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Chapter 1109 The Western Expedition (10) Withdrawal of Troops

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    Huang Mingyuan first ordered Liu Jianwu to take over the Qinghai Navy and move it to Wuwei County for repairs.  After Huang Mingyuan defeated Murong Fuyun, the real decisive battle was over, leaving only the cleanup of the remnants of Tuyuhun.  However, the commander-in-chief of the Qing Navy died, his morale plummeted, and he was no longer fit to fight again.

    As for Yang Guang, Huang Mingyuan sent someone to deliver the news about Zhenshan Dajie and Zhang Dinghe¡¯s death in battle.  A great victory is nothing more than a battle report and asking for credit, but it is a good thing that the Qinghai Navy will not be punished for losing the coach, so there is no need to take any credit.  As for Zhang Dinghe, Huang Mingyuan just ordered someone to report the details of his death to Yang Guang. As for how to deal with it, Huang Mingyuan had no opinion.  Of course, Huang Mingyuan never mentioned Zhang Dinghe's march to Chewozhen Mountain, as if he didn't know about Yang Guang's order to Zhang Dinghe bypassing him.

    As the leader of an army, Zhang Dinghe relied on his own bravery and died unprepared. He almost lost the three armies. In the end, his death was in vain.

    As for the other generals, after thinking about this, it¡¯s time to be vigilant.

    Yang Guang seemed to have realized what he had done. Huang Mingyuan gave him full face. After turning the matter over, he naturally stopped mentioning it.  However, Zhang Dinghe's death was unexpected by Yang Guang. After all, General Yiwei was an important general in the country.  Therefore, Yang Guang shed tears because of Zhang Dinghe's death for the country, and posthumously named him Doctor Guanglu.  At this time, everyone had no title, so Yang Guang re-titled him Marquis of Wu'an, with the posthumous title of Zhuangwu, and gave him a thousand bolts of silk and a thousand stones of rice, and established his heir with his son Zhang Shi.

    After this battle, Yang Guang did not dare to intervene in military affairs anymore, so he had to go to Zhangye in despair.

    On the second day of the great victory of Hao Dan River, the Immortal King Tuyuhun was desperate and led more than 100,000 men and women to surrender.

    The Xiantou tribe is the smallest among the three major tribes in Tuyuhun. Therefore, the Xiantou king has always been respectful to Murong Fuyun. He is a direct descendant of Murong Fuyun and is highly trusted by Murong Fuyun.

    When Murong Fuyun joined the Sui army, he made King Xiantou his prime minister, handling state affairs and commanding the people.

    When Murong Fuyun was defeated, King Xiantou, who had been commanding the rear army, did not have many troops at this time. Seeing the Sui army approaching, he made up his mind and led his troops to surrender.  Accompanying them are more than ten tribes from Tuyuhun, all of whom are the core supporting force of Tuyuhun.

    Seeing Huang Mingyuan, the Immortal King immediately knelt down and begged for mercy. He burst into tears and was so sad that Huang Mingyuan even felt a trace of compassion.

    Huang Mingyuan considered that if he wanted to govern Tuyuhun, blind killing would not work, and he would also need the cooperation of local people. Although Xiantou King has no integrity, he is a good dog when it comes to biting people.  Huang Mingyuan then denounced the Immortal King, and on behalf of the emperor, he pardoned the Immortal King's sins and ordered him to serve the Emperor.

    The Immortal King was so excited that he smashed his head.

    After the King of Immortals left, Chen Yuan said to Huang Mingyuan: "This barbarian is cunning and pretentious, and has a wolf-like character. My lord must never believe it."

    Huang Mingyuan said with a smile: "The Hulu people are like mothers if they have breasts. There is no loyalty. Don't worry, Mr. Zhong. I have never trusted these Hulu. It's just an exchange of interests."

    After King Xiantou surrendered, there was no Tuyuhun army in the entire area north of the West Sea.

    Huang Mingyuan basically won the battle, leaving only the liquidation of the remaining Tuyuhun troops. Without waiting for Yang Guang's edict, he ordered all the troops to withdraw from Tuyuhun in advance and return to Longyou and Hexi for resettlement.

    After entering late September, the weather became even colder, with sporadic snowfall in some places and road closures, which made it even worse for the already stretched Sui logistics supply.

    By this time, the battles that should be fought and the achievements that should be made have long been over, and the weather is cold, and no one is willing to stay in this miserable place like the West Sea.

    Huang Mingyuan decided that the army under Huang Mingyuan's command would include the Western Navy, Zhang Shou's Linqiang Army and Yang Yichen's Xiping Army.  As the main force in the Sui Tu decisive battle, the casualties were heavy and the army was exhausted. Huang Mingyuan only left 15,000 cavalry, and the rest of the troops were handed over to Yang Yichen, who ordered him to escort more than 100,000 Tuyuhun tribesmen back to Xiping County.

    The Wuwei Army led by Duan Wenzhen in the north and the Zhangye Army commanded by Liang Mo all returned to Wuwei and other places to wait due to logistical supply difficulties.

    On the southern front, the Chuihe Army led by Tu Wanxu and the Jishi Army led by Wei Xuan were also ordered to withdraw to Chuihe, Lintao and other places, and Tu Wanxu was ordered to lead 10,000 soldiers to continue to eliminate the remaining local enemies in the Heyuan area.

    Compared with the elite main force in the north, the Shuihe Army and the Jishi Army are just two partial divisions, serving as a diversionary force to attack on the southern front.  Because Tuyuhun's main force was on the northern front, and the vast areas on the southern front were empty of troops and poorly guarded, Tuwanxun went all the way to Keshudun City and Mantou City and captured tens of thousands of miscellaneous animals.

    At this time, the Shuihe Army actually became the closest force to Fuqi City.  ?Wanxunai led his troops to attack northward, crossing Dafiling (now Hainan Mountain in Qinghai Province) and approaching Fuqi City.

    Wei Xuan's Jishi Army also broke through Jishi City and defeated the Tuyuhun tribe at Qiwuhai (also known as Wuhai, today's Tuosuo Lake in the northeast of Maduo County, Qinghai), capturing several famous Tuyuhun kings and 50,000 miscellaneous animals.

    Overall, this battle went smoothly and was a complete victory.

    After all the troops were ordered to return, there were only 15,000 Huang Mingyuan's troops left in Tuyuhun.

    Originally, Huang Mingyuan wanted to keep none of the fifteen thousand men. The weather was cold and the non-combat attrition was extremely serious.  Huang Mingyuan was not worried that Murong Fuyun would make a comeback. Instead, he felt that if Murong Fuyun made a comeback and took the opportunity to raise troops again next year, he would be able to completely wipe out Murong Fuyun's troops in Tuyuhun.

    ¡° However, Yang Yichen disagreed with Huang Mingyuan¡¯s idea.

    In Yang Yichen's view, although it is freezing cold in Tuyuhun, it is a risk for the army to conduct another expedition.  But this battle is indeed the best opportunity to destroy Tuyuhun. Who knows if the Sui Dynasty will have the opportunity to raise troops again next year, so Yang Yichen asked for orders to stay and defend the territory and defeat the Hulu again.

    Huang Mingyuan thought about it again and again, and finally agreed with Yang Yichen's opinion, but he chose to stay by himself.  Although Yang Yichen was a general, Huang Mingyuan was worried that he would not cherish his military strength. Therefore, for the sake of the lives of these fifteen thousand soldiers, Huang Mingyuan had no choice but to stay in the cold.

    On September 26, the various departments of the Sui Dynasty received orders and began to retreat slowly.  Huang Mingyuan followed his troops to Fuqi City.  Murong Fuyun did not choose to stick to his old nest, but continued to flee westward, leaving only his younger brother Murong Rong to lead thousands of people to stay in Fuqi City to stop the Sui army.

    It was said that he stayed in his old nest, but Murong Fuyun didn't want to make an ugly escape; and some people in the tribe were really unwilling to leave, and would rather fight the Sui army to defend their ancestral homeland, so he had to leave these people in Fuqi City to take his place.  Block the Sui army's path forward.

    After Huang Mingyuan arrived at Fuqi City, he immediately divided his five thousand troops and handed them to Duan Wenchao to pursue Murong Fuyun. He then led the rest of his troops to attack the city.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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