Yang Peng said: "The answer seems to be obvious!"
Ye Qi Guanyin asked: "Brother, have you made up your mind?" Yang Peng nodded. Ye Qi Guanyin immediately said: "Since eldest brother has made up his mind, he should immediately order the people and the army to retreat without further delay. This is the right time. If the main force of the Khitan army arrives, it will be too late to retreat!"
Yang Peng waved his hand and said: "Guanyin, you misunderstood..."
Ye Qi Guanyin was stunned and asked in shock: "Eldest brother decided to defend Yanjing?" Yang Peng nodded, turned to look at the brightly lit night market in the city, and said: "If we retreat, the army should be able to retreat safely into Hebei. However, I'm afraid most of the hundreds of thousands of people in the city will die violently!..." Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and said: "Brother, I don't agree with your idea! Those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters. If you do it for these hundreds of thousands If the people are put in danger, it will not only be hundreds of thousands of people who will suffer in the future, it will be millions or tens of millions of people!"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "I haven't finished speaking yet! Although your brother and I are a bit mother-in-law sometimes, I still know the importance and the overall situation! The main reason why I want to stick to Yanjing is because I think we might It can be defended. If Yanjing can be defended, it will undoubtedly be the most beneficial to our army, and it can also minimize the losses this time!"
Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "I still think this is too risky and it's really not worth it!"
Yang Peng said: "Don't worry, if it comes to a critical moment, I promise you, I will not sit still and wait for death, but will definitely lead the army to break out!" Then he joked: "I still have so many lovely wives and concubines like you, I can't bear to die. Here!" Yedi Guanyin rolled her eyes at Yang Peng.
The two came down from the attic and walked to the lake. When Yang Peng saw the sparkling lake surface, he couldn't help but think of the navy. He stopped and frowned: "I wonder what the situation is like on the navy side?" Yeli Guanyin frowned and said, "This matter It is also very worrying! If the Navy is defeated in the end, our situation will be even more difficult!" Yang Peng frowned and said: "More than that! If the Navy is defeated, it will be almost impossible for us to turn defeat into victory, and there is no hope of rising again in the future. It will also be very slim!”
Ye Qi Guanyin was stunned. She didn't expect that her elder brother would take the victory or defeat of the navy army so seriously. After thinking about it carefully, she figured out the key. If the naval army is defeated, it may not seem to have much impact on the surface, but in fact it will cause the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Hebei and Shandong areas to lose the barrier on the right. The Khitan army and the Japanese army can march straight in and sweep across Hebei and Shandong. Regardless of whether Yang Peng's previous plan was revised or not, it would be impossible to achieve the previously set strategic goals. The best result would be to hold on to the two lines from Hejian Mansion to the west and south, while all other areas would fall. at the hands of the enemy. (Hejian Prefecture is now Hejian County, Hebei Province)
These are only the superficial effects at the moment. In addition, once the navy is defeated, the Japanese navy will completely control the ocean. In that case, Yanyun's main income, maritime trade, will be cut off. In this way, Yanyun will More than half of Yanyun's income will be cut off, which will inevitably greatly affect Yanyun's internal development in all aspects and the recovery of its strength, as well as future counterattacks. Yanyun's loss of maritime trade is like losing its source of blood. The entire body is bound to quickly become thinner and weaker. Given time, although Yanyun will not be destroyed, it will no longer be able to compete with the Khitans and others!
In addition, if the Yanyun army is really defeated in this big battle, it will lose the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, Shandong, and most of Hebei. Yang Peng's prestige and Yan Yun's reputation will suffer a fatal blow. At that time, internal enemies will take the opportunity to attack, and the people will be panicked. If foreign enemies take this opportunity to attack, Yan Yun will only be able to parry. If you fight back, the situation will become very dangerous.
Therefore, although the naval force accounts for a small proportion of Yan Yun's army, it is really related to Yan Yun's life and death at this time. …
Ye Qianhucheng led the army to Shunzhou, stayed for one night, and then left Shunzhou and continued to march south. A few days later, they arrived at Yanjing City. At this time, 100,000 war cavalry had arrived in Yanjing. The army gathered together and overwhelmed Yanjing. The city of Yanjing was in danger. The people in the city had restored their smiles, but at this moment they all became frightened and uneasy. The entire Yanjing City was operating at full speed like a huge machine.
Ye Qianhucheng met with the generals in the tent and looked at the two cavalry generals, Yinliduo and Kuika: "Where are the other cavalry?" Yinliduo was originally a cavalry general of the Khitan army, and Kuika was originally under the Khitan army. Yeqi Guanyin, after Yeqi Guanyin left the Liao Kingdom, he defected to Brother Yeqixiu. After Brother Yeqixiu was defeated, he defected to Yeqihu City. Not long ago, during the war against Mongolia, Kuika made great contributions and was promoted to general by the Yegan Hucheng.
Yinliduo bowed and said, "Report to the king, I'm afraid the other cavalry won't be able to come!..."
Ye Qi Hucheng was taken aback and asked angrily: "What do you mean by this?"
Yin Liduo said: "Just before the king led his army to arrive, General Xiao Salihe sent an urgent report from the south. His 100,000-strong army was defeated by Yanyun's first army at the foot of Hejian Mansion..."
Yeqi Hucheng and others were shocked. Yeqi Hucheng said in disbelief: "This is impossible! Yanyun can't keep food and grass, how can it be possible to mobilize the army?" Xiao Yinliduo shook his head and said: "This junior general is I don’t know. But the Yanyun First Army was definitely dispatched, and General Xiao Salihe’s hundred thousand cavalry were indeed defeated by them! General Xiao Salihe would never fabricate his own defeat. Ah!" Ye Qi Hucheng was shocked and confused. Xiao Yinliduo continued: "After General Xiao Salihe was defeated, he retreated to Gaoyang Prefecture to the north of Hejian Prefecture. Unexpectedly, one day later, 200,000 Yanyun troops appeared and attacked them. , but Yan Yun’s Sixth, Seventh and First Legions arrived together!”
Yeqian Hucheng had just heard the news that Yanyun's first regiment had appeared in Hejian Mansion. Although he was shocked, he still kept his expression calm and composed. At this time, when I heard that Yan Yun's three legions of 200,000 troops had launched a counterattack, he finally couldn't help but his face changed drastically, and he said angrily: "That's nonsense, it's completely impossible! If Yan Yun urgently collects food from the people, it is possible to raise it How is it possible to ensure food and fodder for one legion, but three legions in such a short time?"
Xiao Yinliduo was also very confused and said: "The general can't understand this. But the general thinks that General Xiao Salihe will not talk nonsense and lie about the military situation on such a big matter! Besides, Xiao Sa General Lihe is our experienced general in many battles in the Liao Kingdom, and it is impossible for him to misunderstand the enemy's strength because of panic!"
Ye Qian Hucheng stood up and paced back and forth in the tent, his mind full of doubts and worries. There are so many unexpected things happening right now, and there is no guarantee that more unexpected things won’t follow. He stopped and turned to ask Xiao Yinliduo: "You said 200,000 Yanyun troops attacked Gaoyang Prefecture, what was the result?"
Xiao Yinliduo said: "General Xiao Salihe couldn't resist and retreated again. This time, while General Salihe was retreating, he sent people to summon the war cavalry from the southern states of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Reinforcement. Now General Sa Lihe has gathered 150,000 to 60,000 war cavalry, relying on the Yishui River to confront the Yanyun Army. The current situation of the battle is unknown."
Ye Qian Hucheng thought about it and frowned: "Yang Peng gathered 200,000 troops to counterattack the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. This is really unexpected! Where did they get the food and grass from?" Looking towards Xiao Yinliduo asked: "Is there any news about the Japanese?" Yinliduo said: "While receiving the report from General Sa Lihe, I also received news from Xizuo near Haizhou. One hundred thousand Japanese The elite army is attacking Haizhou fiercely, and the battle is extremely tragic. It is said that the Japanese have killed more than a hundred high-ranking warriors alone!"
Ye Qian Hucheng asked: "In other words, the Japanese were still imprisoned in Haizhou by Yan Yun's army?" Yuliduo nodded and said: "That's it!"
Ye Qian Hucheng thought for a moment and said to Xiao Youliduo: "Send a message to the Japanese and ask them to immediately mobilize the Goryeo army to cross the sea and attack Hebei! Tell them that as long as they can capture Hebei, I can promise to give up the entire Hebei. them!"
When the generals heard this, they were all shocked. Xiao Yinliduo couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, do you want to give up the entire Hebei to the Japanese?"
Yeqi Hucheng glanced at the generals and said with a smile: "Hebei belongs to Yanyun, and it was given to the Japanese. Are you still heartbroken?" The generals looked at each other, and Kuika said: "It's not that I'm heartbroken, it's just that I feel sad. Such a big piece of fat should belong to our country of Daliao!" All the generals nodded in agreement.
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned and said: "I have a bad premonition in my heart, but I can't tell what it is exactly!" He glanced at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Our opponent is King Yan, maybe he has something What kind of terrible backhand is preparing to deal with us!" All the generals had suffered from Yang Peng and Yan Yun. After hearing these words, they couldn't help but tremble in their hearts. Ye Qianhu said: "Give the Japanese some benefits and let them fight as our vanguard. If we win, it will be much easier to deal with the Japanese than Yanyun in the future. But if we lose, we will use the Japanese as a shield!" The generals felt that Ye Qihu City's concerns were reasonable, and they all bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Ye Qian Hucheng said to Xiao Yinliduo: "Go and send the message immediately." Yinliduo responded.
The Japanese envoy was overjoyed after hearing Xiao Yinliduo's words. Then he asked suspiciously: "I wonder why Yeqi Hucheng was so generous and willing to hand over Hebei to us?" Yinliduo sighed and said: "To be honest, the main reason is that we have been unable to attack Yanjing for a long time, and our army is really I no longer have the energy to take care of Hebei, and I am worried that Yanyun officials in Hebei will organize soldiers and civilians to come to support, so I hope your country will send a large army across the sea to attack Hebei as soon as possible!"
The Japanese envoy was overjoyed after hearing what Nianli Duo said. He couldn't help but raise his chin and said sarcastically: "I didn't expect that the Khitan Army, which is so powerful in the world, would sometimes be unable to cope with it!"
Xiao Yinliduo heard the sarcasm in the other party's words, and couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart. He thought to himself: "Our country of Daliao was originally going to use troops against you Japanese people. Fortunately, there was a great earthquake, and our country of Daliao was The country has changed its strategic goals, otherwise you will definitely be killed and driven out of the Koryo Kingdom now! Now he has become arrogant and truly does not know how to live or die! ' At this thought, he suppressed his anger and said coldly: "Don't make a mistake! We, the Liao Kingdom, are just for safety reasons, not that we are wrong! If you Japanese people are not willing, then let this matter go! You Japanese people in Hebei are also Don’t think about it!” Then he stood up and looked like he was about to leave.
When the Japanese envoy saw this, he couldn't help but panic. He quickly stood up and said, "General, you must be angry. I have no other intentions! General, please sit down. Let's have a good talk. Let's have a good talk!"
Seeing that the other party had relented, Yinliduo sat back, glanced at him, and said: "Our meaning is very clear. I hope you will send troops to Hebei to share our pressure. If you can send troops and finally successfully capture All lands in Hebei, then our Yeqianhu City promises to cede Hebei to you Japanese people. On the contrary, if you cannot send troops, or if you send troops but fail to achieve any results, I'm sorry, our Daliao Army will still attack Hebei!"
The Japanese envoy secretly said: "You guys in Yeqihu City are really good at abacus!" ’ Then he thought for a moment, looked at Xiao Yinliduo, and said: “General, our army sent troops to Hebei, although it is for ourselves, but after all, we have also shared the pressure of your army. It would be really too bad if we don’t get any benefits after the war. It’s unreasonable! What I mean is that your army should leave Hebei alone. We, the Japanese Army, will be responsible for Hebei. Whether we can capture it or not, that’s our own business!”
Xiao Yinliduo thought for a while, nodded and said: "Since your envoy said so sincerely, then we will take another step back and ignore the Hebei area! But you must send troops as soon as possible!"
The Japanese envoy nodded quickly and said: "General, please rest assured about this! To be honest, we have actually assembled 200,000 troops in Goryeo and are preparing to cross the sea to attack Shandong. Now that we have reached this agreement with you, we can definitely Divide this 200,000-strong army into two groups, attack Hebei along the way, and attack Shandong all the way!"
Xiao Yinliduo was secretly shocked: "The Japanese have actually assembled a large number of follow-up troops long ago. They have a huge appetite!" ' Putting these thoughts behind his mind for the time being, he nodded and said, "Very good!" He stood up and said, "Then, this is what we agreed on!" The Japanese envoy quickly stood up and said, "General, although I can trust Ye Qianhu. Chenghe General, but I must report to the General. Without a formal agreement, I’m afraid it won’t be good..."
Xiao Yinliduo smiled, took out a written contract from his arms, handed it to the Japanese envoy, and said: "We have prepared the contract."
The Japanese envoy quickly took the contract and looked at it. It turned out that they were two contracts with the same content, and the seal of Yeqi Hucheng had been stamped on them. The Japanese envoy looked at the content carefully and found that it was basically consistent with what the two parties had just negotiated. He couldn't help but smile and nodded. He looked up at Xiao Yinliduo and said, "Can I take away both contracts?" Xiao Yinli said. Duo nodded and said, "I wanted you to take it away." The Japanese envoy immediately folded the two contracts, returned to the desk, and solemnly put the two contracts into a small wooden box.
Yinliduo remembered something and asked, "I heard you say before that after your navy defeated the Changdao water stronghold, it was chasing the remnants of the Yanyun navy. I wonder what happened?"
The Japanese envoy smiled and said: "There is no news yet, but there is no suspense about this war anymore. The Yanyun navy is constantly fleeing, and it will only be a matter of time before the whole army is annihilated!" Yinli Duo nodded.
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His eyes turned to Bianliang. The once noisy and lively restaurant and teahouse now has a somewhat depressing and tense atmosphere. The tea drinkers were all whispering about the war currently taking place in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. A fat businessman-like drinker said worriedly and angrily: "What a thief, God, suddenly brought down such a big war." What a disaster, but the Khitans came in! What a blessing from God!" Several friends at the same table nodded one after another, looking worried.
At this moment, a handsome young man in a Confucian shirt at the next table laughed mockingly and deliberately raised his voice loudly: "The sage has long spoken about the principle of induction by heaven and man. If someone in the world does something that goes against the laws of heaven and human ethics, , God will definitely punish you. The bigger the bad thing you do, the heavier the punishment will be. Such a huge earthquake, millions of creatures were affected, it is really a huge natural disaster that has never been seen in ancient times! What does this mean? This means that there are people in the world who do this. This is why God would bring down such a huge natural disaster!" Several literati at the same table agreed.
The fat businessman was furious, stood up suddenly, and glared: "You are clearly deceiving the public with your lies!" The handsome scholar said: "I am just telling a very simple fact. People in the world are ignorant and are always unwilling to face the facts!" The fat businessman snorted and asked, "You said this earthquake was caused by someone doing something that went against the laws of nature and human ethics. Who is this person?"
The handsome scholar snorted and said, "Everyone knows this, so why bother clarifying it below!"
The fat businessman pointed at the handsome scholar and asked, "Are you talking about King Yan?" The handsome scholar snorted and remained silent. The fat businessman's face sank and he said angrily: "Now that foreign tribes are invading, King Yan is leading his loyal soldiers and civilians to fight bloody battles with foreign enemies! But you scholars are behind the scenes talking nonsense and deceiving the public. I suspect that you are clearly colluding with the Khitans. You want to help the Khitans defeat the King of Yan and annex our land of China! You guys talk about benevolence, justice and morality, but in fact you are such cruel people!"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd upstairs was moved. The faces of those scholars changed drastically, but the other drinkers couldn't help showing anger. Suddenly someone stood up and threw a wine glass at the handsome scholar who had just spoken. The handsome scholar was frightened and failed to dodge. He was hit in the middle of the forehead by the wine glass. With a bang, the wine glass shattered and the scholar's forehead was shattered. It was also bruised and bleeding, and he couldn't help but cover his forehead and scream. The strong man who threw the wine glass shouted loudly: "You damn traitors, beat them to death!" With this shout, the drinkers in the whole restaurant became excited and stood up and yelled. Seeing the excitement of the crowd, the situation was about to get out of hand. . When several scholars saw this scene, their faces turned pale and they were so horrified that they were at a loss.
The boss rushed up after hearing the news. Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, he hurriedly ran to the crowd, bowed in all directions, and begged: "Everyone, calm down! Everyone, calm down! We are all neighbors, don't hurt the harmony!"
A brawny man with a bare chest slapped the table and yelled: "Who the hell are neighbors with these gray grandsons!" After this scolding, all the drinkers started yelling and cursing again, and some of them looked like they were about to take action. .
Seeing that the situation was out of control, the boss quickly winked at the scholars, telling them to leave quickly. When the few scholars saw the boss's eyes, they realized that they could not escape the public wrath without fear of a physical punishment, so they hurriedly ran away amidst the shouts and curses of the crowd.
The strong man cursed: "These gray grandsons are really a bunch of beasts! Good people have become beasts when they study! If my child goes to study in the future, I will strangle him to death first!" The drinkers laughed. laughing out loud. After scolding for a while, they each drank and chatted, and calm was restored upstairs.
Several scholars ran out of the tavern in embarrassment. The handsome scholar at the head cursed angrily: "This group of hateful fools don't understand anything. They will not be able to figure out what is going on when they die!" Several scholars next to them started to shout. They all agreed, looking very angry. This handsome scholar is a very famous talent throughout Bianliang and even Henan. His name is Bai Mu. He has lived in Bianliang for a long time. When the Khitans went south, he fled to Jiangnan. His family returned to Bianliang half a year ago. Yanyun Official After confirming their identities, all the property that originally belonged to them was returned to them. However, this family did not seem to be grateful at all. Instead, they were very hostile to Yang Peng and his soldiers because of Yan Yun's various policies that were not conducive to the gentry. Formation officials.
Later that day, Bai Mu came to the merchant and met Shang Shiheng. Shang Shiheng saw Bai Mu's forehead was red, swollen and bloody. He couldn't help but was stunned. He asked with a smile, "What's wrong with Mr. Bai's forehead?" Bai Mu sighed and said angrily: "Why don't you let those stupid people hit you!" Shang Shiheng was greatly surprised, and Bai Mu told what happened in the tavern during the day. Shang Shiheng frowned and said angrily: "What a turn of events! How dare these despicable commoners be so rude to scholars! If under the rule of the Holy Emperor, all of them would be severely punished!" Bai Mu thought deeply. Ran said: "Who says it's not the case!" Then he sighed and said helplessly: "It's a pity that we are now under the rule of the tyrant King Yan. We really don't know when we can get through it!"
Shang Shiheng's eyes suddenly showed an unpredictable and profound look, and he lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Bai, maybe the day when you will become famous is not far away!"
Bai Mu had long participated in Shang Shiheng's rebellion. When he heard this, he thought that Shang Shiheng was going to take advantage of this opportunity to start a rebellion. He couldn't help but get excited and said: "The number one officer who was originally stationed in Tianjing New City I heard that the legion has rushed to Yanjing. Now not only Tianjing New City, but also the entire Hebei Province does not have a regular army, only the Junfu army. Those Junfu troops are not worth mentioning. Now is a great time to raise the flag of righteousness! "
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
