Yang Peng asked, "What about Huyan Chijin?" Zhou Dayong said: "When he was scattered, I saw him go to the east with some cavalry, I don't know what the situation is now." Then he hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, we have to return to Shunzhou quickly!" Yang Peng nodded, "Without further ado, set off immediately." "Yes."

Everyone got on their horses and galloped towards the south, Zhou Dayong and Li Xu supported Yang Peng left and right, not daring to leave a little. The journey went smoothly, and the next morning, the group returned to Shunzhou City. Duan Zhixian, Yang Jing and others were anxious, and suddenly heard that the eldest brother was back, and they were all surprised, so they hurriedly rushed out to greet them. When he saw that his eldest brother was injured and became nervous, Yang Peng couldn't help but comfort everyone.

Yang Peng walked into the hall, came to the top and sat down, everyone was lined up left and right, all looking at Yang Peng. Yang Peng looked at Yang Jing and asked, "What are the casualties of our army?" Yang Jing hugged his fists and said: "More than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, thanks to the eldest brother, everyone withdrew!" Yang Peng put his mind at ease. Duan Zhixian said with a grin: "If you want to say it yesterday, we should work hard for the eldest brother, how can we let the eldest brother work hard for us!" It's upside down! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Everyone is the same. A very simple sentence, but everyone was particularly moved, and they couldn't wait to go to the soup for the eldest brother. Yang Peng didn't see Zhou Dayong and Chen Jie, frowned and asked, "Didn't Zhou Dayong come back?" And what about Chen Jie? Yang Jing clenched his fists and said: "The two of them went to collect Cao Bin's rout!" Yang Peng finally put his heart down and nodded. How many routs have been collected? ”

Yang Jing said: "So far, a total of more than 30,000 people have been gathered. ......At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, Yang Peng couldn't help but look outside, only to see Zhou Dayong and Chen Jie walking briskly together. The two walked into the hall and said excitedly: "Big brother! ”

"Good, good! No need to be polite, get up! The two stood up. Chen Jie hugged his fists and said: "Brother Qiyu, the two of us have gathered more than 7,000 defeated soldiers and come back!" ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "Okay!" You guys are doing a great job! By the way, did you find Cao Bin and others? Chen Jie showed a look of mockery, "According to the generals who fled, that Cao Dashuai was the first to turn around and flee when the army was killed. This guy's life is also big, and he actually escaped. It is said that he and a few of his cronies waded upstream across the river and then disappeared. I see him, he is fleeing to the capital in a panic at the moment! ”

Everyone laughed, and Duan Zhixian said with a regretful face: "It's a pity that the Liao people failed to kill him!" Yang Peng thought for a while, ordered someone to take pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then wrote a letter. After encapturing it, he handed it to Chen Jie, and instructed: "Immediately send a capable brother to the mansion of the Eighth Prince in the capital, and hand it over to the Eighth Prince himself!" Chen Jie took the letter with both hands, clenched his fists and promised, and ran down.

Xue Fu rushed in, clenched his fists urgently, and said, "Master, there has been a riot in Cao Binjun's military camp!" Yang Peng suddenly got up, but he touched the wound and frowned slightly. Angrily asked, "What's going on?" Xue Fu said: "A part of Cao Binjun was arguing to leave, and there was a conflict with our people. ”

"!" Yang Peng hurried out of the hall, followed by the generals. The group hurried to Cao Binjun's barracks, only to see nearly 10,000 Cao Binjun shouting at Chen Cun, Yang Daming and others, and one of the general-like people shouted very loudly: "We are not Yang Peng's subordinates, why don't you let us go!" Nearly 10,000 people behind him rioted, with the intention of not letting them go. And Chen Cun, Yang Daming and others are really angry, and they can't wait to slaughter these ungrateful bastards in front of them! People on both sides pushed and shoved, and the situation was about to get out of control.

Yang Peng and his party ran to the vicinity, reined in the horse, Yang Peng shouted: "Stop it!" The two sides stopped noisy and pushing, separated from each other, and looked at Yang Peng one after another. Chen Cun came to Yang Pengma, hugged his fists with indignation on his face and said, "General, these people are really annoying!" ”

The leader held his head high and shouted, "We are not under your control, why do you control us?" Nearly 10,000 people shouted, and the scene was noisy. Yang Peng frowned, and Zhou Dayong shouted angrily: "Shut up for me!" Cao Binjun couldn't help but close his mouth when he was taken by Zhou Dayong's might. Yang Peng sneered: "You guys are quite capable!" is like a sheep in front of the Liao people, but he dares to be arrogant in front of Lao Tzu! ”

Some people show shame, but most of them are dead pigs who are not afraid of boiling water. There is no salvation for these people, and no matter how hard they try, they may not be able to become real soldiers. A true soldier must have a sense of sacrifice for others and a sense of honor, which these people do not have and cannot have.

The leading guy raised his voice and said, "We dare not be disrespectful to the general, but the general cannot restrain our actions, and we are not under the control of the general!" "Many people followed the coaxing, and where the chaos was like a military camp, it was clearly a vegetable market, and maybe the vegetable market was still more orderly.

Yang Peng glanced at these people, "I don't need a coward like you, you don't have to worry about me keeping you at all." The sergeants looked embarrassed. Come on, gather all the Cao Bin troops. Chen Cun and the others responded and ran down.

Soon after, the rout of more than 40,000 Cao Bin's army gathered, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and many people's faces showed a blank look, and the buzzing echoed over the school field. Yang Peng and others boarded the platform, and when the soldiers saw Yang Peng and others, they quieted down and watched them. Yang Peng glanced at the dense soldiers under the stage, and said loudly: "My name is Yang Peng, and I am the general of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures who stayed behind in the east of the Yulin Wei. You've all heard of me. Many soldiers had awe in their eyes, others with indifference.

Yang Peng said: "I know that many of you are afraid of the Khitans and are eager to escape back to their wives' bed. I don't need cowards here, I won't force you. Now I give you a chance to choose, and if you want to go, come forward. ”

Many of the soldiers looked at each other, looking a little hesitant; Someone shouted: "General, we don't leave, we want to stay and fight the Khitans!" "Many people agreed, but of course this is only some of them, not everyone. Yang Peng said to those who hesitated: "You don't have to worry about anything, I won't use any conspiracy against you." If you want to go, come forward, and I will pay him the fare. ”

Many soldiers whispered and discussed, and finally a few of the more daring ones stepped forward and clenched their fists: "General, we want to go home." Yang Peng turned his head to Chen Da and said, "Give them the travel expenses." Chen Cun immediately gave each of them half a penny. Those people thanked them and hurried out of the barracks.

Seeing this, those who were still hesitant came forward one after another, received the fare, and left the barracks in a hurry. In the end, about 30,000 remained, out of more than 40,000 people. Yang Peng glanced at them and asked, "Don't you want to go?" An officer knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists and said, "General, I am willing to follow the General!" Go to the soup and step on the fire! All the soldiers knelt down on one knee and hugged their fists and said: "I am willing to follow the general and go to the soup to step on the fire!" A huge voice rolled in the air, and those cowards who had not yet run far were extremely ashamed when they heard this voice, and their steps couldn't help but go faster.

Yang Peng looked at these resolute faces in front of him, his heart was extremely relieved, and he raised his voice: "Get up." The soldiers stood up. Yang Peng praised: "You are all good! All real men! From today onwards, we are all brothers! "The soldiers were deeply moved." I have no other requirements for you, only to look at me and follow me! "Obey the general's orders!"

A graceful figure stood in the distance and looked at Yang Peng on the stage, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his eyes were very complicated. This person is none other than the Hongchenqi woman who has a lot of grievances with Yang Peng, Han Bing. "Report ......" rode a fast horse into the barracks. When he came to the point general's platform, he turned over and dismounted, and knelt down in a hurry: "General Qiyu, the army of Liao has arrived on the other side!" ”

Yang Peng immediately ordered Chen Jie and Zhou Dayong to stay in Shunzhou City, and he himself led other brothers and 40,000 troops out of Shunzhou City, lined up on the bank of the river, and faced the Liao army across the river. I saw that the Liao army was in a position like a mountain, with flags surging, and the constant shouts were like thunder, and the momentum was very amazing.

Woo woo ......, the horn of the Liao army sounded loudly, and then I saw thousands of Liao army infantry boarding the wooden platoon and rowing towards this side. At the same time, the Liao army on the shore bombarded the Song army on the opposite bank with heavy stone cannons, and more than 100 stone cannons made a huge noise, and then saw more than 100 huge stones roaring into the sky and flying towards the other side of the river, the scene was like a meteor shower descending, which was magnificent. Fortunately, this ancient weapon had a bad hit rate, and only a few boulders fell into the Song army's military formation, but it also caused a lot of damage to the Song army.

"Ballista forward!" With Chen Xiao's order, dozens of three-bow bed crossbows were pushed in front of the military formation, and the angle was adjusted, and some soldiers lit the fuse of the gunpowder bag tied to the huge gun and arrow, and then the soldier holding the huge mallet struggled to smash the bolt that fixed the bracket. Dozens of three-bow bed crossbows shook violently, the huge thud of the bowstring rang out, and dozens of guns and arrows dragging gunpowder packs flew into the sky and flew towards the opposite bank.

Huge guns and arrows fell on the river beach, nailed to heavy stone artillery wagons, and some fell into the Liao army's military formation. Immediately, I saw that a ball of fireball rose up, a violent explosion sounded, the flames on the river beach were churning, the heavy stone artillery truck was blown to pieces, and the soldiers of the Liao army were flying flesh and blood. The Liao army was in a commotion, they did not expect such an attack at all.

Empress Dowager Xiao ordered the army to retreat and ordered the stone artillery wagons to continue the bombardment, and she did not intend to give up. The stone artillery carts continued to bombard, while the Song army's three-bowed strong crossbows continued to fight back strongly. In the sky above the river, you can only see huge spears and arrows and huge stones flying in a staggered manner. The stones smashed on the river beach with a muffled sound, and the guns and arrows fell to the ground and burst into flames like thunder.

Thousands of Liao assault troops rowed to the opposite bank, jumped down one after another, and shouted with scimitars to pounce on the Song army. The Song army, who had been waiting for them for a long time, rushed to shoot together, and the strong bullets made the Liao army's charging momentum pause, and there were many casualties. Thousands of Song army heavy infantry let out a fierce shout and rushed forward. Crash into the middle of the Liao army and slash your sword! The Liao army suffered heavy casualties all of a sudden, and could not resist it, so they quickly turned around and fled. Flee to the river and scramble to climb the wooden raft. Duan Zhixian led the hoplites to catch up, and there was a burst of indiscriminate slashing, and the screams of the Liao army rang out, and the river was instantly dyed red. Those Liao soldiers who got on the bamboo raft couldn't take care of their companions anymore, so they paddled desperately and escaped across the river.

Woo, woo, woo, a short horn sound came from the opposite bank, and then I saw the Liao army slowly retreating. Seeing this, the Song army also stopped the bombardment. At this time, nearly 1,000 corpses were floating on the river, and the originally clear water was dyed red; The wreckage of forty or fifty stone artillery wagons on the opposite bank was scattered on the river beach, staggering and listless, which had been destroyed by the three-bow bed crossbow tied to the powder bag of the Song army in the previous shot.

Yang Peng ordered a small part of the army to stand guard by the river, and he returned to Shunzhou City with a large army. As soon as he returned to the city, Yang Peng suddenly fainted. This frightened everyone into a distraction, and they hurriedly carried Yang Peng into the lobby of the yamen, and at the same time hurriedly sent someone to find the doctor. ……

When Yang Peng woke up, it was already the middle of the night. Found yourself lying in a bedroom. I felt as if my head was about to crack, so I couldn't help but pat my head. The door creaked open, and a man who looked like a doctor with three strands of hair under his chin entered. As soon as he saw Yang Peng wake up, his face immediately showed a look of surprise, and he quickly turned around and ran out. Immediately, Yang Peng heard his surprise shout outside: "The general is awake!" The general is awake! ”

Immediately after, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and then a large crowd of people poured into the room. Duan Zhixian strode forward, helped Yang Peng up, and said excitedly: "Big brother, you can be considered awake!" It scares us to death! Yang Peng smiled, "I was a cat in my last life, I had nine lives, and I didn't die so easily." The crowd laughed. Yang Peng looked at the sky outside the window, frowned and asked, "What time is it?" How long have I been in a coma? ”

Duan Zhixian said: "It's the middle of the night, and you've been in a coma for three or four hours. Yang Peng asked, "What is the movement of the enemy army?" Duan Zhixian laughed and said: "Big brother, don't worry, the Liao people suffered a big loss during the day today, and they didn't dare to act rashly." ”

Yang Peng thought for a moment, and then got out of bed, "I have to go and see!" Everyone was in a hurry, Duan Zhixian pressed Yang Peng's shoulder and said angrily: "Big brother, don't move!" Just tell your brothers what you need to do! Big brother, you should take care of your injuries! Chen Jie said: "Big brother, don't worry, with our brothers watching, nothing will happen." Others chimed in. Yang Peng nodded and said to Duan Zhixian: "Zhixian, when I am not there, you take care of it for me." ”

Duan Zhixian nodded, "Don't worry, big brother!" Yang Peng thought for a moment and ordered: "You must closely monitor the movements of the enemy army, and report any situation immediately!" Don't be careless, even if it's something inconspicuous, you have to tell me! Duan Zhixian responded. ……

All the brothers left, the two doctors were boiling medicine for Yang Peng in the kitchen, there were several secret guards guarding the door of Yang Peng's room, and Yang Peng leaned on the bed and looked at the map and thought. Han Bing, dressed in black, walked into Yang Peng's room and looked at Yang Peng with a complicated expression. Yang Peng felt that someone had come in, raised his head, saw Han Bing standing not far away like a fairy, and said with a smile: "It's you?" Haven't slept so late? ”

Han Bing said: "You can spare your own life in order to save your own soldiers, but why do you want to brutally kill my brother and all the people in the cottage?" How innocent are they? Han Bing's emotions became angry. Yang Peng sighed, "There are many unavoidable things in life. I didn't want to kill them, but in that case I had to do it! "Humph! Quibble! ”

Yang Peng looked at his right hand and frowned: "I want to save many people, but my hands are inevitably stained with the blood of innocents. That's the price! Glancing at Han Bing, "Although I feel sorry, I will never regret it, if I had to choose again, I would not hesitate to make the same choice!" I know you hate me! From your point of view, I really damn it!

Han Bing stared at Chen Xiao excitedly, the seductive **** rose and fell violently, and his eyes seemed to pierce Chen Xiao, but he showed hesitation. Han Bing looked at her calmly. Han Bing suddenly turned around and walked away. Yang Peng sighed a little wistfully. Yang Peng has admired this famous Hongchen woman for a long time, but he didn't expect to become a life and death enemy with her. Yang Peng didn't understand, the previous history books didn't say that Han Bing had a brother named Han Hao? And Han Bing seems to be from Tokyo, how did he run to Shangjing?

Yang Peng shook his head with a wry smile, collected his mood, and continued to look at the map. Since the first day of the Liao army forced to cross the Qidu River and was defeated, there was no movement for five or six consecutive days, standing on the city wall, across the Qidu River, and seeing the Liao army's camp on the opposite bank stretching for nearly ten miles in the distance.

Yang Peng leaned on the battlements, looked at the Liao army camp in the distance, frowned and muttered, "Why hasn't the Liao army moved?" And not retreating? He glanced down at the dense guard posts on the bank of the river, thinking about whether he had missed something, and what would he do if he was the Empress Dowager Xiao?

Yang Peng gently touched the wound that was faintly painful, and his eyes moved upstream along the Qidu River. Suddenly, his expression moved, and he hurriedly asked Hua Rong beside him: "Li Xu, do you patrol every day?" Li Xu nodded, hugged his fists and said: "According to the orders of the eldest brother, every day the younger brother leads hundreds of cavalry to patrol along the Qidu River. ”

"How far has it gone." "About forty miles." Li Xu said: "Immediately send cavalry scouts to patrol the upper and lower reaches of the Qidu River, with a limit of one hundred miles." Li Xu promised and ran down. Zhou Dayong asked, "Big brother is worried about the Liao army smuggling?" ”

Yang Peng frowned and nodded, "It's very possible!" The Liao army is neither attacking head-on nor withdrawing now, so what is the reason for being here? It's just that I'm looking for a way to stow away! He turned his head and said to the brothers: "Everyone should strengthen their vigilance, send someone to notify the Shangjing side, and increase vigilance!" The brothers clenched their fists and promised.

At dusk that day, the scout cavalry who had been scouting up and down the Qidu River returned. The scout cavalry who went upstream to reconnoiter hurriedly reported: "General Qiqi, the villain found a large group of Liao troops wading across the river in a place called Wild Boar Stream upstream!" ”

Yang Peng and the others were taken aback, Chen Xiao hurriedly walked to the map, searched with his eyes, but did not find a place called Wild Boar Stream. Yang Peng turned his head and asked the scout, "Where is the wild boar stream?" The scout pointed to the south side of Niulanshan and said, "Here near Niulanshan." ”

"How many people? How many cavalry? How many infantry? "There were about thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses, half of whom were cavalry." Yang Peng immediately said to Hua Rong: "Li Xu, you lead all the cavalry to counterattack and contain them as much as possible, but you can't fall in love with the battle, if the situation is not good, you have to get out of the battle!" Li Xu clenched his fists and promised, and ran down.

"Duan Zhixian, Chen Jie, Yang Xiong, Shi Ping, Zhou Dayong, you immediately lead the army and retreat to Shangjing. Zhou Dayong, Chen Cun, Yang Daming, I will give you 3,000 soldiers and horses to clean up the aftermath of the army. And they all agreed together. Zhou Dayong asked, "Big brother, do you want to set fire to this city?" Duan Zhixian's eyes lit up, "That's right! You can't leave this to the Liao! Yang Peng hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "No! There is no need for this! ”……

The whole city was in an uproar. Li Xu led more than 1,000 cavalry to leave Shunzhou City in a hurry and rushed upstream along the Qidu River; Under the leadership of their respective generals, the soldiers and horses of each division left Shunzhou City one after another and retreated to Shangjing, and the materials that could not be taken were burned on the spot.

In the middle of the night, the cavalry led by Li Xu encountered the cavalry of the Liao State, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. The cavalry of the Liao army was led by Li Xu and them in the wilderness for a night, and it was not until the early hours of the morning that Xiao Ying, the general of the Liao army, suddenly realized his main task, quickly abandoned Li Xu and them, turned around and went straight to Shunzhou.

At noon, 15,000 or 6,000 Liao army cavalry rushed to the city of Shunzhou, and found that the gate of Shunzhou City was wide open, and it had become an empty city. Xiao Ying was very anxious, and hurriedly left 5,000 cavalry to occupy Shunzhou, and at the same time sent a message to Yelutri on the other side of the river, and he himself led more than 10,000 cavalry to chase in the direction of Shangjing.

Yang Peng and the others also successfully withdrew to Youzhou.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.