Yiwu State is located in the Hami Basin, stuck on the strategic passage from the Central Plains to the Western Regions. During the Han Dynasty, troops were stationed here and the military fortress Yiwu City was built. In the Western Jin Dynasty, the imperial court officially established a county here, making it officially appear in the Central Plains Dynasty. However, from the end of the Jin Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, civil war continued in the Central Plains. The Northern Dynasty, which was busy unifying the world, had no time to take care of this important border town. It was first occupied by Rouran and gave it to Li Bao, a descendant of Xiliang. , However, Li Bao took the restoration of the country as his own duty. Taking advantage of the Juqu family's westward migration, he led his army from Yiwu to occupy Dunhuang. From then on, he betrayed Rouran and became a vassal of the Northern Wei Dynasty. As for Yiwu, although it was abandoned by the Li family, Rouran appointed Gao Gaozi as the leader of Yiwu, and he ruled on his behalf. After Rouran was replaced by the Turks, it was occupied by the Tiele people.
The Northern Wei Dynasty, which was at its peak, was frustrated in its southern expedition and began to gradually extend to the Western Regions. However, due to the powerful Rouran, the territory finally ended at Yumen Pass. When the civil war between Rouran and the Turks broke out, the Northern Wei Dynasty was also divided into two. They have no time to take care of the affairs of the Western Regions. Although the Turks were unified earlier than the Central Plains dynasty, unfortunately, the Turks encountered Yang Jian, who was bullied by his wife and was full of anger but had nowhere to express it.
At that time, Yang Jian, who only owned the territory of the Northern Dynasties where opposition forces were rampant, gathered a large number of troops in the south and was preparing for a war of unification. However, the Turkic Great Khan Shabolue commanded an army of 400,000 and killed corpses everywhere in the northern Sui Dynasty. At that time, almost everyone persuaded Yang Jian endured his anger and asked for peace from the Turks. However, Yang Jian was bullied by his wife and wanted to die, but he defied all opinions and decided to attack the Turkic Khanate, which truly had millions of string control men. After stabilizing the war situation, he ordered his younger brother Yang Shuang, who was only 21 years old, to be the marching leader. Marshal, let him control the armies and launch a counterattack against the Turks.
At that time, Queen Dugu was preparing to betroth Dugu Min, who was still a little girl, to Yang Shuang.
How could Yang Shuang not know what kind of virtue Dugu Min was? Rather than being tormented by this little devil who is more powerful than my sister-in-law for the rest of my life, it is better to die. So when he met Sabolo at Baidao, he only led 5,000 elite cavalry to launch a suicidal raid on Sabolo, who had hundreds of thousands of troops. Who would have thought that the coach's desperate style of play infected the entire army, and as a result, not only did he He didn't die, but instead killed hundreds of thousands of enemy troops and routed them for hundreds of miles. Even Sabolo almost died in their hands.
It was the two brothers who were forced to die by their wives who launched this crazy and sharp counterattack, which enabled the Sui Dynasty to kill Sha Bolue's ambition, and at the same time created a solid foundation for Changsun Sheng to alienate the Turks.
During this battle, the ambitious Apo Khan and Datou Khan (today's Bujia Khan) realized that the Sui Dynasty, which only had half of the Central Plains, was not bad at strength, and Shabolue was not as strong as imagined; the two passed by Changsun Sheng Yitong deceived them, thinking that they had the Sui Dynasty to rely on, so they rebelled against the Shabo strategy without hesitation. Of course, Changsun Sheng did not deceive them, because the Sui Dynasty sent troops in every major battle; but when the two of them took a breath Just when they were about to enjoy the fruits of victory, they discovered that Chang Sun Sheng, that damn bastard, had quietly pulled out a group of people to rebel against them.
The two hate each other, but the battle must continue.
Today, the situation between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks has been completely reversed. The Sui Dynasty has become a complete and powerful country, while the Turkic Khanate is nominally ruled by Datou who was renamed Bujia Khan, but in fact it has split into There are two countries, East and West, and the East and West Turks are fighting civil wars every day, so they naturally have no time to take care of the small country Yiwu caught in the middle.
This time the Sui Dynasty sent troops not only to cut off the connection between the Western Turks and Tuyuhun, but also to restore the Central Plains Dynasty's control over the Western Regions. As long as Yiwu was the chokepoint, the Sui Dynasty's armies would continue to march towards the Western Regions. Completely integrate it into the territory of the Sui Dynasty, instead of letting the opponent control it after the battle as before.
This is also Yang Jian's established strategy. As for how to govern the Western Regions below? He didn't seem to have thought about it himself.
However, Yang Guang had some ideas. After taking over the Western Regions, he planned to move the royal families of various countries to Beijing to live in captivity. Without the constraints of these people, he would then establish prefectures and counties in the Western Regions, encourage Han people to migrate with tax exemptions, and then send Confucian scholars Let the Taoist priests promote sinology, the Taoist priests should promote escapism, and the monks should promote the study of obedience and obedience. Let all people in the Western Regions adhere to Han rites, wear Han clothes, speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, do not resist or rebel, and be peaceful and joyful as the Sui Dynasty. Submissive people; if any nobleman does not agree, he will not be allowed to enjoy the convenience of the Silk Road, and if he does not agree, his dog's head will be chopped off.
During this period, court musicians and dancers were sent to various countries from time to time to hold large-scale theatrical performances, and the court held large-scale trade fairs from time to time, which made those Western Regions natives worship the Sui civilization from the depths of their souls, long for the land of the Central Plains, and cry and beg Yang Guang to save him. them.
Yang Ji felt that Yang Guang's idea was very good. It was more effective than simple suppression by force, but the prerequisite was that artistic performances and trade fairs could not be turned into extravagant displays of wealth, and the hard-earned taxes paid by the people of the Central Plains could not be given away in vain. If it is given to the people of the Western Regions to build local areas and build strategic arteries across the world, not only Yang Ji has no objection, but also the people who can contribute to earn wages.
Moreover, the guy from Mai Tiezhang has a very good saying, that is, "turn their men into our war slaves." This war slave can be used to fight the enemy, and can also be used to fight the mountains, so that they can turn the mountains into The intestines are wide and straight.
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Although Yang Ji was fully prepared before departure and marched in the spring when the temperature was mild, as soon as evening arrived, the warm Gobi Desert suddenly fell into severe cold, and hailstones as big as finger fell indiscriminately, smashing them. The helmet made a crackling sound. In just four days, more than 300 soldiers froze to death in the military tent. These were elite soldiers and people from Liangzhou. If they were replaced by people from the Central Plains and the South, this astonishing non-combat attrition would probably be even higher. Several times.
After learning the lesson from the first day, Yang Ji no longer followed the way of marching in the Central Plains. He set up camp early every day to rest, and asked the soldiers to collect firewood from all around to keep warm at night.
At this time of the day, the camp was firmly established beside a small river. Although Yang Ji had no experience as a head coach, he and the royal children had received the best education in the Sui Dynasty since they were young, and their military theory was not bad.
The master who taught them the art of war was mainly Yang Yichen. His teaching method was very flexible. He always taught them by himself and Yang Shuang, Yang Guang, Yang Su, Yu Qingze, Gao Jun, Han Qinhu, He Ruobi, Shi Wansui, and Daxi Changru. , Dou Rongding, Douluqin, Helou Zigan, Yu Juluo and others used combat examples to confirm a certain military theory. First, the basic situation of the two warring parties is stated, and then the entire process of the combat between the two parties is deduced. Finally, "the enemy at that time" If the Sui army does this, it can defeat the Sui army', 'The Sui army can be strengthened in some aspects and its small victory can become a great victory'.
Although Yang Yichen has the suspicion of hindsight, for rookies like Yang Ji, Yang Zhao, Yang Jian, Yang Gongdao, and Yang Shidao, it is the most reasonable and effective teaching method.
Over time, Yang Jian integrated Zhao Kuo, who was full of military theories and battle examples, but his father was also like this at first. When he became Zhao Kuo, he was sent to Youzhou by Yang Jian to serve as Yin Shou's younger brother for a few years, waiting for him After integrating the theories in his mind, he felt as if he was cheating.
Not only Yang Shuang, but also Yang Guang, Yang Zhiji, Yang Lun, Yang Wen, Yang Qing and others also came through this.
There are so many successful examples in the royal family alone, and there are even more in the world. This situation also makes Yang Ji feel that if there is a general to lead him and Zhao Kuo, maybe they can become famous generals.
During the march, Yang Ji adhered to the style of being cautious and fearful of making big mistakes, and was always meticulous in setting up camp. Although he was surrounded by the endless Gobi Desert, he had his soldiers dig trenches and lay out ironclad formations every day to prevent cavalry raids. Then they used horse-repelling guns as fences to surround the military camp, and sent out sentry towers at every corner, and sent out reconnaissance cavalry to patrol. Within the camp, he divided the army into four major sections. In order to avoid fire at night, each military tent was far apart, and the spacious roads allowed soldiers to shuttle freely. Everything is arranged neatly and orderly. Even if you only stay for one night, every detail must be taken care of.
This greatly amazed Li Jing, and he secretly stole from him.
When Yang Ji saw Li Jing and said yes, he felt that he had done the right thing. He didn't realize that Li Jing was now Zhao Kuo. This guy used to travel all over the world and fight with swords. He became a Chang'an County meritorious officer just two years ago. Of course, although I have killed some ruffians, I have never participated in an upright war, and my actual combat experience is zero. On the contrary, it was Yang Ji himself who, in the 20th year of the founding of the Emperor, followed Yang Guang and Shi Wansui to Daqingshan and pursued Bujia Khan for hundreds of miles.
However, although both of them were Zhao Kuo, the Yin Shishi, Shi Huaiyi, Wang Bian, Wang Wei, Wang Xingben, Yao Junsu, Li Datong, Li Dabian and others who accompanied the army were genuine generals. Especially Yin Shishi and Shi Huaiyi, they have fought with their fathers Yin Shou and Shi Wansui since they were young, and have accumulated rich combat experience.
