Chapter 459

At the same moment, the nearly 300,000 Eastern Turkic warriors who had gathered on the grassland were divided into several groups and rushed towards the south.

On the night before, several envoys had secret messages from Princess Yicheng hidden in their arms, and they had quietly left the royal tent and rushed south.

On July 25th, after everything was prepared, the emperor set off again. However, Yang Guang finally listened to the advice of his ministers.

It was decided to let the concubines and disciples who followed him stay in Shanyang first, while he rode lightly on his fast horse and continued northward surrounded by an army of 50,000 people.

Two days later, the army finally arrived at Bailangsai. They rode on horseback for two days in a row, which made Yang Guang suffer a lot. He had long lost the heroic spirit of his youth.

Yang Guang, whose legs were numb, simply ordered to rest here for a day and enjoyed the eunuch's massage to relax his legs and feet.

Watching the specially recruited Turkic dancers singing and dancing in the tent was quite unique.

A group of accompanying officials and servants lined up on the left and right, some enjoying the singing and dancing, and some chatting in low voices.

But only Wang Rengong and Lai Huer did not stay in the tent, but patrolled outside the tent to see where the soldiers were camping and assigned detectives and horses.

Wang Rengong, who had gray hair and beard, turned back and glanced at the emperor's tent where the singing was coming from. He couldn't help but sigh softly and lowered his voice to talk to the guardian.

"If we continue to the north, we will be able to see the Turkic tribes. At that time, His Majesty's whereabouts will no longer be kept secret."

"Can we send out a large army to chase him away?" Lai Hu'er asked, stroking his thick beard and frowning.

"It's difficult. After all, several tribes have always been close to me in the Sui Dynasty, so they were able to stay in Mayi."

"If we expel them rashly, it will actually make them resentful. Alas, I really didn't expect that His Majesty would insist on heading north after riding for two days in a row."

"I just hope that His Majesty can change his mind soon. If His Majesty has such a conspicuous and eye-catching presence, if Shibi hears about it..."

While the two were talking, they heard shouts from the direction of the camp gate. Soon, they saw a knight dressed in Turkic costumes, riding his horse and continuing to move forward in the military camp.

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"Who is coming!" Seeing this scene, Lai Huer's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately took a few steps forward and shouted.

The Sui military captain who was running behind the rider quickly replied loudly.

"Come, General. This is the envoy sent by Princess Yicheng. I have urgent matters and I want to see your Majesty."

"I, Wang Rengong, may I ask what happened?!" Wang Rengong also shouted loudly.

The knight dressed as a Turk then stopped his horse, glanced around, jumped off his horse and walked quickly to the two Sui generals and bowed.

"Shibi Khan raised 300,000 troops five days ago and came south in three routes. The lower official set out only one night earlier than Shibi Khan."

"!!!" Lai Huer and Wang Rengong suddenly changed their expressions. They couldn't care less about anything else.

"Quickly, follow me to see His Majesty, Governor Wang, to give the order to the whole army not to camp anymore, but to pack up immediately and prepare to return to Shanyang."

"With an army of three hundred thousand, does Khan Shibi want to kill the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty?"

Wang Rengong, whose face suddenly turned pale, shook his head and immediately started shouting loudly.

"Send the order, my general. Quick, send the order to the entire army to stop encamping and assemble immediately."

"Prefect, don't you want to put away those important supplies?"

"Damn it, don't you understand what I'm saying? Stop setting up camp and assemble immediately. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"

"promise!"

Lai Hu'er ran with the envoy and rushed to the emperor's tent.

In the big tent, Yang Guang picked up a glass of fine wine and drank it in one gulp, waving his hand to signal the eunuchs to retreat.

Watching the performances of these Turkic singers and dancers gave him the urge to write poetry, but he just had this urge.

Then I saw Lai Hu'er dragging a man dressed as a Turk into the tent with an anxious look on his face.

Without waiting for anyone in the tent to react, Laihuer shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, this is Princess Yicheng's envoy. She has urgent matters to see the Emperor."

"Oh? Yicheng's messenger, isn't she far away in the Turkic Royal Court? How come her messenger..."

Yang Guang was a little disapproving at first, but he is also a smart man after all.

"Give me the letter." Yang Guang stood up, took the letter from the eunuch and opened it to read.

His face, which was solemn at the beginning, suddenly turned into the color of baked lime, as white as snow.

When Lai Huer saw Yang Guang's expression, he no longer hesitated and immediately fell to the ground and shouted.

"I ask your Majesty to drive back to Shanyang immediately. Please drive back to Shanyang as soon as possible."

"Have you just launched an army to the south?" Yu Wenshu, a veteran general, also changed his face. "How is this possible?"

"Five days ago, Shibi Khan had already raised his troops to come south. The troops came in three groups. Now, we are probably only a hundred or two hundred miles away from the White Wolf Fortress."

Hearing this, a group of ministers in the big tent almost exploded the camp. Damn it! This damn thing actually came, and the price was three hundred thousand.

"Your Majesty?..." Yu Wenshu looked at Yang Guang, who was standing behind the imperial case and was stunned, and couldn't help but raise his voice.

"Your Majesty, please drive back to Shanyang."

"Okay, let's go back to Shanyang first. My wife and children are still in Shanyang."

Yang Guang's face was livid, he flicked his sleeves and rushed out of the tent in a hurry.

In less than a stick of incense, Yang Guang, surrounded by ministers accompanying him, galloped towards the south on horseback.

In the early morning of the second day, a hundred thousand Turkic cavalry led by Shibi Khan, who was only in his early thirties, still in the prime of life, but already with a weathered look on his face, finally arrived at the Bailangsai area.

Seeing the mess of the unfinished camp outside the White Wolf Wall, Khan Shibi's face remained as usual, pointing at the mess and laughing loudly.

"Come and see, the son of Tian Khan is like a gray rabbit in front of my great Turkic eagle cavalry."

Khan's heroic laughter at the beginning also made all the Turkic generals and leaders around him laugh wildly.

As his followers shouted loudly, the words of Shibi Khan spread. The cheers praising Shibi Khan for his wisdom and martial prowess resounded throughout the world.

"Xiang Nan, I want to make Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, bow his head to the emperor who dares to regard the friendship of our prairie eagles as withered grass.

Let the Central Plains people know that our East Turkic brothers will always be like a family and will not be provoked by foreigners.

Whoever dares to lay a finger on us, we will act like the most ferocious wolf and bite off their flesh severely, so that they will always remember our strength."

As Shibi Khan pulled out the scimitar at his waist, he roared and declared war on the Sui Dynasty.

Seeing that the Sui Dynasty, which was so powerful in the past that it was hopelessly powerful, now does not even have the courage to face the Turkic warriors directly, it has dispelled the last doubts of a group of Turkic warriors.

Countless Turkic knights raised their scimitars or riding bows, shouting and howling excitedly toward the sky.

Then, one hundred thousand cavalry turned into an unstoppable torrent, rushing towards the Zhishan Yang of Mayi County due south.

Two other groups of Turkic cavalry are also racing towards the south...
Chapter completed!