The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 417 Turkic defeat, the birth of a new stage

It is only said that ten days after the battle of Tuoketuo, Temujin who was in Ushen City finally received the news that Tuoketuo had fallen and the connection between the two armies had been cut off.

Originally, Chi Laowen planned to hide the matter at that time, and then led the army to personally attack Tuoketuo, recapture the city, and open up its connection.

However, Chi Laowen underestimated the true strength of Zhang Liao and other generals, and the half-month-long attack made no progress.

Therefore, Chi Laowen had no choice but to urgently report the battle report here to Temujin.

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Wushen City, Military Mansion Lobby
At this time, Temujin had slowly read the battle report, and his face was extremely anxious.

Immediately, Temujin couldn't help saying: "Everyone, Chilaowen just received the latest urgent report."

"Kid Gao Qi is extremely cunning, and unexpectedly raided Tuoketuo, the hinterland of our Turks. Now, we have lost contact with the direction of the grassland."

"I don't know if you guys have any solutions?"

Hearing this, the Turkic generals were suddenly extremely surprised and stunned.

After a long time, the generals suddenly began to panic and were at a loss!
Seeing the expressions of the generals, Temujin's eyes were full of disappointment, and he nodded secretly.

In fact, asking the generals about their countermeasures is mainly a test, and the main purpose is to be able to see who is the real general.

However, according to the current performance, Temujin is obviously a little disappointed!

All of a sudden, Temujin's eyes drifted away, and when he stopped at Okuotai's body, he suddenly felt happy in his heart.

Because, after hearing the battle report, Wo Kuotai didn't look panicked, but very calm.

At this time, Okuotai's performance made Temujin finally see a turning point, and secretly made up his mind to focus on training him, and strive to be able to be independent as soon as possible.

As the saying goes: Qianjun is easy to get, but a general is hard to find!
As the pride of the prairie, Temujin must be well aware of the importance of talents. After all, the Central Plains can be said to have a large number of talents. Just on the frontier alone, he can independently resist the barbarians outside the Great Wall.

It is conceivable that the frequency of talents in the inland of the Central Plains is very high!
At this time, due to the harsh environment of the grassland, its people practiced martial arts and riding skills since they were young. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Hu soldiers was not low, and there were few generals who could stand alone.

Since Temujin is related to the Central Plains, his desire for the cultivation of talents is beyond imagination.

Therefore, after the death of the Liang Kingdom and the news that Dong Zhuo was beheaded, Dong Ping, the son of Dong Zhuo, was homeless and became a lone army.

In desperation, Dong Ping happened to meet Li Ru and Niu Fu who had fled. Finally, under Li Ru's persuasion, Dong Ping chose to lead the army to join Temujin.

In fact, the reason why Li Ru chose to surrender to Temujin was because of his own considerations. Li Ru knew that what Gao Qi hated the most was those who colluded with the Hu Kou.

In order to let Dong Zhuo's strength overwhelm Lv Bu and establish himself as emperor, Li Ru deliberately went to the grassland to meet Temujin and cede the land for peace.

Therefore, Li Ru knew very well that Gao Qi would definitely hurt him to the bone, and that if he fell into the Qi army, he would definitely die, and life would be worse than death!
At this time, Li Ru had already risked his life completely, only to save his life, and his reputation was no longer important.

After all, when facing death, few people can accept it calmly and wait for death.

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Just say that Temujin is going to let Okuotai come out and let him perform a little bit so as to establish his prestige.

However, just as the words came to his lips, a scribe slowly stood up and said with cupped hands.

This person is Li Ru, the chief minister of the Liang Kingdom who has recently taken refuge.

Immediately, in order to win Temujin's trust, Li Ru respectfully said: "Great Khan, follow Confucian thinking."

"At this time, it is extremely unrealistic to forcibly confront the Qi and Sui coalition forces to seize the Hetao area."

"It should be noted that Gao Qi's co-ordination and bravery are not inferior no matter whether it is internal or external, he almost always wins first in every battle, and has never been defeated!"

"Now, with Gao Qi personally leading the Qi army to help, I am afraid that there is no hope for the Great Khan to compete for Hetao."

Hearing this, all the Turkic generals were furious and shouted angrily: "Li Ru, you have only been here for a few days, and you dare to speak so shamelessly?"

Immediately after, Wanfu Changlong and Ji, with a fiery temper, took the lead in shouting: "It's a bunch of nonsense!"

"The prodigal Khan is wise and martial, and he uses soldiers like a god. How can the young Gao Qi be compared?"

"At this time, Gao Qi is only personally leading the army to support him. Could it be that his military strength is stronger than my Turkic sergeant?"

For a while, Long Erji's words were immediately echoed by the generals, who all agreed, and then still ridiculed Li Ru.

Seeing this, Li Ru sneered inwardly, but his lips and teeth were connected, and he vetoed: "Short-sighted people, what do you say?"

"A few years ago, the Great Khan led an army to capture Hetao, but did he fail?"

In an instant, Li Ru could be said to be unable to open a pot. The first battle of Hetao was the pain in Temujin's heart, and it was the morale of the entire Turkic army.

As soon as the words came out, the eyes of the Turkic generals were like breathing fire, and their fierce eyes were fixed on Li Ru.

For a while, although all the generals disagreed, Temujin still wanted to hear what the once number one wise man in the Liang Kingdom thought.
Therefore, for a while Temujin did not immediately deny Li Ru's words, but asked him to speak rigorously.

With Temujin's affirmation, Li Ru couldn't help calming down, and said, "Khan, in your opinion, can you defeat Gao Qi with the same force?"

Hearing this, even Temujin, who has always been extremely confident, did not speak lightly.

After all, Gao Qi was able to make Temujin suffer again and again when he was not fully grown up a few years ago, let alone now?

At this time, Gao Qi completely conquered half of the south of the Yangtze River by himself, with nearly a few million people under his rule, and hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers.

Since Temujin really belonged to the world, even in the inland south, his spies were also planted to report the battle situation regularly.

Therefore, Temujin knew everything about the struggle between the heroes of the Central Plains!
Considering all kinds of things, Temujin slowly said: "No, even if there is a real battle, Ben Khan can't defeat Gao Qi."

In the end, Temujin couldn't help but recognize the reality and spoke the most truthful words.

Immediately, Li Ru's remnants took another step closer and further explained: "Khan, since this is the case, the combined strength of the Qi and Sui coalition forces is almost the same as our army!"

"Even in terms of combat power, there is almost no difference."

"So, with the lessons of Confucianism, temporarily withdraw our troops, retreat to the grasslands, recuperate, and wait for the opportunity. Then we will enter the Central Plains, capture Hetao, dominate the Central Plains, and seize the world."

For a while, Li Ru spoke sharply, and drew a bread for Temujin and the Turkic generals to satisfy their hunger.

Immediately, one of the generals, Bo Ershu, couldn't help questioning, saying: "That's what you said, but wait for the opportunity, what is the opportunity?"

"How long should I Turk rest and recuperate before raising troops again?"

After asking a series of questions, I saw that Li Ru was not in the slightest panic, but his eyes were piercing, showing a very calm look.

"Timing is a trivial matter!"

"Great Khan, generals, now the backer king of the Sui army has been shot and killed by General Jebe."

"Yang Lin in the Sui army is equivalent to the soul of the Sui army. Without Yang Lin, the Sui army is like a tiger with broken teeth, and its combat power is greatly reduced."

"At this time, the Great Khan gave in and retreated immediately. The Qi army's foundation is in the Jiangnan area, and it will not stay here for a long time."

"As long as the Qi army leaves, how will the toothless Sui army resist the Khan's advance?"

Li Ru's words were very reasonable, but they were justified. I thought Li Ru was trying to persuade Temujin to retreat.

Changing the subject, he continued: "However, Ruo Ruo still can't swallow the breath and doesn't want to retreat."

"Confucianism has a plan. As long as it is done properly, it should be able to reverse the situation."

Hearing this, Temujin couldn't help turning the gloom into joy, and said calmly: "I don't know what strategy Wen You has, which can help Ben Khan defeat the Qi and Sui coalition forces?"

"Return to the other body in the way of others!"

"Since the Qi army is cunning, they took the opportunity to raid Tuoketuo and cut off the connection between the two armies."

"So, why didn't the Great Khan follow suit and lead the army to raid the enemy's strategic locations?"

"Wuyuan is located between the Great Wall and the Great Wall, and its strategic position is not inferior to Yulin."

"As long as the Great Khan can seize this place, not only will he be able to change the decadence in the past and regain the initiative, Wuyuan will also be the place where the Qi army stores food."

"At that time, as long as Wuyuan is lost, the Qi army will fall into a state of food shortage, and it will be destroyed without attack!"

For a moment, Li Ru's strategic plan blurted out.

It has to be said that this is indeed a poisonous trick, and it has been determined that Gao Qi will go south. At this time, Wuyuan is just short of troops.

Immediately, Temujin asked the generals: "I don't know if you can agree with Wen's strategy of giving priority to students and raid Wuyuan?"

The generals were unwilling to give up the only opportunity. After all, the Turks invaded the Central Plains and seized most of Hetao.

It is only one step away, and the final strategic decision can be made by completely occupying Hetao.

Therefore, hearing Li Ru's plan, although the generals did not agree with it, they did not object.

Immediately, Temujin spoke his mind, and slowly ordered: "In this case, then Okuotai will lead [-] troops and gallop to Wuyuan, and we must take it down. I wonder if you have confidence?"

"Khan, be sure to complete the task!"

Hearing that he was personally leading the army to fight, Wo Kuotai couldn't help but feel flattered for a while, he couldn't help but solemnly clasped his fists to accept the order, and answered extremely resolutely.

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Following the implementation of the Turkic plan, in order to deceive others, Temujin once again led the army to form a squeeze, attacking the army of Qi and Sui.

However, after several days of confrontation, the Qi army and the Sui army cooperated very tacitly, and their camps were built extremely well.

No matter which side Temujin chooses to attack, the other side can come out from behind in time to attack the Turks.

Therefore, although Gao Qi and Li Jing have never met, they seem to have a tacit understanding and can make the same decision.

Wuyuan County, Jiuyuan
It only said that after Gao Qi led the army to leave, Pei Ju was temporarily appointed to coordinate and manage this place.

Therefore, for a while, Pei Ju seemed to have exerted his ability to manage the Western Regions, visiting talented people, encouraging farming and mulberry, and a series of things.

It just said that after a day or two, Shadow, who was always paying attention to the Turkic situation, secretly handed over the battle report to Pei Ju.

It only said that at this time Pei Ju had received the news that Wo Kuotai personally led the army and came to attack.

Military lobby
At this time, Pei Ju summoned the lieutenant general and school to inform him about the large-scale attack of the Turks.

"Everyone, it seems that the Turks now want to imitate our army, attack Wuyuan, and cut off the retreat of the main force led by King Qi."

"Not only that, the city is also hoarding food and grass for the army. If Jiuyuan falls, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Immediately, following Pei Ju's analysis, all the generals couldn't help showing expressions of fear.

In fact, the military rations of the Qi army were piled up like a mountain at this time, and almost all of these rations came from the Jiuyuan nobles.

At the beginning, when the wealthy family deliberately pleased Dong Zhuo, they vigorously transported their food and grass to Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo also hoarded it.

Later, after the Qi army occupied Jiuyuan, this batch of grain and grass naturally fell under its command.

Not only that, for the sake of the family's future, all the powerful families in Jiuyuan deliberately donated money and food again, so as to be able to please Gao Qi.

A huge amount of money is hoarded in Jiuyuan at this time. Once it falls, all of this will be wiped out.

Afterwards, one of the generals and warriors couldn't help but sighed, and said: "Master Pei, since that's the case, why don't you let the nobles in the city send troops to help?"

"It should be noted that at this time, the Turks are attacking by [-] war cavalry, and our army cannot support them alone. It is very difficult to deal with the Hu Kou!"

Hearing this, Pei Ju couldn't help but look gloomy, and said slowly: "Don't bring up this matter again!"

It's just that Pei Ju was extremely gloomy when he mentioned the wealthy family in the city just now, and he didn't want to mention it again.

In fact, Pei Ju had already approached the wealthy families in the city, but the final result was that, except for Cai Yong who gave his best support.

The rest of the wealthy family simply ignored the matter.

After thinking about it carefully, Pei Ju understood the cause and effect.

The wishful thinking of all the wealthy families in the city is to sit back and watch the changes, and they will not help each other.

If the Qi army wins, the army will be rewarded with money and food. If the Turks win, they will take the opportunity to open the city gate and lure the Hu people into the city.

This is the most realistic approach of the Jiuyuan noble family.

After all, no matter which monarch is in power, the wealthy families in the city are still the local emperors.

Therefore, they didn't care about the army that entered Jiuyuan, they only cared about the interests of the family.

In fact, Pei Ju didn't pay much attention to this matter. This is the common practice of the rich.

Pei Ju is also from one of the aristocratic families, but his style of acting is completely different.

Because the power of the Pei family comes from the imperial power, and its power is all in the center, they work very hard instead.

However, at this time, Pei Ju has already thought of a killer trick to kill people with a borrowed knife. This time, he will definitely beat the wealthy family in the city, so that they dare not be half-hearted!
Afterwards, Pei Ju couldn't help but slowly opened a letter, which was handed to Pei Ju by Gao Qi when he left.

Moreover, tell Pei Ju that it can only be opened when Hu Kou raids Wuyuan!

Therefore, Pei Ju now followed his instructions and opened it. After reading it, Pei Ju's face suddenly showed a smile of success.

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A few days later, the news came back that Wo Kuotai led a surprise attack on Wuyuan, was ambushed and suffered heavy losses, and now he has retreated in defeat!

He only said that Temujin, who got the news, couldn't help being furious and terrified.

In the end, thinking of the current situation, I couldn't help but feel sad, and announced the order for the entire army to withdraw from the Great Wall and return to the grassland north.

All of a sudden, the Turks came in a menacing manner, but when they returned, they were downcast and didn't know how to speak!
With the large-scale retreat of the Turks, the war in northern Xinjiang that lasted for several months came to an end again.

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Di, it was detected that the Hu people withdrew from northern Xinjiang, so the old stage ended, and the new stage...

(End of this chapter)