Mordo said: "Your Majesty must not understand the situation, and then he heard some rumors! I should immediately write a letter to your Majesty to explain the situation here, so that your Majesty can feel at ease!" The general nodded. Mordo read the letter and said with a smile: "Don't say that the Yanyun Army has no intention of attacking. Even if it does, it will never be hidden from my eyes and ears! Your Majesty's worry is really unnecessary!" Then he frowned. He frowned and said: "One hundred thousand reinforcements are already on the way. With so many troops and horses coming, aren't they a waste of food and grass?" Doubts arose in my heart: His Majesty is wise and powerful. If the rumors were true, he would not mobilize troops like this. Maybe His Majesty really discovered something? But with my arrangements so carefully, there is no chance that Yanyun can take advantage of it? And he didn’t notice any unusual movement in Yan Yun?
Mordo thought to himself: 'Since His Majesty ordered me to be careful, I should do something. Otherwise, if the news reaches His Majesty, wouldn't it mean that His Majesty thinks I am neglecting his order? As soon as he thought of this, he said to his general: "Call all the generals to the study immediately." The general agreed and ran down.
Mordo walked towards the study, walked into the study, spread out the paper, picked up the quill and started writing. Soon after, a reply was written. At this time, there were clattering footsteps at the door, and several generals walked into the study and said, "General."
Mordo folded the letter, put it into an envelope, and wrote on the envelope the words "I will not present Mordo to you". Then he handed the letter to a soldier beside him and ordered: "Send someone immediately. Deliver it to His Majesty." The soldier took the letter with both hands and ran down.
Mordo glanced at the generals and said with a smile: "Your Majesty just sent someone to deliver a letter, asking us to be careful to guard against possible sneak attacks by the Yanyun Army!"
The generals looked at each other and laughed. One general said: "Your Majesty is too careful. How could the Yanyun Army do anything?" Another general said strangely: "Even if the Yanyun Army has nothing, We should know about the action first, why is it that His Majesty knows about it first?"
Mordo said: "Your Majesty must have heard something, so he sent someone to send a letter, and also sent 100,000 reinforcements!" The generals were surprised when they heard that His Majesty also sent 100,000 reinforcements. One of the generals frowned and said: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. If he heard ordinary rumors, he would not go into such a big fight!"
Mordo nodded and said: "That's why I called you here to ask you to be more vigilant! No matter whether the news your Majesty received is true or false, since your Majesty has issued an order, we must follow it!" The generals They agreed in unison. Mordo ordered: "Starting from tonight, all security forces will be doubled, and messengers will be sent to various watchtowers to tell them to open their eyes too!" All the generals agreed in unison.
Soon after, the east gate of Yumen Pass opened, and more than a dozen cavalry messengers rushed out of the pass, speeding towards the dozens of watchtowers standing in the east in the night.
A messenger ran straight towards a watchtower, and soon ran outside the fence surrounding the watchtower. This kind of watchtower built in Xiliao is very different from the traditional style in the East, but it looks very much like the West. The entire watchtower is divided into two parts. The main part is the watchtower itself. It rises from the ground and is made of logs. It is about four or five towers in height. It is easy for people to stand on it when the weather is good. See the scene more than ten miles away; the other part is the defense facility of the watchtower. The outermost part is the fence made of logs, which forms a circle to surround the watchtower and the soldiers’ barracks. Behind the fence, there are dug The deep pit is filled with horse-repelling pickets. The fences and horse-repelling pickets can block the enemy troops, and the garrisoned soldiers can stand on the watchtower to attack the attacking enemy troops. Of course, although such defensive facilities can deal with sneak attacks by small forces, they cannot withstand the attack of large enemy forces. However, it does not need to withstand the attack of large enemy forces. It only needs to win the time to issue an alarm. .
The messenger galloped to the door of the watchtower, which was the opening of the fence. I saw that the door that should be closed was not locked. The messenger frowned and muttered: "These people are so negligent that they didn't even lock the door!" With this thought in mind, he pushed open the door and rode in.
Under the watchtower, a pair of bonfires were burning, but not a single person was visible.
The messenger shouted: "Is there anyone there? I was ordered to come here to deliver the order!" The voice died down, but there was no response. The messenger was very surprised and looked towards the top of the watchtower. There was a torch burning on the top of the watchtower, but no one was there. The orderly soldier dismounted, tied the horse to a wooden stake, and walked towards the barracks. When passing by a campfire, bend down and pick up a burning stick. The messenger walked into the barracks holding a torch.
Just as he was about to call out, he suddenly saw several bloody corpses stacked on top of each other in the corner of the barracks. The messenger felt his head explode and exclaimed: "Ah!" The torch in his hand almost fell to the ground, and the beating flame of the torch reflected his expression of extreme fear. The messenger couldn't help but retreat out of the barracks. After reacting, I felt something was wrong, so I quickly turned around and ran outside. However, after running a few steps, he saw a dark figure suddenly appear at the door. The messenger was startled, stopped, subconsciously pulled out his scimitar, and shouted loudly: "Who are you?"
The black shadow at the door didn't say anything. The messenger felt that he had encountered an evil spirit, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead and body. At this moment, there was a sudden noise behind him, and the messenger was startled. Just when he was about to take action, he suddenly felt that his mouth and nose were tightly covered from behind. At the same time, his vest and chest felt cold almost at the same time, and a sharp pain that he had never felt before came. At this moment , the soul seems to be flying away from his body! The messenger was extremely frightened. He looked down and saw a long knife dripping with blood coming out of his chest. The messenger spat out a mouthful of blood and jerked the steel knife back. The messenger groaned and fell to the ground without any movement.
Several masked men in black gathered together, and a man in black said: "It's all settled, go to the east fence immediately and hang a lantern." A man in black agreed and ran down.
Mordo finished arranging things and returned to the back. Seeing that both beauties were awake, I couldn't help but move my index fingers, and walked forward with a strange smile. The two beauties responded with charming smiles. Mordo dove into the tent and started acting up.
Boom! ... There was a loud noise that shook the earth, and the whole house and the whole earth trembled violently.
Mordo and the two women were in an exciting place when they suddenly heard a loud noise, felt the house shaking, and the earth trembled, and they were startled. The two women looked pale, and Mordo couldn't help shouting: "What's going on?"
He quickly got out of the tent and put on his clothes in a hurry.
The earth gradually stopped shaking, but the huge killing sound came like a landslide and tsunami. Mordo felt that something was wrong, so he hurried out of the bedroom and bumped into a general who was rushing over. Mordo yelled angrily: "What's going on?" The general said with a panicked face: "No! Yan Yunjun, Yanyun Army is coming!" Mordo's first reaction was: "This is impossible! "At this time, a huge sound of fighting was coming from the door from the north, getting louder and louder. Mordo's face became extremely ugly. At this time, his two beauties had already put on their clothes and stood leaning against the door, looking terrified.
When Moldo heard this voice, he knew that the enemy troops had indeed entered. He immediately ignored the reason and shouted to his general: "Hurry up and organize the armies to launch a counterattack!" The general promised and ran away. Go down. Mordo then shouted to an officer who had just rushed over: "The guards must assemble immediately!" The officer promised and ran down.
Soon after, Mordo led hundreds of soldiers towards the direction of the fiercest killing. He saw that the entire city wall in the west collapsed, and the Yanyun Army, like wolves and tigers, poured in like a wave! Our own troops are retreating steadily under the opponent's powerful attacks, and the situation is extremely critical!
Mordo couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene. When I came back to my senses, I hoped that all the troops on my side had arrived, but I didn't see them. How could I gather them in such a short time? Seeing that his own troops were about to be unable to withstand it, Mordo had no choice but to lead his guards into the battlefield and fight a bloody battle with Yan Yun's army. When the officers and soldiers of the Liao Army saw their general arriving, their morale was boosted, and they fought back with all their might. They were able to withstand the fierce attack of the Yan Yun Army! At this moment, a general led a group of soldiers and horses to the battlefield, and cooperated with the defending troops to launch a counterattack. The battle was stalemate, and it was difficult for Yanyun's army to break through for a while.
Suddenly, Yan Yun's army retreated like a tide. Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers of the Liao army were stunned and could not react for a while. An officer reacted first and raised his scimitar excitedly and shouted. The officers and soldiers of the Liao army also raised their scimitars and shouted excitedly. They thought they had defeated the Yanyun army!
Just then, a loud rumbling sound came. The officers and soldiers of the Liao army couldn't help being stunned. They stopped shouting and looked outside. Suddenly, hundreds of Yanyun cavalry were seen rushing over the collapsed remains of the city wall and rushing towards them! The officers and soldiers of the Liao army were taken aback and immediately prepared to fight. The generals and officers shouted at the top of their lungs. Nearly ten thousand soldiers of the Liao Army were arranged in a tight battle formation. Everyone held their weapons tightly, their eyes widened, and the blood in their chests boiled!
Hundreds of Yanyun warriors slammed into the Liao army's front line. The leader of the Yanyun warriors swung a pair of hammers, smashing the Liao soldiers' flesh and blood. The Yanyun warriors rushed forward with murderous intent, and violently tore apart the soldiers. The seemingly impenetrable defense line of the Liao army broke into the middle of the Liao army! Hundreds of warriors rushed forward, charging like a tiger down a mountain, unstoppable!
The Liao army tried their best to resist, but they could not resist. They were killed until their corpses were covered in blood. Mordo was restless and kept roaring. The Liao soldiers desperately tried to organize the Yanyun war cavalry. This was simply a fight between a tiger and a pack of wolves. The killing was so sad that the clouds were miserable and the grass and trees were filled with sorrow.
These hundreds of Yanyun war cavalry were extremely powerful and indomitable. However, the Liao army had an absolute advantage in terms of strength and gradually stopped the Yanyun war cavalry's assault. Mordo, who was originally nervous, couldn't help but reveal With an expression of joy, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "That's it! Counterattack! Counterattack! Beat the Yanyun army out!" The morale of the Liao army was greatly boosted, and the intensity of the counterattack became stronger and stronger. Seeing that the Liao army was about to completely stop it Live the assault of Yanyun War Cavalry!
At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the Liao Army suddenly saw a wave suddenly coming over the ruins of the collapsed city wall. Everyone was stunned, and then they were shocked to discover that it turned out to be the infantry brigade of the Yanyun Army! Mordo turned pale and exclaimed: "Not good!"
Thousands of Yanyun infantry troops rushed over the ruins of the city wall, surged up, and slammed into the Liao army. At this time, the Liao army was trying its best to deal with the assault of Yanyun's cavalry. How could it cope with such a fierce assault? They were suddenly bumped in by Yanyun's infantry. The infantry of Yanyun Army roared like tigers and swept away like a ferocious wave. They charged forward indomitably and fought bravely. The Liao army could not resist and was terrified. They were killed by the infantry of Yanyun and retreated continuously. At this moment, hundreds of Yanyun war cavalry led by Yang Gui continued to advance bravely. With blood and flesh flying everywhere, these hundreds of extremely sturdy Yanyun war cavalry penetrated the Liao army in one go.
The Liao army could no longer resist and collapsed. They abandoned their helmets and armor and ran like wolves. They had completely lost the momentum of the bloody battle with Yan Yun's army just now. Mordo shouted at the top of his lungs, trying to stabilize the situation, but his morale had collapsed, and no one paid attention to his screams. Mordo was trapped by the defeated army and fled backwards!
At the same time, huge sounds of fighting were also heard from the east and south. It turned out that Yang Qi and Fan Long led a force respectively to break through the city defenses from the east and south and rush into the city, fighting fiercely with the enemy guards.
Mordo led the defeated generals and retreated to the vicinity of the camp, where they met up with the troops led by a general, and immediately led the troops to launch a counterattack against the advancing Yan Yun army. Mordo raised his scimitar and shouted sternly: "Warriors of Daliao, you are the bravest warriors in the world, how can you watch the enemy rampage! Follow me, use your scimitar to cut open the enemy's chest! The gods of heaven and earth will be Your heroic witness!" The nearly 20,000 Liao army soldiers felt their blood boiling and roared together. Mordo waved his scimitar forward, "Kill!" nearly 20,000 Liao troops shouted fiercely and rushed up against the wave of enemy troops. Looking down from the sky, I saw two huge waves seeming to have poured into the narrow street, rushing towards each other, and were about to collide! It is conceivable that this collision must be very amazing!
Yang Gui led hundreds of elite men under his command to charge into the battle first and suddenly crashed into the wave of enemy troops, causing huge ripples immediately! These hundreds of people were like hundreds of ferocious tigers, waving their claws and fangs crazily, killing the Liao army officers and soldiers until their corpses were covered in blood. In an instant, the Liao army officers and soldiers were frightened by their ferocious and ruthless charge! At this moment, Yanyun's large troops rushed up and killed each other with every step. Blood and flesh were flying everywhere on the scene. The Liao army officers and soldiers only felt terrified and turned around to escape! Yanyun's army continued to increase its strength, and the Liao army's soldiers were swept back and fled in confusion. They were already defeated! Mordo was shocked and frightened. When he came to his senses, he quickly turned around and ran for his life! The Liao army was defeated like a mountain, and the Yanyun army chased and killed them, killing them until the streets were filled with corpses and the ditches were filled with blood! At the same time, in the other two directions, the Yanyun Army led by Fan Long and Yang Dezheng also defeated the Liao Army in front of them and were chasing them north!
The Liao army was defeated and fled out of Yumen Pass in a hurry. Yang Gui led his elite troops to chase them out, killing them all the way. In the dark night, there were longing figures and shrill screams one after another.
Yang Gui was chasing him for more than ten miles when he suddenly saw a shadowy figure in front of him, as if countless people were coming. Yang Gui frowned. No matter how many there were, there was no doubt that the enemy coming from that direction was the enemy. He immediately mobilized his war horses and led hundreds of his men to charge forward!
At this time, Xiliao warrior Niaz was leading 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard of the brigade towards Yumen Pass. In the dark night, I suddenly heard a loud noise in front of me. I couldn't help but be very surprised. Then I saw my own soldiers running down in panic. Niaz was shocked and doubtful, and quickly stopped an officer who was escaping and asked: "Which section are you from, and what happened?" The officer was still in shock, and said anxiously: "Hurry, run away! Yan Yunjun, The Yanyun Army is coming!" Then he ignored Niaz and ran for his own life.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves rumbled in front, and at the same time, a cry in Central Asian was heard: "The Yanyun Army is coming! The Yanyun Army is coming!" The Xiliao soldiers in front were jumping around as if a pot was exploding. , at the same time, a group of war cavalry was seen rushing towards them. Although that team of warriors was small in number, it was extremely powerful. They seemed to be coming in boundless darkness, giving people an extremely frightening feeling, as if they were devils rushing out of hell!
Niaz was startled and subconsciously shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!" The ten thousand soldiers under his command were already panicked and confused. When they heard him shouting, they immediately became confused and turned around to escape. It's a mess.
Yang Gui led hundreds of hussars into the middle of the enemy army, killing countless enemy soldiers. After chasing for more than ten miles, he reined in his horse and returned to Yumen Pass.
General Hamili Mills was leading his army towards Yumen Pass when he suddenly saw many defeated soldiers fleeing down. After stopping the defeated soldiers and asking questions, they found out that Yumen Pass had been breached by the Yanyun Army not long ago, and General Mordo's life or death was unknown! Mills was horrified and quickly ordered the army to stop and sent scouts to Yumen Pass to inquire about the situation.
Soon after, I saw Niaz's forward troops fleeing in chaos. I couldn't help but be shocked and thought to myself: Could it be that Yanyun's army continued to advance westward after defeating Yumen Pass?
Niaz rushed to Mills and reported urgently: "General, Yumen Pass has been lost. Our army encountered a large enemy force attack more than ten miles away from Yumen Pass. Although our army tried hard to resist, it was still unable to resist and was defeated. Come down!"
Mills frowned and asked, "How did Yumen Pass fall?"
Niaz said: "According to the defeated soldiers at Yumen Pass, the Yanyun army suddenly appeared under the city. They first blew down the city wall with a large amount of gunpowder, and then the army rushed in! They were caught off guard and could not resist, and the Yanyun army captured Yumen Pass!"
Mills frowned and said: "Didn't Mordo send out a lot of detailed work and build a lot of watchtowers in the east? How come the enemy is approaching the city without noticing it?" Niaz shook his head and said: "I don't know about this. ."
Mills thought for a while, then sent people to collect the defeated troops, and then ordered the army to form an array on the spot, ready to fight. The main force of the Liao army was arrayed against the hillside, waiting for the Yanyun army to attack. Everyone looked a little nervous. The main force of the Liao army was waiting in formation, but by noon, there was no sign of Yan Yun's army. Just when the Liao army officers were suspicious, a scout came to report that all Yanyun's troops had returned to Yumen Pass. When Mills heard the news, he couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately led a large force to retreat, and at the same time sent someone to report the battle situation here to His Majesty the Emperor Yelu Dashi in Hamili.
Yelu Longqing paced back and forth in the camp hall, feeling very anxious. After he determined that Yanyun would attack Yumen Pass, he formulated a plan to use his tactics to annihilate Yanyun's army, so as to force Yang Peng to accept the fact that Xiliao occupied Yumenguan, and at the same time frustrate Yanyun's desire to fight against Xiliao . There are two aspects to this plan. One is to use the Yumen Pass garrison to resist the Yanyun army's attack. At the same time, the 100,000-strong army led by Mills bypasses Yumen Pass from a small road and raids the rear of Yanyun's main force. At this time, Yanyun would never have thought that it had already prepared, so it would never have thought that it would be attacked from behind. Once it was attacked by a large army, it would inevitably fall into chaos. At this time, the army behind the closed Yumen took the opportunity to rush out and attack Mills' army in front and back. No matter how strong the Yanyun army was, they would not be able to withstand it and they would be annihilated.
The plan was correct, but Yelu Longqing was not completely sure that it would succeed. After all, he had fought fiercely with Yan Yun's army before and did not gain any advantage, but suffered considerable losses.
There were rapid footsteps at the door. Yelu Longqing immediately stopped and looked outside the door, only to see a herald rushing in. Yelu Longqing's heart moved. Although he was very anxious, his expression remained unchanged.
The messenger rushed to Yelu Longqing and paid homage: "Your Majesty, I have been sent by General Mills to send a message that Yumen Pass has been captured!"
Yelu Longqing and several generals present felt thunderous and thunderous! Yelu Longqing found it difficult to accept this result. Although he had thought about the worst outcome, he never imagined that Yumen Pass would fall. He thought that the worst case scenario was that the attempt to completely annihilate the opponent's main force could not be achieved! Yelu Longqing came back to his senses and asked angrily: "How could this happen? How did the Yanyun Army break through Yumen Pass?"
The herald said: "Yan Yun's army suddenly appeared at the Yumen Pass. They first blew up the city wall with a large amount of gunpowder, and then the army rushed in! Our army was caught off guard and was defeated!"
Yelu Longqing frowned and said angrily: "What on earth does Mordo do for food? The enemies are all under his nose, but he didn't even notice!" He glanced at the herald and asked angrily: "I Didn't someone tell him to be careful? How dare he disobey the order? "
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
