At this moment, a veteran herald rushed over, and the attention of Yang Peng and others immediately focused on him. The herald rushed to Yang Peng, knelt down on one knee, and said: "To King Yan, my subordinate is from Ningxia. I am here to send you an urgent military message from General Yang Yanzhao!" After saying that, he untied his belt. The bamboo tube was carried on the back and held up with both hands.
Ye Qi Guanyin stepped forward to take the bamboo tube and checked that the mud seal was intact. Then he opened the mud seal and poured out a letter. He saw a red mark printed on the envelope and handed the letter to Yang Peng and said: "This is the red military intelligence." ."
Yang Peng took the letter, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it. Everyone looked at him, feeling a little uneasy.
Yang Peng finished reading the letter and said with a calm expression: "This is a letter written by Yang Yanzhao. He said that the Tibetan army of 150,000 and the Western Liao army of 80,000 attacked the Hexi Corridor at the same time." Everyone was shocked when they suddenly heard the news, but when they saw Yang Peng looked calm, and the shock quickly subsided. He just felt that King Yan must have a way to deal with it, and there was nothing to worry about. Yang Peng looked at Yang Jiumei and saw her frowning, showing uneasiness and annoyance. He knew what she was thinking and said, "Xiliao is Xiliao and has nothing to do with the Khitans in Yanyun! Yang Jiumei, you don't want to Random thoughts!" Yang Jiumei sighed. Ye Qi Guanyin said: "We are all Yanyun people now. It doesn't matter what our status was before!" Yang Jiumei glanced at her gratefully.
Yang Peng walked to the railing of the city gate tower, looked at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the city, and said sarcastically: "All the ghosts, ghosts and snakes have been picked out!"...
In the Khitan army's tent, Ye Qi Hucheng paced back and forth anxiously. He had a bad temper, but now he had to wait, which was really hard for him. The generals were all impatient when they looked at Yeqi Hucheng, and the atmosphere in the entire tent was a little breathless.
Ye Qian Hucheng stopped and frowned and said, "What's the matter? It's been so long and no news about the Japanese has come?" Yuliduo said, "I guess there will be results soon!" As soon as he finished speaking, Big The sound of rapid footsteps outside the tent made everyone's hearts move, and they all looked towards the door of the tent. The curtain was suddenly opened, and a guard led a dusty officer and ran in. The guard knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!" The veteran officer immediately stepped forward and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Ye Qian Hucheng took a step forward and asked urgently: "Have the Japanese destroyed the Yanyun navy and crossed the sea?" The officer said: "This subordinate was sent by General Xiao Loushi..." Everyone Hearing this, everyone was stunned. Ye Qi Hucheng asked: "Did Xiao Lou's room send you here? What urgent military situation will he have over there?"
The officer said: "Your Majesty, not long ago, Yanyun's army suddenly left Datong Mansion and defeated Hongzhou and Weizhou. Now it is confronting the army led by General Xiao Loushi at Duanyunling. The situation is very critical!"
Everyone was shocked and at the same time felt unbelievable. Barron shouted angrily: "This is impossible! How could the Yanyun army come out of Datong Mansion to attack us?" Xiao Yinliduo frowned and said: "Yes, Yanyun is short of food and grass, how can it be possible to mobilize another large army? Attack us? This is really weird!" The generals were talking about it, but they didn't believe it was true. Ye Qian Hucheng glanced at the generals and asked, "Do you mean that Xiao Lou's room lied about the military situation?" The generals immediately stopped talking and looked at each other, speechless. Although they did not believe that this matter was true, they also did not believe that General Xiao Loushi would lie about military information, which was even more incredible.
Ye Qian Hucheng asked the officer: "How many people have been dispatched by the Yanyun Army, and who is the leading general?" "Reporting to your Majesty, the Yanyun Army has dispatched no less than 200,000 troops, all of whom are officers directly under the legion, and the general is the deputy general under the direct legion. Cao Jun!" Everyone couldn't help but become worried.
Han Chang frowned and said: "The arrival of Yanyun's first, sixth and seventh legions was very strange, and now there are another 200,000 troops coming out of Datong Mansion to attack Fengshengzhou! It seems that there is only one explanation, and that is Yanyun The food and grass problem has been solved!" Everyone nodded, feeling that what Han Chang said made sense. Barron said angrily: "How did they solve the food problem? Is it possible that they did it through magic?"
Han Chang said: "I can't figure out what the solution is, but since they can mobilize the army on a large scale, it can only be that the food and grass problem has been solved!"
Ye Qianhu said: "There should be no doubt about this matter now. As for how it was resolved, it is no longer important! Damn it, I was originally going to wait for good news, but instead I waited for this bullshit news. !" He couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, and frowned: "Xiao Lou's army only has about 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Hongzhou and Weizhou have been lost. How can he withstand the fierce attack of 200,000 Yanyun troops?"
The generals couldn't help but become worried. Han Chang said worriedly: "Your Majesty, if Feng Sheng Prefecture and Khan Prefecture fall, not only will our flank and rear be completely exposed to the enemy, but the gate to the west of Zhongjing Road will be wide open, and the situation will be reversed in an instant!"
Ye Qian Hucheng thought for a moment, waved his hand and said: "It's not that bad. As long as the Japanese destroy the Yanyun navy and cross the sea as soon as possible, it won't be a big deal even if the Yanyun army breaks through Fengsheng Prefecture and Khan Prefecture! Besides, it's not a big deal! Although Xiao Loushi has insufficient troops and horses, he has the natural danger of Duanyunling as his support. If the Yanyun Army wants to destroy Xiao Loushi's troops, it will never be possible in a short time!" Everyone felt that Yeli Hucheng What he said was absolutely true, and the worries in his heart could not help but subside a lot.
Yeqi Hucheng glanced at everyone and said categorically: "The original plan remains unchanged, the army will continue to wait!" All the generals agreed in unison. Ye Qian Hucheng turned to look at the officer and asked: "Have you sent a message to Zhongjing?" The officer quickly replied: "While the villain came to report to the king, another messenger went to Zhongjing to report the message. He should have arrived at this moment. To Zhongjing.”
Ye Qi Hucheng nodded and said: "After receiving the urgent report, the Empress Dowager will definitely mobilize troops and horses to support Xiao Lou's house. There is no need to worry too much in that direction!" After everyone heard this, they felt that Ye Qi Hucheng was right. It makes sense and makes me feel more at ease.
His eyes turned to Yanjing City. Yang Peng read the report that had just been sent, stood up, and walked slowly. Everyone's eyes followed his movement, and there was a faint look of worry on Ye Qi Guanyin's face.
Yang Peng suddenly stopped and said decisively: "I have to rush to Fengshengzhou!" Everyone was surprised. Only Ye Qi Guanyin had expected it and said: "I knew you would not stay. In Yanjing! But that's fine!" After hearing what Ye Qi Guanyin said, everyone didn't understand it at first, but soon understood, and they all felt that it was indeed better for Yang Peng to leave Yanjing. Yanjing is now surrounded by the Khitan army. Although the Khitans have suspended their attack, everyone knows that when the Khitans launch another attack, it will be thunderous and unstoppable! King Yan is related to the future and destiny of the entire Yanyun, and he really cannot stay in such a dangerous place! Therefore, it is better for King Yan to leave.
Yang Peng looked at Ye Qi Guanyin, and Ye Qi Guanyin immediately understood what he meant, with an unconfident look in his eyes. Yang Peng said to everyone: "I accept Yeyi Guanyin as the general manager of Yanjing's march and in charge of the military affairs of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. All officers and soldiers in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures will obey Yeyi Guanyin's orders!" Everyone glanced at Yeyi Guanyin. , agreed to the promise together, and then worshiped Ye Qi Guanyin together: "I have seen the chief steward!"
Ye Qi Guanyin looked at Yang Peng with great emotion, and said excitedly: "Until now, I know that you love me with all your heart, brother! Don't worry, brother, I swear to live and die with Yanjing, as long as I still have As long as you have a breath, no one can get involved in Yanjing!" Yang Peng held Ye Qi Guanyin's delicate hand, and the two looked at each other affectionately. When other people saw this scene, they were filled with envy and felt that it was really out of place for them to be here!
Yang Peng told Ye Qi Guanyin: "Guanyin, if you can do it, do it, and if you can't do it, don't force it! If Yanjing is really undefendable, abandon Yanjing, retreat south, and join Xiang Danian and the others." Ye Qi Guanyin nodded and said: "I have written it down." Yang Peng thought for a while and then said: "If our navy is really defeated, we must abandon Yanjing decisively, go south to join Xiang Danian and others, and then retreat to Zhending. Mansion!" Ye Qi Guanyin nodded, with a thoughtful look on his face.
That night, the cavalry patrolling the northwest of Yanjing City marched leisurely in the wilderness as usual. There are nearly a thousand people in this cavalry team. Their mission is to promptly detect the Yanyun Army's breakout action or the Yanyun Army coming for reinforcements from outside, so as to issue an alarm to the army in time. There are more than a dozen Khitan army patrol cavalry like this around Yanjing. Under such circumstances, it is not difficult for one or two messengers or messengers to go in and out, but it is impossible for the army to go in and out silently. Got it!
This group of patrols walked on the wilderness, and in the quiet night they could only hear the sound of horse hooves and the cry of night owls in the distant mountains and forests.
Suddenly, the rumble of horse hooves came from behind the low hill on the left, from far to near, and a moment later a loud thunder-like sound was heard. The cavalry stopped, and a soldier muttered: "It must be another patrol that got lost and came to us!" Everyone thought the same.
After a while, a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared on the hill and rolled over the hill. Under the darkness of night, it was hard to see clearly, only countless majestic black shadows were seen rushing towards it. The captain was horrified and shouted: "No! We don't have such majestic and tall war cavalry, it's the Yanyun Army! Get ready to fight!" The cavalrymen hurriedly turned their horses and drew their scimitars to prepare for the battle.
At this moment, a dense sound of piercing the air came. Before the Khitan soldiers could react, they were shot so hard that they were knocked upside down. The sound of shouting and neighing was heard, and the scene was in chaos. In the blink of an eye, the terrifying war cavalry rushed up, stabbing with horses and slashing with swords. The Khitan army soldiers were killed until their bodies were covered in blood. Yan Yun's war cavalry overwhelmed the Khitan army patrol in one fell swoop and headed northwest. .
Han Chang hurried to the big tent. At this time, Yeli Hucheng had not rested yet. He was standing in front of the sand table and looking at the sand table in a daze, his brows furrowed tightly. Han Chang stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, we just received an emergency report from the northwest cavalry. Not long ago, the Yanyun Xuanjia Army suddenly broke through our encirclement network and galloped toward the northwest!"
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned, his gaze immediately fell to the northwest of Yanjing, and then he looked at Juyongguan, a hundred miles northwest of Yanjing, and frowned: "They must have gone to support the Yanyun army attacking Fengsheng Prefecture!" Juyong Pass is a very important pass between the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and the Kingdom of Jin. The Liao army marched southward to the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun with overwhelming force, but they did not attack Juyong Pass because there were ten thousand defenders of Yanyun at Juyong Pass, and The entire Juyong Pass defense system has been continuously reinforced and improved by Yan Yun in the past few years. It is very strong and has not been destroyed by the previous earthquake. It is not easy to break through this dangerous pass; and the Liao army has already entered. After entering the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, there is no need to attack Juyong Pass. As for the 10,000 Yanyun troops at Juyong Pass, Yelihu City has already deployed more than 10,000 war cavalry in Changping County under Juyong Pass. Once they discovered that Yan Yun's army in Juyong Pass had left the pass, they took the opportunity to seize the pass.
Ye Qihu City asked Han Chang: "Is there only the Xuanjia Army?" Han Chang said: "There are only two thousand Xuanjia Army! By the way, there is another situation. There are more than two thousand Xuanjia Army leading the two thousand Xuanjia Army. There is another person in the Kingdom of Jin. According to the soldiers on the patrol, he looks very much like Yang Peng!"
Ye Qian Hucheng was startled, paced back and forth, frowning and said: "Yang Peng left Yanjing and headed for Fengsheng Prefecture!? No, no, no, he wants to attack Xiao Lou's room from the side!" Han Chang's heart trembled, and he was anxious The voice said: "Although the Xuanjia Army is small in number, they are all extremely brave and well-equipped! If General Xiao Loushi is unprepared and is attacked from behind by them, it is very likely to cause a chaos!!"
Yeqi Hucheng immediately said to Han Chang: "Hurry up and send people, riding the best horses, to Duanyun Ridge to alert Xiao Loushi!" Han Chang promised and ran down. Ye Qihu City was pacing back and forth, feeling very anxious.
At the same time, the Queen Mother and Wang Jun in the Liao Palace also looked anxious and annoyed. She shouted at the dusty officer in front of her and asked: "Did Xiao Lou make a mistake? Yan Yun's army is short of food and grass, how could it be possible?" An army of 200,000 people has been assembled?" The officer said quickly: "It is absolutely 200,000 enemy troops! If the enemy army had not been so powerful, Hongzhou and Weizhou would not have been captured in an instant!"
The king glanced at the ministers and said angrily: "Didn't you say that Yanyun was short of food and grass? Why did he mobilize an army of 200,000 troops first and now another 200,000 troops?" The ministers looked at each other and lowered their heads.
Wang Jun snorted and said, "Everyone was talking so brilliantly before, why are they all mute now?"
The heads of the ministers hung lower. Zhang Chang came out and saluted, and said: "It must be Yanyun who has found a solution to the problem! Queen Mother, this is not the time to pursue this matter. You should quickly dispatch reinforcements to support General Xiao Loushi! If Xiao Loushi The general was defeated, and the consequences were serious! At that time, not only the side and rear of Yeqianhu City were completely exposed to the Yanyun Army, but our Zhongjing Road also lost Pingfan in the west! Whether the Yanyun Army attacked Zhongjing or attacked We will all suffer heavy losses if Ye Qianhu is behind the city!"
The king's heart trembled, and all the ministers agreed. Wang Jun thought for a while and said: "Ling Dalan led 80,000 Mongolian troops to support Xiao Lou's family. We must not let Cao Jun's troops take another step forward!" Then he walked to the bookcase, took out a command arrow, and pointed it at the man next to him. The eunuch waved his hand, and the eunuch quickly came forward and bent down, looking extremely humble and respectful. The king handed the command arrow to him and said: "Immediately pass my order to Dalai!" The eunuch took the command arrow with both hands, bowed and retreated.
The king said to Xiao Hong, the Privy Council envoy: "The Privy Council immediately sent an order to Ye Qihu City to deal with the Yanyun Army in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun as soon as possible!" Xiao Hong made a promise and ran down. Wang Jun returned to his seat and sat down, frowned, and said worriedly: "I said I was sure of it, but I didn't expect that so many unexpected things happened!"
Zhang Chang said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Although some things are unexpected, overall our army still has a great advantage. In addition, we just received news today that the Japanese are about to increase their troops to Yanyun. By then, Yanyun will definitely be more powerful." Difficulties, and our attack will be smoother! Today's Yanyun is just returning to glory. I believe it won't be long before the empress will hear the good news of Yanyun's collapse!" All the ministers agreed. Wang Jun's mood immediately improved, and he smiled and said: "You are right! Yan Yun is just struggling to his death now! Huh, what a fool who is not destined by fate!"
The battlefield immediately said: "The empress is destined to lead the Liao Kingdom to dominate the world!" Then he had an idea and worshiped: "Wei Chen believes that since the empress is the most heroic woman in history, she should imitate Wu Zetian and be crowned. Queen of Heaven! Only in this way can the empress’ benevolence and power of heaven be demonstrated!”
Zhang Chang's words touched an idea in Wang Jun's mind, and he couldn't help but feel happy. Seeing the joyful look on the king's face, the other ministers quickly asked him to be crowned Queen of Heaven. Although Wang Jun was very happy, he couldn't agree immediately. Instead, he said hypocritically: "I have to think about this matter carefully!" The Confucian 'three concessions' and the thinking of hypocrites made me think of the so-called 'three concessions' in Confucianism. "Humility", isn't this just a hypocritical hypocrite? If you are one, you are one, if you are two, you are two, you are just pretending!
Wang Jun said: "Everyone, please go down and rest!"
Everyone bowed to Wang Jun and retreated, except Wang Jun's younger brother Wang Yue who did not move.
After all the ministers left, Wang Yue said very displeasedly: "Sister, you are becoming more and more like the Queen Mother of Liao Kingdom, and less and less like our princess of Goryeo!"
Wang Jun was a little displeased when he saw Wang Yue's attitude. He frowned and said, "I am originally the Queen Mother of the Liao Kingdom. What do you mean by resemblance or dissimilarity?"
Wang Yue asked excitedly, "Sister, are you not planning to drive out the Japanese and restore Goryeo?"
Wang Jun said: "Who said that! But this kind of thing cannot be rushed. Now is the time to use the Japanese to defeat Yan Yun! After defeating Yan Yun, we can concentrate our efforts on dealing with the Japanese!" Wang Yue asked in confusion: "Why is this? Wang Jun glanced at Wang Yue, sighed, and said: "Brother, you are also a king, why can't you understand such a simple truth? What do the Japanese mean? Although they are not weak, the two largest kings in the country are Factional confrontation will lead to drastic changes sooner or later! Yan Yun is different. Not only is the Yan Yun army capable of conquering and fighting, but its internal affairs reform effect is very obvious. In such a short period of time, the Central Plains has stood up from the ruins of the war. It has returned to the level of the two emperors of Song Taizu and Song Taizong, and it is even better in many aspects! If we don’t defeat Yan Yun now, all of us will die without a burial place in the future!"
Wang Yue frowned and nodded.
Wang Jun stood up and said with a smile: "As long as Yan Yun is eliminated, isn't it easy to deal with the Japanese?" Wang Yue bowed in admiration and said: "My sister is as wise as the sea, my younger brother is really far behind my sister! Then he said: "I don't want to disturb my sister's rest anymore. Please leave." Wang Jun nodded. Wang Yue turned and left. Wang Jun looked at Wang Yue's back, with an inexplicable light in his eyes, and said in his heart: 'Brother, people like you don't understand my sister's ambitions at all! Since God has given me such an opportunity, I will create an extremely glorious empire! And the second female emperor of my soldiers! '
Yang Peng led the Jin Kingdom and Xuanjia troops out of Juyongguan and entered the Liao Kingdom. They rushed straight towards Duanyunling without entering any county or town.
One day later, Yang Peng and more than 2,000 riders arrived outside Guizhou City, not far southeast of Duanyun Ridge. Looking up into the distance, I can see a large mountain in the distance, towering into the clouds, with clouds and mist floating on the mountainside. No wonder it is called Duanyun Ridge. There is a river at the foot of the mountain, and a large city is located on the bank of the river. There is Gui Dezhou.
Two sentry riders rushed to Yang Peng, reined in their horses, and one of them clasped his fists and said, "To King Yan, the four gates of Guizhou are wide open, and there are business travelers coming in and out. The Khitan people must not know that we have already arrived." We’re here!” Zhan Jinguo became excited and said to Chen Xiao: “Brother, let’s go in! The enemy is unprepared and can surely seize the city in one fell swoop!”
Yang Peng waved his hand, looked up at Duanyun Ridge in the distance, and said, "It's not important to return to Dezhou. The most important thing right now is to destroy Xiao Loushi's army!" He looked back at the Xuanjia Army and said, It was okay to see people, but the mounts were already showing signs of fatigue. Although these Yanwang horses had extraordinary foot strength and endurance, they were inevitably a little tired after marching for a long day and night!
Yang Peng said: "Raise the flag of the Khitan Army." A dozen Xuanjia troops immediately raised the flag of the Jin Army that had been prepared in advance. Yang Peng said to the two sentry riders: "You two lead the way, we will go around to return to Dezhou." The two sentry riders agreed, immediately turned their horses and ran forward, with everyone following closely behind.
A Khitan soldier on the city wall saw a group of cavalry galloping from southeast to northwest from a distance. He was startled. He quickly patted his companion on the shoulder, pointed to the distance and said anxiously: "Look, There are cavalry!" The companion looked in the direction of his finger and saw a group of cavalry. He then laughed and said, "I'm so nervous. Didn't you see that the one flying our flag is our flag?" The Khitan soldier who spoke first quickly looked carefully. After looking at it, I saw it clearly this time. Sure enough, it was my own flag. I smiled and said strangely: "How come there are cavalry here?" My companion said angrily: "That is all the matter of the general. , none of our business!”
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
