Updated: 2012-04-22

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Bypassing the Sotou Xi people heading north, Li Xian's team had arrived at the original Xi people's pasture in less than half a month. It was already mid-August, and it was the time for the lush grassland, but at first glance, no one could see grazing on the vast grassland. The sky was high and the clouds were light, and the green grassland was irresistible. The wind was blowing softly and comfortable, and the magnificent scenery made people feel that their hearts were wider.

The horse's hooves walked forward stepping on the unknown small wild flowers, and frightened animals fleeing in the grass from time to time. There was a wolf pack with more than a dozen members in the distance, perhaps because the days have been so comfortable recently, the escaped animals ran by not far away, and they didn't even look at it. When the bloody human cavalry in the distance rushed by, all the wolves stood up and looked vigilantly in that direction. Finally, after the head wolf's deep neighing, the wolves fled to the distance.

Even though there have been few sees herds of cattle and sheep on the Xi people's pastures for these days, wolves have never lacked prey on the lush grasslands. Wolves are far more sensitive to the smell of blood than humans, so although they are far away, they can still smell the dangerous aura emitted by the human cavalry. Blood cavalry has no taboos in killing wolves. In their opinion, the only difference between killing wolves and killing pigs is that the meat of the former is not as delicious as the latter.

One hundred and four blood cavalry have not returned to the Central Plains for several years. When they returned this time, they were destined to have no welcome ceremony with loud drums and drums, or even a rain of blades and arrows. Since they left Honghua, they have been no longer cavalry of the Sui Dynasty. But they are still Han people, and their homes are in the Central Plains, so they go home.

After passing through a sparse forest, Li Xian immediately stopped his horse and then made a stop gesture.

The two scouts rushed back from the front, saluted Li Xian and said, "Major General, the Turkic camp was discovered twenty miles ahead!"

Major General, this is an inappropriate title. Daxi Changru is the general that the blood cavalry admires throughout his life. Li Xian is the only disciple of Daxi Changru, so they used such a title that is easy to be criticized for being a little bit of a world of spirit. Daxi Changru was originally a fourth-rank Yingyanglang general, and the highest-ranking official position was Tielianglang, a fifth-rank general. Chao Qiuge and Dongfang Liehuo Dugu Ruizhi were both sixth-rank lieutenant. When they followed Daxi Changru to the north, they all willingly abandoned fame and fortune.

In the eyes of the Blood Rider, Daxi Changru is their eternal general.

Similarly, in the eyes of the Blood Rider, Li Xian is the successor of the General.

In the past two years, Daxi Changru has taught Li Xian all his strengths in command of military tactics. Li Xian's hard work and rapid progress have won the respect of all blood cavalry. Although he is indeed a little younger than the blood cavalry, there is no doubt that he is a truly responsible man.

Chao Qiuge led ten blood cavalry to take on the task of scouting, and they kept exploring the way ahead of the team. The Iron Fang Wolf led fifteen blood cavalry to break the rear and walked five miles away from the brigade.

"Turkish?"

Li Xian signaled the Blood Rider to rest on the spot. He asked carefully about the situation ahead, and after thinking about it, he decided to go to the front to take a look. He told the Blood Rider to wait for the Iron Lang, and he rushed forward under the guidance of the scout.

When he arrived at the hidden place where Chao Qiuge and others were hidden, Li Xian looked forward with Chao Qiuge's guidance and couldn't help but take a breath.

What a magnificent wooden city in the distance!

In sight, a huge wooden city rose from the ground two or three miles away. Two years ago, Li Xian and his team took this road when they headed north. There was a large forest here at the time, but now it has basically been cut down and cleared. You can imagine how much wood this wooden city that has risen from the flat ground has consumed.

It is not so much a wooden city as a huge military fortress.

"Ashina is such a big deal!"

Chao Qiu Song said coldly.

Although it is still far away, the outline of the fortress is clearly visible. The wooden city is completely built in the shape of the city in the Central Plains, with arrow towers and horse faces all available. It seems that it can accommodate at least 50,000 people.

"The Turkic people have forgotten the pain!"

Li Xiandao.

"Look!"

Zhao Qiuge pointed in front and saw a team of cavalry coming out of the wooden city. It seemed that it was at least a Turkic wolf cavalry with a team of thousands of people. After a red cloak broke out of the wooden city, it rushed to the south. This was once the grassland of the Xi people, not far from Yanshan. When you arrive at Yanshan, you can see the Northern Great Wall from afar. The Turks built such a huge fortress here, and their hearts were obvious.

"Asina is waiting for the opportunity!"

Chao Qiuge said, "The Turks knew that they were not opponents of the Great Sui Dynasty. I think a wooden city was built here, and I think it was probably for garrisoning grain. They were waiting to see if there was an opportunity to take advantage of the Great Sui Dynasty when it conquered Goguryeo."

Li Xian sighed and said, "Even the barbarians on the grassland can see that the chances of winning the Liaodong Sui Dynasty are not very good, so they dare to station troops and grain here. But the emperor of the Sui Dynasty thought he would win this battle. I even doubt whether the emperor who personally led a large army to pacify Nanchen and Tuyuhun, and the emperor who was intimidating the Western Regions was the same person as the idiot who gave the Goguryeo people two years to prepare for the battle? He called on the children of good families in the world to join the army and had to create a million-dollar army to fight. Did he think that the Goryeo people had enough time to prepare for the war?"

Li Xian paused for a moment and sighed: "I really don't know where his confidence came from!"

"From the glory of the past."

Chao Qiuge said, "Since the founding of the Great Sui Kingdom, it has never been defeated in foreign wars. The strength of the palace is unparalleled. The wealthy and strong national strength of the Southern Chen Dynasty cannot stop the 510,000 troops of the Great Sui Dynasty. The Turks, who have always been invincible on the grassland, were beaten into two halves. Who can resist the power of the Great Sui army? All countries come to court, and the world admires them, and this is how confidence comes."

Although he had some resistance to the Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, Chao Qiuge's evaluation was still very pertinent: "From ancient times, how many people have unified the world by the age of twenty?"

He pointed to the red cloak that gradually disappeared in the distance and said, "He is the only one who is called Tian Khan by the grassland people!"

“That’s right…”

Li Xian sighed and said, "This is the source of confidence."

"But he's overconfident."

Li Xian said: "Give the enemy two years to prepare for the war. Even if Liaodong City was once a city of earth, it has now been built into a fortress pushed by stones. Gao Yuan is not an idiot. How many troops can he expand in the past two years? He stationed 200,000 troops opposite the Liaohe River. Can't the sage emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty see it?"

Chao Qiuge shook his head and said, "He can see it, and he can see it clearly than anyone else."

Chao Qiuge said sadly: "He can see it, but he looks down on it. He didn't take Goguryeo seriously at all. Not to mention Gao Yuan put a 200,000 army on the bank of the Liao River, even if he put a 500,000 army, he wouldn't take it seriously. At that time, there were hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in Nanchen, countless cities, and great rivers and trenches that could not stop him. In his eyes, the plateau was an inequality clown. How could he take it too seriously? Perhaps, in his opinion, this war was just a fun game."

"game?"

Li Xian really didn't expect Chao Qiuge to think so deeply and analyze so thoroughly. Li Xian always felt that Emperor Yang of Sui was a schizophrenia patient, and his arrogance was indeed amazing. It is probably related to the countless brilliant victories he had created, and many times he had to admit that he did a good job when he ascended the throne. How could a person with a halo of unification on his back on his back not being confident?

He is just playing.

Li Xian sighed in his heart.

In his opinion, any problem is not a problem as long as you take action personally.

He gave Goguryeo two years to prepare for the war because he didn't think it was a war at all. The game, Chao Qiuge said, maybe it was right, he was just playing a large-scale scary game. If he knew the ending of the game, he would not know if he would regret it.

The decline of the Great Sui Empire has been in the three expeditions of Goguryeo. If it weren't for the three expeditions that made the world angry and resentful, the Great Sui Empire would never have ended its historical mission so hastily. An emerging great empire with almost invincible army, complete systems, tens of millions of people, and infinite vitality, but collapsed in just a few years. In the final analysis, was it his fault alone?

Li Xian found that he didn't hate Yang Guang and even sympathized with him.

Although Yang Guang is the nightmare that has been in his life for many years, and is his powerful enemy who stands at the peak of the world. But Li Xian really has no hatred for him. It is understandable that an emperor cuts out a person who threatens him, even a threat as big as a speck of dust. When the dust enters his eyes, it will naturally be cleaned up. So Li Xian never thought of killing Yang Guang because it is impossible and unnecessary.

The Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty may not take him seriously at all. He just needs to move his mouth to give Li Xian endless killing disasters until he is killed. This is not a contest at all, or even a contest at all. Therefore, Li Xian’s first goal in life is very simple, just to survive. Learn as much as possible to save his life. Being alive before the enemy dies is the greatest victory.

In fact, Li Xian’s biggest reliance is... He knew that Yang Guang had not had a few years to live. So this competition with an outrageous level difference changed to another competition method. This method is basically fair compared to the two of them, comparing who has lived longer.

Yang Guang's advantage lies in his power and status. He can order people from all over the world to kill Li Xian. Li Xian's advantage lies in his understanding of the future direction of the story.

After a moment of stuttering, he shook his head and moved his thoughts away from the contradictory person. His eyes were frozen on the huge wooden city in the distance, and rubbed his eyebrows with some headaches.

"What are you thinking?"

Chao Qiuge saw that he had a little awkward expression and asked with a smile.

Li Xian rubbed his frowning brow and suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Xiao Chao, do you think if I help my enemy solve some trouble, will he thank me?"

"Why? Anzhi, why have you become more and more impulsive recently?"

Chao Qiuge was stunned and then understood what Li Xian meant.

Li Xian curled his lips without comment: "Yes, I'm a little impulsive. I don't know why I suddenly became noble, as noble as an idiot. Okay... If I had to find a reason, although I don't think I am a Sui person, I am a Han person at least."

He looked at Chao Qiuge and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Is this a little bit of a reason?"

Chao Qiuge took a deep breath and slowly uttered five words: "You are the Major General."
Chapter completed!