The Villain's Counterattack

Read ten thousand books and travel a thousand miles.

Yang Xuyan has read more than ten thousand books and traveled more than a thousand miles.

Starting from Liaodong, passing through Longquan Shangjing, crossing the Turkic territory, walking through the surrounding 3,000 miles of grassland, and then heading southwest straight to Tuyuhun.

On the high mountain, a lone wolf-like figure stood there.

"Is everything within your calculations?" Although it was a question, his tone was full of affirmation and questioning.

Yang Xuyan was still dressed as a Taoist priest. Half a year was enough time for many changes to happen, including the establishment of the Bohai Kingdom by the Mohe people, the complete annihilation of the Turkic Golden Wolf Army of 100,000, and tens of thousands of horse bandits and robbers roaming the grasslands and wreaking havoc on the Turkic tribes.

In Yang Xuyan's absence, Shi Qingxuan controlled the power of Liaodong with the support of her mother Bi Xiuxin. She was very talented and soon after Kankan became a grandmaster, she successfully entered the world of music and won the Liaodong Music Conference and was successfully promoted to grandmaster.

Half of Shi Qingxuan's success is due to her own efforts, and the other half is due to her mother Bi Xiuxin's huge network of relationships. She inherited the flute art from her mother and aimed to be the best in the world from the very beginning. She gave a few public performances with full pomp, grade and mystery, and she earned the title of "Flute Goddess" early on.

In order to become a grandmaster, she held a music competition in the name of the Duke of Liao, and then participated in the competition as Shi Qingxuan, and won the first place in the world in a fair and just manner. This made Shang Xiuxun of Pegasus Ranch and Princess Shan Wanjing of Dongming jealous for a long time, but they could only envy her and had no way to compete with her.

Since realizing his true nature, Yang Xuyan has let go of a lot. The biggest change is not in strategy, but in delegating power to Yang Guang. If it were his previous self, it would be impossible for him to let Yang Guang take control of the military power again. At least he needed to do it under his own supervision. No one could suppress him except himself.

But when Yang Xuyan knew what he really wanted and what he really needed, he handed over the tasks in his hands to capable people and started a journey of his own accord.

Transferring Wu Zun Bi Xuan and leading away 100,000 elite Turks was just a matter of convenience. It didn't make much difference to Yang Guang whether these people were there or not. Yang Guang was used to crushing the enemy with absolute force like a mountain falling down. Of the troops gathered from Liaodong, Luoyang, Mayi, and Tuyuhun, less than half were actually put to use in the end, but the results of the battle were extremely brilliant.

The grassland cavalry was not good at attacking cities, and the Mohe people were the same. However, Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje were different. They were not good at attacking, but their defensive capabilities were quite good. In addition, the large number of city defense equipment provided by Liaodong made the Turkic army suffer from the very beginning.

Bai Ziting is a proud man, but when facing people who are much stronger than him, he can still listen to advice. At least he is very helpful in using the opponent's strength to fight against the enemy and getting outsiders to help resist foreign enemies and get rid of the crazy monk Fu Nanda.

A small self-torture trick put the mad monk Fu Nanda in the position of the biggest villain. He pretended to be imprisoned and marginalized, and he didn't even need to be poisoned and vomit blood. He forced Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling a little, which motivated them to rebound and eventually kill the mad monk with a sword, thus making the Shuanglong famous.

When the Mohe people were in an uproar, Bai Ziting took the initiative to stand up, pushed many of the past scandals onto the crazy monk Funanda, took the initiative to admit his mistakes, and publicly asked for help from the two dragons to protect Longquan Shangjing.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were no longer young men who knew nothing, so it was impossible for them to completely believe Bai Ziting's words. However, Shang Xiufang threw herself into the arms of Kou Zhong, and Shi Feixuan invited Xu Ziling. One used love and the other used righteousness, and they successfully conquered the two dragons.

Kou Zhongnai was a natural born general. When Bai Ziting dared to delegate power, Longquan Shangjing was built like an iron barrel. Bai Ziting expelled (dispatched) many bandits and thieves in advance, and placed his absolute confidants in key places. In secret, he also had the cooperation of masters of the Ming Dynasty and the dragnet. The Turkic spies had nowhere to hide and posed no real threat.

The Golden Wolf Army and the Black Wolf Army led by Jie Li Khan and Tuli Khan, as well as the coalition forces of other Turkic tribes, totaling 300,000 strong, came in a mighty force, but they were met with sharp bows and crossbows, and the waste transformed from Liaodong was not comparable to the iron and steel weapons on the grassland.

The establishment of the Bohai State had a great impact on the hegemony of the Turkic steppes, but it was in the interests of many people, including the army of Marshal Kou Zhong and the Han people in the Central Plains.

If the Mohe were really weak and it was impossible for them to establish a country, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling would never have made such a choice. They would most likely have dissuaded Bai Ziting to avoid unnecessary sacrifices. However, when they saw the Mohe's military strength, food supplies, equipment, and city wall defenses, they were not optimistic about the Turkic attack.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are both extremely powerful, and there are few Turks who can compete with them head-on. Martial Master Bi Xuan was lured away by Xiaoyaozi (Yang Xuyan), and without an absolutely strong man in charge, they are easily attacked by the two dragons again and again.

They did not choose to pick on the weak, but instead took advantage of the strong and let the weak go, chasing the Golden Wolf Army and going easy on the Black Wolf Army and other Turkic tribes. As long as the other party did not fight so hard, they would be happy to let them go.

In just one month, the Golden Wolf Army suffered heavy losses, while the Black Wolf Army suffered almost no casualties, which made Jie Li Khan furious but helpless. After all, no less than a dozen of his generals were killed by Kou and Xu, and no one except the National Master Zhao Deyan could compete with them. Once the two dragons attacked together, even the National Master Zhao Deyan would have to retreat.

Everyone has selfish motives, even when unity is crucial. Tuli Khan was deeply dissatisfied with the establishment of the Bohai Kingdom by the Mohe people and was eager to annihilate it completely. However, when Longquan Shangjing proved sufficiently resilient, so strong that even hundreds of thousands of troops could not take it down, he could only choose a strategy that would be more beneficial to him.

Without Wu Zun in charge, although Jie Li Khan and Zhao Deyan were strong, they really couldn't do anything to Tuli Khan, especially after Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling secretly contacted him. Shuanglong had a brilliant record, and half of the intelligence came from Tuli Khan.

In order to better lure the enemy, Shuanglong even spread the rumor that there was a shortage of food in the city, and pretended to set up ambushes on the food transport team again and again, dividing and eroding the Turkic army, and killing more than 100,000 Turkish cavalry in three months.

For three months, a frenzy of horse thieves and bandits swept across the Turkic territory on the grasslands. They came and went like the wind, brutal and violent. Wherever they passed, rivers of blood flowed and the sky was filled with flames, but they were difficult to catch.

The grassland belongs to the Turks and also to the horse thieves!

When Jie Li Khan discovered something was wrong, his Golden Wolf Army had less than 30,000 men and was gradually falling behind the Black Wolf Army. With unrest in the rear and disadvantages in the front, he had no choice but to retreat.

Seeing this, Bai Ziting, whose confidence was inflated, forcibly deprived Shuanglong of his command and personally led the army to hunt down the Turkic coalition forces.

But he forgot that such a brilliant record was generally attributed to the command of Shuanglong, and generally attributed to the city walls and defensive equipment of Longquan Shangjing. In a real grassland cavalry duel, the Mohe people really could not compare with the Turkic wolf cavalry for the time being.

Seeing Bai Ziting's arrogance, the furious Jie Li Khan and Tuli Khan calmed down and took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, killing the Mohe pursuers severely and almost beheading Bai Ziting.

Fortunately, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were quite cautious. They contacted some people who trusted them and organized a rescue team. They risked their lives to save Bai Ziting and successfully returned to Longquan Shangjing. However, the arrogant Bai Ziting still killed at least 30,000 elite soldiers of the Mohe tribe. For a time, Longquan Shangjing was filled with wailing, and the strength of the Bohai Kingdom was greatly damaged.

Bai Ziting was defeated, and although Longquan Shangjing was defended, he still could not hide his failure. Before he was about to attack Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, Shang Xiufang, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, Shi Feixuan and others quietly left, taking away a group of people who were willing to join them.

As a son of destiny, Kou Zhong seemed to have a very strange luck. He would recruit generals every time there was a war. This time was no exception. Moreover, the generals he recruited were cavalry generals who were proficient in riding and shooting.