Empress Dowager Xiao led an army of 50,000 out of Zhongjing and galloped to aid Nanjing. Half a month later, they arrived in Shunzhou, a hundred miles north of Nanjing. Shunzhou, one of the sixteen states of Yanyun, is still under the control of the Liao State. Although the Great Song Dynasty claimed to its subjects that it had recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, in fact, this was not the case, in addition to Liao Nanjing, Yingzhou, Mozhou, Bazhou, Yizhou, Xin'anjun, Xiongzhou and Zhuozhou were recovered, basically all the land south of Beijing was recovered, and other places were still under the control of Liao. Among the states currently controlled by Yang Peng, Bazhou, Yizhou, Xin'anjun, and Xiongzhou actually went down without a fight, and when Yang Peng broke through Zhuozhou and then Nanjing, the prefects of these four states took the initiative to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty in view of the current situation.

After Empress Dowager Xiao arrived in Shunzhou, she let the army rest and recuperate, and sent people to Nanjing to inquire about the news. In the evening of the same day, the person who went to inquire about the news came back and knelt down and said: "Empress Dowager, Nanjing City has fallen!" Empress Dowager Xiao was shocked, "How is it possible?" How long has it been, and how could Nanjing have fallen? What about them? ”

"On the way to Nanjing, the villain met Xiao Duli and several other generals, and they are now waiting outside." "Call them in." A female officer standing at the door answered, ran down, and after a while, led three rather embarrassed generals in, it was Xiao Duli, the chief general of the Liao State who stayed in Nanjing, and the deputy generals under his command, Xiao Ying and Long Teduo. The three of them bowed to Jerutrius, who was sitting on the top.

Empress Dowager Xiao asked with a calm face: "Why did you lose Nanjing?" Xiao Xuan showed a look of shame, "A few days ago in the night, the Song army silently climbed the city wall, killed the soldiers guarding the city gate, opened the city gate, and then the Song army entered with a large army. Our army is resting and caught off guard, so much so that the whole line collapses! Only the last general and others escaped! ”

Empress Dowager Xiao stood up, walked to Xiao Du, and looked at him with a frown. Xiao Duli lowered his head, his heart full of uneasiness. Empress Dowager Xiao said: "I heard that this Song army only has 40,000 people? Xiao Duli nodded. Empress Dowager Xiao said angrily: "You have 60,000 elite soldiers, a million people and the rich city of Nanjing, how can you be defeated?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao was speechless, knelt down and pleaded: "The last general deserves ten thousand deaths, please punish the Queen Mother!" Long Teduo hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother! Empress Dowager Xiao nodded. "In fact, in the first half of the war, the initiative on the battlefield was completely in the hands of our army!" The general led us to annihilate Li Te's 50,000 troops first, and then swept through the Hebei Zhulu of the Song State, annihilated most of the main force of Ding Gao, and almost broke the Bianjing City of the Song State. ”

However, all this changed when the Cangzhou army of the Song State entered the battlefield! This Cangzhou soldier is completely different from other armies of the Song Kingdom, extremely brave, and has no fear of our army's field front, and our Tielin Army cannot break through its defense line! Not only brave, but also extremely deceitful! They did not fight us head-on at the beginning, but bypassed the main force of our army and captured Yingzhou and Mozhou by surprise. When our army hurriedly returned to help, they fought a decisive battle with our army under the city of Yingzhou. ”

"Our army was defeated and retreated to the barracks. That night, the Cangzhou army suddenly attacked and breached the camp with a terrible weapon that we had never seen before, and our army was greatly routed. No one thought that the Song army actually set up an ambush on the way of our army's retreat, and in the first battle, our army was almost completely annihilated. Finally broke through the siege and retreated to Zhuozhou, and the general urgently ordered 20,000 soldiers and horses guarding Nanjing to rush to help. I didn't want the Song army to ambush on the way, and our army was almost exhausted. Subsequently, the enemy army disguised itself as our reinforcements and came to the city of Zhuozhou, and deliberately confronted another Song army outside the city to lure our army. Our army went out of the city to respond, but was besieged by ten times the opponent's troops, and then was attacked into Zhuozhou, and Zhuozhou was lost. ”

"As for the loss of Nanjing, the last general does not dare to defend it, but our army is indeed very vigilant! But those Song troops dressed in black were like ghosts, I don't know how they got to the city wall, and the soldiers guarding the city gate were all killed by them before they could react! Then the gates opened, and the rest of the year was no longer necessary. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned, "So this Song army is a strong force?" Xiao Luli and the three nodded, and Xiao Luli said: "The last general feels that this Song army seems to be like the legendary Jingsai army of the Song Kingdom. Empress Dowager Xiao smiled coldly, "I want to see how powerful this Song army is!" ”

Yang Peng walked on the city wall, and Duan Zhixian followed behind to report the seizure to him: "......, the treasury of all parts of Nanjing City is basically intact, with a total of 1,769,337 quintals of grain, a total of 2,976,893 taels of silver, and more than 36,000 sets of armor, of which 3,000 sets are heavy iron armor, 10,000 bows, 5,000 crossbows, countless arrows, and more than 60,000 pieces of spears and knives. ”

Zhan Jinguo raised his eyebrows, patted his bald head, and said excitedly: "Be good! We're rich! The crowd laughed. Yang Peng said: "We can't enjoy these seizures alone, and a considerable part of them are only afraid of handing them over!" Everyone was depressed, and Duan Zhixian couldn't help but scold: "His grandmother's, the emperor Lao Tzu didn't contribute half of his efforts, so he actually came to share the spoils!" Yang Peng said jokingly: "No way, who called him the boss!" Duan Zhixian pursed his lips and said with a grin: "Yesterday, the family didn't recognize him as the boss, and the eldest brother is the boss!" The brothers nodded. Duan Zhixian grinned and begged Yang Peng: "Big brother, let's not hand over these loot!" Yang Peng smiled: "That's not good." You have to hand over some of it, otherwise you won't be able to fool it. ”

Duan Zhixian asked with a bitter face, "How much do you have to pay?" Yang Peng pondered: "The grain is only reported as 769,337 quintals, the silk and silver money is only reported as 976,893 taels, and the other ordnance is reported as half of the amount." Duan Zhixian smiled, and the others laughed too.

A secret guard rushed up and reported: "Master, the imperial court's envoy is here!" Yang Peng immediately led the brothers back to the left-behind mansion, and saw the Qin messenger, who was the Li Demou Li Gonggong who had gone to Cangzhou to preach the decree before, and the cronies of the eighth prince, who were regarded as his own people.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries, Li Demou was about to read out the holy decree, and Yang Peng and others knelt down on one knee. Li Demou read out the holy decree, and the content was all those old-fashioned tunes, focusing on these few sentences: Yang Peng was enshrined as the east of the sixteen states of Yanyun to stay behind and guard the northern frontier; Pardon Yang Xiong, Shi Ping, Shi Hu, and Guan Shan for their crimes, and order them to serve the court under Yang's command.

When they had read the decree, they thanked and stood up. Yang Xiong and the others all glanced at Yang Peng with great gratitude. Yang Peng invited Li Demou to sit down, and the two sat down side by side on a small coffee table on the left side of the hall, while Duan Zhixian and the others sat down on a row of chairs opposite the two.

Yang Peng ordered someone to serve tea, and several secret guards came in to serve tea and retreated. Yang Peng invited Li Demou to tea. Li Demou thanked him, took a sip of tea, and put down the tea bowl. Chen Xiao asked, "The Holy Decree has appointed me to stay in the East of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, what does this mean?" Is there still a West Left Behind that can't be done? ”

Li Demou said: "I was about to inform my lord." Because of Taishi Pang's suggestion, His Majesty canonized two Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to stay behind, with the Lord staying in the east and Bi Shi'an staying in the west. ......" The brothers on the opposite side glanced at each other, and Duan Zhixian had an angry look on his face. Yang Peng frowned and said, "Two left-behind, so who listens to whom?" "There are no priorities, you go your own way and support each other."

Yang Peng smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid this kind of practice is not conducive to garrisoning!" Li Demou sighed, "There is no way to do this." Master Pang's suggestion, Lord Kou Zhun has no way to oppose it! Yang Peng remembered something and asked, "Who is guarding this Nanjing?" "Naturally, it's guarded by adults. The jurisdiction of Bi Shi'an's West Detention Center is Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Xiongzhou, Mozhou, and Yingzhou, while Nanjing, Xin'anjun, and Bazhou are in charge of adults. ”

Duan Zhixian couldn't help but shout: Bi Shi'an, a guy who only knows how to defeat battles, actually wants to divide the five states as soon as he comes back! Li Demou sighed, "With the full support of Master Pang, Your Majesty is deceived by it!" By the way, there's something I need to tell you. The imperial court appointed a prison officer named Sun Tong, who would soon take up his post. This Sun Tong is the leader of the imperial examination ten years ago, the protégé of Master Pang, adults should be careful to deal with it! ”

Yang Peng nodded and said with a smile: "My father-in-law is tired from afar, so I will send someone to arrange a place for my father-in-law to live." Li Demou hugged his fists and said: "Then there is Master Lao." Yang Peng stood up, called Xue Fu, and ordered him to lead Li Demou and his party to the post house to rest. Li Demou stood up and said goodbye to Yang Peng, and then followed Xue Fu out of the hall.

Duan Zhixian walked up to Yang Peng's side and said angrily: "Big brother, this imperial court is really unrighteous, and it actually handed over the five states that we worked so hard to fight to Bi Shi'an's waste!" Yang Peng smiled, "It doesn't matter. Glancing at Duan Zhixian, "Don't we still have three states?" Duan Zhixian was depressed.

Liu Zhiliang frowned and said: "This is the way of checks and balances of the imperial court!" ”

Duan Zhixian scolded: "The way of checks and balances of bullshit! Getting such a bastard over is just adding to our blockage! His grandmother, that bastard better not mess with us, or I'll smash him with a cane! The crowd laughed.

A scout officer hurriedly rushed in, knelt down and said, "My lord, the army of the Liao State is here!" ”

Yang Peng frowned slightly, and Duan Zhixian said excitedly: "It's good to come!" I haven't killed it before! ”

The whine of horns came from the wasteland north of the city, and the 50,000 Liao troops slowly approached the city in a neat formation. The first row is the elite Tielin Army of the 5,000 Liao Army, the iron armor is solemn, the momentum is like a mountain, the wings are lightly armoured, and it is also a murderous appearance, countless infantry troops are surging like a tide, and the spears of the forest radiate a dazzling cold light.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, a figure is particularly eye-catching, it is a female general with a red face and iron armor. I saw that she was dressed in a heavy armor with iron chains, a scarlet cloak, her hair was curled into a bun, and several eagle feathers were inserted horizontally; Although her appearance is not stunning, she is also a great beauty who is one in a thousand, but her beautiful face reveals a cold and cold atmosphere that ordinary women do not have, and her graceful body is very moving, but it exudes a dangerous atmosphere. This is definitely a sonorous rose, a beautiful woman who uses blood as rouge.

The city gate opened, and more than 30,000 Song troops rushed out, with their backs to the city wall and arranged into three huge square military formations on the left, middle and right. On the outskirts of each formation were the heavy shield pikemen, followed by the flintlock units, and then the assault infantry.

The Liao army halted its advance and confronted the Song army under the city. At this time, the battlefield was solemn, there was no sound, no wind, and the air seemed to freeze; A goshawk hovered high in the sky, letting out a long howl from time to time.

A Liao general rushed out of the formation. The Liao army general was dressed in iron armor, wearing a horned steel helmet, carrying a huge toothed blade broadsword, and his physique was very majestic, as if a bear was riding on that war horse, his face was pitch black, and his face was full of steel needles and whiskers.

The Liao general rode his horse between the two armies, reined in his horse, pointed at the Song army's army formation with a big knife and shouted: "I am the general Mutuo, who dares to fight with me?" ”

Duan Zhixian carried a huge iron staff and ran out of the army on foot, came to stand more than ten steps in front of the wooden horse, took a Zen staff, and said loudly: "Liao dog, see me come to take your dog's life!" When Mu Tuo saw a guy who looked like a monk and didn't look like a monk coming, he felt strange in his heart, and when he heard the other party's words, he was furious and shouted, "The bald donkey is looking for death!" The words fell and urged the war horse to rush towards Duan Zhixian. The war horse neighed and jumped, and Mu Tuo raised his big knife high, with a posture of wanting to cut Duan Zhixian in two.

In the blink of an eye, the war horse rushed in front of Duan Zhixian, and with a loud roar, the wood slashed the knife towards Duan Zhixian's head, like a mountain. Duan Zhixian raised the iron Zen staff, only to hear a loud bang. The war horse rushed past Duan Zhixian's side, ran a dozen steps, stopped, and turned his head. Mu Tuo let out a loud shout and urged the war horse to rush towards Duan Zhixian again. Duan Zhixian showed excitement, and even shouted to greet him with an iron rod.

Mu Tuo raised his knife and tried to slash and slash; Duan Zhixian lowered his body, and swept the iron Zen staff in his hand towards the front legs of the war horse. There was a loud bang, and the war horse fell forward with a scream, Mu Tuo only felt his body fall forward, and then the whole person flew out, flying out of a few meters and falling to the ground, with a loud bang. Mu Tuo fell so hard that he couldn't get up for a while.

Duan Zhixian rushed forward, raised the iron Zen staff, and cut off Mu Tuo's head under the gaze of nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses of the two armies, the Liao army was shocked, and the morale of the Song army was greatly boosted. Mrs. Xiao's color changed, and she immediately raised her right hand and waved it forward. The war drums rumbled loudly, and the 5,000 Liao State Iron Forest Army actually shouted and launched an iron cavalry charge.

Duan Zhixian hurriedly rushed back to the military formation. The five thousand Tielin army rushed towards the Song army in the middle, rumbling like rolling thunder, trembling and trembling, and the power of the five thousand Tielin army seemed to be able to push the mountains and reclaim the sea!

The gunners lowered their shields together, and with a loud bang, the flintlock pistols were flattened and aimed at the rushing Iron Forest Army. The formation is like a mountain, as if it cannot be shaken! This is a contest between an invincible tide and an indestructible battle array! The Song army scrambled to shoot, and the bullets fell overwhelmingly, falling in the Tielin army, and the rows of Khitan soldiers in front were like targets, and five hundred people were killed at one time, and the Khitan bows and arrows seemed to tickle them.

The torrent of iron cavalry slammed heavily into the Song army's front, making a deafening and thrilling loud sound, the Song army's front still didn't understand, Liu Zhiliang was commanding the three-stage attack, and the Tielin army couldn't block the impact of the bullet no matter how strong it was, bang, bang, bang There were constantly Khitan soldiers to beat the horse, and at this time, Empress Dowager Xiao felt afraid, where is this fighting, it is simply a massacre, and the Khitan soldiers are constantly falling off their horses.

The impact momentum of the Tielin Army was finally exhausted, and only a line of heavy shield spear defense was broken through!

"Let's go!" With a roar, the defense line opened several openings, and more than 3,000 heroic heavy armored infantry rushed out with Tang Dynasty Mo swords in their hands and crashed into the Tielin army. In the roar of a fierce beast, I saw the Mo knife flying up and down, slashing people and horses, and the unstoppable Tielin Army just now turned over on their backs!

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned tightly and ordered the herald: "Let the Tielin Army retreat!" "Woooooooooo......oo The horns of the bull horns in the Liao army sounded loudly. The Tielin Army, which felt like they were in a quagmire, immediately retreated. The hoplites did not pursue either, and quickly retreated into the formation. The Heavy-Shielded Spearmen immediately resumed their line, looking like a mountain in the distance.

"Hey! The Tielin Army under the command of the previous general also charged like this, and the result was the same! The defensive power of these flintlock muskemen of the Song army can be described as the best in the world, and they can actually block the frontal impact of the Tielin Army! Xiao Luli couldn't help but sigh.

Empress Dowager Xiao ignored him, carefully observed the battle formation of the Song army on the opposite side, and then ordered the lightly armed cavalry to attack the two Song army battle formations on the left and right. Thousands of light cavalry screamed and swarmed up, and when they were halfway through the run, they shot at the Song army with their horse archery skills, and some of the Song soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and the Song army's flintlock musketeers immediately returned fire, and the powerful bullets flew in and flew over, and the light cavalry people turned on their backs. The light cavalry lowered their bows and arrows, untied their spears, and rushed towards the Song army's line with a howl!

Seeing this scene, Xiao Duli hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, don't be reckless!" The Tielin Army can't break through, and the light cavalry can only be sent to death! Empress Dowager Xiao shouted with a cold face: "Shut up! Xiao Duli was depressed and worried; But Ronterdo had a thoughtful look.

The light cavalry that assaulted the left phalanx crashed into the Song army's heavy shield spear defense line, the Song army's defense line remained immovable, and the Liao army's light cavalry was stabbed off their horses by the Song army's spears. The Liao army's charge was clearly sending people to death.

However, the battle on the right seems to be a little different. The light cavalry of the Liao army crashed into the Song army's defense line, and the Song army's defense line was obviously shaken! Not only that, when the two sides were shooting each other with bows and crossbows just now, Song Jun looked a little flustered! The Liao army fought hard to attack, although it could not tear through the defense line of the Song army, but it was also full of dangers!

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled coldly and ordered, "Let them retreat!" ”

A whining horn sounded, and the light cavalry that assaulted the left and right formations of the Song army quickly retreated. The leading general, Maha Wolf, rode his horse to Yeluth, and said with a ashamed face: "The last general is incompetent, and he has not been able to break through the defense line of the Song army!" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled and said, "You did a great job!" Then he said to a tall and handsome general beside him: "Xiao Feng, you lead all the Tielin Army to attack the right formation of the Song Army with all your might!" Remember, break through from east to west and let the Song rout break up their own formation! ”

Xiao Feng answered, immediately hit his horse down, and led more than 4,000 people of the Tielin Army to turn to the right and launch a fierce charge towards the right formation of the Song army from the east.

Seeing this scene, Yang Peng frowned and said, "The enemy has discovered our weakness!" Then he said to Duan Zhixian: "Immediately lead all the heavy infantry of the Chinese army to support the Fourth Division!" Lu Zhishen responded and immediately led thousands of heavily armored infantry to rush out of the Chinese army phalanx to the fourth division phalanx.

The Tielin Army crashed into the defense line of the Fourth Division like a stormy wave, and the huge crashing sound rang out, and many Song soldiers were knocked out, and there were several gaps in the battle line! The officers and men of the Song army couldn't help but show a look of fear in the face of the terrible Liao army Tielin army.

General Xiao Feng took the lead and led the Tielin Army to break through the Song army's defense line and rush into the Song army's formation. The ironclad war cavalry rushed to kill, only to hear the sound of bang, and the Khitan soldiers fell one by one like harvested wheat! Seeing that the Khitan is about to be unable to support it! Zhan Jin took the lead and urged the soldiers to fight, but the situation in front of him seemed irreparable!

Knock knock knock...... The war drums of the Liao army sounded loudly, and the whole Liao army moved, divided into two groups and rushed towards the Song army, the central army and the left army.

Just when the Fourth Division was about to collapse, the 3,000 heavy armored infantry led by Duan Zhixian rushed to the battlefield, crashed into the middle of the Tielin Army, and fought desperately. A heavy infantry had just cut down a Tielin soldier, and before he could retract his long knife, he was knocked out by another Tielin army. The momentum of the Tielin Army's attack was contained. At this time, Yang Peng's strong crossbow came into play. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the Khitan army in front is like wheat harvesting the lives of the Song army. The banging of gunfire also rang out together. The Khitan army had already been beaten at this time, where had the Khitan army seen such a battle, and the guns were fired in one hundred and fifty steps, and a large number of Khitan troops died.

The soldiers with fear under Zhan Jinguo Chong shouted: "If it's a man, follow me and kill the Liao army!" The officers and men of the 4th Division regained their fighting spirit and shouted to launch a counterattack. The officers and soldiers of the Fourth Division and the heavy armored infantry fought with the elite Tielin Army of Liaoguo Zhenguo, and the battle situation was extremely tragic, and everyone was red-eyed and crazy.

At the same time, the Chinese army and the left army have also fallen into a fierce battle, the Liao army is bound to win, and the Song army desperately resists. Looking from afar, I saw that the cold light reflected by the swords and guns was like a sparkling wave, blood was flying all over the sky, and the soldiers on both sides fell in a pool of blood!

The fierce battle continued until dusk, and both sides were exhausted. The Song army suffered heavy losses, and the Liao army was also full of corpses, miserable, and the remnants of the sun were like blood.

Seeing that she could not win, Empress Dowager Xiao had to order a retreat. The Liao army retreated, did not stay under the city, and retreated to Shunzhou.

In this battle, the two sides fought a draw, and the Khitan lost nearly 10,000 soldiers. Yang Peng was also uncomfortable here, nearly a thousand people died, and both sides were a little light in this battle, so that both sides paid a heavy price.

Yang Peng looked at the wounded soldiers in his eyes, frowned, and muttered, "Underestimate the enemy!" What a light enemy! The Liao army is not as weak as I thought! I almost capsized in the gutter today! ”……

The **** envoy of the imperial court came to Nanjing with a large amount of wine and meat to reward the soldiers, and the city was jubilant. Later, Yang Peng asked the **** envoy to return to Tokyo with a large amount of loot.

When silk and silver coins worth nearly one million taels of silver were transported to Tokyo, the people of Tokyo, who had not seen the spoils of war for hundreds of years, came to see the grand occasion, and the streets of Tokyo were empty.

On a whim, the excited emperor named Yang Peng the general of Yulinwei. The Song Dynasty also had the rank of Sixteen Wei generals similar to the Tang Dynasty, but they were all false names and had no real power.

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