Li Dingkun was feeling very proud and was preparing to execute Ao Daochong in a hurry. Ao Daochong was frightened and angry and cursed endlessly. At this moment, a huge sound of fighting and roaring suddenly came from the direction of the south city gate.
Everyone in the hall was stunned. Li Dingkun frowned, looked at Yeli Yuqi, and asked: "Are there still rebels that have not been eliminated?" Yeli Yuqi said strangely: "They have been eliminated. This is What's going on?" Then he said, "I'll go take a look, maybe the soldiers are robbing the people!" He said and ran out of the hall.
Everyone in the hall heard the sound of killing in the city getting louder and louder. At first, the sound of killing was only near the south city gate, but soon after, the sound of killing quickly spread to the city, and then spread in all directions. Open, at this time the entire city seems to be drowned by the sound of killing! Everyone in the hall was shocked and confused, and they secretly speculated, but they had no clue.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps at the gate, and dozens of people including Ye Li Yuqi were seen running in. Li Dingkun, who was anxiously waiting for the news, was about to ask questions, but when he saw the numerous scars on dozens of people and the arrows inserted into their bodies, he couldn't help being frightened, and he forgot what he wanted to say.
Yeli Yuqi and others stumbled to Li Dingkun. Yeli Yuqi said with a panicked face: "No, it's not good, it's Yan Yunjun!" As soon as everyone heard the word 'Yan Yunjun', It was as if they heard the name of the devil, everyone was frightened and their colors changed. Li Dingkun shouted in disbelief: "This is impossible! Isn't Yanyun waiting for our surrender? Isn't the Yanyun army confronting the Tubo army? How could it suddenly appear here? This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Ye Liyu begged: "But, what the general encountered was indeed the Yanyun Army!" With a look of fear on his face, he said: "With such a sharp and fierce offensive, there is no other army besides the Yanyun Army. , the last general led three thousand people to fight back, but in the blink of an eye only these dozens of people were killed! General, please think of a way!"
Li Dingkun was shocked and doubtful, and then he frowned and asked, "How many enemy troops are there?" Ye Liyu swallowed, shook his head and said, "I don't know, it seems that there are enemy troops everywhere, endless!"
Li Dingkun was furious and shouted: "That's nonsense!" Li Dingkun quickly lowered his head. Li Dingkun said to the generals around him: "Everyone go down and organize all the ministries to fight back! Anyone who dares to retreat will be dealt with according to military law!" The generals agreed in unison and ran down. Li Dingkun stopped his trusted general Li Haohan: "Li Haohan, you stay!" Li Haohan stopped, turned around, bowed and asked, "What are your orders, general?" Li Dingkun walked up to him and warned him. : "You immediately lead your cavalry to the palace to protect the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor as they retreat to Xuanhua Mansion! This matter is very important and cannot be lost!" Li Haohan agreed and ran down.
Li Dingkun glanced at Aodaochong who was gloating about his misfortune, and couldn't help but feel angry. He wanted to kill him with a knife, but he felt that this man might still be useful, so he gave up the plan to kill him for the time being and ordered his soldiers to take him with him. Retreat to Xuanhua Mansion. Immediately, Li Dingkun ordered the three thousand iron kites in the palace to assemble, leave the palace, and run towards South Street where the noise of the killings was the loudest. At this time, the whole city was filled with loud killing sounds. All the Xixia troops were fully counterattacking the invading enemy troops, while the invading enemy troops were bravely attacking and continuously expanding their results. The whole city was boiling.
Li Dingkun personally commanded three thousand iron kites and rushed to South Street. He was shocked to see that his own army had been defeated like a mountain and was in rout. The enemy troops were chasing them one after another. Bodies piled up on the wide streets, and the ditches were filled with blood. Every one of our own soldiers was like a soldier. A frightened bird, a wolf running like a pig!
Li Dingkun was taken aback and shouted loudly: "Don't retreat! Hold on, hold on for me!" The panicked and defeated army ignored it and ran into the middle of the Iron Kites, causing the formation of the Iron Kites to become a bit chaotic. ! Li Dingkun was so angry that he pulled out his scimitar and slashed wildly at the defeated soldiers passing by him. At the same time, he roared loudly, but the frightened soldiers did not care at all and just ran for their lives.
"General! The enemy is coming!" a general shouted urgently.
Li Dingkun stopped slashing at the defeated troops and looked forward. He was shocked to see thousands of enemy troops in heavy armor, like iron towers, surging forward with their cold-lighting Mo Dao. Li Dingkun was startled, his eyes widened and he shouted: "Mo Dao Army! Is it really Yan Yun Army!?" Even though he wanted to lead his army to retreat, the streets were slowly filled with defeated troops, making it impossible to retreat. Even turning around was very difficult.
Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Li Dingkun couldn't help but became furious, raised his scimitar and shouted: "Brothers, we are the elite of Daxia, the invincible iron kites. We will definitely defeat the enemy. The time has come to kill the enemy and make contributions. Follow us. I'm going to charge!" Tie Yaozi's morale was greatly boosted. He shouted and followed Li Dingkun towards Modao's army.
However, the streets were crowded with defeated troops, and Tie Yaozi collided with Mo Dao's army before he could gain speed. The Mo Dao army lined up in rows, and the sword light formed a wall of swords and rolled towards the iron kite, cutting people at the top and beheading the horses at the bottom. The blood rain was flying across the sky, and all I saw was that people were lying on their backs and their horses were overturned! The Modao Army was originally the nemesis of the cavalry, but at this time the Xixia Iron Kites were unable to pick up the speed. The situation on the battlefield was completely one-sided. The Modao Army continued to advance on the broken corpses and bloody water to slaughter the enemy troops, and their murderous aura was as fierce as the sky. Hong, while Tie Yaozi kept retreating and fell into a pool of blood, and the morale of the army quickly began to waver.
Soon after, the iron kites finally couldn't resist anymore and turned their horses' heads one after another to escape. However, he and other soldiers and horses were crowded together on the street, and they couldn't escape for a while. The Mo Dao army rushed forward, slashing and killing wildly. The screams of people and the neighing of war horses were heard. The soldiers of the Xixia army fell one by one, just like the seedlings harvested by the harvester. Seeing his companions being chopped down in a pool of blood, Xixia Iron Harrier was so frightened that he didn't even care that his own infantry was blocking the way in front of him. He urged his horses to release their hooves, trampling on the bodies of his own infantry and running away. The Xixia infantry were trampled one by one by their own iron kites. Blood and flesh were flying on the streets, and screams and curses were heard.
Seeing that the enemy army was completely defeated, Yang Peng immediately ordered the Modao army to disperse to both sides, and the light cavalry pursued the remaining enemies. When the Modao Army heard the order coming from behind, they immediately rushed to both sides of the street. Then thousands of light cavalry crossed the Modao Army and chased the fleeing enemy troops. In the blink of an eye, they caught up with the last ones. The enemy army carried out a mass killing, and countless corpses lay on the ground. Those who were not dead panicked and fled into the streets and alleys in all directions. Yan Yun's war cavalry spread out in all directions to pursue the enemy.
Li Dingkun led nearly a thousand defeated troops and fled to the gate of the Regent's Palace. At this time, Epon led a dozen cavalrymen from an alley on one side and said with fear on his face: "General, my, my soldiers The horse is dead!" Li Dingkun's heart sank. Looking around, he saw that the whole city was filled with killing sounds, like a huge furnace, and he quickly asked: "Where are the others?" Epan said anxiously: "General Ye Li Yuqi was killed by Yan Yun's brave general Yang Gui. Defeated, the remaining defeated generals have already escaped from the city! The other generals have not been seen, but they are all in danger! General, while the west gate has not yet fallen, leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late! "
Li Dingkun's heart trembled, and he quickly galloped towards the west gate. Seeing this, everyone quickly followed him. On the way, he suddenly encountered a Yanyun warrior who led a team of warriors to charge out with a diagonal thrust. The soldiers of the Xixia Army were frightened and hurriedly fought. There was a melee between the two sides. E Pang was challenged and killed by the brave general Yan Yun, while Li Dingkun relied on the protection of the iron kite with heavy armor to break through the encirclement and fled.
Groups of Xixia armies were defeated, groups of troops fled out of the city, and groups of Yanyun warriors chased them out of the city. Although the sound of killing was loud inside the city, there was also a sound of killing outside the city, and it spread rapidly to the wilderness in the distance.
The killing sounds in the city gradually calmed down. The Xixia people hid in their homes and peeked out from the cracks in the doors and windows. They saw that the Xixia soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and batches of them became prisoners of Yanyun, while groups of Yanyun warriors kept marching in the streets and alleys. Weaving through. The people of Xixia were extremely frightened, worried that Yan Yun's army would break in and kill them. Although it was already late at night, no one dared to sleep. The young woman sat on the kang with her baby in her arms, covering the baby's mouth tightly with her palms, for fear that the baby's crying would bring disaster to the family.
Time passed slowly, and all the people lived like years. Finally, the night passed, day came, and Xiliang Fucheng was illuminated by thousands of rays of light in the morning.
At this time, the sound of gongs was heard on the street, and at the same time, someone shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, don't be afraid, the Yanyun Army is here to rescue you! Now we are all the people of Yanyun. Civilian families will receive the ten acres of land rewarded by the King of Yan for free according to the standards of Yanyun people. Everyone, hurry up and register your name at the Yamen! If you encounter difficulties, you can ask the Yanyun soldiers for help at the nearest place!..." Such words continued. Repeatedly, the gongs sounded far and near, and the shouts came and went. It was obvious that many people were preaching Yan Yun's policies in the streets and alleys.
After hearing these words, the people's original fear could not help but subside a lot. They all looked outside through the cracks in the doors and windows, and were surprised to see that the streets that were still piled with corpses last night had become neat and tidy. If the blood stains on the streets hadn't been washed away, they would have almost thought that what they saw last night was just a nightmare. That’s all.
The doors of the houses gradually opened, and more and more people appeared on the streets. When the common people saw that the Yanyun soldiers passing by were all very kind, their fear subsided by a third. As bold people went to the government offices to register their names and obtained land certificates to show off, the people finally fully believed in Yan Yunjun and rushed to the government offices one after another to register their names and receive the land certificates issued by Yan Yunjun. The dull atmosphere in Xiliang Mansion was instantly swept away and it became lively.
When the people got the land contract, they were all happy. However, they all soon became worried, because although the land in their hands was awarded to them by the King of Yan, it was robbed by the Dangxiang nobles. If Yan Yun's army retreated and the Dangxiang nobles came back, wouldn't the land they obtained be lost again? If it were to be returned to the hands of the party nobles, I was afraid that I would be left with nothing to eat. Everyone couldn't help but hope that Yan Yunjun could stay there forever and that the party nobles would never come again.
Yang Peng led his cavalry to pursue the enemy all the way to the west and to the north. The defeated troops of Xixia fled without fighting spirit. Yanyun's army chased the remnants of the enemy across Rouge Mountain and descended to Xiedan County without a fight. On the morning of the next day, they reached a hill outside Xuanhua Prefecture. This Xuanhua Prefecture is three hundred miles northwest of Xiliang Prefecture. It is Zhangye County that was incorporated into the territory of China during the Western Han Dynasty. Xixia established Xuanhua Prefecture here and established the Gansu Military Division. It is an important choke point of the Hexi Corridor.
The morning sun illuminates the entire city of Xuanhua. Xuanhua is located on a green grassland. To the south is the majestic Qilian Mountains and to the north is the endless yellow sand Gobi. This beautiful grassland is like a gift from nature. . At this time, there was a commotion in Xuanhua City. The four gates were already wide open and countless people were running out of the city gates. Suddenly, a fiery snake rose from a corner of the city, and the commotion in the city became even louder.
Seeing this scene, Yang Peng immediately said to the generals around him: "There is a change in the city. Break into the city immediately and follow me!" After saying that, he urged the black dragon colt to run towards the city first, and all the soldiers urged their horses to follow. More than 20,000 warriors galloped away, raising smoke and dust all over the sky. From a distance, it looked like a huge torrent.
The people who had dragged their families and fled out of the city were just stunned when they suddenly saw a large group of sturdy cavalry rushing towards them. They were frightened and ran away screaming. However, he soon discovered that these cavalrymen ignored him and ran straight towards the city. They couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and stopped one after another, stopping to watch. I saw those cavalry pouring into the city gate, and immediately there were screams of exclamation in the city, mixed with the huge sound of galloping iron hooves. The people outside the city couldn't help but swallowed their saliva, and some people said with pale faces: "Well, that seems to be the Yanyun Army!" An old man from the party said sadly: "The enemy is in front of us, but our armies are killing each other, hey. ! Our Daxia Kingdom, how did our Daxia Kingdom end up in this situation!"
The Yanyun army entered Xuanhua Fucheng effortlessly. At this time, the soldiers and horses loyal to Aodaochong were fighting with the soldiers and horses loyal to Li Dingkun. They were fighting inextricably. Facing the surprise attack of the Yanyun army, they were completely unprepared. , after being charged by Yan Yun's warriors, they fell apart one after another. Yanyun's army occupied Xuanhua Fucheng in one go, and the remaining Xixia army fled out of Fucheng in panic. Yang Peng guarded Xuanhua Mansion with 3,000 cavalry and guarded the prisoners, while he led the main cavalry out of the west gate to continue to pursue and defeat the enemy.
Yan Yun's cavalry chased them all the way, and the soldiers of the Xixia Army were killed with corpses all over the field. They ran for their lives, panicking like a bereaved dog, and anxious like a fish that slipped through the net. They felt that the grass and trees were all soldiers, and they did not dare to stop for a moment.
Yan Yun's warriors chased him for a day and a night. The sun rose from the east and he saw the outline of a city appearing on the western horizon from a distance. Yang Peng reined in the war horse, and the 20,000 Yanyun war horses also stopped. Yang Peng only heard a gasp from behind him, and couldn't help but look back. He saw that all the soldiers behind him looked exhausted. Even the horses under them were panting heavily. Some horses They staggered to their knees, and some of the horses were foaming at the mouth.
Yang Peng frowned, knowing that the soldiers had reached their limit and had to rest and recuperate. However, Yang Peng did not intend to set up camp and said loudly: "Everyone, follow me slowly to the city!" All the soldiers agreed in unison. , although they were exhausted, their momentum was still strong.
Yang Peng led 20,000 warriors to the city of Suzhou, and then sent a general to shout: "People inside, listen, Xixia is over. Quickly open the city and surrender. Our Yanyun Army can guarantee the safety of your lives and property." !”
Suzhou garrison general Li Xianqi was on the city wall at this time. He saw that although Yan Yun's army was very tired, but its military appearance was serious and murderous, his courage was exhausted. He also heard what General Yan Yun said, and he couldn't help but think Kaicheng surrendered, but he still hesitated. After all, it was not easy to give up dignity and surrender to the enemy, not to mention whether this surrender would be a way of life or death. A deputy general next to him said: "General, we only have five thousand soldiers and horses. It is impossible to withstand the fierce Yanyun army. Resistance will only lead to death! Besides, Daxia is over, so many relatives of the emperor have already died. After surrendering to Yanyun, why should we die for Daxia!" Li Xianqi's heart moved.
Yang Peng immediately stood under the king's flag and looked at Suzhou, hoping that the Xixia army in Suzhou would be frightened by his own side and open the city to surrender. Otherwise, they would have to temporarily retire and then attack the city again.
The general Yan Yun at the bottom of the city shouted again: "The King of Yan led his army to conquer personally. If you resist, you will be shattered to pieces!" Li Xianqi and others were shocked when they heard that King Yan was outside the city, and hurriedly called towards him. Looking from a distance, I saw Yan Yun's Wang Qi. Li Xianqi couldn't help but swallowed. The deputy general next to him said: "General, general, King Yan is unparalleled in bravery. We, we cannot be his opponent!" Li Xianqi said quickly: "Quickly, open the city gate and follow me out!" The surrounding generals and officers heard this. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Everyone agreed in unison and rushed down the city wall.
The city gate opened, and Li Xianqi led all five thousand defenders to rush out of the city, then threw their weapons to the ground and knelt down one after another. Li Xianqi held the seal of Suzhou alone, rode his horse to the front of Yanyun's army, reined in the horse, dismounted, knelt on the ground, held the seal high with both hands, and said loudly: "The guilty minister Li Xianqi led all the people of Suzhou." The defenders abandoned the secrets and surrendered to the light! Please forgive me, King Yan!"
Yang Peng smiled and said loudly: "General Li is innocent and has meritorious service. He can stay in his original position. We will discuss his merits and reward him after the war." Li Xianqi was originally worried, worried that the other party would not treat him well, but now he heard that the other party was In the presence of the officers and soldiers of both sides, he guaranteed his official position and promised to reward him according to his merits. He was really overjoyed with the good news from heaven. He quickly kowtowed and said: "General, thank you to the King of Yan. Long live the King of Yan! Long live the King of Yan!" The other soldiers of the army! Hearing that King Yan asked his general to stay in his original post, he was overjoyed. When he heard his general shouting long live, he couldn't help shouting: "Long live, long live, long live!!" Yang Peng is only the king of Yanyun, and in terms of title, he can only He is said to be a thousand years old, but there are probably not many people in the world today who do not regard Yang Peng as the emperor.
The army marched into Suzhou, but Suzhou fell without a fight. The Yanyun Army had to stop. The long-distance attacks for several days and nights had exhausted the Yanyun Army officers and their horses, and they were no longer able to continue the attack. In the lobby of the Suzhou Government Office, Yang Peng sat high on the throne. Li Xianqi led his generals and Suzhou officials to formally pay a visit to Yang Peng. Everyone looked respectful.
Yang Peng said: "From now on, you are my military and political officials in Yanyun. You still need to worry about the affairs of Suzhou." Everyone was overjoyed and said in unison: "If my subordinates can become the subordinates of King Yan, it will be a blessing." What a great blessing, my subordinates will definitely give it their all and die!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded.
Li Xianqi said: "For the information of King Yan, I have a gift for King Yan." Then he turned to the outside and shouted: "Bring it up!" Yang Peng looked towards the door and saw several sergeants holding a man tied up with five flowers. The man came in. The man was over sixty years old, with gray beard and hair; his clothes were tattered, but he naturally exuded a sense of nobility; his face was stained with filth and blood, his expression was very depressed, but his temperament was extraordinary. At first glance, he looked like the kind of person who was used to giving orders. .
Several sergeants escorted him down the hall, pressed hard on his back, and forced him to kneel on the ground. Li Xianqi pointed at the man and said: "This man is the so-called regent of Xixia, Odaochong. His subordinates brought him and presented him to King Yan."
Yang Peng and others were all surprised. Yang Peng looked at Ono Daochong and said, "I have heard of your name a long time ago, but I didn't expect to meet you under such circumstances!" Yang Peng said about Ono. Dao Chong is still somewhat impressed by the series of methods he has adopted during this period. Although this old guy's resourcefulness cannot be said to be unparalleled in the world, it is definitely rare in the world. There may not be many people in the world who can match him. O Daochong sighed, frustrated and resentful at the same time: "It's a pity that the misfortune caused the Xiaoqiang to grow into elbows and armpits, and all the efforts have been made in vain!"
Yang Peng looked at Li Xianqi and praised: "General Li, well done, this is another great achievement!" Li Xianqi was overjoyed and said quickly: "This is all due to King Yan's powerful spirit, how dare my subordinates take credit!"
Yang Peng smiled, looked at Ao Daochong, and asked: "Prince Regent, how did you come to Suzhou?" Ao Daochong smiled bitterly and said: "Why should King Yan ridicule me? I don't look like anything like this. Regent!" Yang Peng looked him over and said, "I'm also wondering, how did you, the regent, get to where you are now?" Odaochong sighed, feeling that Daxia had already reached this stage, and still What's not to say? Then he said: "The timing of King Yan's attack was perfect. When King Yan launched a surprise attack on Xiliang Mansion, it happened to be the time when Li Dingkun and others rebelled, and I became their prisoner."
Yang Peng nodded and said: "I told you why there was a sound of killing in Xiliang Mansion before we launched the raid. That's why." He glanced at Aodaochong and said: "The subsequent civil strife in Xuanhua Mansion was probably caused by you. Is it because Ao Daochong's cronies tried to rescue you and clashed with Li Dingkun's troops?" Ao Daochong nodded, sighed, and said in a self-deprecating tone: "Our own people were killed in confusion, but we were picked up by King Yan. Got the peach!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
