Xiao Luyegan heard that more than 100,000 people in the entire Zezhou actually followed Yan Yunjun to the south, he was shocked and angry, and immediately waved his army south to force Songting Pass.

Xiao Luye immediately stood outside the pass, and scolded loudly: "The hateful Yanyun people, if you have the courage, you will come out and fight to the death with General Ben!" ”

The gates of the city were immediately opened, and the horses galloped out of the gates single-handedly. Lu Yegan was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly urged the horse to rush forward. The two sides staggered, only to hear a loud bang, and the two fought a move. Then he turned his horse's head and rushed towards the opponent again, and after several rounds of repeating, they became entangled and fought. The spear in Ma Qiang's hand kept rushing to the opponent's vital points, and the sword light that Lu Yegan waved tightly wrapped Ma Qiang, and the two of them were inseparable, and after more than 20 rounds, there was still no winner or loser.

Ma Qiang suddenly turned his horse's head and ran back. Xiao Luye was able to kill, urging the horse to chase after him, "Yanyun is a husband who escapes!" The horse suddenly turned the horse's head, pulled out the saddle and threw a short axe at Xiao Luye. Xiao Luyegan suddenly saw an axe flying towards him, startled, and at the last moment, he hurriedly leaned back, and the axe flew past against his face. Lu Yegan was shocked into a cold sweat.

Seeing that this trick did not work, Ma Qiang was very annoyed and urged Ma to come over and assassinate him with a gun. Xiao Luye waved his sword to block, and quickly turned his horse's head and ran towards his own army. Ma Qiang chased for a while, and when he saw that he couldn't catch up, he reined in his horse and scolded: "Khitan dog coward, don't run away!" ”

Xiao Luye rushed back to his own army formation, turned his horse's head, and scolded loudly: "Yan Dog is cunning, and he is a hero in vain!" ”

Ma Qiang laughed and said mockingly: "It seems that you Khitans never use conspiracy!" Khitan dog, do you really have a clear conscience? Xiao Luye was speechless. Ma Qiang said loudly: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you!" If you want to tackle the problem, come here, otherwise, get out! Then he turned his horse's head and galloped into Songting Pass.

Xiao Luye was so angry that he ordered the army to tackle the key problems.

The horn sounded loudly, and the Khitan army began to attack the fortifications. However, in a hurry, there was a lack of siege equipment, and Songting Pass was a very dangerous and difficult pass, and the Khitan army stormed for a whole day, losing two or three thousand people, but did not make any progress at all. Xiao Luye calmed down, came down and temporarily retreated the army to build siege equipment.

At the same time, the Yanyun cavalry led by Liu Zhiliang Huyan Bixian had already passed through the Songzi Ridge on the west side of Songting Mountain, and now they had jumped out of the heavy encirclement of the Khitan army.

"General, where shall we go now?" Huyan Bixian asked. Liu Zhiliang said: "I received the news from the eldest brother before, they have captured Bei'anzhou, let's go to Bei'anzhou!" Huyan Bixian nodded.

Just then, a herald came galloping in. Restraining the horse, clenching his fists and saying, "General, King Yan's military order!" Then he took out a small bamboo tube sealed with mud and presented it to Liu Zhiliang with both hands. Liu Zhiliang took the bamboo pipe, pinched the clay seal, poured out a paper roll, spread it out and looked at it. smiled: "Big brother wants us to rush to Luanhe City." Turning his head to Huyan Bixian, he ordered: "Pass the order and go to Luanhe City!" "Yes!"

Where is Luanhe City? Luanhe City appeared before, that is, the state city on the east bank of the Luanhe River under Longshan. During this period of time, Xiao Luye's army pressed Longshan and stationed troops in Luanhe City. Now there are 40,000 defenders left behind by Xiao Luyegan in Luanhe, and the leading general is Yanyun's rebel general Guo Tong.

Guo Tong stood on the city wall, looking at the imposing Yanyun army outside the city, and his heart trembled. The generals next to him were all pale, and their morale had collapsed before they could fight. The general Chang Sheng couldn't help but say: "I heard that Bei'an Prefecture has been lost not long ago, and the main general Kelun has not been able to fight, and the 80,000 defenders have almost been wiped out!" We only have 40,000 soldiers and horses, and our combat strength is not as good as the Kelun army, how can we hold it! Guo Tong frowned.

The congregation will return to the city to govern. Chang Sheng hugged his fists and said: "General, we really don't need to work hard for the Khitans, it's better to ......"

"Why not as good as what?" Chang Sheng said: "General, we might as well surrender to the Yanyun Army!" As soon as these words came out, some people immediately objected, and the general Guo Daodao: "We betrayed King Yan once, how could he let us go?" Surrender can only be a dead end! ”

Chang Sheng said angrily: "Isn't it a dead end to stick to this place?" Could it be that General Guo was sure to resist the offensive of Yan Yun's army? Guo Tong couldn't help but be speechless, frowned and said: "Fight to the death, maybe there will be a glimmer of life!" ”

"That's impossible!" Chang Shengdao, then hugged his fists towards Guo Tong and said: "General, we betrayed Yan Yun, and we deserve death!" But if we take the initiative to surrender and sacrifice Luanhe City, it will be a great achievement, and it can be regarded as a merit and demerits! Furthermore, King Yan is determined to be in the world, even if he is dissatisfied with us, he will definitely not be too harsh on us, it is a big deal not to be fame and fortune, and he will be a rich man in the countryside with peace of mind! It's better than fighting to the death with Yan Yun and ending up in a different place! ”

Guo Tong couldn't help but feel a little moved, but he was still a little worried in his heart. At this moment, an officer rushed in in a hurry, knelt down and said, "General, the envoy of King Yan has arrived at the gate of the city, and he wants to enter the city to meet the general, we don't know what to do?" ”

Guo Tong was taken aback, and Guo Tong hurriedly said, "Hurry up, please!" The officer answered and hurriedly ran down. Soon after, the messenger followed the officer into the hall. Guo Yaoshi and the others were taken aback when they saw the comer, Guo Tong hurriedly greeted him, hugged his fists and bowed: "I didn't expect it to be General Xue!" If you miss the distance, forgive your sins! "It turns out that this messenger is one of the captains of Yang Peng's secret guards, Xue Fu.

Xue Fu coldly clenched his fists and said, "General Guo, don't come unharmed!" Guo Tong smiled awkwardly. Xue Fu took it out of his arms, and at the same time, Yan Yunjun entered Luanhe City without blood. A day later, Liu Zhiliang Huyan Bixian led 20,000 Yanyun cavalry to arrive. When they left, they were 40,000 horsemen, but now only 20,000 horsemen have returned, and the other 20,000 warriors are stained with blood in the continuous bloody battles!

Soon after, Zhan Jin led the Xuanjia cavalry to retreat intact into Yuguan, and Ma Qiang also retreated to Luanhe City after turning Songting Pass into a sea of fire. The Khitan army was shocked and did not immediately launch a counterattack. There are generalissimo orders passed to Xiao Lu Yegan, Xiao Tie Hegan, Xiao Ye Bule respectively, Xiao Lu Ye Gan temporarily Tun Zezhou, Ling Ye Bule into Tunniu Mountain (Niu Mountain is on the north bank of the Chaohe River, located between the Liuhe River and the Che River, a tributary of the Luan River, sixty miles to the west of the south bank of the Chaohe River is the city of Bei'anzhou, Ling Tie Gan quickly returned to Runzhou, in order to prevent the Yanyun army from coming out of Yuguan again, so that Guo Yaoshi Tun troops Dushan into Luanhe City.

Yeychelo was very busy. Back in the house, as soon as the butt sat down, the guard rushed in and reported: "Generalissimo, the Queen Mother is here!" He quickly stood up and looked out of the hall, only to see the Empress Dowager of Goryeo, dressed in civilian clothes, accompanied by several female guards, hurrying in.

Brother Ye Hugh stepped forward to visit: "The minister has seen the mother! The Empress Dowager of Goryeo said: "Generalissimo doesn't have to be polite!" "Brother Ye Hugh invited the Empress Dowager of Goryeo to take a seat. The Empress Dowager of Goryeo walked to the top and sat down, while Yahu Hugo sat down on the left-hand side and raised her voice to order the servants to serve tea. The Empress Dowager of Goryeo said: "The mourning family is here to discuss with the generalissimo how to deal with Yan Yun!" Brother Ye Hugh frowned and sighed: "The Yan Yun army swept deep into our country this time, which really shocked my government and the opposition!" Even Kyoto was almost broken by them! ”

The Empress Dowager of Goryeo nodded, "Daliao has been so ravaged by them, and the morale of the army and the people has been greatly hit!" The top priority now should be to take revenge on Yan Yun as soon as possible to boost morale! ”

"Not bad! But how? Now that the battle on Shangjing Road is not over, and all the armies on Zhongjing Road have suffered a lot of losses, their morale has been frustrated, and the reserves of the local government have suffered heavy losses, and it may be difficult for these armies to launch a counterattack in a short time! ”

The Empress Dowager of Goryeo smiled confidently, "The counterattack does not have to be on land, you can start from the sea first!" ”

Yehu Hugo's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that the king of Goryeo agreed to send the Goryeo navy?" The Empress Dowager Goryeo nodded. Yeychel was overjoyed, "Great! The Goryeo Navy is the best in the world, and it will definitely sweep away the Yanyun Navy with one drum! If the Yanyun Navy is destroyed, our army will be able to attack the Yanyun Mansion from the waterway! Haha, Yan Yun is at your fingertips! ”

"Exactly. However, his father put forward a condition for sending troops! ”

Hydon Hugo listened. "My father hoped that Da Liao would sign a formal peace treaty with Goryeo, ceding Yanyun, Shandong, and Hebei to Goryeo." Yehu Hugo thought for a moment, nodded and said, "There is no problem with this!" The Empress Dowager of Goryeo was overjoyed, "Since the generalissimo agreed, then without further ado, let's enter the palace together to face the saint!" ”

Soon after, the two appeared in the palace study. The two of them respectively expounded their views on Yan's strategy, and the content was nothing more than to form a close alliance with Goryeo, unite Goryeo's superior naval army to defeat Yanyun from the sea, and then attack Yanyun's hinterland to completely destroy this fierce enemy!

Ye Yan was very moved, but he had some ideas about ceding all the sixteen states of Yanyun, Hebei, and Shandong to Goryeo, and he felt that it would be enough to give Hebei and Shandong to Goryeo. The Goryeo concubine immediately agreed to the emperor's idea, promising to persuade her father to agree to form an alliance with the Liao State on this condition to deal with Yan Yun together.

Ye Yan was very happy, and at this moment, the good news came from Shangjing Road. Yelu Tiger City broke through Shangjing, Xiao Puluhu committed suicide, and all the rebel soldiers surrendered. Ye Yu was excited, and immediately issued an edict to reward Ye Hu Cheng and his soldiers, and then intended to canonize Ye Hu Cheng as the king of the country, in addition to commanding the original soldiers and horses, he also wanted to hand over the soldiers and horses belonging to Shangjing Road to the commander of Ye Hu City. Brother Ye Hu was shocked and hurriedly admonished him, but the emperor did not listen, and still issued an edict to canonize Ye Hu Cheng as the king of the protector of the country. Yaychelo was very unhappy with this.

The Empress Dowager returned to the mansion and sat down. The maid brought fragrant tea, and the Empress Dowager of Goryeo drank it slowly. recalled the angry appearance of Brother Hugh in the court just now, and felt very funny. In the court just now, in the face of the frequent gestures of Yehu Hugo, the Empress Dowager of Goryeo did not respond. Because in the heart of the Empress Dowager of Goryeo, it is beneficial for Goryeo to make the forces of various factions within the Liao State more balanced.

"Sister, sister!" Wang Yue's voice came from outside. How could Wang Yue be in the Liao Imperial Palace? It turned out that this was not in the palace, but a luxurious mansion outside the palace. Since her accession to the throne, the Empress Dowager of Goryeo has moved out of the palace and lived in a luxurious mansion next to the palace, and the Empress Dowager of Goryeo feels that it is more convenient to do many things.

Wang Yue walked into the hall, saw her sister, and hurriedly saluted. The Empress Dowager of Goryeo said angrily: "What do you look like when you shout?" Wang Yue smiled and said, "My brother is happy!" "Oh? What is there to be happy about? ”

Wang Yue said excitedly: "Our Gaoli is about to enter the Central Plains, isn't it worth being happy!" The Empress Dowager Gaoli hurriedly made a silent gesture, lowered her voice and said, "Is this kind of thing also said casually?" Wang Yue realized that she was overjoyed and felt a little embarrassed. Do you know that Your Majesty has agreed to my proposal? The Empress Dowager of Goryeo asked. Wang Yue nodded. The Empress Dowager Goryeo snorted, "You're quite well-informed!" Wang Yue hurriedly explained: "My younger brother bought some eyeliner in the palace, so he was able to get the news so quickly." The younger brother didn't mean to hide it from his sister, but he thought it wasn't a big deal, so he always forgot to tell his sister! ”

"Forget it. But you still have to be cautious about this kind of thing, otherwise once it is discovered by someone with a heart, or detected by the emperor, you and my sister and brother will be in trouble! ”

"Yes, my brother wrote it down." The Empress Dowager of Goryeo picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, put down the tea bowl, and ordered: "You return to Goryeo immediately, tell your father about this, and ask your father to send an envoy to reach an agreement with Liao." "Yes!"

The Empress Dowager of Goryeo squinted her eyes and said, "Once the agreement is reached, my Goryeo army will be able to enter the mainland!" This will be a grand event that has not been done in a thousand years! Then he frowned, "It's just the Yanyun Tiger and Wolf Division, I'm a little worried that the land battle won't go as far as we want!" ”

"My brother has something he wants to discuss with his sister, if this matter is successful, maybe it won't be so difficult to defeat Yan Yunjun!" Wang Yue said mysteriously. "Oh? Listen to it! "When my younger brother was in China before, I heard that there was a joke in King Yan's mansion. Yang Tong, the wife of the King of Yan, was worried that the King of Yan would not love him anymore, so she found a great monk from our Goryeo, Master Peacock, and asked for help. The peacock master gave some laxatives to Yang Tong, and Yang Tong took the laxatives back to King Yan to eat, but he heard that King Yan had diarrhea for a whole day! ”

The Empress Dowager Gaoli couldn't help laughing, "I didn't expect King Yan to be so heroic, there would be such an ignorant lady!" Then he frowned and said angrily: "Does this unrelated thing help us?" Wang Yue smiled: "Of course it helps." My brother has already sent someone to control the Peacock Master, and now the Peacock Master has become a chess piece in our hands! As soon as the younger brother gives the order, he will take action immediately! ”

The Empress Dowager of Goryeo understood, and said very excitedly: "This peacock master is really equivalent to 300,000 male soldiers!" Wang Yue nodded, "That's right, I'm afraid that 300,000 male soldiers won't be able to do what he can do!" The younger brother wants to ask the elder sister how to use this chess piece. The Empress Dowager of Goryeo thought for a while, "Naturally, on the eve of a full-scale attack by the Goryeo army and the Liao army, this chess piece is the most effective!" Wang Yue nodded, "Brother understands!" ”

"By the way, is there any news from Kanazawa?" The Empress Dowager of Goryeo asked. Wang Yue frowned and shook his head, "After my brother went back, he sent people to look around, but he never found any trace of Jinze Jinsong. My sister and brother wonder if they were all killed by King Suzaku! ”

The Empress Dowager Gao Li frowned, nodded and muttered, "There is this possibility!" Quite possibly! Hmph, that Ya Hu Guanyin has been investigating Ye Hu and me before, and I and Ye Hu Xiu Ge almost planted it in his hands! Kanazawa must have fallen into her hands, and I don't know if I'm dead or alive now! After a moment of silence, he looked up, "Okay, let's put this matter aside for now." You go back at once and do what I have to say. "Yes!"

Emperor Ye Yu convened his ministers to discuss the recovery of Luanhe City and Bei'an Prefecture, and Han Derang proposed that Ye Yu Hucheng lead his troops south to counterattack Yan Yun's army. However, Yehu Hugo objected, he meant: Ye Hu Hucheng army still needs time, and the recovery of the lost territory is urgent, and a part of the troops and horses should be transferred from Shangjing Road immediately, and he Ye Hugo will lead the south to counterattack the Yanyun army. He adopted the advice of the Superior and ordered the 150,000 cavalry of the Shangjing Road army to immediately move south, and appointed the generalissimo Chelsea to provoke the governor to counterattack.

150,000 cavalry returned to Zhongjing from Shangjing Road day and night, and then Yehu Hugo sent 50,000 cavalry to support Xiao Yebule, so that Xiao Yebule immediately counterattacked Bei'an Prefecture after receiving the Jishi; Yelu Hugo himself led 100,000 cavalry south to Zezhou, intending to rendezvous with Xiao Lu Yegan and recapture Luanhe City.

Soon the alarm reached Bei'an and Luanhe. The defenders on both sides actively set up defenses, and soon a large number of enemy troops were in sight. Then the war began. The Khitan army crossed the Luan River with superior forces, and the Yanyun army gave the Khitan army great casualties by virtue of the favorable situation of defense, especially the artillery arranged along the river, in the earth-shattering roar, the whole river seemed to be boiling, and the Khitan army suffered heavy losses. The entire Luan River floated corpses, blood-red. handed it to Guo Tong, "This is the master's handwritten letter, take a look!" The master wants me to pass on a message to you, I hope you will do it yourself! Guo Tong hurriedly took the letter with both hands. Xue Fu hugged his fists and said: "The letter has been delivered, farewell!" Guo Tong hurriedly said: "I'll send the general!" "No need!" Xue Fu turned and left.

Guo Tong hurriedly opened the letter, read it carefully from beginning to end, frowned, and thought about it. The generals were anxious, and Chang Sheng couldn't help but ask, "General, what did King Yan say in the letter?" Guo Tong shook his head, raised his head and said to the generals: "You are waiting here!" Yuluo left the hall from behind. The generals were inexplicable and looked at each other.

Guo Tong hurried to the study, sat down, spread out a piece of stationery, picked up the wolf's hair, dipped it in ink, thought about it, and began to write. A moment later, a letter was written. Guo Tong looked at it carefully and nodded. Then he picked up another brush, dipped it in cinnabar, and signed his name at the end of the letter. Put down the brush, blow dry the letterhead, fold it, and put it in the envelope. Raise your voice and call the captain of the pro-soldiers. The captain of the pro-soldier clenched his fists and asked, "What does the general command?" ”

Guo Tong motioned for the captain of the pro-soldier to approach. The captain of the pro-soldier then stepped forward. Guo Tong stood up, walked up to him and whispered in his ear for a moment, then handed the letter to him. The captain of the pro-soldier bowed to Guo Tong and left in a hurry.

Guo Tong let out a long breath, as if all his troubles had been spit out by him. Turning around and returning to the desk, picking it up At the same time, Yan Yunjun entered Luanhe City without blood. A day later, Liu Zhiliang Huyan Bixian led 20,000 Yanyun cavalry to arrive. When they left, they were 40,000 horsemen, but now only 20,000 horsemen have returned, and the other 20,000 warriors are stained with blood in the continuous bloody battles!

Soon after, Zhan Jin led the Xuanjia cavalry to retreat intact into Yuguan, and Ma Qiang also retreated to Luanhe City after turning Songting Pass into a sea of fire.

Emperor Ye Yu convened his ministers to discuss the recovery of Luanhe City and Bei'an Prefecture, and Han Derang proposed that Ye Yu Hucheng lead his troops south to counterattack Yan Yun's army. However, Yehu Hugo objected, he meant: Ye Hu Hucheng army still needs time, and the recovery of the lost territory is urgent, and a part of the troops and horses should be transferred from Shangjing Road immediately, and he Ye Hugo will lead the south to counterattack the Yanyun army. He adopted the advice of the Superior and ordered the 150,000 cavalry of the Shangjing Road army to immediately move south, and appointed the generalissimo Chelsea to provoke the governor to counterattack.

150,000 cavalry returned to Zhongjing from Shangjing Road day and night, and then Yehu Hugo sent 50,000 cavalry to support Xiao Yebule, so that Xiao Yebule immediately counterattacked Bei'an Prefecture after receiving the Jishi; Yelu Hugo himself led 100,000 cavalry south to Zezhou, intending to rendezvous with Xiao Lu Yegan and recapture Luanhe City.

Soon the alarm reached Bei'an and Luanhe. The defenders on both sides actively set up defenses, and soon a large number of enemy troops were in sight. Then the war began. The Khitan army crossed the Luan River with superior forces, and the Yanyun army gave the Khitan army great casualties by virtue of the favorable situation of defense, especially the artillery arranged along the river, in the earth-shattering roar, the whole river seemed to be boiling, and the Khitan army suffered heavy losses. The entire Luan River floated corpses, blood-red.

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