Since the Driftwood edict appointed Chen Yingliang as the commander of the King's Alliance, Emperor Yang of Sui has never had a good sleep. The reason is no different. This appointment is really risky. No matter how good Chen Yingliang is, he is still a young man who is only nineteen years old. He has little experience and no qualifications. Sui Yang of Sui felt a little worried and unsure no matter what.

But then again, except for Chen Yingliang, Emperor Yang of Sui had no better choice. The ideal head coach in Emperor Yang of Sui was chosen by Qu Tutong, Xue Shixiong, Yang Yichen and Zhang Xutuo, and others. Whether he led his army to serve the king was not sure whether Emperor Yang of Sui had appointed one of them as the head coach, if this person did not lead the army to serve the king, the trouble would only be greater; only Li Yuan, who was the closest to the Yanmen battlefield, was the second choice, but Li Yuan's actions not only disappointed Emperor Yang of Sui, but Li Yuan's background in Guanlong clan also made Emperor Yang of Sui very worried. Therefore, Emperor Yang of Sui had no choice but to risk the use of Chen Yingliang who was absolutely loyal.

By the way, Yinshi Master was actually an option for Emperor Yang of Sui, but Yinshi Master had too few troops and weak direct lines, and he was also a direct subordinate of Li Yuan. If you skip Li Yuan's appointment as the commander and let him get the system down, there will definitely be trouble. At the same time, Yinshi Master also shoulders another important task, and his battlefield performance is obviously not as dazzling as Chen Yingliang. Emperor Yang of Sui repeatedly cared about it, so he had to give up Yinshi Master and make Chen Yingliang cheaper.

The extremely risky decision was made, and Emperor Yang of Sui became even more worried. Before the appointment, he was surrounded by the Turks in Yanmen City and was just a year old. After the edict was issued by the driftwood, Emperor Yang of Sui was like three autumns. He was worried every day and woke up from his nightmare every night. He was either worried that Chen Yingliang would not be able to convince the commander of the king-supporting army from all over the world, or dreamed that the king-supporting coalition army was wiped out under the leadership of Chen Yingliang, who was still childish on his face, and then implicated himself in captivity and was killed by the Turks.

Amid anxiety and worries, Emperor Yang of Sui regretted his risky decision more than once, and even quietly hoped that nine edicts had not been discovered by the King's Army. The King's Alliance elected a more loyal and reliable commander to come out, and was more confident in rescuing himself from the Yanmen death.

It was also coincidental that only a day after the edict was sent out with river water, the main force of the Turkic forces launched a large-scale attack on Yanmen City. The war was very fierce. The Turkic army, which prepared a large number of siege weapons, began to attack the city from the early morning. The offensive waves were higher than the other. More than once, they rushed to the city walls with ladder trucks and flying ladders. They almost successfully seized the city wall positions several times. The Yanmen defenders, who had been seriously inadequate in preparation, had completely used up all the turbulent oil burning the Turkic siege equipment. They could only rely on ordinary firewood and few eye-piercing stones to fight against the Turkic siege weapons. At the same time, due to hunger and injuries, the defenders suffered heavy casualties. In the critical moment, even civil and military officials had already taken swords to fight. The situation was so critical that they could hardly be described as a pen.

Finally, the Yanmen defenders relied on the sudden storm in the afternoon to barely retreat from the Turkic attack. The Turkic bows and arrows failed in the heavy rain, and the threat to the Yanmen defenders was greatly reduced. The Sui army's fierce general Hu'er and Sima Dekan took the opportunity to lead the suicide squad out of the city to assault, and used an axe and a hammer to destroy the Turkic ladder truck that poses the greatest threat to the city wall. It took hundreds of people to kill and wound all Turkic ladder trucks and city bumpers that approached the city wall. In addition, the sky was not early after the heavy rain stopped, and the land under the city with severe water was not conducive to the siege. The Turkic army retreated with a large number of siege weapons.

The Turkic army withdrew, but the Yanmen defenders had no strength or spirit to cheer. The wounded Sui generals such as Lai Huer and Sima Dekan were all dejected when they left the city to attack, because everyone knew that it was entirely due to luck that Yanmen City could survive today. If it weren't for this sudden heavy rain, Yanmen City might have been defeated by the Turks today. Only God knows whether they can have such luck next time. Because of this, when they returned to the palace to pay homage to Emperor Yang of Sui to report the results of the battle, the city guarding lord Huer did not even dare to speak loudly in the future, but only reported the casualties to Emperor Yang of Sui, and the war was also reported.

Even though he did not dare to tell the truth completely, the casualties reported by Lai Hu'er still made Emperor Yang of Sui pale and asked in surprise: "Lai Ai, the casualties of the defenders were usually hundreds of people, but never more than six hundred people. Why did the casualties of our soldiers in this battle today reach more than 1,800?"

Lai Hu'er didn't dare to look up and answer, looking at the ground tremblingly, "It's all the incompetent ministers and incompetent commands. It's because of insufficient food, the soldiers' hunger and powerlessness, and there are too many wounded soldiers, and the serious lack of drug treatment, so the casualties today are so great. There is another reason. We used up all our turmeric oil and could not effectively resist the Turkic ladder truck. We could only lead the dead soldiers out of the city to raid and destroy the Turkic ladder truck, and the casualties will naturally be greater."

Seeing the gauze that was still bleeding from Lai Hu'er's forehead, Emperor Yang of Sui couldn't harden his heart if he wanted to have an attack. He could only sigh and asked, "How much food is left in the city?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent, and there is no food in the city." Fan Zigai, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, answered truthfully, and his voice was far less loud than usual. He lowered his head and said, "The old minister is just thinking of asking Your Majesty to issue an order to slaughter war horses to fill the hunger of the soldiers. Please forgive me."

Emperor Yang of Sui's face became paler. Xiao Zong, Xiao Guojiu, Pei Qiantong, Liang Gong Xiao Ju, Feng Deyi and Yu Shiji and other civil and military officials couldn't wait to jump out and opposed it: "Your Majesty, you can't kill horses, you can't slaughter the war horses. If the war is not good, and the war horses are slaughtered, your Majesty, how can you break through?"

Emperor Yang of Sui was a little hesitant, but fortunately, his favorite minister Yuwen Shu was quite dedicated, so he immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you can only kill a group of war horses to fill the soldiers' hunger. If the soldiers are all hungry, without soldiers protecting you to break through, even if there are many war horses left, it will be useless."

Hearing this, Emperor Yang of Sui nodded and agreed to slaughter war horses to fill the soldiers' hunger. Unfortunately, Emperor Yang of Sui didn't know that because the wood had been used to make cities with the equipment to defend the city, the Yanmen defenders were even seriously insufficient to cook horse meat, and could only eat horse meat and drink horse blood to fill their stomachs. However, at this moment, Sima Dekan, the general of the Hu Ben and commander of the Xiaoguo army, hurried to the outside of the hall to ask for a meeting. After Emperor Yang of Sui issued an order to summon him, Sima Dekan was not polite to go to the hall and immediately replied to Emperor Yang of Sui: "Report to Your Majesty, our scout has just discovered an important situation. The Turkish ladder truck and siege car were not transported back to the camp, but were parked directly in front of the camp."

Hearing this news, Xiao Guojiu and other civil servants who didn't know much about military affairs were nothing. When they came to protect the enemy, Pei Renji and Yuwen Shu, the generals who relied on fighting to make a living, suddenly changed their faces. Emperor Yang of Sui, who had a lot of experience in the battlefield, also changed his face and shouted: "The Turks directly put the siege weapons in front of the camp. Do they have to launch an attack tomorrow?"

Lai Huer, Yuwen Shu and others dared not say anything, because if they were the ones who commanded the Turkic army, they would definitely continue to attack the city tomorrow without giving the Yanmen defenders any chance to breathe. But the more they dared to answer, the more they would be in need of comfort, the more they would be in a mood. They couldn't help crying again: "Is it because the heaven is going to destroy my Great Sui? Is it because the heaven is going to destroy my Great Sui? Why do these Turkic barbarians refuse to stop siegeing the city for a day?"

The civil and military officials could only comfort Emperor Yang of Sui again, and advised Emperor Yang of Sui not to be nervous and worried. The Sui army would come to reinforce in a few days. As long as he gritted his teeth and persisted for a few days, he would not be worried. Only Xiao Guojiu muttered, "The army of Kings? Xinkou is only about two hundred miles away from Yanmen, and the edict has been sent out for two days. Even if Chen Yingliang and General Chen climbed, he should climb to the battlefield of Yanmen, right?"

Xiao Guojiu muttered his voice very loudly, and deliberately muttered that Pei Ju, Yang Zhiji, Fan Zigai and others heard that Pei Ju and Yang Zhiji were both extremely cunning, but they only frowned. Fan Zigai was outspoken and anxious, and immediately said angrily: "Uncle Xiao Guojiu, then you climb over me and see. Xinkou is two hundred miles away from Yanmen City, and there is also Turkic interception in Dongxian County in the middle. You can climb these two hundred miles to show me."

"Shangshu Fan, why are you anxious?" Xiao Guojiu sneered and said, "Two days are not enough, so how much time do you think Chen Yingliang and Marshal Chen will take? Ten days or half a month?"

Fan Zigai was speechless, and Lai Huer on the other side interjected and said, "Uncle Xiao, we know that because of your relationship with Duke Tang, you don't like Deputy Envoy Chen, but you don't want to pick bones in the eggs, okay? The king-supervisor comes from all over the country, and they are not subordinate to each other and are not familiar with each other. If it were someone who suddenly took on this heavy burden, he would have to be in a hurry for a while. The Turkic side division commander blocked the road in Gan County. How can he go north if he didn't defeat the Turkic side division commander? Marching and fighting is not a joke, nor is it an excuse for you to take revenge on your own."

Lai Hu'er was able to command the waterway division alone when Emperor Yang of Sui personally fought against Goguryeo. Of course, Xiao Guojiu did not dare to confront such a super important official in person. He wanted to shut up but was unwilling to give up, so he muttered again: "Then we can only wait. I hope we can persevere until the day when Marshal Chen comes to help."

Lai Hu'er was also speechless, and could only sigh in her heart: "Chen Yingliang, hurry up, try to be faster, we really can't hold on."

Finally, Emperor Yang of Sui was coaxed back to his room to sleep with Empress Xiao. The civil and military officials gradually dispersed. Lai Huer and Sima Dekan and other Sui generals returned to the city wall. Even the torches were gradually scarce, and the wounded soldiers were all over the ground, and moaning was endless. The Turkic camp far outside the city was brightly lit, and the strange and unpleasant grassland songs could be heard. The contrast was so clear that Lai Huer and Sima Dekan and other city guards could only helplessly shake their heads and sigh, and they could only comfort the soldiers and prepare for the next day's siege.

That night, the sky that had just been washed by heavy rain shone again, and the moon was as bright as day, indicating that there was almost no hope of rain the next day. Lou Hu'er and Fan Zigai and other loyal ministers were worried and frowning. Xiao Guoji and Yu Shiji and other erotic ministers seized the time to secretly write a letter of loyalty. When Yanmen City was broken, they immediately threw themselves into Shibi Khan's warm and broad embrace, and continued to enjoy high officials and wealth.

The long night finally passed. It was just dawn. Lai Huer and Sima Dekan and other generals who were suffering had already stood up quickly and organized the defending soldiers to prepare the defending weapons. They seized the time to eat horse meat raw to replenish their energy and prepare to welcome the upcoming siege weapons. However, they waited left and right, and waited until the sun was in the sky. There was still no sign of siege troops from the Turkic camp. When Lai Huer was puzzled, a more amazing news suddenly came - the scout of the risk of leaving the city and the Turkic camp had begun to transport the siege weapons back to the camp to protect, and they dared not take any risk to park outside the camp.

"Did the Turks give up the siege? How is that possible?" Lai Hu'er's first reaction was impossible, because in yesterday's siege battle, the Yanmen defenders had obviously become tired. It was impossible for the Turks to not notice it, and it would not be possible to give the Yanmen defenders a chance to breathe.

The impossible thing happened. The next day, from morning to night, the Turks did not dispatch soldiers to investigate the situation of the Yanmen defenders, but did not dispatch one soldiers to attack the city. As a result, even Emperor Yang of Sui began to be extremely confused. "Is the Turkic army preparing to attack the city at night? Or is the Shibi thief chief suddenly discovering his conscience and let me go?"

That night, the moon was still bright in the sky, but the Turks still did not seize this opportunity to launch a night attack. In the second half of the night, Lai Hu'er, who noticed that the situation was wrong, also made a ruthless move. He sent his most capable son Lai Ji to lead a few good men to sneak down to the city and ambush the Turkic scouts outside the city to catch the living. As a result, when it was dawn, Lai Ji actually caught a living Turkic soldier back and handed it to his father. Then Lai Hu'er personally tried to torture and asked about the reason why the Turkic suddenly stopped siege.

The confession finally came out, but the answer made Lai Huer and all the Sui soldiers stunned. On the same day it rained heavily, the Sui army had already captured the Turkic partial divisions in Gan County, and killed the Turkic partial divisions to suffer heavy losses. They were forced to flee back to the Yanmen battlefield. The back of the Turkic main force was directly exposed to the Sui army. Shibi Khan was forced to give up the attack on the city.

"How is that possible?" Lai Hu'er screamed, "Count the time, it should be the second day after Chen Yingliang received the edict? It took only one day to integrate the king-supporting troops from all over the country. In just one day, he captured the Turkic partial division and directly forced the main Turkic forces to give up the siege. How is this possible? This speed is too fast, right?"

"Chen Aiqing has hit the back of the main Turkic force? How is this possible? How can he be so fast?" This was the incredible scream of Emperor Yang of Sui.

"This is the Turkish plot, it must be the Turkish plot." This is Xiao Guojiu's roar, "The Turks deliberately deceived us, wanting to deceive us to be careless, and then took the opportunity to attack Yanmen City for a day to integrate the army and attack the Turkic partial army in one day. He, Chen Yingliang, is Chen Qingzhi really the reincarnation? We cannot be fooled, we cannot underestimate the enemy's carelessness."

The urination on the battlefield was more than Xiao Guojiu drank. Of course, the old sparrows came to Hu'er on the battlefield would not be careless. However, while being careful to prevent the Turkic attacks, the cruel facts once again swollen Xiao Guojiu's face. For the next three days and three nights, the Turkic not only did not launch a frontal attack, nor did it launch a half-sneaking. At the same time, when we came to Hu'er, Yuwen Shu and Pei Renji and other old foxes on the battlefield were extremely surprised to find that the Turkic army had actually begun to draw troops from the east of Yanmen City to advance westward and strengthen the troops to the west. It was also obvious that the Sui army came to the south, and it also proved with facts that the Sui army was quickly approaching the Yanmen battlefield and was also progressing quite smoothly.

Of course, Chen Yingliang was in command of the King of the Sui army and made progress smoothly. At present, it is only speculation and analysis. Emperor Yang of Sui was full of joy and hope, and had to listen to his brother-in-law's opinions - all of this was the trick of the Turks. The Turkic army, which was good at field battles, was deliberately luring the enemy, trying to trick the Yanmen defenders into breaking through or negligently, and easily captured Yanmen City with conspiracy and tricks, thereby reducing casualties and losses in the tough battles. Because under normal circumstances, Chen Yingliang, who was not powerful enough to suppress people and was not virtuous enough to convince the public, was unlikely to advance so quickly, and it was even more impossible to beat the Turks and be forced to adjust the camp.

The heaviest slap quickly hit Xiao Guojiu's face. On the afternoon of the fourth day, a grain transport team under the banner of the Sui army suddenly crossed the Turkic camp under the surveillance of the Turkic army and came directly to Yanmen City. At the same time, a middle-aged scholar rushed to the horse and came to Yanmen City. He shouted loudly that he was Yuan Tiangang, a military officer in Qiao County, the Great Sui Dynasty. He was also the representative of the envoy sent by Chen Yingliang, the deputy envoy of the Twelve counties of Henan Province, to meet Emperor Yang of Sui. He also brought Chen Yingliang's memorial and a thousand hu of grain and some medicine chickens and sheep to Emperor Yang of Sui.

Needless to say, Yanmen City was of course another sensation in the whole city. Emperor Yang of Sui personally climbed the west gate wall to meet Yuan Tiangang. He was pulled by the defenders with ropes and quickly saluted Emperor Yang of Sui. He presented Chen Yingliang's memorial with both hands, and also introduced the reason why he was able to come here, indicating that Chen Yingliang had already brought the Sui army to fight against the Turkic army with the Sui army, and captured Shibi Khan's younger brother Ashina Eliver alive. The Turks were forced to request negotiations and reconcile. Chen Yingliang did not dare to be good at it, so he sent him here to seek Emperor Yang of Sui's opinions, and also sent some food and grass to Emperor Yang of Sui to solve the urgent problem.

It is conceivable how wonderful the expression on Xiao Guojiu's face was after learning of these situations. Fortunately, no one paid attention to his wonderful expressions at this time. Emperor Yang of Sui hugged Chen Yingliang's memorial and cried loudly. Fan Zigai was crying in tears, and came to Hu'er and Yuwen Shu and other civil and military officials to roar. Pei Ju and Pei Yun brothers quietly breathed a sigh of relief. The Turks took the initiative to seek peace, so naturally they did not dare to ask Emperor Yang of Sui to deal with Pei Ju who actually provoked this war. The soldiers guarding the city were cheering, hugging each other and jumping.

Needless to say, Emperor Yang of Sui, who had already drunk rice porridge with Empress Xiao, immediately ordered the city to open the grain transport team sent by Chen Yingliang into the city. When Lai Hu'er and Yuwen Shu and others were shocked and stopped, Yuan Tiangang had already said first: "Your Majesty, you must not open the city. The Turks are too tricky, so you must prevent them from taking the opportunity to enter the city. Marshal Chen also ordered us to tie ropes on the grain bag in advance, and put the rope down and pull the food on the city wall. The chickens, sheep, salt, medicine bags and other items brought by Weichen can also be pulled up to the city with ropes. If the ropes in the city are insufficient, Weichen also prepared ropes in advance."

"It's better for Chen Aiqing to think carefully. Yes, the Turks are cunning, so they have to be more careful." Emperor Yang of Sui laughed and quickly ordered the soldiers to put out the ropes and drag the food. At the same time, Yuan Tiangang quickly reminded Emperor Yang of Sui to be careful of the food bags and remember to test the poison. Emperor Yang of Sui also laughed and accepted it. At the same time, he had to praise Chen Yingliang and Yuan Tiangang for their carefulness.

The rope was placed densely like vines. The soldiers of the Sui army, who were hungry and red, pulled bags of food, medicine, salt, chicken cages and lambs that were urgently needed in the city onto the city wall. In the end, even the vehicles carrying the food and grass were dragged onto the city wall as firewood. The Turkic army stayed honestly in the distance without moving. The soldiers of the Sui army who had been relying on raw horse meat to satisfy their hunger for many days cheered in the city. Emperor Yang of Sui, who had been depressed for many days, smiled happier than anyone else, and were extremely fortunate that he had made a wise decision and used Chen Yingliang, a loyal minister, as the commander-in-chief of the king.

All the food was dragged onto the city wall, and Yuan Tiangang ordered the civilian soldiers he brought to camp three miles west and were not allowed to approach the city wall without authorization. Emperor Yang of Sui praised it again, and finally remembered Yuan Tiangang's intention and asked Yuan Tiangang: "Yuan Aiqing, is it true or not? What's the situation with Chen Aiqing? Are you sure to defeat the Turks?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the truth about the Turkish peace, to be honest, Marshal Chen has no clue yet." Yuan Tiangang replied respectfully: "The reason why Marshal Chen agreed to seek your opinion is to seize this opportunity to send His Majesty a batch of food, grass and medicine to relieve His Majesty's urgent needs. At the same time, he also tested the Turkish sincerity in seeking peace. He was not sure in advance that he would send these foods to His Majesty. Before coming, the empress is ready to sacrifice his life for the country. Fortunately, judging from the current situation, the Turkish side should be very sincere."

"Thank you for your hard work, I really know how to train officials for me. All those brought out were loyal ministers who were willing to die for me." Emperor Yang of Sui nodded in emotion, and then asked again: "Did Chen Aiqing tell you whether he is willing to accept peace from the Turkic army?"

"Report to Your Majesty, General Chen has made an explanation." Yuan Tiangang replied truthfully: "He said that even if the food is delivered successfully, he would ask Your Majesty to let the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty continue to guard the city strictly and must not leave the city to protect the city easily. General Chen also asked Mr. Chen to report to Your Majesty, he is Jinghou your holy judgment. Your Majesty is willing to negotiate peace. You can send a powerful minister out of the city to negotiate peace with the Turks. If Your Majesty does not believe in the sincerity of the Turks, or does not want to negotiate peace, you can bring the order back. He will continue to lead the army of kings to fight bloody battles with the Turks until he defeats the Turks and welcomes the Holy Lord."

"And." Yuan Tiangang quickly added: "March Ching also asked the minister to report to His Majesty in person. He personally believed that the battle should continue, because the things obtained from the negotiations were absolutely not as reliable as those that were fought on the battlefield. Moreover, the Turks were cunning, and even if the negotiations were successful, it was difficult to ensure that the Turks would keep their promises."

Emperor Yang of Sui twisted his beard and thought about it. With Emperor Yang of Sui's irritable personality, he was bullied so badly by the Turks this time. Emperor Yang of Sui certainly wanted Chen Yingliang to beat him up. However, he was extremely risky to do so, because once the Sui army was accidentally defeated in the decisive battle with the main force of the Turks, not only would the hope of the peace talks be shattered, but Emperor Yang of Sui would also face a catastrophe again. It was related to his precious life. No matter how irritable and light-hearted Emperor Yang of Sui, he would have to weigh the pros and cons.

"Your Majesty, it's important, please think twice." Fan Zigai came forward to advise: "The old minister believes that Your Majesty might as well return to the palace first, carefully understand the situation of the enemy and us with Yuan Lushi, and grasp the success or failure of our army, and then decide whether to accept the peace talks."

When Emperor Yang of Sui felt it was reasonable, he immediately nodded and accepted Fan Zigai's suggestion, led all officials to return to the so-called palace to discuss, and at the same time understood the current situation of the enemy and us. As a result, after carefully listening to Yuan Tiangang's report on the enemy and our military situation, Emperor Yang of Sui decided to release the Turks, because the current Sui army had the hope of defeating the Turks and lifting the siege of Yanmen, but was not very sure to do this. Considering his own safety and survival, Emperor Yang of Sui quickly made up his mind and made a decision: "Ask peace with the Turks, as long as the Turks retreated to the north of the Great Wall and returned Xixing Pass to my army of serving the king, I can forgive the offense of the Shibi thief chief, and also release all the Turkish prisoners of war we caught."
Chapter completed!