Steppe, Turkic, Ashina Division.

Unlike usual, today's Turkic warriors are somewhat confused. A few years ago, they also swept the grasslands and invaded the Central Plains, and there were few opponents in the world. Even if every invasion of the Central Plains is not smooth, the record is still brilliant. Even if you lose, you can tilt your head to show that your combat strength is strong.

And now. was actually defeated by the Jin people who had not yet been fully civilized, and even dared to go deep into the grassland to launch a decisive battle.

Those who are still around Ashina are either Ashina's own personnel. Either that or a very close-knit marital tribe and subordinate vassals. The vast majority of others have chosen to leave. No matter how you look at it, Ashina's general trend has gone.

However, confusion is confused, but it does not mean that there is no fighting spirit. How could the Turkic warriors be easily defeated? They were all beaten to this point, and everyone was holding back a fire, as long as they gave an order, everyone risked their lives to kill the enemy. What really worries them is Ashina Huqin.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the plan, Ashina's sudden injury was not publicized to the public, but most of his own people hid it. Basically, they all thought that Ashina Huqin was still not out of danger.

Even though Ashina Huqin was violent and did a lot of exaggerated things. But there is no doubt that a khan is a khan and is the backbone of the Lord.

As the Jin army gradually approached, the atmosphere became more and more dull, and they all knew that the big war was about to break out, but they didn't know exactly what day it would be.

On the other side, the Jin army has a much better atmosphere. Originally, I was a little uneasy to go deep into the steppe, but with the defeat of the Turks in frontal battles again and again, my confidence also increased again and again, and I became optimistic about the upcoming final battle.

Wan Yande is the same, but he does not have the mentality of underestimating him, the Turks have been able to crisscross the grassland for so many years, even when the Central Plains is strong, it has not been swept away, naturally he has his strength. However, Wan Yande did not come to destroy the Turks, but to establish a will.

Liwei, naturally, is to use Ashina Huqin to establish power, and lure. The Bran Department that I talked about a while ago is a good object, and if you win over the Bran Ministry, it is basically indirectly related to most of the tribes in the grassland.

Things are going well, and Branbu has agreed to marry each other, and each party will marry each other to stabilize the relationship. And the dowry list given by Branbu can be described as extremely rich, which makes Wan Yande think about how to prepare a dowry for his daughter, which must be more generous, and must not be underestimated, and must show his wealth and mind.

"How far is it from Ashina?" Wan Yande suddenly asked the people around him.

"One hundred and fifty miles to go." The man replied respectfully.

Wan Yande was a little dissatisfied, shouldn't he add a 'back to Your Majesty' before answering? But this matter can't be said directly, otherwise it is easy to appear that he is not big-minded. Moreover, the rise of the Jin Kingdom is too short, and many rules have not yet been determined and spread. Even in the so-called civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, people who don't know a single word have a basket.

It seems that after the pacification of Ashina this time, it is necessary to recruit more scholars from the Liang. Wan Yande thought so.

One hundred and fifty miles on the grassland, the distance is really not far, the terrain is relatively flat, and there are horses to ride, it will not take too long to arrive. Of course, you can't look at it that way, this is a war fought in the past, and it's a waste of horsepower to go straight away, it's no different from sending people to death. In addition, the army of the Jin State except for the 50,000 Jin soldiers, most of whom had horses. The remaining 60,000 Silla Liukou troops and 20,000 puppet Liang troops are all foot soldiers, and they are definitely not fast in speed.

But that's it, and it's still close.

Wan Yande was very looking forward to and excited, once Ashina was swept away and there was a marriage with Bulan, then the matter of joining forces with the Turks to invade the south in the future would be ...... Thinking of this, Wan Yande was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and his expression instantly became serious.

"Has there ever been an enemy in the rear of our army? Is there a food team that has been attacked? ”

"No!"

"Never!?" Wan Yande frowned, and suddenly drank: "Order, the whole army stops marching, camps on the spot, and remains vigilant for war!" ”

The generals were confused, and they didn't know why, Wanyan De's prestige was high enough, and he still obeyed orders.

"Order, all the spies are scattered, no matter which direction they must be probed together, within three hundred miles around, any wind and grass must be explored clearly, this matter is the first priority, and there must be no mistakes in the implementation of it!" Wan Yande ordered again.

Jin Ren's efficiency is very high, and the next day there is continuous feedback back. Within three hundred miles of the surrounding area, except for the Ashina Division, there was only the Bran Division, and other than that, there were no people and horses.

"Is there really no one else?" After thinking about it, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't be sure. After thinking about it, for the sake of safety, he ordered: "The whole army will be stationed for another three days, and I will order someone to go to Youzhou to investigate and listen to the traces of the army in Youzhou." ”

The army of Youzhou? Naturally, it is the grassland disguised as the Branbu. The remaining troops in Youzhou are not much, even if some are transferred from Bingzhou, there is still a gap in the number of people, if you really want to investigate carefully, you will definitely find that the number of people is not right.

Of course, Wan Yande can't conclude from this that Youzhou has sent troops to the grassland to wait for an opportunity. Because if you investigate again, you will know that at the moment, Huofeng is fighting in Qingzhou, although it is not about Youzhou, it is normal to gather some troops to station in the south to be on guard.

"No, it's not right!" But Wan Yande still felt that it was wrong. Everything went so smoothly that there were no problems at all. In many cases, the absence of a problem is a big problem.

The Turks are retreating, the Bulan Department is progressing smoothly, and Youzhou is not moving, it seems that everything is in favor of the Jin State, but this is too smooth.

"It seems that the new naval division in Youzhou is going to attack my Jin Guoshengjing directly from the sea?" Wan Yande couldn't help but doubt. The sea sailor or something, naturally, is the biggest weakness of the Jin Kingdom, and the partial territory is still close to the sea, which is a big problem.

But this doesn't seem to be a big problem, since it is newly formed, then there must be a limited number of ships, and even if it is transported, it will not be able to transport many troops, and the logistics and transportation at sea are also very troublesome. Don't look at the Jin country's army outside, but in Shengjing, you can still barely gather nearly 30,000 Jin country warriors, this number is already very impressive, the Jin people's combat power is so high, and it is only a defense, at least it is certain to hold on to the undefeated.

Soon, Wan Yande's eyes fell on the Bran Department, because there were only a few targets, so the Bran Department was a little conspicuous.

Other tribes have long fled far away, and the partial Bulan tribe dares to come over to graze at this time, which is not reasonable, even if the status of the Bulan tribe on the grassland is special, but their Jin country can not be regarded as a grassland tribe, and they have nothing to do with it at all. It feels like I came here on purpose to get married.

Wan Yande didn't directly think that it was the costume of the army on the side of Youzhou, and in addition, there was the cooperation of Ainur and the Turkic soldiers under his command. Instead, he thinks that it is likely to be Ashina's backhand, just imagine, if he Jin Guo and Ashina's department start a decisive battle, and suddenly kill a strong army at the critical moment, how much impact will this have on the battlefield!

"What should I do?" Wan Yande, who thought that he had debunked Ashina's plan, was suddenly embarrassed.

Debunking the Branbe? Useful? Just one Ashina is easy to say, but with the addition of the Bran Department, then his current army may not be an opponent, and even if he can win, it will be a miserable victory. This is not in the interests of the country. Directly exposed, but it was just a bad strategy for Ashina Huqin to annihilate his Jin army in one fell swoop, and there was no other benefit, and he had to lead the army to retreat.

It's not a matter if you don't expose it. If the Branbu is there, that's a threat.

In addition, Wan Yande also had a bit of luck, what if, what if he guessed wrong?

"Quickly send an envoy to the Bran Department to discuss speeding up the marriage process, and in addition, invite the Bran Department to attack the Ashina Department together." Wan Yande decided to make a temptation. After that, the army continued to be stationed, and at the same time to observe the reaction of Ashina's department.

However, the latter was obviously fine, and still retreated to the depths of the grassland at a slow speed, as if it was still the same reason, Ashina was seriously injured, unable to withstand the bumps, and could not get up fast. As for the Bran tribe, they did not refuse to do anything that directly betrayed the Turks. But he is still very concerned about the marriage.

Seemingly, still okay?

But Wanyande is still unwilling. Thinking about it, I came up with a bad idea.

"I heard that the daughter of Nabulan is stunning?" Wan Yande asked the returning envoy.

"Indeed, it is said that there is a grassland flower after Ainul, the daughter of Asid, and the minister was fortunate enough to meet it, which is indeed admirable." That's when the season returns.

Nonsense, that's Ainur pretending to be Ainur, who is originally recognized as the flower of the grassland, and you still need to talk about it?

"Well, if you go again, you will say, I want to marry the daughter of Tabulan, and the marriage will be completed within a few days, and I will say, this is the custom of my Jin country, before the war, supplemented by happy events, when the war is all over." Wan Yande is serious nonsense. "I can assure you that the daughter of Tabulan will be the queen. Not only that, but I passed through the future monarch, and the throne of the future was reserved for Bran. ”

Well, it's ridiculous enough, because the original marriage object was the daughter of the two parties marrying the son of the other party's first inheritance, and the result was good, Wan Yande wanted to cut off the beard directly?

Normally, this matter will be rejected categorically, and the reputation is too ugly. But I have to say that the compensation made by Wan Yande is also sufficient, which means that all the queens of the Jin Kingdom in the future will come from the Bran Ministry.

When the matter came over, Li Xiuning and Ainur were a little big, what should they do about this thing.

It must be refused, it is impossible to let Ainur really marry, otherwise Zhou Shaoyu would not have a green head? However, if you refuse, it is not enough to rely on the weight of etiquette. To put it bluntly, this is not a big beam, where do you pay attention to so many etiquette rules, besides, in the history of the Central Plains, there are fewer fathers who dominate their daughters-in-law? Not to mention the steppe Turks, here even after the death of the father, the son can inherit the existence of his wife and concubine.

Even so, under such a great benefit, you still refuse? No matter how you look at it, there is a problem.

"I'm afraid I'm suspicious." Li Xiuning's tone was affirmative.

In the same way, there is also Ashina Huqin on the other side. The best evidence of this is the sudden stationing of the marching army, allowing them to slowly retreat.

"If it's late, things will change, and we can't delay it any longer." Ashina Huqin made a decision, since there was no way to wait for the other party to take the initiative to come, then he had to take the initiative to lean up.

So after a secret letter was sent to Li Xiuning, without waiting for a response, Ashina Huqin appeared directly in the public eye, and Ashina's department was strong, and the next moment, the army was thinking about the place where the Jin people were stationed and marched away.

And at this time, Wan Yande sneered, what to say, just say that there is a problem, Ashina is really seriously injured, where can it be so sudden. Moreover, what made him even more annoyed was that although there was no direct evidence of what the Bulan Department was, the elite spies under his command swore that a large number of Daliang people had been detected in the Nablan Division!

It is not strange that there are Daliang people in the grassland tribes, they have plundered so many times, and it is strange that there are no Daliang prisoners, but there are too many, then it is very suspicious.

"Thankfully, I've already made other arrangements." Wan Yande sneered again, and was also a little unhappy. In this case, it is obviously impossible to directly destroy the Ashina department. And the culprit of all this must be Youzhou, who is undoubtedly pretending to be a grassland tribe to play tricks! It's really infuriating.

The Jin army began to retreat, but not quickly. Seeing this, Li Xiuning still didn't understand that his own side had been exposed. Originally, he planned to let Ashina and Jin Ren fight to the death, and then finally go over and sweep them all out, but now, he can only choose to directly unite with Ashina Huqin. After all, you can't leave so easily.

However, just when the two sides began to pursue the Jin people, on the other side, Youzhou.

At the beginning, Ashina suddenly entered Youzhou, and all the passes along the way were demolished. It's relatively easy to dismantle, but it's hard to rebuild. There is never more than one way to enter Youzhou, and there may be only one or two well-known passes, but the number is far more than that. Even now, the pass on the Youzhou side has not yet been built, but only a part of the garrison is temporarily left for defense and a beacon tower is set up as a defense.

It was a sunny day, and although the sun was a little too much, the wind was not small, but it was not too hot. On a road called Luoxiakou, where the garrison was practicing normally, suddenly saw smoke rising in the distance, and the originally relaxed atmosphere immediately became tense.

"Hurry, prepare for battle, assemble and line up, take your weapons, prepare your armor and ......," the garrison, which numbered only 3,000, immediately stepped up its action. The next moment......

"Don't defend it, the terrain is turbulent, there are 30,000 cavalry troops, it's not for us to defend, when the useful body left is tight, quickly retreat to Yancheng!" The guards of the beacon tower in front of them came on horseback.

If it is one or twenty thousand, it is enough, with the help of geographical advantages, 3,000 people can still hold until reinforcements arrive, but 30,000 cavalry troops are impossible to resist at all. There are already regulations in this regard, if you can't do anything, you don't need to defend it, you can retreat back to defense, and you won't be blamed for it.

The enemy attacked, and the military information was quickly transmitted to Yancheng, and Feng Ji, who was sitting in Yancheng, immediately acted in accordance with the predetermined regulations to prepare for defense, but what I didn't expect was that the 30,000 cavalry didn't stop at all, and went straight to the south, and their target, Yuyang City!

Yes, after Wan Yan De saw that it was not feasible to wipe out Ashina, he was unwilling to retreat like this. Considering that the Youzhou Sailor is a great threat to the Jin State, he sent a surprise army, not seeking to loot and kill, but only to attack and disturb Yuyang and hinder the establishment of the Sailor Division.

At this time, in the south of Youzhou, a group of people appeared......