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Chapter 396 Dilemma

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    Yang Zhao handed over the army to Huang Jie, and then headed towards Chang'an with Huang Mingxiang without stopping.  At the same time, a fast horse came out of the Xiaoguo military camp and headed straight for Fengzhou.

    At this time, the Western Army of the Sui Dynasty did not know the recent series of events in Chang'an. They were still immersed in the joy of winning the decisive battle with Bujia Khan's main force.

    The final decisive battle between the Sui army and the Turks on the east bank of the Lulen River lasted three or four days before it was completely over.  At this point, except for a few Tiele tribes that the Sui army intended to return to the grasslands, Bujia Khan and Nili Khan, a total of nearly 400,000 troops who invaded the Sui Dynasty, were all wiped out.

    The entire grassland and the Western Regions were almost wiped out because of this defeat.  And because of the severe drought in the grassland this year, the pastures withered, and all the cattle, sheep and horses died suddenly. Bujia Khan's poor gamble failed to gain hope for the grassland. The grassland was full of starvation, people exchanged their children for food, and the entire Mobei Oasis area was completely destroyed.  There were countless dead bodies.  The entire grassland had its backbone broken by the Sui army.

    Of course, the Sui army also paid a high price for this unprecedented victory.

    Not counting the troops later sent by Guanzhong to encircle and annihilate Duliu, the Sui Army's West Route Army participated in the battle with a total of 240,000 main troops, involving as many as 450,000 auxiliary personnel such as auxiliary soldiers and servants.  For this battle, the Sui Dynasty consumed countless amounts of grain, grass, and money. Just to supply grain and grass, they emptied more than a dozen granary warehouses inside and outside Chang'an, which can be said to have exhausted the country's power.  Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for the Battle of Chen, there has been no war of this scale, nor a victory of this scale.

    This battle also had ups and downs. Although the Sui army won first and then lost, it finally achieved a great victory.  Counting the Turkic heads collected from Nili Khan's tribe, the Sui army beheaded a total of 170,000 people before and after, and captured and surrendered no less than hundreds of thousands of people.  As many as 700,000 war horses and more than 2 million cattle and sheep were captured. Other captured materials were piled into countless hills.

    In this battle, the main force of the Sui Army lost more than 90,000 people killed and seriously injured. The main body of the army was injured, and almost no one was uninjured.  More than half of the main troops in Diezhou, Lingzhou, Xiazhou and other places on the northern border have suffered casualties, and it is impossible to restore their original strength in the short term.

    After the war, in order to quickly return to Guanzhong, Yang Guang gave away all the cattle, sheep, horses, and prisoners to the soldiers, in addition to the strategic materials that were to be sacrificed and returned to the treasury. This also calmed down the initial struggle of everyone at Champion Hou Shan.  Surrounded by anger and resentment.

    And Huang Mingyuan became the biggest winner in this battle by virtue of several great victories and the capture of Bujia Khan's camp.  In this battle, the Datong army obtained about five to six million cattle and sheep alone, and more than 30,000 Turkic prisoners. The total amount of food, grass, wealth and other materials exceeded Fengzhou's income in ten years.

    Moreover, because of the great contribution of the Fengzhou Army, Yang Guang left 150,000 war horses to the Fengzhou Army and reported to Yang Jian to build a horse farm in Fengzhou. This also filled two areas as important war horse supplies in the Sui Dynasty.  It's a little bit less awkward than a horse farm.  From now on, it will be more convenient to replenish the Fengzhou Army's war horses.

    People are also greedy for the prisoners captured by the Fengzhou Army.  In Chang'an, a capable slave was worth tens of thousands of dollars.  Among the slaves captured by Huang Mingyuan, whether they were Turks or not, there were also tall and powerful Baipihu and Kunlunu.  Yang Guang privately expressed the hope that Huang Mingyuan would send some of these prisoners to Qimin Khan to ease the conflict between the two parties.  But Huang Mingyuan refused.

    Huang Mingyuan also advised Yang Guang that these captured slaves were all the backbone of the grassland.  If they cannot be slaughtered all, they will be demoted to slaves and dispersed throughout the Central Plains. In this way, these slaves will soon be digested by the huge population of the Central Plains, and after ten or twenty years, they will no longer exist.

    But if these barbarians continue to stay in the border areas, even if these people choose to herd cattle for the Sui Dynasty now, it seems to be beneficial to the Sui Dynasty, but after a few years, when these people recover, they will become a big harm to the border areas.  But this did not attract Yang Guang's attention.

    This war seems to have changed Yang Guang's character, but in fact no substantial changes have occurred.  Yang Guang has regained his former self-confidence since the Battle of Lulen River.  Perhaps in his eyes, even the Bujia Khan with a million armor was defeated by him, so why should he care about these captured barbarians.

    Huang Mingyuan is also powerless. These countries are side things, and his influence on Yang Guang is still too shallow.  Yang Guang has his own ideas. When he is in trouble, he has to listen to others. But if you really think that Yang Guang is willing to accept advice, you are wrong.

    The problems of these border barbarians still need to be dealt with after Huang Mingyuan takes charge of Fengzhou. What is urgent now is the issue of Pei Ju returning to Beijing.

    When Huang Mingyuan received the secret report from Huang Mingxiang, the order from Lingzhou to recruit Pei Ju back to Beijing arrived.  On this journey, the servant also went from Chang'an to Lingzhou, and then from Lingzhou to Cui Hongdu's camp, and happened to encounter Yang Guangda's victory over the Turks and Pei Ju's safe return.

      The saint's eagerness to recruit Pei Ju back can be said to be Pei Ju's great contribution, but what official position this Wei Wang Changshi holds is still unclear to everyone.

    Who is the King of Wei?

    Not only did everyone not know, but even the chamberlain who delivered the order didn't know.  The Sui Dynasty had an extra prince out of thin air, and no one knew the details.

    Everyone speculated about everything. Even Yang Guang suspected that the saint had simply given up on him and wanted to support other brothers.

    Huang Mingyuan was a little skeptical.  He has never cut off his contact with Chang'an. From Chang'an to Fengzhou, and then to Champion Houshan, Huang Mingyuan spent a lot of money to keep this road open, just to be able to understand the trends of Chang'an at all times.

    Huang Mingyuan doubted that it was Yang Jian who made Yang Zhao the king of Wei. Yang Jian could do such a thing.  Sure enough, Huang Mingxiang's timely arrival letter confirmed Huang Mingyuan's guess.

    Seeing what his sixth brother described in the letter to him, Huang Mingyuan couldn't sit still.  Something is going to happen to Yang Zhao. With Yang Guang's deep thoughts, he will definitely doubt Yang Zhao.

    Originally, it was not Yang Guang but Yang Jian who was in trouble. The question was not whether Yang Guang could go back, but Yang Guang returned to Chang'an with his great achievements. How did Yang Jian arrange Yang Guang.

    Now that Yang Zhao has jumped out, there is more room for maneuver for Yang Jian.  No matter how hard Yang Guang forced him, Yang Jian could still use Yang Zhao to check Yang Guang.  After all, Yang Zhao can be regarded as the person who saved Chang'an, and his merits are enough to be awarded to the emperor's grandson.  For Yang Guang and Yang Zhao, they will be pushed into confrontation no matter what, unless one party chooses to give up.

    Based on Huang Mingyuan¡¯s understanding of Yang Guang, he would rather not have this son than give up the long-coveted throne.

    No matter what, Yang Zhao will be in a dilemma.

    If the two armies were fighting, Huang Mingyuan would not be afraid of any swords, guns, and arrows. But in the current political arena, although there is no smoke of gunpowder, it is more cruel and ruthless. Huang Mingyuan does not dare to claim to have a thorough understanding.  Now I just ask the sixth brother to follow Yang Zhao and help Yang Zhao avoid danger.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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