Huyan Aobo led Yang Yanlang into an ambush, but Yang Yanlang was unmoved, you hit yours, I beat mine, and as a result, Huyan Aobo won the battle, but fell into passivity.

After learning of the loss of the village, Huyan Aobo immediately gave up the pursuit of Lai Youwei and counterattacked the village. Early in the morning, Yang Yanlang used a night's kung fu to re-deploy the defense of the village, and Huyan Aobo waved his army to kill him.

This time, the army brought by Yang Yanlang from Lingzhou, although it was still inferior to Huyan Aobo, was three times more than the last time when he rushed to Douling to take over the defense of the Wei Wu Department. Huyan Aobo made people scold in front of the village, Yang Yanlang was unmoved, hung up the free battle card, you come to attack me, you retreat I will never attack, just firmly stuck in Huyan Aobo back to Xiaoguan This is the only way to go.

Huyan Aobo has not read the book of war, it is all the experience honed in the career of Rong Ma, as soon as he saw Yang Yanlang's reaction, he knew that Yang Yanlang deliberately left all his people here. After attacking for two days in a row, it was always difficult to advance an inch, and Weizhou Lai Youwei packed up the remnants of the army at this time and rushed to pick it up; cheap, constantly raiding and harassing his military camp, Li Jiyun began to worry.

He failed in the surprise attack on Xiazhou, and was driven by Yang Hao's men and horses like a lost dog, his brother and brother almost killed themselves in the west of Yinzhou City, the ten sides of the ambush, the taste of the danger of every step still want to come to the heart palpitations, he doesn't want to repeat that kind of experience again, now Yang Yanlang is stubbornly guarding the village, there is little hope of killing a bloody road, and there is no other road in this area to pass, and then consume, and wait until the soldiers and horses from all walks of life are surrounded, it is the turtle in the urn.

Li Jiyun was restless, and hurriedly went to Hu Yan Aobo to discuss, Hu Yan Ao Bo also knew that if it cost one more rì, the danger of falling into the siege of the Western Xia army would be one more point, although cutting the village was the best way out, now Yang Yanlang is defending it, but it has become a dead end, rather than sitting and waiting for death, it is better to find another way to survive.

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However, it is close to Yanzhou, which is one of the most affluent cities in Hexi, so this small city is relatively wealthy.

After Mengjing replenished military supplies, he feigned to attack Yanzhou. Yanzhou is a big city in Western Xia, and Yang Hao will never let Yanzhou lose the tax revenue provided for the Western Xia State every year, no matter whether Huyan Aobo and Li Jiyun are really fighting or feints, Yang Hao can't afford to take this risk. In this way, the Western Xia soldiers and horses who were blocked and driven back could be led to Yanzhou.

At this time, he quickly broke away from the battlefield, galloped hundreds of miles to the enemy with a night's effort, and rushed to the shrimp and toad village. The shrimp toad village leans against the Qilian Mountain, there is a passage connecting the right side of Hexi Long, the mountain road is like a sheep's intestine, called a line of heaven', it is not suitable for the passage of the army, so there are not many garrisons on both sides. If you attack the mountains from the outside, it will be much easier to fight, you can first cut off the Western Xia soldiers guarding the mountain, and return to Longyou by way.

Dark clouds cover the moon, and the winter is cold.

At the moment of life and death, Huyan Aobo put down his always arrogant and arrogant xìngzi, talked with Li Jiyun at night, stayed up all night, and formulated contingency measures for every step of the entire action plan, and even the variables that each step may face.

Cutting and stepping on the village, the lights in the camp are high, the sound of fighting, the soldiers can't undress, sleep on their pillows, and are always on guard against the night attack of Huyan Aobo. The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and in the face of this only way of life, it is strange that the Tubo people do not work hard.

Yang Yanlang was neatly clothed, patrolling the military camp at night, and then climbed high and looked into the distance, looking at the lights in the Huyan Aobo camp, eagerly looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements. There was a big chaos this winter, and the Ganzhou Hui was completely weakened, and there was no capital to make waves, and the hearts of the ill-intentioned were swept away. And the leaders of the Tuoba clan in Xingzhou, who were proud of their achievements and mighty, were also killed on the night of the pong, and after that bloody night, the force that had the heaviest constraints on Yang Hao within the court also disappeared completely. From now on, Yang Hao is the sea is wide and the sky is high and the birds can fly, and the temporary turmoil is exchanged for a long period of peace.

If, at this time, the invading Tibetan forces can be completely annihilated in the territory, it will undoubtedly be the icing on the cake and even more powerful. According to the estimation of the imperial court, as soon as they learned that Suerman had missed, they would quickly retreat, and they could not be stopped, so Yang Yanlang's mission was to "send" them back to Longyou in a beautiful manner.

Who knew that because of the heavy snow, Yang Yanlang's department was a few hours later than the scheduled time, and Lai Youwei's department, who cooperated with the flanks, arrived on time, Huyan Aobo took the initiative to attack, and Yang Yanlang took the opportunity to cut the village and completely disrupt the original plan.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if the overall situation is affected by a single move, the entire situation will be completely changed, and to a large extent, it will depend on the independent decision of the forward generals.

It's another day when the sun is rising.

In the village, the officers and soldiers lined up at the mouth of the well to draw water, wash their heads, and the smoke rose from the stove, and they were busy. According to the habits of the past few days, it won't be long before Huyan Aobo's men and horses should gather like soldiers and ants to start another day's fierce battle.

The sun had risen to a pole high, and in the distance, the camp was still silent, but the camp could see the smoke everywhere, and the battle flags were hunting, but there were no people moving, let alone fighting in formation.

Yang Yanlang stood on a high place, watched for a long time, and saw that there was still no movement in the other party's camp, so he sent a few scouts to approach with courage.

Although he is a scout, he can't talk about hiding at this time. Hiding the trace, it is completely a direct walk, if the other party's camp is a burst of arrows, it will be a miracle to be able to escape. These scouts stopped and went, grinding and probing, but there was no movement in the other camp, waiting for him

They walked directly into each other's camp with trepidation, only to find that there was no one or a horse in the camp, and it was completely empty.

Huyan Aobojing has fled overnight and does not know where to go.

Several scouts walked around the camp in disbelief for a long time, convinced that there was absolutely no soldier in the camp, so they hurriedly returned to the village to report to Yang Yanlang. Yang Yanlang was also puzzled, he still couldn't understand the geography of the mountains and rivers in Hexi, he spread out the map and looked at it for a long time, but it was always difficult to guess the whereabouts of Huyan Aobo and Li Jiyun.

Yang Yanlang convened the generals to discuss, and most of them tended to think that Huyan Aobo was difficult to attack and break the village, so he lured him to pursue with a fake escape method, repeating the story of Yang Yanlang taking the cut, so as to divert the tiger from the mountain and rush to the way of life. In the evening, Lai Youwei sent news that Huyan Aobo had gone to Weizhou after running ten miles to attack his camp and defeat him.

No matter how Huyan Aobo tossed, he was alone, with no reinforcements, no food and grass to support, and if he held here, he was choking his throat, just respond to all changes with the same. In fact, even if Yang Yanlang did not make such a judgment, he would not be able to pursue, once he left, it was possible that the village would fall into the hands of Huyan Aobo again. No matter how much he tossed, he couldn't run out of Hexi, and reinforcements from all walks of life should arrive, so the mission of encirclement and annihilation had to be handed over to other friendly forces.

"Yes, a little further to the left, about ten miles away, there is a tribe.

Ban Ziyu sat on the snow plough and pointed out to the Jurchen warriors who were escorting her.

Winter is not suitable for travel, but with this dog-pulled climbing plow, the speed is really faster than a fast horse, and this reckless snowfield is full of roads, and it is really fast to move. Since entering the territory of Western Xia, every day, it is one step closer to Xingzhou, and Yongqing who is traveling with him has already finished chatting, and most of the time is to wrap his whole person in a leather robe as if he is sleeping, but the joy in his heart is increasing with rì.

The tribe in front of her, Zhezi Yu remembered very clearly, in order to hurry, she didn't stop all the way, and now she wanted to stop at that tribe to replenish some food, and at the same time inquire about all kinds of things that have happened in Xixia in the past year, this period of rìzi far overseas, she doesn't know anything about everything that happens here, whether it is Yang Hao or her eldest brother, they are all people she cares about.

The snow plow stopped in the village, and he stepped down the sleigh and watched the movement around him in amazement.

There are still a few mud walls in the grass huts, dilapidated in the snow, and as for the more humble sheds, I don't know whether they have been demolished or knocked down by the wind and snow, and they are gone.

It is very clear that this village has more than 200 families, because it is close to the Hengshan line, and often has business contacts with the Han people, and it is a bazaar-type village formed by the party people for many years, and it rarely migrates like a nomadic tribe. But how did this small village disappear, could it be that there was some cruel and fierce battle here, so that a harmless small village was completely destroyed in the fire?

Zhang Thirteen looked at it for a long time, and said suspiciously: "Fifth son, you ...... Am I mistaken? ”

Excerpt Ziyu shook his head gently, Princess Yongqing had also stepped off the sled, moving her tired muscles and bones, the snow on the grassland was crystal white, holding a mouthful in her hand, like a handful of jade crumbs Qiongying, Yongqing's face rarely showed a trace of girlish joy and innocence.

Zhezi Yu wanted to order to continue on the road, but when he saw Yongqing's expression playing in the snow, he couldn't help but smile, and beckoned everyone to come down and stretch their bodies.

After resting for half an hour, they continued on their way, and after another half of the day, in the evening, by a frozen glacier, they unexpectedly issued a small tribe. Excerpt Ziyu was overjoyed, and hurriedly told people to stop and go to the tribe to rest.

The shepherds on the grassland often wander on the grassland as a family, and they can't see anyone else for a few months, they can only talk to the sheep and sing to the white clouds, so they have developed their most hospitable xìng character, even though they are strangers, as long as they enter the house, they will take out their most precious food to share with you, so that the guests are satisfied, which is their greatest glory.

However, the arrival of Zheziyu and his party was not welcomed by the always hospitable herdsmen, and their attitude was very cold, even with a bit of jǐng tigilance and vigilance, and later saw that on the gold ingots that Zhang Shizhi took out, a couple let them into their felt bags.

Hand-grilled meat, nǎi tea, sour cheese ......, not very much to their taste, but a rare hot soup and hot meal during a long journey, several Jurchen men were eating and drinking at a table near the door, and Zhe Ziyu, Princess Yongqing and Zhang Shisan sat with the host and his wife, who had four children at home, all of whom stayed on the side sensibly, quietly and curiously looking at these guests.

The male owner of this family is called Zalie, and the hostess is called Ji Woman, who seems to be a little silent.

"I've been here before, and there were no tribes stationed here at that time, which tribe do you belong to, by the way, sixty miles to the east, there is a market, why is it gone?"

Zalie glanced at Zhe Ziyu, although Zhe Ziyu and Princess Yongqing were both wearing men's clothes, he recognized that these were two women, so his expression softened a little: "You haven't been here for a long time, haven't you?" ”

Zhen Ziyu smiled, blinked, and said, "It's not been long, it's only been a little more than a year." ”

"More than a year?" Zalie was a little dazed, thought about it and then smiled bitterly and said, "No, it's only been more than a year, I feel ...... It seems like 10, 20 years......

He sighed and said, "This abundant change...... That's more than in the previous 30 years combined.

Excerpt Ziyu and Zhang Shisan glanced at each other, Zhang Shisan hurriedly picked up the wine, affectionately persuaded the wine, although Zalie did not talk much, but he was fond of alcohol, as long as someone respected, it must be a dry cup of wine, a bowl of wine to drink, wiped his mouth, he said: "Let's fight in the northwest...... It never broke. But in the past, I used to fight and fight, and how to pass rìzi after fighting.

But not now, our party members have wandered in the grassland for hundreds of years, and now we have established a country and have our own king......

He took a bite of meat and smacked, "Well, it should be the beginning of the year." Ba, the king according to the number of people, the grassland is poor, re-divided the territory of each tribe, some tribes moved, some tribes moved, the whole grassland changed greatly, you don't come for a year, now you want to find someone according to the previous road, it's difficult. ”

"Oh;!" Zheziyu cut a small piece of meat and handed it to his mouth, and said with a smile: "So, do you like this change?" ”

Zalie said: "Whether you like it or not, it's not up to small people like us to have the final say. To say, the king's division of the territory is fair, we ...... It belongs to the Tuoba tribe, and this division, the best pasture is divided into a part to the other tribes, which is not ...... Our tribe was also moved to the territory of the original Xifeng tribe, but the king was fair, and we didn't have anything to say. ”

The master Ji Nu filled Zheziyu with nǎi tea, and sighed: "These are not important, the most important thing is that in the past, it was for their own tribe, and each person had their own tribe and head, but this time they are all the king's people, and there will be fewer battles in this battle, and I am still happy in my heart." ”

She glanced at Zalie and said in a low voice, "We are the only two couples left in our family, and we used to be a big family." Fight with this, fight with that, it's all ......, as long as it's safe, even if it's harder than before, it's nothing, not to mention that as long as you don't fight, this rìzi will always get better and better, but...... The chiefs aren't happy. If we have a kingdom, we have to pay taxes, and all the heads of the tribes have to be under the control of the king, and those who have less land and less power can be happy? Heard...... A few days ago, hundreds of leaders broke into the palace at night in Xingzhou, wanting to make the king's rebellion......"

When he heard Qu Ran's change, he hurriedly asked, "What happened later?" ”

Zalie glared at his wife and replied on her behalf: "Who knows, we still heard from a merchant who came to Yanzhou to sell salt, I heard that more than a hundred leaders, ** their family warriors, more than the king's army......"

Zhang Shisan couldn't help but say, "How is it possible, they can blatantly drag the Gao warriors to Xingzhou?" Besides, Xingzhou is the royal capital, how can there be no army? ”

Zalie said: "Hey, isn't there someone making trouble outside, the Hui people rebelled and set up a queen, and the merchant said that their army hit Mingsha, and ...... And also......

Ji Nu didn't have any scruples, and said: "And our former young master Li Jiyun of the Tuoba clan borrowed the Tubo soldiers and killed them from Xiao Pass, and the king sent a large army to meet the enemy, and these big people made trouble in the royal city, more than 100 heads, as long as each person brought 100 guards and warriors, then it was not more than 10,000 people?" I heard from the merchant that the city of Xingzhou was bloody, and the snow was dyed red......

Excerpt Ziyu said nervously: "That...... What happened after that? Did they succeed? ”

"Successful fart! How good is Li Guangrui's ability, didn't he let the king fight a lot? When it was their turn to be a group of waste, they knew that they were fierce to us, and they were terrible at looting us, more than a hundred sheep, and they could fight a tiger? It doesn't matter if they are defeated, they die, we are just worried about ...... I don't know how the king will settle us tribesmen, we just want to live a little peace, but we don't want to rebel with the leader, if our tribe is moved to the extreme desert by the king because of this......

Ji Nu sighed with a sad face, and when she saw Zariel's nervous face, she couldn't help but smile: "Brother Zariel, don't worry, we have nothing to do with Li Jiyun." She turned to the Ji woman and comforted, "Don't worry, Yang ...... The king is a wise king, and he will not take the sins of those leaders out on you. ”

Ji Nu said: "But it's like this." ”

Excerpt Ziyu said with a smile: "We just went to Xingzhou, and we still know ...... Some of the people around the king, your wishes and worries, we will tell the king, and we believe that the king will take care of you. Thirteen, thanks to the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Zareel tonight, when we set off tomorrow morning, I will give my master a pair of gold ingots.

Zalie was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him and said, "Are you going to Xingzhou?" Seeing that there are so few of you, and it is cold and snowy, don't go to Hanhai, if you are more stable, you will keep going south, reach Yanzhou, and then turn west. ”

If you go like that, you will walk at a right angle, compared to the straight line distance through the Hanhai Sea, the fold is like an arrow, Kui wants to prepare more food, spend a few days directly through the Hanhai Desert, when I hear this, I can't help asking: "Why go Yanzhou, Hanhai ......, I have walked a few times, it is naturally inconvenient for the team, but it is not difficult for such a few people to pass." ”

Zalie said: "The hundred leaders rebelled, defeated and defeated, but some of their remnants escaped and refused to surrender, and now they have escaped in the desert of Hanhai as horse bandits and robbers, and the merchants are now willing to take a long detour rather than cross the Hanhai...... It's so unsafe. ”

Excerpt Ziyu suddenly smiled: "Thank you Brother Zalie for reminding us, then let's go to Yanzhou, although the road is farther, it is good to be peaceful." ”