When the herald saw Yang Peng, he wanted to salute, but he couldn't, and the sergeant who was holding him didn't dare to let go of him, knowing that as soon as he let go of him, he would definitely fall to the ground.

Yang Peng hurriedly stepped forward, "No need to be polite, what is the emergency military situation?" The herald wanted to take the bamboo tube behind him, but he couldn't move a finger, so he could only say intermittently: "General Yang, General Yang is urgent!" ......" then fainted. Yang Peng stepped forward, untied the bamboo tube from behind him, and said to the sergeant who was supporting him: "Take it down and rescue it!" A few sergeants answered and hurriedly carried the herald down.

Yang Peng hurriedly picked up the sealing paint of the bamboo tube, poured out a roll of sheepskin, handed the bamboo tube to Yelu Hanyu's hand, unfolded the sheepskin and looked at it quickly. Yelu Hanyu on the side saw Yang Peng's eyes in a daze, looking incredulous, and couldn't help but feel anxious, and couldn't help asking: "Big brother, General Yang, how big are their losses, and how severe is the situation?" ”

Yang Peng came back to his senses, but did not answer Yelu Hanyu, and hurried to the map. Yelu Hanyu hurriedly followed, glanced at the eldest brother, and was surprised to see that the eldest brother's face showed an extremely excited and joyful expression. Yelu Hanyu was surprised, and saw the eldest brother pointing to the map and said excitedly: "Where is the big defeat, it is clearly a big victory!" Yelu Hanyu was stunned for a moment, almost thinking that he had misheard.

Yang Peng pointed to Yanzhou, pointed to Tiemen Pass, and then pointed to Huang Yangping, "Li Qingxia used the tactics of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness to lure the enemy deep into Yang Yanzhao and put a big pocket on them, the strategy can be described as very ingenious, if everything is implemented smoothly, Yang Yanzhao and they will fall into a heavy siege, even if they will not be wiped out, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the situation in the south will be completely overturned in an instant!" However, although Li Qingxia is powerful, she is not as good as Yang Yanzhao, a world-famous general! After Yang Yanzhao and Gao Hu converged in Youzhou, Yang Yanzhao felt that something was wrong, so he temporarily changed his tactics, Gao Hu led 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command to continue to feint at Tiemen Pass, while Yang Yanzhao led 100,000 Yang family troops to suddenly turn around and drive directly to Yanzhou! ”

When Yang Yanzhao's department arrived in Yanzhou, the Yeli Yu beggar department that attacked from Yanzhou had just left, Yang Yanzhao detected this situation, and immediately sent cavalry to ambush outside Yanzhou City, and then led a large army of infantry troops to take the assault troops disguised as Western Xia soldiers as the lead, and came to the city gate by night. The defenders of Yanzhou thought that Yeli had met the beggar department and returned, so they opened the city gate without asking carefully, and the army immediately attacked, and wiped out the 8,000 defenders of Yanzhou in one go. Soon after, Yeli Yuqi, who received the report of the defeated soldiers, hurriedly led 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command to come back to help, but was attacked by Yang Yanzhao's war cavalry arranged in advance outside the city, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses were killed, and only a few thousand people were left to follow Yeli Yuqi and fled to the camel club. "The so-called 'camel club' is a valley passage in the mountains and mountains dozens of miles south of Yanzhou, because there are often smuggling camel caravans passing through here, so it is named the camel club. Although this place is passable, it is difficult to travel due to the thorny bushes, and it is impossible for the army to carry a large amount of baggage.

When Yelu Hanyu heard this, he already knew the general situation, and said excitedly: "General Yang has done a great job, this is really a joy from heaven!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, looked at the map and continued: "While the battle of Yanzhou was going on, the Epun Division that came out of Huangyangping launched a counterattack against Yinzhou, and it was successful. Not long ago, we got a series of bad news, which may be the reason for this. However, since Yanzhou was captured by our army, and Yeli Yu's beggar department was completely annihilated, Epun's occupation of Yinzhou naturally did not have the use they expected. After Gao Hu got the news of the loss of Yinzhou, he immediately sent a message to Yang Yanzhao, and at the same time led the army to retreat to Youzhou, and then defended Youzhou with 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Gao Hu himself personally commanded 40,000 soldiers and horses to return to the army to counterattack Yinzhou, and it is still in a fierce battle. ”

Yelu Hanyu saw that Yang Peng stopped talking, and hurriedly asked, "Big brother, what is the next situation?" Yang Peng picked up the sheepskin in his hand and looked at it, "That's all I know about at present." Yelu Hanyu frowned and thought, "In this case, I'm afraid there may be variables. He turned his head to look at Yang Peng.

Yang Peng nodded, looked at the southeast of Western Xia, looked thoughtful, and asked, "Mei'er, what do you say Yang Yanzhao will do next?" ”

Yelu Hanyu looked at the map and thought: "Gao Hu's department is entangled by the Epang department, and it is difficult to do anything. Pointing to Yanzhou, "Since Yang Yanzhao's 100,000 troops have already occupied Yanzhou, if it were me, I would definitely immediately drive directly to Xiping Mansion." The Western Xia side had no choice but to send all its forces to meet our army. In this battle, if the Tangut people can win, then they still have the possibility of turning defeat into victory, if they lose, then there will be no suspense in this war! "The Xiping Mansion in the mouth of Yelu Hanyu, about two hundred miles northwest of Yanzhou, is located at the outlet of the Lingzhou River into the Yellow River, on the east bank of the Yellow River, near the current Qingtongxia. The richest area of Western Xia is located on both sides of the Yellow River in the north of Xiping Mansion, at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, within a radius of less than 200 miles, located in Xiping Mansion, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, Huaizhou, Dingzhou, and these state capitals Gongwei Xingqing Mansion is the location of the imperial capital of Western Xia. This area at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain is definitely the essence of Western Xia, once this area is breached, although Western Xia is not completely destroyed, it is not far from death.

Yang Peng nodded, "The battle of Xiping Mansion will be related to the survival of the Western Xia Kingdom!" Then he turned to Yerutri and smiled: "But we can't control this big battle, we have to focus on the battle in front of us!" If the main forces of the enemy army are attracted to Xiping Province, our side will have a chance! Yelu Hanyu nodded and thought, "No matter which direction the enemy's main force is attracted, it will be beneficial to us!" Suddenly frowned, and said with some concern: "Big brother, will there be a problem with this good news?" ”

Yang Peng's heart moved, and he couldn't help but worry, looked at the sheepskin in his hand, frowned and thought: "This herald is someone from Yang Yanzhao's side, I know him, and the secret identification of the letter is also correct, there is no problem, this military emergency report should be sent by Yang Yanzhao, this should be certain!" Yelu Hanyu nodded and said with a smile: "Big brother, you should immediately tell the whole army about this news to stabilize the morale of the army!" Yang Peng nodded, and immediately called Wang Kai and ordered Wang Kai to pass the news to the soldiers of the whole army. Soon after, Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu heard bursts of cheers outside in the big tent.

In fact, the news of the defeat in the south has already spread in the army, and the morale of the army has been affected to a certain extent, but fortunately, the Yanyun army is brave and good at fighting, although the morale of the army is affected, the attack is still extremely sharp, and within a few days it took the entire Wulahai region, and also completely annihilated the Western Xia defenders in the Wulahai region. If it is changed to any other army, I am afraid that it will not be possible, and other armies in that situation can often only choose to temporarily withdraw and wait for the news to be confirmed before making plans.

The Western Xia soldiers standing on the wall of Hue saw thousands of war horses rushing out of Yan Yun's army, and they immediately became nervous, and the rapid horn sounded loudly. When Brother Wei heard the alarm, he immediately ran to the city wall, and saw thousands of Yanyun war horses rushing towards him, and immediately ordered the soldiers on the city wall to prepare for battle.

Thousands of Yanyun war horsemen rushed to a place more than a hundred steps away from the city wall, raised their cavalry crossbows and threw a wave of arrows into the fortress, then turned their horses' heads and ran back to the camp.

Arrows rained down on the city walls and into the walls. Immediately, the Western Xia soldiers found that the arrows shot by Yan Yunjun were tied with notes, which turned out to be arrow books. Many people picked up the book of arrows and read it, and cries of terror rang out over the city walls. Li Qiyun picked up a letter of arrows, took it down, unfolded it and looked at it, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly ran to Brother Hugh and handed the book of arrows to him: "General, look!" ”

Brother Wei Ming Xiu frowned and took the arrow book, read it again, his face changed greatly, and he shouted: "This is impossible!" He raised his head and said to the generals: "Go down at once, and collect these arrow books, and no one is allowed to read them, let alone spread them!" Tell the soldiers that this is Yan Yun's conspiracy, the south is clearly victorious, and reinforcements are coming, how can it be a big defeat? Just go! The generals answered and hurried down. Immediately, the shouting spread rapidly on the inner walls of the fortress, and the generals led their own soldiers to collect all the arrow books in the hands of the soldiers.

However, the contents of the arrow book have spread among the soldiers, and although the generals have come forward to refute the rumors, the soldiers are still skeptical. Later, in the fortress hall, Wei Mingtai said worriedly: "The content on Yanyun Arrow's book is not necessarily fake!" The famous tiger bear glared and scolded: "Fart! According to you, the news from our own people is fake, right? Wei Mingtai glanced at Brother Wei Mingxiu, "General, according to common sense, if the Yanyun army in the south is defeated, the Yanyun army here should retreat, but the Yanyun army here is always determined to attack, which is not in line with common sense!" The only explanation is that the content of the Yanyun Arrow Book is true! ”

The generals felt that what Wei Mingtai said made sense, and they talked in a whisper, and everyone looked worried.

Wei Ming Huxiong said angrily: "Could it be that the imperial court is lying to us?" Wei Mingtai frowned and said, "That's not true, but I think there is a change in the war in the south?" Maybe we were in the middle of the victory before, but it was not necessary that Yan Yun turned the tide of the battle by sudden changes! Everyone felt that the situation he said was very likely, and they couldn't help but look at Brother Hugh.

Brother Wei said categorically: "There is nothing to discuss about this matter, it is a conspiracy and trickery made by Yan Yun to shake the military spirit of our army!" There is no doubt about the victory of the South! ”

When the generals heard Brother Hugh's categorical words, they couldn't help but feel that the arrow book was Yan Yun's trick, and there was no problem in the south, in fact, everyone was more inclined to think that the content of the arrow book was fake, because the purpose of Yan Yunjun's shooting arrow book was too obvious!

The generals no longer have doubts, but this is not the case in the army, rumors will continue to amplify and deform in the process of spreading, and in the end they will become demons and monsters, which is extremely terrifying. At this moment, the rumors circulating among the soldiers have become very terrifying, and it is even said that the Yanyun army has eliminated the main force in the south and surrounded Xingqing Mansion, such rumors have spread among the soldiers, which undoubtedly makes people panic.

In the dead of night, Brother Hugh was still standing in front of the map thinking about countermeasures, when he suddenly heard a faint cry outside, and couldn't help but be surprised. So he left the hall, heard a cry coming from outside the corner on the left side of the hall, and walked over.

When I came to the neighborhood, I saw two soldiers sitting together crying, only to hear the soldier sitting on the left side choked up: "My mother is still in Xingqing Mansion, if Yan Yunjun breaks through Xingqing Mansion, Mother, will Mother be ......, will it be " The soldier on the right also choked up: "My mother and sister are also in Xingqing Mansion, I am also worried!" ”

Brother Hugh couldn't help but be annoyed, and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about? The two soldiers didn't know that Brother Hugh was standing behind them, and when they suddenly heard this shout, they were startled, and hurriedly stood up and turned around, and saluted helplessly: "Great, general......"

Brother Wei Ming Xiu stepped forward, glanced at the two soldiers, and said angrily: "You two dare to talk nonsense here, don't you know that military law is strict?" ”

The two soldiers were shocked, and couldn't help but kneel down, and the soldier on the left said urgently: "General Rongyu, we, we don't dare to talk nonsense, it's just, just worried, worried about our relatives at home!" "Your relatives are all in the capital, what is there to worry about!" The Western Xia military system, the families of the generals of each town and their own soldiers were arranged to live in Xingqing Mansion and its surrounding areas, this is to show honor, and secondly, there is also a sense of surveillance, so that the town generals do not dare to rebel, and it is precisely because of this that Li Qingxia was able to immediately get the loyalty of the generals after the coup successfully controlled Xingqing Mansion, which is of course because of Li Qingxia's personal charm, but the more important reason is that the families of the generals are controlled by Li Qingxia so that they have to swear allegiance to her.

The soldier on the right said: "But, but the Yanyun army has already surrounded Xingqing Mansion......" Brother Xiu's eyes widened, the soldier was startled, and the rest of the words were swallowed stiffly. Brother Wei Ming Xiu asked angrily, "Who told you that Xingqing Mansion was surrounded by the Yan Yun Army?" ”

The soldier on the left hurriedly said: "This matter has spread, everyone said so!" Brother Wei Mingxiu was faintly worried in his heart, and said: "Xingqing Mansion is good, our army in the south has won a big victory, and the Yanyun army has been defeated and lost!" What you say is a rumor, don't believe it, and don't spread it! Do you understand? The two soldiers hurriedly agreed.

Hugh turned around and returned to the hall, uncontrollably distraught. Walked to the back of the bookcase and sat down, stunned for a while, then called the captain of the pro-soldiers, and ordered: "Gather the pro-soldiers, I will go to check the defense situation!" The captain of the pro-soldier answered and ran down. After a while, he came back and reported: "General, the pro-army team has been assembled!" Hugh got up and left the hall.

Brother Hugh led his own soldiers to inspect the city wall, and saw that the soldiers were all talking to each other there, looking worried. Naturally, he knew what the soldiers were talking about in private, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart, so he immediately ordered all the soldiers to gather. Looking at the soldiers in front of him, he raised his voice and said: "I know that there is a rumor circulating among you, you think that Xingqing Mansion is surrounded!" I want to tell you, there is no such thing, Xingqing Mansion is fine, the south has won a big victory, Yanyun has been defeated, His Majesty's reinforcements are on the way, how can there be anything in Xingqing Mansion? You know that this great general is a human being, and you have always said the same, don't you still believe what I say? ”

When the sergeants heard this, they remembered the general's ordinary behavior, and they couldn't help but believe the words of Brother Hugh, and their originally worried and anxious emotions calmed down a lot. A soldier asked loudly, "General, since Xingqing Mansion is safe, why are there such rumors?" "The other soldiers also felt strange.

Brother Hugh said: "This rumor came from the arrow book shot by Yan Yunjun during the day today!" That's Yan Yun's trick, they didn't have the ability to build the fortress, so they came up with this kind of trick, wanting to trick us into giving up the castle without the intention of fighting, we can't be fooled by this! ”

The sergeants felt that what the general said made sense, but they still didn't completely relax and were still a little worried. Brother Hugh understood the mood of the army, and he didn't have any good things to do now, he just hoped that good news would come from the south as soon as possible, and reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible, so that the rumors would be self-defeating.

The next morning, when the news came, Brother Hugh saw the scouts rushing in, and asked urgently, "Have the reinforcements arrived?" The scout saluted Brother Hugh and said urgently: "General, the reinforcements who originally came to Hue Fort suddenly received an urgent order from His Majesty, and they have turned to return to the Kayi Gate!" ”

When everyone present heard this, they were all shocked, and they couldn't help but have a bad premonition in their hearts, and Brother Wei Mingxiu asked angrily: "Why did the reinforcements leave suddenly, isn't it Wei Mingji who made me a stumbling block?" Brother Wei Mingxiu was anxious and thought that Wei Mingji had a personal vendetta.

The scout hurriedly said: "This is an urgent order passed down by His Majesty, not an unauthorized act of General Wei Mingji!" I heard, I heard that the situation in the south is not very good! Brother Hugh frowned, and the generals whispered, and everyone had a sad face. At this moment, a personal soldier rushed in with a dusty messenger and reported: "General, Your Majesty's messenger has arrived!" Brother Hugh's heart moved, he glanced at the messenger, quickly got up, walked quickly to the messenger, pressed his right hand to his chest and bowed down, and said, "Brother Hugh wishes Your Majesty Holy Peace!" ”

The messenger held a wooden box about a foot long in his right hand, and stretched forward with his left hand, "The general doesn't need to be polite! Brother Hugh straightened up and asked urgently; My lord, what is the situation in the south? ”

The messenger frowned and sighed, "The battle in the south isn't too good! The plan to lure the king into the urn was unsuccessful, and Yang Yanzhao saw through it, and he actually used Gao Hu to feint the iron gate pass, but the main force drove Yanzhou, two battles in a row, Yeli Yuqi's army was annihilated, and Yanzhou was lost! ……”

Although Brother Hugh and the others had a bad premonition in their hearts, they still couldn't help but be surprised when they heard the messenger's words, and Brother Hugh said in disbelief: "How come, how can this be?" ”

The messenger said: "The general doesn't have to worry too much, although Yanzhou has been lost, but General Erhugeda has successfully captured Yinzhou, and is currently in a stalemate with Gao Hu's department, and General Li Cunxiao led the elite of the Snow Mountain Army out of Tiemen Pass and besieged Youzhou, and His Majesty personally commanded 400,000 troops to garrison Xiping Mansion, preparing for a decisive battle with Yang Yanzhao's army!" As far as the current situation is concerned, it is actually still beneficial for our army! ”

After listening to the messenger's words, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said in thought: "In this way, the situation in the south is indeed favorable to our army!" The main forces of Gao Hu and Yang Yanzhao were pinned down on the left and right, if General Li Cunxiao could break through Youzhou, he could drive directly to the Great Wall Ridge and cut off the retreat of the Yanyun army, and this battle would be won! ”

The messenger nodded, "Exactly! Then he handed over the wooden box in his hand, "This is a handwritten letter from His Majesty to the general!" Brother Hugh hurriedly bowed down and stretched out his hands. The messenger handed the wooden box into the hands of Hugh and said, "This messenger's letter has been delivered, and I will take my leave!" Brother Hugh hurriedly said, "I'll send it to the adult!" Then he sent the messenger out of the camp, saluted and said goodbye, and when the messenger and his party had gone, they turned and returned to the middle of the hall.

Brother Wei couldn't wait to open the wooden box, took out a scroll of yellow silk, unfolded it and looked at it, frowning, his eyebrows were full of sorrow. He raised his head and glanced at the generals, who were looking at him anxiously. Brother Wei Ming Xiu frowned and said, "Your Majesty said that he wants to concentrate on dealing with the Yanyun army, so he can't send us reinforcements!" His Majesty's meaning is that the Hue fortress can be guarded, but if it cannot be defended, it will retreat to the Kayi Gate in the south. ”

The generals glanced at each other, and they all felt a little embarrassed, let's stay, fighting against Yanyun's 200,000 army with two or three thousand men and horses is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and if you don't get it right, you will end up in pieces, but you have to give up, but you can't say such words.

Seeing that none of the generals spoke, he asked, "What do you think?" ”

The generals glanced at each other, and saluted together very tacitly: "We will follow the general's military orders!" Brother Wei was a little depressed, he still wanted others to make up his mind for him, but he didn't expect the generals to kick the ball back to him. After hesitating for a moment, he said in a very uncertain tone: "It's better to stay in Hue Fort!" After this day and night, Brother Wei lost the spirit of swearing to live and die with the fortress when he first retired, perhaps because Yelu Hanyu sent her this letter.

I don't know who passed on the content of Li Qingxia's letter to the army, and the already nervous military spirit immediately moved again. Brother Xiu got the news and hurried to the barracks to stabilize the morale of the army, but this time it had no effect from last night at all, and it had little effect. Faced with such a situation, Hugh felt that defending the Hue fort alone could only lead to a dead end, so he had the idea of giving up the Hue fort. At this time, the sentry sent news that a Yanyun fleet had suddenly left the water village and traveled up the river, crossing the Hue fortress.

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