Chapter 613, Quartet Beacon Fire
Yang Peng glanced at the battlefield strewn with corpses, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. A secret guard rode his horse to Yang Peng's horse, hugged his fists and said, "Master, the medical officer said that although General Huyan Chijin's injury is serious, it doesn't matter, he just needs to recuperate for a while." When Yang Peng heard this, he couldn't help but let go of a thing.
Ma Jin rode his horse in front of Yang Peng, hugged his fists and said: "King Qiyu, King Yan, this battle roughly annihilated nearly 30,000 enemy troops, and only captured a dozen seriously wounded prisoners; Our army lost more than 10,000 dead. ”
Yang Peng frowned. Looking at his appearance, it was obvious that he was not satisfied with the outcome of this battle. Several generals around Yang Peng said: "The armies quickly cleaned up the battlefield and returned to Danzhou, and the secret guards came with me!" Then he led a thousand guards and galloped towards the north. The generals looked at each other and couldn't help but feel worried. Ma Jin asked the crowd, "Aren't we going along?" Shi Ping said depressedly: "King Yan will order this, how can we disobey?" Everyone felt that Shi Ping was right, so they immediately had to put aside their worries for the time being, and quickly cleaned up the battlefield according to Yang Peng's orders. However, the generals were not at ease after all, and after discussion, it was decided that the large army would retreat to Danzhou according to the order of King Yan, but Shi Ping and Ma Jin would lead 20,000 light cavalry to meet King Yan in case of accidents. As soon as the decision was made, the generals took action.
The war in the north is put aside for the time being, and let us turn our attention to the south. After Yelu Hanyu received Yang Peng's appointment, he immediately rushed to Tanzhou (this Tanzhou is different from Bitan Prefecture, this Tanzhou is now Changsha) After Yelu Hanyu arrived in Tanzhou, he immediately conveyed the order to the generals according to the previous arrangement of the eldest brother. The four main armies of Yanyun were divided into two, one led by Shi Liancheng, preparing to attack Guanxi from the west, and the other was led by Yelu Hanyu himself to prepare to attack Guangdong from the east of Jinghu South Road.
The army pressed Nanling, and the war was about to break out. The Guangzhou Imperial Court received a military report from the front, and as if it was panicking, it urgently ordered Cao Yong, who was attacking Zhangzhou, to give up attacking Zhangzhou and return to defend against the Yanyun army that was moving south from Jinghu South Road. When Cao Yong received the imperial military order, it was at a critical time to attack Zhangzhou. At this time, Zhangzhou had reached the point where it could no longer defend itself when it ran out of ammunition and food. In view of the current situation, Cao Yong decisively refused the imperial court's order to transfer troops, he wanted to solve the problem of Zhangzhou first and then return to the army Nanling, he thought that the Nanling is steep and abnormal, although the defensive strength is limited, but there will be absolutely no problem in the short term, so Zhangzhou should be solved first to relieve the worries, otherwise, if Zhang Jun is stabbed in the back when he and Yan Yunjun are in a difficult situation, the consequences will be unimaginable. While Cao Yong refused the imperial court's order, he also wrote to state his reasons.
However, Zhao Song, who was extremely sensitive to the disobedience of the generals, completely ignored Cao Yong's explanation, and even thought that Cao Yong was also going to rebel, so the emperor and the hundred officials were terrified. At the suggestion of the Taishi Huang Cong, Zhao Heng sent the royal army to arrest Cao Yong's family members who stayed in Guangzhou, and then sent envoys to threaten Cao Yong with Cao Yong's family members, strictly ordering him to return to Nanling in accordance with the imperial court's orders.
When Cao Yong saw such an order from the imperial court, he was both heartbroken and helpless, so he had to obey the order to give up the siege of Zhangzhou and lead the army back to Nanling. And the Guangzhou court couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Cao Yong finally obeyed his orders.
Also relieved is Zhang Jun from Zhangzhou. Zhang Jun originally thought that the catastrophe would be inevitable, but he didn't expect Cao Yong to suddenly withdraw at the most critical time. Soon after, he got a report from the imperial court on what Wu Jue had done, and couldn't help muttering: "Isn't the Guangzhou Imperial Court killing itself!" Immediately, while rectifying the city defenses and recruiting the surrounding prefectures and counties, he sent his cronies to the north to contact Yan Yunjun.
Yelu Hanyu led two legions of more than 100,000 troops to storm the Song army village in Qitianling, and it was impossible to go down for many days, not because the Song army was strong, but because the local terrain was too dangerous. This mountainous area, the peaks and halberds, the strange rocks are craggy, and the thorns are thick, and the poisonous insects are dense, even if there is no one on the mountain, it is not easy to go over, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of Song troops stationed on it now. The Yanyun army attacked for a few days, sacrificing more than a thousand soldiers in vain, but no progress was made, let alone progress, that is, I didn't see what the Song army camp on the mountain looked like.
However, the blessing of Wushuang is not a single line, just when the battle situation is in a stalemate, suddenly an urgent report came from Hongzhou, saying that the eighth prince is secretly transferring the army back from Quanzhou, and the intention is unknown.
Jerod Hanyu and the generals were taken aback. Yelu Hanyu walked quickly to the map, his eyes fell on Quanzhou, and then slowly moved north, his brows furrowed tightly.
Yang Erya said angrily: "What the hell are they doing, Eighth Prince?" We said that we would attack Liangguang from Nanling, and they would raise troops from Fujian to attack Guangnan East Road, why did they secretly transfer the army back? Yang Erya frowned and said, "Could it be that the eighth prince has repented?" ”
Yelu Hanyu said in a deep voice: "If it's just a repentance, it's just a repentance!" I'm worried that the Eighth Prince wants to rebel! The crowd was shocked. At this moment, another herald rushed in, holding up a letter with a red envelope in both hands, and said urgently: "Niangniang, the western Sichuan is urgent!" Everyone's hearts couldn't help but skip a beat.
This side is in the direction for the time being, and the gaze turns back to Bianliang. On this day, Ya Yu Guanyin, who was in charge of sitting in Bianliang, convened a meeting of the cabinet members who remained in Bianliang in accordance with the previous practice. While the meeting was in progress, the herald sent an urgent report from Ningxia. Ya Yu Guanyin snorted coldly and said, "It must be a Tubo person." "Before the war, when the cabinet discussed the whole war, the possibility of the Tibetan participation had been discussed, and it was agreed that the Tibetan had suffered heavy losses before, and now even if they raised troops to attack without knowing whether they were alive or dead, the number of troops was very limited, and there was nothing to worry about.
Ye Yu Guanyin opened the envelope, took out Yang Yanzhao's handwritten letter, opened the envelope again, took out the stationery, and unfolded it to read it. Everyone looked at Ya Yu Guanyin, and suddenly saw her look of shock. When everyone saw this scene, they couldn't help but have a bad premonition in their hearts, and they couldn't help but glance at each other. After reading the letter, Ya Yu Guanyin put down the letter and frowned.
Huang Qiaoyun couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, what happened to the west?" Whether the Tubo people are attacking or not, that's nothing! Ye Yu Guanyin's expression had returned to normal, glanced at everyone, and said lightly: "It's not the Tubo people who are attacking, it's Xiliao." The crowd was amazed. Zuo Mou said in disbelief: "Didn't Xiliao also send an envoy to express the sincerity of peace?" How could it come out of nowhere? Then his heart moved, and he said: "Presumably, the Liao army in Bianjing did not obey the orders of the imperial court and crossed the border to loot without authorization!" It's always hard to avoid! Everyone else thought that was the case.
Ya Kannon shook his head, "No. The Western Liao had been planning for a long time, and their emperor Yelu Longqing personally led an army of 500,000 to attack! ”
Everyone was shocked, and Chai Yongqi couldn't help but shout: "How can this be? Ye Yu Guanyin snorted coldly and said, "Before, the envoy of Western Liao came to our Bianliang to make a performance, and it was all fake!" They are deliberately showing weakness to us so that we can take it lightly! This Yelu stone is really not simple! Such a big conspiracy was deliberately planned! ”
Zhang Xiang said with a pale face: "Now the main force of our army is either on the northern front or the southern front, and there are only 100,000 volcanic troops under Yang Yanzhao on the western front, and then we have to defend against Tibet, this, this ......" The others couldn't help but worry.
Ye Yu Guanyin was very calm, and said: "General Yang is a peerless famous general, and the 100,000 military equipment under his command is elite and well-equipped in a hundred battles, I believe that General Yang will definitely not let the Western Liao people succeed!" When everyone heard this, their worries could not help but calm down a lot, but when they thought of the disparity between the forces of the enemy and us, they could not help but be worried.
Ya Yu Guanyin looked down at Yang Yanzhao's letter, although his expression was not moving, he was very worried in his heart. In fact, Ye Yu Guanyin did not say all the contents of the letter, in addition to saying that the Western Liao invaded on a large scale, but also said about the internal affairs of Ningxia, almost at the same time as the Western Liao invaded, some people spread rumors throughout Ningxia, calling on the people to rise up to rebel, smash the official office, rob the official warehouse, the situation is very serious, although the local government and the power of 'Huaxu' have taken measures at the first time, but whether the situation can be finally controlled is still unknown. This time the rebellion within Ningxia, if it can become a momentum, with Yang Yanzhao's ability, it can only give up Ningxia and shrink the defense line, if the rebellion can be suppressed, then with Yang Yanzhao's ability and the combat effectiveness of the 100,000 volcanic army, it is still possible to resist the invasion of Western Liao. This time, it can be said that it is a big test of Yanyun's policy in Ningxia, and whether it can pass can be said to directly govern the trend of the situation in the west, and the impact on the entire world is also very huge.
Ye Yu Guanyin issued a series of orders, which was nothing more than to mobilize the nearest military government and troops and grain and grass reserves to support Ningxia. Then Ya Yu Guanyin resealed Yang Yanzhao's letter and handed it to the herald, so that it could reach the Yan King as quickly as possible. The herald took the order and left. Ya Yu Guanyin glanced at everyone, and said: "This matter must not be leaked out, otherwise I am afraid that it will cause a civil commotion!" If anyone dares to leak this news, Hugh blames the ruthlessness of military law! Everyone's hearts sank, and they bowed down together to make a promise.
This side is temporarily put down, and the gaze turns back to the northern line. The 100,000 forwards led by Lakshen fought a big battle with the 110,000 Yanyun cavalry led by Chen Xiao, although they tried their best, they were still defeated in the end, and finally retreated under heavy losses.
Ye Yu Tiger City, who was leading the army south, had just passed the Gubei Pavilion when he received an urgent report from Lakshen, saying that he had encountered a counterattack by the 110,000 cavalry of the commander of King Yan, and the army was defeated and forced to retreat! Ye Hu Cheng was not surprised when he received this report, he originally planned to let Lakshen's Mongolian cavalry go to meet the Yan Yun army head-on, it didn't matter whether he could win or not, but he could see the general combat ability of the current Yan Yun army and the combat ability of his own side relative to the Yan Yun army.
The army of Yellhucheng joined up with the defeated Mongol army of Lakshin, and Rakshin reported to Yellon Hucheng the details of the battle and the losses of both sides. The last face was ashamed and said: "The last general is incompetent, and he was defeated by the Yan Yun Army so quickly!" ”
Ye Hu Cheng was not angry at all, and said lightly: "It's rare for you to have such a performance!" I think you're just defeated by the fact that you're not as well equipped as they are! If the equipment is comparable, then it is not certain who will kill the deer! Lakshin said angrily: "If our Mongolian cavalry and Yanyun cavalry are equipped with the same equipment, the last general is confident that we will definitely not lose to them!" ”
Ye Yu Hucheng thought for a moment, frowned, and said, "Breaking the Formation Iron Horse!" That's not easy to deal with! Then a smile appeared on his face, as if he had something to rely on. Shout...... Suddenly, there was a sharp whistling of arrows ahead. The generals were shocked, and when they looked up, they saw a thousand-strong war horse appearing on the grassy slope in the distance, although the number was small, but it gave people an incomparably strong feeling. Laxin hurriedly ordered: "Prepare to fight!" The Mongol horsemen under his command immediately turned their horses' heads, grasped their scimitar spears tightly, and charged with their hooves when they waited for the general's order. Other Khitan army units were also hurriedly mobilized, and the whining horns sounded one after another, and for a while, there seemed to be countless long snakes circling and surging on the earth.
Ye Hu Cheng couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that the knight led by him was Yang Peng, the king of Yan, and then shouted loudly: "King Yan, don't come unharmed!" ”
Yang Peng smiled and raised his voice: "Ye Yu Tiger City, I haven't seen you for many days!" "King Yan, do you want to attack my million-strong army with those thousand horsemen?" Yang Peng smiled: "I'm here to see an old friend today!" You and I might as well come closer and talk! Without thinking about it, Tiger City replied loudly: "Okay! Then he prepared to fight his horse and go out. When the generals saw that the king was going out, they were all shocked, this persuaded Ye Hu City not to take risks, and the other said that Yang Peng had bad intentions, if he suddenly made trouble, he was afraid that the consequences would be serious! Ye Hu Cheng was furious and shouted, "Don't use the mind of a villain to look at King Yan!" The generals were so worried that they didn't dare to say anything more.
Seeing Yang Peng rushing out of the army, Ye Hu Cheng immediately rushed out of the military formation with a whip and greeted him. In the blink of an eye, the pair came to a clearing in the middle and reined in their horses.
Yang Peng smiled and hugged his fists and said, "The King of the Protectors, or I should call you big brother!" Ye Hu Cheng laughed and praised loudly: "King Yan is King Yan, it is really extraordinary!" Good! I'm so glad to have such a brother-in-law as you! Then he asked eagerly, "How is my little sister doing now?" ”
Yang Peng's eyes showed a gentle color, and said: "Guanyin is very good, big brother don't worry!" Ye Hu Cheng nodded, "She must be very happy with you!" Hey, when I think back to what happened when she was a child, it's like yesterday! ”
Yang Peng asked, "Big brother, Guanyin's mother, how is it now?" Ye Hu Cheng said: "She is also very good, but she often misses Guanyin!" You tell Guanyin that with the eldest brother here, her mother will not have any problems, so let her rest assured! Yang Peng nodded, and then said self-deprecatingly: "We said that we were a family, but now we have to fight to the death!" What a thing! Ye Hu Cheng laughed, "That's no way!" Your Yanyun wants to sweep the world, and my Da Liao wants to survive, so I have to fight to the death! Glancing at Yang Peng, "Unless you give up your ambition to sweep the world, the two of us will have to live and die for you!" Either you Yan Yun will destroy my Great Liao, or my Great Liao will defeat your Yan Yun! ”
Yang Peng said with a smile: "It seems that this drama of my family beating my own family has to continue to act!" Ye Hu Cheng looked at Yang Peng and said, "You are a hero of the world, you definitely won't like peaceful times!" Your ambitions never end, unless someone can stop you, or if you die, the wars caused by your Yanyun will continue to happen! ”
Yang Peng smiled and said, "Big brother, are you praising me, or are you hurting me?" How do I feel like the latter? Ye Hu Cheng laughed and said, "Whether it is to praise you or damage you, you will not care!" Yang Peng smiled. Yelu Hucheng took out a dagger studded with gems from his waist and threw it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng caught it, only to feel that the hand was very heavy, the treasure was brilliant, this dagger was definitely a priceless treasure. I only heard Ye Hu Cheng say: "The little sister handed it over to you, but I, as a brother, have not yet sent a congratulatory gift." Let this dagger be my gift. Yang Peng smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, big brother." ”
Ye Hu Cheng smiled and said, "I'm done talking, does my sister-in-law have anything to say?" Yang Peng smiled: "Big brother, let's say goodbye, you have to take care more!" I don't want Guanyin to lose this good brother who cares about her! Ye Hu Cheng smiled: "You have to be careful with each other, otherwise the little sister will have no man, and I, the elder brother, will be so sorry for him!" Yang Peng laughed, hugged his fists and said, "There will be a period later!" Then he turned his horse's head and galloped away. Ye Hu Cheng smiled slightly, turned his horse's head, and ran back to the military formation.
The generals of the Khitan army were originally mostly worried, for fear that Yang Peng, the king of Yan, would take the opportunity to attack violently, until they saw Ye Yu Hucheng return safely, and everyone was greatly relieved. Ye Hu Chengle turned his horse's head to look at Yang Peng, only to see Yang Peng waving his hand on the grassy slope, and then led his war horses to gallop away. Tiger City smiled slightly.
After meeting with Yang Peng, Yelu Hucheng led the army to continue south, in order to prevent being raided by Yanyun War Cavalry, Yelu Hucheng scattered all the light cavalry within a range of dozens of miles around, so tightly guarded, even with the assault ability of Yanyun Army's war cavalry, it was difficult to start!
A few days later, nearly 800,000 Khitan troops entered the city of Danzhou and lined up in a large array. And Yang Peng also led an army of 400,000 out of the city to confront the Khitan army. The war drums of the two sides beat earth-shatteringly, and the shouts rose into the sky one after another, and could be heard for hundreds of miles. A Khitan army warrior jumped out of his horse and shouted loudly, he shouted in Khitan language, most of Yan Yunjun's side couldn't understand it, but looking at his posture, he naturally understood that he was here to challenge.
Even if the Yanyun warriors were going to fight, they didn't want to be preempted by Yang Jing. I saw Yang Jing carrying a pair of pure steel plate axes and running out of the military formation on foot, running in front of the opponent, raising the plate axe urn and roaring angrily: "Look at Grandpa Hei cutting off your dog's head!" The Khitan army general glared and muttered. Yang Jing blinked blankly, and then scolded angrily: "His grandmother's! Hit if you want to, do what you want to do! Look at Grandpa's axe! With that, he raised his axe and rushed forward.
Seeing this, the Khitan army warrior immediately urged the war horse to meet him! Raise your spear and stab Yang Jing in the chest! Don't look at Yang Jing's stout appearance, in fact, he reacted quickly, seeing the cold light of the opponent's spear coming, he immediately raised the plate axe to protect his chest, and at the same time, the plate axe in his other hand slashed down diagonally towards the horse's hooves!
Syllable! Click! The two sounds sounded almost simultaneously. The spear of the Khitan army slammed into Yang Jing's axe, causing Yang Jing to almost fall, but at the same time, Yang Jing's other plate axe cut off one of the front hooves of the opponent's war horse, and the Khitan army warrior fell forward with his men and horses. The Khitan army commander was agile and was about to be heavily loaded to the ground, but he suddenly jumped upward, broke out of the saddle, and landed firmly on the ground, while his war horse fell heavily to the ground, screaming and struggling constantly but unable to get up. The Khitan army general turned around abruptly, pointed his spear at Yang Jing and grunted angrily.
Yang Jing raised a pair of plate axes and rushed forward with a scream, and the two axes slashed at the opponent from top to bottom at the same time. The Khitan army warrior immediately raised his pure steel spear, only to hear a loud bang, and Yang Jing's pair of plate axes slashed heavily on the shaft of his gun!
Yang Peng and the others couldn't help frowning, and Liu Zhiliang next to him said in surprise: "That Khitan general has so much strength that he can actually block Yang Jing's full force!" "It turns out that Yang Jing's martial arts are not very exquisite among the generals, but they are better than having brute force, when everyone usually fights with Yang Jing, although they feel that Yang Jing's tricks are not difficult to deal with, but they are quite afraid of his beast-like brute force, and now they are very surprised to see that the Khitan general can actually block Yang Jing's full force with his axes and not move at all.
At this time, Yang Jing was also very surprised that his opponent had blocked his full blow. At this moment, the Khitan will roar angrily, and at the same time, his arms will push upwards hard! Yang Jing immediately leaned back involuntarily, pedaling and retreating one after another!
The Khitan general took the opportunity to step forward, raised his spear and slammed it at Yang Jing's chest, like a poisonous dragon coming out of a hole, extremely powerful! Yang Jing hurriedly waved the board axe to block, only to hear a loud bang, and the opponent's spear was blocked by Yang Jing, but Yang Jing's body couldn't help but stumble to the other side!
The Khitan will continue to attack, roaring again and again, only to see that the pure steel spear seems to have conjured up more than a dozen, up and down, left and right like a storm to greet Li Kui; Yang Jing wielded a pair of plate axes with all his might, staring at a pair of bull's eyes, his forehead was covered with sweat, and the sound of the two weapons colliding was like a firecracker.
Suddenly, more than a dozen spear shadows merged together, turning an arc in mid-air, just letting go of Yang Jing's double axe's defense, and going straight to Yang Jing's chest from the gap between the two axes! Seeing this, Yang Peng and the others were shocked, and many people couldn't help but exclaim! I only heard a thud, and the opponent's spear stabbed into Yang Jing's chest, and a flower of blood gushed out! Yang Peng shouted: "Save Yang Jing!" Liu Zhiliang and others immediately rode their horses and grabbed them! There are also many fierce generals in the Khitan army on the opposite side!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.