"Dunli...what do you think that is?...,

Shibi pointed at the sky road closed by Yanmen.

Lingli looked carefully for a while and there were several birds flying into the city in Yanmen. However, the distance was too far, and he could not see what kind of bird it was.

"It seems to be some kind of bird, some of which look like cuckoos, and some of which are not clear from a distance." Lingli said truthfully.

"That's not a cuckoo, it's a pigeon, and it's a pigeon that is passing letters from flying birds." A voice sounded behind the two of them. After turning around, he saw Zhang Yongzheng strode towards him.

Shibi looked at Lingli in a deep look, "Didn't Ben Khan have already let you siege Yanmen City in full, why did he let the Sui people's carrier pigeons fly into the city?" Lingli looked at Zhang Yong angrily, and did not dare to refute. He hurriedly said, "I'll make arrangements now, and I will never let an ant enter Yanmen City." Lingli was originally one of the four powerful khans in the Turkic Khanate, and was in charge of the entire east of the Turkic Khanate. His subordinates had a subordinate.

The four major tribes, Khitan, Kumoxi, and mohé, had territory, people, and soldiers. No matter in the past few years, it was Khitan, first joined the Sui Kingdom, and then joined Chen Kefu in Liaodong. Then Kumoxi now joined the Sui Kingdom, and there was a remaining subordinate, but he did not pay much attention to his orders. This time, his 30,000 troops were already discounted by a discount, and there was no more to make him strong.

Angry Lingli had to withdraw his anger to the soldiers below. Teams of archers were called to lay out around Yanmen City, laying a net of heaven and earth, and any birds flying in and out would be shot down by a single one.

The pigeon that had just escaped the disaster flew into Yanmen City. Someone had already taken off the bamboo tube containing the letter from the pigeon's tui.

At this time, Yanmen City was also in a mess. Although Yanmen is the most powerful pass in the world, its first point is his danger, but it is not a big city. Yanmen City, which is comparable to Luoyang, is not as big as Luoyang, and the size of the city is even worse than that of Luoyang. Even Liaoyang in Liaodong, Taiyuan in Hedong, and even Mayi county cities. The entire Yanmen City is built on the southernmost side of a narrow passage on Yanmen Mountain. Guancheng is originally a military fortress. Most of the houses in the city are military facilities such as barracks and other military facilities, and only a small number of civilians such as military families live in it.

In the past, there were less than 10,000 troops stationed in the Xianmen Pass, and even with the family members of the people, there were no 50,000 people in the entire city. Now Yang Guang brought nearly 150,000 people into the city at once, and the entire Yanmen City suddenly reached 200,000 people. The entire city was full of people, and even Yang Guang and his concubines could not find a large enough house. They could only surround a neighborhood in the center as a temporary place.

Yang Guang stood in the hall with his face full of worries. It was less than three days before he retreated into Yanmen Pass, but he felt that it had been three years since he passed. Three days ago, the western border was broken, 50,000 imperial guards were killed in battle, and the imperial guards, the pillar of the imperial guards of the court army, Lai Hu'er, died in battle. Two days ago, although the Turkic army's siege was still in hand, in just half a day of bloody battle, the imperial guards in the city had already died in battle, and thousands of injured.

When entering Yanmen City, Yang Guang had 100,000 imperial guards beside him, plus 10,000 garrisons in the city, and Yang Guang had 110,000 troops. However, in just half a day of attack, nearly 20,000 people have lost their combat effectiveness. However, there were more Turkic soldiers outside the city than the defenders in the city, which made Yang Guang worry.

"Your Majesty, all the lords are already waiting for your Majesty's great command in the front hall." Neishi came to report softly.

Yang Guang came down to the front hall from the guard guard, and the wide front hall was already filled with civil and military ministers who were accompanying him.

Most of the civil and military ministers in the hall were surrounded by 200,000 Turkic troops, and most of the civil and military ministers in the hall were frightened. At this time, they were all a little listless and frightened.

"My dear friends, what's the situation now?" Yang Guang looked at the ministers in the hall and asked.

When the ministers saw the emperor's eyes swept over, they mostly bowed their heads and dared to look at each other. However, Pei Shiju stood up, "Your Majesty, I think that although it seems to be in danger at the moment, this is actually a great opportunity."

Many ministers looked at Pei Shiju in suspicion, thinking that his life was about to be gone, and there was still a great opportunity. Everyone remembers that Pei Shiju had always been planning to fight the Turks, and they couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with him. They thought that if he had to fight the Turks, how could there be the shame of being surrounded today?

"Mr. Pei, I don't know what opportunity you are talking about? Did I mean that I finally have the opportunity to visit the grassland?" A minister said in a sarcastic tone.

Pei Shiju ignored the minister and said slowly, "Your Majesty, the Turks' siege two days ago also saw it with their own eyes. The Turks came with the power of great victory to break through the western border pass, and with the new aura of the entire army, the elite troops of the Ashin tribe forced to attack the city. But half a day after the siege, the casualties of the Turks reached nearly 20,000... and the casualties of the imperial court were about 10,000. The casualties of the Turks were far higher than those of the imperial court's soldiers. We were also defending and the Turks attacked. We had the Yanmen Pass to defend, and the more we fought, the more we were more beneficial to us."

"How is it a good method?" Yang Guang said expressionlessly.

Pei Shiju said, "The Turks could not attack two days ago, so their morale would inevitably decline. If they attacked again, they would not be as brave as they did on that day. Over time, they would inevitably be slackened in the morale and conflicts among all ethnic groups. We have the strong city of Yanmen, which was difficult for the Turks to break for a while. The more than 200,000 Turks' arrows went south and did not bring enough food and grass. Even if he plundered everywhere nearby, the food and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops would not be so easy to get. Without food, there would be no way to continue fighting. The Turks would retreat. Moreover, there were soldiers recruited by the court in Hedong and Hebei, and they would have received the order from His Majesty. At that time, the Turks could not capture for a long time, and the food and grass were not maintained, and their morale was low. The imperial army attacked inside and outside, which was a great opportunity for us to annihilate the main Turks' troops in one fell swoop."

Although Yang Guang felt that what Pei Shiju said was a little reasonable, the key to his words was that Yanmen could defend it. If the Turks broke Yanmen City before the imperial army arrived, then everything would be over.

Empress Xiao’s younger brother, the young master of the prince, Xiao Li, retorted, “When he arrived at Yanmen two days ago, Your Majesty intended to continue to go south to Taiyuan. It was also Master Pei who said he should stay at Yanmen and gather troops from all over Yanmen to fight against the Turks. But what about now? Yanmen was surrounded by iron barrels, and the Liao King who left the city may have been surrounded now. Now the Turks have more than 200,000 troops, but there are less than 100,000 troops to fight in Yanmen. Isn’t this to surround Your Majesty in danger? Isn’t this what the ministers do?”

While the two were arguing, an insider outside the hall came to the door to report, "Your Majesty, there is a flying pigeon from Taiyuan."

As soon as he heard the news from Taiyuan, Yang Guang was immediately shocked and said, "Come on."

He trotted inside and presented it, and Yang Guang couldn't wait to open it. When he saw it, he was shocked and fell to the chair with a white face.

When the inner historian Yu Shiji saw the emperor's appearance, his heart was also shocked and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

Yang Guang supported his forehead with his hands and said in a low tone, "Li Yuan from Taiyuan sent an urgent letter saying that he had received the imperial edict from me. He is currently mobilizing troops from all over Hedong, but he said that the Turks had already brought 41 cities in Yanmen County. Except for the two cities in Yanmen and the Liao King, the remaining 39 cities have fallen into the hands of the Turks. Moreover, the Turks have divided 50,000 troops and stationed in Xikou, Hutuo River, and Wutai, respectively, to prevent the troops from entering Yanmen from entering Hedong and Hebei."

When the ministers heard that the forty-one Yanmen city had been captured by the Turks, they were all shocked. In this way, they had completely become lonely cities and were isolated from the soldiers and horses in the court Hedong.

The General of the Zuo Yigu Guard, Yuwen Shi, stood there with a white face and said, "Your Majesty, the court has mobilized 500,000 troops in Hedong. In addition to the 150,000 imperial guards, there are 350,000 troops in Hedong and Hebei. There are only 50,000 Turks, and they will never be the opponent of the 350,000 troops in the court. As long as the imperial army arrives, the Turks will inevitably be defeated."

Yang Guang sighed, "There is no more army of 350,000, no more."

On that day, Yang Guang planned to conquer 500,000 troops from the Turks, including 150,000 imperial guards, 100,000 from Linyu Pass, 50,000 from Taiyuan, and 50,000 from Hebei to Hedong, 80,000 government soldiers, and 70,000 government soldiers in Guanlong, a total of 500,000 troops. Now, the 150,000 troops of the Imperial Guards have been discounted by 50,000, and there are still 100,000 people left. The 80,000 government soldiers in Hedong, and the three counties of Yanmen in Dingxiang, Mayi, Yanmen, Dingxiang, and the 20,000 government soldiers were wiped out by the Turks. In addition, there are only 30,000 people in Yanmen City, 30,000 in Gan County, and 80,000 government soldiers in Hedong.

The 500,000 army has already gone, and the remaining only 50,000, Guanlong, 70,000 in Hebei, and 30,000 in Hedong are the soldiers and horses that have already gathered in various counties. The total number is only 300,000 in total.

If these 300,000 people could come, Yang Guang would not be so disappointed. The key is that these 300,000 people would be impossible to come in a short period of time. Yang Guang threw the letter to the Neishi and asked him to use it for circulating it to the ministers.
Chapter completed!