Xiao Telie said apologetically: "I made a mistake, please don't take offense, sir!" Yelu Yujian said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Xiao Telie glanced at Yelu Yujian out of the corner of his eye, and saw that his expression was cold, and he couldn't figure him out. What was he thinking in his heart? He said: "In this situation, we have to find a way! Otherwise, we will definitely die without a burial place!" Yeluyu smiled and said: "I don't think so! Yes! Lord Yeqi is here, why should we worry about anything? Lord Yeqi is both wise and brave, and has already figured out a way to deal with it. Didn't the generals see it in the lobby just now?"
Xiao Telie laughed dryly twice, nodded and said: "It is indeed true, but I'm worried that Sir Ye Qi's efforts will be ineffective in the end!" Yelu Yu glanced at Xiao Telie, "Oh? I wonder what the general has to say?" Xiao Te Lie smiled and said: "I don't have any great ideas, so I came to ask for your advice! You are very resourceful and must have a perfect plan. My safety and well-being all depend on you!"
Yelu Yujian shook his head, "The general is too praised, and I don't have any clever ideas. I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Ye Qi, we will eventually get out of this predicament. General, don't worry too much!" Xiao Telie laughed twice and then Nothing more was said. Just now, the two of them tested each other with their own motives, but ended up talking a lot of nonsense, but neither of them achieved their goal, which made them feel depressed.
When the two came to the intersection, Xiao Telie reined in his horse and said to Yeluyu: "Sir, I have to go to inspect the city defense, so I'll take my leave!" Yeluyu said: "General, please excuse me!" Xiao Telie looked at it. Yeluyu took one look at him, turned his horse's head, and led his soldiers towards the west gate. Yelu Yujian looked at Xiao Terry's back, frowned, and walked into East Street.
Xiaotlie walked carelessly while riding his horse, frowning slightly, as if he was thinking about something. There was a rapid sound of horse hooves behind him, and then he felt a horse jumping in front of him, blocking his way. He subconsciously reined in the horse, and when he looked up, it turned out to be the old housekeeper of the family. He came in such a hurry. Could it be that something happened at home? What's the matter? I saw the butler bowing to me respectfully, and then said: "General, madam, please go back, there are guests coming!" Xiaotlie was surprised and muttered: "What guests will come at this time?" What?" He knew that his wife had always been virtuous. If she was not an extremely important guest, she would never send the housekeeper to find him at this moment. As soon as he thought of this, he turned his horse's head and headed towards his mansion. …
After Zhan Jin led his cavalry to bypass Datong Prefecture and defeated Changqing and Tiancheng, he then turned to the northwest and unexpectedly captured Dezhou, the most important city in the north of Datong Prefecture, and then swept through the entire northwest states and counties of Xijing Road. Those who had surrendered before Astonished former Liao officials surrendered one after another; at the same time, heralds sent by Ye Qian Longqing rushed to various places to try to mobilize the civilian army to participate in the war. However, the situation was already in chaos, and less than 20% of the 10% civilian army assembled in accordance with the order. Daru, the general stationed in Fengsheng Prefecture, Khan Prefecture, and Ruzhou Prefecture, received an urgent message from Ye Qian Longqing. After a moment of hesitation, he ordered the army to assemble and rush to the aid of Datong Prefecture.
Ye Qianlongqing and others boarded the city gate tower and saw that the main force of Yanyun had arrived at the city. Seeing the mountainous strength of Yanyun's army outside the city, everyone could not help but feel shaken. Ye Qianlongqing couldn't help but murmured: "I hope reinforcements from all walks of life can arrive in time!"
At this moment, a Yanyun warrior was seen galloping out, coming between the two armies, pointing a sword at the people on the city gate and shouting: "I am General Meng Hu, who dares to fight with me?" Let’s fight to the death!” After the previous defeat, the Khitan army in the city dared to go out to fight rashly. They just pretended not to hear or see the challenge from the enemy generals outside the city.
Meng Hu called for a long time, but saw that no one came out to fight, so he had to turn his horse's head and return to the army. Immediately, Yan Yun's army slowly retreated and set up camp ten miles away. This did not go beyond the expectations of Ye Qian Longqing and others. Yan Yun's army was tired from the distance. Generally speaking, it was impossible to launch an siege immediately. In addition, they had to build siege equipment and wait for the heavy siege equipment from behind. Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is impossible to attack the city immediately upon arrival.
Ye Qianlong Qing ordered his generals to be on guard, and he and his staff returned to the lobby of the government office. Ye Qianlongqing was anxious and asked: "Why haven't the messengers sent out come back yet?" No one could answer his question. Ye Qian Longqing became even more anxious. At this moment, there were rapid footsteps at the door. Ye Qian Longqing raised his head and saw a travel-worn messenger running in. He couldn't help but feel happy on his face. Before he could salute, he asked hurriedly: "Everyone?" Where are the troops?"
The messenger said with a frightened look on his face: "Only, only the militiamen from Hongzhou and Yuzhou have gathered together." Ye Qian Longqing was startled and asked angrily: "How could this happen? Do they dare to disobey orders?" The messenger said: "It's because of the Kingdom of Zhanjin!" Ye Qianlongqing and others were stunned, only to hear the messenger continue: "After the Kingdom of Zhanjin left Datong Prefecture, it went first to the northeast and then to the northwest, turning the states and counties upside down. Dezhou They have all been lost, and the magistrates and magistrates in various places are waiting for the wind to fall, so it is impossible to go to those places to gather militia troops!"
Ye Qianlongqing was flustered and didn't know what to do. Yelu Yu saw it and said: "According to what you say, the militia army assembled at present is probably only about 20% of the expected number, about 40,000 to 50,000 troops." Another civilian official said worriedly: "The militia army is weak in combat, and victory depends entirely on numbers. Now there are only 40,000 to 50,000 civilian troops left, of what use are they?" All the civil servants looked frightened.
Ye Qianlongqing felt even worse when he heard the discussions among the civil servants and staff. Suddenly thinking of another thing, he hurriedly asked the messenger: "Where is Xiao Dalu's army? They won't have problems too, right?" The messenger hurriedly said: "General Xiao Dalu is on his way to Datong Mansion with an army of 100,000 people. ." When Ye Qianlongqing heard this, he immediately felt relieved and muttered, "It's okay, okay!"
When Yeluyu saw it, he said: "Sir, now that there are hundreds of thousands of civilian troops missing, this battle will probably be difficult to fight!" All the civil servants and staff agreed. Ye Qian Longqing frowned, not knowing what to do for a moment.
At this time, his trusted general Xiao Lun came in and shouted sternly at the civilian staff: "You civilians will only shake the morale of the military all day long. If you follow my temper, I will kill all of you to satisfy my hatred!" The hall immediately became quiet. All the civil servants and staff were angry, but they dared not speak out.
Xiao Gren strode up to Ye Qian Longqing and performed a chest salute, "Sir, you must not listen to the remarks of these cowardly scholars. We must never give up on Datong Mansion!" Ye Qian Longqing frowned and asked, "Do you have any Confidence to hold on?" Xiao Gren said loudly: "There are hundreds of thousands of defenders in the city, with sufficient money and food, and there are 100,000 reinforcements from General Xiao Dalu outside. I don't believe that with these and this strong city, we can deal with it. We can't defeat the two hundred thousand Yanyun Army!" Ye Qianlongqing couldn't help but regain a lot of confidence, but he still hesitated in his heart. If Ruoguo didn't know how to fight against the cavalry troops of Zhanjin Kingdom before He was so hesitant, but after the confrontation with the Yanyun warriors from the Kingdom of Zhanjin, he deeply felt the unparalleled combat power of the Yanyun army. He really had no idea whether he could defend Datong with his current strength.
At this moment, a personal officer led a veteran officer and ran in. The personal officer's face was filled with joy and he shouted as he ran: "Good news! Good news!..." Everyone's cheers All eyes focused on him. The herald rushed to the middle of the hall, ignored the salute, and said urgently: "Sir, a messenger is coming from Beijing!" Everyone's eyes immediately fell on the dusty officer behind him, and Ye Qianlongqing asked urgently: "Beijing How is the situation?" The officer took off a backpack on his back, raised his hands high, and said, "This is a handwritten letter from the Queen Mother to your Excellency!"
Ye Qian Longqing hurriedly came down, took off his backpack, opened it, and took out a letter. On the envelope were written a dozen beautiful Chinese characters, "Xijing Road Left-behind Lord Ye Qian personally signed this letter." Ye Qianlongqing hurriedly opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it. A look of joy suddenly appeared on his face. When everyone saw this scene, they knew it must be good news. They couldn't help but feel itchy. Xiaoglun couldn't help but ask: "Sir, what did the Empress Dowager say in the letter?"
Ye Qianlongqing said excitedly: "The civil strife has been calmed down! The Queen Mother has sent the King of Nanyuan as the commander-in-chief and an 800,000-strong army to come to our aid!"
Everyone at the scene immediately started talking in a buzzing manner, and many people showed expressions of great surprise. Xiao Lun said excitedly: "That's great! I didn't expect a rebellion to be put down so quickly! Now that the King of Nanyuan is here, let alone defending Datong Mansion, there is no problem in annihilating the Yan Yun Army in front of him!" Everyone said one after another! Everyone nodded in agreement, their faces glowing red. The panic-stricken atmosphere not long ago was gone, and everyone seemed to be full of confidence.
Ye Qianlongqing said loudly: "There is nothing to discuss now! From now on, anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!" Everyone's hearts trembled and they agreed in unison. Ye Qianlongqing turned to Xiao Glenn and said, "Immediately spread the good news to the entire army and the people in the city, so that everyone will be happy!" Glenn responded and ran down happily. Ye Qianlongqing walked to the door, looked at the sky in the distance, and murmured excitedly: "Come on! Come on! This time I will make sure you never come back!"
The messenger came forward, bowed and said: "The Empress Dowager also has a message for me to convey to you. The Empress Dowager said, 'As long as Lord Ye Qi guards the Datong Mansion, after the war, I will make you the King of Datong.'" Ye Qi Long Qing's eyes lit up. All the civil servants and staff hurriedly came up to congratulate him, as if Ye Qian Longqing had been crowned a king, Ye Qian Longqing burst out laughing.
Yang Peng pondered for a moment and asked: "What if we can capture Datong Mansion in time?" Cao Jun was stunned, "This is impossible! Although our army is powerful, the enemy occupies an extremely favorable terrain! In fact, this form of general does not advocate forceful attack, because the price is too high!" Then he clasped his fists and said: "King Yan, the current situation is completely different from when we originally planned it! The reason why we were in the situation of insufficient money and food The attack was launched because there was an opportunity. However, now that the civil strife in Liao has subsided and the Liao Kingdom has not suffered much internal damage, under this situation, it is impossible for our army of more than 200,000 troops to occupy Xijing Road. If it doesn’t work well, it might cause a big somersault!”
Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "General Cao, you are trying to make other people's ambitions destroy your own prestige!" Cao Jun bowed to Yelu Hanyu, "General, I didn't mean this, I just told the truth!" Then he frowned and said: "I It seems that after so many victories, King Yan and Princess Yan are a little proud and underestimate the enemy! General Shu Mo will say bluntly, if you have this kind of mentality, failure is not far away from us!"
Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu looked at each other and smiled. Cao Jun and Han Bing couldn't help but feel a sense of mystery when they saw this situation. Yang Peng stood up and walked to the tent. Yelu Hanyu, Han Bing, and Cao Jun all stood up when they saw Yang Peng standing up. Yang Peng looked at the night outside the tent and said: "Although the situation has changed, as long as we can occupy Datong Mansion in time, we can withstand the counterattack of Yeqi Hucheng!" He glanced at the three people and said, "As for the wedge of Datong Mansion, It will be very beneficial to our future military operations!"
Seeing that King Yan seemed to have made up his mind to make a desperate move, Cao Jun was very anxious and said anxiously: "King Yan, I don't agree with you! This approach is so unwise. Our army will pay a huge price for nothing." Nothing to gain!"
Yang Peng looked at Cao Jun, not angry at all, but with an appreciative smile, "What if I insist?" Cao Jun frowned and sighed, "If so, even though the general objects, he will not We can only carry out the orders of King Yan, and we will go through thick and thin without hesitation!" Looking at the tone of his words, it seemed as if he was about to face a desperate situation. Yang Peng laughed and patted Cao Jun heavily on the shoulder. Cao Jun was stunned for a moment, feeling baffled.
Han Bing is different from Cao Jing. She is Yang Peng's pillow. When she saw this situation, she immediately realized that her elder brother must have some idea, and said angrily: "Brother, if you have any idea, don't tell me!" He glanced at Yelu Hanyu and said with a hint of jealousy: "I guess the princess already knows?"
Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu looked at each other and smiled, "It's not me who has the idea, but your sister Yelu!" Han Bing and Cao Jun looked at Yelu Hanyu together. …
Speaking of which, the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother of the Liao Kingdom, with the unexpected and full help of Yegan Hucheng and Handerang, calmed down the civil strife in an instant and eliminated the big troublesome brother Yeganxiu. This is really the joy of the general! However, this joy did not last long, and a bolt from the blue suddenly came. Urgent news came from the Xijing Road. The Yanyun Army suddenly came out of Yanmen Pass to invade. Datong Mansion was in danger, and the Xijing Road was in danger! The king had a subconscious fear of Yan Yun. When he heard that Yan Yun's army had invaded Xijing Road, he couldn't help but panic and panic, and quickly summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. Soon the court meeting reached an agreement that the King of Nanyuan would serve as the commander-in-chief, and 800,000 troops from Shangjing Road and Zhongjing Road would be mobilized to support Xijing Road. Yanyun would not be allowed to succeed.
Yeqihu City assembled as quickly as possible. However, no matter how quickly the 800,000-strong army and ordnance supplies were assembled, it would take time. However, the military situation on Xijing Road was so fierce that it could not be delayed for a moment, so Yeqihu City ordered all parties to assemble. The army and food, grass and baggage were assembled. On the one hand, they ordered the 100,000 light cavalry already in Zhongjing to rush to the aid of Datong Mansion at full speed. They ordered General Xiao Loushi to take charge and collected all the horses near the capital for their use. There were more than 200,000 horses in total and 200,000 horses in total. There are more than 10,000 war horses and 100,000 warriors, who are marching day and night without stopping. At this speed, they may be able to reach Datong Mansion in three days.
Xiao Loushi led one hundred thousand forward warriors to rush all the way, and at the same time sent messengers to Datong Mansion to send messages. Ye Qian Longqing kept receiving messages from Xiao Loushi, knowing that one hundred thousand forward warriors would arrive at Datong Mansion soon. I couldn't help but be greatly encouraged, and the morale of the entire army was also greatly encouraged. The shadow caused by the annihilation of Xiao Dalu's army had long since disappeared.
Unknowingly, two days passed. Ye Qianlongqing and others were cautiously guarding against the Yan Yun Army's fierce attack. However, what surprised them was that the Yan Yun Army only conducted some small-scale tests. Although the sexual attack was quite thrilling, there was no problem in the end. However, regarding this situation, Ye Qian Longqing and others did not dare to be careless at all. They were on guard day and night, for fear that their opponents might play some conspiracy secretly. At the same time, everyone was counting the time in their hearts. Two days had passed, and they felt that it was just a matter of time. Just hold on for one more day and everything will be fine!
Night fell again, and the Khitan soldiers spent another day without any danger. A veteran of the Khitan Kingdom leaned against the wall with a spear in his hand, looking at the Yanyun Army camp outside the city with a relaxed expression. Pointing to the Yanyun Army's military camp, he said to his companions: "The Yanyun Army is nothing more than that. We haven't been able to defend it easily these days! I think we can defend it even without the reinforcements from the King of the South Campus." You can live with it!" His companion nodded with deep sympathy and said with a smile: "When they first started to attack the city, it was quite scary! But gradually I got used to it. I think the Yanyun army had too many charades in attacking the city and it was not practical. Realistic!" The veteran laughed.
At this moment, the captain's voice came from behind: "I've seen General Xiao!" The two soldiers turned around quickly and saw General Xiao Telie leading hundreds of soldiers to climb the city wall. The two men hurriedly Stand up straight. Xiao Telie walked to the wall, looked outside the city, and asked the captain who was following him: "Is there any problem?" The captain immediately said: "General, don't worry, we are all watching with our eyes wide open. ,There is no problem!"
Xiao Terry turned to look at the captain, "Isn't that right? Why do I think there is a big problem?" The captain was startled and asked quickly: "I wonder what my subordinates didn't do well!" Before he could finish speaking, he Seeing Xiao Terry looking behind him in surprise, as if he had seen something extremely scary and weird, he was startled and subconsciously turned his head to look, but he saw nothing. Just when he was confused and puzzled, he suddenly heard a thumping sound and felt a chill in his chest. When he looked down, he saw that a steel knife had pierced his body from behind, and thick blood was dripping from the blade. .
The Khitan soldiers on the city wall were horrified to the extreme when they saw General Xiao Telie suddenly kill the captain. They felt unbelievable. Before they could react, the hundreds of soldiers who followed Xiao Telie suddenly took action, wielding swords and guns to kill the Khitan soldiers on the city wall. For a moment, they saw the flash of swords and blood flying, and the Khitan soldiers on the wall were caught off guard. Everyone fell into a pool of blood; at the same time, the five or six thousand soldiers brought by Xiao Telie suddenly attacked at the city gate, killing the Khitan soldiers who were completely defenseless, and then opened the city gate.
Xiao Telie said to an officer beside him, "Send the signal immediately!" The officer immediately bent his bow and shot an arrow outside the city. The arrow flew in the sky and made a shrill sound of "咻~". It turned out that it was A ringing arrow.
Ye Qian Longqing was very happy today. General Xiao Lou's 100,000 war cavalry were coming soon. He felt that he could sit back and relax. He was finally relieved after being worried for many days. While drinking, he admired the beautiful dancer. Songs and dances, everyone gets drunk even if they are not drunk.
Bang! The door of the room was suddenly knocked open. Ye Qianlongqing was startled. He looked around and saw an officer running in anxiously. Ye Qianlongqing was enjoying himself when he was disturbed by this reckless and reckless guy. He was very annoyed and shouted: "What are you doing here? There are no rules!"
The officer didn't care that Ye Qian Longqing was angry, and ran straight into the middle of the dancers, shocking the group of Yingying Yanyan and scattering away. Ye Qianlongqing was about to get angry when he heard the officer say urgently: "It's not good, sir, Yan Yunjun, Yanyun Army..." The officer was so anxious that he couldn't keep up, and the following words suddenly came out. Not coming out. Ye Qianlongqing said angrily: "The Yanyun Army has nothing to do with me! Who asked you to break in? Get out of here!" The dancers were whispering beside them, pointing at the officer, looking like that Obviously making fun of him!
The officer finally took a breath and said urgently: "Yan Yun's army has entered the city!" Ye Qian Longqing didn't react for a while and was stunned on the spot. At this moment, earth-shattering killing sounds suddenly came from outside. Ye Qianlongqing came back to his senses with horror, his face changed drastically, and his mind became a mess. He still didn't believe that Yan Yun's army had entered the city; and the dancers around him heard the terrible sound outside. The sound of killing had already turned pale with fright. He was as panicked as an ant on a hot pot. He wanted to escape, but he was afraid that Ye Qian Longqing did not dare to act rashly!
Seeing that Ye Qianlongqing was sitting there in a daze, the officer said urgently: "Sir, leave quickly, or it will be too late!" Yeqianlongqing came to his senses with a shock, stood up quickly, waved his right arm and shouted: "Quick, send the order to all armies to counterattack, and they must hold on!"
The officer sighed, "It's too late! Yanyun's large army has entered the city. Our army was caught off guard and is collapsing completely. How can we fight back! Sir, leave quickly before Yanyun's army reaches here, otherwise once Yanyun's army When the Yun army arrives, things will be very bad!"
Ye Qianlongqing was still hesitating. Although he was frightened, he was unwilling to give up the old nest he had run for many years. He murmured: "Maybe, maybe we can persist. General Xiao Loushi's army will arrive tomorrow. ! As long as General Xiao Loushi’s troops arrive, we will have hope!
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
