Outside Yanmen Pass in Hedong, Mayi, Shuozhou, North.

Mayi City is located in Shuozhou Prefecture, and is fifty miles northeast of Shanyang City. In the pre-Qin period, Qin Shihuang's general Meng Tian rushed the Xiongnu north outside Yanmen Pass to siege the city and raise horses, so it is called Mayi. There is also a legend that Meng Tian built a city in Wuzhou Pass at that time to prevent the Xiongnu. As a result, the city was about to build a city, but there were several places where the collapse was collapsed. At this time, a horse ran quickly and kept going back and forth. The person in charge felt strange, so he built the city according to the footprints of the horse running. After the city was built, it would not collapse again, so he finally named the city Mayi.

At the beginning of March, Gao Yang, the Minister of the Sui Dynasty, Zuo Pushe, and Gao Yang, the prime minister of all officials, also served as the chief of the Northern Expedition, entered Mayi City.

Gao Yi is not unfamiliar with Mayi. Although he is a civil servant, he has repeatedly led troops to fight over the years. Although Mayi is located in a corner, it is actually a key point in the border. The northern barrier of this Yanmen Fortress is based on stone, about four feet high, and the female wall is seven feet high and five miles in circumference. There are four corner towers, twenty-four enemy platforms, and there are Yuecheng outside the east and west gates. This is a very complete castle.

In Mayi City, there were a carriage, cavalry and cavalry, and a total of three thousand garrisons.

For the Sui Dynasty, which had been facing huge pressure from the northern Turks since its founding, the Great Wall was too long to stand on the front line, but the Long City was never given up. Yanmen Pass, Loufan Pass, Taixi Pass, Feihu Pass, Wuruan Pass, Jundu Pass, Lulong Pass, and Yu Pass, this is a place that must be defended and there is no way to retreat.

The importance of Mayi made the court stationed three thousand soldiers here, and the generals who took great pains to divide them into three divisions, one carriage, one cavalry, and two government soldiers. Plus one border army, they were not subordinate to each other. The town army was stationed in the city, while the two governments were stationed in the south and north of the city. The two government soldiers were rotated once a year. The town army in the city also rotated once a year, so as to prevent the Mayi defenders from being bribed by the enemy and breaking the fortress from within.

At this moment, Mayi City had far more than three thousand soldiers.

The Marshal of the Central Expedition of the Northern Expedition, He Ruobi had already moved the Central Army into Mayi. Outside the inner city of Mayi, the Sui army arrived along the way, and at this time, 100,000 troops had gathered. The army surrounded Mayi, turning it into a huge camp.

He Ruobi and his generals from a hundred thousand army gathered in front of the south gate of Mayi to welcome Gao Jin. Gao Jin was the prime minister and the chief of the Northern Expedition. In fact, the marshal was the commander of the Northern Expedition. Gao Jin was the real commander of the Northern Expedition. Three days ago, Zhao Zhongqing led 3,000 troops to support Yunnei, and was ambushed and annihilated by the Turks in Qingliang Mountain. He Ruobi, who had just arrived in Mayi, was about to lead his army north, but suddenly received Gao Jin's emergency order. Gao Jin urgently ordered that the entire army suspended its advance. He waited for the order on the spot. Those who dared to cross Mayi and went north will be killed.

This order is inexplicable, but no one dares to disobey it.

The middle marshal He Ruobi and the deputy commander Han Sengshou are both the same party as Gao Yang. Although the middle marshal Shi Yuwenshu and Sima Guo Yan are the confidants of the King of Jin, although they are still in the middle marshal, they are completely undermined by He Ruobi and Han Sengshou and have no say.

However, although He Ruobi and Han Sengshou executed Gao Feng's order without any discount, they were also full of doubts.

The group welcomed Gao Yang and others into the city. After a while, after a chill in the temporary general's mansion, Gao Yang asked the generals to retreat, leaving only He Ruobi and Han Sengshou.

Gao Yang said without waiting for the two of them to speak, "I know you have many doubts, I also know what you want to ask, relax, don't worry, everything is under the control of someone." Gao Yang said with a smile, while taking out a tube of tea casually and brewing tea as if no one was around. "This is Wuyi black tea, this year's new tea, and this is a new product, which is different from the emerging and sought-after green tea last year. Although they are both fried, they are fermented and taste more mellow and the tea soup is richer and more wonderful. You know

Do you know, this black tea comes from Wuyi Mountain in the southeast. It is said to be the business run by the Lai Huer family, the general manager of Jianzhou. However, as far as I know, the black tea business run by Lai Family is actually in partnership with King Jin, and King Jin has a large share of it. What’s more interesting is that the crown prince actually occupied a share of the black tea business. Well, to be precise, almost 70% of the tea business is now controlled by King Jin. The tea of ​​King Jin was finally sold to the crown prince for processing, which is really surprising."

He Ruobi frowned, not understanding what Gao Yang meant to tea. Is it important? Even if tea is very popular nowadays, the transaction operation is limited. Besides, what is strange about King Jin and Taisun doing tea business together? Everyone has their own position, but the business and money have no position. Taisun opened a Daxing Bank in the capital, with a capital of tens of millions, and almost all the powerful and wealthy families in the capital have invested in him, so he himself earned 100,000 yuan. It is said that Saburo of Gao's prime minister also earned one million yuan.

"Don't underestimate this tea leaf. Do you know that the tea industry in the southern part of the Sui Dynasty has reached millions of coins a year, and the profit is at least three million coins a year. This is not a small amount of money. King Jin controls tea transactions in the south and makes at least one million coins a year, while the prince's grandson and King Jin work together to earn more, and at least two million coins a year."

"So, so what?" He Ruobi asked. It is wartime, Yunnei City ahead has been trapped, Zhao Zhongqing's three thousand reinforcements have been destroyed, Heng'an Town is also eager to be in danger and will fall at any time. At this time, Prime Minister Gao ordered not to send troops north, but when he came to Mayi, he would talk to them about the tea and discuss business. What is this? Is Gao Gong jealous of the profits of the tea trading, and he also wants to make a fuss, but now is not the time.

Gao Feng ignored He Ruobi and continued to say on his own: "Since the rise of Huaihuang, the crown prince has quickly controlled the livestock transactions and fur transactions between the grassland and the Central Plains, and has also monopolized the transactions of cloth, porcelain, sugar and wine to the grassland. Do you know how much profit is here?"

"You don't know, you don't know how much money the Emperor's Grandson can make in a year now, and these are just part of the business he can make money, including the manufacturing of weapons, war horses, medicinal materials and medicines, paper, books, and banks, etc. The Emperor's Grandson's ability to make money is beyond our imagination. The Emperor's Grandson's real daily profit is worth a lot of money. And it is not just a profit. He and King Jin do tea business, and livestock and fur transactions with Sanfan outside the West.

.With the local tyrants in all prefectures and counties in the world, operating various hot-selling products. He even took out a lot of money to build a college in Youzhou and bribed a large number of Confucian scholars. Do you really think that the emperor's grandson is simple?" Gao Yang shook his head and placed the teacup in his hand on the table. "No, the emperor's grandson's power exceeded our imagination and expanded too quickly. Especially, the emperor's grandson never showed much awe and support for the prince."

Gao Yang's words were not aimless, but the astonishing conclusion he came to after carefully searching Yi Feng's information. The power of the grandson expanded too quickly, but his attitude towards the prince was ambiguous. For this young grandson who they held the throne of the grandson in their hands, Gao Yang felt a strong threat and was out of control.

This is a fierce horse that has broken its reins!

Deputy Commander Han Sengshou looked high and a hint of fear flashed through his heart. This old guy is so vicious. He wants to deal with the grandson. Do you want to train the grandson?

"Get the map." Gao Yang said.

He Ruobi personally brought the map and spread it out.

"Master He Ruo marks the current Turkic offensive posture on the map for me."

Although He Ruobi had been stagnant in Mayi, he was very clear about the Turkic offensive and quickly marked it on the map.

"After the Turks attacked the Great Wall, the total troops were divided into four groups, with a total of 200,000 troops divided into four groups, each with 50,000. They surrounded Heng'an, attacked Guizhou Huaian and Daning. They attacked Weizhou and Guizhou north, with the target directions being Jundu Pass and Feihu Pass. There was also outside the Great Wall, with the target aiming to Huaihuang."

"Well, it's very clear that Marshal He Ruo's reconnaissance is doing well." Gao Yang commented with a little praise.

"King Li Yaowang is still holding on, but it is estimated that Heng'an Town will not last long, and he will have less than a thousand soldiers." Han Sengshou reminded. King Li Yaowang of Heng'an is the nephew of Han Sengshou. Han Sengshou is the brother of Han Qinhu, who was known as the Shuang General of Chen, and is also the brother of Han Hong, the general manager of Modern State. Han Sengshou is brave in fighting and is no less than his brother Han Qinhu's name, and has never lost his life. The three brothers of the Han family are all powerful generals at the moment, but because of the light of his brother Han Qinhu's light, the court also intends to suppress Han Sengshou and Han Hong until Han Qinhu's death. After Han Qinhu's death, the two brothers had the opportunity to be more important. However, Han Sengshou is the party of the crown prince, while Han Hong is the party of the king of Jin. The brothers of Li Yaowang Li Yaoshi have always been closer to Han Hong. But no matter what, Li Yaoshi is also Han Sengshou's nephew, and he cannot stand by death at this time.

"The 50,000 Turkic troops led by Du Lan personally, are they right?" Gao Yang asked.

"Yes."

Gao Feng sneered, "Du Lan 50,000 troops besieged Heng'an, where less than 1,000 people were defending, tell me, how can King Li be able to hold on to this day and not lose the city?"

He was reminded by Gao Jin that the two powerful generals, He Ruobi and Han Sengshou, had to think of a possibility that had long been thought of. The Turks were fishing, and to put it bluntly, they besieged the city and attacked the aid. They deliberately surrounded the city without breaking, using Heng'an City and Li Yaowang as bait to lure the Sui army to rescue. They transferred the Sui army out of the solid city and came to the wild to fight with them. This was how Zhao Zhongqing died. Three thousand soldiers left the city and headed north, but they encountered a hiding halfway and their entire army was wiped out.

"There are 100,000 troops in Mayi, and there are 150,000 troops and horses behind Yanmen Loufan and Taiyuan." Han Sengshou had not been defeated for many years. Of course, he had thought of the Turks' plans, but he didn't care, because they had many soldiers and generals, and the Turks wanted to fish, but they were crocodiles.

Gao Feng shook his head, and he looked at He Ruobi and Han Sengshou, "Why are we here?"

"Beat the Turks!" Han Sengshou replied.

"Destroy the Turks!" He Ruobi replied.

"Yes, but not all, we came here this time to win, and we must have a great victory, a great victory. It is not enough to defeat the Turks, nor can we defeat the Turks. We must defeat the Turks, severely damage the Turks, and even annihilate the main force of the Turks, and even capture the Khan of the Turks alive! This is the purpose of our trip, to win a great victory, prove to Your Majesty that the crown prince still has our ability, and ultimately help the crown prince to consolidate the position of crown prince and help the crown prince successfully inherit the throne in the future." Gao Jin said loudly. "If we want to achieve our goal, then we must fight beautifully in this battle, and it is very beautiful, because we snatched the position of commander from the King of Jin, and we must fight beautifully. For this goal, we will do anything."

Looking at Gao Feng's passionate expression, He Ruobi and Han Sengshou didn't know how to answer. After a long time, Han Sengshou asked, "Then will you not save me when you die?"

"That is a necessary sacrifice. The court will remember them and they will receive glory behind them." Gao Feng said without hesitation.

"Okay, what plan does the Prime Minister have? Can you tell us so that we can cooperate?" He Ruobi didn't care about the life and death of King Li Yao and hundreds of Heng'an defenders. One general succeeded and thousands of bones were bleak. There were too many pawns sacrificed on the battlefield, so there was nothing strange. What he wanted to know was Gao Yang's plan. He was the marshal of the middle lane and did not want to be covered in bones.

"The plan is actually very simple, just wait for the opportunity."

"Just sit like that?"

"That's right." Gao Yang replied with a chuckling.

"Then when will we attack?"

"When the opportunity comes." Gao Yang picked up the teacup again and said confidently. In Gao Yang's plan, Yunnei and Heng'an were abandoned early in the morning, and even Mayi and Shuozhou were all abandoned in the plan. In Gao Yang's plan, there was only one goal of this battle, that is, to severely damage the Turkic army, and at least more than 50,000 Turkic troops would be wiped out, otherwise it would not meet the expected plan. It is very difficult to severely damage or even annihilate at least 50,000 Turkic troops, or even more Turkic troops. The Turkic troops are all cavalry, and once they can't defeat the Sui army, they will immediately escape. The escaped Turkic people are difficult to catch up, especially when they are on the grassland.

Therefore, in Gaobin's original plan, his combat plan was actually very simple, that is, to lure the enemy into deep, Yunnei, Heng'an had to give up, Mayi and Shanyang had to give up, and finally lure the Turks to Yanmen and Loufan Pass, and finally sent a large army to substitute from Xin into Weizhou, and then to Heng'an in Yunnei, block the Turks' retreat, cut off their food and grass, and then attacked them from front and back, gathered to annihilate them.

And now, the situation has changed.

The Turks captured Yunnei as he planned, but set up bait in Heng'an to lure the Hedong army north. At the same time, they did not go south, but instead divided their troops to attack east. (To be continued, please search for the Astronomy of the Flying Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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