"What?"

Yang Guang was taken aback, there were only 20,000 stone of grain, and he asked urgently: "How much forage is there?" ”

Lu Yu didn't know the specific stock of forage, he could only answer vaguely, "Back to Your Majesty, there are only 5,000 war horses in Yanmen County, and the forage is generally stored for three months according to this amount, but now it has suddenly increased to 100,000 war horses, and the specific amount of forage is not known, but it can only last for ten days at most." ”

Yang Guang was a little anxious, the food was only enough for twenty days, and the forage was only enough for ten days, once the siege lasted for more than a month, wouldn't they all starve to death?

At this time, Yuwen Chengdu next to him said: "Your Majesty, the minister suggests slaughtering 50,000 war horses first, on the one hand, to increase meat consumption, and on the other hand, to reduce forage consumption. ”

Yang Guang pondered for a moment and said, "Where did the Turkic cavalry chase first?" If there is still a distance, either I will transfer grain and grass from other counties, or I will leave Yanmen County and go to Youzhou. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a loud horn sound outside, and the sound of the horn rose and fell, echoing in the sky, like thousands of horns blowing together.

Yang Guang suddenly changed color, and at this time, Shi Xiang, the general of the right guard, rushed in and reported urgently: "Your Majesty, the Turkic army is surrounded from all directions, and there are hundreds of thousands of people, and they have surrounded Yanmen City. ”

Yang Guang's face showed a look of horror, and he was so nervous that he couldn't speak, but Yuwen Chengdu was very calm, and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we have 100,000 troops to defend the city, this is not a cavalry battle, we may not suffer losses, and the Turks are not good at attacking cities, the minister suggests that the city should be fortified immediately and fight with the Turks!" ”

Yang Guang calmed down a little, he took out his gold medal and handed it to Yujian Chengdu, "General, I have appointed you to be fully responsible for defending the city, and 100,000 forbidden troops are at your disposal." ”

Yuwen Chengdu knelt on one knee, "The minister would rather smear his liver and brain to the ground, but also protect His Majesty's safety!" ”

Yuwen Chengdu immediately mobilized 30,000 troops to defend the city, and at the same time ordered all the houses along the city wall to be demolished, and the bricks, wood and stones obtained were used to defend the city.

On the city, tens of thousands of Sui soldiers stood at the head of the wall intensively, silently watching the Turkic army outside the city, each soldier's eyes showed a look of fear and terror, 400,000 Turkic troops have all entered Yanmen County, a few miles away, a number of camps and tents rose from the ground, stretching for dozens of miles, unable to see the edge, surrounded Yanmen City.

At noon, 'Boom! Boom! Boom! 'Huge war drums sounded, low trumpets resounded across the land, 100,000 Turkic troops went into battle, they came like a tide, shields in hand, carried hundreds of ladders several feet high, one by one bravely fought for the first, shouting and killing the heavens.

They crossed a two-zhang wide moat with long wooden planks and used it as a bridge, and nearly 100,000 Turkic troops rushed in, and without trying to attack, they directly launched a fierce attack.

The arrows of the Sui army on the head of the city were like a torrential rain, intensively shot at the Turkic soldiers, although there were shields to cover them, but there were still a large number of Turkic troops were shot down, but the army was too dense, there were no trebuchets, the power of the arrows was insufficient, hundreds of city ladders set up the city, iron hooks hooked the wall battlements, more than 10,000 Turkic pioneers began to climb up and attack, big stones and wood fell down like hailstones, a string of enemy troops were smashed, screaming and rolling from the air to the ground, but there were constantly new enemy troops landing the city to attack.

Under the city, tens of thousands of Turkic troops began to counterattack with arrows, covering the city, the arrows were dense like a net, shooting towards the defenders of the city, the defenders of the city began to suffer casualties, thousands of people were shot by arrows, the Sui army was pressed behind the female wall, could not raise their heads, they could only cover with shields, and put arrows on both sides, at this time, there was a dangerous situation in the eastern city, the first batch of Turkic troops rushed to the city, began the Sui soldiers to fight viciously, more and more Turkic troops rushed to the city, and the situation in the eastern city was extremely critical

Yuwen Chengdu roared, and the horse rushed into the enemy group, he wielded a gilded gong weighing two hundred catties, and the strength was incomparable, and the Turkic army was bloody and flesh flying, and the brains burst out, and the Turkic army was shocked by his bravery, and retreated, and hundreds of Sui troops behind Yuwen Chengdu rushed up, bravely killing the enemy, and finally killed all the hundreds of Turkic troops who rushed to the city.

The siege battle was extremely fierce, the arrows flew sideways, the corpses piled up, both sides invested heavy troops, the county government was close to the north city, only seventy steps away from the city wall, dense arrows crossed the sky, shot into the city, many arrows into the county office.

In the imperial study, Yang Guang's youngest son Yang Storm was terrified and ran to find his father, "Father! ”

As soon as he ran into the imperial study, an arrow shot through the window and hit the golden crown on his head, the eunuchs exclaimed, Yang Guangyi hugged the young son, sat on the ground with his back against the table, and then there was a scream, and a little eunuch was shot in the stomach by an arrow and fell to the ground, bleeding profusely.

Another arrow shot over Yang Guang's head, hit the wall, and fell in front of Yang Guang, Yang Guang was frightened, hugged Yang and cried, "Today, our father and son are going to die here." ”

At this moment, there was a horn sound outside the city, and the horns sounded in unison.

This was the clarion call for the truce and withdrawal of the Turkic army, and less than fifty of the hundreds of siege ladders of the Turkic army remained, and Shibi Khan ordered the withdrawal of the siege army.

The 100,000 siege army retreated like a tide, but the Sui army on the city did not cheer for victory, in just two hours of siege battle, 30,000 Sui troops have been killed and wounded 6,000 people, and the Turkic army has also been killed and wounded more than 10,000 people, almost everyone has bloody corpses around them, and a fear of death is full of the hearts of every Sui army and ten soldiers.

Most of Yang Guang's 100,000 forbidden troops were the children of large families, including the children of wealthy and powerful families, and more than half of the Guanlong soldiers were soldiers, many of whom were the children of Guanlong nobles.

For a long time, joining the forbidden army is a shortcut for the children of the official family to enter the office, just like gilding, after a few years, they can be promoted, and then go to serve as a government officer, the forbidden army is the army that guards the emperor, the horses are high, the clothes are bright, they care about the admiring eyes of young girls, and never consider participating in the war, they have always been nicknamed 'Gongzi Army'.

But today, an unexpected event pushed them to the main battlefield against the 400,000 Turkic army, and when they began to fight, they did not care about fear, but when the enemy retreated, and the bloody and cruel war was presented to them, many of them broke down and sat on the ground weakly, and most of them were full of fear and worried about their fate.

Yuwen Chengdu inspected a circle of battlefields, the morale of the Sui army was low, so that his heart was full of worry, he originally thought that 100,000 troops defending the city, at least 500,000 people could defend against the attack, and the other party was not good at attacking the Turks, Yanmen City should be able to hold, but now it seems that this army disappointed him, the ratio of attack and defense to death and injury is generally three to one, and today's ratio of defense to death to injury has reached five to three, so it can be seen that the combat effectiveness of this army is weak, and the city will be broken sooner or later.

Yuwen Chengdu sighed, the only way to do it now is to ask for help, and the fastest and most effective way is to ask Yang Yuanqing for help.

Yuwen Chengdu ordered several generals to re-prepare for battle, and he whipped his horse and galloped towards the city.

Yang Guang's temporary palace has been changed from the county government to the Daizhou governor's mansion, which is located in the middle of the city, arrows can't shoot here, and in the governor's mansion hall, Yang Guangzheng and more than a dozen ministers are discussing countermeasures.

Shi Xiang, the general of the right guard, has already reported the battle situation one step ahead, so that everyone present has a heavy heart, the Turks only use the simplest ladder to attack the city, almost break through the city, if other siege weapons are added, it will definitely be more auspicious.

Yang Guang sighed and said to everyone: "Everyone should express their opinions!" Now that everyone is in the same boat, there is nothing that cannot be said. ”

He glanced at Yuwen Shu, "Yuwen Aiqing, you have always been more positive, you should say it first today." ”

Yuwen Shu bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, what the Turks want to capture is the Great Sui Emperor, taking Your Majesty as a hostage, forcing the Sui Dynasty to agree to their harsh conditions, so we want to protect His Majesty the Emperor, and the minister suggests that Your Majesty select thousands of elite soldiers from the 100,000 troops to escort Your Majesty to break through the siege......"

"No!"

Yuwen Shu didn't finish his words, and Yuwen Chengdu, who appeared at the door, stopped him sharply, "Your Majesty is the Lord of Ten Thousand Vehicles, how can you act easily?" ”

Yuwen Chengdu was originally Yuwen Shu's fake son, in fact, he was his general, although Yuwen Chengdu was gradually promoted by Yang Guangqi, but in Yuwen Shu's eyes, he was just a fake son, from a humble background, just for the sake of face, he has always ignored Yuwen Chengdu, the two met, and they were regarded as passers-by, never greeting.

Today, Yuwen Chengdu actually refuted himself in front of the emperor and important ministers, which made Yuwen Shu's face unbearable, and he was furious: "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”

Yuwen Chengdu ignored him, walked up to Yang Guang and gave a deep salute, "Your Majesty, today we have only invested 30,000 troops in defense, we still have more than 70,000 people, there are still enough arrows, there is still strength to defend, and light cavalry assault is the strength of the Turkic cavalry, Your Majesty thousands of people out of the city, how can they escape their pursuit?" The road is long, and once the guards are gone, His Majesty can only go to bed with his hands tied. ”

"I agree with the opinion of General Zuowei, Your Majesty must not go out of the city easily!"

This is Fan Zigai supporting Yuwen Chengdu, he glanced at Yuwen with contempt and said, "I don't know what the purpose of some people is? He persuaded His Majesty to break through the siege in an army of 400,000, and the three-year-old child still knew that His Majesty still had a chance to preserve himself in the city, but once he was in an embarrassing situation, he would regret it, as long as His Majesty was in the city, he could inspire the morale of the army and thwart the spirit of the enemy. ”

Fan Zigai's words were reasonable and responsible, everyone nodded in agreement, and Xiao Bat, the waiter of the internal history, also said: "After all, the Turks are the ministers of the Great Sui, and they have committed the following crimes, and there is a moral loss, Your Majesty can send envoys to question him, why don't you abide by the way of the monarch and the minister?" After negotiating the terms with him, even if it is useless, it can delay time, and then His Majesty clearly issued an edict, announcing that he would no longer conquer Goryeo and concentrate on dealing with the Turks, then everyone would be at ease and would fight for their own survival. ”

At the moment when Yu Shiji was at stake in his own life, he didn't care about Yu Wenshu's face, and he also agreed: "Announcing the cessation of the expedition to Goryeo and rewarding the soldiers with heavy lords is indeed a good way to boost morale, and the ministers support it!" ”

Everyone's opinions tended to be unified, Pei Ju and Pei Yun also agreed, Yang Guang was forced to be helpless, in order to save his life, he had to agree with the opinions of the ministers.

At this time, Yuwen Chengdu said: "Recruit King Qin to the counties of the world, it may be too late, the minister suggested asking Yang Yuanqing for help directly, and the minister believes that he will be able to lead the army to rescue His Majesty!" ”

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