The five thousand Xue Yantuo soldiers were exhausted after several days of trekking in the snow, and they had already decided that there was no one they were looking for in this pass, so they fell asleep one after another, and no one was mentally prepared for a sneak attack, and even sent out patrols and sentry posts were only to prevent wolves, and they did not realize that the people he intercepted would come to attack them. A thousand Chebi warriors suddenly swept like a blizzard, rushed into the camp, a thousand camels rampaged in the camp, flattened a big tent, knocked over, Xue Yantuo soldiers woke up from their dreams, frightened rushed out of the big tent, they were greeted by snow bright steel knives and ruthless killing, Chebi warriors wielded steel knives and spears, rushed to kill in the enemy group, one by one human heads were chopped off, one corpse after another piled up, killing corpses all over the ground, blood flowed like a river, and the viscous blood flow soon froze into blood ice in the cold wind.

The captain rushed out of the tent with a knife, but met the Khamri head-on, and the two were opposite each other, and the captain shouted in surprise, "It's the Khibi! ”

Unfortunately, no one heard his shout in the confusion, and he did not have a chance to shout a second time, and Chebriel's eyes were cold, and he urged the camel, and the spear stabbed at the captain like lightning, and picked up his long knife, 'Click! Piercing his chest, the body lifted high.

Chereel drew his sword and slashed off the head of the captain, tying it to his saddle.

Screams and cries resounded throughout the camp, Xue Yantuo soldiers scattered and fled, most of them fled to the south, the south had already ambushed five hundred Sui troops, they fired arrows randomly, and the fleeing Xue Yantuo soldiers screamed and were shot to the ground, but the instinct of survival made the soldiers behind still desperately run south, only this side is their only way to survive.

"Don't let any of them go, kill them all!" Yang Yuanqing gave the order for total annihilation.

The Sui soldiers were unrelenting, arrows rained down, and a hundred Sui soldiers scattered, pursued the stragglers, and slashed the Xue Yantuo soldiers who tried to escape from both sides to the ground.

At this time, a thousand Qibi soldiers came from behind, under the strangulation of the Sui army and the Qibi soldiers, the last nearly a thousand Xue Yantuo deserters were all killed, the battlefield gradually quieted down, and the basin of more than ten acres was full of corpses, almost all of which were cut off by the Qibi soldiers, and took away the military card, and they needed to go back to ask for credit.

At this time, a Sui army brigade commander rushed to report, "Report to the general, the count is complete, there are a total of 4,728 corpses, and they should have 5,000 and 30 people in their records, and nearly 300 people have escaped." ”

Yang Yuanqing's eyes looked at the forest and the surrounding mountains, only to see a piece of darkness, Qi Bilie stepped forward and said with a smile: "Even if you escape, you won't survive tonight, they will all freeze to death, and finally feed the wolves." ”

He pointed to the horse pen of Xue Yantuo's army again, "But luck is good, this time I earned five thousand war horses, half of each of us." ”

"Take the tents and supplies!" Yang Yuanqing knew that they were not short of war horses, but lacked supplies, and these Xue Yantuo's tents and weapons and armor were very crude, and he couldn't look down on them.

"Thank you!"

Chebi Lie was not polite, he gave an order, and the Chebi warriors began to clean up the battlefield, packing up all the items that could be used, including tents, leather armor, war knives, bows and arrows, etc., one by one, and putting them on the back of camels, while they switched to riding captured war horses.

It took several hours of busy work to clean up, and all the corpses were piled up in a large pit, leaving the bowl to roar and curse.

Everyone set off again, towards the southern pass, a day later, the two armies out of Yinshan, they stopped the pace of advance, at this time, a Sui army scout rushed back to report, "Report to the general, there is no ambush outside Yinshan, a hundred enemy troops left in the pass have fled, and there is no trace."

Qi Bilie smiled at Yang Yuanqing and said: "They are intercepted in pieces, the surrounding passes are far away from here, and they are a hundred miles away, it is too late for them to come over to encircle and suppress, General Yang will be safe all the way!" ”

Yang Yuanqing thanked me and said: "This time, thanks to the joint operation of the Qibi warriors and us, we were able to successfully attack and annihilate the enemy, I am deeply grateful, and ask my brother to tell the Khan for me, welcome him to Fengzhou, and we will discuss and jointly deal with Xue Yantuo." ”

Qi Bi Lie smiled slightly, "Actually, I didn't tell the truth, I am not the son of Lao Chali, I am the eldest son of Qi Qi Khan, the heir of the Khan, I came to Fengzhou on the order of my father Khan to seek cooperation with the Sui army and jointly deal with Xue Yantuo, I am very happy to fight side by side with the Yinshan Flying General." ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "With such a wise and brave heir, Qibi will inevitably prosper, and I can agree to Qibi on behalf of the governor of Fengzhou, and the Sui army of Fengzhou is willing to form an alliance with Qibi." ”

Qi Bilie stretched out his palm, Yang Yuanqing also stretched out his palm, and the two of them struck hard, "We are determined by our words!" ”

The situation report of Xue Yantuo of Yujuluo lasted more than a month, and was finally placed on the imperial case of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui after being forwarded by the imperial court, which was the tenth day of the first month of the first year of the Great Cause, and there were still five days before the Shangyuan Festival.

Yukura's report did not attract the attention of the imperial court, because nothing happened, only a speculation of Yukura, which was not convincing.

Yang Guang carefully reviewed Yujuluo's report on the situation in Fengzhou, he was very concerned about the situation in Fengzhou, not only Fengzhou was the forefront of the Turks, but also Fengzhou also had a favorite general he cared about, he wanted to know how Yang Yuanqing's situation was now?

In the report, Yujuluo pointed out that Xue Yantuo moved south to the south of Yinshan to avoid the snow disaster, and constantly sent a group of rangers into the territory of Fengzhou to attack and harass, among which the son of Xue Yantuo Khan was killed by Yang Yuanqing, Xue Yantuo is likely to attack Fengzhou on a large scale before the beginning of spring, and Yujuluo asked the imperial court to increase troops in Fengzhou to defend against Xue Yantuo's large-scale attack.

Yang Guang's brows furrowed, all these years he only cared about the situation of the Turks, but he did not pay attention to the Tiele Tribes, the name of Xue Yantuo, he had only heard of Yang Yuanqing's battle of Harry Lake, and he didn't know anything about other situations.

He put down the report and thought about it, and immediately ordered: "Quickly Xuan Chang Sun Sheng is here to see me!" ”

A eunuch immediately ran to announce the decree, and Yang Guang continued to read Yu Juluo's report, at this time, behind the report, Yu Juluo's short sentence attracted Yang Guang's attention, and he sat up straight all of a sudden and read this sentence carefully.

The minister and Yang Yuanqing of Dali County discussed the candidates for the county officials of Dali New County, and decided to recruit talented people from Fengzhou and nearby states and counties by way of county examination. ’

This sentence in the report aroused Yang Guang's great interest, and even exceeded the attention to Xue Yantuo, 'learning and excellence', this sentence Yang Yuanqing gave him, referring to martial arts at the time, 'martial arts and excellence', and now it is used to civil officials.

There is a horizontal line drawn below this sentence, and Niu Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has a comment next to it, 'Military generals, nondescript'.

Yang Guang couldn't help laughing, of course he knew that this so-called Dali County Examination was actually Yang Yuanqing's idea, only he could come up with this kind of idea, but the Dali County Examination, he liked it very much, he really wanted to see what kind of outcome this Dali County Examination would have.

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, General Changsun is here." ”

"Announce him in!"

After a moment, Changsun Sheng walked quickly into the imperial study and bowed, "Minister, Sun Sheng, see Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang handed him Yu Juluo's report, "Eldest Sun Aiqing, take a look first." ”

Changsun Sheng is still serving as a Turkic envoy and has the right to speak to the Turks, he read the report and said with a smile: "This should be the follow-up impact of the demise of Datou, the internal struggle for power in the Western Turks, the brutality of the new Khan, the Tiele tribes under the rule of the Western Turks took the opportunity to break away from the Turks and become independent, this Xue Yantuo and Qibi are the two most powerful tribes in the Western Tiele, the great chief of Xue Yantuo Yi Lost Bowl is notoriously short-sighted and narrow-minded, Yang Yuanqing has killed one of his sons in Lake Hari last time, and this time he killed another of his sons, I'm afraid that this person will not give up, and Wechen thinks that General Yukura's fears are likely to come true. ”

Yang Guang walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and he asked again, "How strong is Xue Yantuo?" ”

"There are about 200,000 soldiers in battle, no less than the Khan of Qimin."

Yang Guangluo gasped slightly, 200,000 people, if they attack Fengzhou, it will bring huge losses to Fengzhou, and he can't help but worry in his heart.

Changsun Sheng understood Yang Guang's worries, so he smiled slightly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, the relationship between Xue Yantuo and Qibi has always been bad, and the Western Turks are putting pressure on the back, it doesn't dare to really attack the Sui Dynasty on a big scale, I estimate that he is just taking revenge, attacking Dali City, the Great Sui Dynasty, he definitely doesn't dare to really provoke." ”

Yang Guang nodded, "Even so, I still don't feel at ease, running Fengzhou is an important measure for my Great Sui to stabilize the northern frontier, and I must not let Xue Yantuo ruin the Great Sui's plan to run Fengzhou, I still decided to increase my troops." ”

At this point, Yang Guang remembered what Changsun Sheng said just now, and asked, "What's the matter with Qibi?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Qibi is the most important tribe in the Tianshan Mountains, and its strength is strong, if Your Majesty explores the Western Regions, you can consider strengthening contacts with this tribe."

Yang Guang's eyes were thoughtful, it has always been his strong desire to open up the Western Regions, and he planted the Great Sui Red Flag in the Tianshan Mountains, but he had just ascended the throne, and he couldn't take care of the distant Western Regions, but he could indeed contact the tribes of the Western Regions first, and then it would naturally come naturally.

Yang Guang glanced at Changsun Sheng, and said with a smile: "I want to send an important minister to the Western Regions to contact the tribes of the Western Regions, who does Changsun Aiqing think is suitable?" ”

When Changsun Sheng heard Yang Guang like this, he obviously excluded himself, he thought about it and said, "The minister recommends Pei Ju!" ”

Yang Guang said with a smile: "I thought of going with me, the first emperor also gave me before he died, Pei Ju is a great talent available for opening up the Western Regions." ”

Yang Guang immediately ordered: "Xuanhu Department Shilang Pei Ju to see you!" ”

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing to do, the minister will retire!"

Yang Guang nodded, "Go ahead!" I will think about the matter of Toyoshu again. ”

The eldest grandson Sheng retreated, Yang Guang picked up the Yujuluo and read it carefully twice, pondered for a long time, he finally made up his mind, and said to Shi Zhao: "Spread my will, transfer the 20,000 troops of Lingzhou to Fengzhou to prepare for the war, obey the dispatch of Yujuluo, the governor of Fengzhou, and reward Yujuluo Yuruyi with another one." ”。