Yeqihu City finally calmed down, and turned to ask Barron: "How many people did our army lose in this battle?" Barron said: "Including the Iron Buddha Tu, the total loss was about 50,000." Yeqihu City was again There was a burst of heartache, and he said in a deep voice: "If I don't avenge this revenge, how can I, the Hucheng City of Yeli, still stand between heaven and earth?"
The generals looked at each other, looking a little discouraged. Han Chang frowned and said: "The Yanyun army is too powerful. We were overwhelmed by them without paying attention! Especially the King of Yan's cavalry." When he said this, Han Chang's face couldn't help but change slightly. With a hint of fear, "The King of Yan's cavalry charged, like a landslide, like a tsunami, devastating and unstoppable! If our iron pagoda and light cavalry hadn't fought desperately to block it, the consequences would have been unimaginable!" Everyone nodded with deep sympathy. , everyone has lingering fears! Barron said with a puzzled look on his face: "I really don't know where the Yanyun people found that kind of war horse? It is so majestic and powerful, and it can be used as a cavalry mount. It is truly unstoppable!"
Han Chang looked at West and Butler and asked: "Two generals, I heard that the war horses of the West are very majestic and tall. I wonder if these horses of King Yan's cavalry are the war horses of the West?"
Everyone's eyes immediately focused on West and Butler. The two looked at each other. West said: "Our war horses in the west are indeed taller than those in the east, but they cannot compete with those of King Yan's cavalry. A war horse is comparable!" Immediately, he showed a look of amazement, "We have never seen such a majestic and powerful war horse! It's really shocking!"
The generals were talking a lot, and they were all speculating about the origin of King Yan's horse. They talked about all kinds of weird things, and even myths and legends were told.
Ye Qi Hucheng raised his voice and said: "Okay, no more guessing!" Everyone stopped talking, the tent became quiet, and everyone's eyes focused on Ye Qi Hucheng again.
Ye Qian Hucheng was pacing back and forth, suddenly stopped and looked at the sand table. His eyes fell on Juyong Pass, and with a thought in his mind, he immediately raised his finger and pointed at Juyong Pass and Fengshengzhou and other places that had been captured by Yanyun's army, and said: "The Han people have a strategy called 'lure the snake out of the hole and invite the king into the urn', let's give him a "Lead the snake out of its hole and ask you to enter the urn!" The generals didn't know what was going on. Yeqihu City said to the generals: "We are going to take back Xijing Road with great fanfare!" The generals looked at each other and had no idea what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Yeqihu City.
Yang Peng was discussing the strategy of retreating from the enemy with Yeqi Guanyin, Yang Jiumei and others. The scout rushed in and knelt down and said: "To King Yan, not long ago, the army of Yeqi Hucheng's commander left to the northwest. !”
Everyone was shocked, and Yang Peng asked the scout: "Did the entire Khitan army leave the camp, but left a part of the army behind?" The scout said: "Half of the army was left behind, and Yeqi Hucheng led half of the army towards the northwest. And go!”
Yang Jiumei looked at Yang Peng and said with a worried expression: "King Yan, they must be heading towards Juyongguan and Xijing Road. They want to take advantage of our inability to return reinforcements and take back Xijing Road!" All the generals nodded, thinking they were sure. Is such that. Yang Peng's eyes fell on Yang Jiumei's face. Ye Qi Guanyin looked thoughtful and remained silent.
Yang Jiumei said: "King Yan, if the Khitan army succeeds, not only will all the previous efforts be in vain, but even Datong Mansion will be in danger!" The generals agreed, and Yang Jing said carelessly: "Brother, let's send troops quickly. Go and support Juyong Pass!" Xiao Feng said: "We have just won a great victory. If we divide one of our troops to support Juyong Pass, it will not affect Yanjing's defense! The terrain of Juyong Pass is majestic and steep, the fortifications are extremely strong, and it is equipped with cannons. I think We only need about 50,000 more troops to ensure everything is safe!" Everyone agreed with Xiao Feng's words. Yang Peng did not express his position. He was pacing back and forth. Everyone looked at Yang Peng, and the scene of the heated discussion suddenly became quiet.
Yang Peng stopped, glanced at everyone, and said decisively: "We are going to send troops!" All the generals showed joy, and Yang Jing said excitedly: "I will gather the soldiers immediately!" After that, he turned and left. Yang Peng shouted: "Yang Jing is not busy!" Yang Jing turned around, cupped his fists towards Yang Peng and said: "Brother, what else do you have to say?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "You are not busy, we are not going to send troops immediately, but We are going to send troops tonight!" The generals looked at each other in shock, and Yang Jing said impatiently: "Wouldn't this delay things!" All the generals agreed, thinking that troops should be sent for rescue as soon as possible.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Although there are only 10,000 defenders at Juyong Pass, the terrain of Juyong Pass is dangerous and it has been continuously reinforced and improved in recent years. Although the Khitan army is huge, they want to break the city in a short time. You don’t have to think about it! I estimate that it will take at least ten days and a half for the Khitan army to break through Juyong Pass, so we don’t have to worry!” The generals looked at each other. Although they all felt that what King Yan said was reasonable, the military situation was like a fire. The unhurried approach still made everyone feel uncomfortable. Yang Peng glanced at the generals, smiled, and said: "Don't be too nervous, the situation is not as severe as everyone imagined. We operate at night, making it difficult for the enemy to detect our movements and the size of our troops. For us, More advantageous!" The generals suddenly understood and nodded.
Yeqi Hucheng led an army of 250,000 troops to march northwest for 25 miles and came to a place with tall mountains and dense forests. Yeqihu City reined in his horse, raised his head and asked, "Is this the Xiangshan Mountain?" Zheng Shilong beside him quickly said: "This is the Xiangshan Mountain!" Yeqihucheng ordered: "Send the order, and the main force will be here immediately. After this ambush, the feint troops continue to advance towards Juyongguan!" Zheng Shilong agreed and immediately issued the order.
200,000 of the 250,000 troops entered the mountains and forests near Xiangshan and hid, while the 50,000 troops continued to advance toward Juyongguan with great fanfare. Soon, the Xiangshan area became quiet. Looking from a distance, the entire Xiangshan was very quiet, as if there was no one there.
Yeqianhu City set up its temporary camp under a camphor tree halfway up Xiangshan Mountain. From here, you can have an unobstructed view of the scenery within a dozen miles below the mountain. However, when people at the foot of the mountain looked up the mountain, they could not see any clues. The sun has set and the moon has climbed to the top of the mountain. Yeqi Hucheng stands on the edge of the hillside with his sword pressed, looking into the distance, feeling slightly nervous. When fighting other opponents, no matter how dangerous the situation was, Yeli Hucheng would not feel the slightest nervousness. However, facing the King of Yan Yang Peng, he could not control his mood, and his nervousness was always uncontrollable. Comes to mind in a controlled manner.
Suddenly, a small black dot appeared in the field of vision, faintly visible under the moonlight. Yeqi Hucheng's heart moved. After a while, he saw clearly that it was a scout riding a fast horse.
Two quarters of an hour later, the scout ran up the mountain and ran straight to the vicinity of Yeqihu City. He got off his horse and rushed to the side of Yeqihu City. He knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, Yan Yun's army is leaving the city." Already!..."
Yeqi Hucheng and the generals around him became excited. Yeqi Hucheng asked anxiously: "How many soldiers and horses came out?" The scout said: "There are about hundreds of thousands of people, and King Yan Yang Peng personally leads the army!"
Ye Qi Hucheng laughed loudly and said loudly: "Okay! Very good! Even if King Yan is treacherous, he never expected that we would prepare a dragnet for him here!" Then he turned to the generals and said: "You guys immediately Go down and prepare, this time we must annihilate the Yanyun army in one fell swoop and capture Yang Peng alive!" All the generals agreed in unison and ran down. Ye Qian Hucheng turned back to the hillside, looked into the distance, and murmured: "Come on, come on!"
Time passed gradually, and one hour passed before he knew it, and two hours passed, but the expected Yan Yunjun never appeared. Yeqi Hucheng couldn't help but become anxious, pacing back and forth on the hillside.
The rapid sound of horse hooves sounded. Ye Qihu City stopped and looked around, and saw a scout galloping up the mountain on horseback, so he stopped. The scout reined in his horse, turned over, and rushed to the front of Yeqihu City. He knelt down on one knee and said urgently: "Your Majesty, it's not good! Yanyun Army, Yanyun Army..." Yeqihu City was impatient. , asked: "What happened to Yan Yunjun?"
The scout swallowed hard and said anxiously: "The Yanyun Army raided our military camp. Our army was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses!" Yeqi Hucheng was shocked and shouted: "What?" The scout repeated it again. . Yeqi Hucheng was so shocked that he was confused and didn't know what to do. He suddenly came to his senses and said urgently: "Quick, send the order to all the troops to return to the camp to support the camp immediately!" All the soldiers agreed and hurried down.
The originally silent mountains suddenly became noisy, and the Jin army that had been ambushing in various places in the mountains and forests rushed out one after another, gathering into one force and rushing towards their own camp outside Yanjing City. After running for more than twenty miles, I suddenly saw the fiery red night sky in the distance, and I couldn't help but be frightened. The generals urged, and the soldiers couldn't help but quicken their pace.
He ran for more than ten miles.
Suddenly, shouts arose from the mountains and forests on both sides, and the Jin Army officers were startled. Before they understood what was going on, a sharp whistling sound came from their ears. In an instant, many Khitan soldiers were shot to the ground. The Khitan soldiers were caught off guard and fell into chaos. The people in Yeqihu City were frightened and shouted anxiously: "There is an ambush, the whole army shrinks! The whole army shrinks!" The Khitan army officers heard the shouts from Yeqihu City, and hurriedly gathered towards Yeqihu City, and At this moment, the sound of rolling thunder and the sound of killing one after another came from all directions. The Khitan army soldiers saw countless torches rushing in from all directions. Under the light of the fire, the silhouettes of people looked longing, as if there were countless enemy troops. !
The King of Yan's cavalry was divided into five teams and broke into the enemy's formation first. The horses trampled them with iron hooves and the big maces roared, killing the Khitan army corpses with blood and souls scattered! In the blink of an eye, the Khitan army was cut into several sections, and then the light cavalry and infantry rushed up, rushed into the enemy group, and charged and killed!
The soldiers of the Khitan army tried their best to resist, but they were suddenly unprepared. In just a moment, they were rushed to pieces and defeated. The defeated army was running all over the mountains and fields, panicking like a bereaved dog, anxious like a fish that slipped through the net, and it was chaos. In this situation, even if Li Mu was reborn and Bai Qi came, he would not be able to turn the tide. Yeqianhu City was devastated and fled hastily toward the camp surrounded by soldiers. …
Ye Qian Hucheng and others fled back to the camp. Seeing that the camp was still calm, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Xiao Salihe and others who were left behind at the camp were stunned when they saw Yeli Hucheng and others escaping back in embarrassment. They didn't know what to say for a moment. Seeing Xiao Salihe and others in Yeqian Hucheng, they were ashamed and speechless, and had nothing to say.
After a while, Ye Qian Hucheng asked: "What happened here? Where is the enemy?"
Xiao Sali said with a look of lingering fear on his face: "About an hour ago, Yan Yun's army suddenly entered the camp! Fortunately, the general followed the king's wishes and took precautions, so it did not lead to irreversible consequences! However, but... ..." Ye Qian Hucheng frowned and said angrily; "Don't hesitate to speak! But what?" Xiao Sali frowned and said: "Although our army repelled the enemy's surprise attack, the food and grass still suffered a big loss. "Loss," Yeqi Hucheng was taken aback and asked anxiously: "How much food and grass was lost?" Xiao Salihe quickly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, only about a quarter of the food and grass was lost! Yeqi Hucheng He breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "Okay, okay. "
Xiao Salihe glanced at Xiao Salihe and others who were in a very embarrassed state, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, you, have you encountered something?"
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned, snorted, and walked towards the tent. Xiao Salihe looked at Zheng Shilong in confusion. Zheng Shilong walked up to Salihe and whispered with fear: "We were ambushed by the Yanyun army. The army was scattered and suffered heavy losses!" Although he had expected it, he was still shocked when he heard this and asked in shock: "How could this happen?" Zheng Shilong said: "Our army was originally ambushing in Xiangshan and waiting for the enemy to attack. But we didn't wait. The enemy troops are coming, but the urgent scouts sent by you, the general, are waiting for you!..."
Xiao Sali was surprised and said, "I didn't send anyone to report the news to you!" Zheng Shilong was startled, "What, General, you didn't send someone to report the news?" Xiao Sali shouted: "Although the enemy army We raided the camp, but the force was limited and our army was well prepared, so although we lost some food, grass, soldiers and horses, the situation was not dangerous, so I did not send a messenger to the king!"
Zheng Shilong said in surprise: "If the messenger was not sent by the general, then who could it be?" The two of them felt their hearts move at the same time and looked at each other with horror in their eyes. Zheng Shilong nodded and said: "It must be the messenger sent by King Yan! All this is King Yan's trick, we have all been fooled!" Xiao Sali nodded with deep sympathy. Zheng Shilong frowned and said: "As soon as we received the so-called warning message, we immediately gathered the army to come back for reinforcements, but we were suddenly attacked by Yan Yun's army on the way! Alas, we were unprepared and were killed and defeated. Why!"
A feeling of fear arose in the hearts of both of them at the same time. Xiao Sali couldn't help but said: "Yang Peng, the King of Yan, is so scary! Originally, we set a trap for him to fall into his trap, but we didn't want him to trick us!" Zheng Shilong He nodded with deep sympathy and said with great confusion: "I still don't understand how King Yan Yang Peng saw our army's intention? This guy is simply a monster!"
Xiao Sali sighed and said, "Let's enter the tent." Zheng Shilong nodded. The two of them walked into the big tent together. At this time, Ye Qihu Cheng was pacing back and forth in the tent, looking very angry, and none of the generals standing in the tent dared to say a word. Xiao Salihe and Zheng Shilong quietly walked to their seats and stood up.
Ye Qian Hucheng stopped, glanced at the generals, and asked angrily and suspiciously: "How did Yang Peng know about my plan?" The generals were frightened and lowered their heads one after another, not daring to say a word. , for fear that if he made any sound, he would be suspected by Yeli Hucheng.
Ye Qian Hucheng's eyes swept over everyone's face, and did not find anything suspicious. He then thought: These generals are either my confidants or veterans who have fought for the Liao Kingdom for many years. How could they possibly be with each other? Yang Peng is colluding!
After thinking about this, his expression softened a little, and he looked at Xiao Salihe and asked: "How many soldiers and horses have been lost in the camp?" Salihe quickly came out of the queue, bowed and said: "Report to the king, seven or eight thousand people have been lost. Less than 10,000, the main loss is the food and grass!" Xiao Salihe frowned and nodded, looked at Zheng Shilong, and asked: "How many troops have returned?" Zheng Shilong immediately stepped out of the queue, bowed and said: "Report to the king, rough statistics After a while, about 50,000 horses were lost!"
Ye Qian Hucheng felt a pain in his heart, and then he frowned with a thoughtful look on his face. All the generals looked at Yeqi Hucheng, and no one dared to speak. Everyone knew that Yeqi Hucheng was in a very bad mood at the moment, and they were afraid that if he got into trouble, they would be in bad luck!
Ye Qi Hucheng thought for a moment, glanced at the generals, and said: "Go down and rest." The generals secretly breathed a sigh of relief, defeated Ye Qi Hucheng, and filed out of the tent.
Yeqi Hucheng also left the tent and patrolled the military camp. He saw that the morale of the soldiers was very low after two major defeats. Seeing this scene, Yeqi Hucheng felt even worse. Unknowingly, I walked outside a soldier's tent and heard someone talking inside. I couldn't help but stop and listen carefully. I only heard an older voice sighing and saying: "Some people have long said that King Yan is the Qinglong Star from the sky who has descended to earth and cannot be defeated! I didn't believe it at first, but now I have to believe it! "Immediately there was a sigh of relief, and there seemed to be a lot of people in the tent.
Then a young voice said in a horrified tone: "The Yanyun Army is like a group of monsters! Yesterday during the day, our army of over 500,000 people faced their 200,000 soldiers and horses, but we couldn't beat them! Tonight, obviously We set a trap, but they actually plotted against us. I almost lost my life! Hey, I don’t think we can beat them!" Then there was a voice of agreement in the tent. Listening to these voices, Everyone was obviously scared and worried.
Ye Qianhucheng immediately wanted to rush into the tent and question the soldiers, but then he thought: What should he question them for? What's the use of questioning them? As soon as he thought of this, he gave up his previous plan, sighed secretly, turned around and left.
Returning to the main tent, he was thinking about how to defeat Yan Yun's army and occupy Yanjing all the way. He just felt that judging from the current situation, it was really difficult to defeat Yan Yun's army. Not only was Yan Yun's army extremely powerful, but they also His leader, King Yan, was extremely cunning, and he fell into his scheme without even paying attention! For a while, Yeli Hucheng couldn't think of any good solution. Walking into the tent, he raised his head and saw Han Chang coming up to him and saying, "Your Majesty!"
Ye Qian Hucheng nodded, walked up to sit down, glanced at Han Chang, and asked, "Didn't I tell you to go rest? What are you doing here?"
Han Chang smiled and said: "The king must be worried about how to destroy the current Yanyun army!" Yeli Hucheng felt that he was laughing at him, snorted and said angrily: "I don't need to tell you what I want! "Han Chang's heart trembled, and he realized that what he just said had misunderstood the king, and he quickly bowed and said: "The general will never dare to disrespect the king!" Ye Qi Hucheng's expression softened a little, and asked: "Are you running away at this time? Come on, there must be something going on, right? Stop beating around the bush with me and tell the truth! That’s the bad thing about you Han people, you always talk and do things in a hurry!"
Han Chang smiled awkwardly and said: "Your Majesty, the general has thought of a strategy to break through Yanjing and eliminate Yanyun's army!..." Ye Qi Hucheng's eyes lit up, he stood up suddenly, and urged: "Speak quickly!"
Han Changdao: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Yanyun under the rule of King Yan is not monolithic. Many people are actually against King Yan! Not long ago, there was a rebellion in Yanjing City! This incident Although it failed in the end, it also shows that there are many people in Yanjing City who are against Yang Peng! What the general meant is to send people to sneak into the city to find the forces that oppose Yang Peng. As long as such a force can be found, the inside should cooperate with the outside, We can definitely break the city and defeat Yan Yun’s army in one fell swoop!”
Ye Qian Hucheng frowned, looked at Han Chang, and said: "Those people's rebellion has been completely crushed. I heard that all the leaders involved in this matter have been arrested. Can any opposition to Yang Peng still be found? ?”
Han Chang said: "It should be possible. No matter what, it won't hurt to give it a try." Yeli Hucheng nodded and said: "Now we can only give it a try!" Then he ordered: "You choose it yourself. A reliable person, send him to sneak into the city to find the forces that oppose Yang Peng." Han Chang promised, bowed to Yeqihu City, and retreated.
The eyes turned to the main hall of Yanjing Palace. Yang Peng and everyone gathered in the main hall. Yang Jing talked about the defeat of the Khitan army not long ago, and everyone laughed. Yang Jing said with admiration: "Brother is much more powerful than that Zhuge Liang! Whatever the Khitan people want to do, they can't escape the eyes of eldest brother! Brother, can you just do the math and tell me what you know five hundred years from now?" A hundred years ago?" Everyone laughed again. Yang Peng deliberately said with a serious look: "It's nothing to know five hundred years before and five hundred years later! Your elder brother, I know five thousand years before and one thousand years later!" Yang Peng's words are not nonsense.
Yang Jing blinked his eyes and looked at Yang Peng in awe. He obviously took Yang Peng's words seriously. If another person had said these words, Yang Jing would definitely have slapped him in the face, scolded him for talking nonsense, and then spit in his face. But these words were spoken by Yang Peng, and Yang Jing had no trace of them. Doubtful!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
