Yang Peng asked everyone what they thought of Tang Shidian's opinion, and everyone said that Tang Shidian's opinion was very correct, so Yang Peng decided to continue to accept the annexation of Western Liao according to the previous plan. In fact, as far as Yang Peng's selfishness is concerned, he also wants to accept the attachment of Xiliao, after all, Xiliao is the inheritance of Da Liao back then, if he really attacks on a large scale, although Yelu Hanyu and Yelu Guanyin can't say it in their mouths, they must be very sad in their hearts. Yang Peng has such shortcomings, he really can't be like those Ming Jun in history, he doesn't care about his wife, when it comes to his wife, he always has to consider the factors on his wife's side, and he doesn't want them to be hurt or sad.

Yang Peng had made up his mind, so he and the left-behind cabinet jointly ordered the armies of the sixteen prefectures of Ningxia, Datong, Taiyuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Yanyun, as well as the military government army, to assemble on the border of Liao.

Subsequently, Yang Peng decided to let Fan Yong, who was the envoy to Liao, stop Ye Yu Huge's invasion of Western Liao. Ye Yu Guanyin said: "Since Ye Yu Xiu Ge has already led the army south, it shows that Fan Yong's admonition is useless, why let him do useless things!" ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "I want Fan Yong to tell Brother Ye Hugh that our entire northern Yanyun army has been mobilized, and if he insists on going his own way again, we will have no choice!" ”

Han Bing said with a smile: "Big brother, don't forget that Brother Ye Hugh still has two hostages in his hands!" ”

Tang Shidian immediately frowned and said: "National affairs are important, Your Majesty must not abolish the public for personal reasons!" Everyone can't help but admire this soup time, although this soup time is a little pedantic, but to be able to continue to make such a direct admonition, it is really not half of the people can do it!

Yang Peng rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Of course I won't abolish my husband for personal reasons, but if I want to completely ignore the life and death of the two of them, I can't do it." "Your Majesty......" Tang Shidian still wanted to admonish. Yang Peng rubbed his forehead with one hand, and swayed with the other: "I said old soup, don't say it anymore, my head is big!" Tang Shidian said bluntly: "The minister knows that this matter is very difficult for His Majesty, but Your Majesty, as the lord of the people, every move is related to the future of the Ming Dynasty, and the minister has to continue to offend Your Majesty, please Your Majesty take the overall situation first!" ”

Yang Peng said helplessly: "This matter is put aside for the time being." Besides, now is not the time for a full-scale war with Liao, our preparations are not sufficient, that Liao is different from ordinary opponents, it is a powerful opponent whose strength is comparable to ours, if we are not fully prepared and rashly start a war, not only will we not achieve the results we want, but we may even be deflated! You are not good at these major war events, Lao Tang, so you don't understand it very well, don't always think that my delay in using troops against the Liao State is because Brother Ye Hugh pinched the two hostages! It's not that simple! Zhang Xiang and others echoed. Tang Shidian frowned, it was hard to say anything more.

Seeing that Tang Shidian finally stopped talking, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and said to everyone: "If you don't have any opinions, the matter is settled!" Everyone agreed.

After the meeting, Yang Peng returned to the edge of the imperial garden of the harem and happened to meet Yan Ji. Yan Ji seemed to be about to go out, and when she saw Yang Peng, she turned a corner on the side of the rockery and walked over quickly. When the two of them saw each other, they couldn't help but smile. Yang Peng held Yan Ji's slender hands and asked with a smile, "Where are you going to go in such a hurry?" Yan Ji said: "Hua Xu has something over there, I'm going to deal with it." Then he looked into Yang Peng's eyes and asked curiously, "Husband seems to be very troubled?" ”

Yang Peng sighed, took Yan Ji's slender hand and walked to the lake, strolling under the shade of the willows, and said angrily: "It's not Tang Shidian's trouble!" That guy, alas, I finally understand now why those wise emperors in ancient times had more or less killed their ministers! Although these guys are respectable, sometimes they are really angry! Just now, Tang Shidian actually insisted that I immediately launch a full-scale war against the Liao State, I didn't want to, he said that I was because Wang Jun and Guanyin's mother abolished my husband for personal reasons! His grandmother's, Lao Tzu can't ignore the life and death of those two people! ”

Seeing Yan Ji looking at herself with a gentle face, and the affection in her eyes, she couldn't help but be surprised, and asked with a smile: "I said wife, what do you mean by looking at me like this?" ”

Yan Ji pursed her lips and smiled, "The concubine is happy!" ”

Yang Peng was confused, and didn't understand what she meant by this at all. I only heard her say: "Your Majesty cares so much about the emotionless Wang Jun and the mother-in-law who has never even met in person, so naturally we have nothing to say!" Can a concubine be unhappy? ”

Yang Peng understood, smiled, sighed, and took Yan Ji's hand and continued to stroll.

Realize the transfer to the Western Liao Imperial Palace. Yelu Hongjun was restless for several days, couldn't sleep, didn't know how to eat, and really lived like a year.

At noon that day, Yeluzhong hurried into the imperial study and said urgently: "Your Majesty, there is news here." Yelu Hongjun, who was waiting for news, hurriedly asked, "How is the situation?" Is what Jeruhanyu told me true? ”

Yeluzhong swallowed, nodded, and said, "It's all true!" Not long ago, Aliqi led a large army to attack the Xihai camp of the Jin people, and the 200,000 forbidden army was defeated. Later, Aliqi attacked Yemili again, and obtained a large amount of money and grain hoarded by the Liao people in Yemi. Yelu Hugo was furious, killed Yelu alive, and then personally led hundreds of thousands of troops south, and is now storming Alashankou! I heard that Brother Ye Hugh has sent an order to the country to mobilize a large army, and he seems to be going to destroy our Daliao in one fell swoop! ”

When Yelu Hongjun heard these news, he looked at a loss.

Yeluzhong said depressedly: "We thought the situation was under our control, but we didn't expect that everything was actually under the control of Niangniang." What we have done during this period of time is in the eyes of the mother, I am afraid that it will be like a clown jumping off the beam! ”

Yelu Hongjun said angrily: "What's the use of talking about this now! Yelu Zhong didn't say anything, but he was complaining about Yelu Hongjun in his heart. And at this moment, Yelu Hongjun is not complaining about him in his heart. For a while, the monarch and the ministers did not speak, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Yelu Hongjun's mind returned to the situation in front of him, and he frowned: "The matter has come to this point, we can only pray for forgiveness from Niangniang, and pray for Daming to send troops to rescue!" Only the Ming army can deal with the Liao army! Jeruzhong nodded.

Soon after, Yelu Hongjun and Yeluzhong came to the state guesthouse to meet Yelu Hanyu. After the ceremony, the two of them bowed and stood, and Yelu Hongjun said shamefully: "It was because I listened to the slander that I did such a ridiculous thing before, and I asked Niang Niang to plead with Your Majesty on my behalf, and I must bear with our mistakes!" Jeruzhong chimed in.

Yang Qi sneered: "I don't know it's ridiculous now, it's too late!" ”

Yelu Hongjun and Yelu Zhong's faces changed, their hearts were terrified, and they thought of the most terrible result in their hearts at the same time, that is, the Ming Emperor was also angry, and he would also send troops to attack his own side. Yelu Hongjun and Yeluzhong glanced at each other, and couldn't help but complain to each other, thinking that it was the other party's self-righteousness that caused such a thing.

Yelu Hanyu gave Yang Qi a blank look, and the latter stuck out his tongue. Yelu Hanyu said to Yelu Hongjun and Yeluzhong: "Don't be afraid, the eighth sister is joking with you." Both of them were stunned, looked at Yelu Hanyu stupidly, and then looked at Yang Qi.

Yelu Hanyu said: "Your Majesty has already written back to me a few days ago, saying that as long as you sincerely repent, we can still accept you." ”

When the two of them heard this, they only felt incredulous, and Yelu Hongjun asked in a trembling voice; "Mother, this, is this true?"

Yelu Hanyu smiled and nodded. Yelu Hongjun and Yelu Zhong couldn't help but be excited, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty Haihan!" Thank you for waiting for me! ”

Yelu Hanyu said lightly: "I hope that the previous things will not happen again, otherwise I am thoughtful, but I am afraid that I will not be able to save you!" The two of them only promised to swear by the sky.

Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "I can tell you a good news, our Majesty Ming has ordered the northern army to assemble on the border of Liao, and at the same time, our envoy will also go to the camp of the Jin army to stop Ye Yu Xiuge." The two of them were moved, and they didn't know what to say for a while, they just felt that the Ming Emperor and the lady in front of them were really affectionate to themselves, and if they were half-hearted, they would really not be human!

Fan Yong, an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, was ordered to send an envoy to the Liao State in order to warn Yehu Hugo against invading Western Liao. However, under the fury of Yehu Hugo, he didn't care about the many, and immediately left Fan Yong to lead the army south. Fan Yong did not deliberately obstruct him, but stayed in Zhaisangbo, paying attention to the development of the current situation, reporting to China and waiting for further instructions from Yang Peng.

After Fan Yong received Yang Peng's order, he led two retinues to leave Zhaisangbo and go south. At noon that day, a group of three people came to the wasteland north of Alashankou. There were bursts of war drums and shouts ahead, and the earth seemed to tremble. The three of them reined in their horses and looked into the distance in the direction from which the sound came, only to see a row of mountains in the sky lined up like halberds, and a gap was split in the mountains, as if they had been cut off by a heavenly axe! There is a city wall across the gap, and that is the Alashan Pass, where soldiers must fight. In front of the mountain pass, thousands of troops and horses are billowing smoke and dust, and hundreds of thousands of Khitan troops are storming the key passes, killing the sky and the earth are gloomy and gloomy.

Fan Yong saw the Khitan army attacking like a tide, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. His eyes found the marching camp located on the west side, and immediately led two retinues to gallop away.

The magnificent and fierce siege battle continued until the evening, and the flood of troops overwhelmed the pass!

A long horn suddenly sounded in the Khitan army, and the tide that seemed to flood the mountain pass slowly receded. Alashankou once again took advantage of the current view. Obviously, the fierce attack of the Khitan army on this day failed to break through the defenses of the Western Liao army. There is nothing surprising about such a result, Alashankou is the world's most dangerous pass, which is not something that the courage of the troops and soldiers can support. One of the very important reasons why the Liao State did not launch a large-scale war against the Western Liao for a long time was that the Alashan Pass was too dangerous and difficult to capture, so although the monarchs of the Liao State had the idea of using troops against the Western Liao, they all finally gave up because of the Alashan Pass.

This time, Brother Ye Hugh was also mad, so he led the army to attack Alashankou.

The army retreated to the camp, and morale was a little low. After storming Alashankou for many days in a row, but nothing was gained except for the loss of troops and generals, and the morale of the Khitan soldiers inevitably began to decline.

Jerehugo and the congregation will enter the horde. Brother Ye Hugh couldn't help but scolded in annoyance: "After almost four days, there is no progress, what are you doing?" ”

The generals were depressed, and the general Vest couldn't help but say, "We all tried our best!" It's not that we don't work hard, it's that the terrain is too unfavorable for us! The front of the attack is only so large, and although our forces are huge, we can't spread it at all! It was enough to attack the fortified city, but the enemy continued to shoot arrows and throw stones from the cliffs on both sides, and our army had already suffered a lot of casualties before they advanced under the city walls! ”

Jerehugo was furious and asked, "Do you think we can't break through here?" ”

West said with a dejected face: "I think it's unlikely!" ”

Even though he was about to have an attack, considering that West was one of the few fierce generals under his command, he forcibly suppressed his anger and hummed, "I don't believe I can't take this place!" ”

All the generals looked at each other, and they all felt that His Majesty was so angry, I'm afraid it's not a good thing! The general Xiao Liduo suggested: "Your Majesty, since it is difficult to attack here, we might as well change directions, and the Xihai battalion that crosses the West Sea and directly attacks the West Liao may be able to break the current deadlock!" ”

Brother Yehu couldn't help but feel his heart move and think.

At this moment, a pro-soldier officer rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, Fan Yong, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, asks to see you." ”

Brother Ye Hugh frowned, and said with some displeasure: "Why did he come here?" After a moment's hesitation, he said to the officer, "Call him in." The officer answered, ran down, and after a while, he led the dusty Fan Yong to the big tent.

Fan Yong saw Brother Ye Hugh, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Fan Yong, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, has seen His Majesty the Emperor of Liao!" ”

Brother Ye Hugh snorted and said, "If you want to say that bullshit again, shut me up as soon as possible!" Anger me, I don't care who you are! And the people in the horde clamored.

Fan Yong smiled, looked at the generals around him, and said to Brother Yehu: "Your Majesty, I think it's better for us to talk in private, please retreat everyone!" And the generals began to shout again, and cursed and all sorts of things.

Brother Ye Hugh looked at Fan Yong, who had been smiling for a long time, couldn't help frowning, raised his right hand, and the scene gradually quieted down. Jehu said to the generals, "Stand down, all of you! The generals were unhappy in their hearts, glared at Fan Yong fiercely, and Yuguan withdrew from the big tent.

Only Brother Ye Hu and Fan Yong were left in the big tent, and Brother Ye Hu said angrily: "Say whatever you want!" But don't talk nonsense like that kind of nonsense that doesn't allow my Liao State to invade Western Liao! ”

Fan Yong smiled and said, "I'm just here to inform Your Majesty that our Ming Dynasty's northern army is fully assembling towards the border of Liao!" ”

Ye Hugh was shocked, Huo Ran got up, glared and shouted: "Yang Peng, doesn't he want the lives of Wang Jun and his mother-in-law?" ”

Fan Yong said: "Your Majesty naturally hopes to save the lives of the two of them, but Your Majesty is also the king of a country, don't you understand the reason that if you have to do so, you have no choice?" Hydon Hugo frowned.

Fan Yong continued: "Our army has begun to mobilize, if Your Majesty insists on going your own way, my Ming army will inevitably break through the middle and eastern lines of Liao, and at that time, my Ming army will become a sweeping trend, what is the use of Your Majesty taking Western Liao?" ”

Ye Hugo glared at Fan Yong sharply, and his eyes radiated a dangerous light like wolf eyes. Fan Yong looked at Brother Ye Hugh fearlessly.

Brother Ye Hugh suppressed some of his anger and asked word by word, "Does Yang Peng really dare to ignore the lives of Wang Jun and his mother-in-law?" ”

Fan Yong smiled and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, why not give it a try?" ”

Yeychelo snorted angrily, turned around and shouted, "Come on! "Even though there were a few tent guards, the pro-soldiers strode in aggressively. Yelu Hugo raised his voice and said, "Send off!" Several pro-soldiers stepped forward together, glared at Fan Yong viciously, and said to Fan Yong: "Please!" Fan Yong smiled slightly, and said to Brother Ye Hugh: "Your Majesty, think about it, don't miss the future of the Great Liao Kingdom because of a momentary mood!" Then he turned and left.

Jerehugo turned, his brow furrowed tightly. Immediately, he ordered his own soldiers to recruit several of the most sober generals.

As soon as the generals saw Brother Yahu, they asked impatiently, "Your Majesty, what did the Ming envoy say?" ”

Brother Ye Hugh walked to the main seat and sat down, glanced at everyone, frowned, and said, "Hmph, the Ming envoy is here to threaten us!" He said that the northern army of the Ming Dynasty has been fully assembled, and if we insist on going our own way, they will launch a full-scale war against our Great Liao! ”

Everyone was shocked, and Da Lazy said angrily: "They are lying and threatening!" ……”

Liduo immediately said: "This is not a lie! Our attention and a large number of troops are now on the west, and the strength in the east is insufficient, I am afraid it will be really difficult to resist the thunderous blow of the other side! Da Lazy said angrily: "Since the situation is so favorable to Daming, why did Daming take the initiative to tell us?" This shows that they are not ready at all, and these words are nothing more than false words and intimidation to prevent us from using troops against Liao! ”

Brother Yehu frowned and said, "There is a possibility." But it is also possible that Yang Peng is concerned about the safety of Wang Jun and his mother-in-law, so he does not really want a full-scale war with us, but only hopes to force us to withdraw our troops. ”

Everyone nodded, believing that what Yehügh said was extremely true. Da lazy said: "Your Majesty, since Yang Peng doesn't really dare to start a war with us, why should we care about him?" The generals chimed in.

Brother Ye Hugh frowned and said: "Although I can hold Yang Peng hostage, it's hard to say how effective these two chess pieces are!" After all, Yang Peng is a generation of heroes, will he really continue to accept my blackmail? It doesn't matter if it's just gambling money, but now we are betting on the fortune of the country, and no one can bear the consequences of failure! Judging from the current situation, although Yang Peng cares about the safety of Wang Jun and his mother-in-law, he also has a tendency to give up, otherwise he would not have mobilized heavy troops to start a fight at the border. If we accidentally touch Yang Peng's bottom line and let him make the decision to give up those two hostages, then we will be self-defeating! ”

Everyone was silent, but they felt that what His Majesty said was very reasonable. Da Lazy said: "Your Majesty, is what the messenger said true?" I doubt he deliberately deceived us with lies? The generals chimed in.

Brother Yahu said angrily: "Have you ever seen a bitter lord use such a lie to deceive the kidnappers? Everyone felt that the question just now was really childish enough.

Brother Yehu frowned and said, "This matter should be true. The generals looked at each other. There was a dangerous glint in his eyes, and he glanced at the generals and said, "Pass the order, the army will withdraw tomorrow!" The generals looked at each other, although they were unwilling, but they felt helpless.

Early in the morning, when the sun was half peeking out of the sky, Aliqi came to the city wall. As far as the eye can see, the originally verdant grassland is yellow. Aliqi was a little worried in his heart, although he had a strong army in his hands, and there was such a natural danger as Alashankou to rely on, but through the battle in the past few days, he found that the offensive of the Liao army was too strong, although his own side had the advantage of the terrain, it was probably not a simple matter to defend Alashankou without losing it!

"Look, General!" The sentry suddenly pointed out of the city and shouted.

Aliqi immediately looked in the direction of the sentry's finger, and saw the huge Jin army camp in the smoke and dust, and the figure was longing. Aliqi thought that the Liao army was about to attack, and immediately sent an order to go down and order all the troops to prepare for battle. On the city wall, the city wall was immediately busy, and a group of soldiers rushed up the city wall, and bundles of arrows were also transported to the city wall; The catapult on the cliff was ready to go, and the sergeant who operated the catapult stared at the Liao army outside the city, just waiting for the general to give an order.

Everything was ready, but the Liao army, which was expected to attack in China, did not come, but retreated to the north. The soldiers of Xiliao were greatly surprised, and they were suspicious in their hearts. An hour later, the Liao army completely disappeared from view, and they completely retreated!?

The Western Liao soldiers only felt inexplicable, and did not understand why the Liao army suddenly retreated? Aliqi hurriedly dispatched scouts to investigate. In the evening of the same day, the scouts sent out returned and told Aliqi and the others that the Liao army had indeed retreated, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses stretching for dozens of miles, and thousands of carts carrying countless heavy supplies.

Aliqi and the others no longer had any doubts, but they were even more puzzled about the retreat of the Liao army. They don't understand why the Liao army retreated suddenly, and the situation on the battlefield is still favorable for them?

The answer to this question was short. Just when everyone was puzzled by the withdrawal of the Liao army, Yelu Hanyu's flying pigeon passed the book and told Aliqi about the Ming Dynasty's mobilization of the army to threaten the Liao border. Aliqi was so excited that he was about to tell everyone about it, and everyone suddenly realized that they couldn't help but cheer! In view of the fact that the soldiers had worked hard for several days, and the Jin army had already retreated, Aliqi ordered the distribution of wine and meat to reward the three armies!

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