Chapter 124: The Siege of Yanmen (10)
When the morning sun rose, the Turks under the city of Yanmen County had already evacuated overnight, leaving behind countless cattle, sheep, livestock, unattended horses and other ordnance materials, as well as the ashes of the military camp that had been turned into ashes and dissipated with the wind. At this time, Yang Guang also put on his dress as an emperor again, and changed out of the military uniform that he had worn for nearly a month.
Li Wenyuan let his army clear a clearing outside the north gate of Yanmen County, and then arranged the entire army in a neat row, waiting for Emperor Yang Guang's review. Not long after, the gate of Yanmen County was wide open, and Yang Guang, under the guidance of the honor guard of his companions, came to the outside of the city to inspect Li Wenyuan's army that had come to King Qin.
When Li Wenyuan saw Yang Guang coming out of Yanmen County, he hurriedly knelt on one knee in the direction of Yang Guanglai, and then the soldiers who were neatly arranged outside the city also knelt on one knee, put down the weapons in their hands and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is healthy, and the Great Sui is forever." ”
The shouts of 10,000 people in unison dispersed, and the morale of Yanmen County, which had been besieged for nearly a month, was dead. The soldiers defending the city could not help but hold their hands on the head of the city and look down, and all they saw were well-armored and neatly organized troops. This army fought with the Turks for several days, breaking through several Turkic defensive lines in a row, at this time the blood stains on the armor on their bodies had not been completely wiped clean, and at this time, they had just separated from the battlefield and had a strong murderous and bloody aura on their bodies, which made people feel a sense of oppression from a distance.
"Immovable as a mountain." The chorus of more than 10,000 people also dispelled the haze that had been entrenched in Yang Guang's heart for a long time, and Yang Guang was also a little excited at this time, driven by the joy of the rest of his life. He hurriedly took two steps forward to help Li Wenyuan and said: "Li Aiqing is really my lucky general, first saved tens of thousands of Great Sui soldiers and civilians on the battlefield of Liaodong, and then defeated the Yang Xuangan rebels besieging Jingshi for me, and not long ago defeated the Li Rail rebellion that was ready to take refuge in the Turks, and now he has repelled the Turkic army under Yanmen County, if the generals of my army can be like Li Aiqing, then my Great Sui can really be forever." ”
Li Wenyuan was picked up by Yang Guang with his hand, and hurriedly saluted and said: "Your Majesty is the true dragon son of heaven, and he has his own heavenly blessing. His Majesty's brilliance is comparable to that of the sun and the moon, and the Turkic barbarians are nothing more than the barbarians of the north. How can the fluorescence of the barbarian rotting grass compare to the bright moon in the sky? The last general also borrowed His Majesty's Qi Tianhongfu to successfully repel the Turkic army besieging Yanmen County with the intention of offending Tianwei. If His Majesty hadn't been here, the last general, even if he had the audacity, would not have dared to lead this detachment so deep into the Turkic defenses. ”
Since the Turks besieged Yanmen County, Yang Guang, who had been fighting his spirits and pretending to be calm, was also a little dazed by the sudden news of his rescue. I don't know why he listens to these sycophants that he is a little tired of listening to, but after listening to them at this time, they are very useful. Maybe it was because he almost became a prisoner of the Turks, but now because of the person in front of him, he can still continue to sit firmly on the throne of the emperor, but Yang Guang has no time to think about these details now, he just smiled and clapped his hands and said: "God bless the Great Sui, send me a blessing like Li Aiqing to assist me in the future, the Emperor of Heaven is merciful to give Yang Guang a life, then I, as the Son of Heaven, must also make some expressions: Spread my will, and all the crimes of criminals in Yanmen County will be pardoned." ”
The officials of Yanmen County, who followed Yang Guang out of the city together, also knelt down and said, "My Emperor Shengming! ”
At this time, a group of men and horses galloped from the west of the city, and even from a long distance, the voice of the person running at the front could be heard: "Your Majesty! The ministers were too late to save the car, which frightened His Majesty. ”
The sound of people shouting drifted into Yang Guang's ears along the morning breeze at this time, judging from the sound, Yang Guang knew that Yun Dingxing was coming, Yang Guang hurriedly packed up his emotions, and returned to his former majestic demeanor as an emperor, turned to look at Yun Dingxing, who was galloping in front of him, and jumped down from the horse without waiting for the horse to stop, and knelt in front of him, and said: "Yun Aiqing, with this kind of courage to save the king, I am already content." Yesterday night, I saw the south of the city at the head of the city, and there seemed to be thousands of troops and horses, I don't know if this is the army brought by Yun Aiqing himself? ”
Yun Dingxing saw Yang Guang asking what he had done last night, and vaguely seemed to be a little curious about why he was able to mobilize so many troops, so he hurriedly said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen did not have thousands of troops, and only a few thousand people came at this time. The reason why Your Majesty saw that there seemed to be thousands of troops and horses at the head of the city was all a suspicious plan offered by a general under my account. ”
"Oh? Suspicious tactics? Who gave it? Will this man come with you? ”
"Your Majesty, this general did come with Weichen, he is Li Shimin, the second son of Li Yuan, the ambassador of Shanxi Hedong." Yun Dingxing said and beckoned a young general behind him.
The young general stepped forward, saluted Yang Guangshen and said, "The last general, Li Shimin, meet His Majesty the Emperor." ”
"Come forward and let me take a good look at you." Yang Guang stretched out his hand to beckon.
Li Shimin stepped forward and raised his head as Yang Guang said, looking directly at Yang Guang. Yang Guang carefully looked at the heroic young general in front of him, looked at it for a long time, and said, "You are Li Shimin, the son of Li Yuan?" How old is this year? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, the last general will be sixteen years old this year."
"Well, it's really a hero out of a teenager. To have such a mind at such an age is really a shame for these generals under my account. Now that you are determined to join the military, you must make more military achievements, and I hope to see you in the court one day. ”
Later, after Yang Guangyi met with the generals of King Qin, he waved his hand to them and said, "I am a little tired, you can go back first." The credit for King Qin's rescue this time, I already know it in my heart. ”
On the way back to his palace in Yanmen County, an official of the Imperial Historical Observatory whispered to Yang Guang: "Your Majesty, what should I do about the fact that the Mayi County is too guarded to set up the enemy to go south?" ”
"I don't want to ask about this matter anymore, let the county guard of Mayi County strengthen the border defense, and let this matter pass. In addition, you should first send someone back to Beijing to inform the empress that they should immediately take the Grand Canal to the south of the Yangtze River. I will set off directly to Jiangnan here, and everything in the capital will be handled by my imperial grandson Yang Yun, and I don't have to let me personally intervene. ”
The officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory were ordered to leave, leaving only Yang Guang himself to prepare to return to the palace surrounded by the honor guard. Although there is a guard of honor to open the way, the momentum is very grand. But Yang Guang's back looked so lonely, when he immediately entered the palace, Yang Guang looked back at Yanmen County, and he also faintly knew in his heart that this glance might be the last time he looked at Yanmen in Da Sui in his life. After only looking at it twice, Yang Guang turned his head without hesitation and walked straight back to his palace.
Happy Chinese New Year's Eve duck~~
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