The Song army was unable to withstand the fierce attack of Yan Yun's main force, and was defeated like a mountain. It was like chasing a duck and fled out of the east city gate. Yan Yun's army immediately pursued them out of the city. Liu Guangshi tried to stabilize his position, but the army was in chaos and no one listened to his orders. He saw Yan Yun's army sweeping past like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. The Song army was dead and escaped. Escape, the scene is littered with corpses, and wolves and pigs are running around everywhere.
The pursuit and battle continued until sunset, and then Yanyun's teams gradually withdrew their troops. Yang Erya saw a beautiful female general coming towards her surrounded by generals. She was overjoyed and hurried forward to greet her.
"Sister!" Yelu Hanyu called with a smile. Although Yang Erya is much younger than Yelu Hanyu, Yang Erya entered Yang Peng's harem before Yelu Hanyu, so she is naturally Yelu Hanyu's sister in the harem. Yang Erya said happily: "You came just in time! If it were a moment later, I would..." He couldn't help but think of the terrible situation of never seeing his elder brother again. He quickly closed his mouth, shook his head, and put these thoughts away. Forgot.
Yelu Hanyu didn't see Yang Qi, so he asked: "Where is sister Yang Qi?" Yang Erya thought of Yang Qi and frowned: "She is injured..." Yelu Hanyu was surprised when he heard that Yang Qi was injured. , asked hurriedly: "Is she seriously injured?" Yang Erya frowned and said: "The medical officer said it is not life-threatening, but I still don't worry!" Yelu Hanyu said: "Let's go see her!" Yang Erya said Ya nodded and led Yelu Hanyu and others towards the city. Soon after, the two people walked quickly to Yang Qi's room. I saw Yang Qi lying on the bed, and two female medical officers were taking care of her. When they saw the two empresses coming in, they quickly bowed.
The two of them ran straight to the bed. Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but feel shocked when he saw Yang Qi's face was pale and her eyes were closed. She quickly looked at the two female medical officers on the side and asked in a low voice: "How is the situation?"
A female medical officer said quickly: "To tell you the truth, although Sister Yang Ba is seriously injured, she has not been injured in the inner palace. Her life is not in danger. Madam, don't worry!" Another medical officer nodded.
Yelu Hanyu turned to look at Yang Qi and found that although her face was pale, her breathing was very gentle and even. She did not look like she was dying, and she couldn't help but feel relieved. He whispered to Yang Erya: "Sister, let's not disturb Eighth Sister's recovery here." Yang Erya nodded. Yelu Hanyu ordered the two female medical officers: "You must pay attention to Sister Yang's condition at all times!" The two female medical officers bowed and agreed.
Yelu Hanyu and Yang Erya left the room. Yelutri couldn't help but worry and said: "If there is something wrong with Sister Yang, how can I explain it to my eldest brother!" Yang Erya said quickly: "You don't have to worry, it's not your fault! Besides, the two medical officers Didn't my sister say that there is nothing wrong with Sister Yang?" Yelu Hanyu nodded, but he still couldn't let go. He shook his head, put the matter aside for the time being, and said to Yang Erya: "Sister, let's discuss the next action!" Yang Erya nodded, and then asked hurriedly: "Sister, what is Cao Yong's weapon?" Has the army been dealt with?"
Yelu Hanyu smiled and nodded, "It has been solved. Half of Cao Yong's 200,000-strong army was annihilated and the other half surrendered. Now it has become our Yanyun Army! I led the two legions and the surrendered Song Army. Come over and rush for reinforcements, while Uncle Shi Liancheng leads the other two legions to cross Qitian Ridge and attack Guangnan East Road!"
Yang Erya was overjoyed, "Great! The situation of the battle has been completely reversed!" Yelu Hanyu nodded, thinking: "The next time is to annihilate Liu Guangshi's Song army!" Then there was ruthlessness in his eyes. With a look on his face, "The Eighth Prince dared to betray us Yan Yun, he must pay the price!" Yang Erya nodded with an indignant look.
At this moment, a scout ran over, knelt down and worshiped: "I have seen the two empresses!" Yelu Hanyu asked: "Where is Liu Guangshi's army now?" "Replying to the empress, Liu Guangshi's army did not do anything Any stop, we are retreating eastward! Now we are thirty miles away!"
The two women were startled, and Yang Erya said: "He ran so fast!" Then he looked at Yelu Hanyu, "Sister, if you don't chase after me quickly, I'm afraid he will run away!"
Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry, I have my own opinion, he can't run away! Sister, leave this matter to me. You have worked too hard these days, so you should stay in the government office and have a good rest!" Yang Erya really wanted to go after the abominable Liu Guangshi with Yelu Hanyu, but he felt that he could not leave Sister Yang alone in Hongzhou, and he had to stay here to take care of her, so he was unwilling to do so. He nodded and said angrily: "Sister, you can't let that Liu Guangshi escape!" Yelu Hanyu smiled, "Don't worry, he can't escape!" Then he cupped his fists and said: "Sister, I'm going." Yang Erya nodded. Yelu Hanyu led the scout away in a hurry.
After Yan Yun's main force defeated Liu Guangshi's army in one fell swoop and rescued Hongzhou, he immediately pursued eastward without stopping. Liu Guangshi and the Song army under his command were like frightened birds. Whenever they heard the news of pursuing troops, they were as frightened as if they were something. They did not dare to stop for a while on the road and kept running eastward. The hundreds of thousands of Song troops no longer looked like an army at all. They were running around in a panic. The army following Liu Guangshi dropped sharply from the initial tens of thousands. When they were about to reach Poyang City, Liu Guangshi was left with only Less than three thousand frightened remaining soldiers were defeated! The rest of the Song army spread to the surrounding Zhendian villages, burning, killing and looting. For a while, the local people were tortured! And this crazy behavior accelerated the demise of Zhao Song to a certain extent!
When Liu Guangshi and others saw Poyang City in sight, their panic could not help but calm down a lot. I made up my mind to go to Poyang City to rest for a while, and then fled back to Lin'an. The emperor was in front of me. The responsibility for the defeat naturally fell on the generals whose whereabouts were unknown at this moment.
Liu Guangshi led the remaining defeated generals to rush to the city and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly!" The soldiers around him also shouted: "Open the city gate quickly! The general is back!..." In the midst of the noise, only I saw a general appearing on the city wall. Liu Guangshi was stunned. He didn't know that person. He couldn't help asking Dadong: "Who are you?"
The man laughed and said in a loud voice: "I am the commander of the Yanyunhan Army, Sun Xie!" When Liu Guangshi and others heard that he was the general of the Yanyun Army, they were all stunned. For a moment, they didn't understand what happened. Something happened.
At this moment, the city gate opened and Yan Yun's army surged out! Liu Guangshi reacted in shock and shouted: "No! Run away!" He turned around and tried to escape! At this moment, the sharp sound of arrow rain suddenly came from the air. In an instant, the Song army officers and soldiers fell on their backs. Liu Guangshi's mount also received an arrow and tipped to one side, knocking Liu Guangshi off his horse. Liu Guangshi was frightened, got up in a hurry, and continued to run limping; but the soldiers around him could no longer care about him, jumping around in all directions, as if a pot was exploding, and as if they were suddenly encountered. A pack of wolves is like a flock of sheep.
Tens of thousands of Yanyun troops surrounded him, opened his 'big mouth', and swallowed up the defeated general Liu Guangshi in one go. Seeing Yan Yun's army surrounding them, the officers and soldiers of the Song Army were ashen-faced and terrified. They didn't know what to do. They were timid, their legs were trembling, and they couldn't even hold their weapons!
A Yanyun general shouted: "Surrender without killing!" All the Yanyun soldiers followed and shouted: "Surrender without killing! Surrender without killing!..." The soldiers of the Song Army dared to resist, and couldn't help but throw away their weapons and kneel on the ground. Beg for mercy.
General Yan Yun waved his hand, and all the Yan Yun soldiers immediately stepped forward and captured the Song Army soldiers. Sun Ze was very happy when he saw that Liu Guangshi and others were captured so smoothly.
Half a day later, Sun Xie received a report from the scouts saying that Princess Yelu Hanyu had arrived with an army. He quickly put on his military uniform, led his generals out of the city to greet them, and welcomed Yelu Hanyu and his party into the government office.
Yelu Hanyu sat high on the throne, and Sun Xie led the generals to bow before him: "Greetings to the Queen! Your Majesty is a thousand years old!" Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "You don't have to be polite!" "Thank you for your thousand years!" He thanked him and straightened up. Yelu Hanyu smiled and asked Sun Xie, "I heard that you have captured Liu Guangshi and others?"
Sun Xie hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Replying to your Majesty, Liu Guangshi and others fled to the city half a day ago. They had no idea that the city had been captured by our army, and they even shouted loudly at the door! I immediately ordered the troops under my command. We attacked and captured them effortlessly! Now Liu Guangshi is imprisoned in the government prison, waiting for the empress to come and punish him!" It turned out that when Liu Guangshi's army attacked Hongzhou with all its strength, Sun Xie's Hanzhong However, the main force of the army received Yelutri's order not to support Hongzhou. Instead, they bypassed Hongzhou from the north and then bypassed Poyang Lake. They captured Poyang City with lightning speed and completely cut off Liu Guangshi. Support the Song army's retreat. It turned out that Yelu Hanyu was already thinking about annihilating Liu Guangshi's army at that time. However, Yelu Hanyu's strategy was a bit risky. If he hadn't led the main army to deal with Cao Yong's army in time and arrived at Hongzhou in time, Yang Erya and Yang Qi would have perished! Fortunately, none of this happened in the end!
Yelu Hanyu nodded and said: "Let Liu Guangshi be locked up for now." He glanced at the generals and said, "We have more important things to do now." His eyes fell on Sun Xie and ordered: "Sun Xie, You lead the Hanzhong Army to wipe out the Song Army's defeated troops, and at the same time ensure the smooth flow of our army's logistics lines!" Sun Xie promised with clasped fists. Yelutri stood up and said: "I will lead the army to continue eastward and go straight to Lin'an!"
Concubine Zheng glanced at the Eighth Prince and saw that his face was full of panic and panic. He didn't look like an emperor at all. He was clearly just a gambler who had lost all his wealth in gambling.
"Your Majesty, before you fell into coma, there was some other news about Xiliao and the Liao Kingdom. The 500,000-strong army of Xiliao was suddenly attacked by Yang Yanzhao's troops under the city of Xiliangfu. They suffered heavy losses and have already retreated to Yumen Pass; As for the Khitans, they failed to break through Niulan Mountain in the Battle of Niulan Mountain. Instead, the Yanyun army broke through the camp, and the army was forced to retreat to Tanzhou! Your Majesty, I have to say that the Six Nations besieged Yanyun. The attempt has failed, Yan Yun Xiaorui is indeed invincible!" Every word of Concubine Zheng hit Zhao Gou's heart like a thunderbolt from the blue. The Eighth Prince's face became more and more ugly, and his expression became more and more desperate. .
After Concubine Zheng finished speaking, the Eighth Prince's energy and spirit seemed to have completely collapsed, and he murmured with dull eyes: "It's over! It's over!"
Concubine Zheng sighed, "Your Majesty, there are only two choices in front of Your Majesty now. One is to fight against Yan Yun's army to the end, and the result can only be destruction." The corner of the Eighth Prince's eyes twitched, showing boundless fear, and his body Trembling uncontrollably. Seeing him looking so useless, Concubine Zheng couldn't help but feel pity in her heart, and continued: "The other option is to bow to Yan Yun before it's too late!" Concubine Zheng originally thought she had said this. In other words, no matter how cowardly the Eighth Prince is, his dignity as an emperor will definitely make him furious. But he didn't expect that the Eighth Prince's eyes would light up after hearing what he said, as if a drowning man suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw. Concubine Zheng couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and said to herself: You don't even have any courage, why are you competing for the world with an unparalleled hero like King Yan?
I heard the Eighth Prince frowning and saying worriedly: "I just don't know if Prince Yan is willing to accept it?"
Concubine Zheng said: "Don't worry about this. King Yan is a figure similar to Tang Taizong, and he will definitely treat the surrendered king well. Like Xixia, which was destroyed by Yan Yun before, didn't all his emperor and royal family members get it? Is the King of Yan treating you kindly? Then the Emperor of Xixia will be granted a title, and he will never lack glory and wealth for the rest of his life! No matter how much you say, Your Majesty was once the monarch of King Yan, and King Yan’s treatment of Your Majesty must be better than that of the Emperor of Xixia!"
The Eighth Prince couldn't help but feel relieved, nodded, and said: "Then, I will surrender to Yan Yun!" Concubine Zheng was overjoyed and quickly suppressed her joy from showing it, saying: "If your Majesty can do this, not only will You can keep your glory and wealth, enjoy a good death, and save the soldiers and civilians from a catastrophe, which is a great merit!" The Eighth Prince sighed and said helplessly: "Since the general trend is the trend, I have no choice but to comply with the destiny of heaven!" Then he worriedly said He murmured: "I only hope that King Yan can treat us as kindly as my beloved concubine said!" Concubine Zheng said: "Your Majesty, don't worry!"
The Eighth Prince thought for a while, frowned and said, "But who can be the envoy to Yan Yun now? Those ministers must be willing to go, but I am afraid that if they go, they will betray me as the emperor! I Don’t worry about them!”
Concubine Zheng said: "If your majesty is not worried about the ministers in the court, why not let me make this trip!" The eighth prince looked at Concubine Zheng in surprise, then his eyes showed gratitude, and nodded: "Only my beloved concubine Only when I go can I rest assured! Then, my dear concubine, you will have a hard time!" Concubine Zheng said in greeting, "It's not too late, I will set off now!"
Putting aside the south for now, let us turn our attention to the Liao Kingdom and Shangjing.
The king and the ministers were discussing the strategy against Yan Yun in the study room, and the atmosphere was a bit depressing. Han Derang sighed and said: "I really can't believe it! The war situation will develop like this! The 800,000-strong army of the Protector King and the 400,000-strong army of the King of Yan fought fiercely, with no winner or loser, but Xiliao suffered a huge disaster. Defeated and retreated to Yumen Pass!" Everyone showed worried expressions.
The king asked Xiao Waner who was behind you: "Wan'er, what do you think?" Everyone's eyes immediately focused on her. The ministers did not dare to look down upon the maid next to the Queen Mother. These days, the Queen Mother often took her to participate in the event. She has put forward many unique insights on state affairs, which are impressive.
Facing the gazes of the most senior ministers of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Waner did not feel shy or fearful at all. She smiled slightly and said, "I have a low status, so I don't dare to speak nonsense. Now that the Empress Dowager inquires about it, I have no choice but to speak nonsense!" Wang Jun smiled slightly.
Xiao Waner collected her thoughts and said: "The development of the battle situation is indeed somewhat beyond the previous expectations! However, I think that Yan Yun has not changed the current unfavorable situation! The first is the direction of Yanjing. Although King Yan resisted the King Protector of the Country, Although Xiliao was defeated for a while outside Xiliang Mansion, Yelu Longqing was the founding monarch after all. It was unusual for him to be defeated. Stabilizing the situation, the Yanyun Army was unable to take advantage of the momentum to defeat them in one fell swoop. The latest intelligence showed that Yelu Longqing was not discouraged and had regrouped and continued to attack. Yelu Longqing's previous defeat was largely due to carelessness, and now he must be The same mistake will not be made again. The Yanyun Army is short of troops and horses in the west, and it may be difficult to withstand the all-out attack of the 300,000 Liao Army! Therefore, I am afraid that the situation in the west will eventually develop in a direction that is beneficial to Xiliao !”
After listening to Xiao Waner's analysis, everyone couldn't help but nodded. Xiao Waner continued: "As for us, please don't forget that there is also the direction of Longmen Mountain! The 200,000 Goryeo Army must be able to break through Longmen Mountain in the end! Although the Yanyun Army is powerful, it is impossible no matter what. Seriously, one is worth ten! With ten times the strength of our army, we can finally break through Longmen Mountain! As long as Longmen Mountain is broken, our elite army can sweep across the entire Datongfu Road, and then go south, occupy Shanxi, and approach Bianliang! In this way, It will affect all the Yanyun Army on the front line! At that time, our army will take the opportunity to attack from the direction of Yanjing, and it will definitely defeat the Yanyun Army in one fell swoop! In summary, the servant believes that the battle situation is slightly beyond previous expectations. , but the strength and weakness situation has not changed, and overall it is still in our favor!”
Handerang smiled and said: "Miss Wan'er's analysis is very wonderful, every word is on point!" Xiao Pangjinglun also smiled: "So Miss Wan'er believes that the final victory belongs to our coalition forces. ?”
Xiao Waner said with a smile: "I do think so. However, the final victory should belong to our country of Daliao and Xiliao. As for the other parties, they are just chess pieces in this big chess game, not the players." Everyone laughed. Standing up, Wang Jun praised: "What Wan'er said coincides with what I think!" Xiao Waner quickly bowed: "How dare I compare myself to the Queen Mother!" Wang Jun smiled slightly, waved his hand, and then said to the ministers : "In view of the analysis just now, the Ai family wants to send troops to reinforce Longmen Mountain in order to break through Longmen Mountain in the shortest possible time! If our army can make a breakthrough first in Western Liao, we can carve up the Central Plains in the future war. Occupying a very advantageous position!"
The ministers looked at each other, and Han Derang bowed and said: "I very much agree with the plan of the empress! However, there is a difficulty! The empress must not know that the money and food we obtained from the Japanese have been used up. There is no extra money or food to mobilize the army!"
The king showed surprise and said: "I remember that there should be a considerable amount of money and food left. How could it be gone?" Handerang quickly explained: "That's it. Previously, the Protector King attacked Niulan Mountain, but However, Yan Yun's army broke through the camp in a desperate attempt, so a large amount of food and supplies stored in the camp were destroyed! Later, at the request of the King Protector, in order to make up for the loss of food and grass for the King Protector's army, I sent the remaining supplies in the storehouse All the money, food and baggage have been transported!"
The king asked displeasedly: "Why didn't you report this matter to the Aijia?" Han Derang was shocked and quickly explained: "At that time, the empress went to the villa outside the city to play, and the matter was urgent and there was no time to report it, so I took it upon myself to make my own decision! "Wang Jun remembered that he had made an explanation when he left for Beijing, saying that if there was an emergency military matter, the prime minister could make a decision on the spot without asking for instructions. Thinking of this, Wang Jun's face softened and said: "That's it! The Ai family has spoken first, you can deal with it on the spot, you did nothing wrong!" When Han Derang heard this, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thank you, my queen. Yuan You.”
Xiao Wan'er said: "Madam, with the current military strength, we should be able to guarantee victory, and there is no need to increase the military strength. Increasing the military strength will also increase financial expenses, but it is not a good thing!" Wang Jun said with a smile: "That's fine. You can talk!" Xiao Waner smiled brightly and said, "Thank you for the compliment!"
The king looked at the ministers and said: "Since you can't send reinforcements, then don't send them! Prime Minister, you immediately draft two orders in the name of the Aijia, urging Li Fengxian to break through Longmen Mountain as soon as possible, and at the same time inform Ye Qihu City, There is no need to consider the Ai family's side, he can do anything based on his own judgment, and the Ai family will have no objections!" The ministers agreed and retreated.
Wang Jun stood up and said to Xiao Waner, "Waner, come with me for a walk in the garden." Xiao Waner bowed and agreed.
The two of them left the Imperial Study Room and came to the Imperial Garden. It was already early summer, the sun was shining brightly, and the scenery was brilliant. This bright scenery set off these two stunning beauties, Wang Jun and Xiao Waner, and they really complemented each other.
Wang Jun walked to the lake, stopped, looked at the sparkling lake, and couldn't help but sigh: "That King Yan is really unexpected! With such a surprise attack by King Protector, any opponent would have been defeated. He fell, but he was able to win in a dangerous situation and forced the King Protector to retreat! It’s so unexpected!”
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
