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Chapter 1515 Freshman (Part 1)

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    Walking northwest from Juyongguan, beyond the Yanshan Mountains, you will reach the vast prairie.  You may think that the hinterland of Hebei is far away from the grassland, but in fact there is only a narrow border wall.

    Li Jing is the unique commander-in-chief of this army, but in everyone's hearts, he is only the commander-in-chief, not unique.

    Although this force was trained by Li Jing, although this force put down Lu Mingyue's rebellion under the leadership of Li Jing, and although many people knew Li Jing's abilities, no one thought that he could directly command a main force to attack beyond the Great Wall.  This is completely different from the others.

    Therefore, since the army set off, it has been filled with suspicion and distrust.

    Although Li Jing knew that such an internal environment would inevitably affect the army's journey, he was unable to reverse the doubts raised about him from the generals to the soldiers. He could not even use force to suppress him, because that would only make the entire army unrest faster.

    Li Jing knew very well that in order to break this doubt, the only thing he could do was to lead this army to victory.  Only victory can make everyone believe in him.

    Li Jing has become a future star in the eyes of many celebrities since he was twenty years old. However, more than twenty years later, he still has achieved nothing.  He is forty-four years old this year. At his age, half of his body is already buried in loess.  Although Li Jing has always lied to himself that he is still young, the white hair on his temples, his aging appearance, and his lost energy cannot lie to others.

    This time Duke Wei gave himself a chance, a dream opportunity.  There was no such opportunity before, and there would never be such an opportunity again in the future. Besides, he didn't have much energy to wait anymore.

    Li Jing knows very well that he can only win, not lose.

    Li Jing¡¯s troops also set out from Changping at almost the same time that Huang Mingyuan advanced westward to Shanggu County.  From Changping to Heng'an Town, the northern route stretches for more than 800 miles, surrounded by mountains.

    Huang Mingyuan also gave Li Jing 12 days. He must arrive at Hengan Town and occupy it within 12 days.

    There were more than 50,000 Sui troops. Because most of them were new soldiers, they could only be regarded as second-line troops before. Therefore, the entire army's equipment and horses were insufficient.  Although Chen Yuan opened Youzhou's treasury this time, almost completely changed the uniforms of the newly formed Fourth Army, and completely emptied the entire Youzhou Racecourse, the number of horses in each department was still insufficient.

    Because of the conquest of Liaodong, Youzhou had less than 30,000 horses that were not put into the market.  Less than 15,000 horses were allocated to the Northern Route Army.  Because horses had to be concentrated to transport food and equipment, the entire Northern Route Army, tens of thousands of people, almost marched on foot.

    Although this road is said to be out of the fortress, it actually goes through the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, almost all of which is mountainous.  So tens of thousands of troops walked away exhausted.

    And in order to prevent being discovered by the Turkic scouts, the Northern Route Army tried their best to pass through the small roads that were not easy to be discovered. This walk was not to mention difficult.

    Fortunately, the Sui army was familiar with the terrain in this area and did not make many detours.

    The road was difficult and it was difficult for the army to move. Naturally, the soldiers complained numerously.  No one else can blame him, he can only blame coach Li Jing.

    Li Jing remained silent in response to these questions and accusations. He knew very well that this was not a problem of difficult roads, but a lack of trust in him by the soldiers. If Duke Wei were here, this would not be the case.

    If you don¡¯t win the battle, it¡¯s useless to talk too much.

    Li Jing knew very well that the further west he went, the greater the chance of being discovered by the Turks, so Li Jing ordered all the scouts to disperse. Anyone found along the way, whether they were Turkic rangers or ordinary herdsmen, would be killed without leaving any survivors.

    Many people also have objections to this.

    There is no problem with Turkic horsemen killing, but ordinary herdsmen may not have that need.  Especially the herdsmen in the northwest area of ??Zhuo County are almost all naturalized nomadic tribes, and some have even been registered as households and become people of the Sui Dynasty, herding cattle for the Sui Dynasty.  Killing indiscriminately is called killing good people and taking credit for merit.

    Li Jing¡¯s attitude was resolute. For the safety of these tens of thousands of people, he would do things no matter how unwilling he was.  This was the first time that Li Jing forcefully convinced the generals. In a state of war, no one could object.

    Fortunately, there were too many Han people to leave the fortress. Otherwise, if he slaughtered the Han people indiscriminately, Li Jing would be questioned even more.

    So the Sui army continued killings along the way, and almost all the scattered small tribes living at the northern foot of Yanshan were killed.

    But this approach was very effective. Although the Sui army gradually approached Heng'an Town, they were not discovered by the Turks.

    The main force of the Sui army traveled all the way, almost seventy or eighty miles a day, and walked for about ten days. At this time, they were not far from Heng'an Town.

    But then a new situation suddenly appeared.

    At this time, the scout reported that the Turks were stationed in Heng'an TownMore than 2,000 people were recruited, but Heng'an Town was not the headquarters of the Turks, but just a logistics center.  Their real base camp was near Qifubo to the north, where Shibi Khan deployed three thousand garrison troops to guard the harvest of their southward journey to the Great Wall and almost all supplies, including hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep.

    This is the direct transit place between Turk Yazhang and Yanmen City, and it is also the link between the two sides.

    At this time, there was one more choice before Li Jing, which was to continue to attack Heng'an Town according to the plan and complete the plan to block the main force of the Turks.  Or attack Qifupo and seize the Turkic stronghold.

    The former could easily let go of the Turks in Qifupo, and at the current marching speed, by the time the main force of his infantry arrived at Heng'an Town, there would basically be no time to attack the city.

    The latter is more serious, and it is very likely that Shibi Khan who was surrounding Yanmen City ran away.

    Ordinary people must make a choice here, and more people choose to attack Heng'an Town according to the original plan. After all, it is not Li Jing's responsibility to take away the Turks in Begfubo.

    But Li Jing was unwilling to let go of this group of Turks, so he decided to divide his troops into two groups and go all the way south to Hezhen Mountain near Heng'an Town, waiting for an opportunity to seize Heng'an Town, while he led a small number of cavalry to attack Qifu Bo.

    Everyone felt that Li Jing was in danger at this time, but Li Jing remained unmoved.

    Early on the morning of July 3, Li Jing led 5,000 cavalry and 2,000 Mohe cavalry, totaling 7,000 troops, and headed straight to the north.  The remaining troops continued to march towards Heng'an Town.

    According to previous reports from scouts, the Turks had a transportation team between Heng'an Town and Qifupo, transporting treasures plundered from the east of the river. The escorting army only had more than a thousand horses, and the civilians who transported them were all slaves of the Turks.  .

    Li Jing plans to attack this transport team.

    Li Jing sent the Mohe people to speed up the progress, bypass the transport team, and rush to the front of the opponent.  Then they pursued these Turks from behind.  The Sui army finally blocked the opponent at a river branch.

    These Turkic soldiers escorting the transport team were only third-rate troops with weak combat effectiveness and lack of courage. They were quickly annihilated by the Sui army.

    Li Jing ordered people to kill all these Turkic prisoners, and ordered soldiers to dress up as slaves and Turkic soldiers, and to go north with a cart full of treasures.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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