On the 21st, Gao Gong, Yang Liang and Wang Shiji led the army back to Linyu, but at this time there were less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and almost all the troops of the water division were wiped out, and 300,000 troops of the Eastern Expedition were returned to the waterway.

With the defeat of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the entire Jingshi Daxing City was also shrouded in a dark cloud, and under the gloomy expression of the Son of Heaven for several days, a thunderous anger was brewing. Since his accession to the throne eighteen years ago, Yang Jianping has been in civil strife, the world has been fixed, and the Southern Chen and Western Liang have submitted one by one, and even the powerful Turkic Khanate has been divided under his wrist. But Yang Jian never thought that he would pay for the defeat so quickly, and it was in the hands of a small Goguryeo.

Goguryeo is just a small country in Liaodong, although it has been established for 500 years, taking advantage of the hundreds of years of civil strife and strife in the Central Plains, it has recruited rebels and invaded from time to time, expanding its considerable strength. But in Yang Jian's view, it is still just a small barbarian country with hundreds of thousands of households and millions of people. Thinking that when the king of Goryeo was first established, Gao Tang secretly allied with Chen after the destruction of Qi, and he gave Gao Tang a decree that the king said that the king is the breadth of Liaoshui, how is it like the Yangtze River, the people of Goryeo, how many Chen countries? If I don't have a good education, I will blame the king and order a general, why should I do more! Attentive and clear, King Xu has a new ear. It is advisable to have my arms and seek more blessings for myself. A will to Liaodong, frightened soup all day long.

But now, the defeat of the 300,000-strong army is like a resounding slap in the face.

Before the expedition, many courtiers opposed the expedition, including the prime minister Gao Gong, and the right servant of the Jin king Yang Guang and the monk Yang Su, who also vaguely said that the expedition was too hasty. But at that time, Yang Jian didn't expect that the 300,000 army would go on the march. Before he could take the battle, the whole army was defeated. He insisted on launching this crusade, but in fact, he did not think about really destroying the Goryeo Kingdom. This crusade, in his plan, was actually more of a deterrent operation. It was enough for the army to march to Liaoshui, capture one or two large cities by the Liao River, and then defeat one or two Goryeo armies. At that time, he will be able to use this to deter the new king of Goryeo, Gao Yuan, and let Goryeo be honest for a few years.

Yang Jian also did not think of occupying the poor mountains and bad waters of Changbai Mountain. At least in his opinion, it should not be now, at least until the Turks are completely subdued.

The expedition to Goryeo was actually just a precursor to the next northern expedition to the Turks. The purpose was just to deter Goryeo and make sure that the Great Sui would not make small moves in the back when they were to deal with the Turks with all their might. A simple expedition, but it ended like this.

This expedition was originally intended to put King Jin in command. Then let Yang Su take command together. Let Gao Gong be the long history, take Shi Wansui as the striker, and He Ruobi will lead the sailor. But in the end, he chose the Han Wang Liang as the commander, so that Gao Ying was the long history, the Shangzhu king Shiji was the land marshal, and Zhou Luoyu was the commander of the water division. turned out to be such a miserable defeat, Yang Jian began to think that maybe he insisted on letting Yang Guang and Yang Su, Shi Wansui, and He Ruobi command the army. The result may be completely different. Once such a thought takes root in the mind, it can no longer linger. For the most favored Mo Er, Han Wang forgiveness. Yang Jian couldn't help but be full of disappointment, and even Gao Gong, an important minister who had been trusted for decades, began to be dissatisfied.

As soon as the Eastern Expeditionary Army was defeated and returned to the country, Gao Yuan's envoys had already rushed to Chang'an and sent Gao Yuan's submission seal, Gao Yuan apologized and called himself Liaodong Dung Tu Yuan. Although this seal made this defeat seem to have a result on the surface, in Yang Jian's eyes, this seal was more like a naked ridicule of Gao Yuan's kid.

Although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, Yang Jian could only suppress his plan to conquer Goryeo again, and use this seal as a step to put down the matter.

Compared to the small Goryeo, there is a more important enemy in front of us.

"The envoy of the Eastern Turkic Dulan Khan went to the Western Regions and conspired with the Datou Khan!"

A news that Yang Jian was most afraid of finally came, and what he was most afraid of often appeared. Since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, it has been entangled with the Turks, over the years, through the strategy of combining the weak and the strong, the Great Sui has adhered to a strategy for the Turks, that is, to divide the Turks, absolutely not to let them unify and unite, after the emperor successfully divided the Turks into two for three years, the Great Sui has a means for the Turks these years, whoever is strong will fight whom, the Eastern Turks will unite with the Western Turks to fight the Eastern Turks, and the Eastern Turks will unite with the Western Turks to fight the East Turks. But now, Du Lan of the Eastern Turks actually wants to unite with the Datou of the Western Turks, which is the move that touches the sensitive nerves of the Great Sui the most.

It will not be tolerated!

The strength of a united Turkic is a heavy threat that everyone up and down the Great Sui is aware of. At the beginning, the Turks were strong, and the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi could only compete to curry favor with the Turks, and the tribute and proximity continued. The powerful Turks were not only a nightmare in the hearts of the entire Central Plains, but even the powerful Persia and Rome in the West were threatened by them.

Turkic and Goryeo, how light and heavy, Yang Jian saw it very clearly. No matter how angry he was in his heart, Yang Jian had to let go of the rampant and smug Goryeo, and the Great Sui must prepare with all his strength to deal with this alliance of the Eastern and Western Turks, and must suppress them forcefully and mercilessly.

"Specially awarded Yi Feng envoy to hold the festival Wuzhou in charge of the military, Wuzhou Assassin History, Xu Cheap Act, Super Worship the title of General, give the title of Duke of Guangning County, 3,000 households of food, and 800 households of real food!"

Yang Jian urgently summoned the housekeeper who had just gone on the road to Huaihuang to deliver the decree and reward, and issued a new reward for Huaihuang Yifeng. This reward was unprecedented, but none of the courtiers in the palace openly stood up against it. The defeat of the Eastern Army, coupled with the alliance of the Eastern and Western Turks, made the atmosphere in the entire court extremely heavy, and everyone knew that the Great Sui was facing great challenges this time. At present, the Great Sui has no spare strength to manage the Goguryeo people, and even the Great Sui has to reward Yi Feng, who was originally just a green forest in northern Xinjiang, just because he has more than a dozen cities and more than 10,000 people in his hands, and give them a reward, so that they can serve the imperial court and guard the northwest gateway of Youzhou for the imperial court. In the past, when Wei Qi was in power, the Turks invaded Youzhou many times from Huaihuang. What's more, there is now a rumor in the Jingshi, some people say that this Yi Feng is actually the illegitimate son of the King of Jin, and he can rise to Yanshan in Northern Xinjiang in a short time. In fact, it was the King of Jin who gave full support to him. But some people say that Yi Feng is actually the sister-in-law of the crown prince and the late crown princess Yuan, who was taken captive by the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty in his early years. Until now, we finally recognize each other and so on. Although the rumors are different, this Yi Feng is the grandson of the Son of Heaven, and the so-called groundless wind is absolutely impossible for this matter to be without wind and waves. Therefore, when the Son of Heaven announced that he would change the title of Yi Feng to the governor of Wuzhou and the history of assassination, no one objected. Yu Gong, the war is imminent. Yi Feng has a city, soldiers and people in his hands, give him an official, and let him guard the dam for the imperial court. Shielding the Great Wall also has a great effect. Yu private, whether he is the prince's son-in-law or the illegitimate son of King Jin. He is also the grandson of the Son of Heaven. Everyone is even more unnecessarily opposed.

"Huairong Huai'an two counties were newly placed in Yanzhou, and Qu Tutong was reassigned to the governor of Yanzhou and the history of assassination"

Yang Jian's second decree was to change all the officials who were originally transferred to Wuzhou to officials in Yanzhou. It can also be seen from this will that in fact, the Son of Heaven did not completely hand over the affairs north of Yanshan to Yi Feng. He played a very beautiful trick, with the Great Wall as the boundary, and the dam outside the Great Wall was newly placed in Wuzhou. Yi Feng became the governor of Wuzhou and the history of assassination, which can be seen from the other side. In fact, the territory under the jurisdiction of Yi Feng is still Huaihuang, but it has been promoted from Huaihuang County to Wuzhou Thorn History, and Huaihuang Town will be promoted to Wuzhou Governor. The territory has not changed, and the official position and title have only been promoted. Similarly, the territory within the two Great Walls is still led by Qu Tutong and others sent by the imperial court, which can be regarded as both the imperial court's support for Huaihuang and a precaution. But no matter what, the imperial court did push the defensive line forward, from the first Great Wall to the second Great Wall, and even let Yi Feng's command have a desolate army to shield them from the second Great Wall.

At the same time, Yang Jian successively issued a series of wills and carried out large-scale personnel adjustments and appointments, basically the entire northern frontline, from the Hexi region in the northwest to the Youying in the northeast, the imperial court made every effort to prepare for war, ready to fight with the Turks again!

After the next dynasty, Yang Jian returned to the harem, and the queen Dugu Jialuo waited for a long time, and when she saw him, she immediately waved back impatiently.

"Recently, there has been a rumor in the government and the opposition, I wonder if the Supreme has heard it?"

"Hmm." Yang Jian was expressionless and nodded.

"How, exactly?" Dugu asked, now that rumors are spreading everywhere, Dugu has already heard about it. If it's a general rumor, that's it. But this is a rumor involving the royal family, but also involving two princes. Some people say that Yi Feng is the son-in-law born to the prince and the concubine, and some people say that he is the illegitimate son born to Yang Guang in his early years, and no one can figure out what the truth is. But the Dugu clan couldn't ignore it, "At the beginning, the Yuan family took Sumeru back to the Yuan family to save relatives, but it turned out to be overturned in the snow, and the two-year-old Sumeru Jing was run over by the car and died, I remember that when the child was found, he was unrecognizable and blurred with flesh and blood. Could it be that the child who was found was not Sumeru, but was stiffened by Li Daitao? ”

"That was really weird!"

Sumeru is the son of the crown prince Yang Yong and the crown princess Yuan, and the Diamond Sutra says that he is like the king of Mount Meru. Mount Meru is the highest and largest sacred mountain in Tianzhu, Aurora and even the three thousand worlds. According to the custom at that time, the children of rich and noble families all had a Buddha name, and Sumeru was the Buddha name given by Yang Jian himself to his eldest grandson.

"If that child had lived, he would have been eighteen years old by now." Dugu Dao. The day of Sumeru's birth was the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, and because of this incident, Yang Jian and Dugu both liked this eldest grandson more and more. Sixteen years ago, Concubine Yuan took her child to save her relatives, and in a car accident halfway, the child was gone. The relationship between the prince and the concubine has not been harmonious since then, the princess no longer pays attention to the prince Yang Yong, and Yang Yong has also taken more favored concubines, over the years, he has given birth to ten sons with many concubines, and even a few years ago, the princess suddenly died, and it is rumored that he died of poisoning by the prince's favorite concubine Yun.

Yang Jian took out a painting and opened it.

"This is a portrait of Yi Feng that I asked the painter to come back to Huai Huang and paint."

The picture scroll opened, and Dugu screamed in distraction.

The figure in the painting is young, handsome, plump and beautiful, and the Dugu family saw it at first glance, and it was already clear that this child did have royal blood. He looks very similar to Yang Jian when he was young, and even seems to have been poured out of a mold. Naturally, he is also very similar to the former crown prince Yang Yong, but now Yang Yong is a little fat, so he looks more like King Jin.

Dugu couldn't help but think of another rumor, saying that Yi Feng was the illegitimate son of Jin Wang Guang. However, Dugu calculated that this Yi Feng's age looks the same as Sumeru's, and it is just right to say that he is eighteen years old. But eighteen years ago, Jin Wang Guang was only thirteen years old. Moreover, if you look closely, you will find that in addition to Yi Feng's appearance very similar to Yang Jian's father and son, he also has the physiognomy of Concubine Si Yuan between his eyebrows and eyes.

"This is Sumeru!" Dugu affirmed the way.

Yang Jian also nodded, since he heard the rumors, Yang Jian immediately secretly sent the painter to Huaihuang to secretly observe Yi Feng, and then draw this portrait and bring it back. At the first glance of the portrait, he, like Queen Dugu, had already decided that this Yi Feng should be Sumeru. "I sent someone to carefully inquire about Yi Feng's situation, Yi Feng appeared in Daibei six years ago, when he was alone in the tiger, killing the tiger and being injured, Murong Ke, the leader of the Yanshan Tiger Alliance, saved Yi Feng, but after Yi Feng was injured, he didn't remember anything before. Subsequently, Murong Ke accepted Yi Feng as his adopted son and became a member of the Yanshan Green Forest. Until the beginning of the year, Yi Feng went south to Jianghuai, but was attacked again in the south of the Yangtze River, and was rescued by the white-haired girl of the Gao family in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

"Guang'er hasn't seen Yi Feng?"

Dugu asked, if Yang Guang had seen Yi Feng, he must have discovered the problem a long time ago.

"I sent someone to ask the King of Jin, and he replied that after holding the Gao family sisters at that time, he didn't notice Yi Feng, the Gao family's son-in-law, and later the Gao family sisters were recruited, and Yi Feng was sent to recruit the rest of the Gao family, so he didn't find out about it."

"If Yi Feng is really Sumeru, then it is our grandson!" Dugu sighed, the crown prince Yang Yong has not had a son-in-law since Sumeru's 'premature death', although he gave birth to ten sons, but all of them were born to concubines. What makes Dugu's even more unacceptable is that the eldest son of the prince is not only a concubine, but also the mother of his eldest son, Yun, is the daughter of a craftsman. That's not all, the Yun family is still the illegitimate daughter of the craftsman outside, and the most difficult thing for the Dugu family to accept is that the illegitimate daughter of this craftsman was given to the prince by the craftsman, at first it was a nameless woman outside the palace for the prince, and then she was pregnant with her eldest son and was born outside the palace. Such a cheap concubine, the eldest son of a concubine born of a wild affair, Dugu and Yang Jian, it is difficult for them to accept that he will become the crown prince of the Great Sui in the future, or even the son of heaven.

"This will have to be seen." Yang Jian said, although he had already decided in his heart that Yi Feng was very likely to be Sumeru, who should have died young, but this kind of thing was not allowed to be sloppy. If there is a half-point difference, it will be too late to regret it. And even if it was true, he would have to think carefully about the arrangements after that. You must know that if Yi Feng is really Sumeru, then he is the eldest grandson of the royal family, this identity is too unusual, and he has to be cautious. (To be continued......)