Yang Guang has successfully arrived in Zhangye County. Under Pei Ju's arrangement, a total of 26 countries have participated in this trade event.
This important frontier town, which was already very lively, has reached its peak with the arrival of Yang Guang. The outside of the city is full of temporary tents, and there are cars and horses like dragons.
After Yiwu was destroyed, the Western Turks originally set up their Tutun settlement in Yiwu City. They immediately began negotiations with Su Lie and the new prefect Wang Wei, planning to run Yiwu City together with the Sui Dynasty.
How can this be? Yang Guang couldn't get rid of the sand in his eyes. He just told the Tutun to get out and told him to tell the Khan of the Western Turks that if I couldn't see him in Zhangye, the Western Turks would be waiting to be crushed by my Sui cavalry. .
Tutun is a Turkish official name. It is the supervisor sent by the Turkic Khan to the vassal country. The word "she" indicates that he is a member of the Turkic royal family and has the power to command the army. The country of Yiwu has always surrendered to They are from the Western Turks, so there are also Tutun troops stationed here.
This time, Yang Guang's face fell to the ground again. Luo Khan, the muddy pout of the Western Turks, didn't respond at all.
So he became angry and directly ordered Yuwen Shuhe to protect his children and organize his troops, intending to personally conquer the Western Turks.
He just has this temper, he hits whenever he wants, without any hesitation.
In the temporarily built palace, Pei Ju hurriedly advised:
"His Majesty's dissatisfaction with the Western Turks, we should indeed express it, but there is no need to conduct a personal expedition. I have a plan that may be used to complement each other."
Yang Guang frowned and said, "You tell me."
Pei Ju said slowly: "In the Western Turks right now, the most powerful one is Chuluo, but the tribes in Suiye City (southwest of Tokmak City in Kyrgyzstan) all belong to Shekui Khan. This man is the subordinate of Datou Khan. Sun Tzu, we have always been at odds with Chu Luo, we can induce Shekui to go east to attack Chu Luo, and we will form a flanking attack in Zhangye."
Datou Khan was the original Great Khan of the Western Turks. In the early years, he joined forces with the Dulan Khan of the Eastern Turks to attack Qimin. Qimin had no choice but to rely on the Sui Dynasty, so the two of them began to invade the borders of the Sui Dynasty. Finally, Yang Jian sent Shi Long live the Turkic coalition and defeated them.
Dulan of the Eastern Turks died in battle, and Datou of the Western Turks fled back to Yazhang. More than ten Tiele tribes, who originally belonged to the Western Turks, saw that he was defeated like a bird, so they directly professed their vassalage to the Sui Dynasty, forcing Datou to flee to Tuyuhun. Just disappeared.
However, Datou's grandson Shekui was currently the junior khan in the Suiye City area, and was at odds with Chuluo, the current Great Khan of the Western Turks.
In fact, regardless of the Eastern and Western Turks, they are all one family. The Khans all have the surname Ashina. They are relatives who fight with each other because of their interests.
Da Sui was unhappy with them, and they were also unhappy with each other.
Therefore, the Sui Dynasty's alienation tactics always failed to work.
Yang Guang frowned and said: "Shegui is not a good thing. The Western Turks don't take me seriously. If I don't use troops against them, where will my power from heaven be?"
"Of course we have to use troops," Pei Ju said with a smile: "But when it comes to attacking the enemy with troops, even if we use troops, we will use them when we are in an invincible position. When Shekui and Chuluo fight internally, it will be the final step of His Majesty's personal expedition. At the right time, we can take advantage of the situation and defeat the Western Turks in one fell swoop, so that they will not invade our border again within thirty years."
"Pei Gong's move is the best policy, and I second it," Lai Hu'er said.
Yang Guang pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Then we will do it according to Shiju's wishes. Since I have come here, I will not return empty-handed."
When he came out this time, he brought a total of 180,000 people, but they were all elites. The left and right guards were all there. The two military mansions alone had a full strength of 72,000 people. They were the elite among the elite and the ace. The trump card in.
Yang Guang's character is that he can't stand anger. It is a shame and humiliation for Yang Guang that Chuluo Khan does not come to Zhangye to see him. He cannot bear it.
How to separate the two was left to Pei Ju.
The two great diplomats of the Sui Dynasty, Pei Ju and Chang Sun Sheng, one was mainly engaged in the Western Regions and the other was mainly engaged in the Eastern Turks, and each had its own division of labor.
Pei Ju maintains a good relationship with all the countries in the Western Region. He treats the great Khan Chuluo and the young Khan Shekui of the Western Turks as buddies.
Pei Ju lured Shekui by granting a marriage, meaning that as long as you marry Chuluo, the Sui Dynasty would support you as the Khan of the Western Turks and give you a princess to marry.
Shekui was also a smart man. He had already received news that the Sui Dynasty had organized an army in Zhangye and planned to attack Chuluo.
So he must seize this opportunity now. In his eyes, Western Turks originally belonged to his grandfather Datou Khan. He would not recognize Chuluo's position as Khan. In terms of seniority, he was still Chuluo's uncle.
So Shekui did not hesitate to rectify his army and horses, and privately joined forces with Tiele to directly kill Sanmi Mountain in Yazhang of the Western Turks.
Tiele's more than ten troops were sworn enemies of Chu Luo. They were the kind of people who couldn't sleep until they died. Eighty thousand cavalry attacked Chu Luo's lair in a surprise attack. Chu Luo, who was completely unprepared, was caught off guard.
After several battles, the main force was defeated, and he could only lead his tribe to run towards Gaochang, because Tyuhun in the south was now the territory of the Sui Dynasty, and if he dared to enter, it would be tantamount to invading the territory of the Sui Dynasty.
After receiving the news, Qu Boya, the king of Gaochang who was in Zhangye, panicked. Chuluo's remnant army numbered 30,000 to 40,000 people, which he could not handle, so he asked Yang Guang to send troops for support.
At present, the situation is excellent. Yang Guang intends to send troops, but he is stopped by Pei Ju:
"I have a plan that can make Chu Luo surrender without spending a single soldier."
Yang Guang said: "You say."
Pei Ju explained: "Chu Luo's biological mother, Xiang, is from the Central Plains. She was also brought to Zhangye by Your Majesty this time. We can let her go west to Gaochang and persuade her son to join her."
The Xiang family was a weight in Yang Guang's hand. Twenty years after the founding of the emperor, the Xiang family and her second husband Positqin Khan went to the capital to meet Yang Jian.
At that time, civil strife broke out in the Western Turks, so the two did not dare to go back, and were temporarily placed in the capital by Honglu Temple.
After her son Chu Luo took control of the situation, her second husband also died. She wanted to go back, but she couldn't go back and the Sui Dynasty detained her.
Yang Jian took this as a weight and sent envoy Cui Junsu to the Western Turks to appease Chuluo, so that the Western Turks declared themselves vassal to the Sui Dynasty.
Hearing what Pei Ju said, Yang Guang was not happy at first. He was afraid that after letting Xiang Shi go, he would not have the trump card to check and balance Chu Luo.
But then I thought about it, your mother is in my hands and you don't respect me. It shows that it doesn't matter whether there is Xiang or not.
So he nodded and said: "Let her tell Chu Luo that if she doesn't come to join her, I will personally lead my army to destroy her."
So Pei Ju sent an envoy of 500 people to escort the Xiang family to Gaochang, while Yuwenshu personally led an army of 50,000 people, crossed Yumen Pass, and headed for Yiwu City. The troops overwhelmed Gaochang and put pressure on Chuluo.
The Shekui and Tiele people in the west want to kill me, but Yang Guang in the east might be able to let me live. How do I choose? It's actually a good choice.
No one would have trouble with him. In the current situation of a pincer attack, Chu Luo was destined to have no third choice, so he led the remaining 38,000 people to surrender to the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Guang adopted Pei Ju's suggestion and divided the tribe under Chu Luo into three parts.
Chuluo's younger brother Quedushe led 17,000 old and weak people in the clan and was settled in Huining County, which was just north of Longxi County and belonged to the Guanlong area.
Another major force, Special Qin Ashina Danai, was asked to live in Loufan County, Shanxi, which was later known as the western part of Xinzhou City.
Ashina Danai is a very famous person in history. He followed Yang Guang to fight against Goguryeo, and later followed Li Yuan in the rebellion. Finally, he was given the surname Shi by Li Yuan, which is Shi Danai.
Among the people with the surname Shi in later generations, some are derived from the Turkic surname Ashina. Of course, they are a very small number. The largest group of people with the surname Shi come from Cangjie and Cangjie, the ancestors of the Chinese character creation, also known as the Shihuang family. The surname Shi It comes from him.
Cangjie is from Henan, so the ancestors of the surname Shi are from Henan.
As for the last Chuluo Khan, Yang Guang did not let him go elsewhere. From now on, he will stay with me and be an errand boy.
The Chuluo era of the Western Turks ended like this, but Shekui was a smart man and came to Zhangye in person to see Yang Guang and presented 5,000 horses.
If Chu Luo had done the same thing at the beginning, today's ending would not have happened.
Yang Guang's original intention was not to designate Shekui as the Great Khan of the Western Turks, but this boy and the Tiele people had already occupied Sanmi Mountain in Yazhang of the Western Turks and gained the support of the surrounding tribes.
If Yang Guang doesn't admit it, this kid will have to rebel.
Nowadays, the vitality of the Western Turks has been greatly weakened. Yang Guang believed that there was no chance of further offense, so he decreed that Shegui should be made the Western Turks Great Khan.
Pei Ju's original intention was to take this opportunity to destroy Gaochang, but Yang Guang did not agree.
Because Qu Boya was so good at flattering, he made Yang Guang very happy and directly called him father. Because he married Princess Heqin, and Princess Heqin was recognized by Yang Guang as his daughter, so it was completely appropriate for him to call him father. .
In addition, the Western Turks are currently internally unstable, and Gaochang can only move closer to the Sui Dynasty, so there is no worry for the time being.
Pei Ju felt awkward when he saw a man who was older than the emperor and kept calling him daddy.
It was at this time that the imperial edict from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and History was sent.
"Qimin and Changsun Sheng are both dead?" In the palace, Yang Guang was unhappy.
He was really unhappy, not just pretending.
Because Qimin was single-handedly supported by the Sui Dynasty and had a close relationship with the Sui Dynasty. Moreover, when Yang Guang visited the north, Qimin also worked hard to entertain and was commendable for his loyalty. Changsun Sheng was the most important person in the exchange between the Sui Dynasty and the Eastern Turks. , the death of these two people would be a huge loss for Sui.
Pei Ju also had a heavy heart and frowned:
"I have seen Qimin's eldest son Duo Jishi. He is young and energetic and difficult to deal with."
Yu Wenshu also said: "The prince agreed to allow Duojishi to inherit the throne. He should have taken this into consideration. The Turks are inherited by the eldest son. Duojishi had already controlled the largest tribes in the Turks a long time ago. His The younger brothers haven't matured yet, which means he can control the situation after Qimin's death."
"I don't like this person," Yang Guang said angrily, holding a letter in his hand: "And the tone of the edict is too kind. In the letter, the prince also advised me to appease the Hulu? Should I appease the Hulu? What did he think? of?"
Pei Ju hurriedly said: "I think that the prince's concerns are very appropriate. At present, we can only appease him. However, we need to send envoys to the Turks to see what kind of character the new khan is and whether he is close to the Sui Dynasty. If he has different intentions, we can Think long term.”
"No!" Yang Guang threw away the letter and waved his sleeves: "I have never used such a tone in my credentials. I will change it now."
Pei Ju was instructed by Yang Ming, who asked him to persuade Yang Guang, but no matter how good his tongue was, he could not persuade an arbitrary person like Yang Guang.
So the imperial edict was written by Yu Shinan and changed to the tone that the previous dynasty should have for the vassal country. However, with Pei Ju's interference, a few milder words were added.
Overall, there are expressions of condolences for Qimin's death, and hope that Duo Jishi can inherit his father's ambition and continue to be loyal to the Sui Dynasty. There are also some hints that if Duo Jishi disobeys, the Sui Dynasty will deal with you.
This is the Eastern Turks. Whether or not it becomes a vassal depends entirely on whether it is internally stable. If it is internally stable, it will hope that the Sui Dynasty will surrender to it.
The Eastern Turks in the next ten years will unlock unprecedented achievements of the northern nomads in China for thousands of years:
Control millions of strings!
