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Chapter 892 Returning South to the Central Plains

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    Since November 20th, various ministries have left Dingbeicheng one after another.

    At the end of November, it had already snowed several times on the grassland. The weather was bad and the temperature dropped sharply. If everyone did not return to the tribe at this time, they would not be able to leave.

    Although Huang Mingyuan was worried about the cold weather and eager to return south, in order to appease the ministries and deal with the funeral affairs in Mobei, he had to stay in Dingbeicheng and bid farewell to the ministries one by one.  Fortunately, the Sui army prepared sufficient sweaters, cotton-padded clothes and charcoal, so that the soldiers could barely cope with the cold weather in Mobei.

    Huang Mingyuan knew very well that with the current situation, he was afraid that after returning to the Central Plains, he would never be able to lead his troops north out of the grassland within fifteen years.  The stability of the north is directly related to the future battles of the Sui Dynasty. Huang Mingyuan does not want to be like Li Yuan, Liu Wuzhou and others, dignified men with seven feet, who will have to rely on the breath of the barbarians in the end, so everything must be settled.

    Li Yuan's "children's jade silk" obtained during the expedition were all returned to the Turks; Liu Wuzhou dedicated the captured maids from the Fenyang Palace of the Sui Dynasty to the Turks

    Everything Huang Mingyuan did was so that even if chaos broke out in China, the barbarians would no longer be able to interfere in the politics of the Central Plains.

    Therefore, in the last few days, Huang Mingyuan frequently met with Hunpoliu, Adi Hezhe, Zhishiyan, and Sunong Bodu.  After the Northern Expedition, several troops were saved by Huang Mingyuan and were shocked by the military power of the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, regardless of their previous attitudes, they all became staunch pro-Sui factions, and they were very happy to drum up momentum and cheer for Huang Mingyuan.

    Huang Mingyuan also reciprocated the favor and gave several films a lot of preferential treatment.

    ¡°Whether it is Hun Po Liu or a few others, although they are all scheming people, they actually do not have the courage and ability to become kings and hegemons, and they do not even have such ambitions. This is why Huang Mingyuan dares to support these people.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? And the Jibu is located in the core of Mobei, the place where the Four Wars were. No matter which careerist wants to dominate the grassland, the place where the Jibu is located is a must-go.  Therefore, if they want to avoid being annexed by surrounding forces, they have no other way but to cling to the thighs of the Sui Dynasty.

    However, the positions of several tribes are extremely important. The Weihe tribe went south, the Qimin tribe went north, Ashina Peluo went eastward, and the Bayagu tribe and the Tongluo tribe went west. These tribes must be conquered before further unification can be achieved.  Opportunities, so a few powerful forces can block the footsteps of these ambitious people for the Sui Dynasty.

    Huang Mingyuan personally organized several ministries into an alliance to jointly protect each other after the Sui army left, preventing the forces of various ministries from infiltrating outwards.  In addition to the four tribes, Huang Mingyuan also invited three tribes, the Mengchen tribe, the Dulange tribe, and the Fuluo tribe, to form the Duluoshui Alliance to deal with the challenges of other powerful tribes.

    By the end of November, all the ministries had completely left Dingbeicheng, and Huang Mingyuan was also preparing to lead his army south.

    Although it is freezing in Mobei at this time, it has dropped to more than 20 degrees below zero, and dripping water turns into ice.  However, the tens of thousands of people in the army had to eat horse chews, and the transportation of food was inconvenient, so there was no way they could survive the winter in the north.

    Furthermore, the Sui army was unable to withstand severe cold weather, and its combat effectiveness was drastically reduced at this time. If Qu Guling or that ambitious person hoped to strike at the Sui army's head, the Sui army would probably stumble.  For Huang Mingyuan, he would rather let the army freeze to death on the grassland than be defeated, thus shattering the myth of the invincibility of the Sui cavalry.

    People are easy to get, places are easy to get, but once the deterrence is weakened and people's hearts are dispersed, it will be difficult to reunite.

    So Huang Mingyuan ordered all ministries to prepare equipment and prepare to go south.  Even if the entire army froze to death on the way south, they were not allowed to stop at all.

    At this time, all the territory on the grassland had been divided up, and the Sui army had no place to linger.  However, because of the special significance of Dingbeicheng, it was still nominally the territory of the Sui Dynasty.

    It¡¯s just that this place is too remote, and it is impossible for the Sui Dynasty to station troops here. Huang Mingyuan handed over Dingbeicheng to the joint jurisdiction of the seven departments of the Duluo Water Alliance, and used it as a place for the alliance to guard it on behalf of the Sui Dynasty.

    Several ministries couldn't help but feel happy. With the full support of Sui Dynasty, they would be more confident when dealing with other powerful ministries in the future.

    On December 1, Huang Mingyuan said goodbye to Hunpo Liu and others in Dingbeicheng, took various protons and tens of thousands of troops, and headed south.

    Looking at the icy and snowy weather, Hu Poliu said to Ati Heye worriedly: "In this kind of weather, the Sui army has to march more than two thousand miles back to the Central Plains, and they are afraid that countless people will freeze to death."

    Ah Di He Zhe did not take it seriously, but said happily: "If the Sui army suffers serious losses, they should rely more on us in Mobei. Isn't it good?"

    At this time, many tribes were not optimistic about Huang Mingyuan's move south.

    This time, the Sui army had to travel more than two thousand miles and pass through the vast desert.  If you encounter a blizzard, there will be no trace in all directions, and the world will seem to be frozen together. Where is the way forward??If you get lost, the consequences will be disastrous.

    Huang Mingyuan is of course very aware of the power of winter. After all, the severe cold in Russia destroyed the two world-wide empires of Napoleon and Hitler.

    But Huang Mingyuan is not a blind person, except that the army has accumulated a large number of furs, cotton-padded clothes and other cold-resistant items.  A large amount of firewood was also cut down on Langjuxu Mountain in advance and stored in the army for use in conjunction with charcoal.

    Moreover, Huang Mingyuan also used thousands of carts to artificially build a wind-blocking wall dozens of miles long and two to three feet high, all surrounding the Sui army.  Reduce the impact of wind and snow on the Sui army as much as possible.

    ??More than two thousand miles south from Dingbeicheng, Huang Mingyuan set up dozens of stay points in advance on the road from Dingbeicheng to Fengzhou.  He also ordered the front army to go out for hundreds of miles to explore the way for the army, and also prepared tents and hot water for the army, so that the soldiers who traveled long distances every day could relieve their fatigue at night.

    And although the road is long, everyone is riding on horseback, one person and two horses.  Even if the horse bumps and grinds the thighs, it is at least better than human legs.

    Such a careful arrangement made the Sui army's losses very small along the way, which was beyond the imagination of the Hu people.

    Along the way, there were indeed many rangers probing around the Sui army. Huang Mingyuan pretended to ignore them, and Huang Mingliao led his troops to slowly break away from the main force and fall behind.

    As expected, some brave men saw the Sui army retreating and rushed forward without fear of death, hoping to take advantage of the cold weather to annihilate the Sui army.

    Huang Mingliao fought and retreated, just in time to lead the opponent into the encirclement of the Sui army, killing thousands of horses.  These people were all dressed as horse bandits, and their identities could not be identified, but Huang Mingyuan naturally knew whose movements it was.  Huang Mingyuan didn't involve too much. He just ordered thousands of heads to be built into a hill and placed on the road that must pass from north to south, which severely frightened a wave of Hulu.

    Huang Mingyuan's troops advanced for more than a month, marching seventy or eighty miles a day. On January 3 of the following year, the army arrived at Qikou.

    By this time, Qikou had spent more than two months building a city as the administrative seat of the Anbei Protectorate.  Huang Mingyuan ordered tens of thousands of Sui troops under his command to enter the city. After marching for more than a month, the army finally got rid of the cold and freezing grassland and the situation of being surrounded by wolves.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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