Kelun came back to his senses, with a desperate look in his eyes, and shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order and charge with me!" The horn sounded loudly, and the 60,000 Khitan infantrymen shouted fiercely and headed towards the opposite side. The Yanyun army rushed forward. At this time, the Khitan army cavalry finally could not withstand the massacre of Modao army, collapsed completely, ran backwards, bypassed the front of their own army and came to the two wings. Then he turned his horse's head and rushed towards Yan Yun's army again with his own army.
The war drums of the Yanyun Army rang loudly, and bullets and arrows fired by both sides flew in the sky. The sky seemed to darken, and soldiers from both sides continued to fall to the ground after being hit by arrows. At the same time, Yanyun's war cavalry rushed out from both wings, fighting with each other. The Khitan army's cavalry fought in a group; the front line was completely opened, and Duan Zhixian led the three thousand Modao army as the vanguard, leading the army and roaring towards the Khitan army. Everyone fought bravely to be the first!
The three thousand Mo Dao army collided violently with the opponent's heavy armored infantry. The Khitan army's scimitar struck the Mo Dao army's armor with a loud clang and splashed countless sparks, while the Mo Dao army roared and slashed at the Jin army's heavy armor. But there was a surge of blood on the ground. Even the heavy armor could not stop Mo Dao's soldiers. One by one, the Khitan army's heavy armored infantry screamed and fell into a pool of blood!
The infantry armies on both sides were fighting fiercely, with sudden swings and decisive battles, with crazy faces and flying blood and sword light; the cavalry on both sides were also fighting fiercely, and the Khitan army's cavalry could no longer resist and was in the process of being defeated.
In the blink of an eye, the Khitan army's cavalry was once again defeated and ran away in panic; at the same time, the infantry also defeated the Khitan army. The Khitan army was defeated like a mountain. They abandoned their helmets and armor and trampled on each other and ran away. The momentum is like a rainbow, roaring in pursuit. As long as you catch up, it doesn't matter whether the opponent surrenders or not, just chop him down with one knife!
The Khitan army completely collapsed, and Yan Yun's army pursued them bravely, killing the Khitan army's officers and soldiers until the blood-stained grasslands were strewn with corpses. …
In the evening, Kelun managed to escape back to Bei'an Prefecture. However, the 70,000 troops he brought out at the beginning only returned less than 2,000 horses. The cavalry suffered heavy losses, and the infantry was completely wiped out! Kelun returned to the hall and sat down, as if he had not recovered from the defeat!
An officer stumbled in and reported urgently: "General, Yan Yun's army has arrived at the city!" Kelun was startled, stood up suddenly, quickly picked up his weapon and ran outside. When they came to the city wall, they saw that Yanyun's warrior cavalry had arrived outside the city. The leader was Yanyun's warrior Ma Kuang, who had killed his warrior Kemo, and was challenging at the foot of the city!
"Kelen, you shy little turtle! Are you a man or a woman? Why are you hiding in the city and afraid to see people!" Kelun was furious and wanted to go out and fight. A general next to him hurriedly advised: "General, please don't be impulsive!" Kelun glared and yelled: "Does this general have to endure this humiliation? Get out of the way! Whoever dares to stop, I will kill him!" Whoever dared to block him again quickly got out of the way. Kelun ran down the city wall and led five hundred cavalry out of the city. Kelun reined in his horse, pointed his sword at Ma Kuang and shouted, "I will fight to the death with you, a common man from Yanyun!"
Ma Kuang was very excited when he saw that he had really come out, and immediately urged his horse to kill Kelun. Seeing this, Kelun didn't hesitate at all. He raised his sword and urged his war horse to rush forward. The two sides fought together, and after more than twenty rounds, they were inseparable. Ma Kuan suddenly turned around and ran towards the west, as if he was running away timidly. Ke Lun was eager to kill and pursued him relentlessly. He kept shouting: "Father Yanyun, don't run away if you have the guts!" Ma Kuang, however, had no intention of stopping and kept running away.
The two sides chased each other and ran away for about a few hundred steps. Ma Kuan, who was running in front, suddenly turned his horse's head, pulled out a short ax from the saddle and threw it at Kelun, who was rushing towards him excitedly. Kelun was unprepared and suddenly saw the ax flying towards him. He was startled. It was too late to dodge. He only heard a loud pop and the ax hit Kelun's forehead! As the blood surged wildly, Kelun screamed and fell off his horse!
The Khitan army was horrified when they saw Kelun's death. The city guard hurriedly ordered the city gate to be closed. Ma Kuang led the cavalry to rush to the bottom of the city wall, but the city gate was already closed. Arrows were fired from the city. Ma Kuang temporarily led his troops to retreat, and then sent someone to report the victory to Yang Peng.
Although Yan Yun's army retreated temporarily, the Khitan army officers and soldiers were still in panic. Thinking that the entire army had been wiped out, the three main generals had also been killed, and the terrifying Yanyun Army was about to arrive, several generals decided after deliberation to abandon the city and escape before the Yanyun Army arrived. Soon after, the east city gate opened, and the remaining five or six thousand Jin Army soldiers swarmed out. After a period of commotion, the city became quiet again.
After receiving the scout's report and learning that the Khitan army had escaped, Ma Kuang immediately led his cavalry into Bei'an Prefecture City.
At dawn the next day, Yang Peng led his troops into Bei'an Prefecture City. The common people woke up early in the morning and were surprised to find that the Khitan army that was still there when they fell asleep last night had disappeared. The Yanyun army soldiers in red clothes and black armor were all replaced on the city gates in the streets and alleys!
Yang Peng walked into the lobby of the government office surrounded by the generals. When he stepped in, his superior turned around and said to Ma Kuang with a smile: "Ma Kuang, you did a good job! You deserve the first credit for conquering Bei'an Prefecture!" Ma Kuang clasped his fists excitedly and said, "Thank you, King Yan!" All the generals looked at him with envy.
Yang Peng looked at Duan Zhixian and said, "Immediately send someone to send a message to Liu Zhiliang to tell us what happened." Duan Zhixian promised with clasped fists. Yang Peng said to Ma Kuang again: "Ma Kuang, you lead all the war cavalry across the Luanhe River to the north, and then go east to Xiao Lu Ye Gan to contain Xiao Lu Ye Gan's troops who are returning from the Longshan defense line to support Zhongjing." "Yes! "The rest of the armies should seize the time to rest and recuperate!"
At the same time, on the west bank of the Bali River in the west of Bei'an Prefecture, a team was crossing the river. There were hundreds of people in this team, one of whom was holding a scepter usually held by envoys of the Han Dynasty, and the accompanying cavalry was holding a flag with the four neat characters "Envoy of the Song Dynasty" written on it. It turned out that this group of people was none other than Wang Lun and his group who were sent as envoys to the Liao Kingdom by Zhao Heng.
The group of people crossed the Bali River and headed towards Bei'an Prefecture, planning to rest in Bei'an Prefecture tonight. But before they had gone far, the Khitan officer who had gone to Bei'an Prefecture to contact local officials rushed back in panic, "It's not good, it's not good! The Yanyun Army has conquered Bei'an Prefecture, return to Xijing Road quickly!"
Wang Lun and others were stunned for a moment. Wang Lun asked in disbelief: "General, are you saying that the Yanyun Army captured Bei'an Prefecture? How is this possible?"
The Khitan officer glared and shouted: "I don't have time to joke with you, general! Hurry up, hurry up, return to Xijing Road!" While shouting, he rode his horse to the west, and the accompanying Khitan officers and soldiers hurriedly followed, throwing Leave the Song Dynasty mission alone. Everyone in the envoy looked at each other, "Sir, what should we do now?" Deputy envoy Lan Gongzuo asked at a loss. Wang Lun hesitated for a moment, "Since Bei'an Prefecture has been captured by Yanyun's army, we can only temporarily retreat to Xijing Road and make plans again!" So the Song State delegation also turned around and headed for Xijing Road.
"Hey!..." Lan Gongzuo suddenly sighed on the way. Wang Lun asked in confusion: "Why are you sighing?" Lan Gongzuo smiled bitterly and said with emotion: "I am just a little emotional! Think about how arrogant and arrogant the Khitan people were when they swept across the Central Plains! However, under the Yan Yun army, But there was a different face in front of me. The officers and soldiers of the Liao Kingdom changed their colors when they heard the name of Yan Yunjun. They fled in panic before they even met! We and Yanyun Jun are both Han people, so why is there such a big difference? ?" Wang Lun was secretly ashamed and speechless.
His eyes turned to Zhongjing. Yan Yun's army and Xiao Zhanmuhe's rebels attacked Beijing from the north and south, and the offensive was extremely fierce. However, the defenders of Zhongjing relied on the high walls and fortified the city to withstand their fierce attacks one after another, and the city showed no signs of being breached.
Boom...! ! An earth-shattering loud noise suddenly covered up all the sounds on the battlefield. The soldiers and civilians in Zhongjing only felt the ground shaking. Following the sound, they saw only a huge cloud of smoke and flames mixed with countless rubbles and human bodies rising into the sky from near the South City Gate. It rises like a volcano erupting! The Khitan soldiers and civilians were so horrified that they almost thought a terrible natural disaster had occurred! Almost at the same time, there was a loud sound that shook the sky and earth near the North City Gate.
Yan Yunjun and Xiao Zhanweihe rebels used thunder to blow up a hole in the city walls on the north and south sides, and then the war cavalry from both sides rushed in with shouts. The panicked Khitan soldiers could not resist, and Xiao Zhanmuhe's rebels and Yan Yun's army rushed into the city. Zhongjing was about to fall.
However, Liu Zhiliang and others found that the situation was getting more and more wrong. Reinforcements of the Khitan Army continued to rush to the south to join the battle and fight back desperately. They gradually curbed the Yan Yun Army's offensive; and the Yan Yun Army who rushed into the city Yun Zhan couldn't move his horse on the narrow street, and his situation became increasingly disadvantageous.
"Something's wrong! Why does it seem like all the defenders of the Khitan Army are coming to our side? What on earth is Xiao Zhan doing without drinking?" Liu Zhiliang frowned and said angrily.
Hu Yanbixian led the assault cavalry to rush forward desperately in the street. They fought bloody battles in the long street. However, it was difficult to make any progress. Seeing the Khitan army's jungle-like spears surging forward, the Yanyun army's cavalry were about to lose their support. Living! At this moment, a messenger cavalry ran up and shouted: "The general has ordered that all troops and horses stop attacking and withdraw!" Hu Yanbixian was furious, "Retreat?! Why?" The messenger said: "Yes. The enemy is outflanking us, and the general orders all troops to retreat immediately!"
Hu Yanbixian frowned, looked back at the street blurred with corpses and blood, and shouted: "Retreat!" Then the Yanyun Army's cavalry that broke into the city quickly withdrew.
Hu Yanbi Xian came to Liu Zhiliang and said angrily: "General, just retreat like this, all the brothers have sacrificed in vain!" Liu Zhiliang pointed to the left front, "Look over there!" Hu Yanbi Xian followed Liu Zhiliang's lead. Looking in the direction of the finger, I saw smoke and dust filling the sky outside the West City. There were numerous shadows under the smoke and dust, as if there were countless enemy warriors surging towards me! Hu Yanbixian was surprised, "What's going on?"
Liu Zhiliang raised his voice and said: "The whole army is arrayed and ready to fight!"
Soon after, the enemy troops came closer, and sure enough they were all cavalry. Hu Yanbixian looked at it carefully and showed great surprise, "Why does it seem to be Xiao Zhan's army?" Liu Zhiliang frowned and shouted: "Don't worry so much, prepare to fight!" "Yes!"
Several blasts of horns were heard from the enemy cavalry, and then they were seen roaring and surging forward, like a rapidly spreading ocean tide. Liu Zhiliang shouted to Huyan Bixian: "I attack from the front, you attack the flanks!" Immediately, Yanyun's cavalry also launched a charge. Liu Zhiliang led the main force to fight head-on, while Huyan Bixian led a cavalry to make a detour from the side.
Waves of cavalry from both sides collided fiercely, and under the shining light of swords, men and horses were turned upside down and their bodies were flying. Just when the cavalry groups on both sides were fighting inextricably, the cavalry group led by Hu Yanbixian slammed into the Khitan cavalry group from the flank, and smashed the Khitan cavalry into two pieces in one go. The Khitan army was greatly frightened, their momentum suddenly released, and the situation was inevitably a bit chaotic. At this time, Liu Zhiliang launched a fierce attack with his army, and the Khitan army immediately couldn't resist it and ran away one after another.
Seeing this situation, Emperor Ye Qiangan, who was watching the battle from the attic of the palace, couldn't help but exclaimed: "In the past, I only heard about how powerful Yan Yun's army was, but now that I saw it with my own eyes, I realized that the rumors were indeed true! With such a powerful army and brigade, No wonder our army has repeatedly failed in front of him!"
After repelling the enemy's cavalry, Yanyun's army did not pursue them, but quickly retreated to the camp.
Back in the tent, Hu Yanbixian cursed in great annoyance: "What on earth is Xiao Zhan doing without drinking?!" Liu Zhiliang frowned, with a thoughtful look on his face.
A scout hurried in and knelt down to report: "General, General Xiao Zhanmeihe was killed by his subordinates, and all Zhanmeihe's troops were lured to surrender by Brother Ye Qianxiu!"
Everyone was shocked, and Hu Yanbixian asked anxiously: "How could this happen?"
"When Xiao Zhanwuhe's army broke through the city, the Emperor of Liao Dynasty Ye Gandan suddenly appeared on the city tower and issued an order to Zhanmeihe's army, asking them to abandon the dark side and surrender to the light. There was a commotion in Xiao Zhanwuhe's army, and someone immediately killed Zhan Meihe. Drink. Then brother Ye Ganxiu took the opportunity to come forward and surrender Xiao Zhanmeihe's army. Then Zhanmeihe sent his general Pa Ba to lead Zhanmeihe's army around the city to attack our army."
Hu Yanbixian scolded: "After a long time of work, the Khitan cavalry that just attacked us are actually Xiao Zhan's army, ****!"
Liu Zhiliang thought: "Now the situation has taken a turn for the worse, we must retreat immediately!"
In the palace, "Your Majesty, the current situation is very unfavorable to the Yanyun Army. They must not dare to stay here!" Prime Minister Han De gave way. Ye Qiandan frowned and said, "What do you mean, Prime Minister, they are going to run away?" Handerang nodded. Brother Ye Qianxiu next to him said with a ferocious expression: "Your Majesty, we must not let this Yan Yun army escape! We must completely eliminate them here!" Ye Qiangan also had this intention, nodded, and said categorically: "If we can't wipe them out, what's the majesty of the Liao Kingdom!" Looking at Brother Ye Qianxiu, "Please ask the Generalissimo to command all the armies in Zhongjing Road, and be sure to annihilate this Yanyun army!" Brother Ye Qianxiu felt happy in his heart. , bowed and promised.
Brother Ye Qianxiu hurriedly left the palace and came to the military camp, where he gathered the generals and conveyed the order. At this time, the sun has set and the moon has hung on the treetops. Compared with the hustle and bustle during the day, it seems particularly quiet at this moment.
Soon after, this rare silence was broken. The Khitan army troops poured out of the city like a tide, with the infantry behind and the cavalry in front. A hundred thousand troops rushed towards the Yanyun Army barracks. The Yanyun Army barracks was very quiet, as if they were completely unaware of the enemy's arrival.
The Khitan army shouted and rushed into the military camp, only to find that it was an empty camp. Brother Ye Qianxiu immediately realized that something was wrong and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Get out quickly! Get out quickly!" At this moment, shouts soaring to the sky and the sound of horse hooves shaking the ground suddenly came from the darkness around. The cavalry, led by Liu Zhiliang and Hu Yanbixian respectively, rushed from both sides; at the same time, countless rockets shot into the military camp, immediately igniting the firewood piled in the military camp, and in the blink of an eye, flames rolled into the sky. .
The Khitan army in the military camp had no time to retreat, and was burned by the flames and cried to the sky; while the Khitan army outside the military camp was violently charged into several sections by Yan Yun's cavalry, sweeping across the army, slashing with swords and horses, and killing countless golden soldiers.
The Khitan army could not resist and ran backwards one after another. The Yanyun army pursued them until they reached the city wall before withdrawing their troops. They had already killed the Khitan army corpses everywhere!
The emperor and the ministers of the court were waiting for the news of victory, but they did not expect the news of the defeat. They were all shocked. Some ministers suggested abandoning the city and fleeing for their lives. Fortunately, Ye Gandan was a little brave and rejected this suggestion. A moment later, another news came that Yan Yun's army had withdrawn after failing to break into the city. The monarchs and ministers were relieved.
Brother Ye Qianxiu had just recovered from his shock. He checked his soldiers and found that only 60,000 to 70,000 of the 100,000 troops that had left the city had returned. Brother Ye Qianxiu couldn't help but feel like he wanted to cry without tears, but for Yan Yunjun, he was already frightened from the bottom of his heart. Although the current strength is still several times that of Yan Yun's army outside the city, they dare not leave the city again. Not only him, but also the soldiers of the Khitan Army did not dare to leave the city. In their eyes, perhaps the Yan Yun Army was simply a devil!
Liu Zhiliang immediately looked at Zhongjing City in front of the burning military camp, smiled coldly, turned to Huyan Bixian and said: "Okay, the enemy will not dare to come out anymore, we can retreat!"
Yan Yunjun cremated the bodies of the fallen brothers and quickly evacuated Zhongjing with their ashes.
Twenty thousand war cavalry retreated towards Deshan.
Xiao Lu Yegan, who had already marched to Shiziling, received a report from the scouts: The crisis in Zhongjing had been resolved, Xiao Zhan was killed without hesitation, Xiao Zhan's army was defeated anyway, and Yan Yun's army had retreated to the vicinity of Deshan. Lu Yegan immediately decided to change his original plan to support Zhongjing, and decided to divide his army into two groups to encircle and suppress the Yanyun Army that Liu Zhiliang was calling Yan Bixian.
Just when Xiao Luyegan was ready to put his determination into action, an urgent report suddenly came from the rear. It turned out to be news that Zezhou had been lost! Xiao Luyegan and others were shocked when they heard the news. Where is Zezhou? Zezhou is more than 150 miles south of Zhongjing, north of the Shenshan Mountain and Songting Pass. It is an important barrier to the south of Zhongjing. It is also an important city in the Liao Kingdom's thoroughfares in all directions, and its status is extremely important.
Xiao Luyegan thought about it, he was really worried about being questioned by the emperor for the fall of Zezhou, and he was also worried about being attacked from behind by the Yanyun army. So he gave up the plan to encircle and suppress Liu Zhiliang's troops, and instead stationed a force of troops at Shiziling to prevent Liu Zhiliang from raiding his rear. He himself led the main force to turn back and attack Zezhou.
One day later, the army arrived at Zezhou City and immediately launched an attack. The Yanyun army resisted for a while and then retreated eastward. When the Khitan army retook Zezhou, they found that the official treasury and the mansions of the nobles had all been looted, and most of the looted money and food were actually distributed to the local people by the Yanyun army. The nobles sent people to steal money and food from civilians' homes, killing and injuring many people. This aroused the anger of the civilians, who took up arms to fight back. Not only did they kill many of the nobles' thugs and servants, they also took advantage of the situation and broke into the homes of many nobles to loot. .
The nobles panicked and rushed to Xiao Lu Yegan's tent for help. When Xiao Lu Yegan heard that the civilians were rebelling, he couldn't help but flew into a rage and immediately dispatched an army to suppress it. As a result, a fierce melee broke out with the civilians. The whole city of Zezhou was filled with the sounds of killing and fireworks.
Ma Kuang, who had retreated to Songting Pass, couldn't help but feel very strange when he saw the chaos in Zezhou City. Soon after, the scout came back and reported the details to Ma Kuang. Ma Kuan said excitedly: "King Yan's plan really worked! Now Zezhou is in chaos, how long will it take if we don't take the opportunity to stab him hard?" Immediately, only a hundred people were left to guard Songting Pass, and he led all the soldiers. He rode out of the pass and rushed to Zezhou.
The Khitan army under Lu Yegan was fighting with the people in the city. They were so anxious that they did not notice that Ma Kuan suddenly led Yan Yunzhan to attack and violently kicked them into the Khitan army camp. There were not many Khitan troops left guarding the military camp outside the city, and they were caught off guard, so they collapsed completely in an instant. The defeated army rushed into Zezhou City in a hurry, wrapped in Xiao Luyegan and others.
Ma Kuang took advantage of the situation and rushed into the city, launching a fierce attack with his army. The Khitan army was in a hurry and couldn't figure out how many Yanyun troops were coming. They only heard the loud sound of killing as if countless soldiers and horses were coming. They couldn't help being frightened and fled to the north, trampling on each other and killing countless people. Ma Kuang actually drove the Khitan army out of Zezhou just like that.
Immediately, local people cried to Yanyun's army about the tragic situation of being massacred by the noble Khitan army. Without saying a word, Ma Kuang immediately sent troops to help the people seek justice. As a result, the nobles were in bad luck! With the support of Yan Yunjun, the local people went crazy and killed the nobles in the city. If Yan Yunjun had not deliberately protected the women, children and the elderly, I am afraid that none of the nobles in the city would have survived.
Night fell, the crazy killing finally stopped, and the originally bustling and lively Zezhou turned into a hell! There were corpses on the streets and alleys, blood filled the sewage ditches, many houses were turned into ruins, and the sound of crying echoed over the city, as shrill as the crying over the cemetery.
Xiao Lu Yegan retreated to Shiziling in a hurry, checked his men, and found that only more than 10,000 people had been lost, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Recalling the previous experience, I just felt very angry at the defeat. Immediately ordered all the troops to rest for one night and go back to take revenge early tomorrow morning.
The next day, Lu Yegan led the army and fought back to Zezhou. However, at this time, the gates of Zezhou City were wide open, and there was silence, as if it had become an empty city. Lu Yegan became confused and did not dare to enter the city rashly. After hesitating for a moment, he sent a small group of cavalry into the city.
After a while, the cavalry came back and reported: "General, Yan Yun's army has left, and the common people have also disappeared, leaving only some orphans and widows of nobles!"
Xiao Luyegan quickly led the army into the city. Seeing the Zezhou City that was almost in ruins, Xiao Luyegan felt like he wanted to cry without tears. Many orphans and widows gathered around and cried out their misery. Xiao Luyegan was very irritated and ordered people to drive them away. Immediately, scouts were sent to investigate the situation of Yan Yun's army. Soon after, the scout reported back that Yan Yun's army had retreated into Songting Pass, and more than 100,000 people in the city had followed Yan Yun's army south.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
