Chapter 116: The Siege of Yanmen (Part I)
Yang Jun hesitated slightly, and finally unexpectedly took the order to go, but he did not lead his troops to camp in Lao County, but continued to walk south, and ran to Fenyang County in Taiyuan County before stopping......
On 13 August, the 400,000-strong Turkic army surrounded Yanmen Pass, encircling it to the ground.
There are a total of 41 cities, passes and fortresses in Yanmen County, of which 39 have now been captured by the Turkic army, who want to loot manpower and materials, but they have not found anything of value, and few people have been seen.
"How is the territory of the Sui Dynasty poorer than our grassland?" Many Turkic chieftains and chieftains were puzzled by this.
After the Shibi Khan could not find anything useful, he ordered his craftsmen to cut down trees to build siege equipment, since the Sui Dynasty turmoil, there were many fleeing Han craftsmen on the grassland, so the east. The Turks also mastered some siege techniques, and they did not rely on brute force alone.
At the same time, the Yanmen Pass was in full swing to demolish the residents' houses and use them as materials to guard the city, and there were only about 100 residents in the Yanmen Pass at this time, which saved a lot of trouble.
"Old man, where are the residents of Yanmen Pass?" Bending down and asking an old man sitting on the threshold.
The old man said, "Some have moved to other places, and some have fled when they just heard that the Turks were coming to fight here. ”
In fact, most of the people in Yanmen County were moved away by Li Yin, and this old man was a person from Li Yin's intelligence department, so he said this in order to avoid some unnecessary suspicions.
Su Wei did not doubt him, and immediately left the old man and went to Yang Guang's side.
Yang Guang's mood was slightly settled at this time, and he said to the person kneeling in front of him: "What position are you in Yanmen County?" Too shou Qiu to do good. Where is Ying Yanglang and Li Yin? ”
The man trembled and said, "Little ...... Xiaochen is the pawn of Yanmen County...... Dian Shu Wei Kun and Ying Yanglang will go to Feihukou to block Wang Xuba and Wei Dao'er who want to invade Yanmen County, while Qiu Taishou and other officials fled for their lives after learning of the Turkic attack. ”
Yang Guang snorted with an ugly face, "Qiu Xingshan is such a cowardly person, he is really damned, I will definitely remove him." Then, he said with a slightly soothing face: "Li Yin has been running around for the country to quell the rebellion in the past few years, and I am sure that there will be many rewards!" ”
"Boom!" Several loud noises suddenly sounded at this time, it turned out that after preparing for a long time, the Turks had built catapults and other siege equipment and began to attack the city!
Su Wei suggested: "Please go to the city wall to inspire the soldiers who defend the city!" ”
"Your Majesty's dragon body is precious, how can you venture on the city wall?" Yu Wenshu immediately retorted.
Yang Guang's spirit was shocked for no reason, and he suddenly had a heroic spirit, "I have been fighting in the south and the north for many years, how can I be afraid of Shibi Xiaoer?" Come with me to the wall. ”
After Yang Guang finished speaking, he walked towards the city wall, and the other officials who didn't dare to go had no choice but to follow him.
At this time, at the head of the Yanmen Pass, it was already shouting to kill the earth, flesh and blood flying, although Yang Guang was arrogant just now, but he didn't dare to get too close, and the eunuch Ma Deru and others shouted together: "The emperor came to cheer everyone up!" ”
In any case, Yang Guang's status in the hearts of everyone is still incomparable to other people, so after the soldiers knew that Yang Guang had also come to the city wall, their morale suddenly increased greatly, and they killed the enemy more bravely.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" The official behind Yang Guang shouted, followed by a "whoosh", and a sharp arrow shot at Yang Guang's feet, only a few inches away from him.
Although he was not shot by the arrow, Yang Guang was already frightened, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and then he immediately walked away with trembling feet......
Three days had passed since Yang Guang was besieged by Yanmen, and during these three days, the Turks almost captured the city wall several times, but fortunately, the Turks were finally killed again under the desperate snatching of the Sui army.
However, Yang Guang was also frightened in the past three days, and he was very frightened, and often woke up in the middle of the night, holding Zhao Wang Yang Gao and crying, his eyes were swollen from crying.
On this day, Yang Guang summoned all the ministers to discuss the matter, and after the ministers arrived, before Yang Guang could speak, Yuwenshu, who knew what Yang Guang was thinking, took the lead in speaking and persuaded Yang Guangxuan to select thousands of elite cavalry to break out.
Su Wei immediately retorted: "I have spare strength in the city rules, but light riding is the strength of the Turks, Your Majesty is the master of ten thousand vehicles, how should I move lightly!" ”
Fan Zigai also objected: "Your Majesty is lucky to be saved in a dangerous situation, and once you are in an embarrassed situation, you will regret it!" It is better to stick to the city to thwart the enemy's spirit, stay in this dangerous pass, and recruit soldiers and horses from all over the country to come to the rescue. His Majesty personally comforted the soldiers, announced that he would no longer conquer Liaodong, and rewarded the title, everyone will definitely fight bravely, why not succeed! ”
Seeing that the two important ministers were opposed and both said it was reasonable, Yang Guang's mind to break through was also shaken, but he still had doubts.
Xiao Yu, the waiter of the internal history, then persuaded: "Turkic customs, but He Dun can participate in the military aircraft, and Princess Yicheng is married to Chu Yi as the emperor's daughter, she must rely on the Great Sui as a backup." If a messenger were sent to inform the princess, she would certainly have taken action to cause the Turks to leave.
In addition, in the hearts of the soldiers, they were afraid that His Majesty would go to conquer Goryeo after being exempted from the scourge of the Turks, and if His Majesty clearly issued an edict announcing the pardon of Goryeo's sins and focusing on the conquest of the Turks, then everyone would be at peace and people would fight for themselves. ”
Xiao Yu is the younger brother of Empress Xiao and the seventh son of Emperor Xiao Yu of Liang Ming during the Southern Dynasty.
Yang Guang has a deep relationship with Queen Xiao, and it can be said that Queen Xiao is the only one in the harem, so he has always attached great importance to Queen Xiao's younger brother, so after hearing him say this, he already agreed with seven or eight points in his heart.
Yu Shiji is relatively obese and not good at riding horses, if Yang Guang chooses to break through and leave Yanmen Pass, then he will definitely be a dead end, so he also strongly persuaded Yang Guang to stay in Yanmen Pass, reward the soldiers who defend the city, and issue an edict to stop the military service in Liaodong.
Seeing this, Yang Guang had no choice but to adopt the opinions of the ministers.
Subsequently, more than 2,000 elite horsemen broke out of the Yanmen Pass, the purpose of these two thousand elite cavalry was to escort dozens of people with important letters, some of them were intended to go to the northern grassland to find Princess Yicheng, and some were to ask for help from various local counties, and two thousand elite cavalry finally sent most of the messengers out of the siege after paying a heavy price.
According to the advice of Su Wei and others, Yang Guang personally inspected the army again and said to the soldiers: "You should work hard to fight the enemy, if you can save this time, everyone who participates in the battle will not worry about being rich and rich, and I will definitely not let the officials play with knives and pens to swallow up your merits!" ”