Duan Zhixian picked his head, looked at Yang Yanzhao who was smiling, suddenly understood something, and said loudly angrily: "Big brother, General Yang, do you have something to hide from the Sprinkle family!" That's not interesting! ”

Yang Yanzhao said with a smile: "It's not that I deliberately hide it from General Duan, it's just that this kind of brain-hurting thing won't let you worry about it." ”

Duan Zhixian heard that there was indeed something he didn't know, and he immediately became anxious, "There is really something that the Sprinkle family doesn't know!" What's going on, tell the Sprinkler family! ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "Duan Zhixian, you sit down first, and I'll tell you slowly." Duan Zhixian walked next to Yang Yanzhao, sat down, and said with an unhappy face: "You guys are too uninteresting, you actually have something to hide from the Sprinkle family!" ”

Yang Peng said: "This time the march, the situation is more complicated. As far as the current situation is concerned, the Khitans really can't say whether they are our allies or our enemies. If I were Yelu Longqing, I would definitely send a messenger to persuade Yelu Hugo to join forces with me to deal with Daming. ……”

Duan Zhixian blinked and said, "How is this possible?" ”

Yang Peng and Yang Yanzhao looked at each other and smiled, and Yang Peng said, "It's not impossible. If Yelu Longqing can make Yelu Hugo feel that it is not beneficial to attack Western Liao, or even make a wedding dress for our Ming Dynasty, then it is very likely that Yelu Hugo will change his previous plan to invade Western Liao and unite with Yelu Longqing instead. Everything is nothing more than for the good of the country. ”

Duan Zhixian was very puzzled and asked, "What does Yelu Longqing have to do to get Brother Yelu to unite with him?" Could it be that they are united now? ”

Yang Peng said: "According to the intelligence, they should have united. As for how to do it, hehe, it's actually not difficult! Yelu Longqing only needs to put a considerable number of troops in front of Yelu Hugo, and make a posture that I would rather be driven straight by the commander of the Ming army than resist you. In this way, Jin Wushu will naturally think about a question, if I insist on attacking Western Liao, what will be the result? It's very simple, since the main forces of Western Liao have come to resist my Brother Hugh, the Ming army will naturally be able to drive straight in, and most of the Western Liao will be occupied by the Ming Dynasty at that time, and it will be difficult for him to gain much from the main force of Western Liao! Duan Zhixian couldn't help but nodded, although he didn't like to use his brain, but he still understood Yang Peng's words.

Yang Peng continued: "At this time, Yelu Longqing sent another envoy to say to Brother Yelu Hugh that we can unite and put up a plan to lure the king into the urn and annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop in our country. In this way, there will be no main force of the Ming Dynasty in the entire Ningxia region, and the armies of both sides can drive straight into the entire Ningxia region in one fell swoop, so that we not only obtained a large amount of loot and territory, but also defeated the Ming Dynasty, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ......" Although Duan Zhixian was listening to Yang Peng's narration, he couldn't help but change color, and couldn't help but stare and scold: "It's so vicious!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and continued: "This strategy is very feasible, with the wisdom and personality of Brother Ye Hugh, there is a chance that the plan to invade Western Liao will be changed, and it will be combined with Western Liao to deal with us. ”

Duan Zhixian frowned and nodded vigorously, and then hurriedly asked, "Since the eldest brother has seen through all these ways of them, he must have also come up with a countermeasure, right?" ”

Yang Yanzhao said with a smile: "Of course, Your Majesty has thought of a countermeasure, and it is more clever than Yelu Longqing's strategy. After His Majesty speculated on the enemy's possible attempts, he sent an envoy to Yehu Hucheng, and deliberately revealed the matter to Yehu Hugo. Yehu Hucheng is the imperial uncle of Yehu Huge, a great contributor to the rise of the Khitan clan, and now he has a heavy army, and his prestige is unparalleled. In the case of Yaren Hugo, it is impossible not to doubt in his heart! His Majesty's anti-plot is convenient for this. Sure enough, as His Majesty expected, after learning that Yehu Hucheng had secret contact with us, he immediately became suspicious, and immediately sent someone to summon Yehu Hucheng. Ye Hu Cheng is naturally not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he also felt that something was wrong at this time, so he found an excuse to refuse to obey the order. In this way, the suspicions of Yeychel Hugo were even heavier. Fearing that Yehu Hucheng would suddenly attack, Yehu Hugo led an army of 400,000 troops that were not part of the Yehu Tiger City system to leave the camp and retreat more than 100 miles to camp, wanting to confront Yehu Hucheng. In this way, the 700,000-strong army of the Liao State will not be a threat. ”

Duan Zhixian blinked in surprise, looked at Yang Peng, and said in disbelief: "Big brother took care of the 700,000 army of the Liao State in just three or two clicks?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "This is not a meal." It's just that the Liao army doesn't become a threat to us. ”

Duan Zhixian said excitedly: "The big fight between Ye Hu City and Ye Hu Brother will be lively!" We'll have a chance! ”

Yang Peng pondered: "Not necessarily. It depends on what Tiger City and Hugo do it. If Brother Hu's mind is broad enough, and Brother Hucheng is as focused on the overall situation as before, this crisis within the Liao State should be able to be resolved. ”

Duan Zhixian said: "It doesn't matter if their crisis can be resolved or not. It doesn't matter if it can be resolved, there is such a strong opponent as Liaoguo, so that we can enjoy it! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said: "Everything is based on the interests of the country, but it is not to make us happy." ”

Duan Zhixian said with a smile: "This Sprinkler family naturally knows. But if we can have a strong opponent to keep us entertained, that's great! Yang Yanzhao smiled: "As a general, I agree with General Duan's words. Duan Zhixian laughed. Thinking of something, he asked Yang Peng: "Big brother, since the Liao people are no longer a threat, we should march even more!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "This matter has both advantages and disadvantages for us. Although the Khitans will not threaten us because of internal strife, the Western Liao can concentrate their forces on us. What we have to think about now is not how to attack, but how to respond to Yelu Longqing's counterattack. Hehe, Yelu Longqing may have gone crazy now, he will definitely concentrate all the strength of Xiliao to fight back! ”

Yelu Longqing is indeed crazy now. He didn't expect that his plan to lure you into the urn would turn out like this! If he hadn't wanted to lure the king into the urn, he wouldn't have been able to let the Ming army drive straight into it so long! Now that the Ming army occupies the Tianshan region, it can be said that he is stealing chickens and rice, and lifting stones to shoot himself in the foot. For the Liao people, he was indignant, and he only blamed them for causing infighting at this time! Yelu Longqing felt that the internal strife of the Khitans was probably not simple, and it was not too early or later that the infighting happened at this time, and it was also because the collusion between Yelu Hucheng and Daming was discovered by Brother Yelu Hucheng! Ye Hu Cheng is going to collude with Da Ming, and it shouldn't be at this time, could this be Yang Peng's plan?

As soon as he thought of this, Yelu Longqing's heart couldn't help but rise with fear, only to feel that if it was really as he expected, then Yang Peng would be too terrible! Suddenly, he seemed to see Yang Peng standing on the high mountain in the distance looking at himself and sneering, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart!

Retracting his thoughts, Yelu Longqing frowned, and said with a frantic expression: "Even if you are treacherous like a ghost, you can't resist my counterattack with all the strength of the country!" ”

Yelu Longqing's idea is not arrogant, it is. Although Yang Peng's counter-strategy resolved the threat of 700,000 Khitan troops, it also made Western Liao completely have no worries, with the national strength of Western Liao, if the whole country counterattacked, with the 200,000 or so Ming troops who have entered the Tianshan region at present, it may be difficult to deal with.

Since Yelu Longqing had made up his mind, he immediately issued an order, ordering Yelu Zhong to lead an army of 200,000 near the West Sea to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and at the same time ordering the alliance of tribes such as Mubaen to also go south together to cooperate with Yeluzhong's action. Yelu Zhong, Yelu Longqing's cousin, is the king of Dingbei canonized by Yelu Longqing, and is Yelu Longqing's right-hand man. At present, there are only two people in Western Liao who have been crowned kings, one is Yelu Zhong, the king of Dingbei, and the other is Yelu Longqing's younger brother, Yelu Hongjun, who was named the king of the royal brother, and generally replaced Yelu Longqing to sit in the capital and Hu Si cut his ears. There are rumors in Western Liao that the reason why Yelu Longqing has not canonized the crown prince for a long time is that he wants to pass the throne to his own brother. However, Yelu Longqing is not without descendants, he has a son, a daughter, the son is called Yelu Yilie, has become an adult, was canonized by Yelu Longqing as a brave general, in the previous war against Khorezm made a lot of contributions, has established a lot of prestige in the Western Liao government and the opposition.

Yelu Longqing also ordered his son Yongwu general Yelu Yilie to send 100,000 troops from the west to reinforce, and he himself led the current army to the east, preparing to converge the 80,000 soldiers and horses of Alidaii and the soldiers and horses withdrawn by Mills, and wait for the arrival of Yeluzhong's army, and then counterattack the Ming army together. Yelu Longqing planned to lead 200,000 forbidden troops by himself, plus Mills's soldiers and horses, to counterattack Hezhou, while the 200,000 troops led by Yelu Zhong bypassed Yinshan to the east and directly counterattacked Hamili. Yelu Longqing hoped that Yeluzhong's part could capture Hamili in one fell swoop, so that the back road of the Ming army was cut off and turned into a situation of closing the door and beating dogs. After this step, he has a great chance to completely annihilate this Ming army. If this step can be done, then with the strength of your own army, you can also invade Western Xia and expand your territory, maybe the result will be better!

When Yelu Longqing thought of this, the gloom on his face disappeared in an instant, and he only felt that the sentence 'blessings and misfortunes depend, and misfortunes and blessings dependent' is really a wise saying

Thousands of forward horsemen in Western Liao explored the way ahead of the army. When I came to the west bank of the Ahuer River, which was still a hundred miles away from Hezhou, I suddenly saw the dust in front of me, and then I saw a Ming war horse of thousands of people roaring over.

The Western Liao War Cavalry immediately didn't care about it, and immediately greeted it. Two armies of thousands of horses galloped on the grassland by the river, and the rumbling sound was like the thunder that often sounded on the grassland. In the blink of an eye, the two sides stood up and slammed into each other, iron hooves fluttering, figures staggered, sword light and blood flying all over the sky, and the roar was mixed with thrilling screams. After a fight, the Western Liao cavalry was defeated and retreated to the west. The Ming warriors chased and killed for a while, and then turned to the north.

Yelu Longqing looked at the vanguard cavalry captain who was kneeling in front of him covered in blood, and the captain looked embarrassed and ashamed.

Yelu Longqing said: "Get up, there is nothing to be ashamed of losing to the Ming army!" You were just caught off guard by them! ”

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was not to blame, the commander could not help but be grateful, and after thanking him, he stood up and retreated to the end of the right column.

Yelu Longqing glanced at the generals and said, "You all go down and rest." The crowd folded their fists and retreated.

Yelu Longqing frowned slightly, and muttered, "I didn't expect that the war horses I carefully cultivated still couldn't compete with the Ming war horses under the same circumstances!" "It turned out that Yelu Longqing had tried the power of the Ming Army before, and he learned from the pain and retrained his army by learning from the practices of the Ming Army. Previously, the Western Liao army and the Liao army swept away Khorezm in one go, which fully reflected the results of the new training. Yelu Longqingman thought that the combat ability of his own soldiers and horses would definitely not be much better than that of the Ming army, but he did not expect that the confrontation of the strikers would be judged by the merits and inferiors, and his newly trained war cavalry troops still could not compete with the Ming war horses.

Jerry Long ordered the men to call the captain of the forward horseman. The commander followed a personal soldier to the big tent with apprehension, saw Yelu Longqing, and hurriedly bowed: "The last general will meet Your Majesty!" ”

Yelu Longqing stood in front of the map not far away with his hands behind his back and asked, "Is the Ming War Horse you encountered really much more powerful than you?" When Captain Wan suddenly heard such a question, he was hesitant, and for a moment he did not know how to answer.

Yelu Longqing turned around and saw a look of confusion on Captain Wan's face, and said, "Don't be afraid, I don't want to blame you, but to know the specific situation." ”

When the commander heard the emperor say this, he couldn't help but put his mind at ease, bowed down and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the combat effectiveness of the Ming War Cavalry is shocking!" Your Majesty knows that our army is not a bad seed! We all fought with all our might, but in the face of the Ming army, it was still like facing a group of fierce and ferocious tigers and wolves, which was difficult to defeat, and finally suffered heavy losses and retreated! ”

Yelu Longqing frowned slightly and asked, "Where is the strength of the Ming Army?" Tell me about it. ”

Captain Wan thought for a while and said: "First of all, their momentum, who else is me, indomitable, fearless of life and death, and fighting spirit!" It was also our army that met them, if it was the army of those useless nations, I am afraid that when they saw this momentum, they would have collapsed without fighting! Yelu Longqing nodded, thinking of the previous battle with the Ming army, what impressed him the most was that kind of momentum, now it seems that although the Ming Dynasty has unified the Central Plains, but the fighting spirit has not declined in the slightest, but has been strengthened, what is going on? Not to mention the previous dynasties, it is the Khitan clan in front of them, after they established the Liao State, their will to fight quickly diminished, and they have lived up to the indomitable momentum they had when they rose! The Ming army was able to maintain a strong will to fight and continue to grow, how did they do it?

I only heard the captain continue: "In addition, their war horses are very majestic and tall, the impact is amazing, much better than our war horses, and there are spear sharp soldiers, which are simply irresistible, these are the gaps in equipment. We are inferior to them in terms of tactics, they rush into the middle of our army, it seems that there is no order, but they rush forward vigorously, but in fact they cooperate with each other. After the defeat of the last general, I did not understand why, our army fought so bravely, but it was difficult to confront the enemy, and the casualties were extremely heavy. Later, the last general figured out that when the enemy cavalry charged, there was actually a rule! They seem to be a swarm of impacts, but in fact they are divided into many small shock groups, each group is a combat unit, and the knights in the group cooperate with each other, and the groups also cooperate with each other. Some were responsible for disrupting our army, while others followed the sweep to kill and injure our army. In the face of such an efficient and swift attack wave, it is simply difficult for our army to resist! Almost instantly, our army was overwhelmed by them! ”

Yelu Longqing nodded thoughtfully, and asked, "Can we learn the tactics of the Ming Army?" ”

Captain Wan frowned and said: "I'm afraid this is difficult, although the last general can see it, but he doesn't understand how they organize and cooperate!" It's hard to imagine that you have to maintain such coordination while the horses are charging! ”

Yelu Longqing said categorically: "Since the Ming people can do it, we are a nation that grew up on horseback, can't we do it?" I'll leave this matter to you, and I hope you don't let me down. Captain Wan was both flattered and felt a great responsibility, and hurriedly bowed down to make a promise.

Knock knock knock...... In the middle of the night, the rumbling of war drums suddenly sounded around the barracks. Yelu Longqing, who had just fallen asleep, woke up in shock. Hearing the rumbling war drums wave after wave, as if a large army was attacking, Yelu Longqing's face changed greatly, and he didn't care about putting on his armor, so he grabbed his big sword and rushed out of the big tent.

As soon as I arrived outside the tent, I saw the figure in the big tent, and the soldiers of my own side were all shocked, but there was no shadow of half of the enemy. Yelu Longqing shouted at a pro-soldier officer who was looking outside not far away, "What's the matter?" When the officer heard Yelu Longqing's question, he hurriedly ran over and said, "I don't know what's going on, from just now, the war drums of the Ming army suddenly came from outside the barracks!" ”

Yelu Longqing frowned and asked, "Is there an enemy attacking?" The officer said, "I only heard the sound of drums, but I didn't see the enemy." ”

Yelu Longqing immediately climbed the watchtower near the Great Tent and looked out, only to hear the rumbling of drums, but he could not see the shadow of half of the enemy at all. Yelu Longqing smiled coldly and said, "This is the time to disturb the enemy, Yang Peng actually enjoys this kind of little trick to deal with us, it's really ridiculous!" Then he turned his head and shouted to Vahid, one of the great generals of the tent: "You immediately lead the elite cavalry out of the camp, search in the direction from which the drums came, and capture all the enemies who beat the drums!" Vahid answered the promise and ran down, and after a while, the horses' hooves rumbled, and Wahid led nearly 10,000 horsemen out of the camp.

After a few moments, Yelu Longqing heard the sound of drums and began to wander, as if heading towards the hazy mountains in the distance. Yelu Longqing's heart immediately moved, and he immediately shouted to the herald beside him: "Send a signal rocket to tell Wahid to stop the pursuit and retreat!" The herald immediately complied, took out a special arrow from the quiver, lit it, and then bent his bow and shot it into the sky, only to see a flash of fire fly into the night sky, and suddenly exploded with a bang, bursting into a cloud of red sparks.

Soon after, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves returned to the outside of the barracks, and nearly 10,000 horsemen led by Vahid poured into the barracks. Wahid ran behind Yelu Longqing and asked puzzledly, "Why did Your Majesty order us to retreat?" We're about to catch up with those drumming bastards! ”

Yelu Longqing patted Wahid on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This is the enemy's trick. Disturb us with the sound of drums, and they will judge that we will definitely send cavalry to attack. Then he will lead you to the distant mountains with the sound of drums. They must have laid an ambush in that area, and as soon as you are lured in, they will be killed. If you don't wipe out all of your troops, you'll at least suffer heavy losses! ”

Wahid couldn't help but change his face, and couldn't help but scold: "Those Ming people are really cunning! Yelu Longqing smiled coldly.

At the same time, on the top of the mountains in the distance, Yang Yanzhao was looking at Yelu Longqing's military camp from afar. Yang Qi saw that there was no movement in the distance, and asked puzzledly, "Sixth brother, why is there no movement in front?" Yang Yanzhao smiled and said: "Yelu Longqing is not a simple person after all, he has already sensed my calculations. He turned his head to look at his sister and said with a smile: "I'm afraid this plan of ours has failed!" Yang Qi couldn't help but get angry.

Soon after, news came from the front, saying that the Western Liao cavalry that had attacked had suddenly withdrawn. Yang Yanzhao pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Order the harassment troops to continue to approach the enemy camp and beat the drums, and they must not be allowed to sleep in peace. It didn't take long for the drums to rumble outside the camp of the Western Liao Army. Knowing that this was a ploy for the enemy, Yelu Longqing ordered all the troops to sleep and not to the sound of the drums. At the same time, Yelu Longqing was also worried that the opponent would take advantage of this opportunity to launch a surprise attack, so he ordered all armies to take turns on alert, so as not to give the opponent any opportunity to take advantage of.

The officers and men of the Western Liao Army made up their minds and ignored the rumbling war drums outside the barracks, and just slept. But it is not easy to fall asleep under the harassment of such a loud noise. Many people were still dizzy until the early hours of the morning, and they couldn't really sleep.

The next morning, the drumming finally stopped. The soldiers fell asleep one after another. But at this time, the order came to Yelu Longqing to march into camp. The groggy and exhausted soldiers had no choice but to yawn and shed tears, dragging their tired bodies to assemble and set off.

Along the way, Yelu Longqing couldn't help frowning when he saw that the soldiers were languishing and yawning, and he was very unhappy.

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