After the defeat of the siege of Yang Guang by Yanmen, Shibi Khan had to lead more than 60,000 remnants of his army to retreat all the way north. The 300,000-strong army went south, but less than 70,000 men were able to return together.

The only harvest left for this southward march was that the army had previously captured the three counties of Dingxiang, Mayi, and Yanmen of the Great Sui, and plundered a lot of money, grain, and property in the three counties. After crossing the pass of the Great Wall, Shi Bi, who was still lame on one leg, also sensitively found that the big leaders of the various tribes no longer respected him as much as before.

This time, the 300,000 troops went south, and the royal Ashina tribe dispatched 100,000. And this time, the losses of the Ashina tribe were also heavy, 70,000 horses, of which the Ashina tribe only had more than 20,000 horsemen left. On the contrary, the three major tribes of the Xia Division, the Ji Division, and the Servant Bone Division, which originally went south to prevent the Sui army from going north, had nearly 40,000 horses at this time, and basically maintained a complete set of soldiers and horses.

In recent years, as the eastern Khitan, Jinya, Xi and other tribes under the control of Jieli have become independent, the eastern Xia tribe has been looming and uncontrollable. The leader of the Xia tribe also has a lot of ideas, and now his top boss Jieli Khan has completely become a light pole, and the leader of the Xia tribe, Ji Jin Luo, does not take Jieli in his eyes even more, and even treats Shi Bi who returned from this defeat with little respect.

After crossing the Great Wall, Shibi's army was stationed in Dali County, Dingxiang County. After crossing the Great Wall, it can already be called Saiwai, and finally seeing the steppe again, the Turks feel like a fish returning to the sea, and they are relieved.

"Great Khan, this time my army has suffered heavy losses, and before in the Great Wall Pass, the Great Khan asked us to return north day and night. Now that the Great Wall has finally been removed, this is already outside the Seychelles, and it is the world of our steppe people. Great Khan, my cubs have said that they don't want to withdraw anymore. This time south. With so many dead brothers, it is impossible for many to withdraw like this. Dingxiang is rich in water and grass, and we have already decided to do so, even in Dingxiang. The leader of the Mist Division, Tong Jin Locke, said loudly.

One of Shibi's legs was still unable to walk, he sat on the soft couch, and his eyes swept coldly over the tribal leaders in the tent, "Who else wants to stay in Dingxiang?" ”

Frightened by the majesty of the past, the leaders of the tent hesitated for a moment.

After a while, the soldiers and horses in their hands also did not have much damage from the servant bone tribe and the Ji tribe. They all stood up and expressed their unwillingness to return the Dingxiang they had so easily.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Shibi Khan's mouth, the grassland had already been mixed up, and the Xi people attacked the grassland, and the first to bear the brunt of the attack was the Xiabu. The Tiele rebels in the north are now heading south to fight with the three tribes of the Servant Bone and the Paiyaji tribe. And the Western Turkic rebels in the west are now fighting against the two divisions of Qigu and Dubo. After Princess Yicheng sent the deed arrow to Yanmen to him before, messengers from various departments arrived one after another. However, at that time, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Shibi attacked Yanmen with all his might, and stopped all these messengers by himself, and those letters are still in his own hands. It's ridiculous that these people's nests are about to be breached. They are still arguing here over a piece of land in the Great Sui.

Clapping his hands, a golden wolf guard walked over with a box in his hand. Shibi opened the handle, took out several parchment rolls, threw them in front of everyone, and then closed his eyes and remained silent.

The tribal leaders glanced at the parchment with some strange looks. Immediately, they all jumped up like buttocks. There are now four or five tribes fighting on the steppe, and the tribes that have fallen into the attack and invasion have basically included all the leaders here.

The steppe tribes are their roots, how can this not be in a hurry.

Locke, the leader of the Flame Tribe, was the first to jump out, "Great Khan, these damned rebels, let's immediately gather our troops and horses, kill them back to the grassland, and slaughter them all." ”

"Yes, slaughter all the tribes, and kill all the men. Woman child as slave! The leaders all stood up and shouted. Slaughtering all the invaders' tribes, killing all the men, women and children as slaves, this is already the harshest punishment on the grassland. Wars in general, defeated clans. Men become slaves at best, but they are rarely killed.

Although Shi Bi had no waves on his face, he was more anxious than any of them in his heart. Although now he gets the information. The rebels of the three tribes around the grassland are still fighting on the border of the grassland. But he didn't believe it, and the hinterland of the prairie was empty right now. Those rebels would have let go of such a good opportunity not to attack the pastures of the Ashina family. Although there are still forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses left behind by the Ashina family on the grassland. And at critical moments, it can also arm a lot of elderly and young men to fight. But this time, the loss of the Ashina tribe was too great, and the big one made Shi Bi no longer careless. …,

He was silent, waited for a pillar of incense, and saw that the leaders of the various tribes were already a little impatient, and if they ignored them, it was estimated that someone would directly pull the men and horses back to the grassland. As soon as his eyes opened, he glanced at the leaders in the tent, "Immediately send an order to the three armies, rest well tonight, cook tomorrow on the fourth watch, set off on the fifth watch, and return to the grassland!" ”

"Kill back to the grassland!" The leaders of the various tribes roared in unison, and one by one hurriedly sent out the orders and left on the hour.

After receiving the orders of the leaders of the tribes, all the Turkic soldiers and horses in Dali City were furious, eager to return to the steppe immediately. The army sent down wine and meat early, had a full meal, and the whole army was forbidden to leave the camp and rested in advance for the early departure tomorrow.

Under the dark night sky, the Turks did not live in the city of Dali. Instead, it surrounds the county seat of Dali and is full of tents. At the end of the two watches, the entire military camp had basically fallen asleep, except for a few Turks on duty who wandered around the tents, and the entire Turkic camp did not even have a barracks.

On a hillside not far from the county seat of Dali, there are faint figures.

Zhang He, the general of Long Xiang, who was one year younger than Chen Kefu, was holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking at the messy Turkic camp under the city of Dali. Zhang He is very young, even a year younger than Chen Kefu, the commander of the Liaodong Army. After entering the Liaodong Army, Zhang He has always been appreciated by Chen Kefu for his youth and bravery. As one of the first fifteen lieutenants directly under Chen Kefu in the Broken Barracks, the predecessor of the Liaodong Army, Zhang He's status in the Liaodong Army has always been very high. He was even one of the main generals of the seven soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Army for a time, and as early as two years ago, he was a major general.

But now, Lu Shishen, Mao Yi, Hu Hai and others, who were of the same status as them back then, have already been on top. Even the captains of the handsome guards, such as Luo Lin and Zhang Jin, who were much lower than him back then, are now tied with his peers, and their grades are comparable. Even in fact, Zhang Jin and Luo Lin are both actual generals with a large army, but he is just an empty general.

All of this is only because they hesitated when the news of Chen Kefu's death came back to Liaodong. Just hesitated like that, so that they no longer have the core position of the Liaodong Army. can only live in the same official position as Qin Qiong and other nobodies in the past. Even now Qin Qiong and they are rising higher and higher, and they are more and more liked by the big handsome, but he seems to be getting farther and farther away, as far away as the current Liaodong Army, not many people will remember that he was also the top ten generals under the command of the big marshal back then.

A rustling sound sounded, and a soldier in the armor of the Sui Dynasty Praetorian Guard walked to Zhang He's side.

"General, the little one has already found out, and the Turks are not well guarded tonight. We had just scratched a tongue very easily, according to him, the Turks had learned that the tribes of the steppe were fighting, and they had decided to eat tonight on the fourth watch, and set off on the fifth watch, and went straight to the steppe. The battalion had distributed a sumptuous meal of wine and meat last night, and most of the officers and men in the battalion were still asleep. ”

After hearing this, Zhang He's eyes lit up with a bright light, and he strangled the set of armor with the emblem of the Great Sui Praetorian Guard on his body, and said to several old subordinates behind him, "Brothers, since the establishment of the broken military camp, you have been following this general. It's a pity that Ben will not be a good boss, because of the reason, even if it is burdened, you can only be relegated to a small position now. With your past merits and qualifications, you should stand in a higher position, and you will be sorry for you. ”

Behind him, several fierce-looking captains hurriedly said, "The general must not say so, if it weren't for the general, we people still don't know where to fool around, and the current status is all supported by the general." No matter what happens in the future, we will follow the general. ”

Zhang Heting's heart was excited, "Thank you brothers for looking up to me, although everyone is willing to live in such a small position, but the general is unwilling." Brothers, the commander is right, if you want to get out of the way, you have to go out and fight. This time, Vice Marshal Wang sent me here, but this is a great opportunity for us. Brothers, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Turks, they entered the Turkic camp and beheaded Shibi Khan, and the commander will not forget our merits. In the past, we were all generals who broke the army, and as long as this battle is successful, they can all return to the glory of the past. Brothers, there is no time to lose, the time will not come again, either live a chic and cheerful life, or die a vigorous death, there is nothing to regret. If you are willing to go with my Lao Zhang, if you don't want to, Ben will not force it, you can stay here. ”

Wang Rengong led an army of 30,000 to the south, preparing to ambush Shibi Khan. This time, Zhang He, the general of Long Xiang, was sent to unify the headquarters of 3,000 soldiers and horses disguised as the Sui Dynasty Praetorian Guards, and let them go deep into Dingxiang and attack the beginning. The purpose is not to kill Shi Bi, but to let Shi Bi flee north in panic and create more opportunities for his main army.

Most of Zhang He's 3,000 men and horses were old subordinates under the command of his subordinates when he was the chief general of the first army of one of the seven armies of the Liaodong Army. For most of the past six months, because of a previous wrong choice, everyone has been very aggrieved, and they have to walk with their legs between their legs and their heads down. Now that there is an opportunity, who is willing to give up. Even if they were asked to attack the fierce 70,000 Turks tonight with 3,000 soldiers and horses, they would not be afraid at all.