Seeing that Ling Xiao and the three of them had no other meaning, Situ Lei said in a deep voice: "Then let's settle it like this, and then send a message to each prince, let them prepare for the handover, and each prince can carry a guard of 5,000 people to the post." In addition, the money, grain, taxation, and government affairs of various localities are directly under the central government, and they are not allowed to interfere. The food, grass, materials, and armor and equipment needed by the army must also be reported to me before they can be allocated. After letting them receive the order, they immediately handed over the affairs in their hands to others, and returned to Luoyang to meet the king. ”

Hearing Situ Lei's words, Lin Shiwen and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. The three of them, what they were most afraid of was that Situ Lei handed over all the qiē of each state to the princes, and that was the strictest thing.

After the three of them left, Situ Lei sat in the study and whispered to himself, "Alas...... A few boys, none of them can reassure me. If Emperor Xuanwu hadn't died, I would have directly chosen one of them as the prince of the king. However, now that the forces of our Yongjun are facing the crusade of the princes of the world, the place is unstable, and we can't let you retreat from the place. Otherwise, the bullet will not be able to suppress those who have bad intentions. I hope you boys can really learn something in the coming days, and increase your knowledge. Otherwise, even if the Situ family is handed over to you, what can it do? ”

The four princes who received the military order did not dare to delay at all, even if they had any thoughts in their hearts, they could only bury them in their hearts. After handing over the affairs in handover, he went to Luoyang to meet Situ Lei and listen to Situ Lei's instructions.

Subsequently, Situ Lei conveyed his decision, informed the Yongjun forces, and asked all civil and military officials to stop discussing Wang Shizi's affairs. At this point, the matter of Wang Shizi, who has only spread for more than a month and is getting more and more powerful, has been slowly suppressed.

However, even if this is arranged, there are no fewer people who talk about it. The only difference was that they no longer continued to write to Situ Lei. After all, Situ Lei had strictly forbidden to play. Many people in the Yongwang forces think that Situ Lei's approach is the way to get into trouble. The four sons, each with great power, how to let them command the four directions in one day in the future? Especially now that Situ Lei's body is not good, if there is any accident, King Yong's power will really be dismantled.

Of course, there are also those who think that this is a good way to do it now. Without him, because of the death of Emperor Xuanwu, Situ Lei was named as a usurper on his back. Externally, it is a crusade of the princes of the world, and there is some instability internally. If you don't let these Situ Lei's relatives deal with it, it will not be good to deter the locality, and sooner or later there will be problems above the locality.

There are pros and cons, each with its own sayings. However, within the sphere of influence of King Yong, civil and military officials gradually began to divide, forming factions of power, that is, forming parties. This kind of thing is inevitable, and it is natural that the civil and military officials who support the eldest prince will walk together, and the officials who support the fourth prince will also walk together. They used to work for King Yong Situ Lei. Now, the center of gravity of their effectiveness is beginning to shift, slowly shifting to the princes they support.

This kind of thing is not whether they want to or not, but they can't help but do it. If they don't work for the princes they support, how can they be accepted by the princes, and how can they be accepted by other officials?

No matter how the power of King Yong changes, the Qi army, the Xiaoguo army, various princes and some people with lofty ideals all have their own ideas after hearing the news. However, most of them are sighs for Situ Lei.

Among them, Murong Cheng couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned the news. At the same time, he also strictly ordered his subordinates to strengthen training, and in the future, he will definitely attack Yongzhou again.

However, no matter how the territory of King Yong's power changes, Zhao Xun and the two armies of the south and the north that entered the Turkic steppe have no time to take care of it. Because at the beginning, the soldiers of the four towns of the Xiaoguo Army moved slowly and defended tightly. Therefore, the Turkic army gave up harassing the Xiaoguo army and began to enter the land of the annexed states, plundering the people, and robbing the treasury and food. In the words of the Turkic Xue Khan, the Xiaoguo army killed my men and robbed my livestock. Then, I will go and kill the Han people in the annexed state and rob them of their belongings and food. As a result, nearly 200,000 tribal alliances entered the land of the state to operate. This, is the coalition of the Eastern Turkic tribes.

The Turkic tribes have not yet formed a strong central rule, and are still dominated by individual tribes. Of course, the tribal khans had no small amount of dominion over the tribes. Originating from the east of the West Sea, the Turks belonged to the Caucasian and yellow-white mixed races, generally tall and good at riding and archery, they gradually migrated eastward, and finally defeated Rouran and became the masters of the Mobei steppe.

Because of the Turkic tribes, part of the center of gravity is in the east, and part is in the west and southwest. Therefore, the eastern tribes of the Turkic tribes pose the greatest threat to Dayan. In fact, at the earliest time, the Western Turks had great ambitions for Dayan. The east and west are still together, but when Dayan was strong, he broke the Turkic tribes and divided them into two, set up two tribal khans, and gave them the title of orthodoxy. In this way, the two are not convinced of each other. With the passage of time, the descendants of the two khans also gradually formed two major Turkic forces.

A few years ago, the Turks found that the Great Yan had begun to weaken, and gradually entered the territory of the annexed states to harass the borders of the Great Yan. With the infighting among the Great Yan princes, the Turks became more and more arrogant. Nowadays, the Great Wall in the north of Bingzhou has become the scope of Turkic activities, and it is no longer the place where the Great Yan defenders resist the enemy.

Now, because of the fornication between Cao Gang, the general of Zhenbei, and the Turks, the Turkic army can even kill the land of Jinyang in Taiyuan Prefecture. It makes the people of the state miserable.

And the north of the state, north of Dingxiang, Yunzhou Prefecture.

Three hundred miles northwest of Dingxiang, the army of the four towns of the Xiaoguo Army gathered together. The combination of foot and horseman, plus the baggage team and the people, totaled nearly 200,000 people. This is also because there is a steady stream of young men and baggage teams to transport the spoils to the rear, otherwise, there will be more people.

In the tent, the generals and generals of the four towns and towns gathered together to discuss this important military situation. In the four corners of the tent, there are several oil lamps that illuminate the whole tent. Yes, it's the middle of the night. The army of the four towns of the Xiaoguo Army arrived here and converged when it was just dark.

At the time of Zhao Xun's action, Zhao Xun had already given orders to the southern army. In this battle on the southern front, Li Chenfeng, the general of the First Town Army, was in charge, commanding all the soldiers and fighting against the Turkic army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is already very clear, in the northern part of Dingxiang, nearly 150,000 Turkic soldiers escorted about 250,000 people from Bingzhou, as well as property, livestock, and grain looted from Bingzhou. Needless to say, our task is to get these people back and keep as many Turks as possible. ”

"This war will be very hard, so the baggage team and the young men will be fully armed, and on top of the troops, we may be for the locality. However, the other side is almost all cavalry, and we are a combination of cavalry and infantry. So, in some respects, we are still in a weak position. But we are not afraid of sacrifice. ”

"Of course, we have more advantages. As soon as we came, we rushed here at such a rapid pace, day and night, which the Turkic army did not expect. Second, our baggage team and young men are actually soldiers, although they are reserve soldiers, but they are also soldiers who participated in the battle against the Turkic tribes in the previous month or so, and now, they have grown into real warriors. This is something that the Turkic army does not know at all. ”

Third, they robbed a lot of Han population, Han people's property and food from Bingzhou this time, and at this moment, the fighting spirit is not very great. Finally, we have an absolute advantage over weapons, especially the storage of earth-shattering thunder. That would be a nightmare for the enemy, and in this operation, the Heaven-Shaking Thunder will be used at will, leaving as many Turkic bastards as possible. This is not only about the outcome of the meal war, not only about the reason for avenging the people of Bingzhou, but also about the major affairs of the lord. Li Huaiyuan pointed to the hanging map, drew a circle in one place, and said coldly.

"Because we don't have many cavalry, even if they are replenished from the captured Turkic horses, there is still a shortage of cavalry soldiers. So far, it is only 50,000 cavalry. Therefore, this cavalry will not be a preparation for a hard battle with the enemy. Their mission is more important to unleash the Heaven-Shattering Thunder to break up the enemy's charging formation, causing them to scatter in all directions. Next, it's time for the infantry to act. ”

"200,000 soldiers, 150,000 went to war, 20,000 guarded the camp, optimistic about grain and grass. The remaining 30,000 people are responsible for relocating the people captured and escorted by these Turks, so that they can avoid the battlefield in an orderly manner according to our requirements. The scouts have already sent the cavalry back, and we are not far from the enemy. So, as soon as the day dawned, we went out with a large army and fought to the death against this Turkic army. This time, we must not only defeat the Turkic army head-on, but also make them retreat when they see us in the future. Coupled with the actions of the lord in the north, I think about it, this Turkic tribe, for a certain period of time, will not dare to provoke us lightly. ”

"Okay, let's all go down and prepare, make food on the fifth watch, and let the soldiers get ready." Finally, Li Chenfeng said in a deep voice. This battle is also the biggest battle Li Chenfeng has ever experienced, and he can't help but be excited. Of course, more importantly, this war was a large-scale war with foreign races.

Because the sergeant Xiaoguo had long understood his mission and what the Turks were doing in Bingzhou, he did not have the slightest hint of panic when he fought with the Turkic army, whether it was the town soldiers, the baggage team, or the young and strong. The sergeant Xiaoguo who received the military order immediately began to prepare overnight, and everyone knew that there would be a big battle after dawn, so although the entire camp seemed a little busy, it seemed to be in order.

After eating a hearty pre-war meal, not only is it full, but also meat. The assembly drum sounded, the drum beat earth-shattering, the trombone sounded in unison, the whimpering low trumpet resounded through the grassland, and the 200,000 Xiaoguo army, whether it was a town soldier or a young man wearing armor and taking up arms, were all lined up one by one in various units.

On the platform, the three town army generals and twelve assistant generals gathered together to wait for Li Chenfeng's military order in the central place. Li Chenfeng was dressed in silver gold armor, holding the long sword at his waist, and said in a deep voice: "According to the established plan, the army is ready to set off. ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The huge drums of the battle sounded, more than 100 trombones sounded together, and ......the cavalry and infantry set off in a row, the horses were like floods, swords and guns were like iron forests, and the early morning sun shone on the plate armor of the Xiaoguo army, reflecting the cold light of the forest.

The army of 150,000 Xiaoguo Army marched towards the western grassland, the banner covered the sky and the sun, and in the sky above the Chinese army, it was like a red wave sweeping towards the west, among them, there were four red sharp horns, which were in the forefront, murderous......

A few miles ahead, was there a soldier shouting: "Left front, Turkic spies!" The first team, on the ......". Immediately, a group of Turkic soldiers would appear from miles away, checking on them from a distance, and then they would point from the scouts of the Xiaoguo army, kill a cavalry team of dozens of people, and rush towards the other side.

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At this time, fifty miles away, more than 100,000 Turkic troops were also marching, and in addition to the Turkic cavalry, more of this continuous team of one or twenty miles were Han Chinese people who were escorted, most of them were young women, and a small number of young men. In addition, there are more than 100,000 war horses loaded with things. It has to be said that in order to carry the things seized from the annexed states, the Turkic army used their reserve war horses as pack horses.

"Report ...... Enlighten the kings, fifty miles to the east, there is a Han army to kill. An urgent report woke up several tribal leaders who were in the middle of the procession, constantly pointing at some Han women who were being escorted and laughing.

"What do you say? Say it again? One of them suddenly said in a hurry.

"Enlighten the kings, fifty miles to the east, there is a Han army that has been killed. Looking at its banner, it should be the army of the Xiaoguo Army. Ladies and gentlemen, we should prepare for the battle in advance. The scout snapped.

"Nonsense! The team of the Xiaoguo Army should still be two hundred miles away, how could it suddenly appear fifty miles away? Did you see clearly, bastard! A tribal leader whipped down with a fierce whip, drawing a bloody streak from the scout captain's face.

"Report ...... King Qiyu, forty-five miles to the east, ...... "In an instant, a succession of information came from the east, and there were scouts from various tribes.

"It's not good, immediately reorganize the army, reorganize the army. Lord Ashinadu, Xue Jian Khan will hand over the heavy responsibility of escorting this Han slave to you, this battle, there will be Lord Ashinadu to command, I will wait, only let all obey orders. A small tribal leader snapped.

Ashinadu was a close confidant of Xue Jian Khan, and was responsible for escorting the two-month harvest back to the rear. He, the leader of a small tribe, didn't want to become cannon fodder for others for a while, so he could only follow Ashinadu's footsteps closely at this moment.

"The order went down, and the army was assembled, and here it was ready to meet the battle. I want to see how the 100,000 Xiaoguo army that entered the grassland has and ability. They are just raiding some small tribes of my Turkic tribes that are not guarded by warriors, and they really think that they are capable of fighting my Turkic warriors. Ashina Du was also not ambiguous, and the direct result was the command of the great power, and the military orders issued to the leaders of the seven tribes.

The leaders of the seven tribes did not dare to be careless at all, and went directly to the order, and the previous laughter seemed to have never appeared. Now as soon as Ashinadu's military order came out, these tribal leaders immediately behaved like mice seeing cats.

Daashinadu was a close confidant of Xue Jian Khan, and was trusted by Xue Jian Khan. He is about forty years old this year, with blue eyes and a broad face and a burly figure. This person is ruthless and never cares about the identity of the other party. At the same time, he is as cunning as a wolf. If you usually frolic, it's fine, if you joke with him on top of big things, you will definitely die a miserable death. Among them, three tribal leaders died at the hands of Ashinadu, and these three tribes were finally directly annexed by Xue Jian Khan. Therefore, this time Ashina Du gave the military order, and the leaders of the various tribes did not dare to be ambiguous.

"Lord Ashinadu, all the soldiers are facing the battle, then these Han slaves and these booty ......"

Ashina said in a deep voice: "It's okay, as long as we defeat these 100,000 Xiaoguo army, can these people still turn the sky upside down?" Whoever dares to run away should add a little fun to the soldiers afterwards. As he spoke, he smiled cruelly.

The inquiring captain stopped talking, but Ashinadu's methods were cruel, and there were not a few people who were abused to death by him. Besides, as Ashinadu said. How could these slaves escape in this uninhabited grassland?

Under Ashinadu's orders, the Turkic army began to slowly assemble, and they lined up in the front positions of the Han slaves and the horses carrying supplies to the north, ready to meet the incoming Xiaoguo army.

Although Ashinadu spoke very calmly, he didn't take this Xiaoguo army in his eyes at all. However, this is not the case in his mind. Two hundred miles away, the 100,000 troops of the division, which were separated by more than 100 miles from north to south, appeared fifty miles in front of him overnight, which could not help but surprise him. He wasn't surprised if he was so fast, but the problem was that most of the opponents were infantry troops, not cavalry. Moreover, the other party also has a large number of young people accompanying him, which is by no means a simple arrival. However, before his scouts came back to report, the other party had already appeared in front of him, which showed that the other party had already planned, and the dozens of scout teams sent out by himself were afraid that they would all be killed.

Is this Xiaoguo army a person who does not know the times? No. Although he didn't know much about the Xiaoguo Army, he heard a lot of rumors about him and his main general Zhao Xun from the Han people. Can you get the Khitans and recover the Yatar people, can it be simple? Will the other party be prepared for this time?

When he learned from the scout that the other party's more than 100,000 troops were coming straight to him, Ashinadu knew that this Xiaoguo army was rushing to his own more than 100,000 warriors, and it was the Han slaves and booty behind him. Therefore, while secretly scolding the scout's incompetence, he sent the scout to investigate the situation on the other side in detail.