Zangbu thought about it too much, and felt that Duo Sang's suggestion was very good, first retreat to his waist to sharpen his sharpness, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack, even if he could not march further, he could hold on to those states and counties that he had already occupied. As soon as he thought this, he was about to give the order, when two officers, who were very embarrassed by the dead and wounded, suddenly rushed in and fell to their knees. Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene. Zanbu said angrily: "Why don't you stay in the pass gate, what are you doing here?" ”

The officer on the left raised his head, and at this time, everyone noticed that there was a terrible knife wound on his forehead, which was still bleeding, obviously a wound he had suffered not long ago, "General, we are here to report that the Tonghui Pass was broken by the Yanyun army not long ago, and the three thousand defenders were all wiped out!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and Zanbuta shouted: "Where did the Yan Yun army go to attack and pass the pass, they won't be able to fly?" You ****** don't talk nonsense! ”

The officer hurriedly said: "How dare the villain lie about the military situation!" The enemy suddenly appeared, all dressed in the uniforms of our Tibetan army, and we let them enter the city without warning, and then they were suddenly attacked! The brothers resisted desperately, but, but, ......" the officer's face showed fear, as if he remembered something that terrified him. The officer on the right said: "The combat strength of those Yanyun troops is extremely terrifying, and we often can't deal with one of them with two or three people, and soon after, we will be defeated with heavy casualties, and they will occupy Tonghui Pass!" After the two of us escaped, we came to report at the same time, hoping that the general would be vigilant! ”

Zambu didn't speak for a long time, and the matter of passing through the meeting really made him feel incredible and unbelievable. Duo Sang frowned, and he had a very bad feeling in his heart.

Zambuta said suddenly: "We must retreat quickly!" It is necessary to retreat quickly! Otherwise, I am afraid that those states and counties that we have already occupied will be taken away by Yan Yunjun! Looking at Duo Sang, "Immediately order the three armies to retreat to Lanzhou!" "Yes!" Duo Sang answered, and prepared to go down to give the order.

However, at this moment, a herald rushed in in a hurry, knelt down with a thud and almost fell to the ground, "Qiyu, Qiyu General, Gaolan Mountain, Gaolan Mountain is lost!" ”

If the loss of the Tonghui Pass surprised everyone and made it difficult for everyone to be confident, then the loss of Gaolan Mountain made everyone feel cold. From the western states to Xizhou, you must pass through Gaolan Mountain or Tonghui Pass, and the rest of the place is a mountain and a wilderness and deep moat, and it is difficult for the army to move, and it is very easy to lose its way in the deep mountains and old forests and cannot get supplies, so if the army enters the unfamiliar deep mountains and old forests, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out. Do you still remember the retreat from the Savage Mountain, it was already the industrial age, and the result of the army entering the deep mountains and old forests was still so miserable, not to mention the ancient times when the land was vast and sparsely populated, and the technology was still in the ignorant period. Therefore, the closure of the two passes means that their retreat has been completely cut off, and the current situation is like a turtle in an urn.

Duo Sang said with a pale face: "What a ruthless strategy! King Yan not only wants to defeat us, but also to annihilate us completely! He first sealed our retreat so that we had no way to retreat, and then came to destroy us! In this situation, either we completely defeat the Yan Yun Army, or we are completely annihilated by them! ”

A general hurriedly said: "We can take advantage of the fact that Yanyun's army has not yet arrived and quickly turn around and attack Gaolan Mountain or pass through the meeting, as long as we get through one place, we can escape!" Several generals chimed in.

Duo Sang shook his head, "This can't be done, the enemy's main force is only more than thirty miles away from us, and we don't have time to break through the two levels at all!" If you turn around and go to seize the pass, I am afraid that you will be drowned by the enemy from behind, and the consequences will be unimaginable! Some generals said angrily: "This can't work, that can't work, can you sit still and wait to die?" ”

Duo Sang looked at Zang Bu Tai, "General, for today's plan, you can only stick to the spot, and then send someone back to ask Your Majesty to send reinforcements quickly!" If the reinforcements are fast enough, we can not only defuse the immediate crisis, but maybe even turn defeat into victory! Zambuta nodded, "That's what I mean!" Then he said to Duo Sang: "Immediately select a hundred cavalry who are good at finding their way in the wilderness and will not lose their way, and let them quickly return to China for help!" Duo Sang answered and ran down.

The soldiers and civilians of Xizhou City made up their minds to live and die with the city, and everyone leaned on each other and sat on the city wall, no one spoke, quietly waiting for the enemy to come up; There was a loud noise in the doorway, it was Yan Yunjun and the people who were using stones and house beams and pillars to block the doorway. On the city wall, someone suddenly hummed a song, it turned out to be the song "Looking North of the Rivers and Mountains" from Yang Peng, the tragic melody rippled, and immediately resonated with everyone, and those who could sing and couldn't sing all hummed along.

When the Tibetan scouts came to the city, they heard the heroic and tragic singing of the city walls, and their hearts were shocked, and they hurriedly turned their horses' heads and fled.

A sentry standing on the east city wall suddenly saw the smoke and dust in the east, and couldn't help but be stunned. Hurriedly patted the companion next to him and pointed into the distance, the companion looked in the direction of his finger, couldn't help but move, and hurriedly ran to the side of the gong, pulled up the mallet and struck it vigorously, and the loud sound of Dangdang immediately spread far away. When the soldiers and civilians heard the siren, they immediately stopped singing and stood up to prepare for battle, and at the same time, Xuanzan led a thousand Yanyun infantry troops to the east city wall.

As far as the eye could see, a large army was approaching. Tianyou frowned, turned his head and shouted: "The oil, gunpowder, rolling stones, and wood are all ready!" The soldiers and civilians carried the oil and gunpowder rolling stones and sassalwoods to the walls, the archers drew the wolf's teeth and arrows from the quivers on their backs, and the crossbowmen pulled up the bowstrings and loaded the crossbow arrows. Everyone stared at the monstrous smoke and dust in the distance, whether it was soldiers or civilians, they didn't feel afraid, their hearts were calm, just waiting for the enemy to come up and kill them, and then throw away this life, go to the underworld to meet General Chen Jin, everyone died together, not alone.

A moment later, the army came closer. The soldiers and civilians saw that the big flag fluttering in the wind was embroidered with the pattern of a winged flying tiger! Everyone was stunned, and then indescribable joy surged into their hearts, and they couldn't help shouting, and some people cried with joy, it was reinforcements, and the reinforcements finally came!

A total of 200,000 troops from the direct legion and the first legion marched into the city, and the soldiers and civilians crowded the streets and cheered loudly.

Tianyou led several generals to Yang Peng's horse and bowed: "The last general will meet King Yan!" The scarred soldiers of the Ninth Legion, and the people all over the city knelt down one after another, "Meet King Yan!" The sound was like thunder, containing an indescribable determination.

Yang Peng and the cavalry officers and soldiers of the First Army and the directly subordinate army turned over and dismounted one after another. Yang Peng stepped forward to help Tianyou up and patted the back of his hand, "Hard work!" "Tianyou shed tears of excitement; At this time, the officers and men of the First Legion and the directly subordinate legions all looked at the soldiers of the Ninth Legion, and their eyes showed admiration. The Ninth Legion, ranked last in the sequence of the Yanyun Army, has always been looked down upon by other armies, this time they relied on their own strength to face nearly 300,000 Tubo troops in a bloody battle for so many days, so that the Tubo Army suffered heavy losses and could not advance an inch, and its strong combat effectiveness and fighting will won the sincere admiration of other major legions, and no one will look down on the Ninth Army from now on, this is the iron-blooded honor they exchanged for their blood and will.

Yang Peng didn't see Chen Jie and asked, "Where is Chen Jie?" As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers and civilians present actually cried, and Yang Peng's heart had a bad premonition. Tianyou cried and said, "General Chen is dead!" ......" Yang Peng was stunned. ……

Yang Peng sat alone in Shi Jin's mourning hall, Yang Peng was lying on the board bed in front of him, wearing a military uniform, although the soldiers carefully wiped the armor for him, but the armor was still blood-red, it seemed that the blood had soaked the texture of the armor, and it could no longer be cleaned.

Yang Peng felt as if he had returned to the past, the fat man, the, and the scenes of the death of the brothers and the memorial service were flickering in front of him like a marquee, and Chen Jie seemed to have become one of them. Retracting his thoughts, his eyes fell on Yang Peng's body, and he muttered, "Brother, go all the way!" ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and Yang Erya, dressed in military uniform, came in. looked at Chen Jie lying on the board bed and couldn't help sobbing. Yang Peng said angrily: "Cry a fart!" You're a general, don't cry at every turn! Yang Erya wiped her tears and sobbed and said, "You still say that others, you yourself are not the same!" ”

Yang Peng said: "I'm blinded by the sand!" Yang Erya bowed to Chen Jie three times and walked in front of Yang Peng, "Big brother, the scout has reported that the Tubo army did not retreat, but strengthened the defense line in place!" Yang Peng frowned, "These grandsons are smarter than I thought!" Hold on and wait for help, hmph, I'd like to see how long you can hold out! He turned his head to Yang Erya and said: "Send someone to pass the order to pass through Huiguan and Gaolan Mountain, pay attention to the reinforcements of Tubo, if you lose your position, you will be dealt with by military law!" Yang Erya answered and ran down.

Yang Peng stood up, glanced at Chen Jie again, and turned to leave the mourning hall. called and waited for someone, gave some orders, and then led a team of secret guards to gallop out of the city gate, and actually galloped away towards the Tubo camp.

More than 100 people came to the outside of the Tubo camp, and Yang Peng shouted: "I am Yang Peng, the king of Yan, and I asked you to come out to see me!" When the soldiers heard the name of King Qin, they were startled, and some people immediately rushed to the big tent to report to Zanbuta. After a while, he went to the gate surrounded by the crowd, but he did not dare to go out, fearing that there would be an ambush. Looking at Yang Peng through the gate, he was very surprised to see that the legendary Yan King, who was a powerful man in the world, was actually a young man who was not yet twenty years old.

Yang Peng glanced at Zanbuta, "You are Zanbuta?" Zambu said, "Not bad! Our warriors in Tibet would rather die than give in, you don't have to bother to speak! Yang Peng laughed, "You kid thinks too much!" I'm here to tell you that if you dare to come, don't even think about going back! I'm going to attack you today, and if you can resist it before sunset, I'll spare your dog's life, or I'll sacrifice my brother with your dog's head!" If they heard this before the official confrontation with Yan Yunjun, everyone would definitely shout angrily, but at this moment, no one was speechless.

Yang Peng turned the horse's head with the reins of the horse, and led more than 100 secret guards away.

Zanbu looked at Yang Peng's distant back, frowned, and turned back to the big tent. When a group of people entered the tent, Zambuthai turned around and looked at the generals with solemn expressions, and all the generals also looked at him with solemn expressions. Zanbutai said: "King Yan has come to give us an ultimatum!" ”

One of the generals said: "I think he is just lying and intimidating!" Several generals echoed his words. Duo Sang frowned and said, "I don't think it's a lie, how can he Yan Wang ever lie and intimidate others?" He glanced at the generals, "These days, we are only facing the Yanyun Ninth Legion, how do you feel?" The generals couldn't help but think back to the fierce battles of the past few days, and they couldn't help but shudder. These Tibetan generals are not cowards, on the contrary, they are fierce people who kill people without blinking, but the successive bloody battles in the past few days still can't help but tremble in their hearts, and the bravery of Yan Yunjun's army deeply shocked them. That is only the Ninth Legion, which is the army with the lowest combat power in the Yanyun Army, and the 200,000 army that has come now is indeed the most powerful direct legion and the first legion in the Yanyun Army, which is the elite of Yanyun, an army that has experienced countless vicious battles and countless legends. Those legends, if these generals in Tibet in the past only regarded it as a story, but now when they think about it, they shudder.

Duo Sang said: "Since King Yan has personally come to write a war letter, tomorrow's attack will definitely be fierce and abnormal, and it will be an extremely cruel and dangerous battle!" If we want to survive, we must defeat a strong enemy tomorrow, and as long as we resist their attack tomorrow, the battle will be much easier! ”

The crowd nodded. Zanbutai frowned and said, "I hope Your Majesty's reinforcements can arrive in time!" The generals couldn't help but think like this. Yang Peng led more than 100 secret guards to the city wall, and at this moment, Yang Erya led 10,000 war horsemen to run out of the city gate. When they saw each other, they immediately stopped. "Big brother!" Yang Erya exclaimed with a happy face. Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Where are you going with so many cavalry?" Yang Erya said: "I heard that the eldest brother went to the Tubo military camp, so he brought soldiers and horses to meet him." Yang Peng smiled, "The Tubo people don't have the courage to do it!" As he spoke, he rode to Yang Erya's side, and the two of them entered the city in a row, and the hidden killer and the cavalry followed behind.

Yang Erya said: "The soldiers have heard about General Chen's deeds, and they are very angry, and they can't wait to fight the Tubo people immediately!" Yang Peng said lightly: "I will settle this account with the Tubo people!" He glanced at Yang Erya and said with a smile: "But don't be in a hurry at this time." Yang Erya nodded.

Yang Peng and Yang Erya entered the city, and Yang Erya turned his head to the 10,000 cavalry behind him and said, "You go back to the camp by yourself." All the cavalry responded in unison, turned to the left, and went back to the camp, while Yang Peng and Yang Erya walked to the camp with the secret guards following. The soldiers he met along the way stopped and bowed, and the people he met knelt down and bowed by the roadside, and Yang Peng became like a god among these people. I remember that some scholars in the West said that the Chinese are a hero-worshipping nation, and heroes are often deified, which seems really good now.

Yang Peng and Yang Erya returned to the camp hall, and Yang Peng ordered Wang Kai to summon all the generals to come. After a while, Shi Liancheng, Ma Li, Yang Jing, Huyan Chijin, Meng Hu, Xuanzan, Tianyou and others hurriedly entered the hall and bowed together: "I've seen King Yan!" Then Yang Jing roared urgently: "Big brother, are you going to kill those Tubo dog thieves?" I Yang Jing wants to be the front! His grandmother's, Brother Chen died at the hands of those dog thieves, and I Yang Jing will avenge them! Shi Liancheng said loudly: "That's right, the blood revenge of Chen Jiejin's brothers must be avenged, and the heads of hundreds of thousands of them will be used to pay tribute to Chen Jie's brothers!" The other generals chimed in.

Yang Peng waited for them to be quiet and said, "There are more than 200,000 troops in Tibet, and it is not easy to destroy them!" Although it has become a trend of catching turtles in an urn, the trapped beasts are dying, and we are afraid that we will have to pay a lot of price to destroy them! ……”

When Yang Jing heard this, it seemed that he wanted to let go of the Tubo people, and he was anxious, "Big brother, you don't want to let them go, do you?" I Yang Jing doesn't agree! Big brother, if you don't want to avenge Da Lang, I Yang Jing will go by myself, Chen Jie must not die in vain! "The other generals didn't echo him, and whoever dared to speak to Chen Xiao like this was the only one in heaven and earth, Li Kui.

Yang Peng said angrily: "You shut up for me!" I want revenge more than you do! ”

Yang Jing glared and said: "You don't have to fight with me sloppily, I think you are reluctant to fight with the Tubo people!" Seeing that what they said was getting more and more stiff, the generals couldn't help but worry, and Mu Chun, who was standing under Yang Jing, secretly reached out and pulled Yang Jing's sleeve. Yang Jing shook him off, glared and shouted, "What are you pulling me for?" Meng Hu was very embarrassed.

Yang Peng shouted: "Yang Jing, don't mess around! Yang Jing shouted angrily: "If you don't avenge Da Lang, I Yang Jing won't listen to you!" "Who said I wouldn't avenge Chen Jie?" Yang Jing glared and said, "Don't you admit what you just said?" ”

Yang Peng smiled and asked: "I said the phrase 'don't avenge Da Lang'?" Yang Jingyi uh, "You didn't say that, but aren't you afraid of losing too much because you don't want to take revenge?" Yang Peng scolded with a smile: "You cow, you are as impulsive as a cow!" You'll jump up after I've only said half of the sentence, so wait for me to finish! Yang Jing thought for a while and looked at Yang Peng, "Then you go on!" Anyway, if you don't avenge Da Lang, I won't agree, and I won't recognize you as a big brother! ”

Yang Peng didn't pay attention to Yang Jing anymore, and said what he had just said to Zanbutai outside the Tubo camp. As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Jing exclaimed excitedly: "Big brother deserves to be big brother!" Courageous! I Yang Jing really admired it to death! Everyone couldn't help laughing, and Yang Erya teased: "Brother Yang Jing, don't you scold Big Brother?" Yang Jing laughed embarrassedly, "It's me Yang Jing who said the wrong thing," he raised his hand and slapped himself, this time it was not a show, his hand was very heavy, crackling, and everyone was taken aback when he saw that one cheek was swollen. Then he raised his other hand again, ready to slap the other cheek, Yang Peng said urgently: "Okay, okay, don't be angry with your face, you are stupid enough, wouldn't it be even more stupid to do this a few more times!" ”

Yang Jing smiled and said: "The eldest brother told me not to fight, and if I listen to the eldest brother, I will not fight!" Everyone laughed, and Yang Erya smiled: "Actually, Brother Yang Jing is very smart!" Everyone laughed again, but Yang Jing didn't seem to understand Yang Erya's words, and scratched his head blankly.

Yang Peng said to the generals: "You go down and prepare, and attack with me in the middle of the night today." The generals were stunned, and Yang Jing asked puzzledly: "Aren't you going to cut them tomorrow?" How did you change the time? This is also a question for everyone. Yang Peng smiled and said: "What I said to the Tubo people, do you also believe it?" ”

It took a long time for the generals to understand, it turned out that this was a trap that King Yan had set for the Tubo people! Yang Erya said with some concern: "That Zanbu is too famous in Tubo, I'm afraid that he will be on guard." Yang Peng smiled: "It doesn't matter, I don't have to defeat them tonight." ”

In the middle of the night, the night sky is dark, the sky and the earth are dark, only the lights in Xizhou City and the lights of the Tubo people outside the city correspond to each other, and the surroundings are all dark, as if boundless and endless. A knight rushed into the city gate, and saw Yang Peng, the king of Yan, not far ahead, with tens of thousands of men and horses standing behind him, but he did not light a torch, only saw a shadow. The knight hurriedly reined in his horse, turned over, and knelt down and said, "King Qiyu, the scouts of the enemy army have been wiped out by us, and we haven't run away!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, "Hard work!" Then he waved his hand behind him, and led the army out of the city gate quietly, and the men and horses picked up the bells, without making a sound. At the same time, the north and south gates were opened, and a large army went out of each gate.

The 200,000 Yanyun army approached the enemy camp in three directions, the left, the center and the right, among which the middle route army led by Yang Peng was in the front, and the left and right wings led by Shi Liancheng and Yang Erya were separated from the middle route army by a distance, which was done to prevent the possible ambush of the enemy army. Once the Central Route Army is launched and the enemy's ambush appears, the left and right flanks can carry out counter-encirclement.

Yang Peng led 80,000 soldiers and horses in the middle to approach the Tibetan army camp and stopped. Yang Peng carefully observed the enemy camp in front of him, and saw that the camp was lit up with lights, and the number of sentries and patrols was much more than normal, but there was nothing else special about it, the whole military camp was quiet, as if all the Tubo people had fallen asleep.

Seeing this scene, Huyan Chijin whispered: "There are several times more sentries and patrols than normal, it seems that they have taken precautions!" Yang Jing on the side lowered his voice and shouted: "If you are afraid, go back!" Huyan Chijin became angry, "When did I say that I was scared, I was just talking about things!" Isn't what I'm saying the truth? Yang Jing snorted: "If you are not afraid, say these bird words and fart!" Big brother is not invisible! Yang Peng shouted in a low voice: "Shut up! The two fell silent.

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