The news of the Turks going south has now spread throughout Ganzhou, but Ganzhou seems orderly, busy and orderly. These garrisons and people who have lived on the border for a long time know that the Turks are a tribal country, and each tribe has a set of operating rules. Soldiers usually live in their headquarters, and under the arrangement of the chiefs of each tribe, they hunt down wild wolves near the tribe. At the same time, they must also prevent other tribes from annexing the tribe's population and livestock. It is precisely because of this situation that the Turks are scattered all over the place. Therefore, if the Turks want to launch a war, they must first issue an order to each ministry and order the soldiers from each ministry to gather somewhere, so that everyone in the grassland knows it. There has never been anything secret. As soon as they started to form a gang, even a three-year-old child would start fighting, not to mention the Sui army constantly sending out scouts?
Because the Turks were the first enemy of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty had been spreading scouts on the grasslands for a long time, and even bribed some people to serve as internal agents. After Zhang Xutuo became the general manager of Liangzhou, he sent out scouts himself, so Bujia When the Khan gathered his troops in the southern grasslands of the Dujin Mountains and the 'V'-shaped tip of the remaining Jinshan Mountains, Zhang Xutuo knew that the war was coming. The news was passed to Yang Ji and Daxing respectively, and the other one went north along the drowning route and came to the border town of Datong City to actively prepare for war.
Datong City is located to the north of Juyanze, adjacent to the modern Bahong Gorji Mountain to the east and Fox Mountain to the west. These two mountains are extremely tall, precipitous and difficult to climb. They are like the work of nature's miraculous craftsmanship. They are sandwiched between the two mountains. The city wall of Datong City in the middle was renovated with money from Dugu Min. It was transformed from rammed earth into a stone wall three feet high and one foot wide. About thirteen or four miles of the city wall protruded to the north, showing a huge half-moon. shape, and there is such a city wall at the rear, which forms an urn city protruding northward with the mountains on the left and right. If the city wall in front is lost, the wall behind can still play a role in defending against enemies.
Inside the city are government offices and military camps, while the families of the officers and soldiers, as well as more than a thousand households of Han and Qiang people who migrated from the surrounding areas, live in the town further south. This arrangement is to prevent the people in the city from suffering tragic consequences after the northern wall is lost. Without the burden of residential buildings and people, soldiers can rely on the military camps, government offices and other buildings in the city to fight the enemy in the streets. If the city is also lost, they can go to the south wall to fight. Together with the soldiers, these people cultivated hundreds of hectares of fertile farmland around Juyanze.
Building a city here can not only defend against the Turkic cavalry, but also protect Juyanze, which has fertile land and abundant water and grass, in the south. With this city, the people can farm and herd in Juyanze with peace of mind. This not only solves the problem of military food, but also if the Turks When the enemy attacks, they can also enter the city to help the soldiers defend themselves against the invading enemy.
In addition, more than 20 beacon towers were built on Bahong Gorji Mountain and Fox Mountain in the north of the city. If the Turkic army arrived, they could pass on the news layer by layer, so that Datong City, a hundred miles away, could get the news as soon as possible.
When Zhang Xutuo, Qu Tutong, Yin Shishi and others led troops into the city gate, Dinghe, the deputy general manager of Ganzhou and the mayor of Datong City, heard the news and came to greet them.
"The last general will see Zhang Canjun and General Manager Qu Tong."
"General Zhang, no courtesy." Zhang Xutuo returned the salute, looked at the tall city wall, and said with a smile: "I have heard that Datong City is a fortified city. It was not until I saw it with my own eyes that I realized how majestic this city is. With it in hand, our stress will be reduced by at least half."
Zhang Dinghe said. "This city is the new city of Datong. It was built by the concubine for the soldiers stationed in Ganzhou. The old city of rammed earth is the town where the people live."
"Toffee?" Zhang Xutuo was stunned and asked, "Could it be Princess Dugu of Prince Wei's Palace?"
"Exactly." Zhang Dinghe said with reverence: "Datong City is an important defense town for Liangzhou against Turks. When King Wei Zhao was the general manager of Liangzhou, he repeatedly resisted invading Turkic soldiers in the low old city. Many of the guards followed him. The soldiers of King Zhao died heroically in the old city, and many soldiers were disabled due to the battle. After the families of these soldiers and disabled soldiers spent all the imperial pensions, many people had no way to survive. Concubine Dugu heard that these people, or their Their relatives had fought bloody battles with King Wei Zhao, and because the old city was too low, they suffered heavy casualties, so they paid to help them settle in Ganzhou, and at the same time hired soldiers, relatives and friends to build the new city, which not only reduced the pressure on the garrison , and can also improve the living conditions of King Wei Zhao’s old subordinates.”
Zhang Dinghe was right, but there was another thing he didn't know. On the one hand, Dugu Min felt pity for the family members of martyrs and disabled soldiers who fought with her husband, and on the other hand, what she did after monopolizing the Silk Road A generous compromise.
In the long boundary between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks, hundreds of miles to the northwest were deserts and Gobi deserts with no human habitation. Only the weak river bank running from north to south was the only trade route from Ganzhou to the Turkic grasslands.
The Weushui River is also called Juyan Road. It has been an important trade route connecting the Central Plains and the Western Regions since the Han Dynasty. Merchants from the Western Regions and West Asia traveled thousands of miles to Juyanze, and then went south along the Weowishui River into the Hexi Corridor to buy in Zhangye, where trade was prosperous. Specialties from the Central Plains such as silk and porcelain were then transported back to the far west via this trade route to earn huge price differences.
After the "Zhangye-Dunhuang-Yiwu-Western Regions" line in the south was opened, this long and winding trade road gradually became deserted. Only the grassland people in the north continued to conduct convenient transactions with Zhangye through this trade road. However, during the wars that lasted for hundreds of years, the southern trade route was interrupted to this day, so Juyan Road slowly prospered again. When Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty, he strictly controlled the borders in order to prevent strategic materials such as grain, salt, iron, and cloth from flowing into the Turks.
I don’t know what method Dugu Min used to successfully deceive Queen Dugu, who is also both sister and mother, and get this very profitable golden business road. Moreover, she is also the younger brother, sister-in-law, and daughter of Yang Jian who grew up, so Yang Jian Just let it go and ask Dugu Min not to sell forbidden items.
Dugumin is very politically savvy. In addition to making money from Juyan Road, she also used the courage to resettle the martyrs' relatives and disabled soldiers and build the new city of Datong. The voices of opposition due to jealousy slowly died down, although they could also Do this in other places to gain the support of the court, but there is only one such golden port. If you do it elsewhere, you will definitely suffer a big loss.
"The concubine is kind." Zhang Xutuo listened with awe. Since ancient times, all dynasties have issued pensions after wars. After many layers of exploitation, it would be good if half of them go to the families of the fallen soldiers and disabled soldiers. However, almost no one cares about their living conditions in the future. However, Dugu Min used his family's efforts to place these soldiers who had contributed to the Sui Dynasty, which can be said to be the most benevolent and kind.
The group of people walked into the main hall of the official office. Zhang Xutuo sat on the throne and took the lead in saying: "The imperial court has sent accurate military information from the Turks. It is said that Bujia Khan has assembled an army of 300,000 this time, which is different from the past. What's strange is that he did not divide his troops this time, but went straight to Liangzhou, and even used the banner of avenging shame."
"Avenging shame? Why do you want to apologize?" Zhang Dinghe asked puzzledly.
"King Wei Zhao burned Yanran Mountain back then, which was a great shame and humiliation for the Turks. Bujia Khan heard that the son of King Wei Zhao, His Highness King Wei, paid homage to the governor and general manager of Liangzhou and wanted to capture King Wei alive and sacrifice him alive."
Zhang Xutuo felt both admiration and helplessness. Yang Shuang was too fierce back then. He led 150,000 cavalry to destroy the Turkic tents, which frightened the Turks to move westward. In order to force the Turks to die, he sent the Turks to A fire was lit in the mausoleum of the Khans of the past dynasties and the holy place where the heroes of the past dynasties were, and then they waited there. The Turks came to kill one person, and a pair to kill a pair. They burned and killed them for three full months, and then the satisfied teacher returned. To the extent that when a Turkic child cries, as long as the parents say to the Turkic child, "Yang Shuang is here," the child will immediately be frightened into silence.
To Zhang Xutuo's helplessness, Yang Shuang was gone, but the Turks put the account on Yang Ji's head, and summoned all the tribes to go south with the slogan of revenge.
Regardless of whether they are Turks, Rouran people, or Tiele people, they all have heroic ancestors who are like spiritual totems and are buried in Yanran Mountain. Therefore, when Bujia Khan raised the banner of "Shame on the Snow Holy Mountain", all the tribes with the same hatred and hatred Came the response.
"I think Mr. Bujia is the last man of Jiang Yan." Zhang Dinghe was both civil and military and resourceful. In history, when Yang Guang personally conquered Tuyuhun, he was appointed as the marching commander of the army. Meritorious service.
He sneered and analyzed wisely: "He does not have the strength and prestige to command the entire Turkic Khanate. He urgently needs a big victory to establish his prestige, but he is afraid that his own forces will suffer heavy losses, so he uses this excuse to command all ethnic groups. , maybe he is going to use me, the Sui Dynasty, to help him consume Tiele soldiers, but the Tiele people are not fools, how can they fall into his trap? If they are defeated again this time and half of their troops are reduced, the Turks will definitely have different people's hearts. Falling apart.”
Zhang Xutuo nodded and said: "What General Zhang said is absolutely true. It's just that the Turkic invaders have a large number of troops. This battle is related to the safety of Liangzhou and Yongzhou. I would like to hear your opinions from the generals."
Qu Tutong said: "The Turks are not good at attacking cities. We can hold on to the fortified city of Datong and clear the fields in the rear so that the Turks cannot plunder. Then we can lure the enemy to go deep and annihilate them step by step. Finally, we can attack the enemy in Ruoshui and Lufu." The golden pagoda fortress where the water meets can be used to defend instead of attack, and the Turkic soldiers with long logistics can definitely be defeated."
Zhang Xutuo frowned when he heard this. Qu Tutong's method is indeed a strategy to defeat the enemy, but it is simple to say, but the loss is huge. If the tall and solid Datong City is abandoned, can the low golden tower fortress be able to defend against the enemy? If the Turks launch a fierce attack regardless of casualties, the wall made of rammed earth will simply not be able to withstand it; if this city is destroyed, the Turkic army with a large number of troops can be divided into two without any worries, marching all the way east to Zhangye County and all the way west to Guazhou .
Even if the Golden Pagoda Fortress is not lost, the people in the vast land from Datong City to the Golden Pagoda Fortress will still be tortured by hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry. If the Turkic soldiers are allowed to wreak havoc in villages, towns, fields, and horse farms, what price will they have to pay? If reinforcements come from the west, the powerful Turkic army can leave with a slap on the butt, and any defeat is nonsense. In this case, it is better to just stick to the strong city of Datong.
However, Zhang Xutuo didn't want to be embarrassed by Tutong's face. He nodded noncommittally and asked the generals: "What other opinions do you generals have?"
Master Yinshi saw Zhang Dinghe frowning and thinking, but the Ganzhou general seemed to be intimidated by Qu Tutong's power and did not dare to speak without permission, so he held his hands and said: "Zhang joins the army, and the last general suggested attacking instead of defending."
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