Chapter 334, The Iron Cavalry Sweeps,

Yang Peng leaned down and kissed her on the cheek, smiled, and got up to leave. Coming to the staircase, Xiao Fang pointed to the outside of the embroidery building. Yang Peng went down from the upstairs and walked out of the embroidery building. I saw a tall and graceful figure standing by the gazebo not far away in the moonlight, with his back to this side. Yang Peng stepped forward and called, "Han Bing." Han Bing hurriedly turned around, looked at Yang Peng, and then looked at the upstairs of the embroidery building, and asked jealously, "Miss Yonghui actually allowed you to come down?" ”

Yang Peng held Han Bing's slender hand and looked at her gently. The vinegar in Han Bing's heart dissolved like ice and snow in the sun, and he glanced at Yang Peng. Yang Peng couldn't help but be emotional, so he wanted to kiss her red lips. Han Bing was taken aback, pushed Yang Peng, and said angrily: "This is in someone else's yard!" Yang Peng smiled.

Han Bing remembered the matter, "I almost forgot about it!" He glared at Yang Peng with disgust, and then handed Yang Peng a letter in his hand, "This is the urgent information I received just now, from Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom!" Yang Peng took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it, and his face showed joy, "Okay!" That's great! God help me! Then he said to Han Bing, who was full of curiosity: "The letter said that the Empress Dowager of Liao State and the Generalissimo Ye Yu Hugo broke out in a full-scale conflict, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides fought in the capital, and the Empress Dowager was at a disadvantage!" ”

Han Bing was also very pleased, "This civil strife together, I don't know when it will subside, it's a good time for us to capture Xijing Dao!" Yang Peng nodded, "Immediately send the order, the army will open to Yanmen Pass, and let Du Cheng be responsible for the transfer of grain and grass." "Du Cheng, Du Nan's father, is the deputy Xuanwei envoy of Shanxi appointed by Yang Peng. Han Bing responded and ran down.

Yang Peng walked into the pavilion, facing the small pond in front of him, thinking about it, he felt that it was best to take Ye Yu Hanyu with him in this battle, many military and political officials in Xijing Province were officials or generals of Liao, Mei'er was the eldest princess of the former Liao with outstanding prestige, and with her with her, in many cases, she might be able to surrender without a fight. ……

Yang Peng's order was conveyed, and the 200,000 soldiers of the directly subordinate legion and the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army who had rested for a few months were excited, and a day later, the army marched north, Yang Peng personally commanded the army, Han Bing and Yelu Hanyu, that is, Xiao Meier accompanied him as the left and right deputy generals.

The so-called soldiers are fast, the army marched north, arrived at the capital of the state after more than ten days, did not make too many stops, continued to march north, at the same time Du Cheng organized migrant workers to transport grain and grass and carry heavy baggage with the army, two dragons in Shanxi between the mountains and mountains to wind north.

Two days later, the army arrived at the foot of Wutai Mountain, dozens of miles south of Yanmen Pass, and Cao Jun, the general manager of the Yanmen march, sent a message to say that everything was normal in Xijing Road, and there was no Liao army to help. Yang Peng was secretly overjoyed and ordered the army to rush to Yanmen Pass non-stop.

At nightfall, the army entered Yanmen Pass, and after a brief dinner, Yang Peng immediately summoned the generals to discuss the strategy of marching. Yang Peng stood in front of the huge sand table and pointed to Datong Mansion, "More than half of the enemy's main force is concentrated in Datong Mansion, I mean, concentrate all your strength to seize Datong Mansion and annihilate the Khitan army in Datong Mansion in one go, so that the other Khitan armies will inevitably be vulnerable to the wind!" At the same time, the officials and generals who went to various places to lure Liao with Mei'er's handwritten letters could shake their military hearts even if they could not successfully lure them down! He turned his head to look at the generals and saw what they had to say.

Yelu Hanyu said: "Datong Mansion has a lot of grain and grass hoarding, if we can successfully capture Datong Mansion, it will be very beneficial to our follow-up actions!" Cao Jun nodded. Han Bing said: "However, it is not a simple matter to capture Datong Mansion, we need to guard against the enemy's reinforcements!" Then he pointed to the three state capitals of Fengshengzhou, Khan Prefecture, and Weizhou close to Juyong Pass, "The Khitans have deployed 100,000 troops in these places, and once there is a police in Datong Prefecture, they will definitely rush west to help!" I don't think there is a need to be too anxious to capture Datong Mansion, you can first annihilate the 100,000 reinforcements in these three states with the strategy of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, and then concentrate all your strength to attack Datong Mansion, at that time the news of the annihilation of the enemy's reinforcements must have made the enemy frightened, and it will be much easier to capture Datong! ”

Everyone nodded, Yang Peng's eyes showed a look of approval, and Han Bingfang was happy. Cao Jun said: "The general manager's strategy is really wonderful! Pointing to Juyong Pass, "If everything goes well, you might as well order the Juyong Pass garrison to go out of the pass and sweep the three prefectures of Fengshengzhou, Khan Prefecture, and Weizhou, so that you can completely cut off the connection between Datong Mansion and Zhongjing Road in Liaoguo!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, "That's okay." "Eyes back to Datong Mansion, and moved to the east of Datong Mansion on the Baishan Mountain, the area of Baishan Mountain is undoubtedly the best place to set up an ambush, but such a good ambush location, the Khitan army must also be able to think that the army ambush here may be difficult to receive miraculous results, if a stalemate is formed, this war will add a lot of speed. His gaze continued to move eastward, and he came to Hongzhou, which was one hundred and twenty miles away from Baishan Mountain. This place is flat, with only a few hills and some sparse forests, which is by no means a good place to set up an ambush, but the enemy certainly did not expect an ambush here, and this place is the only way for the enemy reinforcements to come west, so it is better to set the ambush here.

As soon as Yang Peng thought of this, he said the plan, Han Bing, Yelu Hanyu and Cao Jun are all famous generals in a hundred battles, and they know the elegance when they hear the string song, and they understand his plan as soon as they hear his words, and they all show great admiration. Yang Peng saw that the three of them agreed, so he said: "I am personally responsible for this ambush battle." Once the ambush was successful, the army attacked Datong Mansion with all its might, and at the same time, the defenders of Juyong Pass attacked and swept through Sanzhou. Once our army has captured Datong Mansion, we will go all the way west to the Heqing army, this route is led by Han Bing, in addition to sweeping away the remnants of the enemy and seizing the land, you must also guard against the possible interference of the Tanguts, according to the situation, you can resolutely take any actions and measures you think are necessary! Han Bing clenched his fists and promised.

Yang Peng continued: "The other road is led by General Cao Jun, which will go straight to the northeast until Montenegro stops, and then wait for my order. "If everything goes well, Yanmen Pass will become a checkpoint in the hinterland, and there is no need to garrison, so Cao Jun's subordinates, who were originally guarding Yanmen Pass, can be transferred over to participate in the attack.

Cao Jun looked at the terrain on the sand table and nodded. Yang Peng glanced at everyone and asked, "Do you have any other opinions?" They looked at each other and shook their heads. Yang Peng said: "Okay, then it's decided!" Without further ado, early tomorrow morning, the army will be out of the customs! The generals agreed in unison.

After the meeting, the generals were busy, and Yang Peng walked alone on the city wall of Yanmen Pass. Stopping and looking north, I saw a silence in the vast expanse, and turned my head to look south, only to see that the torches illuminated the night sky into daylight, and the soldiers were preparing for tomorrow's battle; In addition to Yanyun's soldiers, there are tens of thousands of migrant workers in the middle, who are constantly transporting grain and grass to carry over.

Although Yang Peng, who has experienced countless winds and waves, is about to face a big battle, his heart is very calm. Early the next morning, the army assembled and drove out of Yanmen Pass, and Zhan Jin led the Xuanjia Army and 20,000 light cavalry as the vanguard, rushing forward, followed by the main force.

For the Khitans, the attack of the Yanyun army came too suddenly, and it was almost impossible to react, and in just two days, Huairen, Yingzhou, and Heyin, north of Yanmen Pass and south of Datong Mansion, fell. And it was not until this moment that Yeyu Longqing, who was left behind in Xijing Road, received an urgent report, and in a big shock, he convened all the civil and military affairs, and all the civil and military forces were extremely shocked when they heard that Yanyun's army was coming, and their expressions were terrified, and they were speechless for a long time.

Liao general Xiao Terlie said: "Yan Yun is attacking in a big way, we can't resist it, and the plan for today is to ask the court for help immediately!" Ye Yu Longqing said angrily: "Where can the imperial court take care of us now!" Shaw said no more. Yelu Yu saw the panicked and uneasy appearance of the people in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude, and said, "Actually, this matter is not difficult to deal with......

Ye Yu Longqing thought that he had a clever plan, and his heart was overjoyed, and he quickly asked, "Do you have an idea?" ”

Yelu Yu said: "There is no strategy to defeat Yan Yunjun, but I can give a suggestion to the adult," Ye Yu Longqing hurriedly said: "Say it quickly!" At this time, the eyes of the others also fell on the face of Jeruyu, wanting to see what good ideas he had. Yelu Yu looked at Ye Yu Longqing, and said solemnly: "Actually, for this matter, if you think you can deal with Yan Yun, you will defend the city, otherwise you will lead the army to abandon the defense early!" The king and generalissimo of the Southern Courtyard are such amazing characters, they are defeated by Yan Yun's soldiers, so adults don't have to feel embarrassed! ”

Ye Yu Longqing looked at Yelu Yujian in a daze, and he was angry, he didn't expect Yelu Yujian to say such a plan. But after thinking about it, I felt that although this remark sounded uncomfortable, it was also the truth, I heard that Yang Peng's personally commanded the army to attack, and the soldiers under his command were all the most brave elite of the directly subordinate legion! He was completely unsure of fighting against such an enemy!

At this moment, a scout officer rushed in out of breath and hurriedly reported: "Oh no, my lord, the enemy vanguard has arrived in the city!" Everyone was shocked, and Ye Yu Longqing couldn't help but exclaim, "Why is it so fast?!" The scout shook his head, not knowing.

Ye Yu Longqing hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly ran outside, and the generals and staff ran out with him. A large group of people hurriedly came to the city wall, looked out of the city, and sure enough, they saw tens of thousands of Yanyun war horses already lined up outside the city, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the murderous aura made people shudder, and many people couldn't help but have the idea of escaping in their hearts.

Zhan Jin Guo came to the city single-handedly, and shouted: "Listen to the Khitan dogs in the city, I am Yanyun's general Zhan Jin Guo, who dares to come out and send him to death!" ”

Everyone in the city was frightened, Ye Yu Longqing saw him despise himself so much, he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, turned his head to look at the people around him, hoping that someone would dare to go out of the city to face the battle, but everyone avoided his gaze, and the city wall was quiet, without the slightest bloody impulse, only the atmosphere of everyone's own danger. When Ye Yu Longqing saw this scene, he couldn't help but be greatly discouraged and angry. Xiao Telie said: "Zhan Jinguo is one of the strongest generals in Yanyun, he has been invincible since his debut, and there are countless famous warriors of our army who have died in his hands!" The last general thinks that for him, it is better to avoid the edge for the time being! The other generals nodded in agreement.

Ye Yu Longqing saw that all the generals looked like frightened birds, and he was very depressed in his heart, but after thinking about it calmly, he felt that what Xiao Telie said was also very reasonable, that Zhan Jin led the Xuanjia army to come and go like the wind, and every battle caused huge blows and losses to his own side, and his own war will die in his hands. As soon as I thought of this, I dispelled the idea of going to war.

Zhan Jinguo shouted under the city for a while, and saw that the other party did not respond in the slightest, so he scolded loudly, and Yeyu Longqing heard it on the city wall, and was very angry but still had no intention of fighting.

Zhan Jinguo scolded several times, and when he saw that the other party had made up his mind to be a shrinking turtle but didn't come out, he couldn't help but mock: "It turns out that the Khitans can only be shrinking turtles, what kind of battle are they fighting like this, and they still have a life to go home and hug their wives!" These words greatly stimulated the Khitan army in the city, and a Khitan army general led thousands of war horses to rush out of the city gate. Ye Yu Longqing and the others were taken aback when they saw this scene in the city, and Xiao Telie said: "It's Mo Du! "Mo Du, a fierce general under the command of Ye Yu Longqing, a Mongol, has repeatedly made war exploits.

Zhanjin saw thousands of Khitan army horsemen rushing out, his face showed joy, and he immediately turned his horse's head and rushed back to the army.

Mo Du led thousands of Khitan army war horses howling towards the Yanyun army battle array, only to see smoke and dust in the sky, momentum like a tide, the battle drums on the city gate tower sounded loudly, which increased the momentum of the Khitan army. At the same time, Xiao Telie was ordered to lead 20,000 war cavalry to rush out of the city gate, preparing to cooperate with Mo Du to attack Yanyun's army.

Zhanjin was in the army, staring at the approaching enemy army, and the 22,000 Yanyun battle cavalry Yuan Yue Zhi was silent. Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, when the Khitan army approached a distance of one hundred and fifty steps, twenty-two thousand Yanyun war horsemen shot together, only to hear a loud buzzing sound, and the special cavalry steel crossbow violently set off a storm of arrows! The Khitan army had never encountered such tactics of the Yanyun army, and when they were caught off guard, they saw people on their backs and horses, and Mo Du died on the spot under the rain of arrows, and the war horses under his command were also heavily wounded and chaotic. At that time, the range of the Khitan cavalry's bows and arrows was only a hundred paces, and it was not yet possible to launch an attack on the Yanyun army.

Zhan Jinguo waved his spear forward: "Kill!" "Riding out first, 22,000 Yanyun war horses set off a huge wave with the Xuanjia war horse as the vanguard! The Khitan army war horse, which had been dizzy by the Yanyun arrow rain storm, suddenly saw the Yanyun war horse swept like a huge wave, and was shocked, but he still dared to meet it.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided together, Yanyun cavalry rushed forward, spears and knives killed the Khitan soldiers on their backs, and the people watching the battle on the city wall saw that Mo Du's thousands of war cavalry were all wiped out before they could react.

Xiao Telie saw that the army in front of him collapsed in an instant, and he was frightened, so he wanted to retreat into the city, but he saw Yanyun's war cavalry surging fiercely, and knew that if he turned around and entered the city at this time, he would definitely rush up and kill into the city before he could enter the city, and the consequences would be unimaginable. Helplessly, Xiao Trili had to bite the bullet and lead his 20,000 horsemen to meet him.

Yan Yun's war cavalry used a steel crossbow to send out a rain of arrows, which shot the enemy soldiers on their backs, and then put down the steel crossbow and picked up the shield hanging on the side of the saddle to protect their bodies; At this moment, the Khitan army cavalry shot Yan Yunjun with a cavalry bow while galloping, and the arrow rain crossed the sky and fell into the wave of Yanyun war cavalry, causing many ripples, and in the crackling sound, most of the raindrop-like arrows were shot on the shield of Yan Yun war horse.

The war horses charged each other and only had the opportunity to shoot an arrow, and the Khitan army war horses put down their bows and arrows, picked up their long knives and horse lances, and rushed towards the Yanyun army with a shout; Some of the Yanyun war cavalry held a shield in their left hand, pulled out a long knife in their right hand, and some put down their shields and picked up their spears. That scene shocked the scalps of Ye Yu Longqing and the others on the city wall!

In the blink of an eye, the two sides slammed together, and the spear forest composed of long and big horse lances was unstoppable, seeing that the Khitan army cavalry was stabbed off the horse one after another, people turned over on their backs, and the light cavalry behind the Xuanjia army brandished their war knives and spears to kill the enemy who had slipped through the net, which was a tactic that the Yanyun army had never used before, and now once it was used, the Khitan soldiers were overwhelmed, and there was almost no resistance; The Khitan soldiers are not a bad breed, they howl and charge desperately with red eyes, and they are not afraid in the face of the overwhelming iron cavalry and spear forest, they are all crazy, but their brave rush did not bring victory, the heroic Khitan soldiers either fell under the sharp horse lance, or were cut to the ground by long knives, and the whole formation gradually became chaotic.

Yan Yunjun rushed the Khitan army cavalry in one go, and at this moment, the brave Khitan soldiers were finally afraid, Xiao Telie first led people back to the city, and the rest of the soldiers fled in all directions; Zhan Jinguo wanted to take the opportunity to break through the city gate, but the city gate was closed at that critical moment, which was really dangerous!

Xiao Trili ran back to the city gate, panting in shock, and said to Ye Yu Longqing: "Big, my lord, Yan Yunjun, it's amazing!" ...... wanted to say something, but he couldn't speak. At this moment, Ye Yu Longqing and the others on the city gate tower were pale, the scene just now made them shocked, they did not have a photo with Yan Yunjun, but today's Yan Yun Army seems to be even more sharp than at the beginning, the number of war horses on both sides is equal, and it actually collapsed and collapsed in a blink of an eye, which is really unbelievable!

After the Yanyun army outside the city completely defeated the Khitan army's war cavalry, it did not pursue the router, and the Khitan army was also light cavalry, and only a fool would do such a thing as pursuing light cavalry. The Zhanjin State gathered the war horses left on the battlefield by the army and the Khitan army, and then bypassed the northeast direction of Datong Province.

Everyone in the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw this scene. Accompanied by everyone, Yelu Longqing inspected the city defenses on all sides, and then returned to the city office, at this time, the previously defeated Khitan cavalry returned to the city one after another. The people in the hall were silent, and everyone was worried and uneasy.

Ye Yu Longqing hesitated, not knowing whether to defend Datong Mansion to the death, or to take advantage of the fact that Yanyun's main force has not yet arrived to abandon Datong Mansion and retreat to a safe place? Defending Datong Mansion to the death, Ye Yu Longqing and others were not sure, and the battle just now had lost their own fighting spirit, and it was difficult to hold on to it; But it is not so simple to give up Datong Mansion, it is difficult for Ye Yu Longqing to make this determination, first, to take into account the country's perception of himself, and secondly, and most importantly, he Ye Yu Longqing has been staying in Xijing Road for so long, this Xijing Road can be said to have been run by him into his own kingdom, how can he be willing to give up like this!

Ye Yu Longqing really didn't know what to do, glanced at everyone, and asked, "In this situation, you say, what should I do?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and said nothing. Seeing that no one could give him an idea, he couldn't help but be very angry. As if asking everyone, he seemed to say to himself: "If you want to defend to the death, you must immediately ask for help from the capital, and at the same time gather the people's troops from all over the country!" After hesitating for a while, he finally couldn't give up this piece of territory that he had been operating for many years, and decided to defend it, so he wrote a letter and handed it to the herald of his cronies, ordering him to rush back to the capital immediately and ask the imperial court to rescue, and then sent several other heralds to send orders to the states of Xijing Province, and gathered all the forces to rescue Datong Mansion, especially the 100,000 defenders of the three states of Fengshengzhou, Ruzhou, and Khan Prefecture to come to the rescue. For the imperial court, Ye Yu Longqing did not have much hope, his main hope was the 100,000 troops in Fengsheng Prefecture, Khan Prefecture, and Confucian Prefecture and hundreds of thousands of civilian troops in various places, in his mind, if these people and horses gathered in Datong Mansion, with the strong city defense and sufficient reserves of Datong Mansion, he would definitely be able to resist the attack of Yan Yun's army.

After the discussion was dismissed, Yelu Yu returned to his lodgings alone, and he had a feeling of surprise in his heart, as if the imminent battle had nothing to do with him, and he was like an outsider, waiting to see a good show.

Behind him, there was the sound of horses' hooves, "Lord Yelu! Someone called out to him. Yelu didn't need to look back, and when he heard the voice, he knew that the person who had caught up was Xiao Terlie, reined in his horse, turned around, and saw that Xiao Terry was leading dozens of guards to arrive. Xiao Trio ran to Yeluyu's horse and reined in it, "My lord, let's go together." Jerud knew he had something to say and nodded.

The two walked in tandem, their guards following behind. Shaw asked Yelu Yujian: "My lord, what do you think of the current situation?" Yelu Yu glanced at Xiao Telie and said with a smile: "Why does the general ask knowingly, isn't the general still unclear about the current situation?" Xiao Telie sighed, "The situation is not optimistic!" It's a pity that at this moment, our empress dowager and the generalissimo actually had an internal strife, otherwise, they would not be afraid of him Yanyun! ”

Yelu Yu sneered: "That's not necessarily! Before, the Great Liao Kingdom was united, and it was not that the entire Central Plains had been lost! Xiao Telie looked at Yelu Yu with a strange expression, "My lord, you speak like a Han Chinese!" Yelu Yu snorted coldly, "Are you a Khitan?" ”

After all, what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown.