Yang Yanzhao, who broke through Luchai, led 5,000 cavalry and smashed into the depths of the Liao camp. Those Liao soldiers who besieged the three of the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers, seeing that the cavalry of the Song Dynasty were attacking, they couldn't care less about the marshal's order, and immediately fired arrows at the three of them. Yang Ye used the spear that was hiding and struck the arrows flying in all directions. Helplessly, the strength of the person was weak, and there were still a few arrows that shot at the three people. By the time Yang Yanzhao rushed closer, the soldier pretending to be the emperor had already been killed by an arrow. Xiao Guoliang's left shoulder and right leg were each hit by an arrow, but Yang Ye was hit twice in the back. Blood stained their armor red.

Yang Yanzhao ordered the cavalry behind him, evened out two horses, helped Yang Ye and Xiao Guoliang to ride onto the horses, surrounded the two in the middle, and turned around and rushed towards the outside of the Liao camp. It's just that, after a delay just now, the Liao soldiers poured up like a tide from all directions, and the dense arrows made the cavalry led by Yang Yanzhao fall off their horses one after another.

At a difficult time, the 90,000 infantry led by Li Yuliang finally rushed over. Today, the Liao soldiers were originally 150,000 people, and on the Song Dynasty's side, there were 10,000 imperial forest troops and 50,000 Datong troops brought by Yang Ye. Although it had long been dispersed, after seeing the reinforcements, they gathered again. Since then, the total number of soldiers in the Song Dynasty has reached 160,000. Although in the first few days, the Liao army was strong, and the casualties were less than those of the Song soldiers, but as the saying goes, kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800. Compared with the two, now the two sides are evenly matched. After all, it was fighting in the territory of the Song Dynasty, and Yelu Hongji, the commander of the Liao army, saw that he could not do anything, so he had to choose to retreat.

In view of the invasion of the Liao soldiers, which humiliated the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, Yang Ye personally led more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Datong Army to encircle and intercept Yelu Hongji, regardless of the arrow wounds on his body. Although the cavalry of the Liao State was brave and good at fighting, after all, among the 150,000 men and horses, the cavalry accounted for less than 50,000. Under the joint attack of Yang Ye's father and son, as well as Li Yuliang, the deputy jiedu, Yelu Hongji left the corpses of nearly 10,000 soldiers before he was able to return to the territory of Liao.

As soon as the Liao soldiers retreated, Xiao Guoliang and Yang Ye, who were wounded by arrows, were quickly sent to Yanshan Mansion. Yang Yanzhao and Li Yuliang, the deputy envoy of the Datong Army, stayed at the Wutai border.

Xiao Guoliang, who came to Yanshan Mansion, learned that the saint had not returned to Bianliang, and the imperial driver was also stationed in Yanshan Mansion. Goodbye to the monarch and ministers, Xiao Guoliang dragged his injured body, prostrate on the ground, and said in a choked voice:

"Majesty, it was the Weichen's poor protection that made His Majesty disturbed. The sin deserves death. ”

Yang Ye also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to plead guilty.

The emperor walked down, helped the two of them with his own hands, and comforted:

"Xiao Aiqing, Yang Aiqing, this rescue, the two are very successful. Fortunately, God blessed, the two Aiqing returned with injuries, which is really lucky. Hurry up and go down to heal first, and then we will think about it in the long run. ”

Because Xiao Guoliang was a civil servant, he did not have armor on his body, and the two arrow wounds were extremely severe. The arrow in the left arm had pierced through the arm. The arrow in the right leg also penetrates deep into the femur. It took ten days before he could barely get up on crutches.

Although Yang Ye's arrow wound was in the back, because he was wearing thick armor, the injury was much lighter than Xiao Guoliang's. After three or four days, you can move freely. At this time, summoned by Meng Liang and Jiao Zan, the soldiers and horses of the east and west roads of Hebei had already arrived at Yanshan Mansion.

After the deliberation of the monarch and ministers, because the Datong army garrison directly faced the border of the Western Xia, it was necessary to monitor the movements of the Western Xia at any time, so he asked Li Yuliang, the deputy envoy, to lead the original team to return to Datong to station. The garrisons on the east and west roads of Hebei, each led by its Jiedu envoy, half of the garrison, stationed in Xinzhou and Jizhou in Yanshan Prefecture, always to guard against the invasion of Liao soldiers. The deputy envoy of the two route armies, led the other half of the soldiers and horses, and still returned to the original place to garrison the defense.

At the same time, he ordered Meng Liang to go to Yunzhongfu Road, transferred half of the men, and was still led by the Jiedu envoy, and the deputy Jiedu envoy stayed in the original station. The three roads combined, there were 160,000 people, plus the 150,000 horses of the Datong Army, and the total number of garrisons gathered on Yanshanfu Road exceeded 300,000.

For this invasion of Liao, the monarchs and ministers were all filled with righteous indignation.

Especially when the news that the emperor was attacked by Liao soldiers in Wutai Mountain came back to Bianliang, the whole country was even more indignant. Soldiers and horses from all walks of life wrote to ask for battle. Since 960 A.D., Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied, and the yellow robe was added to the founding of the country, it has only been more than 20 years. The leaders of the garrisons of the Great Song Dynasty were all brave men who followed Song Taizu to fight in the south and north, where could they withstand such insults from the Liao State. When the bells and turns of the garrisons from all walks of life were transferred from Bianliang to Yanshan Mansion like snowflakes, Emperor Zhao Guangyi's mood was slightly better.

Naturally, Xiao Yiran's mother and daughter also knew about what happened in Yanshan Mansion. Originally, the emperor was going to drive the expedition in person, and he didn't want to be suddenly attacked by the soldiers and horses of the Liao State as soon as he arrived at Wutai Mountain. The mother and daughter couldn't help but worry about Xiao Guoliang day and night. When the news that the emperor had been rescued reached the ears of the mother and daughter, they did not hear the news of Xiao Guoliang. Xiao Yiran immediately wrote a letter, and did not pass it through the Guò post station, but directly sent Li Cai Xingye to send the letter to Yanshan.

When Li Cai rushed to Yanshan Mansion, it was already twenty-five days after Xiao Guoliang got out of trouble. Seeing Li Cai's arrival at a glance made Xiao Guo's conscience tighten.

"Li Cai, why are you here?"

"Back to the master, Mrs. and Miss heard about the siege of Wutai Mountain, because they didn't hear the news of the master, they specially ordered the villain to come, send a letter home, and visit the master's safety."

After listening to this, Xiao Guoliang put his mind at ease.

"Madame and Mademoiselle are alright?"

"Back to the master, Mrs. and Miss are all right. The son of Xun who came from Jiangning Mansion some time ago has also been properly arranged according to the master's reply. ”

"That's good. Is Jiangning only Sun Xun coming alone? ”

"No, there are also the second young master and the third young master, as well as Wang Ma."

"Oh, what happened to the two young masters and Wang Ma in Bianliang?"

"The villain is not very clear. It's just a little bit from Xiao Xing, it seems that Jiang Ning's old lady Sun sent Wang Ma to give a dowry to the young lady. ”

"Is there such a thing?! Has the lady ever given a dowry? ”

"This villain doesn't know."

Xiao Guoliang pondered for a moment, although Li Cai didn't know, he guessed in his heart that the mother and daughter would definitely not accept the dowry from Jiangning Sun's Mansion. Li Cai saw that Xiao Guoliang's movement was a little inconvenient, and he couldn't help asking:

"Is the master injured?"

"I just had two arrow wounds, and now I'm almost healed. I think you are traveling day and night, you must be very tired, go down and rest first. ”

Li just rested for two days, and Xiao Guoliang was worried that his mother and daughter were looking forward to it at home, so he sent him back. Li Cai, who returned to Bianliang again, told Xiao Yiran's mother and daughter about the dialogue between Yanshan Mansion and Xiao Guoliang. Including what I heard from the four Changsui, the details of the battle of Wutai Mountain were also told.

"You mean Daddy is hurt?"

Sun also looked at Li Cai anxiously.

"The old man said that he had two arrow wounds, and he was almost healed."

"Is the master still moving freely?"

"It looks a little inconvenient, but it should be fine."

"Thank goodness. After the family letter is handed over to the master, does the master have any instructions? ”

Li Cai took out Xiao Guoliang's letter from his arms, held it in both hands and handed it to Sun.

"The lord said, please Mrs. and Miss read the letter, and they will understand it as soon as they finish it."

After sending Li Cai out to rest, the mother and daughter opened Xiao Guoliang's letter and looked at it carefully.

"Good wife, then, don't read it. Wutai fought a battle, I thought I would die, but I didn't think about the emperor's blessing, so Yang Yanzhao rushed to the rescue in time, although he was hit by two arrow wounds, he finally escaped death. Now the royal driver is still in Yanshan Mansion, and he is discussing with the minister how to get rid of it. ”

After that, he talked about the two entering the Liao camp, how they were besieged by the Liao soldiers, and how they were rescued by Yang Ye and Yang Yanzhao's father and son. I only saw that Xiao Yiran's mother and daughter were frightened, and the mother and daughter almost finished reading Xiao Guoliang's letter with tears in their eyes. At the end of the letter, Jiang Ning's proposal was mentioned:

Listening to Li Caiyan, his mother-in-law sent Wang Ma to give the dowry, although Li Cai didn't know if the virtuous wife had accepted the dowry, Guoliang knew that the virtuous wife would not do such a ridiculous thing. Ran Er is the pearl in the palm of my husband and wife, how can I be the daughter-in-law of my second uncle. ”

After reading Xiao Guoliang's letter, Xiao Yiran frowned and said to her mother Sun:

"Daddy's letter still doesn't mention whether he wants us to move there."

"Look at what your father said in his heart, the royal driver is still in Yanshan Mansion, and he is discussing how to be ashamed, I am afraid that there will be another big war soon. Naturally, your father won't let us move over at this time. ”

"When will that be?"

"I guess it's after the big war."

In fact, Sun's heart is not bottomless. Since Xiao Guoliang knows that the big war is imminent, he will definitely not let the mother and daughter go on an adventure, but when the big war will start, when it will end, and what the result will be, he doesn't know anything at present, how can he know the day of moving.

Xiao Yiran knew it in his heart. Although I am not very familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty in my memory in my previous life, I still know a little about Yang Ye's rescue of Wutai Mountain and the subsequent battle to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. Xiao Yiran remembered that the real war should have been five years later in the third year of Yongxi, that is, in 986 AD.

Not to mention that the mother and daughter in Xiao Mansion discussed when they would move to Yanshan Mansion and the family would be reunited. In Yanshan Mansion alone, the emperor discussed with Pan Mei, Yang Ye, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Xiao Guoliang, etc., how to send troops, when to send troops, etc.

Since Wutai Mountain was besieged, more than a month has passed, and the emperor Zhao Guangyi was first frightened, and then successively discussed with the ministers about the shame of sending troops. This frightened several courtiers around him. They persuaded the emperor to return to Beijing first to recuperate, and after the dragon was healthy, it was not too late to discuss sending troops.

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, so it's better to raise the dragon body first, and then discuss the matter of sending troops after the dragon body recovers. Besides, the Liao State failed to besiege Wutai this time, and it must be strictly guarded against after retreating, and this is not the best time to enter the army. ”

Pan Mei's words made Emperor Zhao Guangyi fall into deep thought. After a long time, he nodded and said:

"In that case, let's drive back to Beijing for the time being. After going back, Cai Aiqing wanted to unite with the Ministry of Industry, pay close attention to the preparation of grain, grass and weapons, and prepare for the big war. Yang Aiqing and Xiao Aiqing continued to stay in Yanshan Mansion, urging all military horses to step up drills. ”