As night fell, Yang Peng was very fortunate and also very surprised that the Khitan army wasted a whole day without attacking. Based on his understanding of Yeqi Guanyin, she should have re-attacked around noon, but why did she not attack at this moment? No movement at all? Yang Peng stood on the city wall and looked at the Khitan army's camp in the distance with a thoughtful look on his face.
Meng Hu ran up the city wall to Yang Peng's side, clasped his fists and said, "King Yan, the gunpowder traps have been laid out, and the suicide squads are ready."
Yang Peng asked: "What do you think the Khitan army is doing now?" Meng Hu glanced at the Khitan army camp with lights in the distance and said, "They should be preparing for an attack." Yang Peng nodded and sighed. He breathed, "Let's go." Then he turned and walked towards the city wall, Meng Hu followed.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded outside the city, and then the sound of horse hooves ran up the hillside and ran into the gap. It was a scout from the Yan Yun Army who had returned. Yang Peng came down from the city wall. The scout ran straight to Yang Peng, reined in his horse, jumped down, ran to Yang Peng, knelt down and reported: "To King Yan, the Khitan army is quietly retreating!"
Yang Peng and others were greatly surprised. Yang Peng asked in disbelief: "You said retreat?" "Yes, the Khitan army is retreating secretly!" "Did you see it wrong?" The scout said: "My subordinates definitely didn't see it. That’s right, my subordinates saw that they first evacuated the baggage supplies and wounded soldiers, and then groups of infantrymen left the camp and retreated north!"
Yang Peng and Meng Hu looked at each other, and Meng Hu couldn't help but said: "This is too strange! The situation at hand is very beneficial to the Khitans, but why did they retreat? Even if they retreat, why bother to be sneaky? With the current situation of our army, it is impossible to make a surprise attack Them!" Yang Peng thought for a moment and said: "If the retreat is true, then they are so sneaky just because they don't want us to find out. If we don't find out, then we may not take correct measures, such as voluntarily abandoning Yanmen Pass. "Smiled, "Guanyin did not forget to use her strategy at this time!" Then he frowned, "But, why did they retreat? Is their retreat true or false?"
Meng Hu asked: "King Yan, what should we do? Should we continue to evacuate Yanmen Pass?" Yang Peng shook his head, "Such a thing happened, the evacuation operation has been temporarily stopped." Turning to Meng Hu, he said: "Send someone else to tell Princess Yelu , temporarily stop retreating and stay where you are." Meng Hu responded and ran down.
The night has passed and the day has dawned. The early morning mist lingers around Yanmen Pass, making a Yanmen Pass look like an illusion and reality, like a fairyland. Ye Qi Guanyin immediately stood on a hill next to the camp and looked at Yanmen Pass in the distance. Seeing that the defenders in Yanmen Pass were waiting in full formation, everything was as usual, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed. She originally estimated that after the fierce battle in the Liao Kingdom yesterday, Yan Yun's army would most likely abandon Yanmen Pass and retreat southward, but she did not expect that her judgment was wrong.
Yedi Guanyin sighed, "The Yanyun Army has not retreated north, and Yanmen Pass cannot be taken back." The general next to him, West, said: "We can't take it back today, but in the future, we will definitely be able to take it back!" Yedi Guanyin smiled bitterly. one time. After thinking for a while, he said to West: "Go and send a message to King Yan that I want to see him." West agreed and urged his horses to run towards Yanmen Pass.
Not long after, Yang Peng rode out of Yanmen Pass alone. He saw Ye Guanyin riding alone on the wasteland between the two armies, looming in the mist. She really looked like a fairy. Yang Peng couldn't help but Secretly marveled. Yang Peng rode his horse to the front of Yeyi Guanyin and said with a smile: "Guanyin..." Yeyi Guanyin looked at Yang Peng infatuatedly, then raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "You won again!" Yang Peng laughed, "Actually, I almost lost, if you didn't suddenly withdraw your troops!" "Hmph, it's good to know!"
Yang Peng smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect you to actually create a cannon. One mistake and I almost lost the whole game!" He glanced at Ye Qi Guanyin and said, "You've done such a good job of keeping secrets! I actually didn't know you until I just discovered this after I pushed the cannon out!" Ye Qian Guanyin smiled proudly, and glanced at Yang Peng with her beautiful eyes, "When dealing with a character like you, naturally you have to be careful in everything!"
Yang Peng chuckled, "Can you tell me how you made the cannon?" Ye Qi Guanyin smoothed her hair on her temples, looked at Yang Peng, and said teasingly: "Maybe it was the people from your ordnance field who leaked it to me. Ours." Yang Peng smiled and shook his head, "Since you said that, it definitely didn't come from me!" Ye Qi Guanyin squinted her eyes and said, "Maybe I did this on purpose so that you would not be suspicious. Yeah!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Maybe." Seeing that Yang Peng's expression remained unmoved, Ye Qi Guanyin said angrily: "You know that I want to disturb your mind, so you wouldn't pretend to be shocked. What a disgusting man!"
Yang Peng looked very shocked: "Really?" Yedi Guanyin chuckled and said happily: "That's about the same!" Then he sighed and said quietly: "It would be great if the two of us could be like this forever. !”
Yang Peng couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. Yeqi Guanyin looked at Yang Peng and said categorically: "One day I will destroy Yanyun and capture you!" Yang Peng laughed and said teasingly: "Others fight for power in the world, but Yeqi Guanyin fights for power. The world is for men, I'm really flattered!" Ye Di Guanyin stared at Yang Peng and said fiercely: "That's it! If I can't capture you in this life, I will never rest in peace!" Yang Peng touched his nose and said: " Do you hate me, or do you love me?" "Both." Yang Peng chuckled.
"What about you? Why are you fighting against me, the Liao Kingdom?" Ye Qi Guanyin looked at Yang Peng with great concern. Yang Peng's heart moved, and he looked into Ye Qi Guanyin's eyes and said affectionately: "I am doing it for a woman! I want to destroy the Liao Kingdom and capture this woman to be my wife!" Ye Qi Guanyin's beautiful eyes trembled, very Emotional look. The two just looked at each other, no one said a word, the two hearts slowly merged, the wind blew gently, blowing the hair of Ye Qi Guanyin.
After a while, Ye Qi Guanyin turned to look at the sky in the distance, and said quietly: "If there is such a day, I will take off this armor and be a good wife wholeheartedly!" Yang Peng couldn't help but feel shocked.
Ye Qi Guanyin turned her head and looked at Chen Xiao, "Okay, we have to break up again!" Yang Peng felt reluctance in his heart and couldn't help but sigh. Yedi Guanyin gently pinched the horse's belly with her legs, and the horse slowly walked to Yang Peng's side. Yedi Guanyin suddenly reached over and kissed Yang Peng's lips. Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he only heard a sweet chuckle, and the fragrant wind had already spread.
Ye Qi Guanyin suddenly turned the horse's head and galloped away into the distance, saying loudly: "Goodbye! Take care of yourself, you are my man, you can't die in the hands of others!" Yang Peng smiled, He raised his voice and said, "Take care of yourself too! Don't forget, you are my woman!" Yedi Guanyin laughed, and her figure quickly moved away, and soon she could no longer see clearly.
Yang Peng calmed down, reined up his horse and ran back to Yanmen Pass. Later that day, scouts came to report that all Khitan troops had evacuated. So far, Yang Peng still can't figure out why the Khitan army suddenly retreated, but no matter what, this is definitely a good thing for his own side.
"It's really strange. The situation is favorable to the Khitan army, but why did they suddenly retreat?" Yelu Hanyu frowned. Yang Peng said: "This matter also makes me very puzzled. But I estimate that there is a possibility that something happened within the Liao Kingdom." Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng and said with a smile: "I heard that Guanyin is leaving. I met my eldest brother when I went there, didn't he take the opportunity to ask?"
Yang Peng held Yelu Hanyu's delicate hand and joked: "Why do I seem to smell a smell of vinegar?" Yelu Hanyu pulled his hand back and hummed: "I'm just jealous, so don't touch me!" Looking at Han Yu, "You haven't answered my question yet?" Yang Erya on the side said: "I think it may be difficult for the elder brother to ask." Yelu Hanyu frowned and thought for a moment, looked at Yang Peng and sneered: " You are so considerate!"
Yang Peng naturally knew why Yelu Hanyu, who had always been wise, suddenly became so angry. After all, she had a close relationship with Yelu Guanyin. This hatred could not be eliminated in this life. Yang Peng sighed and held Yelu Hanyu's delicate hand, "Why are you angry for her? I'm afraid it will never be possible for her and me in this life!"
Yelu Hanyu thought of the relationship between Yanyun and the Liao Kingdom, and the displeasure in her heart suddenly disappeared without a trace, replaced by a pitiful mood. She felt that Yelu Guanyin was really pitiful compared to herself, and she loved her. If you fall in love with an enemy, there will probably be no consequences in this life, and you will have to suffer from the pain of lovesickness for the rest of your life without being able to let it go. Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but sigh, looked at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "You are such a hateful man, you are really harmful to others!"
Yang Jiumei laughed and said: "I remember someone said that the eldest brother is the 'male monster who harms women all over the world'!" Yang Erya burst out laughing, and Yang Peng smiled awkwardly. Yelu Hanyu rolled her eyes at Yang Peng, "That's right! This sentence is so right!"
The four of them chatted for a while, and Yang Peng suddenly frowned, "Now the crisis here at Yanmen Pass has been resolved, but I don't know what the situation is like on the other side of Hedong, Henan, and Lianghuai?" The three women couldn't help but worry. They had not been there for many days. From the military reports coming from those three places, I don’t know what the situation is now. Yang Peng frowned and said, "I want to rush to Hedong!" He glanced at the three women and said, "Young sister Yelu will be in charge here. Jiu Mei and Yang Erya will help you from the side!" The three women frowned and nodded. . The four of them were silent. They were all thinking about the battle situation in the other three directions. Although they had confidence in the soldiers on their side, they still couldn't feel at ease.
At this moment, Wang Kai led a veteran officer in, clasped his fists and said, "Master, General Yang Dezheng's messenger has arrived." Yang Peng and others turned around and saw the officer. The officer immediately knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said: "I pay my respects to my master and my ladies!" Then he took off the bamboo tube on his back and raised his hands high.
Yelu Hanyu stepped forward and picked up the bamboo tube, then returned and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the bamboo tube, opened the seal, poured out a roll of sheepskin, opened it and looked at it, a look of surprise appeared on his face. When the three women who were watching Yang Peng attentively saw this scene, they immediately felt that the Hedong side must have won the battle. Sure enough, Yang Peng said: "The Xixia army suffered a defeat. The 200,000-strong army on the south route was completely annihilated. The 200,000-strong army on the north route was also severely damaged and returned to Yan'an. Suide and Tongzhou were captured by our army. In addition, the governor of Danzhou was defeated. The city surrenders!" The three girls were overjoyed. Yang Erya said happily: "I was worried just now, but I didn't expect the good news to come out all of a sudden! But now that I think about it, I feel that such a result is natural. We have invested so much. It would be really strange if our army could not win!"
Yelu Hanyu said: "Suide, Danzhou, and Tongzhou are all in Hexi. I didn't expect that General Yang Dezheng and the others not only defeated the Xixia people, but also captured the bridgehead in Hexi. It's great!" Everyone nodded, all in agreement. The joy on his face. Suide is now Suide County in northern Shaanxi Province. It is on the west bank of the Yellow River and is not far from Yinzhou in Xixia. The Khitan army can be sent to Xixia by sending troops to the northwest. It can conquer the entire Guanzhong by sending troops to the southwest. It has a very strategic position. Important; Danzhou is hundreds of miles south of Suide. Tongzhou is located near the big bend of the Yellow River. It is also in Dali County under the jurisdiction of Weinan City, Shaanxi Province. It is a dagger inserted into Shaanxi, and its strategic location is also very important. important.
Yang Peng asked the officer: "How did you defeat the Xixia people?"
The officer then narrated what happened. It turned out that Yang Dezheng used the trick of false defeat to lure the main force of more than 200,000 troops on the southern front of Xixia to cross the Yellow River. Then he led the Xuanjia Army from Zhanjin Kingdom to penetrate behind the enemy lines and breached the ferry in one fell swoop, burning the pontoon bridge on the river. Then he sent his troops The rear army rushed to attack the Xixia people's baggage, beheaded the enemy troops in Suqian, and burned countless baggage. The enemy troops were panicked after hearing the above battle reports from the rear, and hurriedly returned to the army. At this moment, Yang Dezheng's army launched a full-scale attack. First, the cavalry rushed the retreating Xixia people to pieces. Just as the Xixia people were struggling to resist, hundreds of thousands of infantry troops swarmed in. Charge and kill like crazy! The Xixia army could no longer resist and the entire army collapsed. The Yanyun army pursued them all the way to the bank of the Yellow River and surrounded the remaining 100,000 Xixia army groups. Seeing that the situation was over, the people of Xixia surrendered. Unfortunately, the prince of Xixia, Li Bingchang, crossed the Yellow River in a small boat.
Immediately, Yang Dezheng ordered the army to build several pontoon bridges, and then the army drove across the Yellow River, taking advantage of the great victory to capture Tongzhou in one fell swoop. Then he divided his troops and went north to prepare to cooperate with Liu Gao to defeat the Xixia North Road army. The commander-in-chief of Xixia received the urgent report and hurriedly retreated. Fan Long took advantage of the momentum to cross the Yellow River and won three battles and three victories. The Xixia army suffered heavy losses and was defeated like a mountain. More than 100,000 remaining soldiers retreated into Yan'an Prefecture.
Liu Zhitong, the governor of Dan Prefecture, was just a loser. He was the prefect of the Song Dynasty before. He took refuge with the Khitans when the Khitans came. Later, he took refuge with Xixia without hesitation. Now seeing that Yan Yun's army was overwhelming, he immediately killed Xixia without saying a word. The supervisory army sent to Tongzhou raised Yanyun's flag, and at the same time sent people to convey their loyalty to Yanyun's army, so Danzhou fell without a fight.
Now Yang Dezheng, Fan Long and others have stopped marching and are waiting for Yang Peng's order. Yang Peng wrote a letter, stamped it with the seal of King Yan, sealed it and gave it to the courier, saying: "First give it to General Fan Long, and then General Liu Gao will deliver it to General Yang Dezheng!" The courier took the letter with both hands. , responded and ran down.
Yang Peng took a long breath and said with a smile, "Okay! The thing I was most worried about has finally been solved!" Then he cursed angrily: "****** If the imperial court hadn't stabbed me in the back, this would have happened. We can take back all of northern Shaanxi in one go!" Yang Erya and Yang Jiumei showed puzzled expressions, and Yelu Hanyu asked: "Is the eldest brother sending an order in his heart to Fan Long and Yang Dezheng to divide his troops to support the south?" Yang Peng nodded, "The Song army is attacking in a big way this time, and it is led by several famous generals. Although there is no news now, I'm afraid the situation is very pessimistic!" The three women nodded in sympathy, and they couldn't help but frown.
Fan Long and Yang Dezheng received Yang Peng's order and immediately followed Yang Peng's instructions and divided the sixth, seventh and eighth armies to go south to support. More than 100,000 soldiers and horses from three legions marched south day and night. At the same time, Yang Peng had arrived at Tianjing New City and learned that Yang Yanzhao had defeated the Song army attacking Henan. The worries here were put down, and now only the situation in Huainan remained. Yang Peng didn't want to wait eagerly for news in Tianjing New City, and was preparing to rush to Huainan.
At this moment, Han Bing finally sent a military report from Huainan. Yang Peng received the military report and couldn't wait to read it. After Yang Peng received the military report, he continued to rush to Yangzhou. Traveling day and night, we entered Yangzhou City a few days later.
When Han Bing and others received the news that King Yan was coming, they quickly dropped what they were doing and rushed back to the government office. Arriving at the government office lobby, they saw Yang Peng standing in the lobby with his back to the door. Everyone hurried forward to pay homage: "Greetings to King Yan!" Yang Peng turned around with a smile on his face, "You don't have to be polite!" Everyone straightened up. Come on. Yang Peng said: "Everyone, please sit down." Everyone thanked them and then sat down on the left and right according to their respective military ranks.
Yang Peng sat down, glanced at everyone, smiled at Han Bing, and then smiled and said to everyone: "I received your good news when I was in Tianjing New City. It was really a surprise. I didn't expect that things in Huainan would turn out like this." Solved! I was originally worried about whether Huainan or even the two Huaihe Rivers could be defended!"
Everyone smiled, and Cheng Shijie said in admiration: "Thanks to sister-in-law for strategizing! If sister-in-law hadn't used this counterintuitive trick, the situation at this moment would have been very bad!" Everyone praised one after another. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing with a gentle expression. Han Bing smiled and said: "Thank you everyone. If it weren't for everyone's concerted efforts, I wouldn't have been able to do anything!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Han Bing is right. It's everyone's credit for being able to turn the danger into safety this time!" Everyone was smiling.
Yang Peng looked at Han Bing and said, "Han Bing, the letter you gave me only gave a general outline. What was the specific process?" Han Bing organized his thoughts and then explained what happened: "Actually, the first person and I When the legionnaires first arrived in Huainan, the situation was still very unfavorable. The Song army had strong troops and continuous support. What is even more worrying is that Gao Hu and Cao Jun are both famous generals who are good at fighting, wise and brave!" After a pause, "The whole The turning point of the war was when Gao Hu and Cao Jun were replaced by the imperial court. The people who succeeded Gao Hu and Cao Jun were all Wang Qinruo's cronies. Huh, these guys are good at flattering others. How can they know the way of fighting?"
"The person who succeeded Gao Hu was Sun Jin, the deputy envoy to the Privy Council of the imperial court. This man arrogantly thought that he could defeat our army in one battle, so the whole army came out to attack the city. When our army saw this, they took advantage of the plan and resisted with a small number of troops. , while sneaking out of the city from the east gate with the main force at night, and taking advantage of the enemy's attack on the city again, the main force suddenly rushed out from the flanks to attack the central army's formation. The enemy army could not resist, and Sun Jin actually ran away first when he saw that the situation was not good. , which caused the entire army to collapse in an instant. The defenders in our city took the opportunity to rush out of the city gate and cooperated with the troops outside the city to attack the enemy. The enemy was no longer able to recover and was defeated like a mountain. Our army pursued and killed them. On the banks of the Yangtze River, half of the prisoners and half of them were annihilated, and the 200,000 enemy troops besieging Yangzhou were completely wiped out!"
Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Han Bing continued: "As for the enemy troops besieging Haozhou, the situation is similar. After the two main enemy armies were completely wiped out, the remaining enemy troops became frightened and fled back to Jiangnan. The states they had previously captured The county was immediately restored."
Yang Peng asked: "So, we now have hundreds of thousands of Song army prisoners?" Han Bing nodded, "There are 250,000 to 60,000, detained in Haozhou and Yangzhou respectively, with special military guards. How can these people I need my brother to show me how to deal with it."
Yang Peng looked thoughtful and looked up at Han Bing, "The imperial court suffered such a huge defeat. Is there any reaction?" Han Bing shook his head, "There is no reaction yet, but I think the imperial court is in chaos at this moment. "Everyone laughed.
Han Bing was right, the court was indeed in chaos at this moment. For the monarchs and ministers of Bianjing, the experience these days can be described as a roller coaster. First, their own troops and horses were overwhelming. The monarchs and ministers above and below thought that the recovery of the two Huaihe Rivers was just around the corner. They were extremely excited. However, suddenly, The situation reversed, and both of our main armies were completely wiped out. This was like a bolt from the blue to the emperor and his ministers. Everyone was like a lamb frightened by thunder, panicked and at a loss what to do.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
