Before leaving, there is another key step, which is to gather some monks and Taoist priests to set up a table and set up Jiao.

On the Taoist side, Louguantai Qihui, Daxingcheng Xuandu Guandaomen Dawei Yiyan Dazhen's disciple Chu Shaoqing, each will bring 50 disciples to set up a Jiao in Zhongnan Mountain, eliminate natural disasters, protect the emperor, save the people, and bless the Western Expedition.

On the Buddhist side, Fa Neng, a disciple of Master Lingzang of Zhaoxuantong, and Master Seng Cang, who temporarily resides in Daxingshan Temple and calls himself the Master of the Three Kingdoms, will lead 300 monks to set up a Dharma field in the suburbs of Beijing to pray for the blessing of King Qin.

This monk is not the third ancestor monk, but another one.

As we all know, Zen Buddhism has six patriarchs, one ancestor Bodhidharma, two ancestors Hui Ke, three ancestors Seng Can, four ancestors Daoxin, five ancestors Hongren, and six ancestors Huineng.

Among them, the three ancestors of the monk can indeed be a person of the Sui Dynasty, but the first year of the great cause passed away, and the monk who is alive now is also awesome, often preaching Buddhism in the Great Xingshan Temple and the Great Zen Temple.

What they do is actually add buffs to the soldiers, which has a very great effect on stabilizing the morale of the army.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs will allocate some money as incense money to support Buddhist temples and Taoist temples.

At the beginning of March, the army recruited from Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei arrived smoothly, and Zhang Dinghe in Hanoi, as well as Xiao Maha, the leader of the bandits, also arrived in Beijing.

But Yang Ming still needs to wait a few days, because the Dharma of Buddha and Tao has not been completed, and you can only go on the road when others have finished it, otherwise it will be unlucky.

According to Taoism, they will invite the divine power of the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals to protect my Great Sui soldiers, but the divine power has not yet been invited, even if Yang Ming wants to leave, the soldiers are not happy.

"Go and urge them, it's best to hurry, it's too delayed," Yang Ming sent Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to Zhongnan Mountain and the suburbs of Beijing to urge.

In the hall, Shi Wansui said: "Count the days, Xuan Ting is almost in Zhangye, and I don't know who will do it first with Tiele and us?" ”

Gao Gong said with a smile: "He's waiting for us, we're waiting for them, don't care about this kind of thing, as long as the timing is right for me, whoever comes first and who comes last, in fact, it's all the same, Your Majesty's meaning, this time we must completely exterminate the Murong clan, so Xuan Ting and Changsun Cheng's vanguard army will test the truth in the early stage, and when my army arrives, the big war will begin." ”

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For more than a year, Lintao County has been harassed by Tuguhun's attack, and the eldest grandson Cheng and Mai Tiecane entered the territory of Tuguhun under the pretext of exterminating the thief's head.

Murong Fuyun can only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis in this regard, and now he has sent someone to negotiate with the Great Sui, hoping that the eldest grandson will be able to withdraw the army, Yang Ming immediately replied, as long as the famous king who intruded into the Sui realm is caught, the Great Sui will immediately withdraw the troops, I am helpful, help you eradicate the internal trouble, you should thank me.

As for Yang Xuanting's excuse, it was that Zhangye County had lost his military horse, so he went into the Tugu Hun Realm to find the lost horse.

Murong Fuyun was not a fool, he knew that the Great Sui was going to clean him up, so he sent envoys to contact the Western Turkic royal court and the Tiele Khan tent.

Pei Ju's side is also urgently negotiating with these two families, don't look at the usual subservience to the Great Sui, as long as there is a problem on the Great Sui side, they will turn their faces faster than anyone else.

However, Yang Ming and Gao Gong estimated that only after the Great Sui entered the battlefield did the two families dare to turn their faces.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen.

On March 13, the army marched.

Shi Wansui, Zhang Dinghe, and Qu Tutong led the main force of 30,000 infantry troops to Huangshui County in Xiping County.

Xiao Maha led the troops and horses of the headquarters into Huining County, Wuwei County, and Zhou Fashang entered Hejin County, Douhe County, and these two were the north and south flanks of Shi Wansui's main force.

Yang Ming led 20,000 Chinese troops to suppress Jincheng County.

The mighty and mighty, the king division went west, out of the Beijing division, through Fufeng County, Tianshui County, Longxi County, is Jincheng County.

.......

"Tui, what the hell is this place? The wind is blowing again, "Yang Xuanting led five hundred people alone, stopped in the wilderness, looked around, and the birds did not.

At present, he has crossed the Qilian Mountains and entered the territory of Tuguhun, in fact, Zhangye County of the Great Sui Dynasty is based on the Qilian Mountains as the border, and it is not an easy task to cross the Qilian Mountains.

Fortunately, Yang Xuan supported them and came down along the Yuan River, there were many scattered tribes on both sides of the river, and they grabbed a lot of food, and there was no shortage of water.

Sun Kai, a staff member on the side, said: "General, you can't go further south, this place is only six hundred miles away from the royal city, and there must be the main force of the enemy army on the way, once you encounter it, I am afraid that something will happen." ”

Yang Xuanting nodded: "Immediately send someone to inform Gao Yin and Xu Chang, and let them return north and meet at the intersection of the river two days ago." ”

After that, ten people were divided into the team, each running in the east and west directions, to pass on military orders.

Xuan Ting came out this time, bringing 4,000 people, and on the left and right flanks were the hussar generals Gao Yin and Xu Chang, each leading 1,006, in addition to Xuan Ting's 500 cavalry, Zhou Ben was also scattered with 300 ranger scouts.

After crossing the Qilian Mountains in the south, the wilderness and the valley are intertwined, and in places like this, scouts must send out more, otherwise they will not have time to prepare once they encounter a police situation.

Xuan Ting and the others began to return north slowly, until there were rangers behind them to report, and then there were chasing soldiers, all cavalry, the number of which was about two thousand.

Only then did Xuan Ting give the order to speed up the march and keep an eye on the movements of the enemy forces in the rear.

After running for more than ten miles, several horsemen went around the river valley in front of them and ran in front of Xuan Ting:

"Report! Ahead, a large number of enemy troops, numbering between two thousand, were rushing towards the area. ”

He has scouts, and others have them, and his whereabouts have also been mastered by others, Yang Xuanting suddenly felt bad, there were enemy troops on the way back to the north, and there were still behind the buttocks, I was clipped?

"I have a large army on both the left and right flanks, how can they get around?" Yang Xuanting sat on the horse and was not flustered at all, this was practiced with his father Yang Su.

Sun Kai on the side opened a parchment map and said:

"It should be the famous tribal king in the Che I Zhenshan area, we plundered all the way, presumably it was the news that rushed over there, and I am afraid it is not all the way to chase the enemy behind us."

Yang Xuanting smiled: "Then they really hit the luck, they actually caught me, went east to meet Xu Chang, and went straight to the car, my real mountain." ”

After that, Yang Xuanting grabbed the horse's belly and headed east.

Cavalry battles, just four words: pulling east and west, not occupying the absolute upper hand of the troops, generally not a direct decisive battle.

Xuan Ting pulled eastward, and the Tuguhun cavalry that attacked from the north and south also followed eastward.

After Gao Yin, who was originally staying in the west, found out, he guessed that the situation had changed, and he also followed to the east, and nearly 10,000 cavalry on both sides went to Che I Zhenshan.

Che I Zhen Mountain is located in the upper reaches of the Hao Kang (Wei) River, located in the northwest border of Xiping County, directly bordering the Great Sui, there is a city here, called Qilian City, the surrounding tribes of all sizes, add up to tens of thousands of people.

There are Qilian Mountains in the north, Che I Zhen Mountain in the east, and Haoqian River in the south.

When Xuan Ting went south along the Yuan River, he specifically bypassed this place, because nominally he was here to find horses, not to find fault.

Before leaving, Pei Ju explained very clearly that there should be no fighting.

He didn't have the courage not to listen to Pei Ju's words, but this time, if he didn't fight, he probably wouldn't be able to go back.

After only a hundred miles to the east, he collided with Xu Chang on the west wing, because there were also pursuers in the east, and his current situation was that he was surrounded on three sides.

"The situation is not good, the enemy knows that I am bound to return north, even if we break through to the north, I am afraid that there are ambushes waiting for us in the direction of Yuanchuan, and now we need to immediately send someone to make a detour to Zhangye to find Pei Gong for help," staff member Sun Kaidao.

Yang Xuanting shook his head: "Zhangye doesn't have many soldiers, and most of them are foot soldiers, and it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near water,"

After that, Xuan Ting put the horse lance on his shoulder, looked north, and said:

"The general can't be defeated, the people who lose the King of Qin, and the face of the family, line up and break through to the north."

Then, after the convergence, a total of 2,100 cavalry, began to open up the formation, divided into three units, each with ten horsemen, and began to march north.

In the wilderness ahead, enemy forces have appeared on the horizon.

Tugu Hun's clothing style is very similar to that of the Great Sui, but it is also very simple, and the armor stomach is also very similar, and it is more suitable for horse warfare.

The main general pulled out the wood, surnamed Murong, was the eldest son of the king of Qilian City, and was ordered by his father to drive out the Sui army that went deep into the river valley.

Yes, their original goal was to drive them out, because they didn't know that behind Xuan Ting's buttocks, there were pursuers in the east.

If he knew, he would definitely annihilate Xuanting.

Having the upper hand, he sent a team of envoys to negotiate with Xuan Ting, but the Sui army on the opposite side suddenly began to accelerate.

"Array!" Pulling wood shot loudly, and the army behind him raised their spears one after another.

"Kill!" Pulling wood and shooting took the lead, leading the army to rush down.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, it was a super chaotic scene of people turning over on their backs, Yang Xuanting is a famous general, when he used to fight the Turks, he was a pioneer general, he knew that he was not the eldest son, and only by playing with his life could he win his father's favor.

After stabbing three people to death one after another with a horse lance, Xuan Ting continued to command the army to break through.

And their intentions were also discovered by the Pulling Wood Shot.

Are they going north? I was given the order to drive him out of the north, so why bother?

So he began to lead his Chinese army to the flank, trying to make a way for them to pass.

With his move, the other defense lines were chaotic in an instant, Xuan Ting saw the opportunity to tear open the defense line, and it was already a smooth road to the north, but unfortunately Xu Chang was surrounded by the chaotic army and couldn't get out, and he couldn't abandon Xu Chang.

So Xuan Ting gritted his teeth, made a detour, and directly led the team to rush towards the wood pulling shot.

The Gao Yin Division on the west flank was already infinitely close to the battlefield, but he found that there were quite a few pursuers behind Xuan Ting, so he directly inserted himself into the middle, and in a river valley, he came into contact with another cavalry army of Tuguhun.

A chaotic war begins.

The cavalry on both sides was even so chaotic that there was no distinction between you and me, and corpses were all over the mountain.......

At ten o'clock in the evening, the battle came to an end for the time being.

Xuan Ting only led more than 1,500 people to fight out of the encirclement, while Gao Yin had been divided by the enemy army, and in desperation, he led the army to flee west.

At the foot of a sheltered mountain, Xuan Ting was covered in blood,

"To the west is the Tuolai River, where there are also famous tribal kings, Gao Yin is in danger," Sun Kai said with a gloomy face.

Yang Xuanting spat on the ground, and said with a solemn face: "Let's also go west to save Gao Yin." ”

"The general must not take risks," Sun Kai persuaded.

Yang Xuanting turned over on his horse, carried the horse lance on his shoulder, looked up at the stars in the sky to confirm the direction, and said:

"Shao Teniang nonsense!"