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On the official road from Taiyuan County in Bingzhou to Yanmen County, the 20,000-strong Tornado Battalion of the Far Eastern Army was still marching towards Dayan County at a leisurely pace, with flags fluttering and a mighty momentum. Wang Junlin was wearing iron armor and an eagle-edged golden helmet.
, with stern eyes, above his head, a royal flag was flying.
Counting the time, this was the fourth day that the Sui Emperor was besieged by 400,000 Turkic troops in Yanmen City. Knowing that Nie Xiaoyu had gone to Yanmen County, Wang Junlin no longer worried that Yanmen City would be captured by the Turks in a short period of time.
In fact, Wang Junlin had many ways to let Yang Guang know in advance that the Turks were going south and wanted to surround and kill him. After all, even if Yang Guang would not believe what he said, he could still tell Yang Guang through the mouths of blue-clad guards Xu Jingzong, Zhang Jike and Yu Shiji.
wide.
But Wang Junlin did not do this, because Yang Guang and the patrol team of hundreds of thousands led by him were his bait.
The big fish to be caught is of course the 400,000 Turkic army.
Wang Junlin knew better than anyone that when the chaos of the Sui Dynasty came, the Turks in the north would inevitably take advantage of the situation and march southward.
Therefore, before he strives for hegemony, he must solve this problem, and he must beat the Turks to pain or even maim them all at once, so that they will be unable to go south again for at least five years.
And if you want the Turks to follow your will and go south with all their strength, and to stay in one place without running around, only Yang Guang, the world's biggest fool bait, can have this effect.
Therefore, Wang Junlin early asked Li Xuanba to lead the 20,000 cavalrymen of the Bao Xiong Battalion on a navy warship, bypass the Goguryeo Peninsula, go through the Waguo Strait, land from the north of the Goguryeo Peninsula, and raid the Turkic home base.
And he only brought 20,000 people to Yanmen Pass. It was not that he was arrogant and really thought that 20,000 people could deal with the 400,000 Turkic cavalry. Even with the existence of Nie Xiaoyu, an internal support, it was difficult to cripple the 400,000 Turkic army, because
To a certain extent, the Turkic tribes may not listen to Shibi Khan's orders.
But in the Sui Dynasty, he was not the only one who had the army of the Qin King. Not to mention the distance, at least Wang Rengong's 100,000 Zhenbei Camp from the north would come, Li Yuan's men and horses from Taiyuan would come, and there would also be soldiers from various counties in the north. Wang Junlin would have been there long ago.
However, we can reach 150,000 people within at least half a month.
With him taking the lead with 20,000 troops, plus 150,000 troops on each side, he believed that he would be able to successfully complete his plan.
In addition, from political considerations, he led the army to help Yang Guang solve this dead situation. He would also gain fame and righteousness among the court and the people of the world, which would at least ease the crisis between him and Yang Guang. Yang Guang would not be able to do anything afterwards.
Hui Hui always wants to send troops to deal with him as a traitor.
A burst of rapid horse hoofbeats came from behind, and a guard reported: "Your Majesty, Zhang Tiangang, the commander of the special forces, is here!"
"Let him come over."
Zhang Tiangang rushed over, raised his hands on his horse and said, "I'm sorry to see you, Your Majesty!"
Wang Junlin glanced at Zhang Tiangang and found that the latter was busy with work. It was obvious that it was really hard to arrive near Yanmen Pass early these days.
"Zhang Tiangang, have all your people arrived as planned?" Wang Junlin asked casually.
Zhang Tiangang said quickly: "Beizhi was about to report to the prince. He has already led people to find the location of the logistics supplies for the 400,000-strong Turkic army. All 1,000 special forces members of Beizhi have been in place according to the plan and can raid the Turkic logistics camp at any time.
provided supplies to the Turkic army.”
Wang Junlin nodded and said: "Although your special forces have recently obtained many new types of preparations from the weapons and equipment production base, things like fire-breathing cries and incendiary bombs are easy to use, but you only have a thousand people.
The strength of the logistics camp is at least twenty times that of yours. It would be best if you can destroy the food and fodder of their logistics camp in one fell swoop. If you can't destroy it, you can harass and block their food routes. Just cut off the supplies of the Turkic army.
After all, it would be a pity to burn all the massive amounts of grain, grass, cattle and sheep in the Turkic Logistics Camp."
Zhang Tiangang quickly bowed and said: "I humbly obey my orders!"
"Go!" Wang Junlin nodded.
Zhang Tiangang turned his horse around and led a group of subordinates, and the horse galloped away in the northwest direction.
Wang Junlin stared at Zhang Tiangang gradually disappearing into the distance, and immediately ordered: "Speed up and move forward!"
The 20,000-strong army sped up and rushed towards Taiyuan County. After passing Taiyuan County, they could reach Yanmen County.
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From Fanyang County, to Youzhou, Hedong, and now to Taiyuan County, Wang Junlin did not see any rebels or bandits or horse thieves. This is of course related to his illustrious reputation. No thieves dare to
Run to die.
But all the way here, the journey was too quiet, so quiet that it was scary. It was not even quiet anymore, but dead silence.
Along the way, Wang Junlin's face became more and more serious, and he sighed more and more.
He sometimes even suspected that the road under his feet no longer led to the human world, but to the legendary no man's land.
Although a few villages occasionally appear along the road, the people in the villages have disappeared, along with their livestock. And they do not disappear out of thin air, because there will be bones and dried blood in the villages.
, sometimes there are traces of being burned by fire.
The crops that should be harvested during this season are mixed with weeds, growing like crazy everywhere. Their weak but indomitable shadows can be seen everywhere on doorways, roofs, and eaves.
The sowers are not farmers, but the constant mountain winds throughout the seasons. It is they that blow the seeds scattered in the farmland last year up to the eaves of the house that has lost its owner, allowing them to take root and germinate there.
Half a month later, they will blow the new seeds off the eaves and blow them to new corners where they can get sunshine and rain. When next spring comes, a new cycle will begin, endlessly.
Turning nearly half of the entire northern counties into no-man's land is certainly related to the invasion and plunder of a hundred thousand Turkic troops when Yang Su rebelled last year. But it is more likely to be due to two other reasons, because it has been a year since the Turks left.
too much.
The reason why it is still an uninhabited land is mainly due to two reasons. One is that the Turks disguised as horse thieves and various real thieves came and went like the wind, plundering everywhere, but the government was helpless, or did not take care of it at all.
Another reason is directly related to the imperial decree.
Because Yang Guang did not know which minister he had listened to, he actually asked the court to issue a relocation order. The local government forcibly drove the people into the city walls to prevent them from being robbed by bandits.
As for what the people would eat and where they would live after entering the city, no one from the emperor to the court officials and local officials seemed to have thought about it or taken care of it.