"Husband." When everyone left, Yin Mingyue blushed and added a cup of tea to Yang Tong. Her marriage with Yang Tong had already been passed on to the army. Everyone expressed their sincere blessings, but after all, she had not officially started, so when she called Yang Tong's "Husband", she seemed a little shy. At this time, she looked at Yang Tong's bright eyes, but there was a hint of worry. She seemed to have something to say, but she seemed a little hesitant.

Yang Tong has always been very tolerant of his woman and said with a smile: "You, I, a husband and wife are one, it's okay to say anything."

Yin Mingyue sat at Yang Tong's head and said with some concern: "As we all know, before the rebellion of Jinyang, Li Yuan colluded with the East/Turkish people, and at the cost of claiming to be a vassal to Shibi Khan in exchange for support from the East/Turkish people, and shamelessly made a promise, saying, "If you can follow me, not invade the people, and gain from the conquest, your children and your children's jade and silk, you will have it." In the end, Shibi Khan's army used his husband's army to drag his husband's army to Mayi, and thus successfully occupied Bingzhou and Guanzhong. After the Tang army entered Guanzhong, he was affected.

When Xue Ju attacked, the pseudo-Tang was defeated repeatedly, but in the end, he defeated Xue Ju's more than 300,000 troops in one fell swoop. This was the key battle for the pseudo-Tang to gain foothold in Guanzhong, and it was one of the reasons why they praised Li Shimin's military talent. But we all know that the Western Qin army advanced with the Turks. Li Yuan followed Li Shimin's advice and promised to ced the rich land of Wuwei, Wuyuan, Yulin and other water and grass to the Turks, so that the Turks would support the pseudo-Tang, join forces with Li Shimin to defeat Xue Ju's army."

She looked at Yang Tong silently and said, "Our people in Jingxiang sent an eagle letter saying that Tubo had had some contact with Li Yuan after I encountered a wall in the Great Sui Dynasty. The pseudo-Tang Dynasty is now in poor power. If we pursued and fought hard like this, I was worried that Li Yuan would lead the Tubo army into the country and participate in the civil war in the Sui and Tang Dynasties."

Yang Tong was so arrogant that he nodded silently, agreeing with Yin Mingyue's concern in his heart, and asked back: "What did you think about it?"

Yin Mingyue said: "People like Li Yuan only have the benefits of one family and have no national righteousness. As long as they can be the emperor, they can do anything. If we really force him to force him to the fortunate, they will definitely lead Tubo into the country to fight. Tubo is not far from Qinghai. If they really send troops, the two counties of Heyuan, which are vast and sparsely populated in the West Sea will be the first to be affected. If foreign enemies cannot be controlled outside the national gates, the war will soon burn to the Hehuang area, cut off the connection between Yongliang and completely interrupt the Silk Road. Therefore, I suggest that my husband consider Tubo in the Sui and Tang Wars, and make military deployments in advance, so as not to be caught off guard by Tubo."

Yang Tong pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The world has been in chaos for so long, and the people have been in sorrow. We must unify the world as soon as possible and make peace in the world. Only in this way can we turn the knife to the opposite direction. Therefore, the pseudo-Tang must fight, and we must not be afraid of Tubo's sudden change. Moreover, we have gathered nearly one million troops, and even if I want to truce, it is impossible to stop. Because if the truce is in war, this huge number of troops will become a heavy burden for the court. The civil war ends one day earlier, and the court will bear much less pressure. If the temporary recruitment of troops is disbanded now, the main combat army will be under great pressure. Once extremely heavy losses occur, the Great Sui army will be in a long period of weakness even if the pseudo-Tang annihilated the pseudo-Tang. At that time, how can we achieve the goal of raising the army through war and raising the people through war?"

In the end, Yang Tong's eyes gradually grew up with endless murderous intent. Yin Mingyue's reminder reminded him of a far-reaching bad thing - in order to seize the world, Li Yuan sold his land at the price of selling his land in exchange for the East/Turkish troops to destroy his opponents. When the Anshi Rebellion was in the process, his descendant Emperor Suzong of Tang used this method to borrow troops from the Uighurs. Emperor Suzong of Tang and the Uighurs agreed: "On the day when the city was defeated, the land, the common people returned to the Tang Dynasty, and all their children returned to the Uighurs." Later, the Uighurs captured Daxing, looted Daxing and left an empty city for the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Fuzhi once said in "Reading the Tongjian Lun": "The Tang Dynasty raised an army and used the Turks, so later generations led him to use the Uighurs to kill An, Shi Tuo to defeat Huang Chao, and Shi Jingtang granted the Khitan to usurp Yan, Yun, and lost annual monies. He was ill of China and cut off his imperial eunuchs." Even Wu Sangui learned this move and let the Qing army enter the pass to fight against Li Zicheng.

It can be said that Li Yuan set a very bad precedent, and he allowed the later anti-kings to bring foreign races into the country without any scruples and fight for the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a sinner who has been guilty of a thousand years of sin.

Although I think this is a bit too far away now, the world is constantly approaching in that direction, and the war potential of the Central Plains is constantly being consumed in the troubled times. Although with his arrival, the supposedly powerful Eastern/Turkish, Western Turks and Silla lost the opportunity to become enemies and rise with the Great Sui Dynasty, at the same time, the Tubo in history, which was in the same prosperity and decline as the Tang Dynasty, was still growing silently. If Yang Tong listened to it and watched him brew for more than ten years, he would still become the enemy of the Great Sui Dynasty. Underestimating this southwestern power, the Sui Dynasty would definitely suffer a great loss.

Yang Tong was not an extreme nationalist, and he also supported the great integration of the nation in his heart, because civilization was to make progress through repeated national integration. Only when different civilizations collided can all sparks burst out, but the process of integration must be dominated by Han civilization, rather than being forced to merge by foreign races like the Five Barbarians invading China, the Qing soldiers entering the pass, and the Japanese invasion.

From the momentum, the battle between the Great Sui Dynasty and the Tubo is also an inevitable trend. Since the trend cannot be violated, we should simply focus on the Great Sui Dynasty and detonate all the trends in advance.

There are also Tuyuhun, Turks, Marce, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and the Western Regions countries. Even if they do not have the strength to actually occupy them, they should try to weaken their war potential as much as possible while they are not growing. As for the Japanese, they can either destroy their clans or support the Hokkaido Island, who have an irreconcilable hatred with the Japanese slaves, so that this native can continue to consume the Japanese slaves and then catch them all in one go.

After thinking about this, Yang Tong felt that the feeling of passion and boiling blood burned again on his body.

"Husband, what should we do now? Should we deploy against Tubo?" Yin Mingyue asked hurriedly when she saw Yang Tong made a decision.

"Why don't you?" Yang Tong said: "Send a letter to Wang Fubao to lead the Ninth Army to Heyuan, strengthen contacts with Xue Wanshu, Xihai County Governor Kong Deshao, and Tuyuhun, and closely supervise the Tubo movements. If Tubo really dares to stretch his claws, not only will he cut off its ambition claws, but he will also let him taste the power of the Great Sui Dynasty. When the world is unified, it will be the first to destroy it. In addition, Wu Su, deputy commander of the 10th Army of Lintao, let him guard against the Tang army in Shu and prepare to cooperate with Wang Fubao to fight the Tubo army."

"Here." Yin Mingyue responded and said, "According to the information we have obtained, the situation in Tuyuhun is very serious and complicated now. Murong Fuyun probably cannot control the overall situation."

"What happened again in Tuyuhun?" Yang Tong asked with some surprise.

"That's right." Yin Mingyue whispered: "In addition to the Xianbei people who were the main ones, there were also native Qiang people, Dangxiang people and other ethnic groups. Each race has its own national beliefs and customs. After Murong Fuyun surrendered to our Great Sui Dynasty, in order to please our Great Sui Dynasty, Tuyuhun all learned the Central Plains culture, which made other races very disgusted. Since our troops were about to accumulate Yucheng, Murong Fuyun's prestige and strength in Tuyuhun have been extremely weak. Dangxiang and Qiang people are ready to move. They have controlled the people and army of this race, and have transformed Tuyuhun into the Xianbei, Dangxiang and Qiang people. Because Murong Fuyun defeated us twice in the Great Sui Dynasty, the Xianbei people believed that he did not have the ability to be a Khan and were very dissatisfied with him; while Dangxiang and Qiang people were weak in the Xianbei people, there were signs of joining forces to fight independence."

Yang Tong frowned and said, "Murong Fuyun's promotion of Central Plains culture will do nothing to control Tuyuhun in the future. If he is pushed down, it will be a big loss for our Great Sui Dynasty, and the promotion of Central Plains culture will also be suspended. We must stand up and support Murong Fuyun."

Yin Mingyue said: "I think this is Murong Fuyun's real intention."

Yang Tong suddenly said, "You mean Murong Fuyun could not control Tuyuhun, so he turned to the Sui Dynasty and adopted the strategy of using foxes to pretend to be powerful in the tiger?"

"Yes, this is exactly what I thought." After staying by Yang Tong for a long time, Yin Mingyue came into contact with people today's outstanding figures. After hearing and witnessing, her personal level has been greatly improved, and her knowledge, vision, and world view are no worse than that of ordinary strategists.

Yang Tong paced back and forth a few steps and ordered the guards outside the door: "Immediately invite Zuo Pushe, Shangshu Du, Cen Envoy, Bing County Governor, and Secretary Yu."

"Here." The guards outside the door quickly left.

Yin Mingyue felt that she was about to become the imperial concubine and should have avoided it. She said shyly: "It's not appropriate for me to be here, so I'll avoid it first."

"Okay." Yang Tong hesitated and agreed. It was not that he did not trust Yin Mingyue, but that if he was too involved, it would not be of any benefit to her. Letting her avoid it was actually a kind of care.

Yin Mingyue also understood this truth, and she didn't want Yang Tong to be embarrassed, so she took the initiative to propose it. With Yang Tong's consent, she bowed and left.

...

About a moment, Yang Gongren, Du Ruhui, Cen Wenben, Bing Yuanzhen, and Yu Shinan quickly walked into the tent and bowed to him and said, "I am here to see the emperor!"

Yang Tong smiled and said, "No need to be polite, just sit down."

"Thank you, Master." The five people thanked each other and took their seats.

"Mingyue just now reminded me that it was said that Tubo was very likely to participate in the Sui and Tang war. I decided to send Wang Fubao to Heyuan County." Yang Tong told him and Yin Mingyue's analysis and the deployment to be made, and then asked: "What do you think?"

"General Yin reminded him very timely and his suggestions are very good. Since he has discovered it, he should prevent problems before it happens. There is no other way to the deployment of the emperor." Yang Gongren agreed.

"Keming, what do you mean?"

"The emperor's deployment is quite comprehensive, and I have no other meaning." Du Ruhui replied quickly.

"In addition, Murong Fuyun's reputation has been greatly damaged and he has lost control of Tuyuhun, and chaos is right in front of him."

Seeing that the other people had nothing to say, Yang Tong introduced Tuyuhun's situation and said, "I think that the Central Plains culture and the Central Plains etiquette policy that Murong Fuyun now promotes are beneficial to our Great Sui Dynasty. What do you think about this?"

"We should support Murong Fuyun." Yang Gongren first made his own proposition and then analyzed: "Although Tuyuhun was struggling dyingly, the Xianbei, Dangxiang and Qiang people are all races with hundreds of years of history. They each have their own national beliefs. If our Great Sui Dynasty forced the Central Plains culture, the opposition would probably be greater and stronger. Even if we suppressed it for a while, it might not be able to win them true support. If Murong Fuyun, the legitimate Khan, will be more likely to be accepted by the Tuyuhun people, and the effect will be countless times higher than that of our forcibly. If they really fight, they will be sent to take over. At that time, we will do whatever we want. On the other hand, we still need to use Tuyuhun to block the road to the north of Tubo. If it is divided, it will definitely be annexed by Tubo, and a strong Tubo will be unfavorable to our Great Sui."

Seeing Du Ruhui nodding silently, Cen Wenben bowed and said, "Master, I agree with the Left Pushe proposal. Because the current goal of our Sui Dynasty is to annihilate Li Yuan, Lin Shihong, Meng Haigong, and Feng Ang. If we send troops to fight abroad, it will affect our unification process. Therefore, we should maintain Murong Fuyun's rule over Tuyuhun and let him temporarily block some of the Tubo troops. For now, the stability of Tuyuhun is more beneficial to our Sui Dynasty."

Yang Tong frowned and said, "But how can we protect Murong Fuyun?"

"In the war last year, Tuyuhun was afraid of being beaten by our Great Sui Dynasty. It was not only Murong Fuyun's personal wish, but also the common aspiration of all races. However, our Great Sui Dynasty never formally enthroned them, and fame fell into a trough. This made Murong Fuyun seem to be unrighteous and dissatisfied. If we send someone to enthrone, then he will be a formal subordinate of our Great Sui Dynasty. I believe that the Xianbei, Dangxiang, and Qiang people dare not oppose Murong Fuyun's rule." Du Ruhui suggested.

"The method of Du Shangshu is extremely wonderful." Bing Yuanzhen said in a dilemma: "But Huaiyang is too far from Tuyuhun. If you send envoys from the capital, you may have to waste a lot of time on the road. If Tuyuhun has a great chaos during this period, it would be bad."

Yang Tong and Yang Gongren, Du Ruhui showed a smile on his face when he heard this.

Yang Tong smiled and said, "No need to be so troublesome. I can draft an imperial edict and send an eagle letter to Heyuan County Magistrate Kong Shaode, and let him go and enthrone it nearby."

"Although the Xinying is fast, the imperial edict is so heavy, can the Xinying take it with you?" Bing Yuanzhen already knew the way of sending the letter to the Great Sui Dynasty.

"Write a concise enthronement and then install it better by Kong Shaode." Yang Tong said lightly

"..." Bing Yuanzhen, Cen Wenben, and Yu Shinan's face turned dark when they heard this.

Can a sacred thing like the imperial edict do this?

This is too casual.

Yang Tong said indifferently: "Anyway, the Tuyuhun people don't know anything, just put the seal on the national jade seal."

"Sage." Du Ruhui suggested: "General Wang entered Heyuan to prevent Tubo, and Tuyuhun also benefited from it. Weichen felt that they were obliged to bear part of the military expenses."

Yang Gongren nodded: "I think it's OK."

"Okay, that's it. Send another letter to Kong Deshao and ask him to talk to Murong Fuyun about military expenditure when he goes to the enthronement. In principle, the more the more the better."

"Yeah." Yang Gongren and Du Ruhui bowed.

"..." Yang Tong, Yang Gongren, Du Ruhui's tone was a natural tone, which made Bing Yuanzhen, Cen Wenben, and Yu Shinan stunned again and again, feeling that he could not keep up with their ideas.

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Note 1: In "On the Affairs of Emperor Gaozu of Tang to the Turks", Chen Yinke said: "The prosperity of our nation's martial arts was the Han and Tang Dynasties. However, Emperor Gaozu of Han was trapped in Pingcheng, and Emperor Gaozu of Tang also once praised the Turks. The Han Dynasty was not discussed in this article. Only when Emperor Gaozu of Tang started his army in Taiyuan, he actually praised the Turks. Taizong also planned to be the leader of this matter. Later, historians were quite taboo to embellish it, so that the root of the matter was not obvious to later generations..."
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