Jiao Ting said: "Yao Ping is Cao Yong's number one fierce general, so it is naturally not easy to deal with, otherwise Cao Yong would not let him come to Dengzhou!" Gao Hu frowned and said: "I only heard of this Yao Ping in the past, but I have never met him, and when I saw it today, I realized that it really deserves his reputation!" Xie Yuan said: "Dengzhou is backed by the Han River, the city is strong, and there are elite soldiers who will defend it to the death, so I am afraid it will be difficult to capture it in a short time." It seems that we can only wait for King Yan to lead the main army to come up before attacking! ”

Gao Hu frowned and said: "As the vanguard of the army, we should be indomitable and open the way for the army, but now we are blocked under the city of Dengzhou, wouldn't it be a joke!" Xie Yuan frowned and said: "Although what the general said is good, but in the current situation, it is impossible to take Dengzhou before King Yan arrives!" Gao Hu frowned and pondered for a moment, and said to the generals: "All armies are stepping up to build siege equipment, and I will launch a fierce attack on Dengzhou within two days!" "The people will make a promise together. Xie Yuan frowned and clenched his fists and said, "The last general does not approve of the general's decision!" General, we must not risk the lives of our soldiers for the sake of fame! With such a strong attack, how many soldiers' lives will be sacrificed in vain! The last general thought that he should wait for the main army to come up and attack Dengzhou with artillery! ”

Gao Hu stood up, walked to the middle of the big tent, looked at the scenery outside the tent, and frowned: "General Ben is not for fame!" He glanced at Xie Yuan and said, "If our army is under the city for a long time, it will only boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the south, and we are determined to fight with us to the end!" But if we can capture Dengzhou in a short period of time with a thunderous force, how much of a blow will it be to the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the south? In that way, the next battle will be much easier, and the casualties of our army and the damage to the place will be minimized! ”

Xie Yuan understood, and hugged his fists with admiration: "The general is wise, and his subordinates are not as good as him!" Gao Hu patted Xie Yuan's shoulder and said, "When something happens, sacrifice is inevitable!" He sat down again, glanced at the generals, and asked, "Do you have any questions?" The generals glanced at each other, clasped their fists together and said, "No problem!" Gao Hu said: "Very good! Since there is no problem, just do what I say! Everyone agreed, and Yuguan withdrew from the tent. Immediately, the barracks were busy, some of the soldiers cut down trees and brought them to the barracks, the other part stepped up the production of various siege equipment, and the rest of the army was responsible for the guard.

Gao Hu called Jiao Ting and asked, "When will our baggage arrive?" Jiao Ting clenched his fists and said: "It is expected to arrive tomorrow!" Gao Hu nodded. At the same time, in the camp in Dengzhou City, Yao Ping was standing in front of the map and thinking, his brows furrowed tightly. He muttered: "Yan Yunjun's combat power is too strong, it is impossible to win according to the conventional method!" Only by surprise won ......"

At this moment, a subordinate general hurried in and reported excitedly: "General Qiyu, our scouts have discovered a situation!" ”

Yao Ping turned around and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

The general said: "Our scouts found that Gao Hu's baggage team was behind the army, and it is still more than thirty miles away from Dengzhou, and it is estimated that it will not arrive until noon tomorrow." Yao Ping's eyes lit up, "Great!" The fighter plane has finally appeared! He immediately looked at his subordinates and shouted: "Immediately send an order, all the soldiers and horses assemble, and go out quietly tonight!" The general answered the promise and ran down.

"Ahh Gao Hu woke up with a scream. The soldiers guarding outside the tent suddenly heard the general shouting, were taken aback, and hurried into the tent. Seeing the general sitting at the head of the bed, sweating profusely, he couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, and couldn't help but look at each other. The captain of the pro-soldier clenched his fists and asked, "General, what happened?" ”

Gao Hu didn't hear the words of the captain of the soldiers at all, his mind was full of the dream just now, in that dream, he fell into a surging sea of fire, and a terrible enemy general who couldn't see his face clearly cut himself down with a knife! Gao Hu frowned and muttered, "Suddenly having such a dream, I'm afraid it's not a good omen!" Suddenly thinking of grain and grass, he was startled and exclaimed, "Not good! I was too careless! Then he shouted at the soldiers standing not far away: "Hurry up and call Jiao Ting!" ”

The soldiers were startled, quickly answered, and ran down. Gao Hu hurriedly got out of bed and put on his armor. After a while, Jiao Ting hurried in, clasped his fists and asked, "General, your name is the last general?" Gao Hu said: "You immediately lead all the cavalry to meet the baggage team!" Jiao Ting was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "General, what's wrong?" ”

Gao Hu shouted: "Don't ask so much, go quickly!" Jiao Ting said yes and ran down. A moment later, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling in the barracks, and nearly 10,000 horsemen left the barracks under the leadership of Jiao Ting and galloped towards the north.

Gao Hu summoned the other generals to raise their vigilance, and the generals left after agreeing, while Gao Hu sat in the big tent and waited for news. Before the wee hours of the morning, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the tent. Gao Hu's heart moved. After a while, I saw Hu Yantong rushing in panting, clenching his fists angrily and saying, "General, the baggage team has been raided and has suffered heavy losses!" ”

Gao Hu was shocked, and then frowned and said, "It's my fault!" It's my fault! I was too careless! I didn't expect the enemy to raid our baggage team! He raised his head to look at Jiao Ting and asked, "How big is the loss, and how much grain and grass is left?" Jiao Ting said with a resentful face: "There are only a few dozen people left in the 1,000 soldiers and horses responsible for the escort, and all the grain and grass have been burned!" Gao Hu's heart sank and he frowned.

At this time, Xie Yuan rushed in, glanced at Jiao Ting, and hugged his fists at Gao Hu and said, "General, my subordinates heard that the baggage team was attacked?" ”

Gao Hu frowned and nodded. Xie Yuan's face changed, and he said, "This is terrible!" The food and grass in the barracks was only enough for two days, and we had to retreat! At about the same time, Yao Ping led the attacking Song army back to Dengzhou. As soon as he saw his subordinates, Yao Ping said with a happy face: "Gao Hu's grain and grass baggage were burned to ashes by me, and now they just don't want to retreat!" When the generals heard this, they were all overjoyed.

A subordinate general couldn't help but say: "The general forced back the Yanyun army in a battle, it can really be described as a powerful town!" Yao Ping laughed, and couldn't help but be very proud. It's no wonder he is so proud, since the rise of the Yan Yun Army, there are a few people who can take advantage of the Yan Yun Army on the battlefield, he Yao Zhong burned the grain and grass of the Yan Yun Army in one fell swoop, forcing the Yan Yun Army Forward to have no other way but to retreat, it is indeed an amazing move!

Yao Ping pondered: "The grain and grass in Gao Hu's hands can only last for two days at most. He only has two ways to go, one is to retreat immediately, and the other is to attack desperately, and if he captures Dengzhou, there will be food and grass available in Dengzhou, so there is no need to retreat, but he wants to capture Dengzhou before starving to death, I'm afraid he doesn't have that ability! The generals laughed, and one of the generals joked: "If they are not afraid of starvation, they can come and attack!" Let's see what kind of ability Yan Yunjun has! The crowd burst into laughter again. Yao Ping pondered: "If I were Gao Hu, I would definitely retreat in the early hours of the morning!" Then he said to a general: "Immediately send scouts to monitor the Yanyun military camp, and report any situation immediately!" The general said yes and ran down.

Yao Ping turned his head to the generals and said, "The rest of the people hurry up and rest, and order the gang to hurry up and prepare food." The generals clenched their fists and ran down.

Yao Ping returned to the camp and lay down in armor. Just as he was groggy and sleepy, the sound of hurried footsteps came. Yao Ping woke up in shock and saw a general hurrying in. Yao Ping asked urgently, "What's the situation?" The general clenched his fists excitedly and said, "Just now the scout reported, Yan Yunjun really took advantage of the early morning to leave the barracks and retreat to the north!" Yao Ping smiled and said, "Sure enough, it is not what General Ben expected!" Looking at the general, "Immediately give the order to go down, and set off immediately!" "Yes!"

The city gate opened, and the Song army, led by Yao Ping, poured out of the nest and chased after the Yanyun army, preparing to defeat this Yanyun vanguard force in one go. The army chased all the way north, and saw the heavy materials discarded by Yan Yunjun from time to time along the road, and there were more and more, Yao Ping felt that he was getting closer and closer to Yan Yunjun, so he kept urging the soldiers to speed up, and the soldiers of the Song army were out of breath when they ran out of breath.

At eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the army approached a ravine. The mountains on both sides are not very high, but they are steep, and the valleys are rocky and rocky, although there is no vegetation. When Yao Ping saw such terrain, his heart suddenly sank, and he hurriedly shouted: "Stop!" Stop! One by one, the army stopped. The officers and men of the Song army ran at full speed for several hours, and they were already too tired to do anything, and when they stopped, they all lay down on the ground and gasped violently.

A subordinate general rushed back to Yao Ping and asked puzzledly, "General, why did you stop?" ”

Yao Ping looked at the surrounding terrain and said, "If there is an ambush in such terrain, it will be very bad!" The general was taken aback, looked at the surrounding terrain, and felt that the terrain here was indeed very suitable for ambushes, but he didn't think there was an ambush, and said: "General, the enemy army fled north in a hurry, where is the heart to set up an ambush!" Even if they want to set up an ambush, I'm afraid they won't have time! General, this is a great time to defeat Yanyun's forwards, and you can't afford to miss it! Yao Ping felt that the general was right, so he couldn't help but nod and raised his voice: "The army continues to pursue!" When the soldiers who had just rested heard this, they shouted their mothers one after another, but the military order was like a mountain, but they couldn't help but do their best to stand up.

Yao Ping led the army to continue the pursuit.

Knock knock knock! Suddenly loud war drums rang out on the hillsides on both sides, and at the same time shouts rang out, and the loud sound echoed through the valley, which was very amazing. The soldiers of the Song army were taken aback, and couldn't help but stop, and looked at the slopes on both sides, only to see countless Yan Yun troops appearing on the slopes on both sides. The Song army soldiers felt overwhelmed. Yao Zhong was shocked and couldn't help but exclaim, "What's going on? ”

As if in response to his question, Gao Hu's handsome banner appeared on the hillside in front of him, and Gao Hu, dressed in armor and cloak, appeared under the handsome banner and shouted to this side: "General Yao, you have been tricked!" Yao Ping glared at Gao Hu in the distance and muttered, "Gao Hu! ”

"You're under siege, and it's impossible to escape! But I can't bear to kill each other, and I hope you will lay down your arms and don't put up useless resistance! ”

The soldiers of the Song army looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do for a while. Yao Ping shouted: "Gao Hu, you disloyal and unrighteous rebel! As a general of the Great Song Dynasty, General Ben died as a loyal soul of the Great Song Dynasty, and he will never surrender and rebel! ”

Gao Hu sighed and raised his voice: "General Yao......" "There is nothing to say!" Today is either you die or I die! Brothers, the time has come to serve the court, follow me! Yao Ping shouted and urged the horse to rush towards the mountain where Gao Hu stood, and when the Song soldiers saw this, they subconsciously let out a shout, and followed Yao Zhong to rush towards Gao Hu, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses charged, booming, and the momentum was very amazing.

Seeing this, Gao Hu sighed, raised his right hand, and waved forward. The drums of war suddenly sounded, and the arrows rained down on the hillsides on both sides, and the rolling stones and trees poured down like a torrent! I saw the soldiers of the Song army flying on their backs, and the screams rang out, Yao Zhong was hit by an arrow and was saved by the panicked soldiers. Seeing that they could not rush up the hillside, the Song army fled along the way they came, but the rain of arrows and rolling stones and trees on both sides continued to pour down, and the casualties of the Song army soldiers rose in a straight line, and the corpses in the valley accumulated more and more at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It wasn't long before the exit finally appeared! The surviving Song soldiers were overjoyed and sped up their pace!

However, at this moment, there was a surge of people at the exit, and thousands of Yan Yunmo sword troops in heavy armor and holding sharp knives blocked the exit. When the soldiers of the Song army suddenly saw this scene, they couldn't help but be terrified, their hearts sank to the bottom, and they couldn't help but stop running. The rumbling footsteps stopped in an instant, and the soldiers of the Song Army looked at the Modao Army blocking the exit and being heavily armored, and they didn't know what to do!

Yao Ping's eyes froze, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, fight with them!" Immediately, he urged the war horse to rush towards the Mo Dao Army that blocked the exit. Seeing this, the soldiers of the Song army couldn't help shouting and followed.

The Mo Dao Army let out a roar of rage, raised the Mo Dao, and the cold light shone! The Song army's soldiers were in a pang, and their footsteps couldn't help but slow down, and then they continued to rush towards the Mo Dao Army, and everyone howled hysterically, as if they were crazy! Although the soldiers of the Song army were afraid of the bloodthirsty Modao army on the opposite side, they were now in a desperate situation, and they had no choice but to fight to the death!

In the blink of an eye, the Song army slammed into the Mo Dao Army's Mo Dao Array. I saw the Mo knife flying up and down, and the soldiers of the Song Army were like pigs and sheep thrown into the meat grinder, and the flesh and blood flew in an instant! Yao Ping relied on the impact of the war horse and his own courage to lead several officers to break through the Modao army formation in one fell swoop, but the Song army soldiers behind were not so lucky, no matter how desperately they charged, they just couldn't break through the blockade of the Modao army formation, but were killed and injured under the flickering sword light, which was miserable!

Yao Ping broke out of the encirclement, and found that the brigade of soldiers and horses could not rush out, so he was ready to turn around and kill to respond. At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on one side, and it was Jiao Ting, a fierce general under Gao Hu, who led thousands of horsemen to rush over! Yao Ping was taken aback, and he couldn't care about the desperate army, so he quickly turned his horse's head and galloped towards Dengzhou. Jiao Ting chased for a while, and then gave up the chase.

The large army of the Song army, which was in a desperate situation, saw that the general abandoned himself and left, and the morale suddenly fell to the bottom. At this moment, the Modao army blocked at the exit was approaching, and the soldiers of the Song army were frightened and hurriedly retreated, but there were also heavy and huge footsteps behind them, and when they looked back, it turned out that the Yan Yun army was surrounding from three directions.

The remnants of the Song army were surrounded in a clearing in the valley, panicked and overwhelmed. Gao Hu came out of the crowd, came to the front of the army, reined in his war horse, and shouted: "You are all born poor, why throw your life here for a Zhao family!" Is the Zhao family good to you? Are your parents, wives and children doing well? These words touched the hearts of the Song soldiers fiercely. Someone said loudly: "General Gao is right, the official family and the court have never treated us as human beings, why should we work hard for them!" Many chimed in. Immediately, someone threw away their weapons, and the leaders of the Song army threw away their weapons one after another and surrendered to Yan Yunjun.

Yao Ping led several officers all the way towards Dengzhou, panicking like a lost dog and anxious like a fish that slipped through the net. In the evening, several people ran up a hill, and Deng Zhou appeared not far ahead. The panicked hearts of several people couldn't help but calm down a little. Yao Ping sighed and said, "I didn't expect Gao Hu to set such a trap!" I miscalculated, it can really be said that I miscalculated a trick and lost the whole game! An officer asked, "General, what should we do now?" The army is dead, and Dengzhou is afraid that it will not be able to hold it! It's better to give up Dengzhou and go to Xiangyang! Several of the other officers nodded in agreement.

Yao Ping frowned, looking very unwilling, and said, "Things haven't come to that point yet!" Although we were calculated by Gao Hu, but their food and grass have been exhausted after all, and we still have 2,000 defenders in Dengzhou, regardless of whether Gao Hu dares to make a desperate bet, even if he really dares to make a desperate attempt to attack Dengzhou, we are not completely without a fight! As long as they hold on for one day, their food and grass will be exhausted, and the reinforcements of the marshal will also arrive, and if Gao Hu does not flee at that time, he will only end up with the destruction of the whole army! Several officers felt that what Yao Zhong said was reasonable, and couldn't help but regain some confidence and nodded.

Yao Ping raised his voice and said: "Go back to Dengzhou!" Then he urged the horses to run down the hillside, and several officers hurriedly urged the horses to follow. Seeing that the earth was darkening, Yao Zhong and the others rushed to the city gate. Reining in his horse, one raised his head and shouted, "Open the city gate quickly, General Yao is back!" ”

The city gate was soon opened, and Yao Zhong and the others were ready to gallop in. However, at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard from inside the city gate, and a large group of war horses rushed out. Yao Zhong and the others were stunned for a moment, looked at it, and were shocked, it turned out that the war horse that rushed out turned out to be Yan Yunjun, and the leader was Xie Yuan, a general under Gao Hu! Yao Ping didn't care about what was going on, and hurriedly turned his horse's head and galloped away in the southeast direction. Xie Yuan led the war horse to chase for a while, and he was about to catch up, but the sky was dark. At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and as soon as the sky got dark, the earth immediately became pitch black, although it could not be said that he could not see his five fingers, but he could not see Yao Ping and a few people at all, Xie Yuan and others could only follow the direction from which the sound of horses' hooves came.

About two quarters of an hour later, the Yanyun war cavalry led by Xie Yuan caught up, but only a few horses were seen, but not a single person. Xie Yuan immediately realized that he had been fooled. Looking around, I saw that it was pitch black, and my eyes seemed to have lost their effect, only the lights on the city wall of Dengzhou in the distance hung in the dark night. Xie Yuan couldn't, so he had to lead his cavalry back to Dengzhou.

In the middle of the night of the same day, Gao Hu led a large team to escort the captives into Dengzhou City. The next morning, the people in Dengzhou City woke up and were surprised to find that Dengzhou City had changed hands overnight, and the Great Song army that had been guarding Dengzhou had disappeared and was replaced by a very fierce Yanyun soldier! The people were very frightened at first, worried that Yan Yunjun would be unfavorable to the people, but later found out that Yan Yunjun had strict military discipline and Yu Minqiu did not commit any crimes, and there was also an announcement that Yan Yun would soon distribute land unconditionally to the common people in accordance with Yan Yun's law, so the original worries disappeared without a trace, and they also looked forward to the distribution of land.

Xiangyang, the lobby of the Marshal's Mansion. Cao Yong looked at Yao Ping, who was kneeling on the ground with a look of shame on his face, frowned, and said, "It's only a few days!" How exactly did Dengzhou lose it? ”

Yao Ping didn't dare to hide it in the slightest, so he passed the lost passage of Dengzhou through 1510. Cao Yong listened to Yao Ping's narration and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Gao Hu really deserves his reputation!" He glanced at Yao Ping and said, "Get up." Yao Ping hung his head and said ashamedly: "The last general lost Dengzhou, causing Xiangyang to lose the Hebei barrier, and asked the marshal to punish the crime!" ”

Cao Yong got up and walked in front of Yao Zhong, helped Yao Ping up, and said, "You have done your best!" You've done a really good job in Dengzhou! The defeat of Dengzhou is not your fault, it is really that Gao Hu is too powerful! You don't have to blame yourself too much! Yao Ping was moved, hugged his fists and bowed: "Thank you for the grace of the handsome!" ”

Cao Yong paced back and forth, his face thoughtful. Stopped, and asked Yao Zhongdao: "You have a real battle with Yan Yunjun, what do you think of Yan Yunjun?" ”

Yao Ping couldn't help but show emotion and panic, everyone couldn't help but feel a little surprised when they saw him like this, and they couldn't help but say in their hearts: What happened to make this guy who is not afraid of heaven and earth show such a look? Yao Ping sighed and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The last general is such a brave army that I have never dreamed of!" ”

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