Liaodong in the Great Sui Dynasty was a multi-ethnic and multi-tribal area, with Yan as the boundary, and north of Yanshan were distributed Khitan, Xi, Murowei, Goguryeo and other tribes and countries, all of whom submitted to the Great Sui and accepted the canonization of the Sui Dynasty.

But the Sui Dynasty also had prefectures and counties north of Yanshan, that is, Yingzhou County and Yan County, which controlled today's Liaodong Corridor, since the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, after Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian sent troops to attack Goguryeo and failed, the Liaodong region has remained calm, and the Hanhu tribes lived in peace and did not offend each other.

But years of calm were shattered one night in late July.

There is a village in the north of Yingzhou near the border of the Khitan, a small river flows through Tunxi, there are more than 100 families living in Tun, most of them are military families from the mainland, thousands of hectares of land have been reclaimed near the village, because it is a military household, they can get tax-free treatment, the sun rises and the sun sets, more than 100 families, more than 600 people live a life without fighting with the world, by chance, some Khitan herdsmen will cross the river, with cattle, sheep and livestock and the Han people in exchange for a little food, the Han people also give more and take less, Try to maintain friendship and harmony with the Khitans.

At night, the hot weather makes it difficult for the people of Ji'antun to sleep, the baby cries because of the heat, this year's summer heat is unusually hot, living in the westernmost part of the village is a family surnamed Liu, Liu Laohan is a native of Hejian County, moved to Ji'antun three years ago, reclaimed 80 acres of land, his two sons are in the army in Yingzhou, he and his wife with two daughters-in-law and three grandsons live in a yard covering an area of one acre.

At night, the cry of a baby kept coming from the east courtyard, the little daughter-in-law held the child in front of the window and coaxed back and forth, the slender figure was reflected by the light on the oil tile of the window, that was Liu Laohan's youngest grandson, who was just born in November last year.

"I said home, it's unusually hot this day! In previous years, it was already very cold at night at this time, but this year it was still hot. ”

Liu Laohan's wife looked worried, "I heard that the weather is abnormal, and I am very worried."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Liu Laohan interrupted his wife's words very unhappily, "If you can't sleep, you will go and coax your grandson." ”

Liu Laohan's wife muttered to open the door and went out, but as soon as she opened the door, Liu Laohan heard a strange sound in the wind, faintly like a muffled thunder in the sky, the sound was getting closer and closer, and even the table shook.

'Don't let the wild boars enter the village! He thought to himself, he remembered that when he first moved here, there was a time when hundreds of wild boars rushed into the village one night, and this was how he felt at that time, but it was far less intense.

He immediately got up and walked towards the courtyard gate, he was a little worried that the courtyard gate was not closed, but as soon as he walked to the courtyard gate, the courtyard gate was knocked open, and a firelight rushed into the courtyard, illuminating his eyes and couldn't open it, but when he saw the situation outside, he was stunned, only to see hundreds of cavalry outside holding torches and long knives, their eyes were more fierce than the robbers, and he saw the bare heads one by one, this is the Khitan with hair in the hair.

"It's a Khitan!"

Liu Laohan shouted in fear and turned around and fled, several Khitan cavalry rushed into his courtyard, and one of the cavalrymen swung his sword like lightning and slashed Liu Laohan's head with a knife.

A large group of Khitan cavalry rushed into his house and began to kill and loot, Liu Laohan's wife and two daughters-in-law were pushed to the ground, several Khitans frantically tore their clothes, three grandsons were killed, and the youngest grandson was picked at the tip of a spear

Not only Liu Laohan's family, but the entire Ji'antun was plunged into the frenzied massacre and looting of the Khitans, and there was a raging fire everywhere, the old people and children were killed, the women were jiānyín, property was robbed, and houses were burned down.

This Khitan attack that occurred at the beginning of the great cause, I don't know if the cause may be a group of Khitan chiefs drunk bets, or maybe it is a long-term peep into the wealth of the Han people, but this time the incident intensified, and tens of thousands of Khitan cavalry began to attack Yingzhou County.

At the head of Yingzhou County, thousands of Sui soldiers looked nervously into the distance, the yellow dust was rolling in the distance, the dust was flying, and thousands of ragged fù were driven by the Khitan cavalry to stumble towards the city, the cry shook the sky, and they were slashed to death by the Khitan cavalry with a knife in one step, and each Khitan cavalry horse neck was full of human heads for the Jī Sui army to go out of the city to fight, and the Khitan cavalry beast began to kill these fù women in front of the Sui army in the city, killing children.

At the head of the city, the tragic scene of fùru made the Sui soldiers blind, and they shouted to fight, but Wei Qiyun, the Taishou of Yingzhou County, knew in his heart that this was the Khitan people who fought against them, and the Yingzhou defenders only had a few thousand people, and they would not be the opponents of the Khitans, and if the Khitan cavalry attacked the city of Yingzhou, the tens of thousands of refugees hiding in the city would all be slaughtered.

He shouted, "No one is allowed to fight, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Wei Qiyun looked back at the south, his heart was full of worry, he had already sent someone to Beijing to ask the Holy Lord for help three days ago, I don't know when the Holy Lord could send rescuers?

Liaodong is far away, when the letter of help from Yingzhou County was sent to Luoyang, it was already early August, the prince Yang Zhao died for nearly half a month, Yang Guang has gradually recovered from his grief, and the eldest son Yang Zhao was the prince of Yuande, and was buried in the imperial mausoleum of Bishan.

In the imperial study, Yang Guang is reviewing the recital sent from Yingzhou, this is actually the second recital, the first recital was sent three days ago, he has ordered Cui Hongsheng, the governor of Yingzhou, to send troops to rescue Yingzhou, and in this recital, Wei Qiyun, the Taishou of Yingzhou County, said that the Khitans had withdrawn from the army, and sent someone to express their apologies, and had severely punished the chief Yunyun.

Yang Guang sneered, he destroyed dozens of villages and killed tens of thousands of people of the Great Sui, can he just apologize? If the Khitans don't give them a little bit of Yan Sè, they won't have a lesson.

Yang Guang paced slowly in the imperial study with his hands behind his back, and for a long time, he had an idea to let the Turkic cavalry become the sword in his hand, and clean up those small clans that offended Tianyan for him, such as Tiele, Khitan, Goguryeo, and the like.

This idea has existed in his heart for a long time, but he has never had the opportunity to realize it, and this Khitan invasion is not the best opportunity?

Yang Guang made up his mind that he had to send a capable general to complete this for him, a general who could not only lead troops to fight, but also deter the Turks.

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing has arrived." ”

Yang Guang nodded, "Announce him in!" ”

After a moment, Yang Yuanqing walked into the imperial study quickly, bowed down and saluted, "Minister Yang Yuanqing see Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang smiled slightly: "Yuanqing, I heard that you are engaged, congratulations!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister lives alone and has no support, and I feel a little lonely."

"Hmmm! The Pei family is good, your choice is very wise, you can choose the scholar clan as your wife, but you did not choose the Guanlong nobles, you did not live up to the words of the tower, I still remember. ”

Yang Guang didn't want to talk about the things on the tower, so he asked again: "Do you want to go back to Wuyuan County?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister really wants to go back."

Originally, Yang Yuanqing was going to tour south with Yang Guang, but due to the death of the prince, Yang Guang canceled the plan to tour the south, Yang Yuanqing stayed in the capital and had nothing to do.

"Before you go back to Wuyuan County, do something for me!"

"The minister doesn't dare to ask His Majesty for orders."

Yang Guang took Wei Qiyun's two notebooks and handed them to him, "You can take a look for yourself first." ”

A eunuch presented the fold to Yang Yuanqing, and Yang Guang ordered Yang Yuanqing to take a couch and give him to sit down.

Yang Yuanqing carefully watched the recital, he only then understood what Yang Guang meant, he actually asked him to deal with the Khitans, he was a little puzzled for a while, if it was to fight the Western Turks, there would be no problem for him to go, but attacking the Khitan, it was so far away from Wuyuan County, wouldn't it be more appropriate to let the governor of Youzhou go?

Yang Guang saw his suspicions, so he smiled and said: "This time I want the Turks to fight the Khitan, but the main general must be the Sui general, I think about it, only you are the most suitable." ”

Only then did Yang Yuanqing understand Yang Guang's train of thought, he wanted Dye Gan to send troops, he immediately stood up and bowed and said, "The minister is willing to share his worries for His Majesty!" ”

"Good!"

Yang Guang nodded, took out a Qilin Golden Arrow and handed it to Yang Yuanqing, and said coldly: "This is the golden arrow that Dye Gan gave me to the Great Sui back then, with this arrow you can transfer the Turkic army at will, I give it to you, I only have one request, to let the Khitan people repent of their evil deeds!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Yang Yuanqing took the Qilin Golden Arrow, "The minister will not disappoint His Majesty, the minister will retire!" ”

"Let's go."

When Yang Yuanqing was about to retreat, Yang Guang suddenly remembered something and stopped him again, "Yuanqing, last time you received two arrow letters, warning you that the Red Rust Tea House would be attacked, I asked the King of Qi afterwards, and he admitted that the person who attacked the Red Rust Tea House was sent by him, but he didn't give you any arrow letters, those two letters were not given to you by him, I believe his words." ”

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, there were only three parties in total, if it wasn't the arrow letter shot to him by King Qi, could it be Yuwen Shu, exposing him for taking pig iron by himself? It's simply impossible, so who could it be?

The sudden change made Yang Yuan confused all of a sudden, could it be that the fourth party couldn't be successful?

Yang Guang was originally a little suspicious that it was written by Yang Yuanqing himself, but looking at his suspicious eyes, he knew that it was not written by Yang Yuanqing, and he deliberately deceived himself, Yang Guang smiled, "This matter is over, don't think about it anymore, and do a good job in Liaodong for me, if I make a great contribution this time, I will be rewarded." ”

Back to the 'Buyi Inn, but saw Green Tea with his back to him, standing at the door and looking into the distance.

"Green tea, what are you looking at?" Yang Yuanqing asked strangely.

"Ah, look what."

Green Tea was startled, turned around in a panic and left.

"This little girl, it's a little strange!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and walked back to the house quickly, he opened a Nanmu box, rummaged through things, green tea came in with a cup of tea, and saw Yang Yuanqing take out all the things, she asked a little curiously: "Childe, what are you looking for?" ”

"A red sè oil cloth bag, do you see it?"

"It seems to be at the bottom of the box."

A sentence reminded Yang Yuanqing, he continued to rummage, and finally found the oil cloth bag, he took out the two arrow letters from last time from inside, and opened the two arrow letters.

'Carefully inspect the iron shop of the hundred wrought iron shops, and there will be a great gain. 'Tonight, Yuwen Shu will attack the Red Rust Tea House at night, and the 100 wrought iron shop is actually the place where the Yuwen family sells pig iron to the Turks. , It's these two letters, Yang Guang said that it wasn't shot by King Qi, so who could it be? He carefully discerned the handwriting, although the handwriting was very vigorous, Yang Yuanqing suddenly had a feeling that this handwriting seemed to be written by a woman.

[Note: The change in Yingzhou should take place in August of the first year of the great cause, Lao Gao postponed it by a year according to the needs of the plot, and the person who took on this task in history is Wei Qiyun, a very wonderful history, let him play a supporting role here]!.