Chapter 209: The End of the Yan Kingdom
Three days later, Tian Wuheng, Xiang Yi and Huang Guixuan got together, and their faces were very solemn. They only knew that Suizhou and Yicheng were occupied by the Song army, but they did not know that it was Deng Yuanjue himself who led the army.
"He Taishou has been with his eldest brother for many years, even if he doesn't understand military affairs, he won't quietly throw Suizhou away, and he will leave 10,000 people for him when I leave." The loss of Suizhou made Xiang Yi very puzzled, why he didn't notify himself that there was a Song army attacking the city.
"There is only one possibility that he didn't notify us, that is, it was too late to notify, Suizhou must not have been breached, but someone had infiltrated the city and restrained him in advance." Huang Guixuan reasoned.
"Suizhou is our foundation, and usually the city gate is not even open, so who can get in? Could it be? Xiang Yi suddenly remembered someone.
Huang Guixuan nodded: "Yes, it's Chen Shaodong and his son, Suizhou, as an isolated city, has been surrounded by enemy troops for three years, and the people in the city have long had no contact with the outside world, and the only outsiders who can enter freely are Chen's father and son." ”
Xiang Yi said angrily: "No wonder the eldest brother has never dared to trust them, it turns out that they are really Deng Yuanjue's people." ”
"Let's still care about our own situation, now that the grain and grass are running out, and the retreat route has been cut off by the Song army, if we continue to consume like this, we will starve to death before Lei Zhengming comes out." Tian Wuheng knew that the problem was on Chu Jun's side, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart.
"The top priority is also to ask General Tian to send people to Xiangyang and Zhoukou, and ask them to send troops to recapture Suizhou and Yicheng, this time the Song army is a surprise attack, and the troops brought by it must not be much, and it should not be difficult to recapture them." Huang Guixuan suggested.
Tian Wuheng couldn't think of a better way, so he had to agree: "This is the only way, I hope they can recapture the second city before we run out of grain and grass." ”
"General Yu, a light cavalry of 20,000 people in the direction of Yicheng and Suizhou each came towards us, and Lei Zhengming of Xiakou City also led an army of 50,000 out of the city." Tian Wuheng didn't have time to send someone back to ask for help, so Song Jun killed him first.
Deng Yuanjue's father and son were all dressed up, and no one recognized the leader rushing to the front.
The three-way army entered the Qichu coalition camp at the same time, Deng Wenjie and Lei Zhengming galloped in the coalition camp, cutting down every person, Ding Jiaxuan also led the masters of the Heavenly Sword Gate to set fire to it, and specifically looked for the leading generals to assassinate. All of a sudden, the fire in the camp was like a star, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
"General Xiang, our casualties are too great, if we continue to fight like this, we are afraid that the whole army will be annihilated, so let's break through, right?" Huang Guixuan shouted at Xiang Yi.
Xiang Yi looked around and saw that there were more and more Song troops around him, and if he didn't leave, he really wouldn't have a chance: "Okay, let's kill it, Mr. Huang, you follow me." ”
Xiang Yi took the lead, and rushed out of the camp with Huang Guixuan.
"Want to escape? It's not that easy. Lei Zhengming suddenly blocked in front of him.
"Fuck off." Xiang Yi waved the sledgehammer in his hand and smashed it towards the top of Lei Zhengming's head.
Bell, Lei Zhengming raised his gun to block, but the spear was smashed by Xiang Yi's hammer.
"That's a lot of strength!" Lei Zhengming's hands were numb, looking at Xiang Yi's back as he fled, and he didn't dare to chase after him.
The Chu army slipped away first, and the rest of Tian Wuhengke was unlucky. Lei Zhengming let go of the Chu army, and had to take all the evil anger out on the Qi army.
Tian Wuheng didn't know that his allies had run away, but he felt that there were more and more Song troops on his side, and when he found out, there were not many Qi troops left around him.
"Tian Wuheng, aren't you still arrested?" Lei Zhengming shouted.
Tian Wuheng ignored it, and with the last point, the Qi army wanted to rush out.
Deng Wenjie blocked in front, lifted the big knife and slashed directly. Tian Wuheng was on the side of his body, raising his sword to fight with him.
This Tian Wuheng is also a master from the Tianqi Sect, Deng Wenjie is still young after all, the two of them fought more than 30 moves, and Deng Wenjie gradually fell behind.
Lei Zhengming saw that Deng Wenjie was about to lose, so he also drew his long sword and jumped into the battle circle, and the two fought Tian Wuheng.
Tian Wuheng had no fear at all, with one enemy and two enemies, he actually became more and more brave the more he fought, and he did not fall behind at all.
The three of them dismantled more than 80 moves in a row, and even the Qi troops around them were killed, and they still didn't tell the winner.
Ding Jiaxuan wanted to go up and replace the two, but Deng Yuanjue stopped him and shouted in a low voice: "You two retreat." ”
Tian Wuheng only felt that the voice was a little familiar, but looking at the person's appearance was unfamiliar.
Deng Yuanjue walked into the arena and pushed towards Tian Wuheng with one palm, Tian Wuheng didn't dare to slack off, and raised his palm to greet him.
The two fought for less than ten moves, and Tian Wuheng was completely suppressed. After three more moves, Tian Wuheng was slapped to the chest with a palm, and his body flew out involuntarily.
"I can't imagine that in addition to Ding Jiaxuan, there are people with such high martial arts in the Song Kingdom, who are you?" Tian Wuheng lay on the ground and asked unwillingly.
"Can't you hear me?" Deng Yuanjue did not deliberately lower his voice this time.
"General Deng? Aren't you in the country of Yan? Tian Wuheng couldn't believe the scene in front of him.
Deng Yuanjue smiled slightly: "Your three princes are so powerful, I won't come back, I'm afraid that this bit of inheritance will be taken away by him." ”
Hearing the other party praise Jiang Huanyan, Tian Wuheng smiled: "Hahaha, it turns out that you also know how powerful the third prince is." Although you have won against me today, you cannot win against him, and one day you will die at his hands. ”
"Bold." Deng Wenjie was furious when he heard this, and slashed at Tian Wuheng's head.
"The child is reckless, please punish the father." After killing Tian Wuheng, Deng Wenjie knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.
"That's it, it's just a pity that Xiang Yi ran away. Now that Suizhou is empty, I'm afraid I can't stop him, let's go back quickly. After speaking, Deng Yuanjue arranged for someone to bury Tian Wuheng again.
Xiang Yi didn't dare to stay after breaking through the siege, and rushed back to Zhoukou with 3,000 remnants of the army all the way non-stop. When passing through Suizhou, he didn't dare to approach, but just bypassed from the side. There were only 5,000 defenders in Suizhou, and they didn't dare to pursue Xiang Yi when they saw him, so they had to watch him leave.
"Your Highness, there is a battle report from Xiangyang, General Tian Wuheng has died in Xiakou." In Liuzhou City, a partial general was reporting the battle to Jiang Huanyan.
"In this way, Deng Yuanjue has already arranged the internal response, so he can take Suizhou without knowing it, is Xiang Chu still attacking Yingchuan?" Jiang Huanyan didn't care about Tian Wuheng's life and death.
"Yes, General Xiang and General Tian Kangyou are still in Yingchuan, Deng Wenhao is about to be unable to support it, I believe they will be able to break through the city soon." The general replied.
Jiang Huanyan thought for a while and suddenly said, "Hurry up and send someone to inform Xiang Chu and Tian Kangyou and ask them to withdraw to Zhoukou to garrison." Now Deng Yuanjue is in Suizhou, if he takes Xiakou's soldiers and horses to attack Zhoukou, Yingyue will not be able to defend it. At the same time, inform Lu Xingyu in Xiangyang and ask him to beware of Deng Yuanjue. ”
The general said suspiciously: "Isn't Deng Yuanjue outside the city now?" How can it be in Suizhou? I saw his banner just now. ”
"We fell for him, he must have let Zhou Yunjing confuse me here under his handsome flag, in fact, he himself has already returned to Chudi." Jiang Huanyan saw that he still had doubts: "If you don't believe it, I'll give you 50,000 troops to go out to call for war now, Zhou Yunjing will definitely not dare to fight, and he will lead his troops to Fuquan tonight." ”
The general was suspicious, and while arranging for someone to send a letter to Xiang Chu, he ordered 50,000 people to go out of the city to call for war.
Sure enough, the Song army hung up the war-free card and did not fight behind closed doors. When the general came back on the second day, he found that the Song army had withdrawn, leaving only an empty camp.
"Your Highness, as you expected, the Song army has withdrawn, should we chase after it?" I was completely convinced.
"I can't catch up, Deng Yuanjue has already withdrawn from the hegemony of Yan Kingdom, let's take Yan Kingdom first. You gave an order to Zeng Dong of Penglai, let him lead his troops to take Anyang, and remember to release Zhu Tingxun back to Jinxing without a trace. Jiang Huanyan decided to make a move to Anyang.
Zhu Tingxun was regretting sending troops to Penglai every day, if he hadn't listened to Deng Yuanjue and Gao Lan's advice, Anyang would have been able to hold off the Qi army for a few years. Now not only has he lost half of his troops, but he has also lost the hearts of the people of Yan State.
When Zeng Dong led the army to the city, the attitude of the people in the city was completely different from half a year ago, and this time they all spontaneously organized, sitting in front of the palace and shouting: "We want to surrender to the Qi country, we don't want to repeat the mistakes of Penglai."
Someone suggested that Zhu Tingxun should arrest and kill all these people. Zhu Tingxun asked lightly: "Isn't really killing these people repeating the mistakes of Penglai?" Besides, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the whole city, can our 30,000 army finish killing? ”
That night, Zhu Tingxun opened the city gate and fled in the direction of Jinxing with an army of 30,000.
After Jiang Huanyan received the good news, he divided his 150,000 troops into three, leaving 50,000 people to garrison Liuzhou to prevent the Song army from coming back. He and Zeng Dongbing divided into two routes, each with 50,000 men, and attacked other counties separately.
Originally, most of the troops of the Yan Kingdom were concentrated in three places: Hanzhong, Nanjun and Anyang. There are very few garrisons in other cities in the country, after Anyang was captured, and the matter of Penglai spread, wherever Jiang Huanyan and the two went, the people of Yan Kingdom fell to the wind, and even in some places, the people killed Taishou in advance and waited for the arrival of the Qi army.
In just three months, except for Hanzhong, Nanjun and a few cities around Jinxing, all other places in the Yan Kingdom have been included in the territory of the Qi State.
"Your Highness, there are only three places left in the Yan Kingdom, should we go to fight Jinxing or help General Tian and them?" Zeng Dong and Jiang Huanyan joined forces again, and now they have more than 200,000 soldiers and horses under their command.
Jiang Huanyan thought for a while and said: "Let's go to Hanzhong to help General Sun first, in the Yan country, although the reputation of the Zhu family is stinky, the prestige of the Ning family is still there, if we destroy the Zhu family first, those pro-Yan forces will immediately fall to the Ning family, and the Ning family's uncle and nephew are not so easy to deal with." ”