"Where did those two golden-haired ghosts come from? They are so powerful!" Yang Jing exclaimed. Everyone couldn't help but have the same question. Yang Dezheng frowned and said: "Those two guys don't feel like Jurchens or Khitans. Are they Mongolians?" Yang Peng shook his head, "The Mongolians look similar to us. They are Westerners!" Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly Yang Erya's heart moved, "They are lustful people!"
Yang Peng nodded, "You can say that, but they may come from further west!" Thinking of the cross swords they used, he couldn't help but muttered: "They are holding cross swords, are they Crusaders? They are really haunted. How did the Crusaders come here? Maybe it’s similar to John’s situation!”
At this time, a secret guard led a veteran officer and ran in. He clasped his fists and said, "King Yan, General Yang Yanzhao has sent a messenger." The officer immediately stepped forward and said, "I pay my respects to King Yan!" Then he took out a sealed bamboo tube from his arms and presented it with both hands. Yang Jiumei stepped forward to take the bamboo tube and presented it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng opened the seal, poured out the letter, put down the bamboo tube, picked up the letter, opened it, and read it again. Everyone looked at Chen Xiao, waiting for him to speak.
Yang Peng put down the letter and said calmly: "The 150,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Lou Shi and Xiao Sali were divided into three groups to attack Quwo County, Xiangling County and Cizhou respectively. Yang Yanzhao, Huyan Bixian and Fan Long were resisting in three places. "Although the battle is fierce, the problem is not big." Everyone felt relieved when Yang Peng said this. In fact, this is not what Yang Yanzhao said in the letter. Yang Yanzhao said in the letter: "The enemy's 150,000-strong offensive is extremely fierce. Our army is insufficient in strength and I am afraid we will make mistakes. Please find a way to mobilize troops to support us!" The reason why Yang Peng spoke so easily was obviously because he was afraid that the military situation in Cizhou would shake the morale of the army.
Yang Peng put down the letter, picked up a pen and wrote a letter, sealed it, handed it to the officer, and ordered: "Give it to General Yang as soon as possible!" The officer promised, stepped forward to receive the letter respectfully, and then retreated. .
Yang Peng glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "If you have nothing to do, please go back and rest. I'm afraid it won't be so easy tomorrow!" Everyone smiled, bowed to Yang Peng, and filed out of the tent. Only Yang Jiumei still stayed in the big tent. Yang Peng smiled and said to Yang Jiumei: "You can't bear to leave me?" Yang Jiumei nodded. Yang Peng took Yang Jiumei's delicate hand and said with a smile: "Then come and accompany big brother tonight!" Yang Jiumei's eyes lit up and she looked very excited, but then she shook her head, "I still don't want it. This is a military camp. It's really not suitable. Suitable, but not suitable for that kind of thing!" Yang Peng chuckled and nodded: "You are right!"
Yang Jiumei cupped her fists and said, "Brother, I resign!"
Yang Peng nodded. Yang Jiumei glanced at Yang Peng tenderly, turned and left. Yang Peng couldn't help but frowned. He thought about Huainan. Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie had been gone for so many days. Why hasn't there been news yet? Nothing will happen, right? Call Wang Kai and order him to immediately send secret guards to Huainan to inquire about the situation. Wang Kai accepted the promise and ran out.
Yang Peng leaned on his chair, wondering whether he should send a powerful force out of Juyongguan to directly attack the Khitan people's Xijing Road? He immediately rejected this idea. According to the intelligence he had received not long ago, Ye Qi Guanyin ordered Xiao Tianzuo to lead an army of more than 100,000 under his command to join the 50,000 defenders left behind in Ruzhou and Khanzhou. Nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses approached. Juyongguan, it is difficult to achieve anything from the direction of Juyongguan, unless at least one hundred thousand troops can be assembled, but this is simply not possible at present. Fortunately, Juyong Pass has been specially fortified. Although there are not many defenders, there should not be any major problems.
Thinking of Ye Qi Guanyin in front of her, complex emotions surged into her heart. She was very hateful, but it was not the kind of hatred that comes from a life-and-death enemy, but the kind of hatred that made her want to slap her butt and make her beg for mercy on the bed. He smiled self-deprecatingly, sighed, and murmured: "This battle will not be easy!"
Early the next morning, the armies of both sides were in battle formation. The army was like a tide, and the fighting spirit was soaring. War drums and horns were blaring, the flying tiger flag and the gold-character flag complemented each other, swords and guns were like forests, and the cold light was like snow. A big battle was about to begin. prelude.
Suddenly a long horn sound came from the Khitan army formation, and the Khitan army line separated. Tens of thousands of Khitan army infantry pushed hundreds of sword carts and rushed out of the formation, forming an arc towards the Yanyun army formation. Rushing forward, nearly 100,000 Khitan infantrymen hid behind the sword carts and pushed more than 100 large three-bow crossbows to approach the Yanyun army formation.
Yang Peng smiled, "She actually came up with such a method!" Then he ordered: "Three-bow crossbows and cannons, prepare!" The soldiers who controlled the three-bow crossbows and cannons immediately acted quickly and pulled the bow strings. The bowstring, the gunpowder and the gunpowder were all ready in a moment.
Seeing the enemy entering the shooting range, the artillery and the three-bow crossbow fired together. At the same time, the opponent's three-bow crossbow also fired! For a moment, both sides saw huge guns and arrows flying in the air, and artillery shells roared across the sky. Boom, boom, boom..., dust was flying in the middle of the Khitan army, and fireworks were soaring into the sky. Many Khitan soldiers were either lifted into the air by the shock wave of the explosion, or were torn apart by artillery shells, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere; but the Yanyun army could not laugh. , the huge arrows fired by the Khitan army's three-bow crossbow were actually tied with gunpowder bags, and clouds of fire rose up among the Yanyun army, and many Yanyun army soldiers died unexpectedly.
Yang Peng immediately ordered the army to retreat, and only used three bows, crossbows and cannons to attack the opponent.
Just as Yang Peng moved his army towards this side, the Khitan army's front line on the opposite side suddenly opened up, and nearly 30,000 iron pagodas roared out with an astonishing momentum, like a torrent opening a floodgate! Where did the Khitan army get the 30,000 iron pagodas? It turned out that there were almost 10,000 iron pagodas left under the command of Brother Yeqianxiu before, and among the reinforcements brought by Yeqian Guanyin, there were another 20,000 iron pagodas, so there were these 30,000 iron pagodas.
Yang Peng and others couldn't help but frowned when they saw the Yanyun Army's iron pagoda attack. Yang Peng quickly ordered 20,000 formation-breaking iron cavalry to fight. The formation-breaking cavalry went into battle and surged towards the opponent. Nearly 50,000 heavily armored cavalry from both sides charged at full speed, as if they were pushing over mountains and seas. They saw rolling iron hooves, thunder in their ears, the earth and people's hearts were trembling, and everyone's eyes were attracted!
In the blink of an eye, the armored cavalry of both sides collided violently, just like two huge waves colliding fiercely. The huge impact was mixed with roars and screams, and the armored cavalry of the two sides danced with their maces. With a roar, the Jin army was smashed with flesh and blood, and the men fell on their backs. Tiefutu swung his axe, and struck the formation-breaking cavalry with a loud clang, and each of the formation-breaking cavalry fell down. This battle is indistinguishable. The Khitan army has the advantage in strength, while the Yanyun army has a stronger individual combat capability. The armored warriors and cavalry are fighting in all directions. Blood and cold light are flying all over the sky. The sky and the earth change color, and the sun and the moon are dim!
At the same time, the stern-looking Yeqian Guanyin waved his right hand again, and the 160,000 light cavalry that had been ready to attack launched an attack from both wings, and the rolling tide swept towards the two wings of Yanyun Army.
Yang Peng frowned and strictly ordered the army not to move rashly. At this moment, a shocking cry came from the Khitan army formation opposite, and then the entire Khitan army rushed towards the Yanyun army, and the Khitan army began a full-scale attack. Yang Peng ordered Modao's army to resist the enemy's light cavalry on the left and right wings respectively, and then personally commanded the army to meet the main force of the Khitan army.
The soldiers of the Modao Army, wearing heavy armor and holding long Modao swords, rushed against the tide of enemy cavalry and rushed into it. I saw many Mo Dao soldiers being knocked away by the powerful impact of their opponents, and Mo Dao soldiers waved their Mo Dao with all their strength. The swords were as bright as wheels, and the Khitan army's light cavalry were flying with flesh and blood, and they were turned upside down!
At the same time, the main force led by Yang Peng collided with the main force led by Ye Qi Guanyin, and a battle broke out. All I could see was a hail of arrows flying overhead, and then disappearing into the crowd; on the ground, the armies of both sides were suddenly swaying, and everyone was waving their weapons desperately to kill each other like crazy beasts, and there were constant drops of blood in the flying blood. Soldiers on both sides fell in a pool of blood.
Yang Peng rode his horse to charge and killed dozens of Khitan generals. Suddenly he saw an enemy general rushing towards him. Before he could clearly see the person coming, he saw a cold light striking his head. Yang Peng quickly turned sideways to avoid it, and then prepared to fight back. But after seeing the opponent's appearance clearly, he couldn't kill him anymore, because what came into view was the angry and beautiful face of Ye Qi Guanyin.
Ye Qi Guanyin stabbed Yang Peng again. Yang Peng quickly dodged sideways and grabbed the barrel of her gun. He said angrily: "Guanyin, you are crazy!"
Ye Qi Guanyin glared and said, "I'm going to kill you!" "Are you really willing to do so?" Yang Peng asked with a smile. Ye Qi Guanyin stared at Yang Peng, her towering body undulating violently, and shouted: "Kill you early, and I will be free!" He pulled out his spear with all his strength, and attacked Yang Peng again, very fast, as if flying Yang Peng parried and shouted angrily: "They say 'a woman's heart is as poisonous as a snake'. I didn't believe it at first, but I finally believe it today!" Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and tried his best to attack with a few more moves. But they were all resolved by Yang Peng. Ye Qi Guanyin suddenly stopped attacking, holding her gun across her chest. Her beautiful eyes stared at Yang Peng with an indescribable look, and said word by word: "Kill you, and I will commit suicide!" Yang Peng was shocked.
Ye Qi Guanyin gave a sweet shout and fired his gun again. The two sides fought for dozens of rounds without deciding the outcome. At this time, the battle between the armies of both sides was also in full swing, and the ground was already littered with corpses and bleeding.
When West and Butler saw Yedi Guanyin fighting with Yang Peng, they were worried that she would make a mistake, so they quickly rode over to help. When Yang Peng saw the two guys coming, he frowned, waved his horse and forced Ye Qi Guanyin back, and then started fighting with West and Butler. Although Yang Peng was unparalleled in bravery, fighting one against two was full of dangers.
Seeing this situation, Ye Qi Guanyin couldn't help but worry for Yang Peng. With this thought in her heart, she was ready to scare away West and Butler. At this moment, Yang Dezheng danced with his gun and shot away the enemies, shouting: "King Yan, I'm here to help you!" Seeing Yang Dezheng coming to kill, Yexi Guanyin couldn't help but feel relieved. When West saw Yang Dezheng coming, he quickly danced his sword to fight Yang Dezheng. The pressure on Yang Peng's side suddenly decreased, and he immediately launched a swift counterattack, and the situation was immediately reversed.
Ye Qi Guanyin felt someone rushing toward her from one side, and quickly looked over, only to see a heroic and charming female general rushing toward her with a gun drawn. It was Han Bing, a famous general under Yan Yunzhan's banner. Ye Qi Guanyin was furious for no reason, turned her horse's head, and faced him. The two stunning female generals started a massacre among thousands of troops. Although it was extremely dangerous and fierce, it was even more enjoyable to watch.
This battle lasted until noon, but there was still no winner. The exhausted soldiers on both sides withdrew. The battlefield suddenly became quiet, and corpses were scattered all over the blood-stained wasteland. Soldiers from both sides were collecting the corpses of their fallen soldiers on the battlefield. Although they were close at hand, neither side paid attention to the other side.
Ye Qi Guanyin led the generals into the big tent, threw the spear to the female guard next to him, walked up to the top and sat down, while the generals stood on both sides of the tent. Guo Tong frowned and said: "Yan Yun's army is too powerful. Although our army is nearly twice as strong as his, we can't defeat him!" Han Chang said: "It seems that we can win with a surprising force, otherwise this battle will be delayed." Until when!”
At this moment, a scout rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, the grain and fodder team of the Yanyun Army has just left Daizhou (that is, Yanmen County) and is heading to Yanmen Village!" Yexi Guanyin narrowed her eyes. His eyes suddenly rose, and he said to West and Butler: "Two generals, I will give you five thousand war cavalry, and you must destroy Yanyun's grain and grass transport team!" The two generals agreed, and Ye Qi Guanyin said to her again. Han Chang said: "You will lead 20,000 warriors to respond later!" He then signaled Han Chang to come over and whispered. Han Chang nodded, bowed and agreed, and then the three generals left the tent.
After nightfall, 100,000 dans of grain and grass escorted by War General Du Gang and 3,000 infantrymen came to the hills more than 30 miles away from Yanmen Village. At this moment, a loud rumbling sound came from ahead. Du Gang's heart moved, he raised his spear, and the team slowly stopped. Du Gang rode his horse to the front of the team and looked forward. He thought it was the people coming to respond. After a while, I saw countless black shadows suddenly pouring out of the curve in front. It was already night, and although there were stars and moon, they were still hazy, so it was impossible to see clearly who was coming.
"Which general is it?" Du Gang asked loudly. But the other party didn't answer and kept coming. Du Gang felt something was wrong and quickly ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle. However, before they were ready, thousands of Khitan army warriors rushed in. They trampled with iron hooves and slashed with scimitars. The Yanyun army and civilians were killed until their corpses were staggering and covered with blood. Du Gang saw a The enemy general rushed in front of him. He was shocked and wanted to attack. However, before he could raise his spear, his head was chopped off by the opponent's cross sword.
General Yang Jing led 5,000 war cavalry to meet the grain and fodder team. After traveling for more than ten miles, he saw fireworks rising into the sky in the middle of the hills in the distance. Knowing that something was wrong, he immediately led 5,000 war cavalry and rushed at full speed, intending to rescue as many people as possible. and grain.
Five thousand soldiers and horses rushed down the hillside and then entered a grassland between two forests. Yang Jing and the entire army did not pay attention to the forests on both sides, but they did not expect that dense rain of arrows suddenly shot out from the forests on both sides! The Yanyun army was caught off guard and was shot to the ground. Before they could react, the sound of killings in the forests on both sides was loud. Twenty thousand Khitan army cavalry, led by General Han Chang, rushed out and rushed into the middle of the Yanyun army. Sweeping through, Yanyun's army suffered heavy casualties. The Yanyun Army came to their senses and fought back desperately. Yang Jing brandished his sword and knocked down the charging enemy soldiers one by one. However, the Yanyun Army was ultimately outnumbered and retreated.
Yang Peng received the emergency report and immediately went to support with 20,000 light cavalry commanded by Yang Gui and Huyan Chijin. They met up with Yang Jing's broken troops on the way and rushed towards the place where the grain and grass team was ambushed. When they arrived, they saw only corpses on the ground and burning food and baggage. Yang Peng frowned and shouted: "Look for Du Gang!" The soldiers immediately separated to search. After a while, they found Du Gang's body, which had been decapitated by the enemy, and quickly reported back to Yang Peng. Yang Peng was very angry. At this time, the civilian husbands and soldiers who had managed to escape the melee and hid in the surrounding mountains and forests came out to meet each other one after another. Yang Pengrang took them back to Yanmen Village.
West presented Du Gang's head to Yeyi Guanyin, and Yeyi Guanyin greatly appreciated it. Han Chang said with a smile: "This battle is really enjoyable. I have never been so happy these days! If the king had been the governor of the Central Plains affairs, we would not have lost so miserably!" All the generals agreed, saying that if the king had led the affairs, If so, not only might there not have been a huge defeat before, but the main force of the Yanyun Army might have been completely annihilated.
But Ye Qi Guanyin said with a cold face: "It's just a small victory, so why bother!" Everyone felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on their heads, and they calmed down.
Ye Qi Guanyin stood up and said solemnly: "I hope you will forget this victory! At the same time, I hope you remember that the main force of the Yanyun Army is still in front of us. We are just like sitting in the crater of a volcano, and may collapse at any time. For ashes!" Everyone's hearts trembled. Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Ye Qi Guanyin knew that his goal had been achieved, and said loudly: "Okay, it's getting late, let's all go down and rest!" The generals bowed to Ye Qi Guanyin and left the palace one by one. account.
Ye Qi Guanyin returned to his seat and sat down, lost in thought: If I beat you, will you be very angry? Humph, you are such a proud man, you probably never expected that you would fall into such a trap in my hands!
An indescribable smile appeared on Ye Qi Guanyin's beautiful face. In the early morning of the next day, Yeli Guanyin was awakened by the female guard while she was having a good dream. Ye Qi Guanyin sat up, looking sleepy and lazy, very charming. Rubbing the corners of his eyes, he looked at the female guard standing next to him and asked angrily: "What's the matter?"
The female guard had been holding back and wanted to speak out for a long time, but the king did not ask, but she did not dare to speak rashly. When she saw the king asking, she quickly said: "I just received an urgent report that Tuchanzhai was attacked by Yanyun's army. I The grain and grass supplies stored by the army in Tucheng Village were reduced to ashes!" Ye Qi Guanyin was shocked, "How could this happen?" The female guard shook her head and expressed her ignorance. Ye Qi Guanyin said angrily: "I didn't expect him to retaliate against me so quickly! Damn man!" He then stood up and immediately summoned General West Butler and his 20,000 warriors, and then With the help of the female guard, he quickly put on his armor and shirt and ran out of the tent.
When Ye Qi Guanyin led his troops and horses to Tuchang Village, it was already bright. What came into view was a charred ruin, with smoke still billowing and many places still burning. Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and was very annoyed. No wonder she was so annoyed. Although Tucong Village was an inconspicuous place, it was located between Yanmen Pass and Xiji Village. It was an important transit place for the Khitan army's grain and grass transportation, so there was a lot of grain and grass stored in it. This handful The damage caused by the fire was considerable, and it could be said that last night's victory over Yan Yun's army was completely wiped out.
A dark and embarrassed officer was supported by two soldiers and came to Wanyan Qingfeng. He knelt down with a plop and said, "I pay my respects to the king!" Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and asked, "Where is your general?" "General, Already, killed in action!" "What happened?"
The officer swallowed his saliva and said, "At midnight yesterday, an army came outside the village and said it was ordered to transport grain and grass. Our people saw that they had no problem with their clothes and flags, so they opened the gate of the village without asking any questions. Who knew that they were here to transport grain and grass? They, they are not our own people at all. As soon as they come in, they rush to kill and set fire to everyone. We can't resist it..."
Ye Qi Guanyin angrily cursed: "Damn it!" The officer was panicked and quickly kowtowed to the ground and waited for treatment. Ye Qi Guanyin glanced at him and said to the two soldiers behind him: "Hel him down and treat his injuries!" Seeing that the king did not blame him, the officer was so excited that he quickly thanked him and then stood up with the help of the two soldiers. Get up and go down to treat the injury.
Ye Qi Guanyin said to the people around him: "Did you see it? This is the Yan Yun Army! They took advantage of us without paying attention!" West and Butler couldn't help but feel that the Yan Yun Army was really a formidable enemy. Ah, even a terrifying enemy they have never encountered since joining the army!
In the days that followed, the enemies Yang Peng and Ye Qi Guanyin each used their own strategies to attack each other. Sometimes I attacked your side camp at night, sometimes you raided my main camp, sometimes I used surprise troops to detour and attack Yanmen Pass, and sometimes you used surprise troops to attack Yanmen Pass. Strange soldiers raided Daizhou. Both sides came and went, each had its own victory or defeat, and suffered a lot of losses. However, in general, the embarrassing situation of not being deep and undefeated was maintained. However, both sides had no plans to withdraw their troops. Yang Peng expected that the Khitan army would not be able to sustain it for long due to insufficient food and grass, while Yeqi Guanyin hoped that the partial divisions of Lou Shi and Xiao Salihe could break through the obstacles of the Yanyun army and penetrate into Shanxi, and even hoped that Huainan The Song army was able to achieve an overwhelming victory.
That afternoon, the Khitan army fought another fierce battle with the Yanyun army, but the outcome was still indecisive. Ye Qi Guanyin returned to the tent, took off his helmet and put it on the desk, then stood there in a daze with his back to the door of the tent.
The generals looked at each other, but they didn't dare to disturb their princess.
Ye Qi Guanyin suddenly turned around and asked: "Is there no news about Lou Shi Xiao Sali drinking?" There was already some impatience in his tone. No wonder, after such a long battle, even her patience was almost exhausted.
Han Chang stepped forward and said: "There is no news about the two generals yet, but the general thought that the two generals might have broken into the hinterland of Shanxi, but we haven't received the news yet!" Guo Tong agreed: "Yes, that should be the case. Like this! With the main force of Yanyun being restrained here by us, the two generals Lou Shi, Xiao Sali and He will definitely be able to live up to expectations and advance into the hinterland of Shanxi!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
