Yanmen County, the siege of the city by the Turkic army has lasted for nearly half a month, although the Turkic army no longer forcibly attacks the city, but they still maintain a high-pressure situation on the city, Shibi Khan sent 30,000 archers every day to launch a bow and arrow attack on the city from three directions, the overwhelming arrows caused serious damage to the city, more than half of the soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded, countless houses collapsed, and the remaining officials of the Son of Heaven and the palace maids could only concentrate in a small area in the center of the city with tens of thousands of old and weak women and children.

More than 25,000 soldiers who were still able to fight hid under the city walls, and tens of thousands of horses were almost all killed by random arrows, which became food for the soldiers of the Sui army.

The long period of brutal war brought great mental pressure to many people, and Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was no exception, he was more sensitive than ordinary people, and the mental torture was also greater, he almost closed his eyes and had nightmares, dreaming that he was captured by the Turks, stripped naked and paraded in the streets with the queen, and suffered a great humiliation.

He always sweated profusely and woke up from nightmares, and after more than ten days of mental torture, Yang Guang became extremely suspicious, irritable, nervous, and angry at every turn, and there were no less than dozens of eunuchs and palace maids who died in his anger, many of whom were old palace people who had served him for more than ten years, and even the queen couldn't stop him.

"I knew they wanted me dead, so I wouldn't come to the rescue!"

Yang Guang's roaring and scolding from far away in the room frightened the more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids in the courtyard with earthy faces and trembling, and Yu Shiji, who had just stepped into the courtyard, was also so frightened that he stopped his feet and retreated.

In the room, Empress Xiao was patiently persuading her husband, "Your Majesty is angry, how can everyone not want to come to the rescue?" As Wei Shangshu said, our army confronted the Turkic cavalry at Lou Fu Pass and contained the Turkic army. Didn't Your Majesty find out that there are a lot fewer besieging troops? We have to be patient, and there will be a turnaround. ”

"Be patient! My ears are calloused! ”

Yang Guang was furious, grabbed the white jade pen holder on the table and slammed it on the ground, 'Bang! There was a crisp sound on the ground, and the jade tube was shattered. A piece of fine porcelain splashed on Empress Xiao's face, marking a thin mark of blood, and Empress Xiao covered her face with a scream.

"Your Majesty!" Empress Xiao screamed and knelt down.

Yang Guang sat down dejectedly, covering his head and being silent for a long time.

At this moment, there were hurried footsteps outside, and a guard excitedly shouted: "Your Majesty! Withdrawn, discharged. ”

An old eunuch in the courtyard reprimanded: "Make it clear, what are the retreats." ”

"Your Majesty. The Turkic army withdrew to the north. ”

"What!"

Yang Guang stood up suddenly, he was pleasantly surprised, rushed to the door and asked in a trembling voice, "Yes...... Is it true? ”

"Weichen's words are true, Your Majesty can go to the city to see it in person."

Yang Guang suddenly thought of something, every morning the Turks have to shoot random arrows into the city, and now that noon has passed, the Turkic arrow array does not seem to have been launched, is it true.

Yang Guang immediately shouted: "I want to go to the city!" ”。

The city walls were full of Sui soldiers. Many ministers also rushed to hear the news, staring at the slowly retreating Turkic army in the distance. At this time, a guard shouted, "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

The soldiers and ministers dodged away one after another, and a yellow Luo umbrella appeared on the road, and then a large group of guards surrounded Yang Guang, the son of heaven, and walked quickly to the city, and the soldiers knelt down on one knee to salute. The ministers also bowed, Yang Guang didn't care to greet the ministers, he held the battlements and looked into the distance, only to see that the joint tent outside the city had disappeared, and hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops were retreating north little by little. There was a muffled sound of horns.

Yang Guang was a little surprised, turned around and asked, "What is the reason for this?" ”

Qu Tutong hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this should be a retreat but not a retreat, something should have happened to make the Turkic army withdraw to the north, but it is not a complete retreat, and it may be killed, so I ordered the army not to slack off." ”

Yang Guang's brows furrowed, "What will happen?" ”

At this moment, a soldier shouted, "Your Majesty, General Yuwen is back." ”

Yang Guang was immediately overjoyed, "Take him to see me!" ”

Yuwen Chengdu took advantage of the retreat of the Turkic army to enter the city from the west gate, and he was led to Yang Guang, only to see that he was covered in blood, his armor was covered with blood scabs, his hair was unkempt, and his military uniform was torn, and it could be seen that he had encountered a fierce battle.

Yuwen Chengdu stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Weichen see Your Majesty." ”

"General Yuwen, please get up!"

Yuwen Chengdu stood up, bowed down again and said: "Weichen went north to see Princess Yicheng on the order of His Majesty, but as soon as he arrived in the grassland, he met the messenger sent by Princess Yicheng. ”

Yang Guang's eyes were full of confusion, and he turned around and asked Pei Ju, "What does Pei Gong think this means?" ”

Pei Ju said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this must be Princess Yicheng who is relieving the siege for us, and it is a plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei!" ”

"But...... Is it such a coincidence? ”

"Weichen believes that the Western Turkic Khan does have the heart to return to the grassland, in recent years, the Khan has conquered the countries of the Western Regions, the power is very strong, and he has been eyeing the eastern grasslands.

Yu Shiji next to him also hurriedly added: "There are also troops from all over the world who rushed to King Qin, which gave Shibi Khan a lot of pressure, which is also the reason for his withdrawal." ”

At this time, Yuwen Chengdu said: "Your Majesty, Weichen also heard a news, it seems that the Turkic logistics camp has been attacked, the sheep are all destroyed, the Turkic army is cut off from food, and they have to withdraw their troops. ”

"And this kind of thing!" Yang Guang was suddenly pleasantly surprised, if this news was true, then the Turks had really withdrawn.

Qu Tutong also said: "Your Majesty, this should be the real reason for the withdrawal of the Turkic army, the daily food consumption of the 300,000 army is amazing, as long as the food is not continued for one day, the army's heart will be seriously shaken, if the logistics camp is not guaranteed, the Turkic army in this battle can not be defeated anyway, can only retreat north, Your Majesty, this is an extremely clever strategy." ”

Yang Guang secretly thought in his heart, the army coming from the north was either Luo Yi from Youzhou or Wang Shichong from Shanggu County, who else would there be besides the two of them? .

The Turkic army slowly retreated north in the sound of drums, under the banner of the golden wolf head, Shibi Khan looked at the city standing high on the mountain rock with complicated eyes, he sighed lowly, it was only the will of the immortal heaven that finally made him unable to catch the emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

In the middle of the night last night, he received news from the grassland that he had sent troops to the north of Jinshan, and there were signs of taking the opportunity to send troops to the grassland, which was also a major hidden danger that he had been worried about, but he gave up arresting Emperor Sui, and he was a little unwilling.

Just when he was hesitating, another news came that broke his heart, a cavalry of five or six thousand Sui troops attacked the logistics camp at night, and the 10,000 troops guarding the camp were all wiped out, and one million sheep were taken away by the Sui army.

This news was like a bolt from the blue to him, hundreds of miles away, it was too late to catch up, but there were only 3,000 stone of grain left in his military camp, and less than 80,000 sheep, which was only enough for his hundreds of thousands of troops to eat for two days.

Shibi Khan took one last look at the towering walls in the distance, sighed, turned his horse's head and galloped north.

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Three days later, tens of thousands of remnants of the Son of Heaven arrived at Loufu Pass, after half a month of siege and intimidation, Yang Guang was already emaciated, and his spirit was also greatly traumatized, he just wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible, completely away from this terrifying place that almost killed him.

As soon as Yang Guang entered the pass, Yun Dingxing and Li Yuan led the generals to meet them nervously, looking at the generals kneeling on the ground, Yang Guang sighed, "All the generals have worked hard, I know in my heart that you have done your best to save me." ”

At this time, Yang Guang saw Zhang Xuan and beckoned to him, Zhang Xuan stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang hurriedly helped him up personally, nodded and said: "General Zhang is loyal to the country, rushed from Jianghuai thousands of miles away, and attacked the Turkic logistics camp, forcing the Turkic army to retreat north. ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is the duty of a courtier to save the driver, and Weichen does not dare to ask for His Majesty's reward." ”

"Very good, not arrogant, not afraid of battle, this is the true character of a hero."

Yang Guang nodded, and slowly said to everyone: "In this Saibei incident, I will reward those who have made meritorious contributions, but those who have ill intentions and take advantage of my danger to coerce me to do something against my will, I will also severely punish them!" ”

After speaking, Yang Guang's gaze swept towards everyone one by one.

Yun Dingxing's heart was pounding, he felt that the Son of Heaven was talking about himself, after all, Lou Fuguan was secretly given up by him, and he was reluctant to rescue, but he didn't force the saint to do something against his will, wasn't he talking about himself?

Pei Ju next to him quickly glanced at Xiao Yu and Fan Zigai out of the corner of his eye, he knew who the Son of Heaven was talking about.

(To be continued.) )