Early the next morning, the war drums rumbled, the flags surged, the troops were like a tide, and the Ming army approached the Khitan barracks. Xiao Yebule immediately gathered a large army and went out of the camp to line up. The armies of the two sides confronted each other, and the shouts came and went. Suddenly, a fierce general rushed out of the Ming army, roaring and challenged, it was Xiang Danian, the general of the first army of the Ming Dynasty. I saw that he was holding a heavy mace, with a dark iron armor, his momentum was like a tiger, and his bravery was abnormal.

Xiao Yebule naturally recognized Xiang Danian, and the fierce general under his command, Wolf San, immediately asked Xiao Yebule to fight: "General, I'll kill that Nanban!" ”

Xiao Yebule said secretly: "Xiang Danian is a famous warrior of the Ming Dynasty, but Wolf San is also a rare warrior, and he will definitely not lose to him!" As soon as he thought of this, he immediately nodded and said: "Go, if you can kill Xiang Danian, I will promote you as the deputy commander of the army!" ”

Xiao Lou was overjoyed and immediately rode out of battle. Coming to Xiang Danian, he reined in his war horse and said: "I am the third general of Daliao, and I am here to take your head!" ”

Xiang Danian put the mace across the saddle and said contemptuously: "Nobody." Killing you doesn't dishonor my prestige. Get back in here and get a decent guy. ”

Seeing that Xiang Danian despised himself so much, Wolf San was furious and shouted, "I, a nobody, will take your dog's life today!" As he spoke, he urged the war horse under his crotch, and rushed towards Xiang Danian with his mace high. Xiang Danian snorted: "Look for death!" He immediately rode out to meet him. When the soldiers on both sides saw the generals on both sides rushing to kill, they couldn't help but boil their blood, and they shouted one after another, shouting like a sea of tides.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides met, and the two roared at the same time, and the mace in their hands roared towards each other's heads, but they collided in the middle of the way, making a loud bang! Then the two horses staggered. Xiang Danian ran out of more than a dozen steps, turned his horse to look at Wolf San, his eyes were full of excitement, for a fierce general like Xiang Danian, the stronger the opponent, the more excited he became. He immediately scolded and urged the horse to rush forward again. The three wolves also urged the war horse to rush up, let out a crazy howl in his mouth, raised the mace high with both hands, when the two horses intersected, I saw the mace in the hands of the third wolf smashed down suddenly, the momentum was overwhelming, the tiger was full of wind, as if it could split the mountains! In this blow, Wolf San used all his strength and tried to make a contribution with one blow!

Xiang Danian immediately raised his mace with both hands, and the opponent's mace slammed heavily on his mace, and then the two horses staggered. At this moment, Xiang Danian held the mace with one hand, and did not look back, only waved the mace backwards. Wolf San didn't expect the other party to be able to counterattack so quickly after receiving his full blow, and when he heard the strong wind whistling behind him, he couldn't help but be shocked, and it was too late to dodge! I only heard a muffled pop, and the mace slammed down on the third wolf's vest! The three wolves screamed and fell off the warhorse! When the soldiers of the Khitan army suddenly saw such a change, they couldn't help but change color, and their shouts stopped abruptly!

Wolf San fell to the ground, spurting out a mouthful of blood, struggling to get up, but he felt that hundreds of bones in his body had been shattered, and the pain was indescribable, and he couldn't use any strength. At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves behind him rushed forward, and the three wolves were frightened in their hearts, and hurriedly followed the prestige, and suddenly saw Xiang Danian riding a horse in front of him! I saw the other party raise the mace high, and the three wolves felt that the whole person was like falling into an ice cave, and then saw the other party's mace fall heavily, and heard a thud, and at the same time, I didn't know anything when it was dark in front of me.

When the Khitan soldiers saw Xiang Danian kill the fierce general Wolf San, they were terrified.

Yang Peng raised the iron horse lance and waved it forward, and more than 100,000 Ming troops immediately shouted, and the landslide and tsunami rushed towards the Khitan army. Seeing this scene, Xiao Yebule hurriedly waved his army to meet the battle. The armies of the two sides were like two huge waves surging against each other, and in the blink of an eye, the two armies collided violently. The Ming soldiers rushed forward and killed fiercely, and the Khitan soldiers tried their best to fight, but they felt that the enemy was getting more and more fierce, and they were about to be unable to resist. In just a moment's effort, the officers and soldiers of the Khitan army could not resist the landslide and tsunami-like rush of the Ming army, and they were defeated and retreated straight towards the military camp. The Ming army chased and killed at the end of the ranks, and directly killed the corpses of the Khitan soldiers and soldiers.

At this moment, a Khitan army cavalry suddenly came from the flank, stabbing straight at the flank of the Ming army like a sharp sword. Seeing this scene, Yang Peng immediately ordered all armies to stop the pursuit, and at the same time ordered the war cavalry to meet the battle. The Ming army stopped the pursuit and routed the troops, the infantry quickly formed formation, and the cavalry regrouped, ready to meet the enemy cavalry. But at this moment, the Khitan army cavalry turned a big bend in the field and ran towards their camp.

Da Ming smiled: "This Xiao Yebula is much more shrewd than when he fought with us before. Then he ordered the cavalry to respond, and the infantry attacked the enemy camp. The Ming army swooped towards the Khitan army camp like a tide, and the Khitan army resisted stubbornly with the camp. The Ming army followed one after another, constantly tearing apart the opponent's defensive line, but each time it was desperately blocked by the opponent regardless of casualties. The fierce fighting lasted until noon, and from noon to dusk, with the corpses of soldiers on both sides piled up on both sides of the edge of the Khitan barracks, and blood accumulated in the trenches to form streams. Yang Peng saw that the enemy was very stubborn and the camp was difficult to break through, so he ordered the army to retreat temporarily. The golden bell rang loudly, the magnificent and fierce battle gradually calmed down, the Ming army retreated like a tidal tide of the ebb tide, and the cavalry still stayed on both wings to prevent the enemy from attacking with cavalry.

The Khitan soldiers were exhausted, and many of them were paralyzed on the ground, shivering all over. Xiao Yebule inspected the camp and saw that the army had suffered heavy casualties and low morale, and he couldn't help but be worried.

Immediately convened the generals to discuss countermeasures, and many generals believed that they should abandon Homesickness and return to Bei'anzhou. Xiao Yebula frowned and said: "Homesick Ridge is the barrier of Bei'an Prefecture, if you lose Homesick Ridge, how can Bei'an Prefecture hold it?" The generals looked at each other and said nothing. Xiao Yebule continued: "You don't have to worry, the terrain of Homesickness Ridge is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our army has strong troops and sufficient grain and grass, our army relies on Homesickness Ridge to defend, it is impossible for the Ming Army to defeat us!" And at the same time that we contain the Ming army, Your Majesty will inevitably mobilize a large army to support, there is a large army outside, and our army is blooming in the center, hum, I am afraid that if his Ming army does not run fast enough, it will be completely wiped out! ”

The generals were originally worried, but after listening to Xiao Yebule's words, their worries couldn't help but decrease a lot, and they only felt that the current situation was just like what Yebule said, and their confidence had recovered a lot.

Seeing that the generals had regained their fighting spirit, Xiao Yebule immediately conveyed the order, the content of which was nothing more than strict defense and not carelessness, and especially told Xiao Lou to be annoyed, asking him to guard the ridge to prevent the enemy from sneaking attack. After the arrangement was completed, Xiao Ye lay down in his clothes.

Just when the Ming army invaded the Liao State in a big way, the emperor of the Liao State, Ye Yu Huge, was leading an army of 400,000 to the west. When the army advanced to the eastern foot of Jinshan (that is, the Altai Mountains in the west of Mongolia), the alarm suddenly came, and the Ming army invaded Zhongjing Road in a big way. Shocked by this, he immediately ordered the army to stop advancing and summoned the generals to discuss under the big locust tree.

When the generals heard the news of the invasion of the Ming army, they were all very shocked. Han Chang said puzzledly: "This is really strange, how could the Ming Army suddenly attack us?" Do they already know that the prince and the concubine are no longer in our hands? The crowd whispered.

Brother Ye Hugh frowned and said: "It doesn't matter why the Ming Army dares to use troops against us now, the important thing is that the Ming Army invades on a large scale, what should we do?" ”

Han Chang said: "Your Majesty, the large-scale invasion of the Ming Army is not trivial, and the army should be waved immediately to resist the invasion of the Ming Army!" I'm afraid that just relying on Xiao Yebule and others will not be able to resist the Ming Army! The generals nodded in agreement. Yehu Hugo also had this idea, and now seeing that everyone thinks so, he decided to immediately squad the division and reinforce the southern battlefield, as for Baron's group of rebels, they had to make the Western armies strictly guarded, and they would deal with it after the threat of the Ming Dynasty was solved.

However, just as the army was about to be divided, an urgent report came from the other direction, Barron and the Liao army joined forces and attacked the camp of Zhaisangbo, and General Da Lazy had retreated thirty miles back to camp and ask for support. Shocked by the shock, he was furious, and scolded Darren for being the rebellion of his ancestors, and after scolding Darren, he scolded Da Lazy again, saying that Da Lazy was a pig who only ate dregs. After some insults, he calmed down a little, feeling a little overwhelmed by the current situation. The generals were hurriedly convened to discuss, and the generals had different opinions, some said that the threat from the west should be solved first, and some said that the threat from the east should be solved first. Yeychelo himself is also in a dilemma, and he doesn't know what to do.

Seeing that the crowd was arguing, he couldn't help but feel irritable and shouted; "Shut up!" The generals were so worried that they stopped talking.

Yelu Hugo frowned and said, "This place is not far from Jaisangbo. I originally planned to go back to the army to deal with the Ming people, but since Balun and Xiliao took the initiative to make a fuss, I will deal with them first. Han Chang said worriedly: "Your Majesty, if you don't hurry up with reinforcements in the east, I'm afraid that something will happen!" ”

Brother Ye Hugo said angrily: "We have an army of 500,000 on Zhongjing Road, although the Ming army is menacing, how can Xiao Yebule and others hold out for a year and a half." I have decided to deal with the rebels first and defeat the Western Liao. When the generals saw that they had already decided, they agreed together. In fact, the reason why Yeren Hugo decided this way was not entirely the reasons he said, but also a very important reason, that is, he still thinks that it was Barron's people who robbed the king and the concubine, and as long as Baron is solved, he will have a great chance to recapture the prince and the concubine. At that time, Wang Jun and the concubine were in their hands, and they could threaten Yang Peng again.

However, from another aspect, Ye Hu Xiu Ge is not too worried about the safety of Zhongjing Road, as Ye Hu Xiu Ge said, there are 500,000 troops on Zhongjing Road alone, and those large armies are defended by virtue of their geographical advantages, and it is difficult for the Ming army to make great progress no matter how strong it is for a year and a half. In addition, the Khitan army still has a total of one million troops on the Shangjing Road, Tokyo Road, and the Goryeo area, and if the situation on the Zhongjing Road is really dangerous, those large armies can also be mobilized to reinforce them. In short, although the Ming army is menacing, if it does not take a year and a half or even a few years, it is impossible to achieve any results. I don't have to worry too much, it's better to solve the clowns like Barren and Liao people first, so as not to jump out and make trouble when the decisive battle with the Ming army comes in.

Ye Yu Xiu Ge sent a wolf flag messenger to send an order to Beijing, so that the prime minister Zhang Chang was fully responsible for the transfer of money and grain, and must ensure the military needs of the million-strong army, so that the general Xiao Gan would not leave the generalissimo of the town state, and command all the armies to resist the Ming army, and let Ye Yu Zongfu supervise the army for the war.

The imperial court that remained in Shangjing received the order of Ya Yu Hugo and immediately took action. Since Xiao Gan was appointed as the commander-in-chief, he naturally began to dispatch troops and prepare to go south to reinforce Xiao Yebule. At the same time, Zhang Chang was busy mobilizing money and food, and he only felt that this errand was miserable.

It turned out that after years of conquest, the treasury of the Liao State had already been exhausted, and now it is quite difficult to raise money and grain for a million troops to go to the army, not to mention raising money and grain for the army of 100,000. Zhang Chang had no choice but to go to Xiao Gan to discuss.

"Prime Minister, are the money and food ready?" Xiao Gan asked as soon as he saw Zhang Chang.

Zhang Chang smiled bitterly: "It's not a secret, after all my efforts to search around, I only raised enough money and food for 60,000 soldiers and horses to go on the expedition." ”

Xiao Gan was taken aback, and asked angrily, "Why is there only so little?" ”

Zhang Chang spread his hands and said, "That's all." The marshal should know that in recent years, our Great Liao Empire has fought one after another, and the reserves of many years have long been exhausted. Not long ago, His Majesty led an army to the west, and he took away all the money and food he had. The money and food raised by the lower officials were still begged by the nobles and nobles to ask grandpa and grandma, and it was hard to get it! There is still a price for this, those nobles will not give money and food to the court in vain, these are all borrowed, and they will have to be repaid with interest in the future! ”

Xiao Gan was furious and scolded: "Damn! The country is in a difficult time, and these guys take out a little money and food to pay back the principal with interest! It's really hateful, are they still Khitans? ”

Zhang Chang sighed and said, "It's also a shame that they are willing to come up with some money and food, otherwise they won't even be able to raise money and food for these 60,000 horses!" Then he complained to Xiao Gan and said: "Marshal, don't hide it, I'm already anxious about this matter!" I've thought of all the ways I need to think of it, but I'm really out of the way! I also ask the marshal to give me an idea on how to solve the matter of the food and grass of the million army that His Majesty has confessed! ”

Xiao Gan frowned and paced back and forth, and said worriedly: "You are an official in charge of this matter, and you can't think of a way, how can I think of a way?" How good is that? If we can't raise enough food and grass, I'm afraid that the situation in the south will be very unfavorable to us! ”

Zhang Chang said: "Marshal, there is a way to do it. ”

Xiao Gan stopped and looked at Zhang Chang, and said angrily: "Since you have a way, why did you come to me to complain?" Are you teasing me? ”

Zhang Chang hurriedly said: "Even if there are a hundred dares, they will never dare to tease the marshal!" Then he said with some words in mind: "It's just, it's just that I can't make up my mind about this method, and I want to ask the marshal to refer to it on my behalf." He said angrily: "What a way, you say it quickly!" ”

Zhang Chang said: "Marshal, although the money and grain of the imperial court have been exhausted, there must still be countless money and grain in the hands of the people, especially those businessmen. ......" Xiao Gan immediately understood what Zhang Chang meant, his eyes lit up, and he high-fived: "Good way!" Collect money and food from the people, and this problem will be solved! Then he looked at Zhang Chang and said angrily: "Since there is this good way, you can do it quickly!" ”

Zhang Chang hurriedly said: "Marshal, how can the people voluntarily take out the money and grain!" So we had to use some tough tactics. I worry about ...... under worry, worry about it"

Xiao Gan waved his hand and said loudly: "What's so worrying about this!" If the court is in need, the people should give money and food, otherwise it will be a rebellion! You can do it with peace of mind, if there is any problem, I will take care of it for you! ”

What Zhang Chang was afraid of was that forcibly requisitioning grain from the people would cause chaos and then provoke a popular uprising, and he would not be able to end the scene at that time.

Immediately, there was an uproar in the capital. The officials rushed into the people's homes like wolves and forcibly requisitioned money and food. The so-called forced expropriation, to put it bluntly, is actually looting. The people were slightly disobedient, and it was still light to be punched and kicked, and some were even hacked to death on the spot by the officials. Crying and shouting filled the sky over Shangjing, and on this day, the people of Shangjing were as if they had been sacked by bandits and robbers. Not only in the capital, but also in the prefecture and county, where orders for forcible expropriation were quickly conveyed to many prefectures and counties, and as a result, almost all the local governments were openly looting people's property. Poor people, the accumulation of generations of people has come to naught in an instant. If they lose their wealth and avoid disaster, it will be fine, and many people not only lose their wealth, but also take away their lives from the tiger and wolf officials.

Zhang Chang's strategy of collecting private wealth worked very well, and in just a few days, he was able to raise enough money and food for an army of 300,000 troops to go on the expedition. Xiao Gan and Ye Yu Sosuke greatly appreciated this. Now that the money and food are available, Xiao Gan Buli and Ye Yu Zongfu will no longer delay, and immediately lead the 200,000 troops in Shangjing to the south, and at the same time mobilize 100,000 Mongolian cavalry to come over, so 300,000 soldiers and horses will go south.

Zhang Chang personally went outside the city to see off Zhang Chang and Zongfu. When he returned home, the housekeeper immediately greeted him, bowed down and bowed, "My lord." ”

Zhang Chang walked to the Taishi chair and sat down, picked up the tea offered by the delicate maid, took a sip, and then put the tea bowl on the coffee table at hand.

The housekeeper hunched his waist and said, "My lord, just now the prefect of Linhuang Mansion sent someone to send two boxes of jewelry. The subordinates have already been put into storage. "Linhuang Mansion, about two hundred miles south of Shangjing, is located on the north bank of the Huang River, is a famous big city in Liao.

Zhang Chang smiled, not as if he cared. These days, he has received so many gifts that two more boxes of jewelry will not make him particularly excited. said to the housekeeper: "Register the name of the prefect of Linhuang, he is also a great contributor to raising money and food this time!" The butler bowed and answered, and then asked;" My lord, the treasury in the house is full, and my subordinates want to convert the firewood room into a warehouse. Zhang Chang said: "What do you want me to do with this kind of trivial matter?" See for yourself! The butler bowed and retreated.

The butler came out of the living room, went to the back first, and ordered his servants to vacate a firewood room for use as a storehouse. After giving the order, the butler went back to his room. Back in the room, the butler closed the door, walked quickly to the locked wooden box on the inside of the bed, took the key and opened it, and the room was filled with jewels. The butler's eyes showed excitement, he picked up a gold ingot, weighed it, smiled, and muttered: "The adults make a big fortune, and we minions will make a small fortune!" If you collect money and food from the people a few more times, I will become a rich man! Ha ha! It turned out that Zhang Chang did not fill his own pockets in this action of collecting money and grain from the people. In fact, the officials in most places are like this, and if they robbed ten taels of silver from the people, five taels or even more of the money fell into the pockets of local officials and Zhang Chang. This time the expropriation action, the imperial court got the money and food to continue to supply the army, and the officials around the country also made a lot of money, and officials and slaves like the housekeeper also followed their masters to reap a lot of money, which can be said to be very happy, but it hurt the people everywhere.

The gaze turned back to Homesick Ridge.

After Yang Peng led the army to arrive at the homesick ridge, he attacked the enemy camp many times, but Ye Bule ate a trench and grew wise, and made up his mind to hold on, the two sides were deadlocked for many days, and the Ming army was in order to make any progress.

On this morning, Xiao Yebule got up early as usual, climbed the watchtower and looked at the Ming military camp outside the barracks, but there was no movement. The general next to him smiled: "The Ming army has worked in vain for so many days, and it must be discouraged!" Xiao Yebula was not so optimistic, and frowned: "Emperor Daming is the number one hero in the world, how can he be discouraged like this?" I'm worried if he's plotting something we don't know about! The general smiled: "The general is too worried." Thinking that our army is defending with the dangerous terrain of Homesickness Ridge, it can be said that it is invulnerable, and the Ming Emperor is not a god, how can there be a way to defeat us! Xiao Yebula felt that the general had a point, and couldn't help but nodded.

A herald hurried up and presented a letter to him, saying: "General Lu Yegan has sent someone to deliver a letter!" ”

Xiao Yebule's eyes lit up, and he immediately took the letter, opened it and read it, with a happy look on his face, and then said to the generals around him: "General Lu Yegan is leading an army of 100,000 troops along the Luan River to reinforce!" When the generals heard this, they were greatly excited. The Khitan army arranged 500,000 troops on Zhongjing Road to defend against the Ming army, and the 500,000 troops belonged to three generals, one was Xiao Yebule, who led 200,000 troops to the Bei'anzhou region, and one was Lu Yegan, who led an army of 150,000 to guard Jiugongling, and the last general was Xiao Tiehegan, who led an army of 150,000 to guard Runzhou. The three armies are in the west, center, and east directions, supporting each other.

After all, what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown.