Chapter 466: Prefect of Jiangdu, is it because Yang Xiaoguan is here?
Chapter 466
Xinkou Pass, although it is called a pass, is actually a mountain pass that is relatively easy to defend and difficult to attack. A pass wall has been built and a gate has been set up.
The height is less than 1.5 feet. If the Turks really wanted to attack with a large army, Yang Ning felt that he and the Xinkou Pass defender might not be able to sustain it for even three days.
Fortunately, those Turks had no intention of going south, but were stationed on the plains of Guanbei.
Hundreds of cavalry are dispatched every day to inspect the movements on Guancheng.
For this reason, after Yang Ning discussed with the general guarding Xinkou Pass, he would send some of the soldiers and horses in the pass to leave Xinkou Pass every night.
When it was daytime, they disguised themselves as more reinforcements and entered Xinkou Pass with loud noises.
He also asked people to make more flags, so that more and more flags were erected at the juncture every day. This kind of behavior.
It was really frustrating that the Turkic soldiers and horses who wanted to come to Xinkou Pass to fight against the autumn wind finally gave up the idea of using force.
On the fifth day after that, reinforcements from nearby counties finally arrived one after another, and Yang Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
However, although there are more soldiers, most of them are county soldiers with weak fighting ability. There are already 40,000 soldiers, but no one dares to go to war.
Yang Ninggui was the Duke of Zheng, and his title was the highest among the others, although they were all vaguely headed by him.
But the prefects from all the counties who came here thought that they should wait a little longer until the troops and horses were strong enough before marching to Yanmen.
Yang Ning also knew that he really had no talent in the military field, so he followed the opinions of most people and continued to develop.
It was not until the day before yesterday that Yang Ning received the news that the rescue army led by his own son Yang Qian had traveled nearly two thousand miles to Shangdang and would arrive at Xinkou in the next day.
This surprised Yang Ning, but she also had to admire her own son's extraordinary ability to lead an army.
Today, Yang Ning, wearing a helmet and armor, led a group of generals to climb the wall, looking at the Turkic camp that had not changed in any way.
Before the inspection was completed, a report came that a woodcutter had led more than ten people over the mountain and arrived at Xinkou Pass.
The visitor claimed to be an eunuch close to the emperor and a loyal official in the palace and in the province.
"I always serve the prince?" Yang Ning immediately thought of the middle-aged eunuch who personally drove Yang Qian to the emperor's palace at the Qinghe County Poetry Festival.
"Let's go and see if it's true or false."
Yang Ning hurriedly rushed down the wall. Before long, he saw a familiar face dressed in ordinary people's clothes.
"It turns out it was Zheng Guogong in person. Our Wang Zhong is polite."
Seeing that the coach in charge of Xinkou Pass was actually Yang Ning, Wang Zhong couldn't help but look happy and quickly saluted Yang Ning.
Finally, he met an acquaintance. If he hadn't known him, Wang Zhong would have been a little worried about being turned away.
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Yang Ning looked at the attire of Wang Gonggong, and when he saw the strong and strong men around him who were also dressed as peasants, he couldn't help but feel suspicious.
"My lord, have you not been following His Majesty all the time? Why are you here now? Could it be that His Majesty..."
"Your Majesty is fine. Your Majesty is fine. However, Yanmen City is in critical condition now. The Turkic traitors are going crazy and are attacking day and night."
"Fortunately, His Majesty is in charge of Yanmen City. He shows up from time to time to boost morale, and has horses slaughtered for food. He also has to rely on the help of the people in the city to defend it."
"But now, the soldiers and civilians of Yanmen City have reached the end of their strength."
Having said this, the rings in Wang Gonggong's eyes were red, and he suddenly fell to the ground towards Yang Ning. "Please also ask Zheng Guogong to send troops to rescue him as soon as possible."
"Eunuch Wang, please get up quickly." Yang Ning was at a loss and wanted to reach out to help Eunuch Wang.
However, the eunuch beside the emperor refused to get up.
"If Duke Zheng is unwilling to send troops, then let our family kneel and die here."
Yang Ning was helpless when he saw this scene, but at this moment he couldn't care less about the winking greetings from the prefects and generals around him.
At this point, if you don't express yourself, if His Majesty escapes this disaster, I'm afraid I will be the first to be dealt with.
"Your Majesty, this... alas! Your Majesty, please call me. I will order the entire army to prepare for war and send out troops to fight against the Turks in order to relieve Your Majesty the danger of Yanmen."
"Zheng Guogong, didn't we agree to wait for help?" There were two generals leading the troops nearby who immediately became anxious.
"Yes, Eunuch Wang, please get up first and let me discuss it with Duke Zheng."
"My lord, you are new here, so you are not aware that there are nearly 100,000 Turkic cavalry outside Xinkou Pass.
If we attack rashly, we may not be able to save His Majesty, but instead all these soldiers and horses will be involved."
Just when the discussion arose, a horse galloped over, rushed to the front, rolled off his saddle and loudly reported the report with a look of joy on his face.
"Zheng Guogong, the governor of Jiangdu, the deposed ambassador of the twelve counties of Jiangnan Province and the deposed ambassador of Pengcheng County rushed to Guannan with 7,000 fine cavalry."
"There are also groups of about 30,000 horses that have arrived in Guannan with the two of you."
"Prefect of Jiangdu, could it be that Yang Xiaoguan is here?" Wang Zhong, who had turned pale just now because of the jabbering and anxious behavior of these bastard officials, his eyes lit up at this moment.
After receiving a definite answer, Yang Ning also let out a sigh of relief. Well, before the prince's matter was resolved here, his own son had already led his army to kill him.
Well, it looks like we are going to fight the tiger brothers today, and the father and son will go into battle.
Yang Ning sighed with emotion. "Eunuch Wang, look..."
"Our family is willing to go with Duke Zheng to meet Mr. Yang Xiaoguan." Wang Zhong was also making good plans in his heart.
It seems that Zheng Guogong is not decisive enough, but his son Yang Qian, at least in terms of actions, is far more wise and courageous than the kind Zheng Guogong.
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At this moment, Yang Qian finally reined in his mount with Laizheng, looked at the low south wall of the wall, turned his head and saw the iron cavalry behind him that looked covered in dust and wind and frost.
Looking at the tired faces, but still full of energy, Yang Qian was very moved by the Jiangdu Army cavalry.
"Thank you for your hard work, brothers. Uncle, let me lead you down. Dismount and rest where you are, so that the brothers can have a good rest."
"Yes, General Mo will go right away." After Li Jing promised loudly, he began to shout and give orders.
Soon, the 2,000 cavalrymen and the Jiangdu Army cavalrymen all dismounted and sat down on the spot.
As for the soldiers and horses of the neighboring counties, they were not much better. They all sat down on the ground one after another, and the entire Guannan land was packed with tens of thousands of horsemen.
Yang Qian was not allowed to wait too long for the reinforcements, but with Zhu Xiang's effort, Yang Qian saw a group of people headed by his father galloping towards them.
Looking at the helmet and armor, his father Yang Ning, who was riding a horse and looked indescribably elegant and handsome, took another look at his own gray armor.
There are also those strands of hair that are hanging down wildly on the head, which makes Feng Shen Junyi and Yang Xiaoqian very unhappy. Why is the difference always so big?