For Wang Fubao, who has no mental arithmetic, this valley battle came suddenly and went simply. When the day dawned, the war came to an easy end.

The valley under the light of the sky has become like a purgatory on earth, the valley is full of corpses, and none of the 5,000 Tuyuhun soldiers who are alive and well have escaped, all of them have paid the price of their lives for the invasion of the Great Sui, and under the countless stone rains, not even a corpse is complete.

The blood of 5,000 people and 5,000 war horses also filled the sky over this area with a disgusting smell of blood.

Wang Fubao stood on a high place, there was no wave in his heart, and the deputy general stepped forward and said, "General, the enemy army has been wiped out." Do you want to go to Baihai now? ”

"You stay." 王福宝 says:

"Cleaning up the battlefield?" The deputy general's name is Li Shimo, who is the son of Li Jing, the secretary of the Great Sui Dynasty, and was originally the Taishou of Wuwei County, the reason why Yang Tong let Li Shimo serve as the Taishou of Wuwei County is because his father Li Jing has a very high prestige in Hexi, which helps the Great Sui Dynasty to control Hexi, but as the son of a famous general, Li Shimo is more yearning for a military career, so this time he was transferred by Yang Tong to be Wang Fubao's assistant, and he cherished this opportunity.

"That's one of them." Wang Fubao said: "General Xue Wanche and General Wei Chigong went deep into the Tuyuhun realm last year to kill rivers of blood and raise the plateau. Compared with their simple killing, our first task is not to let the enemy army enter, otherwise the world will say that we can't do it, so we have not yet marched north in a big way. ”

After a pause, Wang Fubao pointed to the north, and then said: "This is the remaining vein of Jishi Mountain, the east is connected to the west of the mountain, the other places are dangerous, the baggage chariots and horses are inconvenient to travel, and it is easy to lose the fighter, if the Tuyuhun people go directly north from the south, they must pass through here, after this mountain pass, the front suddenly opens up, and you can kill Wuhai to the north, and go east to Lintao." You stay on the ridge and set up a fence at risk, and build fortifications so that it will become a forward position that can be attacked, retreated, and defended. ”

Li Shimo said: "The last general understands." ”

Wang Fubao nodded and said: "This mountain road is also the road for our army to counterattack, you work hard and clear the road." I will ask Jishi Military Town to send food and tents over, and be sure to take all precautions. ”

"There are 5,000 war horse corpses in the valley, and the Tuyuhun people also bring dry food, and the food is not in a hurry, enough for us to eat for a long time." Li Shimo looked at the mountain beams overgrown with shrubs and said with a wry smile: "Items for building fortresses here are scarce, so they can only be built with stones, and the top priority is items such as tents and shovels. ”

"That's it, what do you want to ask the military town for yourself." Wang Fubao knew that Li Shimo was not afraid of death, and his words were a serious embodiment, so he thought about it for a while, and said: "There is still a lack of something to deter the enemy's courage here." ”

Li Shimo smiled and asked, "Jingguan? ”

"Exactly." Wang Fubao laughed, hurried down the mountain, and galloped towards the west with his own soldiers.

Li Shimo also walked down the mountain and commanded the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

Soon, a scout came to report: "General Qiyu, there are more than a dozen Qiang tribal leaders asking to see!" ”

Li Shimo's eyes lit up: "Please." ”

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In Heyuan, Tuyuhun is considered a latecomer, and the Qiang people are native-born locals, and both the Tuyuhun people and the Qiang people live on nomadic herding and are scattered in the pastures.

The north of Jishi Mountain is a vast plain, not only the Yellow River passes, but also distributes large and small rivers and lakes, there are hundreds of large and small tribes living here, they each guard a grassland, the big tens of thousands, the small only a few hundred. These Qiang tribes have lived on the plateau and the Hexi Corridor for generations. Since Tuyuhun was destroyed by Emperor Daye, these Qiang tribes recognized themselves as the people of the Great Sui, accepted the jurisdiction of the government, and also paid some sheep and horses as taxes. When the troubled times came, the Great Sui Dynasty lost control of the area, so that the Tuyuhun people once again occupied the West Sea and Heyuan.

The tax system implemented by Tuyuhun is a tax system of "the country has no permanent tax, the amount is not given, and the rich merchants are collected to stop at sufficiency", and the characteristic of this tax system is that there is no customization, which means that the Tuyuhun royal family can arbitrarily squeeze the herdsmen, which is more severe than the fixed tax system. As a result, the local Qiang people were heavily oppressed, and they were forced to pay a large amount of taxes every year in exchange for peace.

These Qiang tribes that came to meet Li Shimo were the tribes living in the surrounding area, and a total of 12 tribal leaders came, and they were also influenced by Han culture, and everyone could speak Chinese fluently.

After the meeting, an old man at the head saluted and said: "The imperial army wiped out the murderous Tuyuhun army, so that we escaped by luck, and we have nothing to repay, so we specially sent away ten thousand fat sheep to reward the army as a token of gratitude." ”

"It is the duty of soldiers to protect their families and defend the country, and it is also the mission of our soldiers to protect your safety." Li Shimo said with a smile: "You live on the bitter cold plateau, and the time you can graze in a year is not long, and you have to fight with wild wolves, and your life is quite hard. We are deeply grateful for the hearts of the elders, but since the country has its own laws and military regulations, we cannot take your sheep. ”

"This ......" More than a dozen old people were in a daze when they heard this.

After a while, the old man at the head said sincerely: "General, we are just simply thanking the Great Sui Xiongshi. ”

"It's a matter of principle. If we accept your kindness, we will be severely punished by the court. Li Shimo said with a smile.

The old man at the head was stunned for a long time, and said solemnly: "We also wanted to treat the army last year, and the generals said the same thing, I thought it was an exception, but now the general also said the same, and now I really believe that the army of the imperial court is a different army, and it has truly achieved no crimes in autumn." The old man has lived for more than sixty years, and has never seen an army like yours. ”

In order to let the people of the Central Plains also eat grassland mutton and use grassland animal power, and at the same time, in order to let the people of various tribes wear the best silk and use daily necessities, we have always vigorously encouraged everyone to communicate with each other, and encouraged the people of the grassland to form caravans to go to Daxing and Luoyang to trade, so that they can complement each other and live more prosperous." Li Shimo said with a smile: "If there are outstanding children in each ministry, they can apply to the local county order and let them go to Luoyang to study, not only free of board and lodging, but also money and food every month, as long as they pass the exam, they can serve as officials of the Great Sui; If there are outstanding warriors in each department, they can also join the army and make great contributions, they can become the general of the Great Sui. Li Shimo pondered for a moment, and then continued: "We have a general named Wusu, he is a Turk, because of his great military achievements, he now leads tens of thousands of troops. ”

Everyone was overjoyed and bowed together, "So, our warriors can also join the army?" ”

"Of course." Li Shimo said with a smile: "Now that the big war is coming, if you have a warrior recommendation, you can let them come to me to sign up, as long as they have military merits, I will give promotions according to the size of the merit." ”

As long as the children of all tribes enter the army and feel the atmosphere in the army, then they will give back the goodwill of the court to their own clan, and they will soon integrate into the system of the Great Sui.

"General, this is a big matter, we have to go and discuss it with the clansmen."

"It's okay, let's just go back and discuss." Li Shimo laughed, and then said: "This time, we will fight against Tuyuhun and Tubo; In order to prevent the flames of war from poisoning the northern parts of the mountain, I am going to build a military fortress here; It's just that we alone may not be able to cultivate before the arrival of the enemy army, so I would like to ask you to send some young men to help. ”

"It's not difficult." These people don't have so many fancy intestines, and they know that once the fortress is built, they will be the first to benefit, and the old man led by him smiled heartily, "When we go back, we will organize the clansmen to come to help." ”

"Thank you so much, Elders." Li Shimo was overjoyed.

"It should be, it should be. The general built the fortress, in the final analysis, to protect us, and there is nothing to do. ”

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In late May, the Tuyuhun army plundered the western frontier of the Great Sui, and Wang Fubao set up an ambush in Jishi Mountain in Heyuan, broke the Tuyuhun invading army, and killed 5,000 Tuyuhun soldiers at the cost of zero casualties.

The war has just ended, Wang Fubao left Li Shimo to build a fortress in the stone pass, and he kept going to Baihai to join the main army, at this time Tuyuhun did not know the reality of the Sui army, Wang Fubao led the army, with absolute superiority, the other invasion army, Tuyuhun Dabao Wang Niluo Zhou led 5,000 soldiers, surrounded by regiments, a small price will be annihilated in the west of the Baihai Sea, Niluo Zhou fled in panic, there is no enemy army in the territory, after that, the main army is divided into two roads, all the way to the shore of the Baihai Sea garrison, One built a strategic fortress at the mouth of the Yellow River to prevent the Tibetan army from moving north.

At the same time, another note was sent to Emperor Shengwu, which said: "A coup d'état occurred in Tuyuhun, and the Khan Murong Fuyun was killed; The successor Khan Murong Xiaojun is quite prestigious, travels extensively, and marries the sister of Tubo Langri Zampu as his wife, this person is unwilling to be owned by the source of the river and the West Sea for my Great Sui, and the Tubo is embarrassed, and the two countries have a combined army of 120,000 and are going to the source of the river to kill...... However, if our army has the right time, occupies a favorable area, and wins the hearts of the people, if a small country wants to go against the sky, it is tantamount to blocking the car with a mantis arm, which only increases the laughing stock...... The last general, Wang Fubao, bowed to him. ”

In Wang Fubao's view, defeating the Tubo and Tuyuhun coalition is a common thing, so he did not embellish it much, he felt that the primary goal of the Great Sui was to unify the world, and use troops against Bashu and Jiaozhou, and they could deal with Tubo and Tuyuhun alone, and there was no need for the imperial court to increase the number of troops. But when this recital reached Daxing[ www.xbqg5200.xyz], it caused a lot of repercussions.