Chapter 156: King Qin's Army

More than 400,000 Turkic troops surrounded Yanmen City, more than 10 days of fierce fighting caused heavy casualties on both sides, the Turkic army suffered more than 130,000 casualties under Yanmen City, and due to the arrival of the allied army and the Mayi army, 30,000 Turkic troops were ambushed and annihilated in Shanyin County, forcing Shibi Khan to divide 100,000 troops to be on guard at all times. At this time, the Turkic army besieging Yanmen City was less than 200,000, and the lack of troops and siege equipment made it impossible for the Turkic army to continuously attack Yanmen City every day!

At this time, more than half of the soldiers and civilians involved in the defense of the city in Yanmen City were also killed and wounded, and there were only more than 60,000 people left, and the huge physical consumption also made them gradually come to the end of the strong crossbow, and the Turkic army has suspended the siege of the city every night in the past few days, but let these soldiers and civilians defending the city get more rest time and can recover more physical strength, which is undoubtedly saving these soldiers and civilians defending the city at a critical moment!

Yanmen City has been pierced with holes, but still stands majestically, the city head that has been torn for a day has finally quieted down again, the corpse has been cleaned up, there are large patches of dark black blood everywhere, it is shocking, groups of exhausted soldiers and civilians defending the city, after hastily eating dry food and water to replenish energy, directly fell asleep at the head of the city.

The intermittent siege of the Turkic army made the soldiers and civilians defending the city gain valuable rest time, and they could recover seven or eight percent of their physical strength after one night's rest, and if they continued like this, they could hold out for at least five or six days.

At this time, his heart was full of gratitude to Su Shang and Wang Rengong, it was precisely because the two of them led the army to arrive in time, which greatly relieved the pressure of Yanmen City's defense, so that Yanmen City was not breached in the end.

At this time, a herald ran up, "General, Your Majesty has announced that you will go to the imperial house to meet you!" ”

Laihu'er nodded, and galloped towards the city!

With the easing of the situation, Yang Guang's mood has gradually improved in the past few days, and he sees the hope of relieving the siege, and he is no longer always gloomy, at this time, he is sitting in the imperial room and slowly drinking a bowl of ginseng soup.

Don't come in, bow down, "See Your Majesty!" ”

"Come to the general, I heard a rumor that the 30,000 army of Shibi was completely annihilated by the Sui army in Shanyin County, but is there such a thing?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the minister has just caught a Turkic general who has not had time to retreat, according to his confession, a few days ago, the 30,000 Turkic army sent by Shibi to pursue Wang Taishou's 5,000 cavalry was ambushed by more than 60,000 Sui troops in Shanyin County that day, and the 30,000 Turkic army was almost completely annihilated, and in the end, only its main general led 1,500 people to break through and escape!"

"In this way, more than 70,000 reinforcements have already arrived outside Yanmen City at that time, right?"

Lai Hu'er shook his head, "Your Majesty, according to what General Tianbao said before, Wang Taishou had already joined Donglaihou Sushang at that time, and the minister thought that these Sui army ambushes were the 20,000 allied troops of Donglaihou, who built a dam on the Sanggan River to intercept the water, and cooperated with Wang Taishou to ambush the Turkic army!" ”

Yang Guang pondered for a while, still a little puzzled, "Then why did that Turkic general say that he had encountered an ambush by 60,000 Sui troops?" ”

"Your Majesty, he was ambushed by 60,000 Sui troops, this is just the statement of the Turkic war leader alone, and the minister estimates that he deliberately exaggerated the number of Sui troops in order to reduce the punishment for defeat! However, this may also be an illusion deliberately created by Su Shang and them, the news that 60,000 Sui troops appeared in Shanyin County can force Shi Bi to divide 100,000 troops to defend, so that Shi Bi can no longer attack Yanmen City with all his strength, which greatly relieves our pressure to defend the city! ”

Yang Guang nodded, paused for a while, and asked again: "More than ten days have passed, why is there no news from reinforcements from other places?"

"Your Majesty, it will take a certain amount of time to gather troops in various places, and the minister estimates that reinforcements have arrived one after another, but they still need to converge, and only by gathering more than 200,000 troops together can the Turks be feared!"

"I know, step aside! The more critical the two days, the more careless it is! ”

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Loufu County, two armies are rushing north, they are from all over the Qinwang army that came to the rescue of Sui Emperor Yang Guang, divided into left and right armies, the left army is led by the general Zuo Xiao cavalry guard, Guan Nei to capture dà shi Qu Tutong, the deputy general will stay in Taiyuan to guard Wang Wei, including Qu Tutong's own 50,000 Guan Nei army, Wang Wei led 30,000 counties and counties in Hedong and 20,000 Taiyuan town guards, a total of ten major armies!

The other right army was led by General Zuo Yiwei and the Taishou Yin Shishi of Loufu County, and there were also 100,000 people, with 40,000 Luoyang defenders and 10,000 Loufu County garrisons as the main backbone, and the rest were county soldiers from Henan, Hebei, and Guanzhong counties, as well as more than a dozen spontaneous rescue armies formed by the people!

This time, King Qin rescued him, Li Yuan, who was the town guard of Taiyuan, did not personally lead the army to come, but he sent an elite army of 20,000 people, which was the 20,000 Taiyuan town guards led by Wang Wei, and he also sent his two sons, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

At this time, Li Jiancheng was the general of Yingyanglang, and was leading 3,000 soldiers to listen to orders under Wang Wei, while Li Shimin led a 3,000-strong rebel army to join the right army of the Yin Shishi, which was recruited by Li Yuan in Taiyuan City under the pretext of King Qin.

The two armies divided into two routes, and slaughtered Xiurong County in the east of Loufu County, where there is an important pass leading from Loufu County to Yanmen County, which is a shortcut to Yanmen County, where they will meet and discuss the method of Qinwang's rescue with other Qinwang armies!

In the team, Li Shimin rode on a white horse, wearing silver Mingguang armor, holding a pole and eight horse lances, and was particularly heroic. Li Shimin is 17 years old this year, skilled in riding and archery, proficient in the art of war, since last spring in Huaiyuan Town, he has been secretly recruiting and training private troops, after more than a year of military camp life, the whole person looks a little less immature, more calm than before!

This time he led the righteous army to Qinwang to rescue him, Li Shimin did not mobilize his own private army, and even his henchman Su Dingyan did not bring it, Su Dingyan was guarding the private army team on his behalf at this time!

At this time, the general who rode a horse and followed behind him was named Changsun Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji was the son of Changsun Sheng, a year older than him, a close friend who grew up with him, and a very talented young man, who was appointed by him as the marching Sima!

The eldest grandson Wuji urged him to step forward, walked side by side with Li Shimin, and asked in a low voice: "Shimin, if Yanmen City has been broken, what should I do?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said with a smile: "Judging from the current situation, Yanmen City should not have been breached yet!" However, even if Yanmen City is not broken, the siege of Yanmen City will also have a great blow to the prestige of the Sui Emperor, and the impact will be far-reaching, and many local officials who have been ambiguous will gradually become clear, as long as the local officials begin to support the Zào Fǎn forces, then the final fall of the Sui Dynasty will not be far away! ”

Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?