The snowflakes still fell slowly and unhurriedly from the sky, different from the snow-white and holy world in the distance, the plain in front of him was a mess, and the corpses scattered all over the ground were gradually covered by the snowflakes, and the flags were either falling or standing on the silent wilderness, as if they were silently mourning the soldiers who had just died on the battlefield.

The scattered sound of horses' hooves broke the silent silence of the flag and was pulled up, and the neighing of the horses resounded through the wilderness, and among the corpses covered with snowflakes, there were occasional intermittent moans and cries for help.

The ownerless war horse stood on the vast snowfield, looking at the armored soldiers who were gradually approaching in the distance on both sides in a daze, and after a little hesitation, he lowered his head and sniffed the original owner who had long been lifeless, and then ran towards the soldier without looking back.

In the world of war horses, there is no one who is an enemy or a friend, so those war horses that originally seemed to be abandoned on the battlefield have the right to choose which side to stand on when cleaning the battlefield with the traditional tacit understanding after the armistice between the two armies.

Some ownerless war horses rushed to the side of the Song people, and some ownerless war horses looked at their kind running in the opposite direction, and after a little hesitation, they parted ways with their companions and ran towards the side of the Jin soldiers.

Some of the wounded soldiers were found in the snow by the searching companions, and the snowflakes no longer looked so terrible at this time, and the strong desire to survive made the snowflakes that fell on their faces at this moment feel so warm.

On the endless battlefield, the two sides searched for three hours, and successively sent no less than a thousand soldiers to find their companions on the battlefield, the sky gradually darkened, and the night under the snowflakes was lit by torches, and the simple tent made the two commanders begin to fall into a stalemate under the cold winter snow after the encounter.

The begging stone lie gods and slaves have no intention of retreating, as long as they block the pace of the Song people to continue to move forward here, he will be able to stop Ye Qing from coveting Niangziguan, and only then will he have the opportunity to recapture Taiyuan Mansion after winning this encounter.

Ye Luyue also had no idea of retreating, she believed that the winner of this encounter, no matter who it was, would be the final victor, and if she won the Jin Ren on the other side, she might be able to go straight to Niangzi Pass, and even be expected to take Zhending Mansion.

"Who is the opposing general?" In the simple tent, next to a small stove, Yeluyue, who took off her helmet, instantly slid her black hair from the top of her head to her back like a waterfall, and her delicate face seemed to brighten up a little at the moment when she turned around.

Yelu Yixue frowned and shook his head: "Everything is too fast, there is no time to investigate, when we found the scouts released by the other party, our advance army has just assembled, and it is hard to come to the Jin people's impact, and the undisciplined impact almost completely broke the defense of the advance army." But even so, we didn't take advantage of today's encounter at all. But the Jin people also paid a lot of price for this, and they couldn't win, even if they won this battle, it could only be said to be a miserable victory. ”

"How's the army outside?" Yelu Yue held her chin, since Yelu Yixue had been emphasizing the damage of this battle, it was enough to show that even if they slowed down their march, they were still almost scattered by the Jin people who were anxiously rushing to aid Taiyuan.

"The advance army has withdrawn to the rear, and now that the forward troops have all been deployed, the army of 10,000 people is ready to meet the enemy at any time, stabilize its position, and will never be easily scattered by the speed of the Jin people again." Yelu Yixue said firmly.

Ye Luyue sighed slightly, she didn't rush along the way according to Ye Qing's instructions, and even the march was extremely cautious, but unfortunately, the Jin people on the opposite side were obviously the complete opposite of them, they didn't care if they would meet the Song people on the way, they only cared if they could reach Taiyuan Mansion in a short time.

It is precisely because the Jin people only pursue speed, and Yeluyue marches slowly and cautiously, so that the first battle of this encounter made Yeluyue almost suffer a big loss.

Fortunately, the advance troops held the defensive line, and finally ushered in Yeluyue's support for them, while the Jin people were not so lucky, when the first wave of attacks began to prevail and was almost about to break up the Song army, the Song army's army happened to rush over, so that the begging stone lie gods and slaves, who did not have an advantage in numbers, began to fall from the active to the passive realm, and the previous advantage was instantly disintegrated, so that when the war entered the final stage, it was almost defeated by the Song people.

The heart of the begging stone martyr was full of unwillingness and regret, the rapid march along the way made the 20,000 troops led by him have been extremely scattered, except for the 3,000 cavalry under his command who can always follow him, the rest of the army has been far behind by him.

Therefore, when encountering the Song people, although there were only 3,000 Qishilie Divine Slaves, because they had always been in a situation like a battlefield charge, when they encountered the Song army on the opposite side, they almost didn't need him to give any pre-battle orders.

With the powerful impact of 3,000 people, when he was about to break through the defense line of the Song people and disrupt the Song army, the Song army in the heavy snow rushed over in time, so that his advantage from the beginning slowly came to naught, and even in the end, it was reversed, and the Song army on the opposite side began to occupy a great advantage.

But fortunately, although the army behind him was a little late, fortunately, it finally arrived when he needed it most, so when the two armies were in a stalemate, they had to withdraw their troops and stabilize their defense lines before making the next step.

"Did the Song generals on the other side find out who it was?" The unwilling beggar Shilie gods and slaves grabbed their hair hard, and today they were a little bit, almost able to defeat the advance army of the Song people, and then they could wait for the backup to follow, and they were caught off guard by the Song people, but unfortunately it was ...... in the end.

Thinking of the situation that he almost won the Song people today, and finally let the Song people escape, the begging stone martyrs and gods and slaves couldn't wait to pull all the generals who didn't keep up with their speed into the snow and cut off their heads.

Along the way, although they also encountered a large army of the Song people, the begging stone martyrs saw through it at a glance, and this army did not have it at all

He had the determination to fight them, and since he saw his own army, he began to flee north, which was enough for him to see through at a glance, this Song army was just to attract their attention and delay their pace of rushing to help Taiyuan.

Therefore, in addition to sending 2,000 people to pursue, the begging stone martyr gods and slaves continued to move forward, and this just confirmed that his original choice was correct.

After all, once the Song army that has no determination to fight is led by the nose, then it is possible to let the Song army in front of him avoid him, so as to point directly at Niangzi Pass.

"I don't know yet, but ...... It shouldn't be that Ye Qing, right? The general asked cautiously.

The beggar stone lie gods and slaves frowned, and after thinking about it for a long time in their minds, they said, "It's not like Ye Qing's military methods, and it's ......." ”

The begging stone lie gods and slaves took a deep breath, and then continued: "I have seen the flower planting army, if Ye Qing is in a hurry, he will definitely put the flower planting army at the forefront, then it is very likely that we will not form such a big advantage after encountering the other party as soon as we encounter it, and the other party will be defeated and retreated, and almost scattered and fled. ”

"Since it's not Ye Qing, then...... My lord, maybe we'll still have a chance. The general looked at the tent outside the tent, which was gradually winding.

"Even if we meet Ye Qing, we also have a chance!" The begging stone martyr god slave gritted his teeth and said firmly: "No matter who it is, I will never allow them to cross my barrier!" ”

"But Taiyuan ......." The general said with some hesitation.

The begging stone martyrs sighed, and their expressions were a little gloomy: "Since the Song people have already arrived here, it is enough to show that Taiyuan has been lost." Glancing at a few generals next to him who looked a little worried, the Qishilie Divine Slave continued: "I know you are worried about whether the Song people will divide their troops into two ways after capturing Taiyuan, one way is used to block us, and the other way is ...... Head to Yanmen Pass, right? ”

"Yes, the last general is worried that this will be the case. What's more, we have already met a group of Song people on the road, and they will run away with us at all with one blow, and it is ...... that the last general is worried about. The general continued.

"Yanmen is closed in the mountains, and it is snowing heavily now, not to mention the Song people, even after we enter the mountains, we may not be able to hold on. As far as the eye can see, there is snow and white, not to mention finding Yanmen Pass, it would be good to be able to not lose your way in the mountains. What's more, Yanmen Pass has always been heavily guarded, and the Song people were stationed in Taiyuan back then, but they never took Yanmen Pass? In the end, it was not forced to give up Taiyuan and other places to us? ”

The begging stone lie gods and slaves turned their heads to see that there was still heavy snow outside, and when he thought of the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain of Yanmen Pass, as well as the goose feather snow in front of him that did not stop in the slightest, his heart could be somewhat relaxed.

In his worst plan, he watched the loss of Taiyuan and be taken away by the Song people, and then the Song and Jin restored to the old borders of the year, and clearly distinguished themselves from the Song people in Yanmen Pass, Niangzi Pass and other places.

This is the bottom line of his begging Shilie gods and slaves, and it is also the bottom line of the entire Jin Kingdom, after all, Taiyuan and other places were originally subordinate to the Song people, and now they are lost, not to mention that over the years, the Song Dynasty territory that was seized at the beginning has lost less now?

It was only because of the importance of Taiyuan Mansion that he begged Shilie to save Taiyuan Mansion, but if the situation was irreparable, they could take a step back, retreat to Niangzi Pass and Yanmen Pass, and restore the old system with the Song people.

But will Ye Qing be satisfied? The answer is no, in such bad weather, Ye Qing once again launched a war against the Jin country, what he wants is definitely not only a city in Taiyuan, Ye Qing's ambition is now known to the world, he wants the sixteen states of Yanyun, he wants to drive the Jin people outside the pass, and occupy the entire Central Plains from foreign invasion.

Under the vast snow, the cold wind whistled through the valley, like a fierce beast, ruthlessly and sharply ramming Ye Qing and other three thousand kinds of Hua family soldiers, at this time the torches were already useless, but fortunately, the white snow was able to point out a direction to their sight.

But even so, Ye Qing still felt as if he was in another world at the moment, as if he had arrived in an endless arctic world made of ice and snow.

The armor on his body and the clothes inside seemed to have been integrated, and there was no longer the slightest warmth, and the feeling of hard bang was like walking naked in armor on a snowy day.

The eyebrows, beard, eyelashes, and even the nostrils have turned white, and even though the limbs are moving hard, they can't feel the slightest flexibility at the moment, as if the legs and feet have become as clumsy as cold wooden sticks.

The knee-high snow made the war horses at the other end of the reins in their hands raise their hooves anxiously from time to time to break free, and the rugged mountain road was already in the night, so that the war horses in the hands of many soldiers stepped into the air, and then rolled down into the mountain ravines with the thick snow that was trampled.

It was possible to hear the neighing of the horses and the exclamations of the soldiers, but even so, they still had no way to find a safe shelter to stop and rest.

Jia Shegang opened his mouth, and before he could spit out even a word, the wind and snow poured into his throat in an instant, and the choking people seemed to feel that the wind and snow that had just been poured into his mouth had rushed to the cold stomach in an instant.

The wind in the valley was obviously a little more severe than the cold wind in the wilderness, and Xu Han was disappointed and helpless after getting rid of the chasing soldiers.

As if he had already guessed his purpose, the Jin people did not run after their butts desperately, but in just two hours, the Jin people gave up their pursuit, let them enter the mountains, and then drove away.

Xu Han wanted to send a small force to lure again, but in the end he gave up such an idea, there was a lot of snow, the direction was unknown, and now if he sent someone to lure again, I am afraid that if he doesn't wait for others to catch up, his own people will have to suffer heavy losses even if they are in a hurry.

In a sheltered place in a canyon, Xu Han simply gave up the temptation of the golden man who was locked up by the lady, and took the ground that had been blown by the cold wind and was full of holes

Pictured, under the human flesh wall of the besieged city of the soldiers, with the help of torches that may be extinguished by the wind and snow at any time, the route to Yanmen Pass is carefully studied.

At this time, even the begging stone martyrs who had just fought fiercely with the Song people for a long time were still not sleepy, and the wind outside the tent howled like the howl of a lonely ghost, and a figure mixed with the wind and snow rushed in.

"My lord, I found out, it should be...... A general named Yelu Tieyi, this is still known from the mouth of the wounded soldier on the opposite side who was saved on the battlefield, and the number of the army is 30,000. There was a hint of joy on the general's frozen red cheeks, in his opinion, as long as the commander of the Song people on the opposite side was not Ye Qing, then their certainty of winning this battle was much greater.

"Jeru's iron cloak? Khitan Liao? The beggar stone lie gods stood up thoughtfully, he didn't remember that among the generals under Ye Qing's command, there was such a number one person as Yelu Tieyi. What's more, Ye Qing is not a commander who will easily trust people of other races, how could such an important battle use a Khitan Liao who has never heard of a name?

He originally thought that what he encountered was either Zhong Silkworm or Mo Xiaobao, or other generals that Ye Qing trusted very much, but he didn't expect that it would be a general he had never heard of a name.

"It's a Khitan Liao, and it seems to be a woman." The general said to the begging Shilie Divine Slave who was full of doubts, but after a pause, he added: "The wounded soldier has not met their commander, and it is also a rumor heard in the army that their commander is actually a woman, and she is a very beautiful ....... ”

"Is it really called Yelu Tieyi? What else doesn't have a name? The begging stone lie gods and slaves suddenly turned around, their expressions didn't know whether they were surprised or happy, and when the general was stunned, he immediately pushed the general and said: "Immediately go and ask again, is there another general named Yelu Yixue next to the person named Yelu Tieyi!" ”

"Yes." The general looked at the surprised expressions of the begging stone martyrs, nodded a little bewildered, and then plunged into the wind and snow outside.

At this time, the spies of the Song people on the opposite side were also not idle, and after the spies on both sides occasionally encountered, they would hold the bows and arrows and crossbows in their hands, look at each other, and then twist their necks stiffly in the cold wind, as if they had not seen anything, and ran towards the periphery of the other party's army as if nothing had happened.

The weather was too cold, and they were obviously not willing to kill a few spies at this time to make meritorious contributions, not to mention that no one knew how many companions they had around them, so it was better to take the lead in completing their own dispatch.

After all, in a situation like this, when the confrontation between the two armies is already very clear, the role of spies is no longer great, and even if they go to each other's camps to investigate, they may not be able to find out any valuable news, and they still rely on the roaming of spies to give the army a chance to rest and recuperate and fight again tomorrow in the night.

In the tent that was crumbling in the cold wind, Yeluyue wore two thick fur coats, wrapped the whole person tightly in it, and squatted at the small stove next to her to take a nap.

Yelu Yixue carefully lifted the corner of the curtain that was buried in the cold earth, and the wind and snow behind him immediately took the opportunity to get in, and a gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes instantly swept into the tent, surprising Yelu Yue, who was sitting by the small fire and napping.

Turning his head to look at Yelu Yixue, who was squeezing sideways through the gap in the curtain, Yelu Yue's face was full of grateful smiles.

Yelu Yixue was a little embarrassed, the first time after squeezing into the tent, was to quickly close the curtain again, when he fled all the way from the Liao King City and defected to Ye Qing, although the environment they experienced was even worse than now, but now that there are some conditions, Yelu Yixue feels that there is no need to let His Highness suffer more.

"Your Highness, find out, it's ......." Yelu Yixue took a deep breath, and his expression became solemn and said, "The one who fought with us today was the begging stone martyr god slave. ”

Yeluyue poked her delicate chin out of the thick fur and rested on the soft and warm fur, her delicate fair face with a shallow smile, and then paused: "It seems that it is not so easy for us to go further. Then his expression became a little melancholy and said: "In such cold weather, I don't know what happened to my husband." ”

"Your Highness, I will send someone to send you back to Taiyuan Mansion at the end of tomorrow ......." Yelu Yixue suggested to Yelu Yue.

Yelu Yue smiled and shook her head, rejecting Yelu Yixue's suggestion: "I can't retreat, I'm afraid my husband is even more difficult than us at the moment." ”

The tent fell into a temporary silence, whether it was Yelu Yixue or Yelu Yue, after learning that the opposite side was the Jin army led by the begging stone martyrs and gods, they were actually very clear in their hearts that it was likely to be a protracted stalemate next, and the key to the outcome of this battle did not seem to be on their side.

That's why Yelu Yixue proposed to send someone to escort Yelu Yue back to Taiyuan, while he himself stayed here and fought with the begging stone lie gods and slaves, after all, what followed would be an extremely difficult and protracted tug-of-war, and in such a bad weather, Yelu Yixue obviously didn't want Yelu Yue to suffer again when he fled.

"Your Highness, the current situation ......." Yelu Yixue did not give up and wanted to persuade again.

"I can't leave, it will affect the morale of the army." Yeluyue continued to shake her head and refused: "Actually, it's not that we are completely unsure of winning, although we won't have any more reinforcements behind us. But in such bad weather, it may not be easy for the begging stone spirit gods and slaves to wait for more reinforcements to arrive. The husband said: The brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, so at the moment, they are opposite to the begging stone lie gods and slaves, then we have to see if he is the begging stone lie gods and slaves who have the ability to settle the battle, or whether I Yelu Tieyi will enter the master and lady in a battle! ”

At this time, Ye Luyue's eyes were deep and firm, and the momentum of the whole person in an instant became no longer as weak as just now, like a sharp sword, full of heroic spirit and high fighting spirit.

(ps: I'm sorry, yesterday was the old man's birthday, so I broke off, the reason why I didn't say it, I think it seems to be a little hypocritical.) ）