The Turks in the Sui Dynasty is a mixed people, not a single race, originated in the east of the West Sea (now the Aral Sea), belongs to the white race and the yellow and white mixed race, is another important nomadic people after the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, strong strength, posed a great threat to the Central Plains.

In the past, the powerful Tiele, Rouran and other tribes were successively defeated and devoured by the Turks, and there was a posture of the Xiongnu dominating the steppe and conquering the vast land between the Great Khing'an Mountains and the Caspian Sea.

In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, in the face of the strength of the Turks, Emperor Wen of Sui and Changsun Sheng cast a counter-plan, so that the Turks were divided into two parts, the east and the west, with the Altai Mountains as the boundary and separated, the Western Turks have gradually integrated into the land of West Asia, only the eastern Turks, still grazing and living on the grasslands in the northern part of the Central Plains, attached to the Great Sui.

But in the last years of the Great Sui, Shibi Khan felt that his wings were mature, and he was already dissatisfied with Emperor Yang of Sui, and launched the siege of Yanmen, and then the peasant uprising in the Central Plains broke out, and the princes of the Eighteenth Route fought in a melee, and the Turks became more arrogant, and successively supported several princes, not wanting the Central Plains to be unified again.

Because the same Central Plains regime is like a monolith, there is no good fruit to eat, although the Turks are arrogant and fierce, but they also know that once the Central Plains Dynasty is strong and develops steadily, whether it is financial resources, national strength, population, etc., it will definitely overpower their steppe peoples, so at that time, they did not have much advantage in the Central Plains, on the contrary, they had many disadvantages.

All kinds of natural disasters, such as drought, snow disaster, plague, etc., a large number of livestock died, and there was no food in the grassland, these nomadic tribes could only rely on going south to the Central Plains, either exchanging cattle, sheep, furs, etc. for food, or going directly to food, there was no other way.

Luo Zhaoyun looked at the map, listened to the information constantly fed back by the scouts, mastered the route and marching speed of the Turkic vanguard army, pointed to a point on the map, and said: "The battlefield is set here, it is the only way for the Turkic vanguard army, the terrain used to be a riverbed of the Luoshui branch, but it has dried up a hundred years ago, forming an alkaline sandy land, a barren area, no mountain constraints, fighting here, relatively open." ”

Lai Hu'er said: "Your Majesty, this time the military department has brought a large amount of black powder, so you can bury some gunpowder here in advance and blow up this Turkic vanguard into the sky." ”

Luo Zhaoyun shook his head and said: "The Turks have already suffered such a big loss, and it is estimated that they will have a long memory, maybe they will send a horse team to trample mines first, or shoot them with torches, and gradually eliminate the explosives minefield." ”

"If so, the effect of black powder will be weakened."

Luo Zhaoyun chuckled: "That's not necessarily, we don't need to bury the explosive package, change it to projection, use the powerful range of the crossbow, bundle the explosive package of black powder, and shoot into the range of the Turkic cavalry, which still has great lethality." ”

"Your Majesty is wise, but the old minister is thinking superficially." Laihu'er's application of black powder is still in its infancy, and some of her thinking is rigid, far less than Luo Zhaoyun, a modern person.

Luo Zhaoyun looked calm, looked at the sand table map, and said to himself: "This time, Pei Renji and his son, with 20,000 soldiers and horses, do not seem to have an advantage in numbers, but they are all composed of two elite forces of the Northwest Border Army and the Beijing Forbidden Army, with strong soldiers and strong horses, advanced armaments, and in addition, I have already sent someone to inform Xue Wanjian that he will ambush him from behind, so that the Turkic vanguard will suffer from the enemy, and when the time comes, it will not be difficult to exterminate this army." ”

Although Lai Hu'er is an old general, when it comes to strategizing and this kind of strategy, he still admires His Majesty very much. Because Luo Zhaoyun was promoted to general in the Great Sui Dynasty and began to lead troops, he often took him by surprise, made good use of strange soldiers, and was invincible in a hundred battles.

An emperor with such a military talent, who won the world on horseback, was really able to complete the great cause of unification in troubled times.

Laihu'er followed Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui, and belonged to the important generals in the armies of the two dynasties of the Great Sui, and was well-informed, but he still admired Luo Zhaoyun's military talent and governance from the bottom of his heart.

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Three days later, Pei Renji and his son led their troops to Sanchuan City, which is a Chengyi on the south bank of the Huachi River, where the county commander and the county lieutenant have already received orders, prepared boats in advance, and a hot meal with some meat, so that the vanguard army can eat two full meals, and then they will cross the river to the battlefield.

The 20,000 vanguard troops were temporarily stationed outside the city with ironclad armor and flags, and they were to rest for a short night, and they would cross the river by boat early tomorrow morning.

The county commander Hao Xian came to Pei Renji and said respectfully: "I wish General Pei a victory and a big break in the Turks!" ”

Having said that, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, and even felt that 20,000 horses to fight against the 200,000 Turkic army was really a mantis arm, and once he lost, maybe Sanchuan City would be the next city to be conquered by the Turks to make up for the needs of military rations, and Hao Xian had to think about himself and the soldiers and civilians in the city.

"Naturally, we want to defeat the Turkic vanguard army, but General Ben has made a military order in front of His Majesty!" Bae In-ki said coldly, and then stopped looking at him.

There is a big gap between each other's officials and positions, and the local civil officials are blindly worried about leading troops to fight, which is all confidential and cannot be talked about more.

Hao Xian looked excited, and sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty's royal expedition is also going to be here, it is exciting to be able to face the saint here in person and pay homage to the dragon's face." ”

Pei Renji waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go down first, do your part!" Along the way, the general met a lot of displaced people, fled south from the area of Sanchuan City, for fear of the Turkic city slaughter, as a magistrate, you must appease the people in the army, not to spread falsehoods, exaggerate the Turks to attack, soon, Your Majesty led the troops to the scene, see this scene, I don't know your guilt! ”

The county magistrate Hao Xian, as well as the county Cheng, Lord Bo, Gong Cao and others were all shocked when they heard this, and felt that the problem was big. I was anxious, and I planned to go back to the city to strengthen positive guidance and publicity, so as not to let people go to the empty city, and when His Majesty arrived, they would not be able to do anything, and these magistrates might have to be punished.