The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 169 Full of flaws (recommended for collection)

The New Year in 619 AD was extremely cold, and the northern land was mostly covered with white snow. When it was sunny for more than ten consecutive days after the year, the bitter north wind drove straight in, blowing thousands of miles of grassland into desolation.Hundreds of miles to the north of Pegasus County, on the banks of the Kerulen River, the broken white flag fluttered in the shard-like snowflakes, as if it would be blown into the sky by the strong wind at any time...

The strong wind whistled in the ears, and the strong smell of blood rushed to the face!

The blood condensed into ice. After the five armies of the Sui Dynasty entered the vast grasslands in the north, a bloody massacre followed, and dozens of Turkic tribes were uprooted.

Everyone knows that this tribe has been destroyed. As long as you look around, you can see countless incomplete limbs, heads and broken weapons scattered all around.

Blood soaked every inch of the camp, and the dry ice and snow gave off a muddy feel.

After a while, the Sui army set fire to the firewood that had been wintered in the Turkic land. The broken corpses of the Turkic people were thrown in by the Sui army, and they were submerged in the fire after a while.

The Turkic tribes on the Liaodong side are direct descendants of Jieli. There are more than 70 tribes, large and small. Originally, there were more than 40 people in total. Now Jieli is about to take office in Dujinshan. In order to demonstrate to the various ministries, he has transferred 30% to [-]% of his combat power, leaving only more than [-] combat power to guard the wealth of the clan. The Sui army was indeed a big threat, but they were distributed on the grasslands separated by several tens of miles, which created favorable conditions for the Sui army to annihilate them one by one.

How could Yang Tong let go of such a god-given opportunity, and immediately divided his troops into two groups, slaughtering each tribe one east and the other west.

From ancient times to the present, only the grassland people have attacked the Central Plains people, and very few Central Plains people have penetrated alone. Therefore, they have become inactive and ignored their vigilance.Now, and in this icy and snowy land, the Turkic people did not set up any scouts, which provided the Sui army with a chance to win the surprise attack.

Encountered a sudden attack of [-] Sui troops, all of a sudden chaos.

The Turks fought on their own, and there was very little organization in the war, and the main force had already been taken away by Xieli.The remaining Turkic warriors are certainly capable of fighting, but compared with the well-trained Sui army, they are really different.

The almost crushing victory destroyed one Turkic tribe after another, took away all their cattle, sheep, horses and wealth, and then was driven into Pegasus County by tens of thousands of militiamen.

The extermination of the Turkic left-behind tribes was too successful, and Yang Tong's ambition grew. He knew that the opportunity must not be missed, and the truth that if it is lost, it will never come again.I simply took over Xieli's headquarters at once, and the statistics show that there are more than 70 at least.

For the Turks, Yang Tong did not have the slightest sympathy. At the end of the Sui Dynasty in history, the Turkic people took advantage of the melee in the Central Plains and the powerlessness of all places to enter the Central Plains again and again, robbing young men, women and property. Thousands of miles away, the population of the Central Plains has dropped sharply, and property losses have been heavy.He even came to the city of Taiyuan many times and plundered Hedong wantonly. When Li Tang was in power, he came to the city of Chang'an again and looted the whole Guanzhong.

It can be said that the Turkic continuous galloping across the land of the Central Plains is the main reason why the population of the Central Plains has decreased from more than 600 million at the peak of the Sui Dynasty to more than 500 million households in the seventh year of Emperor Wude of the Wude Tang Dynasty !In the civil war, the loss of population is not much. They were captured by one side and immediately surrendered. Then the side was defeated, and the soldiers and civilians took over the other side. The object of his allegiance is no less than four or five.

If the Turks go south, what happened in history will repeat itself, and the Central Plains will also be destroyed. Since the Turks can be so ruthless, why should Yang Tong be merciful?Kindness is cruelty to one's own people. Turkic Dingtian only has a population of 200 million, but here there are more than 20. After repeated looting, Turkic will die if it dies, and it will die if it does not die!
"What is your husband thinking?"

Li Xiuning couldn't help asking when Yang Tong was fascinated by the flames soaring into the sky.At this time, everyone was busy with their own affairs, and only her as the 'personal' personal soldier was free.

"I'm thinking about how to completely get rid of the northern ethnic groups like Turks and Tiele."

"It's better to let them be attached to the Monan grassland like the Khan in the south."

"That won't work!" Yang Tong shook his head and said, "We have already suffered a great loss in this respect."

Li Xiuning said: "Husband is talking about Qimin?"

"Yes, Qimin was originally a bereaved dog, but he was fed into a fierce tiger by my Tai Sui, and finally became a huge enemy of my Tai Sui. The same mistake cannot be repeated. In the future, I will definitely not allow Nan Khan Based on the Monan Grassland."

In history, Li Tang followed the example of the Sui Dynasty and placed these alien races who were dependent on him on the frontier, allowing them to self-govern. What happened?When the Tang Dynasty was strong, it kept its own law and order. After the Tang Dynasty weakened, these internal tribal soldiers entered the Central Plains and followed Anlu Mountain to plunder the Central Plains, which brought serious disasters to the Han people.

Li Zhi did a better job. After he destroyed Goryeo, he escorted more than one million Goguryeo people to the heartland for resettlement, but he did not do it thoroughly. When these people came together, the customs and habits did not change, but they assimilated the native Han people. In the end, the descendants of these people established the Goguryeo Kingdom in the Central Plains.

Yang Tong will never leave behind such hidden dangers, "The best way is to break them up forcefully, integrate them into each village on a household basis, and then use two generations to Sinicize them, just like the Southern and Northern Dynasties The Han people are like Huhua. Only in this way can we completely assimilate them and resettle them together, which is always a big hidden danger.”

Li Xiuning was very surprised when he heard this, and said with emotion: "Jieli's troop dispatching order has been issued to various Turkic ministries, and the elites of each ministry have been transferred to the Khan court. He wanted to use the Southern Expedition to consolidate his Khan position, but who would have given it to my husband?" It’s a chance to take away his foundation. However, after this side was brutally cleaned, other tribes will definitely strengthen their vigilance, and the next action will not be easy. We still need to be careful, and don’t lose Jingzhou carelessly like Guan Yu.”

"Don't worry, I won't give Jieli this chance." Yang Tong narrowed his eyes and smiled, and said, "No matter how much the Turks strengthen their defenses, it will not be beneficial to the city, and it is very easy to fight. Now that we have an absolute advantage, no matter how much they defend It’s useless, and it’s full of flaws.”

"Full of flaws?" Li Xiuning looked at Yang Tong in astonishment.

"Yes! It's full of loopholes." Yang Tong smiled and asked the generals to be called.

(End of this chapter)