Chapter 381 is precarious

Fortunately, Brother Wei Ming Hugh is a battlefield veteran who is not in danger, and Wei Ming Tiger and Bear are all the choice of fierce generals, although Yan Yunjun is menacing, he is not afraid. Brother Hugh sensed the mentality of his own soldiers, and shouted: "Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed!" The hearts of the army froze, and the little thought of escaping that had just risen in their hearts disappeared in an instant, and they looked at the Yanyun Iron Cavalry that was rushing towards them, and tightened the weapons in their hands.

Yan Yun's war cavalry rushed to the city, immediately turned, and galloped along the city wall, and at the same time raised the cavalry crossbow and fired arrows at the city wall, and the arrows roared over the wall, and many Western Xia soldiers were shot to the ground; The Western Xia soldiers returned fire with bows and crossbows, some Yanyun cavalry were hit by arrows, some dismounted, and the Yanyun cavalry who followed closely followed dragged their horses on their horses by their comrades who were about to fall off their horses.

Yan Yun's war cavalry rode and shot under the city, and returned to Shi Ping's back. Seeing that there was no chance to take advantage of it, Shi Ping did not attack anymore and led his cavalry to retreat. This Shi Ping has not come out for a long time, because Yang Peng has asked him to study at the Military Academy for more than a year in the past year, and the old man who went to study with him is Yang Xiong. Yang Peng had high hopes for the two of them, so he specially took them out of the army and put them in the military academy to study for a year. Now Shi Ping is the commander of the light cavalry of the directly subordinate corps, while Yang Xiong is the commander of the rear army of the directly subordinate corps.

Seeing Yan Yunjun retreating, the Western Xia soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Brother Hugh turned his head and asked Huxiong and Zhang Yuan: "How did you lose the ferry?" Why did you lose the ferry before it was even one night? Brother Hugh looked very annoyed. It is no wonder that he was annoyed, the ferry was lost, and the city of Ula Hai lost its outer defense barrier, so it could only rely on the city defense, and if the city defense failed again, the entire Ula Sea area would be lost.

Wei Ming Tiger Bear and Zhang Yuan glanced at each other, and they both looked like they were palpitating. Wei Ming Tiger Xiong sighed with emotion: "The Yanyun army really lives up to its reputation, the firearms are extremely sharp, the sergeants are not afraid of death, only less than 2,000 people rushed ashore, and our army tried its best to fight for more than half an hour but failed to annihilate or repel them!" ......" Zhang Yuan continued: "At this time, 10,000 Yanyun war cavalry had already smuggled across the Yellow River from dozens of miles upstream and launched a surprise attack on us. Our army was caught off guard, and although they tried their best to resist, they were finally defeated! ”

Brother Wei Ming Hugh listened to the narration of the two, frowned, and was silent. After the two finished speaking, they raised their heads, looked outside the city, and muttered, "You can't blame you for this!" He turned his head to the famous tiger bear and said: "Send scouts to find the defeated soldiers and find them all back, now every soldier is incomparably precious!" The famous tiger bear answered the promise and ran down the city wall, and after a while, he saw dozens of cavalry running out of the city, and then scattered.

Yang Peng crossed the Yellow River surrounded by generals and came to the ferry. Li Hu led the soldiers under his command to escort two Western Xia officers to Yang Peng, and shouted: "Kneel! The two Western Xia officers were already frightened birds, and when they saw the majestic Yanyun generals in front of them, they couldn't help but kneel down when they heard Li Hu's shouts, and their faces were full of panic.

Yang Peng glanced at the two of them and said, "Answer my question honestly, I can spare your life." When the two officers heard this, they felt as if they had suddenly seen a ray of sunlight in a dark cave, and they couldn't help but say urgently: "The villain must speak honestly, the villain must speak honestly!" ”

Yang Peng asked: "Is the guard of Wulahai City a famous Brother Hugh?" The officer on the left rushed to say, "Yes! The officer on the right saw that his companion had taken the lead, and quickly nodded. Yang Peng asked again: "Who was the one who led the army to resist our army at the ferry before?" The officer on the right rushed before his companion and said, "It's the famous tiger bear, the younger brother of General Hugh, and the first-class warrior of our Great Xia!" The officer on the left nodded in agreement.

Yang Peng asked, "How many defenders are there in Wulahai City?" The two said together: "There are 30,000 soldiers and horses!" After speaking, they couldn't help but glance at each other.

Yang Peng smiled, "You two are very honest, I can not only spare your lives, but also give you a house in Yanjing." The two were overjoyed and hurriedly thanked them. Yang Peng smiled and said: "Whether you can get all this depends on your next attitude." The two said together: "We are willing to serve King Yan, we are Han, and we have long wanted to defect to King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, "Don't kneel, get up and talk." The two were flattered and did not dare to do so for a while. Li Hu on the side said angrily: "King Yan told you to stand up, you stand up!" The two hurriedly thanked and stood up, but they bent down and hung their heads, looking extremely respectful.

Yang Peng asked, "What's the name of the two of you?" The officer on the left hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Villain Zhang San!" The officer on the right followed with a fist and said, "Villain Li Si!" Yang Peng was secretly amused and asked Zhang San: "Are there many Han people in the Western Xia army?" Zhang San nodded, "Almost half of them are Han!" Yang Peng's face showed a thoughtful expression, and then asked Li Si: "Do you know the defense situation of Wulahai City?" Li Si hurriedly said: "Originally, there were 30,000 soldiers and horses, but now they have been defeated by King Yan almost 10,000, and there are only a little more than 20,000 left, of which 10,000 are led by General Wei Mingtai to guard the Wolf Mountain Fortress, and there are only 10,000 horses in Wulahai City now!" However, men, women, and children throughout the Urahai region were mobilized, and with the addition of these people, there were sixty or seventy thousand defenders in the city. Suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I heard that His Majesty sent a messenger not long ago, saying that he would send 40,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce him!" ”

Yang Peng frowned slightly, and said secretly: "How could Li Qingxia send troops to reinforce it?" Could it be that there is a problem on the side of Tubo or Yang Yanzhao? At this point, he glanced at the two of them and asked, "Do you know the battle in the south?" Zhang San hurriedly said: "I heard that there was a big victory in the south, and the situation is very good, but I don't know what the specific situation is!" Yang Peng looked at Li Si, and Li Si hurriedly said: "The villain only knows so much!" ”

Yang Peng frowned, "Are you telling the truth?" When the two saw Yang Peng's face suddenly change, they were shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "What the villain said is true, the general just summoned the whole army to say that there was a big victory in the south and that reinforcements were about to arrive, but the specific situation was not mentioned, the villain had a low status and could not participate in the high-level meeting, so it was impossible to know the specific situation!" ”

Yang Peng actually knew that they were not lying, but just deliberately scared them so that they could confirm their judgment, and now it seems that the two of them have indeed told everything they know without hiding it at all. Yang Peng asked some more questions, and when he saw that he couldn't ask for any more valuable information, he ordered Li Hu to take the two down. Li Hu promised and commanded his subordinates to take the two down.

Yang Peng turned to face the gurgling and sparkling Yellow River, with a thoughtful look on his face. Yelu Hanyu walked up to Yang Peng's side and said softly, "The top priority now should be to find out the battle situation in the south. Yang Peng nodded, frowned, and said, "The battle situation in the south is a bit unexpected!" I didn't expect the Tangut people to actually achieve a big victory! Who did they win against? ”

Yelu Hanyu pondered: "It shouldn't be Yang Yanzhao and them, General Yang Yanzhao is both wise and brave, and he shouldn't be defeated by the Western Xia people!" Yang Peng shook his head, "This is not necessarily!" Immortals have a time to nap, let alone people! Although Yang Yanzhao is the most outstanding famous general in the world, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be negligent, not to mention that Li Qingxia is definitely not an easy opponent to deal with! ”

Yelu Hanyu felt that what Yang Peng said made sense, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart, and thought: "Considering the worst-case scenario, maybe it won't be long before the whole army of Western Xia will press over, although it is difficult to deal with the strength of our army, it should not be difficult to retreat with all of it." I'm afraid that they will not come and counterattack with the whole army, but use one part to defend against us, and the other to attack Shaanxi and Gansu, which will be very bad! ”

Yang Peng frowned and said, "I'm also worried that this will happen. But the war has reached this point, and we can only continue to attack! If the Western Xia army comes to the aid with all our might, we will fight and retreat and retreat to Datong Mansion; If they only come north to fight with us, hmph, I will intensify the onslaught, we can still deal with half of his troops in Western Xia, and they are afraid that they will not be able to attack Shaanxi and Gansu! He turned his head and glanced at Yelu Hanyu, and said categorically: "I have made up my mind to continue the onslaught!" Yelu Hanyu looked at Yang Peng adoringly and nodded lightly.

The army of 220,000 Yanyun crossed the Yellow River overnight and rested on the west bank until dawn, and then the army marched and drove directly to Wulahai City. A few days later, the army reached the foot of the city of Ullahi and lined up outside the city. The Xixia army on the city wall saw the Yanyun army outside the city like a sea and a tide, with flags like clouds, swords and guns like a forest, and couldn't help but be dizzy and shaken in their hearts, and even battlefield generals like Brother Hue couldn't help but feel timid.

Brother Hue turned his head and asked Shouzhong beside him, "How long will it take for reinforcements to arrive?" "I received news in the morning that the reinforcements had passed through the Hue fortress, and they should have arrived at Hue at this moment. "Hue Fortress is located in the upper left corner of the Yellow River near the Yellow River tributary, while Hue Ferry is located at the Yellow River tributary. Hue Ferry and Hue Ferry are both on the east bank of the Yellow River, Hue Ferry is in the north, Hue Fortress is in the south, about 80 miles apart, and Hue Ferry is 150 or 60 miles away from Ula Hai City.

Brother Wei Ming Xiu frowned and said: "There are still more than one hundred and fifty miles to go, and if you travel day and night, it will take three days." Turning his head to Wei Ming, he said: "Select the sentinels to pay close attention to the movement in the west, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they will immediately send a signal, and we will send troops to respond." Wei Ming Shouzhong responded.

Zhang Jiang said worriedly: "General, the enemy army is powerful and murderous, if you don't take measures, you don't have to go to war, and the morale of our army will collapse!" The famous tiger bear said loudly: "Big brother, let me fight!" Kill a few of his generals and you can boost your morale! "His tone is so loud, he actually said that slashing and killing Yan Yun Warrior is as easy as probing for something. However, he does have the capital to be arrogant, as the first-class tiger general in Western Xia, he repeatedly performed miraculous feats in the war with the Liao State, and countless Liao generals died in his hands.

Brother Wei Mingxiu hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay, it's okay for you to frustrate their sharpness!" The famous tiger bear was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Fuck, I can finally get out of this breath!" And he was leaving. Brother Hugh hurriedly shouted, "Wait a minute! The famous tiger bear stopped, turned to look at Brother Hugh, and asked, "What else does the eldest brother command?" Brother Hue walked up to the tiger bear and solemnly reminded: "Be careful, don't be careless!" Yan Yun's mighty generals are famous, and they are by no means vain in their reputation! The Tiger Bear laughed, "I don't think they're any big deal!" He saluted Brother Hugh and hurried down.

Immediately, the city gate opened and closed, and I saw the famous tiger bear carrying a big knife and riding a horse out of the city, came between the two sides, reined in the horse, pointed at Yan Yun with a big knife and shouted: "Yan Yun's dog thief, who dares to come out and send him to death?" He shouted in the Western Xia Party language, and the Yanyun soldiers almost didn't understand it, but just looking at his posture, he knew that he came out to challenge.

The generals asked Yang Peng to fight, and the crowd was excited. Yang Peng thought for a moment and said to Huyan Chijin: "Huyan Chijin, you fight!" Huyan Chijin was overjoyed, while the other warriors were a little disappointed. Huyan Chijin hugged his fists in response, rode his horse and rushed out of the military formation, drove straight to a dozen steps in front of the famous tiger bear and stopped, and shouted at the famous tiger bear, and the Xixia people couldn't understand what he was saying, they only felt that he was shouting and challenging.

The soldiers of the Western Xia army on the city wall couldn't help but shout and cheer for the famous tiger and bear. Brother Hugh asked Zhang Jiang beside him: "Who is this person?" Zhang Jiang frowned and shook his head: "I don't know, it doesn't seem to be those well-known Yanyun warriors, it should be a nameless person!" "Brother Wei Ming Xiu put his mind at ease, what he is most worried about is Zhan Jinguo, Huyan Chijin and even Yang Peng, these famous generals who are all over the world will fight, although the famous tiger and bear are powerful, but if they are against these famous and famous generals, it is really hard to say, but the person in front of him is just a nameless person, and the famous tiger and bear will definitely be able to kill the enemy and make contributions!

Just thinking like this, Wei Ming Tiger Bear and Huyan Chijin have already handed over, and both of them use big knives, opening and closing with one move, and the momentum is fierce! After more than a dozen moves, the two sides were evenly matched! At this time, the shouts of soldiers on both sides rushed into the sky one after another. Brother Hugh frowned, and said in a very surprised tone: "I didn't expect such an unknown general to be able to fight with the tiger and bear to a draw!" The other generals around him were also very surprised, and then they felt a burst of horror, thinking that a nameless general in the Yanyun army was so powerful, so how terrible would those famous generals be!? Thinking of this, many people couldn't help but change color slightly, and their demeanor became unnatural.

Wei Ming Tiger Bear and Yang Xiong fought for more than 20 rounds, and it was still an intractable situation. Brother Hue was worried that the tiger and bear had made a mistake, so he ordered the herald to withdraw his troops. The herald received the order and ordered his soldiers to ring the golden bell, and the loud sound echoed over the battlefield.

The famous tiger bear who was killing was on the rise when he heard the golden bell and couldn't help but be stunned. At this time, Huyan Chijin on the opposite side screamed, and slashed straight down with a knife. Wei Ming Tiger Bear was distracted for a moment, and suddenly saw this scene, startled, and hurriedly raised the big knife, Yang Xiong's big knife slashed heavily on his iron blade, and there was a loud bang. The famous tiger bear struggled to push up and pushed away Huyan Chijin's big knife, followed by a swing, Huyan Chijin hurriedly returned to the knife to block the frame, but he didn't want the opponent's move to be a false move, so he took this opportunity to turn the horse's head and get out of the battle group.

Huyan Chijin saw that he couldn't catch up, so he didn't bother to chase after him, and shouted loudly: "Xixia coward, don't run away!" When he heard Huyan Chijin's shout, although he couldn't understand it, he also knew that it was not a good word, but he didn't stop and ran straight towards the city gate. The city gate opened and closed, and the famous tiger and bear galloped in.

Huyan Chijin saw that the famous tiger bear had entered the city, so he turned his horse's head back to the middle of the military formation, hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said: "King Yan, this Hu Lu still has two brushes, and the last general failed to kill him!" Yang Peng said: "This person's name is Wei Ming Tiger Bear, and he is a tiger general with the same name as Li Chongshan in Western Xia, so naturally he is not so easy to deal with!" Huyan Chijin suddenly realized. The famous tiger and bear ran up the city wall, and when he saw the eldest brother Wei Mingxiu, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Big brother, I was fighting happily, why did I suddenly withdraw my troops?" Brother Wei Ming Xiu looked at Yan Yun Da Array and asked lightly, "Do you know who he is?" Wei Minghu Xiong's eyes widened, "Who do I care about him?" Who is he, am I still afraid that he will not succeed? ”

Brother Hugh glanced at Tiger Bear, "The person you are fighting with is not any famous general in the Yanyun Army!" ......" Wei Ming Huxiong was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "How is this possible, such a powerful general is actually not a famous general in Yanyun's army?" Brother Xiu turned his head to look at Yan Yun's big array, frowned, and said: "This person is just an unknown person in Yan Yun's army, so brave, if those famous generals come out to attack you, do you still have a way to live?" Wei Ming Tiger Smacked his lips, his mind was a little confused, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Actually, Brother Hugh was wrong, although Huyan Chijin didn't have much fame, it was because he went to study at the Military Academy for more than a year, and he was not in the army, not because he was not brave enough. If you only talk about Wu Yong, there may be a little gap between Huyan Chijin and Zhan Jinguo, Yang Gui, etc., but the gap is very limited, and it should only be between the best. However, the Xixia people don't know these situations, they only think that Yan Yun, a nameless general, is so powerful, so those famous generals need to be said, it must be unimaginably terrifying. Originally, the people of Western Xia still expected that Yan Yun's generals would be inferior to their own, but this idea is now gone. Brother Wei Ming Huge let Wei Ming Tiger Bear fight, originally wanting to boost his morale and frustrate Yan Yun's spirit, but he didn't expect it to backfire.

Brother Hugh ordered to the generals: "The enemy army will definitely take the opportunity to attack, you go down, and the commander will be careful to guard against it!" The generals answered and ran down. However, Yan Yunjun did not take advantage of the situation to attack as he imagined, but slowly retreated, retreated more than ten miles, and set up camp. Zhang Jiang frowned and said, "The Yanyun army has a lot of momentum, but why don't you take advantage of the situation to attack?" ”

Brother Wei thought about it: "Yan Yun must be very tired after a long march, and besides, I didn't see their siege weapons and cannons in their army just now. Presumably, the Yan Yun army is ready to wait for the cannon to come up, and then take our city in one go! Hmph, I'm afraid it's not that easy! When he said this, it was more like he was cheering himself up.

Zhang Jiang asked: "General, do you want to transfer all the soldiers and horses of the Wolf Mountain Fortress back?" Brother Hugh thought for a moment and shook his head slowly, "No! Wolf Mountain and Ula Sea City are each other's horns, and abandoning either place will make the defense line incomplete! If the enemy is aware of our movements, does not attack head-on, and only uses a force to contain it, but bypasses our defense line with the main force, will we not be self-defeating! Zhang Jiang felt that what Brother Hugh said made sense.

At this moment, a sergeant next to him suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted, "Enemy horseman!" Everyone looked up and looked outside, and sure enough, they saw thousands of Yanyun war horses rushing towards them, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from far and near. Brother Hugh raised his voice and said, "Get ready to fight!" The Western Xia soldiers pulled out their wolf fangs and arrows, put on their bowstrings, and prepared to shoot.

However, Yan Yun Zhan Cavalry stopped far away, and then dispersed, flying countless kites in the upwind position of Wulahai City. When the soldiers and civilians of Western Xia saw this situation, they all felt inexplicable. At this moment, the kites suddenly broke their strings and drifted straight towards the city of Ullah Hai in the direction of the wind.

Seeing this scene, Brother Wei immediately realized Yan Yunjun's intentions, his face changed, and he hurriedly ordered: "Pass the order, no one is allowed to pick up kites, otherwise they will be punished as collaborators!" At the same time, the kites with broken strings fluttered into the city, and no one dared to pick them up because of the strict orders of Brother Hugh, but there were still many people who saw the content written on the kite, and there was only one sentence on it: Han people don't work for the alien Hulu!

This sentence quickly spread among the military and the people, and the people were panicked, although the Han people were in an embarrassing situation, and the people of other nationalities such as the party were full of suspicions. Brother Hugh came to the army and the people, and repeatedly emphasized that both Han and party members were the people of Great Xia, and that Great Xia treated all its people equally, and believed that all its people were loyal to Great Xia. Brother Hugh's statement temporarily stabilized the situation, but cracks have appeared, and dark tides are surging in people's hearts.

Two days passed in a tense atmosphere. According to the scout's report, Brother Hue learned that the artillery of the Yan Yun Army had been transported, and he couldn't help but wonder why the Yan Yun Army hadn't launched an attack yet.

Brother Hugh was uneasy and sent scouts to investigate. At this moment, the sentinels in the distance in the west of the city saw that the dust was rising in the sky, and it was obvious that a large number of soldiers and horses were coming. The sentry was so excited that he immediately blew the horn on behalf of the arrival of reinforcements. The soldiers and civilians of Western Xia, who had been worried, heard this voice, they were stunned at first, and then they couldn't help but get excited, and there were cheers everywhere in the city, and the famous tiger bear laughed loudly: "Great! Reinforcements are finally here! Then he saluted Brother Hugh and said, "Big brother, I will lead the army to meet them!" ”

Brother Hue nodded, and Tiger Bear immediately led a thousand horsemen out of the West City Gate, and greeted the army on the edge of the sky. Brother Hugh and the others stood on the city wall and watched.

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