The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 164 Expedition (recommended for collection)

Everything was properly arranged, Wei Yun said slowly: "Your Highness, colleagues, have you ever seen anything from the six conditions of Turkic?"

Yang Tong wondered, "What?"

Everyone also looked at Wei Yunqi, who pondered for a moment, and said: "The six conditions of Jieli are extremely harsh, and even humiliated us. He has no sincerity in negotiating! I think we should prepare well to meet the Turkic army. Preparations for the invasion of the South."

"Why did Mr. Wei come to this conclusion?" Wei Zheng couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes, "Could it be that if you don't accept the Turkic conditions, will Jieli invade the south?"

Wei Yunqi shook his head: "This has nothing to do with the conditions at all. Whether we agree or not, Xieli will invade the south, and the excuse is probably to eliminate the southern Khan."

Yang Shidao wondered: "Then why?"

Wei Yunqi paused every word: "Establish the prestige of the Great Khan!"

Fang Xuanling pondered for a while, his eyes flashed, and he had to admire Wei Yunqi's sharp eyesight.

At this time, Wei Yunqi said in a more emphatic tone: "The founding of the Turkic state is the credit of Qimin; the strengthening of the Turkic state is the credit of Shibi! Tie Le died at the hands of Chuluo Khan, and he Jieli has nothing."

"Generally speaking, when our new Central Plains king comes to the throne, we first implement benevolent government, amnesty the world, release criminals, etc. to win the support of the people! But the nomads are different. They believe that the strong are respected. If Xieli does not establish prestige as soon as possible , the Turks he ruled will be a mess. Therefore, Jieli urgently needs to use a big victory to establish his prestige."

"Your Highness not only caused Shibi to sink his halberd into the sand, but also captured the Monan Grassland, and our Great Sui Dynasty was torn apart, and we fought again and again and won consecutive victories. This will undoubtedly become the best target for Xieli to establish his prestige. Therefore, I thought that the possibility of the Turkic invasion to the south was [-]%. We even reached an agreement with Li Yuan to attack us together. We must not only make preparations for fighting the Turks, but also prevent Li Yuan from seizing Guannei Road and Hedong County.”

"Your Highness, I fully agree with Master Wei's point of view."

Fang Xuanling glanced at Wei Yunqi, and said in amazement, he knew that Wei Yunqi was a good talent in marching and fighting, and was very good at coordinating the relationship between all parties, but he didn't expect Wei Yunqi, who usually doesn't show his talents, to have such a good reputation. The big picture.Such a great talent should be the same as Yang Shanhui, either guarding one side or holding an important position.It is really a wasteful extravagant act for him to be the leisurely Minister of Rites!
Yang Tong focused his eyes, and said, "Immediately order all parties to strengthen their vigilance, and transport the supplies to all border counties, and prepare for a full-scale war!"

"Your Highness, not only do you need everyone to prepare for the battle, but you also need to take the place of Shangshu Li Jing to take care of it!" Fang Xuanling said.

Yang Tong nodded silently, Li Jing was on the Guannei Road and defending the north and the south, his mission was heavy, and he had no time to be in charge of the military affairs of the court and China, so it was really inappropriate for him to be in charge of the minister of the Ministry of War with heavy responsibilities.

"Is there anyone to choose?"

"Far in the sky, right in front of you!"

Yang Tong laughed, and said: "Wei Shangshu moved to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Kong Shangshu is also in charge of the Ministry of Rites."

"Here!"

Wei Yunqi and Kong Yingda responded at the same time.

Fang Xuanling focused his gaze, and said, "Could it be that Your Highness wants to..."

Yang Tong nodded and said: "Turk was originally divided into two parts, and there were many confrontations. Although Xieli got his wish and ascended to the position of Great Khan, the contradictions and hatred between the two parts are not the same. Eliminated! Xieli, the great Khan, is not attached to the hearts of the people and has internal worries! So instead of waiting for Xieli to fight, it is better to take the initiative to attack. I plan to lead the raging waves, raging waves, tsunami, Feiyu and Xuanjia troops to fight again Go out of the Great Wall, eat up the Turkic tribes in the Liaodong area, and shake Xieli’s rule. During this period, Kong Shangshu was in charge of negotiating with Kang Sumi and hanged him for ten days and a half.”

Since ancient times, from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the northern nomads have always been the great enemy of the Central Plains, and their figures have never disappeared.Wherever the nomads went, they burned, killed, looted, and the population became extinct, leaving thousands of miles of wilderness in the Central Plains.It can be said unceremoniously that the thousands of years of Han culture is even a history of war against the northern peoples.

In fact, the Central Plains dynasty did not take a completely defensive position. Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao, Cao Wei, Shu Han, Soochow, Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Ming Dynasty also saw large-scale counterattacks in history books, so what about Yang Yu?

In terms of origin, he inherited the mantle of the Sui Dynasty.The Sui Dynasty had a powerful army. In dealing with the Turks, it has always adopted two strategies of sugar-coating cannonballs, thus taming the prairie wolf.

However, the Sui Dynasty did not eradicate the roots of the Turks. After the Sui Dynasty weakened, the Eastern Turks who had been supported by one hand quickly showed their ferocious fangs and rushed towards their former benefactors. This shows that the Huairou method was a failed policy. Aggression in the Turkic marrow.And the Tang Dynasty in history almost copied the foreign policy of the Sui Dynasty, and successively supported Xue Yantuo, Silla, Tubo, and Huihe as poisonous daggers stabbing their own hearts.

He, Yang Tong, knows the development and evolution of history, and must not repeat the same mistakes. Although Yang Tong has formulated a long-term strategy to deal with Goguryeo, Turks, and Tubo, how to solve the current crisis?The only way is to weaken Turk as much as possible before he is involved in the urgent situation of the world, instead of letting him take the opportunity to grow stronger.The only thing he was worried about was that Li Yuan, who was not a good character, took the opportunity to attack the nine counties in Guannei in the north and Hedong in Bingzhou in the east.

But he also had to be thankful for his sudden decision at that time, to destroy Guo Zihe, and compress the weak Liang Shi into his heart, and eat Li Yuan's [-] elite soldiers by the way, otherwise, most of the Guannei Dao The whole area fell into the hands of Li Yuan, and now that Xue Ju was restraining Li Yuan, he was not too worried about Li Yuan's attack.

At the same time, I am also glad that I helped Wang Shichong to compete with Li Mi and Dou Jiande in the Central Plains. Otherwise, he will be surrounded by enemies on three sides, and the situation will be in jeopardy. After all, the time to get both Bingzhou and Guanneidao is too short, and the hearts of the people have not yet fully belonged to the Sui Dynasty. .

Everyone thought about it, and felt that this was an opportunity to weaken the Turks, and they didn't object.Everyone has nothing to worry about about the combat power of Yang Tong's direct five armies.

Yang Gongren said: "Your Highness, do you want to match a Sui Army Sima?"

"No need! We don't have any tactics to talk about with the Turks, they just fight and fight, so there's no need to be with the army Sima." Yang Tong said this, and said: "Prepare [-] dry food bags for the five armies!"

As a traveler, how can you not know that food is the most important thing in the march?Prior to this, a large number of dry food bags had been sewn from sheepskin, and the dry food he 'created' for the rapid march was 'fried noodles' mixed with salt and dried meat!
Not to mention that the dry food bag is easy to carry, the important thing is that you don’t need to cook it, you can eat it when you pick it up, it is not easy to be exposed at night, and it can also reduce the logistical pressure. What’s more, you are not afraid of being cut off by the enemy!If each soldier brought enough dry food bags, he could march lightly for a month!

Call Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Niu Jinda, and Luo Shixin, and let them first quietly bring the four armies of Raging Waves, Kuanglan, Tsunami, and Feiyu to Zhuojun.

But this time, they marched in the ice and snow, and the conditions were far worse than last time. The water-filled leather naan, white marching cloak, waterproof leather cloak, marching blanket, flint, leggings, cloth shoes, and medicines necessary for an urgent march were of course also essential.

(End of this chapter)