The Khitan army continued to attack for several days, but not only failed to make any progress, but suffered heavy losses, which caused low morale. Brother Ye Qianxiu and others had no choice but to suspend the attack and at the same time sent people to the court to request reinforcements.
Ten days later, more than 100,000 reinforcements arrived one after another. Brother Yeganxiu mobilized the entire army to cross the Luan River by force in three groups: upper, middle and lower. Everyone in the Khitan Army braced themselves and waited for the ferocious artillery fire from the Yanyun Army, but surprisingly, the terrifying firepower that was so overwhelming never appeared again! Three groups of Khitan troops landed on the other side one after another, but they never encountered any resistance. Brother Ye Qianxiu felt very uneasy when he saw that his army had boarded the other side so smoothly. He was worried about whether Yan Yun's army had any conspiracy. He immediately ordered the troops who had crossed the Luan River to form a formation on the spot, and then ordered the follow-up troops to set up as soon as possible. Go across the river on the pontoon!
Three pontoon bridges were built, and the Khitan army drove across the Luanhe River. At this point, brother Ye Qianxiu felt relieved. However, he immediately became very confused as to why Yan Yunjun let them cross the river without stopping them? Not daring to be careless at all, he ordered the forward cavalry to advance, and the large troops followed, leaving a large number of troops to guard the river bank. The whole army looked cautious.
The vanguard cavalry drove to the foot of Luanhe City and found that the city gate was wide open and the city was very quiet. There was no sound of people or the sound of chickens and dogs. It seemed to be an empty city. The forward general Pa Ba was afraid of an ambush in the city and did not dare to enter the city.
Soon after, Brother Ye Qianxiu arrived with a large force. Pa Ba hurried over to report: "Generalissimo, there seems to be no one in the city, but the general suspects there is an ambush?" Brother Ye Qianxiu looked at the city in front of him and was a little unsure. After thinking for a while, he ordered hundreds of cavalry to go into the city to investigate.
Hundreds of cavalrymen galloped into the city gate with an anxious mood. Looking at the empty and silent houses around them, their hearts were in their throats.
About half an hour later, several cavalrymen rushed out and reported to Brother Yeqianxiu: "Generalissimo, there is no one left in the city. This is an empty city!" Brother Yeqianxiu and others couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and then secretly thought to themselves I get upset and blame myself for being too suspicious! Immediately Brother Yeganxiu led the army into the city.
The Khitan army marched into the city, and Brother Yeganxiu walked into the lobby of the government office surrounded by the generals. Brother Ye Qianxiu walked up to the boss and was surprised to find that there was a letter on the desk of the boss, and the envelope had the six characters "personally addressed by Brother Ye Qianxiu" written on it. Brother Ye Qianxiu was very surprised. He picked up the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper and read it. The letter said, "The Luanhe River is temporarily handed over to you for safekeeping. I will definitely take it back from you in the future." Brother Ye Qianxiu was furious, tore the letter into pieces, threw it to the ground, pointed outside and cursed: "Yanyun common man, I want to see how you can take back the Luanhe River from the hands of this marshal!!" The generals saw it. This scene can't help but make people feel surprised and confused.
Soon after, Brother Ye Qianxiu received news from Bei'an Prefecture that Xiao Yebule's troops also successfully recovered Bei'an Prefecture City. So Brother Ye Ganxiu wrote a memorial, only saying that he had successfully recovered Luanhe and Bei'an Prefecture, and did not mention other things. The emperor was very happy after receiving the report from Brother Yeganxiu, and immediately issued an edict to commend him.
His eyes turned to the Chengtian Army Stronghold. Just when Yang Peng led the Yanyun Army to break into Zhongjing Road, two peerless female generals from both sides, Ye Qi Guanyin and Han Bing, were fighting fiercely in the Chengtian Army Stronghold. Ye Qi Guanyin violently attacked the Chengtian Army Stronghold with 200,000 troops and horses. They were full of cunning, including night attacks, luring the enemy, and sneak attacks. There were too many to mention. If Han Bing had not guarded the Chengtian Army Stronghold without leakage, I would have feared that the Chengtian Army Stronghold would have been destroyed by Ye Qi. Guanyin breaks through! The fierce battle between the two female generals was very exciting. These days, it can be said that there is no winner or loser. Both of them couldn't help but admire each other!
At noon that day, Yegan Guanyin received a report from Zhongjing Road. He learned that Brother Yeganxiu had successfully regained the lost ground, and he couldn't help but feel relieved. He called his generals and ordered the entire army to retreat. Immediately, Ye Qi Guanyin led the female guards under his command out of the military camp and rushed to the towering Taihang Mountains in the east.
Han Bing was discussing military affairs with Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya in the big tent. Suddenly a female guard rushed in and reported: "General Han, madam, General Yang, Ye Qi Guanyin sent someone to say that she hopes to meet General Han!" The three of them looked strange. Liang Hongyu asked: "Where will she meet?" The female guard said: "The person has already arrived at the bottom of the mountain!"
Yang Jiumei said angrily: "She is quite courageous!" Han Bing thought for a moment and said to Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya: "Please ask Madam and Sister Erya to guard the stronghold. I will come as soon as I go!" and then left. The big account was opened. A moment later, Han Bing led dozens of Feifeng female guards down the mountain. I met Ye Qi Guanyin on a small hill. The two peerless female generals were both dressed in armor and scarlet cloaks. They were equally majestic and unrivaled in beauty. People couldn't help but feel the emotion of "how can one be so beautiful when one is already beautiful".
"Princess!" Han Bing said, cupping his fists. "General Han Bing!" Ye Qi Guanyin returned the salute.
The two looked at each other, and a feeling of sympathy arose in their hearts. "After fighting fiercely for a long time, I finally saw the general's true face in Lushan! Only the general can withstand my attack!" Han Bing couldn't help but sigh: "Only the princess can make me defend so hard!" The two girls Look at each other and smile.
Ye Qi Guanyin said: "I heard that the general and the King of Yan actually have a grudge. The general's brother died in the hands of the King of Yan! But why is the general willing to serve the King of Yan? So, how can your brother Jiuquan be inferior? Can you rest in peace?" Han Bing frowned and said, "I have my own plan!"
Ye Qi Guanyin squinted her eyes and asked: "Is it possible that the general fell in love with King Yan?" Han Bing said angrily: "This is my business, there is no need for the princess to worry about it! I heard that the princess's heart was actually given to Yan long ago. King, why do you still want to be an enemy of King Yan?"
Ye Qi Guanyin said calmly: "Yes, I like King Yan! Apart from him, I will never like another man in this life!" Then he frowned, "But he is my enemy of Daliao, I must defeat him Him!" His expression suddenly became gentle, "When I completely defeat him, I will lock him in my mansion and let him enjoy all the glory and wealth in the world!"
Han Bing said angrily: "You are really daydreaming!" Yeli Guanyin glanced at Han Bing and smiled: "General Han Bing is one of the few women who can catch my eye. I will definitely stay when the time comes. You serve both of us!”
Han Bingbing smiled and said: "I'd better give this to you. After the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, I will give you to King Yan as a concubine!"
Ye Qi Guanyin smiled and said: "Then let's see who wins! I think we will meet again soon, and then we will have to decide the winner! Don't let me down!" "Humph! ! Each other! I just hope the princess doesn’t lose too quickly!”
Ye Qi Guanyin took a deep look at Han Bing, turned her horse's head and galloped away, followed by the female guards. Han Bing also turned his horse's head and led the Feifeng female guard back to the stronghold.
Back in the big tent, Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya both asked curiously what they had discussed. Han Bing's face turned red and she said angrily: "Humph, that arrogant woman, one day I will make her regret everything she said today!" Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya looked at each other, feeling baffled.
His eyes returned to Yanjing.
Yang Peng looked at the report that had just been sent, sighed, put it down, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I really misjudged Zhao Heng! I originally thought that this guy was going to work hard, but I didn't expect that he didn't change! This This guy is clearly determined to negotiate peace!"
Zhao Jinxi frowned and said: "This is really incomprehensible! A series of things have happened to the Khitan Kingdom recently, and its strength has been greatly reduced. After this period of reorganization, the imperial court already has a million soldiers, and there are Gao Hu, Cao With the help of famous generals Jun and Yang Yanzhao, we can definitely avenge the humiliation of the Northern Expedition! Why does the emperor want to ask for peace so badly?"
Yelu Hanyu sneered and said: "First, it's because of cowardice. Some people are born cowardly. No matter whether they are strong or weak, they are just afraid of fighting with others! This is the so-called coward. Yelu Hanyu glared at Yang Peng angrily. , "You must have done it with us without any intention! "Zhao Jinxi's blushing face looked at Yang Peng suspiciously.
Yang Peng rolled his eyes and said: "When have I not been careful? Think about it, there is no time when I have been with you for two or three hours! I only stopped because you couldn't stand it anymore and shouted for mercy!" Zhao Jinxi was feeling hot all over, ashamed and annoyed; Yelu Hanyu was smiling foolishly, with burning eyes.
Yang Peng frowned and muttered: "It seems that I need to see Wang Laozhi to take a look at my body!"
The Queen Mother of Korea had just finished her court meeting and returned to her mansion. As soon as I came back, I received an urgent letter from Goryeo. After reading the letter, the Queen Mother of Korea was very happy and immediately returned to the palace. A court discussion continued into the afternoon. Immediately, the people in the capital city saw dozens of cavalry carrying the emperor's orders galloping out of the palace, and then galloping out of the capital city in all directions.
Later that day, the emperor sent for Wang Lun, the Song envoy. Since Wang Lun came here, he has lived in the post house. He has not been summoned by the Emperor of Liao for such a long time, and the official attitude of Liao officials towards them is also very arrogant and cold. This makes Wang Lun worried and worried about what to do. The emperor couldn't let him go after something bad happened, and Wang Qinruo wouldn't let him go either. But he didn't expect that the summoning order from the Emperor of Liao came down so suddenly, which made him feel overjoyed, but then a little uneasiness came into his heart.
Wang Lun did not dare to delay, so he quickly made preparations, and then followed the palace envoy into the palace with his credentials. Seeing the Emperor of Liao who was sitting high above him, Wang Lun couldn't help but knelt down and kowtowed: "I pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor of Liao. Long live His Majesty!" Seeing this, the kings and ministers of Liao couldn't help but bow. He smiled coldly, his heart filled with contempt. The emperor asked: "What brings you here?"
Wang Lun quickly raised his credentials and said, "On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of our country, I have come here to sue for peace with the Liao Kingdom. I hope that both sides will stop fighting and make peace and never talk about war!"
The emperor winked at the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch immediately walked to His Highness, took the letter of credence from Wang Lun, and returned to forward it to the emperor. The emperor took the letter of credence, opened it, and read it again. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still moved by the pity and begging tone in Song's credential. Putting down his credentials, he said to Wang Lun: "Actually, our country, the Liao Kingdom, has long been unwilling to fight with the Song Dynasty. It's just that the generals of the Song Dynasty repeatedly invaded our borders, so we had no choice but to raise troops to fight back! As long as your emperor can restrain his generals We, I am very willing to make peace with the Song Dynasty!"
Wang Lun had no idea that the Emperor of Liao would agree to their request for peace so readily. He was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness! This is really a blessing for the billions of people in our two countries!"
The emperor pointed to a minister standing at the back of the stairs on the left, "This is our minister of rites, Xiao Zhe." Wang Lun quickly bowed to Xiao Zhe. Xiao Zhe cupped his hands. The emperor continued: "I will send him as an envoy to accompany you back to Song Ting to meet with the Emperor of Song and discuss some specific matters." Wang Lun was obedient.
One day later, Xiao Zhe, the Liao envoy, led a delegation to follow Wang Lun and others and left Zhongjing for Bianjing. However, at the same time, the Liao Kingdom's war machine was already operating at full speed. Soon after, Yeqiang Guanyin, who was far away in the Central Plains, received an order from the court, ordering her to switch with Brother Yeqianxiu. Brother Yeqianxiu would take charge of the Central Plains, while Yeqiang Guanyin returned to Zhongjing Road to take charge of military affairs. Just two days after Yeqian Guanyin received this order, Brother Yeqianxiu came.
Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and asked, "Did you incite His Majesty to attack Yanyun?" Brother Ye Qi Xiu smiled and said, "What the imperial aunt said is not right. The nephew she said seemed to have done something bad!" Ye Qi Xiu said with a smile. Brother said angrily: "Don't be playful with me! Don't you know that if you attack Yanyun rashly, the gains will outweigh the losses? Now that the civil strife in Daliao has just subsided, the losses are not small, and the people's hearts are unstable. At this time, we should rest and recuperate. How can we rashly Provoking a war, and targeting an opponent like Yan Yun! This will only result in more losses than gains!"
Brother Ye Qianxiu nodded, "What the emperor said is absolutely true! But if there is a great opportunity, shouldn't we give up?"
Brother Yeqianxiu frowned, "What a great opportunity?" Brother Yeqianxiu asked instead, "If Yang Peng suddenly died suddenly, it would be a perfect opportunity for us in Daliao?" Yeqiang Guanyin was startled. , "What do you mean?" Brother Yeqianxiu said with a smile: "The emperor's aunt will definitely get the news after she returns to Zhongjing, and it will be clear by then!" Yeqian Guanyin looked at Brother Yeqianxiu with a suspicious face, and thought in his heart I couldn't help but worry about Yang Peng.
Today, Yang Peng had a lot on his plate. Quarterly reports from all over the place were being compiled, making him feel overwhelmed. I was busy in the study until midnight. I felt dizzy, so I put down the report, stood up, and walked out of the study. The cold night wind blew in his face, causing Yang Peng's groggy head to wake up a lot immediately, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
At this time, in the dead of night, people didn't even hear the cries of insects and birds. It felt like I was the only one in the world. Suddenly there was the sound of soft footsteps on the left. Yang Peng followed the sound and saw Yang Tong walking over with a soup cup, Zhao Jinxi following closely behind. Yang Peng felt warm in his heart. During this period, Yang Tong and Zhao Jinxi had always been like this. They always brought him the ginseng soup they carefully prepared when he was most tired. The taste of the soup was naturally indescribable, but it made Yang even more excited. What moved Peng was their kindness. Yang Tong, Zhao Jinxi, Yelu and Yang Jiumei also loved him deeply, but compared to the two women who were born into wealthy families, Yang Tong and Zhao Jinxi were obviously more attentive and considerate.
Yang Tong saw Yang Peng and smiled sweetly, "Husband, Jin Xi and I made ginseng soup for you!" Yang Peng felt very heartwarming and said softly: "It's so late, you should rest!" Zhao Jinxi said with a smile: "My husband is working so hard, how can we go and rest by ourselves! We can't even sleep well!" Yang Peng sighed; "You guys..."
The three of them returned to the study. Yang Tong put down the soup cup, filled a bowl for Yang Peng with his own hands, and then handed it to Yang Peng, "Husband, drink it while it's hot!" Yang Peng took the soup bowl, smiled slightly, and kissed Yang Tong. With her red lips, she started to drink the ginseng soup, and downed the bowl of ginseng soup in two or three times. Zhao Jinxi also filled a bowl of ginseng soup and handed it over, "Husband, please have another bowl!" Yang Peng chuckled, put down the empty bowl, and took the soup bowl that Zhao Jinxi handed over. His mouth was dry after a few gulps. He took a long breath and exclaimed: "It tastes really good!" The two women smiled happily.
Yang Peng suddenly felt a lot of pain in his lower abdomen and couldn't help but frown, "Why does my stomach hurt so much?" The two women were stunned. Yang Peng felt the pain in his stomach getting worse and worse, and the pain was like being stabbed by a knife. Yang Peng couldn't help but groan in pain, staggered and almost fell down. When the two women saw this, they were very surprised. They quickly put down the soup cups and helped Yang Peng to the left and right to sit down in front of the seat. Seeing that Yang Peng was sweating in pain, Yang Tong couldn't help but panic, "What, what's going on?" Zhao Jinxi glanced at the soup cup and frowned, "Could it be our soup...?" Yang Tong I was shocked, "How could it be? The master said that the properties of this medicine are very mild. How could there be such a big reaction?"
Yang Peng felt something was wrong, and endured the pain and asked, "What's going on?" The two women hesitated to speak.
Yang Peng suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood. The two women were completely frightened when they saw this situation. Yang Peng gasped and said, "I must have been poisoned! Call the medical officer, Wang Laozhi!" Then he fainted. The two women came to their senses and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Yang Peng and shout. When the guards outside heard something was wrong in the study, they immediately rushed in and saw Yang Peng passed out on the chair with blood in his mouth. They were all shocked. A Feifeng guard asked anxiously: "Madam, what's wrong with the master?" ?" Yang Tong cried: "Brother, he, he is poisoned!" The Feifeng Guards were shocked, and the team leader quickly ordered his men to call the medical officer and notify the ladies.
Yelu Hanyu and Chai Yonghui were awakened by the shouts of Feifeng Wei. Immediately, the personal maid rushed to the bedside anxiously and said anxiously: "It's not good, the master has been poisoned!" Yelu Hanyu and Chai Yonghui were shocked when they heard this. He put on a robe and ran out. When he saw Feifeng Wei who came to report the news, he asked briefly and then ran towards the study.
When I came to the study, I saw my eldest brother lying on his back on the bed behind the desk, his eyes closed tightly, there was blood on the corners of his mouth, and he was unconscious. Two medical officers were busy trying to save him! The two women felt dizzy and almost fainted. Yelu Hanyu quickly calmed herself down and asked the female guard next to her urgently: "Is anyone going to invite Wang Laozhi?" The female guard shook her head, "No!" Yelu Hanyu glared and shouted: "Hurry up and go!" The guard quickly agreed and ran out.
Wang Laozhi was woken up by the rapid banging on the door in the middle of the night, and he was inevitably a little upset. However, when he heard that the leader was in danger of being poisoned, he couldn't help but be shocked. He hurriedly wrapped himself in a coat, took his set of silver needles, mounted his horse and galloped towards the city. Wang Laozhi does not live in the city, but in the Zhonghun Palace outside the city.
As soon as they arrived at the study, they saw the leader lying on the bed, two medical officers rescuing him, all the guards looking at a loss, and the four ladies crying non-stop. When the four girls saw Wang Laozhi coming, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and rushed to greet him one after another. Yelutli said urgently: "Save brother quickly!"
Wang Laozhi walked quickly to the bed, and the two medical officers quickly retreated. Wang Laozhi checked Yang Peng's condition, frowned, and shouted: "Prepare hot water and light the fire!" The female guards immediately ran down to prepare. Wang Laozhi laid his silver needle bag beside the bed, took out a silver needle and started acupuncture for Yang Peng. Everyone held their breath and widened their eyes. !
Time passed by, Wang Laozhi kept changing the silver needles, longer or shorter, thicker or thinner, sometimes just piercing the skin, sometimes going deep into the texture, sometimes burning the needles, sometimes washing them with water; Yang Peng He kept silent, and saw black blood overflowing from the pinhole from time to time; everyone raised their hearts in their throats, and did not dare to breathe out, especially Yang Peng's wives, they were just like It's like suffering in hell.
I don’t know how long it took, but it seemed very long and also very short. Wang Laozhi pulled out a long silver needle inserted into Yang Peng's chest. Yang Peng suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of black blood with a loud sound. The girls were very surprised and shouted hurriedly: "Brother (husband!)" However, Yang Peng fainted again. The girls were shocked and rushed to the bed to check and saw Yang Peng covered in black blood. Unable to stop tears, Wang Laozhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt a little dizzy. Yelu Hanyu turned around and asked Wang Laozhi angrily: "What's going on? Why did brother faint again? "
Wang Laozhi quickly clasped his fists and said, "Madam, don't panic. The toxins in the master's body have been removed by my subordinates using the technique of crossing the pulse with golden needles!..." When the girls heard this, they couldn't help but feel happy. Chai Yonghui hurriedly asked: " Is Brother okay?" Wang Laozhi shook his head, "It's hard to say now, we won't know until tonight." When the girls heard this, they couldn't help but feel relieved again. Wang Laozhi cupped his fists and said: "I need to prescribe a prescription for the leader to further remove the toxins from the leader's body!" Chai Yonghui said quickly: "Then go quickly!" Wang Laozhi agreed and walked quickly to sit behind the desk. Next, I picked up a pen and wrote a prescription. He handed it to Jiang Li and ordered: "Boil it with water. Just add ten bowls of water to make one bowl." Jiang Li nodded and hurried down.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
