In fact, most of Yang Guang's 100,000 forbidden troops are the children of officials, including many children of wealthy and powerful families. More than half of them are local soldiers from Guanlong and Luoyang, and most of them are children of noble families.
Joining the Forbidden Army has always been a shortcut for the children of officials and nobles to enter the officialdom. It is like being plated with gold. After a few years, they can be promoted to serve as officers in the imperial army, and they can be promoted relatively quickly.
Moreover, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army are the guards who protect the emperor. They have high horses and bright armor. In Luoyang and Kyoto, they have always been jokingly called the "Gongzi Army", and their status is much higher than that of other imperial soldiers.
But today, they were surrounded by an army of 400,000 Turks in Dayan City without knowing anything. Moreover, the Turks were so brave that they were frightened at once.
On the battlefield just now, everyone tensed up to kill the enemy, without thinking too much. At this time, the Turks withdrew. They sat on the top of the city, looking at the corpses of their companions next to them. The bloody and cruel war was presented in front of them. Many of them
People's spirits collapsed and they sat on the ground helplessly, but most people were full of fear and despair.
Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Shiju inspected a circle of the battlefield and found that the morale of their own soldiers was low. They couldn't help but look ugly, and their hearts sank a little bit.
Yuwen Chengdu's original confidence began to waver. He originally thought that with 90,000 soldiers defending the city and resisting the attack of 400,000 Turks, and since the opponent was a Turk who was not good at attacking cities, Yanmen City should be able to defend it.
But now it seems that it is possible if all the 90,000 are county soldiers, because although the county soldiers died the most today, and the county soldiers obviously suffered unfair treatment, the morale of the county soldiers is still there, and each one of them is full of murderous intent.
, far stronger than those forbidden troops.
In addition, during today's offensive and defensive battle, Yuwen Chengdu also discovered that although the morale of the Forbidden Army was stronger than that of the county soldiers, they were unable to cooperate in combat and had poor self-protection capabilities. At the same time, with the same number of people defending the city, the Forbidden Army was obviously better than the county soldiers.
Soldiers are much more likely to die.
Yuwen Chengdu secretly calculated and found that the ratio of casualties between the offensive and defensive forces of the Forbidden Army and the Turks outside was one to two, while that of the county soldiers was one to three, or even one to four.
Arrange for the treatment of wounded soldiers, and let the people carry out the good work
After the meal was carried to the top of the city, Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Shiju discussed it before going to report back to the emperor.
The two of them ran down the city and rode to the prefect's mansion. Yang Guangzheng and a dozen ministers were discussing countermeasures. They all looked as if they were mourning for their heirs, and their faces were ugly.
"What are the casualties of our army today? What are the casualties of the enemy troops?" Yang Guang asked urgently before Yu Wen Chengdu and Pei Shiju saluted.
After Yuwen Chengdu explained the casualties, the whole place was in an uproar, and the fear on their faces became even stronger. Some ministers who were not determined enough had begun to despair, and some ministers secretly began to have some small thoughts.
"My dear friends, how can we defeat the enemy? Please come forward and turn the tide. I will never be stingy with rewards." Yang Guang sighed. Now that things have happened, the despair and panic are gone. Some are just discouraged. Everyone is disappointed.
I saw this in my heart and knew that this blow had finally knocked down the proud emperor.
He glanced at Dugu Changsu and said, "Uncle Guo, you are the most calm and calm person with extraordinary strategies. Why don't you tell me how I can escape now?"
Dugu Changsu couldn't care less about the emperor's life or death at this time. What he was thinking about now was how to escape. To be honest, he believed that if there was no emperor in Dayan City, the Turks would not be able to act like madmen and massacre 400,000 people across the country.
The army came to besiege.
After pondering for a while, Dugu Changsu said with a solemn expression and a loyal look on his face: "Your Majesty, judging from today's casualties, Dayan City will be breached in at most half a month, and it may be breached at any time during this period.
Your Majesty is a man of ten thousand gold and the lord of the world. He must not stay in this dangerous place any longer. I suggest that General Yuwen Chengdu select 10,000 elite troops. Tonight, when it is dark and the Turks cannot see clearly,
If you fight out of the city and break through the encirclement, you will definitely be able to escape."
Just when Yang Guang was a little moved after hearing this, Yu Shiji suddenly shouted: "No, absolutely no! Your Majesty, the Turks have a total of 400,000 horses. How can they break out of the encirclement? If they can break out of the encirclement, Your Majesty will directly
If you fled south, why would you come to Dayan City to take refuge?"
Yuwen Chengdu also stood up, first glared at Dugu Changsu and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yu
Your Majesty is right, we must not break out of the encirclement. Now we stay in Dayan City. As long as we hold on until reinforcements arrive, we will have a chance. But if we break out of the encirclement now, we are likely to die immediately. Besides, even if we are lucky enough to break through, how can we escape the 400,000 Turkic cavalry?
The pursuit."
Pei Shiju sighed secretly, and also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed too dangerous to break out at this time. The Turks came well prepared. It is impossible not to be unprepared. With 10,000 people attacking the 400,000 Turkic palace at night, there was a possibility of success."
His temperament is very low. Even if he breaks out, there are not many troops around His Majesty, and he will be easily overtaken by the Turks!"
Jingtian also stood up, but he pointed directly at Dugu Changsu and said loudly: "Your Majesty, what I just proposed is not for your Majesty's safety, but for his own survival. He wants your Majesty to transfer 400,000 yuan from outside the city."
The Turkic army was diverted away so that he could escape. I heard that my uncle had just secretly summoned two generals from the imperial army, and he must have agreed to protect him when the time comes."
Dugu Changsu's expression changed and he scolded sternly: "Jingtian, what are you talking nonsense about? Don't be slanderous. I never meant this."
After saying that, Dugu Changsu quickly knelt down towards Yang Guang and said: "Your Majesty, I definitely don't mean what Jingtian said. Please understand clearly."
Yang Guang looked at Dugu Changsu with a cold expression. If he hadn't considered that the Dugu family belonged to his uncle's family, and he had always respected his mother, Queen Dugu, and her mother also specifically said before she died that she should treat the Dugu family well, otherwise
He wanted to kill Dugu Changsu immediately. In fact, Yuwen Chengdu next to him had a murderous look on his face and was ready to crush Dugu Changsu to death.
Yang Guang finally took a deep breath and said coldly: "Okay, I will assume that you have no intention of harming me. Then tell me what to do now. If you can come up with an effective method, I will spare your life."
Dugu Changsu walked away from the line of life and death. He was so frightened that he was sweating profusely and his clothes were soaked. He knew that Yang Guang had murderous intentions and now was his only chance to survive. His mind was running rapidly, and he was slightly
After thinking deeply, he said: "Your Majesty, I have two strategies to allow Dayan City to hold on for a little longer."
Yang Guang snorted coldly: "Hurry up and tell me what two strategies you can use."