. Even when introducing it, he limited the time to the last time he went there.
After listening to Hao Yuan's introduction, Yang Ji said to everyone: "With our military strength, it is not difficult to capture the country of Yiwu. It's just that in order to consolidate the rule of the Turks in Yiwu, Khan Luo, the Nichuluo Khan of the Western Turks, sent another man called Yiwu. Supervise the collection of taxes and lead troops to monitor the tax collectors of 'Tutun'. If we capture the country of Yiwu, Nichuchuluo Khan will soon receive the news, so our enemy is not the king of Yiwu, Tutunshe. It’s the Western Turks behind him. Although the Western Turks are at war, we must take them into consideration, otherwise we will suffer."
Wang Bian looked at the map, pointed at the Tiele tribe south of Yiwu in Shiluoman Mountain, and said: "As His Highness said before, we must prevent the Western Turks from counterattacking. With our expeditionary force, we may not be able to withstand the Western Turks." The Turkic armies are taking turns to attack, so we’d better get in touch with the Qibi tribe, either so they can go south to join us and join the battle directly, or they can bluff and reduce the pressure on us.”
"Pharmacist, what do you think?" With such a major decision, Yang Ji naturally believed in Brother Military God.
Yang Ji's expectant gaze made Li Jing's heart tremble, and he felt a heavy weight on his shoulders, but he didn't dare to make such a major decision concerning the Sui Dynasty's Western Region strategy and the life and death of an army of 20,000 people!
Li Jing thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I also agree with General Wang's idea. If the Qibi Department helps us contain the Western Turks, it will at least reduce more than half of the pressure. Moreover, they have been fighting against the Western Turks. Helping us is helping them." No one with a bit of common sense would refuse.”
Li Jing's satisfactory answer made Yang Ji a little disappointed, and asked with a smile: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?"
Li Jing praised: "Your Highness's words are very insightful and insightful."
Yang Ji was speechless. This military god was different from what he imagined. If he hadn't known that his uncle was Han Qinhu, he would have suspected that he had met a fake.
He glanced at the other people one by one, only to find that they were all staring at him, looking at their posture, as if they were just waiting for the coach's order to start killing them.
On this issue, they seemed to have no other ideas except widening their eyes.
Yang Ji finally realized the seriousness of the problem. Xue Ju was not yet the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty, and Li Jing was not the god of war. They were all at the stage of talking about war on paper, and were just as rookies as himself. Because of the lack of experience, when faced with major decisions, Neither dare to draw conclusions easily.
After coming to this conclusion, Yang Ji's heart went cold. If he had known that the Overlord and the God of War were still like this, he should have brought Gao Jiong as a military advisor. The old man was a ruthless character who had experienced hundreds of battles. It was a pity that It's too late to say anything now.
Although he was panicking, Yang Ji also knew that he could not cause chaos. He tried his best to put on a calm expression and said in a deep voice: "Uniting with the Qili is indeed a good strategy, but when they were loyal to the Turkic Khanate, they were killed by our Sui Dynasty. We lost a lot of soldiers, and there has been no communication between the two sides since then. If we rashly ask them for help, we will be asking them to make us, the Sui Dynasty, always politically inferior. The glory of our Sui Dynasty, which we have achieved by sacrificing countless soldiers, will also be undermined by this. After a few points, it will be difficult to use their prestige to intimidate the Qibi tribe in the future. The key is that if they go north and stick around, we will be in big trouble if we want to quickly enter the Western Region in the future. So we can't lose a big for a small gain."
Everyone nodded silently. Although Yang Ji was right, it was quite difficult to defeat the power of the Western Turks with an army of 20,000.
"Although our 20,000-strong army cannot equal one to a hundred, a 100,000-strong army can withstand it. If the Western Turks dare to attack with a 100,000-strong army, they will be in a dilemma of empty troops internally. There will be no need for us to unite, Qibi The Ministry will also take advantage of the opportunity to swoop in. The effect is the same, but the meaning is completely different." Yang Ji, who had already made a decision, felt relaxed. His cleverness suddenly appeared again and said with a smile: "Why do you care so much? The top priority is to take care of it first. Yiwu will take it. If the Western Turks come with few troops, we will swallow them whole."
"Your Highness is wise." Everyone laughed with confidence when they saw that the coach had "the pearl of wisdom" in his hands.
"Hao Canjun, do you know the specific location of Yiwu's beacon tower?" Yang Ji was a little afraid to count on this group of people.
Hao Yuan cupped his hands and said, "I remember my humble position clearly."
Yang Ji walked to the tent door and took a look at the windy Gobi Desert. He knew that tonight was a dark and windy night, so he turned around and said, "Then you will lead the way for the scouts tonight. Take down the town’s beacon tower for me.”
"I obey my orders." Hao Yuan showed a look of excitement on his face and saluted, "Your Highness, please give me a sword for my humble duty."
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Rouyuan Town is the east gate of the Yiwu Kingdom and a strategic fortress to defend the Sui Army. In addition to more than 400 households, there are also 600 garrison troops. As long as the Sui Army captures this town, it can be pushed to the Yiwu City, and If the Sui army wanted to capture Rouyuan Town silently, they had to remove the beacon tower in the eastern part of the town.
A hill thirty miles east of Rouyuan Town is the first beacon tower. This stone block beacon tower is divided into three layers, shrinking upward layer by layer. The first layer is the horse pen, the second layer is for people, and the top is It is the beacon, which is also the commonly used layout of beacon towers.
It’s just that although the kings of Yiwu Kingdom have been changing constantly, their kings have been appointed by Rouran and Turks since the Rouran period. There has always been a smooth handover, so there have been no decent wars so far. Therefore, these beacon towers are mainly in Comes into play when wolves attack.
At the ugly moment, Hao Yuan led Zhang Chuchen, Liu Rumei and other Suzaku Guards close to the beacon tower, followed closely by dozens of black figures. They saw that the beacon tower was no different. Murong Xianyue, who was especially belligerent, rushed towards the beacon tower like a black cheetah. As he ran, he used his strength to throw the flying catch upwards, and the flying catch was accurately stuck on the top female wall. After she got close to the crenel, she climbed up on the rope.
The speed was so fast that Hao Yuan, who was watching from a distance, was speechless. He originally thought that these female soldiers were Yang Ji's concubines and did not have much ability, so he was worried about tonight's action for a long time. Now that he sees that anyone out there is better than him, it's hard for him not to admire him.
Just as Hao Yuan was sighing, Murong Xianyue threw down the firewood, wolf dung and other objects, and then used the fire to convey the message.
Xue Ju, who was in charge of killing people, ordered: "Follow me and kill them all!"
Dozens of royal guards quickly rushed towards the beacon tower.
When Hao Yuan chased after him, he found that all fifty Yiwu soldiers were lying in a pool of blood, and not a single scream was made during the whole process.
Facing the pair of faint gazes, Hao Yuan felt his scalp numb and his hairs standing on end.
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After more than an hour, the news that all the beacon towers in Rouyuan Town had been taken down quickly spread back to the army, and Yang Ji immediately issued an order to encircle and annihilate the Rouyuan defenders.
The order was issued, and the 20,000 cavalry, who were ready to go, rumbled towards Rouyuan Town in an arc, and rushed into the defenseless ancient town of Rouyuan.
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