Emperor Sui Yang

Marching in Mobei is a very difficult thing, because this is a plateau, covering plateaus, mountains, hills, plains, deserts, rivers, lakes and other landforms.

Not to mention anything else, you have to cross the Yin Mountain to leave Yulin and Dingxiang County, and you have to cross the Yan Mountain to leave Zhuo County.

After turning over, there is grassland and desert.

Wherever there are grasslands, there are Turks. There are many experienced guides in the Sui Dynasty, and among them there are many Chinese Turks. Yang Yue has the most people of this kind.

Yang Huaien and Yang Huaijing, whose surname is Ashina, belong to the Turkic royal family. During the internal fighting among the tribes, their father became a victim and was captured by Yang Su. They worked for the Yang family for many years.

Yang Huaien is good at raising horses, and Yang Huaijing knows how to find water sources.

The army must march along water sources, otherwise it will die of thirst. The drinking water provided by the logistics is not for the soldiers, and the quantity is very small. The soldiers mainly rely on local water sources.

The three armies that were originally divided did not encounter any obstruction along the way. After discovering that the Turks had gathered troops in Dujin Mountain, the three armies gradually moved closer to one place.

They are seventy or eighty miles apart.

Yang Guang's chariot must be at the back, protected by the left and right guards, with Yu Wenshu, Yang Yue, and Yu Juluo at the front. Whenever they encounter a Turkic tribe, they will be massacred. There is no second plan. .

All the men, women and children were killed, and all the horses and food were taken away.

On June [-], Yang Guang set up camp beside an unknown river. It was unknown because the river was too small.

In the East Turkic region, the main concentration areas of large rivers are around Yazhang.

"Due to the reduction of civilian food rations, the number of civilians fleeing behind them is increasing day by day. Just yesterday, more than 4000 people fled, and many people died of starvation." Pei Yun sat in the tent and frowned: "You should urge Duke Xu to speed up the march, otherwise Supplies will run out.”

Yan Bi, Minister of Industry, said: "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to go any further. Our army is far away from the border and the battle line is too long. We should set up camp here and lead the three armies from a distance."

Yang Guang also knew that the Eastern Turks were bent on shrinking, and so far, the army had not encountered any obstruction. The supply line from the border to here was already more than 1000 miles. Once it was cut off, there would be no choice but to withdraw its troops.

In fact, all the wars with the Turks have basically taken place not far to the north of the Sui border. As long as the main force is defeated, the Turks have nothing to worry about and only need to send a small number of troops to penetrate deep.

But this time, hundreds of thousands of troops all went deep into the enemy's territory. The Turks played the same trick that Li Jing used to lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory.

Yang Guang nodded and said: "In accordance with my decree, the left and right guards will camp here. Yu Wenshu and Lai will protect their children. Yu Zhongwen will speed up the march and attack the Turks' lair for a decisive battle."

General Jing Yuanheng of Youbeishen Prefecture said: "The enemy's main force is concentrated, and the decisive battle will be head-to-head. Our army is marching for a long distance, and the enemy is waiting for work, fearing that it will be disadvantageous to me. We should send vanguards to harass and disrupt their formation, and then plan for a decisive battle."

"That's not necessary," Yang Jian said: "My Majesty personally went on the expedition, and the army is strong. The Turks have suffered a new defeat, and their morale has been lost. If we encounter them, it will be a devastating situation. We will succeed in one battle."

Because Zhang Jin, the general of Zuo Beishen Mansion, followed Lai to protect his son, Yang Jian is currently in charge of Zuo Beishen Mansion. After all, at this juncture, his son is more reliable than anyone else.

And Yang Jian was also sure of his father's character and knew that he only liked to hear nice things, so he just followed Yang Guang's lead.

Jing Yuanheng frowned and said: "When the whole country goes on an expedition, there is no room for any mistakes. Once the spirit is weakened, it will be greatly disadvantageous for me. It will be difficult to supply the rear, so our army has concerns."

"That's why I said that it was a big mistake to let Yang Xuangan supervise the army rations. This person has no great talent. Yang Su himself knew that his son, the third child, was not useful enough to be used as his right-hand man," Yang Jian said.

Pei Xuanji interrupted: "I think that your Majesty should send someone to supervise the Duke of Chu as soon as possible and hold him accountable."

He was originally in Lingnan and was taken by Yang Guang. Although he was a consort, he could not call Yang Guang father. The relationship between king and minister was higher than that between son-in-law and father-in-law.

Yu Zhongwen's second son Yu Qinming, the fifth son Laihong, Yu Wenhuaji and Pei Xuanji who came to take care of his son were all by Yang Guang's side. As for why, it's easy to guess.

General Zuo Xiaowei Guo Rong grinned when he heard this. Are you two really willing to ignore the facts? Is it a problem of Xuangan that the supply is not maintained?It shouldn't have started so early, and the supply line was so long. Half of it was consumed by people eating horse chews on the way. The people's rations were deducted, resulting in countless defectors. Now there are transport convoys to send supplies, which is already very difficult.

Therefore, Yang Guang's fault was that he was too anxious.

However, the emperor was not wrong, so Xuangan could only be wrong.

Yang Guang nodded and said: "Instruct Li Yuan to prepare military supplies in Shanxi and transport them to the border quickly without any mistakes. As for Yang Xuangan, I will settle the score with him after I return to the army."

Yang Jian raised the corner of his mouth and glanced at Pei Xuanji.

The two people did not have any friendship, but Pei Xuanji knew that Yang Jian couldn't stand Yang Yue's family, and the old Pei family couldn't stand it either. The enemy of the enemy was a friend.

Yang Jian said: "Yuwenshu is only a few hundred miles away from the Turkic Yazhang. How can he arrive within five days? My father will receive the news of the great victory soon."

Yang Guang stroked his beard and smiled, looked at his grandson Yang Jin sitting next to him, and said:
"There are about 60 Turks, numbering one million. Jin'er thinks, how many days will it take for our army to defeat them?"

Pei Xuanji quickly winked at his nephew, hinting that he would answer according to His Majesty's wishes.

Yang Jin didn't have as many curves as Yang Rui, but mainly because he was very straight, so he shook his head and said:
"My grandson doesn't know."

Yang Guang suddenly frowned.

Seeing this, Pei Yun hurriedly said: "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, it is knowing." Yang Guang's brows suddenly softened, and he nodded: "You can say whatever you think in your heart, this is the understanding person, unlike your father, What I’m thinking about is that I don’t want to say anything, and I’m not afraid of suffocating him to death.”

Yang Jin was stunned and said: "My father once taught his grandson that if a mediocre person talks too much, he will fall into the inferior position; if a capable person talks too much, it will be unwise." "The Doctrine of the Mean" has a saying: Sincerity is the way of heaven. , The way of a man, my father is always sincere and true in front of his grandfather."

Yang Guang was stunned and looked at Yang Jin in surprise.

Hiss~~This guy looks tall and thick, but can’t you tell he’s still a delicate person?
Pei Yun and Pei Xuanji glanced at each other subconsciously, feeling relieved.

Yang Jing chuckled and said: "Your grandpa has too many tricks in his belly. He always points things out, deceives superiors and inferiors, and confuses right and wrong. He rarely speaks the truth."

"Second uncle, you mean that my grandfather has been bullying you?" Yang Jin said.

Yang Jian was stunned for a moment: "I didn't mean that. I'm telling you that your grandfather is not an honest person."

Yang Jin chuckled and said, "What the second uncle just said about deceiving the superiors and concealing the inferiors, wasn't he talking about the grandparents? Who else does my grandfather have besides his grandparents?"

Yang Guang burst out laughing.

Yang Xian said with a look of frustration: "I am your father's second brother, and I am also above him. This bully means bullying me."

When everyone heard this, they all snickered privately. It was rare to see such a bickering scene in the emperor's home. It was really interesting.

As for Yang Guang, he didn't care too much. After all, the people sitting in the tent were all his confidants. Many of them had followed him since the Jin Dynasty. They had seen a lot of his family affairs.

Yang Jin snorted coldly and stopped talking.

It was at this time that urgent military information arrived outside the tent, and it was from the capital.

Yang Guang's face turned pale after reading it.

He also didn't expect that before he started fighting with the Turks, the country would start fighting first.

Yang Guang snorted coldly and threw the memorial on the ground. The ministers did not dare to pick it up. The emperor did not let them see it, so they did not dare to read it.

But one man dared.

The memorial was sent from the capital. After the emperor read it, Long Yan was furious, so it must be something bad. The prince was in the capital, so he had something to do with it.

So Yang Xian plucked up the courage to pick up the memorial and presented it to Yang Guang with fake hands:
"Father, is there anything going on in the capital?"

"Don't you have eyes yourself?" Yang Guang scolded angrily.

Hey~~, this is for me to see. Yang Jian hurriedly opened the memorial, his expression gradually changed and became more ferocious.

"Okay, no wonder the supplies are insufficient. It turns out that there are rebels in Xingyang, and Yang Xuangan should be punished!" Yang Jian cursed.

Pei Yun and Pei Xuanji looked at each other, and the former hurriedly read the memorial. After all, it involved rebellion, which must be visible to everyone.

After reading this, several important ministers were also confused. Are there any rebels in Jiangdu?Pei Yun was even more stunned. It had only been more than three months since I left Jiangdu, and there were rebels in both counties?
This is unacceptable to anyone, because Jiangdu ranks third among the four major cities in the Sui Dynasty, and it is also Yang Guang's favorite place. This incident is a slap in Yang Guang's face.

Although the rebels in Jiangdu have not yet launched an anti-Sui banner, there is no difference between rebelling in Jiangdu and having "kill the faint king" written on their faces.

Mai Tiezhang said angrily: "I request an order to go south to put down the rebellion."

Yang Ming's memorial made it very clear that if the army did not come back, he would not be able to deal with this situation.

"Going south?" Yang Guang snorted coldly: "Look at where you are standing. How far is it from the Central Plains? With your brain, you can't even take a bite of hot rice."

Mai Tiezhang retreated with a deflated expression.

"Qiu He is in Lingnan, Tu Wanxu is in Runan, and Zhang Heng is in Jiangdu. The rebellion in the Jianghuai area depends on these three people," Dou Kang said: "As for Xingyang, there is no problem with the prince's arrangement. The rebels should be there soon. If Shandong is wiped out, Zhang Xutuo may not be able to bear it."

There were too many rebellions in Shandong. Half of the counties and counties had rebels. The main reason was the dissatisfaction accumulated over the years. With Du Fuwei taking the lead, everyone broke out.

Du Fuwei is also a bastard. On his way south to Jianghuai, this guy has been spreading propaganda and deceiving the people along the way.

Because he was afraid that Zhang Xutuo would chase him, he instigated the refugees in order to block the pursuers. In fact, if he had known that Zhang Xutuo only had 3000 people in his hands, he would not have bothered with this effort.

The most shameless thing is that Du Fuwei massacred a county on his way south. The county had a small population of 4000 people, and he killed all of them.

Why massacre the city and demonstrate? Because before that, he had sent people to contact Miao Haichao, the rebel leader in Xiapi County, and asked him to defect to him. Miao Haichao thought he was his boss. On the other hand, you should defect to him. Me.

In the end, Du Fuwei massacred an entire county and shocked the Miao Haichao. You are still ruthless, you are my eldest brother.