Since the sixth year of the Great Cause, the Sui Dynasty Huangmen Shilang, Counselor Political Affairs, and Western Regions Economic Strategy Envoy Pei Ju designed to trap Shibi Khan's favored minister Shi Shu Huxi, Shibi Khan began to be hostile to Sui, and repeatedly sent troops to test the Sui Dynasty border, but during this period of time, Shibi Khan never took advantage. Until the eleventh year of the Great Cause, Shibi Khan took advantage of Yang Guang's northern tour, led hundreds of thousands of cavalry to plot an interception, Princess Yicheng sent an envoy to mutiny, Yang Guangchi entered Yanmen (now Dai County, Shanxi) was besieged, the Turks attacked Yanmen urgently, 41 cities conquered its 39, and plundered more than 250,000 people to return to the north.

At this point, the Eastern Turks began to win over the traitors from all over the Sui Dynasty, and Xue Ju, Wang Shichong, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Li Liang, Gao Kaidao and others called for help, and the Eastern Turks supported them to split the Sui Dynasty. Of course, the support of the Turks was not gratuitous, and Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Li Liang, Gao Kaidao and others launched dirty human transactions in order to obtain support from the Turks.

According to incomplete statistics, there were no less than a million skilled craftsmen, young and strong women in the Sui Dynasty who became Turkic slaves. Among them, Princess Yicheng directly controlled more than 100,000 people.

Chen Ying wants to develop Lingzhou, without human resources, everything is in vain. At this time, if he attracted the population from Guanzhong, it would definitely cause Li Yuan's deeper jealousy, so Chen Ying hit the Turks with his idea.

Chen Ying released a bold statement: "Let the Turks release the Han slaves back!" ”

This bold statement is naturally not talking, but needs to be supported by strength. If Chen Ying is strong, even if Chen Yingqiao's tongue is like a spring, the Turks will not pay attention to Chen Ying, but Chen Ying has the strength to threaten the Turks, no matter how bad his attitude and how arrogant his words are, the Turks can only pinch their noses and admit it.

Chen Ying naturally didn't just talk about it, at the same time as Liu Tong entered Huaiyuan City with Liu Tong as the envoy, Chen Ying ordered the first, second and sixth three Zhichong Prefectures of the Dingyuan Army after the reorganization, plus the left and right battalions of the Shengjie Army, a total of nearly 10,000 foot cavalry, under the leadership of Luo Shixin, from Lingzhou to the north, to the Woye (now Pingluo County). At the same time, the third, fourth, and fifth battalions of the Dingyuan Army and the three battalions of the Shengjie Army, with a total of more than 12,000 horses, under the leadership of Zhang Shigui, crossed the Hengqiang Canal fifteen miles south of Huaiyuan City, and set up a large camp with their backs to the Hengqiang Canal.

Chen Ying's intention was very obvious, once the Turks refused Chen Ying's request, then Chen Ying would go south from Woye and attack Huaiyuan City from the north and south.

Chen Ying simply did not give the Turks room to bargain, either to comply with Chen Ying's demands and hand over the captive Han Chinese, or to war.

In order to increase the chips in his hands, Chen Ying even let go of the shackles of the Turkic prisoners of war and told the Turkic prisoners of war that if they joined the Tang Army, they could directly behead the Turks at the first level and directly obtain the Tang Bai nationality.

The escape of Turkic prisoners of war and the mutiny that worried Zhang Huaiwei eventually appeared. However, within Chen Ying's expectations, hundreds of Turkic prisoners of war led by Turkic nobles such as Ashina, Ashde, Huluwu, Baye, Aqiu, Tongluo, and Fugu wanted to rebel and defect after getting the blades.

Before it was the turn of the Tang army to make a move, a sturdy Turkic prisoner of war asked in a blunt Tang dialect: "Is it worth killing these traitors?" ”

After getting Chen Ying's approval, Zhang Huaiwei nodded at the prisoner of war: "Count!" ”

So, a tearing up without suspense was launched. The soldiers of the Tang Army did not fire a single arrow, but moved a knife, and nearly 600 prisoners of war who rebelled against the Turkic nobles were killed cleanly. Six hundred blood-drenched heads were cut off and sent to the Jingguan of Wild Boar Ridge to add bricks and tiles to this huge Jingguan.

Zhang Huaiwei asked the captive who was in high spirits and cut off the head of the sun-cherishing robe: "Why don't you run?" ”

"Fool...... Only fools run! The stout prisoner of war said: "Working for the Tang people can eat two meals a day, one thin and one dry, and sometimes meat!" ”

Chen Ying naturally knew that the Turks adopted slavery, and not only the Han and other Hu people were slaves of the Turks, in fact, it can also be said that in addition to the Turkic nobles, ordinary Turks were also slaves. Their treatment was only slightly better than that of ordinary Han and Hu slaves.

Chen Ying has already drawn a huge picture cake for them, and they can become Datang Bai and accept the protection of the Tang army. Although these Turks are backward in their thinking, it does not mean that they are stupid. At this time, whether it was the Turkic people, the Tuyuhun people, the Qiang people, and the Tubo people, they were all about the same, and they did not have a very intuitive concept of the state and nation in their heads.

The Chinese nation gave rise to the concept of state and reunification after nearly 800 years of frequent wars and turmoil in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the Chinese people's consciousness of this loose political organization relationship is the root of all wars. So Qin Shi Huang could smoothly unify the world. Even if the princes of the late Qin Dynasty rebelled one after another, Liu Bang easily overthrew Xiang Yu, precisely because Xiang Yu wanted to restore the nominal rule of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, and the Han State represented by Liu Bang was preparing to unify the world and end the troubled times.

Therefore, the Turkic war captives did not have the concept of a state and a nation in their hearts at this time, and they easily accepted the fact that they became Tang people.

Looking at this sturdy prisoner of war, Chen Ying smiled and said, "What's your name!" ”

The sturdy prisoner of war hurriedly crawled on the ground, like Yu Guni, and stepped forward to kiss Chen Ying's boots: "Return to the master, my name is Yiskar, and I don't have a surname." ”

Chen Ying frowned when he heard this, "What kind of ghost name is this!" ”

He wanted to unify these Turks under the jurisdiction of Yu Duni, but suddenly his heart moved.

As long as it is power, it needs to be checked.

The more a regime expands, the more people there will be, the more people there are, the more factions there will be, and if there is a strong enemy outside, it may press the internal factions together, but if the external pressure drops sharply, there will be a situation where "there is no foreign enemy and foreign patients". The so-called "enemy country" does not mean a hostile country, but a country that is evenly matched.

After the great reunification of China, internal strife will rise. That is, it is in a state of "invincibility", and it is the nature of all mankind to contend with each other, and when the whole nation is already indisputable to the outside world, its contention will naturally turn inward, and if a state lasts for a long time, inertia will be formed. and even tradition.

Although Chen Ying was not an emperor, he felt that power had to be restrained. Not afraid of power in a cage, one day you will lose yourself. If Chen Ying was just a small commander and was under the jurisdiction of the right guard, he would definitely not have any strange thoughts.

However, Li Jiancheng gave him the right to make a decision on the spot when he first quelled the rebellion in the surrounding enterprises, and Chen Ying was a little flustered. However, this time to support Lingzhou and command the ten thousand armies, Chen Ying acted cheaply, and he already had a psychology of not being able to control himself.

Once they have this power, they will also have everything - money, beautiful women, land, famous horses, treasures, whatever they want, they can get it.

But this is power, something more insane in this world than money, beautiful women, land, famous horses, and treasures. People for this thing. You can be unfaithful, you can be unfilial, you can be unkind, you can be unjust, you can be treacherous, you can be shameless, you can do whatever you want!

Today, Yu Duni has more than 12,500 people in six battalions. It has become the largest soldier in the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion, and the number of troops led far exceeds that of Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui and others.

Chen Ying said: "Yiskar, I give you the surname Chen, the name is Jinyong!" ”

Yiskar was so excited that he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Chen Jinyong, thank the master for the name!" ”

Chen Ying said again: "This general manager has appointed you as the commander of the Sujie Army, and the Sujie Army has five songs under its jurisdiction, each with five hundred people!" ”

Chen Ying's liberation of prisoners of war was not many, only 2,500 people.

On February 28, the second year of Wude, Chen Ying led 2,500 Sujie troops to join forces with Shengjie Army and Dingyuan Army on the bank of the Hengqiang Canal River.

Zhang Shigui led the generals and soldiers to greet Chen Ying, and Yu Guni said: "Master, Captain Liu has been in the city for almost an hour, I'm afraid it is already more auspicious, it is better to lead the troops to rush to the city!" ”

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Not for the time being!" “

Chen Ying paused, looked at Zhang Shigui and said: "Zhang Shigui, shoot the book Huaiyuan City, if the general manager does not get a satisfactory answer, after half an hour, immediately attack the city!" ”