Yang Peng glanced at the battlefield littered with corpses and couldn't help but sigh. A secret guard rode up to Yang Peng's horse, clasped his fists and said, "Master, the medical officer said that although General Huyan Chijin's injury is serious, it doesn't matter. He just needs to rest for a while." Yang Peng couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this. I let go of something on my mind.
Ma Jin rode up to Yang Peng, clasped his fists and said, "To the King of Yan, nearly 30,000 enemy troops were wiped out in this battle, and only a dozen seriously injured prisoners were captured; more than 10,000 of our troops were killed."
Yang Peng frowned. It was obvious from his appearance that he was dissatisfied with the outcome of this battle. Several generals around Yang Peng said: "The armies quickly clean up the battlefield and return to Tanzhou. The secret guards are following me!" Then they led a thousand secret guards and galloped away towards the north. The generals looked at each other and couldn't help but feel worried. Ma Jin asked everyone: "Aren't we going to follow?" Shi Ping said depressedly: "This is the order of King Yan, how can we disobey it?" Everyone felt that Shi Ping was right, so they had to put aside their worries for the time being and follow Yang Peng's instructions. The battlefield was quickly cleared with orders. However, the generals were worried after all. After discussion, they decided that the large army would return to Tanzhou in accordance with King Yan's order, but Shi Ping and Ma Jin would lead 20,000 light cavalry to meet King Yan in case of any unexpected events. After making the decision, the generals immediately took action.
Putting aside the war in the north for now, let us turn our attention to the south. After Yelu Hanyu received Yang Peng's appointment, he immediately rushed to Tanzhou (this Tanzhou is different from the other Tanzhou, this Tanzhou is today's Changsha). After Yelu Hanyu arrived in Tanzhou, he immediately followed his eldest brother's previous arrangement and went to Tanzhou. The generals conveyed the order. The four main Yanyun armies were divided into two groups. One was led by Shi Liancheng and was preparing to invade Guanxi from the west. The other was led by Yelu Hanyu himself and was preparing to invade Guangdong from the east of Jinghu South Road.
The army pressed on Nanling, and the war was about to break out. When the Guangzhou court received the military report from the front line, they seemed to be panicking. They urgently ordered Cao Yong, who was attacking Zhangzhou, to give up the attack on Zhangzhou and return to defend Yanyun's army heading south from Jinghu South Road. When Cao Yong received the military order from the imperial court, it was a critical time to attack Zhangzhou. At this time, Zhangzhou had reached the point where it could no longer defend as it ran out of ammunition and food. In view of the current situation, Cao Yong decisively rejected the imperial court's order to mobilize troops. He wanted to solve the problem in Zhangzhou first before returning to Nanling. He believed that Nanling was extremely dangerous and dangerous. Although the defensive force was limited, it would never be possible in the short term. If there is a problem, Zhangzhou should be solved first to relieve the worries. Otherwise, if Zhang Jun stabs him in the back when his own side is in a stalemate with the Yanyun Army, the consequences will be disastrous. While Cao Yong refused the imperial order, he also wrote a letter stating his reasons.
However, Zhao Song, who was extremely sensitive to generals' disobedience, completely ignored Cao Yong's explanation and even thought that Cao Yong was about to rebel. As a result, the emperor and officials were extremely frightened. At the suggestion of Taishi Huang Cong, Zhao Heng sent royal troops to arrest Cao Yong's family members who stayed in Guangzhou, and then sent envoys to threaten Cao Yong with Cao Yong's family members, strictly ordering him to follow the imperial order and return to Nanling to aid.
When Cao Yong saw such an order from the court, he was heartbroken and helpless. He had no choice but to abandon the siege of Zhangzhou and lead his army back to Nanling to aid. When the Guangzhou court saw that Cao Yong finally obeyed his order, they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
Zhang Jun from Zhangzhou also breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Jun originally thought that the disaster was inevitable, but he did not expect that Cao Yong would suddenly withdraw at the most critical moment. Soon after, he received a report from the imperial court on what Wu Jie had done, and he couldn't help but murmured: "The Guangzhou imperial court is asking for its own destruction!" Then he reorganized the city defense, recruited surrounding counties and counties to surrender, and sent his cronies to the north. Go and contact Yan Yunjun.
Yelu Hanyu led two legions of more than 100,000 troops to storm the Song army's stronghold in Qitianling. They were unable to attack for many days. This was not because the Song army was very powerful, but because the local terrain was too dangerous. This mountainous area is full of peaks, jagged rocks, overgrown with thorns and poisonous insects. Even if the mountain is unguarded, it will not be easy to get over, not to mention that there are still tens of thousands of Song troops stationed on it. Yanyun's army attacked for several days and sacrificed more than a thousand soldiers in vain, but did not make any progress. Let alone progress, they did not even see what the Song army's camp on the mountain looked like.
However, good fortune and misfortune never come alone. Just when the war situation was in a stalemate, an urgent report suddenly came from Hongzhou, saying that the Eighth Prince was secretly transferring the army back from Quanzhou with unknown intentions.
Yelu Hanyu and the generals were surprised. Yelu Hanyu walked quickly to the map, his eyes fell on Quanzhou, and then slowly moved north, frowning tightly.
Yang Erya said angrily: "What the hell are the Eighth Prince and the others doing? We agreed that we would attack Guangdong and Guangxi from Nanling, and they would raise troops to attack Guangnan East Road from Fujian. Why did they secretly transfer the troops back?" Yang Erya frowned and said, "Did the Eighth Prince regret it?"
Yelu Hanyu said solemnly: "If you just regret it, let's pay it forward! I'm worried that the Eighth Prince wants to rebel!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this. At this moment, another herald rushed in, holding a letter in a red envelope with both hands, and said urgently: "Mother, there is an urgent military situation in western Sichuan!" Everyone's heart skipped a beat.
Let’s change the direction here for now, and turn our attention back to Bianliang. On this day, Ye Qi Guanyin, who was in charge of Bianliang, followed previous practice and convened a meeting of the cabinet members who stayed in Bianliang. While the meeting was going on, the herald sent an urgent report from Ningxia. Ye Qi Guanyin snorted coldly and said: "They must be Tubo people." Before the war, when the cabinet discussed the entire war, they had already discussed the possibility of Tibet's involvement. They all believed that Tibet had suffered heavy losses before, and now even if they don't know Even if they raise troops to invade, the troops are very limited, so there is nothing to worry about.
Ye Qi Guanyin opened the envelope, took out Yang Yanzhao's autographed letter, opened the envelope again, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it again. Everyone looked at Ye Qi Guanyin and suddenly saw her expression of shock. Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but have a bad premonition in their hearts, and couldn't help but look at each other. Ye Qi Guanyin finished reading the letter, put it down, and frowned.
Huang Qiaoyun couldn't help but ask: "Sister-in-law, what happened in the west? Is it the Tubo invaders? That's okay!" Ye Qi Guanyin's expression has returned to normal. She glanced at everyone and said calmly: "No. The Tubo invaders are from Xiliao." Everyone was shocked. Zuo Mou said in disbelief: "Didn't Xiliao also send envoys to express their sincerity for peace? How could they suddenly invade?" Then his heart moved and he said: "It must be that the Liao army in Bianjing did not obey the imperial court's orders and crossed the border to plunder without authorization. ! This kind of thing is always inevitable!" Everyone else also thought that this was the case.
Ye Qi Guanyin shook her head, "No. Xiliao has been planning for a long time, and their emperor Yelu Longqing personally led an army of 500,000 to invade!"
Everyone was shocked, and Chai Yongqi couldn't help shouting: "How could this be?" Yeqi Guanyin snorted coldly and said: "The envoy from Xiliao came to our Bianliang to put on a show before, but it was all fake! They are deliberately showing weakness to us so that we can take it lightly! This Yelu Dashi is really not simple! They have carefully planned such a big conspiracy!"
Zhang Xiang said with a pale face: "Now the main force of our army is either on the northern front or on the southern front. On the western front there are only 100,000 volcanic troops under Yang Yanzhao. Then we have to defend Tibet. This, this..." Others couldn't help but worry.
However, Ye Qi Guanyin looked very calm and said: "General Yang is a peerless general. His 100,000 troops are elite and well-equipped soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles. I believe that General Yang will not let the Xiliao people succeed!" Everyone heard this. With these words, the worry couldn't help but calm down a lot, but when I thought about the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ours, I couldn't help but worry again.
Ye Qi Guanyin lowered her head and looked at Yang Yanzhao's letter. Although her expression remained calm, she was very worried in her heart. In fact, Ye Qi Guanyin did not tell everything in the letter. In addition to saying that Xiliao invaded on a large scale, the letter also talked about the internal affairs of Ningxia. Almost at the same time as Xiliao invaded on a large scale, there were people from all over Ningxia. Spreading rumors, calling on the people to rebel, smashing government offices, and looting official warehouses, the situation is very serious. Although the local government and the power of "Huaxu" have taken countermeasures as soon as possible, it is still unclear whether the situation can be finally controlled. unknown. If this internal rebellion in Ningxia takes hold, Yang Yanzhao can only abandon Ningxia and shrink the defense line. If the rebellion can be suppressed, then with Yang Yanzhao's ability and the combat effectiveness of the 100,000 Volcano Army, it is still possible to resist it. The invasion of Xiliao. This time, it can be said to be a big test for Yanyun's policy in Ningxia. Whether he passes or not can be said to directly govern the direction of the situation in the west, and it will have a huge impact on the entire world.
Ye Qi Guanyin issued a series of orders, which were nothing more than mobilizing local military government troops and grain, grass and baggage reserves to support Ningxia. Then Ye Qi Guanyin repackaged Yang Yanzhao's letter and handed it to the herald, so that it could be delivered to the King of Yan as quickly as possible. The herald took the order and left. Ye Qi Guanyin glanced at everyone and said sternly: "This matter must not be leaked, otherwise it will cause commotion among the people! If anyone dares to leak this news, don't blame the ruthless military law!" Everyone's hearts trembled, and they bowed and agreed.
Let it go for now, and turn your attention back to the northern line. The 100,000 forwards led by Lakshen fought against the 110,000 Yanyun war cavalry led by Chen Xiao. Although they tried their best, they were still defeated and finally retreated with heavy losses.
Yeqihu City, who was leading the army southward, had just passed Gubei Pavilion when he received an urgent report from Lakshen, saying that he had encountered a counterattack by Prince Yan's 110,000 cavalry, and that the army was defeated and forced to retreat! When Yeqianhu City received this report, he was not surprised. He originally planned to let Lakshen's Mongolian cavalry go to meet the Yanyun Army head-on. Whether they could win or not was not important, but it could tell the general combat capabilities of the Yanyun Army. and one's own combat capabilities relative to Yanyun's army.
The army in Yeqihu City merged with Lakshen's defeated Mongolian army. Lakshen reported to Yeqihu City the specific situation of the battle and the battle losses on both sides. Finally, he said with a face of shame: "The general is incompetent and was defeated by Yan Yun's army so quickly!"
However, Ye Qian Hucheng was not angry at all, and said calmly: "It's very rare for you to have such a performance! I think you just lost because your equipment is not as good as them! If the equipment is equivalent, then it doesn't matter who will win!" Lark Shen said angrily: "If our Mongolian cavalry and the Yanyun cavalry have the same equipment, I will be confident that we will never lose to them!"
Ye Qian Hucheng thought for a moment, frowned and said: "Array breaking cavalry! This is not easy to deal with!" Then a smile appeared on his face, as if he had something to rely on. Phew...the sharp whistling sound of a loud arrow suddenly came from ahead. The generals were startled. Ye Qian Hucheng looked up and saw a thousand-man war cavalry appearing on the grassy slope in the distance. Although there were not many people, they gave people an extremely powerful feeling. Lakshen urgently ordered: "Get ready to fight!" The Mongolian war cavalry under his command immediately turned their horses, gripped their scimitars and spears, and charged forward as soon as the general gave the order. Other Khitan army units were also hurriedly mobilized, and the sound of horns was heard one after another. For a moment, there seemed to be countless long snakes circling and surging on the ground.
When Yeqihu City saw that the knight leading it was Yang Peng, King of Yan, they couldn't help but be surprised, and then they shouted: "King Yan, you are safe and sound!"
Yang Peng smiled and said loudly: "Yeqihu City has been missing for many days!" "King Yan, do you want to attack my million-strong army with just a thousand cavalry?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "I Today I’m here to see an old friend! Why don’t you and I come closer and talk!” Without thinking, Yeli Hucheng responded loudly: “Okay!” and then prepared to ride out. When all the generals saw that the king was about to leave, they were all shocked. One persuaded Ye Qi not to take risks in Hucheng, while the other said that Yang Peng had ulterior motives. If he suddenly attacked, the consequences would be serious! Ye Qian Hucheng was furious and shouted: "Don't look at King Yan with a villain's mind!" The generals were shocked and did not dare to say anything more.
Seeing Yang Peng's horse running out, Ye Qian Hucheng immediately raised his whip and ran out of the military formation to meet him. In the blink of an eye, both parties came to an open space in the middle and reined in their horses.
Yang Peng smiled and clasped his fists and said: "King Protector, or I should call you big brother!" Yeli Hucheng laughed loudly and praised loudly: "King Yan is King Yan, he is indeed extraordinary! Good! I am very happy to have you like this. A brother-in-law!" Then he asked eagerly: "How is my little sister doing now?"
Yang Peng's eyes showed tenderness and said: "Guanyin is very good, brother, don't worry!" Yeli Hucheng nodded, "She must be very happy following you! Hey, recalling what happened to her when she was a child, It’s like it was yesterday!”
Yang Peng asked: "Brother, how is Guanyin's mother doing now?" Ye Qianhu said: "She is also very good, but she often misses Guanyin! You tell Guanyin that as long as the elder brother is here, her mother will not have any problems. Just tell her to rest assured!" Yang Peng nodded, and then laughed at himself: "We are a family, but now we have to fight to the death! What a big deal!" Yeli Hucheng laughed loudly, "There is no way! Your Yanyun wants to sweep the world, and Daliao wants to survive, so we have to fight to the death!" He glanced at Yang Peng, "Unless you give up your ambition to sweep the world, the two of us will At home, it’s up to you and me to live and die! Either you, Yanyun, will destroy me, Daliao, or I, Daliao, will defeat you, Yanyun!"
Yang Peng laughed and said: "It seems that the drama of one's own family beating one's own family has to continue!" Yeli Hucheng looked at Yang Peng and said sternly: "You are an unparalleled hero, you definitely don't like peace. Time! Your ambition has no end. Unless someone can stop you, or you die, the wars caused by you, Yan Yun, will continue to happen!"
Yang Peng laughed and said: "Brother, are you praising me or hurting me? Why do I feel like the latter?" Yeli Hucheng laughed and said: "Whether it is praising you or hurting you, you don't care. I will care!" Yang Peng smiled. Ye Qian Hucheng took out a dagger studded with precious stones from his waist and threw it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng caught it and felt that it was heavy and bright. This dagger was definitely a priceless treasure. I heard Ye Qihucheng say: "My little sister has given it to you, but I, the elder brother, haven't sent you a gift yet. Just take this dagger as my gift." Yang Peng smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, brother. "
Ye Qian Hucheng smiled and said: "I have finished what I have said. Does my sister-in-law have anything else to say?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Brother, let's say goodbye, please take care of yourself! I don't want Guanyin to lose this A good brother who cares about her!" Yeli Hucheng said with a smile: "You have to be careful with each other, otherwise the little sister will have no man, and I, the older brother, will be so sorry for him!" Yang Peng laughed loudly, He cupped his fists and said, "See you later!" Then he turned his horse's head and galloped away. Ye Qian Hucheng smiled slightly, turned his horse's head, and ran back to the military formation.
Most of the Khitan generals were initially on tenterhooks, fearing that Yan King Yang Peng would take the opportunity to launch a violent attack. It was not until they saw Yeqihu City back safely that everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Ye Qihu Chengle turned his horse's head and looked towards Yang Peng, only to see Yang Peng waving his hand in this direction on the grassy slope, and then led his men to gallop away. Ye Qian Hucheng smiled slightly.
After meeting with Yang Peng in Yeqihu City, they led the army to continue south. In order to prevent being raided by Yanyun's cavalry, Yeqihu City dispersed all the light cavalry within dozens of miles around. Such a tight defense, even if The assault capability of the Yanyun Army's cavalry is also difficult to defeat!
A few days later, nearly 800,000 Khitan troops arrived at Tanzhou City and formed a large formation. Yang Peng also led an army of 400,000 people out of the city to confront the Khitan army. The sound of war drums from both sides was earth-shattering, and waves of shouts soared into the sky, which could be heard for hundreds of miles around. A strong general from the Khitan Army leapt out of his horse and shouted loudly. He shouted in Khitan. Most of the Yanyun Army could not understand it, but looking at his posture, it was natural to understand that he was here to challenge.
All Yanyun's warriors were about to go out to fight, but they didn't want to be overtaken by Yang Jing. I saw Yang Jing running out of the military formation on foot with a pair of pure steel axes, running in front of his opponent, raising the ax and roaring angrily: "Watch Grandpa Hei chop off your dog's head!" The Khitan army warrior glared and mumbled. The remarks. Yang Jing blinked blankly, and then yelled angrily: "It's his grandma's! If you want to fight, hit him. What are you talking about? Look at grandpa's axe!" He shouted, raised his ax and rushed forward.
When the Khitan army warrior saw this, he immediately mobilized his horses to meet him! He straightened up his spear and stabbed Yang Jing in the chest! Despite Yang Jing's stout appearance, he actually reacted very quickly. Seeing the cold light of the opponent's spear rushing towards him, he immediately raised his ax to protect his chest. At the same time, the ax in his other hand struck diagonally against the horse's hoof!
Snapped! Click! The two sounds sounded almost at the same time. The Khitan general's spear hit Yang Jing's ax hard, causing Yang Jing to almost fall. At the same time, Yang Jing's other ax cut off one of the front hooves of the opponent's horse. The Khitan army The warrior and his horse suddenly fell forward. The Khitan army warrior was agile and was about to be heavily carried to the ground. He suddenly jumped up, got out of the saddle, and landed firmly on the ground. However, his horse fell heavily to the ground and screamed sadly. Incessantly, I kept struggling but couldn't get up. The Khitan general suddenly turned around, pointed his spear at Yang Jing and muttered angrily.
Yang Jing raised a pair of axes and charged forward with a strange howl. The two axes simultaneously slashed at the opponent from top to bottom. The tiger and the tiger were powerful and powerful! The Khitan general immediately raised his pure steel spear horizontally, and heard a loud bang as Yang Jing's pair of axes struck the barrel of his spear heavily!
Yang Peng and others couldn't help but frown, and Liu Zhiliang next to him said in surprise: "That Khitan general is so strong, he can actually block Yang Jing's full blow!" It turns out that Yang Jing's martial arts is not that good among the generals. Exquisite, but better than brute force. When everyone usually competes with Yang Jing, although they think Yang Jing's moves are not difficult to deal with, they are quite afraid of his beast-like brute force. Now seeing that Khitan The general was naturally very surprised that he could block Yang Jing's full blow from both axes without moving at all.
At this time, Yang Jing was also very surprised that his opponent could withstand his full blow. At this moment, the Khitan general roared angrily, and at the same time pushed up with both arms! Yang Jing immediately leaned back involuntarily and stepped back one after another!
The Khitan would take the opportunity to step forward, raise his spear and stab Yang Jing in the chest, like a poisonous dragon emerging from its cave, extremely powerful! Yang Jing hurriedly waved his ax to block, only to hear a loud clang. The opponent's spear was blocked by Yang Jing, but Yang Jing's body couldn't help but staggered to the other side!
The Khitan generals continued to attack fiercely, roaring like tigers again and again, and saw that the pure steel spear seemed to have transformed into more than a dozen spears, waving at Li Kui like a storm; Yang Jing tried his best to wave a pair of axes, glaring at a pair of The bull's eye, veined forehead was covered with sweat, and the sound of the two weapons colliding was like setting off firecrackers.
Suddenly, more than a dozen gun shadows merged into one, turned in an arc in mid-air, just in time to get out of the defense of Yang Jing's double axes, and rushed straight into Yang Jing's chest from the gap between the two axes! Yang Peng and others were shocked when they saw this, and many people couldn't help but exclaimed! There was only a "thud" sound, and the opponent's spear suddenly pierced Yang Jing's chest, and a stream of blood gushes out! Yang Peng shouted: "Save Yang Jing quickly!" Liu Zhiliang and others immediately rushed out on horseback! Many warriors also came out of the Khitan army on the opposite side!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
