Chapter 621, The Battle of the Turning Point

"Your Majesty, quick, retreat!" A general rushed to Yelu Longqing and said in a panic. Yelu Longqing suddenly drew his scimitar and slashed his head with a single blow. When the surrounding soldiers saw such a scene, they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts. Yelu Longqing shouted: "I am the Emperor of Da Liao, and I will never retreat!" When all the soldiers heard this heroic and dry words, their blood couldn't help but boil, and they roared in unison, the morale of the Liao army was already on the verge of collapse, but at this moment it was miraculously reinvigorated.

Yelu Longqing pointed his blood-dripping scimitar at the advancing Yan Yun Army, and shouted, "The whole army is counterattacking!" All the soldiers roared in unison, and immediately divided into three groups to meet the Yan Yun army that broke into the camp from three directions. At the same time, those soldiers of the Liao army who had originally fled from defeat also turned around and rejoined the battle.

The battle situation has entered a new stage, hundreds of thousands of Liao troops are desperately fighting back, and the Yanyun army was originally like a bamboo, but now it is gradually contained. The entire military camp is like a melting pot, the Yan Yun army is indomitable, and the Liao army is desperately blocking it, the sword light is flickering, and the flesh and blood are flying! Gradually, the Liao army and the Yan Yun army formed a stalemate, and the situation became more and more unfavorable for the Yan Yun army! It is true that the Yanyun army is invincible, but after all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, if the hundreds of thousands of Liao troops are no longer afraid of fighting with their lives, with these 80,000 Yanyun army, it is absolutely impossible to win, and it is even possible to be surrounded by the opponent's absolute superiority of forces and annihilated!

Yan Yun's fierce generals gradually felt that they were caught in the boundless and endless waves of enemy troops, and the enemy troops seemed to be endless, and they were simply invincible! Yang Dezheng felt that it was not a way to go on like this, so he turned his head to look at the enemy Wang Qi, his eyes staring. Immediately roared, urged the war horse, brandished a pair of copper hammers to break through the enemy group, and went straight to Nayelu Longqing to kill; Zhan Jinguo had the same thoughts as him, and he also jumped his horse and danced his spear towards Yelu Longqing to kill. The two generals marched forward bravely, killing the soldiers of the Liao army on their backs, no one could do it, and in a blink of an eye, they actually killed through the enemy group and approached Yelu Longqing!

The guards guarding Yelu Longqing's side roared and rode their horses to meet them, and Yang Dezheng Zhan Jin Guo crashed into the enemy group, wielding his blade, only to see flesh and blood flying, and the Liao army was penetrated in an instant.

Seeing the ferocity of the enemy, Vahid and the other four generals immediately shouted, urged their horses, and waved their blades to meet them. Yang Dezheng and Zhan Jin Guo respectively engaged two enemy generals, Yang Dezheng will dance the copper hammer vigorously, Zhan Jin Guo in the hands of the iron horse lance is like a poisonous dragon out of the hole, the four general guards the tent respectively to the second first, even fell into the downwind, I can't help but feel shocked!

The two sides fought for more than ten rounds, Yang Dezheng suddenly roared, and a pair of copper hammers smashed down from top to bottom like Mount Tai pressed against the enemy general on the left, and the enemy general made a big knife. I only heard a loud snap, and the big knife suddenly broke from it, and the enemy general changed color in shock, and before he could react, the opponent's pair of Qianjun copper hammers smashed heavily on his chest! There was a loud click, and at the last moment, the enemy general only saw that his chest and heavy armor had collapsed! The enemy general screamed and fell off the horse, and then Yang Dezheng pulled back the copper hammer and swept towards another enemy general, the enemy general was in shock, and saw that the opponent's copper hammer turned to attack him, and under the horror, he hurriedly dodged!

Yang Dezheng forced the enemy general back, and did not take advantage of the situation to attack, but urged the war horse under his crotch to rush towards Yelu Longqing. At the same time, Zhan Jin also forced away the two enemy generals who besieged him and killed Yelu Longqing. At this time, Yelu Longqing was already surrounded by tent guards, all of whom were armed with large shields and steel knives, and Yelu Longqing was guarded impenetrable.

Yang Dezheng wielded a copper hammer to smash the enemy, Zhan Jin Guo brandished an iron horse lance to pick and kill the enemy, the enemy could not stop, but their defense was very strong, with the courage of Yang Dezheng and Zhan Jinguo, it was difficult to break through for a while, but the generals of the Liao army were desperately rushing to the rescue, and the two generals had no time.

Yang Dezheng was anxious, roared angrily, raised his right hand upward, and the copper hammer in his hand flew towards Yelu Longqing under the protection of the army. Yelu Longqing saw the heavy copper hammer roaring, and he couldn't help but change color in shock, and when he was about to make a move, he couldn't care about the image, and hurriedly rolled off the saddle sideways. Almost at the same time, a heavy copper hammer roared from above, and then there was a loud bang, slamming heavily on the imperial flag of Western Liao! Although the flagpole was as thick as an arm, it couldn't help but hit it so strongly, and the flagpole snapped and collapsed!

Seeing this, Zhan Jinguo's heart moved, and he immediately pulled his throat and shouted in a slightly stiff Khitan language: "The Emperor of Western Liao is dead!" The Emperor of Western Liao is dead! ......" Yanyun's soldiers, who knew Khitan, were greatly excited, and shouted along, and for a while, the entire military camp only heard "The Emperor of Western Liao is dead!" The Emperor of Western Liao is dead! Shouts. The soldiers of the Liao army were shocked in their hearts, and they all looked in the direction of the imperial flag, and were shocked to find that the imperial flag had collapsed, and there was already a mess where His Majesty the Emperor was! When the soldiers of the Liao army saw this scene, they heard the constant shouts of "The Emperor of Western Liao is dead" in their ears, and they believed that His Majesty the Emperor had really been killed, and the fighting spirit dissipated instantly, and some people began to flee for their lives.

At this time, the Yanyun army in the three directions took advantage of the momentum to attack, killing one step at a time, and moving forward! The Liao army could no longer resist and began to collapse! Yelu Longqing turned over and shouted loudly, trying to stabilize the situation, but at this time the defeat was already complete and irreparable!

The Liao army was defeated like a mountain, and fled from the barracks in waves, and the Yanyun army ruthlessly covered up and killed, with flying blood everywhere and heart-rending screams everywhere. Yelu Longqing hurriedly ordered the army to be cut off, and at the same time ordered the army to retreat sharply to the west, although at such a critical time, Yelu Longqing still did not panic.

The Liao army guarded the tent and the pro-army desperately blocked the Yanyun army, and finally bought some time for the withdrawal of their own large forces. After the Yan Yun army annihilated the pro-tent army, it pursued westward. Yelu Longqing led the defeated army to retreat to dozens of miles west of Xiliang Mansion, and saw that the originally powerful army had turned into the appearance of a lost dog, and couldn't help but be depressed and angry! At this time, a scout caught up from behind and reported with a panicked face: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Yan Yunjun is catching up!" Yelu Longqing snorted coldly: "What are you panicking about! The scout's heart sank.

Yelu Longqing thought for a while, and immediately said to Wahid, the general of the tent: "Wahid, you immediately lead 10,000 cavalry to Rouge Mountain and prepare for defense!" Wahid answered, and immediately led 10,000 horsemen to the west.

Yelu Longqing immediately ordered the generals around him: "The rest of the soldiers and horses will line up on the spot and fight a decisive battle with the Yanyun army!" Our Daliao will never be defeated, and victory will eventually belong to us! The morale of the soldiers was originally very low, but now after listening to Yelu Longqing's words, their morale couldn't help but be greatly boosted, and they shouted in unison.

Yelu Longqing led hundreds of thousands of defeated troops to line up in a large array on the spot. Not long after, I saw the dust in front of me, and Yan Yunjun came! The officers and men of the Liao army couldn't help but get nervous. Yelu Longqing raised his voice and shouted, "Ready! The soldiers of the Liao army shouted in unison, staring at the rapidly approaching Yan Yunjun, pursing their lips!

Yan Yunjun came to the front of the Liao army, lined up in battle formation, and confronted the Liao army from afar. Immediately, the sound of Yanyun's war drums sounded loudly, Yang Dezheng shouted violently, and led the elite of the five hundred volcano army to rush out of the military formation, and Zhan Jin Guo also led two thousand Xuanjia troops to rush out of the military formation. The two armies went straight to the enemy's flanks on the left and the right, and at the same time, Yang Yanzhao led the army to rush towards the Liao army.

The two Yanyun elites crashed into the Liao army formation at the same time, forgetting life and death, and moving forward bravely, the Liao army had not recovered from the previous fiasco, and now it was rushed into the formation by the opponent's elite, and the big array was shaken when it landed! Yelu Longqing was shocked and strictly ordered the soldiers to resist! At this moment, Yang Yanzhao's main force of Yanyun arrived, and it hit the big array like a raging wave! The soldiers of the Liao army could not resist and began to collapse.

Yelu Longqing frowned, and decisively ordered all the war horses to be cut off, and the infantry retreated. The Liao army cavalry desperately blocked the attack under the leadership of the two general guards, but in less than an hour, they felt that they could not resist, the army was defeated like a mountain, and the remnants of the wolf ran for their lives! Yan Yunjun continued to pursue!

Chased to the foot of Yanzi Mountain, intercepted by 10,000 Liao troops, Yanyun army bravely attacked with the momentum of a great victory. The Liao army was in turmoil, and it only resisted for less than an hour before the Yanyun army broke through and fled westward. The Yanyun army crossed the Rouge Mountain, the soldiers pointed directly at Xuanhua Mansion, 10,000 Liao army infantry troops blocked the Yanyun army in Xuanhua Mansion, the two sides fought a fierce battle, Yanyun Army broke through the city, recovered Xuanhua Mansion, and then continued to move westward. In this way, they recovered Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou all the way, and the soldiers came to the Yumen Pass. Yang Yanzhao took advantage of the momentum of Ruhong to immediately attack the city, the Liao army desperately resisted, the two sides fought for a day and a night, both suffered heavy losses, and the Yanyun army finally failed to break through the Yumen Pass.

Yang Yanzhao saw that Yumen Pass was difficult to break, and his soldiers were very tired, so he decisively ordered to stop the attack, and the soldiers and horses retreated to the sandbar to rest, and confronted the Liao army on Yumen Pass.

The good news soon spread to Bianliang, and the people, who were originally worried about their own army, were inexplicably excited when they heard such a good news, and the whole city was lively.

Ye Yu Guanyin saw the good news sent by Yang Yanzhao's fast horse, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and muttered: "After so many days, I finally heard a good news!" Zhang Xiang said excitedly: "I didn't expect General Yang to be able to defeat the Liao army!?" Ye Yu Guanyin couldn't help but nod and said, "It's really unexpected!" Originally, I just hoped that he could delay the advance of the Liao army as much as possible, after all, there were 500,000 Liao troops, and Yelu Longqing could also be called a famous general! Unexpectedly, he could defeat 500,000 Liao troops in one fell swoop with 100,000 soldiers and horses! ”

Huang Qiaoyun said: "No wonder the eldest brother often says that General Yang is a famous general who is rare in a thousand years!" When I heard my eldest brother say this, I thought it was a bit exaggerated, but now it seems that General Yang is really a well-deserved famous general! I didn't expect him to dare to lure the enemy deeper at the cost of giving up so many states and counties! Then he smiled and said: "Originally, I only hoped that the Ningxia side could delay the Western Liao army so as to buy time for victory in other directions, but now this is really a surprise!" ”

Everyone smiled, and Ya Yu Guanyin pondered: "Although General Yang has won a big victory, the situation is still not optimistic!" That Yelu Longqing is not simple, although it is defeated, it is not chaotic, and it is fighting every step, and finally gaining a firm foothold in Yumen Pass! Now there are nearly 300,000 troops left in the Western Liao, I am afraid that they will not stop there, and General Yang and they will still face heavy pressure! When everyone heard this, the original excitement and joy couldn't help but be replaced by worry, Huang Qiaoyun smiled: "Don't worry, don't worry!" Previously, Nayelu Longqing attacked with 500,000 people, but it was defeated by our army! How can they be our army's opponents now? Everyone couldn't help laughing, and they were a lot relieved.

Huang Qiaoyun was puzzled: "Sister Ye Yan, since General Yang has already planned to lure the enemy deep at the cost of giving up many states and counties, why did he send an elite army to fight the Liao army at Yumen Pass to fight to the death with the Liao army?" ”

Ya Yu Guanyin exclaimed: "This is the genius of General Yang!" If he didn't do this, with Yelu Longqing's resourcefulness, he would definitely suspect that General Yang had used a strategy to lure the enemy into the depths, so he must fight a bloody battle with the Liao army at the Yumen Pass with an elite army! Only after such a bloody battle, Yelu Longqing will not suspect, will he be fooled, and there will be an opportunity to defeat him! General Yang was ambushed outside Xiliang Mansion, which was also carefully considered. Because once the Liao army thought that our army's defense had collapsed, it would definitely want to sweep the entire Ningxia region as quickly as possible in order to take the strategic initiative. And in this way, when they arrive at the west of Xiliang Mansion, they are the most tired and unprepared! At this time, the assault hit their soft underbelly! Facts have proved that all of General Yang's calculations are correct and clever, and our army's 80,000 people actually defeated the opponent's 500,000 army in one fell swoop! This can't but be said to be a miracle! ”

The crowd nodded approvingly. Huang Qiaoyun asked curiously, "Sister Ye and eldest brother must be able to do it, right?" Ya Yu Guanyin smiled: "I can't say, but the eldest brother can definitely do it!" Everyone's eyes couldn't help but show infinite admiration. Huang Qiaoyun smiled: "Sister Ye Yu is too modest! I think Sister Ya can do the same! ”

Ya Yin Guanyin smiled and ordered: "This great victory is of great significance, and the news of the great victory must be spread all over the world immediately!" The crowd agreed in unison. At the same time, in the back hall of the merchants, a group of people who plotted rebellion were already in chaos. Shang Shiheng, who was full of confidence before, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, looking at a loss, and the others were talking about it, and everyone's expressions were full of horror.

Mo Haotian glanced at these panicked guys, and couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart. Raised his voice: "Don't panic! The scene fell silent, and everyone looked at Mo Haotian. Mo Haotian said: "Yan Yunjun just used conspiracy and tricks to win a game, why panic!" ”

Bai Mu said angrily: "Even if it's a fluke, it's a win, Ningxia was originally the most likely to fall in several directions, but now the situation is reversed, I'm afraid that the situation in other directions will be worse!" And they began to talk again with trepidation.

Mo Haotian frowned, and raised his voice: "Yan Yunjun won a fluke victory, but the strength of the Western Liao army is still there, it is still far stronger than Yan Yunjun, and Yan Yunjun is just delaying for some time!" Everyone showed surprise, and Shang Shiheng asked, "Why is Mo Gongzi so sure?" ”

Mo Haotian said: "I have eyeliner in Yanwang Mansion, not long ago she sent me a message, saying that although the Yanyun army relied on trickery to take advantage of a little, but the main force of the Western Liao army is still there, and the Western Liao army is bound to continue to attack!" And Yan Yunjun also suffered a lot of losses in this battle, so the situation in Ningxia is actually still very bad for Yan Yunjun! ”

Everyone showed a look of surprise, and Bai Mu couldn't help but say: "In this way, the sky really has eyes!" ”

Mo Haotian said to Shang Shiheng: "Master Shang, the overall situation in the world has not changed now, so our plan should not change!" Don't hesitate any longer, you will suffer from it if you keep interrupting! Shang Shiheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily, and said loudly: "Okay!" The original plan remains the same! Then he stood up and beckoned the group to come to the map. This map is a detailed overlook of Bianliang City, although it cannot be compared with the overlook map of the city in modern society, but the main locations, streets and alleys are also indicated.

Shang Shiheng pointed to a place in the city near the west gate marked 'City Defense Barracks', and said: "This is the City Defense Barracks, once we do, the first thing we have to do is to seize this place in one fell swoop and defeat the City Defense Army, now there are only 30,000 City Defense Army in the city, I believe we can solve them in one fell swoop." The crowd nodded. Shang Shiheng pointed to the location marked as 'Yanwang's Mansion', "This is Yanwang's Mansion, while seizing the city defense barracks, I will personally command a team of elite troops to capture Yanwang's Mansion!" Hehe, as long as we hold King Yan's wife and children in our hands, we will be invincible! Everyone laughed obscenely, and a scholar said excitedly: "When the time comes, I want to see how beautiful those princesses of King Yan are!" People were all excited. Shang Shiheng said: "If you have made great achievements, I can even reward one of them as a prize!" The scholar was so excited that he swallowed his saliva and hurriedly asked, "Master Shang, what you said is true?" ”

Shang Shiheng nodded, and said with a straight face: "You have no jokes!" He then glanced at the others and said, "This promise is valid for all of you as well!" When they heard this, their eyes lit up.

Shang Shiheng pointed to the location of the Bianliang Mansion again, and said: "While seizing the city defense barracks and the Yanwang Mansion, we must also seize the Bianliang Mansion." This matter is in charge of Mo Gongzi. Then he looked at Mo Haotian and asked, "Master Mo, there should be no problem for your men to seize the mansion, right?" Mo Haotian nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's foolproof!" Shang Shiheng glanced at everyone and said, "That's the plan, do you understand?" The crowd nodded. Seeing this, Shang Shiheng said: "Then go down and prepare, and act in three days!" They said yes and departed.

Shang Shiheng looked at the map, his eyes radiated with great excitement, he felt that a dynasty that belonged to him was about to come! Thinking of the current situation in the world, he rolled up the current map, revealing the entire map of the entire Yanyun region behind. This map, in fact, was bought by him from Yanyun's state-run store, and it was naturally much simpler than Yanyun's military map, but the situation of the major cities and roads, as well as the various states and counties and the surrounding forces of Yanyun, was clearly reflected!

Shang Shiheng's gaze turned to the north and muttered, "Western Xia is not our land in the first place, so it's nothing to let Western Liao occupy it; Well, you can also give Shanxi and Shaanxi to them, so that Xiliao must be satisfied. As for the Jin people, it is enough to give him the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and the Zhulu of Hebei and Shandong. "Eyes turned to Sichuan, "Sichuan will give Tubo and Dali, I believe they will not think about it anymore." Then he turned his gaze to the south and muttered, "As for a few Song Emperors, give them the whole of Jiangnan, and they will definitely be very happy." Finally, his eyes fell on the ground of Henan and Lianghuai, and his eyes showed excitement, and he said: "Henan and Lianghuai are my land!" I will be the emperor here! Well, what should I choose a name? "My heart moved," let's call it Da Zhou!" My Great Zhou adheres to the Zhou rites, inherits the Confucian righteousness, and takes the Great Zhou as the national name, which is really well deserved! At this point, I can't help but be extremely happy.

Look back at Niulanshan. When Yang Peng received the good news from Bianliang, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately let people spread the good news all over the army, and the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted. Yang Peng stood in front of the map, looking at the Ningxia region, his brows furrowed slightly, although Yue Fei won a big victory, but Yang Peng still couldn't relax. Although Yelu Longqing is defeated, he will definitely regroup and continue to attack, the strength and weakness of the two sides have not been reversed, and the next battle is already difficult to trick, Yang Yanzhao can withstand the onslaught of Western Liao, it is really difficult to say!

Putting aside the affairs of Ningxia for the time being, his eyes couldn't help but move to the Sichuan region, paused, and then moved his eyes down to Jiangnan, his brows furrowed tightly. He was very worried about the situation in Jiangnan, although he was very confident in Yelutri's wife, but too many unexpected things had happened, and it was really worrying whether Yelu Hanyu could hold on to such a situation!

At the same time, Cao Yong was leading his army back to Guangzhou. The army marched south at the same time, and did not dare to delay time. After a few days of hard work, they rushed to the foot of the Qitian Ridge. Qitianling mountain is high and dense, steep and difficult to walk, the Song army built a strong camp on Qitianling, looking up from the mountain down, only to see the camp hidden in the dense mountain forest, looming. The reason why Yan Yunjun failed to sweep Jinghu South Road and then swept Guangnan East Road at the beginning was that this steep terrain played a crucial role.

Cao Yong immediately glanced up at the military village on the mountain ridge by the side of the road, and the army continued to pass by his side and march up the mountain ridge. Cao Yong sighed and muttered, "It's really unexpected! Yan Yun's water army would have raided Guangzhou from the water! And the defenders of Guangzhou were actually crushed at the touch of a button! ”

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