Tibet. The Emperor of Tubo has been a little annoyed recently. The Songhe system and the Zanbutai system are accusing and criticizing each other. The ministers and nobles in the court are also divided into two factions. They accuse and curse each other every day, making a good court like a dish. Like a market, the Tubo Emperor was very agitated, but didn't know how to solve this matter. Today, Songhe and Zanbutai had another quarrel in the lobby. The content of the quarrel was still the same thing. Songhe accused the army of conquering the Western Regions and suffered huge losses and failed all because the generals of Zanbutai's line did not obey orders. Zanbutai, on the other hand, accused Songhe of being arbitrary and arbitrary, commanding improperly and excluding dissidents, which was the root cause of the army's failure. The two quarreled red-faced, and soon the noble ministers who had good relations with both parties also joined in the quarrel, so the court turned into a quarrelsome vegetable market.
The Tubo Emperor was also used to it and just pretended that he didn't hear or see and let them make noise.
At this moment, a guard rushed in and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!" As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent instantly. The Tubo Emperor said to the guard: "Xuan!" The guard agreed and ran down. A moment later, an officer came quickly and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, we have just received urgent military information from Yanyun. .A sudden earthquake occurred in the north of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, causing the mountains to collapse and turn into plains. The Khitan Army took this opportunity to suddenly attack and invaded the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Now, except for the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, While Yanjing is still struggling to resist, the rest of the states and counties have basically fallen!"
The Tubo Emperor and his ministers and nobles were all shocked when they heard the officer's report, and then showed expressions of infinite joy. Songhe said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Yanyun is in great trouble. We, Tibetans, can take this opportunity to launch a large army to attack the Hexi Corridor, and then seize the entire Hetao and Ningxia areas!"
All the nobles agreed one after another and seemed very enthusiastic, because if the army captured new land, they nobles would be the biggest beneficiaries. The emperor was also very tempted, but he had just suffered a big defeat, which made him a little undecided.
Zanbutai feels that his side has suffered successive defeats in the past few years, and has suffered heavy losses in terms of troops, food and fodder. Although it is a great opportunity now, it is actually difficult for our side to mobilize the army on a large scale. Judging from the current situation, at most we can only Being able to mobilize an army of 150,000 people to go on an expedition, this number of soldiers and horses has no strength advantage over the 150,000 Yanyun Army guarding the Hexi Corridor. However, the Yanyun Army's combat power is the best in the world. It is obvious to all that our own army of 150,000 people Go on an expedition, let alone seize the city, I'm afraid not many will come back alive! However, although Zanbutai was thinking this, he did not say it because he knew that once he said these words, he would definitely offend all the nobles and the emperor who were eager to get the land. Naturally, he would not do such a stupid thing. , in fact, he hoped that Songhe would lead the troops to attack the Hexi Corridor, because once the troops were sent, nine times out of ten, they would be defeated. At that time, the emperor and all the nobles would not forgive him, and he would have to survive even if he did not die. Life in jail!
Thinking of this, Zanbutai couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile in his eyes.
The emperor said: "This is a great opportunity, I have decided to send troops!" All the ministers and nobles worshiped together: "Your Majesty is wise!" Then Songhe suggested: "Your Majesty, the reason why the previous attack on the Hexi Corridor failed was all because of Duo Sang and others disobeyed orders, and they had to be used in the attack on the Hexi Corridor. Therefore, the general felt that in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again and to realize his majesty's grand plan, General Zanbu should be reactivated. As the commander-in-chief, lead the army to attack the Hexi Corridor!"
Zanbu was shocked, but the emperor and a group of ministers and nobles felt that Songhe's words were very reasonable, and they also felt that it was really commendable that he could say such a thing. Everyone really thought that Songhe was He only recommended Zan Butai for the sake of the overall situation. How could you imagine the sinister intentions behind him!
The emperor looked at Zanbu Tai and said: "General Songhe recommended General Zanbu. It can be seen that General Songhe has no personal grudge against General Zanbu. The rumors will be self-defeating! Zanbu Tai, what do you think?" "Zan Bu was helpless and could only say: "The last general and General Songhe really have no personal grudges, they just have different political opinions!" The emperor nodded in approval. Zanbutai continued: "General Songhe recommended the junior general because he has high regard for the junior general, and the junior general is very grateful! However, the junior general has self-awareness and knows that it will be more appropriate for General Songhe to take on this commander-in-chief position! Just please Your Majesty has appointed General Song He as the commander-in-chief and has full authority to preside over the battle in the Hexi Corridor, so we will definitely have a victory song early!"
The emperor looked at Songhe, who quickly said: "General Zanbu is so humble! Most of the troops in the northeast are General Zanbu's old troops. The general's command is obviously inappropriate, so the general can only thank Zanbu." Thank you for General Bu's kindness, and please Your Majesty to appoint General Zan Bu as your commander-in-chief, which is more appropriate!"
The emperor couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw the two of them pushing away each other, as if they were pushing a hot potato. Seeing that Zanbutai was about to shirk again, he said angrily: "This post of commander-in-chief will be taken by Zanbutai. Zanbutai, please don't refuse anymore, otherwise your excessive modesty will become an affectation!"
Seeing that the emperor had said this and could say nothing more, Zanbutai could only bow and accept the promise, feeling miserable in his heart. …
Later that day, Song Hyuk was drinking and feeling proud, with two young and beautiful concubines sitting next to him. At this moment, the housekeeper suddenly rushed in and bowed: "Master, the imperial envoy is here!" Songhe was surprised and thought to himself: How could an imperial envoy suddenly come to the door?
With this thought in mind, he stood up and walked quickly out of the back hall. When he came to the hall, he saw the imperial envoy standing in the middle of the hall holding the imperial edict high. He quickly stepped forward and knelt down and worshiped: "General Songhe respectfully welcomes the imperial edict." !” The butler behind him naturally also knelt down and worshiped.
The imperial envoy opened the imperial edict and began to recite it. Like the edicts of other countries, the first paragraph was full of nonsense praising virtues. It took a while to get to the main topic, and he was only heard to read: "Because General Zanbu suddenly contracted a bad disease and fell into a coma. If you don't wake up, I specially change General Song He to be the general marshal of the expedition." Song He was so surprised when he heard this that he didn't hear the rest of the words.
The imperial envoy finished reading the imperial edict, closed it, and said: "General, I accept the edict and thank you."
Songhe came back to his senses, kowtowed twice, stood up, accepted the imperial edict, and asked hurriedly: "Sir, how could General Zanbu suddenly contract a bad disease? Not long ago, he went to the court, and he was clearly doing well at that time. Yes!" The imperial envoy said: "I don't know about this junior officer. I heard that the great witch doctor went to see it personally and found that General Zanbu was indeed infected with an inexplicable emergency and fell into a coma!"
Song Hyuk was speechless. The imperial envoy bowed and said: "Since the general has accepted the order, I will go back to the palace to resume my duties!" Songhe sent the imperial envoy out of the door. After saying goodbye, he returned to the hall, picked up the imperial edict and looked at it. , with a dumbfounded look on his face, murmured: "Damn it, I wanted to plot against Zanbutai, but who knew that humans are not as good as God, but in the end, I was included in it! If I had known this, I wouldn't have said that. What nonsense!" However, there was no use regretting it now. The deal was already done, so he could only bite the bullet and go ahead.
Songhe paced back and forth, thinking about what to do. He felt that attacking with 150,000 troops would obviously lead to death. However, it was no longer easy to say these words to the emperor and the nobles. Everyone was now fully looking forward to expanding their territory. If Go pour a basin of cold water on yourself, I'm afraid the result will be even more miserable than defeat! How to do it? Song Hyuk was anxious.
Suddenly, Songhe had an idea, stopped and said excitedly: "My army is not good, so I can find helpers! Xiliao has already enmity with Yanyun, why not send envoys immediately to persuade Xiliao to send troops? Now Yan Yun is in a critical situation, and there is no reason for Xiliao not to send troops! I will station troops in the snow mountain fortress and not attack now. After the Xiliao army attacks, I will then attack with my troops. Then I will be sure of it!" At this point, Yan Nian couldn't help but laugh out loud. When he smiled, the gloom that had been weighing on his heart disappeared in an instant. …
His eyes turned back to Yan Jing.
After discussing the failure of a large-scale storm attack, the Khitan army rested their grain fields and continued their fierce attack. For several days, the fighting was extremely fierce. Although the Khitan army soldiers fought bravely to take the lead, the Yanyun warriors even fought bloody battles. After a few days, both sides suffered heavy losses. Although the Khitan army was still unable to break the city, the situation in Yanjing was already very critical. This was not only reflected in the casualties and losses of the Yanyun army, but also in the damage to the city wall. In the past few days, the Khitan army attacked fiercely and used artillery catapults and gunpowder charges to destroy the city wall everywhere. Now Yanyun's city wall has collapsed in seven or eight places. Whenever the city wall collapses, the two sides will start an extremely bloody battle around the gap. , seven or eight gaps, seven or eight fierce battles, the armies of both sides killed mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. Fortunately, every time Yan Yun's army averted the danger with more fierce combat power and a spirit of fearlessness. Now these seven or eight gaps have been temporarily filled with messy debris, but this kind of filling cannot withstand a salvo of the opponent's artillery.
On this day, the Khitan army bombarded many gaps in the city wall with artillery, causing many gaps to collapse again. Then the Khitan army's tens of thousands of troops were divided into several attack waves to attack these gaps. At the same time, tens of thousands of other troops continued to storm the city wall using various siege equipment. Arrows covered the sky, and there were endless bloody battles at the gaps in the city wall. Blood rain flew in the air, corpses piled up on the ground, and the red-eyed soldiers of both sides were fighting to the death. Suddenly the Jin army rushed into the gap, and suddenly the Yanyun army counterattacked. No wall bricks or dirt could be seen on the slope. Only layers of corpses and flowing blood were seen. The soldiers of both sides stepped on the corpses and roared in bloody battle. In an instant, , the soldiers from both sides who were fighting just now turned into corpses and spread out on the ground.
The soldiers on both sides were fighting endlessly, fighting one after another. The rapid gaps were like several huge bloody mouths, which were constantly devouring the flesh and blood of the soldiers on both sides. The Khitan army's offensive can be said to be extremely fierce. I am afraid that no army in the world can withstand such a fierce attack. When the Japanese were not at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, it was under such a fierce attack by the Khitan army that they would soon occupy the border city. One after another they were thrown away again! However, here, in front of the Yanyun Army, the Khitan Army's turbulent and tsunami-like attacks were ineffective. This is really unbelievable! Ye Qian Hucheng's eyes widened. He knew that his soldiers had tried their best. He was extremely proud of the bravery and fearlessness of his men, but at the same time he was extremely shocked. He really couldn't believe that after so many days, Yan The Yun army actually still retains such strong fighting power and fighting will, and can actually block the onslaught of its own soldiers that are as powerful as the power of heaven!
The fierce fighting lasted from morning to noon, and from noon to evening. The fierce battle continued, but the Yanyun army still firmly guarded the city wall and guarded the gap. The Khitan army's offensive had obviously declined and was not as good as before.
Seeing that his soldiers were exhausted and their fighting spirit had declined, Yeqian Hucheng knew that continuing to fight would be a waste of time, so he reluctantly issued an order to retreat.
The Khitan army receded like an ebbing tide, and the noisy battlefield suddenly became quiet. At this time, there were mountains of corpses inside and outside the city wall, and the remains of various siege equipment were scattered on the battlefield. The afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the sky and the earth in blood red, and the broken battle flags rustled in the wind!
The militiamen were cleaning the battlefield everywhere, collecting the corpses of their own soldiers, and throwing the enemy's corpses outside the city wall. No one spoke, and everyone felt as if they were holding a heavy stone in their hearts. The soldiers of the Second Legion and the city defense army quickly entered a state of rest. In an instant, snoring could be heard from all over the city. The exhausted and blood-stained soldiers hugged each other and fell asleep, holding their swords in their arms. The cook carried the food to the soldiers. He couldn't bear to wake them up and gently placed the food next to everyone. Tens of thousands of women in the city spontaneously came to help from various places, either to help treat the wounded, or to help with laundry and cooking. Although it was getting late, they were all very busy.
Yang Peng led everyone around the city before returning to the palace hall. After everyone sat down, Yang Peng asked Yedi Guanyin: "What are the casualties of our army? How many troops are left now?"
Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and said: "Less than half of our army can still fight. Seven or eight gaps have been broken in the city wall. The Khitan army can attack from any gap. At the same time, they will attack the city wall. Our troops It's obviously insufficient! During the day today, there was almost a big problem!" Ye Qi Guanyin was talking about a fierce battle this afternoon. When Yan Yun's army fought fiercely with the Khitan army in several gaps and city walls, The Khitan army's artillery turned and suddenly bombarded a gap in the distance. After blasting open, 10,000 Khitan troops immediately rushed forward. At that time, Yan Yun's army was short of troops and saw that the enemy was about to break into the city. At the critical moment, Yang Peng's commander Yin Sha, the Feifeng female guards and the Xuan Jia army fought back desperately, and finally drove the enemy out. At that time, Yeqianhu City was not very clear about the situation in the city. If he knew the situation of Yanyun Army and used artillery to create a gap, Yanjing City would probably be lost. Fortunately, the Khitan army was also exhausted. Yelihu City did not know the specific situation in the city, so it did not do that.
Yang Peng thought: "Now is the time to let the militia take the lead!" Everyone looked at each other, Yang Jiumei said: "After these days of fighting, the performance of the militia cannot be compared with the regular army! Trouble often occurs, if they are allowed to take the lead, I am afraid that the city will It will be lost soon!" Everyone nodded.
Yang Peng said: "You may not have noticed that the performance of the militia is getting better and better. Although it is still not comparable to the regular army, at least it has seen the brutality of the battlefield and is no longer so afraid. I have no intention of letting the militia take charge alone. My idea is that when the situation is not very critical, we will mainly use the militia and city defense forces to resist the enemy, and when the situation is critical, we will use the soldiers of the Second Army. In this way, we can use our hands more rationally The vitality!" Everyone felt that what Yang Peng said was reasonable and couldn't help but nodded.
Yang Peng stood up, and everyone also stood up when they saw this. Yang Peng walked to the door of the hall and looked at the starry and moonlit night sky with a thoughtful look on his face.
On the other side, the generals of Yeqianhu City gathered in front of the sand table and were re-planning their attack strategy. He pointed at the Yanjing City on the sand table and said: "Although the fierce attack today failed to break the city, the Yanyun Army must also be able to break the city." We have reached the limit!" He glanced at the generals and said: "We will continue to attack tomorrow, and the offensive will be strengthened on the basis of today!" Long Ba said categorically: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely break through Yanjing City tomorrow! The last general is willing to issue a military order. If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!" Other generals also expressed their willingness to issue a military order, and they all looked eager to try and be full of confidence. Although these Khitan army generals are brave, the reason why they dare to issue military orders is actually because they feel that the Yanyun army has reached the end of its strength. Based on their experience, they judge that if they attack with all their strength tomorrow, the Yanyun army in the city will most likely be defending. If you can't hold back, you should be able to break the city in one fell swoop. Naturally, everyone wants this first victory in breaking Yanjing.
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Tomorrow, a frontal attack will not be a real killing move!..."
All the generals showed surprise and looked at each other.
Ye Qianhu City pointed to the line of the South City Wall and said: "We have been attacking this line and will continue to attack here tomorrow. After so many days of fierce fighting, no matter how cunning Yang Peng is, he will only focus on this. And I But while continuing to storm the south city, they will send a team of elite troops to raid the north gate!..." The generals were all veterans on the battlefield. When they heard this, they all understood, and their eyes lit up and they became excited. Zheng Shilong praised: "Even Sun Wu and Li Mu would never have thought of this move! This move of the king will definitely exceed King Yan's expectations, and the battle will be successful!" All the generals agreed.
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled proudly, turned to look at Long Ba, and ordered: "I will leave the important task of the surprise attack on the North Gate to you. You go down immediately and select a team of elite daredevils!" Long Ba bowed excitedly and agreed. , and other generals looked at Long Ba with envy, because judging from the current situation, the attack on the north gate was definitely possible. Breaking the city first would be the first step, and everyone was naturally jealous.
Long Ba hurried down. Ye Qianhucheng returned to his head and sat down, while the generals returned to stand on both sides. Yeqi Hucheng lowered his head and thought about his actions after conquering Yanjing: "After conquering Yanjing, the first thing to do is to capture the king of Yan, Yang Peng. If he can be captured, Yanyun will become leaderless." , our army took this opportunity to divide into three groups, heading west to attack Shanxi, heading southwest to attack Bianliang, and finally heading south to Hebei. Give Shandong to the Japanese. As long as Song Ting in the south is not too bad, they will naturally raise troops, and the two Huaihe Rivers will be given to them. Tubo will definitely not sit back and watch, and will definitely send troops. Leave the Hexi Corridor to them. 'In an instant, Yeqi Hucheng had already thought up a plan to carve up Yanyun.
At this moment, a soldier rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Japanese envoy is here." Ye Qian Hucheng's eyes lit up and he said to the generals: "We have an appointment with the Japanese to send troops. I think there must be a large Japanese army." We have crossed the sea!" All the generals also thought so. Zheng Shilong laughed and said: "Now Yan Yun is like a fat pig, and everyone wants to share a piece of fat!" Everyone laughed and laughed. laugh. Yeqihu City said to the soldiers: "Please come in, the Japanese envoy." The soldiers responded and ran down. After a while, they led a middle-aged man dressed as a Han man in, and walked towards Yeqihu City. Bye, retreat.
The middle-aged man made a chest salute to Yeqianhu City and said: "I am a personal soldier of Shimazu Shigehao, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese navy, and I have been ordered to see the protector of the Liao Kingdom!"
Ye Qianhu said: "It's easy to say. Has your army launched an attack?"
The middle-aged man said: "I have been ordered to inform you that our Japanese fleet has defeated the main force of the Yanyun Navy on Changdao, and now our Japanese fleet is in the process of chasing the remaining enemies! In addition, our 100,000-strong Japanese army, We have landed on the coast of Chuzhou and are now marching towards Chuzhou! Our army is making good progress. We are here to inform you. We also want to reach a preliminary agreement on the division of the land!" As soon as everyone hears about Chuzhou, they will definitely Thinking of a place in Hunan, Chuzhou actually has nothing to do with Hunan, but Huai'an City in the north of Jiangsu Province. It was called Huai'an in the Song Dynasty and Shanyang in the Tang Dynasty.
Yeqi Hucheng glanced at the middle-aged man and asked: "How do you want to divide it?" The middle-aged man bowed slightly towards Yeqi Hucheng and said: "The entire Central Plains, as well as the sixteen prefectures of Hebei and Yanyun , we absolutely dare not get involved. We just want you to agree to recognize that Shandong and the Huaihe River are owned by our Empire of Japan!"
Ye Qian Hucheng sneered in his heart: "The Japanese Japanese have such a big appetite!" However, you are still self-aware and do not dare to compete with me, the Liao Empire, for our interests. The Huaihe River was originally planned to be handed over to the Song people. Since you also want it, let you fight with the Song people. This will also be beneficial to us, the Liao Kingdom! 'After thinking about this, he smiled and said: "We in the Liao Empire naturally have no objection, but we are afraid that the Song people also want to seize the Huaihe River!" The middle-aged man showed pride and said: "Because of the cowardly Song people, we haven't... Qualified to compete with our Japanese army for Lianghuai!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
