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Chapter 12 Turn the tide of the war

The fire was strange and fierce. Since King Wen of Zhou set the capital in Haojing (Chang'an), such a palace fire is still very rare after several dynasties. Yang Jian has issued an order to hide in the palace far away from the fire for a while and not to walk around in the palace. Worrying that the fire will continue to spread, Yang Jian and the prince have already left the palace and went to the imperial village outside Chang'an City to take refuge.

Most of the eunuchs who were guarding Yang Guang's side these days have been separated. After settling down on the King of Jin, the other eunuchs have also been recruited to put out the fire. Now there is only a palace maid who is in close proximity to sleep. Now the palace is in chaos, and few people know that the third person who is the last person today is hiding in such a small side hall.

Yang Guang ordered the palace maid to stay outside the hall to investigate the fire. Once the fire spread nearby, he came in time to report. After the palace maid left, the king of Jin found the candle in the side hall in the dark and was searching for something to cause fire. The candle as big as an arm suddenly ignited, and the flames instantly rose more than two feet high. Yang Guang was so scared that he almost sat on the ground.

After the flames rose, they quickly turned into a woman's face. They giggled at the frightened Yang Guang and said, "Your Highness is so brave. How can you become the lord of the world in the future?"

After seeing the appearance of the woman's face in the flames, Yang Guang was shocked and said to the woman: "The Lord of the World? I thought you had forgotten me. I have been in the palace for seven days. Why don't you see anyone who comes to see me, the Lord of the World?"

"Your Highness still cares about it..." The woman in the flames smiled again, and then continued to say to Yang Guang: "It's not that I don't want to go to your highness to reminisce about the past few days. In fact, these people who are guarding your highness are not ordinary people. They are cultivators with some cultivation. If I go to see your highness rashly, I'm afraid I will inevitably leak in front of these people. After thinking about it, it's better to see your highness like this..."

"See me like this... did you put this fire?" After hearing the woman's words, Yang Guang's eyes glared in surprise. After a little slowing down, he continued: "Aren't you afraid of burning me to death in this fire?"

"Your Highness is the reincarnation of the Emperor Star. How could he be injured by this fire at will? Let's talk about the couple's kindness for a hundred days, so how can I bear to suffer with my heart?" A charming expression appeared on the woman's face. After licking her lips, she continued: "My fire cannot hurt you. If you don't do this, you can't hide it from those monks. We don't have much time, so you must remember what I say now..."

The fire burned for a whole night and was not controlled until noon the next day. It was the idea that King Yang Guang of Jin came up with the idea, and he ordered people to knock down all the buildings near the fire palace. The fire had no channels to continue to spread, and finally it burned out the ignited palace before it slowly extinguished.

The fire burned nearly 100 people in the palace. Fortunately, except for the few people in the royal family, the royal family, hid outside the palace early, and there were no casualties in the royal family. On the contrary, Yang Guang's proper handling of the fire made Emperor Yang Jian very satisfied. After returning to the palace, he praised Yang Guang repeatedly. In contrast, Yang Jian was very dissatisfied with the prince Yang Yong, who escaped from the palace before the emperor. There were already complaints in his words.

It was found that the fire was caused by the improper handling of the fire candle by the palace servants of Yong'an Palace. However, the perpetrator has died in the fire, and no one can be punished for death. This matter should be over.

Although the palace was on fire, the Turkic troops were not delayed. A month later, the soldiers and horses from all over the country arrived at the gathering place. Then the emperor issued an order to divide the troops into three groups to wipe out the emperor and the prince took charge of the middle road. The left side was Yang Guang and Han Qinhu's 50,000 troops, and the right side was also the head general Yin Shou, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty.

After the three armies were assembled, their colleagues set out to attack the Turkic army according to the predetermined date. However, the Turkic army was also ready. Seeing that the Sui army was dispersed into three groups, the Turkic army gathered together. First, they took the initiative to defeat the main general Yin Shou on the right, and then defeated Yang Jian's central army with one blow. After leading Yang Jian's army into the ambush circle prepared in advance, several Turkic troops suddenly came out and surrounded Yang Jian's army who was alone in danger.

Because Yang Jian's central army had hundreds of thousands of people, although it was revealed that it was defeated, it was not easy to completely defeat it. The Turkic Khan did not dare to fight head-on. At that time, he only surrounded Yang Jian's army, and then the Turkic soldiers kept harassing from various positions. As long as he found an opportunity, the army would tear open a hole and attack hard. Fortunately, Yang Jian had been fighting for many years, and the army was defending the left army to come to support him.

However, Yang Jian knew in his heart that Yang Guang was not easy to rescue. When he was divided, the army was gathering in the middle to protect the troops. Yang Guang was assigned to the left side of the army, and there were only 50,000 troops under the command of Yang Guang. Now even if the King of Jin led his people to rescue him, he was not a match for the Huns. However, apart from Yang Guang, there were no other troops to support the king.

After a few hours, there was no waiting for Yang Guang's reinforcements, but the three thousand heavy cavalry of the Turks arrived first. Although there were only three thousand people and horses, the three thousand people and horses were covered with heavy armor. Ordinary swords and arrows were difficult to break through the armor. As long as these three thousand heavy cavalry attacked, they had never failed.

At this time, Yang Jian, Yang Yong and his son also saw the heavy cavalry that had already assembled in the distance and were waiting for the whole army to attack with a command. Kaihuang felt a chill in his heart, knowing that his tired army could not stop the other party's charge. The prince had already started to change the clothes of the soldiers and waited for the army to be broken later and escape in the chaos.

At this moment, a thick layer of dark clouds suddenly floated over the sky, which was originally cloudless. Then a strong wind blew up, mixed with wind and sand blew towards the stalemate of the two armies. In a blink of an eye, the sky and the ground became extremely dark. Such weather changes made the Turkic army, which often marched on the grassland, feel uncomfortable, and feared that the strong wind would blow down, so the riders came down from the horse one after another, waiting for the wind and sand to stop before attacking.

At this moment, a trumpet of the Sui army's attack suddenly came from behind the Turkic army. Then countless Sui army rushed out of the wind and sand. In the dim wind and sand, the Turkic Khan could not see where the attacking Sui army came from and how many troops there were. He thought he had been ambushed by the Sui army, and he was shocked and had no time to reflect. The situation where the victory or defeat had already been decided had reversed. The Turkic army was killed and defeated. When the Turkic Khan escaped, he fell down from his horse and was trampled to death by his cavalry and horses behind him.

After a while, after the wind and sand gradually dissipated, Kaihuang Yang Jian and others saw that the one who rescued them was Yang Guang, Han Qinhu, the left army. After escaping from death, Yang Jian had no intention of pursuing the defeated Turkic soldiers. Kaihuang issued an order for the entire army to retreat to Bingzhou. No matter what, this Sui Dynasty, the Turkic battle ended with a great victory in the Sui army.

When he returned to Bingzhou to rest, the prince still refused to give up. He secretly told Yang Jian about the strangeness of the strong wind and sand. Why did the weather suddenly turn aside? There must have been a demon who used the magic trick, otherwise it would not make sense.

"It doesn't make sense? Then is it that I can just die among the chaos?" Yang Jian's face changed color. After glaring at the prince Yang Yong, he continued to say, "And Yang Yong, you, the prince has been suffering from the clothes of soldiers before the army has defeated you. What do you think about the soldiers around you? Who has the heart to continue fighting? Do you think you can take my seat if you have the life to escape back?"
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