Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty led the ministers of civil and military affairs to withdraw into the county of Yanmen, shrinking the forces of several cities outside the city, all gathered in the city, about fifty or sixty thousand people, just had time to sit down and breathe, and received the news that the Yanmen Pass had fallen, and the Turkic army had broken through the Xiongguan Pass and entered Yanmen County. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the Wuhu Rebellion, the grassland tribes have established political power in the Central Plains, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, etc., after a few decades, it is the first time that the Turks led troops to attack the north gate of the Central Plains, and the loss of Yanmen Pass has a serious threat to the Central Plains.

Imagine, if the Turkic army of hundreds of thousands can go south from Yanmen County, enter Taiyuan County, Shangdang County, Changping County, the entire Central Plains, Hedong will fall, with the iron cavalry back and forth, burning and plundering everywhere, it will definitely be a disaster for the people of the Central Plains.

Open the Wild Goose Gate, and if Pandora's box is opened, the demons of killing and death will descend on this land.

"Finally led the troops into the Central Plains." Shibi Khan took the chiefs of various tribes, the king of Guli, the generals, the captains, the big danghu, the marquis of the bones, and the commanders of the thousand tribes crossed the Baicaokou and passed through the ancient pass of Yanmen, and the rebellious entourage had been scattered and slaughtered by the Turkic cavalry, and the rest fled.

King Xue Yantuo, King Hui and others were among them, invited to come with illness, and participated in this military operation, but they couldn't imagine that they could really easily attack and kill so many Sui troops and attack the first pass of this lock in the northern plains.

"Khan, how do you know that the Emperor of Sui does not have many troops and is so easy to attack? In the past, didn't the Sui State have millions of troops and was very strong? ”

"Haha, it's not what it used to be, I've endured humiliation over the years, and always sent scouts to explore the news of the Central Plains, and learned that this Sui State, the outer wall is dry, from prosperity to decline, the people's food and clothing are problems, rebellions in various places, and the court has been governed by the imperial court, and the soldiers in various places have no combat effectiveness, we are gathered here, first clean up Yang Guang'er, the Central Plains group of dragons without a leader, will fall into chaos, ambitious people will be emperors, and they can't fight against us at all, when the time comes, my Turks will also learn from the six towns of the year, settled in the Central Plains, established the Khan's court, built a tooth and set up a mansion, North of the Yellow River, it belongs to our Turks. ”

"But we can only graze, not grow!" A chief of the Tiele tribe expressed his doubts.

Shibi Khan smiled and said: "It's difficult, just use the Han people, we will be nobles, treat the Han people as serfs, give them food and clothing, and then most of the grain grown will go to our lords and tribal leaders, just like managing tribal slaves." ”

Everyone nodded, if they could rule a piece of land in the Central Plains, carve out a territory, and turn the local people into slaves, they would not have to graze in the bitter cold land, and they would be very rich just by collecting rent and exploiting the Han people.

"Khan, what do we do next?"

Shibi Khan ordered: "Ben Khan personally led his troops to besiege Yanmen County, and captured several surrounding counties, beat grass valleys, plundered materials, you lead troops to attack the small counties within a radius of 200 miles, as long as you conquer, the money, grain, women, and slaves in it are all in your possession, and you will get more to attack, but you are not allowed to fight inwardly." ”

"Understood." These tribal kings and chieftains, with their own men and horses, slaughtered the cities marked on the map.

There are forty-one large and small cities in the entire Yanmen County, all of which have become targets for the Turks at this time, although it is not a massacre, but it is definitely a disaster.

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Pei Ju, Su Wei and others interrogated Lu Qianhe, the guard of Yanmen County, the grain in the city and the number of people.

Lu Qianhe said: "Back to your lords, the county town of Yanmen, the people are close to 30,000 households, ranging from three or four people per household, there are more than 100,000 people, the granary is often stored once a year, and now it is just the beginning of September, this year's military food has not yet been shipped, and the grain stored in previous years, in addition to the use of the army, this year also relieved some poor people, so the consumption is almost empty, only enough for one month. ”

"Then we can only hold on for a month and wait for reinforcements from all walks of life." Pei Ju sighed, he turned back, told Yang Guang about the situation, and put forward a plan, taking advantage of the fact that the Turks had not yet attacked the city, immediately sent people to break through the siege, take away the inscriptions, and then distribute them to various places, calling on the local government soldiers, especially the counties and counties in Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan, which are close to Yanmen, and immediately bring troops to Qinwang to relieve the siege.

At the critical juncture, Yang Guang was no longer as arrogant as usual, and he couldn't listen to persuasion, but at this time, he heard that Pei Ju's strategy was very good and he could break the siege, so he immediately agreed.

Yu Shiji drew up the inscription, stamped it with the jade seal, and then found a death squad of about 1,000 people to ride in multiple copies, and sent the messenger carrying the inscription out of the encirclement.

The news was sent overnight, although many people died in the breakout, but there were still lucky people who were caught, and escaped with the text, which became Yang Guang's hope for breaking the siege.

In the early morning of the next day, Shibi Khan personally led a 200,000 Turkic army, surrounded the county city, and after a night and a day of preparation, temporarily assembled some siege equipment, and began to storm this thick city.

The guards in the city resisted to the death, the arrows flew up and down like locusts, and the sound of shouting and killing was everywhere in the city, and the Sui soldiers ran back and forth on the city wall, carrying weapons and equipment, drawing bows and shooting arrows, constantly waving knives to cut off the hooks thrown under the city, kicking open the wooden ladders, and returning fire to the city with hot oil and hot water.

After several days and nights of fierce fighting, the battlements at the head of the city of Yanmen County have been pasted purple red by layers of blood, and the blood water flows along the city wall like a stream, soaked in the stone cracks, and the city wall two or three zhang high exudes a fishy smell and is shiny red.

The Turkic soldiers under the city, wild and warlike, all clearly understood that there was an emperor of the Great Sui in the city, as long as he was captured and killed, the Sui State would be finished, and the Central Plains would be in chaos, so they could take the opportunity to go south, burn and loot, and become the new masters of the Central Plains, so they all charged madly.

The soldiers of the forbidden army and the guards of Yanmen, in the face of the earth-shaking shouts and killings under the city, their blood surged, and they were all red-eyed, shouting hoarsely, and they also shouted, wielding knives, guns, spears, and lances fiercely, slashing and slashing.

Some archers, with broken fingers and trembling right arms, shot too many arrows on this day, and their physical strength could not keep up, and even on the longbow, they were soaked in blood and could not keep their hands, and the arrows they shot out also lost their accuracy.

The soldiers at the head of the city, they are all fighting bravely, because there are big men of the court standing behind them, and even the saints are watching, once the city is broken, they will all be slaughtered by the Turks, so, gritting their teeth and persevering, both the veterans and the newcomers, are all killed in the dark, their hair is unkempt, and their blood is through their armor, and they are embarrassed.

On the fifth day, the people of the city were mobilized, and the men and women of old and young carried rolling logs and stones to the city, and the army's weapons for defending the city ran out, so they began to tear down the houses, and moved the rafters, bricks, and tiles of the houses to the head of the city, and used them as weapons to defend the city.