Huyan Chijin saw that among the large group of Khitan troops who had escaped were the king's banners from Yeqi Hucheng. He couldn't help but get excited and immediately led his troops to charge. In an instant, iron hooves surged and thunder rolled. Yeqihu City saw that Yanyun's army was approaching fiercely and had no way to avoid it, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead their troops to meet them. Seeing that Yeqihu City was leading the way to meet the enemy, all the soldiers subconsciously followed suit. At this time, there were still fifty or sixty thousand soldiers who had retreated from Yeqian Hucheng, but they were all frightened, and they were all infantry. How could such an army withstand the charge of five thousand armor-breaking cavalry who were just waiting to work! I saw rolling iron hooves, and the torrent of steel was unstoppable, tearing the Khitan army apart like a hot knife cutting through butter. The Khitan army was killed and their bodies were turned over with blood on their backs!
The only fighting will of the Khitan army was wiped out by the formation-breaking cavalry in an instant. The Khitan army officers and soldiers did not care about the glory of the Liao Kingdom, let alone the orders of Yeqihu City, and only focused on themselves. They fled for their lives, and tens of thousands of Khitan troops were running around like a bomb. The Yanyun army pursued for a while and killed some people. Then they stopped the pursuit under Huyan Chijin's order and retreated to the burning military camp to wait. .
After a while, the rumble of iron hoofs was heard in front, and many cavalry were seen running towards this direction under the dim moonlight. Huyan Chijin did not dare to be careless and ordered his warriors to prepare for battle. Then he watched with wide eyes.
After a while, the opponent came closer. Huyan Chijin clearly saw that the heroic and extraordinary general in front of him was King Yan, and behind him were the Xuanjia Army and Iron Armor wearing Pixiu battle helmets and black uniforms. The King of Yan's cavalry and the formation-breaking cavalry were wrapped like iron towers. Huyan Chijin quickly rode up to meet him.
The two sides met and each reined in their horses. Huyan Chijin clasped his fists on the horse and said: "King Yan!" Yang Peng nodded, glanced at the burning military camp behind him, and said with a smile: "It seems you have done well. The task I gave you!" Huyan Chijin smiled and then reported the battle just now. Yang Peng thought: "The opponent's warriors actually ran away first. This is not a good thing!" It turned out that in Yang Peng's plan, Long Ba should lead hundreds of thousands of warriors to counterattack with all his strength. He, Han Bing, and Yelu Hanyu expected this, so he arranged the Huyan Chijin cavalry in advance to block the enemy army. In their view, the enemy army was in panic, and even though there were hundreds of thousands of people, it would be difficult to break through five thousand. After the enemy's main force was completely defeated by the formation-breaking cavalry, they would then concentrate their efforts to annihilate them. At least they would severely injure the enemy's cavalry. However, they did not expect that Long Ba would be defeated for a while before his entire army fled, making the previously planned plan The plan is useless.
Yang Peng thought for a moment and immediately ordered the messenger next to him: "Immediately order all armies. The infantry will stop pursuing and converge here. The light cavalry will continue to pursue. If you encounter a counterattack by the enemy's cavalry group, do not fight rashly!" "The herald promised, quickly turned the horse's head and ran down.
Yang Peng said to Huyan Chijin: "I will stay here with all the heavy armored warriors. When Han Bing comes up later, you tell her that I want her to lead the main force for me!" Huyan Chijin responded and then asked: "Prince Yan is going to pursue the enemy?"
Yang Peng said: "After this defeat, the enemy has become a frightened bird. It is just a good opportunity to kill them! Okay, I'm leaving! Remember what I told you!" Huyan Chijin promised with his fists clasped.
Yang Peng turned his head and said: "Xuanjia Army, follow me!" Then he galloped towards the north, and Zhan Jinguo led two thousand Xuanjia Army to follow closely. The rumble of horse hooves went north and gradually disappeared. In the night. All the formation-breaking cavalry and the Yanwang cavalry stayed in place.
Not long after, I saw a rolling stream of soldiers coming from the south. At the head were two beautiful female generals. They were really eye-catching on this battlefield of blood and fire.
Huyan Chijin and others hurriedly came forward and said: "General, I will pay my respects to the two princesses!" Liang Hongyu asked anxiously: "Where is the eldest brother?" Huyan Chijin cupped his fists and said: "Not long ago, King Yan led the Xuanjia warriors to the north to pursue the enemy. Gone! When King Yan left, he asked his general to tell the princess that the main force here is commanded by the princess." Han Bing was secretly annoyed: "Another person ran ahead and took risks, it's true! He glanced at Huyan Chijin and said, "I know." Yang Erya said anxiously: "Sister Hongyu, let's hurry up and pick up the elder brother!" Han Bing nodded and said to a flying phoenix female guard beside him: "Go back Tell Sister Yelu that the enemy has been defeated by us and that we are chasing the enemy. Tell her not to worry!" The Feifeng female guard responded, turned her horse's head, and ran down.
Han Bing glanced at the generals around him and said loudly: "Leave a thousand infantry here to deal with the aftermath, and the rest of the troops will follow me northward!" All the generals agreed in unison.
At this time, the Xuanjia Army led by Yang Peng had just defeated a Khitan army that had stopped to rest. Not long ago, this Khitan army of nearly 10,000 people ran for their lives and fled to a small river. They were really tired and stopped to take a rest. Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a rumbling sound of thunder. Then came from the south, everyone was horrified, and then they saw countless black warriors surging forward under the moonlight, rushing like a tide, with murderous intent. Everyone was in shock when they suddenly saw such a scene, Only one thought came to my mind, run for your life! As a result, nearly ten thousand Khitan troops fled in all directions without making any resistance! The Xuanjia Army chased for a while, killing and injuring thousands of people. Then they ignored the Khitan troops who were fleeing for their lives and continued to pursue the main force of the Khitan Army northward!
The Xuanjia army pursued them all the way to the north and defeated many Khitan armies one after another, killing countless people. When the sun rose in the east, Yang Peng had already led the Xuanjia Army in pursuit all night and arrived outside Yingzhou City, hundreds of miles north of Yanmen Pass. Yingzhou City, as mentioned above, is a transportation hub between Yanmen Pass and Datong Mansion, and its strategic position is very important. The Yanyun Army had already destroyed all the walls of this city when it was shrinking its defenses.
At this time, Yan Yunjun came outside the city and saw that the city was as quiet as a ruined temple on a barren mountain.
Zhan Jinguo said: "They didn't stop here!" Yang Peng nodded and said to Zhan Jin Guo: "Send a few soldiers to go in and take a look." Zhan Jin Guo responded and immediately called a few soldiers to go in and check. Several soldiers galloped into Yinzhou, and the rapid sound of horse hooves suddenly disappeared in the city, and the world became silent again. Yang Peng stared at the city and waited. He was not worried about the Khitan army playing tricks here. If the Khitan army really wanted to plot something in this abandoned city of Yingzhou, then they would be seeking death. Wait until their own side After the main force came up, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
After a while, several soldiers who were sent came back on horseback. The leading soldier reported to Yang Peng: "To King Yan, there is no one in the city, but there are many pots and stoves that were too late to clean up, and food is still cooked in them. , It's still hot!" Zhan Jinguo said excitedly: "The enemy must not be far away!" Yang Peng nodded, "Keep chasing!" Then he led the Xuanjia Army to continue chasing north.
Tens of miles away from Yinzhou City, we came to a place with rolling hills. Woo...! The horns of the Khitan army suddenly sounded loudly, and the Yanyun army who was chasing the enemy were startled. Then they saw an enemy cavalry force of nearly 10,000 people rushing out from the mountains to the east, shouting, and at the same time, At the same time, a Khitan army cavalry of the same size surged up from the north.
Yang Peng didn't have time to think, and led the black armored cavalry to meet him. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided and started fighting in the hills! The Xuanjia War Cavalry was very powerful and kept knocking down the Khitan troops who were charging madly, leaving people lying on their backs and blood flying. However, the tigers could not hold off the wolves, and the powerful Xuanjia War Cavalry also continued to cause casualties! Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Yang Peng immediately led his army to break out of the siege. The Khitan army pursued for a moment and then stopped their pursuit and returned to the hills.
Yang Peng led the Xuanjia Army to break out of the encirclement. Seeing that the Khitan army was not pursuing them, he reined in his horses. Seeing this, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanjia Army also reined in their horses. Yang Peng turned his horse's head to look at the hills, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I was careless, and my boat capsized in the gutter!" Zhan Jinguo also looked depressed. Yang Peng looked at the soldiers around him and felt relieved when he saw that the casualties were not very large. Although they were ambushed by more than 20,000 enemy war cavalry just now, the Xuanjia army was too powerful after all. In addition, Yang Peng and Zhan Jinguo, the two great killers, although the Khitan army's 20,000 war cavalry occupied Advantage, but the losses were much higher than that of Yan Yun Army, and they failed to trap Yan Yun Army. Of course, their ambush at least temporarily repelled Yan Yun's pursuit, and the strategic goal was achieved.
At this time, Yeqi Hucheng was leading his army to retreat towards Baishan Mountain and had reached the junction of Sanggan River and Yuhe River. The Khitan army officers and soldiers were exhausted and their morale was low. Han Changchun saw that everyone was working too hard, so he suggested to Ye Qi Hucheng: "Your Majesty, stop and take a rest." Ye Qi Hucheng looked at the soldiers around him, and they all looked exhausted and swaying around. , he felt very sleepy, so he nodded and said: "Stop and take a rest!" Han Chang received the approval and immediately shouted: "The king has ordered, rest on the spot! The king has ordered, rest on the spot!..." When the Khitan soldiers heard this, they felt as if they had been granted amnesty. They sat down or even lay down on the spot, never wanting to move again. Looking around Yeqihu City, I saw the soldiers under my command sitting in piles here and there, in a mess, completely lacking the atmosphere that a great country's army should have. However, Ye Qian Hucheng only felt guilty, but not angry.
Yeqianhucheng sat down under a big camphor tree. Longba brought dry food and water. Yeqianhucheng took the dry food and water and wolfed it down. He had not eaten any rice or water all night, and he was already very hungry. . Long Ba stepped aside and asked Han Chang in a low voice: "General Han, what happened last night?"
Han Chang sighed, "We have all been fooled! Yang Peng has set a trap for us from the beginning! Any talk about the army going south is all fake! Yang Peng used this to lure us over, and then only deployed the army behind the gate. To resist us, his Yanyun main force all bypassed Yanmen Pass from a place called Yansu Cliff and set up an ambush behind us!"
"Then he raided our camp with his elite troops and forced our army to return for reinforcements. In this way, our army fell into the trap he carefully laid. Alas, last night, our army was marching, but we did not expect Yan Yun The main force suddenly attacked from all directions. Before our army could react, it was smashed into several sections by their formation-breaking cavalry and King Yan's cavalry! By the time we reacted, the army was in chaos. Although we desperately directed the army to counterattack, we were unable to fight back. Oh my god, I saw hundreds of thousands of troops being smashed into pieces by them, and there was no way to stop them! Hey, this Yang Peng is so terrifying! Not only is he brave and invincible, but he is also more cunning than a fox. How could such a person appear in the world? A demon-like person?!" Han Changqing couldn't help but say. Long Ba couldn't help but sigh.
Han Chang looked at Long Ba and frowned: "In the most critical moment, we all counted on you to lead the cavalry to come back for reinforcements, but why couldn't we see you for so long?" Long Ba could hear the questioning tone in the other party's tone. Ba had wanted to explain a long time ago, but he never had the chance. Now when he heard Han Chang asked about it, he took the opportunity to tell what happened in detail. After hearing this, Han Chang frowned and murmured: "This is actually part of Yang Peng's plan!" Yeli Hucheng, who was sitting not far away, naturally heard Long Ba's narration and felt relieved. Then he sighed with emotion at Yang Peng's cunning. At this time, he no longer had any ambition to take revenge on Yang Peng. This defeat completely knocked out his spirit.
A cavalry of scouts came galloping from a distance, and everyone couldn't help but become nervous when they saw this scene, worried that bad news would come again.
I saw the scout galloping to the front of Yeqihu City, reining in the horse suddenly, jumping down, running to the front of Yeqihu City, kneeling and reporting: "Your Majesty, General Xiao Yeqian successfully ambushed the enemy! The enemy army The pursuit force has been repulsed!"
Ye Qi Hucheng and others couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when they heard this. Some people couldn't help but thank the Buddha and gods. Ye Qian Hucheng said excitedly: "Okay, Xiao Yegan really did not disappoint me!" Hearing these words in Long Ba's ears, Long Ba couldn't help but feel ashamed.
Han Chang walked to Yeqihu City and said, "Your Majesty, the Yanyun Army is no better than other armies. Although General Xiao Yeqian repelled the pursuers, there is no guarantee that the Yanyun Army will not attack again immediately! We cannot delay for too long. , you should go and join General Xiao Lou as soon as possible!" Yeli Hucheng nodded and asked, "Hasn't there been a reply from Xiao Lou's room yet?" Han Chang shook his head, "Not yet!"
At this moment, someone pointed to the west and shouted: "Someone is coming!" Everyone turned their eyes to the west, and saw a troop of thousands of soldiers and horses running towards this direction, with the flags swaying this way and that, as anxious as a bereaved dog. Han Chang said to Ye Qi Hucheng: "Your Majesty, it seems to be General Dalan!" Ye Qi Hucheng looked at it carefully and nodded, "It's him!"
After a while, Dalan led the remaining defeated soldiers and ran in. Dalan ran straight to the Yeqi Tiger City, reined in his horse, jumped off, knelt down towards the Yeqi Tiger City with a plop, and cried out sadly: "Your Majesty, at the end of the day. The general's men have suffered heavy losses!!" When the soldiers heard this, they couldn't help but feel sad. Thinking back to their experiences last night, they felt like they had had a nightmare.
Ye Qian Hucheng stepped forward, helped Dallan up, and blamed himself: "It's not your fault, it's my fault, it's my fault!!" Then he said to Han Chang: "Bring some dry food and water." Han Chang responded, ran down, and then got water and dry food, and handed it to Ye Qi Hucheng: "Your Majesty." Ye Qi Hucheng took the water and dry food, handed them to Dalai's hands, and patted his shoulder. , "It doesn't matter if we lose this time, we will definitely come back for revenge in the future!!" Dallan felt that this revenge might never be avenged, but he didn't dare to say it. Dallan had been very hungry and thirsty for a long time. His thoughts immediately returned to the water and food in his hands, and he couldn't care about anything else. He filled his stomach first and started gobbling it up.
Ye Qihucheng returned to the camphor tree and sat down, leaning against the tree trunk with his eyes closed to relax. Thinking back to this battle, he couldn't help but feel extremely heavy and unable to relieve himself. How could this happen? How could this happen? Ye Qianhucheng couldn't help but ask himself in his mind. He felt that he had not made any big mistakes. Every step he had taken before seemed to be a good move at the time! Alas, after all, my skills are still inferior to others. He, Yang Peng, is better at chess. I'm afraid all my plans will be seen through by him! Thinking of this, Ye Qian Hucheng couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
In fact, the idea of Yeqi Hucheng is not completely correct. Although the Yanyun Army won the battle beautifully, there were actually dangers in the process. In the previous Yingchoujian, Yeqi Hucheng was just a little bit successful. Well, last night, although the Yanyun Army laid a trap, there was one situation that Yang Peng and the others did not expect. That was that the Junfu Army was almost defeated by the Khitan Army. At that time, the victory or defeat was actually on the line. In the meantime, as long as the Khitan army breaks through Yanmen Pass, the outcome of this battle will be completely different. War is like this. The difference between the two is a world of difference. In fact, it is difficult to say what is right or wrong in any decision on the battlefield. In many cases, it is like choosing the big one and the small one. It is not much different from gambling, unless the strength of the two sides is different. Too big! Those historians or scholars holding a cup of tea to criticize the merits and demerits of historical figures are actually purely meaningless after the fact!
Just when Ye Qian Hucheng was drowsy, the sound of rapid horse hooves came to his ears again. Wanyan Gao's heart moved and he opened his eyes. At this time, Han Chang said to Ye Qi Hucheng: "Your Majesty, the people sent to contact General Xiao Loushi are back." Ye Qi Hucheng stood up, turned around and looked to the north, and saw a dozen knights running towards him. Not far away, people reined in their horses and got down one after another, when the first two officers came galloping over.
The two officers rushed to Yeqihu City and saluted. Then the officer on the left said: "Your Majesty, there is also a problem over there in Datong Mansion. General Xiao Loushi's 150,000 troops were defeated by Cao Jun, and Baishan Mountain was also defeated. lost!"
Ye Qi Hucheng and others were shocked. Ye Qi Hucheng asked anxiously: "How could this happen?"
The officer looked at the officer next to him and said, "He was sent by General Xiao Loushi. Let him tell you the specific situation." Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the officer on the right, and they heard the officer say: " Not long ago, Cao Jun suddenly came out, and General Xiao Loushi led his army to fight against him. The armies of both sides fought fiercely in the fields outside the city, from morning to dusk, and there was no winner! But at this time , but the Yanyun battle flag was erected on Baishan Mountain! Seeing this scene, the morale of our army was in chaos, and the Yanyun army took this opportunity to counterattack fiercely. Our army could not reach it and was ultimately defeated, and was forced to abandon the large offensive on the west bank of the Yuhe River. The battalion retreated to the east bank of Yuhe..."
Ye Qian Hucheng asked angrily: "Didn't Xiao Loushi want to take back Baishan Mountain?"
The officer said: "After General Xiao Loushi led us back to the east bank of the Yuhe River, before we could gain a foothold, Cao Jun led his army to attack and kill us. Our army fought fiercely with them, was defeated again, and retreated for more than thirty miles... "
Ye Qian Hucheng was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and cursed: "Trash, trash!!" The officer was frightened and did not dare to say any more. Ye Qian Hucheng glanced at him and shouted: "Keep going!" The officer continued: "After our army was defeated again, Cao Jun stopped attacking again. Until the villain left, General Xiao Loushi They are still stationed in the same place." Yeqian Hucheng asked: "How much did you lose?" "A total of thirty to forty thousand horses were lost. The casualties of Yanyun's army were not small."
Ye Qian Hucheng lowered his head and thought. Han Chang whispered from the side: "Your Majesty, we must cross the Yuhe River from here. If we go forward, we may encounter an ambush from Cao Jun's side!" Yeli Hucheng frowned and nodded, and said to Han Chang "You lead your troops down immediately to investigate whether there is a place where you can wade across the river. At the same time, cut down trees and collect boats to build a pontoon!" Han Chang responded and ran down.
Ye Qianhu City said to Long Ba again: "Long Ba, lead your 30,000 warriors to the north to ambush. If Yan Yun's army appears, I will intercept and kill them!" Long Ba responded and ran down. . Ye Qian Hucheng looked up at the sunny sky, but his heart was full of gloom. Then I couldn't help but think: 'Maybe there is still room for change. If the Xixia army has already attacked the Yellow River, the outcome of this battle is not certain. 'When I thought of this, I couldn't help but regain a lot of confidence in my heart.
The Khitan army was busy building pontoon bridges. By noon, two pontoon bridges were built. At the same time, Han Chang reported back and found a shoal that could be waded across. Yuhe is a tributary of Sanggan River. Unlike other major rivers, there are many shoals on this river that can be waded across. At the same time, urgent reports came from both the north and the south, saying that Yanyun's army had appeared.
Yeqianhu City did not dare to delay and ordered the army to cross the river. The Khitan soldiers, who had already become frightened, rushed to cross the river, and the scene was chaotic. At about this time, the Yanyun Army chasing from the south launched a fierce attack on the Jin Army under Xiao Yegan's command. The Yanyun infantry and cavalry cooperated with each other to storm the Khitan Army's defense line, flattening sections of the defense line like bulldozers. ! The battle lasted for half an hour, and the Khitan army, which tried its best, finally could no longer resist and the entire army collapsed. Seeing this scene, Chen Xiao immediately led all the light cavalry and Xuanjia Army to pursue them. The soldiers from both sides chased and fought fiercely all the way, and the killing and screaming never stopped.
At dusk, Yang Peng led his cavalry and rushed to the river, but in the end they arrived a step too late. The Khitan army had all escaped across the Yuhe River. The two pontoon bridges were burning on the river, and countless people who had been killed by the Khitan army were piled on the bank. The armor and supplies were in a mess. Yang Peng didn't know the location of the shoal in this section, so he couldn't pursue it for a while.
In view of the fact that his own soldiers were quite exhausted after days of fierce fighting, Yang Peng ordered all armies to gather at the intersection of Yuhe and Sanggan rivers for a temporary rest. He ordered Cao Jun to withdraw his troops to guard Datong and Baishan Mountain. At the same time, he sent out a large number of scouts to conduct reconnaissance. Every move in Yeqihu City. The battle on Xijing Road temporarily stopped.
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
