Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2593: King Wei Yang Shuang, the Alliance of Sui Zang

Kan Ze, who was in charge of the mission to Sui, was personally greeted by Yang Guang after arriving in the capital of Sui.

Yang Guang naturally didn't want to come. After all, Da Qin had already slapped him in the face, but he couldn't help his ministers to persuade him.

Daqin sent more troops to Wuwei, but sent envoys to Sui, obviously to tell Sui, don't be nervous, my target is not you, but if you don't know what's good, then it's hard to say.

No force dared to ignore Daqin's threat.

Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan had a fluke in his heart, but he was rubbed on the ground by Da Qin, and now even his intestines are about to regret.

The strength of the Sui State is not as good as that of the Yuan State. Faced with the threat of Da Qin, Yang Guang is naturally angry, but he is still powerless. After all, the power of the state is too weak to face Da Qin.

In addition, the Sui Kingdom has not recovered from the losses in the Liangzhou War a few months ago, and the extreme expansion of the army has taken out all the family's foundation.

Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied Yang Guang was, with the rational persuasion of his ministers, he could only endure the grievances in his heart and personally welcome the Qin envoy Kan Ze into the city.

Kan Ze didn't use his power to overwhelm people, but explained his interests to Yang Guang on a case-by-case basis.

On the same day, Yang Guang summoned Sui Guo Wenwu, and the Yang family members to discuss how to respond to Kan Ze.

Speaking of this Yang family, as the world's top aristocratic family, the Yang family naturally also has a main trunk and a branch.

What Li Shimin destroyed was the Yang family's clan, and Yang Jian's lineage was separated and independent. Fortunately, he escaped the disaster, and now he has become the Yang clan's clan.

When they learned that the Yang family was brutally destroyed by Li Tang, and only the three members of Yang Jian's brother and sister's family were still alive, the Yang family's children in the Sui state were all scared into a cold sweat, and they felt fortunate in their hearts.

Fortunately, Yang Guang was chosen instead of Li Shimin. Although many people were actually forced by Yang Guang, if they hadn't gone with Yang Guang, they would have been among the Yang family's genocide.

At the time when Yang Guang and Li Shimin were fighting for hegemony in Guanzhong, it was the time when they needed the help of the family most, but the Yang family tried to help Li Shimin, an outsider, to deal with their own family.

In the end, Yang Guang was lost and ran away from Liangzhou, but Li Tang, the general manager of the Yang family, killed the family, which was considered karma and self-inflicted.

Now, apart from Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Yang Chenxiang, most of the Yang family's children are in the Sui country, and they can be considered to be completely bound to the Sui country.

However, since the Sui Kingdom established itself in Liangzhou, it has gone through a series of battles, and the Yang family's children have also sacrificed a lot, and now there are not many direct lineages.

In addition to Yang Guang and Yang Su, there are only a few people: Yang Zheng, Yang Zan, Yang Song, Yang Shuang, Yang Jun, Yang Xiu, Yang Liang and so on.

These seven people are all hidden figures in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The first four are Yang Jian's brothers, and the last three are Yang Jian's sons. Among them, Yang Zheng and Yang Shuang are the most outstanding.

Especially Wei Wang Yang Shuang, who was appointed king at the age of 19, led the army to the Turks as a marshal three times, and defeated the Turks twice.

In fact, the Sui Dynasty and the Turks broke out three wars. The first Sui-Turkish war ended in the defeat of the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty was also forced to continue to pay tribute to the Turks like the previous dynasties.

But only one year later, the Sui Dynasty decided to stop paying tribute, and the Turks also launched the second Sui-Turkish war.

But it was in the second Sui-Tuji War that Yang Jian boldly used his fifth younger brother Yang Shuang, who had just turned 20, but had been battle-hardened and talented, to command 20 Sui troops against 40 Turkic troops.

Both the Sui Dynasty and the Turks put in all their strength in this battle. At the beginning of the war, the Turks took advantage of their numbers, but Yang Shuang took his time and fought steadily. In the Battle of Baidao, he finally defeated the Turkic Sabolo Khan and severely injured him. The 40 Turkic army also saved the young dynasty of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Shuang was definitely one of the most talented and top-notch generals in the early Sui era, but unfortunately, like Huo Qubing, he died of illness at a young age.

Huo Qubing died at the age of 23, and Yang Shuang died of illness at the age of 25. It is really a pity that God is jealous of talents.

If geniuses like them can live longer, I believe they will contribute more classic battles to future generations.

Yang Shuang's implanted identity is still Yang Jian's younger brother, but he is of the same generation as his son Yang Guang, and he is even a few years younger than Yang Guang.

Yang Guang trusted this uncle who was younger than himself very much, and used Yang Shuang very much, so he appointed him as the Grand Governor of Haizhou, and the Sui counties and counties in Haizhou were basically conquered by Yang Shuang's army alone.

"My lord, please push the invitation of Shu. I, Da Sui, can't befriend Da Qin, at least not until the official expansion of the army is completed and the Tubo army goes to the plateau."

Yang Shuang's remarks won not only the support of many generals, but also many civil servants.

It's not that they are cowardly, but that there is really no need to take the risk of going to war to offend Da Qin in order to participate in a ceremony in the state of Shu. It's not worth it.

Some people in the Sui country are still very rational, but the good-faced Sui King Yang Guang is a little bit unreasonable, but now that he has the stairs, and there are so many people under his command who object, he naturally agrees.

"Since that's the case, I won't be involved in Liu Yu's enthronement ceremony."

After speaking, Yang Guang also sighed in relief, and then asked, "Prime Minister Gao, how is the military expansion of our Sui Kingdom going?"

Sui Prime Minister Gao Jiong hurriedly stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, under the extreme expansion of the Sui Dynasty, the current military strength has reached 25, of which there are only 15 veterans, and the other [-] are recruits who are in urgent need of training. .”

Yang Guang's brows furrowed, obviously dissatisfied with this data, and General Yang Su asked:
"As far as I know, Wei State, the weakest state in the Central Plains, has a population of more than 300 million in ten counties, and can reach 30 troops under the limit of military expansion.

And my Sui Dynasty spanned the three regions of the Lianghai and Western Regions, with five counties in Liangzhou, seven counties in Haizhou, and three counties in the Western Regions, a total of fifteen counties, with a total population of 280 million.

Our country of Sui is far more vast than that of Wei, and its population is not much smaller than that of Wei. How can we limit the strength of our army to expand so much less than Wei? "

Hearing Yang Su's words, Gao Jiong smiled bitterly: "General, this can't be counted like that.

The State of Wei is located in the Central Plains. Even if it has experienced the devastation of the national war and lost more than half of its population, it is still a place where it belongs, unlike most of my Da Sui counties, which are mostly desolate.

That is, in the past two years, the king has vigorously developed internal affairs, reclaimed wasteland, encouraged commerce, and opened up trade with the Western Regions, which has greatly improved our national strength in the Sui Dynasty, but it can only afford the consumption of 25 troops. "

This is also a very cruel fact for Sui Guo.

Although the Sui Kingdom ceded half of Wuwei County to Daqin, it completely occupied the seven counties of Haizhou and set up three counties in the Western Regions. Now the total population is nearly 300, and there are 70 million young and strong people in the country. Naturally, more can be recruited Soldier.

But since the people are recruited into the army, they must be responsible for all expenses such as their army salaries, meals, etc., as well as weapons, armor, horses and other combat equipment.

However, although the territory of the Sui State is vast, seven or eight times larger than that of the Wei State, most of them are barren, and the fiscal revenue is only two-thirds of the Wei State.

With the current national strength of the Sui Kingdom, it is the limit to support 25 troops. If there are more, the finances will completely collapse.

Therefore, it is not that Yang Guang does not want to continue to expand the army, but that he cannot afford it.

"But before Daqin expanded its army, there were not only 20 troops in Yongliang, but after the expansion, there should be at least 30 troops.

If I had only 25 troops in the Sui Dynasty, once the Qin army really came, how would I resist it? "Gao Ang said unwillingly.

Yang Guang and Gao Jiong fell into silence.

Daqin is indeed too strong, once it really sends troops to the northwest, it will be a war of subjugation for the Sui Kingdom.

Yang Guang wanted to say that we still have an ally of Tubo, but after two years of exchanges, he has basically figured out the details of Tubo.

Although Tubo has a population of 300 million and an army of 30, it is really too backward.

Let's not talk about the tactics and tactics. Just in terms of equipment, you can believe that two years ago in the Tubo army, there were still some people who used bronze utensils.

Tubo only transitioned from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, but the Central Plains are no longer satisfied with steel weapons, but are studying lighter and harder special steel.

The two weapons and equipment are not at the same level at all.

With the full support of the Great Sui Dynasty, Tubo also built a steel plant and began to transition to the steel age, but the development time was still too short after all.

In the past two years, although Tibet has vigorously developed the steelmaking industry, due to limited experience and resources, only half of the troops have completed the transformation, eliminating iron weapons and replacing them with more powerful steel weapons. The other half of the army Still using iron equipment.

In fact, the progress of the Tubo army has been very rapid, but in Yang Guang's eyes, it is still far behind. Compared with the armies of other countries, there is a big gap, let alone compared with the Qin army.

Such a weak army, for the Qin army armed to the teeth, no matter how large the number is, it is just a gift, how can it help the Great Sui?

If they were unable to repel the Qin army, the Tubo army would still be able to retreat to the plateau and survive for a while, but the Sui kingdom would only end up being destroyed.

Yang Guang knew how severe the situation facing the Sui State was, but the Sui State was weak and could not afford to raise more troops. The road to continue expanding the army had been blocked, so the only way to go is to help the Tubo army to increase its combat effectiveness. .

"My Da Sui is isolated and helpless in the northwest. Once we start a war with Da Qin, the state of Shu will not be able to count on it at all. Only Tubo can be an ally, but the fighting strength of the Tubo army is too weak.

Previously, at the invitation of Songtsan Gampo, the king of Tubo, this king sent Gao Changgong to lead a [-]-strong army of Xiaoguo into Tibet to serve as an instructor camp to help the Tubo army train the troops. . "

After saying that, Yang Guang looked at Yang Shuang below and ordered: "Yang Shuang, you bring another [-] Xiaoguo troops into Tibet, and you are fully responsible for the training of the Tubo army. You must do everything in the shortest possible time. It is possible to improve the combat effectiveness of the Tubo army.

Now only Tubo can help me to get through this crisis of national subjugation. "

"No." Yang Shuang said sternly.

The reason why Yang Guang sent Yang Shuang was naturally because he was the most skilled general in the Sui State. The Qinghai Navy and Xiaoguo Army he built were the most powerful in the Sui Army, even if it was the general Yang Su's talent in training. Not as good as Yang Shuang.

Songzan Gampo, the king of Tubo, was both excited and moved when he learned that Yang Guang had sent Gao Changgong to send Yang Shuang, the governor of Haizhou, to help Tubo train troops.

In the past two years, Sui Guo has helped Tubo too much. Steelmaking, mining, salt making, paper making and other industries have all received help from Sui Guo.

To put it bluntly, the changes that have taken place in Tubo over the past few hundred years are not as great as those of the Sui State in the past two years.

Songtsan Gampo also knew how much the Sui State helped Tubo, so he directly stated that he wanted to form a brother state with the Sui State, and as long as he survived, he would never fail the Sui.

And his remarks naturally made Yang Shuang very satisfied. After all, even if he did not rely on the influence of various industries, the relationship between Sui and Tubo would be stronger.

Sui Guo helped Tubo so much, but not in vain, but also gained a lot of benefits from it, which was fed back to the development of the country.

At the same time, Sui State also learned the way that Da Qin controlled Wei State, and also inserted manpower into all walks of life in Tubo.

Although this is unlikely to completely control Tubo, while helping its development, it also exerts the influence of the Sui State in the entire Tubo territory in a silent way.

Songtsen Gampo only thought that Sui Guo was kind to help him, but he didn't know that Yang Guangda had hidden evil intentions from the beginning.

Yang Guang worked so hard to support Tubo, and he just wanted to let Tubo defend Da Qin for himself. If the timing was not right, he might have the idea of ​​completely annexing Tubo.