Although Yang Guangxi's order to tour the west had already been issued, it was already the early spring of the following year when the western tour really began, because Yang Su's Great Wall was only completed in a hurry at this time, and no effort was spared in order to catch up with the construction period, resulting in the loss of most of the millions of people.

Yang Guang prepared to set out from Luoyang, first to Chang'an, then to Yulin, and from Yulin to the west to Qinghai, preparing to spend two years to achieve the strategic goal of rejecting the Turks in the north and chasing the soil and valleys in the west.

Before leaving, he ordered Yu Wenkai, who was still in Yulin, to build a tent that could accommodate three or four thousand people, so that it could be seen ten miles away, and asked people to make forty or fifty movable palaces in Luoyang, ready to start the western tour.

Such a waste of money caused dissatisfaction among the courtiers, the famous general He Ruobi of the Great Sui, and Yu Wenbi, the secretary of the ministry, wrote to advise, asking the emperor to be sympathetic to the people, save people's labor, and resume production, but how could Yang Guang listen to it, and found a reason to kill He Ruobi, Yuwen Bi was reprimanded by Yang Guangshen for his merits, and was ordered to be grounded at home.

In the spring of 608, Yang Guang, accompanied by countless harem beauties, led an army of 100,000 and rode dozens of movable palaces to embark on a grand tour of the west.

Yang Guang stood in the corridor of the mobile palace and said to Yu Wenhua beside him: "What does Aiqing think? ”

"Relying on Your Majesty's heavenly might, my Great Sui warriors are invincible, and I will definitely be able to make all the young people surrender."

When Yang Guang heard this, he laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and went into the palace to drink and have fun with the concubine.

More than a month, Yang Guang arrived in Yulin, and sure enough, he saw the big tent built by Yu Wenkai ten miles away.

A minister said: "It is reported that Yu Wenkai is not sympathetic to the people's strength, and the loss is no less than 700,000 yuan, which is really a disaster, and I also ask Your Majesty to punish Yu Wenkai to calm the anger of the people." ”

"Bold, Yuwen Kai acted on orders, what was wrong, come on, drag this guy out of the rod for forty, whoever frames Yuwen Aiqing again, there is no mercy."

Since then, no one has dared to write a book to advise.

Seeing that the Sui Dynasty army rushed to Yulin, the military was very powerful, the Turkic, Khitan and other khans immediately sent a thousand envoys to Yulin to see the driver, Yang Guang was very satisfied, but the Goguryeo king Gao Yuan did not pay attention to Yang Guang's order, Yang Guang was furious, and ordered Yu Wenkai to requisition the people again, build a 100-meter-wide gallop road in Yulin and Zhuozhou, and prepare to lead the army to ask for the guilt.

When Yang Guang arrived in Yulin, Gao Buer took one hundred and ten good men, accompanied by Dugu Binglan, and also arrived in Zhangye, Zhang Zhongping had already purchased and seized a large grassland in the Damaying grassland at the northern foot of the Lenglong Mountains in Qilian Mountain, and trained an army of two or three thousand people and seven or eight thousand war horses.

In order to hide people's eyes, they captured a small Turkic tribe, and named the steppe here after the tribe, which became famous in the Turks.

Riding a horse and running on the grassland for a while, Gao Buer said to Zhang Zhongping, who was full of murderous aura beside him: "In less than two years, you can occupy such a large grassland and train such an army, and you have suffered a lot." ”

"The owner is serious, you don't know, the grassland is different from our interior, these herdsmen just want to graze, who has the strength to protect them, but also let them have pasture to graze, who will they rely on, we have a big war with the surrounding tribes in the past two years, we have an advantage in weapons, so there are more wins and fewer losses, so there are more dependents, and there is no fixed number of people on the grassland, which also provides us with a lot of convenience."

"What is the situation of the tribes of the steppe now?"

"Now the Turks are likely to be divided into two parts, the east and the west, and the Khitan tribes are also constantly conquering, and Xue Yantuo is gradually rising, and it is estimated that it will be possible to reunify the steppe in a few years."

"The grassland tribe worships the weak and the strong, and the conquest has never been broken, we want to develop in Dali in this interval and form a strong force, so as to gain a foothold in the grassland, I said before to form an army of 10,000 people, and now I look at this grassland, let's increase it a little more, form a twenty or thirty thousand, and feed me and let people hurry up."

"The supplies are basically self-sufficient, there are many iron mines in this place, according to your requirements, I have begun to trade with the big Turkic leaders, and the iron ore is also sufficient, but there are too few craftsmen to make weapons."

"Okay, I'll transfer a little more craftsmen from Zhuangzi, and you will leave the young and strong herdsmen and homeless people who don't want to graze, and let their families go south, so that the two sides can communicate and ensure that both sides can have enough manpower, and the money is not stingy, and if it is not enough, please ask the lady to transfer it directly."

"Yes, please rest assured, in this way, in a few years, I will train a hundred warriors for the owner."

"Well, now the Central Plains is suffering from labor, and the powerful people in various places are also ready to move, and the western, northern, and southern countries are also having their own ghosts, and the situation is changing."

"My subordinates have also heard that Yang Guang, the faint king, has been constantly recruiting and transferring people over the years, and the people who have served in labor are nearly 10 million, which is a sign of disaster to the country and the people, if it is not controlled, the disaster will not be far away."

"So, if we want to report ourselves, we must have our own strength."

"My subordinates understand that if the world is in turmoil, we may not have a chance to win the world."

"Wait and see, you should hurry up and train the troops, the war horses must be two horses per person, and there are a lot of forests in this place, and the strong crossbow must be matched with a single soldier."

"Yes, please rest assured."

"Well, after everything goes well here, you should go back to Hangzhou more often, Hongfu also misses you, this time she originally begged Mrs. to come with her, but the enemy and I here are unknown, and I am afraid of accidents, so I didn't take her."

"The little girl is the best in Zhuangzi, and her subordinates are very relieved."

"You also have to go back to see the red whisk more, lest you forget your father after a long time."

Zhang Zhongping knew that Gao Buer was joking with him, in order to reassure him, so he nodded with a smile and said, "Then wait for the subordinates to go back after winter." ”

"Okay, the grassland is the safest in winter, you can arrange to go back directly, I heard that the money shopkeeper has stored a lot of good wine, and I look forward to drinking it with your good friend."

Zhang Zhongping smiled and nodded in response, and said: "The alcohol sent by the owner of the village has played a big role in this, and if you smear it on the wound, seventy or eighty percent of the wounded will not be infected." ”

"As long as it's useful, you can also prepare more white medicine prepared by Huirentang, so that the brothers can feel the warmth of home, you must not abandon it, you know? All those who are willing to join us will be treated equally. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

Gao Fuji stayed in the grassland for half a month, and then returned in a hurry.

On the other hand, after intimidating the envoys in Yulin, Yang Guang led his army through the newly built Chi Road to Zhuozhou in the autumn of 608.

Yang Guang saw Gao Yuan kneeling in front of him like a grandson, and was overjoyed, and ordered him to go back after reprimanding him.

He immediately ordered Yang Su to build a palace in Zhuozhou, and after the palace was built, Yang Guangda feasted his ministers, and then returned to Luoyang in the winter of that year.