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At this time, Shibi Khan was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, which was deliberately made in the shape of a huge and hideous golden wolf's head. He stood up and laughed, "Brothers, it has been a full seventeen years since the last time we Turks entered the Central Plains. Thanks to the blessing of the Immortal Heaven, now our Turkic heroes are finally about to step into the land of the Central Plains again. This time, we are going to conquer the Great Sui and make the Central Plains people tremble and beg for mercy in front of us steppe people! ”

When the leaders heard the Khan's words, they were equally excited. Previously, when discussing how to solve the grassland famine in the Turkic tent, Shibi Khan decided to go south to attack the Sui and plunder grain from the Sui Dynasty.

This amazed all the tribes of the steppe. After all, in their hearts, the Great Sui is an invincible behemoth. Seventeen years ago, the Sui army defeated the Western Turkic Dulan Khan, and it was from there that the father of the Shibi Khan, Qimin Khan, surrendered to the Great Sui and did not dare to resist for the rest of his life.

Therefore, when Shibi Khan announced that he would gather an army of 400,000 to attack Sui, he immediately shocked all the leaders present.

However, although the Turkic chieftains were somewhat frightened and hesitant, after Shibi Khan understood the benefits and analyzed the benefits they might obtain, the Turkic leaders were attracted by the capture of the Great Sui Emperor and the huge interests of occupying Hedong, Hetao, Longxi, and Hebei.

The wolf nature in their bones made the Turkic nobles take this step after all. As a result, in a short period of time, the entire prairie had already gathered a cavalry of 100,000 people, and under the command of the Tuli, Jieli and Chuluo people, they quietly went to a hidden valley outside Dingxiang County to ambush.

Originally, they were going to march immediately, but at this time, the Liaodong Army invaded the grassland, so that Shibi Khan had to lead the Turkic most elite 100,000 golden wolf army to Yinshan to meet them.

Just when the Turkic nobles were worried that the southward march would be caused by the invasion of the Liaodong army and lead to a futile, Shibi Khan suddenly led a 100,000 golden wolf army to the predetermined meeting place. And brought good news: he had reached an agreement with Marshal Yuming of the Liaodong Army. He attacked Hedong, and Yuming attacked Xue Yantuo and other troops. The two sides demarcate their respective spheres of influence and take what they need.

This sudden good news made all the Turks ecstatic. After all, many of them had fought alongside Yuming and knew how powerful he was. Against this famous general of the Sui Dynasty who destroyed Goryeo, Silla, and Jeguo. But few people had the confidence to beat him.

But now that everyone is relieved, this world-famous general that everyone is afraid of has become an ally of their own side, so are they still afraid of a bird?

Shibi Khan smiled slightly at this time and said: "Turkic warriors, if we go one step further, we will be the rich Central Plains, where there is countless grain, countless wealth, and countless beautiful women. Now, Yang Guang's faint monarch is stationed in the original station. He also had an army of 270,000 with him. Although we can capture Dingxiang, Mayi, and Loufu in one fell swoop, and reach the original city, the losses will inevitably be heavy. Now Ben Khan has a plan, so that Yang Guang Xiao'er can obediently come to the border and fall into my trap. Let's be patient for a few more days! As soon as the time came, our army marched south and captured Yang Guang alive! ”

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On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth year of the Great Cause. On this day, the sun has just risen, and the morning glow is rising.

The golden sunlight shone on the head of the city, the first important town in Hedong, and the soldiers of the Sui army on the city wall stared intently at the city. After hearing the news of the Turkic people's southward movement, surnames and merchants from the northern counties of Mayi, Loufu, and Dingxiang began to flee southward, and the original also housed many refugees.

Shou Li Yuan is busy with the settlement of refugees. Due to his lack of manpower, he had to ask Yang Guang for permission to mobilize the original garrison, assist the officials in building porridge sheds around the city, and set up some camps for refugees.

Therefore, the defenders on the original city wall are not the soldiers of the original county, but the forbidden army from the eastern capital has taken over. This made many Praetorian soldiers unaccustomed. They are pampered in the Eastern Capital. However, after following the saint to the original place, they changed from soldiers of the forbidden army respected by everyone to ordinary city guards on duty at the head of the city, and they had to withstand the wind and sun, which made them feel quite uncomfortable.

Just when the soldiers of the forbidden army at the head of the city were a little bored, they suddenly found a cloud of smoke and dust rising in the north of the city. It seems that a group of cavalry is heading towards the original city.

As a result, the defenders at the head of the city immediately became nervous, stretched out their bows and arrows, and prepared for battle.

However, after a while, they were relieved, because as the cavalry drew closer, they soon discovered that the cavalry that had come was not numbered, and it was the banner of the Sui army.

After the Sui cavalry arrived at the gate, the captain of the Wei army rode out, and the defenders at the head of the city saw that they were very obedient, and it turned out to be Li Jiancheng, the chief of Li Shou.

At this time, Li Jiancheng shouted loudly to the city: "I am Li Jiancheng, I have urgent affairs to report to Your Majesty!" ”

After a while, Pei Renji arrived at the top of the city, he looked at the men and horses in Li Jiancheng's team, but he was a little puzzled: "Grand Duke Li, didn't you lead the army to Dingxiang?" How did you come back again? And how come there are Turks in your ranks? ”

Li Jiancheng made a series at this time, and said: "Back to General Pei, the day after Li's departure, he met a Turkic envoy outside the city of Mayi, and they said that they had something important to meet the saint. After interrogating the envoy, Li and his second brother Shimin thought that the matter was very important, so they decided that I would lead a team of cavalry to escort the envoy back to his hometown. And the people of the world led the two of us to continue to advance. ”

Pei Renji hurriedly said: "You wait here for the time being, I will go to report to Your Majesty immediately!" ”

At present, the Sui army was about to attack the Turks, but the other party suddenly sent an envoy, which was naturally a big deal, so Pei Renji did not dare to slack off at all.

After checking the identity of the Turkic envoy, an official in Honglu Temple recognized the envoy as Jieli, the younger brother of Shibi Khan. So, Pei Renji hurriedly introduced Jieli to Jinyang Palace, where Yang Guang lived.

After entering the palace, the Turkic envoy Jieli respectfully bowed to Yang Guangxing nine times, and every time he knelt, he kowtowed. It didn't stop until it had enough of nine knocks.

He said with a respectful face: "Your Majesty the Honorable Emperor of the Great Sui, below is the younger brother of the Turkic Shibi Khan, Ashina Jieli, on behalf of my elder brother Shibi Khan, I would like to pay tribute to the respected Emperor of the Great Sui, may my emperor live long!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

Yang Guang sat on the dragon chair, looking at this Jieli, he was really a little confused. Because he was preparing to attack the Turks, and the Turkic messenger came so respectfully to ask for an audience. I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd.

And the ministers and generals in the palace also looked at this little Turkic khan in surprise, not understanding what he wanted to do.

"Jieli, I've heard of you before, how do you know I'm in Yuan? Why did you come to see me? Yang Guang asked with a puzzled expression.

After Jieli saluted respectfully, Fang said slowly: "The foreign minister was originally ordered by the Khan to go to the eastern capital to meet His Majesty, but when he rushed to the outside of Mayi City, he met Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, two generals, who learned that I was a Turkic envoy and wanted to see Your Majesty, Fang told the foreign minister that His Majesty had arrived at the original northern tour. So, the foreign minister followed General Li Jiancheng to Yuan and met the saint. ”

Speaking of this, Jieli said with a worried face: "Last year, the grassland was hit by a heavy snowstorm that was rare in decades, and the grassland was full of frozen cattle, sheep and horses, and many herdsmen starved to death at home because of lack of food. As a result, some clansmen who couldn't stand the hunger became horse bandits and went south to Dingxiang, Yulin, Hetao and other places in the Great Sui to plunder. When my eldest brother Shibi Khan learned of this, he was furious and ordered all the horse bandits he caught to be beheaded to the public. Originally, the Khan planned to come to Dongdu in person to confess his sins to the Holy Lord and ask for forgiveness. But who expected that as soon as the spring dawned, Yuming in Liaodong led his army to kill our grassland, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xue Yantuo, Tiele and Muroweibu. Therefore, the khan had to lead 100,000 troops to the rescue. ”

"Last month, we met some merchants from the Central Plains who had come to the steppe, and we learned that His Majesty was furious about the raids of the Turkic horse bandits in the south last winter. When all my Turkic tribes heard about it, everyone was terrified. And the Khan couldn't get away because of Yuming's attack, so he asked me to visit His Majesty on his behalf, hoping to get His Majesty's forgiveness. ”

When Yang Guang heard Jieli's explanation, the anger in his heart disappeared a lot, and he felt very useful.

"It turns out that there is a reason for the incident, the snow disaster is ruthless, people are affectionate, my Great Sui is a country of benevolence and righteousness, and this matter will not be entirely blamed on Duji. All right! So why are you here today? I thought, it can't just be an apology, right? Yang Guang stared at Jie Lidao with blazing eyes.

Among the Turkic royal families with the majority of rude people, this Jieli can be regarded as a scheming and flexible one. His greatest ability is that he clearly hates a person in his heart, but on the surface, he can call this person a brother. This is also the reason why he was able to become the new Turkic Khan after the death of Shibi Khan.

And this time, Shibi Khan sent him here, and it was also carefully selected. You must be a trustworthy person, but you must also be quick-witted, flexible, and able to speak. Such a person is really hard to find, especially to win the trust of Yang Guang, the identity of the person sent cannot be low. lest the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty think that they were neglecting the Great Sui.

Therefore, Shibi Khan picked and chosen, and finally found out that this task was none other than Jieli. He is his younger brother, one of the famous little khans of the Eastern Turks, and he is one of the few Turks who knows how to strategize, and he really can't find a more suitable candidate than him.

And after Jieli learned about this, he did not hesitate to take on this dangerous task. He originally wanted to go south to the Central Plains and drink the Yellow River. Now that it is not easy to persuade Shibi Khan to attack the Great Sui, he will naturally do his best to achieve this matter and lure Yang Guang to the bait.

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