Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom led an army of 150,000 troops to Shangjing. The city was covered in darkness, giving people a terrifying feeling that black clouds were closing in on the city. Ariqi, the first warrior of the Liao Kingdom, rode out into battle and shouted a challenge. The city gate opened wide, and Huyan Chijin rushed out of the city gate with a long spear and a thousand-mile dragon and horse. The two sides fought together, with Arich wielding his ax as fiercely as a tiger, and Huyan Chijin spinning his spear with the momentum of a dragon. The two sides are like a pair of ancient beasts, fighting inextricably. The shouts of the soldiers on both sides were thunderous, and the sound of war drums was earth-shattering.
After twenty rounds, the two sides still couldn't decide the outcome. At this time, two Liao generals came out with their spears drawn, one on the left and the other on the right to attack Shi Wengong. One of these two generals is called Xi Jinxiangong, and the other is named Yaoer Weikang. They are both brave enough to be worthy of all men. Three Liao army generals attacked Huyan Chijin together. With one against three, Huyan Chijin gradually fell into a disadvantage and was surrounded by dangers.
The city gate opened again, and Chen Jie, who was naked and covered in tattoos, and Cheng Shijie, who was wearing heavy armor and holding a heavy mace, rushed out of the city together. Upon seeing this, Xianggong Nijin and Yaoer Weikang immediately abandoned Huyan Chijin and came to fight Chen Jie and Cheng Shijie. The three pairs of battle generals were killed until the smoke and dust billowed out, and the blood of the soldiers on both sides boiled completely.
Mr. Ni Jin gradually became weak, but Chen Jie became more and more courageous as he fought. Finally, Mr. Jin Jin was not careful and was snatched into the middle palace by Chen Jie and chopped down with a knife. Mr. Jin Jin's face changed drastically, and he was cut in two before he could react. When Jie'er Weikang, who was fighting with Cheng Shijie next to him, saw this, his expression changed with horror, and his moves suddenly became scattered. Cheng Shijie took this opportunity to shout loudly and smashed Jie'er Weikang's head open with a stick.
The Liao army lost two generals in the blink of an eye, and its morale was greatly reduced. The shouts suddenly stopped, and the cheering drums became feeble; while the Song army's morale was greatly boosted, and the shouts and drums shook the earth. .
Chen Jie and Cheng Shijie defeated their opponents and attacked Arich from both sides. Although Aliqi is known as the first warrior of the Liao army, he is surrounded by dangers when faced with one enemy and three. Empress Dowager Xiao was worried that Arich had made a mistake, so she ordered the Tielin Army to cover up and kill him. The horn sounded loudly, and thousands of Tielin troops rushed out shouting. Upon seeing this, Huyan Chijin and the others immediately turned their horses and ran back to the city, and then the city gate was slammed shut. Bullets rained down from the city wall, driving back the Tielin army.
Aliqi returned to Queen Mother Xiao, panting and ashamed, and said: "The last general is incompetent!" Queen Mother Xiao said with relief: "General Aliqi is one against three, even if he is defeated, it will be an honor!" Xiao Ying frowned and said : "Yang Peng has such fierce generals as the clouds, we can no longer compete with him in a general duel!" Empress Dowager Xiao frowned and nodded, turned her head and loudly ordered: "The whole army retreats ten miles to the stronghold!" The Liao army slowly retreated. Go down. …
That night. Huyan Chijin said to Yang Xiong who was on duty with him: "During the day today, Chen Jie and Cheng Shijie made great achievements in killing the enemy generals, but you and I haven't made any achievements yet. It's really worrying!" Yang Xiong said with deep approval. He nodded and frowned: "I just hope that I can achieve military success in the next battle, otherwise I'm afraid I will be underestimated by the brothers!" Huyan Chijin said: "That's exactly what I said. But there is a golden opportunity in front of me!"
Yang Xiong quickly asked what the opportunity was. Huyan Chijin said: "The Liao army has just arrived and has not yet established a stable footing. If you and I go to rob the camp, we will definitely succeed! In this way, you and I will have a face in front of the brothers!" Yang Xiong nodded in agreement. .
When Huyan Chijin saw that Yang Xiong agreed, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Since you also agree, then we will wait until midnight and command our troops to attack the Liao camp!" At midnight, the Liao camp in the distance looked like a city. It was continuous and undulating, with bonfires dotted and silent. The flag swayed gently on the flagpole, and only a few patrols were occasionally seen walking through the bright part of the military camp.
The north city gate slowly opened, and Huyan Chijin Yang Xiong led 3,000 infantry troops out of the city quietly. With their titles on hand and bells on their horses, they slowly approached the Liao army camp in the distance. Coming closer, three thousand men and horses were hidden in the darkness. Huyan Chijin carefully observed the situation of the enemy camp and said to Yang Xiong excitedly: "Great! The enemy is completely unprepared! This battle will be a great success!" Yang Xiong nodded excitedly, "Let's do it." Huyan Chijin Immediately ordered dozens of elite infantry to take action.
I saw dozens of elite soldiers dressed in black approaching the camp gate, quickly getting rid of a few sentries at the camp gate, and then opened the camp gate. Huyan Chijin Yang Xiong suppressed his excitement and led three thousand infantry into the camp quickly. Huyan Chijin Yang Xiong went straight to Empress Dowager Xiao's tent.
Rushing into the big tent, I saw that the person sitting on the handsome seat turned out to be a scarecrow wearing a Yelutri helmet and cloak. The figure I saw outside just now turned out to be the figure of a scarecrow! ! The two were shocked and immediately ran out of the tent. At this moment, the sound of cannons and cannons rang out all around, and almost at the same time, the sound of killing suddenly started. Countless Liao troops surrounded them from all directions, and three thousand Song troops were instantly made dumplings.
Huyan Chijin was frightened and a little at a loss. Yang Xiong raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Brothers, rush out with me!" Then he picked up the sword and started to kill in front of him. The soldiers who were at a loss saw this situation. , all subconsciously followed him to break out! In a melee, nearly all the three thousand Song troops were wiped out. Only a few dozen people, including Huyan Chijin and Yang Xiong, broke out of the encirclement. Hundreds of Liao cavalry pursued relentlessly. We are about to catch up with them.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Huyan Chijin couldn't help shouting: "It's over! We're done!" Yang Xiong rolled his eyes, "Since I can't run away, I'll fight them!" As he said that, he reined in the horse's reins and turned the horse's head. , holding a bloody knife, staring at the pursuing soldiers getting closer and closer, his eyes full of desperate taste; upon seeing this, dozens of officers and soldiers also turned around and prepared to fight for their lives; although Huyan Chijin was scared, but Seeing this situation, he turned around subconsciously.
Suddenly, everyone heard the roar of bullets piercing the air, and then the leading Liao general screamed and fell off his horse. Yang Xiong and others were taken aback and quickly turned to look behind them, only to see Li Xu coming with hundreds of cavalry to support them. Everyone was surprised, and Huyan Chijin shouted loudly: "General Li Xu!"
At this time, the hundreds of Liao army pursuers hurriedly turned their horses and fled. Li Xu led the cavalry to the crowd, frowned and asked: "Why didn't you obey the order of your elder brother and go to war without permission?" The two of them looked ashamed. Yang Xiong clasped his fists and said, "It was me who was greedy for merit and caused the entire army of three thousand soldiers to be annihilated. I I am willing to be dealt with by military law!"
Li Xu said: "How to deal with it is up to my elder brother! Come back with me now!" Then he turned his horse and ran towards the city, and everyone quickly followed. …
Empress Dowager Xiao was sitting in the big tent waiting for the report, and the generals were lined up on the left and right. An officer rushed into the tent and knelt down excitedly and said: "Your Highness, the three thousand Song army that came to attack were completely wiped out except for a few dozen who escaped! Five to six hundred of them were captured!" Empress Dowager Xiao smiled lightly, "Finally, I gave him a warning! Send the order, and all the armies will be on strict alert to prevent another sneak attack by the Song army." The officer responded and ran down.
His eyes turned to the lobby of the left-behind mansion. Yang Peng sat at the top, and the brothers were lined up on the left and right. The embarrassed Yang Xiong and Huyan Chijin stood below with shame on their faces. Yang Peng said solemnly: "I have repeatedly issued orders that you cannot go to war without my orders. How dare you disobey the general's order and cause the entire army of three thousand soldiers to be annihilated!"
Yang Xiong knelt down and apologized: "My younger brother disobeyed my elder brother's military order and killed three thousand brothers. I am willing to be punished by military law!" Huyan Chijin also knelt down and apologized. Yang Peng said: "Disobeying military orders is punishable by beheading!" Huyan Chijin changed color, and the other brothers were shocked. Duan Zhixian said anxiously: "Brother, you don't really want to kill them, do you?"
Yang Peng said coldly: "Military law is like a mountain, without exception! Come on!" Four secret guards walked in immediately, clasping their fists in agreement. Yang Peng shouted: "Drag them both down and behead them!"
Four secret guards immediately grabbed the two of them. Huyan Chijin looked calm and fearless, but Yang Xiong couldn't help but beg for mercy: "Brother, please forgive me!" Cheng Shijie said urgently: "Although the two of them deserve to be beheaded, they should be exempted from the death penalty because of their past merits! "All the brothers also came out to plead for mercy, and they all begged Yang Pengnian to exempt them from the death penalty based on their past merits.
Yang Peng hesitated for a moment, then said to Huyan Chijin and Yang Xiong: "Because of your past merits and the intercession of brothers, the death penalty can be avoided." Yang Xiong was overjoyed and thanked him quickly, but Huyan Chijin frowned and said: " General, it’s better to kill me, that way I’ll feel better!”
Yang Peng glared and said, "Stop talking nonsense!" Huyan Chijin lowered his head. Yang Peng said: "Although the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime cannot be escaped. I will punish you two by receiving forty military sticks in front of the army, and demote you to the rank of infantry captain. Chen Jie, you come to jail." Chen Jie clasped his fists and promised.
Huyan Chijin was lying on the bed, the skin on his back was shockingly torn. Sweat was pouring from Huyan Chijin's forehead because of the pain, but this strong woman didn't even hum. The maid was sitting next to him, holding an alms bowl filled with ointment and applying medicine to him carefully. She could not help but complain: "Brother, it's true. Why don't you care about brotherhood at all?"
Huyan Chijin said: "I don't blame the general. I disobeyed military orders and violated military law! I should have beheaded, but the general spared my life. This is already an extrajudicial act of kindness!" The maid nodded. There were footsteps at the door. The two of them couldn't help but look towards the door, and saw Yang Peng in casual clothes walking in. The two were startled. The maid quickly put down the alms bowl and stood up, clasping her fists and saluting. Huyan Chijin also struggled to stand up.
Yang Peng quickly stepped forward and held down Huyan Chijin, "Sister-in-law Seven, don't move, you are injured!" Huyan Chijin said apologetically: "I'm rude!" Yang Peng smiled, sat down next to him, and took a look With a shocking scar on his back, he asked with concern: "How do you feel?" Huyan Chijin shook his head, "It's okay, much better than those brothers who died in vain!"
Yang Peng frowned and said angrily: "I'm really angry today! You Huyan Chijin are always cautious, but this time you are so reckless!" Huyan Chijin looked ashamed. "I intended to let you take charge of your own business, but this time I was so disappointed!"
Huyan Chijin was ashamed and ashamed, "I know you were wrong!" Yang Peng raised his brows and said softly: "It's okay to make mistakes. No one can make mistakes without being a sage. But you must learn a lesson and don't fall in the same pit. "Immediately he took out a military book from his arms and put it next to Huyan Chijin, and warned: "It will be good for you." Huyan Chijin said movedly: "I will follow the teachings of the general!"
Yang Peng patted Huyan Chijin's shoulder, stood up, and said with a smile: "Take good care of your injuries." Then he said to the maid: "Huyan Chijin, please pay more attention." The maid promised with her fists clasped. Yang Peng nodded towards Huyan Chijin, turned and left.
Huyan Chijin was extremely moved and said: "I didn't expect that the general would come to see me so late!" The maid sat next to Huyan Chijin again and applied medicine to him while saying: "Mr. Yu, the eldest brother is a general and must enforce the law like a mountain. It's not selfish, he is our elder brother after all!" Huyan Chijin nodded in agreement.
Huyan Chijin applied the medicine and sat up with the help of the maid. Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he picked up the military book Yang Peng left for him and read it carefully. This military book is not an ancient traditional art of war, but a military book written by Yang Peng based on the ancient art of war and in his mind. It does not have many words, but it basically contains Yang Peng's understanding and experience of the way of war. Yang Peng handed such a military book to Huyan Chijin, which shows that he still has great expectations for him. After Yang Peng left Huyan Chijin's place, he went to Yang Xiong's place again. Yang Xiong was filled with gratitude for Chen Xiao's arrival. …
As soon as it dawned the next day, fog enveloped the earth, and the sound of the Liao army's war drums broke the silence of the morning. The soldiers of the Song Army hurriedly climbed onto the city wall and saw hundreds of thousands of Liao troops pouring towards the city wall overwhelmingly.
The Liao army stopped about two or three miles away from the city wall. Then they saw nearly a thousand Liao army warriors escorting four to five hundred Song army prisoners to the front of the military formation. They forced the hundreds of prisoners to kneel on the ground, as if they were about to be executed. posture. When the Song soldiers on the city wall saw this, they inevitably became commotion, and Duan Zhixian shouted: "What do they want to do?"
A Liao general rode his horse to the city gate and shouted: "My queen mother asked me to send a message to the general of the Song Dynasty. If you don't want to watch your soldiers die miserably, you should open the city and surrender early. My family Your Highness ensures the safety of the entire city's soldiers and civilians, and decrees that the general will be the King of the South Campus of our Liao Kingdom, and will continue to rule the sixteen states of Yanyun! If the general does not agree, then your officers and men will immediately be dismembered and die!"
Yang Peng secretly admired: This Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao Kingdom is really scheming! She must have known that such a pretentious act would never make him surrender, but it would undoubtedly severely damage the morale of her own soldiers. Generally speaking, when an army commander faces such a thing, he can only choose to abandon those soldiers. This is understandable and everyone can understand it. However, as the soldiers of the threatened side, the emotional morale will definitely be affected. Influenced. This influence often plays a role in determining victory or defeat.
Yang Peng raised his head and glanced at the heroic figure standing under the handsome banner in the distance, as if he saw the proud smile of a winner on her beautiful face. The surrounding soldiers were watching Yang Peng, waiting for his decision. The reckless Duan Zhixian shouted: "I'll save them!" "Come back here!" Yang Peng shouted.
Duan Zhixian had to stop and shouted angrily: "Are we just going to watch them being killed by the Liao people?!" Everyone showed helpless expressions. Zhou Dayong frowned and said: "Although it makes people very angry , but there is nothing we can do!" He raised his finger and pointed at the light cavalry on both sides of the opponent's formation, "Their cavalry is waiting for us to go out! Once we choose to go out of the city to rescue people, their two wings of cavalry will immediately outflank us! The losses at that time were far from the hundreds of brothers outside the city. The entire capital city might even be captured by the other party in one fell swoop! A little impatience will ruin a big plan. Sometimes, although it is very painful to endure, it cannot be tolerated. Can’t hold it back!”
No one spoke. "General, how did you decide? Please tell me!" the Liao general at the bottom of the city shouted loudly, with a rather proud tone in his tone. Li Xu took out an arrow, put it on the bowstring, and waited for Yang Peng's order to shoot the Liao general who was under the city. Although this approach can't save those hundreds of brothers, it can relieve a little bit of bad breath.
Yang Peng ignored the Liao general at the bottom of the city and shouted to Queen Mother Xiao in the distance: "Queen Mother Xiao, you have a noble status. Aren't you ashamed to do such a thing?" Queen Mother Xiao laughed mockingly.
Yang Peng continued: "I heard that the Khitan people are a brave people who regard honor as life, but now they are threatening me with hundreds of my brothers. Is this what a warrior should do?" These words hit the Khitan people hard. Because of human weakness, most of the Liao soldiers could not help but look ashamed and looked at Empress Dowager Xiao. Queen Mother Xiao frowned.
"I have a suggestion. How about we each send out a general to fight in battle! If we win, we will release my brothers immediately; if you win, I will open the city and surrender immediately without saying a word! What do you think?"
Empress Dowager Xiao was silent for a moment, then galloped out of the military formation, reined in the horse, and asked in a loud voice: "Is this the general's challenge?" Empress Dowager Xiao's question was very mysterious. Yang Peng had to answer that this was his challenge. But once he said this, he would have to go to war after a while, otherwise his own morale would be severely frustrated. Empress Dowager Xiao's move left Yang Peng without any room for maneuver. Zhou Dayong heard the mystery and frowned tightly.
Yang Peng said loudly: "This is my challenge. Are you willing to accept the challenge?" As soon as these words came out, the soldiers of the Song Army were excited. Empress Dowager Xiao raised her voice and said: "Our army accepts your challenge, and Arich will go out to fight. If the general wins, I will release all the prisoners immediately. If the general loses, please keep your promise!"
Yang Peng said loudly: "I will keep my promise!" and then prepared to go down the city wall. But the brothers stopped him, and Duan Zhixian said anxiously: "Brother, you are injured, how can you go out to fight! I'll just go!" Yang Peng patted Duan Zhixian on the shoulder and glanced at the man with an anxious look on his face. The brothers smiled and said: "Don't worry! I know it well!" Then they told Li Xu and Zhou Dayong: "Be careful to guard the city and don't give your opponents an opportunity to take advantage of it!" The two promised with fists clasped.
Yang Peng ran down the city wall, picked up the iron horse, stepped onto the dark cloud-like divine horse, and nodded to the city gate captain who was waiting for his order, who immediately ordered his men to open the city gate. The city gate made a loud rattling sound and slowly opened. Yang Peng clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and the horse immediately rushed out of the city gate like a sharp arrow from its string. Black horse, heavy armor, scarlet cloak, cold eyes, and tiger-like momentum, it seems that the overlord of Chu has reappeared in the world!
Yang Peng rode his horse between the two armies, reined in his horse, and stood proudly. The soldiers of the Liao army couldn't help but admired in their hearts. Empress Dowager Xiao's eyes were full of brilliant colors, and then she showed a fierce look. She turned her head and glanced at Arich beside her. After receiving Yelutri's order, Aliqi shouted, rode out on his horse, raised his ax and ran towards Yang Peng, roaring like a crazy beast.
Yang Peng gave a light scold and rode up to meet him. The two clashed at high speed, as if two armies were charging, and their momentum was astonishing. In the blink of an eye, the two horses crossed each other, and everyone only heard a loud clang. The soldiers on both sides couldn't help shouting. Duan Zhixian took the drumstick from the drummer's hand, pushed the drummer away, and beat the war drum with all his strength. Boom, boom, boom... The huge drum sound shot straight into the sky, mixed with Duan Zhixian's roar. Voice.
Yang Peng and Alic fought back and forth for more than 20 rounds without deciding the winner. Empress Dowager Xiao stared at Yang Peng, her brows furrowed, and her eyes clearly showed confusion and surprise. She had already received the news about Yang Peng's injury, but looking at his vigorous and fighting spirit, it didn't seem like he was You look injured?
Yang Peng and Arich fought hard for more than ten rounds. After all, Yang Peng was injured, his face became a little pale, and his skills were not as good as before! But Ariqi became more and more courageous as he fought. The giant ax in his hand danced like a windmill, crushing Yang Peng into danger!
The brothers on the city wall were very anxious when they saw this situation. Chen Jie, Zhou Dayong and several others wanted to go out of the city to help in the battle. Li Xu quickly stopped them and said anxiously: "If we go out, we will break our promise, and those hundreds of brothers will definitely die!" Soon after, the soldiers saw Huyan Chijin and Yang Xiong receiving sticks in front of the military camp. Chen Jay read out the charges. All the soldiers were awe-inspiring.
"No matter what, we must save my eldest brother!" Cheng Shijie shouted excitedly. Queen Mother Xiao in the distance had a winner's smile on her face, and the situation in front of her was completely within her expectations. She had already guessed the other party's next move. His brothers and subordinates will definitely come out of the city to rescue him. In this way, they can justifiably kill these prisoners. This will definitely cause a serious blow to their morale. This is exactly what she wants.
Bang! Only a loud noise was heard from the battlefield, and everyone saw Yang Peng's iron horse flying high into the sky and then planted on the grass. Yang Peng was panting, pressing his chest with his right hand, looking very painful. The officers and soldiers of the Song Army were shocked when they saw this scene, while the officers and soldiers of the Liao Army let out earth-shattering shouts.
Arich laughed and said: "You lost!" Yang Peng said: "I am still alive, this competition is not over yet!" Arich was stunned for a moment, then became furious, a violent impulse rushed to his head, and he raised his big gun The ax struck Yang Peng hard. Yang Peng's brothers were so frightened that they fell into an ice cave.
At the moment when the ax was about to reach his body, a strange smile appeared on Yang Peng's face. Suddenly, he turned his body sideways, and the giant ax struck dangerously in front of him. Then he stepped on the saddle and flew towards the opponent like a roc. Arich originally thought that his opponent had no power to fight back and was defenseless. When he saw the opponent rushing towards him, he was shocked and it was too late to take countermeasures.
Yang Peng threw Arich onto the grass, quickly pulled out the sword from his waist, and the sharp sword edge forced Arich's neck. Everyone was stunned, and they didn't expect that things would take such a turn. Yang Peng's brothers galloped out of the city gate and came behind Yang Peng.
Yang Peng smiled and said to Arich: "You lost!" Arich stared at Yang Peng, unconvinced, but he really lost, so much so that he blushed but was speechless. Yang Peng turned to the sullen Empress Dowager Xiao in the distance and said loudly: "Empress Dowager Xiao, you have lost!" The soldiers of the Liao army all looked at Empress Dowager Xiao.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
