Jiao Ting said: "Yao Ping is Cao Yong's leading general. Naturally, he will not be easy to deal with. Otherwise, Cao Yong would not have let him take charge of Dengzhou!" Gao Hu frowned and said, "I only heard about this Yao Ping in the past, but... I have never met before, but today I found out that it is indeed well-deserved!" Jie Yuan said: "Dengzhou is backed by the Han River, the city is strong, and there are elite soldiers and strong generals to guard it. It may be difficult to capture it in a short time. It seems that we can only wait for Yan The king will lead the main army up and then attack by force!"
Gao Hu frowned and said: "As the vanguard of the army, we should move forward unstoppably and open the way for the army. But now we are blocked at the gate of Dengzhou City. Isn't it a joke!" Jie Yuan frowned and said: "Although what the general said is good, but this kind of situation in front of us is a joke." According to the situation, it is simply impossible to capture Dengzhou before King Yan arrives!" Gao Hu frowned and thought for a moment, then said to the generals: "The armies are stepping up their efforts to build siege equipment. I will attack them within two days. Dengzhou launches a fierce attack!" All the generals agreed together. Jie Yuan frowned and clasped his fists and said: "The general doesn't agree with the general's decision! General, we can't risk the lives of the soldiers for the sake of a false reputation! How many lives of the soldiers will be sacrificed in vain if we attack like this! The general thinks we should wait for the main army Come up and attack Dengzhou with artillery!"
Gao Hu stood up, walked to the middle of the big tent, looked at the scenery outside the tent, frowned and said: "This general is not doing this for fame!" He glanced at Jie Yuan and said: "If our army lingers under the city for a long time, it will only Boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the south, and they are determined to fight us to the end! But if we can capture Dengzhou with thunderous momentum in a short period of time, how big a blow will it have to the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the south? In that case, the next battle will be It will be much easier to fight, and the casualties of our troops and the damage to the local area will be minimized!"
Jie Yuan understood, he clasped his fists in admiration and said: "The general is wise, but his subordinates are not as good as him!" Gao Hu patted Jie Yuan on the shoulder and said: "When something goes wrong, sacrifice is inevitable!" Returning to the commander's position He sat down, glanced at the generals, and asked, "Do you have any more questions?" The generals looked at each other, clasped their fists together and said, "No more questions!" Gao Hu said, "Very good! Since there are no questions anymore, , just do as I say!" Everyone agreed and filed out of the big tent. Immediately, the military camp became busy. Some soldiers cut down trees and brought them to the military camp, while others worked hard to make various siege equipment, and the remaining troops were responsible for guarding.
Gao Hu called Jiao Ting and asked, "When will our luggage arrive?" Jiao Ting clasped his fists and said, "It is expected to arrive tomorrow!" Gao Hu nodded. At the same time, in the camp in Dengzhou City, Yao Ping was standing in front of the map, thinking about it, frowning tightly. He murmured: "The Yanyun Army is too powerful. It is impossible to win by conventional methods! The only way to win is by surprise..."
At this moment, a general rushed in and reported excitedly: "General Qi, our scouts have discovered a situation!"
Yao Ping turned around and asked, "What's going on?"
The general said: "Our scouts found that Gao Hu's baggage team fell behind the army. It is still more than thirty miles away from Dengzhou. It is estimated that it will not arrive until noon tomorrow." Yao Ping's eyes lit up, "That's great. ! The fighter plane finally appeared!" He immediately looked at the general and shouted: "Send the order immediately, all soldiers and horses gather, and go out quietly tonight!" The general promised and ran down.
"Ah!" Gao Hu woke up with a loud cry. The soldiers guarding outside the tent suddenly heard the general shouting. They were startled and hurried into the tent. Seeing the general sitting on the bedside, sweating profusely, he couldn't figure out what happened for a while, and couldn't help but look at each other. The captain of the guard clasped his fists and asked, "General, what happened?"
Gao Hu didn't hear the words of the soldier captain at all. His mind was filled with the dream just now. In that dream, he fell into a sea of fire, and a terrifying enemy general whose face he couldn't see clearly slashed him down with a knife! Gao Hu frowned and muttered: "I'm afraid it's not a good sign to have such a dream suddenly!" Suddenly thinking of food and grass, he was startled and shouted: "No! I was too careless!" Then he rushed to the soldiers standing not far away. He yelled: "Call Jiao Ting!"
The soldiers were startled, responded quickly, and ran down. Gao Hu quickly got out of bed and put on his armor. A moment later, Jiao Ting hurried in, clasped his fists and asked: "General, your name is the last general?" Gao Hu said: "You immediately lead all the cavalry to pick up the baggage train!" Jiao Ting was stunned and asked quickly: "General ,What happened?"
Gao Hu shouted: "Don't ask so many questions, go quickly!" Jiao Ting agreed and ran down. After a while, the sound of horse hooves rumbled in the military camp, and nearly ten thousand warriors left the military camp under the leadership of Jiao Ting and galloped towards the north.
Gao Hu summoned other generals and asked them to be more vigilant. The generals agreed and left, while Gao Hu sat in the tent waiting for news. Before dawn, the rapid and chaotic sound of horse hooves suddenly came from outside the big tent. Gao Hu's heart moved. A moment later, Hu Yantong was seen running in panting, holding his fists in frustration and saying: "General, the baggage train was attacked and suffered heavy losses!"
Gao Hu was startled, then frowned and said, "It's my fault! It's my fault! I was too careless! I didn't expect that the enemy would attack our baggage train!" He raised his head and looked at Jiao Ting and asked "How big is the loss? How much food and grass are left?" Jiao Ting said angrily: "Only a few dozen of the thousand soldiers and horses responsible for escorting the transportation are left, and all the food and grass were burned!" Gao Hu's heart sank, He frowned.
At this time, Jie Yuan ran in, glanced at Jiao Ting, cupped his fists towards Gao Hu and said, "General, have you heard that the baggage train was attacked?"
Gao Hu frowned and nodded. Jie Yuan's expression changed and he said: "This is terrible! The food and grass in the military camp are only enough for two days, so we have to retreat!" At about the same time, Yao Ping led the Song army to return to Deng. state. As soon as he saw his generals, Yao Ping said with joy on his face: "Gao Hu's food and supplies were burned to ashes by my fire. Now they can't retreat even if they don't want to!" Hearing this, the generals were also overjoyed. .
One of the generals couldn't help but said: "The general forced Yan Yun's army to retreat in one battle. He is really powerful in the world!" Yao Ping laughed and couldn't help but feel very proud. No wonder he was so proud. Since the rise of the Yanyun Army, several people have been able to take advantage of the Yanyun Army on the battlefield. Yao Zhong burned the food and grass of the Yanyun Army's forward in one fell swoop, forcing the Yanyun Army's forward to retreat. There is no other way out, which is indeed an amazing move!
Yao Ping thought: "The food and grass in Gao Hu's hands can only last for two days at most. He has only two ways to go. One is to retreat immediately, and the other is to attack with all his strength. If Dengzhou is captured, there will be Dengzhou food and grass available, so that's it." There is no need to retreat, but he wants to capture Dengzhou before he starves to death, but he may not be able to!" All the generals laughed, and one general joked: "If they are not afraid of starving to death, they can come and attack! We want to see what Yan Yunjun is capable of!" Everyone laughed again. Yao Ping thought: "If I were Gao Hu, I would definitely retreat in the early morning!" Then he said to a general: "Immediately send out all the scouts to monitor the Yanyun military camp, and report any situation immediately!" The general promised and ran away Go down.
Yao Ping turned to the generals and said, "The rest of you should take some time to rest and order the kitchen to prepare food quickly." The generals clasped their fists in agreement and ran down one after another.
Yao Ping returned to the camp and lay down in his armor. Just when he was feeling drowsy and not sleeping, the sound of rapid footsteps came. Yao Ping woke up with a start and saw a general rushing in. Yao Ping asked anxiously: "What's going on?" The general clasped his fists excitedly and said, "The scouts just reported that Yan Yunjun indeed took advantage of the early morning to leave the barracks and retreated towards the north!" Yao Ping smiled and said : "Sure enough, it's not what I expected!" Looking at the general, "Immediately pass the order, and the big move will start immediately!" "Yes!"
The city gate opened, and the Song army, led by Yao Ping, rushed out and chased Yanyun's army, preparing to defeat Yanyun's forward force in one go. The army pursued all the way north. Along the way, they saw the heavy supplies discarded by Yan Yun's army from time to time, and there were more and more. Yao Ping felt that he was getting closer to Yan Yun's army, so he kept urging the soldiers to speed up. The soldiers of the Song army were exhausted. Panting and out of breath.
At eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the army came closest to a canyon. Although the mountains on both sides are not very high, they are steep. Although there is no vegetation in the valley, there are rugged rocks. Seeing such terrain, Yao Ping suddenly felt a chill in his heart and shouted hurriedly: "Stop! Stop everyone!" The army stopped one after another. The soldiers of the Song Army ran at full speed for several hours, and they were already exhausted. When they stopped, they all lay down on the ground and gasped violently. Only the sound of breathing was heard at the scene, and there were soldiers of the Song Army staggering and panting everywhere. There is no military appearance left at all.
A general rushed back to Yao Ping and asked in confusion: "General, why did you stop?"
Yao Ping looked at the surrounding terrain and said: "It would be very bad if there was an ambush in such terrain!" The general was shocked. He looked at the surrounding terrain and felt that the terrain here was indeed suitable for an ambush, but it was not. Thinking that there was an ambush, he said: "General, the enemy troops are fleeing northward in a hurry. How can they think of setting up an ambush! Even if they want to set up an ambush, I'm afraid they don't have time! General, this is a great opportunity to defeat Yanyun's forward, so we can't let it slip." !" Yao Ping felt that his general was right, so he couldn't help but nodded, and said loudly: "The army continues to pursue!" When the soldiers who had just rested heard this, they all called out to their mothers, but the military orders were overwhelming, but they could not Not trying his best to stand up.
Yao Ping led the army to continue the pursuit.
Boom, boom, boom! Huge war drums suddenly sounded on the hillsides on both sides, and at the same time, shouts also sounded loudly. The huge sound echoed in the valley, which was very shocking. The soldiers of the Song Army were startled and couldn't help but stop. They looked towards the hillsides on both sides and saw countless Yanyun troops appearing on the hillsides on both sides. The soldiers of the Song Army suddenly felt at a loss. Yao Zhong was so shocked that he couldn't help shouting: "What's going on?"
As if in response to his question, Gao Hu's flag appeared on the hillside in front of him on the left. Gao Hu, wearing an armor and cloak, appeared under the flag and shouted in this direction: "General Yao, you have fallen into a trap! "Yao Ping stared at Gao Hu in the distance and murmured: "Gao Hu!"
"You have been trapped in a tight siege. It is impossible to escape! However, I cannot bear to kill each other among my own clan. I hope you will put down your weapons and stop making unnecessary resistance!"
The officers and soldiers of the Song Army looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment. Yao Ping shouted sternly: "Gao Hu, you are an unfaithful and unjust traitor! As a general of the Song Dynasty, I will die as a loyal soul of the Song Dynasty. I will never surrender and rebel!"
Gao Hu sighed and raised his voice: "General Yao..." "There's nothing to say! Either you die or I die today! Brothers, the time has come to serve the court, come with me!" Yao Ping shouted and urged his horse. Rushing towards the mountain where Gao Hu was standing, all the Song Army soldiers saw this and subconsciously let out a shout, following Yao Zhong and rushing towards Gao Hu. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses charged, with a loud roar and an amazing momentum.
Seeing this scene, Gao Hu sighed, raised his right hand, and waved forward. The war drums suddenly sounded loudly, arrows rained down from the hillsides on both sides, and rolling stones and trees poured down like a mountain torrent! I saw the soldiers of the Song Army flying with flesh and blood, their horses turning on their backs, and screams audible. Yao Zhong was hit by an arrow and was saved by the anxious soldiers. Seeing that they could not rush up the hillside, the Song army fled along the way they came. However, arrows and rolling stones continued to pour down from both sides. The casualties of the Song army's soldiers increased in a straight line, and the bodies in the valley piled up at a speed visible to the naked eye. more.
Soon after, the exit finally appeared in front of us! The surviving Song Army soldiers were ecstatic and quickened their pace one after another!
However, at this moment, there was only a surge of people at the exit. Thousands of Yan Yun Mo Dao soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding sharp Mo Dao blocked the exit. When the soldiers of the Song Army suddenly saw this scene, they couldn't help but be terrified, their hearts sank to the bottom, and they couldn't help but stop running. The rumbling footsteps stopped instantly. The soldiers of the Song Army looked at the heavily armored Mo Dao Army blocking the exit and didn't know what to do!
Yao Ping's eyes narrowed and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, fight with them!" Then he urged his war horses to rush towards the Mo Dao army blocking the exit. Seeing this, the soldiers of the Song Army couldn't help shouting and followed him.
Mo Daojun let out a fierce roar, straightened up Mo Dao, and the cold light shone! The soldiers of the Song Army were frightened, and they couldn't help but slow down their steps. Then they continued to rush towards the Modao Army. Everyone was howling hysterically, as if they were going crazy! Although the soldiers of the Song Army were afraid of the bloodthirsty Mo Dao Army that was as tough as an iron tower on the opposite side, they were now in a desperate situation and had no choice but to fight to the death!
In the blink of an eye, the Song Army slammed into the Modao Army's Modao Sword Formation. I saw Mo Dao flying up and down, and the soldiers of the Song Army were like pigs and sheep thrown into a meat grinder, instantly torn apart and flesh flying everywhere! Yao Ping relied on the impact of his horses and his own bravery to lead several officers to break through the Modao army formation in one fell swoop. However, the Song Army officers and soldiers who followed were not so lucky. No matter how hard they charged, they could not break through the Modao army formation. The blockade was blocked, but people were killed and injured under the flickering light of the sword. It was too horrible to look at!
Yao Ping rushed out of the siege and found that the large army of soldiers and horses failed to follow him, so he turned around and rushed to respond. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded from one side, and it was Gao Hu's warrior general Jiao Ting who led thousands of warriors to rush in! Yao Ping was taken aback and could not care less about the desperate situation of the army. He quickly turned his horse and ran towards Dengzhou. Na Jiao Ting chased for a while and then gave up the pursuit.
The Song army was in a desperate situation. Seeing the general abandoning them and leaving, their morale suddenly dropped to the bottom. At this moment, the Mo Dao Army blocking the exit came towards them. The Song Army soldiers were frightened and hurriedly retreated. However, there were heavy and huge footsteps behind them. Looking back, it turned out that it was the Yan Yun Army coming from three directions. They gathered around.
The remaining soldiers of the Song Army were surrounded in an open space in the valley, terrified and at a loss. Gao Hu stood out from the crowd, came to the front of the army, reined in his horse, and shouted loudly: "You were all born poor, why are you throwing your lives here for the Zhao family! Is the Zhao family treating you well? Your parents Are your wife and children living well?" These words deeply touched the hearts of the Song Army soldiers. Someone shouted: "General Gao is right. The officials and the court have never regarded us as human beings. Why should we fight for them!" Many people agreed. Then someone threw away their weapons. Taking the lead, the Song army soldiers threw away their weapons and surrendered to Yan Yun's army.
Yao Ping led several officers and ran all the way towards Dengzhou, as panicked as a bereaved dog and as anxious as a fish that slipped through the net. In the evening, several people ran up a hill, and Deng Zhou appeared not far ahead. The anxious hearts of several people could not help but calm down a little. Yao Ping sighed and said: "I didn't expect Gao Hu to actually set such a trap! I made a miscalculation. It can be said that I lost everything with one miscalculation!" An officer asked: "General, what should we do now? What should we do? The army is dead, and Dengzhou may not be able to defend it! Why not abandon Dengzhou and go to Xiangyang!" Several other officers nodded in agreement.
Yao Ping frowned and said unwillingly: "Things haven't reached that point yet! Although we have been tricked by Gao Hu, their food and grass have been exhausted after all, and we still have two thousand defenders in Dengzhou. , Regardless of whether Gao Hu dares to make a desperate move, even if he really dares to make a desperate move to attack Dengzhou, we are not completely helpless! As long as we hold on for one day, their food and grass will be exhausted, and the commander's reinforcements will also arrive, If Gao Hu doesn't escape at that time, the whole army will be annihilated!" Several officers felt that what Yao Zhong said was reasonable, and couldn't help but regain some confidence and nodded.
Yao Ping shouted: "Go back to Dengzhou!" He then urged his horses to run down the hillside, and several officers quickly urged their horses to follow. Seeing the darkness on the earth, Yao Zhong and others rushed to the city gate. After reining in his horse, a man raised his head and shouted loudly: "Open the city gate quickly, General Yao is back!"
The city gate opened soon, and Yao Zhong and others were ready to gallop in. However, at this moment, the rapid sound of horse hooves came from the city gate, and a large group of warriors rushed out. Yao Zhong and others were stunned for a moment, and when they took a closer look, they were shocked. It turned out that the warriors who rushed out turned out to be Yan Yunjun, and the leader was Gao Hu's general Jieyuan! Yao Ping and others couldn't care less about what was going on, so they quickly turned their horses and ran towards the southeast. Jie Yuan led his cavalry in pursuit for a while, and was about to catch up, but the sky turned dark. At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds. As soon as the sky darkened, the earth immediately became pitch black. Although it could not be said that they could not see their fingers, they could no longer see Yao Ping and the others. Jie Yuan and others could only pursue in the direction where the sound of horse hooves came from. .
About two-quarters of an hour later, the Yanyun war cavalry led by Jie Yuan caught up, but they saw only a few horses but not a single person. Jie Yuan immediately realized that he had been fooled. Looking around, I saw nothing but darkness, and my eyes seemed to have lost their function. Only the lights on the distant Dengzhou city wall hung in the dark night. Jieyuan had no choice but to lead his war cavalry back to Dengzhou.
At midnight that day, Gao Hu led a brigade to escort the prisoners into Dengzhou City. The next morning, the people in Dengzhou City woke up and were surprised to find that Dengzhou City had changed hands overnight. The Song Dynasty army that originally guarded Dengzhou had disappeared and was replaced by the very tough Yan army. General Yun! The people were very scared at first, worried that Yanyun's army would be harmful to the people, but later they discovered that Yanyun's army had strict military discipline and had committed no crimes in Minqiu. There was also an announcement that Yanyun would soon follow Yanyun's laws. As for the unconditional distribution of land to the common people, the original worries disappeared without a trace, and people began to look forward to the distribution of land.
Xiangyang, the lobby of the Marshal's Mansion. Cao Yong looked at Yao Ping who was kneeling on the ground with a look of shame on his face, frowned, and said: "It was only a few days! How did Dengzhou lose it?"
Yao Ping didn't dare to hide anything, so he told the story of Deng Zhou's loss. After listening to Yao Ping's narration, Cao Yong couldn't help but sigh: "Gao Hu is indeed worthy of his reputation!" He glanced at Yao Ping and said, "Get up." Yao Ping, however, lowered his head and said shamefully: "The final general has lost Dengzhou. It caused Xiangyang to lose its barrier to Hebei, so please ask the commander-in-chief to punish him!"
Cao Yong stood up and walked to Yao Zhong, helped Yao Ping up, and said: "You have tried your best! You have done a very good job in Dengzhou! The defeat of Dengzhou is not your fault, it is really Gao Hu who is too powerful ! You don’t have to blame yourself too much!” Yao Ping was so moved that he clasped his fists and bowed: “Thank you so much, Commander, for your kindness!”
Cao Yong paced back and forth with a thoughtful look on his face. He stopped and asked Yao Zhong: "You fought with Yan Yunjun with real swords and guns. What do you think of Yan Yunjun?"
Yao Ping couldn't help but show emotion and fear. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little surprised when they saw his expression. They couldn't help but think in their hearts: What happened to make this fearless guy show such an expression? Come? Yao Ping sighed and couldn't help but sigh: "The last general is such a brave and fearless army that I have never seen in my dreams!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
