As soon as the Turks went south, Zhang Xutuo reported the news to the court. Since he reported it to the court in the name of Sima, the general manager of Liangzhou, instead of taking a shortcut and reporting it directly to Yang Jian or to the prince of the country, Yang Guang, this was The extremely urgent military situation was actually delayed by the court officials who had approved it at all levels. They believed that it was normal for the Turks to go south to 'graze', and the so-called war was just Zhang Xutuo's speculation, which was not convincing, and was later sent to Many military intelligence reports were also disposed of in this way.
By the time these military information was unified at the desk of Xiao Jue, Minister of Military Affairs of the Military Academy, and then forwarded to Yang Guang, it was already the fourth day of June. It had been delayed by various central ministries for more than half a month. At this time, Bujia Khan had already completed The army gathered and officially marched towards Datong City, Ganzhou.
In the Qianqiu Palace, Yang Guang's hands holding Junqing were trembling, his face was turning blue and purple, his piercing eyes were filled with evil energy, and he didn't know who to direct the unknown anger in his chest.
After a while, Yang Guang laughed angrily and said angrily to Xiao Jue: "This extremely urgent military situation only took a day and a half from the distant Ganzhou to the capital. However, after arriving in the capital, it was delayed. Seventeen days, a full seventeen days."
Xiao Jue said bitterly: "I have neglected my duty, please forgive me, Your Highness."
"It's none of your business." Yang Guang waved his hand with a dark face and said angrily: "This is someone deliberately downplaying this military information in an ambiguous way to achieve the purpose of withholding military information. On the surface, it is aimed at Vajra slaves. , in fact, they are targeting me, they all hope that during the period when I, Yang Guang, supervises the country, great chaos will occur in the Sui Dynasty."
Yang Guang is extremely shrewd, how could he not know the true intention of "Turkic people's herding"? However, he clearly knew the sinister intentions of those officials, but he had no choice but to use his anger because the Turks moved to the south every year to avoid snowstorms and graze their cattle. If the investigation was ultimately pursued, the officials who made such a judgment would at best be derelict in their duties. It is difficult to kill them.
He said to the waiting chamberlain: "Summon Yang Su, Su Wei, and Changsun Sheng to see me quickly."
"I obey, my servant." Several chamberlains left quickly.
Yang Guang knew that it was useless to be angry or angry now. The top priority was to solve the Turkic invasion of the south. As for those officials who deceived the superiors and concealed the truth, they could only deal with it afterwards. He forcibly suppressed the murderous impulse and read the letter written by Yang Ji and passed down by Zhang Xutuo.
This was a private letter written by Yang Ji to him. However, it was stuck by the officials, but no one dared to open it.
In the letter, Yang Ji explained that it was difficult for him to advance and defend, and he had no choice but to take the risk and attack the enemy. He hoped that the imperial court would send troops as soon as possible to contain the Turks outside Datong City. At the same time, he also pointed out that Bujia Khan's excessive conquests and expropriations over the years had already caused various tribes to become alienated from each other and dare not speak out in anger. As long as the Sui Dynasty won this battle, his rule would surely fall apart.
This battle is not only related to the future situation of the East/Turks, but also closely related to the future situation of the Northern Sui Dynasty. Therefore, Yang Ji requested that the imperial court must allow Qimin Khan to participate in this battle. He must not be allowed to stay out and enjoy the results. If he is allowed to Capturing the war results of the Sui Dynasty will sooner or later become a powerful enemy in the north of the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Guang became moved. In these years, he had only focused on expanding the power of the court. Although he had his own status, he did not pay much attention to the power of Qimin Khan. Although he fought side by side with Qimin Khan many times, he could not care about Qimin. Khan only knew about this person and knew nothing about other situations. Yang Ji actually promoted him to the status of "Gou Jian" in his letter, which Yang Guang could not help but ignore.
The suggestions behind the letter caught Yang Guang's attention. He sat upright and read it carefully.
Yang Ji suggested in the letter that after the imperial court defeated Bujia Khan, it should use 'Yanshan-Yinshan-Jinshan' as the boundary, and the southern part should be owned by the Sui Dynasty, and nomadic people should be allowed to graze. Then the Sui Dynasty came forward and divided the northern part into countless pieces. It was handed over to Qimin Khan and Tiele's ministries and allowed them to establish their own countries. During the partition, the territories of each country were intertwined, so that their cattle and sheep would go to another country as soon as they left, and the herdsmen would accidentally go to other countries to graze. This would inevitably lead to constant disputes. , the grassland where fighting continued. When they fought fiercely, Sui Shiran went out to administer justice. Whoever offered more cattle, sheep and horses would be judged fair. In short, it supports them in fighting, but does not allow the strong to annex the weak, so that the grassland continues to be divided and wars continue.
Yang Guang couldn't help laughing. Of course he knew the principle of "snipe and clam fighting for the fisherman's profit", but Yang Ji's criss-cross division method was quite interesting. If it were really divided like this, the grassland would never have peace.
The letter also mentioned Xue Yantuo at the end, hoping that the court would pay more attention to this force.
At this time, the servant outside the door reported: "Prince, General Changsun has arrived."
Yang Guang didn't expect that Chang Sun Sheng would come first, so he immediately said: "Invite him in."
After a while, Chang Sun Sheng quickly walked in and saluted: "I will see your highness at the end."
Yang Guang asked immediately: "General Changsun, do you know about Bujia Khan going south?"
Changsun Sheng said: "I heard about it half an hour ago, but it's just rumors and I don't know whether it's true or not."
"It's true." Yang Guang's suppressed anger suddenly burst out. Those damn officials obviously couldn't hold it back anymore, so they gave this military information to Xiao Jue.
Changsun Sheng said in shock: "Why is there no movement from the imperial court?"
"Let's not talk about this for now." Yang Guang took a deep breath and asked, "How many soldiers does Qimin Khan Rangan have at his disposal?"
Changsun Sheng had the absolute right to speak against the Turks, and he handed over his hands and said: "The number of 200,000 combatable soldiers is even worse than that of the headquarters of Suga Khan."
Yang Guang took a breath of air when he heard this and said bitterly: "What a Ashina Rangan. He obviously has 200,000 people, but he deliberately showed weakness to Bujia Khan and asked me, the Sui Dynasty, to help again and again. But he is reaping benefits secretly. What does he want to do? Does he want to be the second Bujia Khan?"
Changsun Sheng understood Yang Guang's worries and said: "Your Highness, don't worry too much. Although Ranqian has more than 200,000 warriors who can fight, their sources are very complicated and they have not been completely absorbed by him. He will not become a Sui Dynasty in the short term." A dynastic threat.”
"That's what I say, but there will be a day when he absorbs it completely, and then he will be a threat to our Great Sui North. We must not let him sit back and enjoy the gains, we must drag him into the war."
When Yang Guang said this, he took out a long jade box and said to Changsun Sheng: "This is the golden arrow that Ranqian gave me back then. He said that as long as he sees the golden arrow, he will obey his orders. Please hold this golden arrow, general." Go north and ask Ranqian to lead one hundred thousand elite troops to Ganzhou to prepare for war. If he dares to delay or use miscellaneous soldiers, say that I, the Sui Dynasty, can support him Ranqian and others, and destroy Bujia Khan. From now on, he will be next.”
Yang Guang realized that Ranqian had been taking advantage of Sui, and he was furious and spoke rudely.
"I will obey your orders." Changsun Sheng took the jade box with both hands and said, "I will leave for the north now."
"Not busy." Yang Guang thought of Xue Yantuo mentioned in Yang Ji's letter and asked, "What's going on with Xue Yantuo?"
"Back to Your Highness, Xue Yantuo is one of Tiele, with more than 100,000 soldiers, and his strength is comparable to that of the Qibi tribe. The two are allies, trying to establish the Tiele Khanate on the land of Western Turks. And this Xue Yantuo lives in In the central and northern part of the western foothills of Jinshan Mountain, to the west is the Western Turks, and to the east is the Great Lakes area of the Eastern Turks. If His Highness is ready to find a new opponent for Ranqian or Bujia Khan, you may consider strengthening contacts with Xue Yantuo."
Yang Guang nodded: "I understand."
"Your Highness, if there are no orders, the general will prepare to go north!" Rangan's tooth tent is set up on the grassland before Fengzhou. It is not far from Ganzhou, but time is already very tight. Changsun Sheng plans to go to the north today. Just go.
Yang Guang was an extremely careful person. Thinking that the officials would even detain extremely urgent military information, he was worried that someone might attack Chang Sun Sheng in the middle of the road. He took out another token, handed it to Chang Sun Sheng, and said: "General, hold this token." Go to the old city of Chang'an and mobilize a thousand soldiers to escort the general northward."
"General, thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Changsun Sheng understood Yang Guang's deep meaning and was very moved.
"Go!"
"I will take my leave." Changsun Sheng bowed deeply, turned around and walked out of the hall.
Yang Guang pondered for a moment and said to Xiao Jue: "In my name, I order Duan Wenzhen, the general manager of Lingzhou, to lead 20,000 fine cavalry to the north to help Ganzhou contain Bujia's army from the southeast. At the same time, I order Zhang Xutuo to take charge of Liangzhou on behalf of King Wei. Those who dare to disobey the military and political affairs will be punished for treason."
Since supervising the country, Yang Guang has been exercising the power of the emperor. Everything only needs to be reported to his father. Although it is related to the most taboo military power, it is not only related to the safety of Liangzhou, but also to the life safety of Yang Ji. It was closely related, so he ordered without any worries.
"Here." Xiao Jue retreated as ordered.
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