Ye Qian Hucheng didn't say anything, fearing that it would overwhelm the confidence of his precious grandson. He originally wanted to say: You can never be Yang Peng's opponent. That man is a born hero, and he is the most brave in the world. The word "brave", There are only a handful of people in the world who can compare with him, and you are even more different from him in this regard.
"Grandpa, I heard that today's attack on the city is not going well. Why don't you let your grandson take the lead tomorrow? Your grandson promises to attack Datong Mansion. If grandpa doesn't believe it, your grandson can issue a military order!" Ye Qianpingnan said excitedly.
Ye Qian Hucheng chuckled and said, "There is a chance. But now you'd better concentrate on escorting food and grass for the army."
Ye Qian Pingnan was very reluctant, "Grandpa..." Ye Qian Hucheng glared and said, "This is a military order!" Ye Qian Pingnan had no choice but to agree. Early the next morning, the depressed Ye Pingnan led thousands of his men to escort the grain and grass. As for Yeqi Hucheng, they acted according to yesterday's arrangement.
Soon after, the Yanyun army in the city must have seen the Khitan army digging and guiding the river. Realizing that something was wrong, they hurried out of the city and prepared to attack the Khitan army who was digging and guiding the river. However, they encountered the Khitan army on the way. The ambush was laid, and Yan Yun's army was caught off guard and rushed into battle. In a fierce fight, most of Yan Yun's army was killed or injured, and they were forced to retreat into Datong Mansion. When Yeqi Hucheng received the news of victory, he couldn't help but smile on his face and murmured: "Finally, I've got your life in check!" Then he ordered: "Command all generals to be vigilant and don't slack off! "The herald responded and ran down.
However, since Yan Yun's army failed in the battle, they have not come out again. Yeqian Hucheng was not surprised by this. How could he still fall into the trap after suffering such a big loss? The other party must not have been able to think of a way to crack it, so they have not taken any action. They are not at all indifferent to the Yanyun Army in the city and Yeqi Hucheng!
Three days passed quickly. The dam had been built across the Yuhe River, and the river water was slowly accumulating. It needs to be explained here that the dams built in a very short time in this era are not the dams of modern society. They are very simple. The river water from the upstream will seep through the gaps in the dam and flow down. However, due to the obstruction of the dam, the flow down is far less than the injected water. , so the water level on the dam is rising; at the same time, the guiding river channel has been dug for five or six hundred meters, and another five or six hundred meters will be completed. The guiding river channel will lead directly to the North City Gate. Once the dam is opened, the majestic When the water pours down, it will rush straight to the North City Gate through this guiding river. In the face of this force, the city gate and city walls will not be able to withstand it. The endless amount of water will turn Datong Mansion into a marsh country in an instant. , at that time the Khitan army took advantage of the situation and attacked the city, and it was unstoppable.
Ye Qian Hucheng stood in front of the big tent, looking to the north, looking a little anxious. He was impatient. There was the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from the other side of the camp gate. Ye Qian Hucheng withdrew his eyes and looked towards the camp gate, only to see a scout galloping into the military camp. Apparently there was an urgent military situation. Ye Qian Hucheng frowned.
The scout galloped to the front of Yeqihu City, reined in his horse, turned over and dismounted, knelt down in front of Yeqihu City, lowered his head and panted: "Reporting to your Majesty, General Yeqi Pingnan was escorting grain and grass and was attacked at the foot of Baishan Mountain. The Yanyun Xuanjia Army made a surprise attack and the entire army was wiped out!"
Yeqi Hucheng was shocked and rushed forward, grabbed the scout, glared and asked: "What did you say? How is my Pingnan?" Seeing Yeqi Hucheng's anxious and angry look, the scout couldn't help but He was frightened in his heart, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "General Ye Qi Pingnan, he, he has been killed!" Ye Qi Hucheng felt that the world was spinning and his body was shaky. Seeing this, several soldiers rushed up to help him. he.
Ye Qianhucheng calmed down, pushed away the soldiers, glared at the scout and shouted: "You are talking nonsense! How could my grandson die! My grandson will never die!" The scout knelt down. He stopped and said, "You don't dare to talk nonsense!"
Ye Qian Hucheng was so angry that he kicked the scout over, pulled out his scimitar and slashed at him. Everyone around was shocked. Fortunately, although Ye Qi Hucheng was in a rage, he still retained some sense. Seeing that the sharp blade was about to cut into the scout's neck, it stopped abruptly at the slightest step.
The scout officer was so frightened that he saw Ye Qian Hucheng staring at his eyes and panting heavily. He really didn't dare to move a finger.
From the gate, there was the sound of footsteps, horse hooves, and the sound of wheels turning. Yeqihucheng looked up and saw a group of cavalry coming in guarding a carriage. There was a man lying on the carriage. Although he was far away, Yeqihucheng immediately recognized him based on his armor. He is his precious grandson. Ye Qian Hucheng threw away his machete and ran over desperately to the carriage, only to see a headless corpse with a bloody mess at the broken neck! ! No matter how strong Yeqihu City is, at this moment, it only feels like the world is spinning, and then it doesn't know what's going on. When the people around saw this scene, they immediately became confused.
Ye Qian Hucheng slowly opened his eyes and found that he was already lying in the tent. He turned around and took a look, and saw that all his generals were waiting with anxious faces. When they saw that he had woken up, they all showed expressions of surprise. General Xiao Loushi shouted: "Your Majesty is awake!" The generals gathered around him one after another. .
Ye Qian Hucheng propped himself up and sat up, feeling a splitting headache. Thinking of what happened to Ye Qian Pingnan, I felt a sharp pain in my heart, and then boundless anger surged into my heart. I looked at the generals and asked angrily: "Who killed my grandson? Who is it?"
Xiao Loushi said: "According to what the surviving soldiers said, it was Yang Peng who led the Xuanjia Army who did it!" Yeli Hucheng opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Yang Peng, Yang Peng! You and I are irreconcilable. !” The sound was like a wounded beast roaring, which was terrifying. Then he suddenly turned his head and ordered: "Find Yang Peng and capture him alive. I will scratch him alive with my own hands!"
All the generals looked at each other, and Xiao Loushi said: "Your Majesty, now is the critical moment to conquer Datong. You must not distract him..." Yeqi Hucheng stared at Xiao Loushi with his blood-red eyes, and Xiao Loushi was shocked. , the next words couldn’t help but get stuck. Ye Qianhu City roared: "He killed my grandson, I must kill him to take revenge! Anyone who dares to dissuade him is my enemy!" The generals bowed their heads and did not dare to say anything.
Ye Qian Hucheng glanced at the generals and said, "You all go to encircle and suppress Yang Peng! I must see this person within three days!"
All the generals felt that something was wrong. However, facing the pain of losing their grandson, Yeqi Hucheng, who had almost lost his mind, no one dared to say anything. They all responded and left the tent. Xiao Qianbuli frowned and said, "How can it be like this? Isn't this going to miss a big event?" Xiao Loushi sighed, "You saw what happened just now. The king was so angry that I only gave half a word of advice. , as if he was going to chop me down! Hey, what will happen if this continues!"
Xiao Qianbuli was worried, stopped, glanced at the generals, and shouted: "Everyone, stop!" The generals stopped and looked at Xiao Qianbuli. Gan Buli said: "We are all generals of the Liao Kingdom, we can't let the situation develop like this!" Ye Qian Longqing said helplessly: "Ye Qian Hucheng is sad about the death of his grandson, and hates Yang Peng to the extreme. No one can say anything. If you can't listen, what can we do? I'm afraid we won't be able to persuade the King of the South Campus, but we will lose our lives instead!" All the generals nodded in agreement.
Xiao Qianbuli frowned and said proudly: "We are all military generals, and our job is to lick blood with our swords. Are we still afraid of death? What happened today has a huge impact. We are important ministers of the country and cannot sit idly by and ignore it! Let's work together Go back and ask the King of the South Campus to take back your life, don’t let a small thing cost you a big thing!”
The generals looked at each other and said nothing. Although they were a little moved, they were still afraid. Xiao Qianbuli looked at this and that, "How about it? Let's say something!"
Xiao Loushi nodded, "It doesn't matter, we are fighting tooth and nail on the battlefield. Are we still afraid of saying a word to the King of the South Campus?" He glanced at the generals and raised his voice: "Brothers, let's go to the King of the South Campus together. Say! My Xiao Lou family is at the front. If the king of the South Courtyard is angry and kills someone, it will be my Xiao Lou family who will be killed!" Impulsive emotions could not help but arise in the hearts of the generals. Xiao Yegan said in a loud voice: "Two generals You're right, we are fighting tooth and nail on the battlefield, why are we still afraid of saying something to the King of the South Campus?" All the generals agreed.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Qianbuli said loudly: "Everyone, follow me!" Then he immediately returned to the big tent. The generals, led by Xiao Loushi, followed closely. Ye Qian Hucheng had just gotten off the bed when he suddenly saw the generals leaving and returning. He frowned and asked, "Why are you back again?" The generals knelt down together, and Xiao Qianbuli said loudly: "Your Majesty, we are waiting. Come and ask your Majesty to take back your fate!" All the generals said together: "Please your Majesty to take back your fate!"
Yeqi Hucheng was furious and shouted: "Rebellion! Rebellion! How dare you openly disobey my order!" The generals were so impressed by the momentum of Yeqi Hucheng that they could not help but tremble in their hearts and did not dare to look at Yeqi Hucheng. eyes and lowered his head subconsciously. Many people feel regret, but now that they have reached this point, it is obviously too late to quit.
Xiao Qianbuli gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I will wait until I know how you grieve for the death of your beloved grandson and want to seek revenge from Yang Peng! In fact, we are the same! However, we are all important ministers of the country, how can we be abolished for personal gain?" Your Majesty, you ignore national affairs because of your personal vendetta! If the Nanyuan King’s counterattack against Datong fails because of his personal revenge, the Nanyuan King will be the sinner of the country!”
Ye Qian Hucheng quickly walked up to Xiao Qianbuli, grabbed his collar, pulled him up, and stared at him fiercely, "How dare you talk to me like this! You forgot what I just said. Well, whoever tries to dissuade you is my enemy and I will kill you!" Xiao Qianbuli was already ready to fight. He looked angrily and fearlessly into the wild beast-like blood-red eyes of Yeqi Hucheng and said loudly: "Loyalty is offensive to the ears. , The king is going to kill the general, and the general will also say it! The king must not forget the great hatred of the country and the important affairs of the country for the sake of revenge for one person! As the king of the country, King Yeqi must protect the safety and well-being of our country of Liao. , instead of avenging his grandson! If the Protector King cannot do this, he is not worthy to be the Protector King of our Daliao Kingdom!!"
The look in Yeqi Hucheng's eyes was extremely terrifying, and all the generals were frightened, fearing that Yeqi Hucheng would suddenly pull out his sword and kill Xiao Qianbuli. Instead, Qianbuli risked his life, staring into Yeqi Hucheng's eyes, without giving in. The scene was so silent that you could hear a needle drop. The atmosphere was so overwhelming that one could hardly breathe.
Just when everyone's hearts were in their throats, the extremely ferocious and terrifying look on Yeli Hucheng's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by infinite sadness and confusion. He seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant. Yes, he completely lost the spirit of the Protector King of Daliao Kingdom, and seemed to have become an ordinary old man. He took a few steps back slumpedly and fell down on the handsome chair.
When the generals saw this scene, they looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Ye Qian Hucheng sighed, "You're right! I almost made a big mistake because of my personal hatred!" He suddenly regained his previous heroic spirit and said categorically: "Pingnan's revenge must be avenged. ! But I won’t forget important matters because of this matter!” When the generals heard this, they couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Xiao Qian was happy and said: “Your Majesty is wise!” The other generals quickly followed: “Your Majesty is wise!”
Ye Qi Hucheng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "What a wise man! I almost made a big mistake!" Everyone laughed, but when they thought of Ye Qi Pingnan who had just been killed, they couldn't help but put away their smiles. Yeqi Hucheng glanced at the generals and said: "All the orders I gave just now are invalid, and the original plan remains unchanged! Attack Datong Mansion first, and then attack Yanmen Pass!" All the generals agreed in unison.
Ye Qian Hucheng said with a gloomy expression: "No matter what, I will break Yanmen Pass and capture Yang Peng alive to pay tribute to Pingnan's dead souls!" After hearing this, the generals couldn't help but become worried, but they couldn't say anything else.
Ye Qi Hucheng looked at Han Chang and asked, "How long will it take for the dam to be fully charged?" Han Chang quickly said: "Based on the situation these days, it will probably take another five days!" Ye Qi Hucheng asked. Hu Cheng frowned and murmured: "Five more days! Five more days!"
At the same time, in the mountains dozens of miles south of Datong Mansion, the Xuanjia Army led by Yang Peng and the Xuanjia Army led by Zhan Jinguo met here. Yang Peng saw that there were various numbers of heads hanging on the saddles of Zhan Jin Guo and his team, and he smiled and said: "Jin Guo, your harvest is not bad! Unlike us, we went out for a while and didn't catch anything. Arrive!" Zhan Jinguo said with a smile: "The general had no chance in the first place! But when the commander of the Khitan army saw us, he led his warriors to leave the group and catch up! Seeing this, the general immediately led his troops All the Xuanjia warriors turned around to meet them, and in a fierce fight, they were all wiped out!"
Pointing to the bloody and disheveled human head hanging on the left side of the saddle, he said, "This guy is the commander-in-chief of the Khitan army. I don't know his name. He came towards me with a strange scream. I thought he had something serious." It’s amazing, but I defeated him in just one round!”
Yang Peng smiled and glanced at the head. He didn't care much about it. In his opinion, there were probably not many people in the world who could fight Zhan Jin for several rounds. Yang Peng asked: "How many people have you killed in total?" Zhan Jinguo turned around and looked at it, "About two thousand people. After a thousand people ran away, their heads are all here."
Yang Peng glanced at the heads and ordered: "Count the numbers. There is no use keeping these heads. We will send someone to the door of the Khitan army camp tonight." "Yes."
Yang Peng thought for a while and said with a smile: "In addition to these heads, I will give him another letter."
At midnight, the exhausted Yeli Hucheng was ready to rest. But at this moment, Xiao Yeqian hurried in, saluted, and reported: "Your Majesty, Yang Peng has sent back the heads of General Ye Qi and the heads of all the soldiers!"
Ye Qi Hucheng was so startled that he didn't bother to put on his armor robe and hurried out of the tent. Xiao Yegan quickly followed. When I arrived at the camp gate, I was shocked to see a lot of human heads piled outside the gate. Ye Qian Hucheng was shocked and ran out quickly. Xiao Yeqian and others quickly led their cavalry out of the military camp and guarded the surroundings to prevent Yan Yun's army from raiding.
Ye Qi Hucheng came to the pile of heads and saw that the head on the top was his grandson Ye Qi Pingnan. Ye Qian Hucheng was both sad and angry. He quickly stepped forward and held up his grandson's head. He couldn't help but howl. His voice was hoarse and full of grief and anger. He was filled with hatred, but his reason still barely suppressed the turmoil in his heart. Tide of anger.
Langri came to Yeqianhu City and presented a letter with both hands, "Your Majesty, I found a letter on a person's head."
Ye Qi Hucheng glanced at the letter and snatched it away. He saw six Chinese characters written on the envelope: "Your Majesty King Ye Qi personally issued this letter". Yeqi Hucheng opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, opened it and read it, and saw the letter read: 'I heard that King Yeqi was promoted recently, so I specially sent these heads to congratulate King Yeqi on his promotion. It's not a big deal. Respect, and please King Yeli accept it. '
The anger that Ye Qian Hucheng had barely suppressed in his chest suddenly surged up, and only one thought came to his mind - kill Yang Peng, kill Yang Peng! His hands tore violently, tearing the letter into pieces, and then shouted to Lang Ri: "Call the generals immediately!" Lang Ri felt something was wrong, but did not dare to say anything, so he responded and ran down to prepare to deliver the order. .
"Wait a minute!" Yeqi Hucheng suddenly shouted. Langri turned around, bowed and asked, "What else does your Majesty have to say?"
Ye Qian Hucheng was silent for a moment, "This order is cancelled!" Lang Ri was stunned for a moment, then he breathed a sigh of relief and responded. At this time, the war between heaven and man was still going on in Yeqi Hucheng's heart, and the public and private emotions were fighting with each other. Although Yeqi Hucheng looked calm, in fact, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
Time passed day by day, and after two days, Yeli Hucheng had almost reached its limit of endurance. However, the water on the dam had only accumulated about 70%, and the water diversion channel leading to the north gate of Datong Prefecture was due to the The continuous harassment by Yan Yun's army has not been completed. If the water is released at this time, water will enter Datong Mansion, but what a serious harm.
Ye Qian Hucheng forced himself to continue to endure. That night, Ye Qian Hucheng finally fell asleep.
In his sleep, he suddenly heard a roaring sound, and then the shouts of Xiao Yegan, the trusted general, woke him up. Yeqian Hucheng opened his eyes and saw Xiao Yeqian standing anxiously at the collapse of the march. At the same time, he heard a huge thunderous sound, and the earth was shaking. Yeqian Hucheng subconsciously sensed that something must have happened, and quickly jumped down and marched out of the tent, with Xiao Yeqian following closely behind.
Yeqian Hucheng looked in the direction of the loud noise. He felt that the noise was very shocking and the vibration was huge, but he could not see anything. This feeling made him very uncomfortable. At this moment, the soldiers in the military camp were all whispering to each other. People look anxious and uneasy.
Yeqi Hucheng couldn't figure out what happened and asked Xiao Yeqian: "What's going on? What's this huge noise?" Xiao Yeqian said quickly: "It seems that something happened at the dam, but the specifics are The situation is still unclear!”
Yeqian Hucheng's heart skipped a beat, he frowned, and said to himself: 'Could it be that the Yanyun Army raided the dam? how could be? If the Yanyun Army in Datong Mansion leaves the city, they will definitely encounter an ambush by our army; and the Xuanjia Army only has 2,000 people. Even if they attack, they cannot be an opponent of my tens of thousands of warriors! what on earth is it? '
After a while, the thunderous noise gradually disappeared. Just when Ye Qian Hucheng was waiting for doubts, he saw a scout galloping into the military camp, and everyone's eyes invariably focused on him.
The scout ran straight towards the big tent. When he arrived about ten steps in front of the tent, he suddenly reined in his horse and stopped. Then he turned over and dismounted and ran to the front of Yeqihu City. He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on. , a huge flood suddenly rushed down from the upper reaches. Our troops who were digging ditches were completely unprepared, and they were drowned by the flood and suffered countless casualties!..."
Ye Qi Hucheng was startled and heard the scout continue: "After the flood, there was a fierce sound of fighting. I wonder what happened?" Ye Qi Hucheng subconsciously felt that the situation was not good, and immediately said to Xiao Ye: "Xiao Yegan, you immediately lead the Tiger Army to support Dalai!" Xiao Yegan promised and ran down. The so-called "Tiger Army" refers to the five thousand iron pagodas under the command of Yeqihu City. They are the most powerful troops in the Khitan army and can be said to be the elite among the elite.
Xiao Yegan raised his voice and ordered, and the five thousand tiger troops immediately gathered together, and then followed Xiao Yegan as they rumbled out of the camp and ran towards the north.
As soon as Xiao Yegan left, Li Yanqi ran into the camp with his back legs, rushed to the front of Yeqihu City, rolled over and got off the horse. Li Yanqi looked very embarrassed, his whole body was wet, his helmet was missing, his face was stained, and his eyes were full of panic. Seeing him like this, Ye Qian Hucheng was very unhappy, but he was worried about the situation ahead, so he asked anxiously: "What happened?"
Li Yanqi took a breath and reported: "Reporting to you, Your Majesty, I don't know what happened. The flood suddenly rushed down from the upper reaches. The five thousand soldiers under the general's command were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. The general also almost died in the water!"
"You don't know what happened?" Yeli Hucheng asked angrily. Li Yanqi shook his head, "It happened too suddenly, with no warning beforehand. I really don't know why this happened! It must have been that the Yanyun Army raided General Han Chang and then destroyed the dam!"
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned and looked into the distance.
After about an hour, a general named Long Ba from the Tiger Army ran in with a general covered in blood. He ran straight to the front of Yeqi Tiger City and got off his horse. Ye Qian Hucheng recognized that the general covered in blood turned out to be Da Lan's subordinate Wu Du. He originally followed Da Lan and led his troops to set up an ambush in the north of Datong Mansion to ambush the Yan Yun army coming out of Datong Mansion. He was riddled with scars, and probably 50% to 60% of his life had been lost. Wudu knelt heavily in front of Yeqihu City, and said breathlessly after recovering from the shock: "Your Majesty, we, we were attacked by the Yanyun Army and suffered heavy losses!"
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
