The 30,000 Song army crashed into the Liao army like a wave, and there was the sound of flintlock guns everywhere, and the Liao army could not resist it, and the whole line was defeated. The Liao army retreated into the camp, and before their own soldiers completely withdrew, they fired with bows and crossbows, and many Song and Liao troops fell to the ground with arrows.

Seeing that it was difficult to break through the camp, the Song army swept away. The battle is over. On the wasteland between the city and the Liao army camp, I saw countless corpses scattered horizontally, and suddenly quieted down, making people feel as if they were in a wilderness cemetery, and their hearts were panicked. Dozens of vultures are hovering high in the sky, waiting to eat human flesh! For them, today may be a good day to celebrate.

Night fell, the atmosphere in the Liao army's tent was very depressing, and the coach Xiao Duli frowned, and his eyes were full of anger. None of the generals spoke, and many had not yet recovered from the day's fiasco. "General, I'm afraid we won't be able to capture Yingzhou, seeing that the grain and grass can't last long, we should bypass Yingzhou and Mozhou and retreat to Zhuozhou. Rest and fight again. A subordinate general named Lontedor suggested. This person is an authentic Khitan, with dark skin, five big and three thick, and a majestic temperament, but there is always a deep brilliance in his eyes, which makes people feel that he is by no means an ordinary reckless Khitan.

Xiao Duli said angrily: "Fleeing around the city in such a gray way, is it our Khitan people's doing? When Lontedo heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and continued to persuade: "General, the combat power of this Song army is far from being comparable to the ordinary Song army, far beyond our imagination. If you don't go here, not only will you not gain anything, but when you run out of food, you will be in danger of being wiped out! General, don't be rash! ”

Xiao Duli slapped the table and shouted: "Are you a general or are you a general?" Lonterdo sighed. In the middle of the night, Xiao Duli was awakened by a burst of shouts and fighting, Huo Ran got up, and hurriedly ran out of the big tent. Countless fireballs crossed the night sky and fell into the camp to burst into flames, and the figures in the firelight were longing, and the officers and men were running around in a panic. Xiao Du's complexion changed.

Long Teduo rushed over and said urgently: "General, the Song army has suddenly come to launch a fierce attack!" "How many?" Lontedo shook his head, "I don't know! However, it is estimated that there are only about 30,000 people at most, and there are only so many people in the Song army here! ”

Xiao Duli raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "30,000 horses dare to attack my camp, it's really too deceitful!" Tell the order to go down and go to battle with the whole army! Lontedo hurriedly said: "General, our army has been in turmoil after the first battle during the day, and its morale is weak, so it is not suitable to fight, just because the stronghold is held!" Xiao Duli glared and shouted, "If you are afraid, stay here!" He immediately conveyed the order to the soldiers around him, and the soldiers ran down as promised.

However, at this moment, a loud bang came from near the gate. Xiao Duli and the others hurriedly followed the prestige, only to see a ball of fire rising up, lifting the two tents into the sky, and the stumps of the human body were faintly visible in the dazzling firelight. Xiao Duli and the others changed color, and Long Duo exclaimed: "This seems to be gunpowder, but ......" Before his words fell, he only heard a whirring scream in the air, and Xiao Duli and the others, who had been in battle for a long time, immediately judged that this was the sound of huge guns and arrows fired by the Song army's three-bow bed crossbow.

Boom, boom, boom......! The violent explosion rang out, dozens of fireballs rose up, and the soldiers of the Liao army were blown apart in the rolling flames, and the screams made people's scalps tingle! Before the Liao army could react from this terrible bombardment, there was a monstrous shout of killing outside the camp, and countless Song troops were faintly seen surging like a wave.

Xiao Duli was shocked, and hurriedly ordered all armies to meet the battle. The Song army swarmed in through several gaps that had been blown up. The Liao army hurriedly shot a rain of arrows, which fell into the surging wave and immediately disappeared without a trace, as if it had no effect.

The tide of the Song army crashed into the middle of the Liao army, and the panicked Liao army was defeated one after another. Xiao Duli slashed more than a dozen officers and soldiers who fled, but he still couldn't stop the momentum of the rout. Finally, the entire Liao army collapsed, and the rout army panicked in the dark night and fled in all directions. The Song army pursued and killed on all sides, and the battle was completely one-sided slaughter!

The night finally passed, the rising sun showed its face in the east, and the earth gradually brightened. The battle, which had lasted for a night, had ended, and the Liao army's camp had become a ruin covered with corpses. Nearly 10,000 Song troops are cleaning up the battlefield.

Xiao Duli and others led the remnants of the defeated army all the way north, and crossed a small river with a wooden bridge in the early morning. At the back of the group, Lontedo ordered his men to set fire to the bridge, and moments later, flames enveloped the wooden bridge. Xiao Duli, who was running in front, found that the smoke was billowing from behind, and thought that the pursuers had arrived, so he was so frightened that his soul was scared, and he wanted to run for his life before he could think about it. However, he soon learned that it was Lontedo who was setting fire to the bridge, and he was immediately relieved, and then secretly sighed that Lontedo was in danger.

Xiao Duli felt that the Song army could not catch up for the time being, so he asked the soldiers to rest. Xiao Luli walked to a large bluestone and sat down, took the water bag from the general's hand, and poured a few sips. Wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth and looked around. I found that the terrain here is very dangerous, both sides are towering and steep mountains, the cliff is full of strange rocks, the pine is like a dragon and a snake, the goshawk hovers on the top of the mountain, and makes a long roar from time to time. "This is Eagle Stream, isn't it?" Xiao Duli asked the general in front of him. The general nodded, "It's Eagle Sorrow." After here, you will enter the ground of Zhuozhou! Xiao Duli sighed, "I didn't expect that I, Xiao Duli, would have such an embarrassed day!" ”

He looked at the frightened soldiers around him and ordered, "Count the number of people." The general answered the promise and ran down. Long Teduo led a few of his own soldiers over and gave Xiao Duli a chest salute. Xiao Duli motioned for Ronte to sit beside him. Ronterdo walked to the left of Xiao Duli and sat on the ground. Xiao Duli asked, "Do you say that the Cangzhou army will take the opportunity to attack Zhuozhou?" Lontedo frowned and said, "It's almost certain! Our army has suffered heavy losses, and the Cangzhou army will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack Zhuozhou! Xiao Duli asked worriedly, "Can we hold the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?" Long Teduo was silent for a moment, and said to Xiao Duli: "General, whether we can defend it or not, we must defend it to the end!" If you lose the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Your Majesty will definitely not spare you and me! Xiao Luli nodded with a stern expression.

The general who went down just now came back, made a chest salute to Xiao Duli, and reported: "General, there are still more than 10,000 horsemen left in our army. Xiao Duli was shocked, "There are only more than 10,000 riders left?" What about the infantry army? Could it be that there is no one left in the infantry army! The general shook his head gloomily. Xiao Duli was heartache and anger, and there were some fears that he himself probably didn't want to admit.

Cooking smoke rose in the valley, and the originally silent valley was in a bustle. The hungry Liao cavalry had to slaughter their mounts to feed themselves. Before the soldiers of the Liao army could cook the horse meat, a thrilling shout suddenly sounded from the steep mountainsides on both sides. The soldiers of the Liao army were startled, and they looked at the mountainsides on both sides, only to see that many soldiers of the Song army actually appeared on the mountainside. Lonteddo exclaimed, "Not good! The Cangzhou army actually set up an ambush here! ”

As soon as the words fell, arrows rained down on the mountainsides on both sides, and rolling stones and trees poured down like a torrent. The unsuspecting Liao army fell one after another, and ran around like a frying pot! "General, hurry up to the north, maybe there is still a glimmer of life!" Lonteddo shouted. Xiao Duli hurriedly led a group of soldiers and horses to gallop towards the north in the flying stones, trees, and arrows.

Calm finally returned to the valley. I saw that the corpses of the entire valley were piled up like a mountain of blood, and a group of Liao army prisoners walked south under the escort of the Song army. Yang Peng patrolled the battlefield surrounded by all the troops. Yang Xiong rode up from behind, hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, according to preliminary statistics, more than 6,000 Liao troops were killed and more than 3,000 were captured, but Xiao Duli fled with more than 1,000 remnants!" Yang Peng smiled slightly, "Immediately order Duan Zhixian, asking him to leave a thousand people to garrison Yingzhou, and the rest of the troops will immediately join forces with me to attack Zhuozhou!" Yang Xiong clenched his fists and promised, and ran down.

Xiao Duli and others fled into Zhuozhou in a hurry, and as soon as they entered the city, they closed the four gates, ordered all the men in the city to be conscripted to go to the city wall to defend the city, and at the same time sent people to Nanjing (now Beijing to transfer troops to support). People in the city of Zhuozhou were panicked.

Chai Yonghui saw that the servants in this mansion were all in a hurry with a worried look on their faces, and he felt strange, so he stopped one of the servants and asked, "What are you doing in such a panic?" The servant said: "The Song army has defeated the general, occupied Yingzhou and Mozhou, and is about to attack Zhuozhou!" Everyone said that Zhuozhou could not be saved, and the Song army would soon come to attack Nanjing! ”

Chai Yonghui was overjoyed, "Is this true?" The servant nodded. Where is Song Jun? Didn't the Song army lose one after another? Why did you call all of a sudden? The servant said: "I heard that it is the Cangzhou army, all of them are like jackals and tigers, and the generals have been defeated one after another and almost all the army has been wiped out!" Chai Yonghui's eyes were full of brilliance, and he hurriedly ran to the study and said to Chai Yongqi: "Brother, we are saved!" At this moment, Chai Yongqi was reading a book, and when he heard his sister's voice, he put the book down and looked at his sister in puzzlement.

Chai Yonghui immediately told Chai Yongqi about the news he learned from the servants. Chai Yongqi was excited, "Great! That's great! Brother Yang is really heroic, just when the entire Song army was defeated and lost, he was able to turn the tide with a pillar of optimism! That's great! Chai Yonghui said excitedly: "I believe that it won't be long before Brother Yang can capture Nanjing, and then we will be saved!" "Chai Yonghui and Chai Yongqi are actually in Nanjing? What's going on here? It turned out that the Liao army had gone south in a big way, and Dingzhou fell in a blink of an eye, and Chai Jin's family had no time to escape, so they were captured by Xiao Duli.

Xiao Duli saw that Chai Yonghui was elegant and noble, and knew that the Chai family was a descendant of the former Central Plains royal family, so he intended to form an in-law relationship with the Chai family, so he ordered someone to protect the Chai family's property, and at the same time asked a pro-army team to escort the Chai family brothers and sisters to Nanjing and put them under house arrest. Xiao Duli planned to wait for the battle of the Song Dynasty to come to an end, and then return to Nanjing to marry Chai Yonghui. Xiao Duli has a good idea, but people are not as good as heaven.

Chai Yongqi frowned, "I'm afraid that it will be difficult for Brother Yang to attack Nanjing!" This Nanjing can be described as impregnable, and after the Liao royal family learned the news of Xiao Duli's defeat, how could they not send reinforcements? As soon as the reinforcements arrive, let alone break through Nanjing, whether Brother Yang can protect himself will only become a problem! Chai Yonghui's originally excited mood was poured with a scoop of cold water.

Yang Peng led nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command to arrive at the city of Zhuozhou and lined up to fight. The fierce general Zhan Jin Guo went out to challenge, but no matter how Zhan Jin Guo greeted the women of Xiao Duli's family and the women of his ancestors, Xiao Duli just didn't fight. Zhan Jinguo scolded and dried his tongue, returned to Yang Peng's side, and scolded and said: "This frustrated bird is simply a gray grandson!" Yesterday, the family greeted his wife, daughter, mother, and grandmother, but he just didn't come out! The crowd couldn't help but laugh.

That night, Yang Peng stood in front of the map of the big tent, looking at the map, frowning and thinking. Duan Zhixian and Huyan Chijin hurriedly walked in, Duan Zhixian hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, just now the scout came to report, and the 20,000 defenders of Nanjing poured out of the nest and are rushing towards this side. ”

Yang Peng said: "Zhuozhou is the gateway to the south of Nanjing, if Zhuozhou is lost, Nanjing will be wide open." Xiang Danian hurriedly said: "Big brother, we should break through Zhuozhou as soon as possible, otherwise when their reinforcements arrive, this battle will be difficult to fight!" ”

Early in the morning, Xiao Duli climbed the city wall and looked up, only to see that the soldiers of the Song army were cutting down trees in the nearby woods, and the military camp was also a busy scene. Xiao Duli knew that the Song army was rushing to make siege equipment and prepare for the storming of the city, so he couldn't help but worry in his heart, and hurriedly ordered the herald to urge reinforcements again.

On the other hand, after the 20,000 reinforcements of the Liao State left Nanjing, they rushed all the way to Zhuozhou. The leading general of this Liao army is named Xiao Ying, who is Xiao Duli's younger brother, a man with a majestic appearance and unconditional obedience to his brother.

At the same time, the Liao court received a letter from Xiao Duli asking for help. The Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were greatly alarmed, and some ministers accused Xiao Duli of not rushing into the Song Dynasty, and proposed that Xiao Duli be dismissed and replaced by a capable person to guard Nanjing. This minister doesn't know if there is a problem with his brain, now that there is a big war in Nanjing, how can he recklessly change generals? Fortunately, Empress Dowager Xiao did not adopt the minister's suggestion in the end, but sent her own daughter, the eldest princess of Da Liao, Yelu Guanyin, to lead an army of 50,000 to aid Xiao Luli.

Turning his attention to Tokyo during the Song Dynasty. Zhao Heng, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty who was in an irritable mood, left the palace in Weifu, and only came to Pan Niangniang's house with a cronie old eunuch and two cronies and guards. When Pan Niangniang heard that the emperor was coming, she hurriedly came to the hall and knelt down. As soon as Zhao Heng saw the charming and touching Pan Niangniang, his troubles disappeared all of a sudden. With a smile on his face, he stepped forward to help Pan Niangniang, held Pan Niangniang's slender hand and sighed: "Only by staying with Pan Niangniang, the widow feels that there is no trouble!" Pan Niangniang smiled, and then asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Liao people are coming, and Your Majesty is going to move the capital?" ”

Zhao Heng sighed, "Yes, the Liao people are coming, and they can't help but move the capital!" Then he frowned, and said very angrily: "The widow has an army of millions, why is it useless?!" was beaten by 60,000 soldiers and horses of his Liao State, lost his armor, and had to move the capital! ”

Pan Niangniang comforted softly: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much, I believe that there will always be heroes who can help the society to turn the tide for Your Majesty!" Zhao Heng felt a little better and nodded, "I hope so." Glancing at Pan Niangniang, she patted her slender hand, and said with warmth in her eyes: "No matter where the capital is moved, I will not leave Pan Niangniang." Pan Niangniang couldn't help but be a little moved, and said softly: "The slave family strokes the piano for Your Majesty?" Zhao Heng nodded, "Okay, the widow is trying to listen to Pan Niangniang play the piano!" Hey, don't think about those troublesome things! ”

Pan Niangniang left Zhao Ji, walked to the piano table on the side, and sat down. Zhao Heng sat down on the main seat, his eyes staring at Pan Niangniang. Just as Pan Niangniang was about to stroke the qin, a palace attendant rushed in. He saluted and said urgently: "Your Majesty, urgent military situation ......"

Zhao Heng was in a bad mood when he was in a bad mood, and said angrily: "Those things will be talked about later!" Zhao Heng thought it was bad news again, and subconsciously had a sense of escape, and it was precisely because of this that he secretly ran to Pan Niangniang.

Pan Niangniang said softly: "Your Majesty, military affairs are important, let's deal with them first." Zhao Heng sighed, looked at the chamberlain, and asked angrily, "Is it defeated again?" The Daimyo's Mansion hasn't been lost, right? When he said this, Zhao Heng's voice trembled a little, which showed that he was very afraid of hearing such news.

The chamberlain shook his head vigorously, "No! Your Majesty, it's good news! What a victory! Zhao Heng was stunned, looking incredulous. The chamberlain continued: "Just now there was a good news report to the Privy Council, saying that General Yang Peng Chen, the commander of Jingdong East Road, led 40,000 Cangzhou troops under his command to defeat Xiao Duli in one fell swoop under Yingzhou City, and then captured Yingzhou and Mozhou, and then defeated Xiao Duli again in Yingchou Stream. “

When the people present heard the news, they all felt incredulous, they really couldn't believe that the Liao army, which had killed the Song army not long ago and fled in embarrassment, was actually defeated by the Cangzhou army in a blink of an eye, not only that, but the Cangzhou army actually connected Yingzhou and Mozhou, surrounded Zhuozhou, and directly threatened the Nanjing City of Liao!

Pan Niangniang's eyes were full of brilliance, she was suppressing the excitement and excitement in her heart; Zhao Heng said excitedly: "Great! That's great! He turned his head and said to Pan Niangniang: "Ai Concubine, you are really right, there are heroes who are born out of thin air to solve problems for the widow!" ”

Pan Niangniang was slightly blessed: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" He stood up and said, "Since Your Majesty has this talent, you should reuse it!" I believe that he will live up to His Majesty's high expectations! Zhao Heng nodded heavily and hurried back to the palace. When I came to the court room, I saw the eighth prince who was dancing with excitement, and Pang Taishi, Kou Zhun and others who looked quite unnatural.

The emperor hurriedly asked, "Is the news of the great victory true?" The eighth prince immediately presented the good news sent by Yang Peng, and clenched his fists with a smile on his face: "Absolutely!" General Yang has defeated the Liao army repeatedly, and the crisis of Zhulu has been completely lifted! Now General Yang is besieging Zhuozhou, and I believe that he will establish greater feats in the near future! ”

The emperor saw the good news and nodded excitedly. The eighth prince took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, if the name is not right, the word is not good, and General Yang should be appointed as the envoy of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to take charge of the Northern Expedition!" The emperor felt that the request of the eighth prince was very reasonable, so he wanted to agree. But at this moment, Li Tet objected: "No! Your Majesty, Yang Peng's qualifications are too shallow, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility! The Eighth Prince snorted coldly, "Don't you feel pale and powerless when you say this now?" You Li Te's privy council is high and powerful, but you have deep qualifications, but you have suffered two major defeats and lost 200,000 soldiers, causing the Liao captives to attack the city and conquer the city; However, although General Yang Peng was not qualified enough, he turned the tide in one fell swoop, cleaned up the mess caused by the privy councillor, and defeated Xiao Duli in one fell swoop, capturing Yingzhou and Mozhou. With such merit and talent, shouldn't he be entrusted with a heavy task? ”

Li Tetie blushed and said: "Anyway, if you don't have enough qualifications, you shouldn't be entrusted with a heavy responsibility!" The Eighth Prince sneered: "Should we be entrusted with a heavy task or should not be decided by the Privy Counsellor who is guilty of sin, but by Your Majesty!" The emperor showed displeasure and said resolutely: "Yang Peng lived up to my expectations, turned the tide in one fell swoop, and enshrined Yang Peng as the envoy of the sixteen states of Yanyun and took on the important task of the Northern Expedition!" "Look at the Eighth Prince," Kou Zhun recommended meritorious service and was promoted to the Privy Council, and the original Privy Council made Li Teh to be a deputy envoy. ”

Li Te's face was like ashes, and Kou Zheng thanked him excitedly. Li Teh frequently glanced at Master Pang. The latter stepped forward to bow to the emperor, and then said slowly: "Your Majesty's decision just now is very wise! When Li Te heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. Pang Taishi continued: "Now that the Liao State is bound to be greatly shaken, the Liao State Lord will inevitably send the elite south to reinforce it, so Yang Zhaoji should be ordered to stop the attack and retreat into the defense of Mozhou, so as not to fall into a heavy encirclement and be defeated." ”

The emperor frowned and nodded, "What the Taishi said is extremely true! Then he said to the Eighth Prince: "Murong Aiqing immediately conveyed the general's order according to this, ordering Yang Peng not to rush forward and retreat into Mozhou to defend." The eighth prince clenched his fists and promised.

Pang Taishi and the others left the courtroom. Li Te, who couldn't help it for a long time, asked puzzledly: "Taishi, why did you let that Kou Zhun get his will!" That kid clearly wants to challenge the position of the Grand Master! Master Pang smiled coldly, "He's still a little tender!" He glanced at Li Te, and said in a tone of lesson: "Don't you see Your Majesty's attitude?" Yang Peng's victory made His Majesty overjoyed, and if he strongly opposed it at this time, it could only make His Majesty disgusted! The reason why Kou Zhun was promoted to the Privy Council, and the reason why you were demoted by half a level, was because you said something that you shouldn't have said! Li Teh snorted, with a depressed look on his face.

Master Pang sighed, "Hey! I didn't expect that Yang Peng to be really an unborn general! Kou Zhun kid is out of the limelight by relying on him! Then he smiled coldly, "But they were too happy too soon!" This court is still surnamed Pang! ”

Yang Peng looked at the command in his hand and frowned. The generals standing under the tent were all very curious, and Duan Zhixian couldn't help but ask, "Big brother, what did the Privy Council say?" Yang Peng raised his head, "The Privy Council has sent an order from the emperor, let us accept it as soon as we see it, and immediately withdraw to the defense of Mozhou." The generals said a lot, and Duan Zhixian scolded angrily: "What kind of bird order is this!" Huyan Chijin frowned and said: "Now is the time to take advantage of the situation to capture Nanjing, so how can you retreat?" Wouldn't that be a waste of all your efforts? ”

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