The magnificent and heroic battle lasted from morning to noon, and from noon to evening, without stopping for a moment. The Khitan army soldiers continued to attack the city wall with awe-inspiring bravery. However, Yanmen Pass was too majestic and dangerous, and the Yanyun army It is the most elite division in the world. The brave and skilled Khitan army attacked for a day and a night, but made no progress at all.
The sun was setting, the sky and the earth were blood red, and there were already mountains of corpses under the city wall, but the Khitan army still stepped on the corpses of their own soldiers like crazy beasts and kept rushing upwards. There were more and more corpses under the city wall, and they But he didn't show any intention of stopping, as if he didn't know any fear at all! However, their brave attack only resulted in more corpses.
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned all the time and held the scimitar tightly in his palm. Seeing that his soldiers were showing signs of fatigue, he had no choice but to order a temporary withdrawal of troops. The Khitan army retreated like a tide. Yang Peng stood on the city wall facing the setting sun and looked at the retreating enemy troops with a stern expression. The afterglow of the setting sun reflected on his body, making him look like a statue made of brass.
Ye Qian Hucheng and others returned to the big tent. Yeqi Hucheng frowned and said: "Yanmen Natural Barrier is indeed well-deserved!" All the generals looked downcast. In today's battle, our soldiers attacked extremely fiercely. They were not afraid of death and continued to risk their lives in fierce attacks. The generals felt that if they changed their opponents, If so, Yanmen Pass should have been captured long ago, but the situation in front of them failed to shake Yanmen Pass in the slightest! Our own soldiers are brave, Yanyun's soldiers are even braver, our own soldiers risk their lives to attack fiercely, and the other side is even more brave and unafraid of death. In short, although our army's performance today is very remarkable, Yanyun can always outdo it in every aspect. And Yanmen Pass is such a dangerous pass, so although our soldiers tried their best and paid a considerable price, they still failed to make any progress.
Xiao Hong frowned and said: "With such a frontal attack, even if we finally break through, I'm afraid our army will pay an unimaginable price!" Everyone's mood became even heavier. Yeqi Hucheng looked at Xiao Hong and asked: "You once tried to bypass Yanmen Pass through a small road..." Xiao Hong said with a face full of shame: "The general will overestimate his own capabilities. Yan Yunjun has been prepared for this move for a long time. As a result, the general was ambushed and suffered heavy losses, and the general himself was almost killed in the mountain!"
Ye Qianhu said: "I mean, is it possible to find another way? The Yanyun Army may not know all the ways!" Xiao Hong lowered his head and thought for a while, "Maybe there are others. The general doesn't know, but he can send them People go around to catch hunters and medicine farmers, maybe you will find something!" Ye Qian Hucheng nodded, "It's not too late, do it immediately!" Xiao Hong responded and ran down.
At the same time, Yang Peng and others were standing in front of the sand table discussing the strategies that the Khitan army might adopt. As they were talking, the topic fell on the paths in the Yanmen Mountains. Han Bing said: "If I were the enemy, After hitting such a big nail today, I will definitely look for a way around Yanmen Pass! Although we have two roads, no one can guarantee that there will be a third, fourth, or even more roads! We have to guard against this!”
Everyone nodded, and Yang Peng thought: "Han Bing is right. For the Khitan Army now, the best and most effective way is to find such a road that bypasses our front! The Yanmen Mountains, although they are difficult to fly over, , but there’s no guarantee that there won’t be such a small path that we don’t know about! Details determine victory or defeat, and we can’t be careless about it!” All the generals nodded. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing, Yang Erya and Yang Jiumei, "You have been at Yanmen Pass for a long time. What do you think we should do?"
All the generals' eyes were focused on the three women. The three women looked at each other. Yang Erya and Yang Jiumei both asked Han Bing to speak, and Han Bing said: "The people who know the Yanmen Mountains best are the local hunters and The farmers who collect herbs, we learned about the two trails we currently know from them! I think that to understand more, we must start from these hunters and farmers!"
Yang Peng nodded and looked at Han Bing, "We must also think of the worst case scenario. If the enemy finds a road that we don't know, how should we prevent it?"
Han Bing frowned and said: "My little sister is stupid and can't think of a better solution. She only knows to place more observation posts on the tops of the mountains!" Yang Jing said loudly: "Sister-in-law is the most amazing, I, Yang Jing, I can't think of such a good way!" Meng Hu couldn't help laughing and said, "Yang Jing, you are flattering me!" Yang Jing's eyes widened, "I just did it, what's the matter? My sister-in-law is amazing, I just want to Take pictures of my sister-in-law! People like you, even if you beg me to take pictures, I won’t take pictures!” Everyone laughed, Meng Hu nodded with a smile and said, “Yang Jing’s words make sense!” Seeing that Meng Hu agreed with what he said, Yang Jing said, He couldn't help but smile.
Yelu Hanyu smiled and said to Yang Peng: "Sister Han Bing's method is very good, but I can't think of anything better. Brother, do you have a better method?" Yang Peng shook his head, glanced at Han Bing, and said with a smile; "Our female military god can't think of a better way, and naturally I can't think of it either!" Han Bing heard Yang Peng call herself the 'female military god', and felt extremely happy, flushed and angry. He glared at Yang Peng, but underneath this angry look, there was clearly a hint of joy.
Yelu Hanyu said nervously: "Okay, okay, you two should stop flirting with each other, let's talk about business." Yang Peng laughed, and all the generals also laughed, but Han Bing was embarrassed and ashamed. Looking at Han Bing with infinite annoyance, Yelu Hanyu pursed her lips and smiled. Yang Peng smiled and said: "Okay, let's talk about business." Everyone's eyes fell on him. Yang Peng glanced at Yang Jiumei and said, "Jiumei, I'll leave the matter of searching for medicine farmers and hunters to you." Yang Jiumei clasped her fists and promised. Yang Peng's eyes turned to Han Bing and said with a smile: "Han Bing, as for where to add observation posts, it's up to you to decide." Han Bing nodded.
Yang Peng glanced at the generals, "Everyone, go back to your respective posts. Be careful and don't slack off!" Everyone stood up, agreed in unison, bowed to Yang Peng, and retreated. Only Yelu Hanyu did not He left, turned around and said to Yang Peng with a smile: "I am a person with nothing to do but there are benefits! Look at the reluctant eyes of the sisters, haha, they must be so jealous of me!"
Yang Peng laughed and said angrily: "It's very bad for you to think like this!" Yelu Hanyu pursed his lips and wrinkled his beautiful nose towards Yang Peng. Then he straightened his expression, frowned slightly and said, "Brother, I'm a little worried about the current situation!"
Yang Peng smiled and glanced at Yelu Hanyu, "Are you worried about the Khitans or Xixia people?"
"We are all worried." Yelu Hanyu frowned, "The Khitan army is large in number. Although we have Yanmen natural danger, it is hard to say whether we can hold it! If something goes wrong..." Yang Peng said: "This I have already thought about this section." He glanced at Yelu Hanyu and said, "If the situation is really unfavorable, I will abandon Datong Mansion and shrink all the troops back, which should ensure that Yanmen Pass is safe!"
Yelu Hanyu asked with a smile: "Brother, are you willing to give up Datong Mansion?" Yang Peng laughed loudly, and then looked at Yelu Hanyu affectionately, "It's just a city, what's the point of not giving up! If it were you, then I would fight for it I will never give up on this old life!" Yelu Hanyu's heart trembled, and she looked at Yang Peng, with a sea of tenderness in her eyes, and then rolled her eyes at Yang Peng, "You know how to talk nonsense! If you really do that, wouldn’t you become a fool who wants beauty but not country?” Yang Peng said: “I will become a fool! In my heart, country is not as important as you.”
Yelu Hanyu stared at Yang Peng infatuatedly, looked away, and sighed quietly, "If this happens, the world will definitely say that we are vixens who bring disaster to the country and the people!" Yang Peng's heart trembled, "If you were Daji, I would be King Zhou!" Yelu Hanyu chuckled and rolled his eyes at Yang Peng, "Don't be ashamed! Hey, I'm not the only Daji you have!"
Yang Peng couldn't help but said: "I really hope to meet you again in the next life and continue to be husband and wife, but I'm afraid that by then I will be just an ordinary person, and you, the most beautiful beauties in the country, won't even look at me!"
Yelu Hanyu watched Yang Peng tenderly and said passionately: "No matter who you become in the next life, whether it is a trafficker and a lackey, a farmer and a hawker, or a petty thief and robber, I will be your woman!" Yang Peng said lovingly! Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but said: "Mei'er!" Yelu Hanyu's heart was filled with excitement, and she suddenly remembered something serious. She couldn't help rolling her eyes at Yang Peng, and said softly: "Let's talk about the matter in front of us!" Yang Peng nodded. , said seriously: "After talking about the business, let's talk about love again!" Yelu Hanyu smiled sweetly, and wanted to say something serious, but was disturbed by Yang Peng, and he couldn't figure it out for a while. He couldn't help but glared at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "It's all your fault, I don't even know what I said!"
Yang Peng chuckled, touched his nose, and said: "I said that you can give up Datong Mansion when you have no choice..." Yelu Hanyu nodded, glanced at Yang Peng, and said happily: "I can rest assured that my eldest brother can cut off a strong man's wrist. ! Hey, it would be a pity to really give up Datong Mansion!"
Yang Peng nodded, "It is indeed a pity! But if we really get to that point, there is no need to cling to Datong Mansion! When doing anything, you must not only forge ahead, but also dare to give up when necessary, and be willing to You are willing to give up, you are not willing to give up, how can you get it!" Yelu Hanyu smiled brightly, and his beautiful eyes floated to Yang Peng's face, "What the elder brother said is so right!" Seeing her beautiful and charming smile, Yang Peng couldn't help but look at her. She blew a kiss, Yelu Tri was stunned, and rolled his eyes at him in shame, while Yang Peng laughed.
Yelu Hanyu collected his thoughts and said: "Speaking of the Xixia people, although General Yang and General Gao are both world-famous generals, the difference in military strength between the two sides is too great. The land of Yinzhou is not easy to defend. I am really worried that there will be people there. What a mistake! Once Yinzhou is lost, the entire flank of Shanxi will be wide open. If the Xixia people use one force to contain our army in northern Shaanxi, and use the main force to cross the Yellow River to attack Shanxi, the situation will be extremely dangerous. The worst case scenario is I’m afraid that most of Shanxi will not be saved!”
Yang Peng thought and nodded. Yelu Hanyu said: "Now the 100,000 civilian troops mobilized by Shanxi have almost arrived at Yanmen Pass. These troops cannot move, but the 100,000 civilian troops mobilized by Henan, I think it can be transferred to the east of the Yellow River instead of Yanmen Pass. To prepare for the worst possible scenario?"
Yang Peng looked thoughtful and said nothing for a while.
Yelu Hanyu said again: "Actually, the role of the civilian army is defense. All the 200,000 civilian troops transferred to Yanmen Pass will not be of much use! It is better to divide half of them and put them in key positions, which should be able to play a greater role! "
Yang Peng nodded, "Considering the worst case scenario, that is the fall of Yinzhou. As you just said, Mei'er, once the Xixia Army captures Yinzhou, with Li Zongdao's ability, nine out of ten will use the main force to Cross the Yellow River eastward to take our retreat! Therefore, I agree with Meier's suggestion and transfer the 100,000 civilian troops gathered in Henan to Hedong for defense. Although the civilian army is weak in combat, it should be possible to resist for a period of time. With this After a while, we can take countermeasures. But I don’t want that to happen!”
Yelu Hanyu nodded, "This is the worst case scenario. With the capabilities of General Yang and General Gao, it probably won't reach that point, but we must take precautions just in case!"
Yang Peng nodded and said yes. After thinking for a moment, he raised his head and said, "That's it!" Then he spread a piece of letter paper in front of him, picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and quickly wrote a letter. After he finished, he checked it carefully, dried the ink, folded it, put it in an envelope, and shouted, "Here comes someone!"
Wang Kai ran in again, bowed and clasped his fists: "My subordinate is here!" Yang Peng handed the letter over, "Send a fast horse to deliver it to Du Cheng immediately." Wang Kai stepped forward, took the letter with both hands, and retreated Go down.
Yang Peng sat on the chair and pondered for a while, then temporarily put all these things behind him. Looking at Yelu Hanyu who was standing beside him, he saw that Yelu Hanyu was looking at him lovingly. His heart skipped a beat and he said softly: "Mei'er..." Yelu Hanyu's heart skipped a beat and turned red. Jiaoyan asked: "What are you doing?" Yang Peng said eagerly: "I want to talk to you in the back!"
Yelu Hanyu's pretty face immediately turned redder, with a seductive look in her beautiful eyes, but then she shook her head vigorously, "No! The sisters will come back to us to discuss things at any time. If they find out , then I won’t be able to see anyone in the future!”
"Mei'er..." Yang Peng's eyes became gentler. Yelu Hanyu felt that his mind suddenly became confused, and he couldn't help but nodded, "Okay, okay..." Yang Peng was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately stood up, holding Yelu Hanyu's delicate hand and walked back to the back. …
Soon after, Yang Erya trotted back to the big tent. When he didn't see Yang Peng, he asked the guards outside the big tent. The guards told her that the master and Princess Yelu had gone to the private tent behind, so Yang Erya walked around the big tent. In front of a row of tents, that was where Yang Peng and the other princesses lived temporarily. Yang Erya walked towards the tent that stood in the middle of Yang Peng. But before I reached the door, I could faintly hear the lingering and pathos of the sweet girl crying.
The sound came. Yang Erya couldn't help but stop. She knew immediately what was happening in the tent as she had been there for a long time. Her beautiful face immediately burned up, her heart was pounding, and she felt unable to move forward or retreat. After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and ran away in a hurry. …
In the next few days, both the Yanyun Army and the Khitan Army were racking their brains to find possible passages in the Yanmen Mountains. In order to prevent Yanyun from becoming suspicious, the Khitan Army formed a formation outside the city to challenge as usual every day. No more forceful attacks were launched. After a few days, the soldiers on both sides were hoarse from shouting, but no one died. I have to mention Yang Jing, that guy, if Yang Peng hadn't been here to control him, he would have rushed out with his pair of axes to find someone to fight for!
In the evening of that day, the Khitan army withdrew its troops and returned to camp as usual. As soon as Ye Qianhu City entered the military camp, Xiao Hong came up to him excitedly. He didn't bother to salute and said urgently: "Your Majesty, I have heard about a situation. There is a hunter living in the mountains to the west. I heard that They used to smuggle goods between the Liao and Song Dynasties through a steep path called Yingchoujian. ..." Yeqi Hucheng had been waiting for such news. When he heard it, his eyes lit up and he said anxiously: "Quickly Send someone to capture that hunter!" Xiao Hong said quickly: "The general has sent five hundred cavalry, and there should be a reply within two days!" Ye Qi Hucheng nodded, remembering something, Asked: "Who told you this news?" "Replying to the king, he is also a hunter!" Yeli Hucheng frowned and asked: "Don't that family know the location of Yingchoujian?" Xiao shook his head, "They don't know." Yeqi Hucheng glanced at Xiao Hong, "Where is that family now?" "It's in the military camp." Yeqi Hucheng's eyes showed a ferocious look, "I don't just want this news to be leaked. Get out and kill everyone who knows about this!" Xiao Hong promised.
Night fell, and the five hundred cavalry sent by Xiao Hong entered the steep and towering mountains. The mountains here are very high, dangerous and steep, with sparse vegetation and jagged rocks. Occasionally, the call of a night owl suddenly emerges and then echoes among the mountains. A cavalryman looked at the tall and dangerous black figures around him and said angrily: "***, have we been fooled? How could anyone live here?"
Another cavalryman said: "Those hunters are not brave enough to measure! They are not fools. They know that if we can't find them, they will definitely go back to settle the accounts with them. They are not tired of living, so how dare they lie!" The one who spoke before The cavalryman nodded and said: "That's a good thing!"
The cavalry captain turned around and shouted: "Shut up!" The two cavalrymen shut their mouths angrily.
"Captain, look!" a cavalryman suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted. Everyone immediately looked in the direction of his finger. At this time, a crescent moon hung in the sky, and the faint moonlight shone on the earth. The earth was hazy. Everyone could only see a pine forest halfway up the mountain in the distance. This was in this area. It is very rare in the mountains with sparse vegetation. There is a faint light in the pine forest, one bright and one dark, like a will-o'-the-wisp.
The captain said excitedly: "It must be over there, hurry up!" Then the five hundred cavalrymen accelerated towards that direction.
In the pine forest, there is a courtyard built of pine wood. It is a circular courtyard with empty terraces in the front and middle. There are many beasts' furs drying on the fence, including colorful tiger skins and gray-black thick bear skins. There are more wolf skins and more. There is a stone roller on the left side of the empty square, and dustpans, brooms, steel fork locks and other hunting equipment are neatly placed on the right side. There is a wooden house on the left and right sides of the courtyard, and the one on the right The wooden house was dark and silent. The wooden house on the left was dimly lit with dim lights and someone was whispering. In the main house in the middle, an old couple and their two daughters-in-law were preparing dinner. The old couple looked very old. The skin is whiter, the waist is hunched, and the skin is as wrinkled as dry tree bark. The two daughters-in-law are not beauties. They have thick waists, thick feet, big hands, skin, and stupid expressions, which are typical of that era. The image of a village woman. There are all kinds of meats on the table. Compared with ordinary families, this family's life is obviously very good.
Seeing that most of the food was put on the table, the husband-in-law said to the two daughters-in-law: "Go and call your men." The two daughters-in-law responded respectfully, then left the main room and walked to the Stopping outside the lighted wooden house, the older daughter-in-law shouted: "Master, my father-in-law has asked you to eat!" The voices of two men in the room came: "I know!" Then the door opened. , I saw two men wearing animal skins walking out. The two men were about the same age, tall and strong, with fierce expressions. It was obvious at a glance that they were not good friends.
When the two women saw the man coming out, they turned and walked towards the main room, with the two men following behind. Two couples of men and women walked into the main room one after another and bowed to their parents sitting at the top: "Father, mother!"
The old mother smiled with a very loving look, and the old father said expressionlessly: "Sit down and eat!" The two sons and two daughters-in-law sat down. The four young people did not start immediately, but waited for their parents to take the food. After picking up the chopsticks and tasting it, they started to eat. Everyone looked like they were devouring the food. Although the men were not polite, the women were also women.
The old mother suddenly showed a worried look, put down her chopsticks, and said to the old father: "I heard that the Khitan Army and the Yanyun Army fought fiercely at Yanmen Pass! We are not far from Yanmen Pass, shouldn't we avoid it? "The old father took a sip of rice wine, put down the glass, and said nonchalantly: "What are you afraid of? We are in a deep mountain, with no connection to the world and no ground. If there are no towns around, no one will come to us! It’s none of our business who becomes emperor!”
The boss smiled and said to his mother: "Mom, don't worry so much, nothing will happen! Before, the Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Liao Kingdom. Aren't we still doing well here? Things outside have nothing to do with us! Who cares? It doesn't matter whether we are the emperor or not, there are always people who want our precious furs!" The second child held a mouthful of food, nodded in sympathy, swallowed the food hard, and said loudly: "Brother is right! Mom, don't be blind. Don’t worry! Even if some blind people come to us, my eldest brother and I are not vegetarians. Even jackals, tigers and leopards are no match for us, let alone a few birdmen!"
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
