Chapter 17 The Battle of Sui and Hu (1)
Before the fourth update, heavy drums sounded in the Sui army camp. Yuchi Wan was the first to wake up. She was sleeping in the innermost part. Yang Yuanqing gave her his seat, and her eagle stood on a wooden box beside her. The wooden box was filled with the soldiers' personal belongings.
Yuchi Wan woke up and hurriedly pushed Yang Yuanqing who was sleeping beside her, "Flame!"
She pushed her in the air, but found Yang Yuanqing sitting cross-legged, which scared her to quickly withdraw her hand. Yang Yuanqing slowly opened her eyes and smiled at her, stretched her waist long, full of energy.
The sound of the drums became increasingly dense. Yang Yuanqing jumped up and shouted to everyone: "The drums of war have sounded, all of them are getting up!
Even though he had only less than two hours of sleep, everyone stood up quickly. When Yang Yuanqing saw that the injured Liu Jian was about to get up, he quickly stopped him, "Don't get up, you have any injuries."
"If you have any injuries on your body, you have to go into battle!"
Liu Jian stood up and muttered, "How can you make meritorious contributions without war, how can you be promoted if you don't make meritorious contributions, how can you make money if you don't get rich, how can you get married if you don't make money...."
Yang Sien photographed him, "Do you guys do it? Don't hold on!"
Liu Jian blinked at him, winked with some inappropriate intentions, and he refused to charge in the battle, and he would not have any problem in cutting the head and asking for credit.
Yang Sien understood and said nothing. Yang Yuanqing knew that he was a veteran and would not let him down, so he didn't force himself. He was concerned about Combas's situation. Combas had already packed up and hung a horizontal knife around his waist. He was tall and thin, like a bamboo pole, and hanging a horizontal knife seemed a bit funny.
"Lao Kang, follow me closely when fighting."
"I know, there is no problem."
Yang Yuanqing glanced at everyone again. There were seven of them in total. He was Yang Yuanqing, Yang Sien, Liu Jian, Yuchi Wan, Fat Yu, Ma Shao, and Kangbas. All seven of them were going to fight today.
"I'll say again. Today's battle is probably very tragic. I don't know if you can survive. If you have any last words, you can tell me in advance. I will keep it secret for you. Now let's go!"
He led everyone out of the tent, and as soon as he came out of the tent, He Baichang, who was about to meet them, came running towards him, "Yang Huochang, I am very lucky and I won the dead lottery again!"
Everyone laughed together, and the luck of a hundred people in his family seemed to be not better. "A hundred people are long, what kind of dead sign is it?"
"Oh! Our team is playing against the outer side of the army. His grandmother's team is the best luck in the outer side of the back camp."
He pulled Yang Yuanqing aside and whispered: "I originally applied to exempt you from today's battle, but General Zhao said that there was an order from above, except for the seriously injured soldiers, all the rest went to fight. Major General, I'm sorry to you."
Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder, "Brother He, don't call me Major General."
He Baichang sighed in his heart. He already understood that although Yang Yuanqing was the grandson of the general, he did not need care. He hugged Yang Yuanqing heavily, "Brother, come back alive!"
"I will, Brother He, so do you, come back alive."
He Baichang said to Yang Yuanqing's subordinates again: "Brothers, we have gone to the battlefield, everyone takes care of themselves. My brother usually has something to let everyone down. I hope everyone will forgive me. Come back alive and let us drink and celebrate the merits together!"
He waved to everyone, turned around and ran away.
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Since the scouts discovered the main force of the Turks a hundred miles away last night, the Sui army began to prepare overnight. Everyone knew that there would be a big battle today and everything seemed in order.
After a sumptuous pre-war meal, the sound of drums gathered and the sound of drums was shocking, the trombones were ringing, and the low whimpering sounds resounded throughout the grassland. The 100,000 Sui troops, each army, regiment, team, and fired one by one, but not all the troops were going to fight, leaving 20,000 baggage troops to garrison the camp, and the remaining 80,000 troops to fight, including 24,000 cavalry and 56,000 infantry. The cavalry was divided into trapped troops, archers, light cavalry, heavy armored soldiers, infantry were archers, spearmen, jumping soldiers, and scouts.
According to Yang Su's deployment, this time, a chariot and baggage were sent without a single chariot and only cavalry and infantry were used to deal with the Turks. This was the first time that the nomadic people in the grassland had been fighting against the two Jin Dynasties.
This was Yang Su's decision. When he proposed this plan at the combat meeting last night, it caused an uproar. When the Central Plains army was fighting with the Turks, they used chariots and formations of cross-cooperation between the cavalry and infantry, and there were deer antlers, thorns, etc. around the formation, and the cavalry remained at the innermost point. This has always been the traditional tactic of the Central Plains army. Yang Su actually gave up the chariot formation and used cavalry to fight against the Turkic cavalry. This was simply an attack on the strengths of the other with his own short-term attacks.
But Yang Su didn't think so. He believed that there were problems with tactics in the past. The Central Plains army always focused on defense and was lighter on attack, so he gave the initiative in attack to Hu Qi. In addition, Hu Qi was maneuvering and had no trace of coming and going, so it was difficult for the Central Plains army to completely defeat the opponent.
However, the Great Sui Li had been preparing for the military and horse for 20 years, with sufficient soldiers and sufficient food, well-trained and well-equipped. Why can't he fight one-on-one with the Grassland Hu Cavalry? If he can't fight face to face with the Grassland Hu Cavalry, the Central Plains army will always be at a psychological disadvantage. He is willing to start from this battle, the Great Sui cavalry will no longer be afraid of the Hu Cavalry and break the shackles of the Sui army being passive.
‘I am the commander of the entire army. I will decide how to fight. If I lose, I will also bear the responsibility!’
Yang Su ended the controversy among the generals with a resolute tone that was unavoidable.
Yang Su was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor. He was surrounded by four thousand armored cavalry equipment, which was the most elite force among the 100,000 cavalrymen. Behind him were eighteen personal guards, known as the Eighteen Iron Shadow Cavalry. Yang Su looked coldly and waited for the time to send troops. A flag-producing official rushed to report, "Master, the auspicious time is already!"
Yang Su waved his sword and said, "Set out!"
"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The huge drums of the battle sounded, and more than a hundred trombones were blowing together, "Woo~"
Teams of cavalry and infantry set out in line, with war horses like floods and swords and guns like iron forests. The morning sun shone on the bright light of the Sui army, reflecting a cold light.
Yang Su was located in the Fifth Army and set out in the middle. He whispered to his eleven Iron Shadow Cavalry, "You can protect the Major General from afar!"
The eighteen Iron Cavalry received the order and accelerated the horse and ran towards the first army.
Next to a piece of military vehicles and supplies, Yuwen Chengdu was also whispering to Yu Wen and ask for battle, "Young Marshal, you should stay in the camp and be safe. Just let the Beizhi join the army to fight!"
Yu Wenji glared at him fiercely, with an extremely stern attitude, "Don't forget your identity. You are just a general of my Yuwen family. Don't think that if you say a few words to Yang Su, you will be unaware of the great world. Your duty is to protect my safety. You can't go anywhere except by my side!"
Yuwen Chengdu was extremely disappointed. He dreamed of getting this opportunity to kill the enemy. Seeing that the opportunity was close enough, he could not catch it. He lowered his head deeply and stopped saying a word. He felt endless regret and resentment in his heart.
Yu Wenji snorted coldly. He had long been disgusted with this Da Taibao. He didn't know his identity. He thought he had some martial arts skills and chatted with people everywhere. He wanted to climb high points and didn't take him seriously. He didn't want this person. Yu Wenji wanted to kick him away, but it wasn't now, kicking him away now and then he would fulfill his wishes. Don't think about it!
Eighty thousand Sui troops drove towards the northern grasslands, with flags covering the sky and sun. Above the central army, the red Sui army battle flags that were ten to eight feet high were particularly eye-catching. On the big flag, twelve tiles fluttered in the wind.
But the Sui army did not need to go very far. Last night, another scout discovered the main force of the Turkic army a hundred miles away.
Yang Yuanqing was the first army, located at the forefront of the team. They were scouts. During the battle, they would shoot the Turkic army alone on the periphery, and at the same time informed various information and not participate in the group's attack.
Yuchi Wan quietly caught up with Yang Yuanqing and walked with him. She was always worried that when soldiers were cremated, they usually had to strip their armor and burn them naked. This was the thing she feared the most. She whispered to Yang Yuanqing: "Long Fire, if I die, don't let others see my true identity, cremate me on the spot, and return the ashes to my father."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Don't worry! I know it in my heart."
"What about you? Do you have any last words?" Yuchi Wan asked in a low voice again.
Yang Yuanqing patted her arm and smiled, "You don't have to worry about me. I don't want to die. God has no way to deal with me."
At this moment, a soldier suddenly shouted, "Turkish spy!"
A team of Turkic soldiers appeared several miles away and checked their situation from afar. The first army commander Zhou Luohu shouted angrily, "Where is the scout?"
Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "Brother Fifth Fire, come with me!"
He waved his horse and rode his horse toward the Turkic spies. The six brothers followed him all the way. Not only were they, but hundreds of scouts from the First Army, all of them, and chased more than a dozen Turkic spies.
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At this time, fifty miles away, more than 100,000 Turkic troops were also marching rapidly, preparing to fight against the Sui army.
The Turks originated in the east of the West Sea (now the Aral Sea). They belonged to the white and yellow-white mixed races. They were generally tall and good at riding and shooting. They gradually migrated eastward and finally defeated Rouran and became the owner of the grassland in the northern desert.
During the founding period of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty implemented a counter-espionage plan, which divided the Turks into two parts. After Shaboluo Khan's death twelve years ago, the East and West Turks officially split, and Datou Khan became the lord of the Western Turks.
Datou Khan's full name is Asina Seijue. He is the son of the founder of Western Turkic. He is about forty years old this year, with blue eyes and wide face and burly figure.
He is narrow-minded, extremely vengeful, cruel and ruthless, and at the same time, he is as cunning as a wolf.
This time he and the Dulan Khan of the *** Khan jointly wiped out the cadres of Ran, but his target was not the Sui Dynasty, but wanted to take the opportunity to defeat the ** and unify the grassland. Unexpectedly, the Sui Dynasty launched a large number of troops, disrupting his plan. Now he had to defeat the Sui army heading north from Wuyuan first, and then go east to encircle Dulan.
These days, Datou Khan has been in a particularly bad mood. His beloved youngest son Boli was actually killed by the scout of the Sui army. If he did not avenge this revenge, he would not be a human being.
Datou Khan's army was not fast. He was also waiting for news from his spies. He rode on an extremely strong red war horse. This was the Dayuan horse that the Shi Kingdom paid tribute to him. He was just over three years old. When he ran, he was as fast as lightning. He could gallop thousands of miles and was the king of horses.
Datou Khan looked at the south of the grassland with cold eyes, and then thought about how to deal with the Sui army's chariot formation. When he was young, he had fought with the Sui army and knew that this formation was not conducive to the Turks' sharp advantages in their war horses. He was considering whether to attack the Sui army's logistics camp first.
Two blood-covered cavalrymen rushed back. It was the spies he sent out. They were intercepted by the Sui army scouts and were mostly killed, leaving only two people to escape.
The cavalry immediately reported loudly: "Khan, the main force of the Sui army has been found thirty miles ahead, with about 80,000 people."
Datou Khan asked in a deep voice: "What kind of formation are they? How many soldiers are there?"
"Report to Khan, they did not lead soldiers, only cavalry and infantry."
"What did you say?"
Datou Khan was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears, "The Sui army has no military chariots?"
"Yes! We can see clearly that there is no military chariot, only cavalry and infantry."
Datou Khan was ecstatic. He jumped off his horse and knelt down, spread his arms to Cangtian, and shouted excitedly: "This is Cangtian Tengri helping me!"
He jumped on his horse and shouted to more than 100,000 Turkic cavalry: "Tengri is blessing us, directly defeating the main force of the Sui army, and claiming the merits with his head!"
More than 100,000 Turkic troops burst into flames, roaring in the sky, the Turkic white flags were waving, and the swords were flashing in the sun. They rushed towards the main force of the Sui army thirty miles away.
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Chapter completed!