At the end of the autumn of this year, the Khitan and Xi tribes in the north of Youzhou, driven by the Turks, marched southward in large numbers.◇↓
The Xi tribe and the Khitan came from the same origin, and were eventually divided into two large tribes due to the conflicts between the Sui Dynasty, the Turks and Goguryeo. Today, the Great Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo have both suffered losses in the Liaodong war, and they have also lost control of these tribes.
of influence.
As a result, they became the hawks, dogs, swords and guns of the Turks, and many Khitan and Xi people who had submitted to the Sui and Goguryeo bared their fangs to their old masters.
The northeastern counties of the Sui Dynasty had already been harassed by these tribes in the 12th year of the Daye. By the end of the autumn of the 13th year of the Daye, the Khitan people started to invade the bandits, and the situation became more and more intense.
A large number of Khitan and Mohe warriors gathered under the Liaodong City of Goguryeo, and they plundered like wolves, causing the Goguryeo people to suffer terribly.
The situation in the northeastern counties of the Sui Dynasty was even more severe.
The Khitans crossed the ineffective Northeastern Great Wall and plundered Anle. Especially some of the Khitan tribes within it, which originally lived on the inside of the Great Wall on the northeastern edge of Anle, should be the first line of defense on the northeastern border of the Sui Dynasty today.
But now that the Turks are powerful and their fellow tribesmen are marching south, these tribes rebelled one after another and surrendered to the Turks. Together with the Khitan tribe going south, they attacked Miyun and took advantage of the situation to enter Yuyang for hunting.
The land of Youyan was once again severely tested in the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, when all the Central Plains rebelled against the king, and the smoke of war became more and more intense.
The Khitan and Xi people, who wear animal skins, ride war horses, and wield crude scimitars, can be said to be quite primitive tribal groups in the northeast.
When they came howling to Sui, the damage they caused was often devastating.
Regardless of whether they are Turks, Sui people, or Goguryeo people, they actually do not like these uncontrollable guys. However, for strategic needs, they have tried their best to win over these tribes and given them preferential treatment.
Undoubtedly, this was the beginning of the growth of the Khitan people. This can be seen from the fact that their ethnic group is more and more widely distributed in the northeastern grasslands. Although the Khitan has been in constant civil strife for hundreds of years, what achievements have they made?
Development opportunities.
They coveted the rich Sui land in the south. Similarly, they had also longed for the vast pastures in the west. All kinds of temptations tore at their nerves, leaving them always in a cycle of division and cohesion. They were never like before.
The rising Rouran people, Tiele people, and Turks are no different.
But like most of the time, the Khitans and Xi people were very respectful when they received the Turkic envoys. They already knew how to communicate with these powerful empires, unlike the Mohe people, who were still among the barbarians and primitive clans.
Wandering in between.
Of course, just like most of the time, the Turks were not very good at controlling the strength of this knife. Even this time, they could not control the direction of their attack at all.
There are many reasons for this. Among them are the mutual hatred between the Khitans and the Xi people, as well as their chaotic internal tribal relations, which resulted in their inability to cooperate at all.
But the most important point is that Dongfang Khan did not send out Turkic elite cavalry to frighten these Khitan tribes.
Dongfang Khan's eyes were patrolling the royal court, because Dongfang Khan, who had been fighting openly and covertly with him for a long time, finally entered the prison. He was thinking about whether he should take the opportunity to kill this brother and eliminate the biggest block on his road to the throne of Khan.
Roadblock.
Just like before, he sat back and watched, silently waiting for Khan to grow old.
Therefore, he would not send cavalry to fight in the distant northeast like Jieli Khan at such a time. His account has been quietly moving northwest. Obviously, the majesty of Shibi Khan is being affected by his brothers.
challenges.
The failure of the southern expedition at the beginning of the year caused extremely serious damage to his reputation, and at the same time, his health was also damaged. He fell ill in Dali City...
The result of these intra-Turkic struggles was that after the autumn of the 13th year of Daye, the Turkic offensive lost its direction and appeared extremely scattered.
Some Turkic tribes in Yunzhong, who were affected by the drought, patrolled Mayi and got into trouble with the Heng'an town army.
At the beginning, the Heng'an town army, who were busy immigrating and receiving food and grass, watched them nervously and allowed them to wander between Canghe and Yunnei Racecourse.
But after autumn, as the cavalry who went east to Youzhou returned to Yunnei one after another, and the captured Youzhou soldiers also came here, the Turkic tribes going south finally noticed this huge immigrant team and began to wander around Yunnei.
Li Bi, who was in charge of Yunnei, immediately forgot her husband's instructions before leaving, and personally led his troops to fight several battles with the invading Turks in Yunnei.
Li Bi's fighting style is completely different from her husband's. Her offensive attack is much stronger than that of Li Po.
When she has a general understanding of the enemy's situation, she will use the most thorough and crazy attack to complete the entire process of the war, just like when she chased the traitorous general and went to Yunnei to kill Shi Qian, almost without any scruples.
On the Yunnei grassland, he led groups of Heng'an town army cavalry to fight with the Turks.
She doesn't care about her own casualties or how many enemies she kills. Once she launches an offensive, it's either you or me who will die. It's enough to put most men in the world to shame.
At the end of the autumn of the 13th year of Daye, several battles took place in Yunnei. The scale was not large, but it created a very unique cavalry team among the Heng'an town army. They had extraordinary explosive power and were able to kill anyone with red eyes.
At this time, almost no one can stop their progress.
But their shortcomings are also extremely obvious, that is, they are as reckless as frightened bulls, running rampant and almost uncontrollable.
These battles finally ended with the Turks fleeing back into the clouds in embarrassment. Li Bi, who chased her to the edge of the Great Wall, finally regained her sanity and returned with a body full of blood, scars and exhaustion.
Arrive at Yunnei.
Li Bi lay on the bed for more than half a month, and she did not forget that during the battle, she was covered in blood, and her bravery and madness matched her tactics very well. She sent her to lead a small army.
A thousand cavalrymen went to serve in Youzhou.
Of course, this may also be an idea she came up with out of fear that her husband would come back and have trouble with her.
Even though the general was lying down, in the face of such a war in which the Turks fought to the death and killed the Turks, it undoubtedly gave the immigrants to Youzhou soldiers, civilians, and officials a sense of security.
The couple taught Youzhou people a lesson in different ways.
As a result, before winter came, immigration matters became smoother than before, and the long-abandoned Shenwu City became lively again.
The population within the cloud is also expanding.
If this continues, no matter how smooth it is, a lot of problems will arise. Of course, I'm afraid these things will have to wait until Li Po comes back to deal with them.
At this time, Li Po didn't know that his mother-in-law had gone crazy and almost lost her life. He was nervously watching the war in the north.
Youzhou is indeed not a good place. Its north-south border is too long. It is located on the back of Hebei Province. Under the premise of Hebei's chaos, it almost lost the opportunity to give it a try.
Going south to quell the chaos, but the north is not stable. Going north is even more nonsense.
If Hebei is stable, Youzhou will be stable. If Hebei is unstable, Youzhou will be unstable. The other way around. In fact, it is almost the same. It is a standard place for the Four Wars.
At the end of autumn, Dou Jiande and Wei Daoer in the south were once again ready to make a move. Unfortunately, winter was coming. Although the two were allies, it was impossible to gather troops to attack Youzhou together. They did not dare to abandon each other.
He led his troops to attack Youzhou alone.
Therefore, Li Po actually only needs to focus on the north.
To his relief, the Turks did not move south in large numbers, and the Khitan attacks were not so concentrated.
The tribes of the Xi tribe came to Feihukou. Those who attacked Juyongguan were some Turks. Anle's defeated troops and refugees had begun to pour into Yuyang. It is said that there were hundreds or tens of thousands of Khitans who entered Anle.
That is pure nonsense. If the Khitans could muster so many cavalry, they would no longer stay in the Northeast.
The Juyong Pass guarded by two thousand garrison is as stable as Mount Tai is proof of this.
More than 10,000 Khitan cavalry looked at the Juyong Pass and sighed. There was nothing they could do to close the city like this. No matter how urged by the Turkic envoys, the Khitan nobles were not willing to waste their precious warriors under the fortified city.
In fact, they couldn't build siege equipment at all...
The most dangerous thing is actually Feihukou. Of course, the threat from the Khitans invading from the direction of Yuyang is also greater...
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Among the rolling mountains, it seems that someone deliberately squeezed the mountains apart and created a large gap, allowing the cold wind from the north to blow southward along the gap.
By the way, it also connects the two completely different worlds of the north and the south in a playful way.
When this passage reaches Feihukou, it becomes a three-way link. To the southeast is the spacious Hebei Plain, and to the west is another mountain road leading to Jin.
This was obviously an unfunny joke played by nature, turning Feihukou into a hellish place.
And this is what people often say is a battleground for military strategists. If there are really ghosts in the world, the people who die here must be of the type of fierce ghosts.
And on this day at the end of the autumn of the thirteenth year of Daye, countless innocent souls were added to Feihukou.
The roads in the mountains are not very wide, but they can accommodate large armies.
Nowadays, on the road that stretches like a long snake, there are formations of horse hooves, and an endless cavalry team comes in with the fresh wind of the grassland.
Under a tattered banner, Bu Lujin listened to the guide's words, and finally a look of relief appeared on his face.
He was tired of such a boring journey. The air in the mountains, laden with the smell of rotting branches and leaves, seemed to be irritating his nose every moment, making him feel like vomiting from time to time.
We were finally reaching the end of the mountain. He sighed inwardly, and his whole body seemed to feel relaxed...
(Monthly ticket, monthly ticket, Ah Cao likes to praise, of course, he will also accept some reasonable criticism, but most of them can't see any reasonable logic, just to be an emperor, Ah Cao is really worried about our great China,
If everything goes wrong, how many people will be able to claim the throne?
Haha, just kidding, don’t mind. Ah Cao didn’t write the book to make everyone unhappy. Ah Cao has also been working very hard to update and think about the future plot. As for the ending of Li Yuan and his son, well, it should be surprising to everyone.
I guess, Ah Cao is not sure, mainly because historical readers are too smart and might be able to guess it. Finally, I hope Beixiong’s fans can support Ah Cao, thank you.)
This chapter has been completed!