When Yang Xuan, the king of Liao, heard the news, the worry and anger in his heart only flashed, and then his heart was full of excitement.

Yang Guang, the son of heaven in the Sui Dynasty, has three sons, two sons and one son, he Yang Xuan is the eldest son but not the eldest son, Yang Zhao, the prince of Yuande, was the prince, and he never felt that there was anything wrong. But later, Yang Zhao died, so suddenly. He became the only son of the emperor, and he was also the son-in-law, not only did he feel that he must be the heir to the throne, but everyone inside and outside the court also felt that he would inherit the position of the Son of Heaven in the future of the Great Sui.

Since that day, although he is not yet the prince, he has been more flattering than the prince. Countless people began to take the initiative to show favor to him, and he always got whatever he wanted. It's just that sometimes it's always too early to rejoice, and when he feels that he is already under the Great Sui and above ten thousand, the emperor is angry at his actions.

not only executed a large number of his cronies, but also imprisoned him in the palace and never saw the light of day. Originally, he thought that in this life, he might be like his uncle Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, to be relegated to a concubine, serving the province in the secluded province, and not allowed to see his wife, and only ordered to be driven by the two servants of the ethnic minorities, which was more miserable than this.

Unexpectedly, after the emperor finally set up his eight-year-old concubine Yang Gao as the crown prince, he actually felt compassion for him, let him out of the palace, and sent him to Liaodong to be the king of Liao. It's just that I didn't expect that this idle prince didn't do it for long, and with Chen Kefu's rebellion, he, the king of Liao, lost his fief and could only stay in Kyoto.

Now, when he heard that the prince's younger brother, who was only more than eight years old, had been taken captive by the Turks, what he felt in his heart was not the sadness of brotherly love, but the joy. He was already praying in his heart at this time, wishing that the prince's brother, who didn't know anything, had finally died at the hands of the Turks. In this way, he will be the only son of the emperor. No matter what, he still has a great hope of inheriting the throne.

Although he didn't want to save the prince in his heart. But on the surface, he didn't dare to reveal the slightest thought in his heart. After all these years of ups and downs, Yang Jun has not learned anything else, but he has learned to hide his mind.

Holding his father's hand, Yang Xuan nodded and said, "Father, please rest assured, Erchen will immediately lead troops to rescue the queen mother and the crown prince." However, there can be no soldiers and horses in Yanmen City to protect His Majesty, so the minister only led the 30,000 soldiers and horses brought by Lao County to pursue, and the 8,000 soldiers and horses in the city still stayed in Yanmen City. ”

Yang Guang coughed a few times, his eyes flashing with excitement. "Okay, okay, after all these years, you have really matured. The Father was delighted. Go ahead. In any case, you must rescue your mother and the crown prince. You can even make a promise to Shibi when necessary. As long as he releases your mother and crown prince back, I can no longer pursue him for his move south to besiege me. ”

"The retainers obey!" Yang Yun saluted Yang Guang, and immediately together with Dong Chun, Yu Juluo, and Tu Wanxu, the 30,000 soldiers and horses who had just entered the city immediately gathered and drove out of the city to pursue the Turks.

But although in front of Yang Guang. Yang Jun was very active, but as soon as he got out of the city. He kept sending scouts along the way. The army also stopped and went, for fear that they would not be able to run away. When it got dark, they only left Yanmen City less than thirty miles away. At this time, the Turks had already galloped north for a day and ran hundreds of miles.

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, General Pei Renji, the general of the Right Military Guard, led 100,000 soldiers and horses to escort him, and the vanguard has arrived at the city."

Yang Guang was lying in the room of Feiyun Temple, and he only nodded when he heard the news.

"Spread my will, Pei Renji transferred all the cavalry from the army, and there was no need to stay in the city. All the cavalry immediately rode north and pursued the Turkic army. Tell Pei Renji that the Turks have kidnapped the queen and the crown prince and that he must rescue the queen and the crown prince. ”

Although Yang Yong had been sent to the rescue before, Yang Yong's soldiers and horses were all infantry. At the beginning, the war horses in Yanmen City had already been killed and eaten up when the food was exhausted, and now the infantry was chasing the cavalry, and Yang Guang did not have much hope. The queen has been in love with him for many years, and he can't let the queen be taken to the grassland no matter what. And the crown prince, as the prince of a country, cannot fall into the hands of the Turks.

Pei Renji, the general of the Right Guard, who had just arrived at Yanmen, did not dare to stop at all as soon as he received the holy decree, so that Yang Yichen, the general of the Right Guard, led 70,000 infantry in the army into Yanmen to see him, and he had already led 30,000 cavalry north with his two sons to pursue the Turks. …,

Although Yang Yichen's surname is Yang, he was later given the surname, his original surname is Wei Chi, and he is a family of military generals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His father was of the same clan as Chi Jiong, the general who was not satisfied with Yang Jian's army, but at that time his father firmly supported Yang Jian. Yang Jian adopted Yang Yichen to grow up in the palace, gave him the surname Yang, and incorporated it into the Zong family. In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Yichen had been a general at the border and had many military exploits, but he was good friends with Shi Wanshi, but his relationship with Yang Su was not good. After Yang Su conspired to kill Shi Wansui, Yang Yichen entered the court as a civil minister. It was not until the conquest of Goguryeo that he once again commanded the army as a general. Historically, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, he was one of the commanders of the three-way imperial army that suppressed the peasant army in the Sui Dynasty. In the Romance of Wild History, Yang Lin, the king of the backer, is talking about Yang Yichen.

With Yang Yichen's 70,000 troops entering Yanmen City, Yang Guang's heart finally settled down completely. When only 8,000 people died in the Praetorian Guard army around him, Yang Guang, who was seriously injured, had no sense of security. But this brother, who grew up in the palace since he was a child, he believes it very much.

At nightfall, Yang Yichen's Hebei Army took over the city defense of Yanmen City. The soldiers and people in the city finally ate a hot meal again and were able to sleep soundly.

As soon as the day dawned, several more cavalry squads came from the south and galloped into the city of Yanmen.

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, an army of 100,000 people has just crossed the border of Taiyuan and is waving the banner of "Li". Taiyuan stayed behind, Tang Guogong led 100,000 reinforcements from Hedong to arrive! The scout reported loudly.

Yang Guang listened but just didn't say anything, he had the most hope for Li Yuan's Hedong soldiers and horses. It's just that Taiyuan is the closest to Yanmen, but Yanmen has been besieged for nearly a month, and he can't see Li Yuan's reinforcements coming. Now as soon as the Turks withdraw their troops, Pei Renji's Hebei soldiers have arrived. Li Yuan's 100,000 Hedong soldiers had just entered Yanmen County, which made him very unhappy in his heart.

It wasn't long before the scout was gone. Another scout came to report.

"Your Majesty," there are a large number of ships along the Fenshui north, the front part of which has reached the border of Yanmen Xinkou, according to investigation, the flag erected by the fleet is the king's flag. Jianghuai comforted the ambassador and stayed behind in Jiangdu, Lord Wang Shichong, led 100,000 Huainan troops to help. General Wang had already disembarked first and led his guards to arrive, and he would be able to reach Yanmen today. ”

When Yang Guang heard the news, he was also stunned for a moment. Jianghuai is so far away from Yanmen, and the Jianghuai army under the command of Wang Shichong has been suppressing peasant rebels in the Jianghuai area, and the headquarters is only more than 50,000 people. But now Wang Shichong has received his edict from King Qin. was able to assemble and recruit 100,000 soldiers and horses in such a quick time, cross the canal and trace the Yellow River into Fenshui to rush to Yanmen, this loyalty really made Yang Guang feel very emotional.

This Wang Shichong is just a Hu person. At first, he was just one of his guards. He used to just think that Wang Shichong was very good at doing things. Every time the task assigned to him can be done properly, so he has been constantly allocating to him. Later, he handed over the Jiangdu he frequented to him to guard, but he didn't expect him to be in Jianghuai. However, it trained a strong Jianghuai brigade, and the peasant rebels it fought were wiped out.

And this time King Qin, it made Yang Guang feel that he had seen the hearts of the people for a long time, and he saw the loyal ministers. Wang Shichong used to be a somewhat unattractive role in his eyes, but after receiving the edict this time, it was actually in such a short period of time. It has already crossed most of the Sui Dynasty and rushed from Jianghuai to Yanmen in Hedong. It made him extremely excited. Thinking about the delay of Li Yuan, who was born in a big family and was still a prince in Taiyuan, Wang Shichong's performance moved Yang Guang too much.

Yang Guang, who was lying there, thought about Wang Shichong's official position now, and felt that it was time for him to be crowned a prince of the country and add the rank of general. If such a loyal minister is not rewarded, do you want to reward an unpredictable courtier like Li Yuan?

As soon as Wang Shichong arrived over there, Wei Wensheng, the general of the right imperial guard and the commander of the right imperial guard, also led 60,000 elites in Guanzhong to rush to Loufu day and night. The rest of the civil and military officials of the officials, the family and the powerful are also recruiting soldiers and horses one after another, or on the road, or have arrived in the east of the river, the entire Central Plains is full of gangs of soldiers and horses on the mountain roads. Not counting the soldiers and horses that have not yet arrived, just counting the soldiers and horses of Pei Renji, Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, and Wei Wensheng, plus Yang Xuan, the king of Liao, and the remaining soldiers and horses in Yanmen City, the entire Yanmen suddenly has an army of 400,000. Although more than 30 percent of the 400,000 soldiers and horses have been temporarily recruited, the number is just as shocking. …,

The wind and clouds are surging, the soldiers gather, the flag is like the sea, the spear is like a forest, and the horizontal sword is better than the snow.

Three days later, Pei Renji and the Liao king Yang Hui returned to Yanmen with 60,000 soldiers and horses, but found nothing, and the Turks had already left Mayi.

Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, who was furious, was on Yanmen City that day, inspecting the 500,000 troops who had arrived. Prepare to raise an army of 500,000 troops, immediately wave north, kill into the Turkic steppe, rescue his wife and children, and slaughter every man and woman in the steppe.

Yang Guang stood on top of the city, looking at the boundless and endless army below, his heart was agitated, and he pulled out the sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, and Yang Guang shouted, "Today I swear here, in my lifetime, I will completely slaughter everyone in the steppe Turks."

With a "choking" sound, the sword in Yang Guang's hand fell into the bluestone slab at the head of the city, and the sword that cut gold and jade made a pleasant sound on the ground.

Yang Guang was halfway through speaking, his mouth was open, his lips trembled and closed, but he couldn't say a word for a long time. Wang Shichong, who was standing behind Yang Guang, saw that something was wrong, and as soon as he raised his legs, Yang Guang was already in a trance, and he could no longer stand unsteadily, and fell straight back.

"Your Majesty!!"

Wang Shichong's eyes were the sharpest, and when he saw Yang Guang's body shaking, he had already rushed forward, and stretched out to catch the fallen emperor Yang Guang.

Looking at Yang Guang again, Wang Shichong only felt that the emperor's eyes kept staring at him, as if he had a thousand things to say to him, but he could only make a meaningless sound from his mouth.

"Quickly pass on the imperial doctor!"

At this time, the other ministers also rushed over, helped the emperor to the soft couch, and hurriedly sent him back to Feiyun Temple.

The 500,000 troops under the city were all stunned, and they didn't know why the emperor was inspecting the soldiers and horses, but suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking. After standing for a while, a horse came out of the city, and when everyone looked at the one-armed appearance, they knew that it was Li Shimin, the general of Zuotunwei, who had repeatedly made military achievements during the siege of Yanmen before.

"Your Majesty has been tired from a long time, and now he has returned to the city to rest. The officers and men of the government have ordered that the officers and men of the army will be temporarily disbanded, and the generals of the various departments will take them back to the barracks and wait for the military orders. After giving the order, he returned to the city without looking back.

Li Shimin rushed back to Feiyun Temple, and saw his father Li Yuan and others standing outside the emperor's house with a frown, and couldn't help asking, "Father, how is Your Majesty?" ”

Li Yuan pulled Li Shimin to the side and sighed lightly, "The imperial doctors have already taken turns to diagnose it, and Your Majesty was already wounded by an arrow, which hurt his heart." Before he was injured several times in the city to encourage the three armies to defend the city, and then the queen and the prince were captured by the Turks, which made His Majesty even more angry, and he had not rested well in recent months, so His Majesty's body had already been hijacked. Just now, the imperial doctors have diagnosed and treated, saying that His Majesty has had a stroke, and now half of his body can no longer move, and he can't even speak. ”

As soon as he heard that the emperor had a stroke, Li Shimin was also shocked, just now the emperor was still reviewing the three armies, saying that he would attack and lead 500,000 troops to attack the grassland and destroy Shibi Khan. But in the blink of an eye, he fell. He said with some disbelief, "Your Majesty was trapped in the city before, it was so difficult, but he was still fine, how can he say that he had a stroke and a stroke?" ”

Li Yuan sighed and said softly in Li Shimin's ear, "Just now the imperial doctor said that Your Majesty's current situation is already very dangerous, and if one is not good, it may be powerless." Erlang, you are now the general of Zuotunwei beside His Majesty, responsible for guarding His Majesty, and accompanying him. From now on, you must always pay attention to the situation around Your Majesty, and you must not leave easily. If Your Majesty can pass this hurdle, it's okay, in case you can't hold on, I'm afraid that the way of the world will change again. ”

Li Shimin stood there silent, he looked up at the door of the emperor's room, and saw that Yang Xuan, the king of Liao, was guarding there tightly. On the side, there are also Fei Renji, the commander of the Hebei Army, Wei Wensheng, the commander of the Guanlong Army, Wang Shichong, the commander of the Jianghuai Army, and Li Yuan, the father of the commander of the Hedong Army. Nearly half of the generals in the Central Plains have gathered here, and the military generals are all gathered together.