Yeqi Hucheng snorted coldly and looked at Xiao Loushi, "Xiao Loushi, I will give you 150,000 troops and horses, and you can suppress the Yanyun Army in Datong Mansion!" Xiao Loushi bowed and agreed. Immediately, Yeqi Hucheng roared loudly: "The rest of the army will follow me south to track Yang Peng. I will not withdraw my troops until I kill Yang Peng!" All the generals shouted in unison: "I will not withdraw my troops until I kill Yang Peng!"
Immediately, an order was sent from Yeqianhu City, and the army stopped attacking the city and returned to the camp.
Xiao Qianbuli hurriedly found Xiao Lou's room, and complained a little: "Brother, why didn't you dissuade the king just now, but you agreed with his decision? Can't you see that this is Yang Peng's plan?" Xiao Lou's room said with a bitter smile: "You saw what happened just now. The crowd was very excited, and the king was even more furious! Nothing you say will help!" Xiao Qianbuli frowned and said, "Then you can't just say nothing! The situation is very clear. Yang Peng used the method of provoking generals. We want to transfer the main focus of our army from Datong Prefecture to Yanmen Pass! Yanmen Pass is the most powerful pass in the world. One man can guard the pass and no one can open it. Now there are hundreds of thousands of Yanyun elite guards. Although our army is huge, it is difficult to break through. Yanmen Pass! Our army has exhausted its energy and food at Yanmen Pass. I am afraid that it will not be able to attack Yanmen Pass, and I am afraid that Datong Mansion is still in the hands of Yan Yun! We have paid such a heavy price, but in the end we are afraid that we will get nothing! "
Xiao Loushi nodded, "You are right. But the king is crazy now. No matter how reasonable your words are, there is no way he can listen to them!"
After a pause, "What I mean is that instead of contradicting the king in a meaningless way, it is better to follow his wishes first. As long as the king hits a snag at Yanmen Pass, he will definitely calm down and reconsider the strategy. At that time, we will go If you persuade me, there won't be any problems!" Xiao Loushi said.
Xiao Qianbuli frowned, nodded slowly, and sighed, "This is the only way we can do it now!" Then he couldn't help but said: "It would be great if the princess was still here!" Xiao Lou's room couldn't help but think. Feeling the same, he murmured: "I wonder where the princess has escaped now?" He frowned, "There are rumors that the princess became the concubine of King Yan. I don't know if it is true or not?" Xiao Qianbuli said categorically: " That's absolutely impossible! Those must be rumors spread by villains with ulterior motives! Huh, I think the charges against the princess are all false, and they were all framed by others. I never believe that the princess will commit rebellion! She If she really wants to commit rebellion and seek the throne, who can stop her? I don’t believe she will marry our great enemy of the Liao Kingdom, Yang Peng!"
Xiao Loushi nodded, "That's right! Another point is, if the princess really did the things mentioned in the crime, why would she run away and come back on her own initiative? These are all unjustifiable! Alas! But it's too late to say anything now. , the princess will definitely not come back!" Xiao Qianbuli was very depressed. He only felt that if the princess was still there, the situation in Daliao would never be like this. The king was brave and invincible, and he was resourceful, but he also had shortcomings. Obviously, he just can't control his violent and impulsive emotions. It's okay if his opponent is someone else, but his opponent is like the fierce and cunning Yan Yunjun. This shortcoming of the king is fatal.
Yang Peng led the Xuanjia Army to hide in a mountain forest and valley. A scout came galloping from the north, ran straight to Yang Peng, dismounted from his horse, knelt down and reported: "To inform King Yan, the Khitan army suddenly changed its deployment. ! Ye Qianhu City left Lou Shi and 150,000 troops to suppress Datong Mansion, while he himself led the main force to the south, seemingly wanting to encircle and suppress us!"
Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, and then he chuckled, "This Yeqi Hucheng can't stand the stimulation. Just a bag of women's clothes will make him mess up! Okay, if he wants to encircle us, then what's the point? It's no longer good, let's lead them to Yanmen Pass!" Looking at Zhan Jinguo, "Jin Guo, act immediately!" Zhan Jinguo promised with clasped fists.
Soon after, the Liao army, based on the intelligence from the scouts, surrounded the place where Yang Peng and others were hiding. Yang Peng and the others left their hiding place. Instead of going south immediately, they first provoked the Khitan army, and then headed to Yanmen Pass with great fanfare. Ye Qian Hucheng just wanted to catch Yang Peng and cut him to pieces to relieve his hatred! Angry in his heart, he kept urging the army to speed up, tracking Yan Yun's army all the way south. In order to lure the Khitan army, Yang Peng would contact the Khitan army from time to time, maintaining a state of aloofness. Yeqi Hucheng saw Yang Peng from time to time, but he was always out of reach, and his anger grew stronger and stronger, and finally almost To the point of madness. The Khitan army could not catch the Xuanjia army. Unknowingly, the Liao army was getting farther and farther away from Datong Mansion, but getting closer and closer to Yanmen Pass.
Yang Peng led the Xuanjia Army to Yanmen Pass, bypassed Xiao Hong's Khitan Army camp, passed the Black Dragon Pond, and then entered the vast mountains. More than two thousand people marched along the winding and rugged road to Yanmen Pass. More than half an hour later, when I came to a mountainside, I suddenly heard a scream, and then I saw many troops appearing on the steep and unusually steep hillside. Under such circumstances, the party on the mountain road was completely He can only be beaten without being able to fight back. It is truly a case where one man is a barrier and no one can get past him!
Yang Peng and others reined in their horses, and Zhan Jinguo shouted: "The King of Yan is here!" The sergeants on the hillside knelt down one after another: "Greetings to the King of Yan!" Their voices echoed in the mountains: "Greetings to the King of Yan!" King! Meet King Yan!..."
Yang Peng said loudly: "Brothers, thank you for your hard work!" The soldiers on the hillside couldn't help but get excited. Yang Peng led the Xuanjia Army through the extremely steep mountain roads and headed towards Yanmen Pass. In this steep mountainous area, Yanmen Pass, which lies between two mountains, is the main passage, but it is not the only passage. There are many extremely dangerous trails among the peaks and mountains on both sides of Yanmen Pass, two of which can Bypass Yanmen Pass. The main force of the Yanyun Army is stationed in Yanmen Pass, and defensive forces are also deployed at the two mountain passes. Although the defensive forces are not large, they can ensure safety by virtue of the extremely steep terrain. In addition, the Yanyun Army set up lookout posts on the highest peaks of the Yanmen Mountains as a precaution.
The group of people returned to Yanmen Pass. The girls, who had been always on tenterhooks, saw Yang Peng, and their uneasy hearts were finally relieved. Han Bing couldn't help complaining: "You can obviously use the general to do such things, but you have to do it yourself!" Yang Peng held Han Bing's delicate hand and said softly: "I made you worry!" Han Bing felt shy, He withdrew his palm and said with a blushing face, "I'm not worried about you!" He glanced at the other girls and said, "They are just worrying about you day and night!"
Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "Han Bing is so stubborn, but actually she misses her brother the most! I remember that at noon that day, someone fell asleep in the big tent, but kept calling for brother! The sound was so soul-stirring that it made people heartbroken. Ah!" Han Bing was greatly embarrassed, and said angrily with a red face: "You are so bad! You promised not to tell anyone else, but you didn't keep your promise!"
Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng with her beautiful eyes, and said with surprise: "Brother, is he also an outsider? I really don't know!" Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya pursed their lips and laughed.
Han Bing couldn't defeat her, so he vented his anger on Yang Peng: "It's all your fault!" Yang Peng nodded quickly: "Yes, yes! It's all my fault, brother, he is the worst!" Han Bing felt happy, He rolled his eyes at Yang Peng and said, "Scoundrel!" Yang Peng's heart trembled, and then he smiled and said: "Okay, let's talk about business!" When the girls heard this, they all stopped their smiles and straightened their expressions.
Yang Peng said: "I didn't expect Yeqi Hucheng to be so impulsive. After being slightly stimulated by me a few times, he stopped attacking Datong, and instead went south in a big way, chasing my ass until Yanmen Pass!" The girls heard this What Yang Peng said was interesting, and he couldn't help but smile lightly. Han Bing said: "It's great that Ye Qianhu City has given up attacking Datong Mansion! If they still attack Datong Mansion with all their strength, it will be dangerous. They come to attack Yanmen Pass, but they are not afraid of him!" The girls nodded in sympathy. Yelu Hanyu frowned and said, "I'm afraid Yeqi Hucheng will finally wake up and give up attacking Yanmen Pass and continue to besiege Datong Mansion!"
Yang Peng frowned. He felt that this possibility definitely existed. After all, Yeli Hucheng was a famous general in the Liao Kingdom. He was naturally not a mediocre person. If he made a wrong decision in anger, he would probably not make the mistake forever. Will wake up, this is like when Cao Mengde fell into Zhou Yu's conspiracy and killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun by mistake. Cao Cao immediately woke up afterwards, but the head had been moved and would never come back. Cao Cao had to swallow this bitter pill. But there is one thing that Yang Peng has never understood. He has seen the Yeli Hucheng before. Although he is rude, he is by no means a reckless person. How can the king of Liao be an easy person? But how come a few letters and a package of women's clothes excited him to such an extent?
Yang Peng expressed the doubts in his heart, and the girls were also surprised. Yelu Hanyu frowned and said: "When Daliao was still there, I fought against this Yeqi Hucheng several times on the battlefield. Although this man was brave and invincible, he was not a foolhardy man. It’s unbelievable to risk everything to fight against your elder brother just for a few letters ridiculing him and a pack of women’s underwear!”
Yang Jiumei smiled and said: "I don't think it's surprising! This kind of person is brave and scheming, but he is extremely proud. Brother's letters and women's underwear are nothing to us, but to him Come on, I'm afraid it's an unbearable insult! That's why he gave up attacking Datong Mansion, and instead came to chase his eldest brother, desperate!" Yang Erya nodded, "Sister Jiu Mei is right!"
He glanced at Yang Peng and said with a smile: "They have far more troops than us. It is not impossible to attack Yanmen Pass directly!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "That's it!" He glanced at the girls and said with a smile: "We can also Without forcing anything, if Yeqihu City fights hard to attack Yanmen Pass, then we will implement the plan I just mentioned; if we are wrong, Yeqihu City is not a face-saving person at all and will lead a large army to attack Datong Prefecture. Then we will just act according to the original plan! Our plan has been decided, and we will take corresponding measures based on the enemy's actions!" The girls smiled and nodded.
Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng, "More cunning than a fox, but more ferocious than a tiger!" The girls smiled knowingly, and their eyes drifted towards Yang Peng.
Yang Peng laughed loudly, "Mei'er, I thought you were complimenting me!" Yelu Hanyu pursed her lips and said charmingly: "I was just complimenting you!"
At the same time, Ye Qianhucheng led the army to Yanmen Pass and joined Xiao Hong. Ye Qian Hucheng listened to Xiao Hong's report in the big tent and fell into deep thought. Just as Yang Peng and the others expected, although Yeqi Hucheng was blinded by anger for a moment, he had regained his sense at this moment. Although he still wanted to cut Yang Peng into pieces with a thousand swords and raise his bones to ashes, his sense had already gained the upper hand. Yeqian Hucheng felt some regret in his heart, regretting that he should not have rashly changed the original strategy due to a moment of anger.
After pondering for a moment, Ye Qian Hucheng raised his head and said to the generals: "Some people think that I changed my original plan and went south to avenge Yang Peng..." His eyes glanced at the generals, "Those people think Wrong! The reason why I did this was not for personal enmity. The purpose of going south was not for Yang Peng, but to capture Yanmen Pass and completely defeat the Yanyun Army!" When the generals heard this, they felt a little surprised and couldn't help but look at each other. . Ye Qianhucheng continued: "I thought about it carefully before I decided to go south. There is no problem in recapturing Datong Prefecture, but how useful is it to recapture Datong Prefecture? Only by capturing Yanmen Pass can we in Daliao Kingdom Regain the initiative! By seizing Yanmen Pass, the Yanyun Army in Datong Mansion will naturally become the turtle in the urn. It is only a matter of time to regain Datong Mansion. More importantly, we have achieved a very favorable defensive posture and at the same time gained a very The important advance base in the future will not be how we defend the Yanyun Army, but how they defend us from the iron hoof of the Liao Kingdom!"
As Ye Qi Hucheng spoke, he couldn't help but be convinced by his own words. After hearing Ye Qi Hucheng's words, the generals all felt enlightened and felt that what the king said was really reasonable. ? What's the use of capturing Datong Mansion? It's not as useful as capturing Yanmen Pass!
Seeing that all the generals in Yeqihu City were happy and convinced, they couldn't help but feel more confident, and raised their voices: "The army will rest for a day and a night, and then take Yanmen Pass!" The generals agreed in unison, with a sound like thunder, showing their outstanding performance. The general's heart was filled with confidence and desire.
The generals left the tent and returned to their respective camps. Dalan came to a prison car. The prisoner imprisoned in the prison car turned out to be Xiao Qianbuli, the general of the Liao Kingdom. What was going on? It turned out that Gan Buli had been constantly persuading Ye Qi Hucheng along the way not to ruin national affairs for private purposes, and finally angered Ye Qi Hucheng. In anger, Ye Qi Hucheng originally wanted to kill him, but fortunately everyone The general begged for mercy, but Ye Qianhu City spared him from death, but removed all his posts, put him in a prison car, and said that they would deal with him after the Yanyun army was defeated, so Xiao Qianbuli followed the army all the way in the prison car. Come south. However, even though Gan Buli was in the prison car, he still did not forget his responsibilities and still used various channels to advise Ye Qi Hucheng, but there was no response to his advice.
Xiao Qianbuli saw Da Lan coming and said anxiously: "Brother, tell me quickly, is your Majesty not planning to attack Datong again?"
Dalan walked to the prison car and said, "Brother, don't be too stubborn! I think the king's decision is very reasonable!"
Xiao Qianbuli said angrily: "How do you call it reasonable?"
Dallan said: "The Yanmen Pass is the key, a strategic point that military strategists must fight for. As long as Yanmen Pass is captured, not only will Datong Prefecture be recovered, but the strategic situation between us and Yanyun will also undergo a fundamental change. This will be of great significance to us in the Liao Kingdom." Isn’t it a very beneficial thing to say?”
Xiao Qianbuli shook his head, "How can I not understand what you are saying?" He glanced at Dalian, "But the question is, can we win Yanmen Pass?" Dalan said: "There should be no problem, our army With an army of nearly 600,000, Yanmen Pass is no match for the 120,000 Yanyun troops, and we are almost five times their number! With such an advantage, can we still not conquer Yanmen Pass?"
Xiao Qianbuli shook his head and said: "I dare not say that we will never be able to capture Yanmen Pass, but this approach is very risky! Even if we can capture Yanmen Pass, the price our army will pay is probably unbearable! We are not the only ones in Yanmen Pass. The Yun army’s problem, the Mongols’ problem, and the Goryeo problem! If our army suffers too many losses here, what will happen if something goes wrong in the other two directions!”
Dalan frowned and thought for a while, then said to Xiao Qianbu: "What you said makes sense, but the top priority right now is the war with Yanyun. You can't worry about other enemies and tie your hands here, right? My opinion is different from yours Different, I think we should try our best to solve Yan Yun's problem first. It doesn't matter if we lose more. Otherwise, if there is a problem in other directions, we will be attacked from both sides!" Seeing that Xiao Qian was stubborn, he couldn't listen, and he still wanted to say what he said. He said quickly, "Brother, I still have something to do, so I'll go right away. I'll see you again when I have time." After that, he turned around and left.
Xiao Qianbuli raised his head, let out a long sigh, looked at the dark sky in a daze, and murmured: "If the Yanyun Army were so easy to deal with, we in the Liao Kingdom would not be where we are now! Hey! I hope to God May your Majesty be able to successfully attack Yanmen Pass! If so, that will be great luck for us in the Liao Kingdom!"
Yeqi Hucheng was sitting in the big tent and reading the report. He raised his head and asked his trusted general Xiao Yeqian who was standing below: "Our army has 550,000 troops. Food and grass are a big problem. Although we are still rich in food and grass now, we still have a lot of food and grass." You have to be cautious. You immediately send someone to notify Xiao Lou's office and ask them to transfer as much food and grass as possible." Xiao Yegan responded and ran down. As mentioned before, Xiao Loushi led 150,000 soldiers and horses to stay outside Datong Mansion to suppress the Yanyun Army in Datong Mansion. At the same time, the matter of transporting grain and grass fell on him.
Ye Qian Hucheng stood up, walked out of the tent, and looked towards the majestic and steep Guancheng in the distance. Suddenly, he saw a small black dot. He didn't know why, but he immediately knew that it was Yang Peng. Anger couldn't help but surged into his heart. His eyes seemed to be spitting out fire, and he murmured: "Yang Peng, I will never let you go! I will cut you into pieces to pay homage to my grandson’s spirit in heaven!”
Standing on the city wall, Yang Peng seemed to feel the anger of Yeqihu City. He felt baffled in his heart and said with a smile: "Yeqihu City, are you too narrow-minded? You actually paid for a few letters and a package of women. His underwear is so angry and out of control! But that’s fine, he hates me so much, I really can’t ask for it!”
The day passed quickly. Early in the morning, the horns of the Khitan army sounded with an earth-shattering sound. On the earth covered by clouds, an earth-yellow tide appeared from a distance and slowly approached Yanmen Pass. The earth kept moving. trembling, and a thunderous sound came from my ears.
The city gate suddenly opened, and two thousand Xuanjia troops surrounded Yang Peng and other Yan Yun generals and ran out of the gate, forming a battle formation with their backs against the city wall. At the same time, Han Bing stood on the wall, leading the Yan soldiers holding crossbows. Yun's soldiers were lined up in several rows, ready for battle, and the war drums sounded slowly but very powerfully.
Soon after, the Liao army approached five hundred steps in front of the wall and stopped. The sound of trumpets stopped at the same time, and there was a murderous killing in the world.
A very majestic Liao general rushed out of the military formation with a mace, came between the two armies, and shouted: "Yang Peng, I want to kill you! Come out!" The Khitan general was none other than the protector king of the Liao Kingdom, Ye Qi Hucheng. When he saw Yang Peng leading his army to fight from a distance, he immediately couldn't control his emotions and went out to challenge it himself!
Yang Peng laughed and said, "This old man has such a big temper!" As soon as he finished speaking, a figure next to him rushed out. Yang Peng looked over quickly and saw that it was Yang Jing. This guy was not riding a horse, but was on foot. He rushed forward with a pair of pure steel axes. This guy originally had a horse, but he was not born with the ability to ride a horse. After being thrown by a war horse several times, he finally became furious and cut his mount into two pieces with an axe. From then on, he never refused to ride a horse again. Yes, he was also the only general in Yang Peng's army who fought on foot.
I saw Yang Jing running in front of Ye Qi Hucheng, crossing his legs, raising his ax and pointing it at Ye Qi Hucheng: "You are not qualified to let me take action, Yang Jing is here to take your life!"
Ye Qian Hucheng was already very angry, and when he saw Yang Jing's rude words, he couldn't control himself and rushed towards Yang Jing with his mace raised high, as if he was going to smash Yang Jing into a pulp. The posture is menacing!
Yang Jing's eyes lit up, he screamed and rushed towards him, looking very excited. In the blink of an eye, the two sides met, and the mace in Yeli Hucheng's hand whizzed down on his head. It was so powerful that it seemed to be able to smash mountains. At the critical moment, Yang Jing swung the ax in his right hand upwards, while the ax in his left hand slashed straight towards the opponent's horse's hoof! There was a loud clang, and the mace hit the ax in his right hand. The powerful force caused Li Kui's majestic body to fall to one side. The ax in his left hand could no longer cut the opponent's horse's hoof, missing by a few inches. It cut through a distance of inches.
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
