Zhou Qian's words are very informative, and he and Gui Niao met in Yangzhou, indicating that Zhou Qian was a close confidant of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, and even like Gui Niao, he was a person on the secret front; Being able to know the content of Dugu Yu's conversation with himself shows the weight of Zhou Qian in Dugu Yu's eyes, combined with the words when talking about business before, Yang Chong is sure that in the eyes of some people in the imperial court, Zhou Qian is the person in charge of this operation, and he is just a target in front of him.

Yang Chong estimated that Zhou Qian would never come alone, and replied: "Kang Guo is currently the overlord of Zhaowu Zhucheng, Mi Guo, Sancao, He Guo, An Guo and other countries all take Kang Guo as the alliance leader, and only the Shi State in the north of the medicine killing water has been occupied by the Turks. The medicine killing water flows eastward is the Pearl River, and the Chijin Turks will definitely not dare to provoke the Western Turks, and they will definitely wait on the south bank of the Pearl River; We went the opposite way, and went directly west along the northern shore, passing through the Turkic-controlled Shule, and then crossing the medicine and killing water from Shiguo to Samalgan. ”

Zhou Qian also studied the topography of Zhaowu Zhucheng, and the medicine killing water went around most of the stone country, and Yang Chong's plan was feasible. No matter what the Great Sui and the Western Turks have now, but nominally the two countries are allies, and the Great Sui is still the suzerainty of the Western Turks, and there is no need to hide the matter of asking Kang Guo for BMW, this is a matter of slapping Kang Guo's face, and the Western Turks will even help each other. The two of them found Shi Daqian and others to improve the plan, and Yang Chong still decided to keep Zhou Qian's identity secret and did not announce it.

After only one night's rest, the Great Sui mission left Xishan City, passed through Khotan, entered the territory of Shule, and came to the city of Shule in less than a day. To Yang Chong's surprise, the Shule officials welcomed Yang Chong and his entourage very much, and soon after the post house stayed, Yang Chong hurriedly came out to greet him; Chengpan turned out to be a Han man, in his fifties, burly, fluent in Chinese, and when he saw Yang Chong, he said happily: "We have been waiting for decades, and the Great Sui has finally arrived, and there are a few envoys who have passed too far and not entered." ”

Yang Chong secretly said ashamed, and said after giving a salute: "Shule is a subordinate state of the Western Turkic tent, and I am afraid that there will be a misunderstanding and add turmoil to Shule. ”

"Yes." Cheng Pan said and laughed, and sat down with Yang Chong and said: "My country produces a lot of rice, millet, hemp, wheat, copper, iron, brocade, and orpiment, and it is sent to the Turks every year, which is also a helpless move. The surrounding Kangguo, Qiuci, and Khotan are all big countries, and if there is no Turkic tent to support them, I am afraid that countless incidents will occur early; But our country has always been focused on the Central Plains, Shule City is also the place where General Geng Gong resisted the Turks, and its deeds have been passed down to this day, and I myself am after the garrison of the Han Dynasty. ”

In the year of the death of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu Beidan Yu sent Zuo Luli King to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack the Che Division, and the Wuji Captain Geng Gong failed to rescue and retreated to Shule City. The two sides fought hard for several months, and when the new emperor of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhang of Han, succeeded to the throne and appointed Geng Bing as the general of Zhengxi to enter Jiuquan, rescue Geng Gong, and defeat the Northern Xiongnu, Geng Gong had only 26 people left, due to the long-term hunger and hardship, they were all ragged, yellow and thin, and half of them died on the way home.

When Yang Chong heard Chengpan say this, he understood that Shule, at least Chengpan had the intention of taking refuge in the Central Plains, but Yang Chong didn't take it seriously, these small countries are all the same, left and right, and strive for their own greatest interests. Yang Chong was still very concerned on the surface, and said seriously: "Cheng Xiang has such an opinion, he must be able to think about things CD is a smart person, a little bit of it, Yang Chong asked Zhou Qian to choose two pieces of jewelry to give to Cheng Pan, Cheng Pan was even more satisfied, and asked: "I heard that the mission is going to Kangguo, and it is a bit of a detour from Shule, isn't there another purpose?" ”

Yang Chong said with a smile: "Xiaguan came to the Western Regions for the first time, and he took the wrong path, so he thought about going to Shicheng by the way to have a look, I heard that there is still a Turkic tooth tent there?" ”

Cheng Pan said in a low voice: "It's the tooth tent of Lord Khan." ”

The grandson of the Western Turkic Khan of the Western Turks and the son of Duliu, when Emperor Wen, the Datou Khan was defeated by the Sui Dynasty and defected to Tuyuhun, and the Luo Khan occupied the land of the Western Turks. However, Yang Chong knew that the Khan of Shekui later defeated the Khan of Chuluo and became the lord of the Western Turks; His younger brother Ye Hu is even more eloquent, north and Tiele remaining, southwest across the Amu Darya, occupy the hometown of Tochar, expand the territory to the northern boundary of the Kabi test.

Yang Chong thought about it like this, and wanted to see these two people even more, so he said to Cheng Pan with a smile: "I also hope that Cheng Xiang will notify the tooth tent and arrange a time so that the lower officials can come to visit." ”

Chengpan is also a person who has been in officialdom for a long time, and said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, Lord Yang, I will send someone to inform." ”

Yang Chong and his entourage only waited for two days, and then there was a reply, and Shekui and Tong Yehu personally rushed to Shule City, accompanied by Cheng Pan, to the post house. Shooting is worthy of being the descendant of the Turkic Datou Khan, tall and majestic, and full of domineering at first glance; Tong Yehu looks handsome, dressed as a scholar in the Central Plains, only those eyes are fierce and compelling. The two of them didn't care about the size of Yang Chong's official position, and they were surprised by Yang Chong's youth, and the officials of the Sui Dynasty who had seen them before were all middle-aged or above.

Therefore, he was a little less suspicious, and after a few words of greeting, he inquired about Yang Chong's intention, and learned that he was going to Kangguo to find a horse and took the wrong way, Tong Ye Hu smiled: "It is normal to be reckless for thousands of miles, and it is normal to not be able to recognize the road clearly, which shows that Lord Yang and our tooth tent are fateful, why don't you go back to Shiguo with us tomorrow, and then we will inform Kangguo to meet you at the border, Lord Yang, what do you think?" ”

Yang Chong saw that Tong Ye Hu was a temptation, and agreed: "Xia Guan has this intention, then it will trouble the two khans." ”

Tong Ye Hu looked at Cheng Pan, Cheng Pan immediately remembered that there was still a business to be done, and left in a hurry, leaving only three people in the house, Tong Ye Hu, Tong Ye Hu, and Yang Chong, Tong Ye Hu asked seemingly casually: "Lord Yang is the national surname, but the royal family, or the Hongnong Yang family?" ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said, "No, I'm from Lingnan." ”

Tong Ye Hu immediately said: "Then Lord Yang must be a cadre of the Holy Son of Heaven, otherwise he would not have handed over such an important mission to you." ”

Tong Yehu's statement is correct, there is no trivial matter between countries, and Da Sui's request for horses from Kang Guo is itself an act of bullying, which is to put pressure on Kang Guo. And the people who undertake this kind of task are often the people that the emperor values more, at least when facing a country alone and facing thousands of soldiers, they will not have stage fright; Yang Chong has no background, he is so young, what Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty and the Great Sui Dynasty can value should be Yang Chong's ability.

Yang Chong smiled humbly and said: "A hard job, no one in the court is willing to do it, so it's the turn of the lower officials." ”

Tong Ye Hu shook his head slightly and said, "Lord Yang is too modest, since the incident of the Pei family in Bingzhou, Lord Yang has already become famous. Now there are rumors on the road in the Western Regions that in the west of the Hulu River, the Chijin Turks missed for the first time and were defeated by Shatuozhai. ”