Chapter Ninety-Four: The Siege of Yanmen (3)
Shibi Khan led his army to the city of Yanmen Pass, Wu Yanqiu had already deployed his troops, the bows and arrows on both sides were full, the swords and guns were unsheathed, and the artillery men of the Sui army on the city tower also raised the torches in their hands, ready to ignite the lead of the artillery at any time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Shibi Khan rode his horse to the bottom of the Yanmen Gate.
"Please tell His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, just say that the great Turkic Shibi Khan, his brother-in-law heard that his brother-in-law had come to Yanmen Pass, and he specially came to run through the door." Wu Yanqiu was very dissatisfied when he heard his disrespectful words.
"Khan! You have come to me many times to pay tribute and meet the Heavenly Khan, and I know the etiquette of the Heavenly Dynasty, how can you call Your Majesty your brother-in-law? That's rude! ”
"Humph! What Celestial Empire, what Heavenly Khan, now that my Turkic army of 400,000 is here, I order that Yang Xiao'er to come out to see me quickly, and we will talk about the old times, as well as tribute to my Turks or something. Hearing Shibi Khan's arrogant voice, Wu Yanqiu suppressed the anger in his heart. Turning a blind eye to the demands of Shibi Khan. Seeing that Wu Yanqiu didn't react, Shi Bi smiled:
"Someone! Show me the program I prepared to Master Wu. Shibi Khan's own soldiers immediately pulled out a few people from the crowd behind. There were men, women, and children. Dulan Khan drew his saber, came to the group of people, pulled out an old man, and directly cut off his head, Wu Yanqiu saw:
"Ashina Jishi, you 。。。。。。"
"Go and tell Yang Guang that if he doesn't come to see me, then my sword will continue to cut until there is a crack in my saber. Isn't there an old saying in your Central Plains, calling the people first, the community secondary, and the monarch light? Since you attach so much importance to the life and death of the people, come out to me quickly. Wu Yanqiu couldn't hold back any longer, so he had to compromise and send someone to report to Yang Guang. In addition, try to appease Shibi as much as possible.
"Please wait a minute, the Great Khan, I have already sent someone to report to the Holy Lord."
"Then hurry up, if it's too late, I don't know if my scimitar will be cutting off another person's head, you must know that our steppe scimitar likes to drink blood!"
"What, the Turkic barbarians are slaughtering our people, okay, I'll go right away!" As soon as they heard that Yang Guang was going to meet the Turkic Shibi Khan, Yang Guang's ministers and favorite concubines were shocked.
"Your Majesty, you are a daughter, how can you go to see a barbarian, this is not a system!" Yu Wenhua was in front of Yang Guang and didn't want him to go.
"Your Majesty, you can't go! It's dangerous, what do we do if you have anything to do? Second Concubine Zhang Yin used a woman's most powerful weapon, and Yang Guang persuaded with tears in her eyes. Yang Guang was even more disgusted.
"Get out of my way, my people are slaughtered there, and I can't leave it alone! It's all out of the way. (I have to say that the records of Yang Guang in propaganda are very negative, for example, he used the people's power indiscriminately, disregarded people's lives, said that he was absurd and unreasonable, and turned his face ruthlessly, but history is written by the victor after all, no matter how it is written, in the official history books, there are still some clues to check, even Tang Taizong Li Shimin after ascending the throne, when he repaired the history books of the Sui Dynasty, he also praised Yang Guang's Wen Taowu strategy, and said that although Emperor Yang was the monarch of the previous dynasty, he could be a model for me. He also said when he established the prince that if Yang Yong ascended the throne, the Sui Dynasty might fall faster. Yang Guang saw so many people blocking him, his face was even more annoyed, only Empress Xiao came to Yang Guang:
"Husband, the concubine will accompany you." The guards generals Yu Wencheng, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanba also stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to guard your left and right to ensure your safety." Yang Guang held Empress Xiao's hand and looked at the three young generals. Gratifyingly:
"Let's go! Follow me up to the castle tower. Dulan Khan saw Yang Guang come to the city tower and licked the human blood on the scimitar.
"Yo! Heavenly Khan, you're here, for such a long time, my knife is about to run out. ”
"Ashina Jishi, if you have anything to do with me, just tell me!"
"Oh! Nothing? It's just that I want to talk to you, my desert has not had a good harvest recently, so I want you to pay some tribute every year with some grain, cloth, gold, silver and ironware, etc., if you can agree, open the city gate immediately, open your left shoulder, and kneel in front of me and kowtow, and the treaty will be signed. Before he finished speaking, the war horse under his crotch was shot to death, and Shibi fell off the horse? Shi Bi was furious.
"Give me a siege, release arrows, and leave no one behind after entering the city, kill me and rob me." When the Turkic soldiers heard the order, they immediately rushed to Yanmen Pass. Bows and arrows rained down on the city tower, and the artillery on the city tower was also ignited, roaring and spewing out its own flames, and Yang Guang was escorted back to the palace.
"Bastard! This Turkic barbarian, I must one day screw off his head and give it to me as a night pot. On the one hand, rescue soldiers and horses from all walks of life arrived, and Li Shimin used the practice of preparing more flags and torches to make Shibi Khan think that the Sui Dynasty army had millions of people; On the other hand, Yang Guang sent a secret envoy to let Princess Anyi falsely spread that there was a change in the border and let Shibi Khan return to his teacher, in order to change his fate, Li Jiancheng knew that Li Shimin could not steal the limelight alone.
"Your Majesty, as a military general, the minister can't not be relieved, and the minister is willing to follow the wisdom of Chen Ping in the Han Dynasty and help my emperor get out of danger." When Yang Guang heard Li Jiancheng's words, he recalled the siege of Baideng of Han Gaozu back then, which was really a bit similar! After thinking about this, Yang Guang was a little annoyed.
"Presumptuous! I am the Heavenly Khan admired by all people, how can I ask for a woman for my own safety? No way. Li Jiancheng saw that Yang Guang was angry, so he had to kowtow and apologize. Yu Shiji and Pei Yun also persuaded Yang Guang to listen to Li Jiancheng's invitation.
"Your Majesty, the big husband can bend and stretch, when the Han Gaozu Liu Bang was besieged by the Huns in Baishan Mountain, and then used the wealth and beauty to solve the crisis, and then recuperated for nearly 60 years, in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qu were sick to sweep away the shame, and now as long as we can preserve our strength, we can be ashamed! I hope the emperor will think twice. ”
"Your Majesty, now the main army of our dynasty is in Liaodong, if the army there is mobilized, the siege will be lifted, but if it is mobilized, I am afraid that the emperor's great cause will be 。。。。。。。." Pei Yun still understood Yang Guang's mind better, and when he mentioned Liaodong, Yang Guang's heart slowly softened.
"Alright! Li Jiancheng, just do what you say! If you have any difficulties, just tell me. ”
"Your Majesty! The minister wants his brother Yuanba to go with the minister, Yuanba's martial arts are strong, and he can help the minister deal with some urgent matters at critical moments. After listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Yuwen Chengdu stepped forward:
"Your Majesty, the minister hopes to go with Lord Li to share the emperor's worries and solve the siege." Yu Wenhua is afraid that Yuwen Chengdu will be in danger.
"Your Majesty, the minister is old, and now there are many things to escort, and the emperor's safety is important!" Yang Guang also didn't want all the fierce guards around him to leave. Nodding.
"General Yuwen is right, Chengdu, you will stay by my side and guard me on my left and right. Li Jiancheng, you are busy with your go! After Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanba retreated, Yu Wenhua and Yuwen Chengdu also retired, and went out of the palace, Yuwen Chengdu complained to Yu Wenhua and said:
"Daddy! I think the emperor, please Ying, why are you blocking it next to you, isn't this a great achievement? In this way, the two brothers of the Li family took the lead. "Yu Wenhua was angry and came to his head with a 'violent shudder'.
"You bastard, why don't you know what's wrong, they went to Guanshan to block it, and besides, if they succeeded, it was a great achievement, and if they failed, it would be a big disaster. You reckless man, don't think I don't know that you just want to compete with Li Yuanba, you! Okay, now that the Turkic army is outside the city, it is important for you to protect the emperor well. Go ahead! Looking at Yuwen Chengdu's distant back, Yu Wenhua shook his head.
Li Jiancheng took Li Yuanba and Li Yuan to his more than a dozen soldiers who could speak Turkic with gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, and climbed down the city wall by night, and encountered several groups of Turkic nomadic soldiers and horses along the way, all of which were bypassed by the Turkic soldiers in the name of the Khan sending booty to Kedun, and after a two-day long journey, Li Jiancheng and his party came to the camp of the Turkic Kedun Anyi princess. Princess Anyi lived alone in the tent. Although Dulan Khan led his troops out in the name of hunting, and people were not allowed to talk in front of Ketun, but secretly there was still news to Ketun's ears, hearing the news that Yang Guang was surrounded, Princess Anyi didn't know what kind of feeling it was, for the dynasty of the Central Plains and Yang Jian, Yang Guang, Princess Anyi had resentment in her heart, it was they who married her to the Turkic bitter cold land, and they let him let her remarry Shibi for their own interests after Dulan Khan died in battle. When he heard the news that Shibi had besieged Yang Guang in Yanmen, An Yi's heart originally had a trace of joy, but there was a faint fear and loss that rose for some reason. At this time, his maid entered the camp and reported:
"Princess Qiyu, the Khan has sent a messenger to bring gifts to the princess. And ask to see the princess. Princess Anyi felt strange in her heart, in the past, Shibi Khan also sent envoys to give gifts, if it wasn't for the Khan himself to exercise her husband's rights, the envoys would never have received money. It's going to be weird.
"The messenger comes in." After Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanba came in. Salute the princess.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, don't come unharmed!"
"It's you?!" When Princess Anyi was a girl in the Central Plains, she heard some rumors about Li Jiancheng, when Li Jiancheng was a young hero, he was young and conquered the Turks, and there were few evils in Chang'an City. I don't know how many dream girls in the dream of Langjun, she is also one of them. Many times he would think, if I wasn't born in the emperor's family, would I have a relationship with him? Now, Lang Jun in the dream is close in front of him, and there is a faint melancholy in his heart.