Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 318
Before leaving, there is another key step, which is to call some monks and priests to set up a table and set up a sacrificial offering.

On the Taoist side, Chu Shaoqing, a disciple of Dazheng Dazheng's disciple Chu Shaoqing, will bring 50 disciples to set up a fasting ceremony in Zhongnan Mountain to eliminate natural disasters and protect the emperor. , save the people, and bless the Western Expedition.

On the Buddhist side, Fa Neng, a disciple of Master Zhaoxuan Tong Lingzang, and Master Seng Can, who temporarily lived in Daxingshan Temple and called himself the Master of the Three Kingdoms, led [-] monks to set up a dharma field in the suburbs of Beijing to pray for King Qin.

This Sengcan is not the third ancestor Sengcan, but another one.

As we all know, Zen Buddhism has six patriarchs, the first Patriarch Bodhidharma, the second Patriarch Huike, the third Patriarch Sengcan, the fourth Patriarch Daoxin, the fifth Patriarch Hongren, and the sixth Patriarch Huineng.

Among them, the third patriarch, Sengcan, was indeed from the Sui Dynasty, but he passed away in the first year of Daye. The living Sengcan is also amazing. He often preaches Buddhism in Daxingshan Temple and Dachanding Temple.

What they do is actually to add BUFF to the soldiers who are going to the expedition, which has a great effect on stabilizing the morale of the army.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs will allocate some money as incense money to support Buddhist temples and Taoist temples.

At the beginning of March, the army conscripted by Henan, Shanxi and Hebei arrived smoothly. Zhang Dinghe in Hanoi and the bandit leader Xiao Mahe also arrived in the capital.

But Yang Ming still needs to wait a few days, because the Buddhist and Taoist rituals have not been finished yet, and you can only go on the road when others finish, otherwise it will be unlucky.

According to Taoism, they will invite the divine power of the heavenly soldiers and generals to protect our soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. The divine power has not been invited yet, even if Yang Ming wants to leave, the soldiers are not happy.

"Go and urge them, it's best to hurry up, it's too late," Yang Ming sent Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to Zhongnan Mountain and the suburbs of Beijing respectively to urge them.

In the hall, Shi Wansui said: "According to the days, Xuan Ting will almost arrive in Zhangye, and I don't know who will strike first, Tie Le or us?"

Gao Jiong smiled and said: "He is waiting for us, we are waiting for them, don't care about such things, as long as the time is right for me, it is the same who comes first, what His Majesty means is that the Murong family must be completely wiped out this time. , so Xuan Ting and Changsun Sheng's vanguard army will test the truth in the early stage, and the big battle will start when our army arrives."

Lintao County has been harassed by Tuguhun for more than a year. Changsun Sheng and Mai Tiezhang entered the territory of Tuguhun for the reason of exterminating the bandits.

Murong Fuyun can only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis about this, and now he has sent people to Da Sui to negotiate, hoping that Changsun Sheng and the others can withdraw their troops, Yang Ming immediately replied, as long as the famous king who invaded the Sui territory is caught, Da Sui's side Withdraw your troops immediately, I am willing to help others and help you eradicate internal troubles, you should thank me.

As for Yang Xuanting's excuse, it was that Zhangye County had lost a military horse, so he went to Tuguhun to look for the lost horse.

Murong Fuyun was not a fool either, he knew that Sui was going to punish him, so he sent envoys to contact the Western Turkic Court and Tie Le Khan Tent.

On Pei Ju's side, he is also negotiating urgently with these two families. Even though they usually bow down to Da Sui, as long as there is a problem on Da Sui's side, they will turn their backs faster than anyone else.

But Yang Ming and Gao Jiong reckoned that the two would dare to turn against each other only after Da Sui entered the battlefield.

The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen.

On March [-]th, the army set off.

Shi Wansui, Zhang Dinghe, and Qu Tutong led a main force of [-] infantry and marched directly to Huangshui County in Xiping County. Once they entered the country, they first drove all the Tuguhun people in Xiping County to the west and cleared the territory.

Xiao Mahe led his troops to station in Huining County, Wuwei County, and Zhou Fashang entered Hejin County, Yaohe County. These two groups were the north and south flanks of Shi Wansui's main force.

Yang Ming led a Chinese army of [-] to attack Jincheng County.

In a mighty way, Wang Shi went westward, left the capital, passed through Fufeng County, Tianshui County, and Longxi County, and became Jincheng County.

"Tui, what the hell is this place? It's windy again," Yang Xuanting led 500 people alone, stopped in the wilderness, looked around, no bird shit.

Right now he has crossed the Qilian Mountains and entered the territory of Tuguhun. In fact, Zhangye County in the Sui Dynasty had Qilian Mountains as its border, so crossing Qilian Mountains was not an easy task.

Fortunately, Yang Xuanting and the others came down along the Fuyuan River. There were many scattered tribes on both sides of the river. They robbed a lot of food and there was no shortage of water.

The staff member Sun Kai said: "General, we can't go any further south. This place is only [-] miles away from the royal city. There must be the main force of the enemy army on the way. Once we encounter it, something may happen."

Yang Xuanting nodded: "Immediately send someone to notify Gao Yin and Xu Chang to return north and meet at the crossing of the river two days ago."

After all, ten people were divided into the team, and each rushed to the east and west directions to pass on the military order.

Xuan Ting came out this time and brought 4000 men with him. On the left and right flanks were Hussar generals Gao Yin and Xu Chang, each leading [-] cavalry. In addition to Xuan Ting's [-] cavalry, there were also [-] cavalry scouts scattered around Zhou Bian.

After crossing the Qilian Mountains in the south, wilderness and valleys intersect. In places like this, more scouts must be sent out, otherwise if there is a police situation, it will be too late to prepare.

Xuan Ting and the others began to return to the north slowly, until there were rangers reporting from behind, followed by chasing soldiers, all cavalry, the number of which was about [-].

Only then did Xuan Ting give the order to speed up the march and always pay attention to the movements of the enemy troops behind.

After running for more than ten li, several riders circled down the valley in front of them, and rushed to Xuan Ting:

"Report! There are a large number of enemy troops ahead, the number is between two thousand, and they are rushing here."

He has scouts, so do others, and his whereabouts are also known by others. Yang Xuanting suddenly felt that something was wrong. On the way back to the north, there were enemy troops, and there were more behind his back. Am I trapped?
"I have armies on my left and right flanks, how do they go around?" Yang Xuanting sat on the horse, not panicking at all, this was trained with his father Yang Su.

Sun Kai on the side opened a parchment map and said:
"It should be the famous king of the tribe in the Chewo Zhenshan area. We plundered all the way. It must have been received from the other side. I'm afraid it's not the same way as chasing the enemy behind us."

Yang Xuanting smiled: "Then they were really lucky to trap me, go east to meet Xu Chang, and go straight to Chewo Zhenshan."

After finishing speaking, Yang Xuan stretched his horse's belly and headed east.

Cavalry battles are just four words: rambling, not having the absolute upper hand in troops, and generally not direct decisive battles.

Xuan Ting moved to the east, and the cavalry of Tuguhun, who were attacking from the north and the south, also moved to the east.

After Gao Yin, who was originally staying in the west, realized that the situation had changed, he also followed him to the east. Nearly ten thousand cavalry from both sides all headed towards Chewozhen Mountain.

Chewozhen Mountain is located in the upper reaches of the Wei River, on the northwest border of Xiping County, and directly borders the Sui Dynasty. There is a city called Qilian City, and the surrounding tribes, large and small, total tens of thousands of people.

With the Qilian Mountains in the north, Chewozhen Mountain in the east, and Haoquan River in the south, it is naturally a good place to live.

When Xuan Ting went south along Fuyuanchuan, he specifically avoided this place, because in name he came to find horses, not faults.

Before leaving, Pei Ju made it very clear not to fight.

He didn't have the guts not to listen to Pei Ju's words, but this time, if he didn't fight, he might not be able to go back.

After only a hundred li to the east, he collided with Xu Chang in the west wing, because there were also pursuers in the east, and his current situation was surrounded on three sides.

"The situation is not good. The enemy knows that I will return to the north. Even if we break through to the north, I am afraid that there will be ambushes waiting for us in the direction of Fu Yuanchuan. We must immediately send people to detour and go to Zhangye to seek help from Pei Gong," said the staff member Sun Kai.

Yang Xuanting shook his head: "Zhangye doesn't have many soldiers, and most of them are infantry, far away from the water, it's hard to quench their thirst."

After all, Xuan Ting held Ma Qiang on his shoulders, looked north and said:
"The general will not be defeated. Those who lose the king of Qin will also lose face to the family. Let's line up and break through to the north."

Then, after the rendezvous, a total of [-] cavalry began to spread out, divided into three groups, each with ten cavalry as a line, and began to march north.

In the wilderness ahead, the enemy army has appeared on the horizon.

Tuguhun's clothing style is very similar to that of the Sui Dynasty, but it is also very simple, and the armor is also very similar, and it is more suitable for horse warfare.

The main general, Ba Mu She, whose surname is Murong, is the eldest son of the King of Qilian City. He was ordered by his father to drive out the Sui army that had penetrated into the valley.

Yes, their initial goal was to drive them out, because Ba Mu She didn't know yet that there were pursuers behind Xuan Ting's ass and to the east.

If he knew, he would definitely wipe out Xuan Ting.

Being in the upper hand, he sent a team of envoys to negotiate with Xuan Ting, but the Sui army on the opposite side suddenly started to speed up.

"Array!" Ba Mushe shouted, and the army behind him raised their spears one after another.

"Kill!" Bamu She took the lead and led the army to charge down.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, it was a super chaotic scene. Yang Xuanting was a famous warrior. He had been a vanguard when he fought against the Turks before. He knew that he was not the eldest son, and he had to risk his life to win his father's favor.

After stabbing three people to death one after another with a horse spear, Xuan Ting continued to command the army to break through.

And their intentions were also discovered by Ba Mushe.

Are they going north?My order was to drive him out of the north, so why risk my life?

So Ba Mushe began to lead his central army to deviate to the flank, thinking about making a way for them to pass.

With his movement, the other lines of defense were thrown into chaos in an instant. Xuan Ting looked for the opportunity to tear open the line of defense. The road to the north was already smooth, but Xu Chang was surrounded by the chaos and could not escape, and he could not abandon Xu Chang.

So Xuan Ting gritted his teeth, made a detour, and directly led his team towards Bamu She.

Gao Yin's troops on the west wing were already infinitely close to the battlefield, but he noticed that there were a lot of pursuers behind Xuan Ting, so he went straight into the middle and came into contact with another cavalry army of Tuguhun in a river valley.

An extremely chaotic battle began.

The cavalry on both sides was so chaotic that they didn't know who they were, and the corpses were everywhere
At ten o'clock in the evening, the war temporarily came to an end.

Xuan Ting only led more than 500 people to break out of the siege, while Gao Yin had been divided by the enemy, so he led his army to flee westward in desperation.

At the foot of a sheltered mountain, Xuan Ting was covered in blood,

"To the west is the Tuolai River, where there is also a famous king of the tribe, Gao Yin is in danger," Sun Kai said with a gloomy expression.

Yang Xuanting spit on the ground and said solemnly: "Let's also go west to save Gao Yin."

"General, don't take risks," Sun Kai persuaded.

Yang Xuanting got on his horse, carried the horse on his shoulders, looked up at the stars in the sky to confirm the direction, and said:
"Ms. Shaote nonsense!"

(End of this chapter)