At noon on the third day, the captain Wu Zhiyuan led his soldiers to guard more than 2,000 refugees fleeing north and arrived at Yulin Lake. The refugees were exhausted. However, when they thought that the Turkic army would chase after him, their fear made them dare not rest. They fled all the way south and finally arrived at the safe area that the Sui army said. Seeing the blue gem-like lake water, more than 2,000 men, women, young and old were excited, and they ran towards the lakeside cheerfully, drinking the lake water, laughing and laughing across the lakeside.-

At this time, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "Captain, look!"

Wu Zhiyuan saw it and saw a large military camp several miles away. The soldiers shouted together: "It's a military camp!"

The only military camp that appeared on the banks of Yulin Lake was Fengzhou Army. A group of patrol cavalry rushed over from a distance. After a moment, they looked at the thousands of refugees in surprise by the lake. The head officer asked loudly: "Where did the people come from?"

Wu Zhiyuan bowed and bowed, "Below is Wu Zhiyuan, the scout of Fengzhou Army stationed in Yulin County, who was ordered by Yang to intercept the return of the Sui people fleeing north."

The officer smiled and said, "It's true that you, the general manager has an order. If you come back, let the captain go to see him, and the refugees will be temporarily placed in the camp."

Wu Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, "Is the manager here?"

"The general manager led his army to Yulin and was in the camp at this time. Please come with me!"

Wu Zhiyuan nodded and told his subordinates to take the refugees back to the camp. He urged the horse to run to the camp with the patrol officer.

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This is a Sui army camp with 20,000 elite troops, led by Yang Yuanqing himself.

In the central army's tent, Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the map with a grim expression. More than ten days ago, several merchants coming from the Turks brought the same news that the various Turkic tribes were gathering on a large scale. This was a sign that the Turks were about to launch a large-scale military operation, which made Yang Yuanqing deeply worried.

Since the fall of the previous year, Shibi Khan used the benefits of bows and arrows to defeat the Northern Turkic Wutu tribe, which reversed the Turkic situation. Wutu tribe was forced to escape from Jianhe North, greatly weakening the ability to restrain Shibi Khan. With Shibi Khan's strength, he was able to fight on both sides at the same time. The threat to the south was increasing, and the first thing he had to bear was the pressure on Yang Yuanqing. At this time, the power of Fengzhou army had expanded eastward to Yulin County, which greatly increased Yang Yuanqing's attack surface under the Turkic. In addition, Qu Tutong's 50,000 troops deployed in Yan'an County, he was actually in a position to be attacked from both sides.

Once Shibi Khan gathered and his army went south, the prosperous Fengzhou was the first target of his attack. Although Fengzhou could mobilize 100,000 militia troops and 60,000 regular troops, it was still very difficult compared to the 400,000-500,000 Turkish troops. Even if Fengzhou used the Yellow River to defend the Turkic attack, what should we do in the Hetao area of ​​Yulin County? The five newly built counties will definitely be destroyed by the Turks, which will seriously affect his strategy of advancing eastward.

Yang Yuanqing was very worried. According to his experience, it usually took more than a month from the assembly of the Turks to the dispatch of troops. Even if Shibi Khan has a vast territory, two months would be enough. With the itinerary, the Turkic army would arrive in the Sui Dynasty from mid-July to early August.

It is late May, and in the latest two months, the Turkic army will arrive at the border of Sui and Turkish. To deal with the Turkic move south, we can only use the troops of the whole country. But how could Yang Guang agree to his suggestion?

At this time, the personal soldiers outside the tent reported: "The chief supervisor, the scout lieutenant who went to intercept the fugitives has arrived."

"Let him come in!"

After a moment, Wu Zhiyuan quickly walked into the tent, knelt down on one knee and said, "Scout Wu Zhiyuan meets the general manager!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and asked, "How have you completed your mission?"

"Report to the general manager, Bei Zhi led his brothers to intercept more than 2,000 fugitives in Baidao and fought a fierce battle with the Turkic army. Bei Zhi defeated 200 people against 500 people, and killed 270 enemies to win."

"How much does that brother lose?"

Wu Zhiyuan sighed, "Sixty-two people were killed."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I will give you a generous pension to my brothers who have fallen in battle. This time you will also be rewarded for your military merits. I'm here to come to you for another thing."

Yang Yuanqing walked a few steps behind his back and asked, "Are the Turkic soldiers you seized still there?"

"Report to the supervisor, I brought it all."

"Very good, you go and get a few pairs."

"As for the order!" Wu Zhiyuan bowed and stepped down.

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered: "Go and find several governors and Li Sima."

Soon, Yang Jiachen and four other governors and Li Jing all came to the central army's tent. Wu Zhiyuan also received four deputy soldiers' armor, including the leather armor, spear, sword, wooden shield and bow and arrow of Turkic soldiers, and the complete equipment of a Turkic soldier.

"Look at it! This is the equipment of the Turkic soldiers, and then compare it with the equipment of the Sui army."

Everyone surrounded them. Except for the leather armor that had not changed, the other weapons were different from before. Although the Xiagas produced high-quality Kasar swords, it was a small number after all, and only the Turkic Khan's guards could be equipped. Generally, the quality of the swords, spears and shields of Turkic soldiers were relatively poor. But what they saw now was exquisite workmanship and iron quality, which was not much worse than the weapons of the Sui army, especially the bows and arrows, which were simply a qualitative leap.

Yang Yuanqing picked up the bow and arrow, shot the arrow into the distance. The arrow power was strong and it shot a hundred steps away. The Sui army's bow and arrow were nothing more than that.

Everyone's mood became extremely heavy. The facts were before them, and they could not believe it. The Turkish force and their weapons made them stronger.

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Everyone, I'll be back."

Yang Yuanqing walked towards the back tent. After a moment, a warrior in armor walked out of the back tent. The heavy armor wrapped his whole body tightly, leaving only a pair of eyes outside. He held a long sword with blades on both sides in his hand. He was exquisitely crafted and 15 feet long. Every step the warrior took was extremely heavy, as if the earth was shaking.

Everyone was stunned. Who is this? At this time, the heavy armored warrior smiled and said, "Don't you know me anymore?"

After listening to the sound, everyone suddenly realized that it was Yang Yuanqing. Li Jing looked at Yang Yuanqing. He felt something was clear and said in surprise: "The general manager is going to deal with the cavalry!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "To be precise, it is to deal with the Turkic cavalry. Everyone can follow me to do an experiment."

He slowly walked out of the tent, and everyone followed him. Li Jing understood a little. The two-edged long sword in Yang Yuanqing's hand was called the Ma Sword in the Han Dynasty, and now it was called the Slapping Blade, but the Slapping Blade he had seen was more bulkier than the one in Yang Yuanqing's hand, and it was not as light and exquisite as the Slapping Blade in his hand.

"Remember, I am a heavy armored soldier now. The weapon in my hand is Modao. You can imagine that there are a hundred heavy armored soldiers around me. They stand side by side in a row with me."

Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the big tent, and he shouted, "Come!"

Several personal soldiers rushed to Yang Yuanqing in the distance, and they all shot arrows at Yang Yuanqing. Several arrows were shot on Yang Yuanqing, "Dang!Dang!" bounced away, but could not penetrate his heavy armor. The three war horses were running closer and closer, and they rushed towards Yang Yuanqing. A horse in the middle was aiming at him, and the fierce horse was galloping. It was about to hit him, and the personal soldiers jumped off the horse. The other two horses passed by him, and only one war horse was left rushing towards him. Everyone exclaimed.

Yang Yuanqing shouted loudly, and a cold light flashed by. The war horse's neck was cut by him with one knife. The huge impact caused him to take a few steps back, but finally stood firm, and the horse's blood splattered all over him. Yang Yuanqing practiced this knife for three days.

This thrilling scene shocked all the soldiers and generals. After a while, Li Jing applauded gently, and then there was a thunderous applause. Everyone understood that this kind of heavy armored Mo sword weapon was a powerful weapon to restrain the Turkic cavalry. Hundreds of heavy armored Mo sword weapons stood in a queue, which would be a nightmare for the Turkic cavalry. This is the devil is one foot tall, but the Tao is one foot tall. Even if the Turks learned the bows and arrows of the Sui army, the Sui Dynasty would still have more powerful weapons.

The personal soldiers moved the horse's body away, Yang Yuanqing took off Chongjia and smiled at everyone, "I started to prepare a year ago. Think about it, who is not here this year?"

Yang Jiachen blurted out, "Yang Sien!"

Everyone thought that this was true. It has been almost a year since they met Yang Sien. Yang Yuanqing said: "In February last year, I selected people of great height and strength from the entire army and the militia, and selected a total of 3,000 people. Yang Sien trained them in a secret place, and I believe that it will surprise everyone."

Everyone's eyes lit up, imagining how powerful and spectacular it was to three thousand heavy-armored soldiers like Yang Yuanqing appeared in a formation.

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Everyone retreated, and Li Jing was the only one in the big tent. Li Jing picked up Yang Yuanqing's sword and waved it in the tent a few times, constantly admiring, "Good sword!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly from the side and said, "There is only this unique one in the world for such a Modao."

Li Jing was stunned, "Didn't you say that Yang Sien led three thousand soldiers to practice hard?"

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly, "This is right. People have them and armor, but there are no Modao. The knife maker I recruited can only create ordinary blades and cannot create the Modao in my hand. In this way, the power will be reduced by at least 20%, which is very regrettable."

Li Jing was confused when he heard this and asked in confusion: "If you can't create it, then where did you come from this Mo Dao?"

"This is half a month ago, I ordered Zhang Liang to invite a master of knife making from the capital, named Wang Zhongsheng, who is known as the first knife craftsman in the military weapon supervision. This Mo knife was transformed by him in three days to transform an ordinary blade. It only needs to be transformed in two months, and it is too late."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing sighed, "In fact, even if three thousand people use the same Modao as me, relying solely on Fengzhou's strength, it still cannot resist it to deal with the 400,000 Turkic army. Today I am just encouraging everyone's confidence."

Li Jing frowned and asked, "How did the general manager know that it is a army of 400,000 or 200,000 troops? What if it is an army of 100,000 or 200,000 troops?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "If there are less than 200,000, there will be around his own den, so there is no need to gather troops everywhere. The Turks now have 500,000 soldiers in armor, and he wants to leave 100,000 to defend the Wutu tribe. Then I infer that his troops should be about 400,000 to lead the troops south this time, and if he is planning to deal with the Wutu tribe, he should gather in the northern palace, and not gather troops in the den, so the possibility of going south is 70%.

Li Jing pondered for a moment and smiled and said, "Although the situation is very serious, the general manager led 20,000 troops to Yulin County. I always feel that you should have a solution."

Yang Yuanqing said helplessly: "There is no solution, but I thought of a dangerous plan and want to discuss it with you again."

.....To be continued...
Chapter completed!