Chapter 517, Internal Discord

Jiao Ting said: "This is the first time that we can break through the encirclement of our Yanyun Army." I think that these Mongolian cavalry are on par with our Yanyun army on the whole! I can't believe that there is such a strong army that can compete with us! ”

Yang Peng said: "The Mongols are brave by nature, coupled with the fact that they have lived on horseback and herded and plundered all their lives, they are naturally very brave, and they are not comparable to ordinary armies!" ”

Yang Jing pursed his lips, raised the plate axe in his hand that was still dripping blood, and said proudly: "No matter how powerful they are, they can't break through the defense line of the Mo Sword Army!" If the number of people is equal, my Mo Dao army can kill them without leaving a single piece of armor! Everyone smiled and nodded, feeling that what Yang Jing said made sense. Yang Peng said: "The Modao Army is a class of troops that restrain cavalry, and there is nothing to be proud of if they can defeat the Mongolian cavalry!" Yang Jing was very unconvinced, and looked like he wanted to prove the Mo Dao Army.

Jiao Ting frowned and said, "The Mongolian cavalry is so strong, it's really hard to imagine how the Khitans conquered them?" ”

Yang Peng said: "It was not the Khitans who conquered them, but the Mongols themselves who destroyed themselves. It can also be said that it is the will of God. He smiled, "Who would have thought that the Great Khan of Mongolia would suddenly die!" And after the violent death of the Mongol Khan, the Mongols actually attacked and killed each other for the position of the Great Khan! Therefore, the Khitans conquered Mongolia without much effort! Now the Mongols are no longer a threat to the Khitans, but the sharpest scimitars in their hands! The generals frowned and nodded. Yang Peng glanced at the generals and said, "Order all armies to retreat!" The generals clenched their fists and promised to beat their horses one after another. ……

Rakshin led 70,000 Mongol cavalry to retreat, and rushed to the army led by Xiao Tiehegan on the way. Seeing that Xiao Jiegan was late, Lakshen was very annoyed, and immediately ran to Xiao Jiegan and asked loudly, "Why did you come at this time?" If you come two hours earlier, you can defeat Yan Yunjun with the inside and outside! "Lakshen only said that he would defeat the Yanyun Army, not say that he would completely annihilate the Yanyun Army, because after the battle just now, he found that the Yanyun Army really lived up to its reputation, and its combat power was unprecedented, and he felt that even if Xiao Tiegan arrived in time, at most he could only repel the Yanyun Army, and if he wanted to completely annihilate the Yanyun Army, it was impossible!

Xiao Tiehegan was very annoyed when he saw that Lakshen actually pointed to his nose and questioned him, and said secretly: "You are just a Mongolian slave who surrendered, and you are arrogant in front of me!" I really don't know whether to live or die! As soon as he thought of this, he immediately said coldly: "The march of the army is not as fast as you want!" We're here at this time, and it's already very fast! ”

Laxin said angrily: "It's been delayed for more than a day, and it's still fast!" ”

Xiao Tiegan pointed at Lakshen's nose and scolded, "Lakshen, what are you?" It's just a Mongolian slave who surrendered, and he dared to drink five or six in front of me! You have to figure out who you are! ”

Laxon felt a hard stab in the heart, and even though he gripped the handle of the knife and tried to make a move. But then he calmed down. Xiao Hegan saw that Lakshen's face was full of anger, and he held the handle of the knife in his hand, but he never pulled the knife out. Knowing that he didn't dare, he smiled proudly and said, "Make it clear, you Mongols are slaves, and we Khitans are masters!" Those who are slaves should have the appearance of being slaves! ”

Rakshen's heart has already made up his mind, and he will not give up if he does not kill him. The palm of his hand let go of the handle of the knife, and he said with a cold expression: "You insult me and my people like this, you are my enemy!" ”

Xiao Xianggan sneered as if mocking, and said, "Yes, then why don't you do it?" ”

Lakshin snorted and said: "If you are afraid of the enemy and delay the military plane, I will report to the Protector King and the Queen Mother according to the truth, and you will wait for the sanctions of the military law!" After the words fell, Benle turned his horse's head, returned to his army, and led the army to Danzhou.

Xiao Tiehegan was worried that he would be in big trouble after being reported by Lakshen in front of the Protector King first, so he carefully instructed one of his cronies to rush back to Danzhou to report to Yelu Hucheng. ……

Yang Peng led the army back to Yanjing, leaving only some cavalry in Shunzhou to monitor the movements of the Khitan army. At night, the whole Yanjing City is still a jubilant and lively scene, at this time in the past, the tavern teahouse has already closed, but tonight the tavern teahouse is overcrowded, noisy, and the people are gathered in the restaurant teahouse to drink and carnival! The sound of gongs and drums on the street came one after another, and there was no quiet place for dragon dances, lion dances, and jugglers!

And Yang Peng, the king of Yan, stood alone in front of the map in the study, looking at the map and thinking about the next strategy. Although Yan Yunjun has won a series of big victories, Yan Jing's threat can be said to be temporarily lifted, but Yan Yun's entire situation is still not much better. First of all, it is the problem of the Khitans, although the Khitans have lost several games in a row, but a large number of Khitan reinforcements have arrived, and the strength is still far better than their own, and now the most feared thing is that they will change their ways, while shrinking and defending Danzhou, on the other hand, they will transfer the main force to the direction of Xijing Road to counterattack, in that case, Cao Jun is only afraid that he will not be able to resist, and the soldiers and horses on Yanjing's side are only afraid that it is not easy to support, and it is best if the action of the secret envoy can be successful; You don't have to worry too much about the Hexi Corridor, with Yang Yanzhao guarding there, it shouldn't be a big problem; As for the Japanese people, there is no need to worry about their threat now, but they have pinned down more than 200,000 troops, and it is difficult to transfer them to other more important battlefields for the time being; Finally, the imperial court in the south, if the imperial court insists on sending troops to the northern expedition, it is almost ready now, the main forces of the fifth and sixth armies should have been transferred back to the northern line of the Yangtze River, and the military army in Shanxi and other places should have been assembled, I hope there will be no problems there.

Yang Peng paced back and forth, frowning, only feeling that there were enemies on all sides now, and as long as there was a major mistake in any direction, it was very likely that he would end up losing the whole game. When I walked to the window and looked at the night outside the window, I heard the noise in the distance, and I couldn't help but feel unreal, as if I was in a big dream.

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When Lakshen saw Yelu Hucheng, he was about to report Xiao Jiaogan's crime, but he didn't expect that before he could speak, he was reprimanded by Yelu Hucheng: "I set the speed of the march, who told you to be greedy for merit?" Let Yang Peng discover our attempt, but it fell short! ”

Rakshen was stunned and frowned, "What did the king say?" How did it become my sin? He pointed to Xiao Tiegan, who was standing next to him with a sneer, and said, "Obviously, it was Xiao Tiegan who was afraid of the enemy, which caused Yan Yunjun to run away, and almost put our army in a desperate situation!" ”

Xiao Tie said: "If it weren't for your greed for merit, how could you fall into the encirclement of Yan Yunjun?" Now the blame is on me! Hmph, the Mongols don't have a good thing! Lakshin was furious, pulled out his scimitar, pointed at Xiao Tiehe, and shouted, "I'll kill you despicable villain!" ”

"Enough!" Yeron Tiger City snapped.

Rakshen's heart sank, and then he realized that he had gone too far in a moment of anger. Hurriedly put the knife back into the sheath, knelt down on one knee towards Yeyu Hucheng, and pleaded guilty: "The last general did something that should not be done in anger for a while, please punish the king!" Ye Hu Cheng snorted and said angrily: "Although you are the general ordered by the Queen Mother, you are serving under my command, and with my authority, I can behead you in battle!" ”

Rakshen listened to Ye Yu Hucheng's words, as if everything was his fault, he was annoyed, raised his head and said indignantly: "Obviously, Xiao is the one who interfered with the military plane, and the king does not hold him responsible, but blindly embarrass the last general, what is the reason?" ”

Ye Hu Cheng was furious, slapped the table, banged loudly, and shouted: "Bold! How dare you talk to this king! Come on, drag him down and cut him down! "When even two pro-soldiers came in, they dragged Lakshin's arms. Lakshin was furious, punched and kicked the two pro-soldiers to the ground, pulled out his scimitar with a sonorous sound, glared at Ye Hu Cheng and shouted: "If you want to kill me, it's not that easy!" ”

Yarhu Hucheng was furious to the extreme, pointing at Lakshin and shouting, "Kill him, kill him for me!" The generals drew their scimitars and surrounded Laksin in the middle. Lakshen was not afraid, looked at Yelu Hucheng and said coldly: "Kill me, hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops will definitely rebel!" Did Tiger City think about the consequences? Ye Hu Cheng and the others were all shocked. Han Chang walked up to Yelu Hucheng and whispered: "Great King, it doesn't matter if there is one Lakshen, but the stability of hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops, more than two million Mongolians and the people of Semu is a big matter!" If it really causes a catastrophe, it will be very bad! ”

Seeing the hesitant appearance of Yelu Tiger City and the generals, Rakshen snorted coldly, turned around and walked outside. The generals did not dare to move without the order of Yelu Tiger City, and watched him walk out of the big tent. Yehu Hucheng was extremely angry, but he didn't dare to attack, he was really afraid that killing a Lakshen would cause a drastic change in the Mongols, in that case, he Yehu Hucheng would die a hundred times!

Han Chang said worriedly: "The Mongols don't think that they have been defeated by us in their hearts, they are not convinced by us in their hearts, they are afraid that sooner or later there will be big problems!" At that time, Yehu Hucheng led his army to break into the camp of the tribe where the Mongolian prince was located, and the Mongolian prince was fighting with his own uncle on the front line with the armies of the tribes that supported him, and he did not expect that the Khitan army would break into his camp at this time. As a result, the city of Yeyo Hucheng captured all the nobles on the side of the Mongol princes and the relatives of the soldiers almost without blood.

Although the Mongolian prince did not want to be blackmailed by Yehu Hucheng, he found that he could not control his nobles and soldiers, and when they saw that their relatives were captured, they only wanted to save their relatives' lives, and everything else was ignored.

Seeing that the general trend was gone, the Mongol prince had no choice but to surrender to the Khitans. Immediately, the city of Yelu Tiger attacked another Mongol army with the Mongol prince's Mongol army as the vanguard. The other Mongol army was far from being the opponent of the Mongol princes, and with the assistance of the Khitan army, it collapsed in an instant, and except for a few who fled into the depths of the north, the vast majority of the Mongols became prisoners of the Khitans. The Khitans won a complete victory, carrying countless booty and escorting countless Mongols and Semu people back to Liao.

The Khitans were lucky enough to destroy Mongolia, and the military was ecstatic! Soon afterward, Wang Jun implemented a migration policy, moving the Mongols into the interior, and at the same time moving people of other ethnic groups to the Mongolian steppe; At the same time, Wang Jun disorganized the Mongol army and incorporated it into the battle sequence of the Khitan army. However, the Mongols were actually obsessed with the defeat to the Khitans, and the Mongols believed that if the Khitans were not despicable and shameless and captured their families first, they would not be their opponents at all; The Mongols were not convinced, but the Khitans considered themselves conquerors, and like Xiao Tiegan, they always showed the superiority of the conquerors from time to time, which made the Mongols very disgusted. The contradictions between the Mongols and the Khitans are getting deeper and deeper, and what happened today in the Great Tent of Yelu Hucheng is just the tip of the iceberg of the contradictions between the two sides.

Yelu Hucheng felt that if the Mongols continued to control the military power, there would be a big problem sooner or later, so he couldn't help but want to disarm the Mongol army, and secretly thought to himself: After this battle is over, he must discuss this matter with Niangniang!

Thinking of Wang Jun, he remembered another thing, so he turned his head and asked the captain of the soldiers: "Did Niangniang reply to the letter?" The captain of the pro-soldier bowed and said, "Back to the king, the mother has not replied yet." "Not long ago, Yelu Hucheng sent someone to Zhongjing to send a letter, in the letter, Yelu Hucheng described in detail the current situation of the enemy and us, thinking that with a force to defend Danzhou, and at the same time mobilize the main force to attack Xijing Road, there is still a great chance of victory, so he asked Wang Jun to send further reinforcements.

At the same time, Wang Jun, who was far away in Zhongjing, was discussing with Zhang Chang and Jing in the study. This Zhang Chang is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and is now very relied on by the king, and the Jinglun is a leader-level figure in the Khitan aristocracy in addition to the royal family, and has a pivotal position in the Liao State and the Khitan people.

Wang Jun paced back and forth in the study, and Zhang Chang and Jing Jing Lun stood on both sides, neither making a sound. Wang Jun stopped, frowned, and said, "The letter from Yeyu Tiger City makes me very embarrassed!" He glanced at the two of them and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Chang glanced at the Wheel of Reverence, bowed down and said, "My lord must have a high opinion!" ”

Contrary to Jing Lun, he said to Wang Jun: "Niangniang, to be honest, I am completely discouraged and have no interest in the war with Yan Yun!" Our 600,000 army, against more than 200,000 Yanyun troops, after a few battles, we only ended up losing more than half of them, and even Fengshengzhou and other places were lost! The Yan Yun Army is invincible, we must not be enemies with them, there is no benefit in being enemies with them! Wang Jun frowned, and couldn't help muttering, "If it weren't for the fact that Ye Yu Tiger City was fighting hard, this palace would not have wanted to start a war with Yan Yunjun!" Our relationship with Yanyun was originally very good! ”

Zhang Chang observed his words and looks, and hurriedly bowed: "Speaking of which, Wechen is so ashamed, Wechen is so ashamed, Wechen is unclear when he sees things, and he actually echoes Ye Yu Hucheng to fight hard!" Then he knelt down and pleaded: "Please cure the sin of the minister!" ”

Wang Jun waved his hand and said, "That's it! It's none of your business, if it weren't for the Tiger City's efforts to fight, I wouldn't have agreed to anything! The big stone in Zhang Chang's heart was put down. Kowtowed and thanked him, stood up, bowed down and said, "Niangniang, Weichen thinks it's not too late to stop the war with Yanyun now!" Since Ye Yu Hucheng has done something wrong, he must not be allowed to make mistakes again and again to the point of ruining the social safety of the Great Liao Kingdom! "In fact, the plan of the Southern Expedition, if it were not for the nod of Wang Jun, the empress dowager who holds real power, would not have been possible, but as a subordinate, you can't openly accuse the monarch of not, according to the Confucian concept, this is a great rebellion, and you have to put the sin on others, which is the 'way of being a minister'.

Contrary to Jinglun's words, he nodded and said, "Zhang Chang's words are very reasonable!" ”

Wang Jun glanced at the two of them and asked, "Do you all think that there should be a truce?" The two nodded, and Jing Jinglun said worriedly: "Now that we have lost more than 400,000 troops, I don't know how many soldiers and horses we will lose if we continue to fight!" Since we started the war with Yanyun, the war has hardly been won, from the Central Plains to Shanxi, from Shanxi to Xijing Road, our troops are far more than Yanyun's army in every battle, but every battle is a big defeat! It used to be like this, and now it's no different! Yan Yunjun is a tiger, a jackal, and an invincible world, there is no need not to provoke them, they originally wanted to live in peace with us, and they all blamed Ye Yun for the delusion that he wanted to raise an army to destroy Yan Yun! ”

Zhang Chang echoed: "What Lord Xiao Yijing said is extremely true! Then he said mysteriously: "Niangniang, now the Japanese navy has suffered heavy losses and losses, and the army has 300,000 trapped in Huaibei. The attention of the Japanese people is now on these 300,000 horses and Yan Yun. If we have our hands free, we can raise an army to counterattack Goryeo,......"

Wang Jun's eyes lit up, and then she hesitated, she was still a little undecided. Zhang Chang and Xiao Jinglun's suggestion is naturally reasonable, but the current situation does not mean that it is completely impossible to defeat Yan Yun, although Yan Yun has won several big victories, but Yan Yun's situation is not good, it can be said that he is embattled, and he is not very optimistic in any direction, as long as there is a problem in any direction, Yan Yun will fall into a huge crisis. Now can be said to be a good time to completely defeat Yan Yun, according to the advice of Ye Yu Hucheng, maybe he can really open the current stalemate, recover Xijing Dao, and then attack Shanxi in one fell swoop, if so, the situation will be very favorable to his side, and very unfavorable to Yan Yun. But this is a very uncertain thing, how can Yanyun Tiger Wolf fail easily? We have already lost 400,000 troops, and if we lose another 400,000 troops, it will be very bad!

Wang Jun only felt in a dilemma, and he couldn't make up his mind. Zhang Chang and Jing Jing saw Wang Jun's expression, and knew that she was very embarrassed, but they didn't persuade her anymore, they said everything that should be said, as for how to decide in the end that it was the master's business, it was best not to talk too much, lest something go wrong when the time comes, and they can't eat and walk around.

At this moment, a female guard rushed in and reported: "Niangniang, the Yanyun envoy who came before suddenly came outside the palace gate and wanted to see Niangniang!" ”

When several people heard this, they were all taken aback and couldn't help but glance at each other. Wang Jun frowned and muttered, "What is the intention of the Yanyun envoy to come suddenly?" Then he said to the female guard, "Take him to the main hall and wait, and I will be there shortly." The female guard answered and ran down.

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The gaze turned to the Liaoguo Inn. Yongren, the prince of the Wa Kingdom, who was a hostage, was sitting in the study reading a book, and his expression was quiet, not at all like a hostage.

A cronie suddenly rushed in from outside and said urgently: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's not good, the Khitans have been defeated, and our army has also been defeated!" Yong Ren was taken aback and said, "This is impossible, no one can defeat our army!" The cronie said: "This is absolutely true, and it is the news passed on by the Khitan officials we have bribed." ”

Yongren was shocked, his heart was in a mess, he frowned and shook his head: "I still don't believe it!" The army of our Yamato nation is invincible, this must be fake news! After listening to Yongren's words, the cronies couldn't help but feel that what the prince said was true, and the news they heard before must be fake, nodded and asked, "Prince, what should we do?" ”

Yong Ren thought for a moment and ordered, "You immediately send someone to contact our secret agents here, they should have the latest news!" The cronies answered and ran down. Yong Ren looked at the scenery outside the window, frowned and muttered, "Will our army of Great Japan be defeated?" It can't be, it can't be! ”

However, not long after, the cronies sent to inquire about the situation ran back with a pale face, and said in a panic: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, we, we are really defeated!" ......" Yong Ren was shocked and asked urgently, "You asked our secret agent?" ”

The cronies nodded, and said urgently: "The water army, the water army was ambushed by the Yanyun army, suffered heavy losses, and has already moved into Goryeo!" ...... "Let me explain here, the Japanese are very interesting, they never use words like defeat and retreat, they are defeated and flee, they are never called defeated and retreated, they are called transfer, so although the Japanese were beaten and surrendered in World War II, but there are no words in their own textbooks, and those who are completely annihilated, even if the vast majority of people are captured, they are also called jade shattered, and defeat and escape are all called transfers.

Yongren heard that the water army he had worked so hard to cultivate and hid was actually defeated in an ambush, and he couldn't accept it, so he frowned and said, "How is it possible? It's impossible! ”

The cronie said: "This is a message forwarded from Goryeo, absolutely reliable!" ”

Yong Ren suddenly shouted hysterically, "No! This is never true! The cronies were startled and didn't dare to say anything more. Yong Ren just said in his heart, 'That's fake, that's fake!' ...... then he believed that it was not true, snorted coldly, and said with disdain: "These false news must have been spread by Yan Yunjun with the intention of disturbing the hearts of our army!" The cronies hurriedly snorted and said, "Yes! These news must be fake news spread by cowardly Yanyun people! Yongren said proudly: "Our army of Great Japan is invincible, at this moment our army must have completely wiped out the Yanyun Water Army, and has completely occupied Hebei, Shandong and Lianghuai!" ”

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