Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 598 The Emperor's Breakthrough (Ten consecutive updates!)
at dusk.

Once again the Turkic offensive failed.

The golden wolf retreated, and the Turkic people retreated from the city like a tidal wave.

Other Turks, old and weak, came up and began to clean up the battlefield.

On the battlefield, there are corpses everywhere.

Yang Guang personally visited the returning cavalry. There were 100 armored cavalry when he went there, but there were less than [-] cavalry when he returned. There were more than [-] cavalry brought back by their mounts, just a corpse.

The Thousand Qingqi led by Li Jing also suffered more than three hundred casualties.

Such casualties were extremely heavy, but after all, it also repelled a fierce offensive by the Turkic people.

However, what if the Turks attack again tomorrow.

"Wang Rengong must be healed, and those injured soldiers must be rescued with all our heart." Yang Guang said a little weakly, "All the soldiers who died in battle today will be promoted to a higher level and given [-] yuan."

Fan Zigai, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Governor of the East, reminded the emperor, "There is not much food and grass in the city. Please order to reduce the daily food supply. Let us all reduce the rations together until the arrival of King Qin's reinforcements."

"Okay, halve the ration."

"Your Majesty, soldiers who go to battle must be fed." Li Jing, who had no time to wipe off the blood, asked the emperor.Soldiers who have not fought can be reduced, but if they have fought, they should have enough food, and how to defend the city without enough food.

"It's really not possible, you can kill the horses driving the imperial camp to satisfy your hunger."

Yang Guang didn't say anything.

After watching Wang Rengong go back, the emperor called several prime ministers over.

Su Wei, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, Pei Shiju, and Xiao Yu were worried.

"Today is only the sixth day, but we have already suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and only half a month of food left. How can we defend this city?"

Yu Shiji proposed.

"Your Majesty, I think that Yanmen is difficult to defend, so it is better to gather an elite cavalry and attack the city in the middle of the night to escort Your Majesty to break through to Taiyuan."

Yang Guang was a little moved, but worried that the hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry outside would not be able to break out.

Xiao Yu firmly opposed it.

"Your Majesty, with the city wall now, our army can still hold on. We just need to wait for King Qin's reinforcements to arrive, and we will be able to defeat the Turkic people in one fell swoop. But Your Majesty took the risk to break through, but it is extremely dangerous? Now the entire Yanmen County is full of Turkic people. If you go out, you will be surrounded by the wilderness, there is no danger to defend, and you will surely become a prisoner of the Turks."

And on the other hand, if the emperor runs away, how will Yanmen City be defended?

Wouldn't the morale of the 15 soldiers and civilians collapse?
Even if the emperor broke out with Qingqi himself, what about the civil and military officials?What about the countless soldiers and civilians?
If Yanmen City is destroyed, the loss will be heavy.

If the emperor is here, Yanmen can still be guarded, but if the emperor runs away, Yanmen will be destroyed.

"When will my reinforcements arrive?"

The prime ministers were speechless, and no one could guarantee when the reinforcements would arrive.

Especially now that the entire Yanmen Mayi is in the hands of the Turks, even if the reinforcements come, they have to break through the blockade first. Know when to wait.

A large mansion in Yanmen City is now a temporary wounded barracks.

Both Yu Chigong and Liu Wuzhou were lying on the hospital bed. After a bloody battle, they each suffered more than ten injuries. Fortunately, they are young and strong, even if they bleed several bowls, they will not die for a while.

The two even had the energy to argue over who killed the most.

"Hey, if only Luo Shuai was here, the Turks will never be so arrogant." Liu Wuzhou sighed.

During Yuchi Gong's two Eastern Expeditions, he was only blacksmithing in Zhuo County, but he had never met that Luo Shuai.

"Is Luo Shuai really that powerful? I saw General Luo Siye, and he was also trapped in Nao County."

Liu Wuzhou sat up all of a sudden.

"Let me tell you, Luo Shuai is the real God of War. At the beginning, Luo Shuai won many battles in Liaodong, and even created thousands of miles to attack the enemy's rear. Under the eyes of 10,000+ Goguryeo people, he gave them all It was broken, the king was captured, and finally the whole king was razed."

"Especially Luo Shuai was able to retreat unscathed in the end, how good do you think he is?"

"One person destroys a country, a role model for my generation!"

Speaking of Luo Cheng, Liu Wuzhou still admires him very much, "Let's just talk about General Luo Siye. He is also a powerful general with tens of thousands of soldiers. This time the Turkic surprise attack has an army of 30. Mayi and Yanmen counties, only Liuyanmen and Nao County are still guarding, Yanmen has His Majesty and our 5000 troops, but Nao County has only [-] soldiers, but they are still standing strong, isn't it powerful?"

"It's a pity that although Luo Shuai is fierce, he is still far away in Liaodong. It is two thousand miles away. From Liaodong, he has to cross the Liaohe River, pass through Liaoxi, and after entering Linyu Pass, he has to pass through Hebei. You say, Luo If Shuai came to help, which way would he go?"

From Liaodong to Hedong, you must pass through Hebei.

But between Hebei and Hedong, there is the majestic Taihang Mountain.

Taihang Mountain separates Hedong from Hebei, but there are also eight tunnels in Taihang for thousands of miles, also known as Taihang Eight Xings.

When Yu Chigong built ordnance from Mayi to Zhuojun, he first went south into Yanmen, then passed Fanzhi and Lingqiu along the Futuo River, and left Feiguxing, one of the eight Xings, into Shanggu, and then went to Zhuojun.

However, when he returned home later, he walked northward, leaving the military capital of Zhuojun, entered Huairou, and then went southwest along the Sanggan River to Mayi.

Liu Wuzhou thought for a while, "It should be Jingxing. Jingxing Road is the widest and the best way to go. From Zhuojun to Hejian in the south, then go west to Hengshan County through Boling, and you can go straight to the east of Taiyuan through Jingxing."

Jingxing has always been an important traffic channel between Hebei and Hedong. This road is the widest and best. Even from Hebei to Guanzhong, under normal circumstances, it is Jingxing, going south via Taiyuan, from Fengling Ferry or Longmen Ferry or from Pu Jin crossed the bridge across the Yellow River and entered Tongguan.

"Can we wait until Luo Shuai arrives? How about two thousand miles away?" Yu Chigong admired Luo Cheng, who was also a blacksmith, and had always hoped to meet him. He often heard Liu Wuzhou brag about Luo Cheng's various might, especially the president. He said that what he regretted most at the beginning was resigning and returning home, but Luo Shuai wanted to transfer him to Wang Rengong.

Yu Chigong didn't quite believe it, and always felt that Old Liu was bragging.

"If you travel lightly, two thousand miles is not too far. After all, from Liaodong, you will march all the way in the territory of the Sui Dynasty. You can also supply food along the way, and you don't have to worry about enemy attacks. You can travel two hundred miles a day. , it will arrive in ten days."

"Two hundred miles, ten days of rapid travel? Impossible."

"That day 150 miles is always possible." Liu Wuzhou said, "Actually, Luo Shuai has always been unpredictable when using troops. Don't think he can't do [-] miles a day. Maybe one day he will suddenly appear behind the Turkic people. "

Yuchi Gong sighed.

"I just don't know if we can stick to it until that day. There is only half a month's food in the city."

"Save some food, it's okay to eat for a month, the key is to keep the city intact." Liu Wuzhou was not afraid of the lack of food, but the city would be destroyed.

(End of this chapter)