Immediately, the cannons fired in unison, and the roaring shells went straight to a gap in the city wall. At this time, the gap in the city wall had been blocked by Yanyun overnight with wood sticks, stones and other debris. However, it was impossible for such debris to withstand the artillery bombardment. After just a few rounds of volleys, the debris accumulated in the gap was blasted away! The Khitan assault troops, who had been waiting for this moment, immediately launched a charge. At the same time, the Liao cannons turned their muzzles and continued to bombard another gap. In this way, the Liao army used artillery to blast three gaps one after another. Three Khitan army attack troops rushed into the three gaps. At the same time, another two Khitan troops used siege equipment such as climbing ladders to attack the city wall. The tactics used by the Khitan army today were basically the same as before. The Yanyun army also resisted step by step. The two sides fought fiercely at the gap and on the city wall, and the sound of killing was loud.
At this moment, Khitan general Long Ba suddenly led 10,000 elite troops outside the north gate and launched a fierce attack. The militia soldiers on the city wall were caught off guard and were shot down by several waves of arrows from the opponent. The remaining ones were so frightened that they turned around and fled down the city wall.
Seeing this scene, Long Ba burst out laughing, and immediately ordered his soldiers to use a strong attack to shoot a hook to hook the city head, and then use the rope to fly across the moat and climb up the city. Hundreds of Liao army elites quickly crossed the moat and climbed to the top of the city. Then these Khitan army elites were divided into four parts. Two of them held the gate towers in front and behind the Wengcheng gate, and the other two quickly rushed to the city gate. Next to the two city gates, the city gates were opened. When Long Ba saw the city gate open, he immediately led nearly 10,000 elite troops outside the city and rushed into the city gate.
call out! A sharp whistling sound suddenly came, and the Khitan army officer who was guarding the second city gate was suddenly shot through the neck by a sharp arrow, and fell down with his eyes wide open. All the Khitan soldiers were shocked. Before they could react, a dense rain of arrows roared in. The Khitan soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. In the blink of an eye, most of them fell. The remaining Khitan soldiers quickly raised their heads. The shields gathered. A loud rumbling sound suddenly came, and the Khitan soldiers suddenly saw a large group of sturdy warriors in black clothes, black armor and black cloaks turning out of the alley not far away and rushing towards them. All the Khitan Army officers were startled, and an officer shouted at the top of his voice: "It's the Xuanjia Army, everyone, be careful!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Xuanjia Army suddenly threw a piece of javelin. The javelin rain roared and fell into the middle of the Khitan army. There was a loud crackling sound. The javelin pierced the shield and penetrated the human body. Many Khitan soldiers were shot to the ground. The even tight defense line immediately became riddled with holes! In the blink of an eye, the Xuanjia warriors crashed into the middle of the Khitan army like a storm. There was a huge impact, and many Khitan army soldiers were knocked away by the huge impact. The Xuanjia army waved their swords and horses, and these The elite Khitan army had no ability to resist. They were killed until their bodies were covered in blood. In an instant, all casualties were lost.
At the same time, there were Xuanjia troops, light cavalry, hidden killing guards, and flying phoenix female guards. They rushed up the city wall from various city wall ladders, fired with bows and crossbows, and charged and killed. Hundreds of elite Khitan troops could not resist it. , all of them were killed in an instant, and the two gate towers and the rest of the city were returned to the hands of Yan Yun's army. Yan Yun's army, who then captured the city gate tower, lowered the iron gates of the two city gates again. At this time, seven or eight thousand Khitan troops had just entered Wengcheng, but the other two or three thousand were still outside the city. The two city gates suddenly fell, and The seven or eight thousand Khitan troops in Wengcheng were locked up.
When the Khitan soldiers suddenly saw this situation, they all panicked. Long Ba looked at the Yan Yun army on the surrounding walls and couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment. In fact, it is very simple. Yang Peng and Yeli Guanyin have already thought of Yeli Hucheng's strategy of seizing the east and attacking the west by putting themselves in their shoes, so they have already prepared countermeasures.
Not long ago, the sentry discovered that a Khitan army of ten thousand people had left the army and walked around the city, so he reported it to Yang Peng. Even if Yang Pengdang judged that the opponent was going to raid the North City Gate, he mobilized all the Xuanjia Army, some light cavalry, the Hidden Killing Guards and the Feifeng Female Guards, plus more than 10,000 militiamen, at the North City Gate according to the pre-planned plan. A trap has been set nearby to lure you into an urn.
Long Ba led his army to the north gate and shot away the civilian troops on the city wall with a few waves of arrows. Long Ba only thought that the civilian army was vulnerable, and without doubting his presence, he implemented the raid plan step by step. The operation went smoothly, but the situation took a turn for the worse in an instant, which he did not expect.
Yang Peng stood on the city wall, looking at the soldiers of the Jin Army who were like turtles in an urn, raised his right hand, and suddenly lowered it. In an instant, arrows rained down from all around, and rolling stones and trees fell like hail towards Wengcheng. There were no buildings or debris in the urn city, and the Khitan soldiers had no way to escape. They were shot down one after another, smashed down one after another, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and screams could be heard one after another. The Khitan soldiers were running around, but they couldn't escape. The result of running around was just being shot and beaten to death! The soldiers who crowded at the gate of the city and tried to lift the iron gate were suddenly drenched by the kerosene pouring from the holes above. Then several torches fell down. When the kerosene ignited the fire, it burst into flames in an instant, and the entire city burst into flames. The city gate turned into a cave of fire. Dozens and hundreds of Khitan soldiers were burned and screamed. Others saw this and were horrified and ran backwards. …
Half an hour later, the entire city became quiet. The flames burned spontaneously in the city gate, and the flames spurted out, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of burning. The ground of Wengcheng was dripping with blood, and seven or eight thousand corpses were piled up in layers, some of which were shot to death. Others were killed by rolling rocks and trees. Many people's heads were shattered and their appearance was horrific. A dozen people who were lucky enough to survive were crawling hard in the bloody water among the corpses.
The second city gate opened, and dozens of light cavalry rushed into the urn city, shooting at those who were still alive. Immediately, more than a thousand civilian troops and five to six thousand civilians rushed into Wengcheng, preparing to clean up the battlefield. Seeing the sight of corpses strewn on the ground in front of them, many people were so frightened that they peed on the spot. The two or three thousand Khitan troops outside the city who luckily did not enter the city were horrified to the extreme when they saw that their own troops and horses had been wiped out. They did not dare to stay here any longer and fled back quickly.
Yeqihu City was surprised when they saw two to three thousand of their own troops fleeing back from the southeastern corner of the city, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in their hearts. Soon after, the defeated soldiers came to Yeqianhu City and knelt down in front of their horses to report: "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, our army was ambushed and most of them were killed!"
Although Ye Qi Hucheng and others had expected it, they were still shocked when they heard this. Ye Qi Hucheng said angrily: "Where is Long Ba? Ask him to come see me!" The defeated soldier said: "Long Ba" General Eighth, together with seven or eight thousand brothers, entered Wengcheng, but fell into the trap of the enemy. They were unable to move forward or escape. In the end, the entire army was annihilated! General Longba, he, he was probably killed too!"
Ye Qian Hucheng felt a pain in his heart, his face changed several times, he took a deep breath and murmured: "Long Ba, you are worthy of being a warrior of the Liao Kingdom, well done!" When the generals heard this, their panic disappeared. , feeling of grief and anger suddenly arose, and Han Chang shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, we must attack Yanjing and avenge General Long Ba and the others!" All the generals agreed one after another, and the crowd looked very angry.
Ye Qianhucheng looked up at the majestic Yanjing City, his resolute face showed a look of incomparable resentment. At this moment, he had made up his mind that when Yanjing was breached, he would kill all the living creatures in Yanjing City. Stay, only in this way can you relieve the hatred in your heart! The reason why Yeqianhu City is so angry is actually not entirely because of Long Ba. The main reason is that its 300,000-strong army besieged the city that was only guarded by about 60,000 soldiers and horses. After half a month, it suffered heavy losses but failed to break through the city. Yeah Qian Hucheng felt that his dignity as the protector of the country had been greatly hurt. The anger in his heart was getting heavier and heavier these days. Long Ba's death was like an introduction to the boundless anger in Ye Qian Hucheng's heart. All of them were triggered. They just wanted to break through Yanjing and kill a lot of people!
At this moment, a messenger horse galloped from the northwest. Ye Qian Hucheng's thoughts were interrupted. He followed the sound and saw a herald riding his horse. Tension surged in everyone's hearts for no reason.
After a while, the herald rushed to the front of Yeqihu City, reined in his horse, did not bother to dismount, and reported urgently: "Your Majesty, the Yanyun Army suddenly appeared and captured Tanzhou!" Everyone suddenly heard the news. , everyone was shocked. Tanzhou has appeared more than once in the previous article. It is the northernmost state capital of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Previously, Yang Xiong fled without a fight and Ma Jin fought bloody battles alone. The location was in Tanzhou. Tanzhou was an important node for the Khitan army's logistics supplies and the transportation of wounded and trophies. There were 10,000 defenders left in Yelihu City. He never dreamed that Tanzhou would be breached? !
Yeqian Hucheng could no longer control his emotions and angrily shouted: "That's nonsense! The Yanyun army is trapped here, how could the Yanyun army attack Tanzhou! How dare you lie about the military situation?"
The herald said anxiously: "You will never lie about the military situation! It is indeed the Yanyun Army, the Yanyun Third Army, and the leader is Liu Zhiliang!..."
Everyone was shocked, and then they remembered that the Yanyun Army had two legions stationed in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. One was Li Xu's second legion that was currently guarding Yanjing, and the other was Liu Zhiliang's third legion. During this period of time, everyone has almost forgotten Liu Zhiliang and his Second Legion. It’s not that they were too careless, but they really didn’t expect that they were still in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Yeli Hucheng and others I thought that under the attack of 300,000 warriors from all sides, which was like a dragnet, the Third Army had already escaped from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. I never expected that not only were they still in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, they actually made a surprise attack. To Tanzhou? ! This is so unexpected!
Han Chang said worriedly: "Tanzhou is our retreat and our transit node. If Tanzhou is captured, our army's retreat will be cut off! This is not a big deal. What the general is most worried about is the supply of food and grass!"
After hearing Han Chang's words, Yeqi Hucheng was shocked and immediately ordered: "Han Chang, you immediately lead 50,000 troops to reinforce Shunzhou. Under no circumstances should the Yanyun army capture Shunzhou again!" Han Chang bowed. I agreed and rode off. After a while, only 50,000 troops were seen separating from the main army and heading north.
Ye Qianhucheng's eyes returned to Yanjing City. Seeing that his offensive was repeatedly frustrated, he couldn't help but feel an evil fire in his heart. He sternly ordered: "Send more troops and strengthen the offensive. You must capture Yanjing for me today!"
The Khitan army's war drums and horns sounded more urgently, and the Khitan army rushed towards the Yanyun army's defense line one after another like a tide. Yan Yun's army resisted desperately, but there were too many enemy troops. There were gaps in the city, and crises continued to arise. The entire defense line was crumbling and in danger! The Yanyun soldiers all risked their lives and died together with the enemy. The explosions of the same death continued to sound. From time to time, desperate Yanyun soldiers jumped off the city with the enemy in their arms. However, the enemy also fought hard, killing the red-eyed Khitan army at the risk of their lives. Attack fiercely, one wave is killed, another wave comes up, one after another, risking life and death! The corpses of soldiers from both sides continued to fall from the top of the city. The corpses of both sides piled up thicker and thicker at and on both sides of the gap. The blood had gathered into a stream and flowed under the wall.
Gradually, Yan Yun's army was in an absolute disadvantage due to its strength and was about to be unable to support it. At the critical moment, Yang Peng and other powerful generals rushed into various critical areas and fought bloody battles, killing the enemy step by step until the enemy's corpses were covered in blood. The morale of Yanyun was greatly boosted and they counterattacked fiercely. The Khitan army gradually became exhausted, and all attacking troops retreated one after another. The noisy battlefield suddenly became quiet, and there were mountains of corpses on top of the city and blood flowing into channels, creating a tragic atmosphere.
The Khitan army's attacking units retreated, everyone was exhausted from the battle and had low morale. Today's Khitan Army's offensive can definitely be called a thunderous, landslide and tsunami. However, all the Khitan Army soldiers cannot believe that such an extremely powerful attack can still not tear open the Yanyun Army's defense line! Yan Yun's army is as strong as iron, their fighting will is as strong as steel, and they are all like bloodthirsty beasts!
An injured Khitan army general said to Ye Qianhu City with a look of fear: "Your Majesty, the rest of the Yanyun army can just pay it back. That Yang Peng is really terrifying! Our army was almost able to break through that gap just now. , but Yang Peng came, a man with a spear, so powerful and unstoppable that no one in our army could stop him. In the blink of an eye, he suffered heavy casualties and the army's morale was shaken. Then, under the fierce counterattack of the other party, The battle is about to be defeated!"
Ye Qian Hucheng was very angry and shouted sternly: "If you don't kill Yang Peng, I will not be a human being!" He turned around and shouted: "Continue to attack! Continue to attack me!" The generals looked at each other, Zheng Shilong said: "Your Majesty, our army The spirit has faded, and attacking again will only increase casualties. It is better to retreat for the night and fight again tomorrow!"
Yeqi Hucheng's eyes widened and he said: "Our army is tired, and the enemy's army is even more tired! We can take this opportunity to break the city in one fell swoop! Execute the order!" When the generals saw Yeqi Hucheng's stern expression, they dared not say anything else, and they all shouted in unison Accepting the promise, they immediately went down to urge their soldiers to prepare for another battle. Seeing that the Khitan army wanted to attack, the Khitan soldiers could not help but feel resistance in their hearts. But after all, these Khitan soldiers were well-trained and experienced elite troops. Although they were resistant in their hearts, they still carried out the order.
The Khitan people's horns and drums sounded loudly, and the Khitan army rushed towards Yanjing like a tide. Then the two sides fought again at the top of the city and at the gap. At this time, the morale of the Khitan army was depleted and their fighting spirit had dropped. Although the attack was massive, it completely lost the sharp and fierce momentum it had before. After several rounds of attacks, no progress has been made. Looking at the situation, if the fight continues, there will definitely be no progress.
After all, Ye Qian Hucheng was a famous general of his generation, and after a moment of anger, he had calmed down. Seeing that his army was in poor condition and difficult to break through the city, he ordered to retreat. The officers and soldiers of the Khitan army who were attacking suddenly heard the sound of a trumpet commanding to stop the attack from behind. They couldn't help but stopped their attack and retreated as if they had been granted amnesty.
Yeqi Hucheng glanced at the still majestic Yanjing City and ordered the army to retreat to the camp. The Liao army retreated slowly, but Yan Yun's army held on for another day!
Yanyun soldiers took the time to rest, while the civilian army and civilians quickly repaired the city walls, cleaned the battlefield, and rescued the wounded.
The Khitan army retreated to the camp, and soon after, news about the fall of Tanzhou spread in the military camp. The Khitan army officers and soldiers could not help but feel panic, and many of them wanted to retreat. When the news of Tanzhou's fall spread to the military camp in Yeqianhu City, it was already too late. The news of Tanzhou's fall had already spread throughout the military camp.
Yeqihu City convened the generals to discuss matters. The Han general Tong Dawei said: "Your Majesty, our army's retreat has been cut off and its morale is turbulent. It is no longer possible to continue the attack on Yanjing. For the current plan, we can only give up the capture of Yanjing temporarily and first Retake Tanzhou and then attack Yanjing." All the generals agreed.
Yeqi Hucheng was a little reluctant, but at this moment, he had no other choice. Taking a deep breath to calm down, he turned to Tong Dawei and said, "You, lead the 30,000 soldiers and horses under your command to stay at the camp to prevent the Yanyun army in the city from coming out to attack our army!" Tong Dawei bowed and agreed. Yeqian Hucheng glanced at the other generals and said: "The rest of the generals, follow me back to the army, destroy Yanyun's third army and take back Tanzhou!" All the generals agreed in unison.
The officers and soldiers of the Khitan Army in each battalion couldn't help but burst into cheers when they heard that Yeli Hucheng had decided to return to the army to destroy Yanyun's third army and retake Tanzhou.
Yeqi Hucheng stood in front of the map and looked at it. The sound of footsteps came from behind, and then the footsteps stopped, and a rough voice came: "Barun pays homage to the king!"
Yeqi Hucheng looked at the map and asked, "Salihe's 100,000 cavalry troops should have broken into Hebei, right?"
Barron glanced at the map and said: "The plan is for Sa Lihuan to lead the cavalry to attack Hejian Mansion. It should have been captured by now! There are no defenders in Hejian Mansion!" Yeli Hucheng nodded.
However, what the two of them did not expect was that the 100,000 war cavalry led by Sa Lihe were still attacking Hejian Mansion. After a few days, Hejian Mansion was impregnable under the auspices of Hebei Xuanwei envoy Kou Yan, and the Jin army was still unable to Conquer the city. In fact, there are no regular troops in Hejian Prefecture. Only the militia, government officials and local security forces organized by Kou Yan after receiving the warning that the Khitan army broke into Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, numbering more than 10,000 people. However, Kou Yan Under his command, he withstood the fierce attack of 100,000 Khitan army cavalry. The reason why he achieved such results was not entirely because Kou Yan had always had an excellent official reputation, was supported by the people, and had good command. The more important reason was actually that the Khitan army was all cavalry and moved south at full speed, so there was no Carrying any siege equipment, in this case, it is naturally difficult for the Khitan army to break through Hejian Mansion with a high city and wide river. In the past few days, the Khitan army launched dozens of attacks, but they were all repelled, losing two to three thousand people!
On this day, Xiao Salihe urged his war cavalry to once again storm Hejian Mansion. The battle lasted from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon. The Khitan soldiers crossed the moat with difficulty and attacked the city head; the defenders on the city head only shot arrows. They also threw stones and wood at the city. The Khitan army attacked for almost a day and suffered a lot of casualties. However, the result was the same as before, and they failed to make any progress. Seeing this scene, Sa Lihe was very anxious and just wanted to kill someone!
Suddenly, Xiao Salihe seemed to hear a hint of thunder. Sa Lihe was stunned and looked up at the sky. He saw a clear sky with a few white bird-like clouds floating in the sky, but how could there be thunder? Sa Lihe thought he heard wrongly. At this moment, there was thunder again, which was louder than the thunder just now. Then the thunder continued continuously, and it felt like a thunderstorm was moving this way. of. Sa Li looked towards the west sky with Xun Sheng, still only seeing clear sky and white clouds, no rain clouds at all. Sa Lihe's heart suddenly moved, and he thought of a possibility, but then he smiled to himself. He had just thought that this thundering sound, in addition to thunderstorms, might also be the sound of a cavalry group galloping at full speed. However, there is no main force of Yanyun around here at all, and Yanyun is currently short of food, and it is impossible to mobilize troops from other places.
At this moment, someone suddenly pointed to the west and shouted: "What is that?" Everyone heard the shout and subconsciously looked in the direction of his finger. I saw many war riders suddenly appearing on the grassy slope in the distance to the west. The Khitan army officers and soldiers were all stunned, and someone said: "They must be our cavalry!" Everyone thought the same way.
The cavalry on the grassy slope suddenly started and galloped towards this side. A loud rumble was heard, which was clearer than before. It turned out that the thunderous sound just now was made by the cavalry while galloping. At that time, the cavalry were still far away, so it was not clear to hear, just like a hint of thunder. Now that they are much closer, the rumbling sound is naturally much clearer.
Sa Lihe stared at the cavalry running towards him with wide eyes, and saw that those cavalry were extremely majestic, much larger than the cavalry he was used to seeing! Sa Lihe couldn't help but murmured in his heart. Suddenly, the opponent's battle flag was stirred by the strong wind and flung from the other side. The sunlight just reflected on it. Sa Lihe suddenly saw the two murderous characters "Yanyun" with flying dragons and phoenixes! When Sa Lihe saw these two words, he couldn't help being frightened and exclaimed: "No, it's Yan Yunjun!" Others were also frightened. Sa Li shouted urgently: "The right-wing cavalry will fight immediately, and the other cavalry will immediately retreat and prepare to charge!"
The 100,000 Khitan Army cavalry immediately moved. The 20,000 Khitan Army cavalry immediately left the group and rushed towards the 10,000 Yanyun cavalry. The remaining Khitan Army cavalry quickly retreated and turned to face west, ready to charge.
The two sides' war horses were galloping against each other in the field. In the blink of an eye, the two sides' war horses were less than a hundred steps apart. The Khitan army's war cavalry fired arrows first, and the Yanyun war cavalry raised their shields one after another. The arrows rained down, and dozens of Yanyun war cavalry fell down.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
