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Bypassing the Suotou Xi people in the north, Li Xian's team only took less than half a month to reach the original Xi people's grassland. It's the middle of August, and it's the time when the grass is luxuriant, but you can't see anyone grazing on the vast grassland. The sky is high and the clouds are light, the green and oily grassland can not be seen, the wind blows very gently and comfortably, and the magnificent scenery makes people feel that their hearts are broadened.

The horses' hooves trampled on the unknown little wildflowers, and from time to time frightened small animals scattered in the grass. In the distance, a pack of wolves with a dozen members was snooping in this direction, perhaps because it had been so comfortable lately, and the small animals that had fled for their lives ran not far from them, and they didn't even look at it. And when the blood-smelling human cavalry galloped past in the distance, all the wolves stood up and looked in that direction warily. Finally, after a low neigh, the wolves fled into the distance.

Even though herds of cattle and sheep are rarely seen in the pastures of the Xi people during this period, the wolves on the lush grasslands are never short of prey. The wolves are far more sensitive to the smell of blood than humans, so they can still smell the dangerous aura emanating from the human cavalry even though they are far away. The Blood Cavalry had no taboos about killing wolves, and in their opinion, the only difference between killing wolves and killing pigs was that the meat of the former was not as tasty as the latter.

One hundred and four blood cavalrymen have not returned to the Central Plains for several years, and this time they are destined to have no gongs and drums to welcome them, or even a rain of blades and arrows. Since they left Honghua that year, they have ceased to be the cavalry of the Great Sui. But they are still Han Chinese, and their home is in the Central Plains, so they go home.

Walking through a sparse forest, Li Xian immediately reined in his horse and then made a stop gesture.

The two scouts galloped back from the front, and after giving Li Xian a military salute, they said, "Major General, I found a Turkic camp twenty miles ahead!" ”

Major General, this is a nondescript title. Daxi Changru is a general admired by the blood cavalry all his life, and Li Xian is the only disciple of Daxi Changru, so they used such a title for Li Xian that is a little Jianghu and easy to be criticized. In the blood cavalry team, Daxi Changru was originally a fourth-rank eagle general, and the highest official rank in addition to him was the iron fangwolf, a special general from the fifth rank. And Chao Qiuge and Oriental Agni Dugu Ruizhi are both captains of the sixth grade. When they followed Daxi Changru to Saibei, they all willingly abandoned fame and fortune.

In the eyes of the Blood Riders, Daxi Changru is their eternal general.

Similarly, in the eyes of the blood knights, Li Xian is the successor of the general.

In the past two years, Daxi Changru has taught Li Xian in the command of the art of war. Li Xian's hard work and rapid progress have won the respect of all the blood cavalry, although he is indeed younger than the blood cavalry, but there is no doubt that he is a real responsible man.

Chao Qiuge led ten blood cavalry to take on the task of scouting, and they have been exploring the way in front of the team. The Iron Fangwolf took fifteen blood horses and rode five miles away from the brigade.

"Turks?"

Li Xian motioned for the blood rider to rest in place, he carefully inquired about the situation in front, and after thinking about it, he decided to go to the front to have a look. He told the Blood Rider to wait for the Iron Fang, and he himself hurried to the front under the guidance of the Scout.

When he arrived at the place where Chao Qiuge and the others were hidden, Li Xian looked forward with Chao Qiuge's guidance and couldn't help but gasp.

In the distance, what a magnificent wooden city!

In sight, two or three miles away, a huge wooden siege rose from the ground. Two years ago, Li Xian and the others took this road when they went north, there was a large forest here, but now it has basically been cut down and emptied, you can imagine how much wood was consumed by this wooden city that rose from the ground.

This is not so much a wooden city as a huge military fortress.

"Ashina went to Hu with such a big hand!"

Chao Qiuge said coldly.

Although it was still far away, the outline of the fortress was clearly visible. The wooden city is completely built in accordance with the appearance of the city in the Central Plains, with arrow towers and horse faces. It seems that it can accommodate at least 50,000 people.

"The Turks have forgotten the pain!"

Li Xian said.

"Look!"

Chao Qiuge pointed ahead, only to see a group of cavalry coming out of the wooden city. It seemed that at least a thousand-strong Turkic wolf rider rushed out of the wooden city and rushed due south. This used to be a meadow for the taunting people, not far from Yanshan. When you arrive at Yanshan, you can see the North Great Wall in the distance. The Turks built such a huge fortress here, and their hearts are clearly revealed.

"Ashina is waiting for the right time to go to the hoof!"

Chao Qiuge said: "The Turks know that they are not the opponents of the Great Sui. To build a wooden city here, I think eighty percent of it is for storing grain. They were waiting, waiting to see if there was an opportunity when the Great Sui conquered Goguryeo. ”

Li Xian sighed and said: "Even the barbarians on the grassland can see that this crusade against the Great Sui in Liaodong has little chance, so they dare to camp troops and grain here." But the emperor of the Great Sui thought that he would win this battle, and I even wondered if the emperor who personally led the army of Pingnan Chen, Tuyuhun, and the mighty Western Regions was the same person as the idiot who gave the Goguryeo people two years to prepare for the battle? Calling on the children of good families in the world to join the army, he has to make a million-strong army to the east, can't he think that the Koreans have enough time to prepare for war? ”

Li Xian paused for a moment and sighed: "I really don't know, where does his confidence come from!" ”

"From the glory of the past."

Chao Qiuge said: "Since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, foreign wars have never been defeated. The strength of the government soldiers is unparalleled in the world, and the rich and powerful national strength of Nanchen cannot stop the 510,000 troops of the Great Sui, and the Turkic people who have been invincible on the grassland have been beaten in half, who can resist the strength of the Great Sui army? All nations come to court, the world admires, and self-confidence comes from this. ”

Although there is some resistance to Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui, Chao Qiuge's evaluation is still very pertinent: "Throughout the ages, how many people have ruled the world at the age of twenty? ”

He pointed to the red cloak that was gradually disappearing in the distance and said, "He is the only one who is called the Heavenly Khan by the steppe people!" ”

"yes......"

Li Xian sighed and said, "This is the source of self-confidence. ”

"It's just that he's a little too confident."

Li Xian said: "Give the enemy two years to prepare for war, even if Liaodong City was once an earthen city, it has now been built into a fortress pushed up by stone." Gao Yuan is not an idiot, how many troops can be expanded in the past two years? On the other side of the Liao River, he has 200,000 troops there, can't the Shengming Emperor of the Great Sui see it? ”

Chao Qiuge shook his head and said, "He can see it, and he can see it better than anyone else." ”

Chao Qiuge said with some sadness: "He can see it, but he looks down on it." He didn't take Goguryeo in his eyes at all, Mo said that Gao Yuan placed 200,000 troops on the bank of the Liao River, even if he put 500,000 in his eyes. Back then, Nan Chen had hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, countless Xiongcheng, and the big rivers and moats couldn't stop him, in his eyes, the plateau was an unruly clown, how could he take it too seriously? Perhaps, in his opinion, this war is just a fun game. ”

"Games?"

Li Xian really didn't expect Chao Qiuge to think so deeply and analyze so thoroughly. Li Xian has always felt that Emperor Yang of Sui is a schizophrenic, and when he is arrogant, it is really breathtaking. It is estimated that this has something to do with the countless brilliant victories he has created, and many times I have to admit that he did a really good job at the beginning of his ascension to the throne. How can a person who carries the halo of unifying the world not be confident?

He's just playing.

Li Xian sighed in his heart.

In his opinion, any problem is not a problem as long as he takes action personally.

He gave Goguryeo two years to prepare for war because he didn't think it was a war at all. The game, Chao Qiuge may be right, he is just playing a large-scale scary game. If he knew the end of the game, I don't know if he would regret it.

The Great Sui Empire declined from the three expeditions to Goguryeo, and if it weren't for the anger and resentment caused by these three crusades, the Great Sui would definitely not have ended its historical mission in such a hurry. A new empire, with a near-invincible army, a well-established system, tens of millions of people, and infinite vitality, collapsed in just a few years, in the final analysis, is it his fault alone?

Hard-working baby, Li Xian found that he didn't actually hate Yang Guang and even sympathized with him.

Although Yang Guang is the nightmare that has been in his life all these years, he is a powerful enemy who stands at the pinnacle of the world. But Li Xian really doesn't have any hatred for him, an emperor cuts off people who are a threat to him, even if it is a threat as big as a speck of dust, it is understandable, the dust enters the eyes, and it is natural to clean it up. So Li Xian never thought about going over to kill Yang Guang, because it was impossible, because it was unnecessary.

The emperor of the Great Sui may not have taken him seriously at all, and he could give Li Xian endless killing and robbery with just a move of his mouth until he was killed. It's not a level contest at all, and it's not even a contest at all. So Li Xian's first goal in life is very simple, just to survive. Learn as many ways to save your life as you can, and being alive before the enemy dies is the greatest victory.

In fact, Li Xian's biggest reliance is...... He knew that Yang Guang didn't have a few years to live. So this outrageous level contest has a different way of playing, which is basically fair compared to the two of them, and it is better than who lives longer.

Yang Guang's advantage still lies in his power and status, he can order the whole world to kill Li Xian. And Li Xian's advantage is that he knows the future direction of the story.

After a moment of confusion, he shook his head and took his thoughts away from the contradictory man. His gaze was fixed on the huge wooden city in the distance again, and he rubbed his brows with some headaches.

"What are you thinking?"

Seeing that his expression was a little awkward, Chao Qiuge asked with a smile.

Li Xian rubbed his frowning brows, and suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Xiaochao, you said that if I help the enemy solve some trouble, will he thank me?" ”

"Why? Anzhi, why have you been getting more and more impulsive lately? ”

Chao Qiuge was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Li Xian meant.

Li Xian pursed his lips noncommittally: "Yes, it's indeed a little impulsive." I don't know why I'm suddenly noble, noble like an idiot. All right...... If I have to find a reason, although I don't think I'm a Sui person, I'm a Han person. ”

He looked at Chao Qiuge and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Isn't this reason a little too much?" ”

Chao Qiuge took a deep breath and slowly spit out five words: "You are a young general." ”