Tibetan. The Tubo Emperor has been a little annoyed recently, the Songhe system and the Zambutai system accuse each other and attack each other, and the ministers and nobles in the court are also divided into two factions, accusing each other and cursing each other every day, making a good court like a vegetable market, and the Tubo Emperor is not irritable, but he doesn't know how to solve this matter. Today, Songhyuk and Zambuthai quarreled again in the lobby, and the content of the quarrel was still that incident, Songhyuk accused the army of the huge losses in the conquest of the Western Regions and returned in vain, all because the generals of Zambuta's line did not listen to orders, and Zambuthai accused Songhyuk of arbitrariness, improper command, and exclusion of dissidents, which was the root cause of the army's failure. The two quarreled red-faced, and soon after, the aristocratic ministers who had good relations with each other joined the quarrel, and the court became a quarrelsome vegetable market again.

The Tibetan Emperor was also used to it, so he just treated it as if he didn't hear it or see it, and let them make noise.

At this moment, a guard rushed in, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!" As soon as these words came out, the court instantly fell silent. The Tibetan Emperor said to the guards: "Xuan! The guard answered the promise and ran down, and after a while, he saw an officer hurrying in, kneeling down and saying, "Your Majesty, I just received an urgent military information from Yan Yun. The 600,000 troops of the Khitan army took this opportunity to suddenly attack and enter the sixteen states of Yanyun. ”

When the Tibetan Emperor and the nobles heard the officer's report, they were all shocked, and then they showed a look of infinite joy. Song He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yanyun is in great trouble, we in Tubo can take this opportunity to raise a large army to attack the Hexi Corridor, and then seize the entire Hetao Ningxia region!" ”

The nobles chimed in, and seemed to be very zealous, because they were the ones who would benefit the most if the army seized new land. The emperor was also very tempted, but he had just suffered a big defeat, which made him a little undecided.

Zanbu Tai feels that in the past few years, his side has suffered successive defeats, troops, grain and grass and other aspects have suffered heavy losses, now although it is a good opportunity, but it is actually difficult for his side to mobilize troops on a large scale, in the current situation, at most can only mobilize 150,000 troops to go out, this point of soldiers and horses in the face of the 150,000 Yanyun army guarding the Hexi corridor has no strength advantage at all, and the combat power of the Yanyun army is the best in the world, its own 150,000 troops go out, let alone seize the city, I am afraid that there will be few who can come back alive! However, although Zampota thought so, he didn't say it, because he knew that once he said this, he would inevitably offend all the nobles and the emperor who were eager to get the land, and he would naturally not do such a stupid thing, in fact, he hoped that Songhe would lead the troops to the Hexi Corridor, because once the troops were dispatched, seven or nine times out of ten they would be defeated and lost, and at that time, the emperor and all the nobles would not forgive him, and he would have to spend his life in prison even if he didn't die!

Thinking of this, Zamboo couldn't help but have a sinister smile in his eyes.

The emperor said: "This is a great time, I have decided to send troops!" All the ministers and nobles bowed together and said, "Your Majesty is wise! Then Songhe suggested: "Your Majesty, the reason why the previous battle to attack the Hexi Corridor failed was all caused by the fact that Duosang and the others did not obey the order, and they had to be used to attack the Hexi Corridor, so the last general felt that in order not to make similar incidents happen again, and for His Majesty's grand plan to be realized, General Zanbu Tai should be reactivated as the commander to lead the army to attack the Hexi Corridor!" ”

Zanbu was too shocked, but the emperor and the ministers and nobles felt that Songhyuk was very reasonable, and they also felt that it was really commendable that he could say such a thing, everyone really thought that Songhyuk recommended Zanbu Tai for the sake of the overall situation, where did they think of the insidious intentions behind him!

The emperor looked at Zanbu Tai and said: "General Songhe recommended General Zanbu Tai, it can be seen that General Songhe has no selfish grudge against General Zanbu Tai, and the rumors are self-defeating!" What do you say, Zambuta? Zanbu was too helpless, so he could only say: "The last general and General Songhe really have no personal grudges, it's just a difference in political opinions!" The Emperor nodded in approval. Zanbutai continued: "General Songhyuk recommended the last general, because he can afford to look at the last general, and the last general is grateful! However, the last general has self-knowledge, and knows that it must be more appropriate for this commander-in-chief to be assumed by General Songhe! Please ask Your Majesty to appoint General Songhe as the commander-in-chief, with full authority to preside over the battle of the Hexi Corridor, and it will definitely be a triumphant song as soon as possible! ”

The emperor looked at Songhyuk, and Songhe hurriedly said, "General Zanbu is so modest!" Most of the troops in the northeast are the old troops of General Zambu, and the command of the last general is obviously inappropriate, so the last general can only thank General Zambu for his good intentions, and ask His Majesty to appoint General Zambu as the commander, which is more appropriate! ”

The emperor couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart when he saw that the two of them shirked each other, as if they were pushing a hot potato. Seeing that Zambo was about to shirk again, he said angrily: "This position of commander will be held by Zambo Tai, and Zambo Tai, you don't have to shirk anymore, otherwise excessive modesty will become contrived!" ”

Seeing that the emperor said this, what else could he say, he could only bow down and promise, and his heart was miserable. ……

Later that day, Songhyuk was drinking and proud, with two young and beautiful concubines sitting next to him. At this moment, the butler suddenly rushed in, bowed down and said, "Master, Lord Qincha is here!" Song He was greatly surprised, and said secretly: How could a minister suddenly come to the door?

Thinking like this, he had already stood up, walked out of the back hall quickly, and came to the hall, only to see the minister of the Qin Mission standing in the middle of the hall with the holy decree high, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, and bowed: "The last general Songhe greets the holy decree!" Naturally, the butler behind him also knelt down and bowed.

The minister opened the decree and read it, and as in other countries, the first paragraph was full of nonsense about singing praises of virtue, and it took a while to get to the point, and I only heard him read: "Because General Zanbu was suddenly infected with a vicious disease and fell unconscious, he specially ordered General Songhe to be the generalissimo," Songhe was taken aback when he heard this, and he didn't hear the rest of the words.

After reading the holy decree, the minister closed the decree and said, "The general received the decree and thanked him." ”

Song He came back to his senses, kowtowed twice, stood up, took the holy decree, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, how could General Zanbu suddenly be infected with a vicious disease?" Not long ago, he went to the court, and he was obviously fine at that time! The minister said, "This subordinate is not clear." I heard that the Great Witch Doctor personally went to see it, and General Zambu was indeed infected with an inexplicable emergency, so that he fell unconscious! ”

Songhe was speechless. The minister bowed down and said, "Since the general has received the order, the lower official will go back to the palace to resume his life!" Song He sent the minister out of the gate, and after saying goodbye, he returned to the hall, picked up the holy decree and looked at it, with a look of crying and laughing, and muttered: "Fuck, Lao Tzu is going to calculate Zanbuta, who knows that people are not as good as heaven, but in the end he counts himself!" If I had known that, I wouldn't have said that! However, it is useless to regret it now, the wood is already in the boat, and he can only bite the bullet.

Songhe paced back and forth, thinking about what to do, feeling that the attack of the 150,000 army was clearly to send him to death, but these words were now not good to say to the emperor and the nobles, everyone is now looking forward to expanding the territory, if he goes to pour a basin of cold water on himself, I am afraid that the result will be more miserable than defeat! What to do? Songhe was agitated.

Suddenly, Song He had an idea, stopped, and said excitedly: "My army is not good, I can find help!" Western Liao has already made an enmity with Yan Yun, so why not immediately send envoys to persuade Western Liao to send troops? Now that Yanyun is in a critical situation, there is no reason for Xiliao not to send troops! I will garrison the Snow Mountain Fortress, do not attack first, and wait until the Western Liao army attacks, and then I will wave the army to attack, and then I will be nine out of ten! At this point, I couldn't help laughing, and the haze that was originally pressing on my heart disappeared in an instant. ……

Look back to Yanjing.

After the Khitan army failed to discuss the huge scale of the attack, they rested the grain fields and continued to attack fiercely, for several days, the battle was extremely fierce, although the Khitan soldiers fought bravely, and the Yanyun warriors fought bloodily. After a few days, both sides suffered heavy losses, although the Khitan army was still unable to break the city, but the situation in Yanjing was already very critical, which was not only reflected in the casualties and losses of the Yanyun army, but also in the destruction of the city wall. In the past few days, the Khitan army has attacked fiercely, while using artillery catapults and gunpowder bags to destroy the city wall everywhere, now Yanyun's city wall has collapsed in seven or eight places, whenever the city wall collapses once, the two sides will launch an extremely tragic bloody battle around the gap, seven or eight gaps, seven or eight fierce battles, the two armies killed corpses like mountains and rivers of blood, fortunately, every time the Yanyun army has relied on more fierce combat power and the spirit of not afraid of death to save the day. Now these seven or eight gaps have been temporarily filled with messy debris, but this kind of stuffing can't resist a volley of the opponent's artillery at all.

On this day, the Khitan army bombarded many gaps in the city wall with artillery one after another, causing many gaps to collapse again, and then tens of thousands of Khitan troops divided into several attack waves to storm these gaps respectively. At the same time, tens of thousands of troops continued to storm the walls using various siege equipment. The rain of arrows covered the sky, on the city wall, the bloody battle was endless at the gap, the blood rain was flying in the air, the corpses on the ground were accumulating, and the soldiers on both sides who killed the red eyes were fighting desperately. Suddenly, the Jin army rushed into the gap, and suddenly the Yanyun army counterattacked, and the wall bricks and soil could no longer be seen on the dirt slope, only the layers of corpses and flowing blood, the soldiers on both sides stepped on the corpses and shouted bloody battles, and in an instant, the soldiers on both sides who were fighting just now turned into corpses and spread on the ground.

The soldiers on both sides fought endlessly, one after another, and the rapid gap was like several huge blood basin mouths, constantly devouring the flesh and blood of the soldiers on both sides. The offensive of the Khitan army can be said to be extremely fierce, I am afraid that there is no army in the world can withstand such a fierce attack, the original Japanese people did not occupy the disadvantage of the troops, it was under the Khitan army so ferocious attack, the border cities that occupied the short time were lost one by one! However, here, in front of the Yan Yun Army, the Khitan Army's repeated tsunami-like attacks were all ineffective, which is really unbelievable! Ye Hu Cheng's eyes widened, he knew that his soldiers had done their best, he was extremely proud of the bravery and fearlessness of his subordinates, but at the same time he was extremely shocked, he really couldn't believe that after so many days, Yan Yunjun still retained such a strong combat power and fighting will, and could actually block the fierce attacks of his own soldiers this time and again, which were as powerful as Tianwei!

Fierce fighting lasted from morning to noon and from noon to evening. The fierce battle continued, but the Yanyun army was still firmly guarding the city wall and guarding the gap, and the offensive of the Khitan army had obviously declined much worse than before.

Seeing that his soldiers were exhausted and their fighting spirit had declined, Yelu Hucheng knew that it would be a waste of time to fight any longer, so he reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

The Khitan army receded like the ebbing tide, and the originally noisy battlefield suddenly quieted down. At this time, the corpses inside and outside the city wall were piled up, the remains of various siege equipment were scattered on the battlefield, the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the heavens and the earth in a blood-red color, and the broken battle flags were hunting in the wind!

The militia cleaned up the battlefield everywhere, collected the corpses of their own soldiers, and threw the corpses of the enemy outside the city walls, and no one spoke, and everyone felt as if they were holding a heavy stone in their hearts. The officers and men of the Second Army and the city defense army quickly entered a state of rest, and in an instant, snoring began to rise up and down the city, and the exhausted and blood-stained soldiers hugged their swords and snuggled up to each other and fell asleep. The fireman came to the soldiers with the food, and could not bear to wake them, so he gently placed the food beside everyone. Tens of thousands of women in the city volunteered to help, either to help treat the wounded, or to help with laundry and cooking, even though it was getting late.

Yang Peng led everyone to inspect all parts of the city before returning to the palace hall. Sitting down, Yang Peng asked Ya Yu Guanyin: "What are the casualties of our army, and how many troops are left now?" ”

Ya Yu Guanyin frowned and said, "Our army is now less than half of what can still fight. There are seven or eight gaps in the city wall, and the Khitan army can attack from any gap, and at the same time they will attack the city wall, and our forces are obviously insufficient! During the day today, there was almost a big problem! "Ye Yu Guanyin is talking about a fierce battle this afternoon, just when the Yanyun army was fighting with the Khitan army in several gaps and at the head of the city, the Khitan army's artillery turned and suddenly bombarded a gap in the distance, and after the explosion opened, 10,000 Khitan troops immediately rushed up. At that time, the Yanyun army was insufficient, and seeing that the enemy army was about to break through the city, at the last moment, Yang Peng's personal commander hidden, Feifeng Nuwei and Xuanjia army fought back desperately, and finally expelled the enemy. At that time, Ye Yu Hucheng didn't know much about the situation in the city, if he knew the situation of Yan Yunjun's army, and then used artillery to open a gap, Yan Jingcheng was afraid that it would be lost. Fortunately, the Khitan army was also exhausted, and Yelu Hucheng did not know the specific situation in the city, so he did not do so.

Yang Peng pondered: "Now it's time for the militia to take the lead!" Everyone looked at each other, and Yang Jiumei said: "After these days of fighting, the performance of the militia cannot be compared with the regular army at all!" There is often chaos, if they are allowed to take the lead, I am afraid that the city will be lost immediately! Everyone nodded.

Yang Peng said: "You may not have noticed that the performance of the militia is actually getting better and better, although it is not yet comparable to the regular army, but at least you have seen the tragedy of the battlefield and are not so afraid." I did not intend to leave the militia alone, but my idea was to use the militia and the city defense army to defend against the enemy when the situation was not critical, and to use the officers of the Second Army when the situation was critical. In this way, the living power in our hands can be used more rationally! Everyone felt that what Yang Peng said made sense, and couldn't help but nodded.

Yang Peng stood up, and everyone stood up when they saw this. Yang Peng walked to the door of the main hall, looking at the starry night sky, with a thoughtful expression.

On the other side, Ye Yu Hucheng gathered all the generals in front of the sand table, and was replanning the offensive strategy, only to see him pointing to Yanjing City on the sand table and said: "Today's fierce attack, although it failed to break through the city, but Yan Yunjun must have reached the limit!" Glancing at the generals, he said, "We will continue the onslaught tomorrow, and the offensive will be strengthened on the basis of today!" Long Ba said categorically: "Don't worry, the king will definitely attack Yanjing City tomorrow!" The last general is willing to make a military order, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent! The other generals also expressed their willingness to make military orders, and they were all eager to try their confident appearance. These Khitan generals are brave and brave, but the reason why they dare to make military orders is mainly because they feel that the Yanyun army has reached the end of the crossbow, and they judge from experience that tomorrow they will attack with all their might, and the Yanyun army in the city will not be able to defend it seven or nine times out of ten, and they should be able to break the city in one fell swoop.

Ye Hu Cheng smiled and waved his hand, "Tomorrow, a frontal onslaught is not a real killer move!" ……”

All the generals looked surprised and looked at each other.

Yelu Tiger City pointed to the first line of the guide city wall and said, "We have been storming this line, and we will continue to storm here tomorrow." After so many days of fierce battles, no matter how cunning Yang Peng is, he will only focus on this. And while I continue to storm the southern city, I will send an elite army to raid the north gate! ...... "All the generals are battlefield veterans, and when they heard this, they all understood, and their eyes couldn't help but light up and get excited. Zheng Shilong exclaimed: "Even Sun Wu and Li Mu would never have thought of this trick!" The king's move will greatly surprise King Yan's expectations, and he will definitely succeed in one battle! The generals chimed in.

Ye Hu Cheng smiled proudly, turned his head to look at Long Ba, and ordered: "I will hand over the heavy task of this surprise attack on the north gate to you, you immediately go down and select a team of elite daredevils!" Long Ba bowed excitedly, and the other generals looked at Long Ba with envy on their faces, because judging from the current situation, this raid on the north gate can definitely be successful, and the first to break the city is the first achievement, and everyone is naturally hot.

Ryuba hurried down. The Tiger City returned to the top and sat down, while the generals returned to the sides and stood. Ye Yu Hucheng lowered his head and thought about it, he thought about his actions after breaking through Yanjing: "After breaking Yanjing, the first thing is to capture Yang Peng, the king of Yan, if you can take him, Yanyun will become a leaderless situation, and your army will take this opportunity to divide into three roads, all the way to the west into Shanxi, all the way to the southwest, directly to Bianliang, and the last way to the south to Hebei." Shandong let it be given to the Japanese people. As long as the Song Court in the south is not too bad, it will naturally raise troops, and the two Huai will let them go. Tubo will probably not sit idly by, and will definitely send troops, and the Hexi Corridor will be given to them. In an instant, Yelu Tiger City had already thought of a plan to carve up Yanyun.

At this moment, a personal soldier rushed in and reported: "King Qiqi, the envoy of the Japanese people is here." Ye Hu Cheng's eyes lit up, and he said to the generals: "We have made an appointment with the Japanese people to send troops, presumably the Japanese army has already crossed the sea!" All the generals also thought so, Zheng Shilong said with a smile: "Today's Yanyun is like a fat and strong fat pig, everyone wants to share a piece of fat!" The crowd laughed. Yelang Hucheng said to his soldiers, "Please come in." The soldiers answered, ran down, and after a while, they led a middle-aged man dressed as a Han man in, bowed to Yeyu Tiger City, and retreated.

The middle-aged man made a chest salute towards Yeyu Tiger City, and said, "I am the personal officer of Lord Shimazu Shigehao, the commander of the Great Japanese Naval Army, and I have been ordered to meet the protector king of the Great Liao Kingdom!" ”

Ye Hu Cheng said: "It's easy to say. Did your army attack? ”

The middle-aged man said: "I was ordered to come to inform you that our Great Japanese Fleet has defeated the main force of the Yanyun Naval Army on Long Island, and now our Great Japanese Fleet is in the process of pursuing the remnants of the enemy!" In addition, our 100,000 Japanese army has landed on the coast of Chuzhou and is now marching to Chuzhou! Our army is progressing well, and I have come to inform you and at the same time to reach a preliminary agreement on the division of land! "When you hear about Chuzhou, you must think of a place in Hunan, in fact, this Chuzhou has nothing to do with Hunan, but Huai'an City in the north of Jiangsu Province, which was called Huai'an during the Song Dynasty and Shanyang in the Tang Dynasty.

Yelu Hucheng glanced at the middle-aged man and asked, "How do you want to divide it?" The middle-aged man bowed slightly towards Yelu Hucheng and said, "The entire Central Plains, as well as the Sixteen Prefectures of Hebei and Yanyun, we absolutely dare not touch it. We just want to ask you to promise to recognize that the Shandong region and the two Huai belong to our Great Japanese Empire! ”

Ye Hu Cheng sneered in his heart: "Dog's day, what a big appetite! However, you are still self-aware, and you dare not come to compete with my Great Liao Empire for interests. Lianghuai was originally intended to be handed over to the Song people, since you also want it, then let you fight with the Song people, which is also beneficial to our Great Liao Kingdom! As soon as he thought of this, he said with a smile: "Our Great Liao Empire naturally has no opinion, but I'm afraid that the Song people also want to take the two Huai!" The middle-aged man showed pride and said, "With the cowardly Song people, they are not qualified to compete with our army of Great Japan!" ”

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