Chapter 355, chasing the dead and chasing the north

Huyan Chijin saw that there was the royal banner of Yelu Tiger City in the large group of Khitan troops who had fled, and he couldn't help but get excited, and immediately led the army to rush and kill, and in an instant, the iron hooves were surging, and the thunder was rolling. Seeing that the Yanyun army was coming fiercely, Yehu Hucheng had no way to avoid it, so he had to lead the army to meet it, and all the soldiers of the army saw that Yelu Hucheng took the lead to meet the enemy, and subconsciously followed. At this time, there were still as many as fifty or sixty thousand troops who had retreated from the defeat of Yelu Tiger City, but they had all become frightened birds, and they were all infantry troops, how could such an army withstand the rush of five thousand broken iron cavalry waiting for work! I saw that the iron hooves were rolling, and the steel torrent was unstoppable, tearing apart the Khitan army like a hot knife cutting cream, and the Khitan army was killed so that people turned over their corpses and blood flew on their backs!

The Khitan army's only will to fight was swept away by the broken iron cavalry in an instant, and the Khitan soldiers didn't care about the glory of the Great Liao State, let alone the order of Yeyu Hucheng, they just ran for their lives, and for a time tens of thousands of Khitan troops ran around like a pot, Yan Yunjun pursued for a moment and killed some people, then stopped the pursuit under the order of Huyan Chijin, and retreated to the burning military camp to wait for the rabbit.

After a few moments, only the rumbling of iron hooves was heard in front of me, and in the dim moonlight, many cavalry could be seen rushing towards them. Huyan Chijin didn't dare to be careless, and ordered his war horses to prepare for battle, and then he watched with wide eyes.

After a while, the other party came closer, and Huyan Chijin clearly saw that the heroic and extraordinary warrior at the head was none other than King Yan, and behind him was the Xuanjia army wearing a Pixiu battle helmet and a dark battle robe and battle armor, as well as the Yan King Iron Cavalry and the Formation Breaking Iron Cavalry wrapped in iron armor like an iron tower. Huyan Chijin hurriedly rode his horse to meet him.

When the two sides met, they each reined in their horses, and Huyan Chijin hugged his fists on the horse and said: "King Yan! Yang Peng nodded, glanced at the burning military camp behind him, and said with a smile: "It seems that you have completed the task I gave you very well!" Huyan Chijin smiled, and then reported the battle just now. Yang Peng pondered: "The other party's war horse actually ran away first, this is not a good thing!" "It turned out that in Yang Peng's plan, that Long Ba should lead more than 100,000 war cavalry to fight back with all his might, he and Han Bing, Yelu Hanyu expected this, so they arranged Huyan Chijin in advance This war horse to block the enemy army, in their opinion, the enemy army is in a panic, although there are more than 100,000 people, it is difficult to break through the resistance of 5,000 broken formation iron cavalry, and after their main force completely defeats the enemy's main force, they will concentrate their forces to annihilate it, at least it is to severely damage the enemy war cavalry, but they didn't expect that Long Ba was defeated for a while and then the whole army broke and fled, So that the plan that was made before was not used at all.

Yang Peng thought for a while, and immediately ordered the herald beside him: "Immediately send an order to all armies, the infantry army will stop the pursuit, converge to this side, and the light cavalry will continue to pursue, if you encounter a counterattack by the cavalry of the enemy brigade, you must not rush to fight!" The herald answered, quickly turned his horse's head, and ran down.

Yang Peng said to Huyan Chijin: "I will stay here for all the heavy armor war horses, and when Han Bing comes up later, you tell her that I want her to lead the main force for me!" Huyan Chijin answered, and then asked, "King Yan is going to pursue the enemy?" ”

Yang Peng said: "After this defeat, the enemy army has become a frightened bird, just take the opportunity to kill them!" Okay, I'm leaving! Remember what I told you! Huyan Chijin clenched his fists and promised.

Yang Peng turned his head and said, "Xuanjia Army, follow me!" Then he rode his horse and galloped towards the north, and Zhan Jin led two thousand Xuanjia troops to follow, and the rumbling horses' hooves went north, gradually disappearing into the night. All the Iron Cavalry of the Broken Formation and the Iron Cavalry of the Yan King remained in place.

Soon after, I saw a rolling stream of soldiers coming from the south, and there were two red-faced female generals at the head, which was really eye-catching on this battlefield of blood and fire.

Huyan Chijin and the others hurriedly greeted him and bowed: "The last general will meet the two princesses!" Liang Hongyu asked urgently, "What about the eldest brother?" Huyan Chijin hugged his fists and said: "Not long ago, King Yan led the Xuanjia War Horse to the north to pursue the enemy!" When King Yan left, he instructed the last general to tell the princess that the main force here was led by the princess. "Han Bing secretly regretted himself: 'Another person ran to the front to take risks, really!' Glancing at Huyan Chijin, "I see." Yang Erya on the side said anxiously: "Sister Hongyu, let's hurry up and pick up the eldest brother!" Han Bing nodded, and said to a Feifeng female guard beside him: "Go back and tell Sister Yelu that the enemy has been defeated by us, and we will pursue the enemy, tell her not to worry!" The Feifeng female guard answered, turned the horse's head, and ran down.

Han Bing glanced at the surrounding generals and raised his voice: "Leave a thousand infantry troops here to deal with the aftermath, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will follow me north!" The generals agreed in unison.

At this time, the Xuanjia army led by Yang Peng had just defeated a Khitan army that had stopped to rest. Not long ago, this Khitan army of nearly 10,000 people ran for their lives, fled to a small river, was so tired that they stopped and wanted to rest for a while, but they didn't expect that at this moment, the rumbling thunder came from the south, everyone was shocked, and then under the reflection of the moonlight, they saw countless black war horses surging forward, rushing like a tide, murderous, everyone was in shock, suddenly saw such a scene, only one thought surged in their minds, escape! So nearly 10,000 Khitan troops fled in all directions without making any resistance! The Xuanjia army chased and killed for a while, killing and wounding thousands of people, and then didn't care about the Khitan army that was scattered and fled, and continued to pursue the main force of the Khitan army north!

The Xuanjia army chased all the way to the north, and successively defeated many Khitan army routs, killing and wounding countless people. When the sun rose in the east, Yang Peng had already led the Xuanjia army to chase and kill for a night, and came to the outside of Yingzhou City, hundreds of miles north of Yanmen Pass. Yingzhou City, as mentioned above, is between Yanmen Pass and Datong Mansion, which is a key point in transportation, and its strategic position is very important.

At this time, Yan Yunjun came to the outside of the city, only to see that the city was quiet, as quiet as a barren mountain and a broken temple.

Zhan Jin said: "They didn't stay here!" Yang Peng nodded and said to Zhan Jinguo: "Send a few soldiers in to have a look." Zhan Jinguo answered, and immediately called a few soldiers to go in to check. Several soldiers rode their horses into Yinzhou, and the rapid sound of horses' hooves disappeared into the city at once, and the world became silent again. Yang Peng stared at the city and waited, he was not worried about the Khitan army making ghosts here, if the Khitan army really wanted to plot something in the ruined city of Yingzhou, then they were seeking their own death, and when their main force came up, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

A moment later, several soldiers sent back on horseback, and the leading soldiers reported to Yang Pengyu: "King Qiyu, there is no one in the city, but there are many pots and stoves that have not had time to clean up, and there is still food boiling in them, and they are still hot!" Zhan Jinguo said excitedly: "The enemy must not be able to go far!" Yang Peng nodded, "Keep chasing!" He immediately led the Xuanjia Army to continue the pursuit to the north.

Leaving Yinzhou City for dozens of miles, I came to a hilly place. Woo......! The horn of the Khitan army suddenly sounded loudly, and the Yanyun army, which was chasing the enemy, was startled, and then saw an enemy war horse of nearly 10,000 people rushing out from the mountains in the east, and at the same time, a Khitan army war horse of the same size rushed up from the north.

Yang Peng didn't have time to think, and led the Xuanjia war horse to meet him. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided together, and they rushed to kill and scuffle between the hills! The Xuanjia war cavalry is strong, and constantly chops down the Khitan army that rushed up frantically, only to see people on their backs turning over blood and flying, but the tigers can't stand the wolves, and the strong Xuanjia war cavalry also continues to suffer casualties! Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Yang Peng immediately led his army out of the encirclement. The Khitan army pursued for a moment and then stopped the pursuit and returned to the hills.

Yang Peng led the Xuanjia army to break out of the encirclement, and when he saw that the Khitan army did not chase and kill, he restrained his horse, and the soldiers of the Xuanjia army saw this and also restrained their horses. Yang Peng turned his horse's head to look at the hills, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I was careless, I actually overturned the boat in the gutter!" Zhan Jinguo was also very depressed. Yang Peng looked at the soldiers around him and saw that the casualties were not very large, so he was relieved. Although they were ambushed by more than 20,000 enemy cavalry just now, the Xuanjia army was too strong after all, coupled with Yang Peng and Zhan Jinguo, the two great killing gods, so although the Khitan army's 20,000 cavalry had an advantage, the losses were much higher than that of the Yanyun army, and they could not trap the Yanyun army. Of course, their ambush at least temporarily repelled the pursuit of the Yan Yun army, and the strategic goal was achieved.

At this time, Yelu Hucheng was leading a large army to retreat towards Baishan Mountain, and had already arrived at the junction of the Sanggan River and the Yuhe River. The soldiers of the Khitan army were sleepy and demoralized. Han saw that everyone was really working too hard, so he suggested to Ye Hu Cheng, "King, stop and rest." Ye Hu Cheng looked at the soldiers around him, they all looked tired and swaying, and he also felt very tired, so he nodded and said, "Stop and rest!" Han Chang got the approval, and immediately shouted: "The king has an order, rest on the spot!" The king has an order, rest on the spot! ......" When the Khitan soldiers heard this, they sat down on the spot or even lay down one after another, as if they had been pardoned, and they didn't want to move anymore. Looking at Yelu Tiger City, he saw the soldiers under his command sitting in a pile in the east and west, in a mess, completely devoid of the atmosphere that a great army should have. However, there was only guilt in the heart of Yeron Tiger City, but there was no anger.

Yelu Hucheng sat down under a big camphor tree, Long Ba sent dry food and water, Yelu Hucheng took the dry food and water, and devoured it, and he was already very hungry if he didn't eat a drop of rice and water for a night. Long Ba stepped aside and asked Han Chang in a low voice, "General Han, what happened last night?" ”

Han Chang sighed, "We've all been fooled!" Yang Peng set a trap for us from the beginning! What army goes south, that's all fake! Yang Peng used this to lure us over, and then only arranged the military army to resist us at the pass, but his main force of Yanyun all bypassed the Yanmen Pass from a place called Yansu Cliff, and set up an ambush behind us! ”

"Then he raided our camp with his elite and forced our troops to come back, so that our troops fell into the trap he had carefully laid out. Hey, last night, our army was marching, but we didn't expect that Yan Yun's main force suddenly attacked from all directions, and before our army could react, it was rushed into several sections by their Broken Formation Iron Cavalry and Yan King Iron Cavalry! By the time we reacted, the army was already in disarray, and although we desperately commanded the army to fight back, we were powerless to return to the sky, seeing that hundreds of thousands of troops were overwhelmed by them, and there was no way to clean it up! Hey, this Yang Peng is really terrible! Not only brave and invincible, but also more cunning than a fox, how can there be such a demon-like character in the world?! Han Chang couldn't help but be authentic. Long Ba couldn't help but sigh as well.

Han Chang looked at Long Ba and frowned, "When we were in the most critical situation, we were counting on you to lead the cavalry back to help, but why didn't we see you for a long time?" Long Ba could hear the questioning taste in the other party's tone, Long Ba had long wanted to explain, but he never had a chance, and when he heard Han Chang ask, he took the opportunity to explain the matter in detail. When Han Chang heard this, he frowned and muttered, "This is actually in Yang Peng's calculations!" Ye Yu Hucheng, who was sitting not far away, naturally heard Long Ba's narration, and his heart was also relieved, and then he also sighed at Yang Peng's cunning. At this time, he no longer had the ambition to take revenge on Yang Peng, and this defeat completely knocked out his sharpness.

A scout came galloping from a distance, and everyone couldn't help but get nervous when they saw this scene, worried that bad news was coming.

I saw the scout gallop to the front of Yelu Tiger City, slammed his horse, turned over and jumped down, ran to Yehu Hucheng, knelt down and said, "King, General Xiao Yegan successfully ambushed the enemy!" The enemy pursuit force has been repulsed! ”

When Ye Hu Cheng and the others heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and some people couldn't help but thank the Buddha and the gods. Ye Hu Cheng said excitedly: "Okay, Xiao Yegan really didn't disappoint me!" Hearing these words in Long Ba's ears, it made Long Ba embarrassed.

Han Chang walked to Ye Yu Hucheng's side, "Great King, the Yanyun army is no better than other armies, although General Xiao Yegan repelled the pursuers, it is difficult to guarantee that the Yanyun army will not pounce again immediately!" We can't delay too long, we should go and join General Xiao Lou as soon as possible! Ye Hu Cheng nodded and asked, "Hasn't there been a reply from Xiao Lou's room yet?" Han Chang shook his head, "Not yet!" ”

At that moment, someone pointed to the west and shouted, "Someone is coming!" Everyone's eyes turned to the west, and they saw a group of thousands of soldiers and horses rushing towards this side, and the banner was crooked, panicking like a lost dog. Han Chang said to Ye Yu Hucheng: "King, it seems to be General Da Lazy!" Yelu Hucheng looked at it carefully and nodded, "It's him!" ”

After a while, Da Lazy led the remnants of the defeated army to rush in, Da Lazy ran straight to the front of Ye Hu Cheng, reined in his horse, turned over and jumped down, and knelt down towards Ye Hu Cheng with a plop, and shouted sadly: "Great King, the subordinates of the last general have suffered heavy losses!" When the soldiers heard this, they could not help but grieve, and when they recalled the experience of last night, they felt like they had a nightmare.

Ye Hu Cheng stepped forward, helped Da Lazy, and said to himself: "It's not your fault, it's my fault, it's my fault!" Then he said to Han Chang: "Get some dry food and water." Han Chang answered, ran down, and then took water and dry food, and handed it to Ye Yu Hucheng: "King." Ye Hu Cheng took the water and dry food, handed it to Da Lazy's hand, and patted him on the shoulder, "It doesn't matter if we lose this time, we will definitely come back to take revenge in the future!" Da Lazy only felt that this revenge might never be avenged, but he didn't dare to say it. Da Lazy was already extremely hungry and thirsty, and his thoughts immediately returned to the water and food in his hand, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he filled his stomach first and then devoured it.

Ye Hu Cheng returned to the camphor tree and sat down, leaned on the trunk of the tree and closed his eyes to recuperate, recalling this battle, he couldn't help but feel extremely heavy and couldn't be discharged. How so, how so? Ye Hu Cheng couldn't stop asking himself in his heart, he felt that he didn't make any big mistakes, and every move he had taken before seemed to be a good move at the time! Hey, in the final analysis, his skills are not as good as others, he Yang Peng is better at chess, and I am afraid that all my plans will be seen through by him! Thinking of this, Yeyu Tiger City couldn't help but feel a little disheartened.

In fact, the idea of Ye Yu Tiger City is not entirely right, although Yan Yunjun won this battle beautifully, in fact, it is also full of dangers in this process, the previous Eagle Sorrow Stream, it was almost a little bit by Ye Yu Tiger City, last night, although Yan Yun Army laid a trap, but there was a situation that Yang Peng and they did not expect, that is, the military army was almost broken through the city pass by the Khitan army, at that time, in fact, the victory and defeat were between the first line, as long as the Khitan army broke through the Yanmen Pass, Then the outcome of this big war is another matter entirely. War is like this, the difference between a line is a world of difference, in fact, it is difficult to say what is right or wrong for any decision on the battlefield, many times it is like opening a big and a small general, and there is not much difference from gambling, unless the strength of the two sides is too different! Those historians or scholars who take a cup of tea to criticize the merits and demerits of historical figures are actually purely hindsight and meaningless!

Just as Yelong Tiger City was drowsy, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in his ears. Wan Yan Gao's heart moved, and he opened his eyes. At this time, Han Chang said to Ye Yu Hucheng: "Great King, the person sent to contact General Xiao Lou has returned. He stood up, turned to look north, and saw a dozen or so knights galloping not far away, reining in their horses, and coming down one after another, and the first two officers galloped over.

The two officers rushed to Ye Yu Hucheng and saluted, and then the officer on the left said: "King, there is also a problem in Datong Mansion, General Xiao Lou's 150,000 army was defeated by Cao Jun, and Bai Shan Mountain was also lost!" ”

Yehu Hucheng and the others were shocked, and Yehu Hucheng asked urgently, "How can this be?" ”

The officer looked at the officer next to him and said, "He was sent by General Xiao Lou, and the specific situation is up to him." Everyone's eyes immediately converged on the officer on the right, and only heard the officer say: "Not long ago, Cao Jun suddenly poured out, and General Xiao Lou led a large army to fight against him. Our armies fought fiercely in the fields outside the city, from morning to dusk, without a win! But at this time, the Yanyun battle flag was erected on Bai Mountain! Seeing this scene, the soldiers of our army were in turmoil, and the Yanyun army took this opportunity to counterattack fiercely, and our army could not reach the final defeat, and was forced to abandon the camp on the west bank of the Yuhe River and retreat to the east bank of the Yuhe River......"

Ye Hu Cheng asked angrily, "Didn't Xiao Lou want to recapture Bai Mountain?" ”

The officer said: "After General Xiao Lou led us back to the east bank of the Imperial River, before we could gain a foothold, then Cao Jun led a large army to attack and kill, and our army fought fiercely with it, and was defeated again, and retreated more than 30 miles......

Yeron Tiger City was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and scolded: "Waste, waste!! The officer's heart sank, and he didn't dare to say any more. Yelu Hucheng glanced at him and shouted, "Go on!" The officer continued: "After our army was defeated again, Cao Jun did not attack again, and until the villain left, General Xiao Lou and the generals were still stationed in the same place. Yarhu Hucheng asked, "How much have you lost?" "In total, thirty or forty thousand horses were lost. The casualties of the Yan Yun army were not small. ”

Tiger City lowered his head in thought. Han Chang whispered beside him: "King, we must cross the Imperial River from here, and if we go further, we are afraid that we will encounter an ambush from Cao Jun's side!" Ye Hu Cheng frowned and nodded, and said to Han Chang: "You immediately lead the army down to investigate whether there is a place where you can wade across the river in this section, and at the same time cut down trees and collect boats to build a pontoon bridge!" Han Chang responded and ran down.

Ye Hu Cheng said to Long Ba again: "Long Ba, you lead your 30,000 war cavalry to the north to ambush, if the Yanyun army appears, I will kill them fiercely!" Long Ba answered and ran down. Yelu Tiger City looked up at the sunny sky, but there was a haze in his heart. Then I couldn't help but think: 'Maybe there is still room for things to turn around, if the Western Xia army has already attacked the Yellow River, the victory or defeat of this battle is not certain.' As soon as I thought about this, I couldn't help but regain a lot of confidence in my heart.

The Khitan army was busy building pontoon bridges, and at noon, two pontoon bridges were built, and at the same time, Han Chang reported and found a shoal that could be waded through. The Yuhe River is a tributary of the Sanggan River, and unlike the big rivers, there are many shallows on this river that can be crossed by wading. At the same time, urgent reports came from both the north and south, saying that Yan Yun's army had appeared.

Yelu Hucheng did not dare to delay and ordered a large army to cross the river. The soldiers of the Khitan army, who had already become frightened birds, rushed to cross the river, and the scene was chaotic. And at about this moment, the Yan Yun army chasing from the south had already launched a fierce attack on the Jin army of Xiao Ye's cadre department, and Yan Yun's infantry and cavalry cooperated with each other to storm the Khitan army's defense line, like a bulldozer bulldozing a section of the defense line! The battle lasted for half an hour, and the Khitan army, which had tried its best, finally couldn't resist it, and the whole army collapsed. Seeing this scene, Chen Xiao immediately led all the light cavalry and the Xuanjia army to chase down. The soldiers on both sides chased and fought all the way, and the screams of killing never stopped.

At dusk, Yang Peng led the cavalry to the river, but finally it was a step too late, the Khitan army had all escaped the river, the two pontoon bridges were burning on the river, and countless armor materials were piled up on the bank, which was a mess. Yang Peng didn't know the location of the shoals in this section, so he couldn't pursue it for a while.

Yang Peng, in view of the fact that his soldiers were already quite tired from the fierce battles for several days, ordered all the troops to gather at the confluence of the Yuhe River and the Sanggan River for a temporary rest, and ordered Cao Jun to collect his troops to hold Datong and Baishan Mountain, and at the same time, sprinkled a large number of scouts to reconnoiter the every move of Yeyu Tiger City. The battle in Seokyodo was temporarily suspended.

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