Yang Jiumei smiled slightly and looked at Yang Peng with her beautiful eyes. "I don't need to tell you anymore. Brother, just ask Han Bing directly." Yang Peng looked at Han Bing. Han Bing came to Yang Peng, clasped his fists and said coldly: "I have met King Yan!" "No need to be polite." Han Bing took out a booklet from under his breastplate and handed it to Yang Peng, "This is the approximate number of prisoners and seizures. " Yang Peng took the book and smelled a faint fragrance entering his nose, and his heart skipped a beat. When I opened the booklet, I saw that it was clearly divided into categories: there were more than 230,000 prisoners in total, more than 1.2 million dans of grain and grass seized, more than 300,000 pieces of armor, more than 200,000 weapons of various kinds, and more than 200,000 pieces of property. Five million taels of silver.
Seeing that Yang Peng had finished reading, Han Bing said: "Almost all these properties were robbed by the Jin people from the people of Shanxi. I think we should find a way to return them to the people!" Yang Peng nodded, "You are right, but the people of each family The exact nature of the damage cannot be ascertained, and there is no way to link these properties to their original owners.”
Han Bing frowned, "You mean you won't pay it back?"
Yang Peng chuckled, "I didn't say that. Why can't we make some changes? There is no need to return the properties to their original owners. We can use these properties to compensate the losses of the people, and set a standard for each family. How much compensation will be given to each household, and how much additional compensation will be given to those who were injured or died. In this way, the losses of the people can be compensated, and a lot of trouble can be avoided." Han Bing nodded thoughtfully.
Yang Peng looked at Han Bing and smiled: "I think you should do this!" Han Bing glanced at Yang Peng, "If King Yan trusts him, I will naturally not postpone it!" He glanced at Yang Jiumei and said to Yang Peng. Yang Peng requested: "But I want to ask King Yan to send Jiumei to help me!" Yang Peng glanced at Yang Jiumei and asked with a smile: "What did Jiumei say?" Yang Jiumei smiled and clasped her fists and said: "The general is willing Help General Han!" Yang Peng chuckled, "Okay, then go and help Han Bing." "Yes!" Yang Peng thought for a while, glanced at the two women, and smiled: "I will send Yang Erya again Here you go, the three of you are always together, so don’t be separated this time." The two women were very happy, clasping their fists and saying, "Thank you, King Yan (eldest brother)."
The sight turns to Yanmen Pass. Brother Ye Qianxiu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yan Yun's army had not launched an attack on Yanmen Pass. Looking back on this experience, I can only describe it as a nightmare. This battle, which lasted less than two months, not only lost more than 400,000 troops, but also lost the entire Shanxi Province. It seemed that Shaanxi could no longer be saved! Brother Ye Qianxiu was very annoyed and confused. Why didn't almost all the main force of Yanyun Army go south? Is it because they don't take the Song army seriously, or are they simply colluding with the Song people? Thinking of this latter point, Brother Ye Qianxiu couldn't help but feel frightened.
Sighing, he put aside his chaotic thoughts for the time being, leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest. General Guo Tong came in and paid homage: "General, please pay homage to the Generalissimo!" Brother Ye Qianxiu opened his eyes and saw Guo Tong standing bowed down. He sat up straight and asked, "Is something wrong?" Guo Tong said: " I just received a report that the princess led an army of 300,000 people to enter the Xijing Road!" Brother Ye Qianxiu said angrily: "She just came at this time, what's the use!" Guo Tong said nothing.
Brother Ye Qianxiu glanced at Guo Tong and asked, "What do you think we should do in this situation?"
Guo Tongdao: "Why should the Generalissimo be too worried? It is true that our army was defeated, but the overall strength of our army is still far greater than that of the Yanyun Army. In the future, it will be just a matter of regrouping and defeating the Yanyun Army! Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists, and our army is certainly There is no guarantee of permanent victory, so why is the Yanyun Army not like this!" After hearing these words, Brother Ye Qianxiu calmed down a lot and nodded: "What you said is very reasonable. Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. , why take the failure in front of you too seriously!" Then he thought: "Next, maybe we should borrow more from others, so that we can reap the benefits! The Song people will definitely take advantage of it, and the Xixia people, yes, Xixia people people!"
Brother Ye Qianxiu saw that Yan Yun's army had no intention of attacking Yanmen Pass, and even Yang Peng had returned to Bingzhou, so he handed over the defense of Yanmen Pass to general Xiao Qianbuli, and appointed Guo Guotong and Han Chang as deputy generals to assist him. At the same time, he left behind a hundred thousand troops. Brother Ye Qianxiu believed that with a hundred thousand troops guarding the Yanmen natural barrier, even if Yan Yun's army had astonishingly powerful cannons, they would not be able to overcome it.
Brother Ye Qianxiu led other soldiers to leave Yanmen Pass and go north, preparing to return to Datong Mansion to rest. When he was about to arrive at Datong Mansion, he was surprised to see black smoke billowing in the southwest sky. Brother Ye Qianxiu quickly pointed there and asked Dalan beside him: "Is that Datong Okura?" Dalan nodded, "It's Datong Okura. Position!" Brother Ye Qianxiu frowned and said, "What on earth is going on?"
The team arrived outside the city gate. Xiao Tianzuo, who was left behind in Xijing, led his Yamen staff to greet Brother Yeganxiu at the city gate. Seeing Brother Yeganxiu coming, Xiao Tianzuo came to Brother Yeganxiu and pressed his chest. Li: "I've met the Generalissimo!"
"No need to be polite." Xiao Tianzuo straightened up and said, "The banquet has been prepared. Please invite the Generalissimo into the city!"
"Thank you." Xiao Tianzuo led Brother Ye Qianxiu into Datong Mansion. The reception banquet was held in the lobby of Liushou Mansion. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Brother Ye Qianxiu put down his wine glass and asked Xiao Tianzuo, who was sitting next to him: "I saw black smoke rising into the sky from the direction of Dacang in Datong Mansion. What happened? Could it be that the Okura was on fire?" Xiao Tianzuo showed a very angry look, "It wasn't the evil thief from Zhan Jin Kingdom who did it!" Brother Ye Qianxiu and others were stunned, and Dallan hurriedly Asked: "Did the Xuanjia Army do it?"
Xiao Tianzuo nodded and frowned: "The Xuanjia Army came in from Yanmen Pass and harassed them everywhere like ghosts. A little negligence will cause huge losses to them!"
Brother Ye Qianxiu asked: "Did you not send enough guards to places like Datong Dacang?"
"Who says no! Ever since the Xuanjia Army entered Xijing Road, I have sent heavy troops to guard it! However, they are so cunning! Before, the Xuanjia Army attacked all the way to the east, and our cavalry followed and pursued it. But I didn't expect that he suddenly got rid of our military cavalry and turned towards Xuande Palace! When I got the news, I was very shocked, because almost all the soldiers and horses were sent to the east. There were not many troops here at all, so I had no choice but to I mobilized the soldiers and horses guarding Ocang of Datong Mansion to go north for rescue! Unexpectedly, a few days later, the Xuanjia Army suddenly appeared outside my Datong Mansion, and they almost invaded the city! Fortunately, I reacted in time to prevent them from succeeding. However, Datong Prefecture Okura suffered a disaster, and we watched Datong Prefecture Okura fall into a sea of fire!"
Having said this, I couldn't help but pick up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. I smacked the glass hard and let out a long sigh. There was helplessness and anger in this sigh.
Brother Ye Qianxiu frowned. Xiao Tianzuo glanced at Brother Ye Qianxiu and asked: "The Generalissimo is not going well in Shanxi, right?" Brother Ye Qianxiu didn't answer, he picked up the wine glass and drank by himself. Xiao Tianzuo sneered in his heart and said nothing more.
Soon after, Yedi Guanyin arrived with 300,000 reinforcements. Brother Ye Qianxiu and Xiao Tianzuo led their subordinates to go out of the city to greet him. After some pleasantries, the two welcomed the emperor's aunt into the city.
In the main hall, Ye Qi Guanyin read out the emperor's imperial edict in front of everyone. The main idea was to persuade Brother Ye Qi Xiu to return to Zhongjing and order Ye Qi Guanyin to take over the Xijing Road in place of Brother Ye Qi Xiu and have full authority to handle all matters concerning Yan Yun. . Everyone shouted long live in unison, but Brother Ye Qianxiu was in a state of confusion. Immediately, Brother Yeqianxiu and Yeqiang Guanyin handed over, and the generals following Brother Yeqianxiu kowtowed to Yeqiang Guanyin together: "Greetings to Yeqiang Guanyin!" Yeqiang Guanyin said: "Generals, there is no need to be polite! "The generals stood up, and everyone seemed to have joy in their eyes. Seeing this situation, Ye Qi Guanyin was very unhappy.
Ye Qi Guanyin raised her voice and said: "Everyone, please sit down!" "Thank you, Princess!" Everyone sat down one after another. Ye Qi Guanyin said to Xiao Tianzuo: "The Xuanjia Army has returned to Yanyun from Juyong Pass. You don't have to worry. But there is no need to take back the troops you sent and go to Ruzhou." "Yes."
Ye Qi Guanyin glanced at everyone, "Our army has suffered a new defeat, the losses are not small, and morale is low. Yan Yunjun thought that we would turn to the defensive, but I decided to do the opposite! Generals, be prepared, three Queen Tian, the army is marching south!" The generals were surprised, and then they agreed in unison. Ye Qi Guanyin looked at Xiao Tianzuo and said, "Please, the Generalissimo, immediately send someone to order Lou Shi and Xiao Salihe, asking them not to leave Shaanxi for the time being and to cooperate with our army in counterattacking Shanxi!" "Yes!"
Yang Peng had just returned to Bingzhou and received a detailed report that Yeyi Guanyin had led an army of 300,000 yuan into Xijing Road, and he couldn't help but wonder about the danger. Yang Peng knew Yedi Guanyin very well. Even though she was just a woman, her bravery was far better than that of a man. She would probably not be willing to have the situation under her control. Yang Peng smiled and said, "Yeyi Guanyin, what will you do? Could it be that Raise an army and come south to fight me? This is the right time!" After thinking for a moment, he ordered the drums to be beaten and the generals gathered together.
Yanyun's war machine, which had just stopped not long ago, started turning at full speed again, and Yanyun's 300,000-strong army moved towards Yanmen Pass. Soon after, Yedi Guanyin led an army of 500,000 people out of Yanmen Pass and went south, occupying Xiji Village, and faced off against the Yanyun Army who occupied Yanmen Village. The war was about to break out.
At this time, in Bingzhou City, Zhang Xiaochun, who had just defected to Yanyun not long ago, became uneasy again. Seeing this, the young wife Yu Baoer asked angrily: "Why does the master feel like his butt is on fire again today?"
Zhang Xiaochun sighed: "Why is my life so miserable?!" "Bah! My life is miserable!" "Oh, Madam, you misunderstood me. I just took refuge in Yanyun, why did the Khitans fight back?" ? Isn’t this what God is doing to me?" Yu Baoer sneered: "I have been worrying about this for a long time!"
Zhang Xiaochun said angrily: "This is not a trivial matter! If Yan Yun loses, our family will have no choice but to die!" "Fuck you!" Then he poked Zhang Xiaochun's forehead hard with his index finger, "You are so stupid. Why are you just not enlightened?" Seeing this, Zhang Xiaochun thought she had a good idea and said quickly: "Madam, if you have any clever ideas, please tell me quickly, so that I won't have trouble sleeping and eating without knowing what to eat!"
Yu Baoer snorted, "Isn't this easy? If Ye Qi Guanyin really defeats King Yan, we will defect to the Khitans again!" Zhang Xiaochun frowned, "But, I have already betrayed the Khitans once. , will they spare me?"
Yu Baoer rolled his eyes at Zhang Xiaochun, "You are stupid, you still don't admit it! As long as you offer Bingzhou City, will Ye Qi Guanyin still deal with you? You can completely say that the reason why you surrendered to King Yan before is because I have no choice but to do so!" Zhang Xiaochun nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, my wife's words made me enlightened! I'll go get ready right now!" He was about to leave. Yu Baoer grabbed Zhang Xiaochun and said urgently: "Get ready, but don't let anyone find out!" "Don't worry, I understand the importance!" and then left.
Dunan, Bai Tong and other scholars gathered in the teahouse again. Du Nan stretched out his chubby right hand towards Bai Tong and said with a smile: "Mr. Bai, give me what you owe me!" Bai Tong was very depressed and took out two fifty-tael silver ingots. Du Nan's eyes lit up and he reached out to get it. Bai Tong quickly retracted his hand and glared: "Where is the deposit?" Du Nan said angrily: "You are so petty, could I still blackmail you in front of so many people?" He took it out from his arms. He took the previous deposit and handed it to Bai Tong. Bai Tong took the deposit with one hand and handed the two silver ingots into Du Nan's hands with the other hand.
Du Nan weighed the two silver ingots and smiled brightly, his fat face looking like a blooming flower. Bai Tong said angrily: "The family is so rich, but they are still so greedy for money!" Du Nan picked up the silver ingot, stretched out a fat finger and waved it, "No matter how rich the family is, it is only one copper plate after another. It's all accumulated! A good thing like money is never too much!" Bai Tong snorted. Du Nan called out to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, bring us a few pots of good tea and some snacks. I'll treat you!" The boss responded and asked the waiter to inform the back; all the scholars smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Master Du is so heroic!" Bai Tong snorted, looking very depressed.
Tea and snacks were served, and everyone chatted while eating and drinking. A scholar suddenly said: "Why don't we gamble again!" Everyone became interested and asked what we were betting on. The scholar said, "Now King Yan and Yeyi Guanyin are confronting each other at Yanmen Pass. Let's bet on who will win between them!"
Bai Tong shook his head and said: "I don't bet!" Du Nan nodded, "I don't bet either!" All the scholars showed surprise, and one person asked: "You two usually like to gamble the most, why do you do this? Don’t you want to gamble anymore?”
Bai Tong snorted coldly, "Both King Yan and Ye Qi Guanyin are unparalleled geniuses. It's impossible to say who will win and who will lose!" Du Nan continued: "The two of them are like Yuliang for a while! They are equally resourceful. Courage and strategy are similar, victory or defeat depends only on God’s will and not on man-made efforts!”
While these scholars were talking nonsense, Ye Qi Guanyin and Yang Peng were leading their armies to confront each other in the wilderness. The two sides faced each other with a total of hundreds of thousands of troops, with flags flying, swords and guns like a forest, and the roar of goshawks across the sky!
Yang Peng immediately stood under the king's flag and looked at the moving figure under the king's flag in the distance. When he saw her looking at him, he couldn't help but smile. Ye Qi Guanyin seemed to feel Yang Peng's smile, and a feeling of joy arose in her heart for no reason, and then annoyance welled up in her heart. Raising his right hand, the horns of the Khitan army sounded loudly, and then hundreds of thousands of troops shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky.
The war drums of the Yan Yun army also sounded loudly as if they were facing each other, and the rumble was like thunder. The two sides had similar momentum, but it was impossible to tell whether the male or female was stronger. The Yanyun army's lines separated, and a general was seen riding out to challenge between the two armies. He shouted loudly: "I am General Yang Gui, who dares to fight to the death with me!"
The Khitan army's lines separated, and a very majestic general was seen riding out with a huge cross sword. He came more than 20 steps in front of Yang Gui, reined in the horse, and shouted in blunt Chinese: "I am , West, come and accept the challenge!" Yang Peng couldn't help being secretly surprised when he saw that the man was blond, blue-eyed and tall, with a completely Western face. Yang Gui, however, didn't care what the other party's background was, so he galloped forward and charged forward. Seeing this, West quickly rode up to meet him.
In the blink of an eye, the two knights met. West raised his sword and struck at Yang Gui. Yang Gui also swung his hammer and struck at the opponent. The two weapons collided violently in mid-air, making a loud clang! The two horses passed by each other, then turned their horses and charged towards each other again. After several rounds of going back and forth, they became entangled and fought together. The cross sword in the Khitan's hand was whistling and flying. It was not as light and quick as ordinary people use the sword. The opening and closing of the sword was completely head-on and forceful, and the momentum was amazing. Yang Gui was also a powerful warrior, with a pair of hammers going up and down. Flying around, tigers and tigers generate wind, and each blow seems to be able to smash mountains, no less than the opponent!
West held the sword with both hands, shouted loudly, and swept towards Yang Gui's horse. Yang Gui, with quick eyes and quick hands, suddenly pulled the reins of the horse, and the horse immediately stood up. At the same time, he slammed the hammer down with his right hand! West was startled when he saw the hammer flying towards his head, and hurriedly retracted his sword to block it. Only a loud bang was heard, and West and his horse were violently shaken! The two took a few steps apart. West looked at the big sword in his hand, and was shocked to see that the big sword was slightly deformed after being smashed!
At this time, Yang Gui was full of fighting spirit. He urged his horse to rush towards West. He raised the hammer with his left hand and hit West. West hurriedly dodged away. Yang Gui then raised his hammer with his right hand and swept across. West leaned back, and the hammer flew past his face. The strong wind made his cheeks hurt, and he couldn't help but sweat on his back. He quickly sat up, swung his sword to fight back, and jingled for more than a dozen times!
Another blond and blue-eyed general in the Khitan army became anxious. This man's name was Butler, who was as tall as West. Butler also rode out with a huge cross sword, intending to help West kill Yang Gui.
When several of Yang Peng's warriors saw this, they all wanted to fight, but Yang Dezheng was one step faster and rushed out of the military formation with a big gun in hand. When Butler saw a fierce general coming out of the opponent's formation, he cursed in English, turned around and rushed towards Yang Dezheng. The two horses met, and Yang Dezheng raised his big gun and slammed it at Butler. Butler's movements were slow. He saw the opponent's big gun hitting his head like a mountain. He was shocked and quickly raised his sword to block! There was a loud bang, and Butler trembled all over, and he was also very shocked!
The two horses each rushed a dozen steps, turned around and charged towards each other, and then became entangled. Yang Dezheng roared again and again, slashing straight with the big gun in his hand, with great momentum. Butler fought back hard, but in the end he was more defensive than offensive. He was almost completely suppressed by Gao Yang Dezheng and couldn't use it!
Ye Qi Guanyin was worried that the two generals would be at fault, so he quickly ordered his four generals, Wolf Poison, Bao Chong, Gu Du and Hu Nu, to come out. Seeing this, Yang Peng shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't move!" Then he rushed out of the military formation on horseback, intercepted the four warriors and fought. The four warriors circled around Yang Peng, like a revolving lantern, and the four weapons kept attacking Chen Xiao, but Yang Peng used his iron horse to guard tightly, making a loud clang. In the blink of an eye, more than twenty moves passed, and the four warriors couldn't beat Yang Peng, and they could only draw a draw.
The blood of the soldiers on both sides was boiling with excitement, and the shouts came one after another.
Dangdangdang...! The Khitan Army actually rang the golden bell first, and the Khitan Army generals broke away from the battle and ran back to the military formation. Yang Peng reined in his horse, looked at the beautiful figure under the king's flag in the distance, smiled slightly, then turned the horse's head and ran back to the military formation. Yang Dezheng and Yang Gui quickly followed.
When Yang Peng returned to the king's banner, Yang Jiumei joked in a low voice: "Then Ye Guanyin is in a hurry to withdraw her troops. It seems that she is worried about hurting her eldest brother!" Yang Peng smiled and shook his head. At this time, the Khitan army on the opposite side began to slowly retreat. Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, Yang Peng also ordered the army to return to camp.
In the Khitan army's tent, West looked at his cross-shaped sword that had been smashed out of shape, and sighed in blunt Chinese: "What a powerful person! I, in the west, have very few See, like this!" Butler on the side nodded with deep sympathy, and said with lingering fear: "The person I fought with is so powerful! If we continue to fight, I, I might, lose!"
Ye Qi Guanyin smiled and said: "The two of them, the one who wields the double hammer is named Yang Gui, and the one who wields the big spear is called Yang Dezheng. They are both the most brave generals in the Yanyun army. They are brave enough to be worthy of ten thousand people! You can fight them to a draw." It’s already very rare!” West frowned and asked: “Your Majesty, is it possible that there are many people like this in Yanyun’s army?”
Ye Qi Guanyin frowned slightly, "I can't say there are many, but there are indeed a few. The one who is comparable to the two of them is King Yan himself." The two ghost guys couldn't help but think of the scene where King Yan fought against the four generals alone. nodded. Wanyan Qingfeng continued: "In addition to the three of them, Yang Yanzhao, Zhan Jinguo, Cheng Shijie, Duan Zhixian, Liu Zhiliang, Chen Jie, Huyan Chijin, Huyan Bixian, Zhang Xiang, and Yang Qi are all very powerful generals!"
Even the ghost guy couldn't help but look at each other when he heard Ye Qi Guanyin counting more than a dozen people in one breath. Yeqi Guanyin smiled and said: "There is no need to worry about this! The way of war relies on the strength of the entire army, not the force of one or two people! I am confident that I can defeat the Yanyun Army in front of me!" When everyone heard this, they all I can't help but feel infinite confidence.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
