Chapter 474, Tubo Raiders
Brother Wei Mingxiu showed admiration and said: "It turns out that the general is from the capital, no wonder his bearing is so extraordinary!" When Niaz heard this, she couldn't help but smile, and when she thought of what was in front of her, she frowned again and sighed.
Nyaz, the way of nature, said in his opinion, "The general doesn't have to worry. Victory and defeat are common in soldiers, and General Mills must be a reasonable man, and he will never blame a general too much for a defeat. When Niaz heard Brother Hugh's words, the worry in his heart couldn't help but subside, and he said: "The general is naturally reasonable, but the punishment will definitely not escape. Hey, it's really nothing to punish me, but it's too uncomfortable to lose face in front of others! Brother Hugh patted Niaz on the shoulder and said, "The general doesn't have to worry, I will defend the general in front of the general!" In that case, it would be impossible for anyone to escape the annihilation of the army! ”
Niaz was moved, and bowed to Brother Hugh and said, "Thank you, General!" ”
Brother Wei Mingxiu smiled and said, "In the future, we will be colleagues, why should the general and me be polite, we should help each other!" Niaz nodded sympathetically, and said to Brother Hugh with a sincere face: "The general is such a friend, if the general blames the general for losing the Yumen Pass, I will definitely defend the general!" Brother Hugh wanted his words, and said gratefully: "Thank you!" ”
The group marched westward, and after more than an hour, the army came to an open field sandwiched between the woods and the sand mountains, and in the moonlight they saw corpses strewn across the field, which was shocking.
Niaz couldn't help but feel sad and cried: "We, we are ambushed here!" ......" Brother Xiu frowned and nodded, glanced at the scene, and couldn't help sighing. Niaz said with trepidation: "Those Yanyun troops killed from the woods and sand mountains, just like wolves in the desert, extremely fierce, and before we could react, we suffered heavy casualties and collapsed the army!" Those guys aren't just human! ”
Wei Ming Tiger Xiong smiled coldly and said, "What are these Yan Yun Army!" The really terrifying thing about Yan Yunjun is the Xuanjia Army, the Mo Dao Army and the Yan King Iron Cavalry, you are even afraid of such a Yan Yun Army, if you meet the real Yan Yun Elite, wouldn't you be scared to death! ”
Niaz looked incredulous and asked, "Are you saying that the Xuanjia Army, the Modao Army, and the Yan King Iron Cavalry are even more powerful than these Yan Yun Armies we have encountered now?" As soon as these words were asked, I saw that all the Western Xia generals, including Brother Hugh, who was named Wei, actually showed a look of fear, which was naturally revealed, and only those who had an unforgettable fear of certain things would involuntarily show such a look of fear as soon as they heard their names.
Wei Mingtai muttered: "The Yanyun Xuanjia army comes and goes like the wind like a ghost, when you notice it, they are basically dead, and the million army can't catch them, and once they attack, they are like lightning and wind, extremely deadly; The Mo Sword Army is the Iron Tower Killing God, and the light cavalry of the infantry army is certainly not their opponent, and even the iron armored war cavalry is a bloody end against them; Yan Wang Iron Armor, that is the most terrible heavy armor war horse in the world, people are like tigers and horses, like dragons, immobile like mountains, offensive like tides, on the field, no one has been able to resist their rush, and the corpses are all over the field and the blood flows like a river, that is the iron soldier brigade that cannot be fought against by manpower! ”
Niaz's face turned pale and asked, "They, where are they?" Brother Hugh smiled: "Don't worry, none of these elites have come here." Niaz breathed a sigh of relief, and was extremely curious about the Yan Yunjun who had wiped out his entire army, so he wanted to continue to ask, but he felt that this was not a place for small talk, so he suppressed the urge to ask.
Brother Hugh said, "Keep going." The army continued to march on, and walked among the corpses on the ground, and his heart could not help but palpitate. Kill...... The huge killing sound suddenly broke the silence of the night, and the Xixia army, which was marching between the woods and sand mountains, suddenly heard such a loud noise, and they were all shocked, and hurriedly looked around, and saw the fire on the sand mountain, and there were thousands of people squatting or standing under the firelight, and it was Yan Yunjun. Brother Wei Ming Xiu and the others were shocked to the extreme, they never thought that Yan Yunjun would actually set up an ambush here, they didn't expect Yang Yanzhao to expect that they would flee in the middle of the night and set up an ambush, and they didn't expect that the ambush location would be in a place that had been ambushed once before, which was very contrary to the art of war, it was simply incredible.
Shoot the arrows! With the order of General Yan Yun, only the sound of whirring wind was heard, and the arrows flying in the dark night could not be seen at all, and the panicked Western Xia soldiers fell to the ground one after another. The whirring wind was endless, and the Western Xia soldiers were constantly shot to the ground, and the screams came and went. Brother Hugh shouted, "Retreat towards the woods!" The soldiers of the army immediately resisted the arrows fired from the mountain on the one hand, and retreated to the woods on the other, and in the process there were still people who were shot down by the arrows, and those who did not die crawled while shouting for help, but in this scene, who would dare to risk death to save people.
The Western Xia soldiers suffered a lot of losses and retreated to the woods. At that moment, a loud whining sound suddenly came from the woods. When the Western Xia soldiers suddenly heard this voice, they were all startled, and before they could turn around, many Western Xia soldiers fell to the ground with arrows in their backs. The Western Xia soldiers hurriedly turned back, and another wave of arrows rained head-on, and they shot down countless Western Xia soldiers when they landed.
Without waiting for the Xixia soldiers to react, the sound of killing in the woods was loud, and under the moonlight, I saw countless fierce Yanyun soldiers pouring out of the woods to kill them. The Western Xia soldiers were horrified and hurriedly met the battle. The two sides slammed into each other and killed, only to see the cold light flying, blood and water dancing, the Western Xia soldiers fell to the ground one after another, Yan Yun was 10,000 soldiers without moving, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, the Western Xia army was killed and retreated, and in a blink of an eye, it collapsed! ……
The two of them, Hugh and Niaz, escaped from the encirclement with only a few dozen cavalry, and rushed to the west, anxious like a fish that slipped through the net, panicked like a lost dog, the wind sounded around them seemed to be the roar of Yan Yunjun, and the chirping of birds and birds was like the roar of arrows.
At the same time, Zhang Jiang, Zhang Yuan and the former sergeants were surrounded in a forest, unable to get out, seeing that a group of Yan Yunjun outside the forest lined up and were about to launch a final attack.
Zhang Yuan said to Zhang Jiang: "It is normal for people to hesitate before, but we can't hesitate anymore at this moment, otherwise we will all die without a place to bury!" Zhang Jiang looked around, and saw that the soldiers around him were looking at him with a very frightened and hopeful look, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "I was going to be loyal to Great Xia, but how could I bear to die with my brothers who had been born and died for so many years with me!" In order to save everyone, I, Zhang Jiang, had no choice but to bear this rebellious charge! Then he said to Zhang Yuan: "Brother, you go to see General Yanyun immediately, just say that we are all Han, please don't attack, we are willing to surrender!" Zhang Yuan responded happily and hurriedly rode out of the woods.
Zhang Jiang and the others stood in the woods and looked out nervously, and after seeing Zhang Yuan say something to the person who looked like a general, the general passed down an order, and then saw the elite of Yanyun outside the woods who was ready to attack retreat fifty steps, and everyone couldn't help but be overjoyed.
The book saw Zhang Yuan galloping back. Zhang Jiang asked urgently, "Brother, does Yan Yunjun accept our surrender?" Zhang Yuan said with joy on his face: "That general is actually Yang Dezheng, a fierce general under Yang Yanzhao, he said that since they are all Han people, they are their own people, and they will not be embarrassed for us, so we should go out immediately, lay down our weapons, and accept the arrangement!" ”
Zhang Jiang hesitated and said, "They, will they deliberately say this in order to lure us out and then come and kill us!" Zhang Yuan said angrily: "This is impossible!" Yan Yunjun has never done such an immoral thing, and with Yan Yunjun's combat strength and the current situation, why bother playing tricks with us, if you want to kill us, none of us can escape! Brother, we don't have a choice now, instead of sitting back and waiting, let's take a risk! ”
Zhang Jiang felt that what Zhang Yuan said was reasonable, sighed, and raised his voice to the soldiers: "Brothers, go out with me, if Yan Yunjun cheats, let them shoot me first!" All the soldiers were moved and shouted: "We live and die together with the general!" ”
Zhang Jiang took a deep breath and walked out of the woods first, and when the soldiers saw this, they followed out. Qian threw away the weapons in his hands, took off the armor on his body, walked in front of Yan Yunjun, and lined up in a square to wait for disposal, everyone couldn't help but feel worried.
Yang Dezheng sent a team of sergeants to escort them down. At this time, the battles in other places had already ended, and the corpses of the Western Xia army were everywhere in the mountains, and groups of prisoners were escorted by the Yanyun army. Brother Hugh's 10,000 soldiers and horses seem to have been wiped out, and he is unlucky, he met the world-famous general Yang Yanzhao, all calculations are in Yang Yanzhao's hands, and such a result can be said to have been doomed to you.
Yang Dezheng ordered the army to clean up the battlefield, and then escorted the captives back to Yumen Pass. Yang Dezheng hurriedly came to the camp hall, his face could not hide his joy, and he bowed: "Father, the last general was ordered to ambush the enemy army, and the enemy's nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses have been wiped out, but unfortunately the enemy general of Brother Hugh escaped!" ”
Yang Yanzhao said indifferently: "It's just a few lonely souls and wild ghosts, you don't have to take them to heart." Yang Gui came out and said: "General, now that the morale of our army is like a rainbow, do you simply attack Hamilia?" ”
Yang Yanzhao shook his head and said, "As generals, we can't rashly attack other countries, unless there is an order from King Yan, the war against Western Xia is over!" Immediately send a fast horse messenger to report the situation here to King Yan! Yang Gui answered and ran down.
The soldiers and horses mobilized by Tubo from all over the country have been gathered one after another to the Snow Mountain Fortress and the Qingtang region, with a total strength of more than 300,000, and the leading general is still Songhe. Originally, after receiving the news of Songhe's failure in attacking Xiliang Mansion, the Tubo Emperor had already retreated, but he thought that the country's labor and mobilization had spent countless money and food but did not get any benefits, and he could not explain to the people that he was secondary, and he could not explain to the nobles who were looking forward to obtaining the land of Xixia, but his prestige was very bad, so he felt that the war should be continued, not to mention that he thought that Yanyun was still in difficulty at present, and it was difficult to mobilize enough troops, as far as the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses currently in Xiliang were concerned, You still have a good chance of winning. If you can conquer the entire Xiliang region in one fell swoop, the people will be happy, the nobles will be happy, and they will naturally be happy, and the most important thing is that they can obtain a large amount of land to meet the needs of themselves and the nobles.
More than 300,000 Tibetan troops gathered in the south of the snow-capped mountains, and Songhe was full of ambition and prepared to attack Xiliangfu in a big way. However, at this moment, a small stream came from the west: the little emperor of Western Xia, the queen mother, the regent and others all surrendered to Yanyun, and Western Xia had perished.
Songhyuk and the others were shocked when they suddenly got the news, but then they thought about it and felt that it was just a matter of time. Duo Sang frowned and said, "Western Xia has perished, Yan Yunjun can concentrate on coming in the direction of Xiliang," glanced at Song He, and said, "We, do we still have to carry out the original plan?" ”
All the generals frowned slightly and did not speak, only the middle-aged man with a stout figure and proud temperament said loudly: "Even if Yan Yunjun can concentrate its strength, it is only 150,000 troops, and our army is more than 300,000, twice as much as him, so why are you cowardly!" "The generals didn't speak, and secretly said in their hearts: 'You haven't seen Yan Yunjun, so naturally you can say it very easily, and when you do, I'm afraid you won't be able to say this!' Although all the generals thought this in their hearts, none of them said it.
Qu Cuo said to Song He: "General, Your Majesty has appointed you as the commander of this crusade, if you are too timid to take on this heavy responsibility, it is better to give up this position of commander to this general!" ”
Song He was unhappy in his heart, and said angrily: "My commander-in-chief was appointed by His Majesty, how can I let people casually?" If you want to be this commander in chief, you can go and beg Your Majesty! Qu Cuo snorted and said loudly: "Then please commander, immediately order an attack on Xiliang Mansion!" Your Majesty appointed you as the commander-in-chief, but he didn't ask you to grind foreign workers! ”
Songhe said coldly: "I have my own reason for how to do it, I don't need you to remind General Ben!" Qu Cuo sneered and said, "It's good that you know!" But you have to be careful, you have already been defeated before, and if you fail again, it will be up to you to explain to your majesty! ”
Song He snorted coldly and said, "You naturally hope that General Ben will fail!" Qu Cuo said: "I didn't say that, I'm just worried about your failure, but I don't want you to fail, you don't want to spew blood!" ”
Song He said: "I don't care what you're thinking, in short, now that I am the commander of the Northern Expedition, you must obey my orders, otherwise you will blame me for being ruthless in military law!" Qu Cuo was furious, and then suppressed his anger, and said secretly: Let you be proud for a while, if you attack Xiliang again, I will not let you go!
Seeing that Qu Cuo had obeyed his authority, Song He was secretly proud in his heart, glanced at the generals, and said: "Your Majesty's determination to annex Xiliang is unshakable, and what we have to consider is not difficulties, but how to complete the mission entrusted by Your Majesty!" The generals agreed in unison.
Songhe continued: "Although the Yanyun army has more than 100,000 people, the strength of our army is far stronger than theirs, and this battle is still relatively large; What's more, now that the main force of the Yanyun Army is still on the side of Guazhou, there are not many enemy troops in Xiliang Mansion, so we can take this opportunity to capture Xiliang Mansion first. As long as Xiliang Mansion is captured, the situation will be very polite to us. The generals nodded one after another, feeling that what Song He said was very reasonable, only Qu Cuo looked at Song He with a sneer.
Zan Pu said: "What the general said is extremely true, but I think that Yang Peng and Ye Yu Guanyin are both famous generals on the battlefield, and they must be able to think of this, so Xiliang Mansion must be on strict guard, if we attack Xiliang Mansion, there will be no problem in winning, but I am afraid that there will be too many losses!" ”
Songhe couldn't help but nod, glanced at Zampu, and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?" Zampu smiled slyly and said, "If the enemy could expect us to do this, why should we do it!" We can completely change our strategy and be surprised! ”
Songhyuk and the others were very curious when they heard what he said, and Songhe asked, "How can you be surprised?" ”
Zamp walked over to the map frame on the side of the tent, and Songhe and the other generals surrounded him. Zampu pointed to Xuanhua Mansion and Rouge Mountain, and said: "Yang Peng and the others' attention at this moment must be on Xiliang Mansion, and they would never expect our army to raid Rouge Mountain and Xuanhua Mansion," everyone present was also a battlefield general, and when he said this, they all understood, and they all lit up, and Duo Sang praised: "Your Excellency Governor's plan is wonderful!" Xuanhua Mansion and Rouge Mountain are located between Xiliang Mansion and Guazhou and other places, and are the only way to pass through the Hexi Corridor! If it occupies here, it will be equivalent to cutting off the connection between Yanyun's main force and Xiliang Mansion, so that our army can not only attack Xiliangfu with peace of mind, but also trap Yanyun's main force on the Guazhou side, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! The generals nodded their heads in praise.
Zan Pu said: "There is another advantage to attacking Xuanhua Mansion and Rouge Mountain, Yan Yunjun did not expect that we would rush to Xuanhua Mansion and Rouge Mountain at all to seek near and far, so the garrisons of these two places must be very weak and defenseless." Our army's war horses can go down with a single drum, and there will be no suspense. Everyone nodded their heads, all very excited, and Zamp's plan made everyone see the hope of victory.
Song He said: "Lord Zampu's suggestion is very good, this move is greatly unexpected by the enemy, and it will definitely be a complete victory!" After pondering for a moment, he said categorically: "That's it!" Then he turned to Ngawang and said, "Ngawang, I will hand over all the more than 20,000 war horses to you, and you will lead them to leave the snow-capped mountains and march westward, first capture Rouge Mountain, and then capture Xuanhua Mansion!" Once you've done it, send someone back immediately! Ngawang bowed in agreement. Songhe said to Busang again: "Busan, you will lead 30,000 infantry troops to meet you." After seizing Xuanhua Mansion and Rouge Mountain, Yan Yunjun will definitely go all out to take it! The gains and losses of Xuanhua Mansion and Rouge Mountain are related to the entire battle situation, and the two of you must deal with it carefully and not be negligent! The latter sentence was addressed to Busan and Ngawang, and they bowed together to make a promise. This Ngawang is not tall, with a sturdy physique, a swarthy face that gives people a very calm feeling, and a pair of eyes that reveal a deep charm; Bussan, on the other hand, has no characteristics, just a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance and a swarthy face.
Songhyuk said to Zampu: "The Governor continues to garrison the Snow Mountain Fortress!" "Zampu can't ask for it, although it is difficult to make merits if he does not participate in the Northern Expedition, but there will be no fault in staying in the fortress, and it is best to have no merit and no fault.
Songhe glanced at the other generals and raised his voice: "The rest of the generals and armies will march to Xiliang Mansion with me!" The generals agreed in unison. ……
Xiliang Mansion, on the city wall, Yang Peng and Ye Yu Guanyin strolled under the afterglow of the setting sun, holding hands and loving each other. If it were another princess, even Zhao Jinxi and Yang Tong would never dare to take a walk by her lover's hand in such a large public, but Ye Yu Guanyin is different, this woman from between the white mountains and black waters, has a wild personality, dares to love and hate, and makes love with her lover In her opinion, it is a natural and very beautiful thing, not to mention just holding hands for a walk, it is a more affectionate thing, she also dares to do it.
The two of them stopped, turned to look at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the city, and saw a high mountain range looming in the clouds and mist at the end of the sky in the distance. Yang Peng let go of Yan Qingfeng's slender hand, then naturally hugged Ye Yu Guanyin's slender waist, raised his other hand and pointed to the mountain range, and said: "That is the Snow Mountain, according to the information received during the day today, more than 300,000 troops in Tubo are gathered in the south of the Snow Mountain. The Tubo people not only did not retreat, but also increased their troops, which shows that they are not willing to let us seize the entire Hexi Corridor! ”
Ye Yu Guanyin said proudly: "Western Xia is over, we can concentrate our forces, and it will not be a problem to deal with more than 300,000 of them!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded, and said with a thoughtful expression: "I believe that it won't be long before the Tubo army will attack Xiliang Mansion!" Ye Yu Guanyin smiled slightly and glanced at Yang Peng, "We are ready, if they want to come, let's come, are you afraid that they will not succeed!" I'm afraid that they will flee back in two clicks like before! ”
Yang Peng smiled, the palm holding the slender hand of Ye Yu Guanyin tightened, and said softly: "There is Guanyin here, not to mention the 300,000 Tubo army, even if there are a million, it is also a meat bun to beat the dog, and there is no return!" Ya Yu Guanyin raised his right hand and gently punched Yang Peng, and said angrily: "What kind of meat bun beats a dog, am I a dog?" ”
Yang Peng was stunned, and then realized that there was a problem with his words, and couldn't help but feel funny, and said with a smile: "If you say that, wouldn't we become a dog couple?" Ya Yu Guanyin couldn't help but wonder, thought about it, thought it was very interesting, and smiled.
Hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind him, and then he came to a stop a few steps behind the two, and then Naren's voice came: "Qiyu Yanwang, Qiyu Niangniang, there is a document from Tianjing New Town." The two of them turned around and saw Naren standing in front of them with a letter in her hands.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.