Shibi Khan forced himself to calm down, and then summoned his two younger brothers Ashina Dubisi, Ashina Dubishi and several big tribal leaders to tell everyone about the incident that shocked, angered and felt
Unbelievable news was given to them.
"A group of elite troops from the Sui army came around our home base, and eleven small and medium-sized tribes were wiped out. Each tribe suffered heavy losses. How is this possible?"
"It's tens of thousands of miles from the northernmost part of the Great Sui Dynasty to our home base. With so many tribes along the way, how could it be possible that the Sui people didn't discover it in advance and allowed the Sui people to attack their home base directly?"
After hearing this, the tribal leaders and generals were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions changed drastically and they started to curse.
"It was Wang Junlin's Far Eastern Army. He sent naval battleships to circumnavigate the Goguryeo Peninsula and land on the north side of the Goguryeo Peninsula." Ashina was shocked and quickly figured out the reason.
"Immediately shrink your troops, withdraw from Yanmen City, and quickly retreat to the north." Shibi Khan suppressed the anger in his heart and said with a solemn expression.
"Wait a minute!" Ashina Dubi Si stood up and stopped a soldier of Shibi Khan who was leaving as ordered.
Shibi Khan and the tribal leaders looked at Ashina Dubi Si. Ashina Dubi Si stared at Shibi Khan, with suspicion on his face for the first time. He squinted his eyes and asked: "Khan, we are watching.
We are about to capture the Sui Emperor. If we retreat like this, more than 200,000 warriors will really die in vain. If we retreat out of the city now, it will only collapse the army. The Sui army will pursue them all the way, and it will be all over."
Everyone was shocked and looked at Shibi Khan with suspicion. The latter looked bitter and said: "Then what do you think we should do? Not to mention that the reinforcements from the Sui Dynasty have also entered the city at this time. It is difficult for us.
If we defend the city and fight, even if we can capture the Sui Emperor, do you think that Wang Junlin will really care about the Sui Emperor's life and death?"
After a pause, Shibi Khan sighed and said: "The most important thing is that there must not be much food and grass in Yanmen City. Even if we drive out the Sui Dynasty reinforcements who entered the city, with so many people, we will not be able to eat the food and grass in this city at all."
In a few days, the Sui people will trap us to death in Yanmen City without attacking the city."
At the beginning, what Khan said was conclusive and well-founded. The doubts on the faces of Ashina Dubi, the tribal leaders, and the generals disappeared, but their expressions became even more ugly.
"Even if the navy of the Far Eastern Army is transported by sea, if we calculate the time, Wang Junlin has already sent a group of elite troops to bypass and attack our home base long before our army goes south."
"So, now it seems that Wang Junlin knew that our army was going south, but did not tell the Sui Emperor. He deliberately used the Sui Emperor as bait to lure us here, and also dragged us in Yanmen City, and used Yanmen City to
and the Sui troops around the emperor consume our forces."
"That's right, after the reinforcements came with King Junlin, except for the initial battle, they had no intention of fully rescuing the Sui Emperor. They were obviously waiting for us to break the city today so that we could be trapped in Yanmen City.
Therefore, whether it is to defend Yanmen City or to retreat to the northern grasslands, it must be within Wang Junlin's plan. How could he not have any arrangements? From what I expected, Wang Junlin wanted to keep us all here.
Catch us all in one fell swoop.”
As soon as Ashina's brother finished speaking, the Khan and the tribal leaders all changed their minds. Thinking about it carefully, this is not what happened.
Although their various armies now total about 130,000 troops, which is still even larger than the Sui army in terms of numbers, their current situation is really not good.
First of all, they had no supply of food and grass. Wang Junlin sent a special force to cut off their food routes and burned nearly half of their food and grass. Although the area around Yanmen City was not clear and solid, it was difficult for their people to loot any more food and grass.
, the troops sent out almost never came back.
Secondly, there are the war horses. They are all cavalry, and moving to fight thousands of miles away is originally done at the cost of losing most of the war horses after the war.
Finally, there is morale. Morale is something that cannot be touched, but it can be seen from the look, state, words and deeds of the soldiers, and the appearance of the army.
The morale of the Turkic army is now at a low ebb.
"Morale is not difficult to solve. Just tell everyone below that we have reached a critical moment of life and death. If you don't fight hard, you will die. Morale and blood will naturally be stimulated. This is the saying of putting yourself to death and surviving." Ashina Dubi.
Si finally said.
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Dark clouds cover the moon, and the north wind howls.
The fighting between the Sui army and the Turkic army continued at the south gate of Yanmen City. Generally speaking, the Turks continued to retreat. More Sui troops entered the city and began street fighting with the Turkic army near the south gate.
At the critical moment of life and death, Shibi Khan and Ashina Dubisi led the tribal leaders to the city tower of Yanmen City. They held candles and talked at night. They stayed up all night, analyzing every step of the entire action plan and even the possible challenges they might face at every step.
variables and formulate contingency strategies.
Outside the city tower, a group of Shibi Khan's soldiers were guarding the place, one of whom was dressed as Nie Xiaoyu.
The final strategy decided by a group of Turkic high-ranking officials was actually not complicated. They left 30,000 dead soldiers to hold back the Sui army at the south gate of Yanmen City. Their main force retreated from the north gate. As for the Sui emperor who was hiding somewhere, they
At this time, I no longer care about so much.
Of course, the plan has been drawn up, but how to divide the work is a problem.
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Outside the city, Li Shimin had just received Wang Junlin's order and led his army to bypass Yanmen City and hide near the north gate of Yanmen City, waiting to ambush the main Turkic army that was about to retreat from here.
Just now, Li Shimin thought carefully about what these Heavenly Kings had done, and suddenly felt that his throat was a little dry and his heart was beating disobediently. It was a real shock to his mind.
Li Shimin thought he had seen Wang Junlin clearly, but he suddenly found that he seemed to have understood nothing. Wang Junlin became more and more unfathomable in his eyes. He found that he understood more and more why his father had always been afraid of Wang Junlin.
Extremely, and regard it as the biggest potential threat.
"Second Young Master, King Qin An sent us and Wang Rengong's troops to ambush near the north gate. Could it be that he really knew what was happening and knew that the main force of the Turkic army would give up Yanmen City, which was finally captured, and escape through the north gate?
"Li Shimin's confidant Hou Junji asked from the side.
Li Shimin let out a long sigh, an inexplicable complex light flashed in his eyes, and said with a wry smile: "King Qin An may be a god in predicting events, but maybe the Turkic Khan has always been under the eyes of King Qin An."