Chapter 546. Ambush Cao Yong
The gaze turned to the Song army camp outside Gongzhou City. The barracks were busy, and there seemed to be signs of a large army. Soon after, smoke curled in the barracks, and the Song soldiers had a full meal. Immediately, the Song army abandoned the camp, poured out of the nest, and drove to the east.
Liu Xi received a report on the movements of the Song army, and because he had already received an order from Yang Peng, he immediately ordered the army to go out of the city to pursue after nightfall. In the evening, after the army had eaten dinner, Liu Xicai led the army out of the nest and tracked down the Song army.
After Xue Tongshan led the army to leave the camp, he traveled more than 20 miles and waited in ambush on the spot. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement, and the mountains, forests and valleys were quiet. At this time, the scout came to report that there was no movement of the Yan Yun army in Gongzhou City. Xue Tongshan said with a smile: "Liu Xi suffered my big loss before, and he was scared!" That's fine, I can go and recapture Fuzhou with peace of mind! "Even if you don't pay attention to Liu Xi, you will lead the army and continue to march towards Fuzhou.
Two days later, when the sun rose to mid-heaven, the army led by Xue Tongshan arrived in the mountains and forests more than 20 miles west of Fuzhou. The terrain is relatively flat, but there are also mountains and forests, and there are several small streams that meander through it.
Bang! A loud bang suddenly came from the front, the soldiers of the Song army were taken aback, and hurriedly followed the sound to look, and saw the smoke and dust billowing in front, the figure of the striker was no longer visible, his ears were buzzing, and the shouts and screams came chaotically.
Before the officers and soldiers of the army could understand what was going on, the explosions in all directions rang out, and for a while, smoke, dust, rubble and human stumps flew all over the sky.
In the midst of this chaos, there was a loud rumbling noise ahead, and the soldiers of the Song army saw through the flying smoke and dust that a black-clothed and black-armored warrior horse was rushing under the leadership of a heroic and extraordinary general! It's like a group of tigers coming out of the box, which makes people's hearts shake! Many Song army officers and soldiers subconsciously turned around and fled, and before the two sides could fight, the Song army was already shaken! Xue Tongshan shouted at the top of his voice, trying to stabilize the army, but his voice was really difficult to attract the attention of others in this chaotic atmosphere.
Zhan Jin led two thousand Xuanjia troops into the middle of the Song army, and they were indomitable, tearing apart the Song army like a hot knife cutting cream, and the Song army, which was in a panic, had no time to resist and only fled for their lives. At the same time, a war horse rushed out of the mountains and forests on the left and right sides and crashed into the middle of the Song army, the Song army was even more chaotic, the timid ones crawled and fled for their lives, and the brave ones fought with the Yanyun army, but in this case, the infantry army was powerless in the face of the cavalry, and saw those brave Song soldiers being cut down by the razor-like cavalry wave.
Xue Tongshan mobilized the army to resist on the one hand, and ordered the army to retreat on the other hand, and in the melee, the Song army was defeated like a mountain and retreated to the west, only to see the fleeing Song army everywhere in the mountains.
Xue Tongshan led tens of thousands of remnants of the defeated army to flee all the way west, preparing to return to the camp outside Gongzhou City before making plans. In the evening, the Song army, which was on the way to retreat, suddenly saw countless black shadows coming across the mountains and fields. The soldiers of the Song army were stunned for a moment, and then they felt that something was wrong, and they were frightened, and someone shouted: "Oh no, there is also Yan Yunjun in front!" ”
Xue Tongshan hurriedly ordered the army to line up on the spot. Before the formation was fully arranged, the Hanzhong army led by Liu Xi rushed up and stormed the Song army front. The Song army fled for a whole day, it was already a frightened bird, and it was exhausted, and now it was attacked by the Hanzhong army in a round, and it couldn't resist it, and the defeat was like a mountain, no matter how Xue Tongshan shouted, it was useless. At the same time, the cavalry led by Yang Peng chased after him from behind, and the Song army was scattered with a round of fierce killing. The Song army scattered all over the mountains and wilderness, and Xue Tongshan saw that the general trend had gone, and he couldn't take care of his army, so he immediately led more than a dozen personal soldiers to break through to the north.
Just as Xue Tongshan was running for his life, he saw a Yan Yun warrior leading a team of cavalry to block the way. Xue Tongshan's eyes showed a desperate look, and he shouted and led all the relatives to rush forward. General Yan Yun led his soldiers to meet him, and the two sides collided together, and a short round of fighting staggered past. Xue Tongshan was shocked to find that in just the short round of confrontation just now, there were only two of the dozen or so personal soldiers under his command, and the other party was actually only injured by two people, but not a single person was killed!
Xue Tongshan looked at the Yanyun warrior and asked sharply, "Who are you?" ”
The Yan Yun warrior smiled and said, "My name is Yang Peng!" ”
Xue Tongshan was shocked, and then rushed towards him like a madman. Yang Peng clamped the horse's belly with his feet, and the black dragon immediately spread his four hooves to meet him. In the blink of an eye, the two horses intersected, Xue Tongshan shouted, brandished a spear and stabbed at Yang Peng, but stabbed in the air! At the same time, he felt a huge pain in his chest, and then the whole person flew backwards, fell heavily to the ground, and spurted a large mouthful of blood. Xue Tongshan coughed and laughed twice, and shouted loudly with his last strength: "Die in the hands of King Yan, I die without regrets!" After saying that, he lost his breath. Seeing this, Xue Tongshan's two personal soldiers were filled with grief and indignation, and they killed themselves with horizontal knives, and their bodies fell from their horses.
Yang Peng sighed secretly, glanced at the battlefield, and saw that his soldiers were chasing and killing the Song army all over the mountains, and this battle was over. Yang Peng ordered: "Pass the order, don't kill the soldiers of the Song army in vain, and capture them alive as much as possible!" Several of the guards around him immediately agreed and rode their horses down.
The mountains, forests and wilderness gradually quieted down, the ground was full of corpses, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.
Liu Xice came to Yang Peng and clenched his fists happily and said: "King Yan has no last resort and annihilated the main force of the Song army in one fell swoop!" ”
Yang Peng shook his head and smiled: "It's a last resort, I'm afraid it's not likely!" If Cao Yong had enough troops, we wouldn't have been able to win so easily! "The key to this battle, it can be said that Yang Peng led seven thousand cavalry to raid Fuzhou, which is the most important part of closing the door and fighting dogs, but in the process of implementation, Yang Peng almost temporarily changed his intentions, just after he learned that Liu Xi went out of the city and was defeated by the Song army, he was worried that Cao Yong did not divide his troops to attack Chengdu as he expected, but concentrated his forces to attack Gongzhou, in that case, I am afraid that Liu Xi will be completely defeated, once that happens, it will be difficult for him to copy Fuzhou's action to achieve the strategic goal! In this case, if he continues to attack Fuzhou, he can certainly take Fuzhou, but in a hurry, it is difficult to deal with the Song army's heavy attack, and seven or nine times out of ten the Song army will break Fuzhou and flee.
Yang Peng was in a dilemma at the time, and finally chose to believe that Liu Xi could hold Gongzhou in the worst case, so he decided to continue with the original plan, and finally won the victory! And if Yang Peng had temporarily changed his intentions at that time, he would not have been defeated, but now the big victory would not have been possible! It can be said that the difference is a thought, but the result is worlds apart, Yang Peng's big victory is really a bit of a fluke!
Zhan Jin Guo came on horseback, came to Yang Peng's face, restrained the war horse, hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, the enemy army has basically been completely annihilated, and less than a thousand people have escaped!" ”
Yang Peng nodded, and instructed Wang Kai beside him: "Immediately send an order to Hu Yan Bixian, tell him the battle situation on our side, and ask him to act as planned." Wang Kai promised and ran down.
Yang Peng ordered Liu Xi to send 5,000 men and horses to escort the captives back to Chengdu, and he himself led the main army straight to Hezhou. On the way, he received an urgent report from Yuan Jue that he had been ordered to attack Kuizhou. It turned out that after Yang Peng led the army to attack Fuzhou successfully, while planning to annihilate the Song army under Xue Tongshan, he sent 2,000 cavalry from Fuzhou to the east to recover the prefectures and counties east of Fuzhou. Because Cao Yong did not leave troops to defend in the prefectures and counties east of Fuzhou, and the guards in those prefectures and counties were the original officials and officials and the Xiang army, as soon as they heard that Fuzhou was recaptured by the Yanyun army, they were all frightened and scattered, fleeing for their lives, surrendering and surrendering, Yuan Jue led two thousand war cavalry all the way east, and did not encounter any resistance until Kuimen. Cao Yong left five hundred defenders in Kuimen, and the five hundred defenders saw that Yan Yun's army was coming, and they had to resist, but in the middle of the night, the officials in the city actually led the Xiang army to open the gate, Deng Yuanjue led two thousand war cavalry to enter with a drum, and in one fell swoop leveled the five hundred defenders left by Cao Yong, and occupied Kuimen.
Yang Peng read Yuan Jue's military report and was very happy, and immediately sent this good news to Huyan Bixian and Chengdu, and then ordered Yuan Jue to stay in Kuimen.
The army led by Yang Peng continued to march into Hezhou. Two days later, the army arrived in Hezhou and returned to the city, but saw a chaos outside the city, and people continued to flee from the city with their families, but as soon as they saw the army led by him, many people were so frightened that they immediately turned around and ran back at this time, panicked shouts and children's cries came from Hezhou City.
Yang Peng laughed self-deprecatingly: "Didn't the people here see the wolf coming? Then he waved his hand and raised his voice: "Enter the city!" "The army entered the city of Hezhou. The chaotic and noisy city of Hezhou suddenly became very quiet, and the people all hid in their homes, trembling through the cracks in the doors and windows to observe the terrible army outside, surrounded by countless terrible rumors. Yang Peng had people put up notices to reassure the people, and at the same time publicized Yan Yunjun's policies. Seeing that Yan Yunjun did not harass them, and hearing the policies they preached, the people's fears gradually disappeared, and there were gradually pedestrians on the streets.
Soon after Yang Peng led his army into the city, Huyan Bixian also led nearly 30,000 Yanyun troops under his command to arrive. After another half a day, the scouts reported that they had found the Song army led by Cao Yong retreating in a northeast direction. Yang Peng immediately searched on the map, then fixed his eyes on the area between Daba Mountain and Wushan Mountain, pointed to it, and said: "Daba Mountain and Wushan are difficult for birds to cross, and their only way to retreat is the junction between the two mountains!" ”
Yang Peng said to Zhan Jin Guo: "Zhan Jin Guo, immediately lead all the war horses to pursue the enemy army!" Zhan Jinguo clenched his fists and promised, and ran down.
Two days later, the battle report came, and the war cavalry led by Zhan Jinguo failed to catch up with Cao Yong. It turned out that Cao Yong burned all the bridges over the rivers in the area through which he retreated, causing the pursuers of the Zhanjin State to be frequently blocked, and when the Zhanjin State led the war cavalry to the front of the lofty mountains, Cao Yong and the others had already entered the mountains half a day earlier. In view of the steep mountain terrain, which was not conducive to cavalry warfare, and was worried about being ambushed by the other party in the steep mountain, Zhanjin left a small part of the cavalry to watch, and he led a large army of war cavalry back. At this point, the battle between the Yan Yun army and the Song army in Sichuan was over.
Cao Yong led nearly 20,000 horses into the mountain, although this piece is the junction of Daba Mountain and Wushan, but the mountain is still majestic and abnormal, the mountain peaks and halberds are straight into the sky, thorns and shrubs overlap, 20,000 Song troops only walked for less than half a day before they were torn to pieces by thorns, and their bodies were scarred. 20,000 soldiers and horses marched through the mountains with difficulty, and from time to time there were exclamations and screams, and whenever this happened, someone fell off the cliff again!
Cao Yong led 20,000 elites to march in the mountains and cliffs and thorns for more than ten days, and finally walked out of the mountains and entered the Hebei territory, and the army generals couldn't help but have a feeling of reincarnation. Cao Yong ordered people to count the number of people, and found that of the 20,000 horses that entered the mountain, only 15,000 people came out, and 4,500 people died in the vicious mountain. Cao Yong was sad from his heart and couldn't help but burst into tears.
The topic turned to Chengdu, Sichuan, and the palace.
In the pavilion on the cliff of Yang Peng, he looked at the report he had just received, and said with a smile: "The envoy of the imperial court, interesting. Putting down the letter, he turned his head to Wang Kai, who was standing beside him, and said, "Prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone." Wang Kai answered. At this moment, Luo Yanran and An Qian came over with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Wang Kai hurriedly bowed and saluted, and Yang Peng smiled. The two girls put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the stone table in front of Yang Peng, and glanced at Yang Peng. Immediately Anqian laid out the paper, Luo Yanran polished the ink, and Yang Peng looked at the two girls gently, smiling.
Luo Yanran polished the ink, picked up the brush, and handed it to Yang Peng with both hands. Yang Peng took the brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote quickly on the letterhead. The two girls had long heard of Yang Peng's name as a talented man, and couldn't help but look forward to Yang Peng's calligraphy, but when they saw Yang Peng's calligraphy with their own eyes, they couldn't help but be surprised, and felt that although the eldest brother's calligraphy was very imposing, the glyph-shaped frame was really flattering! Both girls couldn't help but feel that they were dazzled!
Yang Peng wrote a letter, dried the ink, folded it, and ordered Wang Kai to bring an envelope and put the letter in it. He immediately handed the letter to the dusty herald and ordered: "Immediately rush back to Tianjing New City and hand over the letter to Han Bing!" The herald said yes and departed.
As soon as the herald went down, another herald ran over, knelt down and said: "Qiqi Yan Wang, Wang Hai's subordinates have received good news, not long ago, Wang Hai's commander and Wang Rong's commander received the information that the Japanese army was about to attack, and immediately dispatched naval warships to fight, and encountered the Japanese people on the sea, the two sides fought for several days, seven battles and seven victories, the Japanese suffered heavy losses, our army has won countless losses, and the remnants of the Japanese have fled eastward!" ”
Yang Peng's face was happy, and Luo Yanran and An Qian were also very happy. The herald took out a letter, held it up with both hands, Yang Peng took the letter, opened the envelope, took out the stationery, unfolded it and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Ping Qingsheng, hehe, I still think he is a character, but I didn't expect that he was just a fool who can only do things!" It's true that you want to take revenge, but you also have to find out the state of the forces of both sides! He completely forgot how the Japanese naval army had failed miserably before, and he actually recklessly led the army across the sea, isn't this self-defeating? ”
Anqian asked curiously, "Have the Japanese army been wiped out?" ”
Yang Peng shook his head, "That's not true, but two of the three losses are very miserable!" Then he showed a look of thought, and muttered: "Maybe the Japanese Congress will have a good show!" He stood up, walked to the edge of the cliff, looked to the northwest, and said with a teasing smile: "Now the Tubo people must be very lively there!" ”
The Tubo people sent 200,000 troops to Sichuan to pick peaches, thinking that Yanyun's troops were insufficient, and the whole of Sichuan could be captured, and the emperor and noble ministers were waiting for the good news from the front every day. However, the good news did not wait, but waited for Yan Yun's messenger.
The Tubo people were looking forward to the good news from the front, but Wang Changshan, the envoy of Yanyun, brought them bad news, and the 200,000 Tubo army was wiped out! This is really a bolt from the blue for the Tubo people, and it shocked the Tubo Emperor and the Manchu ministers to a great shock! It took a long time for the Tubo monarchs and ministers to come back to their senses, and then doubts rose from the bottom of their hearts, feeling that the news of Yan Yun's envoy was unbelievable, first, they didn't believe that Yan Yun's army could completely annihilate their own 200,000 troops under that situation, in fact, let alone annihilation, it was impossible to defeat it, and secondly, the Tubo side did not receive any military reports from the front line, and they really couldn't believe the battle reports from the enemy!
Emperor Tubo didn't believe Wang Changshan's words, his face immediately fell, and he said angrily: "I didn't expect Yanyun people to learn nonsense!" ”
Wang Changshan smiled slightly, "What I said is the truth, if Your Majesty doesn't believe me, I can't do anything!" ”
Elder Hami exclaimed with a blushing face: "Are you Yanyun people stupid when we are Tubo people? If you say such an unbelievable thing, you want to deceive us! The ministers and nobles also shouted one after another, mocking and scolding, and the originally majestic court became like a vegetable market.
Emperor Tubo said coldly: "You Yan Yun are simply too deceitful! When the ministers and nobles heard the emperor speak, they all stopped scolding, and the hall gradually fell silent. The Emperor of Tubo said: "You are so rude, if you don't punish the widow, where is the majesty of my great Tubo!" ”
The Tibetan ministers and nobles shouted again, and several of them clamored for the execution of Wang Changshan. The Tubo Emperor raised his right hand, and the hall fell silent. The Tibetan Emperor shouted: "Someone! "Even a few samurai rushed into the main hall and waited for orders. The Tubo Emperor pointed at Wang Changshan and shouted: "Put the Yanyun envoy and his entourage into prison and wait for disposal!" The warrior in front of the palace promised, and immediately stepped forward to escort Wang Changshan down. Wang Changshan smiled, glanced at the Tubo Emperor, and said lightly: "I hope you don't regret your decision at this moment in the future!" "The Emperor of Tubo couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, frowned, and shouted;" Hold on! The warrior in front of the palace escorted Wang Changshan down.
Hami angrily pleaded, "Your Majesty, these hateful Yanyun people should be executed immediately, and they should all go to hell!" Many nobles chimed in.
Emperor Tubo said: "There is no need to worry. Anyway, they're already locked in a cell, and it's not up to us to kill them! Then he frowned and said worriedly: "I'm a little worried about the situation of the army!" Why hasn't there been any new news for so long? He looked up at Song He and asked, "Song He, do you think what the Yanyun envoy said just now may be true?" "Songhe, the general of Pingxi in Tibet, the emperor of Tubo used him to attack the Hexi Corridor before, but he was defeated and lost, so he did not use his troops against Sichuan not long ago, but reactivated Zanbutai, who had been dismissed before.
When Songhyuk heard the emperor ask himself, he said, "It's hard to say, I'm afraid anything can happen." Your Majesty, if you are guessing here, it is better to send someone into Sichuan to understand the situation. ”
Emperor Tubo felt that what Songhe said was reasonable, and immediately ordered Songhe to send people to Sichuan to inquire about the situation.
Look back at the Chengdu Palace. An Bing came to the back garden of the palace under the guidance of An Qian, and saw Yan Wang Jing naked from a distance, dancing on the grass by the lake not far away, a horse lance in Yang Peng's hands Tiger and tiger, majestic, cold light flying, like snow fluttering, although An Bing is still far away, but can not help but feel a little frightened!
An Qian's eyes showed an obsessive look, and she said to An Bing: "Come on." An Bing hurriedly responded. The two walked along the bluestone path on the shore of the lake, walked to Luo Yanran's side, and called softly; "Sister!" Luo Yanran came back to her senses, glanced at Anqian, and said, "My sister is here?" Anqian said, "I'll bring my uncle to see my eldest brother!" Luo Yanran glanced at An Bing, and An Bing hurriedly bowed and saluted, looking very humble. Luo Yanran said to An Qian: "Big brother is practicing, wait a while." Anqian responded, her eyes returned to Yang Peng's body, looking at Yang Peng's oily and shiny body full of strength, and couldn't help but feel her heart rippling, she couldn't help herself.
Luo Yanran looked at Yang Peng's body and couldn't help muttering, "Big brother has a lot of scars on his body!" ......" An Qian and An Bing nodded subconsciously, An Bing's eyes showed a look of awe, swallowed his saliva, and said: "King Yan, King Yan is really a peerless military general who has been in a hundred battles!" Ann Qian couldn't help but hug her arms, her beautiful face was flushed with a touching flush, her teeth gently bit her red lips, and her beautiful eyes trembled, revealing a moving look, she was obviously emotional; However, Luo Yanran said in an extremely distressed tone: "Big brother, he must have experienced countless tragic battles!" Heroic in a hundred battles, scarred, I don't know how the eldest brother came over at that time! ”
Yang Peng danced for a while, took the beckon, and exhaled heavily. The two girls hurriedly greeted them, and Luo Yanran picked up the towel prepared in advance to wipe the sweat for Yang Peng. Yang Peng smiled at Luo Yanran, picked up a towel and wiped it himself.
Anqian said, "Big brother, my uncle is here. Yang Peng looked at An Bing. An Bing hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and bowed: "Sinner, sin to see King Yan, long live King Yan, long live Long live!" ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.