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| Emperor Wen of Sui | Shaboluo Khan Apa Qaghan Ishbara Qaghan Tulan Qaghan Tardu | ||||||||
The war between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks was a war in which the Sui Dynasty defended against the attacks of the Turks, who had split into Two khagnates, and fought back.
The war lasted for 21 years, from the invasion of the Turks in 581 to the surrender of the Eastern Turks in 602. After the war, the situation became even more tense. Due to internal instability, the Eastern and Western Khans abandoned the Sui Dynasty in 607 and 611 respectively. As the Sui Dynasty gained a great advantage in this war, it was able to launch the war to destroy the Chen Dynasty and unify China.
The Sui Dynasty sent troops to defend the border and took the initiative to counterattack, and finally adopted Changsun Sheng's policy of "making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby countries, separating the strong and uniting the weak" to divide and alienate the various Turkic tribes. The Turks fought without strategic policies such as plundering materials and waging wars, and the Khans could'nt unite closely and finally collapsed. The victory of the Sui Dynasty in the war against the Turks was conducive to protecting the economy and culture of the Central Plains.
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