"Beacon Li Jing" | Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen City

On the land of China, there has been an incomparably splendid civilization, shining in the world, magnificent and brilliant, but it is like a flash in the pan, fleeting, and fading in the leisurely years. Since Qin Shi Huang unified the whole country, the North Built great Wall to defend the Xiongnu, the Xingxiu Straight Road runs through the country, the order is written in the same text, the car is on the same track, the whole country appears unified, how to expect qin II to die; Liu Bang died Qin Lihan, rested with the people, the rule of Li Wenjing, the prosperous era of Han Wu, Wang Mang usurped Han Lixin, Guangwu Zhongxing, the Han Dynasty after four hundred years of wind and rain, laid civilization for China again; after dividing the three kingdoms into Jin, the rebellion of the eight kings, the five Hu chaos, the eastern Jin Dynasty of the north and south, until Yang Jian became emperor, established the Sui Dynasty, and the land of China was once again unified.

The Sui Emperor Yang Jian exerted great efforts to bring the rebellious land of China to peace again, but the powerful Sui Empire succeeded Yang Guang after Yang Jian's death. He regarded himself as a martial artist, built a large number of civil engineering, abused the people's power, dug the Grand Canal to connect the north and south, and three conquests of Goryeo caused the national treasury to be empty.

As a result, the internal greed of the Sui Empire was like corruption, and the external enemies were looking at each other, which not only led to the people's unhappiness, but also triggered a rebellion in various places, Yang Guang moved the capital to Luoyang for his own pleasure, and the original old capital Chang'an was still retained, so there was a rare phenomenon of one country and two capitals.

In July of the eleventh year of Daye, Luoyang was extremely hot, and Yang Guangxin thought of leading hundreds of officials and generals to Fenyang Palace to escape the summer, and this incident also became a turning point in the transformation of The Great Sui from strong to weak. After Yang Guang had been living happily in the Fenyang Palace for more than a month, he had no interest in the beautiful objects of the Jinyang Palace, and he had a sudden idea and led his army to the north to inspect the outside of Saiwai, hoping to show the majesty of the Great Sui Heavenly Son. I think that when Yang Guang was still the King of Jin, he was also a major figure in the empire, conquest of Chen Guo, Yang Guang once led an army to rush into the capital of Southern Chen, and captured Chen Shubao alive.

However, when Yang Guang went north, the Turks were brewing a conspiracy and waiting for Yang Guang and others to arrive. The Turks had always been unaccustomed to the style of the Southern Dynasty, and now Yang Guang led his army north to flaunt his might, and the Turkic leader Shibi Khan sent a large army to pursue and intercept Yang Guang, and finally trapped Yang Guang and others in Yanmen City. More than 50,000 people led by Yang Guang, under the impact of the Turks, suffered countless casualties, leaving only more than 30,000 people, and also divided 10,000 troops to Yang Zhi, the king of Qi, and forty-one cities under the jurisdiction of Yanmen County, leaving only Yanmen City and Wancheng City, which the King of Qi insisted on.

The Sui Dynasty army entered Yanmen City, and Yang Guang immediately ordered the city gates to be closed tightly and defended according to the city, so that the general Yuwen Shu of the Pillar State had full authority to handle the matter of defending the city. Yuwen Shu immediately issued a military order, on the one hand, to send people to break through and deliver letters, on the other hand, to release the carrier pigeons, to make the emperor's siege known to the world, hoping that the Qin King's division would arrive in time. However, the Turks were so powerful and strong that no one was able to break through successfully, and the carrier pigeons released were shot to the ground by the Turkic archers before they flew out of the city.

Yang Guang entered Yanmen City and requisitioned the former Taishou Mansion into a temporary palace, but despite this, Yang Guang still had beautiful women on his side every day, indulging in entertainment. After being besieged for more than twenty days, Yang Guang began to panic in his heart, a generation of Great Sui Tianzi, is it going to die here, Yang Guang sat alone on the dragon chair, feeling unprecedented desolation. He looked around, and the ministers standing respectfully in the audience looked at each other, afraid of calling their names.

"Doesn't anyone dare to break through?" My Great Sui is the kingdom of heaven, and there are no people who have come to relieve the siege? ”

Forty-six-year-old Yang Guang sat on the dragon chair, his hands propped up, his eyes fluttering, and he looked at it with excessive indulgence, his eyes were unfocused, and there was still a trace of blood. The ministers in the audience were frightened and trembled, and everyone panicked. Yang Guang continued to shout, "Where is Li Yuan, the ambassador of Hedong Comfort?" Where is Qu Tutong? Where are the thousands of troops and horses? ”

There was silence in the palace, Yang Guang's voice echoed in the main hall, and one by one the ministers were like eggplants that had been beaten by frost, stirred into a ball. At this time, a general walked in from outside the palace, his body was tall and mighty, although his sideburns were white and his beard was gradually frosted, but he still walked like the wind, stood like a pine, as if he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and his face did not change but he was calm and calm. Passing through the ranks of the terrified courtiers, the old general went straight to the first row, and with a wave of his battle robe, he rolled up a gust of wind, and he knelt down on one knee and prayed: "Your Majesty, the old minister has received a report from the scouts, the forty-one cities under the jurisdiction of Yanmen County, only our Yanmen City and the Wancheng City that the King of Qi insisted on survived, it is not a long-term solution to stick to this, the old minister is willing to take three thousand elites to protect His Majesty out of the siege, for the sake of the present, Your Majesty's safety is very important." ”

This veteran general was Yuwen Shu, who experienced the Northern Zhou and Great Sui dynasties, experienced hundreds of battles, and followed Emperor Wen in his southern expedition to the north, and made immortal merits for the Great Sui. Yuwen Shu requested to lead the army to break through, and he broke through with the emperor, and as soon as this remark came out, the courtiers panicked, and many ministers objected one after another, "Absolutely not, Your Majesty is the body of ten thousand gold, and cannot take risks." In fact, the ministers were not worried about the emperor's safety, but about the turks' catharsis once the emperor broke through successfully, and the Turks would become targets for themselves.

There was a lot of noise in the audience, which made Yang Guang feel irritable in his heart, and he was even more upset, "I don't want to listen to Er and other quarrels anymore, isn't there a perfect solution?" Yang Guangguang shouted.

Xiao Yu, the inner history attendant, came out of the line, bowed, and replied slowly: "Your Majesty, the subject has a plan, which will surely make the Turks retreat naturally." ”

Yang Guang didn't want to hear Xiao Yu selling Guanzi, "Xiao Aiqing has any good strategy, come quickly." ”

Xiao Yu stood up and replied, "The subject has been thinking hard for three days, and he has already made a good decision, and this is presented to His Majesty: First of all, His Majesty must personally come to the city, sympathize with the people, care for the officers and soldiers, and let the soldiers and civilians be like fish and water, so that we can build the Great Wall of Flesh and Blood, even if the Turks are no matter how good they are at war, they cannot get one step closer to Yanmen City; secondly, His Majesty personally wrote the Order of the King of Qin, and commanded the masters of the world to go to the Yanmen To serve the King, and all those who have meritorious deeds and reward the officials and lords with money and goods must be brave; finally, His Majesty should appease the Turks, agree to the peace, and first agree to his request. After returning to Beijing, it is not too late to gather the world's soldiers and horses to fight a decisive battle. ”

Yang Guang was overjoyed after hearing this, so he stood up and said, "Well, Xiao Aiqing is really wise, this discussion and the king's face are hurting, this article is just that, this is the intention of the emperor, the master of the world, I am a great Sui tens of millions of soldiers, are you still afraid of this Turkic people?" However, Shuo had a doubt, even if the edict was issued, the carrier pigeon could not go out, and the matter of the king of Diligence was afraid that it would be interrupted! ”

Xiao Yu bowed, "Your Majesty has no worries, the subject has ordered people to dig through the Dark River, and then all that is needed is to sink the edict into a box, wrap it in oil paper, and come out with the river, and the Turks will certainly not be able to find it." ”

After listening to Xiao Yu's plan, the stone in Yang Guang's heart finally fell to the ground, and the courtiers also settled down, and now there was a glimmer of hope.

The rain was pouring down, and the soldiers defending the city had been fighting for days, and they were already exhausted and exhausted. When the Turkic offensive stopped for a while, the soldiers slept with the wall. The people in the city demolished houses and picked tiles as rolling stones and carried them to the city, and Yang Guang led hundreds of officials to tour the city to boost morale. For a time, the morale in Yanmen City was greatly boosted, and the wen and wu of the city twisted into a rope, vowing to defend Yanmen City to the death. Although no one knows how to win or lose this battle, but sticking to one day will give you one more day of hope.

Through Xiao Yu's strategy, Yang Guang issued an edict down the dark river, and when fishermen in various places fished, they salvaged the boxes and sent them to the local governments. The news that the emperor was trapped in Yanmen City spread one after another, and all parts of the Sui Dynasty became a pot of porridge, and the generals everywhere chose to watch from the sidelines. There were thieves and bandits everywhere, all thinking that they could occupy a piece of land, who would want to travel thousands of miles to Yanmen City? Moreover, the Turkic iron horse had been famous for a long time, and the generals in all parts of the Sui Dynasty were all afraid of the wind, and only after receiving the edict from The Taishou Qu Tutong in Hedong, he ordered the general Yun Dingxing to set off immediately.

When Yun Dingxing received the order from General Qu Tutong, there was also a hint of hesitation in his heart, this was a war that had almost no victory, and moreover, Yun Dingxing did not have any generals under him who could fight a good war. However, the order from above came down, and they had to go to Mayi City to recruit a new army and just make a show. At this time, after Li Jing of Sanyuan County learned that the emperor was trapped in Yanmen City, he immediately found a map of Yanmen City. After careful consideration, Li Jing decided to go north alone, and he had his own way to save the monarch of the Sui Empire.

Sanyuan Li Jing, born in a family of eunuchs, his father's name was Li Yi, was the Sui Dynasty Zhao County Taishou, his uncle was the Sui Dynasty general Han Huhu, he was influenced by the family from an early age, learned a good skill, Wentao martial strategy. And since he was a child, he has the ambition to serve the country, but he has suffered from no opportunity, has not been appreciated, and his skills have nowhere to be displayed, and when he saw the emperor's edict, he deeply realized that now the opportunity has come.