Yelu Hanyu nodded and said: "Yes. In this case, the Seljuk Empire is like a surprise attack, and it has obviously been planned for a long time. This can only be a tie with our ocean-going fleet, which shows that the Seljuk Empire is strong. The situation is limited, so we can order the two brothers to collect intelligence while waiting for opportunities to attack, and using offense as defense, we may be able to open up the situation in a short time."
Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully, remained silent for a moment, and said to the two girls, "That's it!" Then he walked behind the desk and sat down. Han Bing immediately came up to polish the ink for him, while Yang Peng was thinking about the words and details. question. Han Bing finished grinding the ink, and Yang Peng finished thinking. He immediately picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and started writing quickly on the letter paper. After a while, he wrote a letter, dried the ink, folded it, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Jiang Li. He ordered: "Send someone to deliver it to the Guan brothers immediately!" Jiang Li came forward and took the letter. He agreed and ran down.
Yang Peng stood up and walked to the map. Han Bing and Ye Qian Hanyu understood each other and immediately untied the other map that was rolled up above the horizontal axis and hung it down. A world map immediately appeared in front of the three people. This world map was much richer than the original world map. The situation in East Asia was naturally and accurately marked, and the situation in Nanyang, Central Asia, and South Asia was also marked in detail. , but the situation in Europe is relatively vague. At present, the situation of only a few countries has been roughly marked. Regarding the information about Europe, Yang Peng first learned about it from the horseman John from the West, and later through land and Maritime trade learned something about Europe.
There is a situation that has always puzzled Yang Peng. Although he does not know much about the situation in medieval Europe, he does know the general situation. At that time, Europe had three major powers: Britain, France, and Germany. Other countries were powerful. There are strong and weak countries, but they are all inferior to these three powerful countries. The main force of the Crusades in many Eastern expeditions during the Middle Ages actually came from these three countries. In Yang Peng's opinion, Europe in the Middle Ages should not have been too powerful. However, according to the news recently obtained through trade channels, the Holy Roman Empire, also known as Germany in modern society, was actually very powerful and had already annexed several surrounding countries. A small country, in the latest Crusade, it defeated the Arab coalition and occupied many strategic locations on the east coast of the Mediterranean, including the holy city of Jerusalem. The Holy Roman Empire gives people the impression of being unique, which does not seem to be consistent with the historical situation.
Yang Peng looked at the map and said: "I originally thought that the confrontation with the Central Asian and European forces would take at least ten years, but I didn't expect that the conflict would break out so soon. God is not as good as man!"
Yelu Hanyu frowned and said: "Now is indeed not the time. We should solve the surrounding problems first. However, the benefits of maritime trade are huge and very important to Yan Yun, but we cannot give up because of this!"
Han Bing said: "Yes, although we don't want to start a war with others thousands of miles away on the ocean now, we can't back down when the situation comes! Since the Seljuk Empire has come to our door, we will teach them a lesson, at least... We must beat them until they dare not move rashly within a few years!"
Yang Peng smiled slightly and glanced at Han Bing. Ye Qi Hanyu was very puzzled by Yang Peng's eyes and asked: "Brother, do you think what I said is wrong?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "No, I just suddenly thought of the tigress." Han Bing didn't understand for a while, but Yelu Hanyu burst into laughter. Han Bing suddenly realized: 'Brother is making fun of himself as a tigress! 'Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry. I stared at Yang Peng angrily, with my face flushed.
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In the middle of the night, Yang Peng was lying on the bed, holding Zhao Lihua in his arms, immersed in sleep, and beautiful dreams poured into his mind one after another.
Suddenly there were hurried footsteps outside the embroidery building, and then the voices of several women talking sounded downstairs, and then there were hurried footsteps on the stairs. Jiang Li and Zhao Lihua's personal maid came to the second floor where Yang Peng and Zhao Lihua were resting. Jiang Li stopped and the maid quickly stopped when she saw this. Jiang Li clasped her fists and bowed towards the bed wrapped in gauze from a distance, and said loudly: "Master, I have something urgent to report!"
Yang Peng woke up, and Zhao Lihua was also woken up. Suddenly, he found that there were two more people in the room. He couldn't help being frightened. Then he found out that it was the commander of the Feifeng female guard and his personal maid, and he was relieved.
Yang Peng asked: "What's the matter?"
Jiang Li quickly stepped forward, came to the bedside, and said through the gauze curtain: "Not long ago, the Xixia envoy raided the Tubo envoy." Yang Peng was surprised, "What? The Xixia envoy raided the Tubo envoy Group?" Jiang Li nodded, "That's right." Yang Peng sneered: "Okay, the Xixia people are learning from Banchao! It's a pity that they are not the Han Dynasty, and we are not the Western Regions! What a fucking mess!" He sat up, opened the gauze and got off the bed. Jiang Li and Zhao Lihua's personal maids immediately came up to help Yang Peng get dressed and trousers. Jiang Li served Yang Peng while describing the whole incident.
"The Xixia mission raided the Tubo mission around three o'clock. The Tubo mission was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. However, their actions were discovered in time by the people responsible for surveillance. When the Xixia people just broke into the backyard, the city defense army rushed to the scene. The Tubo mission was surrounded by people, and everyone from the Xixia mission and the Tubo mission were all captured without help!"
When Jiang Li finished speaking, Yang Peng was also dressed and said angrily: "That's it?" Jiang Li nodded, "That's it." Yang Peng rolled his eyes, "I thought something big had happened. Well, it ended like this after a long time!" Then he asked, "Are the important people on both sides dead?" Jiang Li shook her head, "That's not true."
Yang Peng sat down in front of the dressing table and said: "This matter is not a big deal, it really disturbs people's dreams!" Jiang Li heard that there seemed to be blame in the master's words, and quickly clasped her fists and said: "It's my subordinate who is making a fuss out of a molehill." Got it!"
Yang Peng waved his hand, "You didn't do anything wrong." After a pause, he said to Jiang Li: "You pass the order for me to lock up those guys first, and then we'll talk in two days." Jiang Li agreed and ran down. The maid asked Yang Peng: "Excuse me, King Yan, do you need your maid to prepare some midnight snacks?"
Yang Peng said: "With all this fuss, my drowsiness has been eliminated. Go and prepare some supper. Remember, ask for a pot of good wine." The maid responded and hurried down.
At this time, Zhao Lihua, who had already put on small clothes and pants and a gauze, opened the gauze curtain and walked out of the bed. When he came to Yang Peng, Yang Peng reached out and held her delicate hand, and said with a smile: "Let's drink a few glasses of wine before going back to sleep." He turned to look at the night outside the window, and couldn't help but said: "The night is so beautiful, but I just cover my head. It's such a pity to fall asleep!" Zhao Lihua smiled sweetly and said softly: "Since eldest brother wants to enjoy the night view, I will naturally accompany him." Yang Peng took her slender right hand and gently exerted force, and Zhao Lihua immediately lost her balance. With a cry, he fell into Yang Peng's arms. The two looked at each other, Yang Peng with a smile and Zhao Lihua with affection.
After a while, the supper wine was served. Yang Peng and Zhao Lihua drank while admiring the night scenery and talking about touching love words. Under the reflection of the moonlight, the couple in front of the window was a perfect couple.
A figure suddenly moved at the arch in the distance. Zhao Lihua saw it first with sharp eyes and said in surprise: "It seems to be Commander Jiang Li. Why is she here again?"
Yang Peng turned his head and looked into the distance, and sure enough he saw a person walking quickly along the lake under the faint moonlight. Although he couldn't see it clearly, with Chen Xiao's familiarity with Jiang Li, he could tell it at a glance. I recognized her as Jiang Li who had just been here. She couldn't help but feel surprised in her heart, frowned and murmured: "Did something urgent happen?" Jiang Li had just accepted the order and left. If something urgent hadn't happened again, she would never have been able to leave and come back, and she was still so anxious. look like.
Jiang Li rushed to the second floor. At this time, Yang Peng was already standing in the middle of the room, while Zhao Lihua was still sitting in front of the moon hole window behind Yang Peng. Jiang Li ran straight to Yang Peng and bowed with her fists clasped in front of her: "This is to inform King Yan, there is an emergency in the Liao Kingdom!" Then she took out a letter and presented it with both hands, "This is the military emergency sent from the palace just now. Report!" It turned out that Jiang Li had just left here to return to the palace to deliver orders, but on the way she met Wang Kai, who was rushing over from the palace. He was about to rush to Mrs. Zhao's palace to report the urgent military situation. After Jiang Li asked about the reason, she asked Wang Kai to pass the order for her. She learned about the attributes and rushed back to report to Yang Peng.
Yang Peng took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, and read it, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face. After reading the letter, he paced back and forth for a while with his hands behind his back. He suddenly stopped and turned to Jiang Li and said: "Immediately summon all the important civil and military ministers in Tianjing New City to the palace to discuss important matters!" Jiang Li responded and hurried down.
Yang Peng turned around, and at this time Zhao Lihua had left the moon cave window and came to him. Yang Peng held Zhao Lihua's delicate hand and said apologetically: "I wanted to spend a good night with you, but I didn't expect something like this to happen. I have to go!" Zhao Lihua sighed quietly and said softly, "I know. State affairs. It's important, brother, you don't have to miss me!" Yang Peng's heart changed a lot, and he hugged Zhao Lihua gently, and then left.
The group of people quickly returned to the palace on horseback, dismounted, and walked quickly into the hall. At this time, except for Yelu Hanyu and Han Bing, all the civil and military personnel had not yet arrived. Yang Peng walked up to the top and sat down. He took out the emergency report he had just received and handed it to Yelu Hanyu, "Mei'er, Han Bing, you guys take a look first." Yelu Hanyu came forward to untie the letter and read it. Once, with a look of surprise on his face, he handed the letter to Han Bing. Han Bing read it again, with a look of disbelief on his face. He raised his head and said to Yang Peng: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen!" Yang Peng frowned and nodded: "I didn't expect it either! This is so unexpected!"
After a while, the civil and military personnel who stayed in Tianjing New City arrived one after another. They paid homage to Yang Peng and stood on the left and right according to their positions. Everyone looked at Yang Peng. Although they didn't know what happened yet, they all felt that something big must have happened, otherwise King Yan would never have called everyone to the palace to discuss matters.
Yang Peng said: "Just now, I received intelligence from Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom. Two days ago, 200,000 Mongolian warriors suddenly crossed the Hun River and captured Ningzhou. Then 200,000 Mongolian warriors rushed forward in one fell swoop. Defeated the 100,000 Khitan troops who rushed to meet them, and then surrounded Shangjing. Shangjing is in danger!"
Everyone was very surprised when they suddenly heard this, and couldn't help but whisper among themselves. Zhang Xiang said: "This is so surprising! It is reasonable for the Mongols to take advantage of the fierce battle between the Khitans and the Japanese to conquer the Shangjing Road. But how could the Mongols complete the assembly in such a short period of time? Such a large A large-scale attack would take at least half a year to prepare carefully, so how could the Mongols suddenly launch an attack?"
Yelu Hanyu said: "There is only one explanation for this, and that is that the Mongols have been preparing for a long time!" Everyone nodded, and Chai Yongqi said: "In this case, the Mongols should have been waiting for the Khitans to fight the Japanese!"
Yang Peng thought: "This is one possibility, and another possibility is that the Mongols and the Japanese have colluded." Everyone could not help but frown. Huang Guang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said: "If this is the case, it would be bad. !If these two bandits had not colluded, then the Khitan Kingdom would have been destroyed, and the two bandits would inevitably go to war in order to compete for interests and territory, and we would not face any imminent threats; however, if these two bandits had already colluded, the division of the spoils would have been completed. , then after the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, they will not fight, and will most likely continue to maintain an alliance to deal with us. Because the desires of their two families cannot be stopped by destroying the Liao Kingdom, but will make their desires even more difficult to satisfy, and the Central Plains has been since ancient times. It has always been the most fertile area in the world, and there is no place that can compare with it. After the two bandits destroyed Liao, their ambitions have expanded, and they are very likely to come towards us!"
Fu Jianyue and other civil servants couldn't help but become worried. Han Bing said: "Even if the Mongols and the Japanese come together to attack, we are not afraid. It just happens that our food and grass have been completely exhausted due to the conquest of Xixia, and it is difficult to mobilize a large force. If they really attack in a short time, There is indeed some trouble!" After a pause, he continued: "We can use the navy to cut off the sea channel, and the army relies on the dangerous passes of Xiongguan to defend to the death, so there should be no big problem!"
Yelu Hanyu thought: "Things haven't reached that point yet! Although the Mongols' sudden troops sent out the situation, the Khitan people are not vegetarians. They have an army of more than one million people who have been in battle for a long time. There are also Xiao Loushi, Ye Qian Hucheng and other famous generals in hundreds of battles, it is not easy to defeat the Khitans!"
Yang Peng nodded, "Mei'er is right. Although the current situation is far beyond the previous expectations, it is not true that the joining of 200,000 Mongolian troops will destroy the Liao Kingdom!" After a pause , thinking: "Under the current situation, the Liao court will definitely withdraw its main force from Goryeo immediately to deal with the Mongolian threat. In this way, the war in Goryeo will probably be reversed. The Japanese will definitely launch a counterattack, but I don't know if the Goryeo army and the remaining Can the descending Liao army withstand the Japanese counterattack?"
After a pause, "We can't just sit idly by and ignore this situation!" Yelu Hanyu said in embarrassment: "Brother, we don't have food and grass. Even if we want to support the Khitans, we can't do it!"
Yang Peng's heart suddenly moved, "No, we have food and grass." He looked at Yelu Hanyu, who looked confused, and said, "You forgot that our navy took a lot of food and grass from the Japanese!" Only then did everyone Thinking of this incident, Zhang Xiang said happily: "According to the recent news, the navy officers raided Fukuoka and Shimonoseki where the Japanese had hoarded a large amount of supplies, and obtained hundreds of thousands of dans of grain and grass, plus the previous supplies from Tsushima Island. The grain and grass captured by Mitsu Island already exceeds one million dan, which can be transported to support the consumption of an army of 300,000 people for two months."
Yang Peng sent an order: "Immediately order Liu Zhiliang and Wang Hai to leave the necessary food and grass, and then send a fleet to transport other food and grass back to Yanjing." Han Bing clasped his fists and agreed, and then asked: "Brother, are you planning to attack Goryeo?" Are you going to fight the Japanese army directly?"
Yang Peng nodded. Han Bing frowned and said, "But our army only has two legions in the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. I'm afraid we don't have enough troops!"
Yang Peng thought for a moment and said: "The other armies are far apart. Even the nearest Shanxi area is more than a thousand miles away. Even if the food and grass are in place, it will take almost two months for the army to gather and prepare and drive to Yanjing. In these two months, I am afraid that this time the war will come to an end, and the armies from other places will not be able to make it in time. We can only use the troops from the sixteen states of Yanyun. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses will also go to fight with the Japanese state. Let's meet the army!" He glanced at everyone and said, "I have made up my mind. I want to personally lead the Second and Third Army to attack Korea! The Xuanjia Army will accompany me, and the First Army and the Sixth Army will go to Yanjing as a reserve. Strength! As long as we can attack in time, we should be able to defeat the Japanese again before they completely make a comeback!" The Sixth Army, the Seventh Army and Cao Jun's Pofeng Army are stationed in the Datong Prefecture area, while the First Army and the Fifth Army The legion is stationed in Shanxi area. The First and Sixth Army were mobilized based on the principle of proximity, and secondly to avoid drawing too many troops from one place, resulting in empty troops.
In Yang Peng's mind, the First Army and the Sixth Army were just in case. He did not want these two armies to actually enter the battlefield, because in that case, it would mean that the Second and Third Army had failed on the front line. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing and said, "Han Bing will be in charge of Tianjing New City for me. When I'm not around, you can make decisions on all important military and political matters on the spot!" Han Bing promised with his fists clasped.
Yang Peng looked at Fan Yong and said: "Fan Yong, you represent me as an envoy to Liao and inform the Liao court of our decisions and trends. You must let them understand that we are not here to take advantage of others, but to help them." Yes! Also, tell them that if the situation is critical, they can request rescue from our army!" Fan Yong promised with clasped fists. Fan Yong had previously been on a mission to Tibet and completed the mission brilliantly. He recently returned to Tianjing New City with the Tubo delegation. Now that another major event had happened, he happened to meet it at the right time, and the burden of going to Liao as an envoy naturally fell on him. It is not an easy task to be sent as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom. If the Liao Kingdom cannot be reassured, there may be a situation where the Khitan Army and the Yanyun Army will fight, which will be advantageous to the Japanese.
Yang Peng said to Zhang Xiang: "Send someone to inform Wu Xing of the situation on our side as soon as possible." "Yes." Yang Peng thought for a while and said to Zhang Xiang: "Send a message to Gao Ligong of Ryukyu, asking him to raise food and grass in Ryukyu. If he can raise As much as you want!" "Yes!" "As for the current affairs of the missions of various countries, I have already explained the major policies. You can just watch and deal with it!" "Yes!"
Yang Peng thought for a while and felt that everything that needed to be explained had been explained, so he asked: "Is there anything you don't understand?" Everyone looked at each other and expressed that there was nothing they didn't understand. Chen Xiao said: "Okay, I will rush to Yanyun early tomorrow morning. You all just have to perform your duties!" Everyone clasped their fists and agreed.
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After the meeting, Yang Peng returned to his room and saw the girls packing his luggage. When they saw him coming, they all showed a look of reluctance and resentment. Then he looked away and continued packing. Yang Peng also had a soft heart and was very reluctant to give up. However, in the face of important events, he could no longer care about his children's personal relationship.
The girls packed up Yang Peng's luggage and came over to sit around Yang Peng. They gave one word of advice to another and a few instructions to that one. Although it was already very late, no one felt sleepy.
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Early the next morning, Yang Peng led a secret guard and Xuanjia Army to leave Tianjing New City, crossed the Tianjing River, and rushed towards Yanjing. In the evening, I saw a village in the distance, with smoke curling up from the cooking pots and bursts of singing. It was really a peaceful scene. At the same time, the messenger horses carrying the orders of King Yan were also rushing to various places.
Yang Peng did not want to disturb the people, so he led his soldiers to bypass the village and continue on their way. We came to a small stream in the middle of the night, where we rested and prepared to continue our journey at dawn. Yang Peng had just finished his dinner when the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the north. Yang Peng followed the sound and saw a knight galloping from the north, and several secret guards rode up to meet him.
The secret guard stopped the knight, and the knight took out a token, and then the secret guard led the knight and flew over. Several people galloped to a place not far in front of Yang Peng, reined in their horses, and turned over. The secret guard stayed where he was, and the knight quickly ran to Yang Peng, knelt down on one knee and said, "I am here to deliver urgent military information to the King of Yan on the orders of the master who stayed in Yanjing!" After saying that, he took off the bamboo tube on his back, Hold it with both hands and raise it above your head.
Wang Kai stepped forward and untied the bamboo tube and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the bamboo tube, pulled out his dagger, opened the mud seal, and poured out a letter of attributes. He put down the bamboo dagger, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it again, he couldn't help but frown, with a thoughtful look on his face.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind. Yang Peng didn't pay attention to it, but Wang Kai next to him said in a surprised tone: "Master, it's Mrs. Yeqi!" Yang Peng took a bite. Surprised, he quickly turned his head to look, and sure enough he saw Yeqi Guanyin, wearing a black armor and cloak, coming on horseback. Yang Peng murmured in surprise: "Why is Guanyin here? Could it be that something happened at home?"
No one stopped Yeyi Guanyin, and Yeyi Guanyin galloped to Yang Peng without any hindrance. He reined in the horse suddenly, and the horse neighed and he stood up. Yang Peng took two steps forward and grabbed the bridle. Ye Guanyin turned over and dismounted, smiled at Yang Peng and said: "I was worried about missing you!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
