Nearly a thousand Yanyun infantry suddenly appeared in the sight of the Xixia army, shouting and charging forward with swords and guns raised. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided and fought fiercely, with swords and guns flying everywhere. The officers and soldiers of the Yanyun Army looked like crazy beasts and tried their best to kill the enemy, but they themselves fell into a pool of blood one by one.
The Yanyun army fought with all their strength and did not hesitate to die together with the enemy. They were like wolves and tigers, and they fought bloody battles without retreating. However, the number of enemies was so great that they seemed to be inexhaustible, but the number of Yanyun soldiers was It decreased rapidly, and more and more Yanyun soldiers fell on the blood-stained hillside. In less than two quarters of an hour, all one thousand Yanyun soldiers were killed. The Snow Mountain Army crossed the hillside covered with corpses of soldiers from both sides and rushed up the mountain. At this time, the Yanyun Army, which was blocking the enemy forces on the left and right sides, had no choice but to give up blocking the enemy forces in the front and shrink into the military camp, preparing for the final desperate resistance!
Three Snow Mountain troops from the left, middle and right entered the ridge and surrounded the Yan Yun army that had retreated into the barracks from three sides. Fan Long opened his eyes and glanced at the enemy troops, and murmured: "Damn it, these bastards actually saw through Master Yang's plan!" He turned to ask an officer next to him: "Where is General Ma Jian?" The officer replied: " General Ma and his five hundred warriors are trapped at the foot of the mountain and are surrounded by enemy troops, unable to escape!"
Fan Long couldn't help but feel a little worried, but this worry was instantly forgotten. When he thought about it, since he became a soldier, dying on the battlefield was no big deal! I glanced at the soldiers and saw that they were panting and looking a little tired. However, everyone had firm eyes and fierce faces, without the slightest hint of fear, and I couldn't help but feel very proud! Just listen to Fan Long shouting loudly: "Brothers, we must defend Changcheng Ridge for the final victory! We are men of Yanyun, and we must not let the Xixia thieves underestimate us!!" The soldiers roared in unison, and their momentum became even stronger!
Wuwuwu..., Xixia's horn sound came from outside the camp, and three Xixia troops were seen attacking from three directions at the same time, coming like a tide.
Fan Long raised his ax and shouted sternly: "Bow and arrow!" All Yanyun soldiers loaded their crossbows with arrows and were ready to go. Their eyes were coldly watching the enemy who was getting closer and closer.
Seeing the enemy troops rushing to the fence, Fan Long pointed his ax forward and shouted sternly: "Fire the arrow!" Yan Yun's soldiers immediately fired the arrows, and the arrows suddenly made a sound, like a dense swarm of locusts plunging into the enemy army. In the tide, I saw the tide surge, and many Xixia Army soldiers at the head were shot to the ground by powerful arrows. However, the ferocious Xixia Army was not afraid at all, and still rushed up and chopped down the wooden fence crazily! Yan Yun's army kept firing arrows. After a few rounds, they heard a loud noise and a large wooden fence was pushed down by the soldiers of the Xixia army. Then they saw the soldiers of the Xixia army pouring in like a flood from a collapsed embankment.
Fan Long roared: "Come with me!" While roaring, he urged his horse to rush towards the enemy's tide. Yan Yun's soldiers abandoned their bows and crossbows, pulled out their long knives, picked up their spears and axes, and also roared and charged forward. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided and started a melee. There was a roar and thrilling sounds. Swords and guns flew and collided in the air. Blood spurted. Soldiers from both sides fell into a pool of blood. The frantic Yan army soldiers had no one to defend them and just risked their lives to attack. , completely ignoring the enemy's weapons that were attacking him. The enemy's scimitar cut open his body, and at the same time, his long knife also cut the enemy in two. His blood-stained eyes were extremely fierce, fighting blood for blood, fighting for his life. , General Yanyun has put life and death aside, and just wants to kill more enemies before dying in battle!
Fan Long swung his battle ax desperately in the crowd, raising blood all over the sky, killing the enemy's corpses everywhere, just like a monster; the Yanyun soldiers around him were fighting for their lives in the same way, and they would fight as long as they still had breath. Kill an enemy!
The fierce battle lasted until dusk. There were mountains of corpses on the Great Wall Ridge and blood flowed into canals. Thousands of Yanyun soldiers were all killed on the battlefield, and around their bodies were the corpses of more Xueshan Army soldiers. Many of the corpses were still intact. The appearance of fighting in front of the body is like a thrilling statue.
A seriously injured Yanyun officer limped back to the top of the pile of corpses with a bloody spear in his hands. Panting, his blood-stained eyes looked coldly at the surrounding enemy troops!
Li Chongshan rode out, stood a dozen steps in front of the officer Yan Yun, and shouted: "You are the only one left, surrender!"
The officer smiled and said, "I'm the only one left. Why do I still live?" Yuluo roared suddenly, raised his spear and threw it at Li Chongshan with his last strength. When Li Chongshan saw the spear flying towards him, he ducked sideways and the spear flew over, shooting down an officer behind him. The Xixia soldiers were so angry that they wanted to go forward and cut him into pieces, but they saw him pull out the Yanyun sword that had almost turned into a saw on a corpse next to him, and suddenly swung it across his neck, and struck a blow. Blood arrows shot out! All the Xixia soldiers were shocked, and then saw his body falling backward! Li Chongshan frowned and couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it!"
At this time, an officer galloped to Li Chongshan, reined in his horse, and reported: "General, that Fan Long escaped down the Great Wall Ridge under the escort of dozens of Yanyun troops!" Li Chongshan was very angry. "Damn it, I actually let him run away!"
At this time, dozens of scarred soldiers and officers were protecting Fan Long, who was seriously injured and unconscious, running wildly through the barren mountains. If it hadn't been for the desperate rescue of these officers and soldiers, Fan Long would have been killed among the enemy troops. A group of people ran to a three-way intersection and stopped. One of the officers said: "We can't just escape back to Yan'an Mansion, we have to report to the General Manager!" Another officer said: "I will report the news, you go back to Yan'an Mansion!" The officer who spoke in front nodded. Nodding, "That's it!" Then dozens of people separated at the three-way intersection. One person galloped towards the east, while the others continued to protect Fan Long, who was seriously injured and dying, and ran towards Yan'an Mansion.
The officer who went east to report the news met Ma Kuang on the way, and couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised. "General Ma, we thought you had..." Ma Kuang shook his head, "It was almost over!" He pointed to the person behind him. Dozens of cavalry covered in blood, "This is the only one left of my five hundred cavalry!" the officer couldn't help but feel sad. Ma Kuang asked: "Where are you going?" The officer replied: "Changcheng Ridge has been lost, I have to report to the general manager!" Ma Kuang said: "Let's go together." The officer responded. Ma Kuang turned his horse's head and ran towards Yinzhou, and everyone followed him.
Li Cunxiao stood on the Great Wall Ridge, looking at the vast land to the south. He couldn't help but feel excited. He turned around and ordered: "Without further delay, leave five thousand people to guard the Great Wall Ridge. The rest of the troops will follow me to attack behind Yinzhou!" The generals! They agreed in unison. That night, Li Cunxiao led tens of thousands of Snow Mountain troops to outflank Yinzhou.
At noon the next day, the Snow Mountain Army hurriedly arrived outside Yinzhou City. Li Cunxiao saw that the direction of Yinzhou City was very quiet and the general's army had not yet arrived, so he ordered the army to station on the spot and at the same time sent scouts to investigate the situation around Yinzhou and to the north of Yinzhou.
In the big tent, Li Cunxiao stood in front of the map, his eyes fell on Yinzhou, his brows furrowed tightly. The generals felt strange when they saw that their general seemed to be preoccupied. Li Chongshan said: "General, we have already conquered Changcheng Ridge. This battle has basically been won. What are you still worried about, general?"
Li Cunxiao said: "It's hard to say who will win until the last moment, not to mention that our enemy is still a powerful and ferocious enemy like Yan Yun!" The generals did not agree. They felt that the current situation was very obvious. Changcheng Ridge was defeated. Our own side has broken through and Yinzhou has been cut off. It will only be a matter of time before the main force of the Yanyun Army in the Yinzhou area is annihilated! Although they thought so in their hearts, their respect for Li Cunxiao prevented them from speaking out their thoughts.
Li Cunxiao turned around and asked, "Has the scout come back?"
Li Chongshan saluted and said: "Not back yet!" Li Cunxiao said nothing, turned around and continued to look at the map. Li Chongshan couldn't help but asked: "General, should we attack Yinzhou?" All the generals agreed, and one of them said excitedly: "If we capture Yinzhou again after conquering Changcheng Ridge, this time In the battle, the first victory will be ours!" All the generals nodded and looked at Li Cunxiao eagerly.
Li Cunxiao shook his head, "Don't be impatient. We'll talk about it after the scouts come back."
The generals felt that the general was too cautious, but no one dared to contradict him.
Li Cunxiao returned to his seat and sat down, closing his eyes to rest. The generals stood under the tent, looking impatient, but no one dared to make a sound.
Suddenly, the sound of rapid footsteps came, and all the generals looked towards the door together. Li Xiaochun also opened his eyes. I saw a scout running in, kneeling on the ground, and reported: "General Qi, there is nothing unusual around Yinzhou!"
Li Cunxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "It seems that I am too worried!" He stood up and said to the generals: "Immediately send someone to shoot an arrow book to Yinzhou City, saying that we have conquered it. Changcheng Ridge and Yan'an Prefecture, Yan Yun's situation is over. As long as they surrender, I can guarantee their current power status!" Li Chongshan saluted and said: "The last general will handle it personally!" The other generals felt very sad when they saw that Li Chongshan had taken the lead. upset. Naturally, everyone wants to grab this job. Not to mention the small and medium-sized achievements, the most important thing is that they can show their prestige in front of Yan Yunjun!
Li Cunxiao thought to himself: Yanyun's main force should have gone to the Wuding River to fight against the Generalissimo's main force. There must not be many defenders in this city. I have two options. One is to take the opportunity to attack the city, and the other is to use part of the force to contain it. The main force of Yanyun's army in the city bypassed Yinzhou to attack the rear of Yanyun's main force. In this way, Yanyun's army could be defeated in one go.
Li Cunxiao thought for a moment and felt that he should adopt the second strategy and annihilate Yanyun's main force in one go.
Put it down temporarily and turn your gaze to the outside of Yanmen Pass. The Liao army did retreat, but the retreat was very slow. The front and rear squadrons were on strict alert, apparently to prevent Yanyun's army from taking the opportunity to make a surprise attack. The Khitan army retreated slowly like this, unable to cover dozens of miles in a day. At this speed, it would probably take them more than twenty days to retreat to Baishan Mountain.
In the evening of this day, the Liao army set up camp in the wilderness almost three hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass. Under the setting sun, the camp was bustling with smoke and smoke. In the big tent, Ye Qi Hucheng was standing in front of the map, frowning, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
There were rapid footsteps at the door, and the generals came in. When they came behind Wanyan Gao, they stopped together and worshiped: "Your Majesty!"
Ye Qian Hucheng turned around and asked, "What's going on with Yan Yun's army?"
Han Changdao: "The scouts just reported back. They saw on the top of the mountain that there were signs of large troop movements behind Yanmen Pass!" Yeli Hucheng immediately asked: "Is it moving to the south?" "Yes. But the specific situation is not very clear. Clear. In addition, the scouts monitoring Yanmen Pass outside Yanmen Pass reported that everything at Yanmen Pass was as usual and there were no changes."
Yeqi Hucheng thought about it and murmured: "Yang Peng is very cunning. Even if he divides his troops and goes south, he won't show any signs! Are the signs of going south true or false?" Yeqi Hucheng was unsure.
At this moment, a personal officer rushed in, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the envoy from Xixia is here!"
Ye Qian Hucheng's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "Please come in quickly!" The personal officer responded and ran down. After a while, he led the Xixia envoy who had come before and came in. At this time, Yeqi Hucheng was already standing on the top, and the generals were on both sides. As soon as the Xixia envoy saw Yelihu City, he did not bother to salute and asked anxiously: "Why did the king withdraw his troops?"
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled and said: "Messenger, don't be nervous, we are not withdrawing our troops, we are just retreating several hundred miles to receive supplies."
The Xixia envoy said angrily: "Does the entire army need to retreat hundreds of miles to provide food and grass? Your Majesty, we should share the same hatred of the enemy, and we can't make small calculations!"
Xiao Ye shouted: "How presumptuous! Who are you? How dare you speak to the Protector of the Liao Kingdom like this!" All the generals also shouted and cursed. In the hearts of the Khitan people, Xixia was inferior to them. The Liao Kingdom had never even recognized Xixia's independent state status. How could they endure the Xixia envoy talking to their protector king like this? Most people may not be aware of it, but Xixia's status at that time was actually very low. Neither Liao nor Song recognized Xixia's status as an independent country, and Xixia often professed vassalage to these two countries, wavering between the two countries. The Emperor of Xixia They submitted their vassalage to the Liao Kingdom as soon as possible, so strictly speaking, Xixia could only be regarded as a vassal of the Liao Kingdom.
The Xixia envoy frowned.
Ye Qian Hucheng raised his hand and shouted: "Shut up, everyone!" The tent gradually became quiet. Ye Qianhu City said to the Xixia envoy: "Envoy, don't worry, our army will attack Yanmen Pass again soon!" The Xixia envoy sneered in his heart and said to himself: "Do you think we are fools?" You just want to pretend to retreat so that Yan Yun can put the main force on us! Huh, now the Yinzhou side should have a sure chance of victory. Even if the Yanyun Army behind Yanmen Gate comes back to support, it will be unable to save the day. However, this may hinder our army from crossing the Yellow River eastward. Although it can be broken in the end, it can only be defeated. I'm afraid it will waste a lot of time! In this way, if the Khitans break through Yanmen Pass and move south, they may take Shanxi into their hands! Although the two parties have an agreement in advance, if the Khitans have bitten the fat into their mouths, they may not be willing to spit it out again! '
With this thought, he said to Ye Qianhu City: "Your Majesty, when I came, I received reliable information that a considerable part of the Yanyun Army at Yanmen Pass has been transferred away! If Your Majesty does not take this opportunity to attack Yanmen Pass, I am afraid that there will be long nights and many dreams. !" Why does the Xixia envoy hope that the Khitans will capture Yanmen Pass as soon as possible? If the Jin people captured Yanmen Pass so quickly, wouldn't it be against their interests in Xixia? It was precisely because the Xixia envoy did not want this to happen that he urged Yeqihu City to march to Yanmen Pass at this time, because although some Yanyun troops were transferred from Yanmen Pass, they had not gone far. At this time, as long as the Khitan army made a large-scale attack, those transferred troops The Yanyun army who left will rush back immediately. In this way, we will conquer Yinzhou and cross the Yellow River eastward without the most powerful obstacle. At the same time, the Khitan people are likely to still be blocked at Yanmen Pass, so we will It was convenient to take the opportunity to take the whole of Shanxi into the bag. By then the overall situation had been decided, and the Khitan people were unwilling and had nothing to say.
After hearing what the Xixia envoy said, Ye Qianhu City showed a look of joy on his face and hurriedly asked: "How can you be sure that part of the Yanyun Army at Yanmen Pass has been transferred?"
When the Xixia envoy saw the appearance of Yeqi Tiger City, he was secretly happy and said: "To be honest, we have a detailed ambush near Yanmen Pass. The intelligence they sent is absolutely reliable. According to the intelligence, at least half of the main force of the Yanyun Army We left Yanmen Pass and headed south. Your Majesty, this is the time to capture Yanmen Pass. If you don’t seize this opportunity, you may have long nights and many dreams!”
Ye Qianhucheng nodded: "Well..." glanced at the Xixia envoy and asked: "Is there any news from Tubo?" The Xixia envoy said: "I was about to inform the king that Tubo's 400,000-strong army has launched an attack on Qin Feng Road. Attack, the battle is going very smoothly, Xining Prefecture and Jishi Fortress have been defeated by the Tubo army. Now the Tubo army is advancing in a long way, and the Yanyun army is retreating continuously!"
Everyone was very surprised when they heard this. Xiao Yegan said in disbelief: "The Tubo people actually have such ability? Not only did they conquer Xining Prefecture and Jishi Fortress in one fell swoop, they actually marched straight in and defeated Yan Yun's army?" Others? The generals all felt the same way, and felt that this was incredible. Han Chang and others, who were as thoughtful as Han Chang, secretly doubted what the Xixia envoy said: "What the Xixia envoy said is so conclusive, but I'm afraid it's not entirely true!" Is Yan Yunjun so easy to deal with? What ability did Tubo have to defeat Yan Yun's two legions in such a short period of time? By saying this, I'm afraid he just wants to inspire us to fight against Yan Yunjun! '
Ye Qian Hucheng sneered and wanted to scold the Xixia envoy, but then he thought: 'Why should I expose him now! What good will it do us to expose him! After thinking about this, he said: "The Tubo people are quite capable!" The Xixia envoy said: "It's not that they are particularly powerful, they really took advantage of the surprise attack!" He obviously felt that what he said was unbelievable, so he said Added this sentence. Ye Qian Hucheng was noncommittal and asked, "What is your Princess Li Qingxia doing now?"
The Xixia envoy said: "After persuading Tubo to send troops, the princess went to the Song Dynasty. She should have arrived in Bianjing by now!"
Ye Qi Hucheng and others couldn't help but admire this Xixia princess. Ye Qi Hucheng asked: "Your princess wants to persuade Song State to send troops as well?" The Xixia envoy nodded, "Princess, I hope Song State can send troops to Jiangbei! Princess!" I’m very sure about this!”
Ye Qian Hucheng thought for a moment and said to the Xixia envoy: "You must be very tired after coming all the way. Just rest here for one night and leave tomorrow!" The Xixia envoy also had this intention, so he bowed and thanked me. pass. Yeqianhu City called the soldiers and ordered the soldiers to take the Xixia envoy down to rest.
After the Xixia envoy left the tent, general Xiao Yeqian couldn't help but asked: "Your Majesty, are we going back to attack Yanmen Pass now?" The other generals also showed eagerness to try.
Ye Qian Hucheng glanced at the generals and asked, "Do you all believe what the Xixia envoy said?" The generals ughed and looked at each other. Dallan said: "The Xixia envoy's mouth is probably only 50% or 60% true, but the news that a part of Yanyun's army at Yanmen Gate has been transferred away should be true, because this fact corroborates what our scouts saw. Yes." All the generals nodded. Han Chang said: "But he told us this news obviously with bad intentions." Looking at Yeli Hucheng, "He just wants us to return to attack Yanmen Pass as soon as possible so that the Yanyun troops who have been transferred can be Attract them back! In this way, there will be no obstacles for their Xixia army to cross the Yellow River eastward after they break through Yinzhou! Then they will sweep through Shanxi. By the time our army enters the pass, the entire Shanxi will probably have fallen into their hands. That At that time, the done thing is done, what else can we do?”
After listening to Han Chang's analysis, the generals couldn't help but suddenly became enlightened, and then they became very angry and shouted one after another. For a while, the big tent was very noisy.
Ye Qihu City shouted: "Shut up!" The tent immediately became quiet, but the generals still looked aggrieved. General Long Ba said angrily: "How dare the Xixia people plot against us? We can't. We can't just let it go!" Several generals with the most fiery tempers echoed, and the big tent became noisy again. Ye Qian Hucheng said angrily: "We are going to deal with Yanyun now, not to grudge against the Xixia people!" The generals fell silent, but looked very unhappy. They knew that the king was right. But I felt very unhappy emotionally.
Ye Qian Hucheng sneered and said: "Of course I want to attack Yanmen Pass, but when to attack is up to me!" Then he said to the generals: "The army will still retreat slowly as before!" Many generals They showed surprise and didn't understand why the king wanted to retreat, but Yeli Hucheng didn't explain and let them go back to their camps.
Early the next morning, the Xixia envoy was fully expecting the Liao army to march towards Yanmen Pass, but found that the Khitan army continued to retreat. The Xixia envoy was surprised and deeply worried at the same time. The confidant next to him asked: "Sir, do you want to persuade the king again?" The Xixia envoy slowly shook his head, "It's useless! He should have seen through my mechanism, and further persuasion will only make both parties look bad. nice!"
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
