In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Xuan stood in front of the map, looking at the Khitan people in the north, attacking Goguryeo must clear the rear, the Khitan is a dagger on the back of the Sui army, a stinger inserted in Liaodong, if this stinger is not removed, their Goguryeo campaign will not be able to go smoothly.

Not only that, Zhang Xuan is also one step deeper than ordinary people, hundreds of years longer, he knows very well what kind of disaster the Khitan will bring to the Central Plains in the future, if the small sapling is not eradicated in time, it will grow into a towering tree.

"Your Highness, the main population of the Khitan is concentrated in two places, one is the king's tent in the lower reaches of the Zimeng River, which is here!"

Du Ruhui pointed to a red circle on the map and said: "This is the main pastoral area of the Khitan Dahe Division, where more than 200,000 people live, followed by Songmo City. ”

Du Ruhui pointed to a city on the map, "This is Songmo City, it was originally built by the Xianbei people, and later built a strong city after being reinforced by the Khitan people several times, and it is also the residence of the Khitan nobles, and the 20,000 standing troops of the Khitan are stationed here." ”

The Khitan people are herdsmen in peacetime and soldiers in wartime, and they are also a nation where all the people are soldiers, but in order to protect the Khitan nobles and deal with temporary crises, the Khitan also established a standing army, numbering about 20,000, which was stationed in Songmo City.

Du Ruhui collected Khitan intelligence from various channels during this time, and the plan for the Khitan battle gradually became clear, Zhang Xuan paid attention to this standing army, he pondered for a long time and said: "The Khitan standing army must also be based on cavalry, and our cavalry against this cavalry, although it may not be lost, but it will also pay a heavy price, and it needs to be annihilated by strategy." ”

"Your Highness should have experience."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I have at least three options, but I need to consider the most effective one." ”

At this time, Sima Jia Runfu walked in and said to Zhang Xuan, "Your Highness, there is news from the Black Bone City that the grain transported by sea has arrived. ”

Wugucheng will be a logistics center for the Sui army to attack Goguryeo, so before the outbreak of the war, it is necessary to mobilize grain from all over the country to Wugucheng for war preparation, Zhang Xuan nodded and asked, "Has the grain from Xincheng been transported away?" ”

"It has all been transported to the east bank of Liaoshui, and when the sea fleet arrives, it will be directly on the ship, and the fleet has now arrived in Liaodong City."

"Let them hurry up and get the grain away, and don't miss the warplane."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the lowly post has already ordered someone to urge."

At this time, Du Ruhui asked with a smile on the side: "How are those scholars?" ”

"Not bad!"

Jia Runfu said with a smile: "They are all quite talented, and one of them is particularly outstanding." ”

Du Ruhui nodded, "I know who it is, this person is a little different." ”

"What scholar?" Jang Hyun asked from the side.

Du Ruhui explained with a smile: "Today, a group of scholars came from it, saying that they want to serve the country, and I am considering attacking Goguryeo, and I urgently need civilian servants, so let them go to Jia Sima." ”

"What is the background of these scholars, have you checked it?" Zhang Xuan asked Jia Runfu again.

"I have asked all the lowly positions, they are all from Hebei and Qingzhou regions, and two of them are scholars from Pengcheng County, just now the lowly position said that the person who is outstanding in learning is actually the nephew of Lu Chu, the son of the Lu family."

"Really?"

When Zhang Xuan heard that he was a disciple of the Lu family, he was a little interested, so he said, "Show me his test papers." ”

Jia Runfu took out a scroll and handed it to Zhang Xuan, "The humble post has been brought, please take a look at it." ”

Zhang Xuan took the scroll and opened it, he couldn't help but nodded, the writing was good, strong and powerful, quite a lot of momentum, he looked at the article again, the title is through Liaodong, this Lu disciple proposed three steps, one is Pingkou, the second is immigration, and the third is the establishment of counties, which especially points out that the biggest threat to Liaodong is the steppe Turks, in order to prevent the Turkic infiltration of Liaodong, it is necessary to increase the deployment of troops in the north of Bingzhou and the Hetao area, so as to achieve the echo of the east and west.

"Yes, this Lu disciple has a big picture."

Zhang Xuan looked at the name again, it was called Lu Han, and he smiled: "I see that his articles and words are written well, how can he fall off the list?" ”

Jia Runfu said: "He was also specially asked by the lowly position, and he said that he was originally the second place in the imperial examination, but he was removed for organizing the Hebei scholars' parade. ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned, he was removed from the list for organizing a parade, how could he not know such a major matter, he thought about it and said: "Bring this Lu Han to me!" ”

Not long after, two soldiers brought Lu Han into the big tent, Lu Han saw Zhang Xuan in Zhuo County, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Student Lu Han See His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan looked at him and asked, "Are you Lu Chu's nephew?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Why did you organize the Hebei Shizi Parade? What is the appeal? ”

Lu Han recounted in detail what happened in the imperial examination, and finally said: "The soldiers of the army are fighting bloodily in the front, but we are marching to protest against injustice, which is indeed inappropriate, and we also know our mistakes and are willing to be punished by the imperial court, but the imperial court is still very tolerant of us and does not care about our reckless behavior." ”

"But you still got the second place in the exam or were removed, is this called the court's understanding?"

"Nope! Not so. ”

Lu Han hurriedly explained: "The student was removed because of the head of the family, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court, the head of the family threatened to punish the students the day before, and several other scholars who organized a parade together were all admitted, but the student was removed." ”

"I see, let's follow Jasma first! You must be able to endure hardships, be low-key and humble, and don't think that you can be superior to others if you are a child of the Lu family, understand? ”

"Students understand!"

Lu Han saluted and retreated, Jia Runfu also hurriedly followed, only Zhang Xuan and Du Ruhui were left in the big tent, Du Ruhui looked at the two of them walking away, and said with a smile: "Why does Your Highness think he was removed by Lu Zhuo?" Is it to protect the family's reputation? ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "It seems to be for the honor of the family, but it's not!" ”

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "He is scared in his heart, but he is extremely obsessed with the title of the leader of the Hebei Shi clan, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Du Ruhui nodded lightly, "I know what he's afraid of." ”

Zhang Xuan walked to the map, looked at the map and said, "Don't mention this matter, let's concentrate on finishing this battle!" ”

As dawn approached, the rain, which had been tyrannical all night, finally tired, withdrew its unbridled indulgence, and regained its gentle side, the rain stopped, the clouds in the sky thinned and lightened, and the mist shrouded the grassland, showing a gray blue smoke color.

On a grassland about 300 miles northeast of Liucheng, thousands of white tents are densely packed, some Khitan herdsmen are untying the ropes of the sheepfold, preparing to herd the sheep out of the circle, and several beautiful young women are standing in front of the tent curtain looking up at the rapidly changing clouds in the sky, clapping their hands and laughing, the atmosphere is calm and peaceful, full of the vitality unique to the morning.

But, just a few miles away, an army full of murderous aura was silently attacking, like a sharp horizontal knife unsheathed.

The horse's hooves stepped through the waterlogged depression, splashing white and bright water, and after a night of storm, the eyes of the Sui soldiers became more and more cold, the sword had been unsheathed, the bow had been wound, and the war lance was held horizontally, like a group of vicious wolves on the grassland rushing to the sheep three miles away.

Getting closer and closer, the white tent was already faintly visible in the rain, Pei Xingyan wiped the rain on his face, pointed the long knife to the left and right, and the 20,000 cavalry immediately divided into ten teams, outflanking and killing thousands of tents from all directions.

"Kill!" The roar shattered the silence of the early morning, and the shouts of 20,000 people pierced through the mist and spread for miles away, and suddenly the cry suddenly rose, and men, women, and children rushed out of the tents and fled in all directions, only to be mercilessly killed by the Sui cavalry.

Many Khitan men got on their horses one after another, picked up their weapons and prepared to fight hard, but they were far from being the opponents of the elite cavalry, and they were cut down one after another, the grassland was filled with blood mist, corpses were everywhere, blood and rain were mixed together, and it was miserable.......

In the northernmost part of the Zimengchuan grassland, there is a big tent covering an area of several acres, like a white lotus flower upside down on the grassland, which is one of the royal tents of the Khitan chieftain.

However, Ogatara lived most of his life in the city of Songmu, and in order for his son to inherit his business, his eldest son, Ogamo, lived here, including his wife and children, and dozens of guards.

At this time, Ogama was alarmed by the distant cry, and he walked out of the tent quickly, with his wives and two sons, and looked south in horror, where he faintly saw countless cavalry galloping and killing on the grassland.

At this time, a guard galloped over on horseback, panting and whispering: "Young chief, go quickly, it is the Sui army that has killed you!" ”

Da He Mo's face changed dramatically in shock, he had always been worried that the Sui army would come to take revenge, and now it really came.

At this time, dozens of guards galloped over, and the head centurion shouted: "Young chief, go quickly, it's too late." ”

Oga Mokai hurriedly helped his wife and children onto the horse, he turned over on the horse, urged the horse to run, but ran less than a few hundred paces, an arrow whizzed, hit his horse in the head, the horse fell, and Oga Mokai also rolled to the ground.

More than 1,000 cavalry of the Sui army killed from the left under the leadership of the main general Pei Xingyan, and instantly surrounded Dahe Mohui and his wife and children, dozens of guards were shot down by arrows, and the remaining guards fled in the direction of Songmo City in a hurry.

The cavalry of the Sui army was about to chase, but was stopped by Pei Xingyan, "Let them go!" ”

Pei Xingyan glanced at Dahe Mohui and his two sons, who were lying on the ground with a broken leg bone, and snorted coldly: "Take them away!" ”

The ruthless slaughter was gradually coming to an end, thousands of tents had been trampled by horses, no longer white, but red, and everywhere were hacked to death Khitan herdsmen, heads, broken arms, bloody limbs, the air was full of pungent fishy smell, and the red blood soaked the tents, converging into sticky blood streams, constantly rising clumps of foam, slowly flowing towards the pond deep in the grassland. (To be continued.) )