Jiyu City, Tuyuhun Khan Court.

With the defeat of the Western Qin forces, north of Jiyu City, there was no longer a force to resist the Sui army, and the large and small tribes that stood in front of the Sui army were bloodbathed without exception.

No matter how much of a conflict of interests they had with Murong Fuyun, at this time, with the continuous killing of the invading Sui army, they could only seek refuge from the powerful Murong Fuyun and honestly follow Murong Fuyun's orders.

The bloody massacre of the Sui army also made Tuyuhun move south and officially move towards unification, but for such unification, neither Murong Fuyun nor Murong Ke, the king of Tianzhu, were happy.

Before the Sui army invaded Tuyuhun, Tuyuhun had a total of about 500,000 herdsmen, and the large and small tribes that were loyal to the Khan court combined amounted to 300,000.

And now, the herdsmen of various tribes in Tuyuhun add up to less than 300,000, among them, there are not many who have really been wiped out by the Sui army, most of them are frozen to death and starved to death, and the herdsmen of some tribes have lost the protection of their youth and are swallowed to death by the surrounding tribes; Some other tribal herdsmen were baptized by the Sui army and escaped by luck, but they also lost their cattle and sheep, war horses, winter clothes, grain and other necessities, in order to survive this winter, they pointed their butcher knives at the surrounding tribes and seized the winter materials by force. In other words, the invasion of the Sui army caused the Tuyuhun tribes to go to war for supplies and wealth, prompting more people to die in this season.

Tuyuhun Khan Court, the north of Jiyu City, after this battle, was abolished by the Sui army, the rest of the population who flocked to Jiyu City, deliberately retained by the Sui army, but also women, the elderly, although the number of young and strong men is not counted, but the dignified Tuyuhun Khan Court, now can gather 80,000 people to control the strings is the limit. The key is that with the influx of a large number of people who have lost food and property, food has become the biggest problem that plagues Murong Fuyun, and the conflict over a mouthful of food is staged countless times a day in Jiyu City, and the number of people who died in the conflict cannot be counted at all.

Murong Ke, the king of Tianzhu, came to the palace, looked at Murong Fuyun, who was discussing things with Mr. Sani, and said loudly: "Great Khan, if this continues, if we don't wait for the Sui army to attack, the population in the Khan's court will fight for food." And it won't be long before the soldiers will join the conflict for the sake of their relatives, and eventually, the hatred between the various tribes will grow deeper and deeper. Once a large-scale conflict breaks out, we don't need the Sui army to fight, and we will die a clean death. ”

"How did I not know what you said?" Murong Fuyun looked at his brother bitterly and sighed: "But the battle of annihilation launched by Yang Guang at the beginning made the courage of my Tuguhun people be killed by the Sui army. We have managed to gather people's hearts and morale over the years, and because of this fierce invasion of the Sui army, the ice has dissipated, and everyone's memory of the fear of the Sui army has once again embraced their hearts. Rumors spread in the city, saying that the Sui army was like an invincible devil, and that kind of unknown fear made the spirits of countless soldiers on the verge of collapse. We have 80,000 soldiers in name, but in reality, less than half of them dare to fight. The rest of the people would rather freeze to death, starve to death, and die of civil strife than go out of the city to fight the Sui army, if they forcibly order a conquest, I am afraid that the civil war will immediately be staged in the city. You say, what can I do? ”

"Great Khan!" Murong Ke bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "The dignified Tuyuhun Khan Court, which has 80,000 people who control the strings, if I don't even dare to fight, how can I save face in Tugu?" I think that even if we can't annihilate this Sui army, we should drive them out of Tuyuhun. Otherwise, the Khan's majesty will be lost, how can he control the ministries and command the ministries? ”

"Face?" Murong Fuyun and Sani glanced at each other and sighed: "The face of the Murong family has long been lost by the Sui army. For us, the most important thing now is to survive, I mean send someone to negotiate with the Sui army to see if we can get them to leave, as long as they are willing to leave, whether it is cattle, sheep and war horses or women, we can give it to him. ”

"What if they don't agree? Even if they agree to leave, the conditions offered are not something we can afford. ”

Murong Ke frowned, and stared at Sani with a solemn look, he didn't have to guess, he also knew that this ghost idea was what this old guy meant, and said coldly: "The Sui army has lost three or four percent of its troops, and it is now the end of the strong crossbow, and they can't stand the cold weather here, and their morale is not necessarily higher than ours." In my opinion, we should give full play to the superiority of our troops and go out of the city to fight a fierce battle with the Sui army, which is as difficult as climbing to the sky if it wants to win our army, which occupies the right time and place. When we defeat it, we can take advantage of the situation to sue for peace, compensate a certain amount of money, and the Sui army in a dilemma has all the face, so naturally it will not stay here. So that we can put the interior in order and get through this winter well. ”

"Can't fight!" Murong Fuyun looked at the sky outside the tent and said astringently: "There are not many troops loyal to us, if the army loyal to us is defeated, Tuyuhun will definitely change his name and surname." ”

"We have 80,000 people, how can we not defeat the Sui army of less than 20,000?" Murong Ke frowned, he was very dissatisfied with Murong Fuyun's cowardice and fear of war, he bowed his hand and asked, "If you don't fight, what is the Great Khan going to do?" Is it sitting still in Fish City? ”

Murong Fuyun glanced at his younger brother and said in a deep voice: "If the Sui army does not retreat, we will have to move south." ”

"Moving south?"

A look of anger flashed in Murong Ke's eyes, and he said sharply: "Now that it is icy and snowy, there is a Sui army outside, if you move south at this time, how many people will die in the Great Khan?" If the Great Khan had decided to do so, I would rather fight the Sui army to the end, even if I died in battle, I would never have lived in such humiliation! ”

Murong Fuyun was furious and said sharply: "If you want to die, then you go and fight it yourself, don't take my son of Tuguhun to go with you to die!" ”

"Humph!" Murong Ke looked at Murong Fuyun incredulously, trembling his lips and unable to speak, then snorted, turned around and strode away.

"Alas!"

Looking at Murong Ke who was striding away, Murong Fuyun let out a long sigh, looked at Sani on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Please sir represent me and sue for peace with the Sui army, even if it costs more." ”

"Great Khan rest assured!" Sani stood up, bowed his hand, and said in a condensed voice: "If you are lowly, you will lead people to the Sui army to sue for peace." ”

……

"Xue Shuai, the imperial court has just sent an eagle letter."

Two days later, in the snowy Sui army camp, Xue Wanche and Wei Chigong patrolled the Quartet with their personal guards, and a school captain hurriedly arrived and handed over a stack of translated letters to Xue Wanche.

"Is there a new directive?" Xue Wanche wiped a handful of ice and snow on his beard, they had been running between killing and galloping for months, and it was difficult to see the former demeanor on everyone, and it was even impossible to see that Xue Wanche was a young man in his twenties, and his handsome face in the past was covered by a thick beard, making it impossible to see the original outline.

"The last general hasn't looked at it yet." The lieutenant shook his head.

Xue Wanche unfolded the paper to look at it, his eyes quickly swept over, a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and after a long time, he looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Old Xue, what makes you so happy?" Wei Chigong looked at Xue Wanche in surprise.

"We won!" Xue Wanche laughed and said: "Xiao Mo unconditionally surrendered to the Great Sui, and on the occasion of the Shengshang's southern tour, he personally led Du Fuwei's Eleventh Army to defeat Li Mi's main force in Xiang'an County, Lujiang, and annihilated as many as 40,000 enemies, and then broke the Wei Army's Bamen Golden Lock Formation at the turn of Jiangdu and Lujiang, and my Eleventh Army of the Great Sui successfully entered Jiangdu County and controlled Li Mi's tens of thousands of troops south of Huaishui. After the beginning of spring, we will concentrate all our forces to annihilate all the anti-thieves...... The Holy Lord is quite satisfied with our achievements, and let us let Tuyuhun and his horse go for the time being, so as not to cheapen Tubo. After receiving the order, the Holy Lord asked us to return to Lintao County nearby, participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting, and participate in next year's reunification war. We can go home. ”

Go home?

After Qiu Shili was dazed for a moment, an expression of surprise appeared on his face, and tears unconsciously fell from his eyes.

After the Sui Dynasty, he has been holding important positions in the Western Regions, and for so many years, he has been unable to reunite with his relatives. This time he came out for so long, spending every day in killing and attacking, and his heartstrings were tense every moment, which also made him forget the existence of home. Although Tuyuhun's army was killed by them and did not dare to go out of the city, they were also on the verge of collapse, home is a rather luxurious word for them, and suddenly heard the news of the class teacher's return to China and home, after the initial surprise, it was followed by an inexplicable sadness.

"Manly man, what are you crying about!" Xue Wanche patted Qiu Shili on the shoulder, laughed and looked up at the sky, not letting the tears roll down. He is indispensable in every extraterritorial battle, but this time, the conditions are so bad and the amount of effort is definitely the first time he has been in the army, as the commander of this battle, the pressure on Xue Wanche's shoulders is too great.

"Xue Shuai!"

In the distance, dozens of scouts rushed over, and shouted loudly from afar: "There is a Tuyuhun army approaching quickly, and judging by its situation, it seems that it is ready to engage our army. ”

"Haha, just in time!" Xue Wanche took a deep breath, and in the moment he turned his head, he had already wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and laughed loudly: "But I don't know, how many people Murong Fuyun sent to send him to death?" ”

"There are quite a few people, it looks like there are as many as 30,000." The lieutenant solemnly reported.

"Thirty thousand? It came at the right time! Wei Chigong smiled heroically and said: "Our army has been resting for two days, and everyone is full of energy, as long as we pass on the news of returning to the DPRK, the soldiers will definitely have twelve points of combat effectiveness." ”

"This is the so-called return to the teacher!" Xue Wanche praised Wei Chigong's words, and said loudly: "Summons the order to prepare for war, and tell the soldiers that as long as this battle is completed, we can return to the court and enter Beijing to receive the holy reward!" Before leaving, we also want to let these Tuyuhun people know that those who offend me ...... Great Sui."

"Even if it is far away, it will be punished!"

A general from the Western Regions excitedly shouted loudly in stiff Chinese, desperately waving the weapon in his hand, and almost roared out of his voice soaring into the sky, with an indescribable heroic and majestic momentum.

Niu Jinda, who was not far away, heard the news, and when he looked at the generals whose morale had risen sharply, he was a little confused, and looked at Xue Wanche in confusion, but after listening for a while, he immediately reacted: "Old Xue, you mean we can go home?" ”

"Not bad!" Xue Wanche put down the paper in his hand, let it fly in the wind like a butterfly, and said loudly: "The Holy Lord issued an order, let us immediately return to the court, however, there are 30,000 Tuyuhun troops coming to our side, so this is a parting battle, and it is also the most glorious battle for us." ”

"Soldiers, prepare for war!"

Xue Wanche carried the horse lance, his eyes flashed with flames, before leaving, he wanted to make the frightened Tuyuhun people tremble again, so that the name of Xue Wanche and the Great Sui would once again exalt Tuyuhun.

made him frightened when he heard 'Sui'.

So that the southwest of the Great Sui will have several years of tranquility.

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