The first thousand three hundred and eighty-eight chapters
Not long after, a vigorous figure ran out of the back house and rushed towards Zhang Jike with a happy face.
This figure is Shen Guang. He has been in Yanmen City and seems to be following Zhang Jike.
"Master Zhang, the Turkic army will break through the city today, and when most of the Turkic army enters the city, the prince will lead reinforcements to suddenly attack." Shen Guang came to Zhang Jike and said happily.
Zhang Jike gave a wry smile and said: "Your Majesty has planned the strategy well and has good intentions. There are 160,000 Turkic cavalry outside the city, including 50,000 Golden Wolf Guards. If the Turks forcefully withdraw their troops, it will still be difficult for the Prince to lead the Tornado Battalion and various reinforcements from the King." If they stay, they may even be defeated during the pursuit, but if the Turks who are good at riding and shooting are allowed to enter the city and fight with the Sui army in the streets, the Turks' combat power will be reduced by nearly half."
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At the same time, in King Qin's Sui army camp, Wang Junlin also breathed a long sigh of relief. Whether his plan to beat dogs behind closed doors with Sui Emperor Yang Guang as bait could succeed, the most critical factor was to seize the opportunity to let the Turks Break the city and then enter the city.
Under Nie Xiaoyu's secret control, he was about to succeed, but he had to be more cautious with this last step.
"Send an order to Zhang Tiangang and ask them to lead the special forces to prepare. Once the Turkic army senses something is wrong, some troops will begin to retreat when they break the city, and do their best to slow down the retreating Turkic army."
"Instruct Li Xuanba, no matter where he kills, he will immediately withdraw his troops from the Turkic home base after receiving the order."
Shen Guoer wrote them down one by one, and then immediately passed the order with a flying eagle.
Not long after, several flying eagles from the Military Intelligence Agency flew high into the sky one after another, flying in all directions.
Wang Junlin raised his head and watched the flying eagle gradually disappear from the field of vision, and murmured to himself: "The Great Sui Dynasty is about to be overthrown, and when China is in turmoil, the Turks must not be allowed to take advantage of it. In the original history, Li Yuan and his son had to compromise and even called the Turks their father. I don’t know how many conditions were agreed to by the Turks that would cost them power and humiliate their country, so that the Turks could be stabilized. It was not until Li Shimin became emperor for more than ten years and accumulated enough strength that he sent troops to the Turks and avenged his great revenge."
"Therefore, only by inflicting heavy losses on the Turks at once and defeating them can we eliminate the possibility of them taking advantage of the situation. This time, if we can annihilate the entire 400,000-strong army led by Shibi Khan, and add Li Xuanba into the Turks' lair, The fear brought to the Turks will probably severely damage the Turks' vitality. The most important thing is that the Turks will no longer dare to go south to start a war."
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The Turkic army began to attack Yanmen City on the fifteenth day.
After sunrise, the air above the city was still filled with the burning smell of burning torches. The dust in the air dyed the clear water-like blue sky above the sky a few days ago with an ambiguous turbidity.
The defenders in the city closed their eyes and leaned against the battlements, pretending to sleep. After a night battle, everyone on and off the city were exhausted. Although the Turks' military strength is now ten times that of the defenders in the city, they stayed up all night last night, and no one I was able to rest. Not only were the defenders in the city very tired, but the enemy troops below the city did not continue to attack in the middle of the night.
A general reported last night's losses to Yuwen Chengdu: "Seven hundred and seventy-two people were killed in the battle last night, and now there are still 7,341 soldiers left in our army, but among them there are more than a thousand wounded soldiers. We cannot return to battle in a short period of time."
After Yuwen Chengdu heard this, his face was as gloomy as the sky above his head. He wondered what Wang Junlin was up to. Could it be that he really wanted to watch the Turks kill the Emperor as Dugu Changsu said?
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In the camp of the Turkic army besieging Yanmen City, Shibi Khan jumped off his horse. The fatigue accumulated over the past few days did not affect the agility of his movements at all, but the rising smoke made him cough a few times.
According to the battle damage report that Shibi Khan had just heard, they could last at most two days with an siege of this scale and intensity. If they still couldn't capture Yanmen City after two days, the only option left would be to suffer.
And retreat this way.
If this was the case, the losses would be too great for them. Not only did more than 200,000 people die, but in the face of the Sui army's counterattack, how to successfully retreat the army to their home base was the most troublesome thing for him.
Shibi Khan will never let his name be associated with failure, because if he fails, his position as Khan may be in danger.
His cold eyes licked the faces of the tribal leaders and generals like poisonous snakes, and their hearts tightened as he stared at them.
The voice of Shibi Khan was so cold that it chilled people from the bottom of their hearts: "According to the plan, each department is responsible for a piece of the city wall. After three trumpets, if the city cannot be attacked again, all those who retreat after going out to fight will be killed!"
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Half a day later, the Turkic army dropped more than 4,000 corpses and attacked Yanmen City in a daze.
The Turks were overjoyed and quickly opened the city gate and entered the city.
However, just when the Turks were halfway in, Wang Junlin led hundreds of thousands of Sui reinforcements to kill them.
Almost all the Turks were planning to massacre the city after entering the city. However, under Nie Xiaoyu's secret control, Shibi Khan muddleheadedly did not leave any troops to guard against the Sui reinforcements. Unprepared, the Turks who were charging into the city were caught off guard.
The army exposed its back to the reinforcements led by Wang Junlin.
The Turkic troops outside the city turned around to meet the enemy, but because of the piles of corpses under the city, their horses could not charge. Moreover, they were too tired these days. They did not hold back for a moment, and were defeated by the Sui reinforcements with the Tornado Battalion as the vanguard.
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In panic, the Turks left tens of thousands of corpses behind, and most of them were driven into Yanmen City. More than 20,000 people were led by Shibi Khan's younger brother to flee to the northern grasslands.
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One hundred thousand Turkic troops finally invaded Yanmen City. Seeing that thousands of Sui soldiers in the city were about to be killed by them and the Sui Emperor was about to be captured alive, Wang Junlin led hundreds of thousands of reinforcements to suddenly attack, and soon after
Their troops outside the city were defeated in a short period of time. They didn't even have time to close the city gate, so they were followed into the city by the Whirlwind Battalion.
Just when Shibi Khan was thinking about quickly catching the Sui Emperor and using it to threaten Wang Jun, a Haidongqing fell from the sky and sent a message to Shibi Khan who had just climbed to the top of the city, making him furious.
Shocking, shocking news.
Their old nest was unexpectedly attacked by a Sui army, and suffered heavy losses.
Now, they had entered the city, but if they could not capture the Sui Emperor alive in a short period of time, the consequences would be unimaginable. Shibi Khan finally began to figure out how to retreat smoothly, and then rush back as quickly as possible.