Chapter 196, a horse retreats from the enemy.
Yang Peng waved his hand, "Let's talk about these things later, the top priority is to deal with the Khitan army outside the city!" "Look at the planter and say, "What is the general's opinion?" The seed master hugged his fists and said: "The general is powerful in the world, and I am naturally looking forward to the general!" "In that case, then I'll do it!"
Yehugo led 50,000 cavalry into the camp. Gan Buli immediately reported the situation: "At present, there are 30,000 original defenders in Huailai Mansion, 30,000 people who retreated in defeat and retreat in the Seed Division, and 30,000 Yanyun troops, close to 100,000 horses. ”
Brother Ye Hugo felt a little surprised, "There are so many Yan Yun troops in the city? "The Yan Yun army has a total of 50,000 horses. My subordinates are ashamed that they were caught in Yang Peng's way before, and he was interspersed with 20,000 horses from under my nose, which caused so much trouble to the army of the two kings! ”
Yehu Hugo waved his hand, "You can't be blamed for this!" Hey, Yan Yunjun really deserves to be the best choice in the world! If the other Song armies were as iron-blooded and brave as Yan Yunjun, our Great Liao Kingdom would be in trouble! "I feel the same way.
Yehu Hugo pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think we should storm Huailai Mansion?" When Brother Ye Hugh asked this, it happened that Han Derang came in after the washing, and when he heard Brother Ye Hugh's question, he immediately said angrily: "Our army should break through Huailai Mansion and slaughter the whole city!" ”
Yehu Hugo did not answer, and looked at Gan without leaving. He thought for a moment, frowned, and said: "The city of Huailaifu is high and wide, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack because it is backed by the Yituo River and backed by the mountains. And there is plenty of money and food in the city, and the people are fierce. If only the Song army was stationed, it would be fine, but now there are 30,000 Yanyun troops here, and General Yang Peng is personally in charge! Although our army has a large number of people, it also has little advantage, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through Huailai Mansion! The meaning of the last general, it is better to withdraw to Jing Cheng and then make plans! ”
Han Derang glared and said, "How can this work?" Ye Hugh thought about it: "What I want to know most is, how is the situation on the imperial aunt's side?" If the Imperial Aunt is still attacking Juyong Pass, our side should not withdraw our troops! The so-called heroes see the same thing, and at this moment, Yang Peng's thoughts are also on the verge of Yong.
Under Juyong, the fierce battle that has lasted for more than 20 days has not stopped. The Liao army continued to pounce on the city, and the Yanyun army relied on the dangerous terrain to resist desperately. The corpses were piled up like a mountain, and the remains of various siege machines were scattered on the wasteland; The gray-white wall has completely lost its original color at this moment, and it has been stained with the blood of both sides! The 10,000 Western Army and the 10,000 Yanyun Army have run out of oil, and the 100,000 Liao Army is also exhausted!
As the sun set, Ya Yu Guanyin looked at the city pass that was still standing in front of him, and his eyebrows were furrowed. His eyes couldn't help but fall on the winged flying tiger battle flag fluttering on the gate tower of the broken city of the city, and his beautiful eyes showed a look of resentment and admiration.
Ya Kannon left the tent and came to the midst of the army, all the wounded soldiers were mourning. In this fierce battle for almost a month, the 100,000 soldiers under her command paid a heavy price of nearly half of the casualties, but they still couldn't see the hope of victory, the battle flag of the Yanyun Army was still fluttering in the wind, and the soldiers of the Yanyun Army were still defending the city pass! Maybe it's time to retreat? But Ya Yu Guanyin was a little unwilling!
At this time, Juyong Guard, Hu Yan Bixian, was worried. Because he no longer has many soldiers under his command, 10,000 Western Army and 10,000 Yanyun Army, a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses, and there are only more than 13,000 people left at the moment, he really doesn't know how long he can hold out. He had already sent seven letters to Yanjing asking for help, but the replies were all for him to stick to. He understood that the 50,000 Yanyun troops stationed in Jizhou could not be transferred, because the 550,000 Liao troops were pressed in the direction of Gubeiguan, Longshan, and Yuguan, and could launch a landslide and tsunami-like attack at any time! Although the war has not yet started in those three directions, the pressure is by no means less than that of him! Hu Yanzhuo stood on the city wall, looked at the Liao army camp outside the city, and muttered: "It seems that I can only bury this old bone here!" ”
Ye Yu Guanyin decided to continue the attack, she didn't believe that Yan Yunjun was beaten with iron, even if it was fought with iron, after nearly a month of fierce fighting, how much combat power would there be left? The horn of the Liao army sounded, and the Liao army mustered up its fighting spirit and lined up to prepare for an attack. At this moment, an earth-shattering cheer suddenly erupted from the opposite city gate. Ye Yu Guanyin was shocked, could it be that the reinforcements of the Yanyun Army had arrived?
Before this thought was finished, the gate suddenly opened, and a general rode out on horseback and came between the two armies. Dressed in the iron beast face swallowing head chain armor, wearing a dark cloak, wearing a red tasseled hood, holding an iron horse lance, straddle a group of dark and roaring dragon horses, heroic and intimidating, the corners of his mouth slightly raised with his signature smile, it is none other than Yang Peng, the general of Yanyun!
When Ye Yu Guanyin saw Yang Peng coming, his heart became uneasy. Yang Peng smiled and said, "Miss Guanyin, don't come unharmed!" ”
"Humph!" "Miss Guanyin is going to fight me alone, or is she going to fight with me! Either way, I'm with you! Yang Peng smiled, his tone was quite playful and provocative, and at the same time, it also made people feel that there were countless conspiracies hidden behind his cynical smile, just waiting for the opponent to get into it by himself.
Ya Yu Guanyin couldn't help but think of the scene of being spanked by him before, and her delicate face flushed, and she was ashamed and angry. looked at the city wall behind Yang Peng, and saw that the sergeants standing on the city wall were all wounded soldiers who seemed to be vulnerable, and couldn't help but be even more suspicious. His eyes returned to Yang Peng's body, and he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Yang Peng, let you go today, sooner or later I will crush you to ashes to relieve the hatred in my heart!" ”
Yang Peng smiled: "Why wait, just today!" "Humph! This princess is no longer accompanied! Then he ordered the army to retreat. Yang Peng shouted at the back of Ye Yu Guanyin: "Beauty, I won't send you!" Ya Kannon gritted his teeth in anger, but forced himself to ignore it.
Yang Peng smiled, turned the horse's head and returned to Chengguan. Where are there any ambushes in the city pass, there are still only a few thousand remnants of the soldiers who will be shown in Huyan. Yang Peng was just deliberately showing weakness just now, but it made the resourceful Ye Yu Guanyin suspect that the reinforcements of the Yanyun army had arrived, and an ambush had been set up in the city pass.
Huyan Bixian came to Yang Peng and said excitedly: "The general retreats from the enemy alone, he is really wise and brave!" Yang Peng glanced at the scarred soldiers around him, and said with admiration: "It is because of your bravery that the Liao army does not dare to attack rashly!" You've done a great job! The soldiers couldn't help but be excited, and bowed together: "I am willing to die for the general!" ”
Although Yang Peng estimated that Ye Yu Guanyin would not come to attack Juyong Pass in a short time, for the sake of insurance, he still stayed at Juyong Pass and erected his general flag. At the same time, Yang Peng continued to send people to listen to the news from all sides. Soon after, news came from Huailai Mansion that Han Derang and Ye Yu Xiu Ge could not leave the army to evacuate Huailai Mansion and return to Jingcheng, and the 550,000 Liao troops pressed on the border on the northern front also returned to the place of departure. Yang Peng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He immediately ordered the transfer of 20,000 Yanyun troops from Jizhou and 5,000 Liao troops from Danzhou to reinforce Juyong Pass.
Soon after, Yang Peng rushed back to Yanjing, and as soon as he returned, he ordered a comprehensive expansion of the army, and ordered the ordnance yard to expand its scale and make every effort to produce all kinds of ordnance. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were like an incomparably huge machine, running around the clock. There is also a major event going on at the same time, that is, the compensation for the casualties. In this battle, the Yan Yun army lost 10,000 people, and the former Western army lost almost 10,000 people, according to the pension standard set by Yang Peng, at least 1.6 million taels of silver had to be taken out to compensate the relatives of the casualties, and the Loyal Soul Hall was a grand sacrifice activity.
In the middle of the Liao Kingdom, the celebration banquet was not dispersed for days, and the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State were immersed in ecstasy. After a few days of carnival and feasting, Empress Dowager Xiao gathered all the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss the next strategy. Brother Ye Hugh said with some regret: "It's a pity that so many beauties have obviously arrived, but they let them escape!" Father Xiao Zhan didn't drink and said: "Don't talk nonsense in front of the king!" Then he asked the Empress Dowager Xiao for his guilt and said: "Brother Hugh lost his words, please punish Your Majesty!" ”
Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at Brother Hugh, waved her hand and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay." To be honest, it's a pity to be lonely! I was hoping to see the demeanor of the concubine of the Song family, but I didn't expect the rabbit to run away! When Ye Yu Longqing heard this, he was ashamed and silent.
Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Let them run away this time, and next time they won't have such good luck." Now that the Song Dynasty has been destroyed, but the vast land of the Central Plains has not been annexed, it is really a pity! ”
Ye Yu Guanyin said: "The Central Plains is vast and densely populated, and there are countless heroes in the recklessness, no more than the Liao State, it is indeed difficult to annex in a hurry!" However, we have laid a very good foundation, and now that Qingtang is in my hands, this is a wedge into the Central Plains, and we can send troops to encroach on the Central Plains at any time; In addition, we have the Song people ceding the two rivers in our hands, we can send people to ask for these states and counties, if the guards do not accept, then the army will attack, and the division is also famous, you can coerce the Song people to hand over the Lianghe prefecture and county, the Song people give it does not matter, but this can make the Song people civil strife, and I Da Liao will take advantage of the fishermen. ”
Empress Dowager Xiao nodded appreciatively, "What the princess said is extremely true! After a pause, he frowned and said: "There is nothing in the Central Plains, the seed master is dead, Kou Zhun is ostracized, Qingtang is in our hands, the Song people are headless, and it is only a matter of time before the Central Plains is annexed!" But the sixteen states of Yanyun are a big trouble! Gu Shi didn't expect that the combat power of the Yan Yun Army was so powerful, and the 20,000 Yan Yun Army could actually defend the Lonely Mountain for five days, causing heavy losses to our army, and finally being surrounded by those remnants! Juyong Pass has been fighting fiercely for nearly a month, killing corpses like a mountain but still unable to break the level! Yan Yunjun is not destroyed, Yang Peng is not dead, and it is difficult to sleep and eat alone! ”
The civil and military forces thought so. Brother Ye Hugh said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and the minister also feels that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are a big trouble for my Great Liao Kingdom. However, it is not appropriate for us to change our current strategy. Now that the dragons of the Central Plains are leaderless and the hearts of the people are chaotic, it is a good time to take the opportunity to seize the Central Plains! If we turn to attack Yanyun, just when the two sides are at a standoff, the Song people have eased up and elected a brave and resourceful monarch to regroup, but I am afraid that things will not be easy to do! Therefore, the minister thought that he should stick to the established strategy, first completely destroy the Song Dynasty, and then attack Yanyun! ”
Night fell. Marge said: "The Yanyun army has been rushing all the way, there must be people and horses, I decided to lead the troops to rob the village tonight!" Tong Yelu Yu saw and hurriedly dissuaded: "No, no, no! Yang Peng, the world's famous general, how can he camp without guarding! Let's keep the city as well! ”
Marge said angrily: "Don't blow that Yang Peng!" No matter how powerful he is, he is just a person! I've made up your mind, if you're afraid, stay in the city!" Jeruyuki continued to persuade him, but Marg just wouldn't listen.
In the middle of the night, Marge led 10,000 Liao troops, picked up the bells, opened the south gate, and quietly headed towards the Yanyun army camp outside the east city gate. 10,000 Liao soldiers shouted and rushed into the Yanyun army camp, only to find that this was actually an empty camp! Marge was shocked and hurriedly led his men to turn their heads. At this moment, earth-shattering shouts and rumbling horses' hooves sounded all around, and four war horses rushed from all sides, instantly rushing the Liao army to pieces, the Liao army was crushed, and Marge couldn't care about anything else, and fled towards the city in a hurry.
The Yanyun army defeated the Liao army with one go, and then drove the rout towards the city. Marg led hundreds of routs to flee to the east gate, shouting: "I'm Marg, open the gate!" At this time, Tong Yelu Yu was on the east gate, but he didn't dare to open the door at all.
The Yanyun army chased after it like a pack of wolves that suddenly appeared in the night, and most of the hundreds of soldiers under Marge were killed, and some of them scattered and fled for their lives, and only a dozen cavalry followed Marg closely, fleeing around the city to the west.
The Yanyun army rode outside the city to chase and kill the Liao army, killing them all over the corpse and crying wolves. And Yelu Yu in the city sat and watched the success or failure, neither dared to send troops to rescue, nor did he dare to open the city to let the rout soldiers in, he was worried that it would be difficult to distinguish the enemy from me in the dark and did not know where Yan Yunjun was, if he opened the door rashly, he was afraid that Yan Yunjun would take the opportunity to rush in!
The next morning, the infantry of the Yanyun army finally arrived, so more than 30,000 foot cavalry lined up outside the east city gate, ready to attack the city. The 30,000 Yanyun army kept shouting, and the huge sound was like thunder rolling in the sky, and the fighting spirit continued to rise, and the momentum became more and more vigorous; Yelu Yujian and the others in the city turned pale and couldn't help but tremble.
Yang Peng raised the iron lance, the shouting suddenly stopped, and the heaven and earth suddenly became silent, death-like silence. The war drums rumbled loudly, and the five thousand Yanyun army foot soldiers shouted, carrying the simple cloud ladder like a torrent that opened the gate, rushing towards the city wall. Arrows rained down on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Yanyun army followed one after another. Rushing to the city wall and erecting a cloud ladder, the soldiers of the Yanyun Army braved the rolling stones and trees pouring down from the city.
Seeing that there were more and more casualties, finally, a soldier of the Yanyun Army rushed up to the city wall and cut down the Liao soldiers in front of him, but before he could jump onto the city wall, he was pushed out of the city wall by spears stabbed from all directions, and fell heavily under the city wall.
There are more and more Yanyun soldiers who climbed the city wall, they attacked desperately, attacked fiercely, and the Liao army sacrificed their lives to besiege and kill the Yanyun soldiers who rushed to the city, roaring and screaming, and the flying blood reflected the faces of the crazy fight. A soldier of the Yanyun Army was cut off by his opponent's right arm, and he actually pounced frantically, and fell from the city wall with his left arm around the enemy, both of them fell to their deaths. The casualties on both sides are increasing, and the corpses of the soldiers on both sides under the city walls are accumulating thicker and thicker! Yan Yunjun almost broke through the city defenses several times, but they were all stopped by the indiscriminate shooting of the crossbowmen ordered by Guo Yaoshi!
The fierce siege battle lasted for a whole day, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, although Yan Yun's army almost broke through the city defense several times, but it was not successful after all. As the sun set, Yan Yun's army suspended its attack and retreated.
The next day, the Yanyun army launched a more fierce offensive, and the soldiers of the Yanyun army sacrificed their lives to attack, and the Liao army gradually became unable to resist. At this moment, a cavalry scout suddenly galloped in front of Yang Peng and reported urgently: "General, the Liao army and the Lett department have arrived nearby!" As if in response to his words, before his words fell, the unique howl of the Liao army came from the southwest, and I saw 30,000 Liao troops rushing under the leadership of the Liao army generals and Lert.
Yang Peng frowned, glanced at Jingzhou, which was about to be breached, and resolutely ordered: "Immediately collect the army and line up to meet the battle!" The golden bell of the Yan Yun army rang loudly, and the Yan Yun army, which was about to occupy the city gate, had no choice but to retreat.
The Yanyun army lined up in battle formation, preparing to meet the Liao army of Helete. He Lert led 30,000 Liao troops to the east gate on foot, and began to line up with his back against the city wall. Seeing this, Yang Peng immediately ordered: "The whole army listens to the order and charges with me!" The war drums rumbled, and the soldiers of the Yanyun Army shouted and rushed towards the 30,000 Liao troops outside the city! Before the Liao army finished the formation, they saw the Yan Yun army rushing up, and they were taken aback, and they were quite experienced with Lett, and hurriedly waved their troops to meet them.
The two armies slammed into each other like two waves, and then mixed together and fought! Infantry to infantry, cavalry to infantry, infantry to cavalry, the armies of both sides flickered and closed, flickered and decided, and the Liao army gradually became weak!
At this moment, the scout rushed to report to Yang Peng, saying that the 40,000 soldiers and horses led by Lu Yegan, the general of the Liao army, had come to the west gate of Jingzhou and were rushing around the city. Yang Peng knew that he could no longer fight, so he immediately led the army to rush and fight for a while, crushing Helet's 30,000 Liao army, and then retreated to the camp.
Yelu Yu, who was on the tower of the city gate, saw that Yan Yunjun had retreated, and hurriedly opened the city gate. Frightened, the soldiers and horses of the Rett army entered the city one after another. Lu Yegan, who was rushing to the east city gate, heard the report that Yan Yun's army had retreated, so he no longer rushed to the east city gate, but entered Jingzhou through the south city gate.
Later that day, Xiao Duli led 25,000 soldiers and horses (20,000 of which were soldiers of the Yanyun Army directly under the Yanyun Army stationed in Jizhou to enter Jingzhou from the south, and before nightfall, Yelutri led 30,000 soldiers of the Yanyun Army directly under the army to enter Jingzhou City from the west.
Lu Yegan and his subordinates will discuss in the lobby of the Jingzhou Governance Office. Yelu Yu said: "Now that the reinforcements of the Yanyun army have arrived one after another, and our army has suffered a new defeat and low morale, the last general thinks that it is better to give up Jingzhou and retire to Longshan." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone objected, and He Lert said angrily: "My Great Liao Kingdom has no precedent for giving up the city, if we do this, what face will we face Your Majesty and other soldiers in the future?" The others nodded their heads and said that they must not give up Jingzhou.
Marge said: "Our army should stick to Jingzhou, and at the same time send people to ask for help from the surrounding armies, and ask them to divide their troops across Longshan to support Jingzhou!" ”
Lu Yegan nodded and immediately gave the order. At the same time, Yang Peng, Duan Zhixian, Liu Zhiliang, and other generals also gathered to discuss strategies. Yang Peng frowned and said, "What I'm most worried about is that they give up Jingzhou and surrender Longshan." If that's the case, things are in trouble! The generals whispered.
Liu Zhiliang said: "So the current priority is not to break through Jingzhou, but to capture Longshan!" Yang Peng looked at Liu Zhiliang, and the two looked at each other and smiled, feeling that they had a sense of understanding.
Li Zheng frowned and said, "But how to capture Longshan?" There are nearly 20,000 Liao troops guarding Longshan, and with the current strength of our army, it is difficult to divide troops to capture Longshan while suppressing Jingzhou! The generals nodded their heads, and they all felt that this might be difficult to do.
Yang Peng said: "I already have a plan, although it is very risky, but I can give it a try. Then he told him his plan. When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, and they all felt that the general was too risky. Li Zheng hugged his fists and said: "It's nothing else, it's just that I don't think the general should take the risk himself!" The generals thought so and persuaded one after another: "The general's body of ten thousand gold, you really shouldn't take the risk!" Think again, General! ”
Yang Peng thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, this time I have to lead the team myself." This time the situation is different from the previous ones, there may be some unexpected situations, and if I am not on the scene, it will be difficult to improvise! Seeing that the generals were still going to persuade him, he said, "You don't have to worry about my safety, if you can't do anything, I'll go back the way I came!" This matter was decided! ”
After the meeting ended, the generals returned to their barracks, but Han Bing did not leave, looking at Yang Peng with some annoyance. Yang Peng hugged her slender waist, kissed her red lips, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" Who our Miss Han? ”
Han Bing said angrily: "It's you!" Yang Peng hugged Han Bing and sat down on the chair, stroked her waist, and then raised his right hand and gently knocked on Han Bing's ****, but said in a serious manner: "Then the eldest brother will apologize to His Royal Highness Miss, one kowtow, two ......kowtows" Han Bing grabbed Yang Peng's palm, looked at Yang Peng with a red face, and said angrily: "If this is the case again, I can't help it!" ”
Yang Peng smiled, kissed Han Bing's red lips, and said impulsively: "When this battle is over, the eldest brother must eat you!" Han Bing didn't show an impulsive expression, his beautiful eyes looked at Yang Peng, the burning love fire melted Yang Peng's heart, almost making him unable to hold it now.
Both of them wanted to go to Wushan together, but they knew that now was really not the time, so they could only barely hold back the surging love fire. Han Bing gently pushed Yang Peng away, and said reluctantly, "I'll go back." Yang Peng said: "I'll send you." Han Bing nodded lightly. So Yang Peng sent Han Bing out of the camp and watched Han Bing quickly go away under the escort of the cavalry.
The envoy sent by Lu Yegan went out from the north gate of Jingzhou and went north to Longshan to ask for help. At the same time, Lu Yegan ordered all armies to strictly guard and strictly prohibit all armies from leaving the city without authorization!
In the following day, Yan Yun's army only surrounded the city and did not attack. The Liao soldiers in the city were also happy and relaxed, but Yelu was full of doubts. Came to Lu Yegan and saluted, "General, the last general thinks that the current situation is very abnormal!" It stands to reason that Yan Yunjun should know that we have sent a messenger for help, so they should rush to attack Jingzhou, but now they are not moving, there must be fraud in this! ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.