Under the cover of night, the follow-up Chen Jun lined up in a long line and was entering the customs one after another.

On the south gate upstairs, Chen Kefu and the generals climbed high and looked into the distance, the distant mountains in the south were silent in the night, the green mountains were like daisies, and they were silent.

"Your Majesty, Pei Renji's vanguard army has not yet discovered that we have taken the Sanguan, and is now sleeping peacefully. The minister invited 3,000 soldiers, went down the mountain to raid the advance of Pei's army, killed them first, and swallowed the 5,000 into the horse. "Ma Ning has just won Sanguan, and he has been promoted by the emperor himself, and he is excited in his heart, and he can't wait to make another contribution.

Chen Kefu smiled: "Although it is a surprise attack for you to take Sanguan, it is also a long road, and the soldiers are also tired. The other infantry also came in a hurry, and besides, now that it was almost dawn, it was not a good time to attack the enemy into the front at this time. You've already made a contribution, so don't be greedy and take a good rest. Don't worry. ”

Zhang Zhongjian looked at the reckless mountains, and still said with some worry: "Your Majesty, although we have won the Sanguan now, can we really stop Yang Jun here?" According to General Zhang's intelligence, Yang Jian came from all over the country and made up his mind about Guanzhong. And now there are 120,000 troops in Changwu behind us, in case there is a bad pool, so that Yuwen Chengdu comes back, then we will be attacked by the enemy, and we will only have 30,000 horses. ”

"Do you think we should besiege Chang'an, or should we give up Guanzhong for the time being?"

"On a safe note, it is better to give up Guanzhong for the time being, as long as we go all out to take Tongguan first, then whether to capture Guanzhong in a short period of time is actually not a big problem. With Pujin in hand first, if we take Tongguan again, plus the Xiaoguan we captured earlier, we actually still occupy the highest point in Guanzhong and have an all-round advantage. Even if Yang Jun really wins Guanzhong, it doesn't matter, we just have to go back and take it back then. ”

Speaking of which, Zhang Zhongjian actually had some reservations about the emperor's series of military actions in the past year. Whether it is fighting Jiangdong, or fighting Longshang, or entering the customs, this is almost a risk, and it is still a big risk. In his opinion, the last thing Da Chen needs today is to take risks, as long as he works steadily and steadily, it is only a matter of time before reunification dies.

Such an adventure and love to use strange tricks are really not a good thing.

The war in the north is pressing on the head of the imperial court like a mountain, and it is not wise for the imperial court to move any soldiers and horses to fight the second battlefield before solving this problem.

"The war in the north is the most important thing, and if we are safe, it will be good after all."

Chen Kefu shook his head: "War is not up to us, we can only deal with the situation where the overall situation goes." In fact, we should realize that in fact, the north should be more guarded, and the interior of the Central Plains is the best time to attack. You should see that Shen Luoyan in Jiangnan has actually been disabled, and he can't recover at all in three or five years. And the fall of Liu Wuzhou and Xue Ju in Longshang and Longyou has basically made the war situation in the entire Central Plains clear. Yang Hao in Shu was wiped out by Yang Xuan, and Li Liang in Hexi is now in a mess as far as I know, and he is being stirred up by Tugu Hun who is about to restore the country, and he has no ability to look east to the Central Plains. ”

"To put it bluntly, today, the only ones who can still compete with us and fight with us are Yang Yong and Yuwen Shiji. And now, Yu Wenhua was trapped in a big pit by us, and he couldn't climb out for a while. Therefore, our only opponent is Yang Jun, Yang Jun has Bazhong, Hanzhong, and Shuzhong, these places have been easy to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times, and the land of Han Shu Yaofu, as long as he is given some time, Yang Yong can develop quickly. Don't forget, Yang Yun is Yang Guang's son-in-law, he is not a bandit or horse bandit, he is the prince of the Great Sui, and occupies the name of orthodoxy. ”

"This is actually the best opportunity, if Yang Yan refuses to come out, and he is determined to shrink back to Bahanshu to engage in secession, it is not easy for us to exterminate him. But now he is in a hurry to send him to his death, and if we don't seize such a good opportunity to annihilate his main force, there will be no more in the future. As long as this battle is fought, we will be able to destroy Yang Jin's main force, and as soon as Yang Jin falls, Yu Wenhua will fall. This Sui and Xu have fallen, do you think this young man can still dare to compete with my Da Chen? At that time, as long as a few detachments are sent to suppress it, it will be possible to spread the word in various places. ”

"So, can Da Chen be early

iReunification is over, and Guan Jian will look at this battle. If this battle is successfully fought, Da Chen will be able to unify all of them, and if it is not fought well, reunification will be far away. ”

The generals all nodded solemnly, and the emperor's analysis was to stand outside the overall situation and watch, and what they saw was the whole situation. It's risky, but it's worth it.

"It's useless to think too much, so let's think about how to fight this battle. Not to mention the army behind Yang Jun, how to deal with Pei Renji's 100,000 soldiers and horses at the moment? ”

Pei Renji was a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, who fought in the east and west, and made a lot of contributions. Although everyone has estimated that although Pei Jun is said to be 100,000, the real veterans are only 30,000 or 40,000, but even if there are only 30,000 or 40,000, it is not easy to fight. Chen Jun only has 30,000, in case there are too many casualties, Yang Yong will come back later, but it will be troublesome.

"How about guarding the gates? If it weren't for the fact that the defenders here knew that Yang Jian had allied with Xu Guo and wanted to lead troops to help, it would be careless for a while, and it would be difficult for us to take this Sanguan. Now we have this pass, there are 30,000 soldiers and horses guarding the pass, as long as we refuse to defend it, let him Pei Renji enter 100,000 and 200,000 don't want to break the pass. ”

"How long will this last?" Chen Kefu said.

Xiao Shilian said: "The minister thinks that Yuwen Chengdu, who is in Changwu, is now anxious to return to Chang'an, and it will be full of flaws, and they will never be the white spoon opponents of Chen Kedi and Chen Shuming's generals of the Western Expeditionary Army." Our Chen army has always been less and more, and the 100,000 troops of the Western Expeditionary Army are 120,000 against Yuwen Chengdu, and there is no problem in terms of troops. What's more, the initiative in this battle is still in our hands. Therefore, the minister thought that as long as we held out for a month or two, at most three or five months, the Western Expeditionary Army would inevitably be able to distinguish the victory and defeat. At that time, Yu Culture will definitely surrender, even if we don't surrender, we can still get reinforcements from the Western Expeditionary Army, and at that time, whether we are defending or fighting, there will be no problem. ”

Chen Kefu frowned and pondered, this proposal is indeed a relatively safe way to play. He also believed that Chen Kedi's Western Expeditionary Army would have no problem defeating Yuwen Chengdu, who was eager to return to Chang'an, but whether it was one or two months, or March or May, this time was too long.

There is one thing that Chen Kefu did not tell the generals in front of him, that is, the news that he said yesterday that the Northern Coalition Army has been assembled and is preparing for war is not complete. In fact, as early as when he crossed Weishui, he had already received the news that the Northeast Coalition Army had been assembled.

In Yongfengcang, Wang Rengong and Xue Dingguo's 80,000 horses had taken the lead in sending troops, and they crossed the Taihang Mountain into Hebei along the hole of the Sangqian River. And then

After Jing replenished, the army crossed the Yin Mountain, plunged straight into the grassland, and inserted into the south of the 120,000 Turkic army led by the Turkic Tong'e and Yan Ye, cutting off the retreat of the Turks from the south to the Dingxiang base camp.

A war that had been planned for months had begun, and the soldiers had been marching in a hurry, and the information could not be contacted for a while. Chen Kefu didn't know how the battle was going, and the team stopped when he took the pass, and the messenger behind him just happened to deliver the urgent information.

The most urgent news sent was two years ago, and the 180,000 allied army was jointly commanded by Luo Yi, the three marshals Yu Qinming and Luo Zhong, the princess of Silla, Kim Seungman, the king of Tiele, Yi Nan, and the Khitan king and the king of Jinya. The 180,000 allied troops attacked the Turks stationed on the border of Kumoxi in many ways, and the battle was very classic.

The first to attack was 50,000 Tie Le, who first raided and then stormed according to the military order, but in the end they pretended to be defeated and retreated. The Turks were unprepared and deceitful, and pursued all the way, but as a result, Tiele entered the deception and became a real defeat, and this unexpected result made the Turks relax and chase and kill the Tiele army all the way.

The Turkic army pursued and killed the Tiele army for three nights and three nights, penetrated deep into the grassland for nearly 500 miles, and 120,000 soldiers and horses were scattered into several units.

At this time, the second echelon of the coalition composed of Xi Jin, the Xia tribe, and the Khitan Jin suddenly slaughtered in all directions, and launched a major counterattack against the already scattered and exhausted Turkic invasion on the steppe for hundreds of miles.

Although it was ambushed by the alliance of the three tribes, the Western Turks who crisscrossed the steppe were indeed very tenacious. Under the command of Tong'e and Yanye, the Turkic army fought a bloody battle, and finally succeeded in getting closer.

In the bloody battle, the Turks suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the 60,000 troops of the Xi, Xi, and Khitan tribes actually lost more than the Turks, and the soldiers and horses of the three tribes were basically disabled, and more than half of them died. had to withdraw from the battle early, as Tie Le Jin.

At this time, Tong'e and Yanye had almost understood what was going on. It is relatively normal for Tie Lejin to sneak attack them, but there is a problem with Xi Entering and the Xiabu to fight, not to mention, even the Khitan army further east is also attacking, which has fully demonstrated that Chen Chaojin must be the driving force behind the contact with these people.

The Turks, who had suffered more than 30% casualties, also began to be afraid, and immediately gathered their troops and horses, and hurried south, preparing to return to the Dingxiang base camp.

However, it was too late at this time, and the 70,000 troops of the Yan Army, the Silla Army, the Baekje Army, and the Dongying Army, which had been raising and preparing for battle, finally launched the final blow. In terms of combat strength, the allied forces of Silla and other four countries were not as good as the Turks, and in terms of troops, the Turks entered 90,000 and the four countries entered 70,000. But the more the Turks couldn't see Chen Jun, the more panicked they became, and they decided that Chen Jun must be waiting nearby like a wolf on the grassland. Tong'e and Yanye didn't have the heart to care about any infighting at this time, they didn't fight with the coalition forces at all, and they were determined to blindly break through to the south.

The Turkic army fled all the way south, and the coalition army pursued all the way, biting like a pack of wolves, not giving the Turks any time to rest and recover. Once the Turks entered the backward territory, even the Turkic armies that were left behind for cover, none of them could escape the fate of annihilation.

Just a few years ago, the Turks fled south all the way to the east of the Shahai in the north of the Yin Mountain. More than half of the more than 70,000 horses that fled here were ambushed by the 80,000 Chen troops under the command of Wang Rengong and Xue Dingguo.

Bloody two

i, the Turks could not advance an inch in half a step, and the eight-nation coalition forces led by Luo Yi, Luo Zhong, Yu Qinming, Jin Shengman, Yi Nan, etc., Tiele, Xi, Xi, Khitan, Baekje, Silla, and Dongying were killed and converged. The nine-nation coalition forces converged and launched the final blow, and the Turks, who had run out of food and water, desperately broke through dozens of times without success, and were finally annihilated by the coalition forces on the Gobi Desert.

In this battle, the nine countries joined forces and used a total of 260,000 horses, more than 10 battles before and after, more than 100 battles of all sizes, and thousands of miles, and finally the coalition army suffered more than 100,000 casualties. Especially Tiele, 50,000 entered the horse, and in the end only more than 10,000 points remained. Xi and Xi were also almost wiped out, and the rest of the countries were also badly damaged. Even Chen's army paid a very heavy price because of the dozens of desperate breakthroughs in the face of the Turks, and the Schröding, who was responsible for blocking the encirclement, lost nearly 20,000 casualties, and more than 30,000 were seriously wounded, almost entering with injuries.

Even Xue Dingguo was hit by an arrow, Qin Shubao, Wei Chigong, Zhang Meng and other 1,000 generals all suffered more than ten wounds, and 13 generals above the fifth rank died in battle, and nearly 100 captains and above entered the battlefield.

It was a resounding victory, completely annihilating the 120,000 Turkic army that had marched north in one fell swoop. But it was also a crushing victory, with more than half of the 260,000 allied troops suffering casualties, and even Chen's army suffered nearly 30% casualties. Such a huge casualty figure is the largest casualty since Chen Jun formed the army.

After this battle, Wang Rengong and Xue Dingguo's troops were seriously injured, especially Wang Rengong's troops, who had suffered many casualties when they went out to fight before. Later, he has been fighting with the Turks in the Mayi area, fighting in small groups, accumulating a lot of casualties. After this battle, more departments were killed, and even the numbers were empty. Without a year or two, none of these troops will try to recover.

The countries of the coalition army were also beaten and vomited blood, and no one expected that the coalition army of nearly 300,000 troops would fight 120,000 Turks, and the result would be such a result. Fortunately, Wang Rengong once again stated to the chiefs that after the war, the vast steppes of the Eastern Turks, as well as the entrances and livestock property on the grasslands, were all divided by the countries according to what was agreed in advance.

In this battle, 120,000 Turkic troops were annihilated, and at the same time, the Eastern Turkic steppe was regained control. In this way, the eastern rear defense line of the Turkic army that crossed the Yin Mountain was greatly opened, and the coalition forces of various countries had directly threatened the security of the Turkic army. What made Chen Kefu even more excited was that the recapture of the Eastern Turkic steppe could not only threaten the eastern rear of the Turkic invasion, but also directly cut off the source of grain and grass for the Turkic invasion.

In this way, it is already impossible for the Turks to requisition and distribute grain and grass nearby. Next, the Turks will definitely not be able to sit still anymore, and it is precisely because of this that Chen Kefu is anxious to put the chaos in the Central Plains to a halt before the Turks enter the action.

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