Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

Naturally, Yu Wentai didn't know about his son's little thoughts, but even if he knew it, he had no time to pay attention to it, because there were more important things in front of him right now.

"Listening to Yang Miyu's previous performance, Li Boshan has made up his mind not to let our brigade return easily!"

In the inner hall of the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office, only Yu Wentai and a few confidants were present. When this issue was discussed, Yu Wentai looked gloomy and angry.

After hearing this, Lu Tong hurriedly stood up from the table, took off his hat and bowed in obeisance: "I trusted him so easily that I made this delaying strategy. I am guilty. I beg the Lord to lower my responsibilities!"

"Why should I be like this, Chang Shi? This kid is so scheming that even I can't help it... Alas, the past has been settled, so there's no need to blame yourself! It's better to focus on the present and stop worrying about boring past events. "

Seeing Lu Tong like this, Yu Wentai could only suppress the impatience in his heart, stood up, went down the steps to help Lu Tong up, and said a few words of comfort.

This can be regarded as one of the bad effects that Li Boshan had on the personnel of the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office after he lost control. He has been growing up as a confidant of the Bafu. Many members of the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office were either his colleagues or his subordinates. Every time he spoke about something related to him, Things often affect people's sensitive minds.

Take the fact that he detained the Guanzhong soldiers and refused to return them all. Although Lu Tong went south to negotiate with them, Lu Tong cannot be blamed only when the matter evolved to this point.

Even Yu Wentai himself at that time was worried about the chain reaction caused by the sudden death of his nephew, Director Yu Wen, so he instructed Lu Tong to negotiate the matter to a conclusion as soon as possible and bring it to an end as soon as possible.

What is now facing the Chinese and Foreign Governments is that after the worst situation has passed, they need to reverse the bad status quo bit by bit. If we continue to hold on to the blame for past events, the situation will never reach a new stage and will only remain stuck in place and intensify internal friction.

The reason why Yu Wentai vowed to fight to the east was not only to restore the majesty of the Ba Mansion, but also to announce to the people of the Chinese and Foreign Mansion that the pace of action of the Chinese and Foreign Mansion was about to enter a new stage, and that they should no longer dwell on the past.

But after all, there is still a big gap between what he thinks in his heart and the reality. Even Lu Tong, a long-time leader of the Bafu, still cannot completely forget the past and embrace the future. Who among the people in the Bafu would not hide something hidden in their hearts? 23. Self-doubt and suspicion?

Li Boshan's connection with Bafu's personnel was too close, and his loss of control caused a particularly deep rift between the people of Bafu and the superiors and subordinates. The impact and damage were not inferior to the changes that this incident itself brought to the current situation. .

This is one of the reasons why Yuwentai has always been shy about talking about it. It's not that he has never experienced failure, nor is he unwilling to face failure, but this failure dealt a huge blow to him.

Originally, he had always felt that he was taking great strides on the right path. He even felt that his life was about to enter a new realm soon, but he did not want anything to change. The sudden change not only brought a huge blow to him now, but also made him feel that the dreams and prospects he had always imagined seemed to be out of reach.

Young people don't have to be afraid of blows, because there is endless space and endless possibilities ahead. But at Yu Wentai's age, most of his life has been finalized. Even if he can be called successful or famous, no matter how high his position is, once the past is denied, the space for future prospects will be sharply reduced.

Even if we put aside these relatively mysterious blows to confidence and ambition, there is no shortage of arguments in current times. It is said that the King of Taiyuan finally cared about his old relationship and did not directly lead the troops to knock on the pass, leaving the Chinese and foreign government to clean up the mess. Time and opportunity, otherwise it would be difficult to predict what the situation in Guanzhong would be like now!

Regardless of whether this argument is morally and theoretically tenable, its existence itself is a harm to Yu Wentai.

It should be noted that he is still just a powerful official in the hegemony, not the legitimate leader of the regime. What is a powerful official in a hegemonic government? The one who is the strongest, largest and most powerful! If Yuwentai no longer meets this condition, then what is the meaning of his existence?

Therefore, Yuwentai now urgently needs to reflect his energy and demonstrate his value again. Only war is the most direct manifestation of power, and only war can make Yuwentai temporarily ignore other problems and make full use of his power!

But to be honest, after the area south of Wuguan was out of control, the current Sino-Foreign Government really did not have the ability to launch a large-scale war, especially when the opponent was a powerful regime like Northern Qi.

Not to mention anything else, the Guanzhong soldiers still stranded south of Wuguan account for nearly one-third of the active main combat troops!

When Li Boshan asked Yang Zhong to bring him back, it was just a delaying tactic to repeat his old tricks. It seemed that he didn't really believe that the Zhongwaifu really dared to launch an attack on the Northern Qi Dynasty.

His attitude naturally angered Yu Wentai even more. On the one hand, it was naturally because of his arrogant and rogue behavior, and on the other hand, it was because this boy was quite accurate in seeing things!

Regarding the matter of sending troops to conquer Qi, Yuwentai really followed the slogan first. At least so far, there is no specific plan for the specific recruitment and marching of troops, as well as strategies and tactics.

Today's Northern Qi is more powerful than in the past, especially the prestige of Qi's leader Gao Yang in his country is completely different from that at the beginning of the usurpation of the country. Yuwentai has sent troops in previous years without success. If he makes another move this time, he must at least be more careful and cautious than before.

But now the power he can mobilize is smaller than before, and the discordant voices in the country have become louder. In order to ensure a result that is at least no worse than the previous time, it is more realistic and safe to seek external help. ideas.

When it comes to external help, the choices before Yuwentai are also very limited, but there happens to be one that is extremely suitable, and that is the new overlord Turk who has risen on the grassland!

A few years ago, the Turkic leader Ashina Tumen led his tribe to defeat Rouran, established the Turkic Khanate, and then swept across Mobei. Apart from some setbacks in the battle with Northern Qi, it had almost no opponents and was now the well-deserved new overlord on the grassland.

Yuwentai's concern and friendship with the Turks began a long time ago. Of course, it was also because Rouran had close relations with the Eastern Wei Dynasty controlled by Gao Huan, which forced the Western Wei Dynasty to choose other partners. Facts have proved that Yuwentai's vision is good. Investing in the Turks in advance can be regarded as a successful bet. After the rise of the Turks, they have close contacts with the Western Wei Dynasty, which greatly eases the pressure on the border defense of the Western Wei Dynasty.

During this time of the Eastern Expedition to the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yuwentai naturally thought of uniting with the Turks. The current Turkic Khan is the Mugan Khan Ashina Qijin. When he succeeded to the throne, he fought with the Northern Qi Dynasty and was defeated. It was he who called Gaoyang the "Heroic Emperor". .

After the unfavorable war with the Northern Qi, the Turks have mainly concentrated their troops in Mobei in recent years, defeating and annexing many troops in Mobei, and their power has become more powerful than in previous years. Mugan Khan was also very upset about his defeat at the hands of Northern Qi last year, and had always been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. Now if he made an appointment to attack Qi, he would definitely be tempted.

At the beginning of the year, Yuwentai had already sent envoys to the north to discuss this matter with the Turks. After half a year of liaison and discussions, Turkic Mugan Khan basically agreed that both sides would jointly send troops to attack Northern Qi, one from the south and the other from the north.

But today's Turks are not as eager to be recognized as when they were weak in previous years. While agreeing to send troops, they still put forward their own demands. The first is that Yuwentai wants to marry the daughter of the Turkic Mugan Khan, and the second is to hand over Uncle Deng, the Rouran Khan who had previously surrendered to the Western Wei Dynasty.

Of these two requirements, the first one has failed. There has been such a tradition since the Rouran period. Emperor Yuan Baoju of the Western Wei Dynasty divorced his original queen in order to marry Princess Rouran, and Gao Huan was also unavoidable. Unfortunately, even his original wife, Lou, had to give up her status as the principal wife to treat Princess Xixue respectfully.

Now the same situation has happened to Yuwentai, except that she has changed from Princess Rouran to a Turkic princess, and Yuwentai's first wife, Princess Feng Yi, has already died of illness. Compared with others, she has omitted the process of abandoning her original wife. As long as he can get strong support, Yuwentai will naturally not reject the Turkic princess who comes to his door.

But the second request is a bit unacceptable. Even if you can accept it, you will feel very uncomfortable.

Although the Rouran regime as a whole was defeated, there were still many large and small forces that dispersed. Previously, the main body of the Rouran remnants that Northern Qi accepted and betrayed was the Rouran tribe. However, the Western Wei Dynasty also received a Rouran force, namely the Rouran tribe led by Deng Shuzi, uncle of Rouran's top soldier Khan Anahu.

Gao Yang and Yu Wentai both chose to take over the remaining forces of Rouran. Of course, this was not to satisfy the false claim that all nations would come to court and rule the world together. They members of the Six Towns have always put practicality first, and their purpose of accepting the remnants of Rouran is also very clear, which is to allow these remnants of Rouran to play the role of the original six towns to a certain extent, prevent the Turks from coming south, and become their respective part of the regime's border defense force.

It's just that Gao Yang got out of his way. Instead of stationing in Monan peacefully to defend against the Turks as he had imagined, the remnants of Rouran he accepted continued to raid the interior of Northern Qi, and the original support system was disrupted. It's like luring the wolf into the house.

Gao Yang has always had a strong sense of self-esteem, and when he became angry, he chased and beat Rou Ran, hoping to completely kill her. His series of military operations against Monan and Mobei may not have alleviated Northern Qi's border defense pressure, but they did objectively promote the strengthening of Turkic hegemony.

Yuwentai naturally had similar thoughts when he took in Uncle Deng and others. It's just that the relationship between the Western Wei and the Turks is still good at the moment, and many operations are difficult to carry out openly. In addition, Uncle Deng's troops are weak, so the plan has not been implemented yet, but he does not want to arouse the vigilance of the Turks.