Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 201 King Wei’s bloody battle with the Turks

"Your Highness King Wei, now the Turks are attacking. We don't know the number of people or the deployment. It is very possible that the deployment of our army has been leaked. The incident happened suddenly. There are still many people in Shuozhou City who have not withdrawn. Please let Wei Chen lead the troops. Go out to fight and cover the retreat of the people.”

The person who asked for a fight was Yu Dehuai. This was not the first time he asked for a fight. However, because of the incident with Lieutenant General Gao Huairong, Yang Shuang and Yang Guang now doubted the people at Yanmen Pass and did not dare to let them lead troops. What if they defected? manage?
"General Yu, you are no longer a leading soldier. As a commander, I need you to help me command here. You know the Turks better than I do."

"Then let me go, His Highness King Wei." Deputy General Zhang Xiangren also asked for troops. No one in Yanmen Pass was a coward, and no one dared to fight in the face of the ferocious Turks.

Yang Shuang was still not sure: "We have made arrangements for this battle. You two just need to help me make suggestions."

At this moment, both Yu Dehuai and Zhang Xiangren understood that refusing to let go even if they asked for a fight showed that they did not trust themselves. Looking around, even Yu Dehuai, who was as reckless as a man, could see that this command post belonged to King Wei. People, I and others are under house arrest.

Yu Dehuai couldn't bear his temper: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, what do you mean? Did the two of us do something wrong? Why is the enemy trapping the two of us here now?"

Seeing that the situation was like this, Yang Shuang could no longer hide it, so he said: "The King of Jin led a team to suppress the bandits before. I didn't give him soldiers and let him recruit local braves. I just wanted to know more about the local situation, and I arranged for Gao Huairong You went with him, right?"

"Yes, His Highness the King of Jin is not familiar with these places. Most of those village warriors took His Highness the King's money to eliminate disasters. The general was afraid that something might happen to His Highness the King of Jin, so he arranged for Gao Huairong to help."

"Gao Huairong is a spy."

"What? Impossible!"

Yu Dehuai and Zhang Xiangren immediately widened their eyes in disbelief.

Yang Guang stood up and said: "On the way to suppress the bandits, Gao Huairong secretly tipped off the bandits, which resulted in us almost being ambushed by the bandits. After being caught, Gao Huairong explained the cause and effect. He joined the bandits' church, and He helped Shuozhou merchant Liu Kuang transport supplies from the Turks to bandits. Now he is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason. The details of the situation will not be interrogated until after the war. Everyone involved in the case should be put to death."

When Yu Dehuai heard this, he immediately retorted: "Absolutely impossible. Lao Gao fought more than 20 battles with the Turks, large and small, with us. He suffered at least a dozen injuries on his body. He guarded the border for nearly [-] years. We finally What he hates is the Turks. His parents died at the hands of the Turks. Now you are telling me that Lao Gao collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country and resold Turkic supplies? I don’t believe it.”

"General Yu, now it's not a question of whether you believe it or not, but the fact is right in front of you and you have to believe it."

Yu Dehuai immediately said: "The people who follow you to suppress the bandits are all your generals. Of course, what you say will be what you say?"

Yang Guang's eyes narrowed slightly, and his momentum was not inferior to that of Yu Dehuai, a veteran who had been fighting for many years. The soldiers behind him directly put their hands on their swords, ready to draw them at any time.

When he spoke, even Yang Shuang felt the aura was terrifying.

"You mean this king deliberately framed good people?!"

Even if Yu Dehuai was impulsive, he knew how serious the crime of casually framing the prince was. Lieutenant General Zhang Xiangren said hurriedly: "His Royal Highness King Jin, His Royal Highness King Wei, General Yu is straightforward. He didn't mean it this way. Please don't blame him."

Yang Guang stared at Yu Dehuai: "I have seen your resume and guarded the border for many years. If this were not the case, I would not want to doubt you. But you arranged for Gao Huairong to come to my side. I have to suspect that the war with the Turks is of great importance. If If there are spies causing trouble, our army will definitely suffer heavy losses, so I ask you two to wait here. If you are really innocent after the war, I will personally apologize to you."

Yu Dehuai was still aggrieved, but the facts were in front of him. Although he suspected that Yang Guang was framed, the possibility was very low. With so many people testifying against him, it would be difficult to reconcile such a plot without any reason.

The most important thing was that he himself had discovered something was wrong with Gao Huairong before. Gao Huairong was worshiping Buddha. A man who had fought all his life and did not believe in Buddhism had enshrined a Buddha statue in the room, and it was a wheel-turning Buddha from the Sandalwood Kingdom. He originally thought that Gao Huairong had been deceived. Even after warning and taking the Buddha statue away, nothing happened. Now that King Jin had said something, he was unable to refute.

But when it comes to Gao Huairong collaborating with the Turks, he cannot accept that his comrades for so many years would actually collaborate with the enemy.

"Your Highness King Wei, the Turkic cavalry is approaching Shuozhou City."

Reporting the news, it was obvious that the distance was too far and it was too late to take command. Yang Shuang now planned to go to Shuozhou City by himself, so he said to Yang Guang: "King Jin, you will stay here while I go to the front line to Shuozhou to take command."

"No, Uncle King Wei, Yanmen Pass needs you more. We have already made arrangements before. I will go to Shuozhou City to fight against the Turks."

Yang Shuang was surprised. He was not surprised by whoever asked for a fight here. Only Yang Guang didn't look like the person asking for a fight. Yang Guang had no combat experience, and he couldn't let Yang Guang take risks. This was the emperor's explanation.

"No, you stay here."

"Uncle King Wei, I can lead troops in battle."

"Do you think it is easier to defend Yanmen Pass than to go out on an expedition? This is a military order and we must obey it."

Yang Guang had no choice but to stay. Yang Shuang then led the soldiers to the expedition. Yang Guang asked everyone to follow him except Qin Qiong, who was guarding Liu Kuang.

The door of Yanmen was opened, Yang Shuang led the troops to fight, Zhang Xutuo was beside him: "This time, let me take a good look at the power of your Shenji Battalion."

Zhang Xutuo said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness King Wei, Wei Chen has only learned to use firearms in the past few days, and his proficiency is not as good as these guys."

Yang Shuang turned around and glanced at Yang Guang's Shenji Camp who was following him: "Don't embarrass your King Jin today, show me whatever skills you have."

"Yes!!" Everyone in the Shenji Camp shouted.

……

The Turkic cavalry charged from the northwest, and the smoke raised made it impossible to see how many of them there were, heading straight towards Shuozhou City.Yang Shuang judged the distance and shouted: "Archers, prepare."

"Throwing."

As our bows and arrows fired volleys, in the red and yellow smoke, the opponent's flying arrows also shot over.

"hidden."

With the advantage of city defense, the losses suffered by the Sui soldiers under the arrow rain were certainly less than those of the Turks. The purpose of the Turks' arrow rain was not to kill the enemy, but to prevent the Sui's arrow rain from being able to fire volleys easily.

The Turkic cavalry holding shields rushed out from the rain of arrows. Because the Turks wanted a surprise attack, they did not use siege weapons and relied solely on cavalry at this time.

"Shenji Camp, volley of muskets."

bang bang bang bang bang
On the city wall, a row of musketeers fired volleys of fire, and gunshots were heard everywhere.

The ordinary soldiers of the Sui Dynasty did not know what the sound was, but they heard the sound that seemed to stop the sudden advance of the Turkic cavalry.

The Turkic cavalry who rushed at the front had no idea where the attack was coming from, and they didn't see the arrows, so they had to keep their shields in front of them.

But the steel ball does not have to hit a person, it can also hit a horse.

Everyone fell off their flattery, but because the matchlock gun took too long to fire and the equipment was insufficient, it could not cause large-scale damage in a large-scale war, and the intimidation was greater than the actual damage.

The Turks still rushed to the city wall. The city wall was not high and it was difficult for the Turks to defend against it.

"The whole army is ready for frontal combat!"

Following Yang Shuang's voice, the entire army prepared for battle.

boom

At this time, there was a louder sound than the previous gunfire, which was very terrifying. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion on the city wall threw a package about the size of a luggage square with a ignited fuse in the direction of the Turkic Cavalry Regiment.

This is based on the weapon made by Sun Simiao when the alchemy furnace exploded and the iron pieces flew around when he was refining alchemy. It is called a thunderbolt, which is a simple version of a grenade.

At this time, the Turkic soldiers gathered under the city. In ancient sieges, especially for such short city walls, the Turkic cavalry were accustomed to using the human sea tactic to attack directly. This resulted in a large number of soldiers under the city. The explosion of the thunderbolt bomb severely damaged the limbs of the nearest soldier. Fly up.

And such thunder bullets were thrown from the city wall one after another.

As the explosion sounded, the first batch of Turkic cavalry that gathered were seriously injured.

When they attacked the Sui City before, they only encountered people throwing stones and kerosene bombs. They had never seen such small gadgets with huge noise and huge destructive power, and they could not avoid them. All are within its lethality range.

But after all, firearms are limited. Even if they are all used, they can only be said to have resisted the first wave of attacks. The second wave of Turkic attacks came like a tide.

Upon seeing this, Yang Shuang led his troops to fight, and directly fought with the Turkic cavalry relying on the city defense.

The Turkic commander looked at the situation from a distance and frowned. He didn't know why the small city of Shuozhou suddenly had so many Sui soldiers, and they were well prepared. The Turkic cavalry could not attack the city at all.

The men and horses on both sides faced each other with scimitars and broadswords. The Sui warriors were not afraid of the Turks in frontal combat. Most of Yang Shuang's elites had rich combat experience.

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, from when the sand was blowing at noon to the blood-red sunset on the horizon. The entire Shuozhou City was covered with corpses under the low walls, including Turks and Sui people. This battle was very fierce. fierce.

Where the city wall was breached by the enemy, it was immediately blocked by the defenders. You came and I fought endlessly. Where the city wall was climbed by the enemy, it was immediately cleared by the defenders. Where the city wall was attacked by the enemy, it was immediately cleared. was counterattacked by the defenders.

When the night came, the Turkic cavalry had to retreat. They could not launch an attack on Shuozhou City at night, and the losses today were too great. The morale of the Turkic troops was low, and the battle was so dark that blood flowed like rivers. The commander ordered a retreat. .

They retreated at this time, but Yang Shuang knew that the Turks would not retreat like this, and they might launch a more violent attack at dawn tomorrow.

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When it dawned the next day, Yang Guang stayed up all night at Yanmen Pass. Although he had learned that Shuozhou City had resisted the enemy, he was still very worried.

At this time, Lai Hu'er came back, and the people who had gone to suppress the bandits also came back overnight. There was someone beside Lai Hu'er that he had never expected.

"You didn't kill Gao Huairong?!"

(End of this chapter)