On the days when Yang Ming was not in Beijing, Yang Youfu Yang Rui, the king of Zuo Hedong, presided over the court meeting, and Yang Xiong assisted on the side.

In fact, Yang Rui dozed off most of the time in the court.

He wanted to play very much, but he was pressed on the seat by his mother, and he couldn't move, at first Yang Rui was very uncomfortable, and he also cried, Yang Yinjiang was in front of so many ministers, and it was not easy to punish him, but afterwards, he would warn his son not to run around at the court meeting, otherwise he would tell his father.

Hearing Yang Ming, Yang Rui was empty.

So he simply put it to sleep, and gradually, he found that this was a good way, and every time he woke up, it was on the way home.

As soon as I closed my eyes and opened them, hey, I went home.

But today, Yang Rui was suddenly woken up by a commotion in the hall, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the ministers with beards had all stood up and were looking in the direction of the outside of the hall.

There seemed to be some noise outside, it was quite loud, and it was getting closer.

"Hexi Victory!"

"Hexi Victory!"

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A herald guard rushed into the main hall, knelt down towards Yang Rui, and said loudly:

"Report! Hexi won a great victory, the king of Qin broke through the city of Fuqi, and Murong Fuyun was beheaded in the battle. ”

There was an instant uproar in the hall, and all the ministers congratulated the princess Yang Yinjiang and the prince Yang Rui, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Yang Yue was overjoyed, and immediately walked down from above, pointing to the herald guard:

"What the hell is going on, how is it so fast? In the last military report, didn't King Qin just go to Hejin County? ”

The guard said: "Yu Zhongshu, six days ago, the main force of our army fought a decisive battle with the 100,000 main forces of Murong Fuyun Wangting in the area of Jishi Town, Shudun City, and Chishui City. ”

Next, without Yang Yue asking again, the herald guards told the entire battle in the court.

"Four months, it's less than four months," Yang Yue was in high spirits, stroked his palms and laughed: "Murong Xiao'er despises my Heavenly Dynasty, it's good to kill it." ”

Then, Yang Yue saluted his niece and granddaughter and said, "The princess needs to write a congratulatory letter in the name of the prince and send it to Jiangdu immediately." ”

Yang Yinjiang nodded: "As it should be, let Yang Zhongshu draft it." ”

"Yes," Yang Yue smiled and nodded.

Yang Yinjiang just wants to give power to his uncle in front of so many people.

Originally, the court meeting was about to disperse, but now the ministers didn't want to leave, so they continued to stay, and talked about the westward expedition in the main hall.

It is only the end of July now, and the King of Qin has been away from Beijing for less than four months, and he has already attacked the Tuguhun King City, which is a great thing for everyone.

for they also bear burdens.

The initial decision was that after the army in front captured Fuqi City, the Jingshi side had to arrange for someone to go over to receive it, after all, the emperor's intention was to completely occupy the original territory of Guhun, and set up counties and counties, which were completely incorporated into the territory of the Great Sui.

Not only did the six departments have to go to people, but they also have to plan the location of the county in the future and the candidates for the chief officials as early as possible.

That place, only those with brain cramps want to go, Yang Yue also knows this, you don't want to go? Just right, my people go.

Although at the moment, Yang Ming has only occupied one-fifth of Tuguhun's territory, but in fact, the entire center of Tuguhun is here, and taking this place is equivalent to taking Tuguhun.

So now, it's time to negotiate the division of counties.

Because everyone knows in their hearts that even if Tiele arrives, King Qin will not give up an inch of land, so the Ministry of Civil Affairs cannot slack off on the affairs of logistics support, because there may be conflicts ahead, of course, it is unlikely.

The place of the decisive battle, that is, the area of Chishui City and Shudun City, because it is the source of the Yellow River, is tentatively planned to be Heyuan County, with the territory of Bayan Kala Mountain in the west, Animaqing Mountain in the south, Xihai in the north, and Douhe County and Lintao County in the east.

The area where Wangcheng Fuqicheng is located is Xihai County, and the remaining western vast area is the westernmost and last county, the northwest is Shanshan County, and the northernmost is Yinwu County.

The establishment of the new five counties had to be decided by the emperor in the end, but Yang Yue knew that the emperor would agree, because the names of these five counties had been discussed by Pei Ju and the emperor a long time ago.

So who should go to the five county guards, and the following county orders?

The right to decide, in the emperor, Yang asked them to have the right to recommend.

Yang Yue directly recommended Feng Deyi as the Taishou of Heyuan County, and Yang Wenhui of his own clan as the Taishou of Xihai, which are the two best places.

He thought that others would not rob him, but who knew that there would be more robbers.

Because everyone knows that this is the key location of the Hexi Corridor, and the future will be rich in trade with the Western Regions, and it is also a good place to earn military exploits.

Some people argued, but Yang Yue was not afraid, because the list that was finally presented to the emperor was nodded by Yang Rui, the king of Hedong.

You can't step over people just because they are three-year-olds, even if they are still in infancy, they can shoot this board, who makes the family the emperor's eldest grandson, and the current Jingshi is guarded.

And the only one who can make Yang Rui nod is Princess Yang Yinjiang.

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Fu Qi City, the royal city of Tuguhun, sounds like it is enough to bluff people, but in fact, the scale is about the same as Hedong County, and the permanent population in the city is only 40,000 people.

After all, the whole Tuguhun is still dominated by nomadic herding of water and grass, and the only commercial trade area is Fuqi City.

The armies of all the tribes were stationed in the valley outside the city, defending the royal city in the form of horns.

At this time, Yang Ming was in Tuguhun's palace, discussing things with the generals.

Pei Ju sent a letter, hoping that Yang Ming would allocate 5,000 people to him after negotiating with Tiele, and he would use these 5,000 people to take over Dunhuang County.

Dunhuang County is in the northwest direction of Zhangye County, during the Kaihuang period, set up Guazhou, this place was more than 100 years ago, it was the Tuguhun Wangcheng where it was, after the river was diverted, the Wangcheng then moved south to Fuqi City.

Nominally the territory of the Great Sui, in fact, it is the intermediate buffer zone between the Sui and Tuguhun, which is a mixed Hu and Han area, and belongs to the Sanzhi Zone.

Now that Tuguhun is gone, Pei Ju intends to take over this place.

Gao Gong said: "These places, it will not be easy to govern in the future, in terms of official appointment, it is best to choose some young people who are familiar with Sinicization from the local area to serve, of course, the chief official has to be our Han people." ”

Tuguhun was originally the Xianbei Murong regime, and there are not a few people who are proficient in Chinese, and there are even those who have read Confucian classics, and it is the best way to govern Qiang with Qiang.

Yang Ming nodded and said: "We need to set up a Governor's Mansion in this place, and the permanent army will be stationed to maintain regional security and ensure the trade route of my Great Sui West. ”

"Of course, before that, we need to contact the leaders of the tribes and re-divide the grassland waters for them, so as to control the Qiang people of each tribe, whoever is obedient will occupy the best grassland waters, and if there is a riot in the future, we can also recruit the tribes to fight."

"Good idea," Gao Gong smiled and nodded: "It's still the same sentence, to rule Qiang with Qiang, the entanglement of interests between their various tribes is nothing more than fighting for the best grassland, we can better control them if we return this power to the Governor's Mansion, so it seems that five thousand permanent soldiers are enough." ”

Changsun Cheng said with a smile: "I'm afraid that these places can't even afford to raise 5,000 soldiers?" ”

"It's not just raised here," Gao Gong said, "After the establishment of the county, this is the western barrier of Xiping County, Lintao County, Shuihe County and Jincheng County, and these four counties also have to support the Governor's Mansion." ”

At this time, Yang Ming beckoned to Wang Shuo and motioned for the other party to move forward.

"You did a very good job in Qilian City, if I let you become the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, you won't think I'm snubbing you, right?"

Wang Shuo hurriedly said: "The humble position will never dare to have this idea, it is the honor of the humble position to be valued by His Royal Highness." ”

Yang Ming smiled: "That's why, I didn't let you follow Xuan Ting to the west to chase the enemy, you really have a heavy responsibility, work for a few years first, make some merits, and this king will plan the future for you." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your great grace," Wang Shuo hurriedly knelt on the ground.

He was originally the "henchman" of He Ruobi, the Duke of the Song Kingdom, who was not implicated and killed at the beginning, but was protected by the King of Qin, although he was now arranged in such a place where birds don't, he didn't complain at all, but thought that the King of Qin was deliberately supporting him.

Yang Ming didn't mean this, he just felt that the opponent was very good at defending the city, as for what he said about doing it for a few years first, it was not empty words, the military commander in the frontier land couldn't let him work for too long, and it was necessary to change it every few years, otherwise if he did it for too long, he would sit on the big side, and it would be difficult to move when the time came.

Next, in addition to appeasing the residents in the city, he sent people around to contact the scattered tribes, promised them benefits, and let them come to the city to meet Yang Ming.

Tiele Khan Qibi Ge led an army of 50,000 people, marched thousands of miles, and went straight to the city of Fuqi,

Halfway through, he met Murong Yun, who had fled west, and the latter surrendered to Qibi Ge, who accepted him and incorporated him into his command.

Yang Xuanting and Xiao Mahabu, who were in charge of the pursuit, negotiated with the other party to no avail, so they urgently sent people to the King of Qin, and the two of them were responsible for blocking the Tiele people in the area of Tuosu Lake.

Tuosu Lake is less than 300 miles away from Wangcheng.

"As expected," Gao Gong, who received the news, said with a solemn face: "Qi Bige looks stunned, he wants to grab the territory, we must take a tough attitude, and we can be a small attack, but it is not appropriate to cause a big war, this scale is not easy to grasp." ”

After Yang Ming pondered for a while, he said:

"I don't think they dare to fight, the Western Turks are eyeing the north, if Qi Bige dares to fight with me, the old nest will inevitably be endowed by Luo, the two of them are feuding, and the second largest Xue Yantuo department in Tiele, in the northeast, there is no Xue Yantuo, just by Qi Bige, he doesn't dare to fight with me at all, he is here to divide the territory."

"What if there is a fight?" Shi Wansui on the side asked.

After Yang Ming was silent for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Then fight!" ”

After that, Yang Ming looked at the generals and said, "Shi Wansui, Zhang Dinghe, Changsun Cheng, and Mai Tiecane, with me leading the 60,000 elite cavalry of the Chinese army, went straight to Tuosu Lake." ”

This time, no one persuaded Yang Ming not to go to the expedition in person.

Because only Yang Ming can negotiate with Qi Bige, and no one else dares to call the shots.

And the current Sui army, after eliminating Murong Fuyun, captured a total of more than 40,000 war horses, plus Xiao Maha and Yang Xuanting, can be equipped with more than 80,000 cavalry.

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Gao Gong, Qu Tutong, and Zhou Fashang stayed in Fuqi City.