After hearing Yu Wenhao's words, Yang Ji, Yang Shanhui and others were overjoyed. Four days ago, Yang Ji indeed issued combat instructions to Li Daliang and Dugu Pingyun, but they killed Bei Gongwu on the same day, and there was also Murong Fujun who helped them take down the Muli Camp.
"Brahmin, you go into the account first and tell me in detail later." Yang Ji said and told Zhu Can, "Send someone to bring General Xue and General Qian back to me."
Xue Shixiong and Qian Shixiong had just left the Chinese army's tent. Not long after, they called Yang Ji's soldiers back. When they heard the news, they were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths.
Li Daliang and Dugu Pingyun successfully captured the Muli Camp, which meant that the new west gate of Tuguhun was completely opened. Next, the Sui army on the west route only had to march straight along the vast wilderness at the eastern foot of Xitie Mountain until they reached the Xihai Lake area in Fuqi City.
This news is really surprising.
"Brahmin, you can speak now." Yang Ji signaled to Yu Wenhao.
"Here!" Yu Wenhao responded and said quickly: "Your Majesty, during our confrontation with the Tuyuhun army, Beigong Wu led his troops to challenge the camp every day. General Li and General Dugu abided by your Majesty's order and focused on defense. On the throne, he ignored all kinds of provocations. Over time, Tuyuhun, led by Bei Gongwu, became proud. Not long after General Li and General Dugu received the letter from the king, Bei Gongwu happened to mobilize again and led the entire army to fight, so The two of them took advantage of the arrogance of the Beigong military army and defeated it in one fell swoop."
After roughly talking about the war, Yu Wenhao focused on introducing Murong Fujun's purpose and achievements: "Murong Fujun, who stayed behind in the camp, was Murong Fuyun's half-brother. This man was greedy for life, afraid of death, and eager to make meritorious deeds, so the two generals Using his special identity, he deceived the Muli camp and the three supply points deployed by Murong Yong on the way."
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Murong Fuyun's brother actually committed treason?
Yang Ji pondered for a long time and asked Yu Wenhao, "Do you know why he betrayed Murong Fuyun?"
"Murong Fujun was Murong Kualu's concubine and Murong Shifu's confidant. After Murong Fuyun became the Great Khan, he made him the King of England. However, he was suppressed by Murong Fuyun and even lost his title. He I have been dissatisfied with Murong Fuyun for a long time. I heard that Bei Gongwu was easily defeated by our army, so I surrendered my camp." Yu Wenhao glanced at Yang Ji and added: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of Murong Fujun With full cooperation, our army captured four armies without any bloodshed. Now from here to Muli Camp, there are no more large-scale enemy forces."
Yang Shanhui, who was standing next to him, said: "Your Majesty! Murong Fujun's contribution is not trivial. It is the key to our army quickly joining forces and shaking Tuyuhun's will to resist. I, the Sui Dynasty, cannot treat him badly. Moreover, with this person in hand, the Sui Dynasty will be able to govern this area in the future." The earth will also achieve twice the result with half the effort. We must protect it well and never let it suffer any shortcomings."
Yang Ji actually thought so too, and nodded after hearing this: "The long history is absolutely right, I will let Li Daliang protect this person."
Qian Shixiong hesitated for a long time, then handed over to Yang Shanhui and said. "Chang Shi, as the saying goes, can draw lessons from the past and guide the future. If we use this person to calm people's hearts, will he become the second Murong Bei?"
"General Qian, you can rest assured! Although we trained Murong Bei from the Great Lakes area into a white-eyed wolf, the two are completely different in nature." Yang Shanhui explained to him with a smile: "At that time, Great Lakes had many forces and was particularly powerful. The king was anxious to return to deal with Bujia Khan, so he decided to use him to withstand the anger and counterattack of the Turks; in the following days, he fought with Ashina Huaide and Yi Shibo and lost all three, resulting in the strength of the Great Lakes region. The sharp decrease in the Great Lakes region also laid a good foundation for the stability of the Great Lakes region. And his ungrateful move of surrendering to the East/Turks just gave us a God-given opportunity to eliminate the remaining power in the Great Lakes region during the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, Murong Bei was only in the hands of the Sui Dynasty and the king from the beginning to the end. It’s just a chess piece.”
"We directly incorporated the land of Tuyuhun into the territory of the Sui Dynasty and set up counties to manage it. The situation is completely different from that of the Great Lakes area. And in the next battle, we will uproot the Xianbei forces. Even if Murong Fujun stays in the future, Tuyuhun, the local government will not let him out of sight, and he has no power to rely on. What's more, his role is to comfort him at the beginning. As long as this place is stable, it is impossible for the court to let him continue to live here. "
Qian Shixiong suddenly realized:
"So that's the case, but the general is worrying too much."
At this time, Hao Yuan asked Yu Wenhao: "General Yuwen, as far as I know, the garrison of Muli camp is five thousand, and Murong Yong's supply point has deployed two thousand garrison each. The total number of enemy troops is ten thousand." Thousands. General Yuwen just said that General Li and others captured the Muli Camp and three supply points without a single blow, so where did these eleven thousand people go?"
After hearing these words, everyone woke up from their joy. Hao Yuan asked a very critical question. Tuyuhun's eleven thousand soldiers were not a minority that could be ignored. It seemed that they had surrendered to the Sui Dynasty. If they were dealt with Improper use can easily cause great security risks to the Sui army, so be careful not to be careless.
"Good news, Mr. Hao! These 11,000 people have surrendered to us in the Sui Dynasty. Together with Murong Fujun's 3,000 troops, we now have 14,000 surrendered troops." Yu Wenhao saluted and quickly surrendered their troops. Zang Zang said: "Murong Fujun's three thousand people maintained their original organization and were not dispersed. The other thirteen thousand people were dispersed. The whole army went up to the commander of ten thousand soldiers and the commander of thousands of soldiers. The "Fire Chief" has been selected by General Li and General Dugu. The new captains and fire chiefs are recommended by surrendered soldiers or self-recommended. For centurions and above, they are Qiang generals in our army who can speak the Tuyuhun language. Serve. Now each brigade has one hundred and ten people, of which one hundred are surrender soldiers and ten are Sui troops. "
"This surrendered army is now commanded by General Dugu, and Murong Fujun is the deputy general of this army. However, what Murong Fuyun can command is actually only his three thousand direct descendants." Yu Wenhao continued.
The nomadic tribes such as Tuyuhun and Turks lived together with blood ties as the bond. From time to time, tribes would fight over a sheep, a cow, or a horse. Compared with the people of the Central Plains, they value the blood of their clan; they do not trust unfamiliar friendly forces more than the Central Plains army. This is also one of the important reasons why they are easily defeated after a stalemate or defeat. Most of the generals and generals in this army are the confidants of their chiefs. Soldiers from ordinary herdsmen origins, even if there are a few brave men occasionally, have already been won over by the chiefs; as for ordinary soldiers with mediocre abilities, let alone promotions, they are Even post-war pensions are difficult to guarantee.
In view of the fact that the foreign army is the most heavily armed, when dealing with surrendered troops, Yang Ji had previously used the method of removing their leaders and identifying all the generals who surrendered. Without these people to take the lead, his army would be in disarray. The middle and low-level generals, who were selected by the generals from ordinary soldiers with lower backgrounds, did not have much attachment to the chiefs. On the contrary, the Sui army gave them the opportunity, and they naturally turned their hearts to the Sui Dynasty.
This strategy has been implemented for several years, and it is almost always unfavorable. When they heard that Li Daliang implemented it according to this method, everyone was relieved; however, this army and their families will eventually take them down the plateau.
Yang Ji asked: "Have the Tuyuhun army in Huangyang Valley been completely wiped out?"
"Report back to your Majesty!" Yu Wenhao said hurriedly: "The more than 6,000 prisoners we captured in Huangyang Valley have been given to Liu Changshi to take charge of. Currently, the Huangyang Valley Road is being repaired day and night to facilitate the communication between the north and the south in the future."
Yang Ji nodded and told him, "You go down and rest first, then follow me eastward in the afternoon."
"Here!" Yu Wenhao was overjoyed, saluted everyone, and went down to rest with Yang Ji's soldiers.
"Your Majesty, General Li's victory has enabled the Western Route Army to have no obstacles. However, the number of soldiers surrendered by General Li is equal to that of our army. In addition, Murong Fuyun's Muli Camp is relatively close to Fuqi City where Murong Fuyun is located. " Yang Shanhui said: "To avoid an accident, I suggest that the cavalry go first and meet General Li as soon as possible. The infantry and heavy baggage soldiers will form the harem and be responsible for escorting the supplies before leaving."
Yang Ji nodded and said to Xue Shixiong: "General Xue, General Qian and I will lead the fine cavalry first, and you will be the commander of the rear army."
"Here!" Xue Shixiong and Qian Shixiong happily accepted the order.
"Go down and get ready!" Yang Ji said with a smile.
"General, please retire!" The two generals received the military order and left.
In the afternoon, as soon as the rest time is over.
Yang Ji gathered 30,000 elite cavalry. The army consisted of the victorious army and the elite cavalry of the left and right armies. This army consisted of more than 10,000 victorious troops led by Yang Ji, Wei Yunqi, Zong Luohu, Pei Xingyan, and Cheng Yaojin as the front army, while Qian Shixiong, Yang Shanhui, and Feng Xiaoci led the rear army.
Following Yang Ji's order, the fine cavalry marched eastward in mighty force
Fang marched quickly, and the tens of thousands of troops, with their armor shining in the sun, swords and spears like a forest, and full of murderous intent.
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Although it was bright and clear and the sky was cloudless, the temperature on the plateau seemed to be sucked away by the melting ice and snow, and the biting cold wind blew on the face like a knife blade piercing the depths of the soul.
However, no matter how cold the weather was, it could not cool people's hearts. In the afternoon when Yang Ji led his army to the east, Murong Yong and Murong Xiaojun rode their horses through the snow a hundred miles away with less than two thousand defeated soldiers. The tribe in front of them has been abandoned, but Murong Yong and Murong Xiaojun can see that this tribe walked very calmly, because except for the fence that can show the general outline of the tribe, there is not even a tent left. .
They had already encountered countless such tribes. If nothing unexpected happened, this tribe retreated to the east under their orders. What's ridiculous is that the herdsmen firmly implemented the national policy of "building walls and clearing the country". However, with an army of nearly 200,000, they were defeated by the Sui army with "few soldiers and few generals"; The target of the loss is not the Sui army, but their defeated army. The so-called self-destruction and self-inflicted consequences are probably nothing more than this, right?
When the remnant soldiers following the two men saw this scene, they no longer roared with anger and annoyance like before, but instead felt numb and deeply desperate. They were chased all the way by the Sui army. They were afraid that they would run too slowly, so they all threw away things that could reduce their weight. Now, except for the tired mounts under their legs, the weapons in their hands, the armor on their bodies, and the few auxiliary horses, the entire army There is nothing left.
"Sui people really want to kill them all?" Murong Yong felt extremely sad in his heart, with anger and despair flashing in his eyes. In order to resist the Sui army, they had already wiped out all the young men in the west. It would be no exaggeration to say that they had wiped out all the young people to become soldiers. However, in the end, they were wiped out near the Dangjin Pass. During their escape eastward, they gathered the defenders and young herdsmen again and again in an attempt to compete with the Sui army. However, the Sui army annihilated them time and time again.
After so far, Tuyuhun's last vitality in the western region has been exhausted, and the few people left in the end are not only their remaining troops, but also the last strength of Tuyuhun's western region to resist the Sui Dynasty. Those soldiers who had become deserters, young herdsmen, and tribesmen who did not want to go eastward with them obviously decided to become "submissive citizens" of the Sui Dynasty.
Murong Xiaojun, who was standing next to him, suggested bitterly: "Commander, it's very unsafe here. Let's continue marching!"
Now, Murong Xiaojun and Murong Yong have understood Yang Ji's sinister intentions. The reason why the Sui army never swallowed them whole, but kept hanging them and beating them, was to hope that they would lure away the tribes and soldiers loyal to the Tuyuhun royal family. Come out, and then uproot the Tuyuhun forces once and for all, so that when they are governed in the future, there will no longer be any resistance.
During the peak period of Tuyuhun, the territory was vast, stretching from the Qingshan Mountains in the east to the Western Regions in the west, from the Qilian Mountains in the north to the Kunlun Mountains in the south. The territory was four thousand miles long from east to west and about two thousand miles south to south. In terms of actual conditions, The control of the country is not much less than that in the early days of the Sui Dynasty. However, after the Sui Dynasty rose to power, they first lost Shanshan and Qiemo, and now they have lost the west of Xiti Mountain. How long can they hold on to what is left?
But knowing this, Murong Yong and Murong Xiaojun had to escape and gather together, because once they stopped or gave up the tribe, they would eventually die!
Murong Yong rubbed his face that was red from the cold to make it no longer so uncomfortable. Then he glanced at the indifferent and embarrassed remnant soldiers and said sadly: "Just run away like a bereaved dog. What's left is these." People will also disperse in a hurry, and when the time comes, we won’t even be able to deal with wild wolves, let alone Sui soldiers.”
"What should we do?" Murong Xiaojun frowned.
Murong Yong was silent for a long time, and finally made a decision. He whispered to Murong Xiaojun: "We have less than two thousand troops in our hands. Even at our peak, we can't withstand a charge from the Sui army. At this moment, our troops have no fighting spirit and no physical strength. Cun San, if we force the soldiers to march, they will have to mutiny. Let the soldiers stop and rest first, and kill and eat the horses that cannot walk."
"That's all we have to do." Although Murong Xiaojun was worried about the Sui army chasing behind them, as Murong Yong said, they needed to rely on
These soldiers are working hard for themselves. If even these people are dissatisfied, then they are really doomed.
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