On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 153 Marching westward

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 153 Marching westward

"Capturing the thief's leader in one battle was all the result of the consort's plan!"

Far away from each other, Luohou of Mohe Khan of the Eastern Turks laughed loudly at Cui Che.

Cui Che did not push the merits. After exchanging a few words with Chuluohou and Ahuilusu, Cui Che turned his attention to the Western Turks Apo Khan Daluobian who was in a state of embarrassment and became a prisoner.

Chu Luohou said angrily:

"It's better to kill him."

Cui Che shook his head and refused:

"No, you should send it to Daxing and let the saints handle it."

That's what Chu Luohou said. Of course he knew that Da Luobian's life and death could not be decided by himself. He had planned to execute Da Luobian before he captured him, but Chang Sun Sheng who was accompanying the army stopped him, so he gave up.

Cui Che met Changsun Sheng again and listened to Chu Luohou's suggestion:

"Now that the main force of the Western Turks has been destroyed, it is better to march straight in, attack the royal court, and divide the women, children, and livestock among them!"

Ah Hui Lusu's eyes shone when he heard this, and his heart was very excited. Cui Che had already planned this. He looked at Changsun Sheng and asked for his opinion.

Changsun Sheng smiled and said:

"The sage has entrusted the prince-in-law with full authority for the war, and the prince-son-in-law does not need to ask the opinions of his subordinates."

Changsun Sheng is a smart man and he doesn't want to talk about this matter.

If he opposed it, once the Eastern Turks and Kumoxi jointly launched a western expedition and reaped huge harvests, the Sui army could only stare blankly because they did not attack, and they would never be able to please Yang Jian.

If you agree, if the Western Expedition suffers heavy losses, you will also be dragged down.

This time, Zhang Sun Sheng was able to share the credit for defeating the 15th Western Turk Army by falling weakly by the river. He was already satisfied and wanted to escort Daluo back to Beijing as soon as possible.

When Cui Che saw that the elder Sun Sheng had no objection, he immediately agreed to embark on the western expedition.

The three of them were not in a hurry to go west, but divided up the prisoners on the spot. Among the 150,000 Western Turkic troops, only more than 10,000 were actually killed in battle. Most of them died from falling into the water, or from being stampeded to death in panic.

After previously clearing the battlefield, more than 30,000 Western Turk corpses were recovered and more than 50,000 prisoners were captured.

Cui Che suggested that the 50,000 captives should be sent to Daxing first and presented to the emperor, and then Yang Jian would give two-thirds of them to the Eastern Turks and Kumoxi.

Chu Luohou didn't care. He believed that there were more than 50,000 prisoners, but the number of prisoners was less than 20,000. He believed that Yang Jian would not betray his faith for these few prisoners.

Cui Che did this just to make Yang Jian gain face, and he did not want to monopolize the Western Turkic prisoners.

Ah Hui Lusu was quite reluctant, but seeing that Chu Luohou agreed to the matter, it was hard to object, and Cui Che promised him:

"If the chief can trust Cui, the saint will give him more than just prisoners in the future."

When Ahui Lusu heard this, he smiled happily.

While everyone was talking, You Governor Shi Li Gang and Secretary Fang Yanqian had led tens of thousands of infantry to the bank of the weak Luo River to support them.

Cui Che and Li Gang handed over more than 50,000 Turkic prisoners and ordered him to bring more than 30,000 Turkic corpses back to Youzhou and build a palace in the capital.

And Ahui Lusu also selected cavalry from among the five tribes, and got more than 30,000 troops. Together with nearly 40,000 Eastern Turkic cavalry and 30,000 Sui army cavalry, a total of 100,000 people drove the captured livestock.

It headed toward Jinshan Mountain, the capital of the Turkic royal court in the west.

Although the Turkic prisoners had to wait until Yang Jian came to the limelight before they could be distributed, the horses captured in this battle had already been divided among Cui Che, Chu Luohou, and Ahui Lusu.

They traveled a long distance to attack Dujin Mountain, and what they needed most was to change horses.

The Eastern Turks are very familiar with Dujin Mountain. It was the location of their former royal court. With them guiding the way, Cui Che would not have lost his way in Mobei with a hundred thousand troops and could not find the water source.

The purpose of carrying captured livestock to the west was, of course, to satisfy hunger on the way.

Although those Western Turkic soldiers who fled escaped capture, they lacked food. How many of them could return to the royal court alive?

Li Gang, Fang Yanqian and others watched the 100,000-strong coalition army composed of Youzhou, Eastern Turks, and Kumoxi retreat away, and then looked at the corpses everywhere and the panicked Turkic soldiers.

Li Gang sighed:

"In the Battle of Weilaishui, Prince Consort will be remembered in history. If he can win the Western Expedition, the world will rank him alongside Wei Huo!"

Fang Yanqian was filled with worries. When he saw Sun Sheng comforting the captured Apo Khan, he sighed softly to Li Gang:

"If anything is beautiful in the forest, it will be destroyed by the wind. I am afraid that the prince-in-law will follow in the footsteps of Duke Wu Yang (Li Chong) and be jealous of others."

When Li Gang heard this, his expression became stern, but he smiled and said:

"The prince-in-law has a virtuous wife in his family, so why should he fear that outsiders will provoke him in front of the emperor?"

Fang Yanqian suddenly realized that he seemed to have remembered Cui Che and Yang Lihua, a virtuous wife, but only he knew whether he had really forgotten Yang Lihua's existence.

Tens of thousands of foot soldiers from the Six Prefectures drove the Turkic captives southward to transport their corpses. When they arrived at the Sui border, they even caused the border guards to misunderstand and thought it was a Turkic invasion. After all, with 50,000 Turkic prisoners, this formation was scary enough.

"What! Manager Cui fell into the water and defeated the 150,000 Turkic army! He captured and killed more than 80,000 people!"

When he learned that the messenger had come to report, the border guard was stunned.

Since Apo Khan Dalubian and a group of close ministers were captured, the true strength of the Western Turks in this battle has long been known.

"That's right! A great victory for the weakling who fell into the water! The leader of the thieves, Apo Khan Daluo, was also captured alive and was about to be sent to Daxing!"

The messenger who called the door said excitedly.

The guard asked again:

"How many casualties did our army have?"

He estimated in his mind that to achieve such a result, the 30,000 elite cavalry who left the fortress would have suffered heavy casualties.

The messenger smiled even brighter:

"General Manager Cui devised a clever plan so that the Turks could not take care of both the head and the tail, and were defeated. Our casualties were no more than a thousand."

With the Sui army and the Eastern Turks having a huge advantage over the enemy forces on the west bank, they only killed more than 10,000 Western Turks. How much losses could they suffer?

When the border guard heard this, he couldn't believe it. He murmured:

"Manager Cui is a true god."

After confirming that there was indeed a great victory on the front line and that it was not the Turkic invaders but the team escorting the prisoners, the guard immediately ordered people to open the door. The garrison soldiers in the city rushed to the tower to watch more than 50,000 Turkic prisoners being escorted into the gate in disgrace.

Grand scene.

"Why don't you see the cavalrymen under General Manager Cui?"

On the city wall, a garrison soldier said doubtfully.

A well-informed person solved his doubts:

"General Manager Cui defeated the main Turkic force and is leading his cavalry on an expedition to Dujin Mountain."

As soon as these words came out, all the garrison soldiers on the city wall sighed.

A young garrison slapped the city wall and said with a sad face:

"I only regret that my family is poor and without a horse, otherwise I could follow Manager Cui through the Turkic royal court and I would have no regrets in this life!"

The familiar garrison soldiers laughed at him:

"Zhang Zhen, how can you regret that you can't break through the Turkic royal court? I think you are greedy for those Turkic women!"

When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter.

The garrison soldier Zhang Zhen was greatly embarrassed and shouted:

"Aren't you greedy? After the Battle of Yuyang, the eight thousand cavalrymen who followed General Cui out of the fortress were not only assigned Turkic women as slaves, but also got a lot of livestock!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent. The person who just laughed at Zhang Zhen gritted his teeth and said:

"I must get a horse!"

There are not a few people who have the same idea as him, and they all hope to follow Cui Che and gallop beyond the Great Wall.

Fortunately, it's not too late. There will still be four chapters tomorrow, but there will only be three chapters the day after tomorrow. Because I have to write a story about the Northern Wei Dynasty, the chapter will be updated every three days. When the chapter is updating, there will be three chapters a day for Zhou Sui. When there are no chapters, it will be updated.

Chapter four.

Good night everyone.

(End of chapter)