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Early the next morning, just listen to "Knock! Boom! Boom! The huge drums of war sounded, and the Turkic army went into battle again. They came like a tidal wave, each with shields and scimitars. Carrying several cloud ladders more than ten zhang high, they rushed over one by one, shouting to kill the sky.

The moat had already been filled, and a hundred thousand Turkic armies had swarmed in, and without a tentative attack, they launched a fierce assault.

At the head of the city, the Sui army began to release arrows, and the arrows were like a torrential rain, and they were shooting intensively at the attacking Turkic soldiers, although they raised their shields to cover them, but there were still many arrows through the gaps, and the Turkic soldiers were shot down one by one, which was also due to the dense standing of their army.

Because the Turkic army was poorly equipped, did not prepare special siege equipment, did not have trebuchets and siege vehicles, and did not have well fences to suppress, it did not pose a major threat to the Sui army for the time being.

However, as several ladders began to be set up at the head of the city and hooked the battlements with iron hooks, more than 20,000 strong Turkic soldiers began to climb up and attack.

Rolling stones and logs fell like hailstones, and a string of Turkic soldiers were hit, screaming and tumbling from the air to the ground, but they didn't care, the people in front fell, and the people behind kept coming up, continuing to climb the ladder to attack.

Under the city walls, tens of thousands of Turkic troops began to counterattack with arrows, covering the arrival of their own infantry. All of a sudden, arrows rained down on the defenders of the city, and the Sui army on the city began to suffer casualties, and several people were shot by sharp arrows.

More people were suppressed behind the wall by the rain of arrows, unable to raise their heads, so they could only cover with shields with one hand and release arrows at the city with the other, and their attack power was inevitably greatly weakened.

At this time, there was a dangerous situation on the western city wall, and a group of Turkic commanders with strong martial arts, led by a commander of ten thousand, rushed to the head of the city and began to fight fiercely with the Sui soldiers. Because their martial arts are much higher. The soldiers of the Sui army guarding this section gradually became unable to resist and kept retreating. As a result, more and more Turks rushed to the city, making the situation of the western wall extremely critical.

At this critical moment, Pei Xingyan was suddenly killed. He roared and rushed into the crowd with two sledgehammers. The weapons used by Pei Xingyan were two bright silver hammers weighing one or twenty pounds each, which were extremely powerful, and the Turkic soldiers in front of him were bloody and their brains bursting. Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander of the Turkic army rushed forward to fight him, but he was also killed with a single blow.

As a result, the Turkic soldiers, who had already gained a foothold, were intimidated by his bravery and retreated. At this time, Li Shimin and Pei Renji also led their own soldiers to kill, and the generals fought bravely to kill the enemy, and finally killed all the Turkic officers who rushed to the city, and finally recaptured the lost position at the head of the city.

And the battle of this section of the city wall in the west city is only a corner of the entire siege battle, the same situation unfolds on each section of the city wall, the two sides fight extremely fiercely, arrows fly everywhere, blood flows, corpses are everywhere, both sides are selfless and do their best.

And the temporary palace where Yang Guang collapsed was located in the original Yanmen County Yali. This place is close to the northern section of the city wall, less than 50 zhang from the base of the city wall, and the dense arrows shot from outside the city keep cutting through the sky and shooting into the city, and many arrows go straight into the county office.

Several eunuchs were shot to death while walking in the courtyard, and even the new chief eunuch Wang Gonggong was hit by an arrow in the leg, which terrified all the concubines and palace maids, and the prison guards. They even think that the destruction of the city is now.

Luckily, it's getting dark now. And Shibi Khan saw that his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, and there were only a few dozen ladders left. So he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. So, outside the city, the sound of the horn of "woo-woo-woo" was heard from the Turks who ordered the siege to be stopped.

The siege army of 100,000 Turks retreated like a tide, but no one in the Sui army at the head of the city cheered victory, today's siege battle, from morning to night, the Sui army defending the city has been killed and wounded more than 10,000 people, and the Turkic army has also killed and wounded more than 20,000 people, almost every Sui army has bloody corpses of comrades.

Thinking that these corpses were still talking and laughing with themselves yesterday, drinking and talking, and today they have become cold corpses poured beside themselves, a fear of death immediately filled the hearts of every Sui soldier.

Almost all of the 100,000 forbidden troops brought into the city by Yang Guang were sons of powerful families, and most of them had people in their families who were officials in the court. is either a Guanlong nobleman or a Shandong scholar, and no matter how poor it is, it is also from the Jiangnan scholar. It can be said that he has grown up pampered since he was a child.

Joining the forbidden army has always been a shortcut for the disciples of the family to enter the office, and they have a great chance of meeting the emperor's concubines, ministers of the court, and popular prisons when they are on duty in the palace.

Generally speaking, as long as they mix in the forbidden army for a few years and have a certain amount of military qualifications, they will have the opportunity to be transferred to the Twelve Guards Mansion as a partial general.

Moreover, the forbidden army did not have to go out to fight, but it was equipped with the best weapons and equipment. As the imperial guards of the emperor, they rode high-headed horses, wore bright armor, and walked majestically, with many admirers. Therefore, they do little military training in peacetime, and they never expect that they will rush to the front line to participate in the war. In the Eastern Capital, they have always been nicknamed "public army" by those Weifu troops.

But now, Yang Guang made a wrong decision and pushed them to the battlefield against the 400,000 Turkic army. When they first started fighting, they just stepped forward to fight the enemy out of the instinct of soldiers, without thinking so much about fear and death. But when the enemy retreated, looking at the bloody corpses of his comrades around him, and recalling the bloody and cruel war a few hours ago, many people's spirits collapsed.

Many sat on the ground weakly, their eyes full of fear, worried about their future fate.

Wang Rengong inspected the battlefield and found that the morale of the Sui army was quite low, which filled his heart with anxiety, and he thought that the 100,000 Sui army defending the city could defend against at least 600,000 attacks.

Moreover, the other party is still a Turkic who is not good at attacking cities, and Yanmen City should be able to defend it. But now it seems that he really overestimated the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army. They were ashamed of the bright light armor and high-quality weapons on their bodies, and their performance disappointed him.

In a normal siege battle, the ratio of casualties between the attacking and defending sides is generally between one and four to one. And in today's siege battle in Yanmen County, the ratio of offensive and defensive casualties has reached two to one. It can be seen from this that the combat effectiveness of this Sui army is far weaker than that of the Turkic army, and if this continues, I am afraid that there will be no need to wait for a month to run out of food, and the Yanmen Pass will be breached.

"Let's go! Come with me to your majesty! Wang Rengong said to Song Laosheng beside him.

Song Laosheng nodded, and then the two veterans whipped down the horses vigorously, and then ran towards Yang Guangxin's temporary palace.

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Yang Guang's temporary palace has been changed from the county government to the courtyard of a large family in the city, which is located in the middle of the city, and arrows can't shoot here, in the main hall of this mansion. Yang Guangzheng and several ministers and generals in the army discussed countermeasures.

Wang Rengong had already reported on the battle situation, which made everyone present very shocked. The Turks almost broke through the Yanmen Pass with only the simplest cloud ladder siege, and also caused so many casualties to the defenders. If they wait for them to bring other siege equipment from Mayi County, then Yanmen Pass will definitely be more auspicious.

Yang Guang sighed and said, "The situation is critical now, and everyone has heard what General Wang said about the battle during the day." Now where is our army going, let's express our opinions! ”

After his voice lagged behind, Pei Xingyan said: "Your Majesty, it is you who the Turks want to arrest, and they want to take Your Majesty as a hostage to force my Great Sui to agree to their harsh conditions." So, we just need to protect Your Majesty. Wei Chen still suggested that His Majesty could select 10,000 elite soldiers from the city sergeant's pawn to escort His Majesty to break through the siege......"

"Don't do that!"

Before Pei Xingyan's words were finished, Yu Shiji stopped him sharply: "The Turks are good at cavalry and archery, and there are more than 100,000 cavalry outside the city, even if Your Majesty leads the army to barely kill through the camp, and the Turkic army ranks and chases after you, then isn't Your Majesty in danger?" ”

Pei Xing hurriedly defended: "Lord Yu, Your Majesty can escape from the east gate, and at the same time, our army can kill from the west gate, attract the attention of the enemy, and after escaping from the encirclement, you can break into pieces, divide into dozens of squads, and escape into the mountains." How did the Turks catch up? ”

Wang Rengong and Song Laosheng glanced at each other, secretly thinking that this was a solution, but Yang Guang had rejected Li Shimin's proposal before, and now that he saw the power of the Turks, he must not have the courage to break through alone.

Sure enough, Yang Guang shook his head and vetoed: "It is impossible for me to leave the queen and concubine and flee alone." In my opinion, it is better to stay in the city and wait for reinforcements! Calculate the time, General Yu and General Lai should have gotten the news and are on their way to Yanmen Pass! ”

Not only did Yang Guang not want to escape, but also several other ministers did not want to escape, because when he broke through, Yang Guang was unlikely to bring these ministers with him.

Therefore, when they saw that Yang Guang vetoed the proposal to break through, they all breathed a sigh of relief and praised the wisdom of the saint.

Pei Xingyan saw that even his uncle Pei Ju and uncle Pei Yun were against breaking through, so he had to give up this idea. He asked cautiously: "If we don't break through and hold on like this, with the current casualty ratio, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for a few days!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all frowned. Breaking through is a death, but not breaking through is also a death! It is said that they will wait for reinforcements, but can Yanmen Pass not fall before the reinforcements arrive?

At this time, Yu Shiji came out and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a plan, even if he can't retreat from the enemy, at least he can delay the time!" ”

"Oh? What is Yu Aiqing's plan? Please come quickly! When Yang Guang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

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