Yang Ye, wearing a broken armor, stood at the gate overlooking the enemy troops below the city, his eyes full of exhaustion and solemnity.
Half a month ago, Yang Ye was still fighting with Murong Ke in Ningxia County, but half a month later he came back to guard Zhenbeiguan. Naturally, a lot of things happened.
Yang Ye left 20,000 troops at Zhenbeiguan, plus the city defense layout and numerous defense equipment. He thought that with these, Liulang could hold on for at least two months even if he faced an army of 200,000 yuan.
Yang Ye thought he paid enough attention to Temujin, but he still underestimated Temujin after all.
Who was Temujin?
Even if the defense line arranged by Yang Ye really didn't have any flaws, he could still forcefully break it out with his own methods, not to mention that Yang Ye's arrangement was not without loopholes.
If Yang Ye personally guarded Zhenbeiguan, Temujin might not have a chance to break through, but Yang Liulang was still a bit too young compared to Yang Ye.
At the beginning, with the help of the danger of Xiongguan, Yang Liulang, commander of 94, could barely keep up with Temujin, commander of 101.
But after a long time, Temujin continued to attack, and finally discovered the loopholes in Yang Ye's arrangement. At this time, Yang Liulang was naturally no match.
Therefore, in just one month, Zhenbeiguan was already in emergency.
Yang Ye, who was in the midst of a fierce battle with Murong Ke in Ningxia, was shocked when he learned the news about Zhenbeiguan. He then decisively decided to divide his troops to support Zhenbeiguan, but Murong Ke led his troops to entangle him and refused to give Yang Ye anything.
opportunity to leave.
Only then did Yang Ye finally understand that while he was holding Murong Ke back from going north, Murong Ke was also holding him back from supporting Zhenbeiguan.
The battle at Zhenbeiguan was urgent, and Yang Ye could not delay it for even a moment, but Murong Ke stuck like dog skin plaster, making it impossible for Yang Ye to safely support Zhenbeiguan.
At this critical moment, Ningxia Governor Wen Tianxiang stepped forward and led the army as a civil servant to stop Murong Ke, creating a precious gap for Yang Ye to rescue Zhenbeiguan.
Wen Tianxiang used the strategy of Hu to control Hu and recruited 10,000 Hu cavalry among the Hu people, so that Yang Ye's troops greatly exceeded Murong Ke's. This was also the biggest reason why Yang Ye repeatedly had the upper hand in Murong Ke's contests.
Although Yang Ye wanted to support Zhenbeiguan, he did not bring many troops with him. He handed over most of his troops to Wen Tianxiang, and left Erlang with a basic force of 99 to help Wen Tianxiang, while he himself only led five troops.
Qian Jingqi and Shilang Wulang Qilang went to rescue Zhenbeiguan.
As an all-round talent, Wen Tianxiang's five dimensions are naturally extremely comprehensive. Four of them have reached 90, and three have exceeded 95.
Except for politics and intelligence, Wen Tianxiang was weaker than Murong Ke, but with the advantage of military strength and harmony, he did not fall at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Murong Ke.
On the other side, after Yang Ye returned to Zhenbeiguan, although he still had more than 10,000 troops, the rhythm of the city defense had been completely disrupted, and he was on the verge of being broken.
Yang Liulang knelt down heavily and apologized with great shame: "The father is handsome, but the child is incompetent."
Yang Ye sighed and said: "This general underestimated Temujin."
After that, Yang Ye personally took over the command and made timely changes in defense, but the situation still did not improve.
Temujin's situation has become a trend, and even if Yang Ye personally directs it, it will be difficult to reverse the decline.
At this moment, Murong Ke used his calculations to trick Wen Tianxiang and immediately led his troops to attack the Beiguan of Yinshan Town. When Wen Tianxiang reacted, he could no longer catch up with Murong Ke.
Just to resist Temujin, Yang Ye was already exhausted mentally and physically, and now Murong Ke was about to kill him from behind, which made Yang Ye even more worried.
After pondering for several days to no avail, Yang Ye also realized that Zhenbeiguan might not be able to be defended, which also meant that hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry were about to go south, and he, Yang Ye, would become a sinner for the ages.
The more desperate people are, the more amazing wisdom they can burst out.
Seeing that Zhenbeiguan was about to fall, Yang Ye decisively ordered Wulang and Liulang to take away most of the cavalry and return to Yinshan County to urgently expand the army to prevent Murong Ke from attacking the major counties in Yinshan.
Later, Yang Ye summoned Silang and Qilang. He handed a letter and a scroll to Qilang, and said in an extremely serious tone: "Old Qi, these two things are more important than the lives of our family."
Qilang was immediately shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask: "Father, handsome, what is this? It's so important."
"This is about the lives of millions of people in the Loop."
Yang Ye stared at Qi Lang seriously and said: "Old Qi, Murong Ke will definitely not let you leave easily, so you still need to take a thousand Qingqi with you.
Remember, you must personally hand over ‘them’ to Wang Meng in the shortest possible time. If you cannot complete this task, then you will never return to the Yang family.”
Qilang realized the seriousness of the problem, took it, put it in his arms, and said in a deep voice: "No."
After Yang Qilang left, Yang Ye walked up to the anxious Silang and knelt down.
Seeing this, Shiro was shocked and turned pale. He quickly helped him and asked, "Father, what are you doing? What are you doing?"
However, Yang Ye refused to get up and said with a face: "Fourth brother, as a father, I have to give you a heavy burden. Only you can complete this burden, but you can't bear it.
This task will ruin your life, but for the millions of people in Hetao, I have to do this, so I kneel down in advance to ask for your forgiveness."
Among the brothers of the Yang family, Shiro's intelligence was only lower than that of Liuro. When he saw that his father had been so abnormal recently and seemed to be explaining his funeral, he knew that something big was going to happen, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.
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"Father, no matter what the reason is, my child cannot bear your kneeling."
Yang Silang forcibly helped Yang Ye up and said: "My father entrusted such a heavy responsibility to the child because of his trust in the child. As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, he must complete it even if the child is shattered to pieces."
Yang Ye grabbed Si Lang's arm tightly and said tremblingly: "Okay, Fourth, you are the pride of my father."
"My father has always been the pride of our brothers."
Shiro said extremely seriously, and then asked doubtfully: "Father, what is going on?"
Yang Ye was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then said in a deep voice: "Fourth brother, my father wants you to open the city gate and surrender to Temujin, and kill my father with your own hands in front of Temujin."
"What?"
Yang Silang's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.