The Yanyun Army stormed Yumen Pass, but the Xixia Army resisted desperately. I originally thought that the Yanyun Army's offensive on the first day would be easier to resist, but I didn't expect that the offensive turned out to be like a huge wave. The entire city was crumbling. The Xixia Army soldiers resisted hard. Incomparably, although I have tried my best, I feel like I am powerless, as if facing the huge storm in the desert, I, as a mortal, can't resist the weather! …
After a day of fierce fighting, mountains of corpses were piled up and down the city walls, and the walls were stained with blood. The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood, which was nauseating. The Yanyun Army has retreated, and there are many wrecks of siege equipment scattered in the wilderness. Many of the wrecks are still burning fiercely; the exhausted Xixia Army is throwing corpses from the top of the city, and wounded soldiers are being transported down the city wall. , wailing sounds came and went, looking particularly sad in the night.
Brother Wei Mingxiu stood on the top of the city and looked at the brightly lit Yanyun Military Camp outside the city, frowning. Based on the battle situation during the day, he estimated that his side could defend it for another two or three days at most. Wei Mingtai, a trusted general standing behind him, said worriedly: "The Yanyun army is too powerful. It is impossible for our isolated city to withstand it!" General Zhang Jiang said hesitantly: "General, let's, let's retreat. Let's go!" The generals couldn't help but their hearts moved, and Weiming Huxiong shouted loudly: "You Han people, do you want to hand over Yumen Pass to Yan Yun's army!" As he said, there was only a choking sound, Weiming Huxiong With the knife drawn in his hand, he glared at Zhang Jiang fiercely: "I'll kill you first, lest you sell us all!"
Zhang Jiang was shocked and angry, and quickly took a step back, drew the sword in his hand, frowned and said: "Although I am a Han, I dedicated my life to Daxia and died! You said that about me, it really chills me!"
Weiming Huxiong had nowhere to vent the anger he had been holding in his chest for many days. He glared and cursed: "Who can believe you, a Han Chinese? I see that you have been following us because you want to sacrifice our heads to Yan Yunjun! I am very I can't kill you!" He cursed and raised his scimitar and slashed at Zhang Jiang. Zhang Jiang didn't expect that he actually took action. In shock, he quickly jumped back and avoided the opponent's blow. Anger surged in his heart and he wanted to fight back, but then he thought of the identities of the two parties and the curved hand in his hand. The knife cannot be handed over no matter what. At this moment, Weiming Huxiong slashed at him again, and Zhang Jiang dodged again.
Weiming Huxiong wanted to take action, "That's enough!" Brother Weimingxiu's roar suddenly came. Weiming Huxiong was startled and stopped. Brother Weimingxiu walked between the two of them, snatched the scimitar from Weiming Huxiong's hand, and threw it away with a loud cry. Brother Weiming Xiu shouted: "Zhang Jiang has followed me for many years and is loyal to me and Daxia. How can you speak like this?" Weiming Huxiong lowered his head, feeling very disapproving in his heart, but he did not dare to say anything.
Brother Wei Mingxiu walked up to Zhang Jiang. At this time, Zhang Jiang had already sheathed his sword and bowed slightly towards Brother Wei Mingxiu. Brother Wei Mingxiu patted Zhang Jiang on the shoulder and said, "General Zhang, don't take it to heart. You know that my younger brother has always been so reckless. He often offends me!" Zhang Jiang smiled bitterly in his heart: "You Now that I've said that, what else can I say? ’ He bowed to brother Weimingxiu and said, “The general’s words are serious, but my subordinates didn’t take it seriously. They know the character of General Huxiong!” Brother Weimingxiu smiled and said, “Okay, that’s it. Okay! You are still good brothers!" The two of them looked at each other, and Zhang Jiang saw a ferocious and violent look in each other's eyes, and couldn't help but feel shocked. Turning his head to look at the other generals, he found that the other generals had more or less similar expressions in their eyes. Zhang Jiang's heart trembled, and he suddenly felt that he was like an alien among this group of people.
At this moment, an officer rushed up and reported: "The envoy from General Daliao is here!"
Brother Wei Mingxiu showed an expression of surprise, "Great, we are waiting for them! Invite us quickly!" The officer responded and hurried down. After a while, he led a middle-aged man wearing Khitan armor. When the man came up, he bowed to Brother Wei Mingxiu and said, "The envoy from Daliao has arrived!" and then stepped aside. The envoy from the Liao Kingdom came forward and said arrogantly: "I am the envoy from the Liao Dynasty. Are you the brother Xiu who surrendered?" Seeing the arrogant attitude of the envoy from the Liao Kingdom, everyone felt a little unhappy, but now they are in a situation where they are under someone else's roof. , how dare you have an attack?
Brother Weimingxiu said: "I am Brother Weimingxiu, thank you for your hard work!"
The envoy from the Liao Kingdom took out a letter, handed it to Brother Weimingxiu, and said, "This is a letter from our general to you. Take a look."
Brother Wei Mingxiu quickly stretched out his hands to take the letter and looked at the envelope, but there was nothing written on the envelope. Li quickly opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it, with a very happy expression on his face, and bowed to the Liao envoy: "General, I will be very grateful for your kindness!" The Liao envoy said: "Our army The reinforcements are on their way here and will arrive at sunset tomorrow." Weiming Xiu and others were overjoyed. Weiming Huxiong said excitedly: "Great, Daliao's army is here, we are not afraid of Yanyun's army anymore. !" The envoy from the Liao Kingdom said: "My work has been done, so I'll leave now!" Brother Weiming Xiu quickly persuaded him to stay: "Your Majesty, please take a short rest, so that I can show my loyalty to the landlord!" The envoy said arrogantly: "No need!" He turned around and left without saluting brother Wei Mingxiu. Everyone couldn't help but feel angry when they saw this scene.
When the Liao envoy left, Weiming Huxiong couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "This man is so powerless!"
Brother Wei Mingxiu said: "Yan Yun in General Mills's letter was very polite. Hey, hasn't it been like this from ancient times to the present? It's always been the imps that make it difficult for the King of Hell to see you!" Everyone nodded with deep sympathy. .
Brother Weiming Xiu glanced at the generals and warned: "Da Liao's army is coming. We must show our strength and don't be underestimated!" All the generals agreed in unison.
When Zhang Jiang returned to her residence, she suddenly kicked the coffee table in front of her away and fell to the ground with a loud bang. All the soldiers were shocked, and no one dared to come forward because they didn't know what was going on.
Zhang Jiang stared at the oil lamp in front of him, the anger in his eyes seemed to be real. He was so angry, thinking that he had fought bloody battles for Daxia, and in the end all the party members doubted him! In this matter, Wei Ming Hu Xiong went too far to deceive others, but Brother Wei Ming Xiu just said that indifferently, clearly trying to protect Wei Ming Hu Xiong! Zhang Jiang suddenly became discouraged and felt that she had sacrificed her life for Daxia for nearly twenty years in vain!
A soldier rushed up, bowed and said: "General, General Zhang Yuan wants to see you." Zhang Jiang's heart moved. There are two Han generals under the command of Brother Weiming Xiu, one of them is Zhang Jiang, and the other is Zhang Yuan. Zhang Jiang turned around and said to the soldier: "General Zhang Yuan, please come to the hall. I will be there soon." The soldier responded and ran down. Zhang Jiang calmed down, took a deep breath, turned and left the room.
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On the second day, the Yanyun army continued to form a formation to attack the city. However, the offensive was much weaker than on the first day. They often retreated after encountering slight obstacles. The Yanyun army behind them shouted loudly, but had no actual effect. . Wei Mingtai smiled and said: "General, Yan Yun's army exhausted its energy yesterday and has no strength to attack the city today!" Brother Wei Mingxiu smiled and nodded, looking very relaxed. He was originally worried about Yan Yun's army. The Yun Army's offensive was more fierce than yesterday. In that case, it was really uncertain whether the Yan Yun Army could last until dusk. However, I didn't expect that the Yan Yun Army's offensive would turn out like this today. It was really different from yesterday. It seems that Yan Yunjun did exhaust his energy in yesterday's big tent. Yesterday, the Yanyun Army definitely wanted to take advantage of the vigor they had when they first arrived to break through Yumen Pass, but they did not expect that their own soldiers and horses resisted desperately and their wishful thinking was completely in vain. Thinking of this, Brother Weimingxiu couldn't help but feel proud of himself and his army.
Weiming Huxiong laughed and said: "If this is the case, there will be no problem if we persist for ten days and a half, let alone until tonight's evening." The generals were deeply convinced, and Weiming Xiu Ge said seriously: "Having said that, you must not be careless!" All the generals agreed in unison.
This steady battle lasted from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon. The sun was setting, and although the battlefield was still bustling with activity, Yan Yun's army had not made any progress.
Brother Weimingxiu looked up at the sky, frowned and asked, "Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?" At this moment, the soldiers on the watchtower overhead pointed to the west and shouted: "There are dozens of cavalry in the west. Run this way." Weiming Xiu Ge and others were very surprised when they arrived. Weiming Huxiong said anxiously: "Why are there only a few dozen cavalry?" Then they boarded the watchtower, and the generals came one after another. Continuously climbed the watchtower.
Looking to the west, I saw dozens of cavalry rushing in under the afterglow of the setting sun. I could faintly hear the sound of horse hooves. The dust was raised by more than a hundred horse hooves and floated into the distance like light smoke.
In just a moment, the group of cavalry came closer, and everyone saw clearly their attire. They were indeed cavalry from Daliao, but why were there only these dozens of them? Didn’t he say there were 10,000 reinforcements?
Dozens of cavalrymen rushed to the west city gate, stopped, and spoke loudly to the Xixia sergeant guarding the gate. Brother Wei Mingxiu was far away and could not hear clearly what was being said.
A moment later, an officer galloped from the west city gate, jumped off his horse, ran up the city wall, and after asking about the whereabouts of Brother Xiu and others, he ran to the foot of the watchtower and raised his voice upward: "General, the other party calls himself It’s General Niaz under General Mills, and he also brought the official seal of the General and a handwritten letter from the General to General Mills, requesting that the city gate be opened!” As he spoke, he raised the official seal and a letter high. .
Brother Weimingxiu and others came down from the watchtower. Weimingtai took the official seal and letter from the officer and forwarded it to Brother Weimingxiu. Brother Weimingxiu picked up the governor and the letter and looked at it carefully, nodded and said: "It is indeed me who sent Shouzhong to deliver it to General Mills before." Then he said to the officer: "Open the city gate immediately and let them in! "The officer promised and ran down.
"General, the Yanyun Army has stopped attacking." Li Qiyuan pointed to the outside of the city. Brother Wei Mingxiu and others' attention has been on the Liao army since just now, and they didn't notice when the Yan Yun army retreated. Looking outside the city, they saw that the Yan Yun army that was still attacking the city just now had already They retreated, but Yan Yun's army did not withdraw its troops and returned to the camp, but still formed a formation outside the city. In view of Yan Yunjun's poor performance throughout the day today, Brother Wei Mingxiu and others did not pay much attention to Yan Yunjun, and their attention returned to the Liao Army.
The rapid sound of horse hooves came from the street. The generals walked to the inner wall of the city wall and looked down. They saw dozens of Liao Army cavalry running to the city gate following an officer of their own. Immediately, everyone dismounted, and the leading Liao soldier wearing general armor and his own officer hurried up.
When the two came to Brother Weimingxiu and others, the Xixia officer bowed and said: "General, General Niaz is here." After saying that, he stepped aside. The guy who looked like a general came forward immediately, pressed his chest to brother Wei Mingxiu, and said in jerky Chinese: "I, Niaz, have met, General Wei Ming!"
Seeing the blood stains on Niaz's body, Brother Weimingxiu looked very frightened. He couldn't help but feel bad in his heart. He quickly asked: "General Niaz, I heard that you have ten thousand troops coming to help." , why are there only a few dozen of you left?"
Niaz looked ashamed, then showed fear and anger, and said: "We, we met the enemies on the road, they, they suddenly came to attack us. We were unprepared and were scattered by them all of a sudden. Yes! My men, dozens of soldiers and I broke through the encirclement and came here!"
Brother Weimingxiu and others were shocked. Brother Weimingxiu asked anxiously: "Who attacked you? Is it the Yanyun Army?"
But Niaz shook his head and said: "No, I don't know!"
Brother Weimingxiu frowned, and then an idea came to his mind. He quickly pointed at the Yanyun Army outside the city and asked, "Is it that kind of army?" Niaz looked in the direction of his finger and saw the formation. The army outside the city looked horrified and shouted: "It's them, it's them! It's them who attacked us! These guys are more ferocious than the jackals in the desert!"
Brother Wei Mingxiu's heart sank, he frowned and murmured: "I didn't expect that they actually expected that I would ask Daliao for help, and actually set an ambush!" Then he was shocked, and his face Shang changed his color and said: "If you put it this way, the Yanyun Army's tepid attack today is clearly to paralyze us. It is also to prevent our army from escaping, so that their ambush attempt cannot be realized! How cunning! "
At this moment, a long horn sound came from outside the city. Brother Wei Mingxiu was shocked and hurriedly looked outside the city, only to find that Yan Yun's army had withdrawn its troops and returned to the camp. Brother Wei Mingxiu originally thought that the Yan Yun army outside the city would take the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, but he did not expect that they would actually return to the camp. It was so unexpected that he couldn't understand Yang Yanzhao's intentions for a while.
In fact, Yang Yanzhao's intention was nothing to put it bluntly. It was just to wait for the news of the annihilation of the reinforcements to spread throughout Yumen Pass before attacking. It would definitely be much easier at that time.
As expected by Yang Yanzhao, the news that the Liao reinforcements were completely annihilated soon spread in Yumen Pass. The reason why this remnant Xixia army was able to withstand the fierce attack of Yan Yun's army was that, in addition to the false news spread by Brother Wei Mingxiu, the most important reason was the news that reinforcements from the Liao army were about to arrive. It is precisely because of hope that they can fight with all their strength against Yan Yunjun. However, what they were looking forward to, looking forward to the stars and the moon, was the news that the reinforcements had been wiped out. This is like a drowning man who saw a big ship coming to rescue him and was extremely happy. However, in an instant, he saw the big ship being swept away by the whirlpool. Dragging into the bottom of the sea, hope was replaced by despair in an instant.
Brother Wei Mingxiu and others looked around and saw officers and soldiers with low morale and despair on their faces. From time to time, they could hear crying. The entire Yumen Pass was filled with an atmosphere of mourning.
Brother Wei Mingxiu stopped and looked at the Yanyun military camp outside the city where the lights were bright and singing could be heard faintly. He said angrily: "So you are waiting for us to collapse without a fight!" Wei Mingtai said worriedly: "General, We can't hold on anymore, we have to find a way to retreat!" Brother Weiming Xiu frowned and nodded. Even Weiming Huxiong, who had always been opposed to retreat, didn't say anything at this moment. He frowned and looked sad. appearance.
Brother Wei Mingxiu glanced at the Yanyun military camp outside the city and said coldly: "Yang Yanzhao wants to wait until our own morale collapses before he kills us all in one go. Humph, I will never let him succeed!" He turned to the generals and said : "Yang Yanzhao will launch a full-scale attack on us early tomorrow morning. Now our morale has collapsed, and we can't fight tomorrow! I have decided to lead all the troops to break out of the siege from the west gate tonight and go to Hamili." All the generals nodded. I agree. In fact, everyone is eager to leave here as soon as possible.
The generals and officers passed down Brother Weimingxiu's order. The Xixia soldiers who were originally in despair couldn't help but be overjoyed. They felt as if they suddenly saw a bright light in the dark night, and a surge of hope suddenly surged in their hearts. Under the leadership of their respective generals, the soldiers immediately took action to make preparations for the breakout. Everyone was full of energy.
Niaz hurriedly found Brother Weimingxiu and asked angrily: "Why do you want to retreat?"
Brother Wei Mingxiu felt displeased when he saw him questioning him face to face, and the other generals also showed anger. However, the other general was from General Mills, and no one dared to get angry at him. Brother Wei Mingxiu said calmly: "In this situation, there is no other way but to retreat. The only way to stay is to die, and we can only give up Yumen Pass!"
Niaz shouted: "I won't allow you to retreat!"
Weiming Huxiong couldn't help but said: "What qualifications do you have to order us?" Niaz was stunned and said secretly: "The one they surrendered to was the general. I really am not qualified to order them, but the general attaches great importance to Yumen Pass. But you can't just give up and give up. After thinking about this, he said: "Of course I am not qualified to order you. General Mills must be qualified. General Mills wants Yumen Pass, and you must hold it. If you cannot hold it, General Mills will definitely punish you." !”
The generals looked at each other, feeling uneasy. They knew that Niaz was telling the truth. It was easy to give up Yumen Pass, but they were afraid that it would not be easy to face General Mills. They all looked at Brother Wei Mingxiu to see what he would say. Brother Wei Mingxiu stood up and said: "We must abide by the orders of General Mills. However, General Mills is in Hamili at the moment. He does not understand the situation at Yumen Pass at all, let alone your army. The army that came to support our army has been completely wiped out!" Niaz couldn't help but feel uneasy when he heard this.
Brother Weimingxiu continued: "General Niaz's 10,000 soldiers and horses were killed by Yanyun's army in less than half an hour. The whole army was wiped out, and we faced Yanyun's main force alone for several days. How can we show our performance? Not good enough?" Niaz had nothing to say. Brother Wei Mingxiu said: "In the current situation, even if our army does not retreat, it will never hold out until tomorrow evening. Therefore, it is impossible to wait for General Mills' rescue. Since it is impossible to continue to defend, why should it be in vain? Sacrifice so many soldiers? General Mills will definitely not approve of such a ridiculous approach!"
After a pause, he glanced at Niaz. Niaz's mind was obviously shaken, so he continued: "The general must insist that we defend Yumen Pass, it is not impossible! Since we have decided to surrender to Daliao and be loyal to Daliao, then It’s a matter of course, but will all the responsibilities after the war be borne by the general?”
Niaz was startled. He didn't even know what to do as he was responsible for the annihilation of the 10,000-strong army. How could he dare to take on this greater responsibility again? He quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, this is not the case." My responsibility! The general is the commander of Yumen Pass. Since the general thinks it is better to retreat, then I will listen to the general!"
The generals were secretly amused when they saw that Niaz had relented. Brother Weimingxiu said: "Since the general has no problem, let's go down and prepare. We will take action at the third watch!" Niaz sighed, responded, and ran down.
At midnight, the torches on the wall of Yumenguan are still burning fiercely, and the flags are still planted everywhere. The figures are longing, but they are not real people, they are all scarecrows wrapped in military uniforms. At the same time, all the soldiers and horses in Yumen Pass have gathered in front of the West City Gate. People are holding horses and picking bells, and nearly ten thousand people are silent.
Brother Wei Mingxiu looked up at the sky, raised his right hand and waved forward. When officers and soldiers came forward and opened the city gate, nearly ten thousand people were born immediately. Without bothering to close the city gate, they quickly disappeared. In the night.
Brother Weimingxiu and others walked quickly towards the west along the road trodden by the caravan. The long team was looming under the moonlight. Only the sound of footsteps and breathing could be heard, and no one spoke.
An hour later, the army had already left Yumen Pass for more than 20 miles. Everyone could not help but let go of their thoughts and slow down their speed. Brother Weiming Xiu and Niaz walked together. Brother Weiming Xiu asked Niaz: "Where is the general from?" Niaz was thinking about how to explain to General Mills when he returned. Brother Wei Mingxiu said absently: "I am from Husi Or'er."
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
