Chapter 46: Holding the main force

This is a scout cavalry with less than a thousand people. led by scout Lang general Wu Zhiyuan, they came from Yanmen Mountain in the northeast and rushed into a gap in the Turkic camp. The sound of horns and red flags flew, causing chaos in the Turkic camp.

Shibi Khan was furious and said, "Annihilate them all!"

Teams of Turkic cavalry surrounded the Sui army's scouts cavalry. Wu Zhiyuan saw that the situation was critical and shouted: "Blow the trumpet and evacuate!"

"Woo——" The long horn sounded, and more than a thousand cavalry quickly retreated to their destination. It was a dangerous path, and a large group of people could not pass. Soon, the Sui cavalry disappeared in the mountains and forests.

The arrival of Fengzhou cavalry made the defenders in the city cheer like thunder. Although there were only more than a thousand people on the other side, it was like a beacon in the dark night, which made the defenders see the hope of reinforcements. The Red Eagle Banner made them realize that it was Yang Yuanqing, the Fengzhou Sui army came to aid.

The morale of the defenders on the city was suddenly boosted, and they fought bravely to kill the enemy, killing the Turkic army that was siegeing the city and was seriously injured and piled up. At this time, the horn of the Turkic army's withdrawal sounded, and the sudden appearance of more than a thousand Sui troops disrupted the morale of the Turkic army and could no longer fight. Tens of thousands of Turkic troops retreated quickly like a retreat, and dozens of nesting cars finally did not push the city wall.

Yuwen Chengdu has been watching the mobilization of the Turkic army. The emergence of the Fengzhou scout army will inevitably mean that the main force in Fengzhou is not far away, and the Turkic army will respond. Sure enough, he saw a Turkic army of about 100,000 people heading north, making the Turkic army's camp a lot empty.

The incidents of the Turkic army caused cheers from the defenders on the city to spread one after another, and Yuwen Chengdu was even more ecstatic. He urged his horse to run down the city, and he wanted to report this great good news to the emperor.

Yuwen Chengdu had just run down the city tower, but saw hundreds of officials surrounding Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, hurried to the city gate. Yuwen Chengdu turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to Yang Guang and knelt on one knee, "Report to Your Majesty, the enemy troops in the attacking city will temporarily retreat!"

"General Yuwen, is it said that reinforcements have arrived?" Yang Guang asked in anger.

"Report to Your Majesty that it was a scout cavalry of the Sui Army in Fengzhou that caused chaos among the Turkic cavalry. The scout cavalry had retreated, but the Turks divided a hundred thousand troops and headed north, which means that the main force of the Fengzhou army has also arrived."

Yang Guang's face was a little embarrassed. He heard the cheers at the top of the city and ordered the eunuch to inquire about the news. As a result, the eunuch ran back and said that reinforcements had arrived, which made Yang Guang ecstatic, but he did not expect that it was Yang Yuanqing's reinforcements had arrived, which made him not know what to say for a moment.

Yang Gongdao beside him advised: "Your Majesty, no matter what, he is a Sui minister after all. In the face of invasion of foreign races, it is his duty to come to help. Only by sharing the same hatred of the enemy can we break the siege of Yanmen."

Yuwen Chengdu also said: "Your Majesty, although the soldiers are brave enough to kill the enemy, the number of people is limited and cannot withstand consumption. At most, there will be no soldiers to defend the city in five or six days. Yang Yuanqing's arrival has dispersed a large part of the main force of the enemy, which will inevitably greatly affect the attack of the Turkic army and give us time. More importantly, the morale of the soldiers is greatly boosted and everyone can see hope for life. This is his credit."

"I understand. Let's talk about it after I have cleared the siege of Yanmen!"

Yang Guang was surrounded by all the officials and climbed up the city wall. The blood was unbearable. Many officials couldn't help but vomit. Yang Guang frowned and walked to the city wall. Looking outside the city, he was even more shocking. Bodies were piled up on the ground, broken siege ladders, and blood had dyed the moat red. In the distance, the Turkic army camps were still overwhelming and could not see the edge at first sight. But Yang Guang also saw a Turkic army moving northward. This must be a change in the north, and that could only be Yang Yuanqing's Fengzhou army arrived.

Yang Guang's expression was complicated, and no one knew what he was thinking?

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Yang Yuanqing's army stationed on the banks of the Sanggan River, about fifty miles away from Yanmen County. More than ten miles away is Xixing Pass, which is later Yanmen Pass. Crossing Xixing Pass and walking eastward for more than thirty miles is Yanmen County. This area is open and suitable for battlefield setting.

Yang Yuanqing's camp was stationed on a gentle slope. He rode his horse on Gaogang, facing high ground. In the distance, there was a flat mountain. To the east were the mountains. The towering Yanmen Pass and the endless Great Wall stood in dangerous places in the mountains.

Xixing Pass had been captured by the Turks, but the Turkic army bypassed Xiawu Mountain from the north and entered Yanmen County. There was no Turkic army in Shanyang County.

Yang Yuanqing was not in a hurry. His scout cavalry went to Yanmen City from a dangerous road to report the news. At the same time, he also told the Turkic army that Fengzhou army was coming. Yang Yuanqing's tactic was to disperse the Turkic army, reduce the pressure on Yanmen City, delay time, and wait for the southern army to come to support. He had received information that the 50,000 troops stationed in Yan'an County were also crossing the Yellow River and coming to Yanmen to rescue him.

"General Manager, Prefect Wang is here!" A soldier beside him reported.

Yang Yuanqing turned around and saw Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi County, leading dozens of cavalry to rush towards the place. After a moment, Wang Rengong rushed to Yang Yuanqing and bowed and smiled, "General Yang, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and replied, "I was sorry for notifying the last cross-border bandit suppression."

"It's okay, I don't need to mention the past."

Although Yang Yuanqing's support for Sui's independence envoy Wang Rengong was quite taboo to him, at this time the enemy was in front of him, and they had to share the same hatred against the Turks, and at this time they did not care about their positions.

Wang Rengong urged the horse to Yang Yuanqing, stared at Xixing Pass, and said worriedly: "There is only one man in Xixing Pass, and ten thousand men are not open. Now it is occupied by the Turks, so it may be difficult to go there."

"There are paths in the mountains, so I can go there."

Wang Rengong was stunned, "Is there a small path to pass? Why did I never know?"

Someone behind him replied: "The prefect has indeed three small paths to pass through, but only a small group of troops can do it, but not a large army."

Yang Yuanqing turned around and saw an officer standing not far behind them. He was tall and handsome, as if he was Wang Rengong's personal guard leader. Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile: "This one is..."

"This is my personal guard Liu Wuzhou."

Wang Rengong glared at him fiercely, "I talk to General Manager Yang, there is no room for you to slip in. If you dare to do this, I will be responsible for it!"

"Yes, I'm not sure of my mistake!" Liu Wuzhou admitted his mistake in panic.

It turned out that this person was Liu Wuzhou. Yang Yuanqing nodded, but he didn't want to say anything more. Now he has some understanding of the will of heaven. It is not necessarily a bad thing for Liu Wuzhou to oppose him, so the best way is not to deliberately interfere and let history develop naturally.

Yang Yuanqing turned around and said, "The Turks would be worried that their retreat would be cut off, so they would never tolerate tens of thousands of troops appearing behind them. They would definitely divide their troops to fight me to fight me to destroy me."

Only then did Wang Rengong understand Yang Yuanqing's intention and said in shock: "Does General Yang want to fight the Turkic army here?"

Yang Yuanqing nodded slightly, "I hope the king can quickly withdraw the residents around him back to the city, close the city gates, and the battle will begin tomorrow."

At this time, Yang Yuanqing's pupils suddenly contracted and he stared at Xixing Pass. He said lightly: "They have arrived!"

Wang Rengong also saw that a large group of Turkic soldiers rushed out of Xixing Pass, constantly driving down the mountain. He immediately turned around and shouted to Liu Wuzhou: "Go and inform Li Junzhu and move the people around him into the city!"

Liu Wuzhou agreed, turned around, looked at Liu Wuzhou's back, and Yang Yuanqing smiled again: "Your personal guard is good!"

"It's really good, smart and capable, and has a strong martial arts skills. I am my right-hand assistant."

"Although I said that, the king must be careful. Now in the chaos in the world, people's hearts are unpredictable." Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but remind Wang Rengong.

Wang Ren smiled respectfully, and a kind of disdain for Yang Yuanqing flashed in his eyes.

"This person is my personal soldiers and lieutenant, so I naturally trust him. Does General Manager Yang do not trust his personal soldiers?"

Yang Yuanqing smiled. He stopped talking and looked at the Turkic army in the distance again. Thirty or forty thousand had already emerged, but the large group of cavalry continued to flow out from Xixing Pass. It seemed that Shibi Khan was determined to annihilate his army, and a war was about to break out.

"Transfer my orders, and the three armies should hurry up and rest!"

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Shi Danai brought an order from Yanmen City and left behind Taiyuan to issue the whole country. In the order, Yang Guang made a clear promise that the Battle of Goryeo would be stopped, which caused fierce responses from all counties and counties in the world. The troops of the counties in the world gathered in Taiyuan, with more than a thousand people and hundreds of people gathered together to form towers, and water formed a river, rushing to Hedong in a steady stream.

King Yang Tong of Yue, who stayed in the capital, also appointed the Shaofu Temple Minister Yun Dingxing as the general of the Youtun Guard, and urgently led an army of 50,000 to the north to rescue Yanmen.

In Taiyuan City, there were more than 50,000 troops. The troops from the Hedong counties had been assembled, led by Wang Wei, deputy left-behind Taiyuan. At this time, Qu Tutong's 50,000 troops from Yan'an County also arrived in Taiyuan. In addition, more than 30,000 troops from the Hebei counties, Henan and Hebei counties had already gathered in Taiyuan. Just wait for the arrival of Yundingxing's army to head to the Yanmen Army to serve the king.

In Li Yuan's mansion, Li Yuan was discussing a solution with his confidant Liu Wenjing. Li Yuan originally wanted to deduct the imperial edict brought by Shi Dana and let Yang Guang die at the hands of the Turks, causing chaos in the world. However, Liu Wenjing advised him, "The Turks may not necessarily want the order of the Emperor of Sui. Once the conditions are met, the emperor will return and investigate the whereabouts of the decree. Not only will the Duke's life be guaranteed, but he will also become an enemy in the world and be disgraced. This is absolutely not allowed."

Li Yuan followed Liu Wenjing's advice, but he was hesitant and asked Wang Wei as the chief general. He walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Why do sir, sir, I don't agree with me to lead the troops north in person? I think this is an opportunity for me to control the soldiers in Hedong. It's a pity that I gave up."

Liu Wenjing smiled slightly, "When the emperor was in trouble, Shude personally led a large army to rescue him. Of course he was grateful, but what happened afterwards? In the future, the matter would be calmed down and he would no longer have any worries about his life. Looking back at Shude's leadership, will he feel suspicious? Shude must be careful."

Li Yuan nodded and sighed: "Brother Zhao can see far, I almost missed my mind."

Liu Wenjing said again: "Wang Wei was originally the deputy general of Qu Tutong. This time he sent troops, Qu Tutong was actually the main one, and Wang Wei was the deputy. In this way, the emperor would not have any doubts. He would only praise Shude for recruiting troops in time, his loyalty was commendable, and his worries about prophecy were defeated without attacking."

Li Yuan deeply agreed, and at this time he remembered something again and hurriedly said, "Is it inappropriate for me to ask Shimin to recruit soldiers to participate in the rescue?"

Liu Wenjing smiled meaningfully and said, "Shimin is only sixteen years old, so the emperor will not have any suspicion, but instead shows Brother Shude's loyalty."

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Chapter completed!