When Yang Chong's convoy returned to Chang'an the next day, Li Jing's battle report had been delivered to the political affairs hall, and Li Shimin did give Jieli Khan an unexpected idea to let the Turkic cavalry break through the defensive line between Yinchuan and Tongwan, and when the Sui army was preparing to encircle and annihilate, the Turkic cavalry suddenly returned north and attacked Fengzhou from the back. Fengzhou assassin Shi Liangde was because he didn't notice it for a while, and was surrounded by more than 10,000 golden wolf troops of Jieli Khan in Yuzhong City, and with the cooperation of spies, the city was broken and killed.

As a result, all roads in Fengzhou were broken by the Golden Wolf Army, and only Ying Yi's more than 5,000 people retreated to Beilouguan, relying on the city defense equipment to block the 20,000 Golden Wolf Army, and waited for the reinforcements led by Li Jing himself. Among the men and horses mobilized by Li Jing, Liang De's army was the weakest side, and the Golden Wolf Army was so scattered that it was bitten a few times by the Sui army that pounced on it from behind. Cheng Yanjin sent troops from Tongwan and killed Qi Jin Wu Wu in Loufuxi, killing more than 1,000 people and capturing more than 1,000 people; Li Duan, as the vanguard of Yang Ze's army, learned from Wang Ting's original approach, burned and robbed all the way, and rushed to Woye Town.

Just when the more than 6,000 golden wolf troops left behind in Woye Town came to meet Li Duan, Wei Chigong sneaked up from the direction of Juyanhai and attacked the Turkic workshop area, freeing more than 2,000 slaves and more than 3,000 Han defectors. When the Golden Wolf Army heard the news, they retreated and were pursued by Li Duan for fifty miles, with more than 2,000 casualties; Jieli Khan divided his troops to help, but Yang Ze's army had arrived, and the two sides could not hold each other, and after Jieli Khan divided his troops, he could only hope that the Turkic army in Tieshan would go south to respond.

Yu Sheshe, Yin Netler did take 30,000 troops south to respond, but Song Jingang and Su Dingfang together had 40,000 cavalry, and Song Jingang sent Su Dingfang to lead 6,000 cavalry armed with bows and crossbows as the vanguard, and marched secretly through the fog. When about a mile away from the garrison of Yu Shot's army, the fog suddenly dissipated, and Su Dingfang attacked with a horse, waving his army to kill Benya, and the Turkic army and horses were caught off guard, and more than 2,000 people were killed by Su Dingfang.

When Yu Shoter and Yin Knightler finally gathered the military horses, Song Jingang's army arrived, and the two sides fought for three hours, and the Turks were defeated. The Sui army beheaded more than 10,000 Turkic troops and captured 20,000 people; Song Jingang learned from the captives that the people of Fertile City had gone to Tieshan in batches and were preparing to immigrate to Mobei, and had already commanded a large army to kill Tieshan.

Yu Juluo said happily: "When Wang Ji and Zong Luohu's 30,000 troops came back from the fast horse, they were only a day's journey away from Beilou Pass. If Song Jingang took Tieshan, it would be equivalent to cutting off the road for Jieli Khan to return north, and Fengzhou would be the last battlefield of the Turks. ”

Jiang Duo only felt a little bitter in his mouth, and reminded: "At this time, you still have to be careful whether the two governors' mansions of Yunzhong and Dingxiang will take the opportunity to make trouble. ”

Fang Xuanling said flatly: "There should be no problem, when a small tribe was still connected, it was destroyed by Sima Liu Yun of the Metropolitan Protectorate with a large army, and no one should dare to make trouble." As for Yang Shanjing's side, Po Liuhan Bakui and Kang Sumi will not have any problems if they see it to death. ”

"But Li Jing also lost Fengzhou when he had the advantage of troops, and Fengzhou assassinated Shi Liangde in battle, and this matter must be investigated." Huangfu Wuyi said sadly, Liang De is one of the few senior generals who are still sympathetic to Yang Guang's descendants, such a character is one less if he loses one, Huangfu Wuyi even suspects that Li Jing was ordered by someone to secretly arrange for Liang De to die, but the front-line military situation is urgent, and he has no evidence, so he can't ask directly.

Wei Zheng said a fair word: "Now is the time when the war is tight, don't mention this, Li Jing is a smart person, he should know it in his heart." Lord Fang, congratulations, when the envoy was outside the Saiwai, it was the time when our army was victorious, and the life and death of the Turks were in the words of the adults. ”

Wei Zheng didn't talk nonsense, if Jieli Khan was destroyed, it would be impossible for the Monan region to have any more male lords in a short period of time, Fang Yanzao went, and he didn't say what he wanted, and he could do what he wanted. Fang Yanzao thanked him and said: "Cheng Wei's auspicious words, if it is really like this, it will be the blessing of Chang'an and the blessing of the people of the Central Plains." King Yue, what should I do next? ”

If a group of people were still worried about the situation a few days ago, now there is no problem at all, Fang Yanzao's question is also to ask for more chips for his northward trip. Yang Chong said calmly: "First, all Turkic craftsmen must stay in the army; Second, none of the captives will be released back this time, and after you meet Li Jing, you must come up with a plan to deal with them. I remind you that it is not permissible to be sold as a slave. ”

Yang Chong estimated that there were tens of thousands of prisoners, and if they were treated as slaves, they would fatten those scholars, so it was better to keep them to build roads in the south and northeast, and the three cities outside the river also needed people to build them. Fang Yanzao said with understanding: "King Yue rest assured, the lower officials will keep it in mind." But in the future, in Monan, how will the Turkic surrendered tribes be managed? ”

Fang Yanzao didn't know how to manage, but hoped that Yang Chong would provide an economic solution; Fang Xuanling took over the conversation and said: "Camels and war horses are things that the Central Plains need, and they can be exchanged for food; In addition, the Privy Council had a plan to build a city, that is, after the discovery of minerals in the Monan area, a city and a workshop would be built near the mine, which would not only revitalize the local economy, but also make it possible for the Turks to settle down. ”

Yang Wang smiled and said, "Let's hear it." ”

Fang Xuanling explained in detail: "According to our detailed work, there are coal mines and gold mines in Monan, and we can build two cities according to these locations, recruit workers from the Turks, and break down the remnants of the Turkic tribes step by step, and whenever the city personnel reach a certain number, we will start to select the site for the next city." ”

Fine work, even Fang Xuanling himself didn't believe it, no one knew where those fine works were, but Yang Chong said it so confidently that Fang Xuanling and the people in the Privy Council believed what Yang Chong said. After all, Yang Chong's achievements in this area are too good, and many things can no longer be viewed with common sense, and can only be described as unpredictable.

The bigwigs obviously had the same opinion, and no one came out to question, only Duhu Huaien asked: "What is the appropriate number of people in the city?" ”

"Ten thousand, normally there are only two or three thousand people in the city." Yang Gongqing said: "The Turkic people are mainly nomadic, and they do not need to live in the city, as long as the administrative institutions, commercial districts, and pressing farms stay in the city. When the weather changes, the herders move as usual, but the city can tell them that they can come back as soon as the seasons change. ”

(End of chapter)