After Zhong Shidao let the army rest for two days, he ordered Zhi Keqiu to lead 15,000 men and horses to attack Yinzhou, and he himself led 15,000 men and horses plus Liu Jiqian and 3,000 men and horses to attack Xiazhou.

Two days later, when he arrived in Xiazhou, Zhong Shidao ordered the siege of the city, the city wall of Xiazhou was high and strong, the Xia army was well guarded, and it was not captured for a day, and the Song army suffered many casualties. On the morning of the next day, Zhong Shidao ordered that Xiazhou City must be captured today, and all the offensive and unproductive will be immediately beheaded regardless of officers and soldiers.

Yang Huaide saw that many Song troops were injured and carried down, and he was anxious, he carefully observed the situation of the attacking and defending sides, and had an idea. said to Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi: "You see, the position in front of the city wall horse Xia Jun is not strictly defended, after a while, the two of you will build a flying ladder, I will climb to the top of the city as fast as possible, the Xia army will not be able to defend, the key is to be fast." ”

Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi said: "No problem. ”

Yang Huaide told Liu Jiqian his thoughts again, and Liu Jiqian said: "I will organize an attack to cover your siege, if it doesn't work, you will retreat immediately." ”

Yang Huaide took off his armor and went into battle lightly, Liu Jiqian divided the siege soldiers into ten squads, he gave an order, the archers fired a volley at the head of the city, he personally beat the drums, and the ten squads rushed to the city together, erecting ladders to attack the city.

Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi quickly ran to the horse's face wall and set up the ladder to the head of the city, Yang Huaide took a deep breath, and used force under his feet, like an off-string arrow to the bottom of the ladder, and then rushed to the top of the ladder like an agile monkey, before the soldiers defending the city reacted, he exerted force on his waist, supported the battlement with his left hand, flipped over the top of the soldier's head, fell to the head of the city, and reflexively stabbed the soldier in the back, and the surrounding Xia troops retreated after being stunned.

Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi followed closely to the top of the city, the three of them struggled to repel the defenders of the city, the Song army under the city shouted and swarmed up, and the soldiers of Xia fled in panic, so Xiazhou City was quickly conquered.

Wang Yuan saw Yang Huaide and said, "Huaide, you are so fast!" I see that you are still under the city, and you have arrived in the city in the blink of an eye, it is really the ancient Youfei general Li Guang, and now the flying general Yang Huaide! ”

Yang Huaide said: "You have won the award, how dare I compare with the flying general Li Guang!" ”

Xia Yin Erzhou was captured, everyone was immersed in joy, and there was no battle plan after five days.

On the morning of this day, Wang Yuan met Yang Huaide and the three of them and said: "The three of you are alive and well, and you have made many achievements in battle as soon as you joined the army, and your future is limitless. ”

Liu Keshi said: "Thanks to the guidance of several of your seniors, we have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. ”

Wang Yuan said: "General Liu has you three young generals are really like a tiger, and I will take a leave of absence to go home to visit my elderly parents in a few days." ”

At this time, a herald came to report that Marshal Zhong called a meeting of all the generals, and several of them immediately went to the big tent.

Zhong Shidao's expression was solemn, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he said: "The scholar Cai You and the Jin King of the Liao State, Yelu Longyun, will come here in the afternoon to announce the will of the imperial court, I will first reveal some news to you, and the imperial court will order all the people and horses to withdraw, and all the captured cities must be returned to the Xia Kingdom." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene exploded, and everyone talked about it, Han Shizhong shouted: "Marshal, you can't retreat, we now have the back army and the divine arm bow that can completely restrain the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom, and the pacification of the Xia Kingdom is just around the corner." ”

Liu Jiqian asked, "Marshal Zhong, why did the imperial court make this decision?" ”

Zhong Shidao said: "As far as I know, the Xia State has repeatedly asked the Liao State for help, and the Liao State has relieved the pressure on the imperial court, accusing me of the Great Song Dynasty being nameless and causing trouble, and asking us to withdraw our troops and return to the city, and the two countries will reconcile. Moreover, the northern border pass reported that tens of thousands of iron horsemen of the Liao State were showing off their might outside our Yanmen Pass. ”

Yang Huaide said: "Marshal Zhong, are we afraid that the Khitans will not succeed, and you will lead us to drive the Khitan Hulu out of the sixteen states of Yanyun and take back the territory of our Han people." ”

Yang Huaide said this, the crowd was excited, Yang Huaixing, Liu Keshi, and some young generals also shouted: "Yang Huaide is right, beat the Khitan dog back to his hometown!" ”

Zhong Shidao couldn't suppress his excitement, and said: "Everyone, why don't you want to be like this, but since Taizong, my Great Song Dynasty has fought with the Liao State, and I have almost never won, and now no one is sure to defeat the Liao State, and the old man is also nearly sixty years old, and I am powerless, and the great cause of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun in the future depends on you young people!" After saying that, he hid his face and left.

Liu Keshi asked Liu Jiqian angrily: "Dad, will we return all the walled cities to the Xia Kingdom in vain if we have suffered so many casualties?" Could it be that our Da Song is so easy to bully? ”

Liu Jiqian had a calm face and said: "We are not afraid of the Xia army, but the Liao army is strong and brave, and we are indeed defeated by the Liao army." More than ten years ago, I fought against Yelu Longyun, the king of the Jin Dynasty of Liao, and I was knocked off his horse by him in more than a dozen rounds. Once the Liao State now sends troops to attack our Great Song Dynasty, we will be attacked on both sides, and the consequences will be unimaginable, and the imperial court will be forced to make such a decision. And the crowd parted unhappily.

In the afternoon, everyone came to the big tent again, everyone was listless, the scholar Cai You and the king of the Jin Dynasty of Liao, Yelu Longyun, accompanied by Zhong Shidao, sat in the middle, that Yelu Longyun was dressed in a beard, burly, one meter eight tall, square face and beard, and the air was lofty.

Cai You said: "Generals, under the mediation of the Liao State, the imperial court has made peace talks with the Xia State, decided to cease war between the two countries, our army will all withdraw, and all the captured cities will be returned to the Xia State, and the Xia State promises not to invade the border of our Great Song Dynasty again. ”

Yang Huaide had been holding his breath in his heart, he couldn't help it, and came out and said: "My lord, under Yang Huaide, I don't agree to the truce, we have repeatedly defeated the Xia army, we should take advantage of the situation to destroy the Xia Kingdom and unify the world!" ”

Yelu Longyun said: "This little general, you look at things simply, you have won a few battles in front of you, but once you enter the hinterland of the Xia Kingdom, you may not be able to win, and I Da Liao does not want the two of you to go to war." ”

Yang Huaide saw Yelu Longyun interjecting, and said angrily: "Could it be that my Great Song Dynasty is still afraid that you will not succeed in the Liao Kingdom, and if you want to fight, you will fight!" ”

Cai You saw that Yang Huaide was speaking without measure, and shouted: "Bold, Yang Huaide, don't talk nonsense here, you are not here to discuss national affairs, come on, pull him out!" ”

Yang Huaixing was worried that his eldest brother would cause trouble, so he stepped forward and pulled Yang Huai out of the big tent.

Yang Huaide was angry and said, "Why are you pulling me!" What to be afraid of! ”

Yang Huaixing persuaded: "Big brother, don't say it, we are all small people, and no one wants to listen to what we say." ”

Yang Huaide clenched his fists, frowned, and suddenly had an idea, and said: "If Yelu Longyun is killed, there will be no truce, and it will also get rid of my Great Song henchmen." ”

Yang Huaixing was confused and asked, "Big brother, what do you mean?" ”

Yang Huaide said: "Ah, it's okay, I'll go back." He turned and walked to his tent.

Yang Huaixing saw that there was nothing wrong with the eldest brother, so he returned to the big tent.

Cai You finished announcing the will of the imperial court, rested for a while, and sent Yelulong back to Liao, just when he walked to a forest not far from Xiazhou City, suddenly, a masked man jumped out of the woods to block the way, this man was dressed as a common man and armed with a spear.

The masked man suppressed his voice and shouted, "Yelu Longyun, you Khitan dog, today is your death." ”

Yelu Longyun was angry and said, "Who are you? What enmity do I have with you? ”

The masked man shouted: "I want to destroy the Song Kingdom in Great Xia, what is the matter with your Liao Kingdom, what is related to your Yelu Longyun, I will kill you first!" ”

The masked man jumped and stabbed Yelu Longyun in the heart with a spear in one hand, Yelu Longyun leaned back to dodge, turned over and jumped off the horse, took off the three-pointed two-edged knife, and fought with the masked man.

Cai Youke on the side was frightened, he was responsible for sending Yelulong back to Liao, something was going to happen, and Song and Liao were about to go to war.

He shouted loudly: "Quick, protect King Jin!" ”

Dozens of Song soldiers and Yelu Longyun's guards surrounded the two.

Seeing that the masked man was so rampant, Yelu Longyun shouted, "You don't need help, I will take him down myself." ”

The masked man danced the spear unexpectedly, Yelu Longyun also used the ancestral knife technique, the three-pointed two-edged knife also seemed to turn over the river and the sea, and the sand and stones flew wildly, the two of them were difficult to distinguish between high and low, and everyone did not dare to approach, Cai You was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

At this time, several war horses galloped over, led by Liu Jiqian, followed by Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi.

It turned out that Yang Huaixing returned to the tent after the meeting, and found that Yang Huaide's official uniform was placed on the table, and the dragon pear flower spear was gone. He immediately ran to Liu Jiqian's tent, and Liu Keshi was also there.

Yang Huaixing said eagerly: "Uncle Liu, my eldest brother went to assassinate Yelu Longyun, what should we do?" ”

Liu Jiqian was surprised: "What, he went to assassinate Yelu Longyun!" He's too impulsive! ”

Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi followed Liu Jiqian to the big tent of Zhong Shidao and told Zhong Shidao about the matter.

Zhong Shidao stood up from the chair and said: "This Yelu Longyun has a prominent position in the Liao State, and the soldiers and horses on the southwest road are all at his disposal, if he dies in our hands, the Liao State will definitely raise the teacher to ask for the guilt, you hurry up and chase Lord Cai, escort Yelu Longyun out of the country, and can't let Huaide do this reckless thing!" Then the three of them came after him.