First, it is difficult to exhaust the Sui Emperor in a word
For Yang Guang, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, I am afraid that many people will have the feeling of powerlessness to complain. People have explained that the chongzhen emperor at the end was the monarch who was the least like the monarch of the fallen country, but in fact this only expressed a feeling of regret.
After all, the Ming Dynasty has been passed down for more than two hundred years, and when it reaches the hands of Chongzhen, it is already difficult to return. At this moment, don't say chongzhen, you just let Zhu Yuanzhang travel through the past, he will be helpless. Because that situation cannot be saved by one person.
On the other hand, Yang Guang, he was the second scoop master of the Great Sui, and after the efforts of his father Yang Jian, the great Sui was as strong as the rising sun. At this moment, even if Yang Guang directly lay flat, there would be no big problem. However, Yang Guang's brother was really anxious to an unprecedented extent, and he was eager to spend a lifetime to complete eight lifetimes.
The Western Expedition to Tuguhun, the Three Eastern Expeditions to Goguryeo, the Excavation of the Grand Canal, the Construction of the Eastern Capital Luoyang... How's that for? How can national and civilian strength be developed so infinitely that it does not even give "time to go to the toilet"? I'm afraid that even the gods can't stand up to so many huge projects. As a result, The Great Sui directly collapsed, and it was "collapsed".
However, The Great Sui successor, Datang, criticized him with full firepower, and on the other hand, he was still at ease to enjoy the convenience and benefits brought by those huge projects left by Yang Guang. Find someone to reason with! The so-called "way of culture and martial arts is relaxed one by one", it seems that this is really a reasonable saying.
In fact, for Da Sui or Yang Guang, there was a natural opportunity to correct mistakes, as long as Yang Guang died at that time, then the evaluation of him by future generations is definitely no less than That of Li Shimin, and Da Sui will not collapse so quickly. However, sometimes "good fate and good luck" is really not a good thing.
Yang Guang actually survived, which made him have a frenzied feeling of "the heavens and the earth are big, I am the boss", and thus became unrestrained and crazy. So what's the matter? It was his "Western Expedition to Tuguhun" battle.
Second, Yang Guangxi marched on Tuguhun
According to the History of the North, Tuguhun was a western state established by Murong Xianbei. After Yang Jian became emperor, Tuguhun often sent troops to harass Dasui, which made Yang Jian very unhappy. However, when the Great Sui dynasty was first established, it could only endure. As a result, before Yang Jian could strike, there was a rebellion within Tuguhun and there was no time to harass Dasui.
After the civil unrest, Tuguhun's strength was greatly reduced, while the Great Sui rose strongly. In desperation, tuguhun Khan showed favor to Yang Jian, saying: I recognize you as the eldest brother and join the tributary system dominated by the Great Sui. Yang Jian was very happy, and in order to win over Tuguhun, he married the daughter of the Great Sui Sect.
But Yang Jian soon regretted it, because Tuguhun Khan always inquired about the news of Da Sui through various channels, and at first glance, he was pregnant with a ghost fetus. At this moment, Yang Jian could no longer take care of anything else, and the dispute between the princes had entered a white-hot situation, and he could only open his eyes and close his eyes.
In this way, with the death of Yang Jian, Yang Guang ascended the throne. Now for Yang Guanglai, his most urgent thing is to let the people of the world see a "promising monarch" instead of living in the shadow of his father. So Yang Guang set his sights on the western region and decided to launch a military strike against Tuguhun and conveniently restart the Silk Road, an important and critical trade route.
After half a year of blows, Tuguhun was obviously weakened a lot. Therefore, in 609 AD, Yang Guang decided to personally march on the imperial conquest, and while giving Tuguhun the final blow, he also personally came to intimidate the countries in the western region, and obediently obeyed me.
Therefore, Yang Guang's personal expedition is particularly special, in addition to tens of thousands of troops, he also carries a large wave of princesses, concubines, and palace women.
Some people say that this is Yang Guang's purpose of having fun, but the author wants to defend Yang Guang. Engaged in later analysis, this is called pendulum spectrum. That is, let all the countries in the Western Regions take a good look at it, my Great Sui is not only fierce in force, but also a civilized country. How can education with facts be "fun"? After all, this was his battle for Li Wei.
Speaking of Tuguhun, after learning that Yang Guang had personally marched in such a peculiar posture, he was angry. No matter how much I am also the big brother of the Western Regions, I have been so despised. So he decided to devote all his efforts to one battle, concentrate all the elites, and teach Yang Guang how to behave in today's Xining area!
In May 609, Yang Guang, with a wave of concubines and tens of thousands of troops, encountered Tuguhun's main elite without preparation. No matter how you look at this battle, it should be a great defeat for the Sui army, after all, the emperor took the concubines to march in person, which really gave people a feeling of unreliability, and at the same time, it was a time when the soldiers were trapped and lacking.
Unexpectedly, the truth was unexpected. The Sui army was all very excited, eager to immediately pounce on each other and rub each other fiercely, why? As I said many times before, Yang Guang came out with a concubine, can this march be fast? It is also necessary to eat well and drink well, which is completely enjoying the feeling of free travel for soldiers.
Now when I saw the enemy army, I was naturally excited, and I wanted to show myself in front of the emperor's big brother. Therefore, in this battle, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the heavy minister Yang Su left the command chariot and stepped on the war horse to personally lead people to charge and slash.
Tuguhun was completely confused, are the soldiers of this Great Sui all neurotic, why is it different from the plot we expected? Therefore, even if it occupies the advantage of the home field, it is beaten so that it is impossible to run if you want to. In the end, in addition to the Tuguhun Khan and The Fuyun Khan, who ran fast, such as the Tuguhun Immortal King, were all captured, with a total of more than 100,000 men and women.
Yang Guang was very happy, lo and behold, this is my Great Sui warriors! However, Tuguhun Khan escaped, after all, it was not perfect, so I continued to pursue, and I wanted to see people die to see corpses!
Tuguhun Khan's nightmare came, he dared to escape, but also thought of organizing people and horses to counterattack, which is expected on June 2, the Sui cavalry actually chased after the ass, and what else to fight back? Escape! In the end, he fled with only a dozen of his retinue, and the rest of the army was completely destroyed!
Yang Guang was overjoyed, and immediately composed a poem called "Drinking Horse Great Wall Cave Show from the Past To the Crowd". Among them, there are a few sentences: thousands of rides, drink horses and great wall caves. Autumn dusk outside the clouds, fog dark off the mountain moon!
Don't think that Yang Guang only has "Xiao Meiniang". In fact, the real Sui Emperor in history, his literary style is no less than that of the Weiwu Emperor Cao Cao, and in his poetry, it is also a simple and heroic atmosphere. Unfortunately, because he lost the world, even his poetry became unknown.
Third, half of the soldiers froze to death, but drew a perfect end
In any case, this battle of the Great Sui Directly frightened more than twenty countries in the Western Regions. One after another said: We said that we would come to see the emperor's big brother, but don't think we are ugly, we are all with dry goods - what dry goods? I'll say it later. All in all, very pleasantly surprised.
Speaking of Yang Guang, now he was taking that large group of concubines and soldiers on the way to Zhangye. For he was going to meet the kings or emissaries of the countries of the Western Regions in Zhangye.
On June 8, 609, when Yang Guang's brigade came to Bian Dukou, something tragic happened. It's the hot summer, but here the sky has suddenly changed, the wind is howling, and the snowflakes are like mats. You must know That Yang Guang, they are all wearing summer clothes, this time - pleats!
Tens of thousands of troops, frozen to death. At the same time, Yang Guang's sister, yang Jian's daughter Yang Lihua, who was also frozen to death here, was also the empress of the former Northern Zhou Emperor Xuan, and Yang Jian's daughter Yang Jian, when the lone empress broke into the palace and prostrated her head and bled, causing the Northern Zhou Xuan Emperor to withdraw his holy will to kill Yang Lihua. Unexpectedly, she was now frozen to death here.
Fortunately, Yang Guang escaped and came to Zhangye with his tortured people and horses. If any of the monarchs in the Western Regions were not convinced at this moment, then Yang Guang would be in danger. But the truth is once again, not only does people not sigh the soaring domineering spirit of Da Sui at that time.
The countries of the Western Regions still regarded Yang Guang as a god, and rushed to take out dry goods: they took the initiative to sacrifice thousands of miles of land. Yang Guang was very happy: How embarrassed is this? However, the countries in the Western Regions pleaded again: still give less, really can't get a hand, the emperor big brother begged you to accept it. Yang Guangyi waved his hand, well, then don't take it for example!
Mogao Grottoes: Sui Dynasty Emperor's Western Tour Map
Subsequently, in Zhangye, Yang Guang held a grand trade exchange conference (as shown above), which marked the re-opening of the Silk Road by Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty!
In this way, Yang Guangxi's conquest of Tuguhun drew a perfect end. Although more than half of the soldiers froze to death on the road, they still achieved a victory that was comparable to that of an ancient person.
If Yang Guang really died at this moment, then dare I ask, what would his historical evaluation be? Is it no less than the later Li Shimin? Unfortunately, after this great victory, Yang Guang completely drifted away, thinking: There is no Yang Guang in the world, and I can't do anything. From this huge project, one after the other, until finally the Great Sui collapsed...