The grassland in early November is already bleak, withered grass and yellow, life is dull, and the boundless grassland becomes dead. Even the herdsmen on the grassland rarely see such ugly grasslands.

Because in previous years, the grasslands were covered with heavy snow at this time, and the world was covered with snow, so it was difficult to see the withered grasslands.

But the weather was extremely dry this year. It was November. There was not even a snow in the north. It was just two rains in September, which did not alleviate the drought. The severe drought in winter was extremely unfavorable to soil moisture, which further exacerbated people's concerns about spring drought.

But after November, another worry swept the Sui court and the people, that is, the northern Turks might invade the Central Plains. This news came from Mayi County, where small Turkic sentries continued to invade the territory of the Sui Dynasty, burning, killing and looting.

Generally, the Turkic army is composed of herdsmen. In normal times, these herdsmen live in grazing and live a carefree life. The Turkic army only gathers near the Khan's tent, and there will never be any wandering sentries on the border.

At this time, Turkic wardens appeared on the border, and there was only one possibility, that is, the Turkic army began to assemble on a large scale, and the emergence of the wardens was actually a signal.

Mayi County Langzhao Mountain, this mountain is named after the mountain looks like wolf claws. It is located on the border of Sui Tu. A beacon tower is built on a cliff more than ten feet high. This is a beacon tower to the north of the Sui army, called Langzhao Mountain beacon tower.

The beacon tower is three meters high and divided into three levels. A total of ten soldiers are stationed here. Every day, a pot of beacon smoke will be lit. If a small wave of wandering waves strikes, two beacon smoke will be ignited, but if a large group of Turkic cavalry appears, three beacon fire will be ignited.

Although there have been a constant stream of Turkic roaming and raids recently and have also attacked beacon towers, because the terrain is too high, the beacon towers have never been broken by Turkic roaming and raids.

However, the soldiers in the beacon tower were under tremendous pressure of war, and round by round roaming sentry attacks caused five of the ten soldiers in the beacon tower to be killed, leaving only five Sui soldiers defending the northernmost military fortress of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Early this morning, a series of continuous vibrations woke up the sleeping soldiers in the beacon tower. Several soldiers turned over and looked at each other, wondering what had happened.

At this time, a strange sound came from afar. It was like the muffled thunder before the storm. The head fire chief suddenly reacted and shouted, "No!" He pulled his feet and ran towards the third floor.

In the third floor of the beacon tower, the eyes of several Sui soldiers became extremely frightened. They saw a black line appeared in the north, about ten miles long, which was the main force of the Turkic cavalry. Based on experience, they knew that behind this black line that was more than ten miles long, there would be an endless group of cavalry, with at least 200,000 to 300,000 people.

Huo Chang suddenly roared, "Light the beacon and escape!"

He and two soldiers climbed to the top of the beacon tower and lit the torch. Then they lit the firewood and wolf dung in the large iron pot. Three twelve smoke rose into the sky, and thick smoke rolled, conveying the news of the Turkic army's attack to the south. Three pillars of wolf smoke ignited in the south dozens of miles away. The spread further and further, and it continued to Taiyuan.

Soon, the boundless Turkic army rushed to the foot of the Wolf Claw Mountain. The black Turkic cavalry was like a black ocean, with endless eyes, with at least more than 200,000 troops.

The Turks were a country where all the people were soldiers. The more young and strong men they had, there were as many troops as they had. At the end of the Daye in history, Shibi Khan led one million soldiers wearing armor to the north, seriously threatening the security of the Central Plains.

The Turks were another loose tribal alliance. In addition to the thirty-six tribes of the Turks themselves, they also controlled more than a dozen Tiel tribes. When the Turks needed to launch a war, all Tiel tribes had to send troops to assist. Whether the Turks were powerful depends on whether they could control the Tiel tribes.

The Turks suffered a crushing defeat in Fengzhou. Although the strength of the Turkic tribes was severe, the Tiel tribes did not suffer much. However, it was precisely because the Turkic strength was weakened and they were unable to call on Tiel tribes that the grasslands were divided, which caused the Turkic slums to collapse and decline rapidly.

It was impossible to revive the Turks in just two years, but they could give the Turks a chance. The internal strife of the Wutu tribe seemed to be a gift given to the Turks by the immortal god.

Chuluo Khan quickly seized the opportunity, defeated Uzhamu, and accepted the surrender of nearly 300,000 Wutu tribes, giving the Turks a strong confidence.

It was precisely because of this strong confidence to defeat the Wutu tribe that the Turks successfully convened the Tiel tribes to join forces again. Almost all the Tiel tribe khans came to pay homage to the Turkic Khan, which made the originally declining Turkic Khan stronger again.

At this time, Chuluo Khan died of illness, his brother Jie Li Khan ascended the throne, and the Tiel tribes showed signs of centrifugation again, putting the Turks in an extremely dangerous but very subtle situation, and the newly ascended the throne

Jie Li Khan was very clear about the crisis facing the Turks and knew what to do?

If you want to save the Tiel tribes from being no longer indulged and to save the current crisis, there is only one way to use a brilliant victory to establish the supreme prestige of the Turks on the grassland. Jie Li Khan's eyes turned to the south, and he had to get up from wherever he fell from the Turks.

Jie Li Khan saw the civil war in the Central Plains, and he knew that he could use the discord between the Sui and Tang dynasties to find opportunities, so he sent two envoys to the Sui and Tang dynasties.

But while sending envoys, he began to assemble troops on a large scale. He assembled a large army of 170,000 Turks, including the original Wutu tribe, and borrowed 40,000 troops from the Uighurs and Xueyantu tribes, making his total force reach 250,000.

Jie Li Khan held back the war horses and squinted his eyes to look at the beacon tower on the Wolf Claw Mountain not far away. He knew very well what the beacon tower marked. After passing this beacon tower, he entered the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty. Jie Li Khan waved his hand and stopped the army from advancing.

He turned over and dismounted, knelt on the grassland with his knees, and then put his whole body on the grassland, extremely pious, as if he was feeling the revelation given to him by the God of the grassland. After a long time, he stood up, turned around and shouted, "Tengri told me that the grassland does not snow, and he gave us the opportunity!"

His prophecy instantly spread throughout the army. More than 200,000 Turkic troops raised their arms and shouted. Cheers resounded throughout the grassland. Amid the cheers, Jie Li Khan waved his sword to the south and issued an order: "Total eradicate the Wutu tribe and loot the Central Plains!"

More than 200,000 troops of war horses galloped, like black tides sweeping across the grassland, whistling towards Fuqibo in the south.

.........

The night was shrouding Taiyuan Prefecture, and Yang Yuanqing was sitting inside. He was writing a letter to Wang Shichong in Luoyang, telling him some changes in the situation.

Due to the massive invasion of the Turks in the south, the strategic deployment of the Sui Dynasty disrupted the Sui Dynasty. He had to make some military adjustments. The 50,000 Sui troops stationed in the Central Plains would be reduced to 30,000, mainly deployed in Dongjun, Liyangcang and Xingyangjun. The Sui army would give up its garrison in Yingchuan County, Runan County and Xiangcheng County.

The implication is to tell Wang Shichong that this time the Sui army would not be able to protect his safety, so he could only do it himself. This is actually the long front that the Sui Dynasty would be forced to shrink.

Just now, Yang Yuanqing had already written a letter to Xu Shiji and Lai Huer, ordering them to move as much of the Central Plains population to Hebei as possible.

As early as ten days ago, Yang Yuanqing issued a war mobilization order to various parts of the Sui Dynasty, ordering Pei Renji, the general manager of Fengzhou, to lead 10,000 troops to assist 30,000 households, and about 200,000 people moved to Lingwu County, and ordered the Central Plains to move as much of the population to Hebei as possible.

At the same time, rural farmers in counties north of Taiyuan tried their best to hide in the city and ordered local governments to arrange refuge for villagers.

At present, the total strength of the Sui army is about 250,000, but because the front line of the Sui Dynasty is too long and the deployment is relatively scattered, there are 20,000 people stationed in Huining County and Lingwu County, 30,000 people stationed in Zhongyuan and Liyangcang, 10,000 people stationed in Zhuo County, Liaodong, 10,000 people stationed in Dunhuang County, 30,000 people stationed in Hedong County and Henei County. In addition, there are still 40,000 people stationed in the capital Taiyuan. In this way, the only 100,000 troops can be stationed in their mobilization are left.

Yang Yuanqing put down his pen and sighed softly. At any time, war will have a great impact on the people, especially the plundering invasion of alien races. If the preparations are not sufficient, it will bring serious disasters to the people of the Sui Dynasty.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty in history, Turkic cavalry arrived at the city of Taiyuan and plundered Hedong. Some soldiers came to Chang'an City and looted the entire Guanzhong. They took advantage of the opportunity when all parts of the Central Plains were unable to resist at the end of the Sui Dynasty to enter the Central Plains again and again, looted women and property, and suffered from the suffering of life, causing extremely heavy losses to the population and property of the Central Plains.

Yang Yuanqing knew very well that this time was very different from Fengzhou. At that time, nearly one million people in Fengzhou moved south to Lingwu County, and Hekou City was the last barrier to prevent the Turkic army from invading the south, causing Fengzhou to suffer not much damage. Moreover, the army could fight against hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops based on the defense of the strong city.

This time, Hedong is densely populated, and after the Turkic army entered Hedong, there was almost no danger to defend. If it was really driven into Hedong by the Turkic army, it would cause heavy losses. More importantly, the Turkic army would no longer fight the siege, which would make the Sui army lose its advantage in Fengzhou.

Moreover, at this time, the Turks' bow and arrow combat power was no less than that of the Sui army. In addition to armor, the Sui army had little advantage in other aspects.

On the side, Pei Minqiu silently packed the boxes for her husband. Tomorrow, Yang Yuanqing will lead the army northward. She was very worried. She could feel the heavy feeling in Yang Yuanqing. Even if the Turks launched a large-scale attack on Fengzhou, he would not have been as worried as he is today.

"Yuan Qing, is the situation this time bad?" Pei Minqiu finally couldn't help asking.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at his wife and saw that his wife was full of worry, so he slowly lay on the backrest, relaxed his body, and smiled as relaxed as possible, "It's not that serious, it's just that time is too short and the family business is too big. I can't be busy for a while, so I feel that it's a little bit powerless. The Turkic people are no big deal."

Pei Minqiu remembered something and hurriedly said, "Asduo asked me to tell you, begging you to try your best to save the Wutu tribe and not to abandon them."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I can only say that the Sui army will not go to the grassland to fight the Turkic army this time. If the Wutu tribe can go south in time, then it may be able to protect them, but if they do not retreat south in time, I have no choice."

Pei Minqiu sighed, she could understand the helplessness in her husband's heart.

......(To be continued...)
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