The circumference of Baicheng, where the Khanting of the Eastern/Southern Turkic Sea is located, is more than 30 li, and it is now renamed Yicheng City and divided into Wuyuan County.

The former Khan Palace was also renamed Zhaowu Palace

It is a huge palace that looks majestic and imposing. You can't see the edge at a glance, the rockery is lined up, the flowing water is murmuring, the pavilions and pavilions are countless, it looks beautiful, and it is very characteristic of the Central Plains.

In the palace!

In a side hall, Yang Tong is discussing with Li Jing, Du Ruhui, Xue Wanshu and others, the governor of Monan Road.

The Eastern/Turkic Turks were once again divided into three, everyone was too busy to take care of themselves, and they were about to fall into a civil war, and the Jieli Khan, whom he feared, was not only the worst, but also faced an attack from the east and west, and the situation was quite bad.

Now Jieli Khan is based on Dujin Mountain, Xue Yantuo is based on the east of Kent Mountain, and Ashina Simo is based on the three major lake areas.

The three major lakes area is east of Jinshan, east of Yudujin Mountain, and south of Kangnu Mountain, and is composed of three major basins, Ubu Sunor, Kobdo and Zabhan, among which dozens of lakes of all sizes are distributed, and it is a treasure land on the Mobei grassland.

Compared with the miserable and miserable relatives of Jieli Khan, Ashina Simo can be said to be full of ambition, he knows that although the tribe controlled by Jieli Khan is nearly 1,000, but the number of soldiers under his account has been less than 100,000, and what makes him even more pleased is that Xue Yantuo of Tiele has betrayed Jieli Khan, as long as he can leave the land of the Great Sui, he can be with Xue Yantuo in the south and east, and attack the Jili Khan, as long as Jieli Khan dies, then he will be justified as the Great Khan.

But he knew that everything he had came from Yang Tong, Yang Dong only needed one sentence to beat him back to his original form, and it was this insecurity that prompted him to defeat Jieli Khan in Yema River, so he asked for instructions to leave in the name of pursuing Jieli Khan, and after getting Yang Tong's permission, he led his troops to leave the Monan grassland, north out of the Great Wall, and took root in the three major lakes.

It's just that ordinary herdsmen like the stable life of the Great Sui and don't want to participate in the precarious Turkic wars, and the civilian generals who worship Qin Qiong such as Suwu and Hera are not leaving, and are willing to serve the Great Sui, so there are only about 200,000 people who go north with Ashina Simo, and the army is only a pitiful 50,000.

But Ashnasimo didn't care so much, first, the strength of Jieli Khan was seriously reduced, and many tribes had a rebellious heart, as long as he pulled up the banner, he could win over some followers; second, he couldn't afford to offend the Great Sui and didn't dare to force the herdsmen to follow him; The third is that he intends to form an alliance with Xue Yantuo.

Of course, Yang Tong understands what Ashina Simo thinks, but he doesn't care, the Turkic trilege is quite stable, and this civil strife will never be as easy to unify as last time, mainly because there are no particularly obvious advantages between the three.

If you really want to count it, Xue Yantuo is the strongest, but in the eyes of the Turks, they are slaves and subordinates who can't be put on the table, and they will not get the Turks' refuge, and it is difficult to grow naturally when the overall situation is undecided!

Jieli Khan's successive failures, his lineage is exhausted, even if he recruits more people, neither the quantity nor the quality is inferior to Xue Yantuo and Ashina Simo, but his background is still there, there are many generals who can lead an army alone, and Ashina Simo is now connected to the generals on the table, I am afraid there are not a few. It's just that he is sandwiched between Xue Yantuo and Ashina Simo, and there is no possibility of reconciliation with the other two, which is the most embarrassing and sad thing for Jieli Khan.

Yang Tong said with a smile: "The war with foreign countries is over, and the Eastern and Western Turks no longer pose a threat to our Great Sui, and the next focus of my Great Sui is to recuperate, and completely bring the three counties of Liaodong, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou into the control of my Great Sui." ”

"Your Highness, I see that the Jieli Khan has broken his courage and there are not too many soldiers and horses left, why don't you go all out and uproot the Turks?" The veteran Li Jing couldn't help but ask.

Others also looked at Yang Tong, Li Jing, Xue Wanshu, Meng Xiaomin, Liu Daju They didn't know Yang Dong's personality, thinking that Yang Dong was about to ascend the throne and didn't want to kill too much and let the Turks go, but Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Wei Chigong, Xue Wanche, Shen Guang, Du Ruhui, Yin Mingyue and others followed Yang Dong for a long time, but they knew very well that His Royal Highness had never had any mercy for the enemy.

"If only it were that simple." Yang Tong smiled and said, "If it was before, I might have the idea of eliminating evil!" But not anymore. ”

Everyone looked at Yang Tong in confusion.

"'Eilechuan, under the Yin Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the four wildernesses. The sky is vast and the wilderness is vast. The wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep low. Yang Tong recited it, and then asked Li Jing, "Does the old general know this folk song?" ”

"Of course I do!" Li Jing nodded and said: "This is a folk song circulated in the Northern Dynasties, and it is said that it was translated into Chinese from Xianbei language. But what does this have to do with the Turks? ”

"Yes, it matters!" Yang Tong said with a smile: "This folk song says that the green fields of the Eilechuan River under the Yin Mountain are endless, and in fact, this grassland is indeed a fertile land of water and grass. This grassland is fertile because of the water and grass, so Wuhuan left, the Xiongnu came, the Xiongnu left, and then Xianbei, Rouran, and Turkic! In other words, as long as this steppe remains, even if we completely uproot the Turks, it will not be long before other peoples will come. ”

Du Ruhui, Li Jing, Xue Wanshu, Meng Xiaomin, Liu Daju and others have realized.

Luo Shixin was puzzled and asked, "But so what?" Are you still afraid that they will not succeed? ”

Yang Tong shook his head with a headache: "If I am strong and prosperous, I naturally don't have to be afraid, but now that the Great Sui is divided and the princes are divided, we don't have much energy to deal with foreign clans." So instead of letting a people full of variables come, it is better to let the Turkic peoples, who have lost their hearts, survive in our north. The Turks may not have the courage to fight us in their lifetimes, but the Turks are still so fierce to others, and the Turks can help us block unknown enemies and save us a lot of trouble. ”

Everyone suddenly realized that the feeling was to let the Turks be the watchdogs of the Great Sui.

Luo Shixin also understood at this moment, and said with admiration: "It turns out that His Royal Highness has long known that the Monan Grassland is the bane of Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, and Turks, so he simply surrounded it with the tall Great Wall, and the thieves can't see it, and they don't know that such a treasure land, so naturally they won't come." Or His Highness sees far. ”

Yang Tong was stunned for a moment, but soon looked unfathomable, nodded slightly, and expressed his approval of Luo Shixin's explanation.

The conscience of heaven and earth, how could he have thought of so much, he just thought that since the Great Wall was going to be repaired, he would build a great Great Wall that was really used for foreign purposes, and that's it.

"Your Highness is clever!" Everyone suddenly realized and admired.

Yang Tong looked like everyone in the world was drunk and only I was sober, and said: "Taking one step and seeing a hundred steps is the secret of my success!" Everyone is either a local official in charge of the ruling party, or a general who commands thousands of troops, and must have a long-term vision. ”

"Whoa!"

The crowd was amazed.

Yang Tong looked at the white-haired Li Jing, and had the intention to transfer him back to Yecheng to sit in the town, and said with a smile: "The Eastern/Turkic Governor is pressed down, and our army can have today, thanks to everyone's concerted efforts, I feel that the Commander's Mansion of Monan Province in the Eastern/Turkic Province has no need to exist, what does the old general think?" ”

"As it should be!" Li Jing was quite cooperative.

The Sui Dynasty learned the lesson of supervising the army as a disaster, and all the generals went out to receive the position of general management, and the important military and political affairs were in the hands of the general manager, and no one was restrained, and the general manager was allowed to play freely. Because the position of the chief is too heavy, in order to prevent the generals from supporting the army and respecting themselves, the temporary position of the chief will only be used in wartime, and the position and power of the chief will be withdrawn after the war.

Yang Guang abolished the governor's office system when he succeeded to the throne and re-activated the military supervision system, and Yang Tong recovered it here, in fact, in Yang Tong's personal opinion, this governor's office system is far better than the military supervision system.

The army, since ancient times, has been a top priority. Not at all.

Yang Tong planned to set up a more regular standing combat corps, scattered in various sensitive areas, ready to go out at any time, and the 'Military Affairs Division' proposed by Du Ruhui would undoubtedly play a huge role in this kind of corps. But these have to be discussed with the important ministers before making a decision, but it can be piloted in Yecheng first, and Li Jing, a veteran, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

"The old general will go back to Yecheng with me, I have a heavier task to hand over to the old general."

"Whoa!" Li Jing didn't ask anything.

"The Southern Route Army has recovered five counties, Zhangye, Dunhuang, and Yiwu are okay to say, but the environment of Shanshan and the two border counties is bad, and the situation is also quite complex and dangerous, the chief officer not only has to govern, but also has to deal with the countries of the Western Regions, Tuyuhun, and Qiang, there may be wars, and after the war, they even have to drink and talk with the enemy without humility or arrogance!" Yang Tong looked at the generals and said with a smile: "Who thinks that they are proficient in literature and martial arts, and they are still young and vigorous. ”

Li Jing smiled bitterly: "And Mojun is the westernmost place of my Great Sui, the north, west, and south are bordered by foreign countries, it is not wrong to say that it is the most complicated place, and the terrain there is extremely high. It's okay if you're ten years younger, but now it's not good, and you can't stand the weird climate. ”

When a group of people heard this, they immediately looked at each other!

If you think about it carefully, Shanshan and the end seem to be really complicated, and ordinary people can't handle it.

After being quiet for a while, Xue Wanshu, Meng Xiaomin, and Liu Daju stepped forward at the same time, bowed and said, "The minister is willing to go." ”

Seeing that Meng Xiaomin and Liu Daju, two Confucian county guards, also came out to ask for their lives, Yang Tong was also very surprised, and said in surprise: "Can the two of you still fight?" ”

"I understand!" Meng Xiaomin and Liu Daju smiled together and said very modestly. In fact, although Meng Xiaomin and Liu Daju did not leave any big names, they fought with Duan Decao during the Li and Tang dynasties, so that Liang Shidu and the Turks could not find the north.

"It seems that I have eyes and don't know Tarzan!"

Yang Tong smiled, the Confucian scholars who stood out in the troubled times really didn't have a soft-footed shrimp, and they had already reached a conclusion in a moment: "General Xue is the last county guard, Liu County is the Shanshan county guard, and Meng County is the Yiwu county guard." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust!"

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