The people who were originally noisy couldn't help but shut their mouths when they saw a group of general-looking people coming. The scene suddenly became quiet, and they all looked at those general-looking people eagerly.
Yang Peng and others came to the people. Yang Peng glanced around and found that there were hundreds of people, including men, women, old and young. Many of them looked frightened, as if they had been frightened not long ago. Yang Jing, who was next to Yang Peng, asked the common people carelessly: "Where are you from? Are you really the common people of Yanyun?"
All the people nodded in agreement, and one of the old men said: "General, we originally lived in Tanzhou, but the Khitans came and we fled into Yinye Mountain. We were going to hide in the mountains until our King Yanyun recaptured Tanzhou. After leaving the state, he returned home. Alas!..." The old man suddenly sighed, a look of sorrow on his wrinkled face. Yang Jing said angrily: "What are you sighing for? Don't you believe that we can take back Tanzhou?" When the old man heard this, he was startled and waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no, I never meant this! "
Yang Jing's eyes widened, "Then what are you sighing for?" The old man sighed again, and suddenly realized that the dark-skinned, majestic and fierce general opposite him didn't like his sighing. He was shocked and quickly explained: "The little old man is doing it for Myself, sigh for the neighbors and fellow villagers! We people may have committed a crime of Tai Sui. We were first driven out of our homes by the Khitan people and hid in the mountains. However, not long after we hid, the Khitan army actually found us! We all died and escaped. If we can't escape, we are lucky!" Yang Peng's heart moved.
The old man bowed to Yang Jing and said, "General, please take us with you!" With his request, all the people began to beg, and the scene became noisy again! When the people saw that Yang Jing did not speak, they all knelt down and continued to beg.
Yang Jing curled his lips and said: "I can only kill people, but I can't save people!" As soon as these words came out, all the people immediately closed their mouths, their faces were pale, and their eyes showed fear. Yang Peng raised his voice and said: "Don't be afraid, everyone. This brother of mine always likes to talk nonsense. Everyone, get up!" The people looked at each other. The old man glanced at Yang Jing and said tremblingly: "This general is really, really a fool of this little old man. , Scared the little old man!" Yang Jing opened his mouth, he was smiling, but in the eyes of the people, he was horrified, and they all looked away, not daring to look at him again.
When Yang Peng saw that all the people were still kneeling, he got off his horse, walked to the front of the people, stretched out his hands to help the old man, and said to the people: "Everyone, please get up." When the people saw Yang Peng's kind attitude, they couldn't help but feel relieved. The young ones stood up one after another.
The old man begged Yang Peng; "General, please don't leave us! Otherwise, we will be dead!" Other people also begged, and it took a long time before they became quiet again.
Yang Peng glanced at everyone and said to the old man: "Don't worry, old man. It is the bounden duty of the Yanyun Army to protect the people of Yanyun. We will never abandon you!" After hearing this, the people couldn't help but be overjoyed. Some people even cried with joy.
Yang Peng pointed to the south and said: "Not long ago, the Khitan army was defeated by us. Now the south is safe. You can go to Yanjing first. The local government will take good care of you. When we regain Tanzhou, you can Return home." The people didn't know that the Khitan army had been defeated. After hearing Yang Peng's words, they were all pleasantly surprised. The old man asked excitedly: "General, is what you said true?" Yang Peng smiled. He nodded and said: "Of course it's true!" The old man couldn't help but said: "Great! Great! Huh, I just said that those damn Khitans can't grow tails like rabbits, and I was right. Got it!"
Yang Peng asked: "Old man, did you just say that you were originally hiding in Yinye Mountain in the southeast of Tanzhou?" The old man nodded and said, "Yes, there are thousands of us hiding in Yinye Mountain," and then With a look of grief and anger, he continued: "I don't know if we are guilty of Tai Sui. We are hiding in Yinye Mountain, and the Khitan people can find us! Hey, the Khitan people kill everyone on sight, and we are the only ones who have a lot of lives." Escaped!" Other people also looked frightened, and some even began to cry.
Yang Jing said angrily: "Since the Khitans are coming to kill you, you should fight with the Khitans!" The people looked at each other, and the old man said bitterly: "General, we are just ordinary people, how can we be the opponents of the Khitans!... ..." Yang Jing wanted to say more, but was stopped by Yang Peng's eyes, feeling depressed.
Yang Peng asked the old man again: "When did the Khitan army appear in Yinye Mountain? How many people were there?" The old man thought for a while and said: "It was a day ago. How many people there are, it seems, they are all over the mountains and plains anyway! "A young man behind the old man raised his voice: "There may be more than 100,000 people!" Many people agreed. Yang Jing said carelessly: "It's really strange. There are only about 300,000 troops in Yelihu City, and why do more than 100,000 people go to Yinye Mountain?"
Yang Peng thought for a moment and said to Jiao Ting: "Jiao Ting, take these folks down and send a team of soldiers to escort them to Yanjing." Jiao Ting promised with clasped fists. All the people thanked Yang Peng one after another, and then followed Jiao Ting down. The people were grateful to Yang Peng, and the old man couldn't help but ask: "May I ask the general, who was that general just now?" Jiao Ting said: "Don't you know him? He is the Lord of Yanyun, King Yan!" The people were stunned for a moment, and everyone was so excited that they couldn't express their feelings in words. Someone said with a trembling and infinitely excited voice: "I, I actually met King Yan!"
The old man was a little worried and said: "General, King Yan personally leads the army to fight the enemy. This, this is too dangerous! If King Yan has any shortcomings, we little people will not live!" Other people were also very worried. appearance.
Jiao Ting laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, old man, no one in the world is the opponent of King Yan, and there is no enemy that King Yan can't defeat! King Yan is the God of War from the sky and is invincible in the world! Not long ago, the protector of Liao Kingdom King Ye Qian Hucheng led an army of 600,000 to attack Yanjing. King Yan led us in three battles and three victories, killing the Khitan people with corpses all over the fields and fleeing in embarrassment. Now only 300,000 horses are left and have fled to Tanzhou!"
When the people heard that King Yan led his army to defeat the 600,000-strong Liao army in three battles and three victories, they were really surprised, admired and admired them, and everyone showed extremely excited expressions. Jiao Ting smiled and said: "So, the Khitan army in front of us is just the defeated general of King Yan, and it is not worth mentioning at all!" The people felt that Jiao Ting was right and nodded one after another.
Yang Jing came to Yang Peng and said, "Brother, what are you still doing here? Let's continue marching." Yang Peng looked up to the northeast, pointed over there and asked, "Is Yinye Mountain in that direction?" Yang Jing looked in the direction of Yang Peng's finger and said, "I don't know what the Silver Mining and Smelting Mountain is like. Brother, if you ask me, you are asking the wrong person!"
Yang Peng smiled, patted Yang Jing's shoulder, walked up the hillside beside the official road and looked northeast. Everyone followed him, wondering what he was thinking.
Yang Peng said: "Yeqian Hucheng sent hundreds of thousands of troops to Yinye Mountain. This is so unreasonable!" Yang Jing grinned and said: "I think he was fooled by us, so he did things erratically!" Everyone laughed. . Yang Peng said with a smile: "Yeqi Hucheng has a strong will and is not easily fooled!" After a pause, he thought: "Yeqi Hucheng's actions at this time must be aimed at us!" He turned to Wang Kai and said, "Bring the map." Wang Kai immediately called to the guards to bring the map and unfolded it in front of Yang Peng. The generals came to both sides of Yang Peng and looked at the map with Yang Peng.
Yang Peng pointed at Yinye Mountain and said: "Yinye Mountain is in the southeast of Tanzhou. If we deploy an army here, we can take advantage of our fierce attack on Tanzhou and cut off our retreat." The generals were shocked. Yang Jing curled his lips and said angrily: "It's useless! His 300,000 troops are our defeated generals. Can they surround us?" The generals were stunned, and they all felt that Yang Jing was right. reason. Meng Hu said: "Yang Jing is right." Pointing to the map, "This tactic of the Khitans is good, but based on the current situation, it is impossible for them to surround us! If they hold on to the city , you can still stalemate with us, if you go out of the city to fight in the field, wouldn't you be facing death?" All the generals agreed.
Yang Peng thought to himself: "You are not an ordinary man in Hucheng. Yang Jing can imagine such a situation. How could he not think of it? But why would he do this?"
Yang Peng looked at other places next to Tanzhou and saw Luoshan Mountain to the west of Tanzhou. His heart moved and he murmured: "If this is a trap to lure you into a trap," he pointed at Luoshan Mountain, " Then we should ambush another army here at Luoshan!" Yang Jing said with a smile: "I think Yeqi Hucheng may be tired of living! Brother, don't hesitate and march quickly!"
Yang Peng thought for a moment and said: "If you look at the 300,000 defeated soldiers in the hands of Yeqi Hucheng, doing this is really asking for death! But if a large number of reinforcements come from the Liao Kingdom, the situation will be different!" Everyone heard this Yan was shocked, Meng Hu's eyes widened and he said, "Reinforcements? Is this possible?"
Yang Peng thought: "As long as the king does not hesitate and sends reinforcements as soon as he receives the request for help from Yeli Hucheng, it is absolutely possible! If there are reinforcements, then everything makes sense! Our scouts did not find out What are the actions of the Khitan army in Tanzhou? This shows that the Khitan army going to Yinye Mountain is not from Tanzhou, but reinforcements from China. This is why we did not find any clues! Yelihu City was laid down in Tanzhou There is a huge bag waiting for us to get into!" He turned to Wang Kai and said: "Send two teams of scouts to investigate in the direction of Yinye Mountain and Luoshan Mountain!" Wang Kai responded and ran down, and then the two teams of scouts rushed out. .
Yang Peng sent out scouts and ordered the army to camp on the spot and wait. At this time, Yang Peng was still unable to determine the current situation. Although it was very likely that the Khitan army reinforcements would arrive, it was also possible that the enemy had created suspicion and deliberately put up such a posture in order to scare him away. If it is true that the Yeqi Hucheng was the site of a suspected formation, then retreating hastily will be laughed at. The most regrettable thing is that the opportunity to defeat the Khitan army and regain Tanzhou will be lost. On the contrary, if the speculation is true, a large number of enemy reinforcements will indeed If they arrive, then a rash attack will inevitably put themselves in danger or even desperate situation, which is even more undesirable. Therefore, based on the current situation, we had to suspend our progress and wait for further reports from the scouts.
Yang Peng was sitting under the big locust tree on the hillside, holding a piece of grass in his hand and looking into the distance, as if he was thinking about something. Yang Jing paced back and forth, looking anxious. He stopped, looked at Yang Peng, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, are we just waiting here?" Yang Peng smiled slightly and said: "Don't be anxious, this is like hunting, you must be patient and find it first. Only when there are traces of prey can we take action." Yang Jing curled his lips and sat down on the grass.
Suddenly the sound of horse hoofbeats was heard in the distance. Everyone immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw a fast horse galloping out from behind the woods in the distance. Yang Jing stood up suddenly, stared for a moment with wide eyes, and said loudly: "It's our scout!"
After a while, the scout passed through the central army, ran up the hillside, and ran straight to Yang Peng seven or eight steps in front of him before suddenly reining in the horse. The scout turned over and dismounted, hurriedly ran to Yang Peng, knelt down and reported: "To report to King Yan, nearly 200,000 Khitan troops were found in the east, advancing towards our army's flanks!"
Everyone was startled, and Yang Peng asked: "What banner was he flying?" "Reporting to King Yan, the other party was flying the banner of Xiao Lahegan!" Yang Peng frowned and murmured: "It is indeed him!" He looked towards Scout, "Continue the investigation!" The scout promised, stepped back, mounted his horse, turned the horse's head, shouted, and galloped away.
As soon as he stepped forward, two other scouts followed him. The scout who arrived one step ahead reported: "Report to King Yan, traces of more than 100,000 Khitan troops have been found in the west, and they are rushing towards our army's rear!" The scout who arrived one step behind reported: "Report to King Yan, Tan There’s still no movement in the state!”
The generals looked at Yang Peng with great admiration. Meng Hu said: "The King of Yan really got it right!" Yang Peng said: "After passing the order, the army immediately turned south and retreated. The cavalry divided up to harass the enemy forces on the left and right!" All the generals shouted in unison! swear. Two hundred thousand Yanyun troops began to retreat. At the same time, 20,000 Yanyun war cavalry divided into two groups and ran towards the east and west respectively.
Xiao Tieheqian led his 150,000 cavalry to rush southward. His mission was to work with Lakshen's troops to cut off the Yanyun Army's retreat. The army marched forward for more than a day and came to a hilly area. Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound ahead. Laohe Gan and others couldn't help but be stunned. One of the generals asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What is this sound?" Lao Hegan's expression suddenly changed and he said anxiously: "No! It's the cavalry! The infantry formed an array immediately. The war cavalry attacks!"
The Khitan army panicked. At this moment, a wave of cavalry was seen rushing over the hills in front of them, shouting and surging with murderous intent. Thousands of warriors rushed forward to fight, but in the blink of an eye they were rushed to pieces by the opponent! Immediately, the tide of cavalry crashed into the front group of infantry. Iron hooves rushed like a tide, and the blades shone with cold light. The Khitan soldiers fell one after another, a scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere!
The Khitan army's war cavalry rushed forward to fight. Gradually, the opponent's momentum of attack was contained. After fighting for a while, the Khitan army's absolute numerical advantage came into play. Yanyun's war cavalry was gradually in a disadvantageous situation and was about to be defeated. surrounded. At this moment, the leading Yanyun warrior suddenly whistled, and then the Yanyun warriors turned their horses and rushed out from the gap that the Khitan army had not yet closed. The Khitan army chased for a while, but Yan Yun's cavalry ran further and further away, and it seemed that they could not catch up!
Xiao Fuheqian was worried that there was an ambush by Yan Yun's army ahead, so he hurriedly ordered all armies to stop pursuing. All the armies stopped, and all the generals rushed to Xiao Tieheqian. One of the generals said in a surprised tone: "How did the Yanyun Army know our whereabouts?"
Xiao Fuhe knitted his brows and murmured: "Something is wrong!" He raised his head and said to a general: "Immediately send all the scouts to explore the way ahead!" The general clasped his fists in agreement, turned his horse's head, and ran down. . Xiao Tieheqian said to a herald again: "Immediately report our situation to the king!" The herald agreed, turned his horse's head, and ran away. Then Xiao Fuheqian said to the generals: "Instruct all the troops to form formations on the spot and be careful!" The generals agreed in unison and went down one after another. Soon after, more than 100,000 Khitan troops formed a huge formation centered on a few small hills. They stood ready, looking like they were facing a formidable enemy! The Khitan army had suffered losses from ambushes and raids by the Yanyun army more than once, so everyone looked very nervous.
However, time passed by minute by minute, but nothing happened. The scouts who went to explore the front continued to send news, but no enemies were found. However, Laihe Gan, who was in awe of Chen Xiao and Yan Yunjun, still couldn't rest assured and still let the army form an array on the spot.
It was not until the next morning, under Wanyan Gao's strict order, that Lao Hegan led the army on the road again. At this moment, a military report suddenly came from the front. One hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry led by Lakshen fell into a tight siege by Yanyun's army. The situation was very critical. Lai Hegan was taken aback, and one of his generals said anxiously: "General, let's rush to support!" But another general said: "It's necessary! Yanyun's army is used to besieging cities for reinforcements. Who can guarantee that? Is there no Yan Yun's ambush army on the way?" The generals looked at Xiao Tiehegan to see what he would decide. Xiao Tieheqian was hesitant and didn't know what to do for a moment. The friendly troops were surrounded and had to be rescued. However, if he went there, he might be ambushed by the Yanyun army, and the consequences would be disastrous!
Just when Xiao Fuheqian was hesitating, the Mongolian cavalry in the encirclement was like crazy beasts attacking the Yanyun Army's defense line. Wave after wave, one after another, like waves, constantly hitting the Yanyun Army's defense line, as if Don't care about your own life at all! His madness and bravery are eye-catching, something Yan Yunjun has never seen before! Yang Peng immediately stood on the hill and saw the bravery of the Mongolian cavalry. He was shocked in his heart. Is it any wonder that the Mongolian cavalry in history was able to traverse the Eurasian continent and lay down a huge empire that was unprecedented and unprecedented! This is really not a fluke! Such a brave and wild cavalry, I'm afraid our ordinary cavalry can't match it! '
The Mongolian cavalry howled wildly and kept hitting the Yanyun Modao Army's defense line. Although their attacks were wild and fierce, they were still unable to break through the Modao Army's defense line. The Mo Dao army was as strong as a mountain and remained motionless. The Mo Dao in their hands kept emitting bright sword light, and blood and flesh flew everywhere where the sword light passed. The brave and unrivaled Mongolian cavalry suffered heavy casualties! The Mongolian cavalry is definitely the most violent tide, but the Mo Dao Army is the strongest embankment. No matter how bad the waves are, they will all be smashed in front of them!
Lakshen saw that he could not break through the defense line of thousands of Yanyun troops in front of him after more than a dozen fierce attacks. He was shocked beyond words. He only felt that the Yanyun army, which he had only heard of for so long, was indeed well-deserved!
Lakshen ordered the army to stop attacking in that direction and instead charge towards the 20,000 Yanyun light cavalry arrayed on the hillside on the left. One hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry roared and charged towards the Yanyun war cavalry on the hillside. Their momentum was still the same as at the beginning, and did not seem to weaken at all.
Seeing this scene, Yan Yun's warrior cavalry had no choice but to charge head-on. Taking advantage of the terrain, he rushed down the hillside with great momentum! At the same time, Yang Peng ordered the surrounding armies to tighten the encirclement and prepare to encircle and annihilate the Mongolian cavalry!
The Yanyun warriors fired their arrows first, but the Mongolian cavalry rolled under their horses one after another. Most of the arrows fired by the Yanyun warriors missed. Immediately, the Mongolian cavalry got on their horses one after another, bent their bows and set arrows to attack the Yanyun cavalry. However, the Yanyun cavalry did not have the acrobatic skills of the Mongolian cavalry.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry from both sides collided heavily with each other, roaring loudly, mixed with screams, swords flying, mixed with scarlet blood. The Mongolian cavalry wielded scimitars and charged and killed like bloodthirsty beasts. The Yanyun cavalry fought desperately, but they actually felt unable to resist. This was something they had never encountered before! The Mongolian cavalry broke through the obstruction of Yanyun's cavalry in one fell swoop, climbed over the hills, and headed north in the dust!
Yang Peng and other Yanyun soldiers caught up and saw that the Mongolian cavalry had run far away and could not catch up, so they stopped chasing. The soldiers looked very annoyed. Meng Hu galloped up to Yang Peng, dismounted, knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and said with great shame: "King Yan, the last general is incompetent and failed to stop the Khitan cavalry. Please handle it according to the military law of King Yan!"
Yang Peng looked at the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, shook his head and said: "This is not your fault, get up!" Meng Hu said gratefully: "Thank you King Yan for your kindness!" Then he stood up and said with a heavy face: "King Yan , The general has never seen such a fierce cavalry! Our light cavalry is probably inferior to them!" Yang Jing said carelessly: "These guys are really fierce! Damn it, these guys are attacking me. The Modao Army actually makes me feel that it is more powerful than the Khitan Iron Buddha. We almost couldn't stop it!" The other generals also showed solemn expressions. They are all veteran generals in hundreds of battles, but like This was the first time we encountered such a powerful enemy as the Mongolian cavalry. I felt that the combat power of these Mongolian cavalry was far superior to that of the Khitans, and even stronger than our own light cavalry.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
