As soon as the messenger saw Zhang Xiaochun, he immediately saluted and said urgently: "My lord, the Yanyun army suddenly came out of the Chengtian military village, and the three military villages arranged by our army on the front line have all fallen, and now only Pingding City is still holding on!" There are only 40,000 horses in the city, please send reinforcements quickly! ”

Zhang Xiaochun was shocked, "What, what? Yan Yunjun suddenly came out of the Chengtian Military Village? How is this possible, the previous intelligence showed that there was no sign of the movement of the Yanyun army in the direction of the Chengtian Military Village! "That's just the way it is! Now that pacification is in danger, please send reinforcements quickly! ”

Zhang Xiaochun said angrily: "How can I send soldiers and horses in this city!" The messenger was anxious, "What should I do?" Zhang Xiaochun thought for a while, "For today's plan, I can only summon Xijing Road and the Generalissimo, and ask Xijing Road or the Generalissimo to send troops to support!" As soon as the words fell, an officer rushed in in a hurry and reported in a panic: "Oh no, my lord, Yanmen Pass is lost!" Zhang Xiaochun and the messenger were shocked, and Zhang Xiaochun shouted at the top of his voice: "How is this possible? There are 10,000 soldiers and horses garrisoned at Yanmen Pass, and it is in the hinterland of our country, will the Yanyun army not be able to fly!? ”

Eyes turned back to Pingding City. Night had fallen, and the city was soon quiet. Numerous torches were lit on all sides of the castle, illuminating the vicinity of the walls as if it were daylight. Gan Buli patrolled the city wall, thinking in his heart about the means that Yan Yunjun might take.

At the same time, many soldiers of the Yanyun Army were busy outside the city, busy digging tunnels. The entrance to the tunnel is in a forest in the southwest corner of Pingding City, which is about 500 meters away from the city wall, which is the nearest wood, there is no closer, the closer forest has long been cut down by the Khitan army. In ancient times, this was the case, and any woods that came close to the city were cleared, especially in places where there was a lot of fighting, to prevent the enemy from relying on the woods as cover to raid the city.

Xiao Gan inspected all four city walls, returned to the city office, read the report for a while, and then fell asleep.

In the wee hours of the morning, at the darkest hour of the night, the light of the torches on the walls seemed to dispel only a small circle of darkness around them, and the sergeants in charge of the guard were drowsy. Bang......! An earth-shattering bang suddenly shattered the silent night sky, and the sky shook. The soldiers of the Liao Kingdom woke up one after another, looked around in horror, and then saw the southwest corner of the city wall bursting into the sky, and faintly saw countless stones and human bodies flying into the sky. The soldiers of the Liao Kingdom were stunned, and they couldn't figure out what terrible things had happened for a while?!

At this moment, the killing sound was loud, and Yan Yunjun suddenly appeared in the southwest corner, climbed over the city wall that had collapsed into a steep slope, and attacked the city.

The Khitan army reacted and hurriedly met the battle. Heavy fighting broke out between the two sides near the gap. The Yanyun army bravely advanced with the Modao army as the vanguard, and the Khitan army that had just felt that the battlefield could not resist being killed and retreated, but as more and more Khitan troops gathered, the battle situation gradually evolved into a stalemate. Soldiers from both sides fought in the narrow alleys, and more and more people fell to the ground, and blood flew in the sky to soak the walls, streets, and houses.

Soon after, Xiao Gan rushed to the scene and personally supervised the battle, the morale of the Khitan army was greatly boosted, and the battle was even more tragic!

At this moment, there was a sudden chaotic shout from the direction of Xicheng, and it was faintly heard as if it was saying, 'The Yanyun army has attacked'. Xiao Gan couldn't leave to see the torches flashing in the light of Xicheng, and under that light, it was faintly as if there were countless people running, and he couldn't figure out for a while whether it was his own soldiers and horses or Yan Yunjun's army? If it is said that it is the Yan Yun Army, it is really unbelievable that Xiao Gan will not leave, because there are thousands of men and horses guarding there, and the Yan Yun Army is not a ghost, how can it be possible to attack the city silently.

A moment later, I saw a group of routs rushing over. Gan Buli was about to ask, but at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves in front of him rumbled, and it turned out to be countless Yanyun war horses rushing over, murderous. Gan Buli was shocked, and hurriedly led the war horses around him to meet the battle. The war horses of the two sides collided violently and slaughtered, Yanyun war horses were very fierce, and the Khitan army soon couldn't resist and retreated in the direction of the south city gate.

The Yanyun war cavalry routed the enemy war cavalry, and instead of pursuing them, they slammed into the middle of the Jin army that was blocking the gap. The Khitan army troops who were fighting with the frontal Yanyun army were suddenly stabbed in the buttocks, and they were immediately in chaos. At this time, the Yanyun army attacked back and forth, killing the corpses of the Khitan army and flying blood. The Khitan army scattered and fled. Yan Yunjun pursued and killed on all sides.

Xiao Gan ran for a whole night, and when he arrived at the day of the next day, he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that there were no pursuers chasing him. Reined in the war horse, looked at the soldiers around him, and found that only a few hundred cavalry were still following him, and his heart was extremely melancholy. The men were ordered to rest for a while, and the soldiers rested on the spot, and many ran to the stream not far away to drink water; No one spoke, and everyone's heart was heavy.

Suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and everyone became nervous. Immediately I saw a few people dressed in Khitan army uniforms, and I couldn't help but feel relieved.

Those few people came to the front, and the person who Xiao Gan did not leave the leader was the fierce general Hua Xi under his command, but he didn't expect him to escape, which was a blessing in misfortune! Hua Qi ran to Xiao Gan Buli, reined in the horse, turned over and dismounted, and met Xiao Gan Buli. Xiao Gan couldn't help asking, "What about the others?" Hua Hao showed a look of resentment, "I'm afraid that they will all die in the chaos!" "Don't you sink down," Could it be that Hanon didn't escape either? "No, General Hanon has escaped, and the last general saw him fleeing in the direction of Bingzhou!"

Xiao Gan sighed, "It's really a loss, my 100,000 army has been scattered in just two or three days!" "The general doesn't need to worry, when the generalissimo's army turns, it will be the turn of the Yan Yun army to be unlucky!" Let's see if they can still be so arrogant at that time! Xiao Gan nodded, "I hope so!" Then he raised his voice and said, "Get on your horse and keep going!" They all got on their horses and galloped south.

After Yang Peng captured the city of Pingding, he did not launch an attack on the cities on all sides to expand the results of the battle, but reorganized the army on the spot to repair the city wall and accumulate materials, as if he was preparing for long-term defense. Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya led 30,000 soldiers of the infantry army directly under the regiment to escort a large number of grain, grass, materials, artillery and ordnance to the Pingding Army. Soon after, news came from Zhan Jin that he had been ordered to cross the Yanmen Pass and enter the Xijing Road of the Liao State, and was in the midst of a wild advance.

Ye Yu Huge, who was moving south, suddenly received an urgent report from the rear, Yan Yunjun suddenly came out of the Chengtian military village, swept away the three military villages arranged on the west side of Taihang Mountain, and surrounded Pingding City, which was in danger! Shocked by this, he immediately summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures.

When the generals heard that Yan Yunjun suddenly came out of the Chengtian army village and besieged Pingding City, there were many discussions. Guo Tong frowned and said, "Yan Yunjun's actions are actually faster than us!" Han Chang said to Brother Ye Hugh: "Generalissimo, the matter has come to this point, I'm afraid that we have to cancel the original plan, and we must first destroy the Yanyun army that has invaded the hinterland of our army!" Brother Ye Hugh was a little hesitant, he felt that if the Yan Yun Army did not have a lot of troops, maybe he should stick to the original plan, Yan Yun Army's action may be just an emergency, not a premeditated action, maybe the Yan Yun Army of Chengtian Army Village discovered his own move, so he took the initiative to attack with the intention of containing his own side! If this is the case, it is undoubtedly correct to stick to the original plan, as long as the plan is implemented smoothly, this Yan Yun army does not have to go to the crusade, and he will retreat himself.

Just when Brother Ye Hugh hesitated, another herald rushed in, kneeling down in a panic and saying, "Generalissimo Qiqi, Yanmen Pass has been captured by the Yanyun Xuanjia Army that suddenly appeared!" The people present were all shocked when they heard this, and Ye Hugo suddenly stood up, frowned, and said, "The Xuanjia Army actually appeared there?" In this case, this is not an accidental action, but a carefully planned strategic move by Yan Yun!? ”

Before the words fell, another herald rushed in, and reported with a worried face: "Oh no, Generalissimo, pacify the city, pacify the city, ...... the city" Because he was too anxious, he didn't catch up in one breath. A bad premonition rose in the hearts of Brother Ye and the others, and Brother Ye Hu stepped forward and asked urgently, "What's wrong with Pingding City?" The herald swallowed vigorously and said urgently: "The city of Pingding has fallen!" Jerehue was shocked. After settling down, he frowned and asked, "What's going on?" Even if the Yanyun army of the Chengtian Army Village poured out, it would be impossible to break through Pingding City in the blink of an eye! The herald said: "King Yan has already arrived at the Chengtian Military Village, and it is not only the army of the Chengtian Military Village that attacks us, but also more than 100,000 war horses!" ”

Everyone was shocked to hear that so many troops had gathered in the direction of the Chengtian Military Village. Guo Tong said in disbelief: "This is incredible! How could Yan Yunjun have so many troops in Chengtian Military Village? Yang Peng also came, indicating that it was the main direction of attack of Yan Yunjun! ”

Han Chang said: "The Chengtian Army Village originally had 30,000 soldiers of the directly subordinate legion and 60,000 soldiers of the Eighth Legion, and now with more than 100,000 war horses, wouldn't there be 200,000 people!" That's an army! Ye Hugo said angrily: "How dare he concentrate so many troops in the direction of the Chengtian Military Village? Aren't you afraid that I'm going south with all my might? Guo Tongdao: "I'm afraid that Yang Peng expects that we don't dare to gamble!" Now that the rear has been attacked, the morale of the army is turbulent, if you go south regardless of everything, it is good to be able to sweep the Central Plains as you wish, in case there is a problem, I am afraid that the matter will be serious! ”

Hydon Hugo frowned tightly. Han Chang said: "If you don't order the troops on the front line to attack first, our 100,000 troops will come back to help, and we should be able to get the best of both worlds." ”

Yehu Hugh nodded thoughtfully, "That's a good idea, just do it!" Immediately ordered Da Lao to act according to the original plan, and ordered Ha Chao to immediately go out of Weizhou and force the Yellow River. Hmph, Yang Peng is desperate to attack my flank, but I want him to regret it! "Brother Ye Hugh thought that Yang Peng had transferred a large number of troops to the direction of the Chengtian Military Village, so the army in the south must be very weak.

Immediately, he ordered his 100,000 troops to turn around on the spot and return to Taiyuan. Be cautious along the way, for fear of being ambushed by Yan Yunjun. Soon after, I got the news that after Yan Yun's army captured Pingding City, it did not attack Taiyuan, but garrisoned Pingding City and put on a defensive posture. He was very suspicious, but he also relaxed a little, and ordered the army to enter Lutai Mountain and confront the city of Pingding, which was more than 100 miles to the east. Immediately sent a large number of scouts to investigate Yan Yunjun's every move, but did not find anything unusual, Yan Yunjun seemed to be planning to stick to Pingding City, but Brother Ye Hugh was even more suspicious.

At this moment, military reports came from the south one after another, Harbin crossed the Yellow River strongly, at first it was quite smooth, but after crossing the Yellow River, it was attacked by more than 100,000 Yanyun troops, the two sides fought several fierce battles, the Khitan army finally could not resist and retreated north across the Yellow River, more than 200,000 troops lost 50,000 or 60,000 people, and morale suffered a great setback; After entering Xiangzhou, the 200,000 soldiers and horses out of Huguan were attacked by nearly 300,000 Yanyun troops, and the two sides fought five battles, and the Khitan army was defeated in five battles, retreated into Huguan, and also lost fifty or sixty thousand people, and now the main force of Yanyun Army has approached Huguan under the leadership of Han Bing.

When he received the above-mentioned military report, he was greatly surprised, "What's going on?" How could there be so many Yan Yun troops, did they come out of the ground, didn't they all go south to reinforce? "Ye Hu Xiu Ge felt an unprecedented crisis, thinking of the nearly 200,000 Yan Yun army in Pingding City, if they attacked on a large scale at this moment, they were afraid that they would be overstretched! I feel that the 200,000 Yan Yun Army is a sharp dagger against my chest, and I must get rid of them! As soon as he thought of this, he came up with a plan and decided to send 100,000 horses from Weizhou and Huguan to form an army of 300,000 to attack Pingding City.

However, thinking of the terrible combat strength of Yan Yunjun's army, he felt that 300,000 soldiers and horses were not safe, so he wanted to transfer another 100,000 war cavalry from Xijing Road to form an army of 400,000 and counterattack Dingcheng with a force of two to one. Yeychelo had made up his mind and immediately gave the order.

Xiao Tianzuo, who stayed behind on Xijing Road, received the order to transfer troops from Brother Ye Hugh, and was greatly annoyed, "I have been disturbed by the Yanyun Xuanjia Army, and he actually wants to transfer troops!" General Xiao Trili said: "The generalissimo commands the soldiers and horses of the whole country, since he has issued an order to transfer troops, I am afraid that he will not be able to send troops!" ”

Xiao Tianzuo frowned, "Since that's the case, let Xiao Tianfeng lead 100,000 infantry troops south for reinforcements." Shaw asked in surprise, "Won't you send cavalry?" Xiao Tianzuo said angrily: "Lao Tzu's cavalry is not enough, how can there be any extra to send to him!" 100,000 infantry troops are also 100,000, and he has not disobeyed military orders, so it is difficult for him to say anything! ”

The reinforcements from the Huguan and Weizhou directions arrived at Lutai Mountain one after another, and only the reinforcements from Xijing Road remained. A day later, the 100,000 reinforcements from Xijing Road also arrived, and Ye Hugh Ge hoped that it was 100,000 cavalry, but he didn't expect that it was only 100,000 infantry troops who came, and he couldn't help but be very annoyed, and asked Xiao Tianfeng, who led the army, Xiao Tianfeng explained: "The Yanyun Xuanjia army is attacking and destroying everywhere on Zhongjing Road, so His Royal Highness Xiao Tianzuo needs cavalry to pursue them!" ”

"Fart!" Xiao Tianfeng was startled and hurriedly lowered his head. Brother Ye Hugh almost wanted to slaughter Xiao Tianzuo, but the matter has come to this point and there is nothing to be done, you can't repatriate these 100,000 infantry troops and exchange them for 100,000 cavalry troops, how much money will be wasted and how much time will be wasted? What's more, Ye Hu Xiuge felt that with the current 400,000 army, it should not be a problem to defeat the 180,000 Yan Yun army in Pingding. Yelu Hugo suppressed his anger, "Forget it, it's also my fault that I didn't make it clear in the order!" Xiao Tianfeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Brother Ye Hugh say this.

A herald rushed in and reported urgently: "Generalissimo Qiqi, the nearly 300,000 army led by Han Bing is storming Huguan; In addition, Yang Yanzhao led the 120,000 troops of Bianjing to force the Yellow River and was attacking Weizhou; Yang Dezheng led his 50,000 soldiers and horses to fight with General Sali! ”

Everyone was taken aback, Guo Tong frowned and said, "The situation is not good!" He glanced at Brother Yahu, "We must defeat the pacified Yan Yun army as soon as possible!" ”

Brother Ye Hugo nodded, frowned, and said, "Time is pressing, we must defeat Yang Peng as soon as possible to relieve my worries!" He raised his head and raised his voice: "Command the whole army, march out, goal, pacify!" ”

The 400,000 Khitan army mobilized and slaughtered towards Pingding City. A fast horse galloped into the city of Pingding, and galloped towards the ruling office. Immediately, a scout rushed into the lobby and knelt down to Yang Peng, who was sitting at the top and was looking at a report, and said, "King Qiyan, the 400,000 army of Brother Ye Hugh is coming this way!" ”

Yang Peng put down the report in his hand and smiled, "It's good, I'm waiting for him!" Revisit! The scout said yes and ran down. Yang Peng picked up the report again and looked at it, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't help muttering: "The war in the south is a little worrying!" Yang Peng is talking about the war in Huainan, the progress of the war is somewhat different from the previous estimate, the previous estimate was too optimistic, at the beginning of the war, Luzhou was lost, that Luzhou was judged to be at the critical moment of the Song army's siege, led his subordinates to mutiny and opened the city gate, the Song army surging in, only 5,000 Yanyun defenders fought back after all, but to no avail, they could only give up Luzhou and retreat to Chuzhou. This incident shows that many people still have their hearts set on Song Ting, and in their hearts, it is orthodox after all.

Yang Peng shook his head and put this matter aside for the time being, even if the situation over there is critical, he can't control it at the moment, the war with the Khitans is about to begin, if he can win here, even if the two Huai are all lost, Yang Peng thinks it is still worth it; But if the war in Shanxi fails to achieve its hope, and there is a situation in the south, it will really outweigh the losses!

At this moment, in Bianjing City, a grand celebration banquet is being held in the main hall, and the monarchs and ministers are passing pots and passing each other, so it is not lively. They are rejoicing in the successful recovery of Luzhou! Wang Qinruo raised his wine glass and raised his voice: "Your Majesty is well-known, and the soldiers in front can sing triumphantly!" Colleagues, let's have a toast to Your Majesty! All the ministers raised their glasses one after another, and all kinds of voices singing praises came and went, simply saying that Zhao Heng was a peerless Ming Jun who overshadowed Emperor Qin and was better than Han Wu, and even surpassed Tang Taizong! Zhao Heng only felt fluttering, and in a trance, he felt as if he was really a peerless saint monarch! Grab a glass and drink it all.

There are some different voices among the people, but the mainstream voices are still happy, happy that Wang Shi has taken back Luzhou from the hands of rebellion. Everyone is looking forward to more and greater good news to come.

Look back at calm. The 400,000 Khitan army drove to more than 20 miles west of Pingding City, and the forward cavalry had already met with the Yanyun outpost cavalry, and there was a fierce battle, with casualties among each other.

Before the evening of the same day, 400,000 Khitan troops arrived at the city of Pingding, and the roaring footsteps stopped abruptly, and the heaven and earth were slaughtered. Looking out from the city wall of Pingding, I saw the battle flag of the Khitan army fluttering in the wind like a cloud surge, the 400,000 army was overwhelming and could not see the end, the cold light reflected by the swords and guns completely took away the brilliance of the sunset, and the spring earth was like covering frost and snow at this time! At this time, Pingding City is also hunting with banners, spears are like forests, and the whole Pingding City is like a ********!

A Khitan general rode his horse to the city wall and shouted at Yang Peng, who was standing on the wall: "The generalissimo of the Great Liao Kingdom wants to talk to the King of Yan!" With that, the general turned his horse and galloped back. Immediately, Yang Peng and the others saw Ye Hugo, who was dressed in gold armor, and left the army formation and came between the two armies under the escort of several fierce generals.

Yang Peng smiled, lifted the iron horse lance and went down the city wall. Immediately, the city gate opened and closed, and Yang Peng, who was dressed in heavy armor, rode out of the black dragon horse with an iron horse lance, and came to more than ten steps in front of Brother Hugo and others to restrain the war horse. Brother Ye Hugh and the others saw Yang Peng coming to the meeting single-handedly, majestic, and couldn't help but admire the good students in their hearts. Brother Ye Hugh made a chest salute to Yang Peng, "King Yan! Yang Peng returned the salute, "Generalissimo!" ”

Brother Ye Hugh put down his right hand, "The current situation, presumably King Yan also knows!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "What should I know?" Brother Ye Hugh frowned slightly, pointed to the boundless and endless military formation behind him, and said loudly: "My 400,000 troops have arrived, and it is easy to set foot on the city of Pingding!" ......" Yang Peng smiled: "In that case, what are you waiting for?" Brother Yehu's momentum couldn't help but stagnate, and he said secretly: Why is he so calm, is he playing tricks or is he fearless? It's supposed to be a trick, hum, do you think it can scare me!

As soon as he thought of this, he returned to his proud momentum, "Now that the Song army has invaded Huainan in a big way, and even Luzhou has been lost, it is rare that King Yan can still be so calm!" Staring at Yang Peng's face, hoping to see the other party's mood swings from his face, but he was disappointed, the other party just smiled, and he couldn't see any mood swings at all. Yang Peng smiled: "Isn't it good for you?" ”

Ye Hugh didn't like the current atmosphere, he felt as if everything was under the control of the opponent, and said in a calm tone: "I can open the net, as long as King Yan takes the initiative to withdraw from Pingding City!" ”

Yang Peng shook his head. Brother Ye's face sank, "King Yan, don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of you!" I just don't want to sacrifice a lot of horses for nothing! If I really go to war, what am I afraid of, my 400,000 soldiers and horses are enough to wipe out the Yanyun army here! "Brother Ya Hue said it arrogantly.

Yang Peng said with a smile: "In this case, why should the generalissimo say more." Brother Ye Hugh snorted coldly, "As soon as the big battle starts, our army will certainly suffer a lot of losses, but your Yanyun army is afraid that the whole army will be wiped out!" Yang Peng laughed, "If that's the case, I, Yang Peng, will die without regrets!" He glanced at Brother Yehu Hugh, "Brother Yehu Hugh, you are also a generation of heroes, don't play this kind of trick, if you want to recapture Pingding City, just rely on your own ability to take it!" An army of 400,000, hum, I really didn't pay attention to it! ”

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