In the main hall of the palace in the old city of Yiwu, Yang Ji, who had just returned, summoned his civil and military officers to hold a military meeting. Tutunshe, who had become the governor of Yizhou, and his three adult sons were also invited. However, before Yang Ji showed his attitude of taking the initiative, the scout commander Shi Huaiyi handed Yang Ji an urgent military information.
After Yang Ji finished reading, he expressed the military information in his hand and said to everyone: "This is an urgent military information sent by the scouts. It is said that Shekui Khan, the grandson of Bujia Khan in charge of Suiye River, died in Chisha Mountain and The Nipuchuluo Khan's Western Expeditionary Army was defeated in the Gumochuan area. Nipuchuluo Khan was gathering soldiers to prepare for another battle with Shekui Khan, so the Western Turks were unable to go eastward for the time being. However, Nipuchuluo Khan was Acknowledging the fact that the Chuyue tribe was self-reliant, Shatuo Khan Chuyuetu was allowed to establish the Shatuo Khanate on the condition of attacking Yizhou. Not only that, the two of them also formed an offensive and defensive alliance, and Nichuchuluo Khan was responsible for dealing with the Shetuo Khanate. Kui Khan and Qibi tribe, and Shatuo Khan has reduced his troops from the west to Jinshan, ostensibly to resist Bujia Khan in the east, and is a precursor to the actual attack on Yizhou."
"Attack Yizhou?" The fat Tutunshe suddenly shrank from the bed to the ground, his chubby face turned pale with shock.
"You seem to be afraid of this Chuyuetu?" Yang Ji looked at Tutunshe who was lying on the ground in a funny way.
"I'm scared." Tutunshe got up, sat down again, and then said in a trembling voice: "The Turks have heavy taxes and fierce exploitation, but they only want money but not their lives; while the Chuyue Ministry also wants their money and their lives. They also want people and pasture. When they fought with us over Puleihai, the Chuyue tribe killed all our old men and warriors there, but took the women and children as slaves."
After glancing at Yang Ji, Tutunshe added: "If Chuyuetu hadn't been afraid of the Western Turks, he would have killed them long ago. Now that they have formed an alliance, they will definitely march south."
"How many people are there in the Chuyue Department?" Yang Ji asked.
Tutunshe said: "The entire Chuyue tribe has a population of about 120,000, and there are more than 30,000 young warriors, which is quite powerful."
"Powerful?" Li Datong laughed out loud and said disdainfully: "I thought Chu Yue was so powerful, but it turns out it's just a small tribe. This kind of small tribe only bullies you. When you meet Sui As for the army, we must either surrender or perish."
"That's right." Yao Junsu said: "The number of such small tribes we destroyed during the Sui Dynasty was eighty, if not a hundred."
"Then let's make it ninety-nine and eighty-one." Hearing that the Chuyue tribe only had 30,000 fighting men, Yang Jida relaxed and said to Tutunshe calmly: "Have the Chuyue people attacked Yizhou?" The heart is not important, the important thing is that since Chuyue Tu dares to form an alliance with the enemies of the Sui Dynasty, then he is our enemy of the Sui Dynasty. Let alone only 30,000 soldiers, even if there are 300,000 or 3 million, we will still destroy him. .”
"Your Highness is so heroic." The civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty admired him greatly and thought that he was worthy of being the son of King Wei Zhao. This courage...
Yang Ji nodded slightly and looked at Wang Wei: "Wang Sima, you will lead two thousand Sui Army recruits and three thousand Yizhou Army to guard the old city."
Wang Wei cupped his hands and accepted the order: "I humbly obey my orders."
"Li Changshi." Yang Ji glanced at the gentle Li Min. This guy was impeached by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty for exceeding the rules. He suddenly changed from the governor of Wuzhou to the governor of Qizhou, and even lost the country Zhu. , and was fined ten thousand taels and five years' salary in the end. After this incident, Li Min seemed to have become smarter. When Yang Jian appointed the governor of Yizhou, he actually resigned as the governor of Qizhou and took the initiative to become the governor of Yizhou. history.
"Here's my humble post." Li Min stood up and answered the order with some anxiety. Although Yang Ji was the elder, Yang Lihua looked down on Yang Ji and Dugu Min, who was keen on doing business, so she followed her mother-in-law in looking down on them and spurning them. She really felt a little bit in her heart. Worried about Yang Jigong's personal grievances
Yang Ji knew that Li Min used to be a governor who received a free salary and did not do any real work, and he was still a novice, so he ordered in an elder's tone: "You are responsible for the government affairs of Yizhou and the construction of the city. Is there anything you don't understand?" , often ask for advice from Tutun Governor and Wang Sima."
"I obey my orders." Li Min breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
"General Xue, fight with the army." Yang Ji learned a lesson and decided to bring Xue Shixiong, the general manager of Yizhou with rich combat experience.
"The last general will obey your orders." With military exploits, he was an official in the third division of Yitong and a cavalry commander in the right guard army. When he saw that Yang Ji did not let him stay and guard the place, but ordered him to join the army, he was very excited.
"Go down and prepare." Yang Ji ordered: "The army will march north in an hour."
"Here." The generals stood up and walked out. The eldest prince Tutun Achi was about to leave, but was stopped by Yang Ji.
Tutun Achi is twenty-seven years old this year. He has studied Sinology in Dunhuang County since he was a child. He is closer to the Sui Dynasty than his father Tutunshe. He yearns for the civilization of the Central Plains and hopes to one day see Daxing, a city with a population of one million. When he competed with his two younger brothers for inheritance rights, he received strong support from the Huhua Han people. However, the Sui Dynasty's actual occupation of Yiwu country made him feel very helpless. Hearing Yang Ji's call, he quickly turned around and saluted: "What are your orders, Your Highness?"
"The saint asked you to come to Beijing on behalf of your father..." Achi felt sad after hearing this. He really yearned for the Central Plains, but he didn't want to go to Daxing as a proton. However, as the eldest son, what could he do? When he was about to speak, he heard Yang Ji say again: "But I hope you stay and let your two brothers go."
"Is this okay?" Achi asked in shock.
Yang Ji walked slowly towards A Chi and continued: "I will explain to the saint that you can just lead the troops with peace of mind."
Yang Ji believed that the symbolic meaning of protons was far greater than the actual, and that even the heirs of the grassland peoples were born in a way of respecting the strong and survival of the fittest. For example, in Tutunshe, he allowed his sons to compete for power. Whoever wins will be the most powerful. The Wolf King, the most qualified heir, so the proton does not even have symbolic meaning to the prairie people.
In this case, Yang Ji hoped that this eldest prince who was close to the Sui Dynasty and Sinology would stay. His role here would definitely be countless times greater than going to the capital as a hostage. And if his two adult brothers, who have established powerful forces and are close to the Turks, stay, they may cause trouble for local officials in the future.
"I have no objection to you." Achi nodded and suddenly asked a ridiculous question: "Your Highness, when I was studying Sinology in Dunhuang, Master once said that the Central Plains is beautiful and rich, and even the wind is fragrant. Isn't that true?"
Yang Ji glanced at him in astonishment and replied: "There is no desert in the Central Plains, and there is no rolling sand and dust weather. The wind will naturally be fragrant."
"That's it." Achi suddenly realized.
"I heard that before the Turks and Tiele people sent out troops, they seemed to hold a military dispatch ceremony to pray for the blessings of the gods." Yang Ji looked at Achi and asked, "Are there any Chuyue people?"
"Yes!" Achi nodded: "We, the Turks, Tiele people, and Chuyue people all believe in shamanism. Before sending troops, we will ask the high priest to worship the moon god. If we take the initiative to attack and have enough time, we I will choose a full moon night and ask the high priest to pray on my behalf.”
"Full moon night?"
"Exactly."
