In mid-June, shortly after the end of the war between Zhou and Chen in Yingzhou in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Turkic tribes on the steppe, led by Shabalu Khan, marched south to attack the Sui State.

The Kedun of Sha Bo Luo Khan is the daughter of Zhao Wang Yuwen Zhao of Zhou, Princess Qianjin was married to Tu Bo Khan two years ago as Kedun, and now according to custom, she has become the wife of the new Khan, and her younger brother Yuwen Qiankeng is now the emperor of Zhou in Yecheng.

In June last year, the Turkic army was also moving south, but halfway through, the Turkic leaders were busy fighting for the position of the Khan, and then withdrew, after a dispute, the nephew of the Tuobo Khan, Ashina, was elected as the new Khan, Shabalu Khan, this Khan married the former Khan's Kedun as his wife, and became a relative of the Zhou State, so this year he will continue to 'avenge' his father-in-law.

Like last year, the Zhou court in Yecheng also sent a large army to attack the states south of the Yellow River, and the governor of Xiangzhou of Zhou, Wei Chi Dan, led his army to cross the Yellow River again to attack the Luozhou Governor's Mansion of the Sui State.

Yu Wenliang, who was the main platform of the southeast province of Zhou, also sent troops from Anzhou to the north and Jingzhou to the east and Wei Chi Dan and Sima to eliminate difficulties to attack the Sui Luozhou and Yuzhou governors' offices, and the Qingzhou governors Wei Chiqin and Xuzhou governors Xi Biluo attacked the Sui State's Hezhou and Wuzhou governors' offices, from the south of the Yellow River to the Jianghuai region, and the Central Plains war broke out again.

War is a good time for military generals to make contributions, but this has nothing to do with the Bazhou assassin Shi Yu Wenwen, who is 'on the rise', and now he is talking about the army in Xiyang City on the edge of the Yangtze River.

"Sima Xiaojing turned out to have fled to Yecheng." Yu Wenwen looked at Yutu and said, When the war began in June last year. In Chang'an, the father-in-law of the little emperor, Sima Xiao, was arrested by the regent Yang Jian on the grounds of plotting rebellion, and the clan Yuwenchun family was eradicated on charges of rebellion. It's just that Sima disappeared at that time, and his daughter, Sima Lingji, the empress of the little emperor Yuwenxi, was also deposed as a concubine.

The relationship between Sima Xiaonan and Yang Jian is somewhat special, because he and Yang Jian's father, Yang Zhong, are sworn brothers. Sima eliminated the trouble, was originally the minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was the son-in-law of the Shenwu Emperor Gao Huan, and then fled to the Northern Zhou Dynasty to avoid trouble, and it was Yang Zhong who received him at that time.

So at the beginning, Yuwenwen thought that Sima Xiaonan was arrested for Yang Jian, and he was arrested under house arrest, and claimed that he was missing, but now he looks at it, but this escape kung fu is very good, and in history, Sima Xiaonan raised troops against Yang when he was the governor of An (Yun) Prefecture, and failed to flee to Chen State.

"Do you think the court will succeed this time?"

The people present at the meeting were all the generals of the Hulin Army, they looked at the map and whispered all kinds of opinions, most of the opinions were that the Sui State should be finished, because there was a Turkic army in the north pressing the border, and the imperial army in the east was attacking from the north and south.

"In my opinion, all the states and counties east of Yang Yinghu's prison pass will be taken by the imperial court!"

After the land of Sui was out of the Tiger Prison Pass, it was Yuzhou, Hezhou, and Wuzhou Governor's Mansion, which was considered a line to the southeast, if the imperial army could capture the Yuzhou Governor's Mansion, then the Hezhou and Wuzhou Governor's Mansion to the east would be isolated from Guanzhong, and it would be finished sooner or later.

"The Sui army will not be so stupid to watch Yuzhou lose it, so it is natural to send a large army out of the customs, and it will take a few months to determine the victory or defeat in the big war."

"Mobilize an army? What about the Turks in the north, the Turkic Khan is menacing! ”

"Ugh. The Sui army insisted on all the main roads and consumed them, and the other party retreated after a few months. ”

All in all, the situation for the Zhou State is not a small good but a big good, most of the generals present believe that the Sui State will be beaten to the point of hemorrhage this time, and the territory east of the Tiger Prison Pass will be played all over and then disturbed by the Turkic attack, and the imperial army will be able to recover Chang'an if it is not good to fight again in the coming year.

"The official's opinion." Yu Wenwen began to pour cold water, "The Turks are not enough to be troubled, and as for the war east of the Tiger Pass, they are cautiously optimistic. ”

Seeing the look of surprise on everyone's faces, he began to explain why "the Turks are not enough", first of all, to tell a story:

During the time of Emperor Wu, a minister said, 'The Turkic armor soldiers are evil, and the reward is light.' There are many leaders who cannot be ordered, what is difficult to control. It is the comparison that makes people vain that they are strong. wants to make the country thick with its messenger, and reap its rewards. The court was frightened by its false words, and the soldiers were afraid of the wind. But the state is deceitful, and it is easy to hear. Now look at it from the minister's point of view, and make it possible for everyone to be cut before and after'.

"Do you know who said that?"

How did the generals present know who said this, except for Yang Ji and Shi Wansui, they all shook their heads, and Yuwenwen then solved the mystery: This is what Yang Zhong, the father of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, said, when he was ordered by Emperor Wu of Zhou to lead 10,000 horses to attack the state of Qi with Turkic soldiers, and after coming back, he said the above to Emperor Wu of Zhou.

"Could it be that the Turks look fierce but don't have any skills?" Someone asked, and Yang Ji then explained that the Turks were not considered weak chickens, but it was indeed too much to see the other party as unstoppable.

"The Turks are nothing more than horse bandits with a large number of people." Shi Wansui suddenly said, he has been in the army for many years and has an understanding of the Turks, and four years ago, when Emperor Wu of Zhou Yuwen Yong was preparing for the Northern Expedition to the Turks, he also went out with the army, so he was quite interested in the Turkic side.

Fang Cai Yu Wenwen quoted Yang Zhong's words, he deeply agreed, the Turks in his eyes are extra-large horse bandits, all the masters (tribes) elected a big boss (khan) to go together to rob the house (conquer the city), relying on the horses to come and go like the wind, but will never gnaw hard bones.

It's okay to fight a good fight, but if you want to fight a bad battle, people's hearts may not be together, everyone wants to eat meat, but gnawing hard bones will break teeth, if your own people have suffered too many casualties, then you can only be annexed by other tribes to the south of the grass valley, if you meet a hard battle, the hearts of the people inside the Turks can be activated.

At that time, the tug-of-war between the Zhou and Qi countries made the Turks bigger and bigger, and the envoys who sent the Turks also tried their best to advocate the ability to show that they had gone through a lot of hardships to make the court give more treatment.

Did the Turks have any strength? Yes! Can you beat them? Yes!

As long as the army has enough horses, he Shi Banzai doesn't put any Turkic Khan in his eyes, who is afraid of anyone who is afraid of riding or something!

Hearing Shi Wansui's assertion that the Turks are large horse bandits, the generals will be suspicious, they are all from Jiangnan, where can they imagine the scene of tens of thousands of cavalry on both sides chasing and fighting on the vast grassland, but everyone knows that Shi Wansui has been a general and is a martial artist, so it is not bad to say

Yu Wenwen knew that Shi Wansui had made great achievements in the war against the Turks in history, so he would not think that he was bragging, and first nodded to affirm Shi Wansui's judgment, and then pointed out a weakness of the Turkic army: the leaders of the various tribes had evil intentions.

It is the aforementioned only to fight with the wind and shrink when you meet hard bones, everyone follows the khan south to make a fortune, not to play with their lives, and at the same time to beware of each other while conquering the city, lest their tribe be weakened and then annexed by others.

"Therefore, if the Sui State sends eloquent people who are familiar with the internal affairs of the Turks to sow discord among the Turkic army, hehe, this Turkic army will be like that." Yuwen Wen has a bamboo-shaped chest.

Of course, Yang Jian has a super trump card in his hand to deal with the Turks!

Chen Wudi and others naturally don't believe that the Sui State has this number one person, but now everyone is also talking about it on paper, and since the boss's view is that the Turks cannot play a decisive role in the Sui State, then it seems that this war can only be made east of the Tiger Pass.

"Alright, that's the end of the discussion." Yu Wenwen asked people to remove the map in front of him and replace it with a new one, "I can't participate in what the north looks like, but it's different here!" ”

"Let's do your research, it's time to open!"

Of course, it has to be opened, Yuwen Wen has raised so many soldiers, but he doesn't want to spend nothing in vain, the knife will not be dull, the soldiers will not be wasted, so he has been looking for a 'copy', Bazhou's strength has now exceeded the upper limit of the power of a state, so it is necessary to raise soldiers in battle.

There are two kinds of soldiers, and there are two kinds of soldiers, as for the conscripts, they are not injected with water as a last resort, Yuwenwen will not use them, and now the composition of Bazhou's troops is as follows:

Full-time soldiers: The Hulin Army has a strength of 5,000 people, and they are all ready to fight regardless of whether they are idle or busy, of course, at this time, the fields allocated by the soldiers do not need to be taken care of by themselves.

Combination of ploughing and warfare: Bazhou Prefecture and County soldiers, farming and working in the field, training and combat in leisure time are commanded by Sima Yangji of the state, under the jurisdiction of the two armies of the infantry army, one army is the state soldiers, and the other army is composed of township soldiers, and the number of about 2,000 people is not conscripted to defend Bazhou.

Combination of fishing and warfare: Bazhou Navy, fishing and drilling, commanded by Shi Yuwenwen, the number of the two armies under the jurisdiction of about 2,000 people, all of which were reconstituted by the original Xiangyang Navy to absorb the old Bazhou Navy and fishermen, and participate in the war when needed.

This is the strength of a state in Bazhou, a total of more than 9,000 people, all of which are supported by the output of Bazhou, and now Bazhou has more than 20,000 households after accepting the people of Wuchang County, and the number of households that the state needs to support is about three households to support one soldier.

Three households draw one ding, five households draw two dings, and seven households draw three dings are the limits of the conscription and drawing of soldiers from various countries during the war in this era, and so on, the burden of raising one soldier from three households in Bazhou is so heavy that it can be called a poor army.

This is all thanks to the ambitious Bazhou assassin Shi Yuwen Wenwen, so in order to repent, he decided to use practical actions to reduce the burden of the people of Bazhou, so he has to find a way to 'open', and if he wants to fight, it is naturally inevitable to fight in the wilderness, so the knife in his hand is the Tiger Forest Army.

After the expansion of the Hulin Army and its participation in the southern attack on Chen Guoyingzhou, there were changes in the establishment and the position of the generals: Chen Wudi was promoted to the commander of the four armies under the jurisdiction of the unified army, of which the three army lords of the infantry army each commanded a large phalanx, composed of three phalanx soldiers and one melee soldier, with a total strength of more than 3,600 people, and the commander of the Ma army, Shi Wansui, had jurisdiction over three buildings and nearly 1,000 cavalry.

The Hulin army has a strength of 5,000 people, and the combat mode is still based on the spear formation, switching to a flexible mandarin duck formation according to the need, and the proportion of soldiers equipped with bows and crossbows is more than sixty percent, and the armor rate is more than eighty percent, of course, in order to achieve this level, Yuwen Wen also spent a lot of money.

The fifth brother of the unified army Chen is in charge of the four army lords and the seventeen lords, of which the three army lords and the twelve lords of the infantry army, the first army lord and the three lords of the Ma army, and the two heavy logistics buildings are assisted by state soldiers.

This is the field force in Yuwenwen's hands, which is already the limit of his soldiers, and the consumption of people eating and chewing every day will immediately consume the money and food that has just been received by the Xiyang County Mansion, if it is unfortunate that the capital chain will break one day, then he will really have to plunder or eat human flesh to tide over the difficulties.

"Everyone can say anything they want, don't be afraid of talking on paper." (To be continued.) )