Turbulent Times Chapter 1444: Yang Guang on the hot pot

Once the two mountain ridges fall, it means that the advantage of Dashan Pass is no longer there, and the morale blow to the defenders is also fatal.

On the second day, the Far Eastern Army aggressively attacked the city. Wang Junlin deployed 5,000 men each on the two mountain ridges on both sides. Suppressed, the defenders at the top of the main gate can't defend the city at all.

In this way, the defenders of Dashan Pass fought hard for a long time, and more than two-thirds of them died in battle. Killing more than a dozen people to supervise the battle could not prevent the soldiers from escaping from the city wall, and even many of the guard's personal soldiers were killed by the retreating soldiers. If it weren't for the prestige of the guard Li Hu, the rout soldiers would even kill him.

In this way, after more than 2,000 casualties, the Far Eastern Army finally climbed to the top of Dashanguan City through the ladder after spending more than half a day.

At this point, it is obtained from Dashan Pass, the throat from Hebei to Hedong.

There are dead bodies everywhere above and below the city. On the troop transport road at the top of the city, the fallen corpses are pierced with dense arrows, as if they were stabbed one by one. The appearance was also horrible, some were smashed into human form by rolling wood and rocks, some were scorched black by kerosene, and the one whose head was in a different place and glaring like life was shocking.

Dashan Gatekeeper Li Hu was surrounded by a group of soldiers from the Far Eastern Army with his hair disheveled. This brother of Li Yuan's clan would not surrender until he died. The leader of the Xiong camp disposes of Li Xuanba.

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Dashan Pass fell, and Daguan County became an isolated city.

However, Dugu Changsu had already made preparations in advance, and prepared a secret mountain path for retreat, and quietly evacuated at night.

So far, the entire Boling County has fallen into the hands of the Far East Army. In the military struggle against Li Yuan in Hedong, the Far East Army led by Wang Junlin has already taken the initiative.

The Far Eastern Army's nearly three-month campaign to capture the three counties in Hebei is also completely over.

For this southern expedition, Wang Junlin dispatched four main battalions, one navy battalion, plus the special warfare brigade, as well as the 20,000 strong army of Xiongkuohai lurking inside the allied forces of the clans. The soldiers involved

The strength is not less than 160,000 horses. Although the Far Eastern Army is not an all-out force, it has already occupied more than half of the Far Eastern Army's strength on land, and it has consumed a lot of food, grass and ordnance.

However, this battle has gained a lot, not only won the three counties of Hebei and Gaoxuan County, but also captured Dashan Pass.

There are countless grains, weapons, fertile land, gold and silver treasures seized.

After acquiring the four counties, not counting the Annan Kingdom on the Goguryeo Peninsula and the thousands of overseas islands, Wang Junlin's territory now has eight counties. In the Sui court, these three parties were already the largest three forces among the princes from all walks of life in the world.

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Luoyang, the Imperial Palace.

Outside the imperial study room, Pei Shiju walked quickly, with a worried face. In the past two months, the situation in the world has begun to deteriorate rapidly. Counties and cities have been lost almost every day. The number of memorials sent by the government has dropped sharply, and the world seems to be at peace all of a sudden. This is the most frightening thing. It shows that the counties and counties in various places have begun to separate from the imperial court, or that the imperial court can control fewer and fewer counties.

Leaving aside Li Yuan in the north and Wang Junlin in the east, these two at least publicly admitted that they were courtiers of the Sui Dynasty, and they attacked cities and lands in the name of suppressing bandits. But the Wagang Army, which is the closest to the Luoyang capital, was different. It was a flagrant rebellion. Especially since Li Mi captured Liyang Cang, the rapid development of Wagang forces shocked the court and the emperor panicked.

The most important thing is that Pei Shiju found that since Li Mi gradually took over the power of the Wagang Army, the changes that have taken place in the Wagang Army made him extremely worried, because the Wagang Bandits no longer simply rebelled and plundered, but It is the same as Li Yuan and Wang Junlin, focusing on managing the place and buying people's hearts. This is the real posture of competing in the world!

Li Mi's ambition was exposed.

Pei Shiju sighed. He only felt that internal and external troubles broke out at the same time, and the Great Sui Empire was tottering in the wind and rain. Although he had made various arrangements, he thought that the Wenxi Pei family would definitely be able to survive this troubled world, but if it was not necessary, he would I want Da Sui to hold on for a little longer.

However, he still can't care about the crisis and changes outside Luoyang City, because Luoyang

There is a very terrible and important matter in Yangcheng that needs to be resolved.

Last night, more than a dozen generals of the Forbidden Army came to him and asked him in a very bad manner when the emperor would fulfill the reward he gave when he defended Yanmen County more than half a year ago.

More than half a year ago, the Turkic army besieged the emperor in Yanmen County. In order to allow the imperial army to defend the city with all their might, the emperor made a wish in front of the entire army to reward those who defended the city. It has been more than half a year since I returned to Luoyang. Except for a few high-ranking generals such as Yuwen Chengdu who have been promoted and granted titles, His Majesty the Emperor has no intention of rewarding the other soldiers of the Forbidden Army who came back alive. Even the pensions of the imperial troops who died in battle were not paid to their families.

If this matter is not handled properly, it will be enough to separate the 100,000 imperial troops guarding Luoyang City from the imperial court and the emperor, so Pei Shiju must remind His Majesty the Emperor that this matter must be handled well anyway.

When Pei Shiju came to the imperial study room, he saw dozens of eunuchs standing outside the door, all of them looked panicked and worried.

"What happened, why are you so nervous?" Pei Shiju frowned.

A **** hurriedly waved his hand, bowed and said: "Master Pei, Your Majesty is furious, and has already killed three servants, no one dares to go in."

"Why?" Pei Shiju frowned tightly. Since returning from Yanmen County, His Majesty's temper has become more and more violent in the past half a year. If this continues, the emperor will be completely divorced, and it will be difficult for those around him to guarantee their loyalty.

"It's not that the big ships going to the south of the Yangtze River are not well built." The **** whispered.

Pei Shiju smiled wryly, with a speechless and helpless expression on his face. His Majesty the Emperor originally said that he would lead 50,000 forbidden troops and some courtiers to Jiangnan, but after hearing that Jiangnan was also in chaos, he decided to lead 100,000 forbidden troops.

Without mentioning the 100,000 ordinary soldiers of the imperial army, there are so many generals and family members of the imperial court, so many ships are needed, and the imperial court simply cannot produce so many warships.

His Majesty the Emperor asked Yun Dingxing to lead all craftsmen inside and outside Luoyang to rush to repair the ship day and night. Unfortunately, the imperial court's finances were limited and time was too tight, so it was impossible to build it in a short time, and His Majesty the Emperor was too tight.