Yang Guang heard Yong Yulu mention that Yu Qingze and Changsun Sheng were now patrolling the western border of the Eastern Turks, and couldn't help but blurt out: "When Xiao Wang was in Chang'an, he only heard that Yu Fushu and General Changsun were ordered by his father to accompany the Great Khan back to Turks, why didn't he hear that his father ordered him to inspect the western Turkic border?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, Yu Servant and General Changsun were originally entrusted by their father Khan to lead the accompanying guards to the western border to inspect, and they were about to return soon, so His Highness did not know. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" replied with a fist clenched.

Yang Guang thought about it for a while, and immediately understood the reason for this matter: it is very likely that the Eastern Turkic Great Khan was worried that the imperial court would send troops to help him destroy the Western Turkic Apo tribe, and he was afraid that the Western Turkic Apo and Datou Khans would raise troops to attack after receiving the news that he had declared himself a vassal to the Great Sui, so he entrusted Yu Qingze and Changsun Sheng, two ministers of the Sui Dynasty, to inspect the western border of the Eastern Turks, on the grounds that he urged the Sui Dynasty to send troops and prevented the Western Turks from taking the initiative to attack.

Thinking like this, Yang Guang further guessed that the tribe of the picture was indeed seriously injured and did not have enough strength to resist the attack of the Western Turks, so he no longer had any worries, and asked directly to Yongyu Lu: "Don't hide it from the prince, Xiao Wang has not yet received the military report from Chang'an, but I don't know when the imperial court sent troops to destroy the Apo Khan tribe, and who is the general who led the army?" ”

"I also got the news before I set off from Zihe Town, it is said that the Great Sui Imperial Court dispatched troops and horses from the east and west to raid Apo's Golden Mountain Tent, and Apo Khan died under the sword of a general named Shi Wansui. I wonder if Your Highness has ever heard of the name of this General Shi, General Shi is one of the best generals in the Great Sui Dynasty? ”

Listening to Yongyu Lu talking about Apo Khan's killing of Shi Wansui, Yang Guang couldn't help but think of the shocking arrow he saw with his own eyes outside Huazhou City five years ago, and sighed to himself: I didn't expect Shi Wansui to be so brave and brave, and he can be compared with Yujuluo.

Although he was surprised in his heart, he replied disapprovingly: "This king and this Shi Banzai also had a relationship, seriously speaking, he is just a member of the general of this dynasty with extremely ordinary skills, if this time he is replaced by the Duke of Qi An to lead the army, Apo will also be able to save his life." ”

Because from the Turkic prince Yongyu Lu who came to pay tribute to the imperial court to pay tribute to the war horse, he learned that the imperial court sent troops to destroy the Apo tribe, after the banquet was dispersed that night, Yang Guang ordered people to lead Yongyu Lu and his party to the Bingzhou Pavilion to rest, he couldn't sleep for a while, so he ordered Xiao Xiao, the maid who followed him back to Bingzhou, prepared a sobering soup, and sat alone in the dormitory while sobering up and remembering what was on his mind.

The imperial court had sent troops to destroy the Apo tribe, and Yang Guang first thought of Wang Shichong, a member of the military department who had visited him at the beginning of his return to the dynasty and promised to recommend him to the former enemy to serve and make meritorious contributions. Perhaps it was because he heard the rumors that he was suspected by his father because of Gao De's writing, and deliberately distanced himself, since he broke up outside the gate of Wanshanni Temple that day, Wang Shichong has urged himself from the future. The kung fu of this future anti-king to see the wind and make the rudder is really first-class. Yang Guang thought with contempt, and then couldn't help but have an idea in his heart that deliberately teased Wang Shichong: the more he deliberately distanced himself from himself, the more he had to fulfill his promise to him, and recommended him to leave Beijing in the previous chapter.

As soon as this idea arose in Yang Guang's mind, the more he thought about it, the more interesting it became, and then he couldn't help but connect Wang Shichong with his future biggest opponent, his cousin Li Yuan. Li Yuan is now serving as the assassin in Qizhou, and Qizhou is where the former empress Sima Luo is placed, why don't he recommend Wang Shichong to serve as an assistant under Li Yuan, but to see what kind of sparks will be rubbed out of this pair of influential figures in the late Sui Dynasty as officials in the same government office. Moreover, he can also instruct Zhang Xutuo to tell Wang Shichong and order him to monitor Sima Luo in Qizhou and act as his own eyeliner, which is really interesting.

"Lord Wang, it's been nearly three watches, aren't you still sleeping?" Xiao Xiao, who was guarding outside the dormitory, took the opportunity to enter the hall to clean up the soup bowl and reminded Yang Guangdao softly.

"This time, you returned to the dynasty with this king, and you didn't have time to recall Xie Wei, so I disappointed you." Yang Guang's thoughts were interrupted by Xiao Xiao, because he remembered that he had heard An Ruoxi tell him that Xiao Xiao had a deep affection for Xie Xiao, so he said to her unapologetically.

A layer of blush flew on Xiao Xiao's cheeks, he lowered his head to clean up the soup bowl on the table, pretended not to understand the meaning of Yang Guang's words, and replied: "It's all because the maid is clumsy, and he can't cook delicious food for the prince to enjoy, but the prince is worried about Chef Xie." ”

Yang Guang saw that Xiao Xiao was still ashamed to admit her affection for Xie Wei, and couldn't help laughing: "Yes, Xie Wei's cooking skills are unique in the world, but not everyone can learn if they want to." When Ming'er has a chance, I personally wrote a letter to the Duke of Qinghe, asking him to let Xie Xian live in Bingzhou for a while, and cook some more delicious food for this king, so that you, oh, and Cersei can have the opportunity to learn from him again. What do you think? ”

Xiao Xiao didn't fall for him, picked up the tray and walked outside the dormitory while persuading Yang Guangdao: "It's late at night, the prince should go to bed early." Since you have time to write a letter to Qinghegong, it is better to write a letter and order someone to bring it back to Chang'an, and ask Sister An if she has given birth. ”

It is not practical for Xiao Xiao to remind him, since Yang Guang returned to Bingzhou, the first thing he did when he opened his eyes every morning was to estimate in his mind whether An Ruoxi's date of labor had arrived, and tonight he heard Xiao Xiao remind him to write a letter back to Chang'an, only smiled slightly, and did not say anything, after Xiao Xiao left, he stood up, walked to the bed and lay down, closed his eyes, and prepared to sleep.

But lying on the bed for a full pillar of incense, until the sound of the third watch had arrived outside the hall, Yang Guang still couldn't sleep.

Although the fact that the Eastern Turks were sincere in bowing down to the imperial court, the news that the Apo tribe had been destroyed by the imperial court brought by Yongyu Lu at the same time could not but arouse Yang Guang's worries.

For a long time, Yang Guang was convinced of the general policy of dividing and ruling the Turkic tribes by advising his father Yang Jian to his father, Yang Jian, that the imperial court had long set a general policy of dividing and ruling the Turkic tribes by adopting the strategy of "combining the strong and the weak, and attacking from afar", and always insisted on following this policy to deal with disputes with the Turks. And "from the strong and the weak, from afar and close to attack" according to his understanding and comprehension, its core and essence

It also lies in the word checks and balances. Especially after the once unified and powerful Turkic Khanate split into two independent states in the east and west, it was particularly important to maintain a relative balance of power between the eastern and western Turks.

In order to stabilize the vassal relationship with the Eastern Turks, the imperial court sent troops to help it destroy the Awa tribe at the request of the photo, will this lead to a shocking reversal in the strength of the Eastern and Western Turks, and the Ava tribe took advantage of the opportunity of the destruction of the Awa tribe to regain its strength?

If this situation really happened, as a vassal king guarding the northern border, Yang Guang could not help but take precautions in advance.

However, the development of the situation is very different from what Yang Guang had planned in advance. Soon after the Apo tribe was quickly defeated by the Sui Dynasty, another Khan of the Western Turks, Datou Khan, did not lead his army south to avenge the Apo Khan, but unexpectedly sent envoys to Chang'an to surrender to the Sui Dynasty.