Yang Jiumei returned to Yang Peng, put her cheek against the skin of Yang Peng's chest, and said, "About Yue Li Chao, are you really not worried at all?"
Yang Peng stroked Yang Jiumei's skin and said: "With our current strength, there is nothing to worry about! Even if we are caught off guard by the Yue Li Dynasty, the worst we can do is let them take over southwest Guangxi first, but it won't be long before we I'll get it back again!" Yang Jiumei got off Yang Peng's body, her lower limbs were still wrapped around Yang Peng's lower limbs, but her upper body was lying on her side next to Yang Peng, thinking: "I'm afraid things will develop as you said. , the southwest part may be occupied by the Yue Li Dynasty! However, Meier is mobilizing an army there, so it may be difficult for the Yue Li Dynasty to occupy those lands!"
After a pause, he said: "But you can't be careless! The Yue Li Dynasty's army of more than 200,000 cannot be underestimated after all, and it is very adapted to the local hot and humid climate. Although our army is elite, it can fight in such a place. I'm afraid there will be acclimatization. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Shu Han Dynasty sent troops from Sichuan to attack the southern barbarians. In fact, the two places were not far apart, but serious acclimatization occurred, which almost caused Zhuge Liang's Pingnan plan to die midway. Now our army We are all soldiers from the north, going to fight in the hot flash areas of the south thousands of miles away. This situation of acclimatization will only become more serious! The Yue and Li dynasties have a favorable geographical location. If the stalemate lasts for a long time, it will be detrimental to us. Even if we win in the end, I’m afraid it will cost us a lot!”
Yang Peng sat up. Seeing this, Yang Jiumei also sat up, the quilt slipped off her body, and her charming body was completely exposed to the air.
Yang Peng frowned and said: "You reminded me that I had ignored this issue before! You are right. If there is a serious acclimatization, we can only rely on the surrendered Song Army. But Those armies are obviously unreliable. I am afraid that the recovery of the entire Guangxi will have to be postponed!" After a pause, "The main force of our army is from the north. The situation will be the same for any troops transferred south. It will be the same for other troops transferred. When going south, it is better to provide medical protection. I will immediately order the Bianliang Cabinet to immediately mobilize doctors from all over the country who are good at treating dysentery and other diseases as well as related medicinal materials to be shipped to the south! At the same time, I will inform Meier and ask her to pay attention to this situation. !”
The messenger horse sent by Yang Peng left Yanjing as quickly as possible and rushed to Bianliang. He kept changing horses and traveled all the way. Within a few days, he arrived at Bianliang and conveyed Yang Peng's order to the cabinet. Under the chairmanship of Zhang Xiang, the cabinet immediately passed a resolution and ordered Henan, Lianghuai, Jiangnan, Sichuan and other places to immediately summon doctors to purchase medicinal materials and transport them to the south.
At the same time, the battle to defend Nanning began.
The Vietnamese army began to strengthen the Yongjiang River, but Yanyun's army was well prepared to forcefully block the Vietnamese army crossing the river. The battle was very fierce. The Vietnamese army rushed to the north bank many times, but they were defeated by the brave Yanyun soldiers. Corpses were strewn on the river beach, most of them were the corpses of the Vietnamese army. The water of the Yongjiang River was dyed red with blood. . The Vietnamese army attacked for several days, but failed to break through the Yanyun defense line, and the war entered a stalemate.
However, at this moment, urgent news came that an elite group of Vietnamese troops had sneaked across the Yongjiang River from the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River and were now building a pontoon bridge. In fact, Shi Liancheng had expected this situation. However, the Nanning garrison only had 40,000 troops. Facing the fierce attack of nearly 200,000 Vietnamese troops from the front, it was already very difficult. It was impossible to allocate troops to defend in other directions. .
Shi Liancheng frowned and thought after receiving the news that an elite group of Vietnamese troops had crossed the Yongjiang River. He raised his head and said decisively: "Huang Xin, guard Nanning for me!" Huang Xin was startled and said anxiously: "General, with our strength, it is difficult to eliminate the elite Vietnamese troops crossing the river, and if our troops are all Once we get to the upper reaches, if the enemy's main force attacks again, Nanning will be in danger! My subordinates believe that we should defend the city and wait for reinforcements from the general manager!"
Shi Liancheng said: "If the enemy troops are allowed to cross the Yongjiang River safely to besiege Nanning, it will be difficult for us to wait until the general manager comes to help! At this point, we have no choice! I have made up my mind, you will lead 30,000 troops Continue to defend Nanning, while I will lead 10,000 elites to attack the enemy forces upstream!" Huang Xin knew that Shi Liancheng was right, so he agreed with some helplessness.
Immediately, Shi Liancheng led 10,000 elites to leave Nanning and go upriver. The Vietnamese army on the other side discovered the actions of Yan Yun's army and thought they had an opportunity, so the main force immediately launched another fierce attack. Huang Xin commanded soldiers and horses to resist, and the two sides fought fiercely. The scene was very fierce.
Shi Liancheng led 10,000 elite troops to move north quickly. Before nightfall, he saw the enemy's bridgehead position. 20,000 enemy troops had already lined up their military formations and were ready. At the same time, behind them, thousands of Vietnamese soldiers were stepping up their efforts to build a military base. Two-thirds of the pontoon bridge has been erected, and tens of thousands of Vietnamese troops on the south bank are waiting to cross the Yong River.
Shi Liancheng raised his long sword and shouted sternly: "Brothers, follow me and crush the enemy army!" Ten thousand soldiers roared in unison. Shi Liancheng urged his war horses to rush towards the enemy's formation first, followed by ten thousand soldiers roaring and rushing away.
Seeing that Yan Yun's army had few soldiers, the general of the Vietnamese army dared to charge. He couldn't help but said with a ferocious smile: "I'm really impatient!" Then he shouted to the crossbowmen: "Crossbowmen, prepare!" The Vietnamese army's crossbowmen immediately bowed. The bow and arrow were pointed at the rushing Yan Yun army, waiting for the general's order.
Seeing this scene, many Yanyun soldiers took off the shields they originally carried on their backs and raised them in front of them to protect their heads, faces and chests, but they kept charging towards the enemy with one step at a time.
When the general of the Vietnamese army saw Yan Yun's army entering the shooting range, he shouted sternly: "Fire the arrows!" The Vietnamese army's crossbowmen fired arrows together. When the sky darkened, dense arrows rushed towards Yan Yun's army like locusts. ! Yan Yunjun had no intention of stopping! In the blink of an eye, there was only a loud crackling sound, just like a heavy rain hitting a banana leaf. The dense rain of arrows from the Vietnamese army fell. Most of them hit the shield of Yan Yun's army, and some of the arrows were fixed on the On the ground, several Yanyun Army soldiers were hit by arrows. Those who were slightly injured did not take it seriously and continued to charge, while those who were seriously injured fell to the ground with a groan.
The Yanyun army kept approaching the Vietnamese army, and the Vietnamese army kept firing arrows. However, the Yanyun army was perfect in attacking, killing, and defending. The long-range attacks of the Vietnamese army were not very effective. Seeing this scene, the Vietnamese general couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. Seeing that Yan Yun's army was very close to his own line, he ordered the crossbowmen to stop shooting, and ordered the shield bearers in front to rush to prepare for the battle. At the same time, he ordered the warriors behind him to wait for the enemy troops to charge into the formation. After the power was relieved, they Immediately rush into the enemy formation and kill the enemy! The Vietnamese army was ready, just waiting for Yanyun's army to charge into the formation.
The Yanyun army suddenly stopped, and the shields protecting the entire army were withdrawn. More than a thousand Yanyun sergeants held powerful divine arm bows and pointed them at the enemy's shield line! They suddenly pulled the trigger, only to hear a loud buzzing sound, and more than a thousand powerful arrows screamed towards the enemy. There was a loud bang, and the powerful crossbow arrows penetrated the Vietnamese army's shield like a torrent. It penetrated the bodies of the Vietnamese soldiers, and in an instant, the original tight shield defense line of the Vietnamese army collapsed! The soldiers of the Vietnamese army were shocked when they suddenly saw such a scene. They had never expected that such a thing would happen!
The Yanyun soldiers holding divine arm bows retreated, and thousands of soldiers holding repeating crossbows came forward. The Yanyun army started again, approaching the Vietnamese army's battle formation. At the same time, the thousands of soldiers at the front kept pulling the triggers, repeating the crossbows. Puff, puff, puff, arrows were sprayed out in succession, and the soldiers of the Vietnamese army were hit by arrows one after another, and for a while, screams could be heard one after another! When the soldiers of the Vietnamese army saw their opponents' hand crossbows spraying out arrows one after another, and many of their own personnel were shot down in a very short period of time, they couldn't help but panic, and the whole army became commotion!
The Vietnamese general quickly ordered the warriors to charge and kill. Thousands of Vietnamese warriors held up long-handled swords and charged towards Yan Yun's army, howling and ferocious, like a pack of crazed wild dogs. Seeing the enemy troops coming, Yan Yun's army immediately focused its fire on them. They saw dense arrows flying all over the sky. The Vietnamese warriors fell to the ground one after another, and their charging momentum was dampened.
The Yanyun soldiers holding repeating crossbows suddenly separated to both sides. Shi Liancheng leaped out and led thousands of Yanyun troops to rush into the middle of the opponent. Like a tiger descending from a mountain, he bravely moved forward, with swords dancing wildly, killing the Vietnamese warriors. The corpses were covered in blood, and these leading figures in the Vietnamese army were like lambs under the claws of a tiger, completely defenseless! When the soldiers of the Vietnamese army saw this scene, they couldn't help but be horrified. It was only then that they suddenly realized that Yan Yun was so fierce, much more terrifying than the previous Song army!
At the same time, the Yanyun Army soldiers holding repeating crossbows were divided into left and right wings, advancing in a battle formation while shooting. The Vietnamese soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, unable to resist, and kept retreating. The morale of the army had begun to waver.
Seeing that the army was getting more and more chaotic, the general of the Vietnamese army became angry and anxious. He roared loudly and ordered his soldiers to step forward and fight for their lives. Suddenly, General Yan Yun was seen charging all the way, one by one, and he was invincible to anyone who stood in his way. The general of the Vietnamese army was startled. Seeing that the opponent was about to rush towards him, he hurriedly drew his long sword and urged his horse to meet him. Shi Liancheng rushed straight towards the Vietnamese general, and suddenly roared loudly, like thunder exploding. The Vietnamese general was startled, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble! Immediately, I saw the terrifying Yan Yun warrior rushing towards me, with his long sword raised high, as powerful as a tiger! The general of the Vietnamese army was frightened, and he hurriedly raised his long sword. He saw a flash of light from the sword in front of his eyes and a loud clang!
The two horses passed each other and then turned their horses' heads. The Vietnamese general's right hand couldn't stop trembling. He was extremely horrified. He never expected that his opponent's strength and momentum would be so terrifying! Suddenly a rumor came to mind: 'The fierce general Yan Yun, a member of the dragon and tiger, dominates the world and is invincible! '
kill! The opponent's roar came again. The Vietnamese general looked around in surprise, and saw that the opponent's momentum was even more amazing than before, like a tiger and a dragon, powerful in all directions!
Seeing Shi Liancheng's terrifying momentum, the Vietnamese general was so frightened that he hurriedly turned his horse's head and tried to escape. As soon as the horse turned its head, the other party ran behind it. The Vietnamese general felt something bad and subconsciously rolled to one side and fell off the saddle. Almost at the same time, I heard the long mournful cry of my own war horse. I was so frightened that I didn't dare to look back. I rolled and crawled towards the crowd of my own soldiers. After crawling for a long way, I dared to stop and turn around to look. I saw the ferocious general Yan Yun killing everyone in the middle of his own army. His soldiers were killed by him and their flesh and blood were everywhere. No one could match him.
At this moment, a huge commotion came from the left. The Vietnamese general quickly looked to the left and forward, and saw that his own army was unable to withstand the opponent's fierce attack and was already defeated. The defeat was like a mountain, like a rolling wave. The general of the Vietnamese army was shocked. Before he could figure out how to deal with it, the entire army was quickly affected and fled in defeat! In the wilderness, we saw our own army running like wolves and wolves, running for their lives, while Yan Yun's army was chasing them mercilessly, with swords flying and blood flying, and our soldiers were chopped down to the ground by the Yan Yun tigers and wolves who were chasing after them. The Vietnamese general's face turned pale, and he suddenly came to his senses. He dared not fight anymore, so he ran away for his life.
The soldiers of the Vietnamese army were chased by Yan Yun's army until they had nowhere to go. Finally, they threw away their helmets and armor and jumped into the Yong River and swam towards the south bank. For a moment, the water of the Yong River, which was not very wide, seemed like dumplings had been dropped. A seething scene.
Yan Yun's army chased them to the river. They took off their powerful crossbows and fired at the Vietnamese soldiers fleeing for their lives in the upper reaches of the river. In an instant, they saw arrows whistling and flying on the water. The Vietnamese soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and they screamed loudly. In an instant, the originally clear water of the Yongjiang River was dyed into wisps of mottled red, and the corpses of Vietnamese soldiers floated along the water. However, most of the Vietnamese soldiers still swam across the Yongjiang River. The Vietnamese soldiers grew up in a water network area with a hot climate. They have been familiar with water since they were young. A small Yongjiang River cannot stop them.
Shi Liancheng led his troops to defeat the Vietnamese army in one fell swoop, and then destroyed the unfinished pontoon bridge. After doing this, the soldiers and horses immediately returned to Nanning.
However, before arriving in Nanning, bad news came.
An elite group of Vietnamese troops crossed the Yongjiang River from the lower reaches of Nanning and built a pontoon bridge. Now more than 40,000 Vietnamese troops have crossed the Yongjiang River!
When Shi Liancheng received this report, he couldn't help being very angry and cursed: "Damn it! The little barbarian actually played a trick with me, attacking in the east and attacking in the west!" He immediately led his soldiers to speed back to Nanning. When they returned to Nanning, the fighting in Nanning had already ended.
Shi Liancheng walked quickly to the camp hall, turned around, looked at Huang Xin, and asked, "When did the enemy's main force stop attacking?" Huang Xin cupped his fists and said, "Half a day ago, the enemy's main force stopped attacking. !”
Shi Liancheng frowned and said, "They plan to cross the Yongjiang River from the lower reaches and then besiege Nanning!"
Huang Xin asked: "General, what should we do now?"
Shi Liancheng thought for a moment, frowned and said: "There is no good way now, we can only defend the city to the death!" Then his face showed a look of pride and said: "You can't even think about breaking the city with a small barbarian!" Then his heart moved, He thought of something, and immediately called the herald, gave him detailed instructions, and finally said: "You must bring my order to Xiang Meng! This matter is of great importance and cannot be lost!" The herald clasped his fists. I agreed and hurried down.
Immediately, Shi Liancheng began to arrange city defense matters. After finishing, the generals hurriedly left. Shi Liancheng stood up, walked to the map, looked at Yongzhou on the map, frowned in thought.
At this moment, an officer rushed in and reported: "General, there are many rumors in the city!"
Shi Liancheng turned around and asked, "What rumors?"
The officer said angrily: "Some people are spreading rumors, saying that our Yanyun Army is deviant and rebellious, and is doomed to perish! They also say that the Vietnamese army has the support of God's will. They are taunting the people and will win! Those rumors also incite the people and want the people to win. They all rise up against us to save themselves!”
Shi Liancheng was furious and shouted: "What a bunch of beasts who betrayed their ancestors!" Then he asked: "It must be the nobles in the city spreading rumors again!" The officer nodded and said: "Although the specific situation is not clear yet, but Judging from what we have learned so far, it should be the nobles and Confucian scholars who spread the rumors! In addition, some idle people among the people also played a role in fueling the flames!"
Shi Liancheng cursed: "Damn it! It turns out that the way to become a saint is to collude with other people to betray your ancestors! I have learned something today!"
The officer said worriedly: "Although the people have not been incited yet, people in the city are already panicked! General, if this matter is not handled well, it may cause turmoil!"
Shi Liancheng thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry too much! Now that I, Yan Yun, have nearly 40,000 troops in the city, even if someone wants to plot something evil, they dare not act rashly for the time being!" After a pause, "But this matter We can't just let it go! To nip the danger in the bud, we must immediately eliminate the hidden danger with thunderous means to avoid causing big trouble!" At this point, Yan said to the officer: "Go and call General Huang Xin!" The officer promised. , ran down.
The current situation in Nanning is critical, but several pubs and teahouses are still open. In a restaurant named "Tiannan", a Confucian scholar was talking loudly to the drinkers: "The Yueli Dynasty was originally a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. It was because of Yang Peng's rebellious behavior that made the world angry and people resentful, so the Yueli Dynasty became angry. Rise up the righteous soldiers and punish the people! As the saying goes, those who obey the will of heaven will prosper, and those who go against the will of heaven will perish. Only by obeying the will of heaven can we save our lives!"
The drinkers were talking a lot. A man who looked like a butcher raised his thick eyebrows and said angrily: "According to you, we descendants of the Han people should help the Southern Barbarians invade our own land? This is simply ridiculous!" Several men agreed.
The Confucian scholar frowned and said, "Your idea is too narrow-minded! What are Han people and what are Southern Barbarians? Aren't they all people born between heaven and earth? Since we are all human beings, how can we distinguish each other? Besides, The Yue Li Dynasty was originally a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. They raised troops not to invade, but to appease the Zhao Song official family and to be loyal to the Zhao Song official family! In other words, they are here to help us in the final analysis! When we help them, we are helping ourselves. How can we help them? It can be said that he is helping the southern barbarians invade their own land!" His absurd theory made everyone's heads spin. Although they felt something was wrong, they also felt that what he said was not unreasonable.
The butcher shouted: "I have heard that the Yue people burned, killed and looted wherever they went. They slaughtered all the people in many towns! Is this how to punish the people and punish them? Is this how to restore the correct way of Confucianism? ? If so, I would rather not have that bullshit Confucian righteousness! You say that the King of Yan is not good, and the Yanyun Army is not good, but the Yanyun Army that I saw is strictly disciplined and does not infringe on us little people at all, and Shi Liancheng is big The general even issued the King of Yan's decree, exempting all unreasonable exorbitant taxes and allocating land to us landless people. The lives of us common people are much better than before! In my opinion, King Yan and Yan Yun The military is good, better than the official family of Zhao and Song, and better than Confucianism!" Many drinkers agreed. Those who echoed were ordinary people and businessmen, while the gentle and scholarly Confucian scholars frowned with an expression of annoyance on their faces.
A Confucian scholar stood up and slapped the table, saying angrily: "You ordinary people don't understand the meaning of righteousness at all! Confucius said benevolence and Mencius said righteousness, but for the sake of benevolence and righteousness, nothing can't be sacrificed!" All the Confucian scholars said one after another. Echoed the applause.
The butcher said angrily: "Confucius said to be benevolent and Mencius was to seek righteousness. They want us people to be benevolent and righteous, and then let you Confucian scholars and the emperor sit back and enjoy the glory and wealth in peace! Since you want to talk about this To put it another way, why don’t Zhao Song officials and you Confucian scholars go to be benevolent and righteous, so that we ordinary people can live a good life?"
A Confucian scholar was furious and said angrily: "This is nonsense! People are born with distinctions between high and low. The officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties are the emperors who have been destined by heaven. It is natural for us to enjoy glory and wealth! And we, the Confucian scholars, are responsible for educating all people. Heaven and earth should naturally enjoy glory and wealth!"
The drinkers were very unhappy. A businessman sneered: "Just now, some of you said that there is no distinction between Chinese and foreigners in the world. Why are you now saying that people are born with high and low status? You are talking to yourselves. , It’s simply inconsistent! Anyway, you just want to take advantage of it and let others do it! If Confucian bullshit is not eliminated, we people will not have a good life. How can we, China, stand between heaven and earth! "
All the drinkers felt extremely happy and cheered one after another. All the Confucian scholars stood up and pointed at the drinkers. Just when the two sides were shouting loudly, the sound of rapid and chaotic footsteps suddenly came from the stairs. The noisy parties immediately stopped and looked toward the stairs. Suddenly seeing dozens of tough Yan Yun sergeants running up under the leadership of an officer, they couldn't help but feel uneasy.
The officer led the sergeants to the crowd, looked at the people present, then his eyes fell on the Confucian scholars, and said loudly: "By the order of the general, we will arrest the Confucian scholars who collude with foreign enemies!" Then he waved his hand: " Take it!" The sergeants immediately stepped forward and grabbed the Confucian scholars. All the Confucian scholars were shocked, and one person shouted: "How come we have colluded with foreign enemies? You are obviously trying to incriminate us!" The Yanyun officer said coldly: "You are inciting people to rebel against the country and surrender to the enemy in the tavern. Isn't that right? Are you colluding with foreign enemies? All of you Confucian scholars deserve to die!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
