After Yang Wei first arrived in Dali City, Yang Yuanqing always considered finding him a master to take care of him, so he naturally considered it from the few people he trusted the most.

Among Yang Yuanqing's several old subordinates, the one who had the best was undoubtedly Yang Sien, who was appointed as the deputy city lord of Jiuyuan and the general of the town. The second was not Liu Jian or Fat Fish, but Ma Shao. Ma Shao was the most taciturn among all of them. He was also the most down-to-earth in doing things and was extremely capable of enduring hardships. After several years with Yang Yuanqing, he had been promoted to the seventh rank of the upper garrison. He was led by him in the eight garrisons under Dali City, and he was deeply trusted by Yang Yuanqing.

Moreover, no matter Liu Jian and Pang Yu, they all have a little bit of military aura. Yang Wei was originally a playboy in the capital, and he could not leave it to them.

Yang Yuanqing decided that Ma Shao would take Yang Wei to patrol the border and master the practical experience of the frontiers.

Ma Shao is a famous Qiang man. He has always been taciturn. He doesn't talk much, but he can talk about the point. For more than a month, Liu Jian has been patrolling him everywhere and has gained a lot.

That morning, Ma Shao led twenty brothers and Yang Wei to patrol the Yellow River. Dali City was still twenty miles away from the Yellow River, and built a fort and a beacon tower on the high ground by the river. It was already the end of January. Most of the snow on the grassland melted, less than half a foot thick, so you could run in the snow. They urged the horse to come to the Yellow River and stared at the ice surface like a jade belt. Ma Shao suddenly jumped off his horse and ran towards the ice surface with a knife.

"Brother Ma, what are you doing on the river?"

Yang Wei also dismounted and ran over. Ma Shao waved his hand to stop him. Yang Wei did not dare to move, and looked at Ma Shao in a daze. Ma Shao squinted his eyes and listened quietly.

He suddenly took out an iron bowl from his pocket and pressed it upside down on the ice. He lay on the bowl with his ears and listened. Yang Wei squatted down and asked, "What's there?"

Ma Shao stood up and pointed at the bowl, meaning that he would lie on it. Yang Wei listened carefully on the iron bowl, and he also heard a slight "Click!Click!" at the bottom of the river, very low, and a sound came out by chance.

"What's the sound? Is the Yellow River going to thaw?" Yang Wei heard Ma Shao say that before the Yellow River thaw, there will be a sound of ice cracking at the bottom of the river.

Ma Shao nodded, "Ten days at the latest. The Yellow River thaws!"

Suddenly, his face was solemn, and he narrowed his eyes and looked at the other side of the river. Yang Wei was surprised and followed him to stare at the other side of the river. About two miles away was a forest, and a large group of birds flew out of the forest. Yang Wei saw a group of deer. At this time, the deer was suddenly frightened. He ran around in scattered areas, and a group of Hu cavalry rushed out of the forest.

He shouted in shock, "It's Xueyantuo!"

Ma Shaw pulled him and ran away. "Go away! There are three thousand people, we can't deal with it."

Yang Wei ran to the shore while looking back. He was very surprised. He only saw dozens of people. How could Ma Shao see that there were three thousand people? He saw that there were more and more enemy troops in the woods on the other side, and thousands of people were urging war horses to run towards the other side of the river.

The two rushed ashore and turned over to the horse, "Go to the fort!" Ma Shao shouted and rode his horse eastward.

After only 7 or 8 miles, a hill of more than 20 feet appeared in front of them. A fortress was built on the top of the mountain. This is the northernmost garrison fortress in Fengzhou, close to the Yellow River, so it is called Linhe Fortress. There are not many troops stationed, only twenty soldiers.

Ma Shao ran to the fortress and shouted abnormally: "Look the beacon, light the three pillars of beacon!"

At this time, more than 500 Xueyantuo's traveling mail had already rushed across the Yellow River, divided into ten teams, scattering in all directions, and thousands of Xueyantuo's soldiers rushed towards the fortress. This was the vanguard of the enemy's army, clearing the fortresses and beacon towers along the way.

Ma Shao stared at the squadron of cavalry running from a distance and said to himself, "The war is coming soon!"

He saw that the twenty Sui soldiers in the fortress had already rushed out on horseback, and waved his hand, "Take me away!"

Dozens of cavalry urged their horses to retreat quickly towards the city of Dali. On the top of the fortress, three pillars of wolf smoke ignited on the top of the fortress, sending the news of the enemy's entry to the city of Dali.

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As time gradually reached the end of the month, the clouds of the war began to float towards the sky above Dali City. Sui army scouts had discovered a small group of Xueyantuo's whistle, five or ten people, surveying the terrain around Dali City, collecting intelligence, and constantly fighting fiercely with the Sui army scouts. This is an ominous omen.

In the past few years, Turkic sentry crossed the border and appeared in Dali City, but they would not fight with the Sui army. Only when the Sui army was expelled, they would leave immediately. However, Xue Yantuo sentry felt that he was fighting with the Sui army scouts, which meant that the war would break out.

The preparations for Dali City are also accelerating. The inner wall has been built. Tens of thousands of craftsmen have turned to the rock wall and dug caves on the rock wall. Construction started in the morning and military training in the afternoon. However, work has been stopped in the past few days. Intensive training, queues, swordsmanship, spears, and five hundred Sui troops cruelly trained the thousands of craftsmen.

Two days ago, Wuyuan County transported a large number of military supplies, bows, arrows, soldiers and armor, enough to arm 20,000 people, and hundreds of barrels of turmeric oil were transported at the same time. This was the turmeric oil widely used in the military during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. All military supplies were stored in stone-blocked caves.

Not only that, Yu Juluo also sent five thousand troops to Yang Yuanqing's unified command, which led to the regular army in Dali City reaching eight thousand people.

Yang Yuanqing and Yu Juluo walked slowly on the outer city wall and discussed the final defense. Pei Ju had already gone to Wuyuan County two days ago. Yu Juluo was worried about the defense of Dali City, and was two days late.

Beside them, the people were constantly flowing, and almost all the people in the city were mobilized. The men carried arrows, rolling wood and other military supplies. It was inconvenient to transport supplies from the suspension bridge. They used a hanging tower to lift various supplies from the city. Everyone shouted slogans, pulled ropes, rolling wood and stones and other materials to defend the city were continuously transported from the city.

Women boil water to water the city and cook. Although it is no longer the season for dripping water to turn into ice, the weather is still cold. Overnight, the water poured on the city will still freeze into ice. The military and civilians of Dali City have been pouring water on the city for three consecutive days, turning the inner and outer city walls into ice walls, which are dazzling in the sun.

"Yuanqing, this time Mr. Pei brought the emperor's secret edict. The emperor asked you to be fully responsible for the war against Xue Yantuo this time, and I will be the deputy general to cooperate."

"This is a bit awkward to the master."

"Don't say this!"

Yu Juluo patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "There is no grievance between us master and disciple. I am also very pleased that the emperor values ​​you, a young general, so much. Moreover, the contribution of this county examination is no less than that of the war against Xue Yantuo."

Yu Juluo took off the jade Ruyi from his waist and handed it to Yang Yuanqing and said with a smile: "The emperor actually gave me Ruyi, which means that I, Lao Yu, is about to be promoted."

Yang Yuanqing did not accept his Yu Ruyi and smiled and said, "A county exam can actually get the master promoted. If I had known that I would take charge of the county exam, the master would come to fight."

Yu Juluo raised his head and smiled, "I am the general manager and the governor. No matter how hard you work as a county magistrate, the credit will be mine. You will get nothing at that time."

"Master, I heard that the 20,000 troops in Lingzhou have arrived in Fengzhou?"

Yu Juluo nodded, "It's already here, so I'm in a hurry to rush back. This time, I will lead 25,000 troops to wait and cooperate with you eighty miles away. When you order, we will cooperate inside and outside to fight a happy battle."

"Yu Shuai, the time is here!" a soldier shouted under the city.

Yu Juluo patted Yang Yuanqing's shoulder again, stared into his eyes and said, "Then I'm leaving. I hope that the battle of Dali City can establish your reputation as Yang Yuanqing in the Great Sui Dynasty."

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, Yu Juluo turned around and left, quickly got off the city wall, and turned over the horse. He waved to Yang Yuanqing, urged the horse to run out of the city gate, and rushed to the south with dozens of personal soldiers.

Yang Yuanqing stood at the top of the city, watching Yu Juluo go east, and his figure gradually faded away. At this moment, a soldier pointed to the north and shouted: "General Yang, the three pillars of war!"

Yang Yuanqing suddenly turned around and saw three pillars of beacon towers twenty miles away from the north ignited, which meant that more than 3,000 enemy troops had entered the country. Yang Yuanqing immediately understood that this was the enemy's vanguard. The arrival of the main vanguard meant that Xue Yantuo's army was on its way to Fengzhou, and a war was about to break out.

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered, "Light up the three pillars of beacon towers and warn the capital!"

The beacon towers of Dali City were lit, and three thick black wolf smokes rushed straight to the blue sky. Twenty miles away, another beacon tower also lit three pillars of wolf smoke. To the south, three pillars of wolf smoke rose into the sky. From north to south, thousands of miles of roads, one after another, ignited one after another, sending the alarm for the Hu people's invasion to the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Yu Juluo looked back at the wolf smoke on Dali City with a worried expression. He finally gritted his teeth, sucked his horse suddenly, ran south, and handed over the command of the decisive battle to Yang Yuanqing.

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At night, the beacon tower on the top of Mount Li was lit, and three bright flames were particularly dazzling in the night sky. The alarm from the north of the subway finally arrived at the capital. A heavy alarm bell sounded on the top of the city, and the bell echoed throughout the city.

Suddenly, the sound of the sheng flute in Daxing City disappeared, and the singing was hoarse. Hundreds of thousands of people rushed to the streets. Everyone's eyes were filled with surprise and discussions sounded. No one knew what was going on in the frontier. Only at this time did the people in the capital think of the frontier and the soldiers guarding the border and defending the country.

In Eryi Hall, Yang Guang was having a banquet for officials above the fifth rank. In the hall, a group of dancers danced gracefully, and the banquet was already in full swing. On the seats, the ministers were drinking and chatting and laughing. At this time, a heavy alarm bell came, and the hall was silent for a moment. The ministers looked at each other, not knowing the reason.

The minister sitting by the hall gate suddenly pointed to the distance night sky and shouted: "Look, the beacon of Mount Li!"

Hundreds of ministers rushed to the entrance of the hall, looking at the beacon smoke in the night sky in the distance, and were talking for a while. This was a warning from the north. Is there another war in the north?

"His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

The guards shouted loudly, and the ministers dodged to both sides. Yang Guang quickly walked to the gate of the hall and stared at the beacon fire in the distance.

He understood in his heart, and he slowly nodded to the ministers and said, "Dear friends, this is a warning from Fengzhou. It should be Xue Yantuo that began to attack Dali City, the important frontier town of our Great Sui Dynasty."

He raised the wine bottle and whispered to the ministers: "Dear ministers, let us raise our glasses and wish our frontier soldiers a great power in the Great Sui Dynasty!"

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Chapter completed!