The terrain of Mayi County is about a thousand miles long, and the terrain varies greatly from north to south. The north is an endless grassland, and the central part is Wuzhou Mountain and Hezhen Mountain, which belong to the remnants of the Taihang Mountains, blocking Mayi County from halfway. The vast mountains continue westward to the edge of the Yellow River, almost forming a perfect mountain encirclement, geographically separating the Central Plains and the grasslands.

However, there are countless passages running through the north and south in the vast mountains, less than one mile in the narrow part and dozens of miles wide. It is these passages that have become shortcuts for the northern nomadic peoples to fight to the south.

At this time, the Sui army had deployed more than 20,000 people on the northern border, commanded by Li Jing, the general manager of Daizhou. Li Jing divided more than 20,000 people into three armies, and about 5,000 people guarded the Zihe area to the west. The area was low and the terrain was flat, which was the usual way for the Turkic army to go south.

Another army also had five thousand troops to defend Yanmen County, mainly defending Junduxing and strictly preventing the Turkic army from entering Hebei from Junduxing.

Li Jing personally led 10,000 troops to station in Yunnei County, which is the Datong of later generations. It is located in a huge basin, mainly composed of hills and peaceful rivers. In the north, Wuzhou Mountain and Hezhen Mountain are natural barriers, blocking the cold winds invasion of the north south.

The unique geographical environment makes Yunnei County humid climate, dense vegetation and fertile land. Dozens of rivers crisscross the area, making it one of the few agricultural areas in the central Mayi County.

It is also true that Yunnei County also made the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty hundreds of years ago, and still retains tall and sturdy city walls, exquisite palaces and ancient buildings and countless Buddhist temple statues.

Although the mountains in the north of Yunnei County blocked the invasion of the cold current, there was a natural passage about dozens of miles wide between Wuzhou Mountain and Hezhen Mountain, which made the northern mountain barrier unable to stop the Huqi from moving south. Baideng Mountain, more than 20 miles north of Yunnei County, was the place where the Hun army besieged Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han.

More than ten years ago, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty recruited hundreds of thousands of civilians to rebuild the Great Wall, but the Great Wall still could not stop the Turkic army from moving south. At the siege of Yanmen, hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops entered through the Great Wall passes. The Turks had mastered the simple technique of siege, and the Great Wall gradually lost its defensive effect.

At the head of Yunnei County, Li Jing stared at the north with heavy eyes. Although the Wutu tribe had sent people to ask for help three times, he still did not move his troops. He only had 10,000 troops in his hand and could not fight against hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry on the grassland. He could only be wiped out.

If his army is defeated, the Turkic army will not have any obstacles and will drive straight into it. The people of Mayi County will encounter a catastrophe. Li Jing judged the situation and knew that his task at this time was to drag the Turkic army southward and buy time for the people of Mayi County to retreat southward.

At this time, Li Hai'an, the deputy general next to him, whispered: "General Manager, will the Turkic army just want to wipe out the Wutu tribe, and then they retreat to the grassland. After all, it is winter and it will snow at any time. Will they really go south?"

Li Jing shook his head, "If it were just to wipe out the Wutu tribe, it would not have sent more than 200,000 troops. Thirty thousand troops were enough, and it would not be possible to destroy a small Wutu tribe. Jie Li Khan's military merits. When the Turkic army was defeated in Fengzhou, it was divided and sunk. If they wanted to cheer up again, they would still defeat the Sui army. At least they had to break into the Central Plains and plunder, so that Jie Li Khan's prestige could be re-established."

As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, several cavalrymen appeared in the distance. They rushed towards this side and stirred up the dust. This was the scout of the Sui army who came back. Li Jing quickly ordered: "Take them up!"

After a while, several scouts entered the city and were taken to the city tower. The headed scout captain knelt down on one knee and reported: "Reported to the general manager, Wutu's troops were caught by the Turkic vanguard south of Qifubo, with extremely heavy casualties. Less than 10,000 escaped, so they fled to the Zihe area."

This news shocked Li Jing. There were more than 40,000 people in the Wutu tribe, and there were less than 10,000 people who escaped. Was the casualties so severe? He asked again: "Where is the army of the Wutu tribe? Where did their 10,000 troops go?"

The scout captain shook his head. "I heard that I went north to resist the Turkic army, and there was no news again. I guess the entire army was wiped out."

Li Jing sighed slightly. Things have reached this point, and the Wutu department has been completely finished. Yang Yuanqing still wanted to build the Wutu department like he had supported the Qimin Department back then.

But the Turks had learned from the lessons of that year and annihilated the Wutu tribe in time, leaving no more troubles. More importantly, the Turkic army obtained the livestock of the Wutu tribe, and had solved the problem of military food, and could even spend the winter in Qifubo.

Thinking of this, Li Jing asked again: "Where is the Turkic army now? Have you gone south?"

"The Turks divided a army of about 20,000 to go to Zihe to pursue the last Wutu tribe. The remaining troops camped in the Wuzhou Mountain Pass area, about thirty miles away from Wuzhou City. General Yu asked Beizhi to ask the general manager for instructions. Should Wuzhou City continue to stick to it?"

Wuzhou City is a military fort guarding the Great Pass of Wuzhou Mountain. Its circumference is six miles long and has garrisoned one thousand soldiers. Its role is mainly to prevent a small number of Turkic troops from invading Yunnei, but it is obviously meaningless to deal with hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops.

From Wutu's defeat, Li Jing realized the Turkish tactics, which was to divide some of the troops to deal with the blocking force, and the main force continued to move south. This was the case against the Wutu troops, and the Sui army would be the same. Only a small part of the troops were used to deal with the city, and then the army continued to move south. The Turkic army would never attack Yunnei City day and night.

If this is the case, it is actually meaningless to stick to Yunnei City. It will not stop the Turkic army from moving south. Instead, it will be blocked by the Turkic army in the city. At this point, Li Jing suddenly had a bold plan in his mind. Perhaps he had a way to drag the Turkic army to move south.

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The Utu tribe's defeat was due to their misjudgment. They thought their army could withstand the southward advance of a large Turkic army and win them the time to retreat south. Therefore, they were full of family responsibilities and drove cattle and sheep to retreat south, walking slowly.

However, he sent 50,000 people to surround the 10,000 troops in Amuty, and he led 200,000 troops to chase him quickly. Finally, he caught up with the Wutu tribe on the south side of the grassland about 80 miles away from Qifubo.

After two hours of bloody looting and killing, nearly 20,000 young and strong men and old men were killed, women and property were looted, and blood stained the grassland red. Only Anuli and a small number of tribe members who were walking in front of the team escaped.

Despite this, Jie Li Khan still wanted to eliminate the roots and sent the ten thousand tyrant commander Haji to lead 20,000 elite Turkic cavalry to chase and kill the remaining members of Wutu.

It was already deep in the night, and the Turkic army did not go south immediately. They needed to clean up and enjoy the occupied goods. They set up camp on the north bank of the Qinghe River, about thirty miles north of Wuzhou Mountain.

Bunches of bonfires were lit in the Turkic camp, and the fires were scorching fragrant cattle and sheep. The millions of cattle and sheep seized from Wutu's hands and a large amount of hay became the best military ration supplies for the Turkic army, so that they no longer had to worry about insufficient food and grass.

Turkic soldiers surrounded the bonfire, drinking and laughing wildly, chewing barbecue, and teams of captured Wutu women were forced to dance in front of the bonfire. Many drunk Turkic soldiers would pounce on them with a lewd smile, pressing one of the women to the ground, causing the soldiers around to laugh.

The Turkic King's tent was also very lively. The small table was placed in circles. Thick and soft sheepskin was placed behind the table, and horse milk wine, dried fruits and plates of roasted lamb were placed on the table. In the middle of the tent was the young Turkic Khan Duo, and dozens of chiefs and senior generals from various tribes sat on both sides.

In the middle of the tent, fifty young and beautiful girls from Wutubu were divided into two teams, dancing to the sound of drums and fire-busting music.

Pei Sa, the chief of the Uighur tribe, raised the golden cup and respected him at Jie Li Khan, and said with a hearty smile: "Today, the Great Khan completely annihilated the Wutu tribe and established an unparalleled achievements. The grassland will surely sing the great achievements of the Khan everywhere. Tiel tribes return to the Turks. On behalf of the Uighur tribe, I will toast the fine wine to the Khan. I hope the Khan can unify the grassland as soon as possible."

The Uighurs were not a Tiel tribe, but a coalition title of several Tiel tribes, including the four major tribes, Weihe, Pugu, Tongluo and Bayegu. They formed an alliance to resist the Turks in the first year of Daye, collectively known as the Uighurs.

This time, the Turks sent troops south. In addition to the Turks' own 170,000 troops, there were also 40,000 troops each of the Uighurs and Xueyantuo. Among them, the 40,000 troops of the Uighurs were Weihe, Pugu, and Luo and Bayegu, each of which sent 10,000 troops each, led by the great chief Pei Sa.

Duozi smiled indifferently. He could understand the implication of the Uighur Chief's praise. He asked him to withdraw his troops and return to the north and stop attacking the Sui Dynasty. He sneered in his heart, but his face was silent. He bowed slightly and said, "Thank you for the great chief's good words, but the wine is mellow. How can it be intoxicating to compare to the military achievements? The wolves went on a battle and only captured a few thin sheep to eat? The warriors' southern expedition has not ended. We will continue to go south to find more abundant prey."

After saying that, he raised his glass and drank the American wine in the glass. A whisper suddenly sounded in the tent. The Uighur chief Pei Sa sat down with some displeasure and said nothing.

In the Battle of Fengzhou the previous year, 30,000 of their Uighur Alliance children died in battle, and the Turks have not made any statement yet.

Although Jie Li Khan promised to compensate them, how did they compensate? When did they compensate, there was no mention of the slightest. Today, after obtaining so much property from the Wutu tribe, wouldn't there be any share of the Uighurs?

Pei Sa was actually not opposed to the attack on the Sui Dynasty. Instead, he hoped to agree on the distribution plan for the spoils before the war. He and Tongluo tribe and the Pugu tribe had discussed that if Jie Li Khan did not decide on the distribution plan in advance, they would no longer follow the south.

The dancing girl retreated, and the atmosphere in the tent became a little colder. No one spoke, and they each drank and thought about their thoughts. Jie Likhan understood their thoughts, and he had to make a statement.

He picked up the wine glass and stood up and said, "Of course there is a distribution plan. I have already considered it. Let me tell you about it! Whether it is the destruction of the Wutu tribe this time or the population and property plundered from the Sui Dynasty in the future, after replenishing the necessary consumption of the army, the remaining population and property are divided into three parts, the first part accounts for 20%, and the number of troops sent by each unit is distributed. The second part is more important, accounting for 60%, and the military merits of each unit, and the third part is distributed to the fallen soldiers of each unit, which also accounts for 20%. What do you think?"

There was still silence in the tent. At this time, Pei Sa said, "I have no objection to the first and third ones, but I don't understand the second one. Who will decide the level of military merit? Should it be decided by Khan, or should everyone sit down and discuss it together?"

Jie Likhan understood what he meant, and it was supposed to be decided by himself, but since he came up with the matter, he meant to ask everyone to discuss military merits.

But Jie Li Khan was unwilling to use negotiation methods to decide military merits, which would mean depriving him of his supreme power as the Turkic Khan, which was contrary to his original intention of sending troops south this time.

Jie Li Khan glanced at the Khan Yinan from Xueyantuo's tribe, and wanted him to express his opinion.

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