No matter who came, the rescue had arrived, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

Yang Guang consumed a lot of physical strength because of his high concentration and killing the enemy in person, and he poured the whole bottle of medicinal powder, but he couldn't eat anything, just drank a lot of water.

Under the city tower, Wang Rengong was still fighting hard with Shibi, and there was no hope of victory, but the arrival of Wang Shichong still made things temporarily turn around.

Although the Turkic forces were sufficient, they surrounded Daizhou from all directions and their forces were scattered, while Wang Shichong's 100,000 recruits rushed to a point in the Shibi encirclement with all his might.

Seeing this situation, the Turkic soldiers had no choice but to retreat to Shibi, Wang Rengong shook his sword a few times, and took advantage of the chaos to turn his horse and leave. Shibi wanted to chase after him, but he was surrounded by Wang Shichong's army, and secretly regretted that he shouldn't have shown mercy to his subordinates just now.

Wang Rengong took the opportunity to flee back to the city, hurriedly saw Yang Guang, saw the emperor holding a blade in his hand, blood-stained dragon robe, kneeling on the ground and crying, "Your Majesty, the ministers are not well protected, please be punished with death!" ”

Yang Guang hurriedly personally helped Wang Rengong up, "Aiqing, where did you say this, if you didn't come to relieve the siege, I'm afraid that I would have been separated from you by yin and yang!" ”

Wang Rengong burst into tears, looked around at the situation while wiping it, and analyzed: "Your Majesty, this Turkic army should be the most powerful in the north, followed by the south, and the west gate again, it seems that the east gate is relatively weaker in attack. ”

Yang Yichen took over the conversation and arched his hand: "The minister is willing to fight to the death to protect His Majesty and King Zhao from the tiger's mouth!" ”

Yang Guang shook his head helplessly, and said: "At this time, the morale of the Turks is high, although there is a possibility of escape in the east, but if you want to return to Daxing City, or Jinyang, it will take a lot of effort, and the Turks can take the opportunity to encircle it." ”

"The ministers are not well thought out." Yang Yichen hurriedly gave up his hand, cold sweat broke out, what Yang Guang said is indeed very reasonable, maybe it is possible to break out, but there are more opportunities to encounter blockages on the road.

At this time, Wang Shichong's 100,000-strong army was fighting fiercely with the Turkic soldiers, but under Wang Shichong's instructions, these soldiers had no intention of entanglement, but concentrated the main force and attacked with all their might.

"Shoot the arrows!" Wang Shichong gave an order, and the overwhelming rain of arrows shot at Shibi, who panicked and hurriedly retreated, blocking the arrows with thistles as he retreated.

Although the arrows did not hurt Shi Bi in the slightest, they greatly hindered his attack plan, and this team loyal to Yang Guang was not afraid of the Turkic soldiers rushing on both sides, and aimed all the bows and arrows at Shi Bi.

At the beginning of the fury, the Han culture is broad and profound, and there is a trick in the art of war, capturing the thief and capturing the king, it seems that this team is going to use this trick.

Shi Bi waved the thistle terrestris and wanted to lead the troops to rush over in person, but was stopped by the deputy general. Because the Han army is not afraid of death, the advantage of the strong attack has become weaker at this time, it is better to pause for a while, and wait until you think of a better way to fight again.

Shi Bi was unwilling, he knew that if he delayed for an hour, the Han army would send reinforcements in a steady stream, and the well-planned excellent opportunity might be in vain.

But if you try your best to capture Daizhou at this time, you may also kill Yang Guang by the way, but a new problem will come, that is, this cannot shake the foundation of the Great Sui, and you can't hold Daizhou with the only remaining remnants.

At first, he had a headache, but after repeated investigations, he still gave up the plan to continue the offensive, and the army retreated five miles to camp in the village, and then made plans after the military deployment was made again.

Wang Shichong's army also retreated to the city to be on guard, making an effective supplement to Daizhou City, but Wang Shichong did not have time to meet the emperor, and personally inspected the city and the towers over and over again, for fear that the Turks would suddenly attack at night.

At the same time, the iron gate is also in full swing to be built, and it will be replaced before the next siege. Fortunately, there was not much turmoil among the people in the city, because in their opinion, with the True Dragon Son guarding here, Daizhou City must be impregnable.

"When will the messenger who went to deliver a letter to Princess Yicheng come back at the earliest?" Yang Guang asked, rubbing his swollen forehead.

Everyone looked at each other, it's hard to say, at that time, it looked like they had sneaked out of the city, but then the Turkic army swarmed in, and it was still a question of whether they could go north smoothly.

Moreover, the messenger has a heavy responsibility, and it is unknown whether he will be able to convince Princess Yoshisei.

Of course, according to the best plan, it would take twenty days for the messenger to go back and forth. Twenty days is nothing in normal times, but judging from the current situation, it is twenty hours, which is enough for the state. Yang Guang also looked melancholy, sighed heavily, and drooped his head without saying a word.

Everyone's mood was heavy at this time, and Turkic support was still coming from all directions, endlessly.

There is not a lot of grain and grass in Daizhou City, and it is initially estimated that it can last for half a month, so it is necessary to save every grain of grain and eliminate waste at the moment. Therefore, each minister and concubine was only given two loaves.

The ministers were miserable, and they were also iron and steel, and they died of hunger faster, so they all ate it in large gulps. Yuan Ziyan also ate quickly, and he didn't even smash the cake out of it, but he felt very dry and hard.

However, no matter when, Yang Guang is the emperor, and the treatment is still higher than everyone, the staple food is a bowl of crystal clear rice, Xu Tingfu knows that the emperor is not in a good mood and his appetite is not very good, and he specially boiled a bowl of fragrant meat porridge.

Yang Guangpao pulled some rice grains, but the porridge only glanced at it, then sighed and put it aside, unable to eat it anymore.

Raising his eyes, he saw Yuan Ziyan looking at the rice bowl directly, smiled bitterly, and said softly: "Ziyan, if you are hungry, eat it." ”

"How embarrassing is that?" Yuan Ziyan politely excused herself, picked up the spoon, and in just a few seconds, the bowl of porridge was swallowed into her stomach, and even the bowl was licked clean.

The ministers of civil and military affairs all looked at Yuan Ziyan with blank eyes, Yang Guang saw this scene, tears fell again, and he secretly swore in his heart that if he could escape one day, he must make all the people accompanying him today prosperous and rich for a lifetime!

"I want to see Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

After the meal, the monarchs and ministers gathered together to discuss the plan, and suddenly there was a noise outside, Xu Tingfu hurriedly went to watch, it turned out that it was still the princess, leading a few concubines to come.

"A few mothers, when has this been, why are you still noisy here, Your Majesty is really annoying!" Xu Tingfu persuaded at the door.

"Father-in-law Xu, you can take this palace to go, and the palace will take care of all the consequences!" The princess said loudly.

"That's it, Ziyan, let them in!" Yang Guang said with a frown.

Yuan Ziyan walked over and said coldly: "It's all noisy!" Your Majesty let you in! ”

Hmph, the princess rolled her eyes and bumped Yuan Ziyan, and went in step by step, crying when she saw Yang Guang kneeling: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that the current situation is urgent, but the ancestral rites cannot be abolished, why do the masters and servants eat together, there is no difference?" ”

Yang Guang said patiently: "Concubine Ai has been wronged, now the Turkic army is pressing, and the small Daizhou is short of food and grass, in order to avoid everyone from starving in the future, we can only tighten our clothes and food at the moment and tide over the difficulties together." ”

"The concubines are willing to share the worries for Your Majesty, but from the first-class ministers to the common people, the diet is a standard, and if this continues, the concubines are worried that these subordinates will forget their duties and can't distinguish between respect and inferiority!" The princess argued.

"Okay, my life is almost gone, where does the humbling come from?" Yuan Ziyan couldn't help but interject.

The princess who was kneeling on the ground was immediately annoyed, and Yuan Ziyan, who was guarding everyone before, slapped her, and this breath had not been swallowed, so she took the opportunity to play this time.

The princess immediately stood up, pointed at Yuan Ziyan and scolded angrily: "What is the purpose of the fox and the cheap maid, relying on His Majesty's support and ridiculing the palace several times?" ”

"As for the reaction, was it so strong? I said, Princess, it's good that everyone can stutter now, and what kind of noble and poor are there, and it really comes to the day when the food is eaten, not to mention eating bread, even if you drink your own stool, you have to eat it! Yuan Ziyan said disdainfully.

In fact, Yuan Ziyan was telling the truth, but the princess sounded like Yuan Ziyan was deliberately humiliating, and she trembled with anger, "Your Majesty, you have to be the master of your concubine." ”

"Ai Concubine, I know that you have been worried recently, and you have taken care of many palace ladies and dependents, and your mood has fluctuated. It's better to step down, rest well, and just wait for good news. Yang Guang waved his hand patiently and motioned for the princess to retreat.

The princess may also have been suffocated by the current depressed and terrifying atmosphere, and seeing that Yang Guang did not speak for herself, she began to count Yuan Ziyan's nos: "The concubines have just heard that the ministers and concubines are all coarse bread, but Yuan Ziyan has meat porridge to eat." ”

"Is that what you're here for?" Yang Guang's face immediately became gloomy.

The princess trembled like chaff, bowed her head and said: "The concubines don't dare, but the sisters have many complaints, and the concubines are afraid that Your Majesty will lose the hearts of the people, so they ......."

"Shut up! Is it a sin of mere triviality through the mouth of a woman? Yang Guang was so angry that he slapped down the chair, and there was no sound below, and no one dared to speak.

"What is the heart of the people? And what is the loss of popular support? Yang Guang asked loudly: "Princess, you are a concubine, but you are jealous all day long for trivial matters, but you don't know that there are corpses and bones outside the city!" Ziyan is with you, giving advice to me, can't you even drink my remaining bowl of porridge? On the contrary, you, in my opinion, don't even eat bread! ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines are all unintentional words, please forgive Your Majesty!" The princess and several people immediately kowtowed, and even blood came out of their foreheads.

"If there are any more critics, behead!" Yang Guang said coldly: "Go down, before my will, you will stay in your own room, and you can't move around at will!" ”

The princess touched her nose and left with a few people in disgrace, but she hated Yuan Ziyan to death in her heart.

"At the time of the national crisis, these people are still dressed up in flowers, and they don't know the suffering of the people, but they really have no eyes!" Yang Guang's remaining anger did not disappear, and everyone did not talk to him, after all, it was the emperor's family matter, and it was obviously a competitive relationship between women.

Yuan Ziyan also felt an inexplicable sadness, the subordinate status of women in ancient times was really terrible, she stayed at home, grew up and married into the palace, and lived just to please the emperor, she had no self at all, and she couldn't even see through the current situation.