Qu Tutong was born in a military aristocratic family in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and received the traditional education of a military aristocratic family since he was a child. Later, he entered Sui at a young age and became a tiger tooth general, but he was a tiger son.

In the seventeenth year of the emperor's reign, Yang Jian sent him to investigate the local grazing situation, and found that there were more than 20,000 hidden horses. As a result, Yang Jian was furious and wanted to kill more than 1,500 people in the Taifu Temple who were in charge of the horses. He pleaded, "Human life is of the utmost importance, why did Your Majesty kill more than a thousand people for the sake of livestock!" Dare to die! In the end, Yang Jian didn't kill those people, but appreciated him very much, and since then, this kid has risen to the top. In the end, in the battle between Yang Guang's brothers, they stood on the right team and followed Yang Guang. After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he was promoted from General Zuo Wuhou to General Zuo Wuhou, and stayed in Chang'an to help Yang Guang guard the old nest in Xijing.

When the three expeditions to Liaodong, he also led his troops into Liao, and after Yang Xuangan raised troops against Sui, he and Yu Wenshu,

Yang Yichen and the three of them led the cavalry to gallop south, quelling Yang Xuan's rebellion. Later, he was crowned as the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and later as the ambassador of the Guannai arrest.

However, this year, Liu Jia, a native of Yan'an, raised troops, proclaimed himself the emperor, and built the Yuan Dynasty, and his people were known as 100,000. Qu Tutong led his troops to suppress it. The soldiers were stable, and they were always looking for fighters, but they did not have a quick victory. This incident aroused Yang Guang's suspicion, and he was removed from his post and transferred to Kyoto. Later, he was reinstated as the general of Zuo Wuhou, and now there is something in Henan, but he just transferred this old subordinate out for emergency.

And the other three lieutenant generals also have their own backgrounds. Ashina Danai, Han name Shi Danai, was originally a clansman who entered the Sui Dynasty with Luo Khan in the Western Turkic Division, and has been following Yang Guang as the commander of the personal guard all these years, and is a general who is very trusted by him. And Shi Danai is also a very brave general, Yang Guang transferred him to Qu Tutong's army, but he also meant to supervise the army.

However, Zhang Gongjin was originally a general of Wang Shichong's Huainan Army, and he had always fought bravely, and Yang Guang asked him to enter Beijing and transfer him to serve in the Praetorian Guard. This time, he was allowed to join the Qu Tutong army, firstly because of his bravery, and secondly, because of the meaning of balancing the generals.

And the last deputy general, Song Laosheng, is a general in Hedong. He has been in the border for a long time, with a broad back and a round waist, strong and burly, holding a machete, with a face like a purple eggplant, black nostrils, big ears, and a white beard floating in front of him. He is not from a family, but he is a border hunter, and he is born with divine powers, making a wild road machete, and does not use a horse lance like other generals. Wang Junkuo was chased all the way from Hedong to Henan by him before, but this time Yang Guang saw that he was near the eastern capital, so he simply recruited him into the army.

The five generals went out together to "Ministers and Commanders!" After arranging five generals and transferring 80,000 troops, Yang Guang also put Wagang aside. In his opinion, although Wagang claims to be 100,000, it must be mostly coerced people.

Such a rabble, if it weren't for the fact that he was afraid that Luokoucang would be lost, he only needed to send 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he would definitely be able to pacify this rebel army.

"Zhu Aiqing, now Chen is rebellious against Gu Junen, openly rebelling in Liaodong, and the court will never tolerate and condone such chaotic ministers and thieves. Now, the imperial court was planning a northern expedition to the Eastern Turks. But if you want to go outside, you must first settle inside, and I decided to set foot in Liaodong first, and then settle the Turks in the north! "Chen Kefu's essay has basically been read by the ministers in Kyoto. Everyone understands that Chen Kefu has really started the army. But for the emperor to fight Liaodong now, few of the ministers in the palace should drink.

For Liaodong, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty already had some Liaodong phobia. The two emperors before and after conquered Liao three times. For the first time, there were 300,000 people on land and water, but the land route happened to coincide with the rainy season in eastern Liaodong, and the water and soil were not adapted, and they were infected with epidemics, and less than one out of ten percent of the whole army returned to the Central Plains. The sailors were even more unlucky, they encountered a typhoon, and the ships used inland warships, and few of the 100,000 sailors came back alive.

In the second expedition to Liaodong, the imperial court sent an army of 1.1 million and more than 2 million people, which can be said to be unprecedented, unprecedented in ancient and modern times. But with such a large military force, it was also personally recruited by the emperor, but in the end, it was even more defeated, and it was fought for almost a year, consuming countless money and food, but in the end it only resulted in the loss of 400,000 soldiers. And the third time, hundreds of thousands of troops and craftsmen were more than one million, but halfway through the battle, the emperor ran back, and Liaodong City was still unbroken. If it weren't for the outlier Chen Kefu in the end, Liaodong would definitely not have been peaceful by now. …,

And now the emperor is actually going to fight Liaodong again, which makes all the civil and military take a breath in their hearts. Liaodong occupies a favorable geographical position, the mountains are high and dangerous, and the city walls are high, and they are all mountain cities. It is not conducive to the war of the large army in the Central Plains at all, and the logistics and transportation are very inconvenient and the consumption is huge. And it is now the military god Chen Kefu who is considered to be the most proficient in warfare in Liaodong today, this person can defeat hundreds of thousands of Liaoren coalition army with 10,000 people, and finally pacify the entire Liaodong and Murowei. Now that he has an army of hundreds of thousands, a fortified fortress, and plenty of food and grass equipment, this will only be more difficult to fight than Goguryeo at the beginning, not easier to fight.

Think about the three expeditions to Liaodong, the entire Central Plains rebellion that started in Jī has not been quelled until now, if at this time it is necessary to raise troops to conquer Liao. They believed that the peasant army rebellions in the entire Central Plains, which had already been faintly stopped, would surely spring up like mushrooms after a rain. In fact, everyone understands that these peasants are actually the most simple and tolerant group of people. No matter how much taxes are raised and no matter how poor they are, as long as they can still feed their stomachs and feed their families, they will never rebel without hesitation. They believe that the emperor must understand such a simple truth, but the emperor never seems to care about this.

Looking at the silent civil and military ministers in the hall, Yang Guang's face sank like water.

"Can you object? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Pei Shiju looked at the ministers who were silent around but all bowed their heads and refused to speak, his brows were furrowed, and after a long time, he still couldn't hold back, and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers think that Liaodong and the Eastern Turks are not about internal and external, but about priorities!" Liaodong was only obtained after the pacification of Goguryeo.

The land of Liaodong is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it has the right time and place. The Liaodong rebels had been prepared before, and they had already acted before the imperial army to keep our imperial army out of Liaoxi. The imperial court sent hundreds of thousands of troops, but they could only gather in vain in the Great Wall Pass, wasting food and wages.

We have lost the best opportunity to pacify Liaodong. Yang Guang was silent.

Pei Shiju continued, "Because of its unique terrain, it is difficult for the imperial army to attack Liaodong, but if the Liaodong rebels want to counterattack the Central Plains, it is equally difficult. After the rebels won Liaoxi, there was only one narrow Great Wall between the imperial court and the rebels. Now although our army is based on the Linyu Pass, it is more than enough to defend the pass, and it is difficult to attack.

The Liaodong rebels had 60,000 or 70,000 troops outside the Linyu Pass, and it was certain that the rebels would be able to add more troops and horses in the short term. As a result, the rebels can't get out, we can't get in, and it's a stalemate. In addition to the land route, only the sea route remains. The imperial navy conquered Liao, and the navy fleet had only two places to land, one was Beisha Port at the mouth of the Liao River, and the other was Hancheng Port at the mouth of Beishui. Except for these two places, it was difficult for the naval fleet to land in the rest of the place. However, in these two places, there have long been rebels who have been strictly defended, and there is no chance to take advantage of them. "According to Pei Aiqing's words, if Chen Kefu stays in Liaodong and sits as a king of Liaodong, then I can only watch in Luoyang?" Yang Guang said in a slightly mocking tone.

"Returning to Your Majesty, of course it won't be like that. The minister just thinks that Liaodong is not the most urgent task of the imperial court now. Our most urgent task is the Eastern Turks, and Your Majesty and the ministers have received a response from all parties around the Eastern Turks, and they have expressed their willingness to advance and retreat together with our Great Sui for this joint attack on the Turks. Tiele, Xi, and the Western Turks are all ready to mobilize and can send troops to recruit the Turks at any time. And Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, also sent a quick letter, saying that all parts of Shanxi and Hedong had prepared grain and grass and could send troops to conquer the Eastern Turks at any time. For details, he has already sent Ma Yi Taishou Li Shimin back to face the gentleman carefully. ”

"To fight or not to fight, when to fight, this right is in my hands, Pei Qing doesn't think I still have to listen to what those foreigners say?" "The minister doesn't dare, it's just that although Liaodong Chen Kefu is a dragon, but now he is trapped in a cage, there is no fear at all, and His Majesty can completely clean him up after solving the Eastern Turks. The Eastern Turks are different, although the strength of the Eastern Turks is similar to that of the Liaodong Army, but the border between the Eastern Turks and our Great Sui is tens of thousands of miles. With such a long border, it is impossible to defend it all, and most of the Turks are cavalry, and all the people are soldiers, and now the entire Eastern Turks can arm 500,000 cavalry. Your Majesty, last year there was a heavy snow in the north, and the grassland tribes all experienced white disasters, and judging from the disaster, it was impossible for them to survive until summer. Judging by the practice of the Turks, in such a situation, they had to start a war to solve it by plundering. ”…,

"Your Majesty, if you fight the Turks now, then the initiative is all in the hands of my Great Sui, where to fight, how to fight, we have the final say. Moreover, there are Tiele, Xi people, Western Turks, etc. But if the Turks are allowed to strike first, then our Great Sui will lose this precious opportunity, and then our Central Plains and the Turks will be on the border of tens of thousands of miles, and any C place may be attacked by the Turkic wolf cavalry at any time, and at that time, it will be troublesome to deal with. At that time, it will be thousands of miles away, and countless people of our Great Sui will be under the iron heel of the Turks. Your Majesty, think again! Pei Shiju is the first person in the diplomacy of the Great Sui, and he is the person who knows the situation around the Great Sui best. In his opinion, the Eastern Turks are the most urgent needs of the Great Sui at the moment. After all, the harm of the tribes in the northern grasslands is what all the people of the Central Plains are worried about. Now that the Turks have regained their strength, if they are allowed to go south again, it will cause great harm to the Great Sui.

Yang Guang was silent for a while and then said, "I know what Qing Zhi said, but as you said, Liaodong Chen Ke is back in a cage, and this is the best time for the imperial court to cut him off." If Jean breaks the cage, if he wants to kill him at that time, it will be several times more troublesome. The Eastern Turks live outside the steppe, and they are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind. If I take the initiative to attack, the Turks are likely to follow from afar, and then I will follow the enemy. I retreat and advance, but what can I do? This is also a worry of Yang Guang, if Shibi Khan refuses to fight him, then the advantage of the Great Sui will also be lost. The steppe is not only thousands of miles wide, but at that time, how to quickly annihilate the Turks on the vast steppe will become a big problem. In case he couldn't quickly pacify the Eastern Turks, but let Chen Kefu take advantage of the opportunity of the war between the imperial court and the Eastern Turks to kill Liaodong, then the imperial court would be in trouble. Not only will they face the possibility of fighting on two fronts, but they are also likely to be attacked by Chen Kefu and Shibi from both sides.

Yu Shiji said, "Your Majesty, if the imperial court fights the Eastern Turks first, then the current northern and southern routes of the imperial court to conquer the Liao army can be changed temporarily. Withdraw the army of the South Road and station an army of 100,000 to 200,000 at the Linyu Pass of the Great Wall, then the danger of Linyu Pass is definitely more than enough to defend. At that time, the imperial court will be able to send a large army to fight the Turks. As long as we defeat the Eastern Turks, even if we repel them, it will be very beneficial to the imperial court. At that time, the imperial court could use the Turks to invade Liaodong from the Khitan or Kumoxi or even the Tiele further north. Moreover, we can also send troops at the same time as Tiele and Kumoxi, and attack Liaoxi and Murowei at the same time. Yang Guang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but be moved by Yu Shiji's right and wrong. At present, because there is an enemy of the Eastern Turks in the north, the Great Sui and Liaodong can only guard the Linyu Pass of the Great Wall on both sides. Such a dangerous place is not suitable for a large army to fight at all, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops piled up there on both sides, but it is difficult to fight at all.

And if the Eastern Turks are defeated, and even as long as they take these places near Kumoxi and Khitan, then the army of the Great Sui will be able to bypass the Linyu Pass. From the Xi people on the steppe to Liaoxi, or from the Turks to the Khitan and then into Liaodong, or directly from the north Tiele to Murowei. But no matter which method it is, it means that it is difficult for the imperial army to avoid the natural barrier on the Liaodong Sea and the narrow and dangerous entrance of Linyu Pass.

For the imperial army, as long as it enters Liaodong, the advantages of the imperial court's large number of soldiers and horses will also be brought into play. When the time comes, you can attack everywhere and break each one. even had a decisive battle with the Liaodong Army on the plains, but no matter what, it was very beneficial to the imperial court.

After discussing with the ministers for a long time, Yang Guangdao said, "I have made up my mind, first conquer the Turks, and then pacify Liaodong!" In order to prevent the Eastern Turks from getting the news first and fleeing farther to Mobei without a fight, Yang Guang decided that this time he would personally recruit him as an excuse to attack the northern tour first. He first set off with the harem concubines, the minister of civil and military affairs in Kyoto and the 150,000 Praetorian Guards, and rushed to Taiyuan, the fortress of Hedong, where he gathered soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and made an appointment with Tiele, Kumoxi, and the Western Turks to jointly crusade against the Eastern Turks, and won a victory!

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