At dusk, Yang Tong ordered a banquet to reward the three armies, during the day, the Sui army annihilated 30,000 elite soldiers in Tubo, killed more than 15,000 enemies, captured more than 12,000 enemies, and escaped only more than 2,000 people, and the Sui army achieved a decisive victory.

Due to the high grass and strong wind, Yang Tong in order to avoid the fire to burn down the camp, simply set the celebration banquet outside the camp, anyway, this is the realm of the Great Sui, all the passes are guarded by the Sui army, and they are not afraid of the enemy army suddenly killing, of course, the necessary scouts are not missing.

At this time, campfires had been lit on the meadows, and the army was divided into sections in the form of guards, regiments, brigades, and teams, and the soldiers gathered around the bonfires, which were already filled with steamed buns, wheat cakes, and hot rice balls, and a large pot full of horse meat stewed on the bonfire, and the tempting aroma of meat could be smelled from afar.

There are a lot of horse carcasses picked up on the battlefield today, so there is no need to slaughter cattle and sheep to eat the army. Although horse meat has a strong taste, as long as a little tea is added, it can achieve the effect of removing the skin, and it tastes not much different from beef and mutton. When the smell of meat overflowed, the big-headed soldiers who swarmed from all directions suddenly became commotion.

"Don't be in a ......hurry, don't be in a hurry," a strong man waved a huge spoon in front of a bonfire, and said loudly to the soldiers who were swallowing saliva, "The Holy One said that everyone has enough meat cannibals today, whether it is stewed meat or barbecue, or bone broth, steamed buns, and wheat cakes...... In short, there is everything except wine. ”

"Xue Huochang, I want vegetables"

"Xue Huochang, I want pears."

"That's right, after eating meat for so many days, I feel nauseous and want to vomit when I see meat now."

The soldiers cheered.

The expression on Xue Huochang's face was slightly unnatural, and he smiled bitterly in his heart, not only the soldiers, but he also had the feeling of eating meat and eating nausea, and he also wanted to eat vegetables and fruits, but where did the fruits and vegetables come from in the army? Not even the holy.

It's just that the big words of "everything except wine" have been released, and the harvest will definitely not be recovered, but fortunately, he is a flexible person, and this problem has not been able to reach him, so he hurriedly said loudly: "The saint said: wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, dogs travel thousands of miles to eat, and sheep travel thousands of miles to eat grass." Do you want to be weak and powerless sheep, or do you want to be fierce wolves that eat meat? ”

"The saint is the wolf king, and our Sui army is naturally a wolf."

"Not sheep."

“……”

The soldiers said one after another.

"Vegetables and fruits grow from the ground, and they are also a kind of grass, and eating fruits and vegetables is equivalent to eating grass... To eat grass is to be fed," Xue Huochang said.

"!"

"I can really say."

"Nonsense."

Everyone laughed and scolded.

……

It was getting dark, and there was laughter and laughter in front of the camp.

Yang Tong's main seat/seat was set up in front of the main gate of the camp, and it was also lit by a bonfire, and the whole celebration banquet was like a bonfire banquet.

Plates of golden-roasted roast horse meat and stewed horse meat were delivered to everyone, and everyone's table was filled with fragrant and oily barbecue meat, which was a huge feast.

Dozens of generals replaced wine with cold boiled water, and they all paid tribute to Pei Xingyan, who was in the limelight, he was the key figure in winning this war, and it was he who killed the Tibetan generals and made the enemy fall into the dilemma of having no general to command, so as to make the war so simple, and everyone was full of respect for him.

Pei Xingyan didn't have a piece of meat in his stomach, so he was poured a stomach full of cold water, which made him keep 'burping', but he was also quite happy, no matter who saluted him, it was 'wine' to the cup.

At this time, Yang Tong lifted a bowl of water, got up and said, "Let me say a few words!" ”

The surroundings of the host/table suddenly fell silent, and Yang Tong said: "Because the war is not over yet, we can only replace the wine with water, and when the war is completely over, we will return to Daxing to reopen the banquet and get drunk with everyone." ”

"Our army annihilated 30,000 Tibetan troops at a very small cost, which is certainly gratifying, but in fact it is not a big victory in itself."

When everyone heard this, they nodded their heads one after another, thinking deeply.

After all, the national war in the past. The Great Sui either annihilated and defeated more than 100,000 people in one battle, or destroyed the enemy country, so these 30,000 achievements are really nothing.

"But in this battle, we killed dozens of core civil and military personnel in Tubo, and lost these powerful talents, even if we didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, Tubo would be dozens of hundreds of years behind, so although the beheadings in this battle are few, it is of great significance and far-reaching impact, and it is more important than annihilating the 100,000 army, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the merit is in the present and the benefit is in a hundred years."

As a latecomer, Yang Tong naturally knew that Tunmi Sambuza was the person who created the Tibetan script, which can be called the Cangjie in Tibet, and for the Tubo nation, a hundred Langri Zampu is not as important as a Tunmi Sambuza, and it is precisely because of this that Yang Tong positioned this battle as 'the merit in the present and the benefit in the century'.

When everyone was puzzled, Yang Tong said again: "In this battle, everyone is an indispensable hero, I will let the marching Sima record them one by one, and every meritorious soldier will be rewarded as he deserves." I especially want to commend the two people, first of all, General Zuo Xiaowei, Cai Guogong Pei Xingyan, he killed ten generals in a row before the battle, among which the branch of the competition when Ru Gongdun is the first fierce general in Tubo, and the second fierce general Niang Chisang Yangton was also exhausted by him, so I easily succeeded in the sneak attack, which is the first merit; In the second merit, he provoked the Tibetan generals to fight in various ways, giving us the opportunity to behead one by one, causing the enemy army to fall into a leaderless situation, and finally easily defeated the enemy army. ”

Enthusiastic applause and cheers suddenly sounded around.

Laymen look at the excitement, insiders look at the doorway, similar to Du Chuke, Liu Renliang and other people of insight, but they deeply agree with Yang Dongzhi's statement: a small country like Tubo itself lacks all kinds of talents, and if you break one casually, it is an irreparable loss, but dozens of civil and military soldiers died in this battle, which is indeed a traumatic wound for Tubo.

Yang Tong looked at Yang Qinfang and said with a smile: "Princess Lujiang, last night, more than 30 light and dark sentinels of the enemy army were annihilated in Jishi Mountain, and more than 2,000 sentinels were annihilated, so that the main force of our army could advance westward without knowing it. In today's war, he showed more bravery, killed Murong Kunji, the pioneer general of Tuyuhun, and defeated the vanguard army with General Wang Xiongdan, which made the morale of the Tubo army plummet. Let's pay tribute to General Pei and Princess Lujiang together. ”

All the generals in the big tent got up one after another and raised the big bowls together, "To General Pei and Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be a ......" Yang Qinfang is a little girl after all, her vanity is heavier, and she feels that although this wooden man always seems to be disdainful of herself, she still cares about herself after all, otherwise why didn't she save Shui Tianji and Yin Mingyue first today, but save herself? Otherwise, how can you praise yourself in public?

She was so happy that her heart was about to explode, and she drank a large bowl of water with a beautiful and red face, and then felt hot all over her body, and her mind was dizzy, as if she was drunk.

At this time, a scout came in a hurry, bowed his hand, and said loudly: "Qi Qi Sheng, more than a dozen tribes in the vicinity heard that the army had won, and specially gathered 20,000 sheep to come to reward the three armies. ”

"How many people came?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

The scout hurriedly said: "There are about 400 people, they are both men and women, but they are all bare-handed, unarmed, and obey orders and stop outside the warning range. ”

Yang Tong looked at Li Shimo, who had stayed here the longest, and asked, "Li Tongshou, what is the attitude of the nearby Qiang, Di, and Xianbei people towards my Great Sui?" ”

"Qiqi Shengshang, the Qiang people, Di people, and Xianbei people who stayed behind are all people who are unwilling to go with Murong Xianbei, this period of time is of great help to the end of the general, not only to build Jishi Pass, but also to bring their own food, if not, there will not be the current Jishi Pass. They used to be a weak tribe that was oppressed and exploited by Murong Xianbei, and they hated the Tuyuhun nobles very much, and they had a great sense of belonging to my Great Sui. Li Shimo was grateful for the help of the surrounding tribes and deliberately said good things for them.

Yang Tong nodded, "You and Du Taishou are the parents of Heyuan, you go and invite their leader to come to see me, and Du Taishou will arrange and entertain the others." ”

"Whoa." Du Chuke and Li Shimo went as ordered.

After about two moments, Li Shimo brought twelve white-haired old men and a hundred young girls.

These old men should be the leaders of the various tribes, what is the matter with these hundred girls?

Everyone was surprised, and then they all looked at Yang Tong who was sitting in the chief with strange eyes.

Yang Tong was speechless, so that he almost thought he was a big pervert.

After a while, the old people approached, and their weathered faces all had hearty smiles, raised their hands, and worshiped: "The grass people see His Majesty the Sage Khan." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, you guys are flat." Yang Tong got up to greet him, pretending to be displeased: "You old men are late, you should be punished with three cups." ”

The elders were stunned, laughed one after another, and nodded to admit the punishment. One of the old men in gorgeous costumes laughed and said, "Su Sang, a grass people, has long heard that the wine of the Central Plains is unparalleled in the world, and he has long been very yearning for it. Sensei said three cups, even if the sage Khan punished three hundred cups, the grass people were willing to be punished. ”

Although he was old, he had an unusually bold temperament, and was obviously the most prestigious man in the neighborhood.

The crowd laughed.

Yang Tong greeted them into the seats given up by some generals like a hospitable host, and said with a smile: "Old Su, the Sage Khan is the title of a foreign country and other tribes, everyone is their own people, just call me 'Sage'." ”

"Your own people?" Susan asked with a smile.

"Not bad." Yang Tong nodded and smiled: "All the people who live in the Great Sui are all citizens of the Great Sui, whether it is the Han people, the Qiang people, the Di people, or the Xianbei people, no exception, as long as they abide by the laws and regulations of the Great Sui, I will treat them equally." ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord." Susan was overjoyed.

They are here, the army is secondary, the main thing is to meet the emperor, to find out his tone, whether they can treat them as their own people. Although Li Shimo had long said that the emperor treated all ethnic groups equally, he was not the emperor after all, but now that he heard Yang Tong say this in person, he was bold and arrogant, and they were relieved.

According to Yang Tong's arrangement, they took their seats one after another.

When the guests came, naturally they could not drink water.

Yang Tong asked people to take out several large skin bags to disinfect and clean the wounds.

The wine is poured into a large bowl, and the rich aroma makes you want to get drunk just by smelling it.

The elders were moved just by smelling it, and their impatient appearance made people want to laugh.

"I salute all of you for a bowl." Yang Tong raised the wine bowl and said with a smile: "But this wine is very strong, you drink it slowly, otherwise it will be easy to choke." ”

The elders are obviously drunkards, as soon as they heard Yang Tong say yes, they all poured a sip of wine into their stomachs, the spicy feeling spread from their throats to their whole bodies, and there seemed to be a flame burning in their throats, and for a moment it seemed that all the pores around their bodies were opened, and the chill at night was also dispelled a lot, and it took a long time to sigh.

"It is worthy of being the imperial brew in the palace, and after drinking this wine, the other drinks will be like clear water." After Su Sang finished speaking, a pair of eyes emitted a scorching light and looked at Yang Tong: "Holy Lord, what is the name of this wine?" ”

"The name of the wine is 'Heroic Spirit', if Su Lao likes it, I will give you ten bags per person and ten catties later. If you want to drink it in the future, you can buy it from the supply and marketing cooperatives in each county. ”

Heyuan needs great governance, and it is inseparable from these local herdsmen who have a good impression of Dasui, and more than 1,000 catties of wine are nothing compared with the long-term peace and stability of Heyuan County.

"Thank you, Holy Lord." The bosses thanked each other for their joy.

After three rounds of drinking, Yang Tong asked with a smile: "Old Su, these girls are ......?"

"The imperial court defeated the enemy, and the saint set up a bonfire banquet to celebrate the achievement, with fine wine and meat, and there was always less charm in singing and dancing. So we brought the tribal girls to the feast. To be able to show the beauties of our own nationality in front of nobles and distinguished guests is the glory and tradition of the nation. Please also ask for the grace of God. Susan laughed.

Yang Tong said with a smile: "I heard that all parts of the plateau can sing and dance, but I didn't have the opportunity to see it. ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes looked at the group of girls, and suddenly a few girls hiding inside staggered forward and rushed out, apparently pushed out by their mischievous companions.

Everyone laughed good-naturedly.

When they approached, they found that these girls were not very old, only about fourteen or fifteen years old, and they were slender, with fair skin and bright eyes. They wore flamboyant fringed skirts, wide robes with large sleeves, revealing a pair of snow-white arms, countless thin braids on their heads, and their shoulders drooping.

The ribbon on his waist was full of cherry blossoms, glowing with dazzling brilliance, although he was pushed out by his companions, he stood there helplessly, with a shy smile on his face, and his face was illuminated by the firelight, as if the morning sun was rising.

"Everyone give us some applause and encourage us to be the pearl of the plateau." Yang Tong smiled and applauded.

Immediately, there was a round of applause and cheers.

Susan laughed and said, "Why are the pearls shy? It is the privilege of your life to be able to perform songs and dances for the saints. ”

The girl blushed, and finally sang in a mansheng voice, the song became clearer and gentler, it seemed to be a love song, and with their bright eyes, it was even more intoxicating.

Wei Fengwu listened to it for a long time, and couldn't help but ask softly: "Husband, I don't understand what they sing, but at the beginning of each song, it seems that they are singing the word 'Allah'?" ”

Yang Tong said: "'Allah' is the god that the *** religion believes in. ”

Wei Fengwu nodded, although she didn't understand these languages, she listened to them with relish, and later she also beat with everyone.

The girls sang and sang, and gradually became unrestrained, and danced to the song.

Their dancing posture is simple and gentle, slowly swinging the wide sleeves of their coats, gently slanting the sleeves to their ears, and matching the singing, gentle and moving.

In the joyful atmosphere, Yang Tong was startled, is there a *** teaching in this era?

Thinking about it, but wandering.

Yang Qinfang, who was on the side, saw that his eyes fell on a turbulent Qingxiu, without blinking, secretly sulking, and said angrily: "Big pervert, what to see." ”

"Huh?" Yang Tong came back to his senses, and also found that he seemed to have been staring at a young girl, and said with great embarrassment: "If you are replaced, will you dance better than them?" ”

Yang Qinfang's swordsmanship is beautiful and unpredictable, combining softness and illusion, and combining agility and agility. So that one move is like a fairy dancing, but it hides a killing machine and a deadly move.

Her swordsmanship is Shura Wei's major in swordsmanship, and she comes from the Red Whisk Girl.

The Red Whisk Girl is a dancing killer trained by Yang Su, and what she is best at is hiding her killing skills in dance, so that people will die unconsciously while enjoying the dance.

Although the Red Whisk Girl is one of the instructors of Shura Wei, it is only a few talented girls who can inherit her mantle, first Yin Mingyue, and later Yang Qinfang, Li Youwei, Fang Xiuzhu, Zheng Liwan, and Yao Yao. But what Yang Tong saw was the killing moves of the enemy in battle, and he had never seen a sword dance, but he heard Wei Fengwu say that Yang Qinfang's sword dance was the best in the world.

Yang Qinfang heard Yang Tong ask, and said without hesitation: "Of course I dance well." ”

"Then you guys go up together." Yang Tong instigated.

"I don't!" Yang Qinfang pursed her lips: "I'm not a dancer, so I don't dance casually...... If you want to see it......" she said silently, her face crimson, "if you want to see it...... I'm dancing for you......" The more she spoke, the quieter her voice became, until she became a faint mosquito.

Yang Tong's ears and eyes are smart, and he can't hear clearly in this lively atmosphere. Just as he was about to ask, there was a burst of applause, but the song had already been sung.

At this moment, two soldiers came with a large plate containing a large roasted golden sheep.

"Come on!" Yang Tong stood up with a smile, and he personally cut the fat hind leg meat to the guests.

Su San and the others were flattered: according to the customs of their nomadic people, the meat should be cut by young people, and the oldest should be given first, and if it was replaced by a noble master, it means that the other party should be the most honored guest.

Yang Tong didn't know that he had won another wave of favor by mistake.

Su Sang hesitated for a long time, seemed to have made some important decision, walked to the girls who had just stopped, muttered a few words, the girls seemed to be surprised, saluted Yang Tong, and retreated far away.

"Enlightening the saint, the grass people have a big thing to report." Su Sang walked up to Yang Tong and saluted respectfully.

Yang Tong asked with a smile: "Old Su, you said." ”

"......" Susan looked around, silent.

"Although Su Lao said it bluntly, all of the people sitting here are my henchmen and civil and military."

"Whoa." Su San hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly: "Holy Lord, please forgive the grass people for being rude, do you know anything about Fuluochuan City?" ”

Yang Tong glanced at him in surprise, but still said what he knew: "Fuluochuan City belongs to the Qaidam Basin in Xihai County, and from here to the west, you can enter and end through the two mountain passes of Altun Mountain and Kunlun Mountain, until Khotan, but it is very close to Heyuan County, and it is a necessary place for the Southern Silk Road. It is said that after Shiyin inherited the throne of Tuyuhun Khan, he moved the capital from Mohechuan to the west, which was the second capital established by Tuyuhun. During his reign, Shiyin imitated the Central Plains Dynasty, built cities and palaces, and vigorously developed animal husbandry and trade, so that Tuyuhun entered an unprecedented period of strength. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Tong looked at Su Sang and asked with a smile, "Is there something wrong with Fuluochuan?" Can you elaborate on that? ”

Su San said in a low voice: "Qi Qi Sheng, now Fuluochuan City is nominally the territory of the Great Sui, and secretly there is actually another group of people who control the lifeblood of the whole city, but they are not loyal to the Great Sui. ”

Yang Tong frowned and said, "Does Old Su know the origin of this group?" ”

"This... The grass people did not dare to say. Susan looked a little nervous.

Yang Tong stared at him for a moment and said, "I treat the people of all ethnic groups under the rule of the Great Sui equally, but the premise is to be loyal to the Great Sui, if I am not wholeheartedly loyal to the Great Sui, it will be difficult for me to achieve this step." If Su Lao really thinks that I am the lord of the world, and can tell me the unspeakable secrets calmly, I can solve all the troubles for you; If you don't say it, I won't be reluctant, but I will let people check, and if the court acts, it will not be good if Su San's person is injured by mistake. So please think twice. ”

Su Sang also felt that this was the reason, and was silent for a long time before he let out a long sigh: "The saint treats people with sincerity, and the grass people are grateful, so they really don't dare to hide anything, otherwise they won't mention this matter." If it weren't for the grass people's small family in Fuluochuan, how could the grass people dare to hesitate? ”

Now that the words have been spoken, Su Sang no longer concealed it, and said very frankly: "As far as the grass people know, this force is headed by a person named Tuoba Wei, who is ostensibly the people of the Great Sui, but in their bones they hate the Great Sui very much, and the grass people and others are actually controlled by him. ”

"Tuoba Wei?"

"Exactly."

Yang Tong nodded when he heard this, Tuoba is the surname of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty, and this person's name is Tuoba Wei, which is interesting.

He asked again: "How many troops does Tuoba Wei have?" ”

"I don't know about this grass people, but they have traded with the countries of the Western Regions, but then they seem to have broken off contact, and Yifu Chuan can not raise many troops, so they get some supplies by holding the relatives of the leaders of the tribes hostage; However, when the grass people heard that this person had recently intended to take refuge in Tibet and wanted to get the support of Langri Zampu, they did not know whether this news was true or false. ”

Yang Tong's brows gradually wrinkled, as early as when he attacked the Western Turks, he heard that there was a force secretly contacting the monarchs of the Western Regions, and wanted to adopt a supportive and divisive way to establish a regime close to them, but the countries of the Western Regions were not stupid, since the establishment of friendly relations with the Great Sui, they divided the boundaries with this group of people, but this group of people was very well hidden, even the monarchs of various countries did not know their origins, Yang Tong also specially sent Black Ice Platform spies to investigate, but after so many years, in addition to catching a little minions who don't know anything, Nothing else.

Now it seems that Su Sang's Tuoba Wei Jiucheng is the head of this group, which is really in response to the sentence 'stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to find, and it takes no effort to get it'.

But Su Sang's news also made the Western Expedition a big variable, if you don't solve the unknown tumor of this army first, it is very likely that the other party will be stabbed at a critical moment, resulting in the failure of the Sui army.

Su Sang, who was thinking hard, said again: "Holy Lord, the grass people have another important news. ”

"What intelligence? Please speak. Yang Tong hurriedly asked.

Susan said: "Tuoba Wei's army has more than 500 Tocharians, the leader is named Galohan, a Tocharian nobleman, his father once supported another prince and the current Tocharian for the throne, after the defeat fled here, was hidden in the army by Tuoba Wei, Tuoba Wei wanted to use him to recruit Tocharo, if the Holy Lord can catch him, maybe he can help the Holy Lord find Tuofarian. ”

"Thank you Su Lao for telling me." Yang Tong nodded, this was another unexpected news.

Tocharian is also a long-standing and troubled people, and it has also been strong. When the Dayue Dynasty in Central Asia fell, Qiuji, one of the five tribes of Tocharian (Great Chief), took the opportunity to unify the five tribes of Tocharian and establish the Kushan Dynasty. By the middle of the 5th century, the Kushan Dynasty had fallen to the Tsada. Later, the Turks and the Sassanid Persian Dynasty joined forces to defeat the Bada Empire, and the Tocharian homeland was owned by the Turks. Its territory stretches from Pamir in the east, Persia in the west, Tiemen in the north, and Daxue Mountain in the south, with more than 1,000 miles from north to south and more than 3,000 miles from east to west. The country was divided into twenty-seven small vassal states similar to tribes.

There were 100,000 victors in the country, all of whom practiced war, and it was one of the most powerful countries in the Western Regions, and others practiced Buddhism as the state religion.

As early as the middle of the Great Cause, the Tocharian monarch also sent tribute to the Great Sui. However, the current monarch had a lukewarm relationship with the Great Sui, neither trading nor joining the Silk Road Alliance.

Since Tocharian was not a friendly country of the Great Sui, he could use the position of monarch to talk to Galohan.