Chapter 822, Jereil
"Your Majesty said that we Khitans are a minority in the Western Regions after all. As outsiders, all the ethnic groups in the Western Regions are unwilling to be ruled by us. Therefore, even when the first emperor was alive, there was a turbulent dark tide and constant problems. Now that the first emperor has died not long ago, many forces in the country have become restless, and I still have some ability, and I should be able to suppress these forces in my lifetime. But if I die, will my successor still be able to suppress them? In the event of turmoil, the Khitans are afraid that they will not be able to maintain their dominant position. Once they lose their dominance, all the Khitans will be like fish on a knife board and can only be slaughtered! In his love for power, he finally ended up in the end of the death of the clan, why not take advantage of the current time to return to the Ming Dynasty? ”
Yelu Hanyu smiled: "Although I knew that Yelu Hongjun was very thoughtful, I didn't expect him to think so thoroughly!" Then he sighed: "He can think like this, it's really a blessing for the Khitan!" He looked at Aliqi and asked, "What about you?" What do you think? ”
Aliqi laughed, "The last general is stupid and doesn't have any ideas. I just think that the Ming Emperor is as good to us Khitans as they are to the Han people, the Ming is Han and Khitan, and there is nothing wrong with attaching to the Ming Dynasty! Then he said with a look of hope: "And the last general really hopes to be able to return to the command of Niangniang!" ”
Yelu Hanyu smiled slightly.
Bang bang ......! Suddenly, there was a loud bang outside, followed by a loud sound of killing and the sound of rolling footsteps, horse's hooves. Yelu Hanyu frowned.
At this moment, Yang Qi, dressed in military uniform, rushed in and said urgently: "Sister Mei'er, there is an enemy sneak attack!" Then he saw Aliqi, immediately raised his eyebrows, and with a sonorous sound, he pulled out a horizontal knife against Aliqi's chest, and shouted angrily: "You are too despicable! ”
Yelu Hanyu said: "Eighth sister, put the knife down." ”
Yang Qi was taken aback, and said hurriedly: "Sister Mei'er, they attacked us!" ”
Yelu Hanyu said: "I believe that this matter has nothing to do with Aliqi and Yelu Hongjun, it should be that some forces in Western Liao who do not want to see Western Liao subordinate to the Ming Dynasty are making trouble!" Put the knife down! Yang Qi was depressed and put the knife down.
Aliqi bowed gratefully to Yelu Hanyu and said, "Thank you for trusting the general!" Please let the last general go down to command the enemy! Yelu Hanyu nodded, and Aliqi bowed to Yelu Hanyu and hurried down.
Yang Qi said urgently; "Sister Mei'er, if he leads his troops and horses to attack us with the enemy, we will be in danger!"
Yelu Hanyu said: "If Aliqi really has bad intentions, it is useless to leave him. Besides, I believe that Aric is by no means the kind of villain who plays tricks and tricks. Then he ran to the weapon rack, picked up his weapon and ran out of the big tent, and Yang Qi followed.
Outside the big tent, I saw the direction of the mountains and forests in the north like the stars flashing, under the reflection of the firelight, I saw the figure of longing, as if countless soldiers and horses were rushing from the north, the periphery was the camp of the Western Liao army, the enemy drove straight in, and the Liao army that was caught off guard was obviously unable to resist.
Yang Qi said: "Yang Gui has already led three thousand elites to the north to prepare. ”
Yelu Hanyu nodded, turned his head to look around, and saw that countless birds and finches were hovering over the dense forest to the west, and even in such a noisy situation, they could hear their chirping.
Yelu Hanyu's heart moved, and he immediately said to Yang Qi: "Eighth sister, you immediately lead three thousand soldiers and horses to the west to guard, and there is a chance that there will be ambushes from the forest in the west!" ......" Yang Qi answered and was about to run down. Yelu Hanyu hurriedly shouted, "Wait a minute! Yang Qi stopped. Jeruhanyu commanded, "Send someone to inform the Aliqi side, and tell them to be careful of the forest to the west." Yang Qi reluctantly responded and ran down.
Aliqi quickly returned to his own military camp, which had fallen into chaos, and immediately issued an order to mobilize his troops and horses to resist. When the Xiliao soldiers who were originally in chaos saw that the commander was back, they all felt that they had the backbone and obeyed the order.
The raiders broke through the camp of the Western Liao army from the north in one fell swoop and attacked the camp of the Ming army. Suddenly, I saw a strict military formation in front of me, and they didn't care about the three-seven-twenty-one, howling and rushing up!
Yang Gui immediately rushed to the army, and when he saw the enemy surging forward, he immediately waved the copper hammer forward and shouted: "Release the arrow!" The soldier holding the shield in the front immediately squatted down, and the soldier holding a strong crossbow and bow in the back immediately released the arrow, and the sharp whistling sound immediately became a one, and the rushing crowd caused countless ripples, countless enemies were shot to the ground, and the momentum of the charge was greatly weakened in an instant!
The crowd quickly stopped, and the shield bearers rushed to the front, quickly forming a shield wall nearly two meters high. At the same time, there was a loud bang behind the shield wall, and a rain of arrows flew out and fell straight into the Ming army, making a loud crackling sound! The heavy armor and shields of the Ming army withstood this wave of attacks without many casualties.
The attackers advanced as a whole with the shield wall as the front, and continued to approach the Ming army formation. Yang Gui saw that the opponent's shield was well defended, and knew that the bow and crossbow attack would not be of much use, so he ordered the bow and crossbow to be withdrawn, and the shield immediately impacted!
The soldier with the shield in hand immediately stood up, holding the shield in his left hand and the sword in his right hand and rushing forward in anger. In the blink of an eye, the shields of both sides slammed into each other, making a dull loud clatter. The Ming army has much fewer soldiers, and it is impossible to rush the opponent's shield wall! The enemy's shield wall was suddenly withdrawn, and the tide of the hidden weather rushed out like a flood of floodgates. Almost at the same time, a rapid bangzi sound sounded in the Ming army. The Ming soldiers who were attacking the enemy immediately retreated and scattered on both sides, and the enemy's tide of troops like an open flood could not be vented, so they rushed straight towards the Ming army.
Yang Gui raised the copper hammer in his right hand and shouted, "Ready!" ”
The infantry army at the forefront immediately spread out to both sides, revealing more than a thousand war horses! Yang Gui shouted: "Follow me!" Immediately urged the war horse, a horse took the lead towards the enemy soldiers, and a thousand war horses also started to mount the angry horse galloped, and for a while, it was like a flash flood, rolling thunder, murderous to the sky!
The enemy soldiers were shocked when they saw such a fierce tide of cavalry coming, and before they could engage in battle, most of their courage was discharged. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided heavily with each other, and the sound of heavy impact rang out, and one enemy after another was knocked out by the huge impact of the cavalry; The Ming soldiers brandished long knives and horses to attack and kill frantically, and the blood turned into a torrential rain that flew in the sky and constantly hit everyone's faces; Yang Gui took the lead with a single horse, the double hammer flew up and down, whirring loudly, every time he picked up, he would inevitably smash an enemy to the head and chest to death, whether he was a soldier or a general, there was no difference between him, all of them were vulnerable! This Yang Gui is like a killing god who specializes in harvesting life!
In just a few moments, the enemy could not resist it, and the whole army rolled backwards like a tidal wave. These attackers have completely lost the ferocity they had just had, and everyone panicked and fled for their lives.
At this moment, Aliqi personally led a Western Liao army to kill from one side, crashed into the middle of the rout, and killed a lot. The enemy army has collapsed, where can it withstand the fire and robbery of the Western Liao army, and it will be rushed to pieces, everyone will flee in all directions regardless of their lives, and the safety of others will not be taken care of at all.
At that moment there was a loud rumbling sound in the west, as if a tide had risen in the darkness. Yang Gui immediately shouted at Aliqi: "You go to the west for reinforcements, I'll stay here!" Aliqi responded, and immediately led his soldiers and horses to the west.
When he felt the edge of the camp in the west, he saw that Yang Qi had already lined up his army and was ready to fight. Immediately didn't bother to greet Yang Qi, and led his soldiers and horses to surpass the Ming army and lined up in front of the Ming army. Aliqi has a strong sense of honor, he thinks that it is his responsibility to protect Yelu Hanyu, and now that someone is attacking, he never wants to rely on the Ming army to repel the enemy, and wants to rely on his own strength to defeat the attacker.
The earth trembled visibly, but there was darkness ahead, and nothing could be seen, as if the enemy was hiding in the darkness. Aliqi immediately ordered the crossbowmen to fire rockets forward. The crossbowman immediately fired a wave of rockets in front of him.
The rocket flew into the night sky like a swarm of fireflies, heading straight ahead. Immediately, I saw countless war horses appear in the darkness, and the figures were heavy, as if they were boundless, and they were rushing towards this side. Seeing that the enemy was so powerful, the soldiers of Xiliao couldn't help but change their complexions, and everyone was afraid.
Aliqi rode his horse to the front of the military formation, raised his battle axe and shouted: "Warriors of Daliao, follow me to meet the enemy!" Seeing that the general was taking the lead, the soldiers couldn't help but boost their morale and shouted one after another.
Seeing that the tide of the enemy army was getting closer and closer, Aliqi roared angrily and first led hundreds of war horsemen to rush towards the enemy army. He was going to charge against charge, so as to reduce the power of the enemy's charge. Hundreds of war cavalry suddenly submerged into the tide of the enemy, roaring, screaming, and the sound of the blade slashing on the human body intertwined loudly, people shouted horses neighing people on their backs, the Xiliao war cavalry obviously could not stop the tide of the enemy, but the enemy's charging power was obviously weakened a lot.
The tide of the enemy army overflowed the Western Liao cavalry and rushed straight towards the Western Liao infantry army. The leading general shouted: "Crossbowmen release arrows!" The crossbowmen were already ready to go, and when they heard the order, they immediately released their arrows, and the rain of arrows instantly sank into the middle of the tide of the enemy army, causing countless ripples! In just before this round of arrows was released, the rolling tide of enemy troops had already rushed in front of you!
In an instant, the waves crashed on the shore, and the violent impact sound became a loud one, and the Xiliao infantry defense line was hit with potholes! The soldiers of the Western Liao shouted again and again, trying their best to maintain the front, but the surging tide of the enemy army could not stop it at all. Suddenly, as if the torrent broke the embankment, the infantry defense line instantly collapsed several gaps, and the cavalry tide surged into the middle of the Western Liao army along the gap, the iron hooves surged, the swords and guns were like snow, although the Western Liao soldiers struggled to resist but fell under the opponent's iron hooves and blades, the situation was extremely critical, and the enemy wave was about to sweep the Western Liao army!
At the critical moment, Yang Qi led three thousand Ming infantry troops to rush up and rush into the chaotic battlefield. The Ming army, wearing heavy armor and iron armor, wielded the Mo sword and battle axe, as if the iron tower soldiers rushed into the enemy formation, and in an instant, they saw the enemy war cavalry on their backs, and the fierce cavalry wave was a pause! However, it was only a moment, and the tide of cavalry seemed to rush through the embankment that blocked it, and it was even more powerful than just now! The terrible tide of cavalry quickly surged forward, drowning the Western Liao army and also the Ming army!
The soldiers of the Ming army wielded Mo knives and axes, slashed people, cut horses, and flew flesh and blood, but the enemy army seemed to be endless, and the power of the Ming army was not enough to contain their offensive! The war knife slashed heavily on the body of the Ming soldiers, and the crazy war horses knocked the Ming soldiers out of the air, roaring and screaming and the sound of horse hooves surging like a tide, the sword light flickered, and the blood flew like rain! Although the Ming army is strong, it is obviously unable to turn the tide at this moment! Yang Qi was surrounded by endless enemy war horses and kept attacking and killing, and he was already in a hurry! Suddenly, an enemy rider rushed up from the side with a strange scream, raised his scimitar high and slashed at Yang Qi's neck!
Yang Qi hurriedly dodged, and at the same time, the palm of his hand slashed horizontally towards the front hooves of the opponent's war horse, and the front hooves of the war horse were cut off, and the war horse fell forward with a neigh, throwing the knight who was about to slash Yang Qi away! However, before Yang Qi could react, another enemy rider rushed up with a shout!
At this time, Yang Qi's old power has been discharged, and the new power has not been born, seeing the fierce enemy rushing to his eyes with a scimitar high, but he can't deal with it!
Cha! With a sound, Yang Qi, who thought that he was in a catastrophe, suddenly saw a wolf tooth sharp arrow piercing the neck of the current enemy, and the scimitar with cold light flickered in mid-air! The enemy rider galloped past Yang Qi, and then the knight's body crooked and fell off his horse.
Yang Qi hurriedly looked in the direction where the arrow was flying, and saw an extremely powerful war horse coming straight from one side, and the leading general was her sister-in-law, Yelu Hanyu, dressed in military uniform, majestic, but beautiful, as if the Valkyrie in the sky had descended to the world! A look of surprise appeared on Yang Qi's face.
Yelu Hanyu led 4,000 war cavalry to suddenly appear on the battlefield and plunged straight into the ribs of the enemy's cavalry wave! The enemy war horse, who was killing the enemy, suddenly saw a fierce war horse slanting from one side, and they couldn't help but be surprised, and the whole army seemed a little confused! A leading enemy kept shouting in the midst of the crowd, apparently trying to command his army to meet the enemy. However, Yelu Hanyu's war cavalry came so quickly and suddenly that the enemy didn't have time to react, and the four thousand war horses stabbed into the enemy's waist like a sword!
The iron hooves rushed, and the horse lance forward, killing the enemy on their backs and trembling in horror, and seeing the huge enemy army as quickly cracking as if it had been cut by a hot knife!
The Ming war cavalry divided the enemy army into two in one fell swoop, and the enemy army was panicked. At this time, the Ming Infantry Army and the Western Liao Infantry Army launched a comprehensive counterattack, and all the soldiers desperately moved forward, wielding long knives and axes to fight with their lives! The enemy army can't resist it, and the scene is even more chaotic! The enemy who led the army still refused to give up, roaring again and again, constantly urging his men to attack with their lives!
At this moment, Yang Gui arrived with three thousand cavalry and launched a fierce attack on the enemy from the other side! Yang Gui took the lead, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and a pair of copper hammers flew up and down, smashing the enemy's head and chest, and trembling in fear! The enemy army was already in a difficult situation, and the army's heart was shaken, but now seeing that Yang Gui's troops and horses were so fierce and unmatched, where could they resist it, and in an instant, they saw the tide rolling upside down, and the army began to collapse completely! The leading enemy still tried to stabilize the situation, but the morale was exhausted, the defeat was like a mountain, where could he stop it, and in the blink of an eye, even he was carried backwards by the tide of the rout.
The Ming army, the Western Liao army took advantage of the situation to drown, and killed the enemy's corpses all over the field, and many enemies who could not escape hurriedly threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground as prisoners. ……
Yelu Hanyu returned to the big tent to rest, Yang Qi followed closely behind, and said angrily: "Who is attacking us?" ”
Yelu Hanyu pondered: "The water in this pool of Xiliao is very deep! Yang Qi didn't understand and asked, "Sister Mei'er, what kind of water is very deep?" Yelu Hanyu couldn't explain it for a while, shook his head with a smile, and asked, "Eighth sister, are you injured?" Yang Qi smiled: "It's just a little bit!" Fortunately, Sister Mei'er's arrow killed that enemy! Then he said with a look of amazement: "Sister Mei'er's archery skills are so powerful!" So far away, you can shoot an arrow through the neck of an enemy! I can't do it, Yang Gui can't do it, only the sixth brother can do it! ”
Yelu Hanyu smiled: "I learned this archery technique from your eldest brother. Yang Qi showed a look of amazement and said: "I have long heard that the eldest brother is skilled in archery, but I didn't expect the apprentices taught by the eldest brother to be so powerful!" Yelu Hanyu's eyes revealed infinite tenderness. When Yang Qi saw her like this, she couldn't help but smile and teased: "Sister Mei'er misses her eldest brother, right?" Yelu Hanyu came back to his senses and couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, Yelu Hanyu and Yang Qi looked towards the door together, only to see Yang Gui walking in quickly. Yang Qi hurriedly asked, "Yang Gui, does the enemy have a confession?" Who are they? Who sent them? Yang Qi, who was impatient, asked a few questions as soon as he opened his mouth.
Yang Gui hurriedly came to Yelu Hanyu's face, clasped his fists and bowed: "Niangniang, we have interrogated several of these officers, and they are all Yelu Yilie's subordinates!" ”
Yelu Hanyu frowned, "Yelu Yilie? ”
Yang Gui nodded.
Yang Qi frowned and said, "Isn't Yelu Yilie the brave general of Western Liao?" Why is he so bold? ”
Yelu Hanyu sneered: "I'm afraid that this brave general is neither willing to see Western Liao join us, nor does he want his uncle to sit on the throne. Yang Qi asked in surprise: "Sister Mei'er is saying that Yelu Yilie is going to rebel?" Yelu Hanyu said: "Blatantly sending troops under his command to attack the envoys of other countries that your emperor greets, this is not to rebel, this is already a rebellion!" He looked up at Yang Gui and asked, "Does Aliqi know about this?" "He already knows."
Yelu Hanyu thought for a while, and ordered the two of them: "Set off overnight immediately, and feel the tiger thinking about it as soon as possible." The two of them hugged their fists and promised and ran out of the big tent. Immediately, there was an uproar in the barracks, and the Western Liao Army and the Ming Army quickly assembled and marched quickly towards Hu Si's ears.
Before dawn, a knight galloped to the gate of the city. Restrain his horse and raise his voice and shout: "I am a subordinate of the brave general, I have urgent military affairs, open the city gate quickly!" ”
When the officers at the city gate heard that it was the brave general, they hurriedly looked down at the city, and at this time the moon had come out of the clouds, and they could see it clearly not far away. I saw that the knight under the city was indeed someone he knew, and it was indeed the person next to the brave general, and he remembered that the person seemed to be called Bonn, and he was one of the important generals under the brave general. The officer confirmed the identity of the person who came, and immediately did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate. When Bonn entered the city gates, he ordered them to be closed.
Jereth put on a fur coat and hurried to the living room. Bonn, who was in the dust, didn't care about saluting, and said hurriedly: "General, something big has happened!" ”
Yelu Yilie said angrily: "Can there be any big event, isn't it that the Ming mission is coming." ”
Bonn said urgently: "My subordinates just got the news, and tonight, Omar privately led 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command to raid the Ming Mission!" ”
Yelu Yilie was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly: "Good Omar, well done!" Then he asked Bonn: "I guess they have killed all the members of the mission, right?" ”
Bonn shook his head and said, "No! ”
Jereil said incredulously, "How is this possible? The 30,000 soldiers and horses are all the elite of our Great Liao, can't they succeed in the midnight raid? ”
Bonn said urgently: "Not only did they not succeed, but they suffered a big defeat and heavy losses!" Jereil frowned and scolded, "This Omar is really useless! ”
Bonn said: "It's not to blame them, the Ming army is strong and brave, and it's normal for them to not succeed." But that's not what the subordinates want to talk about! General, Omar would have been fine if they had succeeded, but if they had lost a lot, they would be in big trouble! Jereil asked with a puzzled expression, "What's the big trouble?" ”
Bonn said urgently: "Since Omar and they have returned from a great defeat, there must be many people who have been captured by the other side. With a little inquiry, the other party will know where the attackers are coming from! Yelu Yilie snorted coldly and said proudly, "So what? Am I, Yelu, still afraid of his Ming mission? Hmph, if they turn their faces because of this, I can't ask for it! I won that Ming concubine in a war, I see what he Yang Peng can do with me! ”
Bonn said anxiously: "It's not what will happen to the Ming Mission, but what will happen to Your Majesty today!" ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.