Compared with the northern land, Daizhou is a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. The people have recovered from the suffering of the previous war, and the city of Daishu has been revitalized.

Under the moonlight, by the pond, a moving figure was dancing with a sword. Yang Yanzhao walked towards this side while thinking, and when he heard the sound of sword dancing in front of him, he couldn't help but stop and look up. Seeing the woman dancing with the sword, she couldn't help but smile slightly, and her eyes showed a look of pampering. walked up, "Lan Ying! "It turns out that the figure of the fairy and goddess who is dancing under the moon is Yang Yanzhao's concubine Wang Lanying!

Wang Lanying stopped, saw Yang Yanzhao, a smile appeared on her face, and she ran towards her father, "Husband! ”

Yang Yanzhao smiled and sighed: "Lan Ying's martial arts are getting better and better, I'm afraid I'm about to catch up with your eldest nephew!" Wang Lanying smiled and said: "Compared to Yang Dezheng, it's still a little worse!" Then he asked expectantly: "Did the minister of the imperial court come to send a decree to us to go on a northern expedition just now?" ”

Yang Yanzhao sighed and shook his head.

Wang Lanying frowned, "Isn't it?" ”

Yang Yanzhao looked up at the bright stars and moon in the sky, frowned, and said: "The imperial court strictly ordered all armies to stand still, and the imperial court is negotiating peace with the Khitans!" Wang Lanying raised her eyebrows, "Discuss peace again!?" Didn't the imperial court learn the lessons of the past? Negotiated and negotiated peace, as a result, Hebei was gone, Shanxi was gone, and later even the entire Central Plains was lost! If you negotiate peace again, I don't think Jiangnan can be saved! Yang Yanzhao looked worried.

Wang Gui walked over quickly, hugged his fists and said, "General, the messenger of King Yan is here!" Yang Yanzhao and Wang Lanying's eyes lit up, and Yang Yanzhao hurriedly asked, "Where are the people?" "The subordinates have brought the visitor to the back hall." Yang Yanzhao and Wang Lanying hurriedly walked towards the back hall, and Wang Gui followed.

The three of them hurried to the back hall and saw a young man dressed as a merchant sitting there drinking tea. When the visitor saw Wang Gui following a general with a very majestic temperament, he immediately realized that that person was the legendary commander of the Yang family's army, Yang Yanzhao, and hurriedly got up to greet him: "The villain Wang Kai pays a visit to General Yang!" ”

Yang Yanzhao smiled heartily: "Brother Wang doesn't have to be polite! Sit down and talk! ”

Wang Kai couldn't help but break when he saw that Yang Yanzhao had an extraordinary bearing and no arrogance. The guests and hosts sat down separately, and Wang Gui and Wang Lanying stood behind Yang Yanzhao.

Wang Kai hugged his fists and said, "King Yan asked the villain to greet the general." Yang Yanzhao smiled: "Thank you King Yan for remembering." Then he asked, "I don't know what is the important matter for King Yan to send Brother Wang here?" Wang Kai took out a letter and presented it, "This is the handwritten letter that King Yan asked the villain to hand over to the general." Yang Yanzhao took the letter, opened it, took out the letterhead, read it, and showed a very moved look. Hurriedly asked Wang Kai: "Is King Yan ready to counterattack the Liao Kingdom?" Wang Gui and Wang Lanying couldn't help but show excitement when they heard this.

Wang Kaidao: "King Yan has ordered General Han Bing to be the commander-in-chief, commanding all the Yanyun armies in Hebei and Shandong to prepare to attack Beijing; At the same time, General Liu Zhiliang, General Huyan Bixian, and General Zhan Jinguo have been ordered by King Yan to attack the Zhongjing Road of Liao, and now they have come to Zhongjing City! ”

The three of them were very excited, and Yang Yanzhao asked urgently, "Yan Yunjun has already arrived in Zhongjing?!" ”

Wang Kai nodded, "General Liu Zhiliang General Huyan Bixian led the 40,000 soldiers of my direct legion to ride out of the Gubei Pavilion all the way to the north, and successively broke through the Mayushan Military Village and the Naturalization City, and fought a decisive battle with the 60,000 cavalry of Ali Puluhun under the Naturalization City, annihilated them all, and beheaded more than a dozen generals below Ali Puluhun!" Yang Yanzhao couldn't help but high-five: "Okay! What a joy! This brother of mine really made an extraordinary move! ”

Wang Kai continued: "At the same time, General Zhan Jinguo led two thousand Xuanjia troops to attack Tanzhou and Lizhou one after another, annihilated tens of thousands of Khitan troops, burned Lizhou Dacang, and then broke the two counties of Fufu and Wending, approaching Zhongjing from the east. ”

Wang Lanying said in disbelief: "Only two thousand people can break through so many states and counties in a row, and also annihilate tens of thousands of Khitan troops?!" ”

Yang Yanzhao said: "The Xuanjia Army is an elite carefully trained by King Yan, and its combat power can be said to be the best in ancient and modern times, and it has already shown its edge, and the battle of Lonely Mountain that day is even more powerful in the world!" As long as the command is appropriate, it is normal to achieve such results! Then he frowned and said: "The three generals are brave and fearless, and they have greatly boosted the ambition of my Han people!" It's just that there are still hundreds of thousands of heavy soldiers in the Khitan army in the Jinglu, and they are only afraid of ...... if they go deep so alone" Wang Kaidao: "The specific villain is not very clear, but the villain thinks that King Yan must have thought it very carefully!" Yang Yanzhao nodded.

"Big brother, are you okay?" Wang Lanying asked with concern.

Wang Kai hugged his fists and said: "King Yan is very good!" King Yan also wants the villain to greet Miss Wang on his behalf! Wang Lanying blushed and looked very happy. Wang Kai said to Yang Yanzhao: "King Yan hopes that the general can do the Northern Expedition of the Yang Army, so that he can join forces with the Yan Yun Army in the north and south to drive out the Tartars and restore the Central Plains together!" I don't know what the general wants? ”

Yang Yanzhao frowned and said: "I, Yang Yanzhao, have not forgotten the shame of Erlang Mountain for a day, and the biggest wish in this life is to take revenge on the snow shame and restore the homeland, and then go north into the desert, plough the court and sweep the caves to completely destroy the Khitan!" After a pause, "However, as a general of the imperial court, I can't fail to obey the orders of the imperial court!" Glancing at Wang Kai, "Brother Wang may not know that just before you came, the ministers of the imperial court had just left. He sent the emperor's holy decree, strictly ordering our army not to move, not to raise troops without authorization! Wang Lanying snorted: "We shouldn't follow such an order!" This country is the country of the people of the world, and we fought on the battlefield, not for that person, but for the people of the world, and for the dignity of my Chinese family! You can't ignore all these for the sake of a court and a Zhao family! ”

Yang Yanzhao glared and shouted, "Hugh wants to talk nonsense!" Wang Lanying looked indignant.

Wang Kai hugged his fists and said, "General, what Miss Wang said is right!" We waited for a bloody battle, and did not hesitate to throw our heads and spill blood, and smeared our liver and brains, is it just for a court and a Zhao family? Since the Zhao family can't keep the homeland of our Han people, how can they be qualified to be the lord of China! The Zhao family can't keep their homeland, we will guard it, the Zhao family is unwilling to restore the shame of the Central Plains, we rely on our own strength to complete revenge! My Huaxia clan was in this world thousands of years ago, and there was no Zhao family at that time! ”

Yang Yanzhao's heart actually agreed with Wang Kai's words very much, but it was just that the long-term Confucian loyalty education made him unable to turn this corner for a while, and frowned: "Anyway, Zhao Song is also our Huaxia Zhengshuo!" It's like a parent at home! ”

Wang Kai sighed, knowing that he couldn't convince Yang Yanzhao for a while, he hugged his fists and said: "General, we won't discuss these issues for the time being, let's talk about the things in front of us." I hope that the general will not delay the opportunity to restore the Central Plains because of the order of the imperial court! Yang Yanzhao nodded, "I have to think about this matter!" He glanced at Wang Kai, "Brother Wang will stay here." Wang Kai thought for a moment and nodded. Yang Yanzhao stood up, called a guard, and ordered him to take Wang Kai to the wing. Wang Kai stood up, said goodbye to Yang Yanzhao and the others, and left with the guards.

Wang Lanying couldn't wait to ask: "Husband, what else is there to consider in this matter, why don't you agree to join forces with Yan Yunjun?" He Fei frowned and said, "Without an order from the imperial court, how can you send troops without permission?" Wang Lanying said angrily: "But the imperial court has no intention of the Northern Expedition at all!" Yang Yanzhao said: "I want to write to Your Majesty again!" ”

Turning his gaze back to Yanjing, Yang Peng received reports from the three directions of Gubeiguan, Longshan, and Yuguan, saying that the main forces of the Khitan army in front of him had returned to Zhongjing. Yang Peng saw an opportunity, and immediately ordered the 70,000 soldiers of the First Army to move in the direction of the Gubei Pavilion, and at the same time ordered the artillery team to immediately move to the Gubei Pavilion, and then Yang Peng also left Yanjing and rushed to the Gubei Pavilion. Two days later, they arrived at the Gubei Pavilion, and at this time, the 10,000 cavalry of the First Legion were already in place, and the commander of the legion, Duan Zhixian, had also arrived, but the infantry had not yet arrived.

Yang Peng hurriedly walked into the hall, followed by Duan Zhixian, Chen Jie and other generals. Yang Peng walked straight to the top and sat down, Duan Zhixian and Chen Jie led the generals to bow and say, "Meet King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng raised his voice and said: "You don't have to be polite! "King Xie Yan!" Yang Peng asked Chen Jie: "What is the situation in Bei'anzhou?" "Back to King Yan, Xiao Yebule led 80,000 war cavalry to leave, and now there are only 80,000 Khitan troops in and around Bei'an Prefecture, including 10,000 war horses!"

Yang Peng nodded, and asked again, "Is there any news from Liu Zhiliang?" Chen Jie hugged his fists and said: "I was about to report to King Yan, I just received news today that General Liu Zhiliang is in contact with Xiao Zhan, preparing to join forces to attack Zhongjing!" Yang Peng smiled: "Okay! Liu Zhiliang is both wise and brave, I don't have to worry about him at all! Then he asked, "That Liao Emperor didn't plan to give up Zhongjing?" ”

"According to the person who came, the four gates of Zhongjing City are closed, and they are preparing for war day and night, and it seems that they are planning to defend the city to the death!" Yang Peng frowned, and said to Chen Jie: "Send someone to inform Liu Zhiliang immediately, Zhongjing City can be broken, and if it can't be broken, don't force it." After all, there is a principle, you must not fall into a siege, and if the situation is not right, return it to me immediately! "Yes!"

At this time, Liu Zhiliang was meeting Xiao Zhan in Zhongjing City. Each side brought dozens of guards to meet on a grassland in the middle of the barracks of both sides.

"Xiao Zhan didn't drink the general!" Liu Zhiliang hugged his fists. "General Liu Zhiliang!" Xiao Zhan didn't drink a salute back. "I've heard of General Liu's prestige for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation!" Liu Zhiliang smiled, hugged his fists and said: "The general has won the award, and I have long admired the general's prestige." After a pause, "General, since we all have a common enemy, we will definitely be able to unite and cooperate sincerely!" Xiao Zhan nodded without drinking, "We don't have to waste time!" I mean, our two armies attacked Zhongjing at the same time, I attacked the north gate, and Yan Yun's army attacked the south gate, after the city was broken, the Yanyun army must not enter the city! ”

Liu Zhiliang smiled, "What the general said is wrong!" Our army has come all the way, wasted so much money and food, sacrificed so many sergeants, and Zhongjing City broke to put our army outside the city, which is unreasonable! ”

Xiao Zhan didn't drink and felt that this request was indeed a bit excessive, and thought about it, "In this way, the ministers' mansions are at your mercy, but you must not move the royal family and the official warehouse!" ”

Liu Zhiliang said with a smile: "I think so, after the matter is completed, the general can pay us three million taels of silver as a reward." Xiao Zhan thought about it without drinking, nodded and said, "Okay, it's decided!" ”

Liu Zhiliang turned his head and shouted at the back: "Take it!" "When even ten soldiers came with five large boxes, put the boxes next to the two of them, and then stepped back. He was very surprised, pointed to the box and asked, "What is this?" Liu Zhiliang said with a smile: "This is the thunder thunder made by my Yan Yunjun, which is hugely powerful, like a thunderbolt, which can break through the city wall!" Xiao Zhan didn't drink and showed joy, "Great, with this thunderstorm, Zhongjing is at your fingertips!" ”

The two sides agreed to attack Zhongjing at the same time early the next morning, and then went back separately.

Liu Zhiliang returned to the big tent, and immediately a scout came in to report: "General Qiyu, Xiao Yebule's department has just crossed the Liuhe River, and more than 100 of our army's 500 soldiers have been killed, and the rest have successfully retreated!" Liu Zhiliang walked quickly to the map shelf, and his eyes fell on the willow river. The Liuhe River is dozens of miles north of Bei'anzhou, a tributary of the Luan River, and it is far away from Zhongjing. The 80,000 cavalry of the Yebul Division had already set off a few days ago, so why did they cross the Willow River at this moment? It turned out that Liu Zhiliang rushed all the way, but he did not forget to guard against the Khitan army behind him, so he burned the wooden bridge every time he crossed the river, and at the same time left hundreds of sergeants to guard the riverside to contain the opponent's advancing speed, so the speed of Xiao Yebule's army could not be raised at all, and he did not cross the Liu River in the past few days.

Huyan Bixian said: "At this rate, it will take them at least ten days to get here, and we have at least ten days!" ”

Liu Zhiliang shook his head, "This Khitan army is like this, the Khitan army in the direction of Yuguan is contained by the Xuanjia army that occupies the Jin country, and the speed will only be slower." But ......" pointed his finger in the direction of Longshan, "Xiao Luye's Khitan army does not have an army to contain them, they have already arrived in Zezhou, and it will not take more than three days to arrive in Zhongjing!" ”

Huyan Bixian frowned, "In that case, we only have three days!" I'm afraid it's hard to break through Zhongjing! ”

"It's man-made! It's not easy, but it's not impossible! Turning around, "Summons all armies to prepare for battle!" "Yes!" Early the next morning, Yan Yunjun lined up outside the south gate of Zhongjing, and Xiao Zhan's 80,000 rebels lined up outside the north city gate, and the battle was about to break out.

At the same time, Yang Peng led 70,000 soldiers and horses of the First Army out of Gubeiguan and marched to Bei'anzhou, and uprooted two strongholds in the southwest of the Khitan Army, Sixiangling Military Village and Xinguan Town, and annihilated 5,000 Khitan troops.

The alarm reached Bei'anzhou, and Kelun, the Khitan general who stayed in Bei'anzhou, was not only fearless, but excited, "Great! They took the initiative to fight, and they came to die! The partial general next to him hurriedly said: "The general can't be careless, the Yanyun army is not as good as the Liao army and the Song army!" ”

Coren scolded: "Hugh is going to talk nonsense here! In the eyes of this general, Yan Yunjun is just a chicken and a dog, and it is not worth mentioning at all! It's you shit that speaks of them to the extreme! What are they capable of? It is nothing more than defeating Liu Yu, who is even more wasteful, and it is nothing more than relying on the strong fortresses of the Gubei Pavilion to resist the front of our army! Hum! Today, since they took the initiative to get out of the turtle shell, General Ben will let them have no return! Not only that, but General Ben also wants to take the opportunity to take the Gubei Pavilion and go south, but let the people of the world know the name of General Ben well! Then he raised his voice and said: "Pass on the general's military order, immediately assemble the army and prepare to meet the battle!" ”

Soon after, the gates of Bei'an Prefecture were opened, and Kelun personally commanded an army of 70,000 out of the city.

That night, the forward cavalry of the two sides met, and after a short and tragic battle, the Khitan army was defeated. When Kolun received the report of defeat, he was greatly annoyed, and ordered the forward general to be beheaded, and the army was awe-inspiring. Immediately, Kelun sent his own soldiers to issue a war letter to Yang Peng, agreeing to fight a decisive battle on the grassland northeast of Xinguan Town early tomorrow morning!

Yang Peng read the battle book, smiled, and said to the comer: "Go back and tell your general, I accept his challenge!" The person who came gave Yang Peng a chest salute and left.

Duan Zhixian hugged his fists and said, "Big brother, let me take the lead tomorrow!" ”

Yang Peng thought for a while, nodded and said, "You will lead the three thousand Mo Sword Army to break through first!" Duan Zhixian excitedly agreed. By the way, I would like to explain the structure of Yan Yunjun. The ten major legions of the Yanyun Army, in addition to the directly subordinate legions, the number of Modao troops in the other major legions is 3,000 people, in addition to 10,000 war horses, and the rest are ordinary infantry troops.

The ordinary infantry of the Yan Yun Army is divided into heavy shield pikemen, sword and shield men, and foot archers. Foot archers are not archers in the simple sense of the word, in fact, these infantry are also very strong in hand-to-hand combat. Their training was even harder than that of the Shield Lancers and Sword-Shieldmen, who had to practice not only archery, but also fighting like sword-and-shield men. They were equipped with the same armor and swords and shields, except for the lack of a shield.

Early the next morning, a faint mist covered the whole grassland, clear dew hung on the veins of the grass leaves, and the small animals who had rested for the night came out to feed.

Suddenly, the rumbling of war drums and the sound of whining horns broke the silence of the early morning, and I saw the flags surging from the north and south, and the red and yellow waves were rapidly approaching. The critters rushed back to their nests in a panic, revealing only their two eyes, trembling as they looked at the humans who were about to start a fight.

When the two armies approached a distance of about two hundred paces, they fired at each other.

Ke Lun stared at the soldiers of the Yanyun Army opposite, looking very excited. A fierce general next to him couldn't wait to ask for orders: "General, please let the last general challenge them!" The last general wants to see if Yan Yunjun is as powerful as the legend! Koren nodded, "Good! If you can kill the enemy, I will credit you for your first work! ”

But Mo was overjoyed, and immediately carried a mace and rode out of the battle, came between the two armies, and shouted: "The Han people on the other side, which of you dares to fight me to the death?" ”

Ma Qian, the commander of the left army of the First Army, immediately rode out of the battle, holding a spear and taking Ke Mo directly. But Mo got excited and urged the horse to catch up. In the blink of an eye, the two horses intersected, and the weapons waved at the same time, only a loud sound was heard, and then the two horses staggered. The two turned their horses' heads and urged the horses to kill each other again, so that they did not win or lose for several rounds, and then the two entangled and fought, but Mo waved the stick, the horse stabbed the spear, and the loud sound of the weapon was endless, and the soldiers on both sides kept shouting, and the war drums beat loudly.

Just when the two sides were inseparable, a Khitan general suddenly rushed out of the army formation and tried to sneak attack Ma Qiang. Seeing that Ma Qiang was unaware, the enemy general's sneak attack was about to succeed, at this moment, I saw a black shadow screaming across the sky, and before the golden general who tried to sneak attack Ma Qiang could react, the black shadow instantly penetrated his neck and flew away with a spray of blood! The Khitan will flip backwards and fall off his horse with his feet facing the sky. The Khitan army couldn't help but be shocked, and the shouts of the Yanyun army were even more majestic; Yang Peng put down the cloud-piercing bow, and Duan Zhixian next to him exclaimed: "Big brother's archery skills are only on par with Li Guang!" Yang Peng smiled.

But Mo saw that one of his own soldiers would be killed by the opponent with an arrow, and he was very frightened, so he wanted to flee back, but Ma Qiang became more and more courageous, the offensive became more and more urgent, and the momentum became more and more amazing, but Mo couldn't get out at all. After more than a dozen moves, Ke Mo's movements were obviously flustered. Seeing that Ke Lun was in danger, he immediately ordered his soldiers to rush and kill! Five or six thousand war horsemen shouted and rushed out. But Mo saw his own cavalry coming up, and was anxious to get out, and wanted to escape with a false shot, but Ma Gang, who was killing well, was not deceived by his false tricks and rushed to attack! But Mo was shocked, he didn't have time to react, he was stabbed by the opponent's spear from the oblique side, pierced his body, and couldn't help screaming loudly! Ma Qiang's arms were lifted, and he couldn't pick off the horse, and the Khitan soldiers were greatly shocked!

Ma Qiang quickly turned his horse's head and rushed back to the military formation, and at this time, the Khitan army cavalry had already rushed to the front of the Yanyun army line! The heavy shield pikemen lowered their spears together and shouted. Immediately, the cavalry of the Khitan Army continued to crash into the Yanyun Army front like a tide, and the deafening loud noise was endless!

However, how could the light cavalry break through the heavy shield and spear defense of the Yan Yun army? The charging energy of the Khitan army quickly disappeared, and five or six thousand cavalry crowded in front of the Yanyun army's front, unable to advance or retreat for a while.

At this moment, Yan Yunsui's musketeers sent out a wave of powerful bullets, and they saw the Khitan soldiers on their backs and turned into a mess. The heavy shield spear front suddenly opened, and the fierce general Duan Zhixian's personal commander three thousand heavy armor Mo sword army roared and rushed out, as if a tiger was out of the box! Crashing into the middle of the Khitan army, the terrifying cold light of the Mo knife flew up and down, slashing people and horses, even Tiefutu could hardly resist such an attack, not to mention the light cavalry! I saw that the flesh and blood were flying on the battlefield, and the Khitan army's war cavalry fell one after another, almost without the ability to resist; There was a brave Khitan army howling and wielding a knife to slash and kill the Mo Dao Army, but the scimitar slashed on the heavy armor of the Mo Dao Army and only splashed some sparks, and then was killed by the Mo Dao Army's counterattack!

This was a one-sided massacre, the Modao army trampled on the blood and the corpses of men and horses, and the Khitan soldiers could not resist it, and retreated again and again.

Ke Lun's eyes widened, with a look of horror, he probably didn't expect that Yan Yunmo Sword Army would have such terrifying power! At this moment, he realized that the legend was true, and his idea of defeating Yan Yunjun in one go and then going south could only be a dream!

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