That night, Yang Peng took Han Bing's slender hand and strolled in the backyard of the camp. At this time, the moon was in the middle of the sky, and the two walked hand in hand under the moon, and there was a romantic taste in their hearts. Yang Peng couldn't help but say: "This battle is finally as the people wish, there are no major twists and turns, and everything is going well." Han Bing nodded, and suddenly asked, "I heard that your Guanyin stayed in Jiangling and is about to give birth?" Yang Peng nodded, his eyes couldn't help showing worry, and said, "I don't know how she is now?" Calculating the time, she should have given birth in these days, I hope their mother and son are safe! ”

Han Bing sighed faintly. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" Han Bing shook his head and said, "It's nothing. Yang Peng's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "I understand, Han Bing wants a child of his own!" Han Bing's face turned red and said angrily: "I have thought about it for a long time, do you only know now?" I don't know if you're too partial, seeing that your sisters have children and are pregnant, but" then pointed to her belly and continued: "But I haven't moved here at all!" ”

Yang Peng held Han Bing's slender hand and said depressedly: "You can't blame me for this!" Every time I do it with Han Bing, I do it after I do my best! Han Bing couldn't help but punch Yang Peng, and said with a red face: "If you want to die, you can actually say this kind of thing!" ”

Yang Peng saw that Han Bing's cheeks were flushed and beautiful, and he couldn't help but get emotional, hugged Han Bing's slender waist, and said, "Tonight, the eldest brother said that he would give you a child!" Han Bing couldn't help but be emotional, and looked at Yang Peng with beautiful eyes. Yang Peng couldn't help but get excited, and picked her up in Han Bing's exclamation and walked towards the bedroom. The long night is long, go to Wushan together, the water is melting, and the love is lingering!

Early the next morning, Yang Peng led the army south. At this time, Yang Peng's army had exceeded 300,000 people, and the Western Route Army led by Han Bing included the eighth, ninth, and Hanzhong Army, with a total of 220,000 troops, plus the Song army that surrendered to Cheng, so the total strength exceeded 300,000.

The army went all the way south to Dingzhou. At this time, a round of attacks by the Yanyun army under Shi Liancheng had just ended, and they almost broke through the city, but they were desperately defeated by Cao Yong and his defenders.

Shi Liancheng said with some annoyance: "This Cao Yong has made up his mind to fight with us to the end!" "Cao Hu hugged Yang Peng with his fist;" King Yan, his subordinates are willing to go into the city to persuade his brother to abandon the darkness and turn to the light! Yang Peng frowned and said, "I'm worried that Cao Yong will kill you after he knows that you have surrendered to Yanyun!" Cao Yong said: "King Yan doesn't have to worry about this, I expect that my brother will remember brotherhood no matter what, and he won't kill me!" If you can convince your brother to surrender, you will avoid many casualties! ”

Yang Peng hesitated, nodded, and said, "You go!" If you can't do it, don't force it. Cao Hu answered. Yang Peng watched Cao Yong leave and said to Wu Song: "Although Cao Hu went to lobby, the preparations for the attack could not be stopped!" Shi Liancheng clenched his fists and promised. Yang Peng said again: "This Dingzhou was originally in charge of Shi Liancheng, and I still let you be in charge now!" Shi Liancheng said gratefully: "Thank you, big brother!" Then he said categorically: "If Cao Hu can't lobby, I will definitely break through the city in one go!" ”

Cao Hu rode alone to the gate of Dingzhou. When the soldiers of the city saw someone coming, they immediately became vigilant, and the officer headed by him shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

Cao Hu raised his head and said, "I'm Cao Hu, open the city gate quickly!" The officer in the city originally knew Cao Hu, and when he heard this, he quickly identified it carefully, and recognized that it was indeed Marshal Cao Hu, so he couldn't help but be taken aback, and quickly ordered to open the city gate. Cao Hu rode in, and the city gate was shut.

Cao Yong was discussing with his generals and the prefect of Dingzhou in the hall, and a personal soldier rushed in to report: "Marshal Qiqi, Marshal Cao Hu has arrived." Cao Yong and the others were taken aback, Cao Yong frowned and said, "Why is the second brother here?" Could it be ......" actually led everyone out of the hall, only to see Cao Hu, who was dressed in military uniform, striding into the door and coming towards him.

When the two brothers saw each other, they couldn't help but be excited. Immediately, Cao Yong took Cao Hu's hand and entered the hall, and the two brothers sat down at the top coffee table, while the others sat on the left and right.

Cao Yong frowned and asked, "Isn't the second brother guarding Jingmen Mountain?" How did it get here? Is it a retreat? The reason why the foolish brother is holding Dingzhou is also so that the second brother can retreat from Jingmen Mountain safely! ”

Cao Hu couldn't help but be moved, then felt guilty, sighed, and said, "It's not a secret, the army under the command of the younger brother has not been able to retreat!" Cao Yong and the others were taken aback, and then Cao Hu recounted the incident in detail, and finally sighed: "Han Bing Niangniang, although she is a woman, she has both wisdom and bravery, and after several battles, the younger brother was defeated!" And King Yan is worthy of being a great hero of the world, not to mention his bravery and strategy, but that kind of mind and foresight is not something that ordinary people can match! ”

Cao Yong frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, why do you talk like this?" Cao Hu hugged his fists and said: "It's not a secret, the junior brother has already decided to be loyal to Yan Yun and Yan Wang!" Cao Yong was shocked, Huo Ran got up, glared angrily at the brother in front of him who had lived and died with him, and asked, "You actually betrayed!" How can you ......? ”

Cao Hu stood up and said, "The little brother was originally going to kill himself!" However, King Yan's words woke me up! Big brother, you know the younger brother, the little brother is by no means a greedy for wealth and life, and afraid of death! Cao Yong shouted angrily: "In that case, why did you apostatize? Angry to the extreme, he couldn't help but pull out the sword, there was a sonorous sound, the cold light flickered, and the blade had already reached Cao Hu's throat! Cao Yong said angrily and sadly: "Since you have betrayed, I can only kill my relatives in righteousness!" ”

Cao Hu was not afraid at all, sighed, and said: "The eldest brother wants to kill the younger brother, and the younger brother has no complaints!" But before that, the younger brother hopes that the eldest brother can listen to the younger brother's heartfelt words! ”

Cao Yong snorted coldly and said, "You say! Cao Hu said: "Big brother, do you know how King Yan persuaded me?" Cao Yong snorted coldly. Cao Hu continued: "At that time, the younger brother was about to kill himself with a horizontal sword, but King Yan said that the younger brother was just a loyal house slave, and he was quite disdainful! Cao Yong snorted, "Nonsense! Then he said angrily: "As soon as he said this, you will betray, it is unreasonable!" ”

Cao Hu said: "King Yan said that there is naturally more than that," and then Cao Hu said what Cao Yong said to him as it was. Everyone present was quite shocked when they heard such words, and felt that these remarks were really against the way of Confucianism, and they could be said to be deviant and rebellious, but although they thought so, they couldn't help but feel that those remarks were very reasonable. Cao Yong slowly removed the sword and put it into its sheath.

Cao Hu thought that his brother was moved, and hurriedly said: "The eldest brother has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, why sacrifice for a Zhao family who almost harmed the whole of China but did not repent?" The eldest brother should serve King Yan and contribute to Huaxia and the people! ”

Cao Yong looked out of the door and sighed, "Your Majesty has a generous kindness to me, and in order to repay this great kindness, I, Cao Yong, can only die with my liver and brain!" Cao Hu hurriedly said: "Big brother, the reason why Emperor Song treats you well is nothing more than to use the eldest brother to maintain his rule, and he can continue to be poor and extravagant!" Besides, this is just a private favor, how can the eldest brother abandon justice for the sake of personal favor? ”

Cao Yong suddenly shouted: "No! In life, if you can't even repay your personal kindness, how can you talk about justice! I have made up my mind, even if I am broken in this life, I will protect the great Song Dynasty and repay His Majesty's great kindness! If King Yan wants to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, I will be inseparable from him! Cao Hu was shocked and said urgently: "Big brother......"

Cao Yong waved his hand and said categorically: "Okay, you don't have to say it anymore, I have made up my mind!" Cao Hu sighed helplessly. The scene was quiet, and the atmosphere was a little depressing. Cao Yong said to Cao Hu: "You serve King Yan, big brother doesn't blame you, because your idea is correct!" Cao Hu said angrily: "In that case, why are you ......, big brother?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "Everyone has a belief in their hearts that they want to stick to!" Maintaining the Great Song Dynasty and serving the emperor is the belief of the foolish brother! The foolish brother is willing to break his bones for this! Go back to King Yan! From now on, you and I will be our own masters, and we don't have to worry about brotherhood! If I see you on the battlefield, I will not hesitate to kill you, and if you see me on the battlefield, don't be merciful! Cao Hu was so excited that he burst into tears. Cao Yong pushed Cao Hu and shouted, "Go!" Cao Hu glanced at Cao Yong, felt helpless, sighed, and left.

The prison army hurriedly said: "Marshal, Cao Hu turned his back on the Lord to seek glory, how can he let it go!" Cao Yong glared and shouted: "I said let it go, let it go!" The prison army did not dare to say more, but he secretly hated it in his heart, and made up his mind to report this matter to the emperor. Cao Hu returned to the big tent and said with a dejected face: "Big brother said that he would repay the emperor's grace!" Ay! ”

Han Bing frowned and said: Cao Yong "Cao Yong is also a genius, why don't you understand the true righteousness!" Cao Hu said: "Big brother is insisted on by himself!" Yang Peng said: "Although we think our views are correct, others may not see it that way!" Different people have different beliefs, and Cao Yong's insistence on being loyal to Zhao Song is also worthy of respect! Cao Hu was moved and bowed: "Thank you King Yan for your understanding!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand and sighed: "In this way, this bloody battle is inevitable after all!" Cao Hu hurriedly begged: "My subordinates have a reluctant request, begging King Yan to capture his brother alive!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "I promise you to do my best to save Cao Yong's life!" ”

In the rumbling war drums, the majestic army formation formed by Yanyun's army slowly approached the city wall like a tide, the rumbling sound was like thunder, and the banners in the sky were like clouds. The soldiers of the Song army couldn't help but tremble when they saw that the Yanyun army was so strong, if it weren't for the fact that Marshal Cao Yong was next to supervise the battle and cheer up, many people would have dropped their weapons and turned around and fled for their lives. The alarm bell sounded on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Song army and the civilian army ran back and forth on the city wall, a busy scene.

The rumbling sound stopped, and there was a solemnity between heaven and earth. Immediately, the sound of war drums and horns suddenly sounded loudly, and then I saw tens of thousands of Yanyun troops rushing from the north, east, and west directions at the same time, and the real battle finally kicked off!

Under the cover of bows and crossbows, the Yanyun warriors set up cloud ladders to attack the city bravely, while the soldiers of the Song army at the head of the city desperately fired arrows and threw rolling stones and trees, causing a lot of damage to the Yanyun army. The Yanyun warriors were indomitable, and it didn't take long for someone to rush to the top of the city. At the beginning, the number of Yanyun soldiers who rushed to the city was not large, and the so-called heroes could not stand the large number of people, although the Yanyun warriors were brave, they could not help the endless Song army soldiers to besiege them, and they were killed under the siege of the Song army! However, as more and more Yanyun warriors rushed to the city, several bridgeheads appeared, and then more bridgeheads appeared, and the bridgeheads that were previously defeated by Yanyun warriors quickly expanded their range. The sound of killing on the city wall shook the sky, Cao Yong personally went to the bloody battle, and the soldiers of the Song army were encouraged by the commander, and they forgot to die and fought desperately; However, the combat strength of the Yan Yun Army is too terrifying, and although the soldiers of the Song Army have tried their best, they are still constantly being expanded by the Yan Yun Army to expand the bridgehead position.

Just when the bloody battle between the three city walls was inextricable, a sudden boom like a volcanic eruption came from the north city gate! The soldiers of the Song army only felt a big earthquake under their feet, and they were all frightened, and hurriedly followed the sound to look, and saw the smoke billowing from the north city gate, although Cao Yong could not see the situation at the north city gate clearly, but guessed what happened, it must have been Yan Yunjun who blew up the city gate with gunpowder! Cao Yong was extremely anxious in his heart, and when he personally commanded a group of soldiers and horses to reinforce the city gate.

As soon as he arrived, he heard a loud rumbling thunder outside the city gate. Cao Yong's heart sank, and he roared loudly: "Yan Yunjun is here, ready to fight!" The soldiers of the Song army hurriedly lined up, and at this moment, they saw a sudden darkness at the city gate, and then they saw a Yanyun warrior general with a long knife leading thousands of Yanyun war horses to rush in! The soldiers of the Song army couldn't help but be surprised! Seeing that the battle array had not yet been formed, Cao Yong frowned, and immediately raised his sword and shouted: "Kill!" Immediately, he rushed forward first, and the soldiers of the Song army couldn't help but shout and rushed forward.

In the blink of an eye, the armies of the two sides slammed into each other, and the Yanyun war cavalry crashed into the middle of the Song army, and countless Song troops were knocked out, trampling flesh and blood with iron hooves, and harvesting lives with knives and guns! Although the soldiers of the Song army fought bravely under the leadership of Wu Jue, they suffered heavy casualties in an instant, and were rushed to pieces by the furious Yanyun war horse!

Cao Yong, who was not lightly injured, was rescued by his own soldiers. Cao Yong pushed away his own soldiers, turned his head to look, and saw that the soldiers at the city gate had been completely defeated, and they were running in all directions to be chased and killed by Yanyun's cavalry, and they were cut down in a pool of blood one by one! Looking at the city wall again, the city wall is already defeated, their own army is fleeing, and those individual militia are even more panicked and running like headless flies! The defeat is decided, and the general trend is gone!

"Dashuai, let's go! Otherwise, it will be too late! One of the generals said urgently. Cao Yong frowned, sighed, and led the remnants of the defeated army around him to flee towards the south.

Soon after, Yanyun's army entered the city, and the Song army in the city was terrified, and surrendered one after another under the advance and shouting of Yanyun's army. The fierce battlefield gradually calmed down.

Shi Liancheng rushed to Yang Peng with a long knife and rode his horse, hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, the enemy army is basically wiped out, only Cao Yong and a few hundred others have fled from the south gate, and the last general has already sent a war horse to pursue it!" Yang Peng nodded, glanced at the city in front of him that had just experienced a vicious battle and trembled, and said to Shi Liancheng: "Immediately send someone to maintain order, and at the same time post a notice for the people!" Shi Liancheng hugged his fists and promised, and immediately gave orders to several generals around him, and those generals hugged their fists and promised, and turned their horses and ran down.

Yang Peng said to Wang Kai: "Send a herald to order the commanders of all armies to come to the prefect's yamen to discuss matters." Wang Kai clenched his fists and gave an order to the heralds standing behind him.

Yang Peng and his entourage went straight to the prefect's yamen and came to the prefect's yamen. At this time, the prefect's yamen had been completely controlled by the troops who had entered the city in advance. Yang Peng and the others went straight to the lobby, Yang Peng walked up and sat down, and the other generals were divided into left and right. The officer in charge of counting the situation of the treasury rushed in, bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "King Qiyan, the Dingzhou treasury has not suffered any damage, according to the account books, there are more than 300,000 quintals of grain and 200,000 yuan of money in the Dingzhou treasury. Then he held up the account book with both hands and said, "The detailed numbers are in the account book!" ”

Yang Peng said: "Just hand it over to the logistics department." The officer answered, and put away the books. At this time, there was a noise of footsteps outside, and it turned out that the lords of the armies were coming. Seeing this, the officer hurriedly retreated to the last position in the right column. The generals came to the hall and hugged their fists at Yang Peng and said, "Meet King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "No need to be polite! You're all here, now it's time to discuss your next steps! "The generals will stand in different positions on the left and right according to their official positions and titles.

Yang Peng said: "Now that the Song army is defeated, our army should take this opportunity to rush forward and not give the enemy a chance to breathe!" He turned his head and glanced at Wang Kai. The latter understood, and immediately ordered the guards to hang up the map. Yang Peng led everyone to the map. Chen Xiao said: "Our army is divided into three routes, one route led by Wu Song, to the southwest to take Chenzhou (now Yuanling County, Hunan Province), and then all the way south, to capture Chenxi, Hezhou (Huaihua City, Hunan Province), Yuanzhou (Zhijiang), Qianyang, Huitong, Jingzhou, if possible, to attack Guangxi in one fell swoop!" Wu Song clenched his fists and promised.

Yang Peng said: "The second route is that I personally led the Eighth Army Corps from Dingzhou to the south, through Xinhua, Shaozhou (Shaoyang), Wugang, Yongzhou (Lingling), Quanzhou, Daozhou (Daoxian), and finally into Guangxi. The Ninth Army Corps, led by Hongyu, went southeast, Xiatanzhou, and then went all the way south, taking Liling, Hengzhou (Hengyang), Chenzhou, and entering Guangdong. Han Bing clenched his fists and promised.

Yang Peng glanced at the generals, "The rest of the armies are staying in the Dongting Lake area, one is responsible for transporting grain and grass, and they are coming to the aid of various places!" The generals clenched their fists and promised.

Yang Peng said: "If there is no problem, it can be executed!" The generals hugged their fists together and ran down. Only Yang Peng and Han Bing were left in the lobby. Yang Peng took Han Bing's slender hand and advised, "Be careful in everything!" Although the Song army is now defeated, it can't be careless! Speaking of saying that the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, this Zhao Song is much stronger than the hundred-legged insect! Han Bing said angrily: "I know, it's not the first time to lead a war to fight, what's there to worry about!" Then he said with concern: "It's you, big brother!" You have to be careful, or we sisters won't survive! Yang Peng smiled, "Don't worry, I haven't given Bing a child yet, and the eldest brother is reluctant to die!" Han Bing's delicate face turned crimson, and he glared at Yang Peng with disgust. Then he showed a reluctant look, "Big brother, I'm going." Yang Peng nodded. Han Bing gently withdrew his hand, glanced at Yang Peng, and left. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing's graceful back, and couldn't help but feel tenderness in his heart.

After Yanyun's army broke through Dingzhou, he didn't make any stops, and divided his troops to rush south. Yang Peng led the Eighth Army out of Dingzhou to the south, along the way, Xinhua, Shaozhou, Yongzhou, Quanzhou, all went down without a fight, these prefectures and counties, either Zhizhou Zhixian surrendered, or Mingjiao characters instigated the people to seize the city and defect to Yanyun. When Yang Peng led the army to Daozhou (Dao County), he encountered a different situation, Cao Tong, the prefect of Daozhou, led the army and civilians to defend the city and refused to surrender.

Yang Peng had no choice but to order a strong attack. How could the thousands of soldiers and civilians in Daozhou resist the wolf-like Yan Yun army, in less than a quarter of an hour, the Yan Yun army rushed to the city, and the soldiers and civilians of Daozhou were terrified, and they scattered one after another. Immediately, Yan Yun's army entered the city.

Yang Peng asked a captive, "What about your prefect?" The captive pointed to the prefect's yamen and said, "The villain, the villain saw it, and saw the adults fleeing back to the mansion!" Yang Peng immediately led the secret guards towards the prefect's yamen. As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard the woman's terrible screams and the woman's begging for mercy from the yamen. Yang Peng frowned, and said secretly: "Could it be that someone dares to violate military law?" As soon as he thought of this, he quickly led people to rush in!

When I came to the back office, I saw a middle-aged man dressed in an official robe, a mantle, covered in blood, and a crazy expression, chasing and killing a woman who was running away with a child in her arms, the woman was terrified, and her mouth was desperately screaming!

Yang Peng frowned, and rushed forward without thinking about it, protecting the woman and the child. When the middle-aged man saw that someone was blocking him, he immediately shouted and slashed at Yang Peng! Yang Peng raised his left hand and grabbed the middle-aged man's wrist, and the sword froze in mid-air, unable to cut off. The middle-aged man screamed wildly, struggling to regain his controlled wrist. Yang Peng's left palm squeezed hard, and the middle-aged man screamed, his fingers loosened, and the long sword fell to the ground with a choked sound. Immediately, Yang Peng violently dragged his wrist to the side, and the middle-aged man couldn't control his body and fell to the ground, and the two secret guards immediately came up and controlled him.

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