Turbulent Times Chapter 1367: Respect to Li Shimin

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Half an hour later, in the lobby of the Cangmen County Government Office, Wang Junlin was sitting on the main seat, and Wang Rengong was sitting in the first place on Wang Junlin's left. They were seated one by one according to their rank, and no one dared to show any disrespect to Wang Junlin.

Wang Junlin did not show too much attention to Li Shimin, but in fact half of his attention was on Li Shimin. There is no way that this person, according to the original historical development, can be compared to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. You can't ignore the kind of person who is crossed.

"The humble general Li Shimin of Taiyuan County Yingjilang pays homage to the prince." In fact, Li Shimin, who was only 17 or 18 years old, was more respectful than anyone present when he saluted Wang Junlin. He was wearing a suit of black leaf rhinoceros skin. Armor, wearing a black-gold helmet with an upturned brim, knelt down on one knee to salute Wang Junlin as a military salute.

Wang Junlin smiled and nodded to Li Shimin, and said: "Shimin don't need to be polite, Mr. Tang is fine! Why didn't you lead the troops here yourself?"

"Thank you, my lord." Li Shimin clasped his fists and stood up, naked. When he looked at Wang Junlin, there was even a hint of admiration in his eyes. No one would doubt his respect for Wang Junlin.

"My father had a serious illness half a month ago, and he is still bedridden. That's why I led the army to serve as king for my father." Li Shimin replied respectfully.

Wang Junlin knew that Li Shimin was not lying, that Li Yuan was indeed ill, and according to the information Guoer told him, Li Yuan fell ill after meeting Yang Guang on a tour to Taiyuan in the north of Yang Guang.

According to the information obtained by the Military Intelligence Office, Li Yuan was frightened by Yang Guang, and he walked on the line of life and death. In addition, Li Yuan worked too much during this period, so he fell ill. Of course, there may be other reasons , For example, he secretly met the Turkic envoy and did something that he felt guilty about.

"Oh! Duke Tang is so seriously ill. I have some medical skills. Why don't you send someone to Duke Tang to come to Dayan County, and I will treat him personally." Wang Junlin said with concern.

Li Shimin quickly cupped his fists and bowed: "Thank you, my lord, my father just got a little cold, and he will recover after a while."

"That's good." Wang

Jun Lin nodded, and Li Shimin stepped aside and sat down in his seat.

After the others stepped forward to salute in turn, Wang Junlin turned his head to Wang Rengong and said, "How is Old General Wang?"

"Lord Lao is concerned, the general is in good health, but he failed to guard the gate of the country for His Majesty, let the Turkic people kill the door, and put His Majesty in danger, and the general feels that he has sinned deeply. I also hope that the prince can lead us to wait for the general Your Majesty rescued me." Wang Rengong looked dejected, but his words were very sincere, and he stood up and bowed deeply to Wang Junlin when he said it, it was obvious that he really felt guilty in his heart, and he really wanted to save Yang Guang. come out.

Wang Junlin can actually understand Wang Rengong's psychology. Wang Rengong was not from a powerful family. He was able to become a general because Yang Guang promoted him all the way. Fighting bravely, even invincible, Duan is a fierce general with handsome talents.

But the battle of Goguryeo dealt him too much blow, coupled with Da Sui's current bad state, it made him discouraged, and he only wanted to spend the rest of his life comfortably. Such a person should find a job to support his retirement , should not be placed in such an important position as the Zhenbei Camp, and there are 100,000 of the most elite troops in the Sui Dynasty under his command. The so-called "counseling a nest", it takes at least several years for a large army to become an elite. But it is easier to break down.

Under the leadership of a veteran who does not seek to make progress, the troops of the Zhenbei Camp have suffered a severe decline in combat effectiveness.

"Old General Wang, don't worry, since I have arrived in Yanmen County, I will never let the Turkic people hurt His Majesty." Wang Junlin said lightly.

Wang Rengong hesitated for a moment, and said: "My lord has always been powerful. The Turkic people are naturally no match for my lord, but the Turkic people are coming fiercely, using 400,000 cavalry. The general thinks that the enemy must not be underestimated!"

Wang Junlin nodded and said: "General Wang reminded that the enemy should not be underestimated."

After a pause, Wang Junlin said again: "However, the situation in Yanmen City is serious. Now that King Qin's army has arrived, I will take people around and show up to His Majesty and the guards in Yanmen City." The confidence of the army, lest Yanmen City be broken before we defeat the Turks.”

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The offensive and defensive battle of Yanmen City was extremely fierce. After Yang Guang personally made a wish to more than 80,000 defenders,

The morale of the Sui army has improved a lot, plus there are Turkic people outside, and they are no more likely to surrender than the civil strife in the Great Sui Dynasty. The Turkic people have fought to this extent. According to the past practice, after the city is broken, it is generally necessary to massacre the city. Therefore, the defenders tried their best to defend the city even for their own survival.

The offensive and defensive battle has entered the seventh day. Shibi Khan has ordered more than 200,000 troops to attack Yanmen City, with nearly 70,000 casualties, and the Sui Army's 80,000 defenders have all invested successively. In the beginning, there were still surplus troops who could take turns to rest, but now they are all standing on the top of the city, because the 80,000 defenders are less than 40,000, and the casualties are extremely heavy.

Fortunately, Yanmen City has never been captured.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

A huge attack drum sounded outside Yanmen City, and 40,000 Turkic troops carrying more than 200 siege ladders rushed towards Yanmen City like a tide. At the top and bottom of the Qing city, there were shouts of killing one after another. The Turkic army, with their shields on their backs, put siege ladders on the city wall and rushed upwards frantically.

There are dead bodies all over the city, and the soldiers of the Sui Army defending the city are still desperately resisting. Emperor Yang Guang's promise and reward gave the soldiers great courage. Their morale was high and they fought desperately. After days and nights of **** During the battle, they had gradually figured out some ways to deal with the Turkic siege, and gradually became numb to the battlefield, without the slightest fear, and only focused on killing the enemy.

It's just that the Turkic people took turns to attack, so they could maintain their strength. Now that the Sui army's strength has decreased sharply, it has become difficult to take turns to defend the city, so they can't maintain their strength. The rest time for the defenders, as time went on, the physical and mental strength of the Sui army became more and more unable to keep up.

However, in this way, the Turkic losses will be greatly increased in a short period of time, but the reason why Shibi Khan issued this order is to break through Yanmen City as soon as possible and capture the Emperor of Sui as soon as possible. After the reinforcements from King Qin of the Sui Dynasty arrived, it was not so easy.

Especially today, Cangmen County was easily recaptured by Wang Junlin, and only a few hundred of the 20,000 defenders came back. It became more and more crazy, and Shibi Khan even asked 10,000 Golden Wolf Guards to supervise the battle. Once the soldiers who did not attack bravely found out, they would of course be killed.