Chapter 257, the defeat is like a mountain
Taking advantage of the night, Xiao Ha personally led 60,000 elite people to wade through the water to attack the Yanyun Army military village on the east bank. 10,000 forwards landed smoothly under the leadership of the fierce general Erdo, and the lights in the Yanyun military village not far away were dim, and they seemed to be unaware. Erdo was excited, and led 10,000 forwards to quietly touch the military village, intending to rush in by surprise, and then pull out the key key on this blockade line in one go.
10,000 horses slowly came to the front of the military village, ready to launch a surprise attack.
Suddenly, countless torches lit up in the camp, and in an instant the night seemed to turn into day. Erdo and the others were shocked when they suddenly saw such a scene, and before they could react, there was a sharp whistling sound from the camp, but it was as dense as arrows flying locusts flying towards them! The Khitan army, which was caught off guard, was immediately shot down in a large area! Immediately, the killing was loud, and more than 10,000 Yanyun infantry soldiers followed more than 1,000 Yanyun war horses to rush out of the camp, slammed into the middle of the Khitan army, and killed the Khitan army to the point that the people were crooked and turned on their backs! Erdo was ruthless, roaring angrily to urge his subordinates to attack, and slashed down an officer who retreated! The Khitan army was greatly shaken, plucked up the courage to advance, and fought with the Yanyun army, only to see the firelight flickering, the figures flashing, very chaotic appearance!
"The dog thief is coming!" Xiao Erdo, who was directing the battle, suddenly heard a roar like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked! Hurriedly followed the prestige, only to see a handsome but very fierce general riding a horse! Xiao Erdo didn't know who he was, so he also bothered to ask, and immediately rode his horse to meet him. The two of them fought together, and the two spears fought in mid-air like two swimming dragons, and the sonorous sound was still very clear even in this chaotic and noisy battlefield! After more than a dozen rounds of fighting, Xiao Erdo was already in danger, and he was terrified in his heart! After several more rounds of fighting, Shoerdo flicked a shot, hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled! That Yan Yun will chase after him! Erdo suddenly stumbled, and the whole man fell forward.
Falling heavily on the ground, he hurriedly got up, and suddenly saw a black shadow flying in front of him, and before he could react, the opponent's spear had pierced his chest, picked him out, fell to the ground, and died after a few struggles.
When the Khitan army saw that the commander was killed, they were greatly frightened, and they could no longer resist the attack of the Yanyun army, and the army was defeated like a mountain, and fled west through Qinshui! On the west bank of Qinshui, when he saw that his own vanguard had returned from a big defeat, he was shocked and angry, and immediately launched an attack with his whole army. Yan Yunjun did not make contact with him and quickly retreated to the camp.
The Khitan army approached the Yanyun army and lined up, and then launched an attack. The Khitan army rushed towards the Yanyun army village in waves, but the Yanyun army never fought, but only shot with various bows and crossbows. The rain of arrows fired by the Yan Yun army was so dense that the Khitan army suffered heavy casualties but could not get close to the wall, and he was shocked when he saw this scene, because the density of the arrow rain of the Yan Yun army made him feel that there were at least 30,000 crossbowmen in the army in front of him! This kind of strength made his heart beat a drum, could it be that Yan Yunjun had expected that I was going to attack here?
Just when Xiao Ha was in shock, there was a sudden rumbling sound on the north side. Shocked, he immediately ordered the army to stop the attack and line up on the spot. Before the formation was arranged, the seemingly innumerable Yanyun infantry rushed out of the darkness, stormed the Khitan army's defense line, broke through the Khitan army's defense line and rushed into the Khitan army's formation, and the two sides immediately fell into a melee. There was no light in the night, only the torches flashed brightly, and the soldiers of the Khitan army couldn't figure out how many men and horses had come from the Yanyun army, and they couldn't help but be frightened and unintentional. Soon after the fierce battle between the two sides, the Khitan army was defeated, and the Yanyun army pursued and killed all the way, until it crossed Qinshui, and fought with the Khitan army cavalry that came to meet the rout, and then stopped and collected the troops.
Xiao Hachao was shocked, checked the loss, and found that almost half of the 60,000 soldiers and horses had been lost, and he couldn't help but feel the boss's frustration in his heart, and the morale of the soldiers under his command was also greatly demoralized, and they had no intention of fighting again. At this moment, the herald suddenly sent an urgent report, saying that Nanzhai had been broken by the Yanyun army, and the routs had all poured into the Chinese army. Harry was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ran to the south side to check. With the faint moonlight, I saw countless soldiers and horses surging from a distance, and in the dark night, I couldn't figure out how many people there were, and I couldn't figure out whether it was my own soldiers and horses or the soldiers of the Yanyun army! Seeing that the crowd was about to come to the front of Dazhai, Ha Chao hurriedly ordered: "No one is allowed to open the gate of the village!" ”
The rout rushed to the gate of the fortress in a panic and shouted to open the door, but the soldiers inside did not seem to hear it and were not moved at all. In just a few moments, thousands of rout soldiers gathered at the door, and the crowd was excited, and the scene was about to get out of control!
Xiao Ha hurriedly ordered the crossbowmen to step forward, bending their bows and arrows to force the rout soldiers outside to leave! The routs were extremely angry at this situation, but they did not dare to hit the bows and arrows. Just as they were in a dilemma, a rumbling sound came from behind them. The faces of the defeated soldiers changed dramatically, and it was as if they had heard a demonic voice from hell. The rout turned around one after another, and saw countless warhorses rushing out of the night. The routs were terrified and fled in all directions like frying pans. The black-clothed and black-armored ghost-like Yanyun war cavalry slaughtered into the middle of the Jin army, killing mercilessly, blood and rain flew all over the sky, screaming loudly, and some Khitan soldiers who fled to the fence shouted for help in the camp, and then they were cut down to the ground by the Yanyun war cavalry who caught up! The soldiers of the Khitan army in the camp were terrified to the extreme when they saw their own soldiers being ruthlessly slaughtered by the Yanyun army!
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ......" Xiao Ha yelled at the top of his voice. The Khitan crossbowmen hurriedly released their arrows, and the rain of arrows flew in the dark night, and the Khitan crossbowmen released arrows indiscriminately in a panic, and they couldn't figure out where their arrows were flying. ……
The scene finally calmed down, only to see countless corpses densely spread outside the gate, and those who were not dead were still squirming in the pile of corpses, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood, but the Yanyun war horses had disappeared without a trace. There was a heavy wheezing sound in the camp, and the Khitan soldiers were still wide-eyed and tense.
After waiting for a long time, I didn't see anyone coming here, and the nerves of the Khitan soldiers slowly relaxed. Harry went back to the tent and sat down. At this time, an officer rushed in and reported: "The Dragon and Tiger King is here!" Xiao Habang hurriedly raised his head, only to see a bloody and scarred general running in, it was the Dragon and Tiger King who was sent by him to guard Nanzhai. Xiao Hachao immediately became angry and asked, "I told you to guard Nanzhai, but you told me, whose hands is Nanzhai now?" ”
The Dragon and Tiger King knelt down with a plop, "The last general is incompetent, and the last general should be damned!" "You really deserve to die!" After a pause, "But what's the use of killing you now?" Let me ask you, how did Nanzhai lose it? The Dragon and Tiger King swallowed his saliva, his face showing a look of fear, "Yang Yanzhao and his own army attacked head-on, and the Modao army crashed open our walled gate, our army tried desperately to block it, but it couldn't resist it at all!" Then their large army rushed into the barracks, and the whole army collapsed! ”
Xiao Ha frowned tightly, "What should I do now?" The breakthrough failed, but the soldiers were lost, and even Nanzhai was lost! The Dragon and Tiger King hurriedly said: "General, the last general has a plan, maybe he can get out of trouble!" ”
"Oh? Do you have a plan? The Dragon and Tiger King said: "General, Yang Peng, the king of Yan, is a Han, and almost all of the Yan Yunjun are Han ......" Xiao Ha said angrily: "Nonsense! What does it have to do with whether they are Han Chinese and whether we can get out of trouble? The Dragon and Tiger King hurriedly said: "There are more than 10,000 Han people in Ji's county, we can use them as shields!" Harbass's eyes lit up, "This might be a real solution!" If we use those ordinary people as a precursor to break through, maybe we can break through the encirclement! Okay, that's it! ”
That night, the county town of Jishi under the control of the Khitan army resounded loudly, and all the people, men, women, and children were driven out by the Khitan army. The next morning, Xiao Ha poured out of the nest and went to the northern mansion to kill the walled city. After receiving the report, Han Bing immediately led an army of 100,000 troops out of the walled city to line up.
After waiting for a while, he saw the enemy army, but found that the people who were walking in the front were thousands of ordinary people strung together by ropes, and Han Bing was taken aback. Soon after, more than 100,000 Khitan troops drove more than 10,000 people to a stop hundreds of steps ahead, and the cries of the people kept coming one after another, making the Yanyun soldiers at a loss.
Immediately, I saw a Khitan army general galloping out, went straight to the front of the Yanyun army, restrained the war horse, and shouted: "My general wants me to pass the word to General Han Bing, quickly get out of the way, otherwise I will kill those people!" Han Bing frowned and said angrily: "You Khitans all claim to be warriors, and you actually do such a despicable act!" The general shouted anxiously: "Don't talk nonsense, do you agree or not!" ”
The generals looked at Han Bing, waiting for her decision. Han Bing thought for a moment, raised his right hand and raised his voice: "Get out of the way!" The soldiers were very unwilling, but more than 10,000 people were helpless in the hands of the enemy and made a way.
Xiao Ha, who was in the distance, was very happy when he saw this situation, and excitedly said to the Dragon and Tiger King next to him: "Your strategy really worked, Yan Yunjun obediently got out of the way!" He immediately ordered the army to take the people as the front and pass through the blockade of the Yanyun army. So hundreds of thousands of Khitan soldiers hid behind more than 10,000 people and walked towards the opposite side, seeing the murderous Yanyun soldiers with swords and guns, they couldn't help but panic; The people looked at those Yan Yunjun, and they didn't know what their mood was, and they couldn't stop crying.
The team entered the middle of the Yanyun army. The people knew that life and death were unpredictable, and they were very reluctant to go, so the speed slowed down. Seeing this situation, the dragon and tiger king, who was in charge of driving away the people in front, was anxious, and whipped a little girl of eleven or twelve years old with a horsewhip, making the little girl cry very pitiful!
The soldiers of Yan Yunjun were full of righteous indignation, but they did not dare to act rashly. Sou! The sound of the arrow breaking through the air suddenly came, and then I saw a sharp arrow piercing the neck of the Dragon and Tiger King, the Dragon and Tiger King's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe it, and the Khitan soldiers were also taken aback!
Wan Chun put down his bow and arrows and led five thousand war cavalry to rush from the east, and at the same time, Qiu Xia led five thousand war cavalry to rush from the west, cutting off the Khitan army and the people in an instant. Immediately, Han Bing pulled out his sword and led the army to launch a full-scale attack on the Khitan army, and for a while, he saw that the mountains and fields were full of Yanyun soldiers, and the sound of killing was like thunder, which shook people's eardrums! The Khitan army already had no fighting spirit, and now it was caught off guard, seeing Yan Yunbu riding like a tide, he couldn't help but be frightened, and before he could fight, many soldiers had already turned around and fled for their lives.
Han Bing took the lead, entered the middle of the Khitan army, wielded his sword vigorously, and slashed the enemy soldiers on their backs; The large army swept through the enemy like a tidal wave, destroying the withering and decaying. The Khitan army was defeated like a mountain, scattered and fled for their lives, and the Yanyun army chased and killed everywhere, and the scene was like a wolf pack hunting sheep. At this moment, Li Tian, Yang Yanzhao and others led a large army to arrive, and constantly closed the encirclement, and in the end, the remaining tens of thousands of horses were surrounded by regiments on a small hill.
Yan Yun's army suspended the attack and sent envoys to persuade him to surrender. At this time, Xiao Ha still wanted to play tricks, hoping that Yan Yunjun would give him a few days to think about it. Han Bing rejected his request and only gave him a quarter of an hour to decide, either surrender or be killed by Yan Yunjun! Xiao Ha had no choice but to give up all illusions and lead his soldiers to the bottom of the mountain to beg Han Bing and Yang Yanzhao to surrender. Yan Yunjun couldn't help shouting, and a huge voice full of blood echoed in the mountains! The Khitan army's face was like earth, and the little girl who had been whipped a few times by the Dragon and Tiger King before blinked her big eyes and looked at the majestic big sister riding a horse and wearing armor in the distance, and her childish heart was full of longing.
Xiao Sa Liyu received the military report that Xiao Ha's entire army was annihilated, and he was so frightened that he gave up Jiangxian that night and fled to Shaanxi. Yang Dezheng did not chase after him, stopped on the spot, and at the same time sent someone to report to Han Bing and Yang Yanzhao about the situation on his side.
After Yang Yanzhao and Han Bing worked together to exterminate the army of Xiao Ha's mixed department, they waved their army north, and Shanxi Prefecture and counties all surrendered to the wind, and soon after, the army arrived at Mengshan, which was only more than 30 miles away from Taiyuan. Immediately received the news from King Yan, and learned that King Yan led the army to Kill Xiongling, approaching Bingzhou from the east, and it was only more than 30 miles away from Taiyuan.
At this time, in the city of Bingzhou, the Khitan soldiers, the Khitan nobles, and the former Song magnates who defected to the Khitans were like ants on a hot pot, panicked and panicked. "I didn't expect that! I really didn't expect it! The situation has deteriorated so quickly! Yeylord said with a pale face and at a loss.
Han Chang frowned and said, "Looking at the current situation, Taiyuan will definitely not be able to hold it!" The 400,000 Yan Yun army in the west is approaching, and the more than 100,000 elites in the east have also arrived in front of him! An army of more than 500,000 people! Yan Yun's strength is twice that of our army, and this battle can't be fought at all! The generals echoed one after another, and Da lazy said: "For today's plan, we should give up merging the state and retreat to Yanmen Pass!" Guo Tong continued: "Yes, now our army's morale is low, and the strength is far inferior to the enemy's, and if we fight, we will be sent to death, so it is better to retreat to Xijing Road!" All the generals agreed, and Yehu Hugo was also very impressed.
Xiao Gan said suddenly: "If you give up Taiyuan, the whole of Shanxi will fall into the hands of Yan Yun, what will Shaanxi do?" There's our army over there! "The generals didn't speak, in fact, at this moment, where can everyone still control the life and death of the Shaanxi army, as long as they can escape from danger, but such words are not easy to say.
Ye Hugh thought for a moment, "I think so, if you hand over all the land in Guanzhong to Song Guo, you can't cheapen Yan Yun." As for Lou Room and Xiao Sali to drink them, they can retreat into Western Xia first, and then return to Xijing Dao. Xixia has a good relationship with us, and I don't think we will refuse this request! ”
Xiao Gan frowned and said, "It seems that this is the only way to go!" Brother Ye said to Han Chang: "General Han, you immediately send someone to give an order!" Han Chang bowed and promised.
Soon after, there was a sudden news of the military situation, Yang Peng sent Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya, two female generals, to lead 20,000 cavalry to Shiling Pass, and at the same time, Yang Gui led 20,000 cavalry to Xianzhou. When Brother Hugh got this military information, he was shocked, if Shiling Pass and Xianzhou were lost, he would not want to go back if he and the hundreds of thousands of troops in Bingzhou City!
Brother Hugo did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately ordered the army to burn the city and retreat to Yanmen Pass. The Khitan army couldn't wait to leave and retreat north, and several fires rose in the city of Taiyuan.
Yang Peng, Yang Yanzhao, and Han Bing received a report that the Khitan army had fled north out of the city, and immediately expected that they would destroy the city, so they hurriedly raised a large army and rushed to Bingzhou. However, when they rushed to the outside of the city, they were surprised to find that the city was safe and sound, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city were all standing outside the city to greet them. What's going on?
It turned out that after the Khitan army fled, hundreds of people were left to set fire. Soon after the fire rose, Zhang Xiaochun, who was supposed to flee north with the Khitans, led a group of officials and some Han officers and soldiers to turn back, and together with the people led by Taiyuan Changshi Du Cheng and his son, arrested the Khitan soldiers who set fire to the city and extinguished the fire. Immediately, Zhang Xiaochun led the whole city of soldiers and civilians out of the city to meet Yan Yunjun.
When the people of Bingzhou saw Yan Yunjun coming, they bowed down one after another, and then Zhang Xiaochun presented the official seal of the Bingzhou capital, and Bingzhou went down without a fight.
Yan Yun's army occupied Bingzhou without bloodshed, leaving only a small part of the army to defend Bingzhou, and the large army of soldiers and horses passed through Bingzhou non-stop to pursue the army of Yelu Hugo. Along the way, I saw countless baggage materials thrown on both sides of the official road, obviously the Khitan army after learning that Yan Yunjun had caught up, in order to facilitate escape, all those bulky baggage materials were thrown down.
Yang Gui was responsible for attacking Xianzhou, all the way non-stop, and when he arrived at the city of Xianzhou, he saw that the gate of Xianzhou City was wide open, and the flags on the city wall were crooked, and no one was seen. Yang Gui secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly led the cavalry into the city, and when he saw an old man on the side of the street, he immediately hugged his fists and asked: "May I ask the old man, has Brother Ye Hugh been here?" The old man said: "I've been there, I've just been there, but I left immediately, and even the Zhizhou family and the old and young escaped!" What's going on? "The old man with dizzy eyes still thinks that the army in front of him is the Khitan army at this moment!
Yang Gui didn't bother to answer the old man's question, leaving only 500 cavalry to guard the city, while he led the rest of the soldiers and horses to quickly chase through the city to the north. At nightfall, nearly 20,000 cavalry caught up with the rear of the Khitan army in Huangwei Mountain, Yang Gui took the lead in wielding a double hammer to kill the enemy, and smashed the enemy soldiers on their backs and scattered. Tens of thousands of rear troops were rushed to pieces by Yang Gui and their charge. Yang Gui didn't care about chasing and killing the rout, and continued to pursue Brother Ye Hugh, and soon after he joined Yang Jiumei, Yang Erya, who came from Shiguan Village, so 40,000 war horses pursued together.
But the sky is not dead, Brother Ye Hugh, just a little bit, Yang Gui, Yang Jiumei, and Yang Erya rushed to Yanmen without stopping over the mountains and mountains, but they watched Brother Ye Hugh and the exhausted Khitan soldiers flee into Yanmen Pass.
Yang Peng, who was leading the army to the north, received a battle report from the front line, and learned that Yang Gui and they only had time to defeat the 30,000 rear army of the Khitan army, and the main force of the Khitan army and Ye Hugo fled into Yanmen Pass, but all the baggage of the Khitan army was thrown away, including a large number of weapons and armor, that is to say, although there were more than 200,000 Khitan troops who fled into Yanmen Pass, but a considerable part of them lost their armor and weapons, which was like running naked.
Although Yang Peng was a little regretful, he was still very happy, this round of conquest was very smooth on the whole, not only annihilated more than 400,000 Khitan troops, but also recovered the entire territory of Shanxi, which can be described as a complete victory! However, after being happy, Yang Peng couldn't help but worry, he was worried about the situation in Huainan. So he ordered the 40,000 cavalry under the command of the First Army, the Sixth Army, the Seventh Army, and the Ninth Army to be led by Yang Xin to the south to support Huainan, and at the same time ordered Duan Zhixian to lead the 90,000 infantry troops of the First Army and the Sixth Army to the south.
Yang Jiumei walked into the big tent from the outside and saw Yang Peng standing in front of the map frowning, so she walked to his side gently. Yang Peng smelled a wisp of familiar fragrance into his nose, and couldn't help but smile slightly, "Ninth sister ......" Yang Jiumei smiled, "How does the eldest brother know that it's me?" ”
Yang Peng stretched out his left arm to wrap his arms around Yang Jiumei's waist and kissed her red lips. Yang Jiumei was taken aback, and hurriedly looked around, and saw that there were only herself and her eldest brother in the big tent, so she was relieved. Yang Peng smiled and said: "It's all old husbands and wives, and I'm still shy!" ”
Yang Jiumei glanced at Yang Peng, "It's not good for people to see it after all!" Glancing at the map, he asked, "Big brother is worried about the situation in Lianghuai?" ”
Yang Peng frowned, and his gaze returned to the location of Lianghuai on the map, "I said I don't care about Lianghuai, but in fact, how can I really not care!" Yang Jiumei nodded sympathetically, "Lianghuai has a large population and fertile land, if we lose it, it will be a big blow to us!" Smiled, "Big brother doesn't have to worry too much, with the weak combat power of the Song army, although there are many people, there is nothing to be afraid of!" Yang Peng shook his head, "I'm afraid I'm not so optimistic!" The quality of the Song army is actually quite good, if there are one or two decent generals, Yang Jing's situation will not be good! Yang Jiumei suddenly said: "That's why the eldest brother will explain to the monk, if the situation is not good, he will retire to the Huai River, and if the Huai River can't hold it, he will give up the two Huai!" Yang Peng nodded, "That's the worst-case scenario, I hope it doesn't stop there!" ”
Turning around, he asked, "Where did you just go?" Yang Jiumei smiled and said, "I'm going to help Han Bing!" "Oh? What is she doing? Yang Jiumei was about to speak, when she saw a figure at the door, and Han Bing, who was dressed in a cold and glamorous uniform, came in.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time