On the steppe to the east of the Qinghe River, there is a bare avenue, which is the road trodden by thousands of cattle, sheep and war horses to and from the Western Turkic front army and logistics battalion.

On this main road, every day there are tens of thousands of cattle and sheep to drive tens of thousands of cattle and sheep eastward, from the Qinghe logistics camp to the former army camp there is still a distance of 300 miles, need to walk for three to four days, every 100 miles, there is an overwhelming, mighty cattle and sheep team.

It was noon that day. On the steppe, about 200 miles away from the Qinghe, a Turkic army escorting grain was resting and eating.

The 250,000 troops that marched east with Yehu Khan this time were not all Turks, but also the servant armies of the Western Regions countries, and there were also many Tiele people. At the beginning, the Turks were divided into two countries, the East and the West, and some of the Tiele people went east and joined the Eastern Turks, and some continued to live on the steppe west of Jinshan to stand on their own, and were annexed by the Tongye Protector, and now there are about 70,000 troops in front of the Tongye Protector.

The 25,000 troops in charge of logistics are also the Tiele Army, who already live in this area, and are not only familiar with the terrain here, but also provide food for the army.

This is the depths of the steppe, their enemies are only the wild wolves on the grassland, the Tiele soldiers have no vigilance, they let a large herd of cattle and sheep graze happily and leisurely, soldiers and herdsmen lie on the grassland to rest, some fall asleep, some look at the sky bored. There were also people who gathered together to discuss the eternal topics of men—women and beauties, and when it came to happiness, everyone erupted into bursts of laughter from time to time.

At this time, a row of small black dots appeared in the grass hill in the distance, they rushed down the grass hill and pounced on this side, and a large group of black spots continued to pour out from the grass knol, which was a full four thousand Great Sui cavalry.

The fierce sound of hooves immediately alarmed the leisurely soldiers, and many of them quickly got up and looked into the distance, and when they saw the red flag clearly, they shouted one after another, and the cavalry guarding the grain got on their horses and hurriedly responded to the battle, while hundreds of herdsmen gathered their cattle and sheep and fled to the east.

Three thousand Sui cavalry roared in, and a dense number of arrows were fired at the Tiele soldiers, and the enemy soldiers screamed and fell off their horses; The other more than 1,000 Sui troops chased after the herdsmen, although the herdsmen were also fierce and had weapons, but they were not regular troops after all, and the equipment was far inferior to the well-armed Sui army, in a moment, the herdsmen were killed, the screams instantly sounded, and the rest of the herdsmen were frightened, they abandoned their cattle and sheep, desperately beat their horses and fled north.

The Sui army did not pursue, they slaughtered cattle and sheep, blood stained the grass red, less than a quarter of an hour, more than a thousand Tiele soldiers began to be unable to support, were killed by the Sui army that far outnumbered them, and soon collapsed and fled from the battlefield, the Sui army chased all the way for dozens of miles, and the scattered thousand Sui troops killed the routed army cleanly.

When the raging fire that burned the carcasses of people, horses, cattle and sheep ignited, Fan Ze gave an order, and the Sui soldiers turned their horses and headed westward to meet the second grain transport team.

In one day and one night, three teams of grain deliveries were slaughtered on the road, which meant that the 250,000-strong army in the east would be without food for three to four days. Realizing the seriousness of the problem, the logistics army urgently dispatched 6,000 grain guards to the east to protect the other four grain teams, and at the same time changed the grain delivery plan, increasing the escort army to 6,000 and the number of cattle and sheep to 250,000 heads, which is the consumption of the 250,000 army in three to four days.

The army of the logistics battalion was rapidly reduced, and Qin Qiong's fifteen thousand main forces lurked like a pack of steppe wolves, and they waited patiently for their opportunity.

On the third day, another team of 6,000 people escorted 200,000 and five cattle and sheep to set off, which made the number of troops in the logistics camp less than 10,000, and the opportunity that Qin Qiong was waiting for finally arrived.

At night, Qin Qiong led 5,000 cavalry to wait ten miles north of the camp, and the cold moonlight shone on the Great Sui cavalry, adding a sense of slaughter.

Qin Qiong's iron helmet and iron armor, holding a tiger's head chiseled golden spear in his hand, and a pair of tile-faced gold armor on his back, were at the front of the team, looking at the situation in the barracks indifferently.

Due to the Sui army's continuous attacks on the grain transportation team, the chief general in charge of logistics security, Siye, a servant of the Tiele people, sent people to report to the Khan of Tongye to protect the Khan, and at the same time, he also strengthened and contracted the defensive line, and he compressed the originally wide camp of sixteen li to eight li, so that it was convenient for the army to patrol and control. Ten hundred-man teams patrolled back and forth every night to prevent the Sui army from attacking at night, but even so, the sheer number of millions of livestock made it impossible for them to cover everything.

At the first watch, a shout suddenly broke out in the east camp, and then the fire rushed to kill, and a Sui cavalry entered the camp, they lit the tent, and killed every person, and a wailing and screaming resounded through the world.

With 5,000 cavalry, they galloped eastward, while the herdsmen fled west and north. And just as they were facing the battle in the west, a 5,000-strong Sui army from the south also came up.

At this time, on the grassland ten miles away to the north, Qin Qiong saw the firelight, he pointed his spear at the camp, and ordered loudly: "No matter men, women, young or old, no one will be left." ”

Five thousand cavalry suddenly launched and rushed towards the Turkic camp, and in a moment, the Sui cavalry entered the northern camp, killing the herdsmen's heads and bleeding like a river, and the torches lit the tents, and the soaring flames soared into the sky, reflecting the night sky of this steppe.

In the heart-rending screams, Qin Qiong galloped across the country, and the four or five Tiele soldiers who were shrouded in the Sen Han spear flower didn't even have a chance to scream, so they were killed by the blade of the gun that swept wildly, and the Sensen spear flower looked very good-looking, but when it was really faced, it was terrifying, even if it was just a little rubbed, it could bring up a piece of stump and broken arm.

"Whew! Oh! ”

The Tiele soldiers who reacted let out a roar, and rushed towards the sudden killing of the devil, but before the encirclement could be formed, the spear sparks like a little cold star had already burst out, and in the tooth-aching sound of bones shattering, the soldiers were knocked out with blood spitting out of their mouths.

Qin Qiong is the commander of this army, and he has to suppress his personal ability for the sake of the overall situation, but as the strongest man of this era, the courage in his heart has never faded, but has become heavier and heavier with the passage of time.

"Boom~"

It wasn't until he tore a huge hole in the Turkic camp that the rumbling sound of horses' hooves became clear, and then the Sui army broke into the camp directly in the firelight, like a torrent of steel, and the enemy soldiers who had just been frightened by Qin Qiong were directly annihilated by the rushing torrent, and they couldn't even resist, and they were trampled into minced meat by countless rushing horses' hooves. The Sui army's charge did not stop there, but under the leadership of Qin Qiong, it continued to rush forward arrogantly.

Tents were washed away along the way, and some soldiers who woke up from their sleep were trampled by merciless iron hooves before they could understand what was going on. At this moment, the strength of the individual is as small as a drop in the ocean, and without even a ripple, it is completely buried under the horse's hoof.

From the time the Sui army launched the attack to the camp on three sides, it was less than a moment, but most of the camp and thousands of soldiers and herdsmen were gone.

Ignoring the fleeing livestock and herdsmen, the burly servant Siye gathered the surviving soldiers and let out a mournful roar, his angry gaze fiercely aimed at the banner of the word 'Sui' waving in the wind, which was particularly shining in the firelight.

"General Da Sui on the other side, I am willing to surrender." Servant Siye rode out and said to Qin Qiong in stiff Chinese.

Qin Qiong didn't answer, in the stunned gaze of Cheng Yanjin and Xie Yingdeng, he thrust the tiger's head chisel golden gun into the ground, took off the riding bow, bent the bow and set up the arrow, and before the person on the other side could react, a sharp arrow had already broken through the air, and the space barrier was torn apart in a moment, and the head of Fu Siye was exploded in the brain.

"Kill!"

In the midst of the drumming, an angry Tiele soldier charged towards this side, and with Qin Qiong's order, locust-like arrows swept the ground, and after a short period of air, they quickly fell, and the remaining hundreds of warriors and herdsmen became corpses.

Cheng bit Jin Mao and swallowed his saliva in horror, although he was also a regular military general of the imperial court, and he also followed Qin Qiong to participate in tragic battles, but the cruel tactics of not taking prisoners in front of Qin Qiong still continued to impact his worldview.

"Kill men, women, and children!" Qin Qiong withdrew the strong bow, took back the tiger's head chisel golden spear, and calmly issued a chilling order.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

In the roar, the Sui army rushed towards the trembling crowd like a hungry wolf and a whirlwind, and a new round of killing continued to sound in the screams.

Qin Qiong didn't participate in the culling, so it was no longer necessary.

Xie Yingdeng and Cheng Yanjin didn't go, Cheng Yanjin looked at Qin Qiong, his eyes were a little dazed, and he was also a little angry: "General Qin, this is ...... Some, right? ”

Killing captives who surrendered, in his opinion, was too inhumane.

Xie Yingdeng opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything, he was different from Cheng Yanjin, who was born and raised in Qilu, and was taken by his uncle Xie Hong to travel the world since he was a child, and the northern land is undoubtedly one of the places he traveled, so he understands Qin Qiong and knows the reason why Qin Qiong is cruel.

"If you have the opportunity, go to Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou in the northernmost part of Youzhou, ask the local elders, and you may understand." Qin Qiong glanced at Cheng Yanjin, who had an ugly face, her expression was extremely cold, and the words without the slightest emotion were mixed with the somewhat cold night wind.

Xie Yingdeng looked at Cheng Biting Jin's angry face, patted him on the shoulder, and said solemnly: "The civil war is your own people fighting your own people, if you have a choice, no one wants to cut the blade at your own compatriots, which is also the reason why the rule that you can't kill prisoners exists." War of Nations is different, you just have to treat the alien as a beast. ”

"What's the difference? Isn't it good to talk about righteousness? Cheng Biting Jin didn't dare to get angry at Qin Qiong, the invisible evil qi made him unable to generate anger, but in the face of Xie Yingdeng, who had been with him for a long time, he didn't feel this way, and almost roared and said this.

"Benevolence, righteousness and morality are not bad, but you have to see who the other person is and what he does. Small mistakes can be forgiven. In the face of the heinous people such as Turks and Tieler, there can only be one word to kill... Only when you kill them will they listen to you for righteousness. Xie Yingdeng sighed and said with a wry smile: "They are wolves, you have benevolence to wolves, and sooner or later you will be eaten by wolves." You can't give them a chance at revenge as long as it's possible! In the battle of Yanmen that year, the land of Bingzhou north of Xinkou was killed by the Turks, and nearly one million people in Dingxiang and Mayi were wiped out by the Turks. So, there can be no mercy in a foreign war, which is different from a civil war. ”

"Millions?" Cheng Yanjin was dumbfounded.

"Of course, millions of people will not die, and those who are lucky enough not to die have been taken into slavery by the Turks. Since the strong rise of my Great Sui, I have successively rescued six or seven hundred thousand of my fellow clansmen! Qin Qiong said lightly: "Pass the order, there will be no mercy!" ”

"Whoa!"

“…… Here! ”

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In August, 20,000 elite cavalry of the Great Sui Army, led by the general Qin Qiong, attacked the Turkic logistics stronghold, killing more than 20,000 enemies, and millions of livestock were driven into Yiwu County.

Wei Yunqi and Niu Jinda set up troops in the steppe north of the Baishan (Tianshan Mountains) and completely destroyed the logistics of the Turkic army of 250,000 troops.

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