The Sui army launched a fierce attack on the Turkic army, constantly tearing apart and destroying the fleeing enemy army; The Turks were defeated like a mountain, wolves rushed to the front, and the fleeing armies overflowed like a flood that burst the embankment. Except for a few horses that quickly disappeared into the edge of the vast grassland, most of the cavalry were either shot down or cut down, and more and more people dismounted and surrendered, kneeling on the side of the road with their hands raised.

In order to buy time for Murong Xiaojun to escape, Hu Xue Hai led two thousand horsemen to fight to the death against Xie Yingdeng, and insisted on holding the position with one corpse after another.

Yang Chong left the infantry to clean up the battlefield and ordered the cavalry to pursue in separate ways, and the nature of the soldiers was suddenly aroused by Yang Chong, and one by one they were like robbers who instantly became excited, flew on their horses, and rushed towards the Turks who were preparing to flee at a gallop, and even set fire to the direction of the wind. In this battle, Yang Chong killed more than 10,000 enemies, captured the wounded Kang Sheli and 4,000 prisoners of war, captured more than 6,000 war horses, and countless weapons and armor; Yang Chong once again piled up a landscape of human heads in the territory of Yiwu.

The scouts found that three small Turkic tribes within 200 miles of the vicinity were swept away by Tuoba Anhu and Xifeng Changshan, capturing more than 3,000 people and tens of thousands of livestock. Back in Yiwu, Yang Chong asked Suo Yanshou to come forward and pick out all the craftsmen, grooms, and women among the captives, and the remaining more than 5,000 people were ready to be sold as slaves, and informed the merchants of Baishan Tiele and Dasui that they must exchange cattle, sheep and grain.

The soldiers and civilians of Yiwu were in rejoicing, and Wei Jie sent a new appointment to Chang'an, appointing Qu Tugai as the county guard of the end of the county, Yu Zhongwen as the county guard of Gaochang, and Yang Chong as the county guard of Yiwu. The days of Wei Jie in the past few days are like a bucket in a well to draw water, seven up and eight down; When he opened his mouth to Zhao Hongsi and was refused, he was hesitating and helpless, when the news of Yiwu's victory came; Before Wei Jie's happiness passed, Chang'an's appointment arrived.

Chang'an's arrangement, on the surface, just the three of them changed positions with each other, but in fact, Yang Chong went from Zhongzhou to Xiazhou, which was equivalent to a downgrade. In exchange for such an end in a big victory, Tuoba Anhu, Shan Xiongxin and others were indignant, and they spoke disrespectfully in front of Wei Jie; Wei Jie understood the attitude of Yang Chong's subordinates very well, how could there be so many positions to arrange people in a lower county, not to mention that Yang Chong's industry in Gaochang had been subsidizing his officials and troops.

When Yang Chong persuaded everyone to disperse and the council hall was empty, Wei Jie said to Yang Chong with a wry smile: "Chang'an still doesn't know about your victory, it is estimated that after you recovered Yiwu County, they made this plan, it should be that Gaochang County fully supports Qinghai County's battle." ”

Yang Chong said disdainfully: "The rat is blind, and he doesn't care whether others live or die for his position, sooner or later he will be retributed." Lord Wei, don't worry, since there is an edict in Chang'an, I will abide by it and immediately take office in Yiwu County. However, Yiwu's conditions are too simple, and I am going to go back to Chang'an, and I will discuss some things with Wei Gong in person. ”

Wei Jie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll sign the paperwork for you." ”

As the captain of the Western Regions, Wei Jie has the right to agree to the county guard to Chang'an on business, since Yang Chong has agreed to be transferred, Wei Jie didn't want to make any more trouble, signed the paperwork, and fled to leave Yiwu County. Yang Chong immediately ordered that the grain, copper, iron, weapons and armor of the Turpan Commercial Bank and Tiandi County should be transported to Yiwu as much as possible, only saying that the front line needed it; In the letter to Jiang Fei, Sikong Xing, Fang Xuanling, and Yuwen Rutong, he said his own ideas, and took the opportunity to start meddling in Hexi.

Yu Zhongwen received the edict in Qinghai, ten days later than Yang Chong, looked up to the sky and sighed, and said to Qin Tao: "Something big is going to happen, I am now fighting with Tuyuhun, then I may go to Gaochang to take office." Even if the Gaochang officials are not chaotic, it is impossible to give assistance as before, Wei Xuan misunderstood me. ”

Yu Qintao said suspiciously: "Yiwu land is sparsely populated, how will Yang Chong govern in the future, and how will he raise so many troops?" ”

Yu Zhongwen asked people to open the map and pointed it out to Yu Qintao: "Yiwu is a basin no less than Gaochang, suitable for farming, but there are too few Han people, Yang Chong stays there, he must carry out tuntian, large-scale immigration, sooner or later it can be developed." Chang'an couldn't see this, and wanted to pick up ready-made, but Gaochang must be a hot potato, and he will talk about it when he hits Qinghai County. ”

Yu Qintao and Wang Wei and others on the side all understood, the situation in Gaochang was uncertain, and Yu Zhongwen had already decided to end the battle after forcing Murong Fuyun to the plateau, after all, Gaochang County could not be left without an owner for a day, Fang Xuanling and others were acting on behalf of the authorities, and they were probably still inclined to Yang Chong in their hearts. As for the original expectation that Yang Chong would enter Tuyuhun in a few months, it is difficult to see now, it is very difficult.

Hu special service learned that Kang Yanli was not dead, and immediately came to negotiate in person, Yang Chong gave Hu special service the due courtesy treatment, and welcomed Hu special service all the way to the county guard's mansion. The two sides knew each other, but there were a lot of false texts, and after Hu Te Qin sat down, he asked bluntly: "Yang Junshou, the Great Khan wants to get back Kang Sheli, I don't know what conditions you have?" ”

If it were a different person, Hu Special Service would never be so polite, but Yang Chong had this qualification, and in less than two years, he won more with less in Gaochang and Yiwu, and nearly 30,000 Turkic cavalry were lost in Yang Chong's hands. Yang Chong smiled and said: "I understand the difficulties of the special service, you can release four thousand captives and Kang Sheli, but you and Kang Sheli have committed a great crime against the suzerain, you must show something, write to the court to apologize, and you need 10,000 cattle and sheep and 500 war horses to compensate." ”

The Great Sui is the suzerainty of the Turks, except for what the Ministry of Rites said in the official document, no one on the border took it seriously, but Yang Chong put it up in a grand manner, and Hu Special Service was really irrefutable; But Hu was not nervous, fortunately he came in person, if he changed the confused worm of the unified secret service, he would really miss a big thing. Yang Chong's request did not involve Shibi Khan, so there was room for maneuver, so that the Turks would not be able to step down.

Hu Special Service returned the price: "Five thousand prisoners." ”

Hu Secret Service knew that Yang Chong had swept away the three Turkic tribes, how could he say that there were still thousands of Turkic civilians who had been captured in Yiwu, and if he could get back one more, Yang Chong said without thinking about it: "The south of the Tianshan Mountains belongs to the Great Sui, and the Tianshan Mountains are the passage between the two sides, and no garrisons and traffic are blocked." I will release 5,000 people, and in the future, I will build another mill two hundred miles north of Yiwu City, so as to facilitate trade between you and me. ”

Hu Te Qin is happy, the Tianshan Mountains are just a snow-capped mountain with primeval forests, the north and south slopes are distributed with comb-shaped deep valleys, the high mountain snow water nourishes the valley, and the grassland in the north is actually not a tribe of the Turks, it is inhabited by the Zahu who fled from the Western Regions, and the size of the area does not matter at all; Yang Chong's purpose is obvious, it is for defense in depth. The opening of the mill is an unexpected good news, and Yiwu is not a rich place, as long as it can trade normally, who has nothing to do and likes to rob, Hu Special Service readily agreed.

(End of chapter)