In April of the third year of the kai emperor (583), Yang Jian issued an edict to count the various sins and internal and external difficulties of the Turks, announced that he would take the initiative to attack and launch a large-scale crusade against the Turks. That is to say, until the Turks are subdued, the Turks must be allowed to "dare not look south and serve the punishment forever." However, in terms of the grasp of the specific implementation, it is emphasized that it is not necessary to expand the territory and capture the population as the goal, it is not appropriate to go deep into the Turkic hinterland to carry out indiscriminate killing, and it is necessary to make a quick decision, and strive for the surrender of most of its troops, and rescue those who were previously controlled and suppressed by the Turks, and at the same time, the Sui army must strictly guard the border passes.
From Yang Jian's edict, it can be seen that the strategic guiding ideology revealed by yang jian is that although the scale of the war is very large, its nature is still a limited counterattack war, and there is no clear statement in the edict on how to establish relations with the Turks after the war.
At that time, the Sui army was commanded by Yang Hong the Prince of Hejian, Yang Shuang the Prince of Wei, Lu Qin and Dou Rongding of the Shangzhu State, Gao Ying, the Left Servant, and Yu Qingze, the Inner Historian, with Yang Shuang in the center, and launched an attack on the Turks in eight ways.
Yang Shuang's Zhonglu Army first engaged the Turkic army, and he led the commander-in-chief Li Chong and four other generals out of Shuozhou Province, and in the process of marching, they encountered the Turkic army led by Sha Baoliu himself at Baidao (northwest of present-day Hohhot, Inner Mongolia), and the two sides immediately launched a big battle, Li Chong often fought with the Turks, was very experienced, and he suggested to Yang Shuang that the Turks must be quickly decided, and they could lead elite troops to make a surprise attack.
Yang Shuang adopted this suggestion and gave the raid task to Li Chong, who lived up to expectations and raided Sha Baoluo with 5,000 elite soldiers. The Turks were on an unstable footing and returned in defeat, and Sha Baoluo was seriously injured and forced to sneak into the meadows. At this time, the natural disasters outside the Cyprus were still continuing, the Turks were extremely scarce in the army due to long-term conquests, and now they had lost the battle, and there was nowhere to plunder, but the Sui army seized a lot of materials, and the whole army could only grind animal bones for powder as food, coupled with the harsh climate outside the Cyprus, for a time the Turkic army suffered heavy losses, and many people froze and starved to death.
The victory of the Zhonglu Army under the command of Yang Shuang gave a good start to the Sui army on both flanks and boosted morale. Yin Shou, the governor of Youzhou who was fighting in the northeast, also won a victory, he led tens of thousands of horses and horses out of Lulong (present-day Xifengkou, Hebei Province) to attack Gao Baoning, Gao Baoning learned that the Sui army was attacking in a big way, and hurriedly asked the Turks for help, but at that time, Sha Baoluo was being held back by Yang Shuang and had no time to take care of Gao Baoning, so Gao Baoning had to abandon the city and flee to the north, and then his base area of Huanglong City was breached, and the Sui army pacified the area around Yingzhou, and Yin Shouliu's troops would be defended by Chengdaoang, and he led a large army to return to the dynasty.
Although Gao Baoning fled, he was not willing to lose, and soon after he led the Khitan and Han Qiang to counterattack Huanglongcheng. Cheng Dao'ang fought with him for several days before he could barely repel him, but soon after, Gao Baoning counterattacked again. Yin Shou was very troubled by Gao Baoning's mobile operations, and simply repelling it could not fundamentally solve the problem, and not completely solving Gao Baoning would always be a hidden danger on the northeast border of the Sui Dynasty, and would involve the Great Energy of the Sui Army in dealing with the Turks.
Yin Shou decided to follow Changsun Sheng's plan to alienate the Turks, sending people to infiltrate Gao Baoning's confidants Zhao Shimo and Wang Wei to abduct them, and at the same time spread the news that the imperial court had rewarded Gao Baoning with a heavy sum of money. This strategy worked greatly for the Gao Baoning clique, which was already in the twilight of the Western Mountains, and soon after Zhao Shimo led the army to surrender, Gao Baoning defected to the Khitan in a hurry, only to be killed by the general Zhao Shuluo on the way, and the chaos on the northeastern border of the Sui Dynasty was finally calmed.
Although Gao Baoning was a remnant of Northern Qi, his geographical location was just right to connect with the Turks, and for a long time it was a major problem for Yang Jian's confidants. Now that Gao Baoning has been eliminated, Yang Jian has not only relieved the border troubles on the northeast border, but also completed the unfinished unification cause of the Northern Zhou regime, and also played a role in promoting the stability of the Shandong region, so that those potentially dangerous elements lost the strength to rely on.
After the great victory on the northeast border, there were also good news in the northwest battlefield, and Yang Hong, the king of Hejian, led tens of thousands of troops to defeat the Turks after the encounter with the Turks in the Lingzhou Province, and another route led by Pang Huang, the commander of the march, went out of Helan Mountain to encircle the enemy and also defeated the Turks.
The most worrying thing was the large army led by Dou Rongding, who after leaving Liangzhou, encountered the army of the Turkic Apo Khan in Gaoyueyuan, and the two armies formed a confrontation at the Gobi Desert. The local natural environment was unfavorable to the Sui army, the four wild grasses and trees did not grow, under the scorching sun, the water carried by the Sui army was quickly drunk, the soldiers had to stab the horse to drink blood as water, and for a time the army began to spread diseases, and Dou Rongding was quite helpless.
At that time, the former general Shi Wanzai was serving as a pawn in Dunhuang because of the charge of the army, and after hearing the news that Dou Rongding had come to the local area in a crusade against the Turks, he volunteered to go to war. Dou Rongding already knew that Shi Wansheng was brave and invincible, so he agreed with the Turks that each side would send a general to duel, and Dou Rongding sent Shi Wanzai to fight, and as a result, after a few rounds of fighting, the Turkic generals were beheaded by Shi Wanzai, and Dou Rongding took advantage of the instability of the other side's army to immediately order a large-scale attack, beating the Turkic army back one after another.
It is worth mentioning that the eldest Sun Sheng, who first proposed the strategy of division, was now serving as a partial general in Dou Rongding's army, and he saw that Apo Khan had fallen into a dilemma and felt that the time had come, so he suggested that Dou Rongding send someone to Apo Khan and said to him: Sha Baoli can win every battle with the Sui army, and Apo Khan lost the first battle with the Sui army, I don't know if Apo Khan is ashamed? Moreover, The Map and the Apo Khan should have been evenly matched, and now the Mapo has won the victory and is supported by his subordinates, and the Apo Khan has been defeated and humiliated the country, so that the Map will inevitably be blamed on the Apo Khan, and may even raise troops to ask the guilt, just ask the Apo Khan is still entangled with the Sui army here, can the base camp resist the attack of the Map?
The reason why Changsun Sheng wants to say this is that Apo Khan (Daluo ben) himself is the favorite heir of the previous generation of Khans, but because his mother was born lowly and ultimately failed to become the heir, so for a long time there have been contradictions with Sha Baoli Khan, and now after listening to Changsun Sheng's words, he is full of doubts about Sha Baoli Khan. So he sent emissaries to the Sui army camp, which was exactly the heart of The Elder Sun Sheng, who added fuel to the fire to persuade Apo Khan that now Datou Khan was united with the Sui army, but Regent could not do it, and Apo Khan might as well take the opportunity to attach himself to the Sui Dynasty and unite with Datou Khan, which was far better than being insulted by Regtou after the defeat of the army.
Changsun Sheng's words made Apo Khan quite impressed, and he immediately made a pact with Dou Rongding, and sent people to follow Changsun Sheng to Chang'an to meet Yang Jian, and soon after he returned to Northern Sai with his troops to prevent Sha Baoliu Khan from attacking.
The news of Apo Khan's dependence on the Sui Dynasty soon reached Sha Baoliu Khan, at this time Sha Baoliu had fled back to northern Sai after suffering a defeat, and after hearing the news that Apo Khan had secretly communicated with the Sui Dynasty, he was immediately furious and immediately led the army that had just lost the battle to attack the Beiya camp where Apo Khan was located. At this time, Apo Khan had not yet returned, and Sha Baoluo went on a killing spree at the Camp of North Tooth, killing Apo Khan's mother. When Apo Khan returned, the Beiya camp was already devastated, especially after hearing that his mother had been killed by Sha Baoluo, Apo Khan poured blood into his pupils, and immediately went west to Datou Khan, who had always been at odds with Sha Baoliu, borrowed 100,000 elite soldiers from him, and killed Sha Baoluo's camp, vowing to pay sha baoluo's blood debt.
Apo Khan and Shabal Khan finally fell out, which caused a huge shock within the Turks, and the Khan of the Greedy Khan in the north, because of his close relationship with Apo Khan and was deposed by Shabal Khan, also defected to Datou Khan. Shabal Khan's cousin Di Qincha had always been at odds with Shabal Khan and therefore switched to Apo Khan. Since then, the Turks have split into two major forces, east and west, and have waged years of war.
The divisive strategy of changsun Sheng was completed. When the news of the Turkic civil unrest reached the capital chang'an, Yang Jian could not contain his inner excitement and immediately ordered Gao Ying to leave Ningzhou Province, and Yu Qing, the internal historian, to leave Yuanzhou Province, and confer the title of Marching Marshal to jointly attack Sha Baoli Khan. At that time, many people thought that Sha Baoliu Khan had been defeated, and there was no need to send the imperial court to go on a campaign, and in my opinion, Yang Jian's purpose was not to send two high-ranking officials to fight the Turks outside the country, but to confirm the accuracy of the news of the Turkic civil unrest, as well as to carry out the post-war aftermath of the relief matters, to prevent the Turkic civil strife from spreading to the territory of the Sui Dynasty, and this series of work was not something that the military generals could accomplish.
In fact, Yang Jian was skeptical of the news of turkic civil unrest at that time because during that time, the Sui army was still being attacked by Turkic troops on the northeastern border.
After the Sui Dynasty pacified Gao Baoning in the northeast, the general Yin Shou died of illness, Yang Jian sent Li Chong to take over as the governor of Youzhou, Li Chong was the nephew of the founding father Li Mu, after arriving in Youzhou, he actively fought for the annexation of Xi and Khitan tribes, at that time, the turks in the east were in charge of Sha Baoluo's younger brother Chu Luohou, when Gao Baoning fell, Chu Luohou had no time to rescue, and when the Sui army pacified the northeast, with the attachment of various ethnic minorities in the local area, the pattern of the northeast region was greatly improved, and the Turks had the potential to lose the northeast region, so after the Luo Hou freed his hand, Launched a massive attack on Youzhou and wanted to continue to control the northeast region.
Chu Luohou led a large army to attack Youzhou, and Li Chong led three thousand men and horses out of the city to meet the enemy, and the two sides fought for ten days outside Youzhou. Due to the small number of Sui troops and the increasing casualties, Li Chong ordered a retreat to Shacheng, but Shacheng had long been abandoned and difficult to hold, so Li Chong decided not to adopt a strategy of sticking to it, but to sneak in at night and seize the materials in his army to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army. After several sneak attacks, the Turks could not be disturbed, and every night they waited in strict formation to prevent the Sui army from taking advantage of the opportunity.
In the course of the battle, Chu Luohou saw that Li Chong's battle was brave and brave, and he had a heart of love for talents, and he surrendered to Li Chongxu as a high-ranking official, but Li Chong's words strictly refused. As the war continued, Li Chong, who already had few troops, only had more than a hundred men left, and he knew that he could no longer break out of the encirclement of the Turks, so while encouraging his subordinates to fight hard to kill the enemy, he wrote a letter to Yang Jian, who was far away in the capital, to report the real battle situation, and he rushed into the enemy position alone to kill the enemy. Chu Luohou knew that Li Chong's unyielding, so he ordered the arrows to be released, and Li Chong's dozens of arrows in his body still stood firm.
It is worth mentioning that in the Sui Dynasty's war against the Turks, Li Chong was the highest-ranking general killed in the Sui Dynasty.
Although the Battle of Youzhou ended in the defeat of the Sui army, there is no record of the Turks invading Youzhou again in the history books thereafter. It is likely that Chu luohou returned to assist Shabaoli Khan in dealing with the civil unrest, and no longer had time to take care of the south. In the next year, the internal division of the Turks was a foregone conclusion, and the Sui army still did not dare to relax the defense of the border. Just after the spring, Yang Jian received the news that more than 10,000 people from the Turkic Suni tribe had come to surrender, and then the Turkic Datou Khan also led the people to surrender, which meant that the Turks could not form a joint force within the Turks.
It should be said that the third year of the opening of the emperor (583) was a watershed in the face of the Turks by the Sui Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty won an absolute victory over the Turks, reversing the unfavorable situation in which the Central Plains Dynasty had been oppressed by the Turks for a hundred years, and thus completely changing the pattern of Northeast Asia.