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After dawn, Wang Rengong took dozens of officials to send the wine and food prepared by the largest restaurant in the city to the county government for Yang Guang and his concubines to eat.

At this time, the county government had been changed into Yang Guang's temporary palace, and thousands of forbidden soldiers were stationed around the county office, surrounded by water.

Half an hour later, the prince came out to deliver the decree: "There is a decree in the saint, Xuanmayi Shou Wang Ren respectfully meets you!" ”

Wang Rengong followed the prince into the county office and came to the hall. Although he was only nominally the commander of Mayi County, he was the commander-in-chief of the four counties of Dingxiang, Mayi, Yanmen, and Loufu, and was appointed as the commander of the first army of the Northern Expedition against the Turks. Now that he has lost the Dingxiang he guarded, and most of the 50,000 troops have been lost, I don't know if His Majesty will hold him responsible.

At this time, the hall was already full of accompanying officials and generals, Pei Ju, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, Song Laosheng, Pei Renji and others were already in the list, but now everyone had a panicked look on their faces.

Wang Rengong trembled and bowed and said, "Minister, Wang Rengong see Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang had just finished breakfast, and after drinking two bowls of white fungus soup, his originally panicked mood finally calmed down a little. But Yang Guang was still worried, because the Turks had 400,000 troops heading south, and whether this Yanmen county could withstand the iron cavalry of the Turks, he had countless hearts in his heart.

"General Wang, in addition to the 100,000 forbidden troops I brought with me, how many troops are there in the city now?" Yang Guang asked. At this time, he didn't care about holding Wang Rengong accountable for his defeat. After all, this guy has been a Ma Yi guard for nearly ten years, and has fought against the Turks many times, so he knows the situation of the counties on the east side of the river well.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are more than 20,000 people around Weichen and Li Ergong, Yanmen County itself has 10,000 county soldiers, and there are about 50,000 people in the city, and the city wall is quite strong, but it is ......"

"Just what?" When Yang Guang heard this, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart, and he hurriedly asked.

Wang Rengong finally said what he was most worried about: "It's just that Yanmen County has never been a key city for storing grain, and most of the grain and materials in Saishu County on the east side of the river are in Mayi County, and now in the granary of Yanmen County, there are only 50,000 stone of grain stored, which is only enough for the 100,000 troops and the people in the city to eat for a month...... Moreover, there was a serious shortage of fodder for the horses. ”

"What? Is there only this bit of food? Yang Guang was taken aback, if there was only 50,000 stone of grain, it was indeed a little nervous.

So, he hurriedly asked, "How much forage is there?" How long will it be enough for my cavalry horses? ”

Wang Rengong stubbornly said: "Originally, there were only 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry in Yanmen County, so the forage was prepared according to the amount of 5,000 horses for two months. His Majesty's 100,000 forbidden troops were all cavalry, and the number of war horses was twenty times greater than before. In this way, the forage is only enough for five days at most. ”

Yang Guang was suddenly a little anxious, the food was only enough to eat for a month, the forage was only enough to eat for five days, and Yanmen County was a small city, once it was besieged by the Turks, after a month, the defenders would collapse due to the lack of food. It seems that this Yanmen County is also unstoppable.

At this time, Pei Renji next to him hurriedly suggested: "Your Majesty, we can't defend the city with so many war horses, we can kill 80,000 war horses first and use horse meat as dry food, which can not only increase grain reserves, but also reduce forage consumption." ”

Yang Guang was a little hesitant after hearing this, it was not easy to cultivate 80,000 war horses, and he was really reluctant to kill them with such a single brain.

After pondering for a while, he asked, "Why don't you kill the horses first, send someone to find out, where are the Turkic cavalry chasing?" If they continue to rush towards the building, the original line. Then we don't have to be trapped in Yanmen, we can continue to enter Hebei eastward and go to Beiping Mansion. There was plenty of food and grass, and the city was strong. General Luo Yi's Youzhou Iron Cavalry is also very strong. Once there, we're safe. ”

What Yang Guangwan didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud horn sound of "woo-woo-woo" outside, which came one after another, echoing in the center of the city, extremely low and shocking.

The faces of everyone in the hall changed suddenly.

At this time, Pei Xing Yanfang rushed in quickly and reported urgently: "Your Majesty, the Turkic army is surrounded from all directions, and there are hundreds of thousands of people, and they have surrounded the city of Yanmen County. Whether to break through or to defend it, please decide your majesty! ”

Yang Guang's face suddenly showed a look of horror, and he opened his mouth for a while, so nervous that he couldn't speak.

Song Laosheng said very calmly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we have 100,000 troops to defend the city, and the grain and grass can be eaten for about a month." This is not a cavalry battle on the steppe, and the Turks' cavalry and archery superiority cannot be brought into play at all. The city walls of Yanmen County are solid and non-Dingxiang can be compared. And the Turks are not good at attacking cities, but only good at riding and shooting. Wei Chen suggested that as long as he sent troops to the city wall to hold on, he would be able to wait until General Yu Lao and General Lai Lao led 170,000 infantry to arrive. ”

Li Shimin frowned at this time and said: "General Song, although your proposal is good, it is not the best strategy to let the Turks besiege and attack the city like this!" Although General Yu Lao and General Lai Lao are both experienced veterans, they are all infantry. If the Turks send a part of their forces to besiege Yanmen, then attack the rear army of the two old generals with the main force. In this Hedong wasteland of Ma Pingchuan, I am afraid that the two old generals will be more auspicious. If the rear army is defeated, our army trapped in Yanmen will become a turtle in an urn! ”

Li Shimin's words made everyone present change color. This is a real possibility.

Song Laosheng and Pei Renji glanced at each other, but they both shook their heads slightly. It's not that they didn't think of this possibility, but the reason why they didn't come up with a breakout. He knew that with Yang Guang's temperament, it was impossible to abandon the concubine and escape on horseback.

Sure enough, Yang Guang only hesitated slightly, and then vetoed: "My queen and concubine don't know how to ride horses, if you can't take them with you and leave." I will never leave alone! ”

Pei Renji sighed, and had to defend Yang Guang: "Forcibly breaking through is indeed not the best choice. There are a large number of Turkic cavalry outside, and field combat is not the strength of our army, and the cavalry and archery skills of the Turks are indeed powerful. If His Majesty goes out of the city, there is a greater chance of being captured! ”

"Yes! If Your Majesty leaves, it will also be a big blow to the morale of the defenders in the city! Without the Holy Lord, how long Yanmen County can be defended is also a big question! Pei Ju hurriedly objected.

He knew that if Yang Guang was in the city, the surrounding Sui army, whether it was Luo Yi, Qu Tutong, or Yujuluo, or Laihu'er, would come to the rescue. But if Yang Guang ran away, then these troops would definitely go to protect the saint. Who cares about them?

Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and others thought about it for a while, and they also thought through the joints, and immediately spoke one after another, opposing Yang Guang's breakthrough, thinking that staying in the city was the best strategy.

After Yang Guang calmed down his emotions a little, Fang took out his Shang Fang sword, handed it to Wang Rengong and said, "General Wang, you have been fighting against the Turks for more than ten years, and you are familiar with the situation in Yanmen County. I will appoint you as the supreme commander of the defense of the city, and all the soldiers and civilians in the city will be at your disposal. If anyone doesn't listen to the command, you can cut it first! ”

Wang Rengong immediately knelt on the ground, raised his hands above his head, respectfully took the sword and said: "The minister must fulfill his duties, and he would rather take his own life than protect His Majesty's safety!" ”

Therefore, Wang Renjing immediately mobilized 50,000 forbidden troops to defend the city wall, and at the same time ordered all the houses along the city wall to be demolished, so as to prevent the Turkic army from shooting rockets and igniting the houses in the city, and also use the bricks, wood and stones obtained for the defense of the city.

With Wang Rengong's order, in the city of Yanmen County, houses were pushed to the ground, pillars, beams, doors and windows were sawn into several sections, used as wood, house tiles and masonry were used as rolling stones, and even the big stones for building the foundation were pried up by the soldiers and moved to the city for defense. And the owner of the demolished house stood silently aside, and no one objected. They all knew very well that if the city was broken, their lives would be lost.

Therefore, they did not shout for anything, but quietly packed up their belongings, and then walked into the tent that had been prepared next to them.

When the golden sun shone on the city, tens of thousands of Sui soldiers were already standing neatly at the top of the wall, staring at the Turkic army outside the city with stern eyes, and each soldier had a look of horror on his face. The 400,000 Turkic army had all arrived and surrounded the county town of Yanmen. Within a few miles outside the city, tents rose from the ground, stretching for dozens of miles, and there was no edge in sight, surrounding the city of Yanmen County.

Yanmen is located on the front line of the border fortress, the surname in the city has long been accustomed to war, after the mobilization order, the surname in the city did not panic, for them, the 100,000 forbidden troops who suddenly ran to the city were more intrusive on them.

Wang Rengong watched as bundles of sharp arrows were taken out of the armory, baskets of stones and rolling stones and logs were transported to the city wall, and all the Sui troops who could move were divided into two shifts, one group went to the city wall to defend, and the other group rested in the city wall, ready to reinforce when the situation on the city was not good.

Yanmen County is painstakingly run by Wang Rengong, one of the four towns in the east of the river, and the other is Mayi, Loufu and Yulin. After mobilization, many young and strong men were also distributed weapons and patrolled the city. Although their combat effectiveness is not good, they can still transport arrows and supplies, carry wounded soldiers, and be on duty at night. By noon, Yanmen County had entered a state of complete alert, just waiting for the Turkic army to attack the city.

After breakfast, the Turkic army outside the city began to slowly advance in the direction of Yanmen County after half an hour's rest. It's just that they didn't find that any Sui troops went out of the city to intercept it.

After carefully reconnoitring the surroundings for a while, the Turki sent several scout troops to confirm that the 100,000 Sui army had all retreated into Yanmen County, leaving not a single soldier outside the city.

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