Su Dingfang began to act with less than 5,000 cavalry, first on the inside of the Great Wall, he broke a thousand-man cavalry of the Xi clan and killed the commander Kejin; Then he rushed directly out of the Great Wall, defeated 2,000 Turkic cavalry, captured the gold treasure, and covered the southward escape of the women and children of the Ya tribe. When Tuli got the news, he sent 5,000 cavalry led by his younger brother to intercept it; Liu Heimin sent Zhang Jinshu to lead 5,000 infantry troops to respond.

Su Dingfang gave 1,000 people to Gao Junya and continued to walk back; He made a bold detour with his brigade, and after a night of galloping, at dawn, braving the wind and snow, he raided the tooth tent of the association rate; Five hundred crossbowmen opened the way, and Su Dingfang led the cavalry to wield a horse lance and a broadsword, and attacked on horseback, killing more than 2,000 people. The Turkic army collapsed, and the association led only a few dozen horsemen to flee, and as many as a thousand people surrendered on their prostrates.

Zhang Jinshu led the army to Su Dingfang, and immediately found a small tribe nearby to open the knife, capturing 900 men and women and more than 3,000 miscellaneous animals. The Turks lost so neatly that the Turks were sweating profusely, and swore in their hearts that once they could return to Liaoxi, they would never provoke the Hexi army; This is even more arrogant than the Turks, and the Turks are infinitely sad for the Tattars, caught between the tiger and the lion, when will they have their own way out.

The competition between various ethnic groups in Liaodong is about strength, that is, the army, without strength and army, it is impossible to keep a territory that can be cultivated. If there is no territory, there will be no development, and they will always be exploited by powerful alien races, worried that one day their heads will fall to the ground, and the whole clan will become the slaves of others; Tudi Ji didn't expect that when he returned to Beiping City, Yang Chong summoned him.

Tudi Ji didn't expect Yang Chong to look so young, and people in their early thirties looked no more than twenty years old; After Yang Chong and the others finished their salutes respectfully, they gave a seat and asked, "What is your reputation among the Yan tribe?" ”

Tudiji was speechless for a moment, there were many tribes of the Ya tribe, the seven largest were the Su Mo Ya that was connected with the ancient Goryeo, the Bo Du Department in the north of the Su Mo Division, the Anche Bone Department in the northeast of Bo Du, the Fu Ne Department in the east of Bo Du, the Horn Room Department in the east of Fu Nee, the Heishui Department in the northwest of Anche Gu, and the Baishan Department in the southeast of Su Mo. Among them, the Heishui Department is the most vigorous, and the tribal leader Agu Lang has received Han culture and is a talent that has not been encountered in a hundred years; Tudiji was unwilling to be squeezed out by the Seventh Ministry, so he came to Yingzhou.

Yang Chong nodded in understanding and said: "There is no danger to defend between the white mountains and black waters, what you pay attention to is force and cunning, and you have a simple personality, so you must not be good at dealing with them." I ask you, if I hand over to you the territory of the millet in the future, what are you going to do with it? ”

How to dispose of it? If Tudiji is single-handed, if he wants to make a difference, if he wants to exercise power, he must win the support of the forces of all the tribes in the Yan, but if Yang Chong is the backer behind, Tudiji can change his course and actively seek the support of the Great Sui government, and even turn against all seven ministries. Tudiji believed that as long as he maintained a good relationship with Zhuojun, he would be able to seize the opportunity of reversal, make a shame among the Yan people, and finally control the territory of Su Mo Ya.

Yang Chong saw Tudiji's thoughts clearly, and when Yang Guang attacked Goguryeo, Tudiji was the only leader of the Turdiji; After Li Shimin occupied Youzhou, Tudiji joined the Tang Army in order to survive, if he didn't have ambition, he didn't want to raise his eyebrows among the Ya people, why should Tudiji endure humiliation. As soon as the Turks arrived in Yingzhou, they bloodied the tribes of the Turks, which shows that the Turks also have a clear understanding of this and cannot tolerate it.

Yang Chong waited patiently, and Tudiji finally knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Tudiji is willing to be the king of Yue, hold the territory of Sumo, everything is based on the orders of the king of Yue, and there is no second heart." ”

Wang Gong and others almost covered their faces, saying that the Han people are cunning and hypocritical, and now they look at the Hu people the same, as long as they are politicians, it is difficult to be sincere. Yang Chong smiled with satisfaction: "Tudiji, I will build a city in Sumo, so that the people of Sumo can live and work in peace and contentment, just like the Han people, and then the entire area of the seven parts of the Intar will be built into several counties, and you will be the county guard of Sumo City." ”

Tudi Ji was secretly glad that he did not underestimate the king of Yue, Yang Chong was clearly planning and then acting, he had already calculated for the Yan Ya area, and even thought about building a city; Tudi Ji understands that with this alone, the smaller tribes of the Tatar tribe will come down to the wind, and if there is a chance to not be exposed to the sun and rain, who is willing to fight with nature all day long. In the hearts of the people below, being able to live like the Han people is the goal of life.

The envoy of Tuli soon arrived, as a small tribe, it was difficult to bear the pain of getting up in the morning and losing one-sixth of the army, Tuli hoped that Yang Chong would release the prisoners, and Yang Chong made a condition for a warrior to exchange for a cow and a sheep. This condition is not high, but it is now the icy and snowy December, and the cattle and sheep are the food for the Turks to spend the winter, and the pressure on the Turks is huge; What's more, if the Khan's military salary was lost, the Khan's court would definitely react.

Tuli saw that the messenger looked at him mysteriously, and hurriedly read the letter over and over, only to find that there was a line on the back of the letter, which turned out to be a polite word welcoming himself to Chang'an; Tuli suddenly realized that Yang Chong was making a discordant scheme, so that Jieli Khan and himself had a distrustful estrangement. However, the sweat behind Tuli is like a spring, without this letter, would Jieli Khan believe in himself?

The answer is no, as a capable person, the qualified heir of the Turkic Great Khan, Turki simply cannot gain the trust and support of the Jieli Khan. It was because Yang Chong knew all this that he broke out of the Great Wall and began to harass his own jurisdiction; After thinking about it for a day and a night, Tuli was still ready to withdraw his troops.

Just as Tuli was about to return to the grassland, Li Shimin took out another golden Buddha and a ransom to redeem the Turkic warriors; Li Shimin also has no choice, as soon as the Turkic army leaves, the Tang Army in his hand will not be able to stop the attack of the Hexi Army at all, and Li Shimin is willing to pay no matter the price.

The Spring Festival is waiting for the sound of coming, Yang Chong has already left Beiping, with more than 10,000 troops of Tianqi, Su Dingfang, Tianjian, and Hao Xiaode to the county of Boling County; In order to show the importance of Beiping, Yang Chong merged the three counties of Boling, Gaoyang, and Beiping into a Boling County with eleven counties. Similarly, Zhuo County stayed in Xu Shiji in Cangzhou, and the deputy left behind Cui Fengju in Zhuo County was in Zhuo County.

(End of chapter)