The two riders met head-on. Butler yelled and raised his cross sword and prepared to slash at Yang Peng. However, Yang Peng was faster than him, and the steel sword in his hand stabbed his throat like a poisonous dragon. Before Butler had time to cut down the cross sword, he saw his opponent's horse stabbing him like lightning. He was so shocked that he didn't care about slashing, and quickly dodge sideways. He only felt a cold air piercing his throat, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
Yang Peng suddenly reined in the horse with his left hand, and the horse immediately stopped and turned around. Yang Peng took advantage of the situation and swept the horse's head across. At this time, Butler had already ridden forward, and Yang Peng's horse's head was aimed at him. The back swept across. Butler suddenly heard the strong wind roaring behind him, and subconsciously lay down on the horse. Yang Peng's horse blade swept past Butler's back, and Butler's blood splattered on the spot with just a hair's breadth! The Khitan army officers and soldiers couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw this scene!
Yang Peng rode his horse to catch up, swung his spear to attack, and heard a series of whooshing sounds. The cold light from the spear stabbed Butler's vitals. Butler dodged and parried, looking very embarrassed. After ten moves, Butler was in danger. Because Butler had fought with Yang Peng once before, and he almost died at the hands of Yang Peng. At this time, he couldn't help but feel fear, and he didn't dare to fight anymore, and he slashed at Yang Peng. With one strike of the sword, Yang Peng was tricked into turning back to block, and he quickly turned his horse around and ran back.
Yang Peng was already ready to kill, so he rode in hot pursuit.
Seeing that Butler was in danger, Kahn, Dithro, Beiken, and Raul all rushed out of the military formation to kill Yang Peng. Seeing this, Yang Peng reined in the black dragon, placed the horse's pole across the saddle, quickly took out the cloud-piercing bow, pulled out the wolf tooth arrow, nocked the arrow and bent the bow at Butler's back. Kahn saw this and ate it. Startled, he shouted urgently: "He's going to shoot an arrow, be careful!" In his haste, he shouted in their language. Butler suddenly heard Kahn's cry, and without thinking, he quickly lay on his horse. Almost at the same time, he heard the sharp whistle of an arrow flying from above, and penetrated the neck of his horse with a pop. He screamed and fell forward, knocking Butler off his horse.
Kahn and the other four flew past Butler, howling and killing Yang Peng.
Yang Peng reached out and pulled out two wolf fang arrows, put them on the bow string, opened the bow to the full moon, and aimed it at Kahn and Dislo on the left. The two men were shocked when they saw this, and subconsciously reined in their horses. At this moment, Yang Peng loosened his fingers and heard a crashing sound. The Cloud-Piercing Bow trembled violently, and the two wolf-fang arrows turned into two meteors and flew towards Kahn and Disro. The two of them were unable to dodge, and were hit by an arrow in the chest at the same time. They screamed and fell off their horses. When Beiken and Raoul heard the screams of their companions, they panicked and turned their horses' heads to escape. Yang Peng pulled out two more wolf-fang arrows and aimed them at the backs of the two of them! There was another crash, and the Khitan soldiers exclaimed in unison. Raoer reacted the fastest. As soon as he heard the screams of the Khitan soldiers, he hurriedly rolled off his horse to the side and fell heavily to the grass. He almost died. At the same time, he saw his horse falling forward with a scream, while Beiken screamed and fell off the horse.
Before Raoul could get up, he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves. He was startled. He subconsciously followed the sound and saw the terrifying King Yan galloping towards him with a gleaming iron horse. At this moment, Raul was so scared that he felt as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in his life. Even when he was surrounded by the Islamic coalition, it was far less terrifying than now!
Raul desperately got up and ran away, while Yang Peng chased after him and was quickly approaching Raul. At the same time, West, who was fighting fiercely with the Kingdom of Zhanjin, had suffered several injuries and was about to die.
Seeing that the situation was urgent, Yeqian Hucheng no longer cared about the dignity of the Liao Kingdom, and shouted sternly: "Charge with the whole army!"
The Khitan army officers and soldiers were originally in a state of shock and could not control themselves. When they suddenly heard the order from Ye Qian Hucheng, their whole bodies were shaken. Then they subconsciously shouted and rushed forward. They saw the Khitan army officers and soldiers swept away like a rolling wave.
Yang Peng caught up with Raoul, and with a whoosh, Ma Shan penetrated Raoer's body from behind, and Raoer screamed. Yang Peng suddenly raised his arms and saw the bloody corpse flying far away. When the Khitan army officers and soldiers saw this scene, they were all shocked. Yang Peng reined in his horse, lowered it horizontally, took out the cloud-piercing bow, and pulled out the wolf-tooth arrow. He opened the bow and pointed it at the king's flag of Yelihu City under the full moon. He released his fingers. There was a loud crash, and the arrow turned into a meteor and flew away. , there was a loud noise, and the spike arrow penetrated the flagpole. Then the warrior carrying the flag suddenly felt a light touch on his hand. He couldn't help but look up and saw that the flagpole had been broken and the king's flag was fluttering down.
The Khitan army officers and soldiers were shocked when they saw this scene and couldn't help but stop. At this time, West, who was seriously injured, retreated.
Yang Peng laughed loudly and said: "I won't play with you today!" Then he turned his horse's head, joined Zhan Jinguo, ran back to the Xuanjia Army, roared, and led the Xuanjia Army to gallop south.
The furious Yeqian Hucheng ordered all the war cavalry to encircle and suppress the enemy. However, the mounts of the Xuanjia Army were all Yanwang horses, and the mounts of Yang Peng and Zhan Jin were BMWs. The gap that was about to be encircled rushed out. The Yanyun soldiers on the city wall cheered together when they saw this scene.
The Khitan army warriors were chasing after them, and Xiao Loushi hurriedly reminded Yeqi Hucheng: "Your Majesty, be careful of falling into Yang Peng's trap again!" Yeqi Hucheng suddenly remembered what happened last night, was startled, and quickly ordered The scout sent an order to the cavalry troops that were chasing the enemy to stop the pursuit and withdraw.
The pursuing Khitan army cavalry received the order, stopped the pursuit, and turned back.
Yeqianhu City wanted to continue the attack, but seeing that the morale of the soldiers was low, they had to temporarily withdraw their troops and return to the camp. In today's battle, unexpectedly Yang Peng unexpectedly stood out and led two thousand warriors to counterattack. In a fierce battle, they suffered heavy losses. Four generals were killed by the enemy, and even the king's flag was shot in pieces by an arrow. ! Everyone couldn't help but feel downcast and angry!
Ye Qian Hucheng kicked over the commander's button and howled loudly, like an angry beast howling wildly. The generals couldn't help but feel fear in their hearts, and no one dared to say anything.
Yeqi Hucheng stopped howling and roared angrily: "Yang Peng, sooner or later I will cut you into pieces!" He suddenly turned around and scanned the generals with angry eyes, who lowered their heads. Don't dare to make eye contact with him.
Ye Qianhu said: "I plan to change the original plan and only use part of the troops to contain Datong Mansion, while the main force attacks Yanmen Pass! I must break Yanmen Pass and capture Yang Peng alive! If I don't kill him, it will be difficult to satisfy the hatred in my heart!"
Several generals were shocked when they heard this. Xiao Loushi hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, don't change your plan out of anger! Only by executing according to the original plan can our army be sure of victory. But if we attack Yanmen Pass with all our strength, I'm afraid The results will be exactly the opposite of what we expected!”
Ye Qian Hucheng shouted angrily: "Are you saying that I am not Yang Peng's opponent?"
Xiao Loushi hurriedly said: "The general has absolutely no such intention. The general just thinks that our army is confident in attacking Datong Mansion, but not in attacking Yanmen Pass. The king knows better than the general. The Yanmen Pass is a dangerous pass and the terrain is extremely steep and dangerous. There are 120,000 Yanyun elite guards, among whom Yan Wang Yang Peng, Zhan Jinguo, etc. are all fierce generals who can fight against ten thousand people. Under such circumstances, even if our army is ten times stronger than theirs, it will be difficult to break through Yanmen Pass, and it will only be wasted. Our strength!”
Xiao Qianbuli also came out and said: "What General Xiao Loushi said is absolutely true. Your Majesty must not make such an unwise move out of anger!"
Although Ye Qian Hucheng was overwhelmed by anger at this time, he had not lost his mind yet. The advice of Xiao Loushi Xiao Qianbujue made him calm down. He frowned and remained silent for a long time. He raised his head and took a deep breath, "Okay, continue to attack Datong Mansion!" After hearing this, the generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
After Yang Peng led the Xuanjia Army to leave the battlefield, they ran south for more than eighty miles and stopped in a valley extending in all directions. As the sun set, streaks of smoke rose from the kitchen stoves. Yang Peng was eating cooked beef while thinking about the next strategy. He couldn't help but think of the scene in Yeli Hucheng that made him furious today. He slowly fell into deep thought, even with the hand in his hand. I forgot to eat the beef.
Click, click, click... The sound of rapid horse hooves suddenly came from the mountain road to the south. Yang Peng retracted his thoughts, took a bite of beef, looked south, and saw a herald speeding towards him.
The herald galloped in front of Chen Xiao, reined in his horse, turned over and dismounted, ran to Yang Peng, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, saying: "To inform King Yan, the 300,000 troops led by Xiao Hong have arrived in Yingzhou. Yingzhou , the state city closest to Yanmen Pass to the north of Yanmen Pass. The plan previously formulated by Xiao Hong and others was that Xiao Hong would lead an army of 300,000 to capture Yingzhou first, and then use Yingzhou as a base to attack Yanmen Pass.
The capture of Yingzhou was very smooth, but Xiao Hong was not happy at all, because the city gates and walls of Yingzhou were completely and seriously destroyed by Yanyun's army, and the residences in Yingzhou City were completely burned to the ground by the fire. , the fire should have been extinguished not long ago, because white smoke is still rising in many places. Such a city was completely different from what the Khitans had expected. It was completely useless. The Khitans could only camp in the wilderness.
His eyes turned to the Xixia Palace.
"Father, why haven't you ordered the army to attack?" Princess Li Qingxia asked anxiously.
The Emperor of Xixia smiled and said: "It's not the right time yet. Don't you think it would be better to wait until they are both injured before taking action?"
Li Qingxia said anxiously: "I'm afraid that when the dust settles, it will be too late for us to send troops again! Father, we must not be opportunistic about opponents like Yan Yun, otherwise we will follow the Han people's words , the cleverness is misled by the cleverness!”
The Emperor of Xixia was a little unhappy after hearing this. At this time, a seductive female voice came from behind the willow tree on the left: "Princess, what you said is a bit too much!"
Li Qingxia frowned and looked around, only to see a very charming woman who was not much older than herself. Accompanied by two palace maids, she was walking towards her with a swaying figure. She was her father's most favored one at the moment. Concubine Lan. This Concubine Lan is named Li Ruolan. Although her surname is Li, she is not a member of the royal family or even a party member. She was elected to the palace a year ago. Because she is naturally good at flattering, she quickly gained the emperor's love. Within a year, she was made a noble concubine, and her father, brother, and seven aunts and eight aunts who had some connections with her also followed her to heaven. They were either awarded noble titles or held important positions.
As soon as the emperor saw Concubine Lan, his face was immediately filled with smiles and he hurried up to greet her. Concubine Lan bowed her head and said in a delicate voice: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty!" The emperor quickly helped Concubine Lan up, touched her delicate hands, and smelled the sweet fragrance emanating from her body, and his whole body became numb. Li Qingxia stepped forward and said to the emperor: "Father, the military situation is very strong. Please send troops quickly!" The emperor hesitated. Li Ruolan said in a delicate voice: "Your Majesty, I shouldn't talk too much about national affairs, but I have some words from the bottom of my heart, but I don't feel comfortable saying them!"
The emperor said softly: "My beloved concubine has something to say, but it's okay to say it!" Li Ruolan bowed Yingying: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" The emperor saw her charming and charming, and he was already fascinated. Li Ruolan stood up, glanced at Li Qingxia, who was frowning, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I don't think we should get involved in the dispute between the Khitans and Yanyun! Both of them are stronger than us in Daxia, so let's join them The dispute, no matter who loses or wins, it will not benefit us in Daxia! If Yanyun defeated the Liao Kingdom, it goes without saying that, and once the Liao Kingdom defeated Yanyun, I am afraid that it would not be a mouthful. Give us a piece of the fat! So no matter what the outcome of the fight between his two families is, we can only end up with a thankless result!"
Li Ruolan's words actually make some sense. It is difficult for the weak to get involved in the fight between the strong. If they don't get it right, they will be shattered into pieces in the conflict between the strong. The emperor couldn't help but nodded after hearing these words. Li Qingxia frowned and said: "We are not competing for interests with anyone, just for the survival of our Daxia Kingdom! No matter how strong the Liao Kingdom is, it will not have the intention to destroy our Daxia, but if Yanyun's development momentum is not stopped, , One day, Yan Yun will raise an army to wipe out our Daxia!" The emperor couldn't help but nodded after hearing his daughter's words.
Li Ruolan sneered and said: "Princess, these words are exaggerated! If Yan Yunruo has the intention to destroy our Daxia, why did Yan Yun's army take the initiative to stop attacking when they had the advantage before and send envoys to ask for peace? It can be seen that what the princess calls 'Destroy my heart in the Great Xia' is untenable!"
Li Qingxia said angrily: "In the original situation, although Yanyun won successive victories and had the upper hand, they had worries. Not only did the Tubo people attack Qinfeng Road at that time, but the Song Dynasty court also showed signs of using troops against Yanyun. Coupled with the huge consumption of food and baggage, they could not maintain the offensive momentum at all, so they had to take a soft policy towards us! But once Yanyun continues to develop according to the current momentum, then if they attack Xixia again in the future, I am afraid they will be defeated. It can’t be compared to the previous situation! It will definitely be a thunderous and unstoppable force! Therefore, Father, we must take advantage of that day to weaken them as much as possible before that day comes!”
What Li Qingxia said was reasonable and well-founded. Li Ruolan could not refute it and said coldly: "It's really alarmist!" Li Qingxia ignored Li Ruolan and said to her father: "Father, if you want peace, you can only go through war, otherwise you will get it. Peace will never last long! If we want to maintain our current life, we must take advantage of the fact that Yanyun is not strong enough to weaken them as much as possible and destroy their ambitions!"
The emperor was moved by Li Qingxia and nodded, "You're right!" Li Ruolan was startled and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please don't start a war rashly! Otherwise, we don't know when the war will end!" He smiled, patted the back of Li Ruolan's hand, and said softly: "My dear, you are so kind! My dear, don't worry, I know it well!" Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, Li Ruolan did not dare to say anything more. She was very smart. I know that although I am very favored by the emperor, this favor is based on the emperor liking me. If the emperor becomes unhappy and hates me, that will be very bad!
The emperor thought for a while and ordered a chamberlain who was following him: "Go and summon General Li Zongdao!" The chamberlain responded and retreated.
Li Ruolan said to the emperor: "Your Majesty has to deal with political affairs, I have resigned!" The emperor smiled and nodded, patted the back of her hand and let her go, "Go." Li Ruolan bowed Yingying and glanced at the emperor. , said softly: "Your Majesty, don't work too hard, you have to pay attention to your body!" The emperor's heart was immediately filled with tenderness, and he nodded with a smile. Li Qingxia on the side couldn't help but secretly thought: This Concubine Lan really knows how to please her father. No wonder she was promoted to a noble concubine in less than a year and was particularly favored by her father!
Li Ruolan left calmly. Turning around the willow bush, the emperor and Li Qingxia were out of sight. Li Ruolan's face immediately fell, looking very gloomy.
Returning to his palace, his father Li Shicheng, who had been waiting here, hurriedly greeted him, "Daughter, how is the situation?" Li Ruolan sent all the maids and eunuchs out, sat down, and said angrily: "It was already agreed, but... Then Li Qingxia obstructed her, and in the end His Majesty believed her lies and decided to send troops to cooperate with the Khitan army to attack Yanyun! Now His Majesty has summoned Li Zongdao, and there is a high probability that he will be the commander-in-chief again!"
Li Shicheng frowned, "I promised that there would be no problem with this matter, but now the emperor has decided to send troops. Didn't I make a mistake?" Li Ruolan said angrily: "A mistake is a mistake. It's not like we didn't try our best. What does it matter if the emperor doesn't listen to us? Method?"
Li Shicheng shook his head, "That's not what he said." After saying that, he sat down next to Li Ruolan, "When we do business, what we pay attention to is credit. We accept people's money and promise to do things for them. If it doesn't work, we don't have to do it." Face comes second, and what I’m most afraid of is that no one will come to us to do business with us in the future! Daughter, go ahead and talk about it!”
Li Ruolan was very embarrassed, "Father, this kind of thing can never happen again. If I pester Your Majesty relentlessly, Your Majesty will definitely hate me! Then, the deal will be impossible, and we will all be in bad luck! "
Li Shicheng was shocked and said quickly: "Well, forget it!" Then he frowned, looking distressed. Li Ruolan said angrily: "If this deal can't be completed, you can just return the money to me. What's the point of worrying about it?" Li Shicheng sighed, "If this gets out, people will definitely laugh at you! They will say, 'Look at Li Shicheng's family. They say they are relatives of the emperor, but they can't even do a small thing. Let's not ask them to do anything in the future!'." He glanced at Li Ruolan and said, "Look, this is such an ugly thing to say, and what we will do in the future is The business will no longer be possible!”
Li Ruolan felt a little funny, "Then don't refund the money!" Li Shicheng shook his head vigorously: "No way, no way! Wouldn't that make you a bully! Our family can't do such a tasteless thing!" Li Ruolan said angrily: "This It doesn't work that way, so what do you want to do if you want to fall to the ground? Anyway, I have something to say first, and I won't go and say it in front of His Majesty!"
Li Shicheng pondered for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and said: "Yes! That's what I'll do! Haha, although the goods we delivered are different from what they want, such a piece of news is worth the price, he must I have nothing to say! Well, let’s do it!” Then he stood up in a hurry and said to Li Ruolan: “Daughter, I’m leaving.” Without waiting for Li Ruolan to speak, she hurried away.
Li Ruolan smiled bitterly and shook his head. In the imperial study, the emperor told Li Qingxia's suggestion to Li Zongdao. Li Zongdao said with great joy: "That's great! That's how it should be! If we don't take this opportunity to defeat Yan Yun, how can we live a good life?" Then he asked the emperor to fight: "Your Majesty, give me the order personally!"
The emperor asked: "The generalissimo also agrees?" Li Zongdao nodded, "Of course he agrees!" He glanced at Li Qingxia, with an expression of admiration in his eyes, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, now that Yanyun is strong, we only have Only by uniting with the Jin people can we defeat strong enemies! Now we are fully supporting the Khitans. When we are in trouble in the future, the Khitans will definitely not stand idly by! Our two families are watching and helping each other. Even if Yanyun is strong, it can't do anything to us. This is how it is A plan for long-term peace and stability!"
After listening to Li Zongdao's words, the emperor finally made up his mind, "After listening to the generalissimo's words, I no longer hesitate in my heart!" He glanced at Li Zongdao and said, "The burden of the battle will fall on me again. On the shoulders of the Generalissimo!" Li Zongdao knelt down and worshiped: "As long as His Majesty gives the order, I will go to the fire without hesitation!" The emperor couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and said loudly: "Okay! I will take the three One hundred thousand elites are handed over to the Generalissimo, and I hope you will not disappoint me! I will be waiting in the capital for news of your victory and triumph!"
Li Zongdao was greatly encouraged and said loudly: "I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust. Your Majesty will wait for my good news!" The emperor nodded, "The military situation is very strong, so it is not too late. Marshal, go and prepare now. As for the relevant orders, I will convey them later!" Li Zongdao responded, bowed to the emperor, stood up, and retreated. Li Qingxia said to the emperor: "Father, I want to send troops to Tibet and Song Dynasty!" The emperor understood her intention, nodded and thought: "If we can persuade these two countries to send troops together, that would be great!" He glanced at Li Qingxia and said, "Go ahead! I will give you a formal order later!"
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
