When the ministers heard that Zhao Heng intended to crown Lu Duzhong as king, they couldn't help but feel jealous. A minister couldn't help but stand up and clench his fists and said, "Your Majesty, it may be inappropriate to make a different surname the king!" The ministers echoed one after another, and Huang Cong said: "Your Majesty, it's not too late to discuss this matter after Marshal Lu recovers Bianliang!" Zhao Heng nodded. Immediately, the monarchs and ministers chatted, and under the backdrop of singing and dancing, they enjoyed themselves.

At the same time, Marshal Lü, who was about to recover Bianliang in the mouth of the monarch and ministers, was secretly gathering a large army and preparing to break through. The army was assembled in the north, and since the two breakouts during the day were launched in the south, everyone felt that the south should be the direction of the Yanyun army's key defense, so they decided to try it from the north, perhaps this is the weakness of the other party.

After the army was assembled, it quietly dived down the mountain. When they came to the bottom of the mountain, they didn't find anything unusual, and everyone was excited, thinking that they could break through the encirclement in one fell swoop! However, at this moment, countless torches suddenly lit up in front and on the left and right, turning the night into day, and at the same time, there was a loud shout, and Yanyun soldiers and horses appeared under the firelight, and the shadows were heavy, as if they were endless. The soldiers of the Song army were shocked, Lu Qianzhong immediately didn't have time to think, turned around and ran, he ran, all the soldiers of the Song army rushed towards the mountain! Before the Yan Yun army could attack, the Song army trampled on each other and killed two or three thousand people, and the rest fled back to the mountains in a hurry!

The next morning, a Yan Yun warrior rode alone to the mountain and said to Lu Qianzhong: "King Yan is merciful, he can't bear to kill more, and he will send Ben to send a herald to wait for him, surrender immediately, don't make mistakes!" ”

Lu Qianzhong had long lost his fighting spirit, and after listening to the words of Yan Yun's envoy, he couldn't help but nod and said, "Thank you Yan Wang for your generosity!" It's just that this matter is very important, please allow me to discuss it! Yan Yun's envoy said: "King Yan only gives you three days, you can do it yourself!" He bowed his hand and turned away.

Lu Qianzhong hurriedly discussed with his cronies: "Then King Yan wants Ben Shuai to surrender, what do you say Ben Shuai should do?" The cronies said: "Marshal, now our army has fallen into a desperate situation, if you don't surrender, there is only one way to die!" Stubborn resistance, the wise man does not do it, the marshal is very resourceful, and he must be able to make the right choice! Lu Qianzhong frowned and nodded, and sighed: "This is also the will of heaven!" The Great Song Dynasty has exhausted its qi, and Ben Shuai obeys the mandate of heaven, which is not a betrayal! ”

The cronies rejoiced: "Handsome and wise! Then he frowned and said: "But Dashuai, I'm afraid this matter is not easy to do, I'm afraid that Yao Zhong and others will disobey the order, and at that time, not only will it be difficult for Dashuai to succeed, but I'm afraid there will be worries about his life!" You have to get rid of them first! Lu Qianzhong's eyes showed a fierce look, nodded, and said: "Ben Shuai has long been tired of looking down on these people, so he just took this opportunity to get rid of them!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden sound of fighting, shouting and screaming outside the tent. Lu Qianzhong and the others were taken aback when they suddenly heard these voices, and Lu Qianzhong hurriedly said, "What's wrong?" The cronies said: "Go down and take a look!" So saying, he ran out of the tent. Then the tent was opened, and the cronies crashed in, and their bodies were full of arrows. Lu Qianzhong was shocked when he saw this. The cronies stumbled and fell to the ground, exclaiming: "Oh no, Dashuai, Liu Feng and Yao Ping have rebelled!" Lu Qianzhong was so shocked that his face was pale.

A large crowd of people poured into the big tent. Lu Qianzhong hurriedly looked up, only to see Yao Ping, Liu Feng and other handsome dozens of armor soldiers rushing in, all of them looking fierce and vicious! Lu Qianzhong was so frightened that he took a step back, almost fell, held on to the desk, pointed to the cronie who had fallen and shouted: "He instigated Ben Shuai to surrender, Ben Shuai didn't mean this!" ”

Yao Ping and the others laughed mockingly, and Yao Zhong said with a strange expression: "You don't mean this, but we do!" ”

Lu Qianzhong was surprised. Yao Ping stepped forward, grabbed Lu Qianzhong's shirt with his left hand, and raised the blood-dripping steel knife with his right hand with a fierce look. Lu Qianzhong was so frightened that he peed his pants and exclaimed: "Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai has also decided to surrender to Yan Yun!" Don't kill me! ”

Yao Ping laughed mockingly and said, "We know you want to surrender Yanyun!" Lu Qianzhong was confused, and he couldn't figure out what the other party meant. At this moment, I saw the sword light falling! Lu Qianzhong was so frightened that he didn't have time to shout, but when he saw the blood gushing, Lu Qianzhong was in a different place! Yao Ping mentioned Lu Qianzhong's head with a terrified expression, and sneered: "We also want to surrender to Yan Yun, but we can't let people like you take the lead!" ”

Liu Feng walked up and said, "Now you can go down the mountain and surrender to King Yan!" Yao Zhong nodded. Yang Peng received the news that the Song army on the mountain was coming to surrender, and immediately led the army to approach the foot of the mountain and wait. For the Song army's surrender, Yang Peng only believed fifty percent, so all the Yanyun army was ready to respond, and ambushed soldiers in all directions, if the Song army dared to play tricks, it would be self-destruction!

Half an hour later, I saw hundreds of thousands of Song troops coming down the mountain. As soon as they reached the bottom of the mountain, they threw away their blades one after another, and then knelt on the ground to wait for the disposal. Seeing this scene, Yang Peng was sure that the other party had really surrendered. Yao Ping, Liu Feng and others rode out, threw away their weapons, turned over and dismounted, walked to Yang Peng's horse, and bowed together: "We are willing to return to King Yan!" I beg King Yan to forgive me for my previous sins of disrespect! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "Previously, each was his master, and you fought to the death, which is considered conscientious, not disrespectful!" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but let go of their worries.

"Get up." They thanked each other, stood up, and bowed their heads. Yang Peng glanced at them and asked, "Who among you is Lu Qianzhong?" The generals glanced at each other, Yao Zhong hugged his fists and said, "Lu Qianzhong has been killed by us!" The skull is here! As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Li Zheng. Li Zheng immediately came up with a wooden box, bowed down, and opened the wooden box. Yang Peng saw a bloody human head in the wooden box, and he thought that this person must be unwilling to surrender, so he was killed by the generals, but he didn't care so much. Looked away and said to everyone: "What are the identities of several of you?" ”

The generals reported their identities and names in turn, namely Yao Ping, Liu Feng, Li Zheng, Fang Hong, and Liu Dali. Yang Peng looked at Yao Zhong and asked with a smile, "You are Yao Ping?" Yao Ping hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "It's exactly below!" Yang Peng glanced at him, nodded and praised: "It is worthy of being the first fierce general under Cao Yong, it is really extraordinary!" Yao Ping couldn't help but feel happy when he heard King Yan's praise.

Yang Peng said: "You guys just follow me." Several people were stunned, Yao Ping hugged his fists and said: "Yan Wang Rongyu, these hundreds of thousands of troops still need to be restrained by me!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this!" The five of them glanced at each other, although they were unwilling to hand over their military power, but at this moment there was no room for them to choose, so they had to clench their fists and promise, and their hearts were depressed and anxious. They also expected that King Yan would let them continue to command the army, but they didn't expect King Yan to put all five of them under house arrest with a word!

Liu Feng said: "King Yan, we can help King Yan persuade Xiangyang and other cities to surrender." Yang Peng smiled: "No need! Xiangyang, Junzhou, Gucheng, and Yicheng have already surrendered before you surrendered! Liu Feng and the others were greatly surprised, glanced at Yang Peng, and only felt that this Yan King was really unfathomable!

Yang Peng immediately asked people to deal with the hundreds of thousands of Song troops, and those people who were forcibly requisitioned were all released back to Xiangyang, and the people were overjoyed and thanked King Yan one after another; The 200,000 or so Song troops were divided into five branches and handed over to the commanders of each legion, and at the same time, some officers were transferred from each legion to assist the original officers in the Song army to specifically command the soldiers and horses of each battalion.

When the army entered Xiangyang, the people were originally very worried and afraid, but seeing that Yan Yunjun was disciplined and Yu Minqiu did not commit any crimes, their worries were put down, and Xiangyang City soon returned to its former lively atmosphere.

Yang Peng only left more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to defend Xiangyang and Junzhou, Gucheng and Yicheng, and the main army of his commander crossed out of Xiangyang to the south, and the soldiers surrendered to the counties of Jiangbei Prefectures.

Cao Hu received the news that the Xiangyang army was annihilated and Xiangyang and other places were lost in Yiling, and immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, and was inevitably copied by the Yanyun army in the direction of Xiangyang, so he had no choice but to give up Yiling, retreat to Jiangbei, and rely on Jingmen Mountain and Changyang and Yidu to prepare to resist Yanyun's western army, and at the same time wait for an opportunity to attack the flank of Yanyun's main force from Xiangyang to the south!

The main force of Yanyun led by Yang Peng did not encounter any resistance all the way and arrived at the city of Jiangling Mansion. Gangneung has been an important town on the Yangtze River since ancient times, thanks to the convenient water transportation conditions and the surrounding dangerous terrain, Gangneung has been a metropolis of economic prosperity in peacetime since ancient times, and has become a choke point in wartime, and a place where soldiers must fight. It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it is the last checkpoint for Yanyun's army to cross the Yangtze River!

Yang Peng rode on the black dragon horse, looking at the majestic and magnificent Jiangling City, only to see that the gate of Jiangling City was closed, and the city was full of local soldiers and people with swords. Yan Yunjun went all the way south from Xiangyang, and everywhere he passed, he fell in the wind, and even the Jingmen Army (that is, the current Jingmen City), which was extremely important in strategic position and had sufficient reserves, also went down without a fight, and it was the first time that a city like this closed door and strict defense was encountered in front of him.

Yang Peng couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Who is this Jiangling guard?" Liu Feng said: "It's Yao Fengcheng, the prefect of Jiangling Prefecture." "What kind of man is he?" Liu Feng said: "Back to King Yan, this Yao Fengcheng has been a scholar for generations, this person is an honest official, quite talented, and very loved by the people." It's just a little stupid, admitting death. ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "It turned out to be a Qing official!" No wonder! Then he asked Liu Feng: "Do you know this person?" Liu Feng immediately understood Yang Peng's intentions, hugged his fists and said: "I met him in the next place, and I went to say that he would come down!" ”

Yang Peng glanced at Liu Feng and nodded, "Okay, you'll have a hard time." Liu Feng bowed to Yang Peng and went down. Liu Feng rode alone to the gate of Jiangling Mansion, raised his head and shouted: "I joined the army under the account of Marshal Cao Yong, and I have something important to ask to see Lord Yao Fengcheng." The guards at the city gate were so nervous when they saw someone riding their horses just now that they were relieved when they heard the other party's identity and intentions, and the man in the headhunter's costume raised his voice: "Please later, I will report to my family!" Liu Feng arched his hand towards the city gate tower and said, "I'm tired." The catcher explained to the people next to him, and then left.

After a while, I saw a middle-aged man dressed in the official robe of the Great Song Dynasty appear on the city gate tower, tall and thin, with a clear appearance, and his brows were furrowed, as if he had infinite troubles.

"Lord Yao!" Liu Feng clenched his fists below and raised his voice. Yao Fengcheng glanced at him, frowned and asked, "Who are you?" Liu Feng said with a smile: "Lord Yao asked knowingly, as soon as I informed me of my name and rank, you and I are also the old days, do you really not know who I am?" ”

Yao Fengcheng snorted coldly and said, "I only know Liu Feng, who joined the army in the Great Song Dynasty, but I don't know Liu Feng, Yanyun's lackey!" Liu Feng frowned, and raised his voice: "No matter how you look at me now, I am always Yanyun's messenger, is it rude for you to close the door?" Yao Fengcheng frowned, turned his head and raised his head: "Open the city gate!" Someone agreed, and the gates creaked open. Seeing this, Liu Feng immediately urged the horse to gallop in, and the city gate was immediately closed.

Liu Feng turned over and dismounted, and someone immediately came up and grabbed the bridle. The head catcher I saw just now came over and hugged his fist at Liu Feng and said, "Lord Liu, my family is waiting for you on the city gate, please come with me." Then he led Liu Feng up to the city gate tower, and came to a room in the city gate tower, only to see Yao Fengcheng sitting in the first place, and on the left and right stood a big man with a majestic physique and a long knife at his waist.

The head catcher bowed to Yao Fengcheng and saluted, "My lord, the Yanyun envoy has brought it." Yao Fengcheng said: "You step aside." The headcatcher replied and bowed down. Liu Feng clenched his fists and said, "Lord Yao, it's been half a year since you and I last met, don't you come here harm?" Yao Fengcheng snorted coldly and said angrily: "It's only been half a year, and that high-spirited, loyal, brave and benevolent Liu Senjun has fallen willingly, turned his back on heaven and humanity, and was willing to be a thief and a lackey!" ”

Liu Feng smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect Lord Yao to treat me like this." ”

Yao Fengcheng said angrily: "Did I say something wrong? Liu Feng glanced at Yao Fengcheng and asked, "I don't know why Master Yao came to study since childhood?" Yao Fengcheng said angrily: "Do you still need to ask?" Naturally, it is for the sake of the sage! In the world, people should understand the truth of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, otherwise how is it different from beasts? As a minister, you should be loyal to the country, and after death, you are greedy for life and fear of death, greedy for wealth and nobility, regardless of heaven and humanity, betraying your father, and being willing to be a thief and a lackey! Such a great rebellion, if people do not punish them, the heavens will punish them! The more Yao Fengcheng spoke, the more angry he became.

Liu Feng said: "It's not a secret, in fact, if it weren't for Lord Cao Yong, I would have defected to Yanyun early next morning!" Lord Cao Yong wants to swear to serve the official family, and I am grateful for Lord Cao Yong's loyalty, so I will do my best to assist and put life and death out of the way. Now that the official family has listened to the rumors, removed Lord Cao Yong's official title, and arrested him and returned to Beijing to punish him, why should I work for that official family anymore! ”

Yao Fengcheng glared and shouted, "Shut up!" Hugh said such a great rebellion before me without a king and a father! Liu Feng sneered: "Lord Yao is really a loyal man!" But I don't know, where did Lord Yao put the people? Yao Fengcheng raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "The people and courtiers are all His Majesty's people, and the monarch's father is in trouble, so he should sacrifice his life and forget his death to share the worries of the monarch's father!" If you finally can't turn the tide, you should be fully loyal to death! ”

Liu Feng said loudly: "That's not right! The most precious thing between heaven and earth is the people, and all actions should be for the well-being and life of the people, not for the king! The king should have sacrificed his life for the sake of the people, not for the people to die for themselves! In this way, it is clear that the cart is turned upside down, black and white reversed! It is clear that the king used the world and the people to be martyred for his own selfish desires! ”

Yao Fengcheng got up and shouted angrily: "Nonsense! Heaven and earth are permanent, the monarch is the lord of the world, and it is natural and righteous for all the people of the world to serve the king! It's like a family, if there is no master, wouldn't the world be in chaos! Your statement is simply a fallacy and heresy, and its heart can be punished! ”

Liu Feng stared at Yao Fengcheng, and Yao Fengcheng glared at Liu Feng angrily. Seeing that Yao Fengcheng's attitude was extremely resolute, Liu Feng knew that he would not be able to convince him no matter what, so he couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that you said that you would not surrender to King Yan for the sake of the people!" Yao Fengcheng said categorically: "The children of one family can't recognize another family's person as their father for the sake of glory and wealth!" ”

Liu Feng felt that this Yao Fengcheng was simply a stone in a thatched pit, smelly and hard, which was unreasonable, but he still planned to work harder. glanced at Yao Fengcheng and said, "Yan Yun is sharp, unparalleled in the world, Lu Dashuai led nearly 500,000 horses and wiped out the whole army in an instant!" In this Jiangling City, there are only some native soldiers, government servants and civilian troops, and fighting against the Yanyun army is simply hitting a stone with an egg and killing himself! If defeat is assured, why bother to resist uselessly? Why not surrender for the sake of the peace of the people in the city? ”

Yao Fengcheng glared and shouted: "Shut up, the people of Jiangling are the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and they should fight to the end for the Great Song Dynasty, how can they bend their knees to the enemy!" Liu Feng was a little annoyed, but he had nothing to say, and said, "Since this is the case, I have nothing to say!" Chao Yao Fengcheng hugged his fists and said, "Take care, adult!" Yao Fengcheng snorted coldly, "Don't send it!" "Liu Feng went.

Liu Feng returned to Yang Pengma and said with a depressed face: "Back to King Yan, his subordinates are incompetent and have failed to persuade Yao Fengcheng to surrender. Yang Peng nodded, glanced at Jiangling City, and said, "Since this is the case, I have no choice." Liu Feng said angrily: "This Yao Fengcheng is simply unreasonable, he actually wants to drag the people of the whole city to be buried!" ”

Yang Peng raised his right hand and waved it forward, and the war drums rumbled, and then hundreds of thousands of troops approached Jiangling City like a boundless and endless wave, and the earth was shaking, and the rumbling sound was like thunder. How could the defenders of Gangneung City have ever seen such a magnificent and terrifying scene, and they were so shocked that their faces were colorless, and their whole body trembled!

After all, Yan Yun's army stopped two hundred steps away from the city, and the sound of thunder disappeared in an instant, and there was a slaughter between heaven and earth, which was even more terrifying than when it acted just now! Xiang Danian raised his mace high, and the 100,000 Yanyun infantry took off their bows and crossbows, and together they bent their bows and arrows at the head of the city. As mentioned above, the Yanyun army is different from other armies, there are no special crossbowmen, except for the Modao army, the Yanyun infantry army is not only transferred to melee spears and swords and shields, but also equipped with strong bows and crossbows for long-range attacks, etc., so when necessary, all of Yanyun's infantry troops are crossbowmen!

"Shoot the arrows!" Xiang Danian slammed his mace, and the 100,000 Yanyun infantry fired arrows together, only to see a loud buzzing sound, and the sky suddenly darkened, and then the soldiers of the Song army were shocked to find that the arrows fired by the other party were pouring down like a torrential rain! There was a crackling sound on the head of the city, and the defenders turned into rolling gourds one after another, and there was chaos on the head of the city, and the screams and exclamations rang out in one piece!

At the same time, the Yanyun assault force carried ropes and carried rudimentary ladders to charge towards the city wall.

In the blink of an eye, the Yanyun army attacked the city, and the defenders on the city resisted hard, but they found that the opponents were all like wolves and tigers, and their morale was greatly reduced, and they fled one after another, and the city wall was lost. Immediately, the soldiers who attacked the city wall opened the city gate, and Yan Yun's army rushed in. The defenders were defeated and ran in all directions, while others threw away their weapons and ran back to their homes; The people never dreamed that the city would be breached in an instant, and they couldn't help but be terrified, and with infinite fear, they peeked through the cracks in the doors and windows at the terrible army that was entering the city.

Yang Peng and Ye Yu Guanyin entered Jiangling City surrounded by all the soldiers and went straight to the hall of the government office. Yang Peng went straight to the top and sat down, Naren moved a soft chair and put it beside Yang Peng, and then helped Ye Yu Guanyin to sit down.

Duan Zhixian rushed in, hugged his fists and said, "Big brother, find that Yao Fengcheng, he took his family to set fire to himself at home!" Everyone changed color slightly, Yang Peng frowned and shook his head, "This foolish idiot!" For the sake of a so-called emperor, even if he is willing to die, he still has to drag the whole family to die together! It can be seen that this kind of so-called loyal ministers who can't distinguish right from wrong are sometimes more hateful than those corrupt officials and corrupt officials! Then he asked Duan Zhixian: "Duan Zhixian, did he set the fire to others?" ”

Duan Zhixian said: "Big brother, don't worry, he set a fire in a wooden building in the backyard of his house, and there are no buildings around, so it will not affect others." Yang Peng nodded. Duan Zhixian asked, "Big brother, we have captured thousands of native soldiers, civilian soldiers and government servants, how to deal with them?" Yang Peng said: "These people are all people, let them all go." Duan Zhixian answered and ran down. ……

Above the Jinling court. Taishi Huang Cong presented a scroll and said, "Your Majesty, this is a drawing drawn by a master craftsman asked by the old minister, please take a look at it." ”

Zhao Heng was very interested, and immediately asked the attendant to bring it up. The eunuch in the close service responded, walked down, took the scroll with both hands, and came back to present it to Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng picked up the scroll and unfolded it on the dragon case, and couldn't help but brighten up the dragon's eyes, it turned out that the picture scroll was painted with an extremely magnificent palace, which was even more magnificent than Zhigenyue and Shenxiao Wanshou Palace.

Zhao Heng raised his head and asked with great interest, "What is this?" ”

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