The current situation conjectured by the gods and slaves of Qishilie made him very anxious in his heart, and he couldn't wait for his wings to fly above the Taiyuan Mansion Tower immediately.

The importance of Taiyuan Mansion to the Jin Kingdom is self-evident, once Ye Qing captures Taiyuan Mansion, then he will really have a foothold, so that he can attack the Jin Kingdom more calmly.

To the north, you can directly take Yanmen Pass, as well as Yingzhou, Huanzhou, Shuozhou and Yunzhou behind you, and to the east, you can directly point to Niangzi Pass and Zhending Mansion, so that Ye Qing can hold a lot of initiative and flexibility in the strategy of attacking Jinguo.

Naturally, if only Ye Qing attacked Taiyuan Mansion, then it would not make the begging Shilie gods and slaves anxious, after all, in addition to Ye Qing's army attacking Taiyuan, Hebei East Road was also facing the Song army that was eyeing it. Coupled with the internal strife of the Khitan Liao people on Wujing Road, the Jin Kingdom is now embattled, and it is almost stared at to death on the waterway, so that it is completely surrounded by the Song army and the Khitan Liao.

The snowflakes and the cold wind hit the faces of the begging stone lie god slaves, and their minds analyzed the purpose of Ye Qing and Song Jun over and over again, and when they thought of the waterway, the begging stone lie god slaves galloping on horseback instantly felt cold, as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

In order to be able to rush to Niangzi Pass as soon as possible, so as to enter the hinterland of Taiyuan Mansion, the begging Shilie gods and slaves had to abandon the infantry army and grain and grass, so as to move forward lightly.

When there were still dozens of miles away from Niangzi Pass, the dark night began to fade gradually, and the night's march was not fast, but it was not slow, and at this time, the army behind him, because there was no respite in Zhending Mansion, was already out of order, and now it was only a few thousand people who could keep up with his speed.

The physical strength of the entire army has become the biggest obstacle on the march, so that the begging stone martyrs have to stop and rest the army.

As soon as a simple tent was set up under the snowflakes, the begging stone spirits and gods and slaves immediately got into it, and immediately found a pen and paper and bowed their heads on the desk.

I don't know if my hands were shivering because of the cold weather with snowflakes, or because I was worried that the Song people's navy might be pointing straight at Yanjing from the waterway, I took several deep breaths, but I couldn't stabilize my trembling hands.

Some of the anxious beggar Shilie gods and slaves slapped their hands impatiently on the desk, and finally because the anxiety in their hearts slowly calmed down, they immediately wrote to Wanyan Shoudao, reminding him to be careful that the Song army might rely on the waterway to land in Zhigu, so as to point directly at Yanjing City.

Zhigu is only more than 200 miles away from Yanjing, if the Song people's naval army really lands from Zhigu, then it can not only cooperate with the army attacking the Hebei East Road, but also cut off the connection between Wanyan Shoudao and Yingzhou and Mozhou, and even block Wanyan Shoudao from sending troops to aid the two states.

If you look at the map, Taiyuan Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, and Yingzhou, Hejian Prefecture, which is the most prominent to the south of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, are on a parallel line, and behind the three prefectures, there are other prefectures and the important Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

As if it was the first line of defense of the Jin people, as long as Taiyuan Mansion, Zhending Mansion, and Yingzhou were broken by the Song people, for the Jin people, this solid defense line that formed a line of defense would also mean that it would lose its effect, which also meant that the Song people had more strategic offensive options.

Snowflakes continued to flutter in the pre-dawn night, standing on the rolling mountains of the land, the withered yellow vegetation gradually covered with snowflakes, the black mountains were still the same, but now there was a silent desolation and loneliness.

Taiyuan Mansion is equally important to the Song people, and even for the Song people, in addition to being extremely important militarily, Taiyuan Mansion also has great advantages for the spirit and psychology of the Song people.

When Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi captured the Liu Chong regime with Taiyuan as the capital, he began the real unification of the Song court.

Although Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi was afraid that Taiyuan had the name of Dragon City, he finally had to burn and flood, and finally turned the Dragon City into ruins. But three years later, more than 40 miles north of the city, Taiyuan Mansion was rebuilt again, which now stands in front of Yeluyue's eyes.

By the time of Emperor Qinzong, because of the strength of the Jin people, the imperial court was forced to surrender Taiyuan Mansion, Hejian Mansion, and Zhongshan Mansion on Hebei West Road to the Jin people, so that the entire Great Song Dynasty territory in the hinterland of the Central Plains was no longer hindered in the eyes of the Jin people, so that the Jin people could plunder south at will, and eventually led to the arrival of Jingkang's shame.

Ye Qing didn't have time to rush to the city of Taiyuan Mansion with the army of the Flower Planter, but the messenger still caught up with Yeluyue's army.

Dawn gradually drove the night, the snowflakes were still dancing in the air, the whimpering horn sound on the head of Taiyuan Mansion woke up the entire undulating land of mountains and mountains, and also woke up the soldiers and civilians in the city.

And the snowflakes that should have been full of poetry and picturesqueness seem so evil and terrifying in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan Mansion at this moment.

After Yeluyue gave an order to the soldiers of the 3,000 battalions, looking down from the tower of Taiyuan City, the Song army was like a ghost sneaking close to the city wall and the closed city gate, and a shower of arrows with a shocking warning meaning shot through the snowflakes dancing in the air and shooting towards the Song army who was bowed down and holding a shield.

Because the siege equipment such as catapults of the Song army has not yet entered the scope of attacking the Taiyuan city wall, the golden people on the city tower, the arrows in their hands are almost completely useless when shooting at those sneaky Song troops, obviously they also know that the arrows will not pose much threat to the Song people who are advancing with shields, and the reason why this is so is just to remind the Song people under the city that they are already ready and waiting for them to attack the city.

What's more, they also need to save their strength to deal with the Song people after pushing the siege equipment into the firing range, and when the Song people really start the siege, they will push down the rolling stones and fire oil that have been prepared on the city wall.

So now those sneaky Song soldiers who don't pose any threat to the siege of the city, the Jin people on the city tower obviously don't care.

Wan Yan Gui also didn't care, at this moment he was still in a warm room under the city tower, slowly wearing the armor, not thinking that the Song army outside the city had the strength to break through the Taiyuan Mansion he was defending.

At this time, the Jin people on the city wall, when the Song army secretly began to retreat from under the city wall, once again symbolically shot two rounds of arrow rain, but obviously did not hurt even a single Song army, but in the open space after the Song army safely retreated, leaving an ownerless arrow that was already engaged.

Everything was carried out in silence, the Song army under the city tower did not have the earth-shattering sound of fighting, the golden soldiers on the city tower, after the initial long whimpering horn, after each entered their own defensive position, the two armies began to fight silently.

Three thousand battalions

All the soldiers withdrew, Yelu Yue under the silver armor looked solemn, and the moment the bow and crossbow in the hand of Yelu Yixue beside him were raised, the soldiers in front of both sides also slowly raised the bow and crossbow in their hands with the sound of an order that cut through the silent sky in the early morning.

The banner behind Yeluyue shook slowly, making the snowflakes around her flutter wildly, and the arrows on the bows and crossbows slowly lit up with firelight.

As the banner swaying behind Yeluyue suddenly pointed to the city tower in front, with the sound of the command to release arrows once again resounded in the sky of snowflakes in the early morning, just when Wan Yangui led his soldiers to climb the city tower to see how many people there were in the Song army besieging the city, the arrows with fire instantly flew towards the snowflakes flying in the air.

The arrows with the fire flashed by the snowflakes flying in the air, and then fell weakly to the foot of the city wall of Taiyuan Mansion, rows of arrows that crossed the sky, and there were few that could shoot on the city wall, posing any threat to the golden people, so the golden people on the city wall instantly resounded a burst of laughter.

Wan Yan Gui, who was climbing the castle tower, heard the laughter of the soldiers on the city wall, and a relaxed smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of his mouth, and when he stepped on the steps unhurriedly, a deafening rumble suddenly sounded in his ears.

The entire city wall and the steps under his feet seemed to tremble, and the snowflakes in the sky that had been flying with their tracks suddenly seemed to be swept by a gust of wind, and they fled in all directions in the air.

The huge fire under the city wall rose with the sound of a rumbling explosion, and some of the golden soldiers who were lying on the city wall and looking down were instantly engulfed by the firelight, and the screams instantly sounded on the city wall.

"Catapult attack." Yelu Yue bit her thin lip and said lightly to Yelu Yixue next to her.

At this time, the banner behind him was not affected by the rumbling explosion in front of him, and continued to swing in the air, and the catapult behind him had been pushed into range at the first time when the explosion sounded, and now one by one made a creaking sound like it was about to break, and under the joint force of all the soldiers, a piece of boulder was put up.

The rain of arrows on the city wall and the panicked screams instantly became chaotic, and Wan Yangui, who was climbing the city tower, sat on the cold steps without a butt that was shocked by the sound of the explosion, and when he was helped up by the soldiers beside him, he looked around in disbelief, and he didn't react for a while, what happened just now.

There was a burst of chaotic sounds and panicked roars on the city wall, and Wan Yangui finally ran quickly along the steps to the city wall with the support of his subordinates, but the moment he just climbed the tower, he saw a whistling sound of breaking the air in front of him, and a boulder the size of a stone crush smashed towards the city wall.

At the same time, under Yeluyue's continued order, the soldiers who were originally holding bows and crossbows in their hands now let the arrows ignite again, unlike the round that was biased to the left front of the city gate just now, now this round of arrows is not only partly aimed at the city gate, but also part continues to be aimed at the hard city wall in front of the right.

The boulder above the head of the golden soldier on the city wall roared and smashed down, making a dull impact sound, and the scream was instantly connected, the hot oil after the oil pot was overturned instantly spilled to the ground, the rumbling loud sound rose out of thin air again, and the more huge fire light rose from the ground with the booming sound in an instant, and almost instantly rose to the height of the city wall, while driving the snowflakes in the air, the huge tongue of fire rolled towards those oil pots.

The city wall instantly fell into a sea of fire, the golden soldiers in their hands bows and arrows, because of the great changes in a moment, at this time it was already impossible to shoot outside the empty city under the city wall, the rumbling sound was endless, the golden soldiers in the city tower sounded again, accompanied by the assembly of the golden generals for their soldiers, and the poignant voice: "The city gate is broken......." ”

The snowflakes are still dancing in the air, and the snowflakes that were originally just small snowflakes have turned into snowflakes the size of fingernails as time has passed, and Xu Han, who is wandering in Pingding Prefecture, obviously can't hide his marching route, and the Jin army behind him is already following the messy horseshoe imprints, which are only more than thirty miles away from him.

Xu Han, who was a little anxious, asked his subordinates around him again and again: "How is it?" Is there any movement over there in Taiyuan Mansion? The spies haven't come back yet, can't they? ”

"I haven't come back yet, it's just past noon, I'm afraid even if the first batch of spies come back, they will have to ......." The soldier looked at the increasingly dense snowflakes above his head, wiped his face and said, "I'm afraid it will be dark to be able to rush back." ”

Xu Han looked at the hourglass next to him, the northern land is already cold, if the leak is used to time, I am afraid that the water in it will have already frozen into ice, and this hourglass, since the original Northern Expedition, has been used by Ye Qing in the flower planting army, and now it has been used in various armies.

So when Xu Han asked the soldiers when the first batch of spies going to Taiyuan Mansion would be able to come back, the soldiers who couldn't calculate the time could only look at the sky and roughly estimate, while Xu Han was timed by the hourglass, and naturally knew that the dark of the snowy weather might come soon.

There are less than 10,000 of them, and after entering the Hedong Road from Hedongnan Road, they are already like a lonely boat in the sea.

Therefore, after they entered the Hebei Road, they were not so much a swaggering march as a march to hide in Tibet.

Without the strength to fight hard with the Jin people, they naturally will not choose to fight hard, and what they have to do now is that no matter whether Taiyuan Mansion will be captured or not, as long as they can wait for the reinforcements from the Jin people to rush to Taiyuan, it is enough for them to be able to settle and Niangzi Pass.

Of course, there is no real strength to block others, even if there is, it is impossible to fight with others for a long time, after all, Hebei Road is still the territory of Jinren, Xu Han naturally knows that he has to avoid its edge.

Therefore, as long as they wait for the Jin reinforcements from Niangzi Pass, no matter whether the Jin reinforcements will be led by them to run in the direction of Yanmen Pass, they will immediately continue to "escape" north after taking a face to face with the Jin people.

As for whether the Jin people who rushed to the aid of Taiyuan Mansion will pursue them, it is not their problem, it is the problem of the Jin people, and they have to rush to Yanmen Pass, either waiting for Yeluyue to appear here, and then jointly attack Yanmen Pass, or wait for Ye Qing to come to Yanmen Pass, and after breaking a gap together, they will rob Naying Prefecture and other four states.

Yeluyue attacked Taiyuan in advance, although Ye Qing sighed helplessly, but this did not affect the plan he had explained to Xu Han before, of course, all this was also because of Wang Rujia and Tian Li's surrender, which was completely unexpected by them, so the time that suddenly became rich could indeed allow Yeluyue to ignore it, and he couldn't wait to attack Taiyuan without waiting for him to catch up.

In this way, it is natural to be able to make Xu Han appear less stressed in Pingding, but obviously this is also relative, because once Jin Ren realizes the South Hedong Road, fundamentally

When it did not cause them any difficulties, it was inevitable that they would speed up their efforts to help Taiyuan.

Therefore, it was not only the Qishilie gods and slaves who appeared in their minds, but also Ye Qing who was chasing Yeluyue's ass and his three thousand kinds of flower army.

The sky gradually darkened, and the small snowflakes had turned into goose feather snow after brewing during the day, and the flower planters avoided the so-called muddy and slippery that may appear in the rainy season, but still did not avoid the cold and slippery snow day.

The road behind the army was still muddy, fortunately, the flower planting army did not have food and grass and baggage and so on to slow down the speed, when the watch hour hand on Ye Qing's wrist had pointed to six o'clock in the afternoon, the sky had already completely darkened, with the crackling sound of the torches lighting up the snowy road, they also had to send out more scouts to help the army explore the way, so as not to fall into the cliff along the snow-covered road.

There are only twenty miles left from Taiyuan Mansion, and it took Ye Qing a full hour to rush to the gate of Taiyuan City, which is a mess, looking at the ruined city wall that still has firelight, and looking at the city gate where there is no city gate, the big stone hanging in Ye Qing's heart can finally be completely put down.

The scene in front of him made the army of flower planters who were hurrying in the snow in high spirits, and under the leadership of Ye Qing, they immediately rushed into the city where there was still a sound of fighting.

The scouts traveled back and forth between Taiyuan Mansion and Ye Qing's army of planting flowers, and as soon as they entered the city, Ye Qing contacted the scouts, and Jia Shi led the army of planting flowers to assist Yeluyue's army to continue to encircle and suppress the Jin soldiers in the city, while he followed the scouts in the direction of the Taiyuan Mansion.

The entire Taiyuan Mansion is now like an empty city, except for the sporadic torches on the road, the houses and buildings on both sides are all pitch black, and there is not even a single figure in sight on the street, not even a beggar.

Only occasionally can you hear the soft creaking of doors and windows, and the sight of black shadows flying inside.

The first time Ye Luyue saw Ye Qing, she first smiled sweetly, and then raised her delicate chin, waiting for Lord Ye to praise her.

And Master Ye walked up to him, knocked on Yelu Tieyi's white forehead, and snorted: "Although it is not a rush for quick success, the so-called impermanence of soldiers and impermanence of water, but in the future, you can't be so rash and disobey orders." ”

"Hmph, there are only some remnants left of the Jin people now, and as soon as the city was broken, I had already ordered Yelu Yixue to return to the city gate leading to Niangzi Pass, so don't worry, no Jin soldier can run out of Taiyuan Mansion, and the snow is so big, it is a matter of time before you catch that Wan Yan Gui or Wan Yan Zhang." Ye Luyue said proudly to Ye Qing.

pinched the smug face, and the coldness on his hand made Ye Luyue slap Ye Qing's hand off the first time, and continued: "If it weren't for the three thousand battalions, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to take Taiyuan Mansion, and even so, our casualties in this battle would be greater than expected." ”

Speaking of this, Yeluyue's expression gradually darkened, although there are also Song soldiers in the 30,000 army, but more of them are composed of Liao people and Xia people, and almost all of them are sent by generals, and they will not charge ahead.

Therefore, after the tragic siege came to an end, Yeluyue also had to grieve for the soldiers who died in battle.

Ye Qing looked at Yeluyue, who looked a little lost in an instant, and didn't know how to say the next words for a while, this was originally a matter of course, but it was precisely because of Yeluyue's leadership that this kind of use of war to eliminate dissidents seemed a bit despicable.

However, it is precisely because the Liao people and the Xia people are more suitable for this kind of charge, as well as the advantage of fighting in a harsh environment, so Ye Qing must use the Liao people and Xia people as the main army to fight the Jin people no matter what.

Of course, the most important thing is that the next encounter with the Jin reinforcements will need Ye Qing to deal with the army dominated by the Liao and Xia people.

"Let your army start to withdraw, and the Jin people who are still stubbornly resisting in the city will be handed over to the flower planting army." Ye Qing said with some difficulty.

To Ye Qing's surprise, Yelu Yue nodded obediently, and after letting the herald give Yelu Yixue an order, she looked at Ye Qing and said, "After Taiyuan City is broken, will I go to Niangzi Pass alone?" ”

His eyes fell on the map that Yeluyue had been looking at before he came in, leaving Taiyuan and continuing to the northeast, which is Niangzi Pass and Zhending Mansion, and due north is Yanmen Pass and the four states of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

"Do you want to take Niangzi Pass or Zhending Mansion?" Ye Qing sighed silently, looked at Ye Luyue with tenderness in her eyes and asked.

Ye Luyue's gaze shifted from Ye Qing's cheeks to the map, the distance between Taiyuan Mansion and Yanmen Pass is almost equal to the distance from Zhending Mansion, but on the way to Niangzi Pass and Zhending Mansion, although the terrain is due to heavy snow, the speed of the march will be greatly reduced, but compared to going to Yanmen Pass, the complexity of the terrain is still much better.

After all, to go to Yanmen Pass is to enter the lofty mountains, which is obviously a little unfavorable for the army led by Yeluyue, and they are obviously more suitable for charging and fighting on flat terrain.

Although the number of the flower planters is small, because of the war with Ye Qingnan and the north over the years, whether it is the complex and dangerous terrain conditions like Guanshan or the combat method that can charge on the grassland, they are all completely proficient, and it can be said that it is a real weapon born specifically to seize the level.

"When are you leaving?" Ye Luyue stared at Ye Qing's gaze that was a little distressed for her, and then slowly snuggled into Ye Qing's arms.

The armor on the two of them made a slight collision sound, and in the room illuminated by the oil lamp, only the two of them were left, and the occasional screams and fighting sounds came into the ears of the couple.

"Have a good night's rest and leave early tomorrow morning." Ye Qing stroked Ye Luyue's hair and continued: "But you must remember not to rush in again, now Dong Chao can't take care of this side, and the Jin people are very likely to give up the pursuit of Xu Han and come directly to Taiyuan Mansion, so ......." ”

"So after I set off tomorrow, it is very likely that I will meet the Jin army rushing to help on the way?" Ye Luyue slowly left Ye Qing's embrace, wearing armor and snuggling was so awkward, there was no warmth at all, but it made her cheeks feel very cold.

"When they meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, not to mention that they don't really have the strength to fight with you because they are in a hurry. So after you start tomorrow, you don't have to be too anxious to march, just make sure to ....... Ye Qing said to Ye Luyue, who was staring at the map.

There was a knock on the door, and with Yelu Yue's voice, Yelu Yixue, who was covered in blood and had solidified on his armor, walked in quickly: "Wan Yan Gui has not been caught yet, but it has been determined that Taiyuan Mansion is guarded by Wan Yan Gui, and Wan Yan Zhang is in Yanmen Pass." ”