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As soon as Yu Shiji's voice fell, Pei Ju casually echoed: "What Lord Yu said is that Your Majesty doesn't really need to go to the Dingxiang border pass in person, you just need to travel with 100,000 forbidden troops and make a case of going north." Weichen suggested that His Majesty could go to Mayi City, which was not far from Dingxiang, but the city was very tall and strong, and General Wang Rengong led 50,000 border guards to garrison Dingxiang City in front as a barrier, so that it would be safe. ”

Pei Yun also nodded again and again: "Yes! Your Majesty, if the situation develops as we suppose, Your Majesty will only have to go to Mayi, and then let the Khan of Shibi come to Mayi. It will also take more than ten days to travel from Yuan to Mayi, and by then our troops and horses will have already been killed, and we can annihilate the 100,000 Turkic soldiers led by Shibi Khan in one fell swoop. ”

These ministers in the court and the central government all came out one after another to speak in support of Yu Shiji, even the ministers who had a bad relationship with him were all opposed to Yang Guang going to Dingxiang. Because of Li Jiancheng's plan, it was not only Yang Guang who instigated it, but also their ministers.

Because as soon as Yang Guang leaves, he will ask them to follow him, so they will also get Dingxiang, a bitter cold place with big wind and sand. Although Li Jiancheng said that this was a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, to encircle and annihilate the Turkic army, and to capture Shibi Khan alive, they were not willing to go.

These people are all treacherous old foxes in officialdom, and everyone understands this truth: if this thing succeeds, the credit is also Li Jiancheng, who made the suggestion. But if Li Jiancheng was wrong, then it would be these officials who would be in danger.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet!" Yang Guang looked at the group of ministers who were clamoring below, and slapped his palm on the handle of his dragon chair, making a loud noise.

After his eyes glanced at the ministers in the hall, Fang said lightly: "According to the original plan, the Liaodong Army to which Yuming belonged will stumble the subordinate Turkic Xue Yantuo, Murwei and Tiele Tribe. Then our Great Sui exhausted the five major armies, 500,000 soldiers and horses, and prepared to go together, smashed the Turkic tent, captured the Shibi Khan, and leveled the steppe, in exchange for a decisive battle, in exchange for decades of stability in the northern Xinjiang of our Great Sui. ”

"After thinking about it for a while, I figured it out: Shibi Khan sent his younger brother Jieli south as an envoy to pretend to make peace, obviously to test our reaction. See how my Great Sui copes. If we behave weakly, we will make him look down on us and think that the Great Sui is weak and can be bullied. So he will go south in a big way and plunder the grain and wealth of my Great Sui. ”

"On the other hand, if we are tough and assume that if he does not agree to a big battle, we will intimidate Shibi Khan. After all, steppe tribes like the Turks have always had the habit of bullying the weak and fearing the hard. If our army does not dare to go north and keeps retreating in the fortified city, it will make Shibi Khan look down on us. So the built-up proposal is actually quite a good strategy. ”

Yang Guang said in a very relaxed tone: "I am just one step ahead, and I have 100,000 janissaries to escort me, and I am in the territory of my Great Sui, and there are strong cities such as Yanmen, Mayi, and Loufu around it, in case something happens, you can also enter the city for refuge." And the Turks are only good at horse archery, and they are okay to fight in the steppe. really let them attack the fortified city, and often only return to vain. Therefore, I am not in the slightest danger at all. ”

Speaking of this, he said in an unquestioning tone: "Therefore, I have made up my mind to divide the 270,000 army into two armies, the front army is 100,000 forbidden troops, led by me personally, and go to Mayi first. The 170,000 infantry of the rear army was led by General Yu Lao and General Lai, transporting grain, grass and baggage, and slowing down in the rear. After Shibi Khan arrives in Dingxiang, he will make an appointment with him in Dingxiang! ”

As soon as Yang Guang said this, all the ministers who understood his mind knew that he had made up his mind, and if he persuaded him again, he was afraid that he would cause trouble. Ministers such as Pei Ju and Pei Yun closed their mouths knowingly.

Only Yu Shiji was still a little worried, and he continued to persuade: "Your Majesty's heroic spirit of being willing to risk for the country and the people has moved Wechen, but Your Majesty is concerned about the safety of the world and the society of the Great Sui, so there is no room for mistakes. In order to ensure the safety of His Majesty, the minister thought that Li Shimin, who should go to Dingxiang first, should carry out the surrounding areas where troops might be hidden, and ensure that there were no Turkic ambushes, so that His Majesty could go to Dingxiang in case of accidents. ”

After Yang Guang heard this, Fang looked a little and said: "Okay, I will immediately send someone to order Li Shimin, after arriving in Dingxiang, suspend other tasks, first carefully surround, if there is any abnormal enemy situation, you need to report to me immediately!" ”

Speaking of this, he said to Li Jiancheng: "Jiancheng, you rushed back to the original report and offered this good plan, which shows that you are both wise and brave, and loyal." I expect you to have a hard time, so I will rest for a few days in Yuan and help your father prepare logistics, after all, the food and grass supply arrangements for the 500,000 army are also indispensable. ”

"Obey the order!" Li Jiancheng was a little dissatisfied in his heart, originally he thought that after offering this plan, he would be able to go to Dingxiang with Yang Guang, so that he would have a great chance to show himself and let Yang Guang marry Princess Luo Qi to him. Unexpectedly, Yang Guang finally asked him to stay and assist Li Yuan in logistics. And let Li Shimin go to find the Turkic ambush. This made him very jealous in his heart, and secretly wondered if Yang Guang had taken a fancy to his second brother Li Shimin and wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law?

In fact, Li Jiancheng blamed Yang Guang for this. Yang Guang treats Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin equally, and does not have a prejudice against anyone who prefers them. Instead, he tested his daughter Yang Luoqi's reaction yesterday to see if she had a good impression of Li Yuan's two sons.

But Yang Luoqi rejected him, saying that he just wanted to be with his father and mother, and didn't want to get married. If she had to be forced to marry the Li family's father-in-law, then she would rather die.

Yang Guang had no choice but to coax his daughter, saying that he would not marry her to someone else if she was unwilling.

As a result, his interest in Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin decreased a lot. This time, Li Jiancheng stayed in the original to help Li Yuan with logistics support, which was also the reason why Li Yuan's side was indeed understaffed. And let Li Shimin reconnoiter the enemy's situation, also because Li Shimin led 20,000 cavalry to take the first step. It's not that he likes Li Shimin and hates Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng thought crookedly.

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The next day, Yang Guang summoned Jieli and said that he was about to lead 100,000 forbidden troops to inspect the border fortress, and asked him to go back first to inform Shibi Khan and let him come to Dingxiang at the junction of the grassland and Hedong to greet him. At that time, he would bring 100,000 stone of grain and forage to help the Turkic peoples who were short of food due to the snowstorm.

Jieli hurriedly kowtowed and shouted long live, thanking Yang Guang.

He received the holy decree and rushed back, and now he was convinced by Yu Ming. Originally, he was still a little worried about whether Yuming's strategy could induce Yang Guang to lead only 100,000 forbidden troops to the north. But I never imagined that things would go so smoothly. He just said this casually, kowtowed a little, and said some flattering words, and Yang Guang agreed to his request so quickly. Sure enough, he led 100,000 forbidden troops to the north. In doing so, he would have thrown himself into a trap and was besieged by a Turkic army of 400,000 men.

Thinking of this, Jieli's heart was also very excited, thinking that this Yuming was really powerful, and he was really strategizing and winning thousands of miles away. not only predicted the difficulties of Shibi Khan, but also predicted that Yang Guang would go north alone. He secretly said that in the future, it is better not to clash with the Liaodong Army. Such an opponent really made him unable to think of victory.

The day after Jieli left, Yang Guang also left. Under the protection of 100,000 Praetorian Guards, Yang Guang and the accompanying officials, as well as the harem concubines and several palace maids, began to go north.

When leaving the original city, Li Yuan also led Li Jiancheng and his staff Liu Jing and Pei Lin to see him off.

Yang Guang looked at the Sui soldiers around him who couldn't see the head and tail, and his eyes were full of excitement. Although he had only traveled a long way from the eastern capital to the Yuan, he was tired from the carriage and horses, and the whole person was a little tired. However, as long as you think of fighting this war well, you can not only defeat the strong enemy in the north again, the Eastern Turks, but also take advantage of the situation to enter Liaodong and pacify the two strong enemies in the north, Shibi Khan and Yuming. His heart was filled with joy and excitement.

Seven years ago, when he was touring the west, he took the opportunity to destroy Tuyuhun, defeated the Western Turks, expanded the land for more than 2,000 miles, and built five new counties. Now he will make another northern tour and destroy the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop. He already planned to build ten more counties in the north after the destruction of the Eastern Turks.

Since the seventeenth year of the emperor's reign, the Great Sui and the Turks began to have a conflict, has been entangled for more than 20 years, during which there have been victories and defeats, due to the strength of the Turkic army, whether it is Yang Jian or Yang Guang, they are all using the method of provoking the Turks to fight within the Turks, from which to profit from it, in order to ensure the security of the northern border of the Sui Dynasty.

However, with the growth of Yang Guang's military exploits, after successively destroying Tuyuhun and Goryeo, he could no longer tolerate the way of using power to fight the Turks. He became more advocating force, and Yang Guang wanted to use the strong combat ability of the Sui army to directly defeat the Turks to complete surrender and rout, and never give them a chance to rise.

Yang Guang sat in a luxurious carriage, thinking about his future plans. When he destroyed the Turks this time, he marched into Liaodong in a hurry and beheaded Yuming, a rebel, to show the public. Then he returned to the division and put down the rebellious peasant rebels. Then they attacked the Western Turks and Tibet to the west, opening up the connection with the Western Regions.

In the future, maybe you will have to ally with the Byzantine Empire and attack the Great Food together.

In Yang Guang's heart, there can only be one great empire in the world, that is, the Great Sui Empire, and all other countries will eventually be conquered by the Great Sui. He wants to let the iron cavalry of the Great Sui step on the east, west, north and south, whether it is the East China Sea or the Western Regions, all the land under the sun is fluttering the banner of the Great Sui, so that all the people will praise his glorious deeds of Yang Guang and become a monarch greater than Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Yang Guang's idea is very beautiful, but what he doesn't know is that the facts that are about to happen in front of him are very cruel, and what awaits him is indeed Shibi Khan, but Shibi Khan is not only 100,000 people, but a full 400,000 Turkic wolf riders.

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