Spring returns to the earth, the warm wind of Hexi blows the endless fields in the east of the river, the wheat fields are full of lush wheat seedlings, which have grown to a foot high, groups of farmers are busy drawing water into the canal by the river, the distant mountain shadows are stacked and green, and flocks of larks fly over the lush woods, and the breath of spring is particularly strong.

This is the west of Taiyuan, after last year's drought, this year it is as if God wants to compensate the world, extraordinarily smooth wind and rain, abundant water sources, a small river gurgling, clear and green.

On the wide official road from north to south, a group of about 500 cavalry was rushing from the south, the momentum was like thunder, stirring up the rolling yellow dust, and the general was Yang Yuanqing, who returned from Luoyang.

However, he did not return to Taiyuan at this time, but continued to the north, to the grassland of Mayi County, to welcome Li Jing and 20,000 troops who had returned triumphantly.

At this time, the final decisive battle in Guanzhong has not been opened, and it is still in active preparation, but some peripheral battles have begun, such as Bashu and Hanzhong, once the peripheral battles are over, then the decisive battle in Guanzhong is a matter of course.

The cavalry team pulled out a long line and ran all the way on the official road, in front of which was Sanqiao Town, which was also the intersection of the north-south and east-west official roads, forming a lively market town, with many shops and merchants gathering in the town.

Rushing here, the cavalry slowed down, slowly passing through the street of this mile-long town, and today coincided with the social festival, and the peasants who came from all over the town gathered in the town, causing tens of thousands of people to pour into the town, men, women, and children, and it was very lively.

All kinds of stalls are one after another, even the streets are also full, most of them are all kinds of melons, fruits, game and medicinal materials, even some merchants in Taiyuan City have smelled business opportunities, come to set up stalls, sell some low-grade goods, a few stalls selling cheap fat powder are crowded with women from the countryside.

The cavalry team slowed down, stopped running, and slowly passed through the bustling crowd, and more than a dozen personal soldiers guarded Yang Yuanqing in front and back, vigilantly watching the anomalies on both sides.

At this moment, a gong-like voice suddenly sounded in the distant shop, "Your Highness! ”

Everyone looked back and saw a person rushing out of a shop selling cheap jewelry, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, it was Cheng Biting Jin.

Cheng Biting Jin's sudden appearance made Yang Yuanqing's face float with a smile, I haven't seen him for several months, and I still think he is quite cute when we meet unexpectedly.

Cheng Yanjin was so excited that he rushed out of the store and knocked down four or five stalls in a row, which scared him to apologize again and again.

"Black Tan, aren't you in Yan'an County? How is it here? Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.

Hearing His Royal Highness call himself Black Charcoal, Cheng Yanjin also felt very cordial, he stepped forward and saluted: "Back to Your Highness, the humble duty is to ask for leave to come back to visit relatives." ”

"Oh!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, glanced at the shop selling cheap jewelry again, and asked with a smile: "Buy jewelry for your wife here?" ”

"She won't ask for the jewelry here!"

Cheng Yanjin scratched his head and grinned: "Buy toys for my little girl, then my little lady likes to collect all kinds of jewelry, hey!" It's the same with her mother. ”

The surrounding soldiers all laughed together, Cheng Yanjin's popularity was very good, and almost everyone liked him.

Cheng Yanjin asked again: "Is Your Highness going back to Taiyuan?" ”

After speaking, he felt that it was wrong, this is the way to the north, and the official road to the east of Taiyuan has passed, Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "I'll go to Mayi County, do you want to go and see together, or you go back to visit relatives first." ”

How could Cheng Yanjin let go of this kind of opportunity to walk with His Royal Highness, his "true" practical intention of returning to Taiyuan was just to mix wine and Qinglou.

He hurriedly smiled and said, "There is nothing to do with the humble position, and I am willing to go north with His Highness." ”

"Alright, let's get on the horse and go!"

Cheng Yanjin's face turned red, and he expected Ai Ai to take out his horse from a low-grade green building diagonally opposite, which immediately attracted laughter from the soldiers, and Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing and scolding, "You bastard, how can your taste get lower and lower, even this kind of place is arched!" ”

Cheng Biting Jin smiled, "This shows that Lao Cheng strictly abides by military discipline and does not go to the villages along the way to steal chickens and dogs." ”

"That's a good thing, let's go!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled, urged the horse to go, and after a while, the group left the town, accelerated their speed, and galloped towards Mayi County......

After the snow melted in the northern grasslands in mid-January, Li Jing, the governor of Yanbei of the Great Sui, led 20,000 cavalry into the grasslands to clear the remnants of the Turks, and with the cooperation of 100,000 Hui troops and Tiele coalition forces, the Sui army and the Hui coalition army totaled 120,000 people, and defeated 40,000 Turkic troops in the Turkic tent, and Jieli Khan led thousands of remnants of the army to flee north in panic.

Li Jing immediately ordered the general Yang Wei to lead 5,000 Sui cavalry to pursue to the north, and catch up with the remnants of the Turkic army west of Beihai, and wiped out the last remnants of the Turkic army on the shore of Beihai Lake.

The first war in the steppe, which lasted two and a half months, completely annihilated the Turks, and captured more than 100,000 Turkic nobles and subordinates directly under the central government, as well as tens of millions of cattle and sheep, countless horses and sheepskins and tents and other materials, so far, the Eastern Turks officially perished.

At the beginning of April, Li Jing's army returned to Mayi County and set up camp on the grassland.

On the grassland, which was still more than 30 miles away from Qifubo, 500 cavalry escorted Yang Yuanqing all the way, and after several days and nights of galloping day and night, they finally arrived at Qifubo.

In the distance, Yang Yuanqing had already seen a large camp with no edge in sight, and at this time, not only Li Jing's 20,000 cavalry, but also 15,000 Sui troops stationed on the border also rushed to the camp to assist Li Jing in managing the prisoners of war.

At this time, a team of cavalry left the camp and galloped towards Yang Yuanqing's team, and in a moment the cavalry rushed to it, and the general led by Li Jing was Li Jing, Li Jing turned over and dismounted, galloped quickly, and knelt down on one knee on Yang Yuanqing's horse: "Weichen Li Jing, meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, hurriedly helped Li Jing up, and comforted him with a smile: "I have been waiting for the news of the manager, the manager has made immortal achievements and returned from a great victory, which is very gratifying." ”

"Wechen just went to purge the remnants of the Turks, and the real merits are in His Highness, Wechen is ashamed."

Yang Yuanqing smiled, walked up to Yang Wei again, patted his broad shoulder, and said approvingly: "Yes, you didn't embarrass me." ”

Yang Wei is Yang Yuanqing's cousin, after Yang Yuanqing ascends the throne in the future, he will become a royal family, different from ordinary generals, but Yang Wei is low-key and modest, never regarded himself as Yang Yuanqing's cousin, strictly abides by military regulations, respects the following, and everyone gets along very well.

Yang Wei's face was swollen red, as if he had something to say, Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "What do you want to say?" ”

"Your Highness, I humbly beg to participate in the battle of Guanzhong."

Everyone laughed, and for this, Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Okay!" I promise you. ”

After speaking, Yang Yuanqing bowed his hand to all the generals present and said: "Generals, everyone has made great contributions to the Northern Expedition to the Turks, and I will reward you all to commend your achievements in the Northern Expedition to the Turks, and I hope you will continue to work hard to ensure the stability of the Turkic prisoners of war." ”

His brief speech won a round of applause from everyone......

On the way to Daying, Li Jing briefly reported to Yang Yuanqing about the Northern Expedition, Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked, "What is the attitude of the Xue Yantuo people?" ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "Xue Yantuo is not only a loyal lackey of the Turks, but also a cunning fox, this time to attack the Turks, Xue Yantuo has always hid far away, and has not shown up from beginning to end. ”

Speaking of this, Li Jing said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the great chief of the Hui Ministry, Pei Sa, is also here. ”

"Is he here to show his credit?"

Li Jing sneered, "Not only that, but on the way, he brought it up, hoping that the Sui army would help him exterminate Xue Yantuo's department, I didn't agree, I just perfunctory him, I need His Highness to decide, it is estimated that he will make this request to His Highness." ”

"Why do you need the assistance of the Sui army, can't he destroy Xue Yantuo independently?" Yang Yuanqing asked puzzled.

Li Jing shook his head, "The Hui coalition army only has a total of 120,000 troops, and Xue Yantuo left a hand in the last battle of Sui Tu, and did not pour troops to come, they still have 80,000 troops in their hands, the two sides can be described as evenly matched, and the two sides are extremely hostile, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be a big battle for the grassland." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "This is exactly what I am looking forward to." ”……

The two of them sped up their horses, and after a short time, they came to the front of the camp, at the gate of the camp, the Xiangguo Du Ruhui and Cui Junsu who came the day before were already waiting at the gate of the camp, Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted and said with a smile: "The two Xiangguo are one step faster than me!" ”

Du Ruhui and Cui Junsu stepped forward and saluted, Du Ruhui smiled and said: "Manager Li has brought so much wealth of cattle and sheep from the grassland, how can we people like us who see money easily let it go, of course we have to rush to grab the money." ”

Everyone laughed heartily, and the group entered the big tent, Yang Yuanqing sat down in the tent, and more than a dozen soldiers stepped forward to serve hot tea, and Yang Yuanqing drank it. tea, asked Du Ruhui and said, "Is the inventory done?" How many cows, sheep and horses are there? ”

Du Ruhui shook his head, "The number is too huge, I am busy counting, I heard Manager Li say that there are more than 20 million cattle and sheep, more than 300,000 war horses, the key is more than 100,000 Turkic prisoners, women and children account for a large part, and there will continue to be Turkic herdsmen to attach to them in the future, how to arrange them, Your Highness, Weichen thinks this is a big deal." ”

Yang Yuanqing pondered and asked, "What is Ziwei Pavilion's opinion?" ”

"Ziwei Pavilion has specifically discussed this matter, some people are worried that placing them in the Central Plains will repeat the scourge of the previous Six Towns Mutiny, but they can be placed in the frontier, and they are afraid that they will become a disaster in the Central Plains, so it is more difficult to do."

Cui Junsu said: "Wechen and Hui Hui talked, Hui Hui proposed to accept these Turkic prisoners of war, and asked us to hand over the prisoners of war to Hui Hui, I did not agree, Wechen believes that it is still used to supplement the population of the Central Plains, disperse and settle in various parts of the Central Plains, and let them gradually turn to farming, this is actually the best way." (To be continued) ()

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