Xu Gai smiled slightly: "This five million money is a meeting gift to Brother Wang, which is a little meaning for us to work together, most of the money villages in Hebei are opened by Wang Shichong, if I give you money tickets, I am afraid that he will know what we are doing, making things difficult everywhere, so I simply give cash, in addition to three thousand horses of high-quality silk, which have also been prepared, and Brother Wang can take them away at any time." ”

A trace of excitement flashed in Wang Xuba's eyes, but he was still not too excited, he nodded: "No merit, Brother Xu is so generous as soon as he makes a move, I don't know what you want us to do?" If we drive away Gao Kaidao, this gift is a bit too heavy, and we can't afford it. ”

Xu Gai shook his head: "Gao Kaidao will be Brother Wang's opponent, he can't succeed in Youzhou, I will open the skylight and say something, the reason why I chose to cooperate with Brother Wang is because Brother Wang has contacts with the Turks and Khitan tribes, if you want to prepare for the troubled times, you have to make friends with the Turks now, and then lead the Turkic soldiers to attack the west and north of Youzhou, and lay a stable territory for yourself, and even if it is not good, you can also seize Yingzhou outside the Guan, and then wait for the opportunity to plot Zhuojun!" ”

Wang Xuba's eyes sparkled, and he fell into deep thought, Song Jingang hooked the corners of his mouth, and said: "Lord Xu Zhuang, you may not know much about the current situation of the Turks, they are very obedient to the Sui Dynasty, not only the Ashina headquarters, but even those servant tribes in Monan, such as Luo, Su Gu, Divination, etc., have gained great benefits from the border market trade with the Great Sui in the past few years, and they will not take the initiative to attack the Great Sui." ”

Xu Gai smiled slightly: "The Turks are still fierce wolves in essence, although they seem to be dogs now, they are still fierce steppe wolves in essence." Yang Guang has relied on the bone of border trade over the years. Enough for the Turks. Thanks to the strong foundation left by his father, the Great Sui was extremely rich, and the amount of material given to the Turks was just a drop in the bucket for the Great Sui, but it was enough for the Turks to feed and clothe them, so that millions of people could maintain their survival. ”

"During the Taiping period, as long as the Turks were obedient, no matter how stupid Yang Guang was, he would not cut off the supply of absolutely Turkic goods. In addition to the mutual market, Princess Yicheng, who married in the past and kissed, gave Tang Mu money every year (nominally the princess's Yulu, in addition to the dowry when she was married, she would give the Turks a large amount of money in this way every year, enough for the needs of the Ashina tribe and six or seven servant tribes for a year or two) is also enough to stabilize the Ashina headquarters, as long as the people below are well fed and clothed, even if a few nobles in the upper echelons want to resist, no one responds. ”

But Yang Guang has now caused the country to show signs of turmoil, as Mr. Song said just now. Hebei has just dug up a river, and hundreds of thousands of people have died. In this case, Yang Guang still insisted on going his own way to conquer Goguryeo, and when the time came, he would inevitably recruit a large number of people in Hebei and Shandong as civilian husbands to serve in the army, carry military food and equipment, and build camps. ”

"Goguryeo is not only a few hundred thousand Tuyuhun, they have four or five hundred thousand male soldiers, but also can drive the Khitan, Xi, Beji and other fierce barbarian cavalry, plus Yingzhou is thousands of miles away from Liaodong, all the way is full of desolate swampy areas, muddy and difficult to walk, the supply of the army will be strict zhòng problem, this war will definitely be protracted, the best result is three or four years of conquest, can only be exchanged for the recovery of Liaodong, and then you have to keep repeating the tug-of-war, The people of Hebei and Shandong can not bear this heavy burden, and when the time comes, they will definitely rise up, and the wolf smoke will be everywhere, and at that point, the main force of the Sui army will be hanging alone, and the country will be empty, and there will definitely be heroes from all over the country who will swarm and seize Yang Guang's country. ”

Song Jingang nodded again and again when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It seems that Lord Xu Zhuang has a plan for the future for a long time, your opinion is very clever, I basically agree, that is, there is one point, it is possible to fight Goguryeo by land and water, and the strange soldiers will attack from the sea, if you are lucky, maybe tens of thousands of people can directly take Pyongyang City and end the war ahead of schedule, and Baekje and Silla in the south of Goguryeo are also feuds of Goguryeo, if the Sui Dynasty sends troops to invade, Goguryeo is bound to resist with the strength of the country, and the south is empty, maybe the front door will reject the tiger, and the back door will enter the wolf, On the contrary, it made the inconspicuous partial division or Baekje and Silla kingdom cheaper. ”

Xu Gai's brows furrowed slightly, and he said: "It is indeed possible, but Baekje and Silla people are not stupid, they also joined forces with Goguryeo to compete with Goguryeo for the Han River Plain in the south of Goguryeo, but Baekje, who worked hard, did not get a few cities, but let Silla occupy almost the entire plain area, which is simply a copy of Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou during our Three Kingdoms period." ”

"Therefore, it is impossible for Baekje and Silla to attack Goguryeo with all their might, on the one hand, their troops are far less powerful than Goguryeo, and they are completely unable to compete with the Goguryeo army in the mountainous areas to the north, and secondly, they should also understand that if Goguryeo is really destroyed by the Great Sui, they will have to directly face the powerful Sui Dynasty, and they are afraid that they will not even be able to survive themselves, so they will only make a show at most, and it is even very likely that they will secretly help Goguryeo at a critical moment."

Song Jingang's eyes were blazing, and he asked, "What about the Sui Army's marines?" The last expedition to Goguryeo in the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign was a method of warfare using both land and water, although the navy and navy fleet were wiped out because of the wind and waves encountered in the front, and the main force on land retreated because of the lack of food, so they could only turn back halfway, but this line of thinking should not change. ”

"When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed Wei Korea, he used this method of simultaneous land and water warfare, which was extremely effective, as long as it was not bad luck enough to encounter a storm, tens of thousands of troops, or even 100,000 troops, successfully landed, and it was completely possible to take Pyongyang directly. If the main army of Goguryeo was all in Liaodong at that time, relying only on the tens of thousands of defenders in Pyongyang City, it might not be able to hold out for long. At that time, as soon as the city of Pyongyang fell, the whole of Goguryeo would surrender without a fight, and the Great Sui had a lot of talents, and it was impossible for no one to think of this. ”

Xu Gai hooked the corners of his mouth: "Even if the Great Sui can destroy Goguryeo within a year, the result will not make much difference, Goguryeo has been established for four or five hundred years since the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the ruling foundation is extremely solid, even our Nanchen, after the destruction of the country, can toss such a big restoration movement, the Goguryeo people are stubborn and strong, even if the country is broken, there will definitely be courtiers who are unwilling to be slaves to the country to lead the righteous army to continue the struggle, the million army of the Great Sui still can't return to the Central Plains, and will be trapped in Goguryeo for many years and can't extricate themselves, and the materials of the Central Plains, manpower will continue to fill the bottomless black hole of Goguryeo, and in the end, it will still make the people's resentment boil and the world will be in chaos! (To be continued......)