After resting for three days, Yang Dong learned that Goguryeo's morale was low and the people were panicking, and the Gao royal family and the second largest family, the Yuan clan, blamed each other, shirked their responsibilities, and made a lot of trouble, and Silla was advancing all the way in the south! Although Goguryeo built a fortress on the south bank of Aplushui, it was no longer able to attack!

Yang Tong decided to return to the court.

In just three days, many Sui troops who had fallen into Goguryeo returned one after another after hearing the news!

The number of people is as high as five or six thousand.

Yang Tong appeased them one by one, and what moved and admired him was that these heroes all volunteered to stay and continue to fight against Goguryeo.

In the end, Yang Tong gave Wei Yunqi and Zhou Shaokuan 15,000 Sui troops to defend Xiangping; Deng Wei and Mai Zhongcai led 30,000 to guard Lushun County! Then escort the captives and treasures back to Liaoxi, uh, Shuangliao County.

Yang Tong used 130,000 troops this time, and attacked the two countries together without warning, and obtained great results. Now, on behalf of the Great Sui, Yang Jian, and Yang Guang, he has finally recovered all the Liaohe Plain that Goguryeo had occupied for hundreds of years.

This is not only a grand event for the Yang family, but also a grand event for the Han people.

When he arrived in Liucheng County, the first thing he did after placing the prisoners of war was to discuss with the envoys of the Xi tribe about the distribution of the spoils.

Yang Tong naturally agreed.

After the envoy of the Xi clan left, Fang Xuanling said, "Your Highness, really give it?" ”

"Daydreaming!" Yang Tong snorted coldly and said, "The Xi people are Turkic dogs, and giving them supplies is the enemy!" He wants to share the spoils, and I want their land. ”

Fang Xuanling's eyes flashed, and he said, "Your Highness wants to ......"

"Destroy him!"

"How?" Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Su Dingfang, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, and Wei Chigong's eyes lit up, and Li Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also paid attention frequently!

"Use the essence of greed to destroy!"

……

On the other side, the leader of the Xi tribe who got Yang Tong's promise blossomed.

Xi nationality is also one of the enduring ethnic groups in the grassland, in the early days because in the east of the Xiongnu, it was called Donghu, in the Han Dynasty called Wuhuan, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties it was renamed Xianbei, and now it is named after Xi nationality.

The political system of the Xi nationality is the same as that of the Khitan, which is composed of five departments: the Ahui Department, the Division and the Department, the Ao Lost Department, the Du Ji Department, and the Yuan Qi Folding Department. They had a total population of more than 400,000 and more than 60,000 soldiers.

The five chiefs of the Xi tribe sat together, the slaves brought milk wine and cheese, and the big chief Kirby greeted the guests to eat and drink quite warmly, but there was a faint gloomy color between his eyebrows. Everyone was secretly speculating in their hearts, and only took a sip of wine, and the chief of the department asked, "Brother Kirby, what do you want to discuss?" ”

When Kirby heard this, he no longer hid it, put down the wine glass in his hand, and sighed deeply: "Don't hide it from all the brothers, for the future of my Xi clan, I haven't closed my eyes for a night, the stakes are very high, and I don't dare to make an arbitrary decision, so I summoned everyone to discuss it together." ”

"I'm thinking, after today, where will my Xi clan go."

Everyone was in an uproar in an instant, and one of the chiefs hurriedly asked, "Brother Kirby, what happened?" ”

"There are many places bordering our Xi and the Great Sui, from east to west, they are Shuangliao County, Beiping County, Yuyang County, Anle County, Zhuo County, in Shuangliao County, we and the Great Sui are bounded by Yanshan, and the remaining four counties are either Yanshan or the Great Wall, our Xi people are like a drop of water, and the lower half of the big one is surrounded by the Great Sui. Now after the Great Sui acquired the land of the Khitan, we have seven points of border with the Great Sui, two points for the Turks, and one point for the Xia people. ”

"We are subservient to the Turks, but the border with the Great Sui is the largest, and the Turks and the Great Sui have turned against each other, and the weak Xia tribe has been invaded by us and the Turks all the year round, and after bordering the Great Sui, the two will definitely form an alliance! As a result, eighty percent of our borders are surrounded by hostile forces! ”

"If one day Shibi Khan asks us to fight the Great Sui, what should we do? Fight it, offend the Great Sui! If we don't fight, we can't afford to provoke the Turks. Kirby lowered his eyes, "If you don't help each other, both sides will be offended, which side you will help, and we will be unlucky in the end." ”

One stone hit a thousand waves, and everyone opened their mouths wide, not knowing what to say.

One of the chiefs smiled bitterly: "Brother Kirby, in fact, we are more than in a dilemma!" ”

Kirby pondered for a moment and said, "You mean the eastern Turkic Yehu Ashina?" ”

"It's him!"

Kirby said: "The Turks have been expanding eastward, and Ashina is an ambitious person, he has always wanted to unify the eastern forces, and then compete with Shibi Khan for the Great Khan, and sooner or later he will force us to make a choice." ”

Another chief said: "Brother Kirby, I think we can exclude the Great Sui, after all, the Great Sui is different from the past, they are in chaos in the world, and sooner or later a new dynasty will replace them!" Yang Dong, who you are worried about, can't even protect his own country, how can he threaten us? In my opinion, as long as you go on like this with him now, you won't offend or show goodwill, and in a few years, he will be gone! As for the Turks...... As long as Shibi is here, Ashina has no chance, and if he pushes it too hard, it's a big deal to throw himself into Shibi completely. After all, we are not bad, if we really want to form an army, 100,000 people can be taken, such a force is not Ashina's willingness to oppose the goal. ”

Kirby laughed: "That's right, I scared myself...... Our immature wolf can only pick up meat and bones to eat by following the tiger's back! When we have 100,000 elite soldiers, and the Great Sui is almost down, then we will capture the Khitan and the Xia tribe, and then wrestle with the Turks. ”

The chiefs laughed, Kirby's strategic imagination, why not everyone?

Kirby looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "The Sui people should be almost there!" ”

"The Great Sui army is in full swing, maybe there is a heavenly plan against us, I think Yang Tong should be allowed to take a look at our strength, what do you think." One of the chiefs suggested.

After thinking about it, this was indeed an opportunity for demonstration, and Kirby said, "It's okay to go, don't go too far." ”

Another chief pondered for a moment and said, "It's better to send all my warriors over, so that the Sui army knows that although my Xi clan is small, there are more than 60,000 warriors who can fight, so as to deter them and dispel their bad ideas." ”

Kirby's eyes lit up: "It's a good idea." ”

After waiting for the Xi people to gather the army, the sky is about to twilight,

I saw that the distant mountains had turned from light blue to deep blue, and the mist was gradually falling on the mountainside, and the sky above was gray—it was already dusk!

The western sky is dyed with a long blood-red vermilion glow, and the afterglow of the sunset shines back through the clouds, revealing golden yellow, and the vast grassland is shrouded in the vast grassland.

All kinds of desolate sounds came from afar on the grassland, from far and near, like the sound of ten thousand drums on the battlefield, touching the heartstrings.

The large scale of the Great Sui's southward march was huge, with thousands of cavalry leaders leading in front, followed by hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, crossing the Suotou River like a sea of mountains and marching towards the Xi army.

Although the number of cavalry escorting the Sui army was a bit large, it was not worth mentioning at all under the contrast of this huge number of livestock.

Kirby and the others watched this large-scale team vigilantly, the sky was already dark, and the hazy clouds shrouded the land, making it difficult for people to look far away.

At this moment, he rushed out and raised his voice: "I am Yang Tong, the five chiefs of the Xi clan!" ”

"I'm waiting here, what instructions does King Qin have?" Kirby was puzzled, but responded loudly.

"We can't graze, we can't catch up, in addition to these, there are more than four million heads behind, please take this batch away first, and then pick up that batch while it is still early!" After Yang Tong finished speaking, he retreated.

Thousands of trail cavalry also rode back to show harmlessness.

Unattended, the cattle faster than the sheep rushed towards the Xi army, although the gallop of the cattle was more loose and relaxed, but the process of continuous fighting, the black cow hair rushed horizontally, it seemed to be thrilling.

The white flock, but gently and rapidly undulating and fluctuating, in the black dust and yellow waves, there is another unique mood.

Black Bull, White Sheep ...... The neighing of horses, the howling of cows, and the chirping of sheep mingled into a desolate and tragic music, like an army of 100,000 marching forward.

One of the chiefs rolled his eyes and said loudly: "Yuan Qi Fold Warriors, go and catch the sheep quickly, so as not to miss the time." ”

Helian also said: "The warriors of the Yuling Tribe, go and help a group of brothers of the Rilian Tribe." ”

"Lost Warriors ......"

"...... of the Department of Auditing"

“……”

“……”

Seeing this, Kirby was in a hurry, and immediately asked his subordinates to go and snatch the livestock: "Ah Hui Warrior, give me ......"

Nomads have a great penchant for plundering, and over time they have developed an insatiable and selfish character. People from the same tribe can love each other, but they show their greedy character everywhere to those outside the tribe.

At this time, the five tribes of the Xi nationality fully exerted their greedy nature, tens of thousands of people robbed the sheep, in the grassland, the sheep are the most popular, and the people who rob are the most. The sheep fled in all directions under the fright, and the Xi people knew that the sheep could not withstand the trampling of the war horses, so they dismounted and grabbed them.

The already chaotic procession became even more chaotic under the chaotic rush of hundreds of thousands of sheep.

Kirby watched the 60,000 knights huddled together, in a mess, and suddenly shouted with a bad feeling: "All back, all back." ”

The chiefs of the various tribes who enjoyed watching it were puzzled and looked back.

Kirby said with a cry: "The Sui army is deceitful! They're going to kill us. ”

The chiefs were not stupid, and shouted hoarsely, "Hurry up and get on your horse to fight!" ”

However, their voices could not be heard at all in the neighing of horses, the roar of cows, the cries of sheep, and the roar of more than 60,000 people.

"The time is ripe!"

At this time, Yang Tong clamped the horse's belly, and the mount was dispatched instantly, and in the midst of the wild gallop, Yang Tong suddenly turned around on the horse to pull the bow, set up the arrow, aim, and send the arrow in one go.

The sound of bowstrings and the arrows are like lightning! Kirby was caught off guard, was shot through the chest by an arrow, and fell off his horse with a scream.

"Big brother!" One person's eyes were cracked, and he didn't have time to make a move, and he followed in the footsteps of his eldest brother.

Yang Tong, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and others are all masters of archery, and several people worked together to make a perfect decapitation operation against the Khitan.

When Yang Tong began to carry out the beheading operation, tens of thousands of Sui troops under the command of Li Jing rushed towards the chaotic Xi army.

Before the people arrived, they heard countless 'whoosh, whoosh, whoosh' sounds of breaking through the air. Arrows from the sky poured down towards the Xi clan like rain.

The dense arrows brought a sharp and terrible howl, and the Xi soldiers and sheep fell one by one. In the dense rain of arrows, the Xi soldiers who were concentrated in one place and in a mess could not resist at all.

After shooting the arrows, the Sui army drummed loudly, shouted and killed the sky, killing the Xi soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the arrow rain from all directions.

The soldiers of the Sui army brandished their weapons and galloped and killed on the banks of the Suotou River, the heads of the Xi soldiers were chopped off, the spears pierced the chest, the corpses were piled up, the blood flowed like a river, the fire burned the camp tent, the fire soared to the sky, and in an instant, the camp had become a hell on earth.

Before it got dark, this bloody massacre gradually subsided, and the Suotou River was stained red with blood, and corpses were all over the south bank of the river!