When the last Turkic soldier was pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows, the battlefield fell silent, and on the mile-long mountain road, densely lying with Turkic soldiers who had been killed, no one could come down, and there were no prisoners of war, including the commander Han Zihe, more than 5,000 people were killed.

Li Jing sighed, "It's finally over!" ”

His sigh was full of too much emotion, and the battle between Sui and Tu finally came to an end at this time.

Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, "This is just the beginning of the demise of the Turks. ”

Li Jing understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and said solemnly: "The humble position will not disappoint His Highness, and he will definitely destroy the Turks." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Let's talk about this matter after the New Year, now we have to clean up the well, send more brothers, try to do a good job of drug protection, burn out what should be burned, bury what should be buried deeply, and don't leave any bad consequences." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but smile again: "Originally, I wanted to come to inspect for ten days and half a month, but I didn't expect it to be over in half a day." ”

"This is His Royal Highness's blessing to the sky, which has brought high morale to the soldiers and doomed the Turks to perish, this is the will of heaven!"

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "I didn't expect that Manager Li had also learned to slap horses, if you could talk like this back then, you wouldn't be so miserable." ”

After speaking, Yang Yuanqing patted Li Jing's shoulder, turned around and went down to the city with a smile, Li Jing's old face turned red, this was the first flattering word he said in his life, but he didn't expect it to hit the wall hard, he bit his tongue, and he wanted to bite it off hard, what a shame!

More than a dozen generals next to him looked at each other, and their expressions were very embarrassed. Watching the boss lose face is not a good thing after all, at this time, Li Jing's expression returned to normal, and he glared at the generals around him fiercely, "It's not ** army yet, ready to enter the well!" ”

The generals were so frightened that they crawled. Rushed down the tower, and an hour later, Li Jing sent 3,000 cavalry and 50 military doctors into Jingcheng. Clean up the filth left behind by the Turks.

According to Yang Yuanqing's order, not one was left behind, and all of them were killed. The corpses were burned and buried deep to prevent the plague from flowing out......

Yang Yuanqing did not continue to stay in Jingcheng, he had other plans, in fact, he came to Jingcheng only to inspect, to boost morale, to appease the morale, to give Li Jing a straight up, the real commander is still Li Jing, Yang Yuanqing's original plan to come to Jingcheng only stayed for two days.

After the 3,000 cavalry left Jingcheng, they went all the way north, leaving the road to Taiyuan farther and farther. That night, the army set up camp at the foot of Bailu Mountain in Yuxian County.

The lights in the big tent were bright, Yang Yuanqing was sitting at the table to review the folds, the battle had come to an end, and another war had not yet begun. This time was also Yang Yuanqing's most leisurely moment, and his mood was completely relaxed.

At this time, the shouts of the soldiers came from outside the tent, "Who is it?" ”

"It's me, I ask to see Your Highness." This is the voice of Luo Shixin.

Yang Yuanqing quickly glanced at Zhong Leak, it was already time. Hasn't he rested yet?

The personal soldier appeared at the door, "Your Highness, General Luo asks to see!" ”

"Let him in!"

The curtain was opened, Luo Shixin walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "See Your Highness!" ”

"Get up!"

Yang Yuanqing put down his pen, smiled and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Luo Shixin stood up and hesitated slightly: "I want to ask Your Highness, when will you attack Qingzhou?" ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him meaningfully, "What are you asking for?" ”

Luo Shixin lowered his head, "I want to ask Ying to attack Qingzhou, as long as there are 30,000 troops, within half a month, the six counties of Qingzhou will be handed over to His Highness intact." ”

Since Luo Shixin married Dou Xianniang, he had to consider his wife's feelings, he wanted to capture Dou Jiande alive, even if he was imprisoned for life, maybe he could save his life, he always wanted to find an opportunity to ask Yang Yuanqing for war, he wanted to say it in Guanzhong, but he held back, and now as the war in the West subsided, Luo Shixin felt that the battle of Qingzhou was getting closer and closer.

He knelt down on one knee again, "Please allow Your Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing looked at Luo Shixin calmly, and after a while, he said lightly: "You want to save Dou Jiande's life, right?" ”

"Your Highness!"

Luo Shixin's head was buried deeply, "Humble duty is selfish, please forgive your highness." ”

"You want me to pardon him?" Yang Yuanqing asked silently.

"No!"

Luo Shixin shook his head again and again, "Dou Jiande is a dangerous person, and he doesn't dare to ask His Highness to pardon him, I just ask His Highness to save his life, and life imprisonment may be the best way." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Dou Jiande is not Li Yuan, he is insignificant to me, seeing that he is not evil to Hebei, it is not impossible to promise you, but I want to tell you first, I will not attack Qingzhou for the time being." ”

Luo Shixin was stunned for a moment, "Last time I was in Guanzhong, didn't His Highness say that the next step was to take Qingzhou?" ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the plan cannot be set in stone, the plan must be adjusted with the battle situation, Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin confronted each other in Qingzhou, they can't make waves, keep them, I have a lot of use." ”

Luo Shixin wanted to ask again, but Yang Yuanqing waved his hand to stop him, "You don't have to ask anything now, I will fulfill your wish, but now you have to do another thing for me." ”

Luo Shixin was overjoyed, as long as Yang Yuanqing agreed, then he could explain, as for the strategy of unifying the world, it was indeed not what he should ask, he hurriedly said: "Please give orders from Your Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I want you to train recruits for me, and now I have recruited 50,000 troops, but it is not enough, I still need to recruit another 100,000 troops." ”

Luo Shi confidently understood that a Sui Tu battle had made them suffer enough from the lack of troops, and he vaguely felt that Yang Yuanqing must be about to launch a magnificent war.

"Does Your Highness mean to let the humble post rush back to Taiyuan overnight?"

"That's not necessary, I've already written to the Ministry of War, according to the current momentum, I can raise 100,000 troops in half a month at the latest, I hope you can train a strong army for me within three months."

"Humble duty will never disappoint His Highness's expectations!" ……

Early in the morning, the team continued north. Two days later, 3,000 cavalry arrived at the Wuzhou Pass in the north of Mayi, which was also the battlefield of the Sui Turbulent War, and Niu Jinda led 5,000 Sui troops to clean up the aftermath.

At this time, the clean-up of the battlefield had gradually come to an end, the bodies of the fallen Turks were burned and buried, the dead Sui soldiers returned the bodies to their families, and the aftermath of the bereavement of the household department also began.

A cold wind blows across the fields. The field was covered with snow, and a few miles away in the distance was the swarthy military city of Wu Zhou. Hundreds of large tents were stationed next to the military city, where was the main camp of the Sui army in the aftermath. A group of more than 3,000 Sui cavalry rushed from the south, and it was Yang Yuanqing and his party who came from Taiyuan County.

There were still two or three miles away from the camp, and he saw the gray and white camp from a distance, Yang Yuanqing slowed down his horse, he had already seen a group of cavalry galloping towards this side, and in a moment, a group of cavalry rushed to the front, and the person at the head was the left-behind general Niu Jinda.

More than a dozen steps away, Niu Jinda turned over and dismounted, and ran forward a few steps. Knelt down on one knee in front of Yang Yuanqing's horse, "Niu Jinda see His Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "General Niu has worked hard, please get on the horse and speak." ”

Niu Jinda got on the horse again, followed next to Yang Yuanqing, and introduced the aftermath: "Report to Your Highness." The bodies of the Turkic soldiers have basically been cleaned up, the wounded soldiers have been sent to Taiyuan, the prisoners of war have been handed over to the prisoner of war camps, and the bodies of the brothers who died in battle have been returned to their families. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded. Then he asked, "How many cattle, sheep, and horses have been captured?" ”

This is a major concern for him, generally speaking, fighting with the northern nomads can capture a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, which is a very good income, but most of the rewards are given to important ministers and magnates, and the soldiers who really fight do not get this kind of spoils.

Speaking of cattle, sheep and horses, Niu Jinda couldn't help but frown and said: "Your Highness, it's exciting to say, this time 130,000 war horses and more than 3 million cattle and sheep were captured. ”

This number made Yang Yuanqing very excited, "Are there so many?" ”

"There are so many, in fact, most of them are the property of the Utu tribe, which was seized by the Turks, and now they are returned to us."

After speaking, Niu Jinda was a little worried: "A few days ago, someone from the Utu Department came, hoping that I would return the cattle and sheep to them, I told them that I can't be the master of this matter, Your Highness, will it be ......?"

Yang Yuanqing sneered, "According to the rules of the grassland, the property of cattle and sheep has been robbed, that is, the owner has changed, they should go to the Turks to ask for it, these cattle and sheep have nothing to do with them." ”

For Yang Yuanqing, the Utu Department has no strategic value, he can no longer be like the former Sui, to raise a Qimin Department, and finally become his own northern threat, the Turks have come to an end, and the Utu Department will gradually integrate into the Han nation, and will not let them dúlì on the border.

Historically, the Tang Dynasty placed these nomadic tribes in the frontier to make them autonomous, and when the Tang Dynasty was strong, these attached tribes could still keep their own peace, but after the decline of the Tang Dynasty, these attached tribes began to invade the Central Plains, following An Lushan and Shi Siming to loot the Central Plains, bringing profound disasters to the Han nation.

As the new Sui Dynasty, Yang Yuanqing must not tolerate this hidden danger to stay, the best way is to sinicize, place them in the Central Plains, supplement the population of the Central Plains, and gradually sinicize them in a hundred years, just like the Han people during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty in history also used this method, for example, after the destruction of Goryeo, it was to escort millions of Goryeo people to various places in the Central Plains to settle, and the nomads were a little more troublesome, but it was not impossible.

Everyone came to the military city, now the military city has been temporarily changed to the city of sheep and horses, millions of cattle and sheep are raised in the city, the army instead went to the outside of the city to camp, Yang Yuanqing took everyone to the city, only to see the military city, everywhere is dense cattle and sheep, stinking, there are hundreds of soldiers to take care of.

"Your Highness, what should we do with these cattle and sheep?" Luo Shixin looked at the cattle and sheep and asked with concern. At this time, all the generals around them pricked up their ears with concern, which was related to their vital interests.

Yang Yuanqing already had a case in his heart, he turned back to the crowd: "All soldiers who participate in the war can get one cow and two sheep each, and the dead soldiers are doubled, in addition, all Sui soldiers can each get two sheep, and the recruits will be given one sheep, and half of the remaining cattle and sheep will be given to the imperial court, and the other half will be given to the generals of the armies." ”

Everyone was overjoyed and bowed together, "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”