Chapter 466, the yellow finch is behind

Li Dingkun was beaming with pride, preparing to execute Dao Chong in Ling Chi, but Dao Chong was frightened and angry, and scolded endlessly. At this moment, a huge sound of fighting and roaring suddenly came from the direction of the south city gate.

Everyone in the hall was stunned, Li Dingkun frowned, looked at Yeli Yuqi, and asked, "Is there still a rebel army that has not been cleared?" Ye Li Yu begged and said strangely: "It's been cleared, what's going on?" Then he said, "I'll go and see, maybe the soldiers are robbing the people!" With that, he ran out of the hall.

Everyone in the hall only heard the sound of killing in the city getting louder and louder, at first, the sound of killing was only near the south city gate, but soon after, the sound of killing quickly spread to the city, and then spread in all directions, at this time the entire city seemed to be drowned out by the sound of killing! Everyone in the hall was shocked and speculated, but they had no clue.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps at the gate, and I saw dozens of people running in such as Ye Li Yuqi. Li Dingkun, who was anxiously waiting for news, was about to make an inquiry, but when he saw the scars on dozens of people and the arrows inserted in their bodies, he couldn't help but be shocked, and forgot what he wanted to say.

Ye Li Yu Qi and the others stumbled in front of Li Dingkun, Ye Li Yu Qi said with a panicked face: "No, it's not good, yes, it's Yan Yunjun!" "As soon as everyone heard the words 'Yan Yunjun', it was as if they had heard the name of the demon, and they were all shocked, and they all changed color. Li Dingkun shouted in disbelief: "This is impossible! Isn't Yan Yun waiting for our surrender, isn't Yan Yunjun confronting the Tubo Army? How did it suddenly appear here? It can't be, it can't be! ”

Ye Liyu begged: "But, but it is indeed Yan Yunjun that the last general has encountered!" With a look of fear on his face, he said: "With such a sharp and fierce offensive, there is no second one except for Yan Yunjun, and the last general led three thousand people to counterattack, but in a blink of an eye, only these dozens of people remained!" General, think of a way! ”

Li Dingkun was shocked, then his eyebrows twisted, and asked, "How many enemy troops are there?" Ye Liyu swallowed his saliva, shook his head and said: "I don't know, it seems that there are enemy troops everywhere, boundless!" ”

Li Dingkun was furious and shouted: "Nonsense! Li Dingkun hurriedly lowered his head. Li Dingkun said to the generals around him: "Everyone go down and organize all departments to fight back!" Those who dare to retreat will be dealt with by military law! The generals responded in unison and rushed down. Li Dingkun called Li Haohan, a close general: "Li Haohan, you stay!" Li Haohan stopped, turned around, bowed down and asked, "What does the general command?" Li Dingkun walked up to him and advised: "You immediately lead the cavalry under your command to the palace to protect the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor to retreat to Xuanhua Mansion!" This is a very important matter, and there is no room for error! Li Haohan promised and ran down.

Li Dingkun glanced at Dao Chong, who was gloating, and couldn't help but feel angry, so he wanted to cut him down with a knife, but he felt that this person might still be useful, so he temporarily gave up his plan to kill him, and ordered his soldiers to retreat to Xuanhua Mansion with him. Immediately, Li Dingkun ordered the three thousand iron harriers in the palace to assemble, leave the palace, and run to the South Street, where the killing was the loudest. At this time, the entire city was struck by the sound of killing, and all the Western Xia troops were comprehensively counterattacking the invading enemy army, and the invading enemy army was fighting bravely to continuously expand the results of the battle, and the entire city was boiling.

Li Dingkun's personal commander 3,000 iron harriers rushed to Nandajie, and saw that his army had been defeated like a mountain and was being defeated, and the enemy army was chasing and killing, the corpses were accumulating on the wide streets, blood was full of ditches, and all the soldiers of his side were like frightened birds, wolves rushed to the pigs!

Li Dingkun was taken aback and shouted: "Don't retreat!" Resist, resist me! The panicked rout ignored it and crashed headlong into the middle of the Iron Harrier, knocking the Iron Harrier's formation into a little chaotic! Li Dingkun was furious, pulled out his scimitar and frantically slashed at the defeated soldiers who passed by, and at the same time roared loudly, but the soldiers of the defeated army who were already frightened did not care at all, and only fled for their lives.

"General! The enemy is coming! One of the generals shouted urgently.

Li Dingkun stopped slashing and slashing the rout, looked ahead, and saw thousands of tower-like enemy soldiers in heavy armor, holding a strange sword with a flickering cold light, surging up. Li Dingkun was taken aback, and shouted with wide eyes: "Mo Dao Army!" Is it really Yan Yunjun!? "Even if you want to lead the army to retreat, but the streets are slowly clogged by the rout, it is impossible to retreat, and it is very difficult to even turn around.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Li Dingkun couldn't help but be ruthless, raised his scimitar and shouted: "Brothers, we are the elite of Great Xia, the invincible Iron Harrier, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy, and the time has come to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, rush with me!" The Iron Harrier's morale was greatly boosted, and he shouted, and followed Li Dingkun towards the Mo Dao Army.

However, the streets were crowded with routs, and before the Iron Harrier could get up to speed, he collided with the Modao Army. The Mo knife army is lined up, and the sword light forms a wall of knives and rolls towards the iron harrier, slashing people up, slashing horses, and the blood rain flies sideways, only to see people turning over on their backs! The Modao Army was the nemesis of the cavalry, and at this time, the Western Xia Iron Harrier failed to rush to speed, and the situation on the battlefield was completely one-sided.

Soon after, the Iron Harrier finally couldn't resist it anymore and turned their horses' heads to flee for their lives. However, they crowded the streets with other soldiers and horses, and they couldn't get out for a while. The Modao army rushed up, slashing and killing, the screams of people, the neighing of war horses resounded, and the soldiers of the Western Xia army fell one by one, just like seedlings harvested by a harvester. Seeing that his companions were cut down in a pool of blood, the Xixia Iron Harrier was terrified to the extreme, and he didn't care that there were his own infantry blocking the way in front of him, so he urged the war horse to let go of the four hooves, trampling on the body of his own infantry and running for his life.

Seeing that the enemy army was completely defeated, Yang Peng immediately ordered the Modao army to disperse on both sides, and the light cavalry pursued the remnants of the enemy. Hearing the command behind him, the Modao army immediately flashed to both sides of the street, and then thousands of light cavalry crossed the Modao army and chased after the fleeing enemy army, and in a blink of an eye, they caught up with the enemy army who fell at the end, and after a big killing, countless corpses lay on the ground, and those who did not die did not choose the way to flee to the streets and alleys in all directions. Yanyun warhorses scattered on all sides to chase and kill the enemy.

Li Dingkun led nearly a thousand defeated troops to flee to the gate of the Regent's Mansion, and at this time, Epong led more than a dozen cavalry from the alley on one side, and said with a frightened face: "Big, general, mine, my soldiers and horses are all finished!" Li Dingkun's heart sank. Looking around, he saw that the entire city was full of murderous sounds, like a huge melting pot, and quickly asked, "What about the others?" Epong hurriedly said: "General Yeli Yuqi was defeated by Yanyun's fierce general Yang Gui, and the remnants of the defeated army have fled from the city!" The other generals didn't see it, but they all thought it was more than lucky! General, while the West City Gate has not yet fallen, let's go, otherwise it will be too late! ”

Li Dingkun's heart sank, and he hurriedly rode his horse towards the west city gate, and when everyone saw this, they hurriedly followed. On the way, he suddenly encountered a Yan Yun warrior who led a team of war horses to stab out obliquely. The soldiers of the Western Xia army were frightened and hurriedly met the battle, and the two sides fought in a scuffle, Epong was picked and killed by Yan Yun's fierce generals, and Li Dingkun broke through the encirclement with the protection of iron harriers with heavy armor and fled in the wilderness.

The Western Xia army was defeated, and groups of routed soldiers fled out of the city, and teams of Yanyun cavalry chased them out of the city. Although the inside of the city was full of murderous sounds, there were also murderous sounds outside the city, and they quickly spread to the wilderness in the distance.

The sounds of killing in the city gradually fell silent. The people of Western Xia hid in their homes and peeked at the outside scene through the cracks in the doors and windows, only to see that the Western Xia soldiers were killed and wounded heavily, and batches of Yanyun were taken prisoner, while teams of Yanyun soldiers kept shuttling through the streets and alleys. The people of Western Xia were terrified to the extreme, worried that the Yanyun army would break in and slaughter them on a large scale. At this time, although it was already the second half of the night, but no one dared to sleep, the young woman sat on the kang with the baby in her arms, and her palm tightly covered the baby's mouth, for fear that the baby's crying would bring disaster to the family.

Time passed slowly, all the people lived like a year, finally, the night passed, the day came, and the morning light illuminated the city of Xiliangfu.

At this time, there was a clanging gong sound on the street, and at the same time, someone shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, don't be afraid, Yan Yunjun is here to rescue everyone!" Now that everyone is the people of Yanyun, all the civilian families will receive the ten acres of land rewarded by the king of Yan for free according to the standards of the people of Yanyun, everyone go to the yamen to register their names! If you encounter difficulties, you can ask Yanyun for help nearby! ......" The words are repeated repeatedly, the gongs are heard far and near, and the shouts are also one after another, and it is obvious that there are many people in the streets and alleys to preach Yanyun's policies.

When the people heard these words, their original fears subsided a lot. They all looked out through the cracks in the doors and windows, and were surprised to see that the streets that had been full of corpses last night had become neat and tidy, and if it weren't for the blood stains on the streets, they almost thought that what they saw last night was just a nightmare.

Gradually, the doors of the houses opened, and more and more people appeared on the streets. When the people saw that the Yanyun soldiers who passed by them were very kind, their fearful hearts subsided by three points. As some bold people went to the yamen to register their names and obtained the land certificate to show off, the people finally fully believed Yan Yunjun and rushed to the government office to register their names and receive the land certificate issued by Yan Yunjun. The dull atmosphere of Xiliang Mansion was swept away and became lively.

When the people got the land deed, they were all smiling. However, they soon became worried, because although the land in their hands was given to them by King Yan, it was robbed by the party nobles, if Yan Yunjun retreated, and the party nobles made a comeback, wouldn't the land in their hands be returned to the hands of the party nobles, but I was afraid that they would not be able to eat and walk around. Everyone couldn't help but hope that Yan Yunjun could stay in the local area forever, and the party nobles would never come again.

Yang Peng led the war cavalry all the way to the west to chase the dead and chase the north, and the Western Xia defeated the soldiers who had no fighting spirit and fled without fighting spirit. Yan Yun's army chased the remnants of the enemy across the Rouge Mountain, and without a fight, went down to the county seat, and on the morning of the next day, entered a hill outside the city of Xuanhua Mansion. This Xuanhua Mansion is three hundred miles northwest of Xiliang Mansion, which is Zhangye County that was incorporated into the Chinese territory during the Western Han Dynasty.

The early morning sun illuminates the entire city of Xuanhua Mansion, which is located on a verdant grassland, with the majestic Qilian Mountains in the south and the endless yellow sand Gobi in the north. At this time, there was a hustle and bustle in the city of Xuanhua Mansion, the four gates had been opened, and countless people were running out of the city gates, and suddenly a fire snake rose in a corner of the city, and the noise in the city was even louder.

When Yang Peng saw this scene, he immediately said to the generals around him: "There is a change in the city, immediately break into the city, follow me!" As he spoke, he urged the black dragon horse to run towards the city first, and all the soldiers urged the war horses to follow, and more than 20,000 war horses galloped away, raising smoke and dust in the sky, and it looked like a huge torrent from afar.

The people who had fled out of the city with their families were shocked, and suddenly they saw a large group of fierce cavalry rushing towards them, and they were shocked and fled in all directions with screams. However, it was found that these cavalry did not pay attention to themselves, but ran straight towards the city, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and they stopped and watched. I saw those cavalry pouring into the city gates, and then there were exclamations of exclamation from the city, mixed with the loud sound of iron hooves rushing. The people outside the city couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and someone said with a pale face: "Then, it seems to be Yan Yunjun!" An old party member said sadly: "At the moment of the great enemy, our army is killing each other, hey! Our Great Xia Kingdom, how could our Great Xia Kingdom fall to this step! ”

Yan Yunjun effortlessly entered the city of Xuanhua Mansion, at this time, the soldiers and horses loyal to Dao Chong were fighting with the soldiers and horses loyal to Li Dingkun, and they were inseparable. The Yanyun army occupied the Xuanhua Mansion in one fell swoop, and the remaining Western Xia army fled from the Mansion in panic. Yang Peng garrisoned Xuanhua Mansion with 3,000 cavalry and guarded the prisoners, while he led the main cavalry out of the West Gate to continue the pursuit and defeat the enemy.

Yanyun cavalry chased and killed all the way, and the soldiers of the Western Xia army were killed all over the field, running for their lives, panicking like a lost dog, anxious like a fish that slipped through the net, only felt that the grass and trees were all soldiers, and did not dare to stop for a while.

Yan Yun chased and killed for a day and a night, the sun rose in the east, and the outline of a city appeared in the sky in the west. Yang Peng restrained the war horse, and the 20,000 Yanyun war horses also stopped. Yang Peng only heard a wheezing sound behind him, and couldn't help but glance back, only to see that the soldiers behind him were all tired, and even the war horses under them were panting, some of the war horses were staggering to their knees, and some of the war horses were foaming at the mouth.

Yang Peng frowned, knowing that the soldiers had reached their limit and had to rest, but Yang Peng didn't plan to camp here, and raised his voice: "Everyone follow me and slowly advance to the city!" All the soldiers agreed in unison, although they were all exhausted, but the momentum was still strong.

Yang Peng led 20,000 cavalry to the city of Suzhou, and then sent a general to shout: "Listen to the people inside, the Western Xia is over, quickly open the city and surrender, our Yanyun army can guarantee the safety of your lives and property!" ”

Li Xianqi, the defender of Suzhou, was on the city wall at this time, seeing that although the Yanyun army was very tired, but the army was strict and murderous, and his courage had already been discharged, and he heard the words of the Yanyun general, he couldn't help but want to open the city and surrender, but he was still hesitating, after all, it was not easy to give up his dignity and surrender to the enemy, not to mention that this surrender did not know whether it was a way to live or a dead end. An adjutant general next to him said: "General, we only have 5,000 soldiers and horses, it is impossible to resist the fierce Yanyun army, and there is only one way to die if we resist!" Besides, Great Xia is over, so many imperial relatives have already surrendered to Yan Yun, why should we die for Great Xia! Li Xianqi's heart moved.

Yang Peng immediately looked at Suzhou under the banner of the king, hoping that the Western Xia army in Suzhou could be intimidated by his own side and take the initiative to open the city and surrender, otherwise he could only retire temporarily and then attack the city.

The Yanyun general under the city shouted again: "King Yan led the army to fight in person, if you want to resist stubbornly, you can only be crushed!" Li Xianqi and the others couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard that King Yan was outside the city, and hurriedly looked into the distance, and sure enough, they saw Yan Yun's royal flag. Li Xianqi couldn't help swallowing his saliva. The adjutant general next to him said: "General, general, King Yan is brave and unparalleled, we, we can't be his opponent!" Li Xianqi hurriedly said: "Quick, open the city gate quickly, and surrender with me!" When the surrounding generals and commanders heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Everyone agreed in unison and rushed down the city wall.

The city gate opened, and Li Xianqi led all the 5,000 defenders to rush out of the city, then threw his weapons into the ground and knelt down one after another. Li Xianqi held the seal of Suzhou alone, rode his horse to the front of the Yanyun army array, reined in the horse, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, held the seal high with both hands, and said loudly: "The criminal minister Li Xianqi led all the defenders of Suzhou to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light!" Please forgive King Yan! ”

Yang Peng smiled and raised his voice: "General Li is innocent and meritorious, so let's take the official position, and then reward the meritorious deeds after the war." Li Xianqi was still worried, worried that the other party would not treat him well, but at this moment he heard that the other party protected his official residence in front of the soldiers on both sides, and also promised to reward his meritorious deeds, he was really overjoyed with the gospel from heaven, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The last general will worship King Yan, long live King Yan, long live Long live, long live!" The other soldiers were also overjoyed when they heard that King Yan had let their generals stay in their original posts, and when they heard their own generals shouting long live, they couldn't help shouting: "Long live, long live, long live!" "Yang Peng is only the king of Yanyun, and he can only be said to be a thousand years old in terms of title, but I am afraid that there are few people today who do not regard Yang Peng as the emperor.

The army marched into Suzhou, and Suzhou went down without a fight. The Yan Yun army had to stop, the long-distance running for several days and nights had exhausted the soldiers of the Yan Yun army and their war horses, and they were no longer able to run. In the lobby of the Suzhou Governance Office, Yang Penggao sat on the head, and Li Xianqi led his generals and Suzhou bureaucrats to formally meet Yang Peng, and everyone looked respectful.

Yang Peng said: "From now on, you are my Yanyun's military and political officials, and you still need to worry about the affairs of Suzhou." Everyone was overjoyed, and said in unison: "It is a great blessing that the subordinates can become the subordinates of the Yan King, and the subordinates will definitely bow down and die!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded.

Li Xianqi said: "Qi Qi King Yan, his subordinates have a gift to offer to King Yan." Then he turned his head and shouted outside, "Bring it up!" Yang Peng looked towards the door and saw several sergeants escorting a man who was tied up with five flowers to come in. The man was over sixty years old, and his hair was gray; The clothes are tattered, but they naturally exude a sense of nobility; His face was full of filth and blood, and his expression was very depressed, but his temperament was extraordinary, and he looked like the kind of person who was used to giving orders.

Several sergeants escorted him to the bottom of the hall and pressed him his back, knocking him to his knees. Li Xianqi pointed to the man: "This person is the so-called regent of Western Xia, and his subordinates brought him and dedicated him to King Yan." ”

Yang Peng and the others were taken aback, Yang Peng glanced at Dao Chong, and said, "I have heard of your name for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet in such a situation!" Yang Peng still admires the series of methods adopted by Daochong during this time, although this old guy's wisdom is not unparalleled in the world, but it is definitely rare in the world, and he can be comparable to him, and there are probably not many in the whole world. Dao Chong sighed, and said in frustration and resentment: "It's a pity that the woe caused Xiao Wall, turned into elbows and armpits, and fell short, and fell short!" ”

Yang Peng looked at Li Xianqi and praised: "General Li did a good job, this is another great achievement!" Li Xianqi was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "This is all caused by Yan Wang Weiling, how dare his subordinates take credit!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, looked at Daochong, and asked, "Regent, how did you come to Suzhou?" He smiled bitterly and said, "Why does King Yan ridicule me? What kind of regent I look like! Yang Peng glanced at him and said, "I'm also wondering, how did you, the regent, get to this field?" Dao Chong sighed, feeling that Great Xia had reached this step, what else could not be said? So he said: "King Yan launched at the right time, when King Yan launched a surprise attack on Xiliang Mansion, it happened to be the time when Li Dingkun and others rebelled and mutinied, and I became their prisoner." ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "I said that before we launched a surprise attack, how could the sound of killing come out in Xiliang Mansion, I see." He glanced at Dao Chong and said, "The civil strife in Xuanhua Mansion after that was probably caused by the clash between your cronies and Li Dingkun's soldiers and horses when they tried to rescue you, right?" Dao Chong nodded, sighed, and said self-deprecatingly: "Our own people were killed in the dark, but the king of Yan picked up the peaches!" ”

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