Tong Ye Hu didn't expect that Yang Chong's team would be so mighty when they left Gaochang City. Yang Chong's mission was only more than 30 people, but Changsun Xian's caravan was nearly 500 people, and Shi Shu Huxi's caravan also had more than 100 people, in addition to dozens of truckloads of goods, there were thousands of cattle and sheep. With the consent of Ye Hu, he left the camels of Yang Chong's mission and gave him thirty high-quality horses, and now even Gu Dizang and ten slaves have one horse per person.

A thousand Gaochang cavalry escorted the mission to Yiwu City, and after receiving a notice from Gaochang Guo, the border army sent five hundred Sui cavalry to meet them, led by Zhao Shizhu, who joined the army of Cao Xing, and Zhang Ju, who had previously escorted the mission, was also among them. Zhao Shizhu is a native of Tianshui Nan'an, a side branch of the Zhao family in Guanlong, and he is not interested in Yang Chong, an eight-grade envoy, at all, but talks and laughs with his acquaintance Changsun Xian along the way, which makes Changsun Xian a little embarrassed, and reminded: "General Zhao, Yang Chong returns to the dynasty this time, in case it comes to work, Yuwenshu will help, and Gao Sheng will not be a problem." ”

Zhao Shizhu suddenly came to his senses, thanked him, beat his horse and ran to Yang Chong's carriage, and asked, "Is it convenient for Lord Yang to speak?" ”

Zhao Shizhu's official rank is higher than Yang Chong, and the aristocratic rank is even more incomparable with Yang Chong, Yang Chong asked Shan Fu to stop the carriage, and welcomed Zhao Shizhu into the carriage before leaving, Zhao Shizhu sat down and asked: "Lord Yang, what is this Tongye Hu doing in the court?" ”

Zhao Shizhu is obviously speechless, Yang Chongxin said Tong Ye Hu went to Chang'an to report to you? Yumen Pass has a special department in charge. But Yang Chong said with a smile on his face: "Tong Ye Hu is the envoy of the Khan of Kui, and it is said that there is something to be done to the imperial court. ”

Zhao Shizhu nodded and said: "Shicheng Yaqi is a fortress of the Western Turks guarding the southeast, although there are not many people, but the Khan of Shooting is quite prestigious, and most of his subordinates are Turkic elites, which is a force to be reckoned with. ”

Yang Chong couldn't remember Zhao Shizhu's exploits in history, but Zhao Shizhu was so insightful that Yang Chong was secretly surprised, and complimented: "General Zhao has a long-term vision, and he is really a rare good general. ”

Zhao Shizhu said proudly: "This is our opinion of Liu Wujian, the general of Wu Ben. ”

Yang Chong knew that Liu Wujian was the general of the garrison of Yumen Pass, so he nodded when he heard the words, and asked, "General Zhao, the news about the mission has been reported to Chang'an." ”

Zhao Shizhu thought that Yang Chong was greedy for merit, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of mockery: "After receiving the news from Gao Changguo, we sent a report to Chang'an on a fast horse of eight hundred miles, and at the same time as I sent troops, General Liu sent someone to send a report." ”

Yang Chong thanked him, there was no joy on his face, Zhao Shizhu suddenly remembered that for Yang Chong and his party, the Ministry of War sent a special letter asking the border army to assist, and it is said that a certain bigwig in the army also sent a private message to Liu Wujian, which has never happened, right? Zhao Shizhu didn't dare to think about it, as a member of the scholar clan, Zhao Shizhu had heard too many stories, Zhao Shizhu hurriedly found an excuse, got out of the carriage, and made up his mind not to wade into troubled waters.

When the news of Yang Chong's return was indeed sent to Chang'an by an eight-hundred-mile fast horse, Yang Guang, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Xiong, the king of Guan, discussed the matter of driving the northern patrol to hunt, and the Son of Heaven patrolled the hunting, which was actually to inspect the princes, and the state was the border state of the Great Sui, and the Eastern Turks were subordinate vassal states of the Great Sui, so it was necessary to send out the news in advance, so that the officials of the Eastern Turks and the states could prepare, safety, etiquette, hospitality, reporting and other matters.

What the center never expected was that the officials of Bingzhou actually said at this time that the Taihang Chi Road was damaged and he was unable to repair it, and Emperor Yang of Sui was angry and decided to send Ding Nan of more than ten counties in Hebei to dig the Taihang Mountain Chi Road to pass through the state. Yang Xiong actually heard about it intentionally or unintentionally, and it was not that Bingzhou actually did not have this ability, but that the scholars of Bingzhou were on fire in their hearts, and they hated being slapped in the face by Yang Chong; It is said that the people who were waiting for Yang Chong in the court were already sharpening their knives, just waiting for Yang Chong to come back empty-handed to see how the little man died in the end.

Yang Xiong is a person who knows the inside story, and he is even more worried that Yang Chong is a corpse will come back; Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty didn't care, Yang Chong, just an eagle dog, success is a legend, and failure is not a big deal. As for the matter of merging the state, Yang Guang's heart is like a mirror, this is the gate valve clan showing their strength, but now they are preparing to open up to the outside world, Yang Guang still decided to take a step back and ease the relationship.

Everyone was discussing, Neishi Yuanshou came in with a newspaper and asked Yang Chong for two sweaty and bloody horses to come back, and the border army had sent troops to Yiwu City to meet them. The dozen or so bigwigs in the court collectively lost their voices, and the first thought was that Yang Chong's kid had a really good life. Yang Xiong and Yu Wenshu breathed a sigh of relief, no matter whether Yang Chong completed another task or not, at least the errand on the surface was reasonable, as long as it didn't disgrace the Son of Heaven, other things were easy to say.

After reading the newspaper, Sun Sheng, the general of Wuwei, asked, "Why did Tong Yehu go back to Chang'an with Yang Chong, and what was the purpose of his visit?" ”

Huangmen Shilang Pei Ju said indifferently: "Yang Chong must have arrived in Kangguo with the help of the power of the Western Turks, and he had to return this favor, and Tong Ye came to Chang'an naturally for the sake of his own tribe." Now the situation of Luo Khan is not good, and he probably wants to be the second Qimin Khan. ”

It was with the help of the power of the Great Sui that the Qimin Khan defeated his brother Dulan Khan step by step and sat in the position of the Great Khan of the Eastern Turks. Changsun Sheng and Pei Ju were diplomatic experts in the court, and the others lacked their experience and listened quietly, and Emperor Yang of Sui suddenly asked: "If we support the shooting, will Chu Luo continue to be arrogant, or will he turn back?" ”

Chu Luo's current mentality and performance can't be said at all, even if he ignores the Great Sui, but Changsun Sheng and the two of them can hear that Yang Guang, the Yang Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, has not moved Luo Khan's intentions; Yang Guang still wants to teach Chu Luo Khan a lesson, cure the disease and save people, and the arrival of Tong Yehu can be described as timely rain, just to make a fuss. Changsun Sheng replied: "The strength of the Shooting Kui is weaker than that of Chuluo, but the Western Turks are now under the attack of Xue Yantuo and the Eastern Turks, and the Shooting Gang may become the last straw that breaks the camel's back. She should have seen this, so she would send Tong Ye to protect her into Beijing. If Yang Chong saw this, he deliberately approached Brother Shot, this vision, hehe. ”

Changsun Sheng could only smile, the bigwigs understood, Yang Chong's vision was not only to see the opportunity of the Great Sui in the Western Turks, but also to see that he brought the Tongye Protector back, and Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty would not do anything to him. Gao Gong said with a straight face: "Yang Chong is overstepping the system and must be severely punished." ”

Nayan Yang Da said with a smile: "Gao Xiangyan is serious, this is the same as Wei Yunqi's trip to Yingzhou, the envoy has the power to do special things. ”

In the first year of the Great Cause, due to the Khitan invasion of Yingzhou, Wei Yunqi, the messenger of affairs, originally went to negotiate, but if the negotiation failed, he went to the Turkic Qimin Khan and borrowed 20,000 cavalry. The Khitan was originally dependent on the Turks, so they did not have much suspicion and precaution against the Turkic cavalry. After Wei Yunqi led the army into the territory of the Khitan, he asked the Turkic soldiers to falsely claim to go to Liucheng to make a deal, and suddenly attacked at night, and captured 40,000 Khitan men and women, and the women and livestock were given to the Turks in half, and the rest of the generals entered the court, and the men were killed.

Wei Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, sighed, and the court had to make a big fight for Yang Chong, an eight-grade petty official.