Although everyone had expected it, they still couldn't help being surprised after hearing Yang Peng's words. Yang Jing laughed and said: "So, Xixia is completely finished! Xixia has merged with our Yanyun! Haha, we are more powerful than Taizong of the Tang Dynasty or Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "That's wrong. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, this was our territory. Even the land to the north and the Western Region to the west were also our lands. We can't compare with them now. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is replacing Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty!"
Yang Jing scratched his head, looking confused, and asked: "Since it is our territory, how could it become someone else's?" Yang Peng said jokingly: "It's not the Confucian morality of benevolence and righteousness that is causing trouble! "Yang Jing doesn't quite understand, but since the eldest brother said that it was the Confucian way that caused the disaster, wouldn't it be enough to just throw away that way? After thinking about this, he said: "Since Confucianism is not good, then we don't want Confucianism!"
Ye Qi Guanyin smiled and said, "Isn't the elder brother doing this?"
Yang Jing looked at Yang Peng stupidly and asked: "Is there any? Why don't I, Yang Jing, know?" Yang Peng laughed and joked: "You are a black guy, you only know how to kill people to eat and drink, what about other things?" You will know!" Yang Jing grinned and said: "Brother understands me and knows that I am not interested in those bullshit things! Anyway, my eldest brother, sisters-in-law, and military advisers have to worry about those troublesome things, so I don't It’s so hard to worry about, but it’s useless anyway!” Everyone laughed.
Yang Peng thought for a while and said: "If nothing else happens, the war against Xixia is basically over. Next, we have to solve the problem with the Tubo people." Yedi Guanyin immediately realized what Yang Peng was thinking and asked Said: "Brother, do you want to capture the Snow Mountain Fortress?"
Yang Peng frowned and said: "The Daxue Mountain lies between Tubo and the Hexi Corridor. It is the choke point to prevent the Tubo people from invading the Hexi Corridor. But in the hands of the Tubo people, it is a sharp knife at our waist. We must seize it as soon as possible. Snow Mountain Fortress, otherwise the Hexi Corridor will involve too much of our energy!" Yeli Guanyin nodded with deep sympathy and said, "Brother is right, but capturing the Snow Mountain Fortress is not an easy task. , At present, the Tubo people have gathered more than 200,000 troops in the Snow Mountain Fortress. With the natural dangers of the Snow Mountain, although our army is powerful, it is difficult to break through the Snow Mountain Fortress!"
Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look and murmured: "We have to think of a way. If we can attract all the Tubo troops, it would be easy! In a field battle, even if the Tubo people are twice as many as our army, our army can still defeat it." them!"
Ye Qi Guanyin thought: "But the Tubo people themselves know this very well, I'm afraid it won't be easy to lure them out."
Yang Peng suddenly smiled and said: "Put this matter aside for the time being. We will consider this issue again after the Xixia issue is completely resolved." Yedi Guanyin nodded, remembered something, looked at Yang Peng, and said, "There is also Matters in the Liao Kingdom must be taken seriously!" Seeing Yang Peng looking at him in surprise, he immediately understood what he was thinking, glared at him, and said angrily: "Although I am a Khitan, I can't marry a chicken. When a chicken marries a dog, he will follow the dog, so naturally he has to consider his husband's family!" Then he raised his eyebrows and said decisively: "If a war breaks out between Yanyun and Daliao in the future, I will definitely help my eldest brother!"
Yang Peng was so moved that Yang Jing couldn't help but praise: "Sister-in-law is really a good sister-in-law!" Yedi Guanyin rolled her eyes at Yang Jing and asked teasingly: "According to Yang Jing's opinion, none of your other sisters-in-law are good sisters-in-law!" "Yeah?" Yang Jing thought, he didn't know that Ye Qi Guanyin was joking with him, and he didn't understand why his sister-in-law said that, and said, "Most of the other sisters-in-law are good sisters-in-law!" Then he raised his eyebrows, He said angrily: "Those Zhao Jinxi and Yang Tong, I don't think they are good people. I heard that every time the eldest brother goes back, they will act like Fang'er to seduce him!"
Everyone snickered, and Yang Peng touched his nose awkwardly. Yang Jingwu didn't think there was anything wrong with the setup, and continued: "They are so inconsiderate, and they don't even think about how my eldest brother's body can bear it if he comes back from the outside so hard to do this or that with them. ah!"
Ye Qi Guanyin chuckled, Yang Peng glared and said: "Yang Jing, stop talking nonsense!" Yang Jing glared and raised his eyebrows: "Why am I talking nonsense! What I said is all true! Everyone is worried that eldest brother has so many sisters-in-law. She is so beautiful that she will destroy her health. We Yanyun cannot live without our brother!" He then pointed at Zhan Jinguo and said, "When I was drinking with Zhan Jinguo, he also said that I, Yang Jing, was not the only one. explain!"
Zhan Jinguo didn't expect that Yang Jing would shake him out, and felt a little embarrassed. He cupped his fists towards Yang Peng and said, "The younger brother did say it. Now that Yang Jing has said it, the younger brother will take this opportunity to speak to the elder brother, hoping that the elder brother can be as restrained as possible. Don’t let your body collapse during sex!” Yang Jing nodded vigorously and said, “That’s right! This womanizer is not a good thing!”
Yang Peng knew that these brothers were doing it for his own good, and he couldn't help but feel moved. He nodded and said, "I have written down the kind words of the brothers." He turned to look at Ye Qi Guanyin beside him, and said half jokingly and half seriously: "As long as If your sister-in-law doesn't come to seduce me, she will have sex once every three days at most!" Yedi Guanyin smiled charmingly and rolled her eyes at Yang Peng. When Zhan Jinguo saw Yang Peng and Ye Yi Guanyin flirting with each other, he quickly lowered his head, but Yang Jing still stared at the two with a pair of bull's eyes.
One day later, news came from Shazhou (now Dunhuang). Yang Yanzhao and Yang Gui led a large army to the city. The Xixia monarchs and ministers were desperate and asked to surrender. Shazhou fell without a fight. Yang Yanzhao left Yang Gui with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to guard it. Shazhou took custody of the prisoners, and he himself led another 30,000 soldiers and horses towards Yumen Pass. Currently, there are still 10,000 remnants of Xixia stationed at Yumen Pass. The guard is Weiming Xiuge.
Brother Weimingxiu previously guarded the Weifu Army Division in Heishan, but was defeated by Yang Peng. The remaining defeated soldiers fled south. Later, Xingqing Mansion was captured by Yanyun's army. Brother Wemingxiu and others followed Aodaochong and fled to Xiliang Mansion. , when they arrived at Xiliang Mansion, Ao Daochong entrusted Brother Wei Mingxiu with an important task, but he encountered Li Dingkun's rebellion. Brother Wei Mingxiu was unable to rescue Ao Daochong, so he could only lead the remaining troops to escape from Xiliang Mansion. He fled to Yumen Pass, which was guarded by his younger brother Weiming Shouzhong. Later, he got the news that the Yanyun Army was attacking in a large scale and that the military divisions in the states and counties west of Xiliang Prefecture had fallen one after another. He was worried and hesitant at the same time. He wanted to mobilize all the garrison at Yumen Pass to support Li Dingkun and the others, but he was unable to do so. He was also worried that the other party would attack without any explanation after seeing him. In that case, not only would he not be able to save Daxia, but he would actually help Yan Yun.
However, he did not expect that just because of his hesitation, the country fell at an unimaginable speed, and in the end he was the only one left guarding Yumen Pass.
In Yumen Pass, the soldiers have learned the news that Daxia has been lost. Everyone is grief-stricken, terrified and helpless, and cries can be heard from time to time in Yumen Pass. In the camp, Weiming Xiu brother was discussing matters with all the generals. Weiming Huxiong said loudly: "What is there to discuss? Let's mobilize all our troops and horses to fight against the Yanyun people. After we die, we will be worthy of our ancestors!"
The generals frowned and said nothing. Weiming Shouzhong sighed and said: "Daxia has died, and all the royal family members have surrendered to Yan Yun. What's the point of us fighting hard!"
Weiming Huxiong was furious and shouted: "You coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" Weiming Shouzhong did not refute, sighed, looked at Brother Weiming Xiu, and said: "Brother, please say a word! Let's These brothers listen to you! If you decide to fight to the death with the Yanyun people, my younger brother will live and die with you!" All the generals also looked at Brother Wei Mingxiu.
Brother Wei Mingxiu sighed and said: "Shou Zhong is right! The matter has come to this, if we continue to fight hard, our sacrifice will be in vain!" When the generals heard this, their faces could not hide their joy, except Wei. Ming Huxiong's expression changed, and he said in a trembling voice: "Big brother, you, you, do you want to surrender?" Weiming Shouzhong said: "No matter what brother decides, we will all obey him!" Several other generals The generals nodded in agreement. Weiming Huxiong frowned, looking very annoyed, but did not speak.
Brother Wei Mingxiu said: "Although it is meaningless to continue fighting, Yang Peng has caused the destruction of our country and family, how can we defect to him!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the generals changed, but Weiming Huxiong's face was full of surprise, and he echoed loudly: "Brother, what you said is so right!"
Brother Wei Mingxiu glanced at everyone and continued: "I have already thought about it. Since Daxia has been destroyed, we will surrender to Daliao! Humph, I have to provoke Daliao and Yanyun to fight before I can ease my mind. Hate!" The generals did not expect that Brother Wei Mingxiu would defect to Daliao, and they were all very surprised. However, after thinking about it, they felt that besides defecting to Yanyun or committing suicide, this was the only other option. The Daliao that Brother Weimingxiu mentioned was not the previous Daliao, but Yelu Longqing, who defeated Xizhou Uihe and the Black Khanate. The Khitan people were really amazing. Just the soldiers and civilians who fled were able to establish an empire in the Western Regions. The powerful Xiliao.
The territory of Xiliao was very vast. The westernmost territory reached the east coast of the current Aral Sea. In this era, it was not called the Aral Sea, but the Khwarezm Sea. The easternmost territory went directly to Yumen Pass and ended at Dalinkul in the north, which is now Kazakhstan. Lake Balkhash in Stan and the Kunlun Mountains extending to the south of the desert border Tibet. The territorial scope basically includes all of the current Xinjiang, as well as Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and other countries. Even now it is definitely a big country, and it was definitely a powerful empire back then.
After listening to Brother Weimingxiu's words, everyone felt that it would be a good idea to defect to Daliao. Brother Weimingxiu saw that everyone had no objections, so he said: "Since everyone has no objections, this matter is settled." Everyone bowed together and said: "Follow the instructions of the elder brother (general)." Brother Weimingxiu looked at it. Weiming Shouzhong said to Weiming Shouzhong, "Shouzhong, you are thoughtful, brave and resourceful, so I will send you as the envoy to Daliao." Weiming Shouzhong bowed and agreed.
Brother Weiming Xiu stood up, walked to the map stand, ordered his soldiers to hang up the map of the Western Regions, pointed to a place called Husi'ur'er, and said: "The capital of Daliao was built in Husi'ur'er, which is located in Yi. The south bank of Chuihe River to the west of Sike Lake is thousands of miles away from Yumen Pass. This trip will take at least a month. However, the Yanyun Army may arrive at the city within a few days, so we have no time to go to Hu Si'o. We have to go here first,” Brother Weinaxiu said, pointing his finger at a place called Hamili. The Husi O'er Er mentioned by Brother Weiming is located in Burana City in Tokmak, Chuhe Prefecture in what is now Kyrgyzstan. Lake Issyk-Kul is also in Kyrgyzstan, and Hamili is in Hami City in Xinjiang Province today. , at this time Hamili was a military state in the easternmost part of Xiliao.
Brother Wei Mingxiu said: "We first surrendered to General Hamili Mills. This is a great achievement for him. He must be very happy. After that, the Yanyun army came to attack Yumen Pass. The Western Liao side must have thought it was the Yanyun army. In the event of an invasion, a war will inevitably break out between the armies of both sides!" Having said this, Brother Weinaxiu showed excitement on his face. After hearing Brother Wei Mingxiu's words, everyone showed gloating expressions. They really hoped that Xiliao and Yanyun would fight immediately.
Brother Weimingxiu said to Weiming Shouzhong: "You go to Hamili. If everything goes well, immediately rush to Hu Siyour'er. No matter what the situation is, you must send someone to report the news as soon as possible!"
Wei Mingshouzhong bowed and promised. On the same day, Weiming Shouzhong took Brother Weimingxiu's official seal, a letter of surrender and a dozen trusted officers out of Yumen Pass and ran towards Hamili. …
Mills hurried outside the hall and saw a dusty Party General sitting in the living room drinking tea, so he walked in. Weiming Shouzhong heard the footsteps and quickly looked towards the door. He saw a majestic, imposing and bearded general with blue eyes walking in accompanied by several generals. He immediately knew that this was the man who came in. General Hamili Mills. He quickly stood up and bowed to Mills: "Wei Ming Shouzhong, the general of Great Xia Wei Ming Xiu Ge, pays homage to the general!"
Mills smiled coldly and said sarcastically: "Daxia? Is there still Daxia now?" Weiming Shouzhong saw that the other party was mocking him as soon as he came up, and he couldn't help but feel angry. However, he thought that Daxia was indeed destroyed. I couldn't help but feel sad in my heart, and said: "The general is right, Daxia is indeed destroyed! We, the lonely ghosts, hope to join Daliao so that we can have a place to live."
Mills originally thought that the other party was here to borrow troops, but he didn't expect that he was here to surrender. He couldn't help being secretly surprised, and said to himself: Yumen Pass is the key to entering the Central Plains. The strategic location is extremely important. If you can conquer Yumen Pass without fighting, then it will be terrible. What a great achievement!
As soon as he thought of this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said affectionately: "Since the general is willing to defect to our Daliao, our Daliao naturally welcomes him! But how do you plan to surrender?"
Weiming Shouzhong immediately took off the baggage on his back, opened it, took out the seal of Weiming Xiu's general and an autographed letter, held it up with both hands, and presented it to Mills.
A general next to Mills immediately stepped forward to receive the general's seal and letter, and returned and forwarded it to Mills. Mills picked up the big seal and looked at it. He recognized the Tangut script and saw that it said 'Seal of the General of the Great Xia Kingdom'. It was indeed the seal of Brother Weiming Xiu, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Then he put down the seal, picked up the letter, opened it and read it, and laughed. Putting down the letter, he said to Wei Mingshou Zhong: "You are indeed sincere, good! In this case, I will immediately send 10,000 troops to take over Yumen Pass. You can go with me."
Weiming Shouzhong said quickly: "General, I want to rush to Hu Si'er'er to see His Majesty the Emperor immediately. The general's troops will take my brother's official seal and handwritten letter to take over Yumen Pass!"
Mills thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's fine, I'll send a confidant to protect the general and go to Husi Or'er'er!"
Wei Ming Shouzhong bowed to express his thanks. Later that day, Weiming Shouzhong and the trusted general named Mordo sent by Mills left Hamili and went to Husi Or'er. At the same time, Mills ordered his general Niaz to lead 10,000 troops and carry the official seal and handwritten letter of Brother Weimingxiu to Yumen Pass to take over Yumen Pass.
At about the same time, the 30,000-strong army led by Yang Yanzhao had arrived at Yumen Pass. Yang Yanzhao knew that Brother Wei Mingxiu was not an easy man, so he did not launch an offensive immediately when he arrived at Yumen Pass. Instead, he set up camp and built siege equipment while sending scouts to comprehensively investigate the situation at Yumen Pass and its surroundings. When some friends see this, they may wonder, doesn’t the Yanyun Army have powerful cannons? Why do they need to build siege equipment on the spot? Haha, if you want to blame it, you can only blame the Yanyun Army for advancing too fast. Yang Yanzhao's troops have already reached Yumen Pass, but the artillery team from Xingqing Mansion may have only reached Xiliang Mansion now. Roads and transportation conditions in ancient times were very backward, and cannons were extremely heavy equipment. The next rain might cause the cannons to get stuck in the mud and be unable to extricate themselves. Therefore, the artillery team moved very slowly, which was also a major disadvantage of the cannons. Disadvantages!
The Yanyun army was actively preparing to attack the city, while the Xixia army behind the Yumen Gate was actively preparing to defend. Rolling stones, wood, and kerosene arrows were constantly being transported to the city. At the same time, Brother Weimingxiu and other generals could not help but say to the Xixia soldiers : "Brothers, our fathers, wives, and children were all killed by the Yanyun people. Now they won't let us go and want to kill them all. We have no way to retreat and can only fight to the death with the Yanyun army! "The Xixia soldiers didn't know the truth. They thought that their parents, wives, and children were really killed by Yan Yun's army. They couldn't help but feel sad and angry. They just wanted to fight to the death with Yan Yun's army so that they could kill several Yan Yun's soldiers for their relatives. revenge. The Xixia army shares the same hatred with the enemy, and I am afraid that this tough battle will not be easy to fight.
Yang Yanzhao sent an officer to persuade him to surrender. Unexpectedly, as soon as the officer arrived at the city gate, dozens of arrows flew down from the city wall. Before the officer could speak, he was shot into a hedgehog and fell off his horse. Yang Yanzhao frowned when he saw this scene.
In the middle of the night, Yang Yanzhao led a group of soldiers to the vicinity of Yumen Pass to observe the defense of Yumen Pass. He saw brightly lit lights on the city wall, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and there were patrols patrolling back and forth on the city wall. Yang Yanzhao walked around Yumen Pass and found no flaw. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This Weiming Xiu brother is really worthy of being a famous Xixia general! This arrangement can be said to be irrefutable! It seems that there is no other way to attack by force." There is no other way!"
Yang Yanzhao returned to the tent, immediately summoned his generals, had a conversation, and then lay down with his clothes on. Early the next morning, Yanyun's 30,000 troops gathered outside the city wall on the east side of Yumen Pass, forming battle formations to prepare for the attack. The Xixia soldiers on the city wall were in full formation and ready for battle.
Yang Yanzhao observed the situation on the top of the city, raised his right hand, and the five thousand soldiers shouted. With the tower shield as the forerunner and the shield protecting their heads, they marched toward the city wall with siege vehicles such as city rams, climbing ladders, and flying arms. approaching. These siege vehicles, city climbing ladders and flying towers were all made by Yanyun soldiers yesterday. In fact, not all the materials used to make these siege equipment were obtained locally. The wood used was indeed obtained locally, but Materials that are difficult to obtain locally, such as metal hinges, steel nails, iron chains, etc., were brought by Yan Yunjun with him. Carrying only these things is many times lighter than carrying complete siege equipment.
Yan Yun's attacking troops slowly approached the city wall, and when they saw that they were within the enemy's firing range, they saw many arrows flying down from the top of the city, like raindrops. There was a loud crackling sound, and most of the arrows hit Yan Yunjun's shield, making a sound like heavy rain hitting banana leaves. Several Yanyun soldiers were hit by arrows in the body and groaned. The seriously injured ones were rescued immediately. The slightly injured ones ignored the arrows and wounds on their bodies and continued to move forward with everyone.
The Yanyun army continued to approach the city wall, and arrows rained down from the city wall continuously. Most of them were blocked by shields, but Yanyun soldiers continued to fall to the ground after being hit by arrows.
Yan Yun's army approached only thirty steps away from the city wall and stopped. Another burst of arrows passed, and like before, they basically hit the shield. As soon as the arrow rain passed, all the shields were immediately removed, revealing thousands of Yanyun warriors holding powerful crossbows. They pulled the trigger against the city wall, only to hear a loud buzzing sound, and a dense and powerful rain of arrows flew over. On the city wall, many Xixia Army soldiers who were preparing to shoot were shot to the ground. Immediately, the other Yanyun soldiers shouted loudly and rushed towards the city wall pushing various siege equipment.
The battle began to heat up. The Xixia soldiers desperately threw stones and wood and fired arrows at the city wall. With a loud rumbling sound, only blood and flesh were seen flying under the city wall. There were constant casualties of Yanyun soldiers; Yanyun soldiers pushed the city car and rushed into the city gate. Then the city gate was hit hard, making a huge and heart-stopping sound. Aerial ladders were put up on the top of the city. Yan Yun's warriors climbed up bravely, while the strong crossbowmen boarded the arrow tower approaching the city wall and looked down on the city wall. Arrows were fired, and arrows from both sides were flying all over the sky. Xixia soldiers were constantly hit by arrows and fell off the city wall, and Yan Yunhan soldiers were constantly hit by arrows and fell off the archery tower.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
