Yang Xuanting was still very satisfied with the harvest in Qiliancheng, and directly bought fifteen catties of cotton seeds, and the price was not so outrageous, three hundred gold could buy one catty.

However, he didn't give money, but made an IOU, these Hu merchants were going to Jingshi to do business, Yang Xuanting sent fifty people to accompany him, responsible for taking these caravans to Jingshi, and asked his father Yang for money.

The caravans in the Western Regions have backers behind them, and without the protection of military forces, who would dare to risk running so far to do business?

Either the surname Zhaowu Jiu, or the court magnates, anyway, if you want to do business in peace and stability, there must be someone above.

As we all know, businessmen can't get things done, only officials can.

That's why having power necessarily has money, but having money doesn't necessarily mean having power.

The seed stayed in Qilian City for the time being, Yang Xuanting took the gold and the cavalry, and continued to go to Qiuzi, the prince had an explanation, he could buy as much as he could, he naturally had to take it seriously.

There are many people living in Qiuci, most of whom are women, and men basically come to sell women.

Sounds like nonsense, isn't this human trafficking? is still the same sentence, where there is demand, there is business, not to mention the current world, women are men's property.

They belong to the Indo-European race, with red hair, green eyes, or blonde hair, blue eyes, and a white face, which is very similar to the physical characteristics of the Celts of Western Europe.

This belongs to foreign gadgets in Dasui, exotic, and naturally best-selling.

The customs of Qiuzi are basically the same as those of the Tiele Wei Hui Division, who later called the Uighurs, who are the ancestors of our Uyghur people.

Qilian City is not far from Qiuci, this country is in the southwest of Gaochang Kingdom, and the area is about half the size of Qinghai Province.

When Xuan Ting arrived at the border, he happened to encounter a large Turkic army, with tens of thousands of people, marching rapidly to the northeast.

Thousands of cavalry galloping over the wilderness is already a very spectacular scene, if it is tens of thousands of people, it can be said that as far as the eye can see, they are all cavalry, and its sense of shock is unprecedented.

However, Xuan Ting had seen the big scene after all, he didn't panic, but he didn't dare to move.

I only have 2,000 people, and if the other party thinks I'm a threat, I can't run.

Xuan Ting hurriedly sent his henchman Yu Wenyan to negotiate with the other party, first, to listen to the details of the other party, and secondly, to make it clear, I came to buy something, don't misunderstand.

can bend and stretch, Fang is her husband, no matter how horizontal Xuan Ting is, he doesn't dare to scream in front of tens of thousands of people, if he has tens of thousands of people, it will definitely not be the current cowering.

Everything is normal, the other party did not have any unusual behavior because of Xuan Ting's arrival, and Yuwen Yan also brought back a Turk.

"Dadu Governor, it is the Tiele people, the army of Dubo, Fugu, Bayegu, Guligan, and Duolange, they are rushing to Sanmi Mountain," Yuwen said on his horse: "This person who knows Chinese has come to ask for our help." ”

Well? Asking for help, Yang Xuanting coughed dryly, straightened his waist, and asked:

"Need our help?"

The Tiele said: "We hope that the Great Sui can send troops to help shoot the Khan and resist the beginning, and ask the general to bring our sincerity to your court." ”

"Mmmm, don't worry, I'll definitely bring it," Yang Xuangan said casually, and then asked, "Hasn't the Khan rushed back yet?" ”

Tiele said: "It's not far, it's just behind." ”

Then, after Yang Xuanting asked the other party a few more words, he sent the other family away.

"When they leave, let's go to Elolu City in Qiuzi, it seems that it won't be long before there will be a big battle on the other side of the Ile River," Yang Xuanting sat on his horse and watched tens of thousands of people pass by one after another.

The Turks fight wars, that is, they work hard, and rarely talk to you about tactics, because they are all cavalry, if you can withstand a few waves of his impact, then he will withdraw, and after adjustment, he will attack you, and if he can't bear it, it will be over.

Therefore, the Turkic civil war, under normal circumstances, can quickly determine the winner and loser.

And the Great Sui is very flexible when fighting with the Turks, try to avoid a decisive battle with most of your main forces, but try to pull things together, stretch your defense line, and then gradually encroach.

Since the founding of the country, the various conflicts between the Great Sui and the Eastern and Western Turks have occurred in the Great Sui itself, very rarely, and most of them have been fought on the territory of the other side, so it is even more necessary to use tactics to the extreme.

And the reason why Shi Wansui is fierce is because he has been fighting with the Turks for half his life, if you are not fierce, you can't do it, if you are a little timid, people can seize the opportunity to defeat you in one fell swoop, so once you encounter, don't think about running, because you can't run, and it's over.

And the Turks are more martial than the Great Sui, so they respect Shi Wansui very much, and evaluate Shi Wansui as the first warrior of the Great Sui.

Ilulu City is the main city of Qiuzi Kingdom, and it is also one of the trade centers in the Western Regions, which is very prosperous and lively, among which there are many caravans from the Central Plains.

Yang Xuanting led a large army, and he definitely couldn't enter the city, and after politely greeting him, Bai Suni, the king of Qiuzi, sent a minister to be responsible for settling Xuan Ting and them outside the city, and invited Xuan Ting into the city.

Xuan Ting didn't want to go, the gentleman didn't stand under the dangerous wall, the land of the Hu people, he didn't dare to leave his army.

People are fierce, but they are also very cautious, after all, they are Yang Yue's son, and they don't do risky things if they can.

At present, the Western Regions are in chaos, Qiuzi has also sent troops to participate in the war, the Yilie River has become a pot of porridge, the world is chaotic, and the city must also be chaotic, Xuan Ting doesn't want to join in this excitement, but just sent Chang Sun Jing to take people into the city to buy cotton seeds, and buy some Qiuzi beauties by the way.

In the entire Qiuzi Country, there are actually only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and more than half of them have gone, it stands to reason that Xuan Ting should not be so vain, but the day before yesterday, he just saw the army of the five divisions of Tiele roaring past, which made him feel like he was in danger.

There is no main force of my Great Sui around, I am only 2,000 people, so let's be honest.

There are benefits to being careful, the process of purchasing cotton seeds from Changsun Jing was very smooth, he bought seven catties, and the rest of the money bought four Qiuzi beauties.

The cotton seed here is too expensive, not five hundred gold at all, but six hundred gold.

"Profiteer, Qilian City is not far from Qiuzi, can the price be so different?" After muttering a few words, Yang Xuanting glanced at the four beauties sitting on horseback.

One prince, one father, one each for me and my eldest brother.

"Okay, this is not a place to stay for a long time, the sons and daughters are shouting," Yang Xuanting greeted King Qiuzi and left with his army.

Not long after he left, a group of the main forces of the Eastern Turks fought with the Tiele leader Qibi Geleng who came in the territory of Qiuzi Kingdom, and the people of Yilulu City fled one after another, some fled to Gaochang, some fled to Qilian City, and some fled to the northwest border of the Great Sui.

If Xuan Ting is still here, he will inevitably be affected by the pond fish.

More than 100,000 people are fighting, who cares if you are Sui Jun or not, as long as it is not the same thing as me, I will you.

Li Jing was also bold, he only took 300 people, and went to the direction of the Ile River, he wanted to observe the Turkic civil war with his own eyes, because Li Jing knew very well that the Turks were too powerful, and sooner or later there would be a big war between the Great Sui and the Turks.

"I heard that the shooting has arrived, and now the two sides have had their first contact," Hou Junji sat on horseback, and looked at Li Jingju from afar, looking at the vast smoke and dust on the distant plain.

It was also the first time for him to observe such a large-scale battle at such a close distance, and people could not see it, only the smoke and dust that seemed to cover the sunset on the horizon.

Yang Yuanqing took a deep breath and said: "At present, the Eastern and Western Turkic tribes have been scattered in all directions, and the ones surrounding the Ile River are all the main forces of both sides. ”

"Turkic civil wars, as it has always been," Li Jing nodded:

"The Duke of Chu has gone out to the Turks several times, and once said to me, if you want to never refuse this trouble outside the country, you can only use cavalry against cavalry, otherwise once the enemy invades the country, it will be a tragic situation of broken cities and refugees, in recent years, because of the trade in the Western Regions, the number of our war horses has increased year after year, but it is still far from enough, and it will take at least five years to have a decisive battle with it on the grassland."

Xu Shiji asked: "Then the chief manager thinks that how many cavalry do I have, but I can never suffer from this trouble?" ”

"Two hundred thousand elites are enough to destroy it," Li Jing said.

Xu Shiji was stunned and said: "We have this strength." ”

Li Jing shook his head and said: "The expedition to Goguryeo consumes too much, and the national strength is not enough to support the foreign operations of 200,000 cavalry, unless the whole country uses strength, but it is still the same sentence, Goguryeo is too heavy, and there will be no more expeditions of this scale in the next ten years." ”

He is out of consideration for the whole country, 200,000 cavalry fight abroad, not to mention whether people eat or not, and you don't have horses to eat.

Horses eat much more than people eat.

Logistics and supplies, you can't keep up, unless you don't take the lives of the people seriously.

But Yang Guang is this person, what you think is impossible, everything is possible with him.

Yang Yuanqing said: "My grandfather also said back then, if you use Shanxi as a chessboard and lead the main Turkic force into the depths, you can fight according to the city.

"The disadvantage is that the people of Shanxi have suffered, and there are ten rooms and nine emptiness in ten rooms," Li Jing said with a smile: "Do you think the prince will agree to this strategy?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head: "The prince cherishes the people, and he will never agree." ”

Xu Shiji said: "But this strategy of the Duke of Chu is indeed clever, Shanxi has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, if you are well prepared, how many Turks come and how many you die, it is undoubtedly a disaster for the people of Shanxi." ”

The whole Shanxi, in fact, is the best road, from Datong to Yuncheng, and it is also the only plain area in the whole Shanxi, which is more like a canyon area sandwiched in the middle of the mountain range.

In later generations, the most developed areas in Shanxi were basically on this line, Taiyuan, Datong, Linfen, and Yuncheng.

The road is easy to walk, but it is also easier to be attacked by both sides, so the Shanxi area is simply a natural place for ambushes, which is why the later generations resisted Japan, Taihang Mountain is one of the main battlefields of our army.

It's not easy for you to get in, and it's even harder to get out. (End of chapter)