The small Lingwu County has completely changed at this time.
The rising heat enveloped half of the city. It was now time for the army to eat. The grains continuously transported from the Kingdom of Tianfu in the middle of Sichuan were turned into fragrant noodles and steamed buns in this land outside the Great Wall.
Shovel after shovel of fresh snow was thrown directly into the big pot, and it quickly boiled. People from all over the world gathered in front of the stove and gulped it down. If the cake was really dry, they would just pick up the kettle and take a sip.
It was filled with melted snow water. Outside the Gobi Great Wall, drinking water for the army was an important problem. Fortunately, the snow lasted for a long time, which at least alleviated this problem.
The rising water spreads heat, which is a rare warmth in the cold wind.
Surrounded by a pot, Yu Yi, Cao Zhong and others were also eating. Naturally, there are not so many things to pay attention to outside the Great Wall. As long as they can stutter, it would be good. Cao Zhong took a sip of water and whispered.
: "There hasn't been any news from the north so far. I'm really worried."
"Secretary Hou and my dog are not just for food." Yu Yi waved his hand. The old general seemed to be in a good mood. This was mainly because the Northern Zhou army had arrived in Hetao, and the old general was really as high as the sky and the emperor was far away.
, although Yang Jian was helpless, he could only give Yu Yi the power to act according to the situation. Otherwise, if something unexpected happened, Yu Yi would definitely throw the blame directly to Yang Jian.
Yang Jian still doesn't want to play tricks with these old guys, they are all cunning.
Cao Zhong stretched out his hand and drew a line on the ground: "The places around Lingwu that can be defended with danger are basically concentrated here. Although our army has been deployed based on the defense line, we don't know how many enemies we will face. This
I’m afraid the defense line is not as impenetrable as we thought.”
"The key is still the lack of troops." Yu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and said the key point.
This is also where Yu Yi is actually very dissatisfied. Yang Jian obviously does not trust him as much as he imagined. Cao Zhong can use the entire northwest, Hanzhong and even Bashu's troops, horses, and food, but although Yu Yi has independent
However, this was only limited to Pinggao County and several other territories near the northwest. The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left behind in Guanzhong had no intention of supporting Yu Yi from beginning to end. It was obvious that Yang Jian had given strict orders.
Otherwise, the person in charge in Guanzhong is Li Yan, the general of the Li family in Liaodong, and it is impossible to ignore the northwest, especially since the Li family in Liaodong has always been on the same side as the Yu family in Lantian - there is no way, now Guan
The Long family has been divided, and the remaining Yu family and Liaodong Li family can only hug each other for warmth.
Yang Jian's distrust made Yu Yi somewhat resentful. The Lantian Yu family asked themselves that they had not done anything wrong to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but Yang Jian would rather lead his army north to complete his pursuit of death than to dispatch some troops to support the northwest.
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If the northwest is lost, Guanzhong will see what he can do to defend it!
If Yu Yi didn't still have a sense of responsibility in his heart, he would have just fluttered his sleeves and followed the big man. Rather than being constantly under suspicion from Yang Jian, the Lantian Yu family would have been better off breaking the pot.
"Report!" A scout came quickly, "Urgent report from the north!"
Cao Zhong and Yu Yi stood up immediately, and Xu Deyan, who was directing the soldiers to carry and count the remaining grain, also came over.
"The Turkic Yehu Division has been discovered. Now the tribe has gathered the remaining tribesmen of the Tutun Division, but it has no intention of going south, but to cross the river westward." Cao Zhong said in a deep voice, "What does this mean?
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"Crossing the river to the west?" Xu Deyan was a little disbelieving, "Are the Turks going to run away?"
"This is the first snow since the beginning of winter this year. The ice on the river is not thick enough for people and horses to cross at will. What's more, these Turkic barbarians still have their families and their families, such as the Lele chariots in the tribe, etc.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to cross the river directly," Yu Yi frowned, "I'm afraid it's not that simple."
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"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Lying in the snow, Hou Mi whispered. He just had a mouthful of snow in his mouth, so he didn't breathe out, otherwise the target would be a bit obvious.
Not far away from them, about a hundred feet away, a large group of Turks was moving forward slowly. Not only did they bring their families with them, but there were also many Han slaves among them. It was obvious that the entire tribe was migrating.
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There was no way around this. The Turks did not expect that the Zhou people, who were originally peaceful, would go to war. The two large tribes after the break of the Turks had been defeated by Yang Jian. The land of Hetao, which was originally mainly used for grazing, was once again in the hands of Yang Jian, and Yang Jian
Controlling the Hetao also cut off the connection between several Turkic tribes in the east and west. After the Turkic Great Khan led the tribe out of the Hetao, he actually turned eastward, while Ye Hu, who was second to the great Khan, turned westward.
However, for the sake of confidentiality, only a few people at the top knew about this arrangement. Ye Hu marched and raised the banner of the Great Khan just to confuse Yang Jian.
Yang Jian's attention was obviously not on how the Turks escaped. He did not take the initiative to attack again after taking the Loop, and the same was true for Yu Wenxian.
On the Turkic side, the best land for plundering and grazing has been lost anyway, and it has become impossible to rob the people, so the remaining tribes and slaves have become very important, so this is also
Why do the Turks drag their families with them when they advance?
If these are thrown away, it will really be impossible to survive this winter.
Hou Mi and Yu Xi met this huge tribe yesterday. Turkic Ye Hu took in the Ashina Jin tribe, which had no owner, and the tribe expanded again. However, Ye Hu's intervention also made Hou Mi and
Yu Xi probably understood something.
It is obvious that the great banner of the Turkic Khan is here, but it is Ye Hu who comes forward. This is somewhat unreasonable. No matter how you say Ashina Jin is the Tutun of the Turks, no matter how high Ye Hu's official position is, he is
For officials like Tutun, Tutun's headquarters was in chaos. Logically speaking, it should not be Ye Hu who came forward. If the Turkic Khan is still secretive at this time, it means that he is probably not among the army at all.
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However, the Turkic Khan is not there, but he is holding up the big banner. It is very likely that he is not in this direction at all. This is just a Yehu Division disguised as the Turkic King's army advancing.
In this way, what the northwest will face is no longer the Turkic Great Khan and the main force of the Turkic King's army as previously imagined. A Yehu must be easier to deal with than the Great Khan.
However, having said that, Hou Mi and Yu Xi did not dare to take it lightly, but the situation in front of them made them somewhat confused.
The Turks did not mean to go directly to Lingwu along the road that Ashina Jin took before, but they went all the way west and seemed to want to cross the river to Hexi? (To be continued)