The two returned to the county guard's mansion, and Shan Xiongxin and Ma Delai, who came to Zhangye with Wei Yuanzhao, also finished drinking, and Du Yan, Xie Yingdeng, Yang Ze, Liang Shuo, Ling Jing, Kou Jiuhui and others who accompanied them were chatting and waiting, Yang Chong beckoned Wei Yuanzhao to sit down, and then said: "I'm going to let Shan Xiongxin go back to Zhangye, General Ma, is there a problem with you being the general of Yingyanglang and taking the Heavenly Wolf Battalion to guard the town?" ”

Xijun is actually a small city, with a population of only more than 3,000 people, and there are more than 3,000 cavalry in the Sky Wolf Battalion of Ma Delai, but the official position of General Ying Yanglang is really not low, Ma Delai said angrily: "Thank you for the trust of the two county guards, Ma will definitely assist the Wei county guards." However, Wang Xie Tian and they have ideas, and I have already told Wei Junshou. "Wang Xietian, Luo Tiehan, and Peng Liao certainly have ideas, they defected to Yang Chong and served as the commander of a thousand soldiers, which is equivalent to a downgrade, but Yang Chong's strength is expanding, and the rising generals are constantly being promoted.

The three of them understood that the problem was not with Yang Chong, but with Ma Delai; Yang Chong once proposed to transfer three people to other battalions as deputies, but Ma Delai refused, so as soon as they settled down in Xijun, the three of them went to the eldest brother Ma De to discuss. Now it is equivalent to following Yang Chong step by step on the road of rebellion and secession, either make up your mind to follow Yang Chongbo from a background, or simply leave and go back to be the king of the cottage, and finally the four of them are determined to follow Yang Chong to gamble, and Ma Delai found Wei Yuanzhao.

Wei Yuanzhao was very satisfied with Ma Delai's attitude, after all, he was a veteran who had been in and out of the barracks a few times, and he knew how to put himself in the right position, Wei Yuanzhao said impatiently: "Yang Junshou and I have discussed, Liu Dapeng will be placed in Xijun after bringing more than 1,000 people from your old camp to arrive, General Ma is the general of Yingyanglang, Wei Yijie is the general of Yingyanglang, Wang Xie Tian and Luo Tiehan are the main and deputy generals of the Tianluo Battalion, and Liu Dapeng is the lieutenant of Tuntian. ”

Ma Delai was anxious when he heard this, and asked, "What about Peng Liao?" ”

Yang Chong motioned to Ling Jing and explained: "Peng Liao went to Jiuquan with Shan Xiongxin and sent troops to live in Yanhai. ”

Ling Jing spread out a map and said: "At present, on the basis of the original Gaochang Baidao Army and the Yumen Pass Garrison, we are preparing to expand the infantry into two battalions, with Shan Xiongxin and Zhang Ju as the battalion generals, and the three commanders under Shan Xiongxin are Xiang Yizu, Bai Litao, and Hao Wen, and Peng Liao is transferred to the deputy general of the infantry battalion. The troops sent to Juyanhai were assisted by Shan Xiongxin as the main general and Suo Yanshou led 2,000 cavalry to march along the ancient Great Wall from Jiuquan to Juyan, and restore the Juyan and Shoulder Water Captains that belonged to Zhangye County in the Han Dynasty, and then Tuntian. ”

The Juyan area is located in the weak water, Juyan Sea Delta, bordered by the desert in the east, the Horsehair Mountain in the west, the Hexi Corridor in the south, and the Saiwai in the north. Weak water, Juyanhai coastal shrubs are dense, abundant water and grass, conducive to agriculture and animal husbandry, Juyanhai and its eastern Hongguoerji Mountain and the west of the three fox mountains constitute a natural barrier in the north, choking the north to the west of the Hexi, the west of the traffic of the main rush. Unfortunately, since the Han Dynasty, the defense moved south, the Great Wall was broken, and the Juyan area became a place frequented by Turks and horse thieves.

Xie Yingdeng's cavalry made a detour to the north of Dunhuang and crossed the Juyan area into Hexi, and Yang Chong naturally did not want anyone to repeat this story. The sixteen guards who followed Yang Chong back then, Mao Shun and Wang Jin were killed in the battles of the past few years, Hua Chun's undercover identity was exposed back to Louguandao, Tian Qi, Wei Chi Li, Peng Moyun, and Ma Yin Yang stayed in the Central Plains, Tie Di and Deng Qilin were the escort leaders of the Turpan caravan, and only Huang Zhen, Bai Litao, Hao Wen, Chen Hu, Lin Tong, Sheng Ding, and Sheng Gui were leading the troops.

Ma Delai has no opinion, Peng Liao is young among the nine brothers, brave and good at fighting, and it is the age of meritorious service; Ling Jing said other arrangements. The candidates for the defenders of Yumen Pass, the main and deputy guards are Mai Zhongcai and Lin Tong, who are still 2,000 defenders; Yang Chong retained the soldiers, which were under the management of Sabao Prefecture, and could graze or participate in Tuntian, with Tuoba Anhu serving as Sabao of Zhangye County; In addition to the garrisons in each city, Yingyang Mansion retained Zhang Ju's infantry battalion and Xie Yingdeng's part-time hunter battalion, and Luo Shixin officially transferred the hunter battalion to serve as the commander of a thousand people.

Yang asked, "What is the plan of the county guard against the Turks?" ”

The officials of the Great Sui still had an orthodox concept, and even in the face of the enemy, they still liked to call the Eastern Turks Turks, and the Western Turks that were separated from the rebellion were the Western Turks, a local government. Yang Chong motioned to Liang Shuo to change a map of the border between the Great Sui and the entire territory of the Eastern Turks, pointed to the Yanshan area and asked, "Why is there continuous smuggling?" ”

Yang replied without hesitation: "The exchange of materials between the two sides and the attraction of huge profits. ”

There are still real people among the children of the family, Yang Chong nodded and said: "At present, there are five empires in the world that can influence the overall situation, namely the Great Sui, Turkic, Persian, Byzantine, and the rising Great Food; Our Great Sui only borders the Turks, which is a neighbor that cannot be chosen. Fortunately, the Turks are divided into two parts, the East and the West, which can be treated differently according to the situation, the Eastern Turks are different from the Western Turks, they do not have the trade profits of the Western Regions, the subject countries are all nomads, lack the ability to produce materials, and everything can only rely on foreign aid. ”

Yang Chong then began to explain the difference, the Western Turks relied on the lucrative support of trade, and sold silk and porcelain from the Central Plains to the West, and then sold pearls, precious stones, agate, and jadeite from the West to the Central Plains, making immeasurable profits from it. The forty-four countries of the Western Regions are all traditional ancient countries, with a certain production capacity and economic foundation, and can provide good strategic and living materials, so the Western Turks can't fight a big war, but they can support a long-term war, Xue Yantuo is defeated because of this, even if the battlefield is victorious, and finally can't bear the loss, Xue Yantuo can only be called a vassal and retreat to the Orkhon River.

The Eastern Turks fought wars and relied entirely on warfare, and the nomadic life was far more difficult than the agricultural life, and ordinary herders could only rely on all kinds of dairy products and grass seeds to feed their hunger, and they were more susceptible to bad weather, and in many cases, a single night of snowstorms could put a tribe in an embarrassing situation. War is a way out for the Eastern Turks to survive, at present, they are only afraid of the Great Sui in terms of strength, and they dare not go south easily, but when they can't survive, they still have to rob it, and the most convenient is Yanshan.

The castles in the Yulin area are continuous, and the army is gathered, and it is difficult to go back after robbing; The Zhuojun side is too remote and there is hardly anything to grab. The advantages of Yanshan are highlighted, not only the terrain is easy to enter and exit, but also there are few Han people in Yanshan, and there are few Xianbei people after sinicization, and many of them are all kinds of Hu people who migrated from outside the Saiwai, although they ostensibly obey the arrangements of the Great Sui government on weekdays, but in fact, they can turn against each other at any time.

The smuggling of Yanshan came into being, and the wealthy families of Youyan hoped to exchange for the peace of northern Xinjiang, and Middle-earth was far from being strong enough to wantonly treat the Turks, so they would rather do something risky than worry about the Turks attacking the door all day long, not to mention that there were huge profits in it; For the Turks, this is a way to increase their own strength, and subtly, they can infiltrate the influence of the Turks into Yanbei, so why not.

(End of chapter)