In June of the third year of Renshou, the Yinshi division used 3,000 cavalry as a surprise force, and successfully completed the surprise attack mission, killing 50,000 Turkic forwards and routing them, and achieved the result of killing more than 30,000 enemies.
If in other dynasties, Yin Shishi's achievements would be enough to become a famous general. However, in the Sui Dynasty, apart from the symbolic rewards from the court, there was not even a trace of waves.
This is because the Sui Dynasty had so many commanders, famous generals, and fierce generals, and each of these people had the merit of killing tens of thousands of enemies. If compared in terms of combat achievements, situation, etc., Yin Shishi's great achievements are really not impressive enough.
It is a good fortune for a military general to be born in such a dynasty; because the diplomatic principle pursued by the Sui Dynasty is to take action if not obeyed, and occupy the territory after completion, so the military generals do not worry about not having a fight; however, unfortunately, there are too many famous generals in the Sui Dynasty, which leads to many obvious problems. The generals who could be considered handsome became lackluster. For example, take Yang Shuang, whose achievements and experience are exactly the same as Huo Qubing's. However, Huo Qubing's reputation has been passed down for thousands of years, but his reputation is unknown and lackluster. This has to be said to be a helpless sadness.
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On the same morning when the Yinshi division defeated the Turkic forward army, Yang Ji rode a captured sweat-blooded horse on the grassland.
Since the Sui army advanced into the grassland until now, Yang Ji didn't know how many tribes they had annihilated. Anyway, he was now like a killing machine. As soon as he heard that tribes were gathering somewhere, he would lead his troops to kill them. He didn't know how long he would be walking or how long he would kill, nor when he would return, but no matter what, both man and horse must retain enough strength to face the future war.
In the unknown tribe not far away, all the cattle and sheep were stabbed to death by Sui soldiers, but not a piece of meat was taken away. These things were left as food for the old, weak, women and children who had lost their tribe, their sons, husbands, and fathers. .
It's not that Yang Ji suddenly became falsely compassionate, but keeping them will only become a burden to the Turks. Now killing all the livestock these people rely on for survival also means that these people have lost their long-term source of food. When they After eating these animal meats, which will soon smell and go bad, you will need help from others.
The Turks may not care about the life and death of the elderly, but in order to thrive and grow, they must use limited rations to support these women and children. Once these burdens are accepted, their winter will be quite difficult, and when they realize Before the sadness, tribes would plunder and kill each other.
After a night's rest, the soldiers' tiredness from yesterday was gone, and they became energetic and radiant again. Su Dan, who was nearly ink, was black. After the baptism of endless killings, he gained a tough temperament that he had never had before. , from a "silly white sweet" to a qualified warrior born only for killing. Not to mention Xue Ju, Li Daliang and others, each of them has transformed into a cold-blooded and ruthless warrior.
What made Yang Ji regretful was that the Great Lakes area was so vast that the various tribes living in it were far apart. Sometimes, even after running for a long time, he might not even see a large-scale tribe.
When the soldiers were ready to go, Yang Ji led the army with only more than 8,000 soldiers and continued to attack Xiangyan. They were like locusts crossing the border. Wherever the soldiers passed, the only thing left behind was killing.
After another five days, more than twenty tribes of various sizes disappeared from the Great Lakes area without a trace.
Some of these tribes belong to Turks and some to Tiele, but Yang Ji and the Sui army have always been vegetarian. Whether they were large tribes or scattered herdsmen, any male human being would be killed by the Sui army with thunderous force.
This situation lasted until the seventh day, when Yang Ji finally got news of the enemy's attack.
It turned out that after the Corrupt Khan was defeated by Yang Ji, he did not go north to the Great Lakes area, but fled along the Xiongnu River to the Turkic Yazhang; when he went, he not only brought with him 30,000 shamans guarding the Yazhang, but also Urgently summon the three warriors of Huihe, Sijie, and Huxue who live north of Yazhang.
The two sides combined their forces to number 60,000 people. Then he led this army along the Shishui River Basin in the north-central part of the Dujin Mountains and went straight to Lake Kyrgyz in the north-central part of the Great Lakes Region.
The Sui army led by Yang Ji was running around to kill various tribes in the Great Lakes area. They wasted too much time on the road and stayed in the Delek Lake area in the middle and lower reaches of the Zabhan River. Although the Corrupt Khan prepared a lot of things and traveled to many places, his goal was simple, so he fought to the front instead, and was recharging his energy on the shores of Lake Kyrgyz in the upper reaches, ready to go south to fight at any time.
"My father is really good at cheating his son!" Yang Ji looked at the military information sent by the scouts and smiled helplessly.
If it were just the Huihe, Sijie, and Xuexue who were estranged from the Turks, Yang Ji's army would not be afraid at all. However, the 30,000 guard Yazhang shaman army is an extremely powerful existence.
As far as Yang Ji knew, ever since the Turkic Yazhang was taken over by his father, the Turks had to repeat the past. They selected 50,000 of the most loyal and strongest soldiers from the army to stay in charge for a long time, and the shaman priests served as the commanders of this army. The "soul mentor" of the army brainwashed these powerful soldiers into fanatical religious believers. Such religious soldiers, who were already strong in their own right, did not care about their lives in a fight. If Yang Ji were to fight against these 30,000 soldiers, Even if they win in the end, I'm afraid not many of them will be left dead. If Tiele's three soldiers outflank them from the outside, not a single one of them will be left alive.
His father, Yang Shuang, was quite happy with the killing, but his son had to bear the consequences of what he had sown. What else would it be if he didn't deceive his son?
This was because he didn't know the slogan of Bujia Khan's southern expedition. If he knew that Bujia Khan summoned all the tribes under the banner of Yang Shuang's desecration of the heroic spirits of all the grassland tribes, and that the father's debt must be repaid by the son, and that he was going to be used as a living sacrifice, I'm afraid it would be very strange. You must not jump up and scold your father.
The generals around him couldn't help but laugh silently after hearing Yang Ji's words.
"Greed Khan can even mobilize the shaman army. How can he have such great power? Could it be that he turned against Bujia Khan?" Yang Ji frowned and asked, "What do you think?"
"Unlikely!" Su Dan is a descendant whom Su Wei focused on cultivating. His father Su Kui is also a Confucian who is proficient in the Six Arts of Gentleman. Under his father's teachings, he not only has a strong overall view, but also has a good understanding of the political structure of the Turks. Quite understanding.
Just listen to him say: "The greedy Khan's lack of prestige and his unfair decision made all his subordinates alienated. This is why no one followed him after he was defeated by Sabolo Khan. He can't even suppress his subordinates." , If you cannot surrender, how can you have the ability to stand on your own? Based on his humble position, the reason why he gained the trust of Bujia Khan and had the power to mobilize the shaman army should be due to his lack of future."
"Does Tan Khan have no descendants?" Yang Ji asked curiously.
Su Dan cupped his hands and replied: "According to my grandfather, he used to have many heirs, but when he was defeated and fled, all his heirs were executed by the angry Sabolo Khan. After that, he never gave birth to a boy or a girl. I think it's a humble job." He has no relatives, which is the fundamental reason for gaining the trust of Bujia Khan."
"That seems to be the case." Yang Ji nodded, fully agreeing with Su Dan's statement.
After pondering for a while, Yang Ji suddenly felt something in his heart. He quickly looked at Hao Yuan, who had just returned from the mission today, and asked: "Hao Canjun, how many troops does Xue Yantuo have? How many troops will they come this time?"
"Back to Your Highness, Xue Yantuo showed that he had 120,000 troops, but Yi Nan, the grandson of Yi Shubo, was young and energetic and let it slip when he was talking to a humble official. He said that Xue Yantuo had at least 150,000 troops. If With all the young and strong men mobilized, there will be more people who can control the strings." At this point, Hao Yuan silently made an estimate, and then said: "Xue Yantuo has been in confrontation with Qi Gu and Xi Turk for a long time, and the tribe's standing army has five Ten thousand people; and Yi Shubo's plan is very big this time. Not only does he want to rob livestock, he also wants to rob the population of the Great Lakes area to strengthen Xue Yantuo, so they can dispatch at least 80,000 people this time, even if they all come out in full force It’s not impossible.”
"The small tribe of Xueyantuo actually maintains a standing army of 50,000 people. The support of this army is a big problem. It seems that their strength is not as simple as we imagined. However, the affairs of the Turks and Xueyantuo are beyond the reach of our Sui Dynasty. It is not something we can control, and this is an internal matter of the Turks. Let them annex each other. After we return to the court, I will remind the saint and the prince to pay more attention to Xue Yantuo. And our energy for waiting is The situation at hand.”
Yang Ji pondered for a moment and continued: "Xue Yantuo wanted to take advantage, and finally threw the blame on us. How can there be such a good thing in this world? I'm wondering if we can lure Tanhan Khan's 60,000-strong army away In the north, let him fight dog to dog with Xue Yantuo."
Hao Yuan said solemnly: "If I were Tan Khan, I would definitely go to Xue Yantuo first."
Yang Ji's eyes sparkled when he heard this, and he asked enthusiastically: "What is Hao's reason for joining the army?"
"Xue Yantuo has more troops than us, they advance faster than us, and they cause greater damage to the Turks than us." Hao Yuan said: "And Tanhan Khan's army is the only army that the Turks can use. , he can't waste his time fighting with us, as long as we make a big circle with them; when Xue Yantuo arrives, if he shows the attitude of withdrawing from the Great Lakes area as soon as possible, Tanhan Khan will definitely send his troops northward , to fight against Xue Yantuo’s army.”
"What Hao Canjun said is absolutely true." Yang Ji nodded and said: "Relatively speaking, the southern grasslands that we have killed are worthless, but in the north are the Ubusu Basin and Kyrgyz Basin where the Turkic powerhouses are located. It is clear at a glance which one is more important and which one is less important. Immediately send an order to the entire army to march southwest and join General Wang Xingben and the others."
"Your Highness is wise!" the generals responded.
Neither Tan Khan nor Xue Yantuo were strong enemies that their army could afford to offend. Yang Ji's choice to join forces at this time was undoubtedly the wisest choice.
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