Chapter 581, the sound of the east and the west
The Song army was chased and killed by Yan Yun's rank and tail, and came straight towards the city gate, seeing that the city gate was about to be lost. Boom, boom, boom......! A thunderous roar suddenly sounded on the city wall, and then the dust outside the city danced, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere, it turned out that the cannon on the city wall of Xiangyang was powerful! The Song army, which was fleeing for their lives, and the Yan Yun army, which was chasing the enemy, suffered heavy losses for a while! Yan Yunjun immediately retreated, while Song Jun hurriedly poured into the city gate.
The battlefield gradually quieted down, and Yan Yunjun retreated to the opposite bank on a bamboo and wooden raft, and Yan Yunjun's offensive came to an end.
The soldiers of the Song army couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Yan Yunjun had suspended the attack. Liu Feng, who was standing beside Cao Yong, couldn't help but mutter, "Yan Yunjun is even stronger than expected!" Unexpectedly, on the first day of the offensive, Xiangyang City was in danger! Cao Yong frowned.
Yao Ping, who was covered in blood and embarrassed, rushed to the city gate, and clenched his fists in a depressed and angry manner: "Dashuai, they are too treacherous, they actually lured us out and bombarded us with cannons!" ”
Cao Yong frowned and said, "It's my fault, I didn't expect them to come up with this trick!" ”
Liu Feng said: "Today must be just a tentative attack by Yan Yunjun, and the attack will be even more fierce in the future!" ”
Cao Yong frowned, and said to Yao Ping: "You lead a group of soldiers and horses to ambush outside the city, if the enemy army lands on the shore to attack the city, watch my signal, and attack the enemy with me!" Yao Ping clenched his fists and promised, and ran down.
Cao Yong turned to look at the other side, only to see that Yan Yunjun had no intention of continuing to attack, and slowly retreated. Cao Yong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned, and muttered: "Ben Shuai once used 3,000 soldiers to fight against the 100,000 Khitan army at Xianren Pass, but he was not afraid at all!" But today, facing Yan Yunjun today, I don't have any confidence! Liu Feng nodded and said, "My subordinates also feel this way!" I'm afraid it's because the world has changed over time, and everything is different! Cao Yong turned his head to look at Liu Feng and asked, "Do you think we are enough to win?" ”
Liu Feng sighed and said, "Yan Yunjun is much stronger than expected!" The sharpness of the attack can be said to be far beyond the previous imagination! However, our army also has advantages, our army is not less than the Yanyun army, relying on the strong city, and the Han River as a barrier, and the support is continuous, although Yanyun is strong, if you want to break through Xiangyang in one fell swoop, it is not easy! Today's Yan Yun Army's failure to attack is proof of this! ”
Cao Yong nodded, and couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the emperor and the courtiers who refused to use their internal money. At this moment, there was a commotion from under the city gates. Cao Yong frowned, turned around and walked to the inside, the inside of the city gate tower, looked under the city gate, and saw hundreds of thousands of people crowded at the city gate, shouting to go out.
I only heard a man in his fifties shouting angrily: "King Yan is a great bodhisattva of light, you will not end well if you go against King Yan, we don't want to wait for death with you, let us out!" "The people echoed one after another, saying that King Yan is the reincarnation of the Great Bodhisattva of Light, and he is the universal salvation of the people, and to go against King Yan is to go against the gods and Buddhas of the sky, there is only one way to die, they don't want to stay in Xiangyang and wait for death, so they want to escape! Let the captain who guards the door talk badly, but the people just don't listen, and they shout endlessly!
Cao Yong frowned, and said to a general beside him: "You immediately take people down and arrest the few people who took the lead in bewitching the people!" Let the rest of the people disperse, and if they don't comply, they will be arrested for the crime of collaborating with the enemy! ”
The general clenched his fists and agreed, and immediately led more than 100 soldiers under his command to run down and come to the front of the people. The people, who were making a lot of noise, saw that someone was coming, and they couldn't help but stop making noise. Then he saw them break in and arrest them viciously, and he panicked.
Several civilians led by the general were arrested, and then shouted at the rest of the people: "Go back, otherwise you will be punished for collaborating with the enemy!" When the people saw that the officials and soldiers were really coming, they were frightened, where did they dare to speak, and they turned around and ran away in a panic, and the originally noisy scene suddenly fell silent.
Liu Feng frowned and said: "In recent days, rumors have been flying all over the city, which can't help but cause turmoil in the hearts of the people, and inevitably affect the morale of the army!" I'm afraid that there are Yan Yun's spies at work among them! ”
Cao Yong nodded and said, "I'm also worried about this matter." Now that the Yanyun army is pressing, if the hearts of the army and the people are unstable, how can this battle be fought! He looked at Liu Feng and said, "Lord Lu, the prefect of Xiangyang, is loyal, but his ability is insufficient, and he can't catch Yan Yun's spies to stabilize the hearts of the people!" Mr. Liu, you still have to worry about this matter! Liu Feng hugged his fists and said: "It is incumbent on my subordinates!" ”
The next day, the Yanyun army was divided into two routes, east and west, and launched a battle to cross the river at the same time. Since the place of crossing the river was some distance from Xiangyang, the artillery on the wall of Xiangyang could not intercept the Yanyun army crossing the river. Wu Jue immediately sent two armies out of the city to intercept the two Yanyun troops crossing the river, but the Yanyun army was too strong, as soon as the two sides came into contact, the Song army could not resist, and with the fierce counterattack of the Yanyun army, the Song army was defeated and retreated. The two Yanyun troops successfully crossed the Han River, and immediately established a bridgehead, and at the same time began to cooperate with the opposite bank to build a pontoon bridge. Once the pontoon bridge is built, the Yanyun army is bound to roll in, and Xiangyang will be in danger at that time! The situation is already very critical for the defenders of Xiangyang!
At this moment, Yan Yunjun, who was guarding the upstream bridgehead, suddenly heard a loud shout and rolling footsteps from the side and back. Taken aback, he hurriedly followed the prestige, and saw Yao Ping, the fierce general of the Song army, leading an army of fifty or sixty thousand to rush out of the mountains and forests and rush towards himself. At this time, Yan Yunjun's attention was all in the direction of Xiangyang, and he didn't expect that there would be enemy troops in the flank and rear directions, so the army formation was facing the direction of Xiangyang, and the flank and rear positions were huge weaknesses. Yan Yunjun saw that the enemy army suddenly appeared in the direction of the flank, and was startled, and immediately began to change formation, and at this moment, Cao Yong personally commanded 20,000 soldiers and horses rushed out of the city and also killed Yan Yunjun.
The Yan Yun army was able to withstand the impact of Yao Ping's troops, and at this moment, the 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Cao Yong crashed heavily into the rear position of the Yan Yun army's formation. Yan Yunjun is trying his best to resist Yao Ping's department, although the sergeant Yan Yun, who is responsible for defending the flank, is desperately resisting, but after all, the disparity in strength is too great, and a few wooden stakes can't withstand the stormy waves no matter how strong they are! So in an instant, the side back line was broken through by Cao Yong's 20,000 soldiers and horses! Yan Yunjun, who was fighting a fierce battle with Yao Ping's troops, couldn't help but be distracted, and couldn't resist the onslaught of Yao Zhong's army, and the entire defense line collapsed!
The Yanyun army was completely disrupted by the Song army, but although the Yanyun army was not afraid of chaos, it still fought bravely under the leadership of generals at all levels. The sound of killing on the shore of the beachhead shook the sky, and the corpses of the soldiers on both sides quickly covered the sand, and the blood stained the beach red, and then the Han water! Due to the huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, Yan Yunjun finally couldn't resist and had to retreat in defeat.
Cao Yong saw that Yan Yunjun had retreated, and immediately shouted to a general beside him: "Release the rocket!" The general immediately led the crossbowmen to the water's edge, drew a special arrow, lit it, and fired it at the pontoon, which had been two-thirds of the way had been built. After several rounds of fire rain, the pontoon bridge that had not yet been built was ignited, and it burned violently, and then the pontoon bridge fell apart and rushed downstream!
Yan Yun, who was building a pontoon bridge downstream, couldn't help but change his face when he saw many burning pontoon wreckage rushing down from upstream. In the blink of an eye, many burning wreckage crashed into the pontoon bridge being built downstream, and in a series of huge crashing sounds, the pontoon bridge fell apart and fell apart in an instant! Many Yanyun soldiers who didn't have time to return to the shore fell into the water one after another and went with the flow!
The soldiers of Yan Yun, who were guarding the bridgehead downstream, were all shocked when they saw this scene. At this moment, a short horn of retreat was heard from the opposite bank. When Yan Yun heard the signal, although he was very unwilling, he boarded the bamboo and wood raft and retreated without hesitation.
Yan Yun's another round of attacks failed. Yang Peng and his subordinates walked into the big tent. Yang Peng turned around and saw that all the generals were very depressed and annoyed, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry. Thinking that Cao Yong can resist the 100,000 elites of the Khitans at the Immortal Pass with 3,000 soldiers and horses, it is naturally not an easy character to deal with! Cao Yong's performance in the past two days is indeed worthy of his prestige, and it did not disappoint me! If it is broken in one attack, it will be a waste of fame! ”
Xiang Danian said depressedly: "The Song army wanted to come and have a weak fighting spirit, but I didn't expect that under the leadership of Cao Yong, they would all attack like crazy without fear of death!" It's really a big surprise for the last general! ”
Yang Peng said with a smile: "It's not the Song army that is weak, but the old men of the Song Emperor and the imperial court!" Under the leadership of a truly famous general, the Song army will not be weak no matter how it is! Glancing at the generals, he said, "The setbacks of the past two days are not bad!" At least some of us won't be as careless as we were before! The generals' hearts sank.
Yang Peng sat down and said, "The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength!" What's more, Song Jun is not a rabbit! I hope you will put away your previous contempt and fight the Song Army as a respectable opponent! The generals clasped their fists together and promised.
Yang Peng lowered his head and frowned: "The pressure on Xiangyang is not big enough now!" At least break through the opponent's shore defense and directly threaten the city of Xiangyang! Ye Yu Guanyin said: "For people like Cao Yong, I'm afraid it's not much use to play tricks, it's better to concentrate on attacking with all your strength!" With the combat power of our army, we will definitely achieve a breakthrough! Yang Peng nodded and said, "That's it!" Then he stood up, walked to the sand table, and his eyes fell on the sand table to think. And the generals gathered around.
Yang Peng's gaze finally fell on Niushou Town, dozens of miles west of Xiangyang, and he pointed and said, "Starting tomorrow, our army will forcibly cross the Han River from Niushou Town!" ”
The generals' eyes immediately fell on the position of Niushou Town, and they couldn't help frowning. Niushou Town, which is dozens of miles west of Xiangyang, is a small town, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the banks are steep, which is not suitable for large troops to cross the river at all. Duan Zhixian looked up at Yang Peng and asked, "Big brother, are you pointing to the wrong place?" The terrain of this Niushou town is steep, and it is not suitable for large troops to cross the river at all! The other generals all nodded, and they also had such doubts in their hearts, only Ye Yu Guanyin smiled, as if he saw Yang Peng's intentions.
Yang Peng said with a smile: "The terrain is steep and not suitable for crossing the river, so Cao Yong and the others would never have imagined that we would force the Han River from there!" This is called unpreparedness! The generals glanced at each other, and Xiao Duli said: "What King Yan said is extremely true! However, when the army moves, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hide from the scouts and meticulous work of the enemy army! I'm afraid that it will be difficult to receive unexpected results! ”
Yang Peng smiled: "So we still have to fight the west!" The generals probably understood Yang Peng's intentions and nodded one after another. Shi Liancheng said: "Big brother is saying that we deliberately put on a posture of directly attacking Xiangyang with great fanfare here, but in fact, we crossed the Han River from Niushou Town with an elite army?" ”
Yang Peng smiled: "That's pretty much what it means." Everyone couldn't help but feel that King Yan's strategy was very clever, and they couldn't help but get excited. Duan Zhixian hugged his fists and said, "Big brother, let me lead the army across the river!" Seeing that he had taken the lead, the other generals hurriedly asked for battle.
Yang Peng smiled, glanced at the generals, and said, "This crossing the river is not a good errand!" The generals glanced at each other and asked for battle together. Yang Peng looked at Ye Yu Guanyin, and Ye Yu Guanyin said to the generals mockingly: "King Yan hasn't finished talking yet!" When King Yan finishes speaking, I'm afraid you won't want this messenger! Everyone was surprised, and then thought that Ye Yu Guanyin was talking about the danger of forcibly crossing the Han River, so he said angrily: "The last general is willing to go to the soup and die in the fire!" ”
Yang Peng smiled and waved his hand, "It's not that serious!" Then he said the specific plan. The generals looked at each other, Duan Zhixian's eyes widened and said, "Actually, it's like this?" ”
Yang Peng asked Duan Zhixian with a smile: "Duan Zhixian, do you still want to take on this task?" Duan Zhixian patted his head with a smile and said, "I can't do such a delicate thing!" Yang Peng smiled, looked at Shi Liancheng, and said, "Liancheng, I'll leave the matter of crossing the river from Niushou Town to you!" Is there a problem? Shi Liancheng hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, don't worry, there is no problem!" Yang Peng nodded and said with a smile: "Although Liancheng is brave, he is also quite strategic, and I am the most relieved for you to do this!" Shi Liancheng couldn't help but feel excited, only feeling that the eldest brother valued him so much, and he didn't want to let the eldest brother down even if he fought for his life.
Yang Peng thought about the whole plan from beginning to end again in his heart, and felt that all the details had been thought of, and there was no problem, so he carefully instructed the generals.
In the dead of night, Yang Peng walked alone in the barracks. At this time, the military camp was very peaceful, and the soldiers sat around the bonfire, or chatted, or had dinner, and when they saw King Yan coming, they quickly stood up and saluted with great reverence, and Yang Peng smiled and nodded in response.
Yang Peng unconsciously walked outside the women's army camp. The so-called 'women's army camp' is the garrison of Ya Yu Guanyin and hundreds of Feifeng female guards under his command, on one side of the barracks, is an independent area, and male soldiers are generally not allowed to come here.
Yang Peng stopped and couldn't help but smile when he saw that he had unknowingly come here. Thinking that since he came, he simply went in to talk to Guanyin, so he raised his feet and walked into the 'women's army camp'. The Feifeng female guard who guarded the door saw that it was King Yan who came in, so she naturally did not stop her.
Yang Peng walked into the tent of Ye Yu Guanyin, and saw Ye Yu Guanyin leaning on the couch, her face was a little pale, her expression was a little tired, and her personal woman Wei Naren was feeding her water. Yang Peng became nervous, and walked to the couch in three steps and two steps. The two girls suddenly saw Yang Peng, and they were all happy. Yang Peng asked nervously, "Guanyin, are you uncomfortable?" With that, he sat down on the edge of the bed and took the slender hand of Ya Yu Guanyin. Seeing that the eldest brother cared so much about him, Yaren Guanyin was naturally very happy, and Naren stood up and retreated.
Yang Peng stretched out his hand and stroked Ya Yu Guanyin's hair, frowned, and said, "Why is your face so white?" Ya Yin Guanyin smiled: "It's nothing! According to the medical officer, every pregnant woman is like this! ”
Yang Peng was a little relieved, and couldn't help but say: "Mom is pregnant for ten months, and the last day to give birth, it is very painful!" So, Mother is the most amazing person in the world! Ye Yu Guanyin was sweet in his heart, and said: "What the eldest brother said is really beautiful! It's so lovely! Then he thought, "But I think my father is just as great as my mother!" The mother has the fatigue of pregnancy in October and the pain of childbirth, but the father has to support the family! None of them will work! ”
Yang Peng smiled, patted the back of Ye Yu Guanyin's hand, and said, "A woman like Guanyin is amazing, where do you need a man to support this family!" Ye Yu Guanyin smiled, then leaned into Yang Peng's arms, and muttered: "I'm just a little woman next to my eldest brother now, so I don't want to support this family!" That's your man's thing! I'll follow you, if you're good, I'll be good, if you're begging, then I'll be begging! ”
Yang Peng smiled and asked softly, "If the eldest brother really begs for food, are you still willing to follow the eldest brother?" Ya Yu Guanyin said: "I am already a big brother's person, don't say begging, if the eldest brother is gone, I will not live in the world!" Ya Kannon's words were very calm, but they were extremely resolute. Yang Peng's heart was shocked, and the arm holding Ye Yu Guanyin's waist couldn't help but tighten.
The two hugged each other, and the two hearts seemed to be integrated, only feeling that there were only two people between heaven and earth, until the sky was old and the earth was old. Ya Yin Guanyin suddenly said: "Big brother, our child will be born soon, you have to think of a good name for our child in advance." Yang Peng said: "I don't know if it's a boy or a girl?" ”
Ya Kannon turned his head and said, "You just take a boy's name and a girl's name, it doesn't matter if you give birth to a boy or a girl in the future." Then he smiled, "Besides, can we only have one child between us?" The rest of the name is not good for later. ”
Yang Peng smiled, lowered his head and kissed the red lips of Ya Yu Guanyin. The two have never been intimate since the last time they separated, and under this kiss, Deng Shi couldn't help it, Yang Peng couldn't help but tighten his arm around Ye Yu Guanyin's waist, and an impulse surged in his heart. And Ye Yu Guanyin looked at Yang Peng with a flushed face, with infinite lust in his beautiful eyes, and his plump chest rose and fell violently because of the rapid panting, and the waves were turbulent and particularly attractive.
"Guanyin!" Yang Peng called in a hoarse voice. Ye Yu Guanyin's heart fluttered, and when he saw that his eldest brother was about to take action, he was suddenly startled, and quickly pushed Yang Peng, and said with a red face: "Not now!" ”
Yang Peng also thought of the child, and felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head, and his lust was reduced by more than half, he sighed, and said depressedly: "This is really grinding!" Ya Kannon nodded approvingly. Yang Peng sighed and said, "So it's not easy to have a child!" Not only is it hard to be a mother, but it is also very sinful to be a father! Ye Yu Guanyin smiled and glanced at Yang Peng.
Yang Peng hugged Ya Yu Guanyin and talked about the love story of his era, talking about the paragraph of "Savage Girlfriend". After hearing this, Ya Yu Guanyin said angrily: "That woman is too annoying, how can she treat her lover like this!" There are also men who like women to toss themselves so much, he is too cheap! Then he laughed and said, "But then again, that kind of cheap man and that kind of brutal woman are really a natural pair!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "Guanyin is so reasonable!" It's really a cheap man with a barbaric woman! If a man is not cheap enough, I am afraid that he will not be able to stand such a rude woman! Ya Kannon nodded approvingly. ……
"Marshal, Yan Yunjun is actively preparing on the other side, and it seems that it is about to launch a bigger attack!" Yao Ping hugged his fists. Liu Feng said: "Yan Yunjun has missed twice in a row, and this third attack will probably be a thunderous momentum!" Our army must be fully prepared! Cao Yong nodded and said, "Don't worry too much, after all, it's just the soldiers who will block the water and cover the earth!" Seeing Cao Yong so calm, everyone couldn't help but calm down some nervous emotions.
Later that day, a man in civilian clothes rode into Xiangyang City. Immediately, this person appeared in Cao Yong's camp and reported to Cao Yongyu: "Marshal Qiyu, my subordinates have found on the other side that a large army of Yanyun Army is secretly being transferred to the direction of Niushou Town!" ”
Cao Yong and the others were shocked when they heard this, Cao Yong immediately stood up and walked to the sand table, and everyone else also gathered around. Cao Yong's gaze fell on Niushou Town, and his brows furrowed. Liu Feng next to him said: "This situation is unusual!" Cao Yong turned his head and asked Na Xiaozuo, "Can you be sure that there is indeed a large army in the Yanyun Army that is being transferred to Niushou Town?" Hosaku said with great certainty: "Absolutely! "How many troops?" "I'm afraid there are no less than 100,000 people!"
Cao Yong and Liu Feng glanced at each other, and Liu Feng frowned and said, "Yang Peng secretly dispatched a large army to Niushou Town, but at the same time, he was making great preparations for an attack in front of us!" Now that I think about it, Yan Yunjun's actions in front of him are really suspected of being deliberately contrived! It seems that Yang Peng is ready to give us a trick to attack the west! ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.