Militaryly, the Sui Dynasty was a dynasty that had both standing armies and government troops. Sixty-seven percent of the soldiers were mainly in armor. The rate of wearing armor was so high that it was rare in history. At the beginning of Li Yuan's army, Pei Ji, who was the palace supervisor of Jinyang at the time, opened the Jinyang Palace gave Li Yuan the 400,000 sets of weapons and equipment that Yang Guang had placed in Jinyang Palace to prepare for the war with the Turks as capital for his promotion. And Li Mi finally became the leader of the alliance because he captured Liyangcang and Luokou Cang successively; and Wang Shichong, who only occupied the narrow Heluo Plain, was able to fight inextricably with the arrogant Wagangzhai/Wei army. It is still the family fortune left by Yang Guang to Yang Tong.
This can be seen from the wealth of the Sui Dynasty and the large military resources Yang Guang left in the north.
Yang Ji was familiar with the imperial family and had the ability to foresight. He felt that the 50,000 sets of weapons and equipment given by Yang Guang were few, so it was neither an exaggeration nor a pretense, but he felt that it was really few.
In the living room of the palace, the lights were as bright as day, and Yang Ji, Yang Shanhui, Zhang Xutuo and Wei Yunqi were talking.
After hearing what Yang Ji said, Yang Shanhui said, "The saint asked us to return to Liangzhou as soon as possible. You pack your bags tomorrow and take the troops and supplies the day after tomorrow." He suddenly felt embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, the soldiers we brought are all cavalry. We only need to give an order and we can set off, but how are we going to transport the three million dan of grain given to us by the imperial court?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Xutuo also said: "Leaving in such a hurry, could it be that something happened in Liangzhou?"
Yang Ji shook his head: "There is no accident, but the saint hopes that we can eat Tuyuhun as soon as possible, and then free up our hands to do other things, such as marching into the Western Regions, Western Turks, Great Lakes Region, Eastern Turks, etc."
Yang Shanhui said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, if the war between the Sui Dynasty and Tuyuhun resumes, it will definitely be a war to destroy the country. Tuyuhun was founded three hundred years ago and had a glorious history, so all the Qiang on the plateau surrendered to Murong Xianbei Not to mention, I am proud to be a member of Tuyuhun. If the soldiers and civilians of their country knew that I, the Sui Dynasty, were going to destroy their country and their species, they would definitely fight hard and resist."
"I believe that last year's battle was mainly due to Murong Zhao and Murong Tien's careless underestimation of the enemy and underestimation of the Shanshan Army disguised as our army. Therefore, by the time they reacted, their main strength had been lost. Under the circumstances of sluggish morale and lack of food, , Murong Zhao had to surrender to us in the Sui Dynasty; although Tuyuhun today has lost Shanshan and Qiemo, but after Tuyuhun's army retreated to the hinterland of Tuyuhun, the scope of defense has been reduced by half, plus the top and bottom of Tuyuhun have already Concentrating on preparations for war, they will definitely not give our army a chance to make a surprise attack. Today, there are still more than 100,000 warriors in Tuyuhun, plus the herdsmen and warriors from various tribes who have come to help, there are at least more than 200,000 of them who can fight. I If the army fights a tough battle with such an army in a foreign country, the losses will probably be considerable. This is the first issue I worry about."
Yang Shanhui looked at Yang Ji and continued: "Secondly, even if our army destroys Tuyuhun at all costs, what we will get is a snowy plateau that is hostile to the Sui Dynasty and hates the Sui Dynasty. How will we govern the Sui Dynasty at that time?" Snowy plateau? How can we make our people willingly accept our Sui culture?"
Yang Ji was silent for a moment and asked, "In your opinion, what should I do?"
Yang Shanhui said: "In my humble opinion, it is best for us in the Sui Dynasty to continue to implement the current arms race policy and consume Tuyuhun's national power through confrontation. Once the people of Tuyuhun cannot bear Murong Fuyun's crazy squeeze, not only will they not fight with us The army fought bloody battles, and even wished that we, the Sui Dynasty, would destroy the tyranny of Tuyuhun and rescue them from the sea of misery. Our army would attack at that time, which would be a just act in line with people's hearts. As long as our army annihilates Murong Fuyun's die-hard forces, most of the Tuyuhun The people will not oppose the rule of the Sui Dynasty, which will also facilitate later governance and naturalization."
Although the term "arms race" was proposed by Yang Ji, the various principles and benefits contained in it were actually widely used in wars as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, people like Yang Ji had a clear concept and successfully used it. Between the two countries, it is extremely rare.
Yang Shanhui himself is an outstanding figure of his generation. Moreover, he has followed Yang Ji for so long and has been deeply influenced by Yang Ji. He fully understands the beauty of the "arms race" combat idea. At this time, when he heard Yang Ji say that the emperor asked them to solve Tuyuhun as soon as possible, he There is a vague feeling that the emperor is going to change the "arms race" to a violent attack and hard battle. This made him somewhat incomprehensible.
"The saint did not say that Tuyuhun will be conquered this year, nor did he say that we should give up the arms race. Instead, he asked us to increase the intensity of the arms race so that Tuyuhun's national power will be consumed exponentially in the daily confrontation." Although Yang Ji is This is the explanation, but he is not very sure about how long Yang Guang will allow the arms race to continue. So in order to make what Yang Shanhui said "the people of Tuyuhun cannot bear Murong Fuyun's crazy squeeze", before Yang Guang changed his strategic plan, the best way he thought of was to send more troops to the border and increase harassment and harassment. The intensity of destruction.
"So that's it!" Yang Shanhui suddenly said: "But it's a humble job and unfounded worries."
"Maybe!" Yang Ji smiled bitterly when he heard this. Why didn't he hope that his worries were unfounded? After thinking for a while, he changed the topic: "Today, Guazhou, Yizhou, Shanshan and Qiemo have more than 80,000 troops. This army is mainly concentrated in the North Valley of Dangjin Mountain Pass. In a sense, I am the most powerful. The Sui Dynasty has opened the western gate into the hinterland of Tuyuhun. In order to deal with this army, Tuyuhun deployed 100,000 troops on the border. With Mai Tiezhang, Xue Shixiong, and Qian Jie there, I don't have to worry too much about the west. Next, Our focus is on the deployment of the Ganzhou Army."
Yang Ji said to Zhang Xutuo: "Liu Quan, the governor of Ganzhou, is about to enter the court as an official. After General Manager Zhang returns, he will immediately take over the military affairs of Ganzhou from him, and take advantage of Tuyuhun's paralysis to seize strategic strategic points with 20,000 elite troops. Qilianyuan, the Qilian Plain, to strategically persecute the West Sea area known as the heart of Tuyuhun."
"I will obey the order!" Zhang Xutuo stood up quickly to receive the order.
Yang Ji looked at Wei Yunqi and asked Su Rong: "General Wei, how many Qiang soldiers are there now?"
"Report to your Majesty!" Wei Yunqi stood up and bowed his hands, then thought for a while and said: "Last time, I recruited 10,000 elite soldiers from Dangxiang. In addition to the 3,000 who stayed in Ganzhou, another 7,000 and more than 1,000 appeared at Dangjin Mountain Pass. In the past six months, Liangzhou has not raised any troops, so there are more than 5,000 Qiang soldiers under Beizhi's name. If the king needs it, Beizhi can continue to recruit Qiang soldiers from Ganzhou, Liangzhou, Taozhou and other places. "
Yang Ji said: "In the name of the Liangzhou Prefectural Mufu, we will raise three thousand from Taozhou and two thousand from Liangzhou. In addition, I will give you five thousand Turkic slave soldiers to expand your army to ten thousand." Five thousand people. As for the basic generals, they are served by soldiers of the Sui Army and Qiang people who have made meritorious service."
Wei Yunqi was overjoyed when he heard this and said gratefully: "Thank you so much for your attention, your Majesty. I will definitely live up to your Majesty's high expectations."
"Okay!" Yang Ji nodded: "Gather the army as quickly as possible, then station it in Qilianyuan, train the new soldiers as soon as possible, and accept the control of General Manager Zhang. Just go ahead and do it, and provide the Sui army with food and pay as soon as possible. Standard ration. But one thing we must do well is to do our best to publicize the promotion policy of the fourth-class system among the military, and make sure they know the various benefits and benefits of being a first-class and second-class person."
"Here!" Wei Yunqi responded with his hands raised.
"If possible, you two can go into battle lightly tomorrow." After Yang Ji said this, he said to Yang Shanhui: "Yang Changshi, you have a lot of supplies. You can decide the itinerary according to the situation. You can use Liangzhou Prefectural Mufu Chief In the name of Shi, officials from Huizhou, Lanzhou, Liangzhou, and Ganzhou were ordered to assist along the way."
The states under the rule of Liangzhou had experience in segmented transportation, and were already familiar with the methods of supporting them along the way. Moreover, the officials in each state had been replaced by hard-working people, so Yang Ji did not have to worry about mistakes during transportation.
"Here!"
"Then it's settled!" Yang Ji said to Yang Shanhui, Zhang Xutuo, and Wei Yunqi: "As soon as the martial arts competition is over, I will go to Ganzhou to take charge. As for when to launch the real offensive against Tuyuhun, everything depends on the situation. Certainly."
Yang Ji was also full of expectations for the battle that would follow.
