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Chapter 20 Frontier Memorial [2050 Zhang Yue

Five thousand Xueyantuo soldiers were exhausted after several days of snow trekking. They had already decided that there was no one they were looking for in this pass, so they fell to sleep one after another. No one was prepared to be sneaked out. They even sent out patrols and posts to guard against wolves, and they did not realize that the people he intercepted would attack them.

A thousand Qiezi warriors suddenly swept over like a blizzard and rushed into the camp. A thousand camels rushed around in the camp, flattening a large tent and knocking over. Xueyantuo soldiers woke up from their dreams and rushed out of the tent in horror. They were greeted by the bright steel swords and ruthless killing. The Qiezi warriors waved their steel swords and spears and rushed into the enemy group. The heads were chopped away, and corpses were piled up, killing corpses everywhere, blood flowed into rivers, and the sticky blood flow soon frozen into blood ice in the cold wind.

Captain Wanfu rushed out of the tent with a knife, but met Qi Zilie, who was opposite each other. Captain Wanfu shouted in surprise, "It's the Qi Ziren!"

Unfortunately, no one heard his scream in the chaos, and he had no chance to shout another sound. Qi Lie's eyes were cold and fierce. With a urging camel, his spear stabbed at the head of the ten thousand men like lightning, and he picked up his long sword, "Crack!" and pierced his chest and raised his body high.

Qi Lie pulled out his knife, cut off the head of the ten thousand men with one knife, and tied it to his saddle.

Screams and cries resounded throughout the camp. Xue Yantuo soldiers fled in all directions, most of them fled south. Five hundred Sui troops had already ambushed the south. They shot arrows at the same time. The escaped Xue Yantuo soldiers screamed and were shot to the ground. However, the instinct of survival made the soldiers behind them still rush south regardless of everything. Only this side was their only way to live.

"No one is allowed to be let go, kill them all!" Yang Yuanqing issued an order to completely annihilate.

The Sui army soldiers were ruthless, and arrows were like rain. One hundred Sui army scattered out to chase the scattered soldiers. They swung their swords to chop the Xue Yantuo soldiers who were trying to escape from both sides to the ground.

At this time, a thousand Qiezi soldiers came from behind. With the revolt of the Sui army and Qiezi soldiers, the last nearly a thousand Xueyantuo deserters were killed, and the battlefield gradually became quiet. The basin of more than ten acres was filled with corpses, and almost all of them were cut off by Qiezi soldiers and took away military cards. They needed to go back and ask for credit.

At this time, a Sui military commander rushed to report. "Report to the general, after counting, there were 4,728 corpses in total. Their records should be 5,030 people, and nearly 300 people fled."

Yang Yuanqing looked at the forest and the surrounding mountains and fields, and saw only a dark area. Qi Bili Lie stepped forward and smiled, "Even if you escape, you can't stand it tonight. They will all freeze to death and finally feed the wolf."

He pointed to the horse circle of Xueyantuo's army, "But he is very lucky. He earned 5,000 war horses this time, and we each had half of them."

"You take away the tents and supplies!" Yang Yuanqing knew that they were not short of war horses, but lacked supplies. Xue Yantuo's tents and weapons and armor were very crude, and he didn't like them.

"Thank you!"

Qi Lie was not polite. With his order, the Qi Lie warriors began to clean up the battlefield and packed all the useful items, including tents, leather armor, swords, bows and arrows, and other items. Put them on the camel's back, and they changed to the captured war horses.

After a few hours of busyness, all the bodies were piled up in a big pit, leaving them for Yi Shibo to roar and scold.

Everyone set out again and headed towards the southern pass. A day later, two troops walked out of Yinshan and stopped their pace of progress. At this time, a scout of the Sui army ran back and reported, "Report to the general that there were no ambushes outside Yinshan. A hundred enemy troops left at the pass had fled, and there was no trace of them.

Qi Zhuliolie smiled at Yang Yuanqing and said, "They were intercepting them in pieces. The surrounding passes are far away from here. A hundred miles away, it was too late for them to come to encircle and suppress them. General Yang will be safe all the way!"

Yang Yuanqing bowed to me and thanked me: "This time, thanks to the joint battle between the Qiezi Warriors and us, the sneak attack was successfully and the enemy was wiped out. I am deeply grateful. Please tell me that my brother will tell Khan for me, welcome him to Fengzhou, and we will discuss and jointly deal with Xueyantuo."

Qie Lie smiled slightly, "Actually, I didn't tell you the truth. I am not the son of Lao Chali. I am the eldest son of Qie Lie Khan and the heir of Khan. I came to Fengzhou on the order of my father Khan to seek cooperation with the Sui army and jointly deal with Xue Yantuo. I am very happy to fight side by side with the Yinshan Flying General."

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Qi Zi has such a wise and brave heir, and Qi Zi will surely prosper. I can agree to Qi Zi on behalf of the Fengzhou General Manager, and the Fengzhou Sui Army is willing to form an alliance with Qi Zi."

Qi Zilie stretched out his palm, and Yang Yuanqing also stretched out his palm. The two of them hit hard, "We're determined!"

















The situation report of the Xueyantuo in Yujuluo took more than a month. After layers of approval by the imperial court, it was finally placed on the imperial case of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui. It was the tenth day of the first lunar month of the first year of Daye, and there were five days left before the Shangyuan Festival.

Yu Juluo's report did not attract the attention of the court, because nothing happened, only Yu Juluo's speculation was not persuasive.

Yang Guang carefully reviewed the Fengzhou situation report of Yu Juluo. He was very concerned about the situation in Fengzhou. Not only was Fengzhou the forefront of the Turks, but Fengzhou also had a beloved general he cared about. He wanted to know how Yang Yuanqing's situation is now?

In the report, Yu Juluo pointed out that Xue Yantuo moved south to the south of Yinshan Mountain and sent small groups of cavalry into the Fengzhou area to raid. Among them, Xue Yantuo's son was killed by Yang Yuanqing. Xue Yantuo was likely to attack Fengzhou on a large scale before the spring. Yu Juluo asked the court to increase troops to Fengzhou to defend against Xue Yantuo's large-scale attack.

Yang Guang frowned. Over the years, he only considered the situation of the Turks, but did not pay attention to the Tiel tribes. He only heard of Xue Yantuo's name in Yang Yuanqing's Battle of Harry Lake, but he had no idea about other situations.

He put down the report and thought about it, and immediately ordered: "So Xuan Changsun Sheng to see me!"

A eunuch immediately ran to announce the imperial edict, and Yang Guang continued to read Yu Juluo's report. At this time, after the report, Yu Juluo's short words attracted Yang Guang's attention. He sat up straight and looked at the sentence carefully.

‘The minister discussed with Yang Yuanqing, the magistrate of Dali County, and decided to recruit talents from Fengzhou and nearby prefectures and counties through county examinations and recruitment, and become an official if you have good academic performance.”

This sentence in the report aroused Yang Guang's great interest, and even exceeded his attention to Xue Yantuo, "If you study well, you will be an official." Yang Yuanqing once told him that he referred to the martial arts at that time, "If you are an official when you are an official when you are an expert", and now he has been used as a civil servant.

There are many horizontal lines under this sentence. Niu Hong, the Minister of Rites, commented next to it, "The military generals speak literary style, and are inappropriate."

Yang Guang couldn't help laughing. Of course he knew that the so-called Dali County exam was actually Yang Yuanqing's idea. Only he could come up with such an idea. However, he liked the Dali County exam very much, but he really wanted to see what the Dali County exam would end.

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, General Changsun is here."

"Supreme him in!"

After a moment, Changsun Sheng quickly walked into the imperial study room and bowed, "My minister Changsun Sheng met Your Majesty!"

Yang Guang handed him the report of Yu Juluo, "Changsun Aiqing, please take a look first before you talk."

Changsun Sheng is still the Turkic envoy and has the right to speak for the Turkic. He read the report and smiled and said, "This should be the subsequent impact of the demise of Datou. The Western Turkic struggle for power within the Western Turkic forces, the New Khan was cruel, and the Tiel tribes under the Western Turkic rule took the opportunity to escape from the Turkic. Xueyantu and Qie are the two most powerful tribes in the western Tiel. The Xueyantu chief Yi Shibo is famous for protecting his shortcomings and narrow-mindedness. Yang Yuanqing killed one of his sons in Harry Lake last time, and this time he killed another son. I am afraid that this person will not give up. I think General Yu Juluo's worries are likely to come true."

Yang Guang walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and he asked again: "How strong is Xue Yantuo?"

"There are about 200,000 soldiers who can fight, no less than the Khan of Qimin."

Yang Guang took a breath of air. If the 200,000 people attacked Fengzhou, it would cause huge losses to Fengzhou. He couldn't help but worry.

Changsun Sheng understood Yang Guang's concerns, and smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. The relationship between Xue Yantuo and Qie has always been bad, and the Western Turks are putting pressure behind him. It dares not really attack the Sui Dynasty. I guess he is just avenging his personal revenge and attacking Dali City and the Great Sui Dynasty. He will never dare to really provoke him."

Yang Guang nodded, "Although I say that, I am still not relieved. Managing Fengzhou is an important measure for our Great Sui Dynasty to stabilize the northern border. Xue Yantuo must not ruin the plan of the Great Sui Dynasty to operate Fengzhou. I still decided to increase my troops."

Speaking of this, Yang Guang remembered Changsun Sheng's words just now and asked, "What's going on with Qiezi?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Qiezi is the most important tribe in the territory of Tianshan Mountain and has strong strength. If Your Majesty wants to open up the Western Regions, you can consider strengthening exchanges with this tribe."

Yang Guang had thoughtful thoughts in his eyes. It had always been his strong desire to expand the Western Regions. He had just ascended the throne and did not take into account the distant Western Regions. However, he could indeed contact the Western Regions first, and it would naturally come naturally.

Yang Guang glanced at Changsun Sheng and smiled and said, "I want to send important officials to the Western Regions to contact the Western Regions tribes. Who is Changsun Aiqing who thinks is suitable?"

When Changsun Sheng heard Yang Guang say this, he obviously ruled out himself. After thinking about it, he said, "I recommend Pei Ju!"

Yang Guang laughed and said, "I thought about going with me. Before my death, the late emperor told me that Pei Ju was a great talent for pioneering the Western Regions."

Yang Guang immediately ordered: "Pei Ju, the Minister of Xuan Ministry of Revenue, met with him!"

"Your Majesty, if nothing happens, I will give up!"

Yang Guang nodded, "Go! I will consider the matter in Fengzhou again."

Changsun Sheng retreated, and Yang Guang picked up Yu Juluo's memorial and read it carefully twice. After pondering for a long time, he finally made up his mind and said to the servants: "Transfer my order, and dispatch 20,000 troops from Lingzhou to Fengzhou to prepare for war. He obeyed the arrangement of Yu Juluo, the general manager of Fengzhou, and rewarded Yu Juluo Yuruyi."
















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