Li Bingjian became even more anxious when they were like this, and asked anxiously: "What is going on?" He looked at Li Yuanzhong and said, "General, please say something!" Li Yuanzhong sighed and said with a look of resentment: "The Yanyun Army found out about our actions for some reason and set up a dragnet! Our army was ambushed." Li Bingchang asked nervously: "How much was lost? Are most of the troops back?"
Li Yuanzhong said nothing. The general next to him said Li Feng: "Only more than 10,000 people came back!" When Li Bingchang heard this, he almost fainted on the spot. He held the coffee table and said with a pale face: "Only, only, only more than 10,000 people came back." People..., the nearly 250,000 troops were actually completely wiped out!!" Li Yuanzhong and others did not speak, feeling very ashamed. Li Bingchang suddenly became angry, glared at Li Yuanzhong and asked: "Didn't you look confident before the war? Why did you encounter such a tragic failure?! What on earth are you doing?"
Li Yuanzhong's heart suddenly surged with anger, and he thought to himself: How dare you, a useless guy like you, come to accuse me! He immediately said coldly: "The plan between me and Prime Minister You can be said to be flawless. If it can be implemented smoothly, Yan Yun's army will definitely be defeated! However, this plan was obviously known to Yan Yun in advance. I would like to ask His Highness the Crown Prince, How did our army’s battle plan get leaked?”
Li Bingchang was stunned and said angrily: "What you said means you are doubting me! I don't know what you mean. You are clearly making excuses for your failure! Li Yuanzhong, I originally thought you were a person, but I didn't expect it. You are actually a villain, I really misjudged you!"
Li Yuanzhong stood up suddenly, glared at Li Bingchang, and pressed his palm on the handle of the knife. Li Bingjian saw his fierce gaze and couldn't help but become frightened. He took a step back and shouted sternly and restrainedly: "You, what do you want to do?"
At this moment, a scout stumbled in and said in a desperate voice, "No, it's not good! Yan Yun, Yan Yun's army has passed Fenglin Town in the east!" Those present heard this. , couldn't help but turn pale with shock, Li Yuanzhong said: "You came so fast!" Fenglin Town is located more than 20 miles east of Yan'an Prefecture. Yan Yun's army has already passed Fenglin Town, so it will definitely reach Yan'an before nightfall today. Mansion.
Li Bingchang panicked, "Well, what should we do? Yan'an Prefecture only has 5,000 defenders, and the defeated army only has 20,000 troops. How can we defend Yan'an Prefecture with this small force!" "You have to defend it even if you can't! "Li Yuanzhong said categorically. Li Bingchang looked at Li Yuanzhong in surprise, and saw a desperate look on his face. Li Yuanzhong knew that if he just escaped back like this, Li Bingchang would be deprived of the title of crown prince at most, and he would not be so lucky. Someone had to bear the responsibility for the annihilation of an army of more than 200,000 people. As the direct commander-in-chief, he could only Afraid of the consequences of escaping south and losing his body, it is better to defend Yan'an Prefecture than to do so. If he can hold on until reinforcements arrive and save Yan'an Prefecture, he may be able to escape with his merits reduced.
Li Yuanzhong turned to Li Feng and said: "Immediately send someone to ask for help from home, saying that the Yanyun Army has launched a surprise attack and that our army of more than 200,000 people has been wiped out. The situation is extremely urgent! I, Li Yuanzhong, am determined to defend Yan'an Prefecture. Please hurry up." Send an army to help!" Li Feng responded and ran down.
Now that Li Yuanzhong had made up his mind, he no longer panicked. Seeing Li Bingchang's panic and uneasiness, he smiled coldly and said sarcastically: "This is too dangerous. It's not the place for the prince to stay. The prince should run away for his life!"
If he had heard such words in normal times, Li Bingchang would have been furious, but at this moment, he felt like he was being pardoned. He was originally afraid that Li Yuanzhong would force him to stay and defend Yan'an Mansion. In that case, he would not be able to be alone emotionally or rationally. Escaped, fortunately Li Yuanzhong took the initiative to say so, Li Bingchang really wanted it! Li Bingchang was not polite to Li Yuanzhong, and said with a grateful face: "The general is indeed the pillar of my Daxia. I will leave this place to the general. I take my leave!" Li Yuanzhong was stunned, and then secretly regretted it. I regret that I should not have said such sarcastic words, which gave him an opportunity.
Li Bingchang ran away in a hurry. Li Yuanzhong looked at Li Bingchang's back, full of anger and nowhere to vent. Li Bingchang was worried that he would not be able to escape if he was besieged by Yanyun's army. He did not bother to clean up, so he rode out of the north gate of Yan'an Mansion with a few of his cronies and rushed towards the border of Xixia. Li Yuanzhong is actively preparing for defense in Yan'an City. The stone gate has been closed and no one is allowed to enter or exit without authorization. Thousands of sergeants are deployed on the east wall, with swords unsheathed and arrows unstrung, ready for battle.
At sunset, Li Yuanzhong and his soldiers were shocked when they saw Yanyun's army arriving. After a while, the Yanyun Army came closer, and they saw the Yanyun Army's momentum was like a rainbow and murderous. Before the war started, the Xixia Army's morale was already turbulent. Li Feng whispered: "General, the Yanyun Army is a tiger and wolf division, and it is threatening a great victory. Our army is weak and I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand it! It's better to abandon Yan'an Mansion!"
Li Yuanzhong frowned, "Our army of more than 200,000 people was completely wiped out. If we abandon Yan'an Mansion again, will your Majesty be able to spare us?" Li Feng was shocked. Li Yuanzhong glanced at him, "If we abandon Yan'an Mansion, when the power of heaven comes, not only will our lives be at risk, but our parents, wives and children will also die! We have no way out, we can only If we can fight to the death, as long as we can persist until the reinforcements arrive, we will be considered guilty. At that time, His Majesty will be punished. I believe that the lives of you, me and my family can be saved!" Li Feng lowered his head and said nothing more.
Yan Yun's army came to the outside of Yan'an Prefecture and formed a battle formation. They saw a forest of swords and guns, and shouts of shouts, landslides and tsunamis coming towards them. The Xixia army officers and soldiers in the city were shaken and frightened. I saw General Yan Yun running out of the military formation and coming to the city wall, shouting loudly: "Xixia people in the city, listen! Your main force has been completely wiped out, and our army of 100,000 elite troops has surrounded you!" Resistance will only lead to death, so don't make any more senseless resistance! Open the city and surrender as soon as possible, and I, the Yanyun Army, will ensure your safety! Otherwise, once the city is broken, everything will be destroyed!" Hearing these words, the officers and soldiers of the Xixia Army were shaken. stand up.
General Yan Yun said again: "If anyone kills his superior and surrenders, our army will not only guarantee his life safety, but also provide him with numerous rewards. Not to mention a gold reward, we will also guarantee his official position and wealth!"
The morale of the Xixia army was even more shaken. Seeing that if it continued like this, the Xixia army would collapse without fighting, Li Yuanzhong bent his bow and aimed an arrow at General Yan Yun below. When General Yan Yun saw Li Yuanzhong nocking an arrow and bending his bow, he was already on guard. He grabbed a shield hanging on the side of his saddle. When the opponent's arrow came, he raised the shield to block it, only to hear a crisp sound. , the arrow was deflected by the shield. General Yan Yun raised his voice and said, "I'll say this. You can think about it for yourselves. I'll give you one night. Life or death is your own business!" Yuluo turned his horse and ran back.
Immediately afterwards, he saw Yan Yun's army slowly retreating and setting up camp more than ten miles away from the city. Li Yuanzhong looked around and saw that morale was very low. He screamed secretly and shouted in a deep voice: "Anyone who dares to think of the enemy's words just now will be killed immediately!" All the soldiers lowered their heads and remained silent.
The news of the defeat of the army reached the Xixia capital, and the Xixia monarchs were greatly shocked. Then the furious Xixia emperor summoned Fan Yong, Yanyun's envoy, and said angrily: "I thought King Yan was an indomitable hero, but I didn't expect him to be such a hero." You are a cunning villain! You, Yan Yun, are really deceiving others!"
Fan Yong clasped his fists with a calm expression and said: "What do you mean by your Majesty's words, I don't understand at all?" The Xixia Emperor's eyes widened, "You don't understand?! Let me ask you, since we have signed a peace agreement, Why do you want to raid our army and attack Yan'an Prefecture? What are your intentions! How can you stand between heaven and earth with such treachery?"
The Prime Minister on the right rushed out of the queue and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about with these treacherous villains! Drag this man down and cut him to pieces, and then use all my Xixia army to fight Yan Yun to the death! Humph, I won't I believe that our Xixia army of one million cannot defeat Yanyun's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses!" Many ministers shouted one after another, and the crowd became excited for a while.
Fan Yong was not afraid and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the reason why the Right Prime Minister said this is because he was the one who started the war!" The originally noisy hall immediately fell silent. O Dao Chong pointed at Fan Yong angrily and shouted: "You are talking nonsense!" Then he raised his voice and said: "Come on, drag this hateful Yanyun man down and chop him down!"
When the emperor saw this, he frowned slightly and felt unhappy. Prime Minister Li Tongren of the left came out and rebuked: "Prime Minister of the right, this is the main hall of the palace, and His Majesty is above, why are you so overbearing and bossing me around?" The great minister was startled, and quickly apologized to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please atone for your sins, I have been rude. ! I never dare to have the slightest disrespect towards Your Majesty, but I am just so indignant that I have forgotten my identity, please forgive me!"
The emperor's expression softened and he said, "Forget it." Fan Yong glanced at the frustrated Aodaochong and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, our army has not betrayed its trust. It is Xixia, or rather the Right Prime Minister and the Right General, who have betrayed their trust! They sent troops without authorization in an attempt to sneak attack our army, but they were ambushed by our army and the entire army was annihilated!"
The emperor frowned and looked at Aodaochong. Aodao shouted at Fan Yong with a livid face: "You are spitting blood!" Then he clasped his fists at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, please don't listen to this man's nonsense. The Han people are accustomed to use this method!" After hearing these words, the emperor Bewildered, he couldn't figure out whose words were true.
Li Tongren, the Prime Minister of the Left, said to Fan Yong: "Since your envoy said this, I would like to ask your envoy to immediately command General Yang and ask him to stop advancing and return to where he was." Fan Yong cupped his fists and said, "I'm sorry that it's difficult for me to do this." Odaochong said. He sneered and said: "You have obviously planned this for a long time, so it is naturally difficult to do it!" Fan Yong ignored Odaochong and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is still unclear whether this matter is the act of the right prime minister alone or the intention of your Majesty. , how can I rashly summon General Yang Yanzhao? What does the summons say?"
The emperor frowned. Odao rushed: "You have repeatedly slandered people, and you clearly have ulterior motives. You clearly used negotiations to make our army neglect our precautions, and at the same time launched a sudden attack. The despicable behavior is really rare in ancient and modern times!"
Prime Minister Zuo Li Tongren said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, we can't say who is who in this matter at the moment. It's better to ask your envoy to return to the guest house for the time being. Let's discuss it again when the matter becomes clearer." The emperor nodded. He said to Fan Yong, "I would like to ask your envoy to return to the guesthouse temporarily and wait for news." Fan Yong hugged his fists towards the emperor and left the hall.
The Prime Minister on the right, O Daochong, snorted coldly at Fan Yong's back, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the matter has become extremely urgent. Your Majesty, please quickly dispatch an army to mobilize the people to fight Yan Yun to the death!" The emperor looked at O Daochong with a suspicious look on his face. His expression asked, "Right Prime Minister, did you mobilize troops without authorization and stir up trouble?" Right Prime Minister O Daochong raised his right hand and solemnly swore: "If I do this, I will be willing to be struck by lightning and die. I will never be punished." Super life! Your Majesty, how dare I do such a treasonous thing, unless I am tired of living and want to commit suicide! This is clearly a trick by Yan Yun to confuse the public and disturb His Majesty. Your Majesty knows this!"
When the emperor saw that Ao Daochong had sworn such a strong oath, he couldn't help but believe him. He also felt that what Ao Daochong said was reasonable. The reason why Yan Yun poured dirty water on Prime Minister You must be that he knew that he was wrong and hoped to confuse the public.
Prime Minister Zuo Li Tongren said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to investigate the right and wrong of this matter. The top priority now is how to deal with Yan Yun! Looking at Fan Yong's appearance just now, it is obvious that no matter who started the war, I'm afraid Yanyun will not give up easily, we have to deal with it quickly!"
Ao Daochong immediately said: "What Prime Minister Zuo said is absolutely true! Your Majesty, we must quickly mobilize troops to deal with it, otherwise we are afraid that the entire Shaanxi and Gansu will be lost!" The emperor hesitated and looked at Prime Minister Zuo Li Tongren, "Prime Minister Zuo, What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, there are only two ways now. One is to give up the whole of Shaanxi and Gansu and ask for peace with Yanyun at the same time." Before he finished speaking, there was a commotion among the ministers. Someone shouted loudly: "Let Yanyun do it so easily." How can it be so cheap to occupy Shaanxi and Gansu!" Another person shouted: "If we fight to the death with Yan Yun, I don't believe that Yan Yun is invincible!"
After Li Tongren calmed down a little, he continued: "The other way is to mobilize the army and mobilize the people to fight Yan Yun to the death!" At this time, the ministers shouted again, "Fight with Yan Yun." !" "Recover Suide and defeat Yanyun's army!"
The emperor asked Li Tongren: "Which path does Prime Minister Zuo think we should choose?" Li Tongren said: "If we give up Shaanxi and Gansu, we should be able to gain peace, but it will greatly damage the morale of our people; if we give it a try, we can win. If you do, there may be huge benefits, but if you fail, the consequences will be unimaginable. I dare not make any false claims on how to make a decision, I can only follow His Majesty's orders!" After saying that, he bowed to the emperor, and all the ministers' eyes were focused on the emperor's face. The emperor frowned and hesitated. This decision was related to the future and destiny of Xixia. It was really difficult to make! Right Prime Minister Al Daochong saw that the emperor had not yet made a decision and couldn't help but become anxious.
The emperor raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Now that things have happened, wanting peace may be just a luxury, so why not give it a try!" The right prime minister was overjoyed and immediately worshiped: "Your Majesty is wise!" Most of the ministers were also excited. They bowed to each other: "Your Majesty is wise!" The remaining ministers looked at each other with worry in their eyes. However, the emperor had already decided that the general trend was the trend, and they did not dare to say anything more. They all bowed: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Seeing that none of the ministers had any objections, the emperor stood up and ordered: "Order all military commanders to mobilize troops to the capital and appoint Generalissimo Li Zongdao as Generalissimo Pingyan, who will be fully responsible for the war against Yanyun; Prime Minister You is responsible for mobilizing various places Young and middle-aged people, Prime Minister Zuo is responsible for raising food, grass and baggage, and you can kill them first and report later within the scope of their authority; any other officials must obey the orders of the Grand Marshal and the Prime Minister Zuo, and any violation will be punished as collaborating with the enemy."
All the ministers agreed in unison. The right prime minister intervened and said: "Your Majesty, the right general is currently fighting alone in Yan'an Mansion. The situation is critical. I think we should immediately order the Xiangyou Army Division and the Left Wing Shenyong Army Division to immediately send troops south to attack Suide in order to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. Plan to rescue Yan'an Prefecture."
The emperor nodded, "Just follow Prime Minister Right's plan and send the order immediately!" His eyes turned to Yan'an Mansion. It was late at night, but the atmosphere in Yan'an Mansion was very depressing, so depressing that people couldn't breathe.
After inspecting the defense of the four city walls, Li Yuanzhong returned to the government office where he was seated and camped. He sat down and felt very tired. He couldn't help but feel worried in his heart. Although he had made up his mind to defend Yan'an Mansion, deep down in his heart he was still worried about whether he would die in Yan'an Mansion. He shook his head and sighed.
I couldn't help but think of the dangerous experience of being ambushed by Yan Yun at the foot of Suide City. I had no time to think about it at the time, but now that I think about it, I can't help but be confused. I don't understand that Yan Yun's army has been able to be so unpredictable for so long, with such a trap waiting in his sight. Did you run into it headlong? He smiled bitterly and murmured in a self-deprecating tone: "I'm afraid Yan Yunjun is laughing at our stupidity now!"
Turning his attention to Yanjing, Yang Peng was discussing matters with the civil and military personnel who stayed in Yanjing. At this moment, Jiang Li rushed in and presented a letter to Chen Xiao, "Master, the military report forwarded by Mrs. Han Bing !”
Yang Peng's heart moved, and he quickly took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, and opened it to read. Everyone here knows the inside story and has realized that Ximian and Xixia may have started a war, but they don't know what the current situation is?
Yang Peng put down the letter, glanced at everyone, and said: "I didn't expect that the Xixia people had the same intention as us. They also wanted to take advantage of the peace talks with us to sneak attack us. Humph, they actually disguised their troops as captured people. A sneak attack on us! Unfortunately, we noticed it in advance. Yang Yanzhao laid a dragnet and more than 200,000 Xixia troops fell into the trap. The whole army was wiped out in the first battle! Now Yang Yanzhao has led an army to surround Yan'an Prefecture. "
Everyone was overjoyed. Chai Yonghui laughed and said, "Even though the Xixia people are cunning and treacherous, they were tricked by my elder brother!" Everyone laughed. Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng and said with a smile: "The Xixia people are afraid that even now they can't figure out how they were defeated! How did they know that King Yan had been preparing to attack them a long time ago, and the peace talks were just confusion. They're just smoke!" He straightened his expression and frowned: "But we have to be prepared for the Xixia people to get angry and attack with all their strength. If so, it will be a fierce battle!"
Everyone stopped smiling, and Yang Peng thought: "I have to go to the front line in person!" He glanced at everyone, "From now on, all work must serve this war!" Everyone agreed in unison.
At almost the same time, a total of 80,000 troops from the Xixia Xiangyou Army Division and the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Division, led by Ye Liyuqi, the general of the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Division, and Epan, the Xiangyou Army Division general, had entered Suide. Within the jurisdiction, the Wuding River is being crossed. The Wuding River originates in Xixia and flows into the Yellow River through Suide. It is one of the important tributaries of the Yellow River in the Hetao area.
Yeli Yuqi and Epon immediately watched the army crossing the Wuding River on the hillside on the north bank. Yeli Yuqi was a middle-aged man with a medium build and average appearance, but Epon was a fat man with a handsome temperament. The flamboyant giant man with the extra-large mace on his back was frightening to see. Epang said: "According to the report from the spies, the main force of Yanyun is in Yan'an Mansion. There are not many troops in Suide City. You and I can definitely attack them in one go!" Yeli Yuqi frowned and said, "I'm afraid it won't be like this. Easy, how can Yan Yunjun be an easy person?" Epan curled his lips disapprovingly, "I don't believe how powerful Yan Yunjun is!" He reached out and patted the huge mace on his back, and said bloodthirstyly: "I heard that General Yanyun is very brave. I want to see how many of my attacks they can withstand!"
Yeli Yuqi smiled, "Of course they are no match for you!" Epon was very proud and laughed. Yeli Yuqiu saw that more than half of the army had crossed the river, so he said: "It's time for us to cross the river too!" Epon nodded, and the two of them turned their horses and ran down the hillside, followed by all the soldiers. When we came to the river, we walked onto the pontoon. At this time, the north and south banks of Wuding River were full of people and chaos. Although they are about to fight the Yanyun Army, no one takes it too seriously. After all, there is no Yanyun Army in this place. Even if they arrive in Suide, they probably won’t encounter the Yanyun Army. Maybe Suide’s As soon as the Yanyun defenders saw the arrival of their own army, they were frightened and fled without fighting.
"Hey! What is that?" In front of Yeli Yuqi and Epon, an officer suddenly pointed upstream and shouted. Yeli Yuqi and Epon subconsciously looked upstream. I saw many black objects coming from a distance with the waves. Yeli Yuqi frowned, and Epan asked curiously: "What is that?"
After a while, I saw it clearly. It turned out that there were many small boats carrying firewood coming with the waves. On each small boat there were several naked men. Yeli Yuqi immediately felt something was wrong and shouted: "Everyone, get off the pontoon immediately!" As soon as he raised his voice, the boats suddenly ignited in flames and rushed towards the pontoon like dozens of huge rockets. The soldiers of the Xixia Army suddenly changed their colors, and then they became chaotic and scrambled to escape from the pontoon. Many soldiers fell into the river. At this moment, the war drums on the south bank suddenly sounded like thunder. Many Xixia soldiers followed the sound and saw countless Yanyun warriors rushing out of a forest on the opposite bank, rolling up smoke and dust all over the sky, galloping bravely and murderously.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
