Chapter Seventy-Two: Decision-making
Chang'an, in the palace, Emperor Yang Jian of Sui is checking the chapter, since the resumption of the war in June, there has been smoke everywhere, the east is the big battle provoked by the Zhou army, and the most headache for him is the northwest direction, the Turkic army that gathered hundreds of thousands of people to the south.
The Turkic columns entered the Kou from Mu Kip and Shimen in Pinggao County, Yuanzhou, Wuwei County in Liangzhou, Tianshui County in Qinzhou, Anding County in Jingzhou, Jincheng County in Hezhou, Central County of Fuzhou, Zhaoxing County of Ningzhou, and Bicheng County of Yanzhou were trampled all over by iron cavalry.
The other party is menacing, the Sui army will naturally not sit still, in mid-June, the general Han Seng Shou broke the Turks in Jitou Mountain; In the second half of the year, Li Chong of the Shangzhu State broke through the Turks in Mayi. The Turkic Datou Khan entered Kouhe Prefecture, and He Louzigan, the governor of Liangzhou, blocked him under the Koluo Mountain.
The Turkic cavalry was blocked in the mountain pass and could not get out, the Sui army closed the village to control the water source, and a few days later the Turkic cavalry was hungry and thirsty, and the Sui army took the opportunity to storm and break it;
But bad news also came one after another, another Turkic army under the leadership of Shabalu Khan entered Ningzhou, and the marching commander Daxi Changru met him at Zhoupan in Zhaoxing County but was defeated.
Feng Yu of the Zhuguo State was stationed in Yifubo of Liangzhou, the governor of Lanzhou was stationed in Lintao of Hezhou, and Li Chong of the Shangzhu State was stationed in Mayi, all of which were defeated by the Turkic army, and one of the armies marching in the direction of Chang'an had gradually approached.
Bohai County Gong Gao Gong, Qinyuan County Gong Yu Qing respectively led the elite troops to meet the battle, the crown prince Yang Yong led the army to garrison Xianyang to calm the people's hearts, the Sui army gathered a large army in Guanzhong to wait for the battle, as the battle line lengthened The offensive momentum of the Turks weakened, and their back road was disturbed by the Sui army, as long as they were hit by a head, the army would be unstable.
And then it's time for that person to come into play.
Fengche Du Lieutenant Sun Sheng, two years ago escorted the princess of Zhou into the Turks, the Turkic Khan felt that the eldest Sun Sheng's martial arts skills were exquisite, and he was not allowed to return to the Turks alone, and Sun Sheng shot two eagles at the same time with an arrow during a hunt, which was to kill two eagles with one stone.
Changsun Sheng took the opportunity to take the opportunity to write down the topography of the mountains, rivers and rivers under the rule of the Turks, the relationship between the tribes, and the strength of the tribes, and he was able to return to Chang'an after staying in the Turks for more than a year.
Yang Jian knew Changsun Sheng's talent, and the other party also told the Turks about the truth and fiction, and through this 'steppe master', everyone had an understanding of the Turkic background: the other party's internal situation was not peaceful.
"As long as you can thwart the Turkic edge, there will definitely be a gap between the khans, and if Changsun Sheng provokes one of them, it will have the effect of four or two thousand catties." Yang Jian muttered to himself, he was cheering himself up.
Changsun Sheng stayed in the steppe for more than a year, and made friends with many Turkic nobles, and now the brother of Sha Bolu Khan (photo by Ashina) is very good with Changsun Sheng.
Last year, the Turkic Tubo Khan died of illness on the way to lead his troops south to attack Chang'an, and he knew that his son Anluo was incompetent, so he left his last words to pass on the throne to his second brother Mupole Khan's son Da Luoben, but it caused a storm.
The eldest brother of the Khan was the Khan of Yixiji, whose son was very powerful, claiming that if the Great Khan ascended the throne, he would rebel, and if the son of the previous Great Khan, Anluo, ascended the throne, he would submit to him.
Da Luo's strength is not as good as the photo, and the biological mother's status is lowly and unable to suppress the Turkic nobles, so she can only give way to Anluo, and the weaker Anluo can't suppress Da Luo after taking the throne, and can't suppress the forces of all parties, and after weighing the pros and cons, she simply passed the throne to the photo.
The three cousins intrigued, and the picture was taken to become the Turkic Khan as the self-proclaimed Shabalu Khan, and then the hidden danger was buried.
The picture who insisted on upholding justice turned out to be a khan, where could Da Luo who should have sat in that position swallow this breath, Sha Bo Luo Khan in order to appease Da Luo as Apo Khan, Anluo alone in Luoshui called the third khan.
Apo Khan naturally did not deal with Sha Bolu Khan, and the two sides secretly watched out for each other, but the trouble was not over, and the powerful faction in the west was not honest.
The Turkic Khanate is divided into two parts, east and west, and now the Shabal Khan Ashina is the strongest in the east, but the Turkic Khan Ashina in the west is even stronger than him.
The father and son have been operating in the western part of the khanate for many years, but their status is not as good as those small khans in the east, and he has become the supreme leader of the Turks who are weaker than himself, so he is naturally unconvinced.
Sha Bo slightly guarded against Datou and Apo Khan, but his younger brother Chu Luo Hou was not a fuel-efficient lamp, Chu Luo Hou was thoughtful and would win people's hearts, and his reputation among the Turkic nobles was very high, in view of this, Sha Bo Luo Khan also prevented his younger brother from usurping the throne.
These intriguing khans are now leading their armies south, and once the war is unfavorable, their minds will be activated, not only to prevent heavy damage to the Sui army, but also to prevent being stabbed in the back by other khans, so the Turkic army seems to be outnumbered but easy to infighting.
"The two sons are always filial, even if the country is poor." Yang Jian looked at the words written on the map and muttered to himself, with a resolute look on his face, "I thought that the Central Plains was a ranch for you, so you can come if you want, and you can leave if you want!" ”
The Turks were originally Rouran's forging slaves, skilled in forging iron weapons, and then Rouran weakened and they took the opportunity to rise, when the Western Wei and Eastern Wei were tug-of-war, the Turks not only annexed the territory of the original master, but also benefited from the fishing between the Western Wei (Northern Zhou) and the Eastern Wei (Northern Qi).
In order to win them over, Zhou and Qi competed to offer generous gifts and bribes, taking this opportunity for the Turks to become more and more arrogant. ”
This sentence made Yang Jian angry, as a man who aspires to the world, he can't stand this contempt.
Nearly 20 years ago, at the end of the third year of Baoding in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou army gathered with 100,000 Turkic soldiers to attack the Qi State.
At that time, the snow was falling and the cold wind was cold, and the superior Qi army launched a fierce attack on the Zhou army, and the Turkic soldiers of 100,000 people were afraid and did not dare to fight, only the marching marshal Yang Zhong led the elite to fight, and repelled the Qi army under a vicious battle.
My father has never taken the Turks seriously, so Yang Jian doesn't think the Turks are terrible, and the other party is very good when he grabs things, but he is just a bully and afraid of the hard.
In this war, his focus is on the north, the Turkic wolf will only know fear when it hurts, Yang Jian already knows the intrigue within the other party, and decided to take this opportunity to be ruthless, and then provoke the other party's civil war to avoid attacking the south from time to time.
Now the Zhou army in the east is entangled, and they are attacking the boundaries of Luozhou, Yuzhou, Hezhou, and Wuzhou Governor's Mansion unrelentingly, and Yang Jian and Gao Gong and other henchmen have decided that they must keep Luozhou and Yuzhou, and Hezhou and Wuzhou are trying to hold on.
Compared with the territory of the Zhou State when the Zhou destroyed Qi five years ago, the Sui State also controlled the land west of Tongguan, without the three governors of Jingzhou, Xiangzhou, and Anzhou in Shannan, and the five governors of Bingzhou, Luozhou, Yuzhou, Hezhou, and Wuzhou, he didn't think he would lose.
At that time, the Zhou State fought for the basic plate of the world - Guanzhong in his hands, and compared with the war-torn Henan, Huaibei, Huainan and Jiangbei, the manpower and material resources in his hands were much more abundant, as long as the interference of the northern Turks was excluded, the Zhou State may not be able to withstand the all-out attack.
The places of Hebei, Henan, Huaibei and Huainan that the Zhou State now controls are the homeland of the Qi State, and it will take a lot of time just to straighten out the various relationships, and the various problems faced by the Qi State back then have to be solved by the Zhou State now.
If it can't be solved, then the fate of Zhou will be the same as that of Qi, with a vast territory, a huge household registration, and a large number of troops, but it is still unable to gather strength, and endless internal friction and political strife will make this seemingly strong country collapse.
Time is on his side, so he can't rush, otherwise he will be taken advantage of by the enemy.
Yang Jian straightened out his thinking and no longer worried about the war in the north, and Gao Gong and Yu Qing who went out this time were his right-hand men, and they would definitely be able to deal a blow to the Turks.
Put away the pictures one by one, and inadvertently the brush slipped down in one place and stained the ink spots, and the attendant on the side hurriedly took the cloth to wipe it, and Yang Jian looked at the ink spots and his eyelids jumped.
This picture is a map of the states in Shannan, and the ink dots fell near the boundary of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion, and his mood instantly deteriorated when he saw this position.
The evil wolf in the north is annoying but can withstand it, and there is a bad wolf on the Yangtze River in the east that makes Yang Jian grit his teeth, and his baby daughter Yang Lihua is now taken captive by the evil wolf to Bazhou, Jiangbei, and he doesn't know when he will come back with his granddaughter.
"Even a son, bastard!" Yang Jian hated it so much, several groups of people he sent to Bazhou suffered heavy casualties, but the master he finally sent stood firm, and according to the news that came back, Yang Lihua gave birth to a son to the bastard.
This is a helpless thing, Yang Jian has been mentally prepared since he judged that his daughter was taken away by the 'Yuwen Evil Wolf', and it is not strange that a young woman fell into the hands of thieves this year.
He was hesitating whether to tell the news to Queen Dugu Jialuo, Yang Lihua disappeared in the Chang'an Palace two years ago, Dugu Jialuo has been thinking about his daughter and granddaughter, Yang Jian found out that his daughter was taken captive by the 'Yuwen Evil Wolf' to Anlu and then transferred to Bazhou, and he has not dared to tell the truth.
"Forget it, let's talk about it later." Yang Jian still had some concerns, he felt that if the queen knew that her daughter was suffering in Bazhou, she would be furious, and the consequence would be to force him to send troops to attack Yuwenliang in Shannan.
Then Yuwenwen on the edge of the Yangtze River fled, this 'evil wolf' will take Yang Lihua to flee to Jiangnan to join Chen Guo, and when the fence is sent, this fang will not be able to think about it, and Yang Lihua, who is already a concubine, will not be given as a gift.
My Yang Jian's daughter is the golden branch and jade leaf of the Great Sui, and she must not fall into such an end!
Yang Jian couldn't help but feel like a knife when he thought that his daughter would fall into that situation, and he had already sent people to lurk in Xiyang City, Bazhou, to prepare for the rescue of Yang Lihua in the future.
Yuwen Evil Wolf locked his daughter and granddaughter in the mansion, the masters couldn't get in and could only lurk outside, the other party's 'dogs' were very capable, and they could lurk down was already the limit, so Yang Jian's order was improvised.
Once the evil wolf wants to slip away, he will save Yang Lihua and Yuwen Eying no matter what, and he will not hesitate to promise a heavy reward for this: the meritorious person will be crowned the county prince and awarded the title of the emperor.
"When I get rid of the wolf in the north, I'll draw my hand and deal with you, the wolf!"
Just as Yang Jian cursed Yuwen Wen for not dying well, Queen Dugu Jialuo walked in, because the queen often assisted in handling government affairs and reading the chapters, and often went in and out of the imperial study.
"The queen is here?" Yang Jian got up to greet him, every time he went to the court, the queen walked with him to the outside of the main hall before stopping, if there was any omission in dealing with government affairs, the queen would mention it in time.
'It's a virtuous helper, but it's too strict, you can't look at a woman too much' Yang Jian thought, of course, the latter sentence can't be said no matter what.
Dugu Jialuo's intention is very simple: their second son, Yang Guang, the king of Jin, is old, and it is time to choose a good daughter-in-law to pass the door.
"I originally wanted to marry Liang State" Yang Jian sighed, Liang State is a vassal state of Zhou State, in fact, he was also at his disposal before July last year, if it wasn't for Anzhou Yuwenliang who sent troops to control Jiangling, now Liang State is a vassal state of Sui State.
The Liang clan is also a famous family in the Lanling Xiao family, and the princess of the clan is worthy of his Jin king of the Great Sui, but he originally wanted to choose a princess to marry, but his hopes were disappointed.
"It's all the damn Anzhou Army, not to mention the life of Liu Honglu, and they also dominated Jiangling, especially that Yuwenwen!" Dugu Jialuo suddenly became excited as he spoke, "Troubled the palace of Liangguo, it seems that a princess has been harmed!" ”
Yang Jian couldn't help but nod when he listened, but in the end he was stunned, what the queen said Liu Honglu was Liang Guo's Honglu Temple Qing Liuzhuang, Liu Zhuang had always advocated that Liang Guo was on his side,
In July last year, the Anzhou Army took control of Jiangling, and Liu Zhuang was killed in order to rescue Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang from the clutches of the devil.
At that time, Yuwen Evil Wolf was also in Jiangling, and it was rumored that he was still one of the culprits who broke the matter, but this was not the point, Yang Jian was curious why the queen knew so much about that Yuwen Wen?
What's going on with Yu Wenwen being very angry that "it seems to be a princess"? Listening to the tone, it seems that the queen has a lot of opinions about Yuwenwen?
Dugu Jialuo knew that she was not good, she had previously learned the whereabouts of her daughter Yang Lihua through the door of Peiguo Gong Zheng Yi, and her baby daughter had been captured by the evil wolf Yuwenwen to Anlu and then transferred to Bazhou.
She was afraid that her husband would be angry and send troops to attack the states of Shannan after knowing this, in case the evil wolf saw that the situation was not good, he ran to Jiangnan to defect to Chen Guo, and gave Yang Lihua to seek glory for the sake of glory and wealth, then it would be too late to regret it, so she did not tell the inside story for the time being.
It is said that she has nothing to do with Yu Wenwen, but she said in anger that she leaked her mouth, and if her husband came back to his senses, he would definitely wonder why he paid attention to Yu Wenwen.
"Then Your Majesty Luo Yan, leave this matter to the concubine." Dugu Jialuo hurriedly took the lead, of course, the son's marriage is indeed important, the daughter-in-law must be virtuous, she must know her husband and children, and the most important thing is to honor her in-laws.
"After so many years, let's call Na Luoyan." Yang Jian smiled, his word is Na Luoyan, Sanskrit means that King Kong is not bad, and husbands and wives for decades are used to calling each other.
"This is different from the past, Your Majesty is the king of a country." Dugu Jialuo said solemnly, of course, the king of a country must have rules, but the others are easy to say, no one is allowed to mention the three palaces and six courts, and whoever dares to mention it is a traitor, a big traitor.
"What the queen said is that the matter of choosing a concubine for King Jin will be up to Queen Zhang Luo."
Seeing that the queen took the initiative to ask Ying Yang to ask for it, now that he is busy with state affairs and has no energy to run around for the marriage of his second son, he didn't dare to say much about Yuwenwen mentioned by the queen before, in case the other party notices that something is wrong, it will be very troublesome.
Seeing the queen retired, Yang Jian looked at Yutu and secretly swore an oath: Yuwenwen, I must settle accounts with you! (To be continued.) )