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

Chapter 35 Turkic Trouble
The sudden Turkic rebellion interrupted everything. Yang Jian took this matter very seriously and took a group of people back to the palace. He immediately ordered some ministers and generals to enter the palace for discussion, and specifically named Chang Sun Sheng to come, and Let Prince Yang Yong and King Jin Yang Guang enter the palace together to discuss.

Normally he would only call Prince Yang Yong, but this time he also let the King of Jin enter. This subtle signal was seen by all the ministers, and Yang Yong was naturally even more unhappy. However, Yang Jian was upset at this time, so he couldn't do it because of this. The matter touched his eyebrows, otherwise Yang Jian would be very angry.

The soldiers who came reported the situation at the border.

"The Turkic Shabolu Khan led his troops to invade the country in the name of the princess of the Zhou Dynasty. Gao Baoning, the former governor of Yingzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty, jointly captured Linyu Pass. It is currently reported that he made an appointment with the Turkic tribes to prepare for a large-scale southern invasion of the Sui Dynasty. Refers to Youzhou."

Yang Jian's face was still livid, and everyone was silent. Yang Jian immediately became furious: "This Gao Baoning, I tried to appease him and refused to surrender. I thought he was a man of backbone, but I didn't expect that he actually became a lackey of the Turks."

In the eyes of people of this era, if Gao Baoning really preferred death to surrender and was loyal to the Northern Qi Dynasty, then even the enemies themselves would respect him as a good man, but if he mixes with foreigners, he is the lowest class of people, especially The kind that sells out profits.

China has looked down on such people since ancient times. When Yang Guang heard this, he immediately thought of Shi Jingtang, who ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan as his son, and Wu Sangui, who led the Qing army into the pass.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty shared the same hatred of the enemy, but now the Sui Dynasty had just decided. According to the usual way of dealing with the northern peoples, they would make a marriage alliance and then bring some gifts to sue for peace.

Since the Han Dynasty, the north has always been a threat to the Central Plains. These nomadic peoples have been singing and I have appeared. Although they have changed their races from the Xiongnu to the Turks and later the Mongols, what remains unchanged is their warlike nature and they often threaten and plunder. The Central Plains invades the border from time to time.

This time when the Sui Dynasty was just established, the Turks launched an attack in the name of the daughter-in-law of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. They also united with the old officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty to invade the Central Plains. The officials were naturally indignant.

But indignation is indignation, what can be done?

After a period of anger, no one offered advice on how to deal with the Turks. The surprised and silent court actually had an answer on what to do.

Yang Jian's momentum also dropped, and he sighed inadvertently: "Gao Jiong, do you have any good strategies to deal with the enemy?"

In the end, the person he trusted and relied on the most was Gao Xi.

Prime Minister Gao Jiong had no choice but to come out and said: "Your Majesty, the power of the Turkic cavalry cannot be underestimated. They have occupied Yuguan and are pointing their troops at Youzhou. The city of Youzhou has high walls and thick walls. It should be able to withstand it. I am afraid that the Turks will attack from multiple fronts and our army will resist." If you don't stop, if the north direction is broken, the Turkic cavalry will go south, and then I'm afraid..."

Yang Jian slapped the table and stood up: "I want you to come up with countermeasures, not to be alarmist."

"We are aware of our guilt. Please ask your Majesty to recruit troops to go to the north for support. As long as the Turkic cavalry is blocked outside Youzhou City, there should be no major problems."

Gao Xi's words meant the main battle, and he could see Yang Jian's intentions.

Yang Yong's other father-in-law, Yuan Xiaoju, immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, please suspend the ownership fortifications and recruit troops to fight against the enemy, so as to prevent the Central Plains from being disturbed and the people's lives being destroyed."

Following Yuan Xiaoju's words, the ministers agreed.

The Turks' attack just became an excuse for them to ask Yang Jian to stop the construction of Daxing City.

Yang Jian was very angry, but he kept his anger. In the current national crisis, in theory, it is indeed necessary to stop such a time-consuming and labor-intensive large project and give full support to fighting the Turks first.

Yang Jian looked at Yang Guang. Today had just started and work had to be stopped. Could it be God's will? He was unwilling to do so.

"Prince Jin, what do you think?"

Yang Jian finally asked Yang Guang.

Yang Guang looked at the court and saw that the general trend was the trend, but he had no choice. He had no way to retreat from the enemy. He had to talk to Li Jing about this matter. There might be a chance, but he could not offend the public in the court, and Li Jing and his five There are countermeasures for similar things in the annual plan.

If you are underage, you should recuperate first, and you cannot ask for a fight or participate.

He only knew that the Sui Dynasty defeated the Turks in history and did not delay the construction of Daxing City, but the details were unclear, so he could only believe in history.

"Father, my sons and ministers will listen to my father in everything."

Yang Jian sat on the dragon chair again, looked at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and said with some reluctance: "From today on, Daxing City will stop construction and fully support the northern line..."

"Your Majesty, no!"

At this moment, a powerful voice sounded outside the main hall, and it was heard by all the civil and military officials in the court.A man of medium height strode forward, straightened his body, crossed the threshold of the hall, walked alone beside the ministers, walked towards the emperor and shouted loudly: "Absolutely not!"

"Your Majesty does not need to deal with the harm caused by the Turks in this way. The Turkic people do not pose a big threat to our dynasty."

When someone came to speak with certainty, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty burst into accusations.

"People are knocking on the door, you say it's okay?"

"Do we have to wait until the Turkic cavalry goes south to wake up?"

"Ridiculous, ridiculous."

……

For a time, that person became the target of public criticism.

However, Yang Jian valued his opinion. The emperor extended his hand and the officials were silent.

"Chang Sun Sheng, tell me, why did you say this?"

The person who came was none other than Chang Sun Sheng, who was superb in martial arts. The term "kill two birds with one stone" comes from him. At the same time, he was highly regarded by Yang Jian during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Later, he sent the daughter of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Turks to get married, and he was very familiar with the situation in the Turks.

He also has another identity, the future number one among the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, Changsun Wuji's father.

"Your Majesty, the Turkic Sabolo Khan used this excuse to avenge the Qianjin Princess, but the biggest reason is because the establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty was not very generous to him, unlike the Zhou Dynasty, which often gave rewards. That's all. The humble ministers live with the Turks. For more than a year, I have a very good understanding of their situation. If there really is a war, as long as we fight with all our strength, the Turks will never be our opponents."

He was the only one who took charge of the war in the whole dynasty, so he naturally had to face the verbal disputes among the ministers.

"Although Captain Changsun is famous for his martial arts skills, as far as I know, the Captain has very few military achievements and has no combat experience in large-scale wars."

"They all say that we civil servants talk about military affairs on paper, but I didn't expect that military generals are the same."

"Do you know how many people will die if a fight breaks out? What if we are defeated?"

……

Changsun Sheng was not annoyed or angry when facing the accusations from the court, and turned around to look at them.

"I ask you here, how many Turkic troops there are?"

"Who are the main generals of the Turks and what tactics are they good at?"

"How is the military strength of the Turks distributed?"

After asking a question, a group of people were speechless. Changsun Sheng faced all the ministers alone and maintained his momentum: "Our dynasty has a vast territory and a population of tens of millions of households. The Turks in the north live in water and grass, and their population is actually less than one-tenth of our dynasty." Second, I still said too much, maybe it’s only [-]%.”

Everyone was shocked when this statement came out. Great troubles in the north often plague the Turks in the Central Plains. The total population is less than [-]% of ours?This statement was so unexpected.

Changsun Sheng continued: "Why do we think they don't have many people? Because all their people are soldiers. I have seen seven or eight-year-old children in Turks fighting with real swords and guns. Their fathers taught their sons that they don't have any." Just go and rob things, but who does it belong to? They rob us and their own people."

"The weather in the north is cold, and many people may freeze to death in winter, so they have to rob. I ask you, under this kind of education, a group of fierce Turks, we let them go once or twice, and they came to rob once Twice, the more you give in, the more you will grab in the future.”

Seeing that Chang Sun Sheng had silenced everyone, Yang Jian felt a little confident: "Chang Sun Sheng, you are familiar with Turks, do you have any good ideas?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think it is appropriate to fight. I will comfort you while fighting, and then instigate rebellion internally."

"Beat them until they pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)