During the ten or so days that I recorded, the Khitan army unexpectedly did not launch any attacks or make any challenges. The military camp was quiet, and I don't know what their intentions were. Yang Peng was worried that Ye Qi Guanyin had found some path that could bypass Yanmen Pass and climb over the high mountains. He immediately summoned the generals for discussion and immediately ordered Yang Erya to take people to the surrounding villages and towns to inspect the paths in the mountains. At the same time, he sent cavalry to patrol along the southern edge of the mountains. Observation posts were also deployed at some commanding heights to detect emergencies as soon as possible.
However, after several days of busy work, although no abnormality was found, Yang Erya, who went to the private sector to investigate the route, also found nothing. This made Yang Peng feel a little baffled, but he still did not dare to take it lightly.
At about the same time, more than a hundred heavy carts covered with black tarpaulins slowly entered the Khitan army camp. The Khitan army was escorted by heavy troops, and they obviously cared about these carts covered with tarpaulins.
More than a hundred carts were pushed to the school field in front of the big tent. At this time, Ye Qi Guanyin and all the generals under his command had already arrived at the school field.
The Khitan who escorted the cart came to Yegai Guanyin, performed a chest-pressing ceremony, and said: "Princess, everything has been transported!" Yegai Guanyin walked to a cart and ordered: "Open !" The general immediately stepped forward in person, lifted up the tarpaulin, and revealed a dark iron pipe, which turned out to be Yang Peng's important weapon, a cannon!
Ye Qi Guanyin nodded excitedly, "Very good! They finally lived up to my expectations and succeeded! Very good!" Turning to the general, he asked: "Have all these cannons been tried?"
The general said: "Reporting to the princess, some of them have been tried, but the other part has not been tested in time!" Ye Qi Guanyin hurriedly asked: "How is the power?" "Although the power is slightly different from Yan Yun's, it is similar, which is very amazing. !”
General Xiao Hunu said excitedly: "Your Majesty, we have this kind of weapon, it will not be difficult to break through Yanmen Pass!" All the generals agreed one after another, looking very excited. West suddenly said: "Yanmen Pass, the terrain is dangerous, even if it is broken, it will not be easy to attack, not to mention the Yanyun Army soldiers are all brave and good at fighting!"
Everyone was poured cold water on their heads, their excitement subsided, and they couldn't help but frown. They all knew that what West said was true, and that was the truth. Even if the city wall is broken, it definitely does not mean the victory of the war, it is only the beginning of a more cruel battle! Everyone seems to have seen the tragic scene of the armies of both sides fighting desperately in the gap, and their hearts can't help but tremble. They really don't know how many men and horses will be lost in this battle. How many of the generals present will survive? !
But Ye Qi Guanyin said calmly: "As warriors, wouldn't it be a worthy death for us to die on the battlefield?" The hearts of the generals were shocked, and boundless fighting spirit surged in their hearts!
Early the next morning, the Khitan army, which had been silent for many days, suddenly came out in full force. The sound of horns filled the sky and the earth, startling the birds and animals within dozens of miles and making them frantic. Yang Peng and others quickly came to the city wall and looked outside the city. They saw half a million Khitan troops slowly coming up like a tide, with banners like clouds and swords and spears like forests. It was a ferocious killing scene!
Yang Jing said loudly: "It's really weird! Why does that bad woman suddenly want to fight for her life?" Everyone was also very surprised.
The Khitan army approached and stopped five hundred steps ahead, and then a hundred artillery pieces were launched from a military formation at the front. Yang Peng and others were shocked when they suddenly saw such a scene. They never expected that the Khitan army would have cannons? ! This surprise is really extraordinary!
"Cannons?! How come the Khitan army has cannons?" Meng Hu exclaimed in shock. Yang Peng frowned and said: "Now is not the time to pursue this issue! Send the order immediately, leaving a few people to observe the enemy's movements, and the rest immediately retreat from the city wall!" Yan Yunjun immediately took action, and within a moment, the troops who were originally densely packed on the city wall All the soldiers left the city wall, leaving only a few observation posts.
Just as Yan Yun's army withdrew the city wall, there was a loud rumble like thunder in the distance. Then, the ground shook and the mountains shook. The crackling sound on the city wall was deafening. The soldiers hiding behind could only feel the rustling of countless stone chips. Keep falling. Yang Jiumei frowned and said: "I didn't expect that the Khitans also had cannons. If I had known this, I shouldn't have transferred the cannons to Hedong!" Hundreds of cannons from the Yanyun Army were originally stored in Taiyuan for the purpose of defending the city. After Yang Peng led his army and Guo Tongli Yingwai captured Yanmen Pass in one fell swoop, Yang Peng believed that Yanmen Pass was naturally dangerous and there was no need to use artillery for defense, so he ordered all the artillery in Bingzhou to be transported to the east of the river to resist the attack of the Xixia people. Who would have thought that the Khitans would launch cannons? If one's own cannons were mounted high up on the city wall, they would have a huge advantage in firing range, and the enemy's artillery would not be able to exert its power.
Yang Peng frowned and said: "This is indeed beyond my expectation! The Khitans actually made a cannon!?" Yelu Hanyu said: "This is not surprising. Since we can do it, they can also do it. Come out! Hey, we were a little careless!" At this time, the Khitans fired another volley, and a deafening loud noise came. The voices were immediately covered up and could not be heard clearly at all.
After this round of loud noises, Yelu Hanyu looked up at the wall and said, "Listen to the sound, the other party is concentrating fire on the left and right sides of the city gate." Yang Peng nodded and said with a wry smile: "The way we did it, they You've all learned how to do it!" Then he frowned, "The northern city wall has not been specially reinforced and cannot withstand the continuous bombardment of artillery. I'm afraid it won't be long before they blast a gap!" Then an order was sent to all the troops. Be prepared for battle, and specifically order Yang Jing and Meng Hu to lead 10,000 infantry troops to stand by near the two city walls that were concentratedly bombarded by enemy artillery.
After all, the Khitan's artillery was not as powerful as the Yanyun Army's. They bombarded the city wall for a whole day. Although it caused serious damage to the city wall, it failed to breach the city wall.
In Xixiang Xixia, the roar that lasted all day suddenly fell silent. The soldiers of the Yanyun Army felt their heads suddenly loosen, and they felt a sense of discomfort.
An observation post staggered down from the city wall, came to Yang Peng, clasped his fists and said: "King Yan, the enemy has retreated."
Yang Peng immediately ran up the city wall, followed by the generals.
When I came to the city wall and looked outside the city, I saw the Khitan army retreating. At this moment, Yang Jing's cry suddenly came: "Hey, darling, this place is about to collapse!" Everyone immediately followed the sound, and sure enough they saw that the city wall not far away had been broken into pieces, and the canines were intertwined, and a large area of the outside had collapsed. The wall was crumbling, as if it would collapse at any time, and everyone couldn't help but change their color slightly. Everyone couldn't help but look at the other side of the city gate, and saw that there was a wall on the other side that was in a similar condition to this one. It was trembling, and walls kept falling off the city wall with loud crashing noises.
Meng Hu said in confusion: "It's really weird. It will collapse after a few more bombardments, but why did it stop bombarding?"
Yelu Hanyu glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting dark. It's very inconvenient to attack in the dark, so she suspended the attack!"
Early the next morning, the Khitan army began to bombard the city wall again and continued until noon. Suddenly, with a loud noise like the earth was shattering, a wall on the left side of the city gate collapsed. Immediately afterwards, a wall on the right side of the city gate also collapsed.
The Khitan army's bombardment immediately stopped. Yang Peng and others realized that the enemy was about to attack. Yang Peng immediately ordered Meng Hu and Yang Jing to prepare to block the gap. He ordered Jiao Ting to lead the archers to climb the city wall and ordered the other armies to wait for orders not to move rashly. After the order was issued, Yan Yun's army immediately took action. Meng Hu and Yang Jing each led 10,000 infantry troops to the gap and lined up to wait. Jiao Ting led the crossbowmen to climb the city wall and get ready to shoot. Standing on the city wall, Jiao Ting saw tens of thousands of enemy troops divided into two groups and surging towards the two gaps. There were also fifty or sixty thousand warriors accompanying them on both wings. The smoke and dust were swirling and the ground was shaking.
After a while, the enemy army entered the range of the crossbowmen. Jiao Ting ordered the crossbowmen to fire a volley. Tens of thousands of crossbows were fired at once, and the arrows rushed towards the enemy like locusts. Then he saw the khaki wave in the It caused many ripples. The Khitan army roared, charged at full speed, surged up the hillside, rushed up the slope formed by the collapsed wall, rushed into the city gate, and crashed into the Yanyun army's defense line. The two sides fought fiercely; at the same time, the crossbows that followed closely behind Suddenly, his hand shot at the city wall, and arrows flew over the city wall. Many Yanyun Army soldiers were shot to the ground. The Yanyun Army crossbowmen had no choice but to turn around and shoot at the Khitan Army crossbowmen outside the city. In this way, the Khitan Army The pressure on the army's assault troops was suddenly reduced.
At this moment, the Khitan army's second wave of attacking troops launched another attack. They ran up the hillside with siege ladders and under the cover of crossbowmen, put ladders on top of the city, and then began to attack the city. Yanyun's army kept shooting and throwing rolling stones and wood. The Khitan army charged hard but could not rush forward. One by one, they were shot down by arrows or were knocked down by rolling stones and wood. Suddenly there was a loud click and a group of soldiers fell. The ladder was broken by the heavy wood, and the Khitan soldiers on it fell violently. On the other side, several Yanyun soldiers raised a ladder with hooks and sickles, and then shouted and pushed it out with all their strength. The ladder turned over backwards, and the Khitan soldiers on it fell down one after another, screaming in surprise.
At this time, the battle at the gap was also in full swing. The two sides had fallen into a state of melee. The Khitan army charged like crazy, while the Yanyun army risked their lives to resist. There were wild beast-like roars and shrill screams, and blood was flying all over the sky. Soldiers from both sides fell into a pool of blood. Yang Jing was already blinded by the killing. He wielded a pair of axes and slashed wildly in the crowd, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere. However, the Khitan army was also blinded by the killing and was completely gone. Fear kept coming up one after another.
Just when the two sides were fighting inextricably, the Khitan army actually moved a cannon not far from the city gate, adjusted it and then fired a cannon at the city gate. With a loud bang, the city gate completely collapsed!
The powerful Khitan army general West roared and immediately led 10,000 iron pagodas and 20,000 light cavalry into the city gate. As soon as they entered the city gate, they met the formation-breaking cavalry led by Huyan Chijin. The heavy armored cavalry from both sides started fighting fiercely near the city gate. The armor was clanking, the swords were as bright as snow, and axes and maces were flying and smashing. There was a clanging sound on the armor, and sparks flew everywhere. Amidst the neighing of the war horses, the knights fell over one after another!
At this moment, Huyan Chijin suddenly led the formation-breaking cavalry to retreat. Before the Khitan army could react, they found countless heavily armored Mo Dao troops rushing towards them, and their expressions changed involuntarily! West immediately understood the intentions of Yan Yun's army. They sent out the formation-breaking cavalry not to block their own side, but to suppress their own full speed so that Modao's army could fight! Before this thought was finished, Yan Yun's Mo Dao Army wielded their Mo Dao and came in to kill! They advanced hand in hand, and the sword light was like a wall. The Khitan cavalry, which had lost its speed, was very disadvantageous. Wherever the sword light passed, people and horses were broken into pieces, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere!
West became furious and led his army to attack fiercely. The Khitan army moved forward bravely at Tiefutu, swinging their battle axes to kill the Mo Dao army. The Mo Dao army continued to suffer casualties; however, the Mo Dao army's formation was not chaotic and they still moved forward resolutely. Advancing, the swords and spears were so sharp that they killed the Khitan soldiers and made them fall off their backs!
The Khitan army finally couldn't resist and retreated.
Modao's army did not pursue them and immediately gave way to both sides. Almost at the same time, the sound of turbulent horse hooves sounded, and Yang Gui led ten thousand warriors to rush out of the city gate like a whirlwind to pursue the enemy. West's cavalry were shocked and fell into chaos. Fortunately, Yeyi Guanyin was prepared in advance, but when Yang Gui led the cavalry out of the city gate, five thousand cavalry rushed out from each side towards Yang Gui. When his troops came to intercept and kill, Yang Gui had to give up the pursuit and fight the enemy. The two sides fought a fierce battle, with no outcome in sight, and Yan Yun's army took the initiative to retreat into the city gate. Immediately, many infantry troops brought stone door panels and other debris to block the city gate.
The crisis here has been resolved, but the battle at the two gaps has become more dangerous. Both sides have killed mountains of corpses and blood has flowed into channels, but the Khitan army still shows no sign of retreat and continues to add troops to the gaps; Yan Yun The army could only keep adding more troops, and the two gaps were like two huge meat grinders, constantly devouring soldiers on both sides.
The bloody battle continued into the evening without any sign of stopping, and continued from evening until the early morning of the next day.
The bloody battle finally came to a halt, and the exhausted Khitan army finally suspended its attack. Under the early morning sunshine, I saw a shocking mountain of corpses on and on both sides of the two gaps. The gap was originally only over two meters high, but now it was at least four meters high! The Khitan army paid an extremely heavy price in order to conquer the city, while the Yanyun army also suffered heavy casualties in order to resist the enemy's attack.
Yang Jing sat on the big bluestone under the eaves and panted, throwing two axes aside. The two axes seemed to have been soaked in red paint. It's like being fished out of blood.
Yang Peng walked up to Yang Jing, squatted down, and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you injured?" Yang Jing shook his big head and looked at Yang Peng with bloodshot eyes, "**** *, this is such a good killing, what a joy to my grandma! These Khitan people are also ****** heroes, my hands are too weak!"
Yang Peng patted Yang Jing on the shoulder, "Hurry up and take a good rest, the war will start again soon!" Yang Jing nodded, leaned on the door panel and closed his eyes.
Yang Peng stood up and looked around, only to see thousands of bloody warriors staggering around and resting on the spot. Everyone was so exhausted that they couldn't care less about the blood all over their bodies.
At this time, in the Khitan army's tent, all the Khitan army generals looked depressed. Hu Nu frowned and said: "We fought bloody battles for a day and a night, but we got nothing!"
Ye Qi Guanyin asked: "How much did our army lose?" Dalan came out and said: "A rough calculation shows that our army has more than 20,000 killed and more than 20,000 injured, with a total casualty of about 50,000; Yan Yun's army The casualties on all sides are estimated to be few!" Xiao Qianbuli frowned and said: "The Yanyun Army resisted desperately. Although the city wall has been blasted, it is still not easy to occupy Yanmen Pass! I don't think the Yanyun Army can fight against it. They will never give up if they are all gone! And if the Yanyun Army is all gone, we will lose at least 300,000 men and horses! Hey, after this battle..."
Yeqi Guanyin said categorically: "This battle must be fought to the end!" The generals were shocked. Yeqi Guanyin glanced at the generals and said: "The Yanyun Army has no retreat, and we have no retreat! No matter how great the losses in this battle are, we must defeat the Yanyun Army! We will definitely be able to defeat the Yanyun Army!" Yeqi Guanyin glanced at the generals. Guanyin's firm words gave the generals endless confidence.
Yeqi Guanyin thought: "We can't give Yanyun's army a chance to breathe. Although our army is working hard, they are working hard too!" He raised his head and said, "The armies will rest for noon and then continue to attack!" All the generals agreed in unison, and every time Everyone can't help but feel desperate in their hearts, and when it comes to fighting for this, they can only do their best.
An officer hurried into the tent and reported: "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy is here!" Ye Qi Guanyin frowned, "Imperial envoy? What are the imperial envoys doing here at this time?" Then he led the generals out. welcome.
His eyes turned back to Yanmen Pass. Yang Peng was discussing military affairs with the generals. Yang Peng said: "We won't be able to hold on for long if we remain trapped! I decided to take the initiative!"
Yelu Hanyu frowned and said: "Ye Qi Guanyin's strategy is not inferior to that of my eldest brother. I know my eldest brother very well. I will definitely be able to predict that my eldest brother may launch a surprise attack. I will definitely be prepared. I am afraid that the attack will outweigh the gain!" Yang Jiumei clicked. General Meng Hu and Jiao Ting nodded. "Princess Yelu is right!"
Yelu Hanyu said: "It is difficult to hold on here. I think we should retreat to Bingzhou, which is more conducive to defense." Yang Peng frowned and said: "If we abandon Yanmen Pass today, it will be difficult to take it back in the future!"
Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "It would be good if we can defend Yanmen Pass with all the direct troops. If we can't defend it with all our troops, what will happen to the situation in Shanxi? Shanxi will inevitably be undefendable, and the entire Shanxi and even Henan will fall. It's in the enemy's hands! Brother, this matter is of great importance, so don't take any chances!"
Yang Peng felt that Yelu Hanyu's words made sense, but he was really unwilling to give up Yanmen Pass. He frowned and said, "I wonder what the situation is like on the east side of Hedong? It would be great if the Xixia people had been defeated!" He raised his head. He glanced at the generals and said, "You all should share your opinions."
Meng Hu and Jiao Ting both said: "General, I think what Mrs. Yelu said is absolutely true!" Yang Jiumei also said: "Princess Yelu is right, we really shouldn't bet on this. If we win, the profit will not be very big, but if we lose, the consequences will be great." Unthinkable!" Yang Erya nodded in agreement. Yang Peng couldn't help but feel moved. Yang Jing said angrily: "I think it's better to get out!" Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "You stupid cow, you don't know anything except killing with an axe!" Yang Jing chuckled, "You guys As long as you understand, I won’t bother you with that! Anyway, you can do whatever you want, and I, Yang Jing, will just follow!"
Everyone smiled, Yang Peng glanced at Yang Gui and Huyan Chijin, "Why don't you two talk?" Yang Gui clasped his fists and said, "The last general is stupid and dare not talk nonsense. Anyway, King Yan has a destiny, and the last general is careful. Just obey." Huyan Chijin smiled and clasped his fists and said, "The two of us are just like Yang Jing. We don't have any strategy, so we won't show our embarrassment. We just obey orders!"
Yang Peng smiled and thought about it. Everyone was looking at Yang Peng. No one spoke. All that needed to be said was said. Now let’s listen to King Yan’s decision. Yang Peng sighed, "Young sister Yelu is right, you can't gamble on this matter, just give up on Yanmen Pass."
All the generals agreed in unison. Retreating is not a simple matter. You must arrange the sequence and arrange the break. The soldiers of the army were making preparations for the retreat. No one spoke, and there was no smile on everyone's face. The retreat under such circumstances made them feel as if they had been defeated by the Khitan army. The atmosphere in the entire city was very depressing. . When Yang Peng saw such a scene, he sighed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. He suddenly felt that as he got older, he seemed to have lost his original vigor and seemed to have more worries. He shook it with a wry smile. Nowadays, we have to be cautious about such a big plate!
The wounded and logistical equipment were the first to retreat. Yang Peng ordered Yelu Hanyu, Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya to take the lead. In fact, he had selfish motives for making this arrangement and wanted them to leave the dangerous place as soon as possible.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
