Yang Guang heard Duan Da's words, and made an estimate of the military strength of both the enemy and us in his heart, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Zhang Xutuo striding into the tent, and said with a fist: "Lord Qi, now Wang Shao and General Li Che are leading 20,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Yanmen Pass, and Wang Servant and General Li are now outside the gate to ask for a meeting." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

It was only half a day before he led the army to Yanmen Pass, and Wang Shao and Li Che actually came one after another, bringing another 20,000 soldiers and horses!

When Yang Guang heard the news, he was overjoyed, stared at Duan Da, stood up and personally greeted the outside of the tent.

After a while, I saw Wang Shao and Li Che entering side by side. Yang Guang led the generals to welcome the two into the tent and sit down, and asked Li Che onely: "But there is news from Chang'an, the Turkic army has come to invade the territory?" ”

Li Che replied in surprise: "How does the prince know? It turned out that early this morning, Yang Shangxi, the general of Tongguan, sent someone to the Taiwan Government Office to deliver a message, claiming that General Yu Xiaoren was ordered to return to Bingzhou, and just after leaving Chang'an, he fell ill in the post station, and Yang Shangran, who returned to Beijing to take over the title of Duzhishangshu, met Yang Shangxi, and asked Yang Shangxi to send others to gallop to Bingzhou, bringing the news of the 400,000 Turkic army from the northwest Mujia and Shimen to invade the south. Zhang and Wang two servants learned that the prince personally led the army, starry night gallop to help Yanmen Pass, rest assured, after discussing with the last general, leaving Zhang Servant to lead the original and state capital army to guard and the state, Wang and the last general mobilized the newly recruited 20,000 horses to follow, came to Yanmen Pass reinforcements. ”

"The main Turkic forces have indeed invaded from the northwest. Can Hyo-in have a letter to bring? Yang Guang glanced meaningfully at Li Xiong and Duan Dazhu, then turned to Wang Shao and continued to ask.

"What General Li said just now is true." Wang Shao replied with a smile, "Xia Guan consulted with Zhang Fujiao and General Li, worried about the safety of the prince, and also imagined that the Yanmen Pass was located at the junction of the two states of the enemy and us, once the prince decided to go out of the pass to fight against the Turks, the 10,000 soldiers and horses he led might not be enough, so he simply brought the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses newly recruited for the prince to send." ”

"Before you set off from Bingzhou, you expected that I would turn defense into offense and take the initiative to go out to fight against the Turks?" Yang Guang looked at Wang Shao in surprise, he couldn't believe that what he heard was true.

Wang Shao smiled but did not answer, turned his head to the tent and ordered: "Call the person who came to deliver the message into the tent and meet the prince to reply." ”

After a short time, a person strode in from outside the tent, and he didn't know how to kneel down to Yang Guang when he entered the tent, so he stood on the ground and stretched out his hands to Yang Guang to present two letters, and said loudly: "Zhao Cai was ordered by Yang Shangshu to come to see His Royal Highness the King of Jin to pass the book." ”

Yang Guang heard the name Zhao Cai, and felt a little familiar, and when the person who came raised his head to see his appearance clearly, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised: the person who came was none other than Zhao Cai, the owner of the Luohan Village who "killed Hu Zhai" in Huashan.

"Stand aside, and wait for the king to read the letter, and then ask you questions." Yang Guang gave an order to Zhao Cai, and ordered someone to take the letter from Zhao Cai's hand and present it to him.

The first thing Yang Guang read was the letter written by Yu Xiaoren. As Wang Shao said, Yu Xiaoren's letter first explained to Yang Guangyu that he was trapped in the post station due to illness, and asked Yang Shangxi to send someone back to Bingzhou to report the news, and then focused on reporting to Yang Guangyu that Shabalu Khan personally led the main Turkic force to the south and invaded Honghua and other state cities. At the end of the letter, Yu Xiaoren specifically stated that the letter that Yang Guang ordered him to bring to the crown prince Yang Yong had been brought, and the prince had made strict arrangements to prevent traitors from causing chaos.

Yang Guang saw that there was no change in Chang'an City on the eighth day of the lunar month, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then opened the second letter to take a look. This letter was written by Yang Shangxi, the new secretary of the Duzhi Branch, to himself, and the letter was very short, but the meaning expressed was very important.

In the letter, Yang Shangxi suggested that Yang Guang take the initiative to attack in Hebei, concentrate elite troops and strong generals to deal the most severe blow to the Turkic army remaining on the eastern front, and do his best to force the northwest Shabo to transfer troops to the east, so as to reduce the pressure on the imperial court in the northwest. At the same time, Yang Shangxi also affirmed that due to the urgency of time, he and Yu Xiaoren met in a post station outside Chang'an City, and only then did he learn that the main Turkic force was attacking the northwest on a large scale, and before he could pay tribute to the imperial court, he sent a letter to Yang Guang in advance, saying that whether it should be said or not, it should also be subject to the official edict of the imperial court.

Regarding the assignment of Zhao Cai to deliver the letter, Yang Shangxi only wrote a sentence at the end of the letter: Kill Hu Luohan voluntarily go north to kill Hu, and hope that the prince will accept it.

Yang Shangxi was the three commanders of the rebellion when the rebellion, his father Yang Jian entrusted him with an important task, and personally led the clan to ride the huss regiment to guard the pillars of the Yang family in Tongguan, and his Wen Taowu was slightly comparable to Yang Su, the prince of Qinghe County, and was valued by the world, no wonder Wang Shao, Li Che and others would quickly make the decision to increase the number of troops in Yanmen Pass, and the original root came from Yang Shangxi's letter.

At this point, the true intention of the Turks who remained in Baidaozhou to break the treaty and attack Yanmen Pass on Chinese New Year's Eve was clearly revealed: as An Ruoxi expected, it was to cooperate with the main force of Sha Bo to advance westward, and to attract and contain the main force of the Sui army stationed in Hebei by storming Yanmen Pass, so that it would not be transferred to the northwest to resist the main force of the Turks.

What added more confidence to Yang Guang's heart was that because the number of Sui troops who arrived and assembled outside the Yanmen Pass had increased to 30,000, they maintained an absolute advantage over the Turkic group that stayed in Baidaozhou, which could not only mobilize sufficient troops and horses to launch a fierce offensive against Baidaozhou, but also leave enough troops to protect Yanmen Pass, which was the so-called freedom of advance and retreat.

Thinking of this, Yang Guang put down the two letters, straightened his waist, and said loudly: "At present, the overall situation has become clear, and the Turkic tigers and wolves, as I expected, have mobilized 400,000 troops to move south in the northwest. For this reason, I am determined to turn defense into attack and storm Baidaozhou. But I wonder which general is willing to lead his army where? ”

The generals present talked about the experience of leading the army to fight against the Turks, and Li Xiong was the first to be recommended. Only in this way, Li Xiong's attitude is also the most cautious among the generals.

Hearing that Yang Guang officially issued a military order to go out of the pass to attack the Turks, although Li Xiong no longer insisted on sticking to what he had seen, for the sake of safety, he still suggested that Yang Guang patiently wait until Yujuluo had captured one or two prisoners and returned, and then send troops out of the pass to launch an offensive against the Turks.

Yang Guang insisted on holding on to him before Wang Shao and Li Che arrived, so he deliberately treated him coldly at this time, so he asked Li Che: "Is Duke Qi An willing to take on this important task, lead the army to attack Baidao Prefecture, and make the first contribution to the Turkic counteroffensive?" ”