Yang Peng smiled and said: "You should feel lucky. If you hadn't had a civil strife and our army had captured each city so smoothly, I'm afraid the casualties among your soldiers and civilians would have been many times what they are now! Countless people would have been killed and injured. , but it can't change the result, why bother!" Li Xianqi said with excitement: "The kindness of King Yan is really a blessing to all the people in the world!" All the surrendered officials followed and praised him one after another.
Aodaochong could not deny what Yang Peng said. After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Did King Yan arrive to the west early? Could it be that what my people saw in Tianjing New City were all fake?" From the moment Yan Yunjun appeared, the good office Dao Chong's heart was filled with doubts. He couldn't understand why Yan Yunjun suddenly appeared.
Yang Peng nodded with a smile and said, "They're all fake. They're all just for you to see!" Odaochong frowned and asked in disbelief, "Could it be that you've seen through all my plans?" Did you?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Your calculation is very clever, you almost deceived me, but the fake is fake after all, as long as you think carefully and observe carefully, you can always find some clues!" Ao Daochong was very unwilling and asked Said: "I wonder where exactly I showed my flaws?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "There are no big flaws, just two." O Daochong frowned and said: "I thought I planned carefully, but I didn't expect that there were two flaws. I would like to hear the details."
Yang Peng said: "First, your previous attitude towards the Tibetan envoys and our envoys. You pretended to be willing to surrender to the envoys of both sides, but you never talked about the actual issues. Generally speaking, this seems to be no problem. After all, Two forces have extended an olive branch to you. This is like doing business. Since there are two buyers who want to buy the goods in your hands, you naturally have to take the price. But the current situation is different from ordinary situations. It is clear to everyone who is stronger and weaker between Tubo and Yanyun. There is no need to choose and there is no room for bargaining. Therefore, we judge that you are not trying to surrender to us, Yanyun, and certainly not to surrender to Tubo. "
"Since you have no intention of surrendering, what on earth do you want to do? Haha, since you have no intention of surrendering, then you just want to fight to the end. You want to provoke a war between Tibet and our army, so as to gain a breathing space for yourself, and then raise food and grass Recruit troops and fight our army in the coming year. In your imagination, as long as it can be postponed until next spring, you will have enough strength to fight against our army!"
Ao Daochong looked defeated and said dejectedly: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that all the calculations I thought were clever were actually figured out by you!" He smiled bitterly and said in a self-deprecating tone: "I thought I was smart, but it turned out that I was just What a big fool! I thought I had deceived you, but I didn’t expect that you would use your trick to deceive me. Even without Li Dingkun’s mutiny, our side would have been defeated without any defense!"
Then he kowtowed respectfully to Yang Peng and said with great sincerity: "The guilty minister really admires the King of Yan! If the King of Yan does not dislike it, the guilty minister is willing to serve the King of Yan, doing the work of a dog and a horse behind the saddle!" Everyone was lying on the ground, humble to the extreme.
Yang Peng looked at Ao Daochong and said calmly: "You are a rare talent, just be an aide by my side." Ao Daochong was overjoyed and kowtowed: "Thank you so much for your grace, King Yan. I will serve you with all my heart and brains." King Yan's great kindness!" "Get up." "Thank you, King Yan!" Then he stood up and walked to the last position on the right to stand.
Yang Peng said: "Our army has been running for many days and is very tired. We need to rest for a few days." He looked at Aodaochong and shouted: "Aodaochong!" Aodaochong came out immediately, bowed and said, "My subordinates are here. Please give your orders to the King of Yan!" Yang Peng said: "Currently, all the remnants of Xixia are huddled in Heishui Town, Yanjunsi and Xipingjunsi. Can you persuade the remnants of Xixia to surrender in these two places?"
Ao Daochong thought for a while, bowed and said: "Some military and political officials in these two places are familiar with my subordinates, and I am willing to write letters to persuade them to come to King Yan!" Yang Peng nodded and said: "Very good." Turning to him A guard next to him said: "Take Mr. Ao Daochong to the study to write a letter." The guard responded and stepped forward to invite Ao Daochong down.
Yang Peng said to Li Xianqi: "General Li must do a good job of appeasing the local people." Li Xianqi bowed and agreed. Yang Peng thought for a while and felt that nothing happened, so he said to everyone: "If you have nothing to do, please go down and have a rest." Everyone looked at each other and said, "My subordinates, please leave!" Then they filed out of the hall. , however Li Xianqi did not leave.
After everyone left the hall, Yang Peng asked: "Do you have anything else to do?" Li Xianqi walked up to Yang Peng, bent down, and whispered: "For the record, King Yan, I don't know whether I should say something or not... ..." As soon as Yang Peng saw him like this, he knew that he was going to make a report, and said: "Speak directly if you have something to say, no need to hesitate!" "Yes. King Yan, my subordinates feel that King Yan is not interested in using good offices to rush. Things, should you think about it again?”
Yang Peng said nothing and waited for the next sentence. Seeing that Yang Peng didn't show any displeasure, Li Xian became bolder and continued: "The King of Yan may not know something. Ao Daochong was very keen on power. He had previously instigated the prince to rebel, and later excluded Mr. Li Tongren, so he It all comes from this. The mutiny launched by Li Dingkun and others can be said to be forced by him to a large extent. Although this person is talented, he lacks publicity. I am afraid that once he takes power, he will have endless troubles. !" Then he said again: "The words of the general Mo are entirely out of public motives, and he is definitely not trying to get into trouble with Odao Chong. King Yan knows this!"
Yang Peng looked at him and said with a smile: "You still have something to say, I'm afraid that's the real reason." Li Xianqi was startled and did not dare to look into Yang Peng's eyes, and murmured: "Subordinate, I'm not I understand, I don’t understand what King Yan means.” Yang Peng snorted coldly and said, “Don’t you understand? No one understands better than you. The main reason why you said such things to me is that you He captured it and presented it to me. You and he have already become enemies. If he climbs to a high position in Yanyun, I'm afraid he won't let you go! Am I right? "
Li Xianqi's face suddenly turned pale. He hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Subordinate, I deserve death!" Yang Peng held his arm with his right hand and helped him up. His tone softened and he said: " It’s human nature for you to have this kind of thinking, and it’s understandable. I don’t blame you.…” Li Xianqi was so moved that he choked up and said, “Subordinate, subordinate…”
Yang Peng patted his shoulder and said: "Our Yanyun is different from other places. Any gossip is useless. Rewards and punishments all depend on merit and demerit! Therefore, even if Odaochong really climbs to a high position in the future, I think If he wants to take the opportunity to retaliate against you, unless you really do something wrong and he catches you, no matter what he says or does, he can't harm you! On the contrary, if he dares to frame you, he will be severely punished! "
After hearing Yang Peng's words, Li Xianqi's original worries subsided a lot. Yang Peng said: "Do your job well, follow the rules and don't do anything wrong. As long as you do this, it will be impossible for anyone to harm you!" Li Xianqi bowed and said, "I remember this, my subordinates." Yang Peng smiled and said: "Okay, you can go down." Li Xianqi bowed and said, "I'm resigning!" and then left.
Yang Peng frowned slightly. He vaguely felt that the previously huge bureaucracy behind him seemed to be getting more and more undercurrent. He sighed and put the matter behind him for now.
Yang Peng felt a little tired, took a deep breath, left the hall and came to the backyard. Suzhou is just a small town. The official offices are very simple and there is no scenery in the backyard. There is only a bare dirt floor and a simple octagonal pavilion. Yang Peng felt that walking here was meaningless, so he called Wang Kai and asked: "I want to take a bath, is there water here?" Wang Kai quickly clasped his fists and said: "There is no running water brought in from this government office, only two wells.
Yang Peng sighed helplessly and said: "Forget it, let's just go and fill up the bathtub for me." Wang Kai responded, ran down to greet several secret guards, and they started busy together, fetching water. After washing the basin, a large basin of clean water was ready in Chen Xiao's temporary bedroom.
Yang Peng walked into the bedroom, and the guards went out and closed the door. Yang Peng smelled the odor of sweat on his body, frowned, took off all his clothes, and jumped into the tub. The cool water suddenly enveloped his whole body, and Yang Peng felt so comfortable that he began to sing softly. After washing for a while, I leaned against the wall of the tub and closed my eyes to relax.
Suddenly, the door creaked. Yang Peng opened his eyes and saw two beauties in gauze walking in, their heads lowered, their cheeks flushed, and their eyes gleaming. Yang Peng, who hadn't eaten meat for a long time, suddenly felt a surge of love rushing up from his lower abdomen.
The two women took off their gauze and then their underwear. They walked into the basin naked and snuggled up to each other. Yang Peng felt his heart tremble, as if his bestiality was about to come out. However, Yang Peng suppressed this impulsive animality and asked the two women: "Who are you? Who asked you to come?" The plumper girl on the left stared blankly, seemingly not understanding Yang Peng's words. When asked, the slender and sexy girl behind said in unskilled Chinese: "We, we are, Lord Aodaochong, your concubine..."
Yang Peng was startled when he heard the slender girl continue: "Sir, your lord asked us to serve, long live the service! We, we are very honored!" When he said this, there was excitement in his eyes, Obviously, as she said, this kind of thing is not a shame for them, but an honor!
Yang Peng thought to himself: 'In modern society, I have heard that some ancient ethnic groups had the habit of using their wives and concubines to entertain the most distinguished guests. I guess the Dangxiang people also have this custom. 'I feel extremely excited when I think that the two naked women next to me are other people's wives and concubines.
Yang Peng thought that the two beauties around him who took the initiative to embrace each other were other people's wives and concubines, and passion suddenly surged into his heart. The two women leaned on Yang Peng's shoulders, raised their heads, and looked at Yang Peng with watery eyes, looking emotionally moved. If they were treating others, the two women would have already started to make moves. However, King Yan's status was extremely noble. Although the two women wanted to flatter him, they did not dare to act rashly.
Yang Peng patted the buttocks of the two women and said with a smile: "I don't need your service, please step aside." The faces of the two women suddenly turned pale, and they left Yang Peng sobbing. Seeing this, Yang Peng couldn't bear it and said: "I don't look down on you, but the customs of us Han people and Dangxiang people are different after all. Friends' wives cannot be bullied. Since you are my subordinates' wives and concubines, how can I do anything with you?" That kind of thing." When the two women heard Yang Peng say this, their worries immediately disappeared, and shy smiles appeared on their beautiful faces. Yang Peng continued: "Go back and tell Aodaochong about his good intentions. I understand it, but we Han people can't do this kind of thing!" "
The two women agreed, and there was a splashing sound, and they saw the two women standing up from the water, as if they were standing out of water. She left the bathtub, dried herself, put on her clothes and pants, bowed to Yang Peng Yingying, then exited the room and closed the door.
Yang Peng took a long breath and murmured, "His grandma is really terrible!" He couldn't help but think of his wife and concubines, and really wanted to put on a pair of wings and fly back to Tianjing New City. Sighing, he temporarily put these messy thoughts behind him. I finished the shower in a few seconds, came out, dried myself, put on clean clothes and pants, took a deep breath, and felt extremely refreshed.
Bang bang! The door rang twice.
Yang Peng said loudly: "Come in." The door opened, Wang Kai walked in, clasped his fists and said: "King Yan, Odaochong wants to see you." Yang Peng walked out of the room and saw Odaochong waiting not far away. When Ao Daochong saw Yang Peng coming out, he hurriedly came forward and knelt down and said, "I have acted arbitrarily without permission, please forgive me, King Yan!" He had always heard about Yang Peng's lecherous nature, so he wanted to take the opportunity to offer himself to him. The two beautiful concubines of Yang Peng wanted to win the favor of Yang Peng in order to open up a bright road for his official career. However, he did not expect that the other party would not accept this trick at all and kicked out the two beautiful concubines. Odao Chong was shocked and doubtful, not knowing that Yang Peng What is Peng's intention? That's why he looks so frightened.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "You have good intentions, but I don't like touching the women of my subordinates and friends, so I have no choice but to live up to your good intentions."
When O Daochong heard this, he thought to himself: 'Does King Yan mean that he wants me to find some other women? ’ He quickly said: “The King of Yan is really a humble gentleman, and I admire him greatly!”
Yang Peng walked down the steps, glanced at Ao Daochong who was still kneeling on the ground, and said: "Stop kneeling, get up." Ao Daochong responded, stood up, held a few letters in his hands, and bowed He said: "To report to King Yan, several letters written by King Yan's subordinates have been written. Please read them."
Yang Peng said: "You don't have to read it. I believe there will be nothing wrong with the letter you wrote." Ao Daochong couldn't help but be moved when he saw that Yang Peng trusted him so much. Yang Peng turned to Wang Kai and said: "Wang Kai, send people to send these letters to the Xiping Military Division and the Heishui Town Yan Military Division. Everyone disguised himself as a Dangxiang person, saying they were Odaochong's family. "Wang Kai responded, came forward, took the letter from Ao Daochong, and ran down.
Yang Peng started strolling in the yard, followed by Ao Daochong with a bow. Odao Chong suddenly remembered something and reported: "There is something that my subordinate almost forgot." Yang Peng snorted. Odao Chong said with a look of fear on his face: "I don't dare to hide it from King Yan. King Yan is launching a surprise attack." Previously, my subordinates, my subordinates, have sent envoys to the Liao Kingdom! At this moment, I am afraid that they have entered the territory of the Liao Kingdom!..."
Yang Peng stopped, turned around, looked at Ao Daochong, and said teasingly: "You are very smart. You not only want to use Tubo, but also Liao!" Ao Daochong was frightened and hurriedly said. He knelt down and kowtowed: "This subordinate deserves death. Please punish King Yan!" Yang Peng said: "That's what you did before surrendering. I won't blame you. Get up." Aodaochong couldn't help but relax. He kowtowed and said, "Thank you King Yan for your kindness!" Then he stood up and stood with his head bowed, still feeling a little scared in his heart.
Yang Peng said: "Tell me your intentions, and why do you think the Liao Kingdom can help you?"
Aodaochong responded and said: "My subordinates' plan at that time was to surrender to the Liao Kingdom. In that case, if Yanyun attacks us in the future, the Liao Kingdom, as the suzerain state, will not be able to sit idly by and will inevitably send troops to rescue. King Yan may I don't know, but my subordinates once received news from the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town that the Liao army took advantage of the Mongolian tribes' fight for the position of the Great Khan and defeated two of the five Mongolian tribes in one fell swoop. All the soldiers, horses and people of the tribe have been taken back to their own, and large-scale operations are being launched against the other three tribes. The situation of the Mongols is worrying, and the Liao Kingdom seems to have a chance of victory!"
Although Yang Peng had not received a similar military report, he was not surprised when he heard the news. Before Yang Peng left Tianjing New City, he had received reports that the Liao Kingdom had taken advantage of the civil strife in the five Mongolian tribes to invade Mongolia. At that time, Yang Peng and others speculated that if nothing unexpected happened, the Liao Kingdom would defeat Mongolia. It was just a matter of time. What Aodaochong said now only confirmed his original inference.
Yang Peng sat down on a stone pier and said: "This has been expected by me." Odaochong said quickly: "The King of Yan has a clever plan, and there are no strategies left. He is invincible in every attack and invincible in every battle!" Yang Peng said. He waved his hand and said, "Don't say these words in front of me in the future. I don't like to hear them!" In fact, it's not that Yang Peng doesn't like to hear them, he just doesn't want to be surrounded by these flattering words. When Odaochong saw that Yang Peng was not happy, he couldn't help but become frightened and kept saying yes.
Yang Peng said to Ao Daochong: "Don't worry about sending envoys to Liao. Sooner or later, Yanyun and Liao will have a big war, and it has nothing to do with you." When Ao Daochong heard this He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, King Yan Haihan!"
Two days later, 100,000 Yanyun infantry troops arrived in Suzhou. At the same time, news came from the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town that General Ejinashuai of the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town and his 5,000 soldiers surrendered to the King of Yan. , Ejina and most of his officers and soldiers were on their way to Suzhou. Yang Peng was very happy when he received the news. The Yan Army Division in Heishui Town surrendered, so the only remnants of Xixia were Guazhou and Shazhou in the Xiping Army Division.
Yang Peng ordered the army to rest for another two days. On the morning of the third day, with Ejina and Li Xianqi, two Xixia generals who had surrendered, as the vanguard, he raised an army of 120,000 to attack Guazhou, where the Xiping Military Division was located. Guazhou was located in the northwest corner of what is now Gansu Province, only dozens of miles away from Anxi County in the northwest corner of Gansu Province. In this era, it was an important city on the west side of the Hexi Corridor. At present, there are about 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and horses left in Xixia. Relying on Guazhou, Shazhou and the three dangerous mountains between the two states, they are struggling to survive. Chen Xiao attacks with an army of 120,000, intending to defeat the remaining enemies with a thunderous force. , completely pacified Xixia.
At the same time, at the Snow Mountain Fortress, Song He and the generals were arguing over whether to attack: "Even if the Yanyun Army goes to attack Xixia, it seems that there are many troops left behind. Although our army has more troops than them, But if we take the initiative to attack, the outcome is unpredictable. If there is a mistake, I will not regret waiting for death. I am afraid that I will lose the snow mountain fortress and be unable to explain to Your Majesty!" "That is so, but once the Yanyun army defeats Xixia , the next target must be us, we can't just sit back and watch Xixia be destroyed, we should take the initiative to attack, and always make the Yanyun Army work in vain!" "This is easy to say, how can we let the Yanyun Army work in vain, I'm afraid an inattentive person will kill him. Let Yanyun's army counterattack and seize the Snow Mountain Fortress!"...
The generals were arguing endlessly and could not form a unified opinion at all. Song He, the general who conquered the west, was also in a dilemma. He felt that he should not sit back and watch Xixia be destroyed, but he was completely unsure of how to deal with Yan Yun Xiaorui and was afraid that he might accidentally kill him. They suffered heavy losses and lost their divisions and ground. They had previously sent 30,000 cavalry to chase and intercept Yanyun's cavalry, but they were killed and suffered a huge defeat. This is a lesson learned from the past.
Dong-dong-dong... Suddenly the rumble of war drums came from outside the big tent, accompanied by loud shouts and murderous intent. All the Tubo generals in the tent were shocked, and one general exclaimed: "Could it be that the Yanyun Army is coming to attack!"
At this moment, an officer rushed in in a panic and said urgently: "General, Yanyun Army, Yanyun Army is forming a challenge at the foot of the mountain. It seems that they are about to attack the mountain!" Songhe frowned. wrinkle. Duosang said: "I don't think there is any need to argue about the issue just now. Since the Yanyun Army dared to take the initiative to attack, they must be sure of our army of more than 100,000 people. Otherwise, how could they take the initiative to attack? The generals nodded one after another, feeling that Duosang What you say makes sense.
Songhe stood up and walked out of the tent, and the generals quickly followed. A group of people climbed onto the defensive wall outside the fortress and looked down the mountain. They saw about ten thousand Yanyun troops arrayed at the foot of the mountain and beating drums to challenge. This snow-capped mountain fortress is located between two snow-capped peaks. The two walls connecting the two snow-capped mountains are the defense support of the fortress. To the north, under a gap of several hundred meters, is a stretch of green grassland hills, where the Yanyun Army's military camp is located. On the hills.
Seeing that only ten thousand enemy troops came, Busang asked strangely: "Why are there so few troops? Do they think they can capture the snow mountain fortress with these ten thousand troops?" Zhan Dui said excitedly: "Let's rush down now. Kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind!" Awang said urgently: "No, no! The Yanyun people are fierce and cunning. I'm afraid this is their bait to lure our army to attack and then ambush our army. We must not be fooled. !" Duosang echoed: "What General Awang said is absolutely true!" This General Awang was the envoy to Xixia on behalf of Tubo. He was originally under house arrest by Odaochong, but was released by Li Dingkun. After he came out, Li Dingkun reached a secret agreement with Tubo through him. It was just that the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole was behind. The secret agreement signed at the beginning did not know how effective it was now.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
