Yang Guang ordered Pei Yun to temporarily return to the Jin Palace, continue to investigate Gu Sheng's rebellion, and followed Li Yuer to Linde Palace.

When Yang Guang walked into the Linde Palace, he saw that unlike the time when his father summoned him more than ten days ago to inform Yang Jun of his death, in addition to the crown prince Yang Yong, there were already Yang Liang, the king of Han, and his master, Sun Sheng, who were accompanying him in front of the steps, so he secretly guessed that something was probably going on in the Turks.

When Yang Jian saw Yang Guang coming, he immediately ordered the eunuchs in the palace to bring him a military report, and asked Li Yu'er: "Have the other people arrived?" ”

"Back to the saint, I'll be there later."

Yang Guang took the military newspaper and took a look, it turned out to be a military report written by Gao Ying, the left servant of Shangshu who was guarding Hebei, which said that a few days ago, an iron cavalry under the banner of the Western Turkic Muli Khan secretly attacked Baidaozhou outside Yanmen Pass, and the Sui army stationed in Baidaozhou was caught off guard and was defeated, Baidaozhou was lost, and reported to the imperial court that he had rushed back to Bingzhou from Youzhou after hearing the news, and was mobilizing Hebei garrisons to prepare to counterattack the Turks and recapture Baidaozhou. Because not long ago, the Eastern Turk Dulan Khan expressed his willingness to continue to pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty, Gao Ying also mentioned in the military report that he had sent personnel to Dujin Mountain to negotiate, and wanted to ask Dulan to find out the details and force the Nili Department to withdraw from Baidao Prefecture, but in case of emergency, he asked the imperial court to send troops to reinforce Hebei and be ready to officially start a war with the Turks at any time.

Yang Guangcai read the military report, and listened to the eunuch on duty at the entrance of the palace roll call: "Zhongshu ordered Yang Xiong, his subordinate Nayan Su Wei, and Song Guogong He Ruobi to come by order and ask for Jin to see." ”

"Pass them in." Yang Jian rushed to the outside of the hall and commanded, and when Yang Xiong, Su Wei, and He Ruobi followed into the hall, he said, "I summoned the rank to come today, in order to receive a military report from Gao Ying from Bingzhou last night, the Western Turkic Nili Khan suddenly sent troops to attack and occupy Baidao Prefecture, Gao Ying has sent personnel to negotiate with the Eastern Turkic Dulan Khan, and wants to make Dulan force Nili to withdraw from Baidao Prefecture, if the negotiation fails, please consider whether you need to officially start a war with the Turks." ”

Among the three later, He Ruobi was the general of the unified army who had made great contributions to Chen a few years ago, and when Yang Jian's voice fell, he immediately hugged his fists and replied: "The minister is willing to lead the army to fight against the Turks." ”

"Ah Zong, you have been in Hebei for a long time, and you are no stranger to the situation in the Turkic country, what do you think?" Yang Jian did not comment on He Ruobi's initiative to ask for battle, and turned to Yang Guang, who had just read the military report, and asked.

Yang Guang glanced at Changsun Sheng, and replied with a fist in front of him: "When Erchen was in Jiangnan, he heard Li Jing introduce the situation of his envoy to the Turks with General Changsun not long ago. Isn't that counterintuitive? Father and emperor, sons and ministers deduced that Nili sent troops to capture Baidaozhou must be related to the recent Gu Sheng rebellion case, some people rushed to attack Dulan to attack Sui, Dulan was taken by the strong military power of my Great Sui, and did not dare to raise troops easily, so he secretly instigated the Western Turkic Nili Khan to send troops to capture Baidaozhou, wanting to test the reaction of the imperial court. ”

Yang Jian nodded frequently when he heard this, and asked the others in the hall, "What do you think of what King Jin said?" ”

Yang Liang, the king of the Han Dynasty, also went out of Hebei and took the lead in saying: "Erchen thinks that no matter what, he should be dealt with head-on against the Turks' sneak attack on my Baidao Prefecture, and Erchen is also willing to go out to fight with the Turks." ”

Yang Xiong reminded Yang Jian: "Now that the war on the Eastern Front has started, there is no vassal king in the northwest to defend it, whether the Western Turkic Datou Khan will take the opportunity to attack, Your Majesty must make arrangements for this as soon as possible." ”

Yang Jian listened to Yang Xiong's words, nodded, his eyes fell on Yang Liang, and said: "I mean, Hebei has Gao Ying to defend it, and the northwest Ah Yi is newly dead, Ah Liang, temporarily appoint you as the governor of Qinzhou, and the army will be stationed in the northwest to prevent the Western Turks from taking the opportunity to attack." ”

Although Yang Liang was not allowed to directly confront the Turks outside the Hebei Pass, he was also given the important task of leading the army to guard the northwest and prevent the invasion of the Western Turks.

Yang Jian saw that Changsun Sheng, who had arrived first and was most familiar with the situation in the Turkic country, still did not say a word, so he asked him by name and asked, "Changsun Sheng, do you agree with the judgment made by King Jin?" Given the current situation, do you think we should send troops to war with the Turks? ”

Changsun Sheng had already made up his mind in his heart, and after listening to the emperor's opinion, he stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty is requested to immediately kill Yuwen Panruo and quell this military disaster outside the Guan. ”

"Oh? Do you think that Nili sent troops to capture Baidao Prefecture and was the main envoy of Yuwen Praruo? Yang Jian asked with a little surprise.

"Exactly, the minister agrees with the assumption of King Jin. Not long ago, during the minister's mission to the Turks, he heard and witnessed that Yuwen Praruo's heart for restoration was not lost, and he had close contacts with the Western Turkic Nili Khan, and this time Nili Gan risked blaming Datou and Dulan, two great khans who were ten times stronger than him, and brazenly sent troops to capture Baidao Prefecture, probably having received a promise from Yuwen Praruo in advance: at least Dulan would not obstruct this matter. Although Du Lan has long had the heart of the Zhongxing Turks, if there is no Yuwen Panya by his side to instigate and smuggle, he will not go back on his word and acquiesce in the mud Li sending troops to invade our border pass. According to this, the minister thought that only by eliminating Yuwen Praruo could the military disaster in the northern Xinjiang be eliminated for a long time. ”

"I have taken your advice and recently issued a decree to deprive me of the title of Princess Yuwen Prajna, however, she is still the Turkic Kehedun, even if I have the heart to punish her, I'm afraid Du Lan will not obey my will, right?" Although Yang Jian felt that what Changsun Sheng said was reasonable, he couldn't think of a way to kill Yuwen Panruo for a while, so he tightened his eyebrows and asked him.

"Regarding the matter of Nili sending troops to capture Baidaozhou, the minister advocated that there is no need to transfer troops to the north for the time being, but Gao Ying can send a general to give Nili a head-on blow to the offensive department, recover Baidaozhou as soon as possible, form a shock to Dulan, and force him not to easily declare war on our Great Sui. As for the killing of Yuwen Prajna, as long as His Majesty is determined to kill this woman, please send an envoy to the Turks again and take the head of Yuwen Prajna to return to Chang'an to offer it to His Majesty. Changsun Sheng said confidently with his fists.

Yang Guang heard that Changsun Sheng was going to go to the gate in person to kill Yuwen Panruo, and couldn't help but get excited, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "When Erchen was guarding Hebei, he was familiar with Yongyu Lu, and Erchen is willing to go with General Changsun to kill Yuwen Panruo and eliminate the disasters in northern Xinjiang for a long time." ”

"Ah Zong, you went to Guanwai, what about Jiangnan?" The crown prince Yang Yong suddenly spoke, "Father, in addition to what the eldest grandson Sheng just said, the sons still have a matter that I implore my father to summon: the Turks suddenly sent troops to invade the country, most of which are not unrelated to the case of Gu Sheng's rebellion not long ago, and the real culprit who made Gu Sheng's rebellion, Erchen thinks, is none other than Chen Shubao, the queen of Southern Chen. Therefore, Erchen suggested: Immediately kill Chen Shubao to calm the hearts of the people in the world, and cut off the hope of collusion between the Turks and the remnants of Southern Chen in the north and south, and jointly oppose our Great Sui. ”