Dingxiang County, the northernmost border county in the east of the Great Sui River.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, it was originally named Yunzhong County. During the reign of Emperor Cheng of the Later Han Dynasty, it was renamed Dingxiang County, and led Chengle and Tongguo,[]

Duwu, Wujin, Xiangyin, Wugao, Luo, Dingtao, Wucheng, Wuyao, Dingxiang, and restored the twelve counties. In the second year of Yuanshi of Emperor Ping of Han, there were 38,559 households and 163,144 people in the county. Later, they were invaded by the Xiongnu and moved the population to Xihe County, and most of the twelve counties were also abolished. Since then, the Hu people in the grasslands in the north have become stronger and stronger, the Han people are getting weaker, and the people in Dingxiang have also continued to move inward.

During the Great Sui Dynasty, although the county system of Dingxiang was still maintained, there was only one county left in Dali, with only 374 households. It was better to say that it was a county, it was an isolation buffer zone between the Great Sui Dynasty and the Turkic Khanate.

The first ray of sunshine in the morning shone on the earth, and dozens of cavalry whistled by the forests of the mountains. They came from the south, and behind them were the undulating green mountains. These cavalrymen from the south were all galloping with horses, with scimitars and horses.

After climbing over a hillside, the terrain suddenly changed, and there was no more hillside forest land. In front of them was an endless grassland. The rising sun shone the golden sunshine on every cavalry through the foldless sky. Dozens of cavalry stayed for a moment, and they went straight to the grassland. On the boundless grassland, there were tents like clouds, densely covered with grasslands that the knights were gaze.

The knights rushed into the boundless camp and finally stopped before the huge golden tent in the middle camp.

"Report to the Khan, our horse-snooping team had already gone south for a hundred miles last night, and there was no soldier in Dinglou County... The first knight entered the tent and reported loudly.

In the big tent, khans of all races were gathered, Shi Jin, Shi Teller, and other leaders. They were all wearing armor and hanging scimitars on their waists. When they heard this news, everyone burst into warm whispers. "The heaven of immortality guarantees that the eagle on our grassland will finally spread its wings and fly in the sky of the Central Plains again."

Shibi Khan was wearing golden armor, and there was a huge hideous roaring golden wolf head on the armor. He strode when he heard the news of the horse exploring the horse and said, "Brothers on the grassland, it has been sixteen years, and the wolf cavalry of our Turkic Khanate is finally about to step into the land of the Central Plains. One step further, it is no longer the grassland, but the Central Plains!"

The leaders were also excited and the guards in the tent had already begun to pour wine for the leaders. One by one, while reciting the Tianbao Prison, was drinking the wine in big mouthfuls. More than half a month ago, Shibi Khan suddenly held a top-secret meeting for the leaders who were discussing the attack on Tiel, Kumoxi, or Khitan.

The tribal meeting had only one content, and went south to attack the Central Plains Sui Kingdom. As soon as Shibi's decision came out, countless people were shocked. Since Shibi Khan and Dulan Khan failed in the civil war, the Turks were forced to surrender to the Great Sui Dynasty for sixteen years, and the Turkic cavalry never took a step forward in the grassland. Sixteen years, this time was enough for a brave Turkic cavalry to be born from a young man.

Baby, grow up into a strong warrior.

Although there were some hesitation and some debates, the wolf in the core of the Turks finally took the first step in 16 years. The commanders ran on the grassland with unprecedented determination, Shibi Khan had quietly assembled a cavalry of 300,000 people in a short period of time. If it weren't for the sake of keeping the secret, he would have given him another half a month, and he would have assembled another 200,000 cavalry.

Shibi Khan pulled out the scimitar at his waist and whispered loudly, "The Turkic warriors, one step forward is the rich Central Plains, where there are countless granaries, countless wealth, and countless slave women. Go forward and capture Yang Guang's child alive!...,

On May 5, the 11th year of Daye, the Dragon Boat Festival in the Central Plains. On this day, after joining forces with Chen Kefu, Shibi Khan later launched a group of people. He secretly assembled 300,000 cavalry and went south day and night. Finally, after half a month, he stepped through the endless grassland and arrived at Dingxiang County, the border with the Great Sui Dynasty.

In order to keep things fast and sudden, Shibi Khan's army did not bring long-term food and grass, and all the cavalry of each tribe only brought dry meat for one month. The war horses even went wherever they went, and each brought two horses. For most of the Turkic tribes, this time they went south to rob.

Looking at the excited people, Lingli mentioned the current predicament of the army. According to statistics, there is not much food in the army now. Although after the army gathered, he had already concentrated the dry food brought by various tribes, for the Turkic people who are currently suffering from famine, every cattle and sheep and every piece of dried meat in the tribe is very precious. Although the tribes of Shibi Khan brought one month of dry food, basically no tribe did it in the end. Every Turkic warrior who went to the expedition wanted to leave more food and only took away a small amount of dry food. They all thought that they could rob them when they arrived in the Central Plains.

"If a unified distribution is implemented, how long can the grain reserves in the army be supported?" Shibi Khan said with a frown.

"Seven days, up to seven days." Lingli said.

Shibi Khan listened quietly, his face calm, but he already felt a little anxious.

He made a temporary decision to go south at the beginning, and he didn't have much preparation. He rushed south and it was already good to get to this point. But he has just arrived at the Dingxiang border and is still far from his goal.

"Da Khan, I don't think there is any need to worry. Since we have arrived in Dingxiang, although Dingxiang is not a large population, as long as Da Khan asks the leaders of various tribes to lead their troops to the south to hunt the grass valley, I believe this can be solved."

The Grass Valley is also called plunder. Shibi Khan shook his head and said firmly, "No, if the tribes are asked to beat the Grass Valley, our whereabouts will be violent, and the army will be plundered everywhere. At that time, the people and horses of all tribes will be caught by treasures. It will be difficult to gather together at that time. Everyone, our main purpose this time is to capture Yang Guang alive. As long as we capture Yang Guang and take advantage of his unpreparedness to annihilate the Sui army, then the entire Hedong will be from our Turkic Khanate. How can we be in a hurry?"

He marched so secretly and quickly in order to defeat Yang Guang without his knowledge. Otherwise, if Yang Guang discovered it, then Shibi Khan would not have the confidence to defeat Yang Guang with the strong wall fortress of Sui State and the 500,000 troops being mobilized by the Sui State. Then, it would be a real disaster for the Turks. Facing those strong city fortresses, the blood of every Turkic warrior would be shed.

"But even though we don't have much food, if we can't supplement it, we won't be able to go to Taiyuan and we will not be able to capture Yang Guang alive." Lingli said with some dissatisfaction.

"Dingxiang County is still five days away from us. Although it is just a small county with hundreds of households, the border has been peaceful for many years. Many caravans in the Central Plains will pass there when they go back and forth in the grassland, so it is also a very lively and prosperous small county. If our entire army accelerates its march, we will reach Dali County in five days, and there are only Tuchengs that are not high on all sides, plus a few hundred Sui border troops. As long as our army arrives, we can take down this county town and take all the food and grass in the city, which will definitely be enough for our ten-day food. At that time, we will go east along the Great Wall, which is Mayi County, and we will enter the pass at the entrance of the Great Wall of Buzhou Mountain. At that time, Mayi Yunnei County and Heng'an Town. These two cities have tens of thousands of people. After breaking through the two cities, the food and grass are enough."

"But we are only in Dingxiang now, and we are still separated from Taiyuan by Mayi, Yanmen and Loufan. I think it is impossible for us to arrive in Taiyuan without Yang Guang knowing it at all. I still think we should send troops to plunder everywhere this time, and then return to the grassland before the Sui army arrives.

In this way, we can solve the current difficulties of the tribes of the grassland. And as long as we return to the grassland, not to mention Yang Guang sending 500,000 troops, even if we send 1 million troops, we will not be afraid of him. But like now, when there is insufficient food and grass logistics and insufficient intelligence, we believe that a Sui rebel in Liaodong will let 300,000 Turkic warriors venture deep into Taiyuan, Hedong. I think this is very inappropriate."

Shibi Khan shook his head. He went south this time not for food and grass, otherwise he would have tried to hit Iron Le, Kumoxi, or even Khitan as planned, but he would not come to attack Sui State. But now that he has come, he will never leave just to grab some food and grass. He now has a huge advantage, that is, Yang Guang is not aware of everything about him, and is still there, slowly mobilizing his troops secretly, wanting to wait for a four-sided attack for himself.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is also a gamble. If he wins the bet, he can capture Yang Guang alive and annihilate the Sui army. In this way, the other party will lose and the Sui country will no longer be able to surpass the Turks.

As long as their army plunders, it is equivalent to publicly telling Yang Guang that the Turkic Wolf Cavalry of the Grassland has gone south and prepare soon. Then, his advantage will no longer be there. Even if he plunders a vote, he will return to the grassland. When Yang Guang and the surrounding tribes attack from all directions, the grassland will also ignite wars everywhere. The grassland has no cities to protect the tribes. Once the Central Plains army enters the grassland, even if he wins in the end, the grassland will be greatly damaged. This is not only a passive strategy, but also a bad strategy.
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