Chapter 2593: King Wei Yang Shuang, the Alliance of Sui Zang
Chapter 2593: Wei Wang Yang Shuang, Sui Zang Alliance
Kan Ze, who was in charge of the envoy to the Sui State, was personally greeted by Yang Guang after arriving in the Sui capital.
Yang Guang naturally didn't want to come. After all, Da Qin had already slapped him in the face, but he couldn't resist the persuasion of his subordinates.
Da Qin sent more troops to Wuwei, but then sent envoys to the Sui State. It was obviously telling the Sui State, don't be nervous, my target is not you, but if you don't know what is good and what is evil, then it will be difficult to tell what happens next.
No force dares to ignore the threat of Da Qin.
Kublai Khan, the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, took a chance, but was pinned to the ground and rubbed by the Qin Dynasty. Now his intestines are almost green with regret.
The strength of the Sui State was not as good as that of the Yuan State. Faced with the threat of the Qin Dynasty, Yang Guang was naturally angry, but he was still powerless. After all, the country's power was too weak and he could not be strong-willed in the face of the Qin Dynasty.
In addition, the Sui Kingdom has not yet recovered from the losses suffered in the Liangzhou War a few months ago. The extreme expansion of the army has taken away all the family assets. How can it dare to challenge Da Qin before the new soldiers have formed an army.
Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied Yang Guang was, under the rational persuasion of his subordinates, he could only endure the grievance in his heart and personally welcome the Qin envoy Kan Ze into the city.
Kan Ze did not use his power to overwhelm others, but stated the pros and cons to Yang Guang in a matter-of-fact manner, which could be regarded as giving Yang Guang, who had a good reputation, a step down.
On the same day, Yang Guang summoned the civil and military officials of Sui and everyone in the Yang family to discuss how to respond to Kan Ze.
Speaking of the Yang family, as the top aristocratic family in the world, the Yang family naturally has its trunk and its branches.
What Li Shimin destroyed was the Yang family, but Yang Jian's lineage was separated and independent. Fortunately, it escaped the disaster, and now it has become the Yang family.
When they learned that the Yang family had been wiped out by Li Tang and that only three members of the Yang Jian family were still alive, the children of the Yang family in the Sui Dynasty were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat and felt so lucky in their hearts.
Fortunately, I chose Yang Guang instead of Li Shimin. Although there were actually many people who were forced by Yang Guang, if they had not gone with Yang Guang, they would have been among the Yang family members who exterminated the clan.
When Yang Guang and Li Shimin fought for hegemony in Guanzhong, it was when the family's help was most needed, but the Yang family dug in and helped Li Shimin, an outsider, deal with their own family.
In the end, Yang Guang was lost and fled Liangzhou, but the head of the Yang family was exterminated by Li Tang. This was considered retribution and he had to suffer for himself.
Now, except for Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Yang Chenxiang, most of the Yang family's children are in the Sui Kingdom, and they are completely bound to the Sui Kingdom.
However, since the Sui Dynasty established its foothold in Liangzhou, it has experienced a series of wars, and many of the Yang family's descendants have sacrificed a lot, and now there are not many direct bloodlines left.
Apart from Yang Guang and Yang Su, there are only a few others: Yang Zheng, Yang Song, Yang Shuang, Yang Zheng, Yang Jun, Yang Xiu, Yang Liang and so on.
These seven people are all hidden missions during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The first four are Yang Jian's brothers, and the last three are Yang Jian's sons. Among them, Yang Zheng and Yang Shuang have the most outstanding abilities.
Especially Yang Shuang, the king of Wei, took command and was granted the title of king at the age of only nineteen. He led the army to conquer the Turks three times as a marching marshal and defeated the Turks twice.
The Sui Dynasty actually had three wars with the Turks. The first Sui-Turkish War ended with the Sui Dynasty's defeat. The Sui Dynasty was forced to continue to pay tribute to the Turks like the previous dynasty.
But only one year later, the Sui Dynasty decided to stop paying tribute, and the Turks therefore launched the second Sui-Turkish War, which was still advancing in four directions, and the Sui Dynasty also faced a life-or-death moment.
But in the second Sui-Turkish War, Yang Jian boldly used his fifth brother Yang Shuang, who was just twenty years old, battle-hardened and talented, to command 200,000 Sui troops against 400,000 Turkic troops.
In this battle, both the Sui Dynasty and the Turks fought hard. In the early stages of the war, the Turks had the upper hand due to their numbers. However, Yang Shuang was unhurried and fought steadily. In the end, he defeated the Turkic Shabolu Khan in the Battle of Baidao and suffered heavy losses.
Four hundred thousand Turkic troops also saved the young Sui Dynasty.
Yang Shuang was definitely the most talented and one of the top famous players in the early Sui Dynasty, but unfortunately, like Huo Qubing, he died of illness at a young age.
Huo Qubing died of illness at the age of twenty-three, while Yang Shuang died of illness at the age of twenty-five. It is truly a pity that God is jealous of talented people.
If geniuses like them could live longer, I believe they would contribute more classic battles to future generations.
Yang Shuang's implanted identity is still Yang Jian's younger brother, but he is of the same generation as his son Yang Guang, and is even a few years younger than Yang Guang.
Yang Guang trusted this uncle who was younger than him and put Yang Shuang in great importance, so he appointed him as the governor of Wei Haizhou. Most of the Sui counties in Haizhou were conquered by Yang Shuang alone.
"My lord, please accept the invitation from the Kingdom of Shu. I, the Sui Dynasty, can no longer turn against the Qin Dynasty, at least not until the military expansion is officially completed and the Tibetan army goes to the plateau."
As soon as Yang Shuang made this statement, he not only won the support of many military generals, but also agreed with many civilian officials.
It's not that they are cowards, but there is really no need to risk war and offend Qin just to attend a ceremony in Shu. It is not cost-effective.
Some people in the Sui Kingdom were still very rational, but the good-looking Sui King Yang Guang was a little irrational. But now that he had the steps, and there were so many people under his command who objected, he naturally agreed.
"In this case, I, the Sui Dynasty, will not have any involvement in Liu Yu's enthronement ceremony."
After saying that, Yang Guang breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "Prime Minister Gao, how is the Sui State's military expansion plan going?"
Sui Prime Minister Gao Ying quickly stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, under the extreme expansion of our army in the Sui Dynasty, our current strength has reached 250,000, of which there are only 100,000 veterans, and the other 150,000 are still in urgent need.
New recruits in training.”
Yang Guang frowned, obviously not satisfied with this data, and General Yang Su asked:
"As far as I know, Wei, the weakest state in the Central Plains, has a population of more than 3 million in ten counties, and can reach an army of 300,000 under extreme expansion.
Our Great Sui Dynasty spans three places in the Western Region of Lianghai, and is home to five counties in Liangzhou, seven counties in Haizhou, and three counties in the Western Region, a total of fifteen counties, with a total population of 2.88 million.
The territory of Sui State is much larger than that of Wei State, and the population is not much less than that of Wei State. How come the maximum expansion of the army is so far behind that of Wei State?"
Hearing Yang Su's words, Gao Ying smiled bitterly and said: "General, this can't be calculated like this.
The Wei State is located in the Central Plains. Even though it has been devastated by the war between the two countries and has a population of more than sixty, it is still a fertile land. It is not like most of the counties in the Sui Dynasty that are desolate.
In the past two years, the king has vigorously developed internal affairs, reclaimed wasteland, encouraged commerce, and conducted trade with the Western Regions. This has improved the national strength of the Sui Dynasty a lot, but it can only afford the consumption of an army of 250,000.
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This was also a very cruel fact for the Sui Kingdom.
Although the Sui State ceded half of Wuwei County to Qin, it completely occupied seven counties in Haizhou and established three counties in the Western Regions. Now the total population is nearly 300 people, and there are 600,000 to 700,000 young people in the country. Naturally, more people can be recruited.
Many soldiers.
But since you recruit people into the army, you must be responsible for their military pay, food and other expenses, as well as weapons, armor, horses and other combat equipment.
However, although the territory of the Sui State was vast, seven or eight times larger than that of the Wei State, most of it was barren land, and its fiscal revenue was only two-thirds of that of the Wei State.
With the current national strength of the Sui State, supporting an army of 250,000 was the limit. If it were any more, the finances would completely collapse.
Therefore, it is not that Yang Guang does not want to continue to expand his army, but that he cannot afford it.
"But before Qin expanded its army, the number of troops in Yongliang was only 200,000. After the expansion, there should be at least 300,000.
If our Sui Dynasty only has twenty-five armies, how can we resist the Qin army once it comes?" Gao Gao said with a look of reluctance.
Yang Guang and Gao Ying both fell silent.
The Qin Dynasty was indeed too strong. Once it really sent troops to the northwest, it would be a war of subjugation for the Sui Kingdom.
Yang Guang really wanted to say that we still have Tubo as an ally, but after these two years of exchanges, he has basically figured out the details of Tubo.
Although Tubo had a population of 3 million and an army of 300,000, it was really too backward.
Let’s not talk about tactics and tactics, but in terms of equipment, can you believe that two years ago, some people in the Tibetan army still used bronze wares?
Tubo has just transitioned from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, but the Central Plains are no longer satisfied with steel weapons, but are researching lighter and harder hundred-refined special steel.
The two weapons and equipment are not at the same level at all.
With the full support of the Sui Dynasty, Tubo also built steel plants and began to transition to the steel age, but the development time was still too short after all.
In the past two years, although Tubo vigorously developed the steel-making industry, due to limited experience and resources, only half of the army had completed the change of equipment, eliminating iron weapons and replacing them with more powerful steel weapons. The other half of the army
Still using iron equipment.
The expansion of Qin's army was a clear signal. There was not much time left for Sui and Tubo to develop. If they wanted to completely
In fact, the progress of the Tubo army has been extremely rapid, but in Yang Guang's eyes, it is still far behind. Compared with the armies of other countries, there is a big gap, let alone compared with the Qin army.
For such a weak army, for the Qin army who was armed to the teeth, no matter how many people there were, it would just cost them their lives. How could they help the Sui Dynasty?
If the Qin army could not be defeated, the Tubo army could retreat to the plateau and survive for a while, but the Sui country would only end up with the end of the country.
Yang Guang knew how serious the situation facing the Sui State was, but the Sui State was weak and could not afford more troops. The way to continue to expand the army was blocked, so the only way was to help the Tibetan army increase its combat effectiveness.
Gone.
"We, the Sui Dynasty, are isolated and helpless in the northwest. Once a war breaks out with the Qin Dynasty, Shu will not be able to rely on us at all. Only Tubo can serve as an ally, but the Tubo army is too weak.
Previously, at the invitation of King Songtsan Gampo of Tubo, I sent Gao Changgong to lead 500 Xiaoguo troops into Tibet to serve as an instructor camp to help the Tibetan troops train their troops. I thought that there were already quite a few, but now it seems that there are still too few.
Already."
After saying that, Yang Guang looked at Yang Shuang below and ordered: "Yang Shuang, you will bring another 2,500 Xiaoguo troops into Tibet, and you will be fully responsible for the training of the Tubo army. You must do your best in the shortest possible time."
Possibly improve the combat effectiveness of the Tibetan army.
Now only Tibet can help the Sui Dynasty survive this crisis of national subjugation."
"No." Yang Shuang said seriously.
The reason why Yang Guang sent Yang Shuang was naturally because he was the best general in military training in the Sui State. The Qing Navy and Xiaoguo Army he created were the most powerful in the Sui Army. Even General Yang Su was very talented in military training.
Not as good as Yang Shuang.
King Songtsan Gampo of Tubo was excited and moved when he learned that after Yang Guang sent Gao Changgong, he also sent Yang Shuang, the governor of Haizhou, to help Tubo train troops.
In the past two years, the Sui State has provided tremendous help to Tubo. Steelmaking, mining, salt production, paper making and other industries have all received help from the Sui State.
To put it bluntly, the changes that have occurred in Tubo over the past hundreds of years are not as big as the two years when the Sui Kingdom intervened.
Songtsen Gampo also knew how much the Sui State had helped Tibet, so he directly stated that he wanted to form a brotherly state with the Sui State and would never betray the Sui State as long as he was alive.
And his statement naturally made Yang Shuang very satisfied. After all, even without relying on the influence of various industries, the relationship between Sui and Tubo could be strengthened.
The Sui State helped Tubo so much, and the help was not in vain. It also gained a lot of benefits from it, which was fed back to the development of its own country.
At the same time, the Sui State also learned from the Qin Dynasty's method of controlling the Wei State, and also inserted people into various industries in Tubo.
Although it was unlikely to completely control Tubo, it would not only help its development, but also exert the influence of the Sui State on the entire territory of Tubo in a subtle and silent way.
Songtsen Gampo only thought that Sui was helping him out of good intentions, but he did not realize that Yang Guangda had hidden evil intentions from the beginning.
Yang Guang just wanted Tubo to defend Daqin for him. If the timing hadn't been really inappropriate, he might have had the idea of completely annexing Tubo.