After five years of separation, when I met Su Lie again, Yang Yuanqing felt a sense of separation from him yesterday.
He turned over and dismounted, smiled and hugged him tightly. Yang Yuanqing looked at him again. He hadn't seen him for five years, but he had grown taller, but he was still a shorter than his head. Only then did Yang Yuanqing suddenly realize that he was
He has grown taller, too.
"Boy Su, what have you done to stay at home for five years? How many sons have you given birth to?" Yang Yuanqing smiled and punched him in the shoulder.
Su Lie scratched his head embarrassedly, "I have been practicing martial arts at home for five years, and I always think that this arrow is much worse than you, but the more I she is, the less confident she is, and I dare not come out. Before I get married, where can I get my son?"
"Improving martial arts depends on experience. How can I do it at home and how can I work behind closed doors? How about I want to join me in the Western Regions?" Yang Yuanqing warmly invited him.
Su Lie's eyes showed the light of expectation. He was staying at home for five years and practicing martial arts hard. In swordsmanship, he thought he could already make it to the top three, but his archery skills were always inferior to Yang Yuanqing. At least he was practicing iron arrows.
There was no success, but he could no longer wait, and the blood in his chest was boiling.
"I'm willing to go with you!"
"Okay!" Yang Yuanqing patted his shoulder and introduced the iron guard behind him, "These are my nine brothers. We share life and death. Dalang, you have known each other. This is from Erlang to Jiulang."
Su Lie bowed to the crowd one by one. At this time, he saw Pei Ju. Pei Ju's leisurely expression made him respectfully, "Yuan Qing, who is this old man?"
"This is Pei Xiangguo and my grandfather!"
Yang Yuanqing introduced Su Lie to Pei Ju again. Pei Ju narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Another hero, brother Su, I am looking forward to your performance in the Western Regions."
"Report to the prime minister, Su Lie will follow Brother Yuanqing to open up the territory for the Great Sui Dynasty and make achievements!"
Pei Ju nodded with a stroke of her beard and said, "Very good, I look forward to it!"
"Everyone is hungry!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled at the crowd and said, "Since we are here, let's have a meal first and then rush to go."
Several iron guards were already hungry, and the young master ordered them to run towards the restaurant.
The Great Sui Dynasty's control over the Western Regions was mainly concentrated in the Hehuang Valley and the Hexi Corridor, with the traditional Yumen Pass as the boundary, and the westernmost end was Dunhuang County.
After ten years of death, Yang Yuanqing and Pei Ju and his party arrived in Zhangye County. Zhangye was the ruling center of the Great Sui Dynasty in the Western Regions, with more than 5,000 troops garrisoned. The reason why Zhangye became the center of the Great Sui Dynasty in the Western Regions is that its geographical location is extremely
Important, it is well-connected, and along the weak water, you can reach Juyanze. It is an important road leading to the grassland in the northern desert. To the south, you can enter the Hehuang Valley through the Dadouba Valley. On the other hand, Zhangye is also a major horse-raising area in the Sui Dynasty.
There are more than 400,000 war horses in the grasslands around Zhangye and Wuwei.
Pei Ju arrived in Zhangye, and Zhangye Prefect Li Gang came out from afar. Li Gang, the Minister of War who was the Minister of War when the Wu Ju case, was cleansed by Yang Guang. Only the Minister of War Li Gang and the Minister of War Wang Shichong were spared.
However, he was also transferred from the Ministry of War, Li Gang was appointed as the Chief of Zhangye, and was promoted to the prefect of Zhangye last year, Wang Shichong was appointed as the deputy chief of Jiangdu Palace. He was promoted to the Chief of Jiangdu County for receiving Yang Guang's SE and was also the Chief of Jiangdu Palace.
Li Gang did not participate in fraud in the Wu Ju case. He was very innocent, but he was the chief examiner and had an unshirkable main responsibility. Although he was the master of the prince Yang Yong and was appointed as the prince's horse, Emperor Yang Guang still
He valued his talents very much, and was repeatedly demoted and promoted. He was demoted to the Western Regions due to the martial arts case, and soon promoted him to the prefect. "Li Gang, a humble position, met with the Prime Minister Pei!"
Li Gang welcomed him ten miles away and greeted Pei Ju with a smile. Pei Ju and Li Gang were of the same age as Li Gang and had a good personal relationship. Li Gang was promoted to prefect last year, which was the result of Pei Ju's strong recommendation.
Pei Ju dismounted and hugged him with a smile, and introduced Yang Yuanqing to him, "Li Jun, you and Yuanqing should have known each other very early. He is my grandson-in-law now. The past is for my sake, so I will expose it!
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Li Gang and Yang Yuanqing had no big grudges. Bi Jing and their problems were indeed very serious at the beginning, so serious that they made him angry. However, Li Gang and Yang Yuanqing's grandfather Yang Su had a deep personal grudge, although Pei Ju hoped that they would be with him.
OK, but Li Gang is still resentful of Yang Su and cannot be intimate with Yang Yuanqing.
Li Gang had received the imperial decree and knew that Yang Yuanqing was responsible for heavy responsibilities, so he would not neglect his business. He bowed to Yang Yuanqing and said lightly: "General Yang is responsible for heavy responsibilities, and Li Gang will do his best to help."
Pei Ju felt the coldness in his tone. He knew that he still couldn't let go, so he had to sigh secretly.
Yang Yuanqing didn't care, he smiled and replied, "This time I will serve as the ambassador of the Yumendao Army to control the two counties of Zhangye and Dunhuang. Logistics must rely on the assistance of Li Envoy Li to help him. In the triumph, I will repay Li Envoy Li.
achievement."
"Thank you, General Yang!"
Li Gang introduced him to Zhangye's military commander Qu Tutong, the general manager of Ganzhou, Wang Wei, and Qu Tutong are also old ministers. He is in his early fifties this year and has much older qualifications than Yang Yuanqing. He is not only the general manager of Ganzhou, but also the pillar.
country.
Even the deputy general manager Wang Wei has been in the officialdom for 30 years. Although his reputation is not obvious, his qualifications have reached the Yinqing Guanglu Doctor. Despite this, this time, Qu Tutong was subject to Yang Yuanqing's restraint, which really made him feel a little disgusted.
Joy.
The crowd met one by one and entered Zhangye City. The crowd sat down in the General Administration Hall. Qu Tutong ordered the team to hang out a map. He pointed at the circle around Zhangye with a wooden pole and said, "Zhangye has five thousand now.
The troops stationed, but they are all distributed in various dangerous passes. There are 1,000 troops stationed in Datong City, Juyanze, 1,050 troops stationed in Dadoubagu, and there are 1,000 troops stationed in Yanzhi Mountain, Ganjun Mountain and Fulu County to the north.
In particular, we must be prepared for the Qiang and Tuyuhun to collude. If the troops are too small, Tuyuhun will inevitably instigate the Qiang to enter Hexi. Qu Tutong shoulders the important task of defending the Great Sui horse farm and dare not be careless."
After hearing this, Yang Yuanqing understood what he meant, that is, he was short of troops and could not give much army to himself. Yang Yuanqing's face slowly sank, "General Qu Tu said directly! How many army should he give me.
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Qu Tutong smiled bitterly and said, "At most, five hundred!"
"five hundred?"
Yang Yuanqing sneered, "Is General Qu Tu sending beggars?"
Qu Tutong's face changed, he snorted heavily, turned his head aside, and the atmosphere in the conference hall immediately became tense. Seeing that something was wrong, Pei Ju quickly smiled and smoothed out the situation.
"General Qu Tu, General Qu Tu, this time General Yang shoulders a heavy responsibility, which is related to the overall situation of the entire Western Region. If the troops are insufficient, it is likely that it will not be successful. In particular, it is necessary to defend against the attack of the Western Turks. There is indeed a little less than 500 troops, if Dunhuang County is there.
It's okay to have more troops, but Dunhuang County only has 3,000 garrisons, and they can't be handed over to General Yang. In this way, General Yang only has 3,000 troops, and lacks enough troops, so it's difficult to bear the attack on Yiwu. General Qu Tu is in charge of this.
It’s better to add some more troops to the side!"
Qu Tutong was very polite to Pei Ju, and he bowed and said, "Reporting to the Prime Minister Pei, it was not that I deliberately made things difficult for General Yang. It was really difficult for me. In the past one or two years, Tuyuhun cavalry has repeatedly provoked Qiang to rebel. At the beginning of the year, Tuyuhun cavalry still
Appearing in Dadoubagu, the court refused to increase troops to Zhangye. We were short of troops and under great pressure. If we sent too many troops, Zhangye was empty. Not only would Tuyuhun send troops to threaten, but the Turks would also go to the south to see the iron cavalry, Zhangye was in great territory.
, if you involve the entire Western Regions, you should not act rashly!"
Qu Tutong sighed, "For the sake of the prime minister, there is only one thousand, no more!"
Yang Yuanqing also knew that the imperial edict clearly stated that Zhangye was for logistics support, and the army was mainly Dunhuang County. If the troops were insufficient, they could be recruited locally in Dunhuang County. This was the imperial edict, but he did not want to use the recruited army to recruit temporarily.
The army has a much weaker combat power, so he still hopes to use regular troops.
"General Qu Tu, I am ordered to control Zhangye and Dunhuang, and Zhangye army is also under my control. I also know that Zhangye's defense pressure is very high, so I discussed with the general manager that I don't want to go to the sacred end, we
It’s better for both sides to make a move! I don’t want your army of three thousand, at least two thousand, how about it?”
Yang Yuanqing stared in his eyes, "If General Qu Tu is unwilling to cooperate, then I, Yang Yuanqing, will go back and report, saying that I can't fight this battle, and recommend General Qu Tu to fight. I think General Qu Tu doesn't want this result.
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Qu Tutong didn't say anything for a while, and he knew in his heart that he really couldn't do too much. This battle of Yiwu was related to the overall situation of the Western Regions. He could not afford the consequences of the failure. After hesitating for a long time, he finally agreed, "That's good."
!Zhangye sent two thousand troops to the general, but I had a small condition."
He pointed to the deputy general manager Wang Wei, "I recommend Deputy General Manager Wang as General Yang. I will tell you what the hell is?"
Yang Yuanqing looked at Wang Wei, and saw that he was taciturn and was always steady, and nodded, "Then let's just say one thing!"
In this war against Yiwu, Yang Guang gave Yang Yuanqing a quota of 10,000 troops, but the troops in Zhangye and Dunhuang counties were only 8,000, and he could only use half of them at most. There was still a gap of 6,000, Yang Guang's
The meaning is to let him solve the problem by himself. The local government provides the money and grain. This is also the most common way to recruit soldiers on the spot. Although Yang Yuanqing did not want to use this method, he had no choice.
Yang Yuanqing led two thousand troops to travel west, and then walked a few more times. The army arrived in Dunhuang County, which has always been an important western town of the Central Plains Dynasty and was also the first stop for the Western Regions business travelers to enter the Hexi Corridor. As early as the Jin Dynasty, commercial here was
Developed, merchants from Persia, Sogdian, Yaozhu, Tochar and the Western Regions gathered here, making Dunhuang an international commercial center.
There are 3,000 troops in Dunhuang County, mainly stationed in Yumen and Dunhuang, and are under the jurisdiction of Dunhuang Prefect Pei Wenjin.
Pei Wenjin is the nephew of Pei Ju clan. He was transferred from Liangzhou to Dunhuang at the beginning of the year. When he heard that the head of the family was coming, Pei Wenjin was very surprised and went out of the city to greet him. The uncle and nephew met in a foreign land. He was very happy. Pei Ju introduced Yang Yuanqing for him and Pei Wenjin said it.
He promised that all the troops could be handed over to Yang Yuanqing for disposal.
"Pei Envoy, why are there so many Han people entering Dunhuang?"
Outside the city, Yang Yuanqing actually saw the streets full of Han, coming and going, and it was very lively. The man was gentle and elegant, while the woman was elegant and graceful, and the accent was mostly in the southern area, which surprised him.
Pei Wenjin smiled slightly, "General Yang, do you really don't know why?"