Two days later, the scouts had finally returned. In the past two days, Yelu Longqing has really lived like a year! As soon as he saw the scout, he couldn't help but ask urgently, "What is the situation?" Does Iron Monkey have any enemy troops? ”

The scout hurried for two days without rest, and was already exhausted, kneeling on the ground panting, "Yes, yes! ......" Yelu Longqing was really anxious and annoyed when he heard these three words, and he didn't know whether he meant that there were enemy troops or no enemy troops when he said these three words. The scout breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Villain, villain failed, failed to enter the Iron Monkey, the Ming Army, the Ming Army surrounded that area!" ……”

Yelu Longqing's face changed, and he asked urgently: "Are you saying that the Ming army did appear in the Iron Monkey, and also surrounded the Yelu Zhong army?" ”

The scout nodded and said, "That's it, that's it!" The villain, the villain met an officer who was scattered, he, he knew the details! ”

Yelu Longqing immediately asked, "Where is he now?" ”

"Right there, right outside."

Yelu Longqing immediately raised his voice and said, "Bring the people from the outside in!" As soon as he finished speaking, a guard came in with an equally tired officer. As soon as the officer saw Yelu Longqing, he immediately knelt down and bowed: "Greetings villain, greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

Yelu Longqing asked urgently, "Tell me what you know from beginning to end!" ”

The officer replied, looked up, and said, "A few days ago, we had captured Hamil with great success, and then we turned westward under the leadership of King Jerod. ……”

A few days ago, Yelu Zhong left 30,000 horses to garrison Hamil, and he led 220,000 soldiers and horses to the west, preparing to join forces with Yelu Longqing under the city of Hezhou according to Yelu Longqing's order, and encircled and annihilated the main force of the Ming army in Hezhou City in one fell swoop. The so-called soldiers are fast, Yeluzhong did not dare to delay the slightest along the way, and hurried day and night. In the evening of that day, the army arrived at the Iron Monkey.

Iron Monkey, a general town on the road of the southern foot of Yinshan (Tianshan Mountain) on the road that must be passed. However, due to the recent wars and disasters, the Shangjia residents who gathered in the iron monkey have already fled without a trace, leaving only some old people with old arms and legs who can't escape, which looks very desolate.

The army had arrived here on a long journey, and they were already very tired. And Jerod ordered the army to rest here for one night, and then march again the next day. So the army set up camp in the iron monkey and buried the pot to cook. The exhausted soldiers were finally able to rest, and many of them did not bother to eat at all, and fell asleep. At dusk, the aroma of food and the thunderous snoring sound.

But no one expected that at this moment, disaster struck! First of all, there was a rumbling thunder in the mountains and forests in the northwest, and a group of tens of thousands of Ming war cavalry suddenly appeared, rushing towards the camp of the Western Liao army, like a surging flood suddenly emerging in the wilderness. At the beginning, the soldiers of the Western Liao Army did not react enough, and by the time they reacted, tens of thousands of Ming war horses had already rushed into the camp of the Western Liao Army like a flood! The iron hooves are rushing like a tide, trampling the flesh and bones into mud, the sword light flashes, and the flesh and blood fly! The Western Liao army was defenseless, and was suddenly rushed into the camp by the wolf-like Ming war horse, which was like a big wave of sand, and it couldn't be stopped at all!

When Yeluzhong suddenly saw this scene, he was shocked, and he didn't care about it, and immediately led the most elite ironclad army to counterattack! The soldiers of Xiliao, who were running in all directions, saw the commander attacking him, and they mustered up their fighting spirit and turned to fight one after another. The ferocious offensive of the Ming army was gradually contained! Immediately, the battle situation began to reverse, and although tens of thousands of Ming war horsemen were strong, it was impossible to really compete head-on with the 200,000 Western Liao army! Team after team of Western Liao troops joined the battle and fought back desperately, like a sea of tides, and gradually there was a tendency to surround the Ming Dynasty cavalry!

At this moment, a large number of two or three thousand people, fierce and majestic, and all black men and horses suddenly appeared in the east, like a sharp sword, straight into the back of the Western Liao army! Fast horses and long knives, sharp and unstoppable, the entire rear team of the Western Liao Army was in a commotion! Yeluzhong heard the commotion in the rear, hurriedly turned around and looked, and saw those incomparably fierce black war horses, his face changed suddenly, and he exclaimed: "Xuanjia Army! Xuanjia Army! "Yes, it's the legendary Xuanjia Army! War horses gallop like tigers, knights are fierce like dragons, spears are invincible to those who block, and horizontal knives are flying with flesh and blood! Especially the first general, wielding a horse lance and prancing horse to kill, no matter whether it is a soldier or a general, no one can be him! He is the Xuanjia general Zhanjin Kingdom, as if he is an invincible god of killing!

At this moment, the war drums in all directions thundered, and more than 100,000 Ming infantry troops besieged from all directions. The Western Liao army was already in turmoil, where could it withstand this onslaught from all sides, and an army began to rout! The situation is now at a critical juncture!

Yeluzhong didn't think about it, and immediately used cavalry to contain the enemy, and he himself led the ironclad army as the vanguard to lead a large army to break out of the encirclement and push into the town. Yeluzhong successfully retreated into Zhendian, and was shocked, only to find that his cavalry was trapped in the enemy's encirclement! Yeluzhong immediately led the ironclad army to attack, trying to break the encirclement of the Ming army and meet the cavalry to break through.

When Yeluzhong led 30,000 ironclad troops and 50,000 infantry troops to rush out of Zhendian, he was met with the fierce impact of the Ming cavalry with the Xuanjia army as the blade! Although the 80,000 horses tried their best to move forward, they were never able to achieve their goal, but they suffered heavy casualties under the continuous fierce impact of the Ming War Cavalry and the Xuanjia Army! In the end, I had to retreat into the town! Seeing that tens of thousands of war cavalry were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Ming infantry troops, and gradually wiped out, all the soldiers of the Western Liao Army couldn't help but panic.

Immediately, the Ming army surrounded the Western Liao army on all sides, and Yeluzhong was counting the remaining soldiers and horses, as well as grain and grass. After this defeat, the 220,000 troops of the Western Liao Army still had 170,000 people left, and the grain and grass were basically lost, and the remaining grain in the army was only enough for two days, and the arrows were only enough for one round of fighting. The situation was very bad for the Western Liao army.

That night, after arranging the defenses himself, he summoned the congregation to the provisional camp to deliberate.

Seeing that all the generals looked like they had all been defeated roosters, Yeluzhong raised his voice and said: "Although our army has fallen into the enemy's way, we still have 170,000 people, and the enemy wants to attack Zhendian to destroy us, but it will never be possible!" ”

When the generals heard this, their morale was slightly boosted. A subordinate general said: "What the king said is right, but our grain and grass are only enough to last for two days!" Even if His Majesty received our request for help and rushed to the rescue immediately, it would take at least five days, and we would not have been able to hold out at all if His Majesty came! The morale that had just been raised fell to the bottom because of these words, and the generals were talking, and the scene was buzzing, and everyone's faces were full of despair.

Yeluzhong raised his voice and said, "We don't have to wait for His Majesty to come to our rescue, we can completely fight our way out of the siege by ourselves!" Our forces are not much less than the enemy, and we will definitely succeed! The generals stopped talking and looked at Jerod, but they all looked like they didn't feel any hope. After a battle during the day, they had already seen that the strength of the Ming army was only about 200,000, and in terms of troops, it was indeed not much more than their own; But after the previous battle, they also saw that the Ming army was strong, and Yelu Zhongqin led 80,000 troops to counterattack the Ming army, trying to meet the cavalry troops, but under the ferocious attack of the opponent's 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry, not only failed to achieve the goal, but suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat. Therefore, the 170,000 soldiers and horses on their side seem to be quite large, and it is only a little difficult to break through the defense of the 200,000 army of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that the morale of the generals was not high, Yeluzhong said loudly: "The matter has come to this point, we can only fight to the death to fight to find a way out!" Otherwise, you'll have to sit here and die! Do you want to sit back and wait or fight to the death? ”

When the generals heard this, their blood couldn't help but boil, and they shouted: "Fight to the death!" Fight to the death! ”

When Yeluzhong saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved. He was afraid that his soldiers would be completely desperate, and then this battle would really be impossible to fight! Yeluzhong said loudly: "Let the Ming people see how powerful we are, don't let them underestimate us!" The generals shouted one after another, and the group of guys seemed to have returned to their previous fierce and bloodthirsty appearance! Yelu Zhong said: "The enemy will never think that we will break through tonight, so we will take them by surprise!" Just tonight, all the armies will attack together and attack westward with all their might, and be sure to break through the encirclement of the enemy army in one go! ”

Jeruzhong's order was delivered, and the officers and men of the army began to actively prepare. There were no lights in the town, but there was a busy scene in the darkness.

In the middle of the night, the town was completely silent. After another hour and a half, the moon had sunk in the west, and the earth was dark. Countless black shadows slowly overflowed from the town, and there seemed to be a faint sound of thunder. Although the soldiers of the Western Liao obeyed the strict order and tried not to make any noise as much as possible, nearly 200,000 horses and horses acted together, and no matter how careful they were, they would make a lot of noise. Yeluzhong did not expect that the enemy would never notice his own movements, but only hoped that they would be as late as possible to discover his own movements, and the later they were, the more successful their breakthrough would be.

In the pitch black, they saw a row of lights flickering in front of them, which was the light that guided them forward. As they approached the camp of the Ming army, the Xiliao soldiers became more and more nervous, and everyone closed their lips tightly and did not dare to breathe, only hearing the sound of their hearts pounding.

When it approached only three hundred steps away from the Daming camp, there was still no movement in the camp. Yeluzhong was very excited, feeling that this battle of Tuwei was already in his hands.

The black tide of 170,000 troops approached only a hundred paces from the camp. Jeruzhong jerked out his scimitar, raised it high, and shouted, "Charge! "Kill! The 170,000 army roared violently, like a sudden thunder, and the army rushed towards the camp of the Ming army like a tide! Rushing into the camp with an unstoppable momentum, most of the camp was flooded in an instant!

At this moment, the war drums around thundered, and in an instant, countless torches suddenly appeared and turned the entire night into day.

The officers and men of the Western Liao Army were all shocked when they suddenly saw such a scene. Before they could react, the fire and rain were flying all over the sky, it was a rocket launched by the Ming Army! The torrential rain of rockets crackled and fell into the barracks, and countless fireheads quickly jumped up, and then spread at a very fast speed! Jerozhong shouted urgently, "Retreat!" Hurry back! At this time, the Western Liao army was already in chaos, rushing around like headless flies, some were shot to the ground by rockets, and more were burned by the flames, screaming and screaming, and the air was filled with the stench of burnt flesh and skin, which made people feel sick.

Yeluzhong hurriedly led the army into the camp that had almost turned into a sea of fire, and immediately crashed into the army formation composed of Ming heavy infantry and Modao army. The Western Liao army was anxious to flee for its life, desperately impacting the Ming army array, and the waves of charge were wave after wave, as if the waves were crashing on the shore! However, the Ming heavy infantry was as solid as a rock, standing still in the face of the rising waves! After the momentum of the Western Liao Army was slightly discharged, the Ming front suddenly separated, and the iron tower warriors wearing Xuantian heavy armor and holding huge Mo knives rushed out under the leadership of Duan Zhixian and Yang Jing, and crashed into the tide of the Western Liao Army in one fell swoop! The huge Mo knife flew up and down, conjuring up an infinite cold light, setting off countless flesh and blood flying all over the sky; However, the swords, guns, swords, and halberds of the Western Liao army's counterattack only splashed some sparks on their bodies, and they could not hurt them at all.

The Western Liao army continued to charge desperately, but in front of the ironclad soldiers of the Ming army, no matter how fierce the charge was, it did not gush out, but ended up with blood on the battlefield. The Western Liao army suffered heavy casualties, and finally felt frightened, and in the face of the Ming army that was constantly attacking with blood and corpses, the Western Liao army could not resist and began to retreat in a commotion. And at this moment, the cavalry on the left and the infantry on the right besieged together, like several huge waves rushing towards the Western Liao army together! was stirred up by these few unscrupulous forces, and in an instant, the Western Liao army was rushed to pieces! Whether it is a general or a soldier, they can't take care of others anymore, they just run for their lives, and rush into the town one after another.

Yeluzhong also escaped back to Zhendian by luck, and saw that the ten pavilions of the army went to five or six pavilions, and he really wanted to cry without tears! He immediately bled up his spirits and urgently ordered all armies to take precautions. However, the Ming army did not take advantage of the situation to attack Zhendian, which made the remnants of the Western Liao army slightly relieved.

Yeluzhong stood on a high place in the middle of the town, looking at the Ming military camp outside the city that was gradually quieting down, his heart was full of panic and puzzlement, he didn't understand how the opponent could be so predictable, as if he knew his plan well? The breakthrough action that he thought was a stroke of genius turned out to be a self-throwing net!

At the same time, Duan Zhixian asked these words with admiration in the big tent of the Ming army: "Yang Yanzhao, how do you know that the enemy army will break through from this direction tonight?" ”

Yang Yanzhao smiled, "This is actually not difficult to guess. At dusk we successfully ambushed the enemy, and although the enemy army was not very strong, it cost them almost all of their food and forage. I estimate that the surplus grain in the hands of the Western Liao army can only last for two days at most. In this case, it is obviously impossible to wait for reinforcements, only to break through in a desperate way! Generally speaking, the Western Liao army has just suffered a major defeat, and it should be impossible to break through tonight, but Yeluzhong is also a well-read military book and a person who is well versed in the art of war, and may play a trick and want to take advantage of this to catch us off guard. Actually, I'm not very sure about the breakthrough action in Yeluzhong, but I'm prepared, so I made arrangements in advance. Hehe, I didn't expect Yeluzhong to come, and this arrangement was not in vain. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod, and Yang Jing laughed and said, "It sounds pretty simple now!" ”

Everyone smiled, and Yang Yanzhao said with a smile: "Brother Yang Jing is right, in fact, there is nothing wonderful about the art of war, and it is very simple to put it bluntly." ”

Duan Zhixian admired it for a year: "Originally, the Sprinkle family was still a little unconvinced by General Yang's command of the battle, but now the Sprinkle family is completely convinced!" General Yang is worthy of his name, no wonder the eldest brother entrusted him with a heavy task! Yang Yanzhao smiled and said, "General Duan is polite!" Duan Zhixian waved his hand angrily and said, "You are good at everything, but this is not good!" It's not like a hero, but like a useless civil official! Yang Yanzhao laughed; Good! After that, we don't care about all that bullshit etiquette! These words greatly appetized Duan Zhixian and Yang Jing, and their eyes lit up, and they shouted loudly: "Yes, yes, yes, what do you care about those bullshit etiquette!" The tent burst out laughing.

Duan Zhixian asked puzzledly: "Tonight's ambush killed the ghosts of the Western Liao army crying wolves and suffering heavy casualties, why didn't we take the opportunity to attack Zhendian?" If you take the opportunity to attack Zhendian, you will definitely be able to completely destroy those Western Liao troops in one go! Yang Jingzhan Jinguo also had the same question, and couldn't help but look at Yang Yanzhao.

Yang Yanzhao said: "The enemy's will to fight has not collapsed, although tonight is an opportunity, our army will inevitably suffer a lot of losses after destroying the enemy army." Therefore, I thought that I would wait until the enemy army was completely desperate to attack, and then I could destroy the enemy army in one fell swoop, and our army would not pay much price. ”

The generals couldn't help but nod their heads. Yang Jing said with a grin: "Then when can you attack?" It's so uncomfortable to always do this and wait! ”

Yang Yanzhao said with a smile: "As the saying goes, if we take advantage of the situation to attack, the enemy will only subconsciously face the battle if we take advantage of the situation to attack." But if they let it go, when they have calmed down, they will recall the pain of this fiasco tonight, and it will be even more painful, and their will to fight will inevitably be greatly damaged; Add to that the desperation and despair, and they will fall into despair. Now is the time to attack. ”

Duan Zhixian, Yang Jing and Zhan Jinguo are all rough lines, and when they hear this, they still can't figure out when Yang Yanzhao thinks the time to attack is. Yang Jing said angrily: "Brother Yang, just say when you will attack." ”

Yang Qi, who was standing next to Yang Yanzhao, chuckled, and said angrily: "You are really a stupid cow!" I can't figure this out, the sixth brother has already made it very clear! The time to attack is the morning after tomorrow, when the enemy is running out of food! The three of them suddenly realized.

The night passed, the sun appeared on the skyline, the night quickly receded, and the earth returned to light. The officers and men of the Western Liao Army waited for the attack of the Ming army with fear, but a whole day passed, and the Ming army did not make the slightest movement. The soldiers of the Western Liao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although the situation in a desperate situation had not changed in the slightest, it was always good that the enemy could attack later. However, Yeluzhong did not feel a sense of happiness at all, and the whole person was like falling into an ice cellar, and he only felt completely hopeless. He is a famous general in Western Liao, although he didn't know Yang Yanzhao's intentions at first, but after thinking about it for a day, he figured it out. He knew that Yang Yanzhao was waiting for an opportunity that would be most beneficial to them and the most unfavorable to his side, and that would be when his side would run out of food.

When the food is exhausted, the morale will completely collapse, and it will be difficult for the army to regain its strength, no matter how much I can say. At that time, if the Ming army launched a fierce attack, it would inevitably be like a devastation. Yelu couldn't think of a solution, he thought that Sun Wu would be reincarnated, and he couldn't think of a solution.

Yang Qi didn't find the sixth brother in the big tent, so he asked the soldiers outside the big tent: "Do you see the sixth brother?" The soldiers immediately pointed to a tall and straight figure on the hill in the barracks and said, "The general is there!" Yang Qi saw it in the direction of his finger and immediately ran over.

When he came to the sixth brother's side, he glanced at the sixth brother, and saw that the sixth brother was frowning tightly, as if he was worried about something, he couldn't help but feel strange, and asked, "Sixth brother, are you worried about something?" Aren't we in a position to win now? ”

Yang Yanzhao retracted his gaze, looked at Yang Qi, and frowned: "I'm not worried about the enemy army in front of me, but I'm worried about Your Majesty in Hezhou!" If Yelu Longqing learns about the situation on our side, he may judge that Hezhou's army is just a suspicious soldier, and he will make a desperate attempt to storm Hezhou! Yang Qi's face changed, and he said in horror: "How can that be?" There are less than 20,000 soldiers and horses around the eldest brother, and the city of Hezhou was destroyed by the enemy army before, so there is not much advantage in defense, if the enemy army is desperate, the eldest brother he, he ......" Yang Qi's face was pale, and he didn't dare to say anything later.

Yang Yanzhao frowned and said, "This is exactly what I'm most worried about. Then he said with some complaints: "I didn't approve of Your Majesty risking your life from the beginning, but Your Majesty just didn't listen, and now it's really worrying!" It turned out that when the war plan was designated before the war, Yang Peng decided to use himself as a bait to stay in Hezhou to confuse the enemy, which all the generals, including Yang Yanzhao, objected. However, Yang Yanzhao insisted on his opinion, and the generals could not resist the emperor, so they had no choice but to follow Yang Peng's intentions. Since Yang Peng stayed in Hezhou, Yelu Longqing fully believed that he was facing the main force of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming army was able to smoothly carry out the plan and contain Yelu Longqing with a small amount of military strength, while the main force successfully ambushed Yelu Zhong and surrounded the Yelu Zhong army. But there will always be a day when any plan will be revealed, and at this time, Yelu Longqing must have known the truth, and maybe he will make a desperate attempt to attack Hezhou. Judging from the current situation in Hezhou, Yang Peng, the Ming Emperor, is in a really dangerous situation! No matter how strong the Ming army is, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the onslaught of the 200,000 troops of the Western Liao with less than 20,000 soldiers and horses and a simple repaired city wall.

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