In the third year of Xianping, in June, the Khitan led more than 50,000 troops from Jinyang to the south with Xiao Tianzuo as the main leader, the volcanic army led by Yang Yanzhao and Yang Dezheng guarded Yanmen Pass, and She Lao Taijun discussed Yang Yanzhao's affairs with Lin Qinger in the official hall.

"Dad, don't force the child. The child is willing to live and die with you. "Dad, if we want to die, we will die together." “……”

Yang Dezheng and Yang Gui looked at death as if they were at home. Yang Gui was an orphan adopted by Yang Yanzhao when he was in Zhengzhou, Yang Yanzhao also needed comfort at that time, Yang Gui was smart and studious, and the two stayed in Zhengzhou for ten years.

Yang Yanzhao was silent when he was a child, and when he was a child, he liked to play games such as military formations. Yang Ye once said, "This son is like me." Every time Yang Ye goes on an expedition, he must let him follow the army. During the Taiping Xingguo period (976-983), Yang Yanzhao was by-elected as an enshrinement official. When Yang Ye led his troops to attack Ying and Shuozhou, Yang Yanzhao served as the vanguard of the army, fighting under the city of Shuozhou, and was shot through the arm by random arrows, but the more he fought, the more brave he became. The imperial court sent him to serve as the governor of Jingzhou as the deputy envoy of Chongyi. At that time, the Yangtze River and Huai River areas were affected by disasters and poor harvests, and the imperial court appointed him as the inspection envoy of Jiang and Huainan. He was also reappointed as the envoy of Chongyi, Zhiding Yuanjun, and transferred to the inspection envoy of the border of Baozhou, and entrusted with the important task of being like the envoy of the Beijing Division.

The Lord of Cheshire is the daughter of Chai Rong of Later Zhou Shizong, after Song Taizu established the Great Song Dynasty, because he and Later Zhou Shizong were friends of eight worships, so he recognized the Lord of Cheshire as a righteous daughter, and Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong led the Lord of Cheshire to the border to shoot and hunt, and was captured by the Liao generals. Yang Yanzhao passed by Tongtai and rescued the King of Song and the county lord. Fu Dingkui, the son of the minister Fu Long, was also coming, and the king of Song mistakenly thought it was Fu to save the driver, so he promised the county lord to marry. And the county lord loves Yan Zhao Mijun; Give poems and pearl shirts. Yan Zhao returned to Beijing and sought advice from the Eight Sages. The Eight Sages King and the new champion Lu Meng are breaking the poetry and playing the Song King. The king of Song insisted that Ding Kui was the rescuer, and the county lord asked the Golden Palace to explain the truth and falsehood. So, Yang Jiye and Fu Long each led their sons to the palace, and Lu Mengzheng ordered Yanzhao and Ding Kui to explain the rescue process in person, and the truth was revealed. The king of Song declared: The legacy of the first king, the person who obtained the pearl shirt of the county lord is the county horse. Yan Zhao immediately offered his pearl shirt, because he rescued the driver at Tongtai Pass, and the official title was Bao Linghou, the commander of the Golden Gun Class of the front division of the palace, and married his wife to the Lord of Cheshire.

In the Battle of Song and Liao, in the Battle of Golden Beach, Yang Liulang and other brothers went to Golden Beach to negotiate. During the negotiations, the wolf lord of the northern kingdom, King Tianqing (the prototype of the Great Liao Tianzan Emperor Yeluxian), after seeing through the Song Taizong pretended to be Dalang Yanping, ordered a war. Yang Ye calmly dealt with it in three ways, the left route was led by Dalang Yang Yanping, Erlang Yang Yanding, and Sanlang Yang Yanan, the middle route was led by his father Yang Ye and Liulang Yang Yanzhao, and Qilang Yang Yansi, and the right road was led by Shilang Yang Yanhui and Wulang Yang Yande. The Yang family army fought hard to kill the enemy, and Yang Yanping shot and killed the king of Tianqing, but the Liao soldiers increased sharply, and the Yang family army was scattered on all three roads, and they could not take care of each other. Only Rokuro broke out of the encirclement and returned to China alone. Before the battle, there were seven sons to go, and six sons to return.

Yang Jiye's son Yang Qilang once competed in the ring, killed the Taishi Pan Renmeizi Pan Leopard, Yang Jiye led the army to resist Liao for the vanguard, Pan Renmei announced a personal vendetta, and did not answer, resulting in Yang Jiye crashing to death in front of Li Lingbei, Pan Renmei also secretly killed Yang Qilang, Yang Liulang broke through the siege with nine deaths, and sued Pan Renmei after returning to the court, but because the emperor Song Taizong's concubine was Pan Renmei's daughter, the lawsuit was not successful. In the end, he asked Kou Zhun to help, and Kou Zhun used the theory of ghosts and gods to coax Pan Renmei to tell the truth. In the end, because the queen begged for Pan Renmei, she was not beheaded, but let Pan Renmei be assigned to the army. Yang Liulang refused to accept the result, and with the help of Kou Zhun, he finally killed Pan Renmei in the black pine forest to avenge his father and brother. Song Taizong ordered Yang Liulang to be arrested to no avail.

Yang Liulang has been hiding in Zhengzhou for ten years, and now Yang Gui is one year older than Yang Dezheng, but Yang Dezheng has always regarded himself as a big brother, and Yang Gui also called Yang Dezheng a big brother.

Yang Yanzhao couldn't get angry, picked up the knife from the ground, and said fiercely: "Since your brother is unwilling to do it, then I, the father, will do it myself." Yang Dezheng and Yang Gui were startled, and they both stepped forward and grabbed Yang Yanzhao's arm. Dad, I promised, I promised to sneak attack. "I promised, I promised."

The two of them spoke almost at the same time, and after they finished speaking, they both looked at each other in surprise. Yang Dezheng turned his head to persuade Yang Gui and said, "Little brother, you go and take charge of the sneak attack, and I will accompany my father here." If I help my father guard Yanmen Pass, the odds will be greater. And you can also take one of these handcuffs, which will be used to save your life when the time comes, this is also given by our eldest brother Yang Peng, after this battle, I will take you to Tianjing New Town to find our ancestors. ”

Yang Gui shook his head firmly, no longer hiding the injuries on his body, and tore off the armor on his body, revealing the white cloth that wrapped the wounds. "Big brother, I was not lightly injured, and the road was rugged on the way from Yanmen Pass to the back of the Liao army. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it. ”

"Little brother......" "Big brother, listen to me." You are more useful to live than I am to live. You have to think about our big brother Yang Peng. Once my father and I die in Yanmen Pass, with the character of my eldest brother, the world will definitely be turned upside down. Our eldest brother, except for listening to what the old lady said, he won't listen to our words. It's only you who can stabilize him. ”

After Yang Gui's words were finished, Yang Dezheng fell into deep thought. Yang Dezheng had to admit that Yang Gui's words made sense. Once Yang Yanzhao and Yang Gui died in battle at Yanmen Pass, the Liao army would definitely invade the south. In addition, there were rebellions of the Li people in Sichuan in the Great Song Dynasty. In this situation, Yang Peng, who is furious, will inevitably set off a bloody storm. In the entire Yang family, the one who knows Yang Peng best is Yang Dezheng.

He believes that Yang Dezheng has this ability. What was the result of Yang Peng's bloody storm, Yang Dezheng couldn't imagine. But he could think that once the land of the Central Plains was full of wolf smoke, it was always the people of the Central Plains who suffered the most.

The people are innocent. Can't let the people fall into dire straits because of the Yang family's selfish desires. "Good! I promised to go for a sneak attack. When Yang Dezheng said this, the bones in his body seemed to be emptied, and he sat on the ground weakly. Yang Gui, you stay here, you must be optimistic about your father.

Yang Yanzhao put away the dagger, patted Yang Dezheng's shoulder with satisfaction, and instructed Yang Gui: "Go down and prepare, pick a thousand good hands, and then pick some horses with fast feet, pack your bags, and set off at any time." Yang Gui didn't say a word, turned his head and went out to step up preparations. Yang Yanzhao dragged Yang Dezheng, who was sitting on the ground, and let him sit on the chair.

Yang Yanzhao took off the tiger fur coat he was wearing and draped it on Yang Dezheng. "It's cold outside, and you have to run around day and night, so put it on and get warmer." Yang Yanzhao's tiger skin coat is Yang Yanzhao's beloved thing. The coat is made of a full tiger skin without a single arrow eye on it.

Veteran hunters know that the value of a piece of animal skin lies in whether the animal skin is complete. The price of intact hides is much higher than that of scarred hides. Yang Yanzhao's tiger skin is more precious. It was hunted by Yang Erlang when he was young.

At that time, Yang Erlang was still a little suffocating, relying on his strength, he fought with a tiger with his bare hands, and killed the tiger alive. Yang Erlang almost died in the mouth of the tiger. When Yang Erlang went to offer treasure to Yang Ye with the tiger skin, he was hung up by Yang Ye and smoked for a day and a night. Yang Yeming severely punished Yang Erlang on his face.

Secretly, he instructed She Lao Taijun to make a coat out of tiger skin, and he wore it like a baby. It was given to Rokuro when Rokuro got married. The tiger fur coat is the filial piety of the second brother.

This thing can't be kept, once the Yanmen Pass is breached. This thing fell into the hands of the Liao people and was ruined. "Woo woo woo ......" Yang Dezheng grabbed his tiger skin coat, his shoulders shrugged, and tears flowed down his face. This departure may be the eternal secret, how can Yang Dezheng not be sad? "Dad, big brother, it's all ready."

Yang Gui looked down on life and death, and was not a little sad about parting from this life and death. He prepared quickly, and in just a moment, he prepared all the things that Yang Dezheng needed to sneak attack.

Yang Yanzhao stepped forward, hugged Yang Dezheng, and whispered softly in his ear, "Put away your tears, the man bleeds without tears." You have to have faith in your father, when your father was in the Northern Han Dynasty, he resisted the Liao people for 20 years. In the Great Song Dynasty, he resisted the Liao people for another ten years. Dad may not be defeated, and may be able to turn defeat into victory. The key is up to you. ”

Yang Yanzhao finished whispering, patted Yang Dezheng on the shoulder, and said loudly: "Cheer up." Yang Dezheng nodded heavily. Accompanied by Lao Yang, Yang Dezheng made a handsome account. Outside the tent, the elite of the 1,000 Volcano Army had already been gathered, as well as 2,000 horses, all of whom were carrying their bags and ready to go.

The soldiers of the Volcano Army only knew that they were all going to carry out secret military orders, but they didn't know what this military order meant. Yang Yanzhao strode forward, carefully checked everyone's bags, and said a few words of encouragement. In Yang Yanzhao's eyes, these soldiers of the Volcano Army, in addition to being warriors who went to sneak attack, were also tinder.

Once Yang Yanzhao is defeated, they will be the spark of the re-established Volcano Army. Yang Yanzhao encouraged these people for a long time, making these people look more like death squads who went to die in the eyes of other soldiers.

"Let's go!" Yang Yanzhao returned to Yang Dezheng and said lightly. Yang Dezheng tried to maintain a resolute face, stepped on the horse, waved the big gun in his hand, and shouted: "Get on the horse!" Let's go! "A thousand elite volcano troops, one man and two horses.

Mighty from the west of Yanmen Pass, rushed out of Yanmen Pass. In the west of Yanmen Pass, in a mountain col. Groups of Song soldiers were ambushed here, looking at the clothes on their bodies, they looked more like bandits. In order to disguise their identity, they strive to turn themselves into bandits.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a full beard and a mace in his arms. His name is Sima Kang. "This ghost can freeze people to death. I went out and a soak of urine just now, and I almost froze the birds. "A thief-eyed fellow, wrapped himself tightly in a sheepskin jacket, like a big dumpling, lying in the col to bask in the sun.

The other people around him are basically the same virtue as him. A man with a short beard and a horse-faced face next to him pulled out a grass root from the ground, rubbed off the soil on it, stuffed it into his mouth, and shouted while chewing: "Kang Tou'er, when do you say we have to keep it?" Scouts and heralds came out of Yanmen Pass, and we have robbed and killed more than a dozen batches. Will they send people out to die? ”

Sima Kang stroked his beard and said with a dark face: "The order given by the top is to let us stay here and block the Yanmen Pass, so that not even a bird can fly out of the pass." All we have to do is execute the order. As for how long it will be kept, it depends on the orders from above. Anyway, the money for this trip is indispensable to you. Don't complain. ”

"Phew~" The horse-faced man spit out the grass roots in his mouth, and said puzzledly: "I can't figure it out, you said that we and Yang Jiajun are also contributing to the Great Song Dynasty." Why did the top boss harm the Yang family so much. blocked Yanmen Pass, forcing the Yang family army to fight with the Liao.

If the Yang family army is killed by the Liao, the court will investigate it. Can we afford it? "Hey, hey...... "The thief-eyed guy curled up and said with a smile: "You don't understand this, this is called the sky falling, and there is a tall man on top." If something really happens, if you want to ask for sin, you can't ask us. ”

When the horse-faced man heard this, he became interested, approached the guy with a thief's eyebrows, and asked, "Deputy leader, how do you say this?" The thief-eyed guy knocked on the sheepskin blanket on the horse-faced man, and said nothing. The horse-faced man playfully put the sheepskin blanket over the thief-eyed guy.

The thief-eyed guy handed the horse-faced man a look that you know the rules, and then said leisurely: "This has to start from the background of the Yang family." The Yang family was a general of the Northern Han Dynasty, and since he surrendered to the Song Dynasty, he has been guarding the border of Song and Liao. Our Emperor His Majesty has taken a fancy to the Yang family and has repeatedly promoted the Yang family. However, other generals guarding the border of Song and Liao have been repeatedly suppressed.

You want to! Can these suppressed generals be happy? What is the Yang family? It's just a general. The other generals are either from the dragon heroes, or the founding heroes. These people were not convinced, but they didn't dare to trouble our emperor, so they could only put their grievances on the Yang family.

Now that he has seized the opportunity, he naturally tries his best to trap the Yang family to death. The horse-faced man was stunned: "Such a pit for the Yang family, if it is discovered, it will be worth it." ”

"Hmph~" The thief-eyed guy snorted coldly and said, "What is this, as long as the Yang family is dead." Even if His Majesty the Emperor knew about this, at most he would just find a few scapegoats. The horse-faced man was stunned, "Why is this?" "Why?"

The thief-eyed guy snorted and chirped: "Without the Yang family, this Song-Liao border has to rely on these people to guard the gate." The dead Yang family, compared with the living Jiangmen, which is more important? Unless His Majesty the Emperor doesn't want his country anymore. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to turn his face with these generals. ”

The horse-faced man said worriedly: "We used to be errand in the hands of the Pan family, but now the Pan family has fallen." It seems that no one is supporting us. Once the matter is revealed, will we be used as scapegoats and thrown out? The thief-eyed guy didn't say a word, stared at the horse-faced man for a long time, and when he looked at the horse-faced man in a panic, he slowly spoke: "Who said that there is no one behind us?" Why would we do this if there is no one to support us?

The people behind us are much more powerful than the Pan family. People can say that this time they moved to the Yang family. All of us have taken over the position of the Yang family. And everyone has been promoted to three levels. Even the silver is 30% more than in the past. The horse-faced man was shocked: "So powerful? The adult who is supporting us? ”

"Yes......" "Liu Hou, shut up Lao Tzu, don't say what you shouldn't say." Just when the thief-eyed guy named Liu Hou was about to tell who the person behind him was, Sima Kang burst out and stopped him from continuing.

Liu Hou smiled dryly, and said to the horse-faced man: "You will know in the future, don't be in such a hurry......" "Whoosh~" At this moment, a figure rushed towards Sima Kang and his party from far and near. When I got closer, it was a thin figure, covered in withered grass, obviously deliberately disguised.

Sima Kang eagerly asked, "Is there a situation?" "A group of people have come out of Yanmen...... "How many?" "More than a thousand. And it looks like the elite of the Volcano Army. ”

Sima Kang frowned and said, "We only have more than 400 people here, and robbing and killing the elite of the Volcano Army of more than 1,000 people is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg." ”

Sima Kang turned his head and said to Liu Hou: "Liu Hou, you immediately send someone to contact the others, ask them to gather people, and we will rob and kill them in Erdaowan." Liu Hou said: "I know, let's go." Sima Kang instructed the scout: "You continue to probe again, and report the situation once an hour." Let's set off and rush to Erdaowan. ”

"My subordinates understand." The scout clasped his fists and saluted, then left the col and quickly disappeared into the wilderness.

Sima Kang shouted to the people in the col: "Get up one by one and rush to Erdaowan." This time, it was the elite of the Yang family's volcano army that was on the side, and they couldn't be careless. "Whoa~ With an order, many people came out of the originally ordinary mountain col in an instant.

Sima Kang took the lead in stepping on the horse hidden under the mountain col, and led his men to Erdaowan. Liu Hou led more than a dozen jumping soldiers across more than ten miles of mountainous terrain and found the second team of men and horses ambushed here. Then I went to contact the other horses. In half a day, Liu Hou contacted seven waves of people, gathered nearly 4,000 people, and rushed to Erdaowan. ……

Yang Dezheng led the elite of the 1,000-strong volcanic army out of Yanmen Pass, and rushed all the way westward to Erdaowan. If Yang Dezheng wants to make a detour to attack the Liao army, he must pass through Erdao Bay and turn to Bald Mountain. Erdaowan is the way he must go, he doesn't know that someone has already begun to set up a dangerous situation for him in Erdaowan.

What is the road ahead, Yang Dezheng did not consider it at all. He moved forward wholeheartedly, urging his subordinates to hurry up as soon as possible. He only knew that if he fought for one more second, the chances of Yang Yanzhao and Yang Gui surviving would increase by one second. Out of Yanmen Pass to the west, it is a flat wide land.

Yang Dezheng can run wild without any consideration. Since the people he brings are all one person and two horses, relatively speaking, the foot travel will be faster. The cold wind whistled past Yang Si's ears, and he didn't seem to feel the pain of the cold wind on his face. "Driving~" The leather whip was whipped on the horse's back, and the horse galloped wildly. A thousand people, like a torrent. ……

When Yang Dezheng rushed to Erdaowan, Yang Qi and Yang Bamei also supported Yang Yanzhao on Yang Peng's orders, and finally arrived at the place where Yang Jing's subordinates of Jinyi Wei were. A huge basin, surrounded by mountains, the summit covered with snow. From outside the mountain into the valley, there is only one avenue to pass.

In the words of the soldiers, this is a place where it is easy to defend but difficult to achieve. One husband is a pass, and ten thousand people are not open. Large-scale soldiers and horses are difficult to play an effective role in the face of this kind of terrain. In the jungle of dead grass and trees on the cliffs on both sides, there lurked a man with Yang Jing's subordinates. These people are like old hunters, lurking in the mountains and forests, and there is no trace at all. If it weren't for the fact that they would come out to give salutes when they first woke up, Yang Qi didn't know that there were still people lurking on the cliffs on both sides.

Yang Peng smiled and asked Zhang Yan: "Erlang, who is the commander of the Liao army?" How many Liao troops were there in the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures? Zhang Yan said: "The younger brother went to visit the prefect of Dingzhou, and learned from him that the commander of the Liao army is named Xiao Luli, a royal family, in his forties, brave and good at fighting. There are 80,000 Liao troops in the entire sixteen states of Yanyun, of which 30,000 are stationed in Yingzhou, opposite Cangzhou, and are commanded by Zhao Chengfeng, the first fierce general under Xiao Luli. This Zhao Chengfeng is a Han man. ”

Zhan Jin Guo said in disbelief: "There are only 80,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures? Zhang Yan nodded. Yang Peng pondered: "I heard in the capital that the current situation of the Liao State is very bad, not long ago the Emperor of the Liao State personally commanded an army of 700,000 to attack the Western Xia!" The Liao State still has an army of 80,000 in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which is already a bit beyond my expectations! ”

Duan Zhixian said: "If you say that, wouldn't it be a great opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun now?" Yang Peng said mockingly: "The whole court thinks the same. However, they still let Gao Hu be the commander. Gao Hu is the son of Gao Huaide, who is known for his courageous tactics. Everyone was in an uproar, and Duan Zhixian scolded: "Ridiculous! Are these birdmen all blind, haven't they seen how Gao Hu failed miserably before? Why do you want to make him a commander? Isn't this a meat bun beating a dog with no return? ”

The crowd laughed. Yang Peng said: "Taishi Pang said in the court that Gao Hu's defeat was all due to carelessness, not a crime of war. Cheng Shijie sneered: "Carelessness of the enemy leads to the annihilation of the whole army, can it also be called a crime of non-war?" Master Pang is clearly excusing Gao Hu! Yang Jiumei sighed, "The government is in the hands of these traitors, I really don't know when the world will see the light of day?" ”

Duan Zhixian said loudly: "Big brother can see him when he becomes the emperor!" Yang Peng said angrily: "Duan Zhixian shut up!" "Shut up, that's what I thought!" Yang Peng said: "We have to think about one thing now, if Gao Hu is defeated again, how will the imperial court react, and what should we do?" ”

Zhan Jinguo frowned and said: "If Gao Hu is defeated again, the imperial court is only afraid that it will sue for peace with the Liao State because of fear!" "His grandmother's, it's fucking unplanted!" Duan Zhixian couldn't help but scold. Huyan Chijin said: "No matter what the imperial court reacts, I'm afraid we will not be able to do anything!" Yang Peng smiled: "That's not necessarily! He said to the people: "Everyone must pay close attention to military training and be ready to go out at any time." Everyone clasped their fists and promised. Yang Peng instructed Yang Jiumei again: "Expand the scale of the ordnance field, give me full horsepower to produce ordnance and armor, I hope to be able to form a heavy armor force of 5,000 people within two months!" There are also three-bow bed crossbows, which give me enough strength to build! Yang Ying frowned and said: "There is no problem with this, it's just such a large-scale production, I'm afraid I can't hide it from the imperial court!" ”

Yang Peng said: "I'll deal with this, you just need to speed up the production of ordnance and armor for me!" "Yes!" "Zhang Xiang, Yang Xiong, Shi Ping," the three of them stood up. "You three, in charge of recruitment, I will expand the total number of troops under my command to 54,000 in two months!" The three of them clenched their fists and promised.

If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.