Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 222 The Turks were pacified
The border was settled, Yang Shuang stayed behind, and Yang Guang returned to Beijing.

Halfway through the journey, news from the border pass came again, but this time it was not from Shuozhou, but from the other border pass to Daxing City, and then Daxing City sent it to the whole country. This kind of news was just like Shuozhou before. The news of a big victory is the same.

The emperor wants: The whole world celebrates.

Sui general Dou Rongding led 9 generals and 3 infantry and cavalry out of Liangzhou (which ruled today's Wuwei, Gansu Province), and fought a battle with Turkic Apo Khan in the Gaoyueyuan. Dou Rongding defeated Apo Khan's army several times, and his grandson Sheng took the opportunity to implement a divorce plan to win Apo Khan back to the Sui Dynasty.

Apo Khan had also signed a surrender agreement. The Turks were currently the strongest, and Apo Khan, who was dissatisfied with Sabolo Khan, successfully surrendered to the Sui Dynasty.

The North is decided!

After receiving the news, the Sui army celebrated crazily. In this Northern Expedition, the Sui army achieved a real victory. The results were comparable to when Emperor Wu attacked the Huns and Emperor Xuan took advantage of the Huns' civil strife to defeat the Huns. Surrender.

After winning the battle, they surrendered again.

This battle was not due to Yang Guang alone. Even without Yang Guang, it would have been won in history. It was just because of Yang Guang that it was much earlier.

Compared with the people of the Central Plains in this era, except for the personality factors of being brave and fearless, the productivity and food production capacity of the Central Plains at this time are inferior to those of the grasslands. When we are determined to fight , as long as we don't get into chaos internally during the fight, we will definitely win.
The only man riding a horse looked out of place in the crowd while the whole army cheered.

"Princess Yaqi, if you don't want to hear it, let's go on a journey first."

Princess Yaqi nodded, and the two of them led a small group of cavalry forward. Qin Qiong, who was here to protect her son, was in the group.

How could Princess Yaqi, the loser, be happy?

"His Royal Highness Prince Jin, why don't you go and comfort your little daughter-in-law?"

Lai Huer laughed.

"There is no consolation. We have won. The soldiers will celebrate when they should."

"Your Highness, you don't understand women's hearts."

"Don't you understand?"

Lai Hu'er patted her chest and said, "Your Highness, please don't think that I am a rough man. I understand women's hearts best. Women all say that I am considerate, considerate and gentle. I am the best in the world." A good man."

"Where did the woman say that?"

"Everywhere I go, I get praise wherever I go."

Qin Qiong said speechlessly: "Are they praising you? They are praising your money."

"Little brat, you are still a chick, what do you know?"

Everyone laughed happily.

Lai Huer continued: "Your Highness, please come forward and say a few words of comfort. Women are most vulnerable at this time. If you just say a few nice words, she will take it to her heart and think of you in the future."

"I ask you to read military books or not, but you can talk about these things in a clear and logical way."

Lai Hu'er chuckled and said in a rather honest manner: "Your Highness, I have a specialization in the art, so I will take it as a compliment from you."

"I will finish reading a military book within half a month when I go back this time. I want to take the exam."

Lai Huer looked embarrassed, and Yang Guangqun immediately came to Princess Yaqi's side.

After hesitating for a while, he said: "Today's wind..."

"Your Highness, you see that I am in a bad mood and want to comfort me?"

"Forehead……"

"If we lose, we lose. I'm not sad because of losing. Apo Khan and my brother have never gotten along. It would be good for us if he lost. If it was just us who lost, my brother might be beaten by Apo Khan when he goes back this time. Khan led his men to attack, it’s better now, they are all lost.”

"Then why are you so lost?"

Princess Yaqi looked into the distance, pointed to a small town in that direction and said, "I'm walking with you these days. If you walk for a while, you'll encounter towns. There are big and small, and a little further away there's a city with high walls." , wherever the rivers are flat, there are cities. They are much more prosperous than our Turks, and there are so many people in each city. I am even a little surprised how our Turks can fight for so long with the Central Plains where there are so many people. .”

"Later I figured it out, because there was more than just fighting in the Central Plains."

Lamented: "We Turkic boys have been trained as warriors since birth, herding cattle and sheep, wrestling and fighting. This is what every Turkic child does, but it is different in the Sui Dynasty. Along the way, I discovered your youth. Some people are fishing, some are drinking and writing poems, and there are restaurants and pubs all over the city, and there are also readers. My mother is right, the Turks have already lagged behind the Central Plains."

"So, I'm a little envious of the Central Plains."

"Do you know why you people from the grasslands lost to the Central Plains?"

"If you lose the battle, there will be no other excuses."

Yang Guang smiled and shook his head: "Do you know that the battle your brother lost to us actually has an almost identical record in my history book?"

"what?"

"It is written in our history that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had people lure the Huns to Mayi, that is, near Shuozhou, and then a group of people came out of Dai County to attack from behind. However, this plan aroused the vigilance of the Huns because the news was leaked, so It failed, and we used almost the same strategy this time, except that the Huns were replaced by Turks, and the Han Dynasty became the Sui Dynasty."

Princess Yaqi looked at Yang Guang in surprise: "In this case, haven't you been preparing for a long time?"

"Of course, these things are recorded in our books, even those that failed, so this time we can summarize the reasons for the failure of our predecessors and succeed. The prosperity of a civilization is not achieved overnight, nor does it rely solely on plunder and war. It must be the continuous accumulation and precipitation of generations. The Great Wall is our high wall blocking the grassland people." "And the culture passed down from the Yan and Huang Dynasties for thousands of years is both our city wall and our sword."

Princess Yaqi seemed to be relieved instantly: "When I have a child in the future, I must let him learn the culture of the Central Plains. Of course, the ability to fight must not be left behind. Men always have to fight."

A group of people set foot on the journey again.

After passing Tongguan, Yang Guang deliberately walked along the route of the canal.

At this time, after the excavation of the canal during this period, the section from Daxing City to Tongguan has begun to take shape.

Princess Yaqi said in surprise: "You Sui people actually want to dig a channel between two rivers? This is incredible, I have never even thought about it."

"Do you think we people from the Central Plains just occupy the land in the Central Plains and do nothing? Only by rational use and transformation can our land be more fertile, transportation smoother, roads open, and we can develop better."

"And why do you Sui Dynasty have so many slaves?"

"Those are not slaves, they are civilian workers. We should stop them, otherwise there will be more people coming to work."

Princess Yaqi looked at Yang Guang in confusion: "Your Highness, Prince Jin, although I don't understand the Sui Dynasty, please don't lie to me like this. I can still distinguish things clearly. How can so many people do such a job as digging a canal?" Want to come."

"What am I kidding you about? We are not here to use these peasants as slaves. The salary for digging canals is more stable than farming. It also includes food and accommodation, and they can work for six days and have one day off. They can make their own arrangements and go wherever they want. .”

"This is real?"

"You don't understand this. Don't think of it as taking six days off and one day off. The efficiency is much higher than working all the time. The construction period is much faster than before."

Princess Yaqi seemed to have heard a science fiction story and could not even think about it.

"But Your Highness, Prince of Jin, you said you would pay them salaries. Do you, the Sui Dynasty, have so much food and money?"

"You seem to have some misunderstandings about Sui's financial resources."

At this time, Yu Wenkai brought someone over. When he saw Yang Guang, he dismounted excitedly and said, "His Royal Highness, King Jin. Your humble minister, Yu Wenkai, has met His Highness, King Jin."

"Yu Wenkai, please excuse me. I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing?"

"Okay, okay, Wei Chen is very good."

"How's the situation on the canal?"

"Unsurprisingly, this section will be open to water in August this year."

"Very good, keep this speed. If the two sections are started at the same time, the Luoyang City section should take about the same time. The main canal is accessible, and ships can reach Luoyang and Daxing City, so the speed will be much faster."

Yang Guang visited the canal. In order to avoid delays, he hurried back with his people and reached Daxing City as quickly as possible.

It was morning when the team arrived outside Daxing City.

Looking at the majestic main entrance of the imperial city from a distance, Princess Yaqi was stunned.

She had heard about the prosperity of the Central Plains, and had seen some cities in the Central Plains along the way. She had imagined countless times how huge and majestic the imperial city in the Central Plains would be, but she was still shocked when she actually stood in front of it.

Man's imagination is limited to what he sees and hears, and man cannot imagine baseless things out of thin air.

"This city...how big is it?"

"Wouldn't you know later if you go in and see for yourself?"

"Who can actually build such a huge and majestic city? Is this the work of human resources?"

Hearing this, everyone laughed, and Yang Yichen said: "I was also extremely surprised when I saw it for the first time. Princess, the man who built this city is right in front of you."

Goosebumps appeared on Princess Yaqi's delicate, white and tender skin. She looked at Yang Guang again in disbelief: "Your Highness, Prince Jin, could it be that..."

"Theoretically, I am just the overseer of this city. In total, I have contributed to the construction of this city."

What kind of person is this? He can defeat the Turkic army on the frontal battlefield, and he can also supervise the construction of such a fairy palace-like royal city.

At this time, the team from the front arrived and knelt down when they saw Yang Guang's team.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, Your Majesty has dispatched an honor guard three miles away from the south gate of Daxing City to wait. Please wait and move to the south gate to enter the city."

Yang Guang didn't intend to make a big splash, but the emperor wouldn't let him.

Why shouldn't such a big victory be well publicized?

Yang Guang smiled slightly: "If you enter through the south gate, that means..."

"Let's go, everyone, I have only walked through the south gate of Daxing City once. This time I will show you Daxing City. Let's take the Suzaku Avenue to enter the city."

Today, triumphant.

(End of this chapter)