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Yu Ming saw the enemy rushing forward, but he was not afraid, he only smiled coldly, and carried the immortal determination method in his body, seeing four and listening to all directions. A spear flew up and down, and every time a gun was fired, an enemy cavalryman would fall off his horse.

Although these enemy troops were not afraid of death, they saw that Yuming was invincible and difficult to resist, and they couldn't help but be afraid in their hearts and began to flee backwards.

This battle has actually been going on for a long time, and the Turkic army has been fighting for ten days in a row, and it is already exhausted.

However, the main force of the Zhou army led by Yu Ming was waiting for work, and it took a whole day to recuperate yesterday before entering the battle, which can be described as full of energy.

Now the Turkic army is tired of men and horses, and most of the cavalry who have been fighting for a long time have become mentally numb, and it is just an instinctive inertia supporting them to fight.

And Ashnaji's death in battle can be described as the last straw that broke the camel's back. Let the so-called most elite Golden Wolf Army collapse first. And with the collapse of the Golden Wolf Army, it was like a chain reaction, triggering the retreat of the Black Wolf Army and other cavalry.

When Yu Yuqing, Luo Cheng and Guo Yi led the Zhou army in Juyong Pass to kill from behind the Turkic army, the shouts and cheers were overwhelming, shaking the heavens and the earth.

The Turkic army was in turmoil under the attack from the front and rear, and they had already reached the limit of physical strength and spirit, even if Jieli personally supervised the battle in the rear, they could no longer raise the courage to fight.

After most of them suffered casualties, they finally collapsed on the whole front, and the Zhou army chased after them, killing nearly 80,000 and capturing more than 50,000 war horses. According to Yu Ming's order, these Turkic soldiers whose hands were stained with the blood of the Biansaihan people were not taken prisoner, and all of them were beheaded.

At this moment, Luo Shixin, who secretly attacked the Turkic grain and grass storage site, also came with good news: he had burned all the grain and grass of the Turks, and most of the Turkic soldiers guarding the camp had been killed. The only fly in the ointment was that when he was about to leave and came to Juyong Pass to help in the battle, Jieli Khan's Erzheke led 20,000 golden wolf troops to kill. After a big battle between the two sides, each suffered more than 10,000 casualties. At this time, Zheke must have also received the news of the collapse of the main battlefield, and he had no intention of fighting and led his army to retreat.

Although Luo Shixin wanted to catch up and annihilate the enemy, but when Zheke retreated, he did not mess up his position, and it was very orderly, so he had no chance to take advantage of it, so he had to regret withdrawing his troops.

In the next few days, the Zhou army continued to pursue the Turkic army, winning seven battles and seven victories, killing nearly 20,000 people. When Jieli and Chuck finally crossed the Great Wall, less than 8,000 cavalry followed them back to the grassland.

Due to the crushing defeat of his own army, and the lack of food for the Turkic army, he had to rely on bark, grass roots, and hunting wild beasts along the way to satisfy his hunger, and Jieli soon fell seriously ill and died.

At this time, there was bad news that shocked them even more: Tuli, who had been driven to Beihai, with the help of Li Jing and his wife, the master of Zhou Wang Yuming, recaptured the Turkic Tooth Tent, killed all the Turkic generals who stayed here and were loyal to Jieli, and took over the control of the herdsmen in the Ashina area. And pulled out an army loyal to him.

And Turki also took this opportunity to convene a steppe assembly, established himself as a Turkic khan, and declared his uncle Jieli a traitor who usurped his father's throne.

This time, he went south to attack Yuming, not only did he not rob wealth and women, but also did not deal a fatal blow to the Zhou army, but instead lost his troops. Only a few thousand cavalry from the 200,000 army returned to the grassland, which made Jieli want to die.

At this moment, he heard that his nephew Tuli took advantage of his southward movement to seize the Turkic tooth tent again, which made him even more angry, and he suddenly cried for his life.

His son, Zhek, buried his father's body in tears and then set himself up as the new Khan.

On the other hand, he sent people to contact the tribes that were still loyal to Jieli, asking them to switch their allegiance to him. On the other hand, he led a large army to the Turkic tent.

Zheke knew that there were mostly old and weak women and children near the tent, and even if Tuli recruited soldiers from it, he was afraid that it would be good to recruit 10,000 soldiers. If he had gone on a crusade with all his army, he would still have the potential to regain the throne.

And Tuli was also shocked to learn that Zerk had come back. Knowing that the forces he had at his disposal were far inferior to those of Zhek, he accepted Li Jing's suggestion and took the initiative to contact the Western Turks and ask them to send troops to help...... The steppe was once again in a chaotic situation.

The victorious Zhou army, under the leadership of Yu Ming, marched westward and rushed to the areas of Mayi, Dingxiang and Yulin, preparing to take advantage of the victory to solve the Turkic army Ashina Jinbu and the Liang Shidu who had taken refuge in the Turks.

At this time, after learning that Jielidu was defeated and fled, Ashina Jin completely lost his will to fight, and he immediately abandoned Liang Shidu and fled to the grassland. Anyway, he is also a Western Turk, and he is not worried at all about whether ****** will fall into a situation of war and destruction.

Liang Shidu was already a little struggling with Captain Chi Jingde's army, but fortunately, there was still a Turkic army to deal with it together, and Captain Chi Jingde did not take the initiative to attack for the purpose of seeking stability, so he maintained an undefeated and undefeated stalemate situation. But now Ashinakin led more than 20,000 Turkic cavalry to run, and the main force of the Zhou army was killed under the leadership of Yu Ming, how could he resist?

Dingxiang, Yulin and other counties were quickly recovered by the Zhou army, and they were killed all the way to the territory of Laochao Hetao, the capital of Liang Shidu.

Liang Shidu originally wanted to flee to the steppe, but after learning that the civil war in ****** had resumed, and that the two cousins Tuli and Zheke were fighting for the throne again, he dispelled this idea. He knew that the Turks were already muddy and could not support the wall, and could no longer rely on them.

At the moment, he was faced with two choices: either surrender to Yuming, or surrender to Li Yuan, there was no first article. Unless he is arrogant enough to think that in this situation, he can still defeat Yuming and maintain the situation of the Liang army.

After thinking about it again, Liang Shidu weighed various pros and cons, and finally decided to surrender to Li Yuan. After all, he and Yuming have a deep grudge, and it is not so easy to resolve it. And not only does he not have many contradictions with Li Yuan, but he even has some friendship. Although after the surrender passed, it was impossible for Li Yuan to reuse him. But he can at least be a rich man and live a normal life.

It's just that Master Liang forgot about it, even if Li Yuan immediately agreed to accept him. It was also impossible for the Tang army to rush to the Hetao to rescue immediately. Although Li Yuan had already ordered Li Jiancheng, who had just destroyed Li Rail, to lead the army to Hetao, it was still too late.

Under the personal command of Yu Ming, the Zhou army, which used a large number of new siege equipment, broke through Wuyuan County and occupied the Hetao area in only five days. When the city of Liang Shi was broken, he knew that Yuming could not let him go, so he committed suicide by taking poison.

And he accidentally left a suicide note for Yuming, begging Yuming not to kill his family. In return, he told Yuming Luoyang the truth about his assassination.

It turned out that the real culprit was him, because Liang Shi was half Turkic and was located in the Hetao land at the junction of the steppe, so he had close contacts with the Turks.

Before Liang Shidu went to Luoyang to attend the conference, he received Li Yuan's envoy, saying that he was willing to cede five counties to Liang Shidu in exchange for him sending someone to assassinate Yuming at the Luoyang Conference.

After weighing the pros and cons, Liang Shidu thought that Yuming was a greater threat to him, so he decided to assassinate Yuming for the Tang Emperor. For this reason, he specially spent a lot of money to invite a group of Turkic killers from the grassland, entered Luoyang City in the name of merchants, and planned the assassination of Yuming, but unfortunately it fell short.

After Yuming read the letter, he easily burned it. He actually guessed that the real culprit behind his assassination was Li Yuan, but he couldn't be completely sure. After all, Du Fuwei also has this strength and motivation. But now it seems that the truth has been revealed.

"Li Yuan, I must make you pay! The Li Tang you have established will surely be destroyed by me! I'm going to make a new history! Yu Ming clenched his fists and thought secretly in his heart.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji walked in front of him, bowed down and said: "King Zhou, now that the Hetao has fallen into my hands, who is ordered to stay behind, when will I return to Beiping, and ask King Zhou to make it clear!" ”

"Just order Yi to stay behind for the Hetao! Judging from this battle of Juyong Pass, his ability to defend the city is still good! Yu Ming replied after thinking for a while.

After a while, he stretched his waist and said, "As for the time when the army will return to Beiping, it will be set tomorrow!" It's time to talk about moving the capital! ”

"What? Moving the capital? After hearing this, Eldest Sun Wuji couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Yes! The position of Peiping is too far north, and now that the Turkic threat has been temporarily lifted, the main focus of our army's attack will be in the west and south. However, the army set out from Beiping to fight far away. "Yu Ming is colorful.

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded, he had actually discovered this problem.

"Then did the king of Zhou think about where to move the capital?" He asked, somewhat curious.

"Luoyang, the eastern capital!" Yu Ming didn't think about it, so he said word by word: "It is located in the heart of the Central Plains, and it can also be said to be the center of the world. It is convenient to have the Yellow River and canals, and the road extends in all directions, and the economy is prosperous. And the location is good, whether it is to the north to support Hedong and Hebei; the western offensive to fight Guanzhong and Bashu; southward attack Jingxiang and Lingnan; Sweeping Jianghuai and Jiangdong in the east, all for convenience! ”

"And Luoyang was once the capital of the former Sui Dynasty, known as the largest city in the world, with many merchants and a prosperous economy, which is very suitable for the capital!" Yu Ming said eloquently.

After hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji also said with a happy face: "King Zhou's thoughts coincide with mine!" I don't think there will be much opposition from other ministers and generals. After returning to Beiping this time, the relocation can be started as soon as possible.

"Hmmm! Let's go back to Peking first! Yu Ming raised his head at this time, looked at the sunset on the horizon and said: "After moving the capital to Luoyang, we should think about how to unify the world...... It's also time to settle accounts with enemies like Li Yuan and Du Fuwei! ”

(End of Volume 5)

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