Chapter 639 If I don't want to serve, he will lead the Turkic tribes to hunt south
Chapter 639
Nowadays, the cities of Mayi and Yanmen are much stronger than in the past. In addition to the city walls made of rammed earth in the past, they were reinforced and heightened with bricks and stones. Originally, the walls of Shanyang City were only less than 1.5 feet.
The city wall is now nearly two feet tall.
Since Yang Ning took complete control of the central and northern parts of Shanxi, he has used abundant financial and material resources to reinforce the key areas of Yanmen and Mayi many times. With the nomadic people's combat style of fighting in the field but not good at siege, he wanted to
It will become very difficult to replicate the success of the Yanmen Siege in the past.
After a day of inspection and a long sigh with Li Keshi and other civil and military generals, Yang Ning stayed in the mansion Li Keshi prepared for him on a brightly lit day.
Yang Ning, who had a habit of going to bed late, sat in the study room of the mansion, brought a book on war, and asked the soldiers around him to make tea. Then, while drinking the tea, he carefully read the works of ancient military masters.
Yang Ning has always remembered a saying, sharpen your gun in battle, and you will lose your happiness if you are not happy?...Wait, that's not the sentence.
You should not use your hobbies to challenge other people's majors. You should work hard to read military books. Naturally, you will not be blindly commanding in order to show off your ability to talk on paper when war comes.
But I just hope that I can understand enough military strategies and tactics, at least after the generals around me give me suggestions, I can also have the ability to judge whether the suggestions are correct or not.
Looking at the military book and sipping the tea soup, Yang Ning couldn't help but think of the series of changes since the siege of Yanmen, and he was really filled with emotion.
In the blink of an eye, the Sui Dynasty, which was once so powerful that it overcame all barbarians and prospered the world, gradually spread to the entire world due to the turmoil that started in Shandong, causing the world to rot and countless powerful people rebelled.
Especially after Yang Guang died in Jiangdu, the competition among the heroes became more and more intense.
Fortunately, I was in Shanxi, and Shibi Khan had been weak and sick in the past few years, so the Turks had no intention of going south in a big way. Of course, there were countless small troubles.
He also had Li Keshi, Du Fuwei, Han Kui and other generals under his command, and they wiped out many powerful and powerful people who fled into Shanxi. Just half a year ago, Li Shanfei's general Zhen Zhai'er led an army of 50,000 to invade Shanxi.
Taiyuan.
Li Keshi took the initiative to lead an attack and defeated Zhen Zhai'er in Hengshan County. Almost all of his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were trapped in Hengshan County. Zhen Zhai'er died in Jingxing. After this battle, Li Keshi's name became the leader of the Jinyang Army.
The power shook the northern border areas.
As a result, many powerful forces in the surrounding areas, including Wagang Village in the south and Dou Jiande in the east, did not dare to attack the Jinyang Army easily.
The counties to the west were still occupied by the officials of the Sui Dynasty, but each of these county guards had their own thoughts. Since Yang Ning controlled several counties and had tens of thousands of troops, one of them occupied one third of the world, and his strength was
The extremely powerful son Yang Qian caused the surrounding counties to express their goodwill secretly even though they did not express their support.
It seems that he still wants to sell it at a price, so Yang Ning doesn't care too much about it. After all, Yang Ning's primary goal is to guard the northwest borderland for his son Yang Qian. And Mayi and Yanmen
Such a dangerous place cannot be lost to the Turks.
In order to achieve this goal, in the past few years, Yang Ning has been rectifying the official administration and managing people's livelihood, repairing the counties and cities, and vigorously strengthening and developing military equipment. Today, he has 60,000 elite divisions under his command, including 20,000 cavalry.
Forty thousand infantry.
He also followed the strategy of elite troops. Although he only had 60,000 soldiers and horses, they were all elite divisions with high morale and drilled day and night. Even if he faced an invasion of 100,000 enemy troops, Yang Ning was sure that he could win the battle.
Just as Yang Ning was sorting out his experiences in the past few years, he heard rapid footsteps outside the door. Soon, the door was knocked, and Han Mei's familiar voice came.
"Sir, there is a merchant who came to deliver news to you on the orders of Shibi Khan, the lord of the Turks."
"Khan Shibi Khan of the Turks?" Yang Ning opened the door and raised his eyebrows in surprise. "I have no contact with Shibi Khan. That's all. Let the merchant come over and I will ask myself."
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Yang Ning calmly read the letter from the tent of King Shibi Khan. With a faint smile on his face, he asked the messenger businessman about the Turkic King's Court and his life on the grassland.
of what he saw and heard.
The merchant did not expect that Jinyang Liushou would be so kind and kind. Although he was excited, he naturally tried his best to answer everything he knew.
In addition to Zhuxiang's efforts, Yang Ning asked Han Yong to send the merchant out of the house, and did not forget to ask Han Yong to give the merchant a generous reward. After the merchant who had shown great kindness left, Yang Ning's expression changed.
Then it gradually became gloomy.
Han Kui, who had gray beard and hair but was still majestic and tall, couldn't help but frowned with concern when he saw Yang Ning looking like this.
Yang Ning shook his head with emotion and sighed with regret on his face.
"Uncle Kui, I'm afraid that this land of Shanxi, which has been peaceful for a long time, will be turbulent again. It will be at this time..."
"Sir, what happened? What news did Shibi Khan send you?" Han Kui couldn't help but asked in confusion.
"Shibi Khan told me that among the heroes in the Northern Territory of the Sui Dynasty, Xue Ju who occupied the land of Longxi, Li Gui who occupied the land of Hexi, Luo Yi who occupied the land of Youyan, and Dou Jiande who was far away in Hebei
, have all surrendered to him and paid tribute to him."
"Let me quickly send an envoy to the Turkic royal court to surrender to him and hand over the two counties of Mayi and Yanmen. If I am willing, he can canonize me as King of Jinyang and be willing to give him 20,000 horses.
In exchange for good horses, I can even send 20,000 Turkic elite cavalry to conquer the surrounding areas for me."
Yang Ning paused after saying this, and pointed at the letter that must have been ghostwritten by someone from the Sui Dynasty. "If I don't want to, then he will lead the Turkic tribes to hunt southward when the autumn is high and the horses are fat."
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Early the next morning, all the generals of the Jinyang Army gathered here. After listening to Yang Ning read out the letter from the grassland overlord Shibi Khan, they couldn't help but look angry.
"Khan Shibi, it seems that the battle at Yanmen has made him regard us as fish meat in the Central Plains." Master Li said while stroking his three long beards and frowning deeply.
"Xue Ju became the king in Longxi, Li Gui became the emperor in Hexi, Luo Yi claimed to be the general manager, and Dou Jiande became the king of Xia. These people are all powerful men in the north with elite troops, and now they are all dependent on Shibi Khan
, in this way, almost all the northern barriers of the Central Plains are opened..."
He is becoming more and more like a general, and there is more wind and frost in the northern borderland. Du Fuwei, whose face is already red and black, analyzed calmly.
"That's it for other places. Only Yanmen in Mayi is the place that guards the throat between the Central Plains and the grasslands. If it really falls into the hands of the Turks, then the Turks can set foot on the Central Plains whenever they want.