Han Bing looked at Chai Yonghui and said, "There have been rumors circulating everywhere recently. It seems that someone is deliberately spreading rumors that are unfavorable to us, Yan Yun."
When Chai Yonghui heard what happened, she couldn't help but feel waning and said, "I don't understand these things, sister, you don't have to tell me." Only then did she notice the other people around her, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and said apologetically: " I'm disturbing your discussion!" Everyone hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, you are serious!" Chai Yonghui smiled slightly and said to Han Bing: "Sister Han Bing, I won't disturb your discussion!" Then he turned around and walked outside, Han Bing hurriedly walked out. After sending Chai Yonghui out of the hall, he bowed and said, "It's easy to go, sister." Chai Yonghui nodded and walked towards the backyard. Han Bing watched Chai Yonghui go away, then turned back to the hall, looking down in thought, and suddenly sighed quietly.
Zhang Xiang said: "Don't worry, Chief Manager. It's just some rogues and gentry literati spreading rumors. Nothing will happen!" Zhang Jimeng smiled and said to Zhang Xiang: "Han Bing is not worried about this matter!" Zhang Xiang revealed A look of confusion. Han Bing's face blushed slightly, she glared at Zhang Jimeng, and said angrily: "You know again!" Zhang Xiang and the other men looked at each other, then understood and laughed.
Han Bing said angrily: "Stop chatting, let's get down to business!" He turned around and walked up to the table and sat down. He raised his head and glanced at everyone, and said: "These rumors have become more and more serious recently. Although I don't believe these people can cause any trouble, the impact is very bad and must be dealt with severely! I mean, arrest those who dare to Confucian scholars and hooligans who openly talk and spread rumors in pubs, restaurants and other places!" Zhang Xiang said with some worry: "Such a big move will probably cause social unrest!" Han Bing said flatly: "If rumors are allowed to spread, society will The turmoil is even greater, and we must take decisive action to stop the spread of rumors!"
Zhang Jimeng said: "We can also publicize the battle situation at the front at the same time. I believe it won't be long before the rumors can be stopped!" Han Bing said: "That's it!" Looking at Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang, he said: "The arrests will be carried out by local governments. Execution, if necessary, you can ask nearby troops for help!" Zhang Xiang and Huang Guang clasped their fists and agreed, Zuo Mou said: "I will immediately send orders to all places to comply with the execution!" Han Bing said: "That's it, you go!" Everyone bowed to Liang Hanbing He said goodbye and left the hall.
His eyes turned to Xiping Mansion. Li Qingxia was woken up by the maid not long after she fell asleep. Li Qingxia felt dizzy and unhappy, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" She sat up from the bed. Seeing Li Qingxia's unswerving expression, the maid felt frightened and said hurriedly: "The Generalissimo said there is an urgent matter to report to His Majesty!" Li Qingxia's heart moved and she immediately said: "Tell him to come in!" But the maid was stunned on the spot, as if she didn't know. A confused look. When Li Qingxia saw this, she was angry, but then she felt relieved. She understood the reason why the maid looked like this. She was only wearing light clothes. Although it was indecent, she also revealed her love. How could she receive a foreign minister, let alone a man? of.
Li Qingxia got off the bed, and the maid immediately fetched a dress and helped Li Qingxia put it on. After that, the maid was ready to dress Li Qingxia. Li Qingxia raised her hand and said, "No need. You go and ask the Generalissimo to wait in the study. I will be there shortly." The maid bowed in agreement and retreated.
After a while, Li Qingxia, neatly dressed but without makeup, walked into the study. When Li Zongdao saw this, he quickly bowed and saluted: "I have met your Majesty!"
Li Qingxia walked quickly to Li Zongdao and asked urgently: "Is there any news about Li Cunxiao?" Li Zongdao said: "It's not news about Li Cunxiao, it's an urgent report from Prime Minister Zuo from the capital!" Got the letter. Li Qingxia took the letter, unfolded it, read it again, and frowned slightly. He turned his hands behind his back, walked to the desk, pondered for a moment, smiled coldly, and murmured: "A group of clowns are simply wishful thinking!" He turned around, looked at Li Zongdao and said calmly: "I am not concerned about these clowns now. The situation is not that of Li Cunxiao!"
Li Zongdao said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, nothing unexpected will happen! At this moment, Li Cunxiao and the others may have climbed to the Great Wall Ridge!" Li Qingxia frowned and nodded, "I hope so!"
Turning his attention to Youzhou, Li Cunxiao led the Snow Mountain Army to attack Youzhou for many days, but was still blocked by the city of Youzhou. The sounds of fierce fighting gradually fell silent, and the attacking troops retreated like a retreating tide. General Li Cunren, who was covered in blood, knelt down in front of Li Cunxiao's horse with a plop, and said with a look of shame on his face: "General, I am incompetent and failed to capture the city!" Li Cunxiao looked up at the soldiers behind him. He came up an hour ago. Of the five thousand warriors, only so many people retreated, probably less than two thousand. Li Cunxiao frowned and said to Li Cunren: "You have done your best, go down and heal your wounds!" Li Cunren responded. He struggled to stand up, but as soon as he was halfway up, his body stumbled suddenly and he was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, the soldier next to him quickly caught him with quick eyes and hands. Li Cunren and others retreated.
Li Cunxiao raised his eyes to look at the dilapidated city in the distance and saw Yan Yun's battle flag still flying on the city gate tower. The city in front of them was very dilapidated, with the city gates demolished and many city walls demolished. The Xixia side implemented the tactics of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, which naturally did not leave a strong city for the Yanyun army to rely on; the Yanyun army retreated to Youzhou. Later, in view of the possible counterattack by the enemy, the Yanyun Army immediately repaired the demolished city gate and wall after retreating to Youzhou. However, after all, time was limited, so the Yanyun Army could only use stones, wood, soil, etc. to repair the demolished city gates and walls. The gaps were just blocked. After these days of fierce fighting, many places collapsed again. Li Cunxiao was angry and puzzled at the same time. He really didn't understand how the Yanyun army in front of him could block his continuous fierce attacks! ? Suddenly his heart moved, and he couldn't help but murmured: "Is it possible that the Yanyun Army in this city is not the 10,000 people reported by the spies before?" After being unable to attack for a long time and suffering heavy losses, Li Cunxiao couldn't help but doubt the intelligence he had obtained before.
However, Li Cunxiao may not know at this moment that there are actually very few Yanyun troops left in Youzhou City. There is only one general, Wang De, and two to three hundred scarred soldiers. At this point in the battle, they could actually retreat. No one would blame them for retreating at this time, and no one would think they did something wrong. However, none of these scarred soldiers wanted to retreat, because they received His order is to defend Youzhou to the death. Since he defends it, he must live and die with the city. As long as he is still alive, he must not allow the city to fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise the mission will not be completed.
Wang De wrote a suicide note to his wife and children, handed it to a soldier beside him, and ordered: "Take it out and give it to my wife!" The soldier did not reach out to take the suicide note, but suddenly knelt down and cried: "My wife If I don’t leave, my subordinates and the general will live and die together!”
Wang De said angrily: "Nonsense! My general's order to you is to take this letter out, stop talking nonsense to me!" Then he put the letter into the hands of the soldiers and shouted: "Quickly leave!" The soldiers neither I was willing to leave, but I didn't dare to disobey the order. I was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do. Wang De's eyes widened and he shouted: "Let's go!" The soldier was shocked, subconsciously stood up, bowed to Wang De, got on his horse, and galloped away towards the south.
Wang De stood up with a big knife, limped onto a collapsed wall, and looked outside. I saw the Xixia army moving the bodies of their own soldiers away from the battlefield. Wang De murmured: "Damn it, we're going to attack again!" As if in agreement with his words, before he could finish his words, an earth-shattering horn sound came from outside the city, wuwuwu, heartbreaking. , piercing the sky. Then thousands of Xixia troops were seen rushing in like a tide.
Wang De turned to his scarred soldiers and shouted: "Get ready to fight!!" Hundreds of soldiers shouted in unison, their majestic fighting spirit soaring into the sky, shocking Li Cunxiao who was watching the battle from a distance outside the city.
The Xixia army roared and poured into the gap. Wang De shouted, brandished his sword, and charged into the enemy group first. The sword flew up and down, raising blood all over the sky. All the soldiers also roared and charged into the enemy group, fighting to the death, all like The crazy beasts all risked their lives, completely ignoring the enemy's weapons and just killing the enemy. Their own blood and the enemy's blood danced in the sky! Facing the Yanyun Army's crazy counterattack, the Xixia Army was unable to move forward for a while.
The fierce battle continued. After trying their best, the Yanyun Army soldiers fell into a pool of blood one by one. In the end, only Wang De was left. He still stood at the highest point of the gap and waved his sword desperately. The Xixia Army soldiers rushed forward one by one. Being chopped down and rolled down one by one, Wang De suffered more and more wounds, but he didn't fall down. He seemed invincible! The battlefield under the setting sun is a tragic scene!
Xixia warrior Li Chongshan rushed out from the army, brandished his mace and hit Wang De on the head! Wang De was almost out of gas, but he turned a blind eye to the mace that could take his life. With a big knife in his hand, he swung it towards Li Chongshan! Li Chongshan didn't expect that the other party would actually die with him. He was shocked and hurriedly dodged sideways. The big knife flew past his chest and almost took off half of his shoulder. At the same time, Li Chongshan's mace was struck by his own sword. His dodge action also shifted, and he failed to hit Wang De's head, but hit him hard on his left shoulder. There was a muffled sound, the armor shattered, and blood spilled out.
Li Chongshan had just recovered from his shock. He glanced at Wang De with a complicated expression and found that he was actually smiling!
I don't know why, when Li Chongshan saw this smile, he couldn't help but feel boundless anger in his heart. He shouted, raised his mace and hit Wang De on the chest. At this time, Wang De could not dodge at all. I saw the mace hit Wang De's chest heavily, and with a loud bang, the whole person flew out like a kite with a broken string, and fell heavily into the city wall. Ten thousand soldiers had reached this point, and except for one soldier who delivered the message, all of them were killed. There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood inside and outside the city. They faced an enemy army six times their size and relied on the demolished city to resist for six full days! After six days of bloody battle, the 60,000 Xixia troops could not advance even an inch. This is definitely an unimaginable miracle!
Wang De looked at the blue sky and flowing clouds, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he vaguely felt the enemy army swarming in. Wang De was a little unwilling and a little guilty. Yan Yunxiaorui was invincible in the world. Except for retreating on his own initiative, he never lost an inch of land, but he failed to defend Youzhou! I'm sorry, General, I'm sorry, King Yan, I'm sorry, my brothers! …
Li Cunxiao climbed onto the city wall and looked at the tragic scene in front of him, without any joy of victory in his heart. Yuzhou, which was originally expected to be captured in one day, actually took six days to fight! Although the 10,000 Yanyun army was completely wiped out, our own side also paid a huge price of 20,000 casualties!
Li Cunxiao couldn't help but sigh: "A miserable victory is like defeat!" Li Chongshan on the side couldn't help but sigh: "The last general has fought with the Liao people, fought with the Tubo people, and the Song people, but he has never encountered anyone like the Yan people. An opponent like Yun Jun! Completely unafraid of life and death, stubborn and stubborn! If Yan Yun Jun were like this, we, we..." He did not say the next words, but everyone understood what he meant. He wanted to say, If Yan Yun's army were like this, it would be impossible for Daxia to compete with Yan Yun! !
Li Cunxiao suppressed his chaotic thoughts, condensed his eyes, and said: "Now that Youzhou has been captured, it's time to march straight in and seize the Great Wall Ridge! Time is running out, and we must seize the Great Wall before the enemy's Sixth Army Corps arrives at the Great Wall Ridge. Ling, lock this lock!" He turned to the generals and said: "Don't rest the army, leave the wounded soldiers behind, the rest of the troops will set off immediately! We don't have much time!" The generals agreed in unison.
As mentioned earlier, the Yanyun Sixth and Seventh Legions will join the northern and southern battlefields as follow-up troops. However, since these two legions only set off after the war began, they are mainly infantry and also carry He carries a lot of baggage, so he has not yet entered the battlefield. The Seventh Army Corps has not yet arrived at Yanmen Pass, and the Sixth Army Corps has already entered the border of northern Shaanxi, which is why Li Cunxiao is so anxious.
The Xixia army only stopped briefly in the city of Youzhou, and then marched quickly towards the Changcheng Ridge in the south. The cavalry was in front and the infantry was behind.
This morning, Li Qingxia was discussing matters with Li Zongdao. Suddenly, a personal officer led a travel-worn messenger and rushed in, saying urgently: "Your Majesty, General Li Cunxiao has sent someone!"
Li Qingxia and Li Zongdao immediately looked at the envoy. Li Qingxia asked anxiously: "Has General Li conquered Youzhou?" The messenger knelt down and said: "Replying to your Majesty, our army has conquered Youzhou, and now the army is in a hurry." On the way to attack Changcheng Ridge!"
When Li Qingxia and Li Zongdao heard this, a big stone that had been weighing on their hearts finally fell. Li Qingxia couldn't help but thank God: "God bless Daxia! God bless Daxia!!" She was so emotional that tears filled her eyes. Suddenly realizing that he had lost his composure, he quickly turned around and wiped the tears from his face. After coming back to his senses, he excitedly said to Li Zongdao: "Generalissimo, the current situation is very beneficial to us!" Li Zongdao nodded and said: "I think Yang Yanzhao has also received relevant information. We have to prevent them. Retreat!" Li Qingxia took it seriously and immediately ordered: "Send more scouts, don't let Yang Yanzhao and the others slip away under our noses!" Li Zongdao responded and ran down.
Later that day, Li Qingxia summoned the generals to discuss a major counterattack. Li Qingxia planned to lock the key lock of Changcheng Ridge and then trap Yang Yanzhao's troops. After the main force of the Yanyun Army in the south was eliminated, one force was left to guard Yinzhou and Changcheng Ridge, and the main force went north to deal with Yang Peng! Thinking that there was a more ferocious battle waiting for them in the north, everyone who had just been excited about getting the good news couldn't help but become worried again.
The scouts monitoring Yang Yanzhao's troops outside the city kept sending news, but Yang Yanzhao's troops never made any move. Li Qingxia and others were not surprised by this. After all, the Yan Yun army outside the city were all infantry. If they rashly left the camp and retreated, they would definitely give their own cavalry a chance to eliminate them. The Xixia people are not in a hurry. The situation at hand is beneficial to their own side. It is best for Yue Fei's troops to remain motionless forever. They will starve to death if they are so hungry!
Two days later, Li Cunxiao sent another messenger. When Li Qingxia heard the news, she quickly came out from behind and walked into the hall. She saw a dusty officer standing under the hall. As soon as the officer saw Li Qingxia coming out from behind the screen, he quickly bowed: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty, little man!"
Li Qingxia stepped forward quickly and asked, "Has Li Cunxiao occupied Changcheng Ridge?" In the past two days, Li Qingxia had not thought about tea or food. She only thought about one thing, and that was Changcheng Ridge. As long as Li Cunxiao could occupy the first place in Yanyun The Sixth Army had occupied Changcheng Ridge before, so Daxia still had a chance to turn defeat into victory!
The officer showed grief and anger. When Li Qingxia saw his expression, her heart skipped a beat. Just listen to his sad voice: "Our army was ambushed by Yang Dezheng's troops in Helanyuan and suffered heavy losses!"
Li Qingxia only felt the world spinning and her body staggered. After calming down, he looked at the officer and asked in a deep voice: "Didn't I remind Li Cunxiao? Why was he successfully ambushed by them?" The officer said: "It took our army six full days to break through Youzhou, General. Worried that the enemy's Sixth Army would enter the Changcheng Ridge first, they ordered the three armies to go all the way and neglected to be on guard. As a result, they were suddenly ambushed by the enemy in Helanyuan. In the blink of an eye, their 20,000 warriors would Our army was in disarray, and even though our army was unprepared and fought back, we were ultimately defeated!"
Li Qingxia was so annoyed that she closed her eyes, then opened them and murmured: "It's just this little difference, just this little difference! Is this God's will?" In fact, this is not God's will, but is all part of Yang Yanzhao's calculations . Yang Yanzhao made special instructions before sending Yang Dezheng: If Youzhou is still in our hands, we will immediately attack Tiemenguan, seize Tiemenguan, and cut off the Xueshan Army's retreat. The crisis in Youzhou will be resolved without a fight; if you The state had been lost, so he laid an ambush in Helanyuan to ambush the enemy. Yang Yanzhao had already figured it out. After Li Cunxiao defeated Youzhou, he would definitely rush to the Changcheng Ridge. Helanyuan was more than 20 miles north of the Changcheng Ridge. It was the only way to go south to the Changcheng Ridge. It was not conducive to ambush but was conducive to the cavalry charge. , and Li Cunxiao's army came all the way from Youzhou. When they arrived here, they should be the most exhausted and least prepared. Therefore, Yang Yanzhao concluded that the cavalry ambush here had a high chance of success, and the result was indeed as Yang Yanzhao expected.
However, there is a very important premise for all this, that is, Wang De's troops must persist for more than four days. This is unimaginable in Yang Yanzhao's view. If they cannot persist, Yang Dezheng will not have time to set up an ambush, and Wang De and others will insist on holding on. Six days in Youzhou far exceeded expectations. It bought enough time for Yang Dezheng to set up an ambush, and then he would have a big victory, which completely crushed Li Qingxia's attempt. Wang De and his 10,000 soldiers can rest in peace, their sacrifices were not in vain.
Li Qingxia slowly turned around, walked to the main seat and sat down. He said to the soldiers: "Summon the Generalissimo here to discuss matters!" The soldiers responded and ran down. Li Qingxia looked at the officer and asked, "Where are Li Cunxiao and the remnants of the Xueshan Army now?" The officer said, "The army has returned to Youzhou after its defeat."
"How many people are left?" "There are about twenty-five to six thousand people!"
Li Qingxia felt angry and heartbroken for a while. At this time, there were rapid footsteps at the door, but it was Li Zongdao who came quickly. As soon as Li Zongdao entered the door, he saw the officer kneeling on the ground. He then bowed to Li Qingxia and asked, "Your Majesty, what are your orders for the general to be summoned urgently?"
Li Qingxia said calmly: "Li Cunxiao failed to capture Changcheng Ridge..." Li Zongdao was surprised, "Did the enemy's Sixth Army enter Changcheng Ridge first? It shouldn't be!" Li Qingxia said: "Then Yang Dezheng's 20,000 warriors Li Cunxiao was caught off guard by Helan Yuan's ambush and was severely defeated. Now the remaining defeated soldiers have returned to Youzhou!"
Li Zongdao frowned and said: "Helanyuan? That is really an unexpected place. No wonder Li Cunxiao was unprepared!" Then he became worried and glanced at Li Qingxia, "Now the situation has taken a turn for the worse. The previous strategic goal was only I'm afraid it won't be possible!" Li Qingxia frowned and looked out the window on one side, murmuring: "What else can we do now? What else can we do?"
At this moment, the guard captain Gao Feng hurried in and reported: "Your Majesty, Keyi Gate has been lost!" Li Qingxia felt her head suddenly explode and she stood up suddenly, then rolled her eyes and fainted. The scene immediately went crazy. …
When Li Qingxia opened her eyes, she found that she had returned to the bedroom. Feeling a splitting headache, he frowned involuntarily. "Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body!" Li Zongdao's anxious voice came from the side. Li Qingxia waved her hand, indicating that it was okay, and then she sat up with her body propped up. Seeing this, the maid on the side quickly stuffed a pillow behind Li Qingxia.
Li Qingxia leaned on the pillow and was about to speak when she suddenly heard waves of shouts coming from outside. It was clearly tens of thousands of people shouting at the same time, shouting: "Li Cunxiao's army has been wiped out, and Xixia's defeat is imminent. If you want to live, run away quickly!" Just this sentence, repeated over and over again.
Li Qingxia frowned and said angrily: "Is it the Yanyun Army?" Li Zongdao nodded, "Shortly after His Majesty fell into coma, the Yanyun Army came out of the camp and approached the city, shouting continuously! Now the military in the city is in turmoil and the people are panicked. !”
Li Qingxia shouted angrily: "That's too much!" Then she calmed down and remembered the fall of Keyi Gate. She looked at Gao Feng and asked angrily: "Why did Keyi Gate suddenly fall? Didn't we hear good news all the time before? Was the Yanyun Army's attack frustrated with heavy casualties? How could it suddenly fall?"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
