Chapter 535, the power of one arrow

Cao Kan led the army through Hanzhou, all the way north, across the Suijiang River, only 20 miles away from Deyang.

Suddenly, Cao Kan and the others saw countless people in the distance rushing towards this side in groups of three or five. Cao Kan felt very strange, and quickly ordered the army to stop and line up on the spot. After a while, Cao Kan and the others saw the appearance of the people who came, many people were wearing Song army armor, some were wearing number uniforms, but the armor was gone, dragging the banner blade, and everyone had a look of horror on their faces, this was obviously a group of routed routs! Cao Kan and the others were shocked.

Cao Kan ordered someone to go to inquire about the situation, and after a while, the officer who went to inquire about the situation reported in a panic: "General Qiyu, it's not good, Deyang, Deyang has been captured by the Yanyun army!" Cao Kan was shocked, "This is impossible!" The terrain of Deyang is dangerous, how can it be broken all at once?! As he spoke, the rout in the distance suddenly stirred, screaming and running around.

Cao Kan and the others hurriedly looked up, and saw a black war horse of about 2,000 people swept towards them like a whirlwind.

Cao Kan and the others were taken aback, and Cao Kan hurriedly shouted: "Prepare to fight!" Get ready for battle! "The 20,000 regular army was immediately ready for battle, the shield-bearers and spearmen stepped forward, and the crossbowmen were ready to attack; And the 50,000 troops faced such a scene for the first time, and when they heard the general's order, they didn't know what to do, and they were like headless flies, but fortunately they were arranged in the back and did not disturb the regular army's military formation. Cao Kan was annoyed when he saw the Xiang army in a mess, but he couldn't take care of them now.

In just a few moments, the Yanyun War Cavalry was three hundred paces away and stopped, a distance that was just outside the range of the Divine Arm Bow. Cao Kan saw that the leaders were two heroic generals, and he couldn't help but guess the identity of the other party. Immediately, I heard someone on the other side shouting: "Listen to the Song army in front, the army of King Yan is coming, and those who don't want to die will kneel down and surrender!" The sound came like rolling thunder, all the Song soldiers heard it, the Song soldiers heard that the King of Yan came in person, they couldn't help but be frightened, they heard a lot about the legend of the King of Yan, and they all subconsciously thought that it was an invincible and invincible god of war, and now they heard that the legendary god of war was coming, naturally they were excited and frightened, and the military heart was uncontrollably shaken.

Cao Kan saw that the army's heart was shaken, and his heart sank, and he shouted urgently: "Don't be afraid, everyone! There are only about 2,000 of them, and we have an army of 70,000, and each of them can drown them with a spit of spit! But these words had little effect, after all, the shadow of the name of the tree, the prestige of King Yan shocked the past and the present, and everyone's awe of King Yan could not be eliminated because of the general's words.

At this time, the voice on the opposite side came again: "Listen to all the soldiers of the Song Army, your family members are oppressed by the government and the local gentry, and you don't even have your own land and houses!" Is it worth it to work for such a court? Come here, the people of Yanyun can get their own land and their own houses, they can also be exempted from taxes if they join Yanyunjun, and their children can enter the government school for free! If you want to say that the previous shouting made the Song soldiers feel frightened, then these words at this moment have a great temptation to the Song soldiers. For the vast majority of ordinary soldiers, being able to get their own land and houses is the greatest pursuit of their lives! Even though there were many Song army soldiers who were ready to move, but no one took the lead, no one dared to take a step beyond the thunder pool!

Cao Kan said urgently: "Don't listen, everyone, he lied to you!" When the soldiers of the Song army heard this, they couldn't help but become suspicious. Sou! A sharp sound of breaking the air suddenly came. The soldiers of the Song army were startled, and couldn't help but follow the prestige, only to see a black shadow crossing the space between the two sides, and before they could react, they heard a pop, and then saw General Cao Kan screaming and falling off his horse, and he had died! The soldiers of the Song army were shocked, and for a moment they were like headless flies, not knowing what to do!

At this moment, I saw the Yan Yun warrior who released the arrow coming to the front of the army, and the soldiers of the Song army looked at him and were at a loss. I only heard that Yan Yun fierce general raised his voice: "I am Yang Peng, the king of Yan!" The soldiers of the Song Army were taken aback, looking at the majestic King Yan, they only felt that King Yan really lived up to his reputation! Then I heard King Yan say: "What I said just now is my promise to you, and it is also my Yan Yun's law!" I, Yang Peng, swear to the sky that I will fulfill my promise! When the soldiers of the Song army saw that King Yan said so earnestly, they couldn't help but believe his words. A soldier knelt down first, and then everyone followed suit and knelt down, and for a while, 70,000 troops knelt on the ground, and the black pressure was overwhelming.

On the way to Deyang with his army, Zhao Jue suddenly received an urgent report that Cao Kan's 70,000-strong army had been wiped out and Cao Kan had been killed. Zhao Jue was so shocked that he didn't dare to advance any further, and hurriedly led the army to retreat to Hanzhou. The officials and gentry of Hanzhou, when they heard that Yan Yunjun had broken Deyang and annihilated Cao Kan's army of 70,000, were so panicked that they immediately packed up the valuable softness, took the deed of ownership, and fled to the outside of the city. Zhao Jue saw that this was not a solution, so he had to open the city gate and let them out, and the officials and gentry who were crowded at the city gates and the people who followed the trend poured out like a torrent of broken embankments!

When the officials and gentry had fled, Zhao Jue re-ordered the city gate to be closed, and the rest of the people who could not leave the city were ordinary people, still crowded at the city gate and begged. Zhao Jue was greatly annoyed and ordered the army to be slashed and killed, and the army brandished swords and guns to kill the people. The people were terrified and fled in all directions, screaming and fleeing. Zhao Jue saw him on the tower of the city gate and laughed.

At dusk, the soldiers of the Song army on the north city wall screamed one after another, it turned out that in the distance, a large army was sweeping in the sky, the rumbling sound was like thunder, and the smoke and dust stirred up covered the sunset. The soldiers of the Song army couldn't help but get nervous.

Zhao Jue received the report, hurried to the city, and saw that the large army of Yanyun Army was approaching, his face couldn't help but change, and he hurriedly ordered all the armies to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent people to Chengdu Mansion to report the emergency.

Before the sky was completely dark, the Yanyun army arrived outside the city, lined up the army array, the 200,000 army was at its peak, murderous, and the Song soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but tremble when they saw this. Of the 200,000 Yanyun Army, 60,000 were soldiers of the Ninth Army, 70,000 were the Song Army that had been incorporated before, and now known as the Hanzhong Army, and the other 70,000 were the Song Army led by Cao Kan who had surrendered to Cheng not long ago.

Yang Peng looked at the city, raised his right hand and waved forward, and the two thousand light cavalry of the Ninth Army immediately rode out and galloped towards the city wall. Seeing this, the soldiers of the Song army were taken aback, and Zhao Jue hurriedly shouted: "Crossbowmen prepare!" The Divine Arm Archer immediately pulled the bowstring, loaded the crossbow arrows, and prepared for fire.

Unexpectedly, those Yanyun war horses did not rush straight down the city wall, and when they were more than a hundred steps away from the city wall, they restrained the war horses and threw out a wave of arrow rain. A small part of the rain of arrows fell on the city walls, but most of them crossed the walls and landed in the city. "Huh? There is a note tied to the arrow! Some officers and soldiers shouted. The officers and soldiers picked up the arrow book one after another, took it down and read it, and the officers and soldiers who knew the characters read it: "You are all the people of China, the descendants of the Han Dynasty, do you want to follow the traitors of the Han Dynasty to be the servants of the Tubo people?" ......" The hearts of the officers and soldiers were touched, and they had some resentment in their hearts about Toucheng Tubo, but now after hearing these words, their resentment could not help but become even greater. "We know that you are all good men of the Han Dynasty, how can you be willing to be the slaves of the Tubo people! Pick up your weapons and join us in killing traitors, defending against foreign insults, and restoring peace to our homeland! ”

"Don't read it! Don't even read it! ......" The soldiers rushed into the crowd, pushing and shouting, snatching notes. Immediately found that all the soldiers of the army looked at him with a strange look, and he couldn't help but lose his momentum, and he was a little scared, they were going to take people, but they didn't dare at the moment, and after snatching the note, they hurried back to resume their lives.

After Yan Yun Zhanqi shot out the arrow book, he retreated. Immediately, Yanyun's army retreated five miles to the village. The soldiers of the Song army in the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Several officers found a general, this general was called Zheng Jun, the deputy general sent by Zhou Rong to Zhao Jue, this is a general with a national face, a strong physique, and a bit of righteousness. Several officers saluted Zheng Jun with their fists, but then they fell silent, did not speak, their brows were furrowed, and there seemed to be indignation between their eyebrows.

Zheng Jun didn't know what to do, and asked, "How many of you suddenly came to me in the middle of the night, is there something urgent?" An officer clenched his fists and said: "General, the arrow book that Yan Yunjun shot in today must have been read by the generals!" Zheng Jun nodded and glanced at a few people, "What do you mean by talking about this?" Another officer stepped forward, clasped his fists and said: "General, we think that what is said in the arrow book is very reasonable, we are all noble descendants of China, how can we surrender to Tubo and be slaves to the Tubo people!" Several of the other officers nodded in agreement.

Zheng Jun slapped the desk and shouted: "Bold! This is the decision of the pacification envoy, how can we disobey it! An officer couldn't help but say, "If you make your lord do this kind of thing, I won't recognize him as my lord!" It's better to defect to Yanyun than to be a slave of the Tubo people! Several other officers chimed in in unison.

Zheng Jun suddenly got up and shouted with a cold face: "You dare to rebel!?" Don't you know if it's a capital offense? An officer said angrily: "I originally thought that you were a good man with backbone and responsibility, but I didn't expect it to be this kind of goods!" Fuck, I'm out of sight! If you want to kill, kill it, Lao Tzu is not a hero if he frowns! "This person's name is Qin Gang, and he is the number one fierce general under the command of the pacification envoy, and he is extremely brave.

Yang Peng stood outside the big tent, looking at the city head lit up in the distance, with a thoughtful look on his face. Footsteps sounded, and Huyan Bixian, Zhan Jinguo and Liu Xi came. Yang Peng withdrew his gaze and looked at the three of them. The three of them came to Yang Peng and bowed together: "The last general has seen King Yan." ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "You haven't rested yet?" The three of them glanced at each other, and Hu Yanbi said: "King Yan, the last general thinks that he can raid the city at night." Even if the Song army is prepared, it must be very tired in the middle of the night, and the elite of our army will definitely be able to break through the city in one go! The other two nodded approvingly.

Yang Peng said: "Our army crossed 800 miles of steep mountains and rivers in such a short period of time to reach Hanzhou, and not long ago subdued 70,000 soldiers and horses of the other side in an instant, the enemy is frightened, if it is a surprise attack, there is indeed a great chance of success!" But I don't want to! The three were puzzled. Yang Peng sighed, "Fighting a civil war is not what I want, and I don't want to use force to solve the problem unless I have to!" The three of them understood, and Liu Xi said movingly: "King Yan's benevolence and righteousness are really the blessings of all the people in the world!" In the end, I will have to meet the Lord and bow to a grand event, which is really a blessing from the previous life! "This Liu Xi, now as a Weinan envoy, he was originally a general of the imperial court guarding Weinan.

Huyan Bixian and Zhan Jinguo couldn't help but show disgust when they heard Liu Xi's big sycophancy. Yang Peng smiled: "General Liu, you have made another mistake with your old mistakes!" Liu Xi then remembered that King Yan didn't like to listen to these flattering words, and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "What the last general said is all heartfelt words!" ”

Yang Peng smiled. Huyan Bixian clenched his fists and asked, "Does King Yan think that those arrows that were shot in today can make the enemy surrender?" The Admiral thinks it's impossible! Zhan Jinguo nodded and said: "General Guan is right, those arrow books alone will definitely not play a big role, and in the end, it will depend on force to solve the problem!" King Yan doesn't want our own people to kill each other, but it's inevitable! Liu Xi said: "King Yan naturally has the truth of King Yan, and the two generals can match King Yan's clever calculations?" The two glared at him fiercely.

Yang Peng said: "What you two say makes sense. I'm just going to give it a try, if I can surrender without a fight, it's naturally best, if not," Yang Peng's eyes showed a cold killing intent, "If they don't listen to the advice, they are traitors, and I won't show mercy!" Huyan Bixian and Zhan Jin Guo were afraid that King Yan would miss the feelings of the same clan and would not want to kill the killer, but now seeing him say this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in unison: "King Yan is wise!" Liu Xi hurriedly said: "Yan Wang is wise! ”

Yang Peng glanced at the three of them, "Give them a day, if they are still obsessed, we will storm the city!" "Yes!"

Throughout the daylight the next day, Yang Peng stood on the sentry tower and looked at Hanzhou, hoping to see the city gate open and the Song army surrendered. However, for the whole day, there was no movement in the opposite city. Before you know it, the sun is setting in the west, and the day passes. Yang Peng sighed secretly, his eyes showed murderous intent, and he made up his mind in his heart. Although Yang Peng doesn't like civil war and doesn't want to kill each other, but if he has to, he will never be soft, Phoenix Nirvana, a great nation must be sacrificed if it wants to be reborn!

Yang Peng came down from the sentry tower and immediately ordered the drums to gather. After the sound of the three drums, all the generals gathered in the big tent and bowed together: "Meet the Yan King!" Yang Peng said: "I gave them a chance, but unfortunately they don't cherish it!" In that case, I have no choice but to be ruthless! Huyan will be revealed! ”

Huyan Bixian immediately came out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said: "The end will be!" Yang Peng picked up an arrow and said: "Let you command an elite army, take advantage of tonight's night to force the Mishui from the upper reaches of Mishui, and outflank Hanzhou from the south!" With that, he threw the arrow. Huyan Bixian stepped forward, picked up the arrow, hugged his fists and said, "Get the order!" He then retreated into the queue.

Yang Peng glanced at the rest of the generals and said, "After the rest of the generals return to the camp, prepare for battle, and early tomorrow morning, the army will go out of the camp to attack Hanzhou!" The generals clasped their fists together and promised. At this moment, an officer hurriedly rushed into the big tent and reported: "King Qiyan, there seems to be chaos in the city of Hanzhou, I don't know what happened?" ”

Yang Peng felt a little depressed, and then ran out of the big tent, followed by the generals. Chen Xiao looked at Hanzhou in the distance, and sure enough, he saw the lights on the city wall of Hanzhou flickering, crowded, and faintly killing sounds coming along the night wind. Chen Xiao was suddenly overjoyed and said excitedly: "It seems that they didn't disappoint me!" Then he gave the order: "Gather the army at once, and follow me to the Bo City!" ”

The gate suddenly opened, and 200,000 Yan Yun troops poured out, surging towards the city of Hanzhou like a tide. Suddenly, the gates opened, and many people poured out of them. Yang Peng immediately ordered the army to stop the formation, and at the same time ordered the Xuanjia army and the war cavalry to prepare for the charge.

There were thousands of people pouring out of the city gate, rushing straight towards Yan Yunjun. Liu Xi hurriedly said to Yang Peng: "King Yan, they must have come to raid us, give the order to attack!" Chen Xiao said: "Don't worry! Wait and see! Yang Peng was very calm, but in fact, he was nervous in his heart, he was worried that the other party was really coming to raid him, in that case, he would have to kill his own people!

I saw that the thousands of people rushed to the front of the army under the leadership of a rough general, and then they threw down their weapons together and knelt down. The leading general said loudly: "The sin general Qin Gang welcomes King Yan into the city!" ”

Yang Peng was greatly relieved and raised his voice: "General Qin got up and spoke. Qin Gang thanked him, stood up, clasped his fists and said loudly: "The last general and others don't want to be traitors, they have already captured Zhao Jue and others, and respectfully invite King Yan to enter the city!" Yang Peng nodded, "Okay, you didn't disappoint me, you are all good men in Huaxia!" When Qin Gang heard King Yan's praise, he couldn't help but feel excited, and at the same time felt very ashamed.

Immediately, Yang Peng led the army into Hanzhou City under the guidance of Qin Gang's troops and horses. As soon as I entered the city, I saw tens of thousands of Song soldiers kneeling down on the streets, shouting together: "Welcome King Yan into the city!" Yang Peng raised his voice and said, "Get up!" "King Xie Yan!" Immediately, tens of thousands of soldiers stood up.

Yang Peng glanced at the streets, and saw that there were blood stains everywhere on the streets, and there were still many corpses that had not been cleaned up, knowing that their uprising had gone through a fierce battle anyway! raised his voice and said: "You are all good men in Sichuan, and you are all good men in China!" I, Yang Peng, hereby assure you that each of you will get your own land, and your life will be ten times better than before, a hundred times better! The soldiers were originally a little worried, but when they heard King Yan say this, everyone put their hearts at ease and bowed together: "Long live King Yan!" Long live King Yan! ”

Several generals stepped forward and bowed, "Meet King Yan!" There was reverence in the eyes of several people. Qin Gang immediately pointed to a few of them and introduced: "A few of them launched a mutiny together with the last general!" Yang Peng nodded, turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to help a few people, asked their names one by one, and praised: "You guys did a good job!" Several people were very happy.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the street ahead. Yang Peng looked up and saw a general galloping towards him surrounded by more than a dozen personal soldiers. Qin Gang hurriedly hugged his fists at Yang Peng and said: "King Qiyu Yan, the one who came is called Zheng Jun, the official worships the commander, and is the deputy general of the army appointed by the pacification envoy, and it is the Zheng commander who led us to launch a mutiny!" If it weren't for Zheng Tongzhi leading us, we wouldn't have defeated Zhao Jue so smoothly! ”

It turned out that last night Qin Gang and others went to lobby Zheng Jun to launch a mutiny, and Zheng Jun angrily denounced Qin Gang and others as actually a temptation. The mutiny was not trivial, he had to make sure that Qin Gang and the others had no problem, so when Qin Gang and the others revealed their intention to mutiny, he deliberately reprimanded everyone, and seeing that everyone was impassioned, Zheng Jun was sure that they really wanted to launch a mutiny, so he immediately said his true intentions, and then arranged the mutiny in full swing. Tonight, the mutiny was launched as planned, and all the soldiers who participated in the mutiny wrapped white towels around their arms, and while attacking Zhao Jue's cronies, they shouted loudly: "I'd rather die than be a traitor!" In this way, the other armies that did not participate in the conspiracy were also encouraged, and they spontaneously joined the rebel army, and the rebel army became more and more powerful like a snowball, Zhao Jue saw this scene, he was shocked, and knew that the general trend had gone, so he wanted to escape, but before he could escape from the camp, he was arrested by the rebel army led by Zheng Jun!

Yang Peng sat in the lobby of the mansion, the generals and the generals who surrendered to Cheng were separated, and the two Zhao Jue, who was tied up by the five flowers, were escorted up. Zhao Jue raised his eyes and saw Yang Peng, who was sitting on the top, knelt down with a soft leg, and begged for mercy: "Ask King Yan to spare his life, the guilty general, the guilty general is willing to serve the dog and the horse!" Yang Peng sneered and asked, "What can you do for me?" ”

Zhao Jue couldn't think of what he could do for a while, so he said: "The sin general, the sin will be willing to serve the dogs and horses, but the king of Yan has an order, and the sin will go to the soup to step on the fire!" ”

Yang Peng snorted coldly. Zhao Jue's heart was full of joy, and his heart was full of ups and downs. Yang Peng said: "You and your subordinates, killing the people, it's really majestic!" At this time, you begged for mercy, are you fucking shameful? Zhao Jue was flustered, and kowtowed vigorously: "Ask King Yan for mercy, ask King Yan for mercy!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand, "Drag it down!" Chopped! Zhao Jue was so frightened that he begged for mercy loudly. Two guards each took one of his arms and dragged him down. The sound of begging for mercy quickly faded away, and then stopped abruptly. A moment later, Zhao Jue's head was sent in, and although he was already dead, he still had a terrified look on his face. Yang Peng waved his hand, "Take it down, put it in a brocade box with Cao Kan's head, and send it to Chengdu!" The secret guard agreed, holding Zhao Jue's head and retreating.

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