Zhou Dayong said: "Now that we have successfully occupied Yanmen Pass and severely defeated the Khitan army, can we free our hands?" The generals nodded one after another, looking very relaxed. Han Bing glanced at Yang Peng and said to the generals: "It's not that simple! Although the Khitan army suffered heavy losses, it was still able to mobilize an army of 500,000 to attack. Then Ye Qi Guanyin is by no means someone who gives up easily and will definitely continue to attack Going south!" Yang Jing said nonchalantly: "Come on, I haven't killed enough yet!" Then he added: "We also have an army of more than 400,000 here, shouldn't we be afraid of them!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "In this case, wouldn't it mean that the troops are restricted and unable to support other directions?" Yang Jing scratched his head and said, "This, what about this?"
Yang Peng smiled and thought about it. At this moment, a scout followed a hidden killer and ran into the lobby. The secret guard reported: "King Yan, the scout is reporting!" Everyone looked over. The scout stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and reported: "This is to inform King Yan that the princess of Liao Kingdom, Ye Guanyin, has led an army of 500,000 to Langya Village. It is only seventy miles away from Yanmen Pass!"
Everyone was a little surprised. Xingfang frowned and said, "It came so fast!" Then everyone looked at Yang Peng, waiting for his decision. At this moment, Wang Kai rushed in, holding a letter in both hands and said: "King Yan, there is news from the south!" Yang Jiumei immediately came over to get the letter and forwarded it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, quickly opened it, and read it again. Everyone looked at Yang Peng without daring to say anything, and they were very curious.
When Han Bing led Yan Yun's cavalry into the military camp, the unprepared soldiers ran away in fear, while the officers were still drinking and gambling in the big tent until a soldier stumbled in and shouted. "The enemy is coming." These officers didn't even react for a moment. Immediately, the thunderous sound of horse hooves was heard outside the big tent, and the screams and screams were heard. The officers were shocked and hurriedly picked up their weapons and rushed out of the military tent. Seeing countless warriors charging through the camp as if they were in an uninhabited land, I couldn't help but feel frightened. I didn't dare to fight, so I quickly mounted my horse, turned around and ran away.
Han Bing and the others effortlessly destroyed a Song Army camp in their path, and then ran towards Yangzhou City, whose outline could be seen faintly in the distance. Yangzhou City is located on the canal. Now it is surrounded by the Song Army's military camps from all directions, and it has become an isolated city.
In the Song Army's military camp, warning horns and gongs and drums sounded one after another, and at the same time, crowds of people were seen in each camp. Soon after, a Song Army cavalry force of two to three thousand people came straight over from the right, trying to cut off Yan Yun's army in the middle. Han Bingbing smiled coldly, raised his right hand and drew a half circle in mid-air, and then pointed sharply to the right. Ten thousand Yanyun war cavalry turned to the right at the same time as if they were one person, and charged towards the Song Army cavalry. In the blink of an eye, the cavalry from both sides collided fiercely, with iron hooves rushing and long knives slashing. In the rumbling horseshoes, only thrilling roars and screams were heard, and the Song Army's cavalry were seen flipping on their backs.
The Song Army's cavalry could not withstand the wild offensive of Yan Yun's cavalry and was defeated. Han Bing did not pursue him, but turned around and ran towards Yangzhou. At this time, two Song army battle formations appeared in front, with shields like walls and spears like forests. They were very rigorous. There were at least 30,000 soldiers and horses in the two military formations. A battle flag with the word "high" was erected in one of the military formations. There is a very mighty general standing with a spear under his banner, it is Gao Hu.
Han Bing raised his right hand, and Yan Yunjun slowly stopped, coming to a complete stop more than 300 steps away from the Song Army's formation.
The officers and soldiers of the Yanyun Army on the city wall had already seen their own troops coming outside the city, and their morale was boosted. Duan Zhixian said loudly: "It's General Han Bing!" Then he said to Cheng Shijie: "Cheng Shijie is guarding the city, and I will lead the army to meet them!" Cheng Shijie nodded, but Du Nan grabbed Duan Zhixian's hand and shouted: " You must!" Duan Zhixian turned around and glared: "What the hell do you mean! What do you mean by no! Let go!" Du Nan said angrily: "If you leave the city, you will fall into the enemy's trick!" Duan Zhixian was stunned.
Du Nan pointed to the Song Army camps on the right and left. A large number of troops had clearly gathered in those camps, but strangely, none of them came out. "Look at the military camps on both sides, it is clear that a large number of Song troops have been prepared." Why don't you come out?" Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie looked on both sides and felt very strange when they saw that this was the case. Lu Zhishen asked: "Why is this?"
Du Nan snorted coldly, "Huh, don't you want to wait for our army to leave the city so that I can completely annihilate my army out of the city in one go!" Pointing to the Song army's formation of about 20,000 soldiers and horses outside the city, "If what I expected is correct, After Brother Duan leads his army out of the city to attack them, they will definitely retreat immediately. When Brother Duan and them are locked in a fierce battle, the Song troops on the left and right will suddenly come out to cut off our army's retreat and besiege our army! That way! Come on, except for Brother Duan, it’s probably hard for anyone else to break out of the encirclement!”
Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie were shocked. Duan Zhixian frowned and said loudly: "Even so, we have to support General Han Bing, a manly man. Seeing a female class fighting fiercely with the enemy, but hiding in the city, what a nonsense! ****, In that case, it would be better for Sajia to crash to death!" He said before going down.
Du Nan hugged Duan Zhixian hard and shouted: "You can't mess around!"
Duan Zhixian was furious, stretched out his right hand, grabbed Du Nan's collar, lifted him up into the air, and glared: "You're such a verbose person!" He would be frightened, but at this moment he was so anxious that he completely forgot about his situation and stared at Duan Zhixian's angry face without any fear and shouted: "You are going to die, as a man, no one can control you! But if you take Yan Brother Wang’s army was ruined in vain, the city of Yangzhou was lost, and even if he died, he would not be able to explain to Brother Yan!”
Duan Zhixian's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but let go of Du Nan's right hand. Du Nan, who was in the white sky, immediately fell down. Dunan suddenly realized his situation and his expression changed drastically, ah! After half a scream, he let out his voice, and his fat body came into close contact with the floor, making a muffled sound. Cheng Shijie quickly stepped forward and helped him up. Du Nan suffered a bruised nose and face and nosebleeds after the fall. He was in a very embarrassed state. He covered his nose with one hand and gasped in pain. His goldfish-like eyes stared at the culprit Duan Zhixian with great annoyance.
Duan Zhixian couldn't help laughing when he saw this situation, and then he clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't expect..." Du Nan covered his nose and said in a huff, "It's not a big deal if I fall, but Brother Duan definitely doesn't You can leave the city!”
Duan Zhixian frowned. Cheng Shijie said: "Du Nan is right, we can't act on impulse!" Duan Zhixian glanced at Han Bing in the distance, frowned and said: "Are we just going to watch General Han Bing fight alone? She is not just a woman, but Our sister-in-law!”
Du Nan put down his hand, looked at Han Bing in the distance, and said seriously: "General Han Bing is both wise and brave. He will never rashly use these 10,000 war cavalry to break the enemy's blockade! She has two reasons for doing so. This purpose is to tell us that reinforcements are coming, and secondly to test the enemy's true and false situation. Just watch, if what I predict is correct, General Han Bing will retreat soon!" Both Duan Zhixian and Cheng Shijie felt that What he said made sense, but he still couldn't help but worry about Han Bing.
Gao Hu saw from a distance in the military formation that the leader of the Yanyun Army was actually Han Bing, whom he had been thinking about day and night. He couldn't help but feel excited, so he galloped out of the military formation, came between the two armies, and shouted: " Miss Han Bing!..."
Han Bing frowned slightly, then rode out and came between the two armies. He was only five or six steps away from Gao Hu. He cupped his fists and said, "General Gao, are you okay?" Gao Hu looked at the peerless man who was so close. The beautiful woman was so excited that she couldn't help but said: "It's been a long time since we parted ways with Miss Han Bing! Miss Han Bing is becoming more and more handsome!"
Han Bing blushed slightly, frowned, and asked sternly: "General Gao, I wonder why you want to fight against our Yanyun? Now our Yanyun main force is fighting fiercely with the Khitan people and the Xixia people. Isn't it chilling for the general to do this?" "
Gao Hu felt a little ashamed, "This is not what I want, but as a minister, the emperor's orders cannot be violated, and I can't do anything about it!" Han Bingbing said coldly: "For Zhao Song, General Gao is willing to see the aliens ravage the Central Plains again. ?"
Gao Hu couldn't help but be very confused, "I don't know about this! I don't want to see the aliens wreaking havoc on the Central Plains again. However, the Emperor ordered me to attack Yan Yun, how can I disobey the holy order?" Han Bingbing said with a smile: "Okay. A loyal domestic slave!" Gao Hu's expression changed, "Why did Miss Han Bing say that?"
Han Bing said mockingly: "Isn't it true? For the Zhao family, you don't care about anything. You don't care about the land of your ancestors, you don't care about right and wrong, and you don't care about the thousands of Han people! Isn't this a domestic slave?"
Gao Hu retorted speechlessly, feeling extremely confused and doubtful about what he had always insisted on. Han Bing saw that his words had an effect, so he struck a chord while the iron was hot: "General Gao is a hero, and he should fight on the battlefield for our Chinese people! For the sake of the corrupt and incompetent Zhao family, in the end, he can only lose his reputation! General Gao should wake up and fight with me as soon as possible." Clouds stand together!”
Gao Hu lowered his head and was silent for a while, but finally shook his head. Han Bing was disappointed when he saw this scene. Gao Hu raised his head and looked at Han Bing, "What Miss Han Bing said may or may not be right! I, Gao Hu, am just a martial artist. I don't know who is right and who is wrong. I'd better be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" He paused. After a pause, "I originally wanted to persuade Miss Han Bing to submit to the imperial court, but after hearing what Miss Han Bing said, I know that no matter what I say, it will be useless!"
Han Bing said proudly: "Of course! How could I serve that bullshit court!" Gao Hu sighed, "Although I am very reluctant, we can only decide the winner on the battlefield!" Han Bing He smiled and said, "Perhaps General Gao is still counting on the Khitans or Xixia people to break into our Yanyun hinterland, right? I can tell you, stop dreaming. Not long ago, the eldest brother personally commanded Yanyun's main force to break through Yanmen Pass and completely annihilate Yanmen Pass's 200,000 gold coins." Army!..." Gao Hu was shocked, but then nodded with a smile and said: "Well done, you are worthy of being the world-famous King Yan! It really makes us feel proud!"
Han Bing said proudly: "Of course! Brother, he is the most amazing hero in the world!" Gao Hu saw that Han Bing admired Yang Peng so much. Although he had known about it for a long time, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Han Bing said to Gao Hu: "My Yanyun main force will arrive soon. General Gao asked himself, is he the opponent of my Yanyun main force?" Gao Hu suddenly felt an inexplicable impulse in his heart, and said coldly: "Gao is not I believe Yan Yunjun is truly invincible!" Han Bing stared at Gao Hu for a moment, nodded, and sighed, "Okay, let's decide the outcome on the battlefield!" He hugged Gao Hu and said, "Take care! Gao Hu also clasped his fists and said, "Miss, take care!" Han Bing turned his horse's head, ran back, and then led his army to turn 180 degrees and retreat toward the north.
In the dead of night, one of Gao Hu's trusted generals came in with a man in a black cloak. He cupped his fists and said, "Commander, Mr. Zhou is here." The black cloak took off the hood on his head, revealing a domineering and handsome face. , turned out to be Zhou Lu, the son of Zhou Xian, the magistrate of Yangzhou. Zhou Lu cupped his fists and bowed, "I've seen the commander-in-chief!"
Gao Hu praised: "Young Master Zhou and Lord Zhou understand the righteousness and are willing to help Master Wang. I am very happy!" Zhou Lu said: "The villain and my father have been waiting for this day for a long time! Humph, as a minister, Yang Peng actually dared to disobey and make trouble. , anyone with any conscience will definitely be incompatible with it!"
Gao Hu nodded and asked, "It seems you have decided?" Zhou Lu nodded, "Decided!" After a pause, "I just wonder if His Majesty's edict has been issued?" Gao Hu turned around and walked to Shuai'an. He picked up a yellow imperial edict and handed it to Zhou Lu, "This is the edict that your Majesty just sent. Mr. Zhou can take a look at it first." Zhou Lu quickly took the edict, opened it, and started reading. I saw on it that it read, "After Yangzhou is recovered, Zhou Xian is appointed as the Xuanfu envoy to the Huaihe River, and Zhou Lu is appointed as the magistrate of Yangzhou. I admire this." 'The imperial edict is stamped with the emperor's royal treasure, it is absolutely true. Zhou Lu was overjoyed and quickly returned the imperial edict to Gao Hu with both hands. Gao Hu received the imperial edict and asked with a smile: "Master Zhou, are you not worried now?"
Zhou Lu said quickly: "No more! I and my father will do their best to wish Master Wang to regain Yangzhou and even Huainan!" Gao Hu nodded and asked: "Have you considered what I told you before? "I've thought about it. There are about 600 people guarding the courtyard in my father's house and I, plus the government officials and police officers, the total number can be about 1,200 people. A midnight raid can definitely capture a city." Door, don’t worry, Commander.”
Gao Hu nodded, "Very good. Now that you have decided, without further ado, the action time is set at midnight tomorrow. Once you succeed, immediately light three fires as a signal, and I will immediately lead the brigade into the city. Come."
Zhou Lu clasped his fists and said, "Yes." Gao Hu warned, "Be careful about this matter. Don't let the news leak out before taking action, otherwise you may fail!" Zhou Lu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Commander, it's absolutely foolproof!" Han Shizhong nodded.
Zhou Lu clasped his fists and said, "Commander, if you don't have any other instructions, I'll leave." Gao Hu clasped his fists and said, "Young Master, please be safe on the road." Zhou Lu responded, put on his hood, turned around and left. went.
Zhou Lu came out of the Song Army camp and met up with an entourage guarding outside the camp gate. Then the two of them got on their horses and ran quickly towards the remote southwest corner of Yangzhou City. When they arrived at the city wall, the two dismounted. Zhou Lu asked his entourage to lead the horse to the farmhouse outside the city. He came to the city wall, looked up, and then called like a cuckoo.
After Zhou Lu imitated the cuckoo's call, he immediately threw down the rope from the city wall. Zhou Lu immediately climbed up along the rope. When he came to the city wall, he saw an officer standing in front of him. Zhou Lu took out a silver ingot from his arms and handed it to the officer. He clasped his fists and said, "Thank you!" The officer weighed the silver ingot and said with a smile, "Master, why are you so polite to me?" Then he put the silver ingot into his arms. In the middle, he said to Zhou Lu: "Master, come with me and put on the military uniform. I have removed the people on the wall ladder over there, and Master will leave from there." As he said that, he pointed to a city wall ladder not far away. There was only one torch lit on the stairs, which was very dim. There was no one at the moment.
Zhou Lu nodded and followed the officer into the darkness. Then with the help of the officer, he took off his coat and put on a set of Yanyun Army armor that the officer had prepared for him. Then Zhou Lu descended the city wall from the city wall ladder and returned home without encountering any obstacles along the way.
Although it was very late, Zhou Xian did not rest. Zhou Luqian went out of the city, so he could not sleep. The housekeeper came over quickly and said, "Young Master is back!" Zhou Xian turned around quickly and saw Zhou Luzheng, dressed as a sergeant of the Yanyun Army, walking in and immediately stepped forward.
"Father!" Zhou Lu said with joy. Seeing his son's appearance, Zhou Xian immediately guessed that things must be going very smoothly, "How? What did Gao Hu say?" Zhou Lu smiled and said: "The imperial edict has been issued. I have seen it with my own eyes. The edict said that once Yangzhou is recovered, He made his father the envoy to the Huaihe River and made me the governor of Yangzhou. ..." Zhou Xian was overjoyed and said, "Okay, okay! Great!" Excited, he couldn't help but pace back and forth, saying at the same time: "Since the imperial court has not failed me, I, Zhou Xianding, will live up to the imperial court!"
Zhou Lu said: "Gao Hu said that he wants us to take action at midnight tomorrow. After successfully seizing the city gate, we will immediately light three fires as a signal. Gao Hu will immediately lead his army into the city to wipe out Yan Yun's army!"
Zhou Xian stopped pacing and frowned: "I'm only worried about whether our people can successfully seize the city gate? The Yanyun Army is not a vegetarian, even the Khitan people are no match for them!" Zhou Lu smiled confidently Said: "Father, don't worry, this matter is foolproof! I have already figured out that the defense force of the West City Gate is the weakest. There are only 500 people guarding it at night, and more than 1,200 of us can deal with it! Moreover, one of the important officers They have been bribed by me, and we only have to deal with two or three hundred people!" Zhou Xian nodded, "This makes me feel relieved!"
It was already midnight, and Gao Hu led 60,000 elite men quietly to the west city gate and lay down to wait. Gao Hu rode on his horse and stared at the west city gate in the distance. He saw many torches on the city wall. Under the light of the fire, many defenders could be seen in silhouette. Gao Hu couldn't help but worry, worried about whether the Zhou family and his son could capture the west gate as promised.
After waiting for about half an hour, I suddenly saw figures moving on the wall, and then all the soldiers who were standing on the wall disappeared. It felt as if someone had touched them off. Gao Hu frowned and couldn't help but become nervous. Success or failure depended on this.
After a while, light came out of the dark doorway, and then three fires were lit in front of the city gate. Gao Hu was overjoyed and immediately pulled out his sword and shouted: "Charge me!"
General Ma Buyou led five thousand infantry as the vanguard and rushed forward first, followed by Gao Hu who led tens of thousands of troops. The sound of footsteps was loud, and it was so clear in this silent night that it could be heard even more than ten miles away.
Ma Buyou led five thousand infantry troops to rush in, and then Gao Hu led the main force to the city gate. Gao Hu looked up at the city wall and saw that half of the people on the wall were empty. He couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart: Since the Zhou family and his son had opened the city gate, they should stand on the top of the city, even if they were not there. There must be someone under their command on the top of the city. Why is there no one there?
Gao Hu was startled. He quickly reined in his horse and shouted urgently: "Retreat immediately! Tell General Ma Buyou to retreat!" The officer next to him felt confused and responded, riding his horse towards the city gate.
At this moment, a cannon suddenly exploded in the night sky, and countless Yanyun soldiers suddenly appeared on the city wall where no one had been seen before. At the same time, the iron gate on the city gate suddenly fell, locking Ma Buyou who had entered Wengcheng. All five thousand infantry troops were imprisoned in Wengcheng.
The Song army was shocked and was at a loss when they saw bullets on the city wall like locusts. The unprepared Song soldiers outside the city were hit by bullets and fell down one after another. At the same time, inside the Wengcheng, bullets rained down from all sides, and rocks and trees rolled down. It fell like hailstones, and the five thousand Song troops were unable to avoid or escape. They were killed on the spot one by one, with their flesh and blood flying everywhere!
Gao Hu was frightened and angry, and sent his troops to attack the city gate fiercely. However, they originally planned to attack by surprise. They had no heavy siege equipment at all. Wherever they could attack, they suffered heavy losses under the dense rain of arrows.
In just one cup of tea, Wengcheng became quiet. Ma Bufang and his 5,000 infantry army were wiped out. The corpses filled the Wengcheng, like a slaughterhouse. It was really horrible to see. Several seriously injured sergeants were lying in the blood in the corpse pile. Crawling hard, trying to escape.
Seeing that the army in Wengcheng had been completely wiped out, Gao Hu knew that continuing to fight would not bring any benefits except increasing casualties, so he could only reluctantly withdraw his troops! The Yanyun army in the city saw that although Gao Hu's army retreated, it was in good order and without any disorder, so they did not leave the city to pursue them.
Gao Hu returned to the tent, kicked the table over angrily, and cursed: "You bastard Zhou Xian! He actually conspired with Yan Yunjun to lay such a trap for me! If I catch him, He will be cut into pieces!" The generals standing behind Gao Hu also looked very excited.
Gao Hu and the others really wrongly blamed Zhou Xian and his son. They did not conspire with Yan Yunjun. At this time, Zhou Xian, his father and his son, and more than twenty of their close associates were kneeling in the lobby of the Yangzhou Government Office. They were all frightened to the extreme. The sergeants of the Yanyun Army around them were looking at them with eager eyes. Duan Zhixian, who stood above him with a look of displeasure on his face, was kneeling in the lobby. and Du Nan, a fat man full of evil ideas.
Duan Zhixian patted his bald head and laughed loudly: "That bastard actually played this trick on me, it's just asking for death!"
week Frightened and angry, he said anxiously: "You were clearly the one who was responsible, why do you put the responsibility on me!" Zhou Xian turned around and glared: "If you say it's you, then you are! I'm your father, how dare you argue with me?" In my defense, you are really unfilial!" When Zhou Lu was on the line between life and death, how could he care about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness? He said loudly to Duan Zhixian and Du Nan: "General, sir, you are aware of this! The villain is just a person with no position and no power. How can our people do such a thing? If it weren’t for Zhou Xian’s command, I wouldn’t dare even if I gave the villain a hundred courages!”
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
