Chapter 411: Danger is like an egg
"Your Majesty... This... This is a robbery while the fire is burning! ..., the hot-tempered Murder Demon King Rite Department followed the book Fan Zi Gai Fan's old man's face swelled red.
Yang Guangmian sè Tieqing: "I knew this earlier, and on the same day, I should have swept away Liaodong first and eliminated the scourge of Chen Kefu." Today, he also came to the well and took advantage of the fire to rob. ”
The reason why the monarch and ministers were so angry was because of the letter sent by Li Yuan, including a letter sent to Li Yuan by Li Jing, the marshal of the Liao march. On the day when the Turks attacked Yanmen City, the Liaodong rebels outside Linyu Pass finally took the initiative to attack the Sui army at Linyu Pass after continuously increasing their troops to 200,000 in three days. The Liaodong rebels used a large number of catapults, crossbows, siege vehicles, building vehicles and other large equipment in this battle.
And in addition to these traditional instruments, the Liaodong rebels used black powder weapons on a large scale for the first time, and the overwhelming gunpowder packets were thrown from the mine-throwing trucks under the gate. Gunpowder packs, oil bombs, explosive bombs, poison gas bombs, rockets, and other gunpowder weapons were thrown on the castle as if they were exhibited at the imperial court. The dense explosion, the firelight in the sky, and the thunderous noise made the Sui army on the gate a little stunned for a while.
Under the cover of this saturated and dense black powder weapon, the Liaodong Army launched a fierce attack on Linyu Pass. When the bloody battle reached dusk, the Liaodong Army finally withdrew. However, Linyu Pass was bombed everywhere, smoky and burning, and it was damaged everywhere. After the war, the losses were counted, and more than 10,000 people were killed and more than 20,000 were wounded. The 150,000 troops of Liao were lost by 20% at once.
Such a loss made Li Jing, the marshal, shocked, even Luo Yi and Pei Renji, who were ruthless, were shocked, and even the four tigers of the Xue family and Pei Shishuangxiong, young generals who had always regarded themselves very highly, were a little incredulous. After counting the casualty figures three times in a row, Li Jing finally couldn't sit still, and wrote an urgent letter to the emperor that night. However, when the letter arrived in Hedong, the emperor had already been surrounded in Yanmen, and finally the letter reached Li Yuan's hands again. Li Yuan didn't dare to suppress this letter when he saw it, and hurriedly sent it to Yanmen with his own letter.
Pei Yun said: "Your Majesty, the attack of the rebels in Liaodong was actually at the same time as the Turks' attack on Yanmen, and the minister felt that the rebel general Chen Kefu might have reached some agreement with the Turks. The last time the Turks suddenly went south, it was possible that Chen Kefu told Shibi what he knew.
This time, Chen Kefu suddenly attacked Chongqing, and it is very likely that he also knew the battle situation in Hedong for a long time, so he suddenly chose this time to be difficult after being quiet for so long. At this time, Yang Guang no longer thought about whether Chen Kefu had any agreement with Shi Bijian, he was thinking that the offensive of the Liaodong rebels was so strong, and those gunpowder weapons were so strong, it was very likely that the 150,000 troops in Linyu Pass would not be able to hold it at all.
On one side, the Turks trapped themselves in Yanmen, which was full of danger. On the one hand, the Liaodong rebels, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly attacked the storm and prepared to enter the Central Plains. Only then did Yang Guang feel that he had underestimated the Liaodong rebels at the beginning. At that time, he thought that Chen Kefu was trapped in Liaodong and could not do anything at all, and when he defeated the Turks, he would be able to calmly clean him up. Who would have thought that he would choose such a time to suddenly attack. Now that he is trapped in Yanmen, the imperial court is unable to deal with Chen Kefu with all its might.
What made Yang Guang even more angry was that the Hebei column had already assembled 350,000 troops in various places, of which 150,000 were the Liao army at Linyu Pass. The other 100,000 were gathered in Zhuo County, which were drawn from the army of the Liao Expedition and were ready to attack the Turks together, and there were 100,000 soldiers from Hebei and Henan, who were also preparing to participate in the attack on the Turks.
But now the Turks have taken Yanmen first, and what makes Yang Guang even more angry is that he sent two soldiers and horses into Wutai early. They choked the main road from Hebei to Hedong. Although Hedong and Hebei are adjacent, they are separated by the natural boundary of the Taihang Mountains. And Hebei into the east, either take Henan, go around and then go north to Hedong.
Either there is only through the Taihang Mountain, and the passage from Hebei to the east of the river must pass through two of the most dangerous Taihang Eight Mountains. One of these two passages is at the border between Yanmen and Taiyuan and Hengshan County, which is the most famous well, and one of them is the Tumen Pass. The other passage is at the border between Shanggu County in Hebei Province and Yanmen County in Hedong, which is Feiguqi. He lives in the south of Wei County, Hebei Province. Two cliffs stand steeply, a line of micro-communication, more than 100 miles of meandering. The ancients: Flying foxes, choking their backs, entering the secluded and swallows, the most victorious place. …,
At present, although the passes of these two passages are still under the control of the Sui army, the Turks have already sent troops to block the canyon, and the soldiers and horses of Hebei can pass through directly. If the soldiers and horses of Hebei want to enter the east of the river, they must defeat the Turks in the customs clearance. However, if you want to defeat the Turks, it will not be possible to do it in half a time, at least in a short period of time, Hebei's reinforcements will not come.
Seeing such a situation, even Pei Shiju couldn't say anything good. Chen Kefu's Liaodong rebels stormed Linyu Pass, so if the imperial court did not want Chen Kefu to break through the pass and enter Hebei, it must send additional troops and horses to Linyu. On the other hand, if the imperial court wanted to transfer the army from Hebei into Hedong, the only way to pass through Jingzhi and Feiguqi had been blocked by the Turks. It was difficult to pass for a while, and the 350,000 troops in the entire Hebei Province, although they were very close, were far away.
Originally, Yang Guang and the ministers still felt that as long as they could hold on to Yanmen, it would not be long before the tens of thousands of troops of the imperial court would inevitably be copied from Hebei and Hebei, and then they would attack the main Turkic force together with more than 100,000 guards in Yanmen Pass. But now, all at once, the situation has changed again.
Although Yun Dingxing escaped with his life in Xiqi Pass that day, he was also injured a lot, and one arm was still hanging in front of Xiōng. At this time, looking at the emperor's face, he was uncertain, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, although the Liaodong rebels have found a good time, Linyu Pass is a dangerous and majestic pass, and there are 150,000 troops from the imperial court stationed there.
Although it is critical at the moment, if His Majesty pulls back some of the troops from Zhuojun, then the Liaodong rebels will have no chance to break through and enter Hebei. As long as the imperial court defeated the Turks, it was only a matter of time before the rebels trapped in Liaodong were pacified. "The minister thinks that the most important thing at the moment is to defeat the Turks. The army of Hebei is crucial to the situation in Yanmen, so the Jingcheng and Flying Fox courts must be opened. Therefore, the minister believed that His Majesty should immediately order the army of Hebei to immediately attack the Turks west of Jingcheng and Feihu. The sooner the Turks were defeated, the sooner the Hebei army could enter Yanmen and attack the Turkic army. As soon as Yun Dingxing said it, many ministers were relieved a lot. Everyone thinks that Hebei now has 200,000 ready-made troops, and even if half of them are transferred to Linyu, there will still be 100,000 troops. If the army goes to the nearest Flying Fox, it won't take a few days. There is no problem with an army of 100,000 against 10,000 Turks.
Pei Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who had not spoken, stood up, "Your Majesty, in this way, the arrival of reinforcements will inevitably be delayed." According to the results of the minister's inventory of the warehouses in the city, the food in the city is enough for 200,000 soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for half a month. If the supply is reduced from now on, rationing will only last for a month at most. Although the minister does not understand military affairs, he also reminds you that when you are making plans, it is better to include this food matter first. This time, Yang Guang has been preparing in advance for nearly two years in order to conquer the Turks, and the grain and grass from all over the world have also been transported into Hedong early. All the food prepared is enough to sustain an army of millions for a year. But what is worse is that most of this grain is stored in the prosperous counties in the south of Hedong, and the original plan was that when the army set out, the requisitioned people also transported the grain at the same time, so that the Turks would not know in advance. Who would have thought that there are tens of millions of stone of grain in Hedong now, but there is not much grain in Yanmen County, the northernmost part. 200,000 people poured into the city at once, and no matter how much the city's grain was saved, it could only last for a month.
If it was said earlier that the Liaodong rebels took advantage of the Turkic attack to attack Linyu Pass and prepare to enter the Central Plains. Yang Guang only felt a little angry and a little worried, but there was no panic. It was Jing Cheng and Flying Fox that blocked the Turks, and Yang Guang only felt a little headache.
But this lack of food made Yang Guang restless. In the history books, countless famous generals sat on the fortified city and Xiongguan fortress, and in the end, they were often defeated by the enemy outside the city, but they often starved to death due to lack of food.
Yanmen is indeed known as the world's first Xiongguan, and it is no worse than Luoyang, Kyoto. But Yanmen Pass is now besieged from all sides, and it has long become a lonely city, with only one month's food, which makes Yang Guang really unable to sit still.
Moreover, Yang Guang also believed that as soon as the news of the shortage of food in the city came out, the morale of the entire army would also be minimized. At that time, what will be used to fight the Turks?
The Hebei army was difficult to reach for a while, and the number of soldiers and horses in Hedong was too small, so they were afraid that they would not be able to break the siege for a while. At present, there is not enough food in the city, and this has become a crisis. Yu Wenhua and the people who didn't take it seriously, although the officialdom has been smooth sailing in the past few years, and there has really been a lot of progress, but in the face of this face, he still suddenly returned to the timid and cowardly nature.
When the following sè was miserable, he came out in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, now that the situation is suddenly in danger, instead of sitting and waiting to die, why don't you select thousands of elite guards by the ministers to escort Your Majesty and Niangniang to break through?" Taiyuan County is Taiyuan County after the Hutuo River in the south, and as long as you go out of Yanmen County, you will have no worries. (To be continued...)