He rode a fast horse into Yanjing and handed a letter written by Yang Peng into Yang Jiumei's hands. Yang Jiumei immediately opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, and read it again, with a look of surprise on her beautiful face. In the letter, Yang Peng asked her to prepare a strategy to strengthen the wall and clear the country, and at the same time asked her to evacuate as soon as possible after all the arrangements were made. The words showed concern and concern for her, and the situation between the words clearly meant that there was some final writing. Yang Jiumei looked at the visitor and asked, "Did something happen on the front line?" The visitor hesitated for a moment and felt that there was no need to hide the matter from Lord Yelu, so he clasped his fists and said, "Yeli Hucheng led a main force. After reaching our army's side, the situation is extremely critical!"
Yang Jiumei was taken aback and asked anxiously: "How could it be so? Where did you come from in Yeqihu City?"
The visitor said: "He came from the 'Wild Dog Valley'." Yang Jiumei was stunned and said in surprise: "How is this possible? The thorny cliffs over the Wild Dog Valley are so remote and difficult to travel that it is very difficult for a few people to travel with light equipment, and the army simply cannot It’s impossible to pass!” The visitor shook his head, expressing his ignorance.
Yang Jiumei frowned and murmured: "The main army of Yeqihu City appeared behind our army, which formed a pincer attack. Although our army is difficult to resist, I'm afraid we won't even be able to retreat! If we retreat hastily at this time, it will only cause trouble. If the whole army is in chaos, the result will be even more serious!" I couldn't help but feel palpitations in my heart, my brows furrowed even more tightly, and I thought to myself: 'With this situation, I'm afraid the defeat is already certain! This, what should we do? ' After thinking for a moment, I picked up the letter in my hand and took a look. A gentle smile suddenly appeared in my eyes. It turned out that she suddenly thought: Under such circumstances, he actually wanted me to escape. It seems that he has true feelings for me!
The visitors felt baffled when they saw Yang Jiumei suddenly showing a gentle smile. Yang Jiumei came to her senses, returned to the desk, sat down, picked up the brush, and quickly wrote a letter. Then he dried the ink, folded it, and put it into the envelope. He stood up and walked to the visitor, handed him the letter, and said: "Put this letter into the hands of King Yan." The visitor bowed and agreed, and left in a hurry. .
Yang Jiumei was in a daze for a while, then immediately summoned the officials from the left-behind mansion and gave her instructions carefully. All the officials looked at each other and felt a little uneasy, because Master Yang's instructions were all about strengthening the walls and clearing the country and evacuating the people. This seemed to indicate that the battle situation on the front line was not good!
Yang Jiumei saw everyone's worries and said calmly: "Don't think wildly. Everything is fine on the front line. King Yan is fighting Yeqi Hucheng! You should know that with King Yan's ability, even if he cannot defeat Yeqi Hucheng, he can resist There is no problem with the Khitan army's attack! The reason why I am instructing you to do these things is just to prevent the enemy from raiding Yanjing and other places with surprise troops, and also to reduce the damage caused by the enemy's surprise troops to the people everywhere. Although this possibility is not It’s not big, but it’s always better to prevent anything before it happens than to react hastily when it happens.”
After hearing this, all the officials felt less worried and agreed one after another. Yang Jiumei said: "If there are no problems, just follow my instructions!" The officials agreed and knelt down.
Yang Jiumei walked to the gate, looked up at the northern sky, smiled slightly, and murmured: "I won't leave! I will live and die with you! If you are not spared in the end, I will follow you underground!" The beautiful and noble face actually radiated the light of happiness. Yang Jiumei secretly said: "Although you have so many princesses, it is me who will accompany you in the end." At this time, Yang Jiumei didn't feel scared at all, but there was a faint expectation deep in her heart.
In the big tent, Yang Peng was assigning tasks to the generals: "... I will take the lead in this battle, and all the formation-breaking cavalry and King Yan's cavalry will follow me as the vanguard! Liu Zhiliang led more than 40,000 other cavalry as the first Second formation, follow me, follow me to expand the results! Li Xu, you lead the 300,000 infantry to follow up, follow behind us, and attack bravely!" The generals agreed in unison, and everyone's eyes showed He looked desperate.
Cao Jun asked anxiously: "King Yan, why don't you have my mission?" Yang Peng looked at Cao Jun and said: "You will lead the remaining 30,000 infantry to guard Niulan Mountain. If Yelihu City attacks Niulan You must guard the mountain for me!" Cao Jun promised loudly.
Yang Peng glanced at everyone and said seriously: "This battle has far-reaching implications. We cannot afford to lose, we must win!" The generals nodded solemnly, and Yang Jing shouted carelessly: "Brother, don't worry, I, Yang Jing, are here. , we will definitely win!" Everyone laughed.
At this moment, the secret guard Yang Peng sent to Yanjing to deliver a message to Yang Jiumei came back. He cupped his fists and bowed to Yang Peng: "King Yan, my subordinate is back." Yang Peng nodded. The generals clasped their fists towards Yang Peng and said, "General, please retire!" Then they filed out.
The secret guard waited until all the generals had left, then took out Yang Jiumei's letter, presented it with both hands, and said, "This is Master Yang's reply."
Yang Peng took the letter and asked, "Does she have anything?" The secret guard shook his head and said, "No." Yang Peng took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it. A look of shock suddenly appeared on his face, and then his eyes became gentle. After reading the letter, I walked to the door of the big tent with my hands behind my back, looked at the sky in the distance, and stood in a daze. He couldn't help but sigh and murmured: "Why are you doing this!"
Da da da da..., the rapid sound of horse hooves came, pulling Yang Peng back from his thoughts. Yang Peng followed the sound and saw a scout galloping into the military camp. The scout ran straight towards this side, ran to Yang Peng not far away, and suddenly reined in his mount. The mount stood up. The scout didn't wait for the mount to stand firm, then he turned over and jumped down. He ran to Yang Peng and got down on one knee. Bye, he panted and said: "Report to King Yan, the enemy is less than a day's journey from Niulan Mountain!"
Yang Peng looked calm and said calmly: "I know. Keep investigating." The scout agreed, turned around, got on his horse, turned the horse's head, and galloped away. Half an hour later, the herald came to report that the armies were ready. Yang Peng immediately led the secret guards and rushed down to Niulan Mountain. At this time, 400,000 Yanyun's troops were already arrayed at the foot of Niulan Mountain. They were crowded and mighty, and they were all ready to go!
Yang Peng rode his horse to the front of the army and reined in the horse. He glanced at the soldiers in front of him and looked at the resolute and courageous faces. He couldn't help but feel heroic and raised his voice: "Brothers, you should already know that Ye Qianhu City led the main force of the Khitan army to bypass our army's rear. It's something! I'll tell you the truth, the situation is extremely critical now. Only by risking our lives can we turn defeat into victory and win! If we lose, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun will be lost, and the entire Central Plains may be in danger. Such a loss! Then our parents, wives, and children will become lambs to be slaughtered by others! Are you willing to see that kind of scene?"
"I don't want to!" Yan Yun's soldiers roared together. Yang Peng said: "For our relatives, we may die in this battle, but we must not lose!" General Yan Yun couldn't help but his blood boiled, and he roared: "Fight bloody to the end! Fight bloody to the end!..." Yang Peng raised his iron horse, " Brothers, follow me, attack the enemy camp, and fight until dawn!"
The war drums rumbled loudly, and the 400,000 Yanyun army began to mobilize. As for the Khitan army camp, Xiao Qianbuli, who was responsible for staying at the camp, had long sensed that the situation was unusual and began to deploy defenses early in the morning. At this time, seeing Yan Yun's army rolling in like a raging wave, he couldn't help being surprised.
Yang Peng, the King of Yan, personally led 60,000 heavily armored cavalry and charged towards the enemy camp like a torrent of steel. The ground was shaking! Seeing such power, the officers and soldiers of the Khitan Army could not help but turn pale, with cold sweat dripping from their foreheads! Xiao Qianbuli stared at the rapidly approaching steel torrent, couldn't help but pursed his lips, his eyes widened, and his heart was completely raised. When the Yanyun cavalry entered the range of the Khitan army's artillery fire, Gan Buli shouted sharply: "Fire!"
Boom, boom, boom... The thunderous noise suddenly became one, and the rain of bullets screamed into the raging steel wave, causing countless ripples. Many armored cavalry were flying with flesh and blood, and people were turned upside down. Even with this kind of steel, Even his body cannot withstand the huge power of the cannonball! However, Yan Yunjun did not retreat after being attacked by such a fierce attack. Instead, he became even more crazy. His hoarse roar almost drowned out the waves of horse hooves!
After firing one round, the Khitan army's artillery hurriedly reloaded, but it was obviously too late for the second round of shooting. Seeing that the Yanyun cavalry entered the range of the crossbows, the Jin army's crossbowmen fired arrows one after another, and the arrows were like flying locusts. However, the scene this time was completely different from just now. The arrows fired by the Khitan army could not do anything to the Yanyun army at all. Hurt, Yan Yun's battle cavalry surged forward bravely against the rain of arrows from the Khitan army. That kind of power was simply unstoppable! The Khitan army officers and soldiers were frightened, and their morale was aroused. Xiao Qian Buli saw this and shouted sternly: "Don't be afraid! No matter how strong the armored warriors are, they can't break through our fence!" Only then did the Khitan army officers and soldiers realize that they were hiding behind a solid fence made of logs. Although the war cavalry is strong, it is impossible to break through the barrier of the fence.
At this moment, dozens of black spots suddenly emerged from the steel wave and rushed towards the fence of the Khitan military camp. They were dozens of Yanyun light cavalry. The Khitan army officers and soldiers suddenly saw such a scene and felt baffled. Before this thought was finished, several Yanyun light cavalry had already rushed to the fence. Suddenly, a huge roar exploded. At the same time, a huge fireball shot into the sky, and a strong hot wind rolled up the sand and stone and crashed into the Khitan. In the middle of the army! The Khitan army was horrified. Xiao Qianbuli's expression changed with horror, and he shouted sternly: "Quick, shoot those light cavalry to death!"
However, Xiao Qianbu's voice still echoed in the air, and the dozens of light cavalry crashed into the fence one after another. Dozens of huge explosions combined together were truly earth-shattering and deafening. The powerful force blew up the fence made of logs. It's all in disarray! Gan Buli's face instantly turned pale, and he saw the wave of steel led by Yang Peng rushing in. Horses trampled thousands of troops, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. Ganbuli came to his senses and led the army to resist desperately. However, the armored cavalry that broke the formation were too powerful, and at this time they were like wild beasts. Although the Khitan army soldiers tried their best to rush forward, they still could not resist it. Groups of soldiers and horses were washed to pieces by the indestructible torrent of iron armor.
At this moment, Yanyun light cavalry and Yanyun infantry arrived one after another. The Khitan army could no longer resist and was defeated like a mountain. Yanyun's army broke through the Chinese army's largest camp among the eighteen Khitan army's camps in one fell swoop. Immediately, the Yanyun army divided into ten troops and attacked ten Khitan army camps at the same time. The Yanyun army moved forward bravely, risking life and death. Although the Khitan army tried its best, it could not resist the crazy Yanyun army! Ten fortresses fell one after another! The Khitan army retreated in a hurry, and the Yanyun army took advantage of the victory to attack again! Xiao Qianbuli saw that Yan Yun's army was so brave that he simply abandoned all the camps in the plain area and withdrew all the remaining troops to the three camps in the mountains, preparing for the final resistance!
The Yanyun army reorganized their formation on the plain at the foot of the mountain and prepared for the final attack. Yang Peng immediately stood on a small hill, looked up at the sky, and was surprised to find that a day had passed before he knew it.
At this moment, a huge killing sound and the sound of war drums suddenly came from behind. Yang Peng frowned and turned to look towards Niulan Mountain, only to see a surge of people on Niulan Mountain. In the distance, a herald came galloping towards him, ran straight up the hill, dismounted, knelt down on one knee, and said urgently: "This is to inform King Yan that the army of Yeqian Hucheng has begun to attack the mountain!" Yang Peng snorted. , "I know." Seeing that King Yan had no intention of saying anything, the herald stood up, bowed to Yang Peng, got on his horse, and ran back.
The main force of the Liao Kingdom surged up the mountain like a wave, one after another, stepping on the corpses of their own soldiers and roaring to attack continuously; the Yanyun Army's defensive troops fought desperately to resist, and the Yanyun Army soldiers were extremely powerful, waving their weapons and killing the Jin army. Flying, but after all, the tigers could not hold off the wolves, and they died on the battlefield one after another. The last few remaining seriously injured Yanyun troops tried their best to light the powder barrels with their remaining strength. With a loud bang, Yanyun on the defense line The entire army was killed! The Liao army continued to attack with fresh troops, and the Yanyun army's defense lines were being breached one after another! The situation is already critical for Wan Fei! If Niulan Mountain is lost, Yan Yun's army will be in dire straits!
When Cao Jun and other generals saw that the Khitan army had reached the last line of defense, they all went to the front line to fight against the Khitan army. Yan Yunjun chopped with knives and stabbed with guns, and some even hugged the enemy and fell into the cliff. The dead soldiers rushed into the enemy group with burning gunpowder barrels and roared. Amidst the rising fireballs, the Khitan army Casualties were heavy, and the will to attack quickly waned. Finally, the Khitan army stopped attacking and retreated like an ebbing tide. At this time, corpses were everywhere on Niulan Mountain, and the originally gray-white stones were dyed a brown color.
Yeqi Hucheng was very anxious, but it was useless to be anxious at this time. The army's will to attack has been completely exhausted. To attack again, it must regroup and remobilize, which takes time.
Ye Qian Hucheng thought of the battle situation in the camp, turned around and asked the generals around him: "How is the battle situation in the camp?" One of the generals said: "General Xiao Loushi has already climbed up the hill to check!" Ye Qianhucheng looked at the hill next to him. That hill was much shorter than Niulan Mountain, but standing there he could see the situation of the camp in the north through the mountainside of Niulan Mountain.
After a while, Xiao Loushi ran back and whispered to Ye Qianhu City with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, the situation in the camp is very bad! Seventeen of the eighteen fortresses have been breached by the Yanyun Army!" Ye Qian Hucheng was shocked and almost shouted out. Fortunately, he held back at the last moment. He was extremely angry and said: "Xiao Qianbuli has 200,000 troops and more than 200 cannons. How come it's so fast?" Seventeen fortresses were breached by the Yanyun Army?" Xiao Loushi frowned, with a look of horror on his face, and said: "The offensive of the Yanyun Army was astonishing, more astonishing than anything he had ever seen before! That kind of offensive is thrilling even when viewed from such a distance!"
Yeqianhucheng snorted, "They were in a desperate situation, so they fought to the death!" Then he asked: "Do you think we will break through Niulan Mountain first, or the Yanyun Army will break through our camp first?" Xiao Loushi frowned and shook his head and said: "The general can't judge." Yeli Hucheng frowned and thought, suddenly a crazy light flashed in his eyes, and said decisively: "Then let's see who will win this time!" He glanced at his own side. Seeing that they were almost ready, the army immediately didn't want to wait any longer and shouted sternly: "Beat the drums, attack!"
The war drums of the Khitan army rang loudly, and the Khitan army soldiers surged towards the mountain with shouts. Cao Jun saw that the enemy army was as endless as a wave. His eyes were focused and showed a desperate look. He raised his horizontal sword and shouted sternly: "Brothers, fight with the Khitans!" The soldiers roared one after another, and everyone's eyes were filled with laughter. All radiate crazy light.
Look to the other side. The war drums of the Yanyun army beat like the roar of demons, and Yang Jing led 20,000 infantry troops to storm the last stronghold defended by the Khitan army. The Khitan army fired arrows from a high position, while the Yanyun army held up their shields and continued to advance against the enemy's arrow rain. Seeing that the arrows were ineffective, the Khitan army threw down the rolling stones and trees. In an instant, they saw the rolling stones rushing down the hillside, like a flash flood, and crashed into the Yanyun army! Many Yanyun soldiers were smashed to pieces, and many Yanyun soldiers were thrown away by the huge force. However, Yanyun soldiers had no intention of backing down and kept approaching the enemy camp step by step! The generals and soldiers couldn't help but become anxious when they saw that rolling stones and trees could not stop Yan Yun's army.
The Yanyun army approached the Khitan army camp and threw down their shields one after another. The Yanyun army in front roared and rushed towards the Khitan army camp, while the Yanyun army soldiers behind raised their crossbows and fired. A powerful rain of arrows flew into the camp through the gaps between the fences, and immediately shot down many Khitan soldiers arrayed in front of the fences!
Xiao Qianbuli shouted sternly: "Fire the arrows!" The Khitan army's crossbowmen fired a wave of arrows at the Yanyun army that was charging up. The dense rain of arrows roared past, and many Yanyun soldiers were shot to the ground. . Yan Yunjun immediately stopped charging, raised his shield and hid behind the shield, slowly approaching the enemy camp. The Jin Army's crossbowmen fired desperately, and then waves of arrows flew past, most of which were blocked by shields, with little effect; while the arrows fired by the Yanyun Army could always cause considerable damage to the opponent's crossbowmen. However, although the Khitan army's crossbowmen suffered heavy losses, none of them escaped. They all pursed their lips tightly and braved the rain of arrows from the Yanyun army, and continued to fire arrows to block the Yanyun army.
Yan Yun's army suddenly stopped advancing, and the Khitan soldiers in the camp were stunned. Immediately, dozens of Yanyun Army soldiers rushed out holding burning bags of gunpowder. The Jin Army soldiers immediately thought of the scene they encountered before, and their expressions changed. Gan Buli shouted sternly: "Shoot them to death!" The crossbowmen immediately focused their firepower on them. More than twenty Yanyun soldiers were hit by arrows. However, except for a few who were hit by arrows in vital parts and died on the spot, they all continued to shoot at them. The Khitan military camp rushed forward! When the Khitan soldiers saw them running to the fence and falling down, their expressions changed greatly! Boom boom boom..., there was a huge explosion, and the solid fence made of logs collapsed!
Yang Peng stood up and shouted sternly: "Come with me!" Shouting, he rushed towards the Khitan military camp first, and the soldiers of Yanyun surged up with shouts.
At this moment, there was no other way for the Khitan people. Xiao Qianbuli picked up his spear and shouted sternly: "Kill!" He roared and faced the Yanyun army first. The Khitan soldiers pulled out their scimitars and roared. He rushed forward.
The armies of both sides collided violently, swords flashed, flesh and blood flew everywhere, the roars of the soldiers on both sides were heard, and screams were mixed in one after another. A Khitan Army officer had his right hand cut off by a Yanyun soldier who rushed up. He yelled, rushed forward, and hugged the Yanyun soldier's body tightly with his left hand. The Yanyun soldier struggled violently, but he couldn't do anything. After struggling to free himself, he immediately raised the horizontal knife in his hand and pierced the chest of the Khitan Army officer. The Khitan Army officer screamed and bit the Yan Yun soldier's neck. The blood surged violently and was about to break Yan Yun's neck. Soldier Yan Yun's neck aorta, Soldier Yan Yun fell softly, and the Jin Army officer fell on him.
On the other side, a Yanyun officer was trapped in a tight siege. Several Khitan soldiers around him roared and thrust their spears at him at the same time. Officer Yan Yun was injured and covered in blood. He was unable to resist. Three spears pierced his body at the same time. Officer Yan Yun roared fiercely, hugged three spears with both hands, and violently retreated. The three Jin Army soldiers staggered back with a look of horror on their faces. At this moment, the officer Yan Yun stepped forward and slashed the head of the Khitan soldier in the middle with his sword. When the other two Khitan soldiers saw this, their hearts trembled. Then they yelled and thrust their spears at officer Yan Yun again. Officer Yan Yun groaned, feeling that his vision was blurred, and his strength seemed to be rapidly dissipating as the blood flowed out. Officer Yan Yun shouted, hugging the gun shaft on the left with his left hand, and slashed the gun shaft with the horizontal knife of his right hand. With a click, the gun shaft broke. The Khitan soldier who was holding half of the gun shaft was shocked. Then he saw the man who had long ago Officer Yan Yun, who was supposed to be dead, rushed to his eyes and raised the bloody sword high. The Khitan soldier wanted to resist, but his body simply refused to obey.
