Turbulent Times Chapter 1359: The Emperor’s Despair

In fact, most of Yang Guang's 100,000 imperial troops were descendants of officials and eunuchs, many of whom were descendants of rich and powerful families. Local soldiers in Guanlong and Luoyang accounted for more than half, and most of them were descendants of nobles.

For a long time, joining the Forbidden Army has been a shortcut for the children of officials and nobles to become officials. It's like plating a layer of gold. After a few years, they can be promoted, and then they can be promoted to serve as military officers, and the promotion is relatively fast.

And the soldiers of the imperial army are the guards who protect the emperor. They ride on horses and are well-dressed. In Luoyang Jingdu, they have always been nicknamed the "Prince Army", and their status is much higher than that of other government soldiers.

But today, they were besieged in Dayan City by 400,000 Turkic troops in a daze, and the Turkic people were so brave that they scared them all at once.

On the battlefield just now, everyone tensed up to kill the enemy, and they didn't have time to think about it. At this time, the Turks withdrew, and they sat on the top of the wall, looking at the corpses of their companions next to them, and the **** and cruel war was presented to them In front of them, many people's spirits collapsed and they sat powerlessly on the ground, but most of them were full of fear and despair.

Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Shiju inspected a circle of the battlefield, and found that the morale of Fang Jifang was low, his face was ugly, and his heart sank little by little.

Yuwen Chengdu was full of confidence, but now it began to waver. He thought that 90,000 soldiers defended the city and resisted the attack of 400,000 Turks, and the opponent was Turks who were not good at attacking the city. Yanmen City should be able to defend.

But now it seems that if the 90,000 are all county soldiers, it is still possible, 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 one by one The killing intent is awe-inspiring, much stronger than those of the imperial guards.

In addition, during today's offensive and defensive battle, Yuwen Chengdu also found that although the morale of the imperial army is stronger than that of the county soldiers, they are not good at cooperating in combat and their self-protection ability is not good. It is much more dead than the county soldiers.

Yuwen Chengdu secretly calculated, the ratio of casualties between the imperial army and the Turkic people outside was one to two, while the county soldiers were one to three, or even one to four.

Arrange for the treatment of wounded soldiers, and let the people do well

After the meal was brought to the top of the wall, Yu Wencheng discussed with Pei Shiju and then went to report to the emperor.

The two of them ran down the city and came to the prefect's mansion on horseback. Yang Guang was discussing countermeasures with more than a dozen ministers, each of them looked mournful and looked ugly.

"How about the casualties of our army today? How about the casualties of the enemy army?" Before Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Shiju could salute, Yang Guang asked anxiously.

After Yu Wencheng told about the casualties, the audience was in an uproar, and the fear on their faces grew stronger. Some of the officials who were not determined enough had already begun to despair, and some ministers secretly began to have some small thoughts.

"Dear dear friends, how to defeat the enemy, please stand up and turn the tide. I will never be stingy with rewards." Yang Guang sighed, and now, the meaning of despair and panic is gone, and some are just discouraged Frustrated, the officials knew in their hearts that this blow had finally completely knocked down the proud emperor.

He glanced at Dugu Changsu, and said: "Uncle Guo, you are the most calm and calm, with extraordinary strategies, why don't you tell me how I escaped now."

Dugu Changsu couldn't care less about the emperor's life at this moment, what he was thinking about now was how he could escape, to be honest, he believed that if there was no emperor in Dayan City, the Turkic people would not be like lunatics The 400,000 troops from all over the country came to besiege.

After thinking for a while, Dugu Changsu said with a serious face and a loyal face: "Your Majesty, judging from today's casualties, Dayan City will be destroyed in half a month at most, and it may happen at any time during this period." If it is breached, your majesty is the body of ten thousand gold, the lord of the world, and you must not stay in this dangerous place any longer. I suggest that General Yuwen Chengdu select 10,000 elite soldiers. Just tonight, taking advantage of the dark night, the Turkic people can't see. In the Qing Dynasty, if you go out of the city and break through the encirclement, you will be able to escape."

When Yang Guang heard this, Yu Shiji suddenly yelled: "No, absolutely no! Your Majesty, there are 400,000 Turkic people. How can they break out? If they can break through, Your Majesty I fled directly to the south yesterday, why did I come to Dayan City to seek refuge?"

Yu Wencheng also stood up, first glared at Dugu Changsu, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yu

My lord is right, we must not break through the siege, now we are staying in the wild goose city, as long as we stick to it until the reinforcements arrive, we will have a chance to survive, if we break through now, we may die immediately, besides, even if we escape by chance, how can we escape The pursuit of 400,000 Turkic cavalry. "

Pei Shiju sighed secretly, and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed too dangerous to break through at this time. The Turkic people came prepared. It is impossible not to be unprepared. Ten thousand people attacked four hundred thousand Turkic Palace at night. The possibility of success is very low, even if you break out, His Majesty will not have many troops around, and the Turks will easily catch up!"

Jing Tian also stood up, but he directly pointed at Dugu Changsu, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the suggestion just now made by Uncle Guo is probably not for His Majesty's safety, but for his own survival. The 400,000 Turkic troops outside the city were diverted away so that he could escape, and I heard that Uncle Guo had secretly summoned two generals from the imperial army just now, and he must have agreed to protect him when the time comes."

Dugu Changsu's complexion changed, and he snapped, "Jing Tian, ​​what nonsense are you talking about, don't spit blood, I never meant that."

After finishing speaking, Dugu Changsu hurriedly knelt down towards Yang Guang and said, "Your Majesty, I have absolutely no meaning of 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 was his uncle's family, and he had always respected his mother, Queen Dugu, and her mother had specifically said before she was dying that she should treat Dugu kindly. Otherwise, he would have wanted to kill Dugu Changsu immediately. In fact, Yu Wencheng next to him had already looked murderous, ready to crush Dugu Changsu to death.

Yang Guang finally took a deep breath and said coldly: "Okay, I will treat you as having no intention of harming me, then tell me what to do now, if you can come up with an effective method, I will spare you Immortal."

Dugu Changsu walked across 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 that this was his only chance to survive. His mind raced. After a while, he pondered for a while and 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 talk about the two strategies."