Soon after, another loud rumbling sound came from deep in the mountain stream. Huyan Chijin knew that the enemy was coming up again, so he stared at the depth of the mountain stream. After a while, the Khitan army surged out from the dim smoke and dust, and all they could see were iron towers, revealing only a pair of cold eyes. Iron Pagoda, this is the Iron Pagoda of the Khitan Army! Huyan Chijin frowned and shouted loudly: "Fire the arrow!"
The sergeants who were ambushing on the cliffs on both sides raised their steel crossbows and fired arrows. The arrows flew down and hit the iron pagoda with a clanging sound. A few penetrated the iron armor but failed to cause any damage to the soldiers under the iron armor. Too much damage, and most of the arrows couldn't penetrate the thick iron armor of Iron Buddha! After several rounds of shooting, the Khitan army suffered little loss. With a loud shout, they charged towards the Yanyun war cavalry blocked in the mountain stream. Their heavy iron hoofs trampled on the ground, making a loud thunder-like noise that was deafening.
Huyan Chijin and other soldiers knew that as light cavalry, they would be in danger when facing the Iron Buddha Tu. However, in this situation, they took the risk and roared with all their strength, urging their horses to attack. There was a violent impact, and the Yanyun light cavalry fell on their backs, unable to stop the powerful impact of Tiefutu! The spear and sword in the Yanyun War Rider hit Tiefutu, making a clanging sound and sparks flying, but it was unable to cause fatal damage to Tiefutu. However, the battle ax in Tiefutu's hand could easily cut the Yanyun Warrider into two pieces! Yan Yunjun on the cliff tried his best to fire arrows, but now the steel crossbow seemed to be difficult to use!
Although Yan Yun's army fought desperately, they were gradually pushed back towards the exit of the mountain stream by Tiefu Tu. Once in the open area, the iron pagoda strikes, and it is a torrent of steel, even more unstoppable!
The Yanyun Army suffered heavy casualties and had retreated to the mouth of the valley, still gritting their teeth and resisting with all their might. At this moment, Huyan Chijin and others who were desperately resisting the Khitan army suddenly heard a loud rumbling sound behind them. Their hearts moved and they quickly turned around to look. I saw King Yan's commander-in-chief Yan King's cavalry arriving, and the blood-stained faces of Huyan Chijin and others immediately showed expressions of surprise. The so-called King Yan's cavalry is a formation-breaking cavalry equipped with King Yan's horse. It is extremely majestic, extremely intimidating, and even more amazingly powerful.
Yang Peng led the King of Yan's cavalry to the entrance of the mountain stream and stopped. Seeing that his own cavalry was trying its best to resist the Khitan army's iron pagoda, the situation was already critical! Yang Peng shouted: "Retreat immediately!" Huyan Chijin immediately led the light cavalry to retreat from the mountain stream and ran towards both sides of King Yan's cavalry. Seeing the defeat of Yanyun's army, the Khitan army's Tiefutu was greatly boosted in morale and roared out of the mountain stream. Suddenly he saw King Yan's cavalry arrayed not far away, and the Khitan army Tiefutu, who was already fighting, rushed towards King Yan's cavalry without hesitation! The iron hooves are like thunder, the rush is like a tide, it is simply unstoppable!
Yang Peng raised his iron horse and swung it forward. The Yan King's iron cavalry, which had been waiting impatiently for a long time, rushed out with a loud shout. The scene was like a flood from a collapsed embankment, rushing towards the Khitan army iron cavalry like a mountain. Buddha. In the blink of an eye, the two steel waves collided heavily, and the heaven and the earth seemed to tremble suddenly, and then there was a loud roar and the collision of soldiers and armors. Because the King of Yan's horse is very huge, not to mention the Mongolian horse, it is in this era. The Western horses are also inferior, so the King of Yan's cavalry has a condescending advantage in the confrontation with Tiefutu. In this battle between the two sides, the King of Yan's cavalry has the advantage; the mace hits hard, and the previously indestructible iron cavalry The armor of the pagoda was as fragile as paper under the whistling and flying maces, and the previously invincible Khitan army's battle ax was now unable to tear through the thick armor of King Yan's iron cavalry. It made a clanging sound when it hit it, but Unable to break armor!
After a round of brutal fighting, the Khitan army suffered heavy casualties at Tiefutu, but they refused to retreat! The follow-up troops of the Khitan Army have already come up. The Yanyun Army on the cliffs on both sides are firing arrows. The arrows are flying into the mountain stream like locusts, but the arrows alone obviously cannot stop the enemy's advance.
Yang Peng's situation was extremely critical, so he immediately ordered Huyan Chijin to take over his command. He himself led a thousand Yan King's cavalry to bypass Tiefutu, rush into the mountain stream, and crash directly into the large Khitan army. The Khitan army fought hard to attack, but it was like hitting an iron wall. The weapons in their hands could not hurt the King of Yan's cavalry at all, but the mace of the King of Yan's cavalry raised blood in the middle of the Khitan army. After a bloody battle for a long time, the Khitan army, although ferocious and ferocious, was like the flood in front of the Three Gorges Dam. It was unable to break through the blockage of King Yan's cavalry. There were more and more corpses on the ground. When they reached the back, the accumulation of corpses made it inconvenient for both sides to fight. , the fighting gradually stopped, and the two sides were isolated by piles of corpses.
At this time, the battle outside the exit had ended. Thousands of Khitan troops were wiped out at the Tiefutu. They fought to the last soldier. No one escaped, and no one surrendered. He actually launched an attack on the King of Yan's cavalry at the last Tiefutu. Charge, and the results speak for themselves.
Huyan Chijin, as well as the Yan King's cavalry, paid tribute to all the fallen Khitan warriors. Although they were enemies, they were all respectable warriors. Compared with those ignorant scholars, these people are real men!
When Yeqianhu City received the news that the frontline attack had been thwarted and that Xiao Langri and the five thousand Tiefutu army had been wiped out, they were shocked and then furious. They rushed to the front in person and urged the army to attack. However, Yanyun's army occupied the advantageous location. The mountain stream was blocked by King Yan's cavalry, which was like a copper wall. On the cliff, Yan Yun's army kept firing arrows. The flying arrows kept killing Khitan soldiers. The terrain in the mountain stream was narrow, and the Khitan army had a complete advantage in strength. They couldn't perform well. They fought for a long time and suffered countless casualties, but they still couldn't break through the Yan Yun army's blockage.
Yeqihu City had been blinded by anger and still had no intention of retreating. It kept urging its soldiers to attack fiercely. As a result, the corpses of the Khitan soldiers filled the Yingchou Stream, and the blood of the Khitan soldiers turned into The stream in the mountain stream.
The battle continued into the evening, with the setting sun like blood. The Khitan army still saw no hope of victory. However, Yelihu City was still in a state of hysteria, constantly urging its subordinates to attack. However, the Khitan army was exhausted and the attack momentum was not as good as before. Before. Xiao Yegan rushed to the front of Yeqi Tiger City and said urgently: "Your Majesty, we can't fight anymore! If we continue to fight, we will only sacrifice the lives of our soldiers in vain!"
Yeqian Hucheng came to his senses after a shock, glanced ahead, and was horrified to find that his own soldiers were already covered in corpses and bleeding into channels. The soldiers who charged desperately could not shake the enemy's defense line at all. They were very brave, but the attack But it had no effect, but Yan Yunjun's mace could hit his own soldiers with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and the locust-like arrows flying down from the cliff were also constantly killing people in the crowd. This is simply One-sided massacre! A sense of guilt suddenly arose in Ye Qian Hucheng's heart, and he quickly ordered: "Send the order, don't fight, retreat!"
The order to retreat was passed on, and the Khitan soldiers, who were already exhausted both physically and mentally, couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Immediately, the front team of the Khitan army changed to the rear team, and the rear team became the front team and withdrew. Ye Qian Hucheng looked back and saw Yang Peng standing in the dense forest of iron armor. He was filled with hatred in his heart, but he couldn't help but feel that he would never be able to avenge this great revenge in this life. He turned his head suddenly and followed the exhausted army towards the north.
Shortly after the Khitan army left, several Yanwang horses suddenly fell to their knees and threw off the knights on them. The knights struggled to get up, but they couldn't. In fact, Yan Yunjun was also exhausted.
Yang Peng rode out of Yingchou Stream and ordered Yang Jing's Modao Army to take over the King of Yan's cavalry. When King Yan's cavalry came out of the mountain stream, the majestic King Yan's horses knelt down one by one, and the knights fell to the ground one by one. All the infantry and medical officers rushed forward to treat them.
Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya ran to Yang Peng and stared at Yang Peng excitedly, with tears in their eyes. Yang Erya said angrily: "We are worried to death!" Yang Jiumei pursed her lips and finally held back her tears. It keeps dripping down.
When Yang Peng saw the two women's expressions, his heart was broken, and he said softly: "I'm fine, aren't I?" The two women snorted together.
Yang Peng felt very tired. He got off the horse and almost fell down. Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya were taken aback, quickly got off their horses, ran over to support Yang Peng, and asked nervously, "Are you injured?" Yang Peng smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, I'm just a little tired!" Yang Jiumei said angrily: "I fought for a whole day, not a drop of water or a drop of rice came in, and I didn't even have a moment to rest. Even a person who fights with iron can't stand it!" Yang Peng smiled. The two women quickly helped Yang Peng sit down under a camphor tree. Then one hurriedly went to get water and the other hurriedly got dry food. However, when they came back a while later, they found that Yang Peng had fallen asleep leaning against the tree trunk.
The two women felt sour in their hearts and couldn't help but shed tears again. Not wanting to go away, he sat down next to Yang Peng and guarded him.
Huyan Chijin ran over and wanted to ask Yang Peng for instructions. Seeing that Yang Peng had fallen asleep, he didn't know what to do for a moment. Yang Jiumei winked, Huyan Chijin understood, and quickly retreated to a distance. Yang Jiumei stood up gently, walked to Huyan Chijin, and asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law Seven, what's the matter?" Huyan Chijin whispered: "The general believes that we should use stones to build a barrier in Yingchou Stream as soon as possible. The city wall is for the purpose of defense, so I came here to ask Yang Peng for instructions!" Yang Jiumei said: "That should be the case, go ahead and do it, I will tell my brother when he wakes up!"
Huyan Chijin responded, couldn't help but glance at Yang Peng, who was sleeping under the tree, and ran down to do something. After a while, nearly 10,000 infantry troops were busy carrying stones into Yingchou Stream. A city wall was built five hundred steps away from the exit.
Yang Peng woke up and felt refreshed. I found that it was completely dark, and the light of torches was everywhere. Then he saw Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya leaning against him, already asleep, and there was a lot of water and dry food in front of them. Yang Peng couldn't help but feel moved, and then he noticed the dry food and water. He was already extremely hungry, and he immediately moved his index fingers, took the dry food and water, and wolfed them down.
The two women woke up when they heard the noise and saw Yang Peng eating and drinking. They couldn't help but smile and sat next to him and looked at him. In the hearts of the two women, this was the happiest time. Yang Peng raised his head and drank a third of a bag of water. He took a long breath, put down the water bag, and said with emotion: "I'm finally alive!" The two women smiled, and Yang Erya said: " There is still dry food, I will go get it for my elder brother!" After saying that, he stood up and prepared to get the dry food. Yang Peng took her delicate hand and said with a smile: "No, that's enough." Then he saw many sergeants busy transporting stones into Yingchou Stream, and couldn't help but ask: "What are they doing?"
Yang Erya said: "They are building a city wall in Yingchou Stream!"
Yang Peng nodded, "Very good, I didn't expect this." Yang Jiumei smiled and said, "General Huyan Chijin came to ask for instructions from the elder brother. I saw that the elder brother was sleeping, so I took the initiative and asked them to build the city wall." Yang Peng smiled. He glanced at Yang Jiumei and then walked towards Yingchoujian. Yang Jiumei, Yang Erya and the secret guards quickly followed. Along the way, the soldiers saluted Yang Peng one after another.
A group of people walked into Yingchou Stream and walked about 500 steps. They saw a city wall or pile of stones not far away. It was about five or six meters high and dozens of meters thick. It was on the south side. It was a gentle slope, and one could easily climb to the top of the stone pile. At this time, sergeants were still constantly bringing stones and piling them on the stone pile under the command of Huyan Chijin.
Yang Peng asked the secret guards to stay where they were, while he, Yang Jiumei, and Yang Erya climbed onto the pile of stones. When Huyan Chijin saw Yang Peng and the others, he quickly came over to salute: "Greetings to King Yan, hello to the two princesses!" Yang Peng walked to the north edge of the stone pile and found that standing on it, he had already formed a posture of looking down at Yingchou Stream. , turned around and asked Huyan Chijin: "What do you plan to build this place into?" Huyan Chijin cupped his fists and said: "The general wants to build this place another half a foot high." Then he pointed to the cliffs on both sides, "In addition, the ones on both sides are An observation post was built on the cliff so that the situation in Yingchou Stream can be seen. Just now, my subordinates went to the two sides to survey the terrain and found that there is a small flat land on the left side, where a small military camp can be set up and two or three troops can be stationed there. Sergeant Bai." He clasped his fists towards Yang Peng and said, "We have to ask King Yan to decide the details!"
Yang Peng looked at the surrounding terrain, thought for a moment, and pointed to the cliffs on both sides, "This is not very wide. A flying bridge can be built, which can not only communicate with the cliffs on both sides, but also further enhance the defensive advantage." Hu Yan Chijin's eyes lit up, he clasped his fists and said, "What King Yan said is absolutely true!" Yang Peng looked at Huyan Chijin and said, "For the time being, just do what you want. Flying bridges and the like will be left behind after this battle is over. Migrant workers will do it." "Yes!" Yang Peng lowered his head and thought, and murmured: "Maybe we will spend more time."
Yang Peng looked at the dangerous mountain stream in front of him and said: "Now that the basic defense facilities have been completed, there is no need to put so many troops here. Just leave 10,000 infantry to guard here." Looking at Yang Jiumei, he seemed to be thinking What to say, but he seemed very hesitant. Yang Jiumei understood what Yang Peng meant, clasped her fists and said, "Brother, let me guard this place!" Yang Peng sighed, "I'm going to make you work hard again!" Yang Jiumei looked at Yang Peng with shining eyes, "I'm very I'm glad I can share my worries with you!" Yang Peng nodded gratefully. After looking at the terrain here again, he walked down the pile of stones and said to Wang Kai: "Immediately order all the troops to withdraw to Yanmen Pass!" Wang Kai clasped his fists in agreement and ran down.
Later, the Yanyun Army troops left Yingchou Stream one after another and returned to Yanmen Pass. Yang Jiumei and his 10,000 infantry soldiers stayed behind to guard Yingchou Stream. After Ye Qian Hucheng led the army to withdraw from Yingchou Stream, he did not return to the military camp immediately. Instead, he stationed troops outside Yingchou Stream. At the same time, he sent scouts to investigate the actions of Yan Yun's army. He also hoped that Yan Yun's army would be caught if there were any loopholes. live. However, the situation reported by the scouts made him give up this idea, leaving only more than a hundred cavalry to monitor Yingchoujian, while the majority of the troops retreated to the military camp.
There was only one person in the big tent, Ye Qi Hucheng. He leaned on his commanding position, with his head raised in a daze. The fierce battle at Yingchoujian went through several ups and downs. Although he almost succeeded, he lost in the end. This battle exhausted his energy. His vigor made him feel frustrated and slack when facing Yanmen Pass, and he didn't want to fight anymore. However, he insisted on moving the army south despite the firm opposition of Xiao Qianbuli and others. If he returned without success, his prestige would be ruined, and he would probably have no place to put his old face. He frowned, feeling that things had come to this and he had to persevere. He also felt that his own force was several times that of Yanyun's army, and if he attacked hard, he might not be able to capture Yanmen Pass. With this thought, I couldn't help but make up my mind and decided to attack Yanmen Pass head-on starting tomorrow, vowing to break through Yanmen Pass.
In the middle of the night, Yeqi Hucheng, who had already fallen asleep, was awakened by the noise. He quickly got off the bed, picked up the mace placed on the edge of the marching cave and rushed out of the tent. I saw that the military camp was still very peaceful as a whole, except for the area near the east gate of the camp where torches were flickering and there were many figures, as if something had happened. Seeing that nothing major happened, Yeqi Hucheng was relieved, but then he became curious about what happened over there.
At this moment, Xiao Yegan ran over, saluted, and reported: "Your Majesty, the family of hunters imprisoned over there escaped, and the soldiers responsible for guarding them were all killed!"
When Yeqihu City heard the news, they couldn't help but get angry, "Why can't even a few common people look down on it?" Ye Gan said: "It's just a few common people, so I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect..."
Ye Qian Hucheng walked that way, Xiao Yeqian and others quickly followed. When a group of people arrived at the scene, all the officers and soldiers bowed to pay homage when they saw Ye Qi Hucheng coming. Yeqi Hucheng saw four corpses lying side by side on the ground. They were all soldiers in the military camp. They found that their fatal injuries were all in the throat. There was no expression of pain on their faces. They were obviously killed without any defense. Killed by an assassin from behind. Ye Qian Hucheng frowned, "They were not killed by those hunters. People from outside should have killed them!" Everyone was shocked. Ye Qian Hucheng said to Xiao Yeqian: "Immediately lead your people to check the surrounding camp gates and village walls to see if there is anything abnormal." Xiao Yegan agreed and led his people to run down and patrol along the outermost wall of the military camp. stand up. Ye Qian Hucheng returned to the big tent, sat on the bed, lowered his head and pondered.
After a long time, Xiao Yegan rushed into the tent, saluted Wanyan Gao, and then said: "Your Majesty, all the gates are normal and there are no signs of being attacked. However, at a remote village wall in the northwest, But someone opened a hole, and there are traces of many people coming in and out. The enemy must have come in from there, rescued people, and escaped from there! The general has already sent out cavalry to pursue him!"
Yeqi Hucheng frowned and murmured: "What does this mean?" Xiao Yeqian was stunned for a moment and didn't understand. He asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what did you say?" Yeqi Hucheng raised his head and looked at Xiao Ye Gan, "There will be no one but Yan Yunjun who has the courage and ability to run to our military camp to save people! But why did Yan Yunjun want to save those hunters?" Xiao Yegan then thought of this question and felt Incredible, "Yes, is it necessary to send people to take risks for a few common people? The only ones who can do such a thing are the 'secret guards' around Yang Peng. They are all elites selected from a hundred. For a few common people, these people will be sent to take risks." It’s unbelievable that elites are put in danger!”
Ye Qihu City suddenly stood up, "There is only one possibility. Those hunters hold some important information, which is the key information that will affect this war!" Although Xiao Yeqian couldn't believe it, he felt that besides this explanation, there seemed to be There is no other explanation.
Just when Yelihu City was suspicious, the Orion family had already entered Yanmen Pass under the protection of the "secret guards". Yang Peng was discussing the current situation with Yelu Hanyu and Han Bing. Yang Erya couldn't help being drowsy and fell asleep on the coffee table. Han Bing made a gesture to Yang Peng, and then pointed at Yang Erya with a condescending expression. Only then did Yang Peng realize that Yang Erya had fallen asleep. Seeing her quiet and lovely appearance, he couldn't help but feel infinite love in his heart. He stood up, walked to the clothes rack, took off one of his robes, walked over and gently covered Yang Erya, looking at her pretty face he couldn't help but smile.
Yelu Hanyu chuckled softly and said, "Sister Erya is so lucky to be as gentle as the elder brother!" Han Bing teased, "It sounds like the elder brother is not gentle to you!" Yelu Hanyu rolled her eyes at Yang Peng resentfully, "He is so rude to others!" Yang Peng couldn't help but feel his heart tremble when he saw her being slightly irritated and charming.
There were rapid footsteps at the door, and everyone couldn't help but look towards the door, only to see Wang Kai running in quickly. Wang Kai saw Yang Peng and immediately bowed: "Master, the Orion family has been successfully rescued!" Yang Peng breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay!" He glanced at Wang Kai, "How many casualties have we suffered?" Wang Kai said: "One None, they are all back!" Yang Peng was very happy and couldn't help but smile on his face.
At this moment, there was a noise outside, as if someone was arguing about something, which was particularly clear in the quiet middle of the night. Yang Peng and his two wives frowned, and Han Bing said displeasedly: "Who is so unruly and making so much noise in the middle of the night!" Yang Peng walked outside, and everyone followed. When he came outside the big tent, he looked in the direction from which the sound came. Not far away, he saw several ordinary people struggling with the secret guards. The most burly and majestic man among them was the Orion boss who came to Yang Peng for help before. , Xiang Meng. Several other people were his family members who had just been rescued from a hidden murder.
Han Bing said: "It's Xiang Meng." Wang Kai pointed to those people and said: "They are the family that the secret guards just rescued." At this time, Xiang Meng saw Yang Peng and became excited. He wanted to come over, but was stopped by the secret guards. Wei stopped him, but he couldn't do what he wanted, so he simply knelt down from a distance, kowtowed this way, and shouted loudly: "The common people thank King Yan for his great kindness!" When his family saw this, they quickly looked this way. , and then they all knelt down, kowtowed one by one, and burst into tears of gratitude.
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
