Datou personally led the western armies to attack the northwest direction, Hexi, Longyou, and Xitao, and the goal was Chang'an, Guanzhong. The direction of Dulan's attack is Daibei, Yunshuo area, and the ultimate goal is Taiyuan. The Hebei region in the east will leave him alone for the time being. The other two divisions each dispatched an elite to sweep away the Tuli of Mobei.

Although he lost the status of the Great Khan, Du Lan, who abdicated as the Eastern Khan, was also in a good mood. The eastern khan has always been the largest among the six small Turkic khans, and it is also the highest status, except for the current Datou is to seize power, the rest of the great khans of the past dynasties are basically succeeded to the throne after serving as the eastern khan, and the eastern khan is the prince of the Turkic khanate, and is the prince. According to the Turkic brother-in-law tradition, as well as the tradition of the eastern khan as the prince, Du Lan felt that after the death of Datou, he still had a great chance to become the great khan. Anyway, Datou is a lot older, and he won't live long. In addition, he had already heard that Tuli was beaten like a lost dog by the soldiers and horses sent by him and Datou, and fled everywhere, not to mention this refreshment in his heart, but unfortunately he had not caught the princess of the Sui Dynasty. But it doesn't matter, sooner or later you can catch it. And the Turks sent troops to attack the Great Sui in an all-round way, this is not the small fight he attacked the border of the Sui Dynasty last year, this time the seven feudal tribes of the Turkic Khanate, in addition to the Turks, there are a large five small six Khans to lead the troops, that is, the Mobei Tiele tribes that were originally subordinate to the Turks have also responded to send troops, it is said that 100,000 soldiers and horses have been gathered, and they will go south in a few days.

Yang Jian's old son, Yang Jian's old man, aren't you very good, you have to kill the princess of Qianjin, but you didn't believe your words, and afterwards you refused to marry the princess of the Sui Dynasty, and instead married Tuli. Since you like to play tricks, then now you are satisfied, it's cool, Lao Tzu is really going south with the army this time, and he wants your dog's life. You'll have to send the princess over, no, you'll have to have two, well, preferably three.

On the hillside near the road, Dulan Khan was watching his own army. For a moment, a feeling of pleasure and revenge filled his mind. Incomparably powerful power in my hands, with this sudden army of 200,000 people, I want to destroy Taiyuan, which is known as the first male city in the north, I want to trample the powerful Sui Dynasty under my feet, I want to rob Hedong and Henan, I want Yang Jian Lao'er to know that Lao Tzu is not so easy to bully.

As if to understand his thoughts, Nili Khan smiled, "What a mighty army, Dulan Khan can completely sweep the Central Plains this time." ”

Nili Khan was also one of the Six Little Turkic Khans, he was the grandson of the Wooden Pole Khan, the son of the martingale agent, and the nephew of the Apo Khan Da Luoban. In the seventh year of the emperor's reign, Apo Khan, who had defeated Sha Bolu and won the position of the Great Khan of the Turkic Khanate, was defeated by Datou, and Mohe Khan, who inherited the position of Sha Bolu Khan, took the opportunity to send troops under the banner of the Sui Dynasty and defeated Apo in one fell swoop. After Apo was sent to Daxing, Yang Jian spared Apo from death and sent him back to the Turks, intending to use his name to fight against the powerful Mohe Khan. As a result, as soon as Apo returned, he was killed by Datou. As soon as Awa died, the tribes of his khanate elected his nephew to succeed him as Nili Khan. After Nili Khan succeeded to the throne, he submitted to Datou and was able to keep his throne and fief. Although Nili married a Han woman Xiang as his wife, he always hated the Sui Dynasty for not protecting Apo back then, and often planned to attack the Sui.

In the thirteenth year of the emperor's reign, Nili and Du Lan's wife, Princess Qianjin, plotted together to raid the border of the Sui Dynasty, but the princess had an affair with the envoy he sent, and finally the matter leaked out, and Tuli was instructed by the Sui Dynasty, and finally provoked Du Lan to kill the princess and his secret envoy. Because of that, Du Lan still held a grudge against Ni Li, and if it weren't for this, Ni Li would not have been able to firmly support Da Tou against Du Lan later. But now, everyone is a little khan, and they all follow Datou, so Nili also intends to ease the relationship between the two sides, after all, the person who fornicated with Du Lan's wife is only his subordinate, not him.

After a wasteful and effortless compliment, Du Lan was very happy to hear it.

Both of them are the great-grandsons of Tumen Khan, and they are still cousins, and they also have extremely high status in the royal family. It's just that everyone didn't have much contact in the past, and after that incident happened, they were even more resentful because of it, but now, since Nili has the heart to resolve old grievances, Du Lan is also very willing to get back together, after all, half of the 200,000 troops in front of him are muddy soldiers and horses.

A cavalryman hurried in, and the silver wolf guard of Dulan was about to intercept him, and the man had already shouted, "I am a herald, and I have important news for the Khan." ”

Seeing the man's hurried appearance, Niri said loudly, "Let him come." ”

As soon as he waved his hand, the guards let go of the interception, and the cavalry jumped off their horses and hurried closer, "Khan, urgent military situation." ”

When Du Lan saw this person's clothes, he recognized that it was a clay person, and he could also tell at a glance that it was the nine surnamed Hu of the Western Regions, so he just snorted coldly at the moment, "Speak." ”

"Yang Yong, the crown prince of the Southern Barbarians, has arrived in Taiyuan, and he has arrived in Taiyuan with Gao Gong, the prime minister of the Southern Barbarians. After they arrived in Taiyuan, they immediately asked Du Yan, the governor of Nanban Shuozhou, to send 3,000 light cavalry as the vanguard, and they were rapidly reinforcing Yunnei and Heng'an. ”

Nili Khan frowned slightly, but Du Lan asked in surprise, "Isn't the marshal of the Southern Barbarians the leading troops the same King Yang Guang and Prime Minister Yang Su of the Jin Dynasty, why did they change to the Southern Barbarian Prince and Gao Gong again?" ”

"Originally, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty asked Yang Yong, the king of Jin, and Yang Su, the right servant, to shoot Yang Su, and Yang Lin, the king of Zhao, to command the army. But now, there is the latest change, now the emperor of the Sui Dynasty has let the crown prince Yang Yong replace the Jin king Yang Guang as the marshal, Yang Su is still the marshal of the West Road, but the emperor has sent Shi Wansui as the deputy marshal of the West Road. In addition, Gao Gong was Yang Yong's long history, assisted him in commanding the army, and sent He Ruobi as the marshal of the middle lane. The marshal of the East Road is still Yang Lin, and Yang Xiong, the king of Qingzhang of the clan, is appointed as the deputy marshal. Nili Khan shook his head, "Shi Wansui, He Ruobi, Yang Xiong and others are all famous generals, and although Gao Gong and Yang Su are prime ministers, they are even more powerful in commanding the army. ”

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Taiyuan?" Niri asked.

"According to the preliminary information, the total strength of the three fronts, the middle and right roads of Nanban this time is 500,000, of which there are 250,000 in the middle route army, and there are also 500,000 in Tuyuhun, Tuli, Sanfan, etc., which are known as the Ninth Route Army and 1 million people on foot."

Niri looked at Dulan, and saw fear in his eyes. Gao Gong, He Ruobi and others were all famous generals, and the Middle Route Army had 250,000 Sui troops, which even exceeded the 200,000 southbound Turkic army that they had always been happy about.

"A million people, just a claim. Not to mention whether there were 500,000 Sui troops, and even if there were, many of them were just peasant soldiers who had just thrown down their hoes. In addition, their so-called 500,000 soldiers of various tribes are even more watery, if nothing else, let's just say that Tuli and his 100,000 soldiers and horses are not finished. So I don't think there's anything to worry about. The one million people of the Sui are all empty things, but our 200,000 soldiers and horses are real, not to mention, there are still 200,000 troops in the Great Khan. ”

Du Lan was uneasy, and the arrogance just now was gone.

He had already heard of the names Gao Gong and He Ruobi, and knew that they were all the most famous marshals and generals of the Sui Dynasty, and this time the Sui Dynasty also sent the prince to come, which fully shows that the other party attaches great importance to the battlefield in the middle of the road, and must still be very confident, otherwise they would dare to send the prince? Besides, even if the forces of the two sides are equal, once they cross the Great Wall, the south is full of dangerous passes and tall city fortresses, and their cavalry will not attack the city at all, how can they fight? Last year, he attacked the frontier of the Sui Dynasty, but he didn't make any money at all, and no matter how elite the cavalry was, they were helpless in the face of the high city walls and dangerous passes.

I thought that this attack, Datou attacked the northwest of the Sui Dynasty, which was close to the Beijing division of the Sui Dynasty, so the Sui Dynasty would naturally go all out to defend the west, and the Hedong region that he attacked would definitely be weakened a lot, who knows, there are still 250,000 Sui troops, how to fight this battle?

Du Lan leaned next to Nili and whispered, "How many soldiers and horses are there in the Eastern Route Army?" It was led by Yang Lin, the king of Zhao. ”

Ni Li replied, "There are 100,000 soldiers and horses on the East Road, and that Yang Lin is no longer King Zhao, but the imperial grandson of the Sui State, this Yang Lin is not simple, a year ago it was just a green forest horse thief named Yi Feng, but now he is already the emperor's grandson." ”

When I heard that there were only 100,000 soldiers and horses in the east, and the marshal under the command was just a horse thief a year ago, Du Lan's face immediately looked a lot better, last year's pony thief, this year's imperial grandson, only 100,000 horses in his hands, well, maybe they should change the target of the attack. "Hey, brother, how about we change the direction of the attack?"

Nili glanced at Du Lan, and immediately understood this guy's careful thinking, but after thinking about it, he also felt that it was a good construction, avoiding the real and making it virtual, which was the essence of war, no one had to fight, and the weak did not fight, but they had to fight hard in front of the famous generals under the strong wall. At that moment, he smiled and nodded, "Of course you can, but no matter how you fight, we have to take Yunnei and Hengan first, and then we can go straight to the east along the lowlands of the Sanggan River valley." Well, send another urgent order to the Mobei Tiele tribes, let them immediately lead their 100,000 soldiers and horses south, this time let's kill the Eastern Route Army of the Sui Dynasty first, and capture this imperial grandson. ”

"Okay, that's it." When Du Lan heard that there was no need to go to Taiyuan City to fight the 250,000 Sui Army and the impregnable Yanmen Pass and Taiyuan City, Du Lan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said with a smile. For the grandson of the horse thief emperor who attacked the Sui Dynasty, Du Lan felt that the victory was in his hands, they had 200,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, and 100,000 people in Mobei Tiele were subsequently strengthened, 300,000 horses, against 100,000 Sui soldiers, how to see how to have a chance of winning. This Yi Feng is definitely better to bully. R1152