There were amazing killing sounds from the west and south one after another, and Xiao Gan and the three of them couldn't help but change color in horror, and shouted, "What's the matter? ”

Before the words fell, I saw a personal soldier stumbling in, kneeling down with a thud, and said urgently: "Oh no, Dashuai, the enemy has entered the city!" Xiao Gan said angrily: "Why did they raid tonight? Then he turned his head to Mo Gan and said: "Quickly order all troops to withdraw from the north gate and set fire immediately!" The two generals said yes and hurried down. He stepped on his horse and led his soldiers straight out of the city, at this moment he had no intention of fighting with the Ming army.

The Ming army attacked the city from the east, west and south, rushed and killed, and the Mongolian cavalry had no intention of fighting, poured out of the north gate, and rushed to the north.

At this moment, fires suddenly rose in many parts of the city, and in an instant, the flames turned the night into day.

Seeing this, Li Mu and other generals hurriedly ordered to withdraw from the city, but the fire spread too fast, although the Ming army was not slow to retreat, there were still many Ming soldiers who died in the fire. The Ming army that withdrew from the city looked into the city, only to see the flames raging, and the entire city seemed to have turned into a blazing furnace.

The soldiers of the Khitan army couldn't help but gloat, only to feel that this fire had finally taken a bad breath for themselves.

The army did not dare to stay longer, and retreated to the quilt.

Suddenly, countless torches lit up in the originally dark woods on the left. The retreating Khitan soldiers were taken aback, and before they could react, they only heard the whistling sound of flying locusts, and almost at the same time, the Khitan soldiers turned on their backs, and the screams rang out. Xiao Gan pulled out his scimitar and shouted: "Break through to the north at full speed!" Don't stop! Saying that, Bento rode away first, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry followed, only to see the crowd surging, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling, the rain of arrows in the woods kept flying out, and there were constantly Mongolian cavalrymen on their backs, but everyone didn't care, just galloped north!

At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound like a wave in the pitch-black woods on the right, and I saw a black tide gushing out of the woods, stabbing the Mongolian cavalry in the ribs like a sharp blade! Iron hooves rushed and swords flashed, killing countless Mongol cavalry, but most of them still escaped! Sun Haocheng immediately led the cavalry to chase after him. didn't expect the other party to suddenly turn around and kill. There was a big battle between the two sides, and Sun Haocheng had to lead the army to retreat because he only had 5,000 war horsemen in his hands, and suffered heavy losses after a vicious battle. The Mongol cavalry was able to retreat north unharmed.

Cao Jun got the report of Sun Haocheng and other generals, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Xiao Gan's inseparability is really worthy of his reputation!" We didn't take advantage of this round of pursuit! The generals also felt a little depressed. Sun Haocheng asked, "General, what should we do now?" ”

Cao Jundao; "At this point, there is no need to pursue anymore, the army stays here, waiting for the main force to come up, and then decide what to do." The people will make a promise together.

On the other side, Yang Peng led the army straight to the Songshan Pavilion, but was met with stubborn resistance under the city of Enzhou, eighty miles north of Dading Mansion. Xia Yan, the prefect of Enzhou, a Han Chinese, led the army and people of the city to resist desperately, and attacked with the combat strength of the Ming army for a day.

At this moment, Yang Peng received a report from Gao Hu's side, saying that Xiao Gan's army had retreated to the Songshan Pavilion. Soon after receiving this report, he received an urgent report from the Korean company from Dading Mansion, saying that there were traces of Khitan army rangers outside the city.

When everyone got the news, they were puzzled, Li Xu frowned and said, "How could Xiao Sali's soldiers and horses appear near Dading Mansion so quickly?" "Xiao Sa is now the general in charge of the Tokyo Road canonized by Ye Hugh, the governor of the Tokyo Road military affairs, not long ago he received an order, and immediately gathered 200,000 troops under his command to the west to reinforce. This situation had long been expected by the Ming Dynasty, so as soon as everyone heard that there were enemy rangers outside the city of Dadingfu, they thought of Xiao Sa Li. It's just that everyone didn't expect them to come so quickly, according to Yang Peng's previous estimate, Xiao Sali's forward cavalry would not arrive until at least ten days later, but they didn't expect it to appear at this time, so everyone was puzzled.

And just when Yang Peng and the others were puzzled about this matter, a 20,000-strong Liao cavalry appeared under the city of Dadingfu. Han Qi first received an urgent report, and immediately rushed to the city wall, seeing that the iron armor outside the city was as strong as a forest, and couldn't help but get nervous. Hurriedly ordered all the civilian troops in the city to climb the city wall and prepare for battle. At present, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 civilian troops and 2,000 Ming troops in the city of Dadingfu, although the number is still more than the enemy army outside the city, but the combat effectiveness is very different. Among the 30,000 or 40,000 defenders of Dading Mansion, only the 2,000 Ming troops really came in handy. Although Han Qixian doesn't understand military affairs, he also understands that the civilian army in the city is unreliable, and he doesn't need to think about any reason, just look at the extremely frightened expressions of those civilian soldiers.

Han Qixian then announced to the people: "Folks, we helped the Ming Dynasty seize the city before, and the Khitans will not let us go no matter what!" Once the city is broken, the Khitans will slaughter the city, and we will all die without a place to be buried! When the militia heard this, they became even more frightened, and some of them almost wanted to immediately throw away their weapons and find a place to hide.

Han Qixian continued: "We have no way out, for our own lives, for the lives of our parents, wives and children, we can only fight the Khitans to the end!" Only by defeating the Khitans will we all have a way to live! The militia were originally very frightened, but when they heard this, many of them showed desperate expressions.

Han Qixian said loudly: "Don't be afraid, everyone! There are not many enemies outside the city, we are still outnumbered by them, and we are on the defensive, so we will definitely be able to withstand their attacks! Besides, Your Majesty's army is not far to the north, and it won't be long before we can come back to our rescue!" Folks, if you persist, you will have a way to live! ”

A big man shouted: "My lord is right, if we want to survive, we must fight with the Jin people!" All the people's troops shouted one after another, and for a moment the crowd was excited.

Seeing that the morale of the public was aroused, Han Qi couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, don't look at what he said beautifully just now, in fact, he was full of worries that his words would have no effect, these people's troops dispersed in a hurry, if that happened, he could only apologize to His Majesty with death.

Han Qi first ordered people to move all the oil and gunpowder in the treasury to the city wall, and also ordered people to demolish the houses near the city wall, and transported all the bricks and stones to the city wall as a sharp weapon to fight the enemy, so that the 2,000 Ming troops were used as reserves, ready to invest them when the situation was most critical.

Before this side was properly arranged, the Khitan army outside the city had already roared and attacked. I saw the Khitan army cavalry rushing to the city wall, using their exquisite salvo shooting skills to take turns to fire arrows at the city wall. The rain of arrows continued to fly up the city, and the civilian troops who had no combat experience suffered heavy casualties in an instant, and the other civilian soldiers were terrified when they saw this, and fled off the city wall one after another. Han Qi first slashed and killed a few people who took the lead in escaping before stopping the momentum of the rout, and then personally led the civilian army to climb the city wall, commanding the civilian army to hide behind the battlements and return fire with bows and crossbows. The arrows flew out, shooting over more than a dozen enemy cavalry, and there was a loud cheer on the city wall, and the morale of the civilian army was greatly boosted. Immediately, arrows were fired one after another, which also caused a lot of losses to the Khitan army.

A part of the Khitan army continued to fire arrows at the city wall, while the other part of the army rode to the city wall, jumped off the horse, threw the hooks on the city wall, and then bit the scimitar and climbed up with ropes in hand. Han Qixian hurriedly commanded the people's army to dump boiling oil and throw stones and wood, and the soldiers of the Khitan army were so hot that they screamed, and the rolling stones and trees smashed flesh and blood in the crowd.

However, these Khitan troops approached the elite and fought well, and in just a moment's effort, there were Khitan soldiers who climbed to the top of the city and killed the people with swords. Under the flying flesh and blood, the people's army was in chaos. Han Qi first hurriedly urged the civilian army on the city wall to counterattack, but as more and more Khitan soldiers climbed to the top of the city, the situation became more and more bad.

Han Qixian saw that the city wall was about to be lost, and hurriedly ordered the 2,000 Ming troops as reserves to join the battle.

As soon as the Ming army came up, it was really extraordinary, and immediately suppressed the offensive of the Khitan army. The soldiers on both sides fought bloody and vicious battles on the head of the city, scimitars against horizontal knives, spears against iron horses, like tigers and leopards meeting, like hungry wolves fighting, swords and swords, flesh and blood flying! After a moment of fierce fighting, the Khitan army that attacked the city could not support it and retreated one after another.

Seeing that the Khitan army failed to break through the city in one fell swoop, they temporarily retreated.

Han Qi saw that the Khitan army had stopped attacking, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The soldiers of the People's Army also sighed, and many collapsed on the top of the city.

Han Qi was first met by Yang Yong, the commander of the Ming army, pulled him aside, and asked, "General Yang, can you hold the city with 2,000 of you?" Yang Yong shook his head, "No." Han Qi was shocked and said, "But, didn't you repel the enemy just now?" Yang Yong said: "We can barely cope with a city wall, but the city of Dadingfu is very large, and it is impossible for us to take care of all 2,000 people!" Once the enemy attacks in many places, we can't do anything about it! ”

Han Qixian was worried, pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pot, and kept muttering, "How is this good?" How good is that? Then he stopped, looked at Yang Yong, and said, "It seems that the people's army must exert its combat power!" Yang Yong smiled bitterly: "Looking at their performance today, I'm afraid it's difficult!" Then he said strangely: "In the past, I heard that the people in the north are very strong, why don't I think they can match our people in the Ming Dynasty!" If our Ming people's army, although it is impossible to compare with the regular army, it can take on a heavy responsibility when used to defend the city, and it will never be like today, with so few troops from the enemy, it almost broke through the city defense! When Han Qi heard this, he was very curious and asked, "The people's army in the Central Plains is so powerful?" ”

Night fell, and there was silence inside and outside the city, and the atmosphere was like the weather before a storm, and it was so oppressive that it made people panic.

In the big tent of the Khitan army outside the city, Xiao Dabuye, the general of the Khitan army, was assigning tasks to his subordinates: "Heifu, you will lead the elite to raid the southern city gate tonight. I led my men and horses to make a feint in the east. I have already seen the enemies in the city, they are all useless people, only a few elites of the Ming Dynasty. Once our army feints to attack the east, they will definitely be attracted to it, and you can raid the southern wall at this time, and you will definitely be able to break the city in one fell swoop! The black and strong general standing opposite Xiao Dabuyo promised loudly.

At this moment, a dusty scout rushed into the tent and bowed; "General, the Ming War Cavalry is only less than twenty miles away from here!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Xiao Da couldn't help but shout: "What? How can it be so fast? "The Khitan army's actions can be unexpected, and the Ming army can naturally be unexpected, the reason why the 20,000 Khitan cavalry can feel so much in advance that the Dading Mansion is raided under the city of Dadingfu is because the 20,000 Khitan cavalry are equipped with three horses, and the people are not stopping, all the way from the east, and the reason why the Ming cavalry responded so quickly to the Khitan army's raid on Dading Mansion is due to the use of carrier pigeons. The Khitan people did not know that the Ming army had used carrier pigeons to transmit information, and the Ming army received a carrier pigeon summons in less than half a day after the Khitan army raided Dading Mansion, and knew the news that Dading Mansion was raided. The speed of the Khitan army exceeded the expectations of the Ming army, and Yang Peng immediately reacted, and the army immediately stopped attacking Enzhou and returned to Dadingfu.

Xia Yan, the prefect of Enzhou, led the army and civilians of the city to resist the Ming army desperately for a day, with heavy casualties, and everyone was full of pessimism about the future. However, Xia Yan has decided to repay the Liao court with death, and what is the fear of dying on the battlefield, and the people have always been grateful for Xia Yan's kindness, so although they are terrified, they are also willing to follow Xia Yan to the end. The government and the people are united, and although the situation is dangerous, no one has flinched.

Taking advantage of the retreat of the Ming army, Xia Yan ordered the Ya Servant People's Army to treat the wounded, repair the city wall, add arrows, wood and stones, and prepare to deal with the next round of onslaught. It was busy until late at night, and the soldiers and civilians of the city could rest. The soldiers and civilians who were too tired to do so fell asleep on the side of the streets on the city walls, and for a moment the city head snored loudly. Xia Yan couldn't sleep, raised his eyes to look at the Ming military camp outside the city, his brows furrowed tightly.

Suddenly, he saw the heads of the people in the Daming military camp shifting, his heart tightened, and he immediately shouted: "Prepare for battle!" The officials around him shouted: "Prepare for battle!" Get ready for battle! ......" The sleeping soldiers and civilians woke up one after another, and the originally quiet city became noisy.

Everyone stared at the outside of the city with wide eyes, nervously waiting for the Ming army to attack, but time passed little by little, although the hustle and bustle of the Ming military camp was clearly audible, and the surging crowd was clearly visible, but there were no soldiers and horses coming to the city. Just when everyone was surprised, the scout who was sent out of the city to inquire about the news came back and reported to Xia Yanyu with joy on his face: "My lord, the enemy army has retreated!" Everyone was stunned, and Xia Yan asked urgently, "What did you say?" The scout excitedly said, "The enemy has withdrawn!" ”

The crowd was in an uproar, and their expressions of excitement and joy were all overflowing. Xia Yan hurriedly asked the scout, "What you said is true?" Did you see them withdraw? Why did they suddenly withdraw their troops? ”

The scout said: "The villain saw with his own eyes that the enemy army has withdrawn!" It seems that Dading Mansion was attacked by General Xiao Sali, and the enemy panicked, so he withdrew! ”

"Great, sir! We've finally made it out! A staff member said to Xia Yan with infinite excitement. The others cheered each other. The atmosphere of joy immediately spread to the whole city, and the whole city, which had been suppressed and feared all day, turned into a sea of joy, and they were victorious, and they rejoiced with emotion!

Xia Yan was also worried that the scouts had made a mistake, so he sent several groups of scouts out of the city to investigate, and at the same time ordered the army and civilians not to slack off and continue to garrison.

In the early morning of the next day, several groups of scouts came with the same news, the enemy had indeed retreated, and they were in a hurry, and one group of scouts entered the camp left behind by the Ming army, and found that there were still a lot of grain, grass, baggage, and heavy armor that had not had time to be taken away.

Xia Yan was finally completely relieved. This relaxation only felt dizzy in my head, and infinite exhaustion welled up in my head. A staff member next to him said, "My lord, everyone is very tired, can you rest and rest?" Xia Yan looked at the surrounding soldiers and civilians, and saw that everyone was also tired, so he nodded and said, "Pass the order, everyone can have a good rest!" The staff responded and ran down. When the order was delivered, most of the soldiers and civilians returned home to rest, and after a period of commotion, there was silence, and even the officials guarding the city wall fell asleep on the spot. After a day and a night, the people could finally rest and rest. Xia Yan returned to the government office, didn't bother to wash, and fell asleep. When Mrs. Xia Yan heard that he was back, she immediately came to meet him, but found that he was already asleep, so she hurriedly covered him with a quilt and retreated, and whispered to the servants and maids not to make loud noises.

A scout rode through the camp left behind by the Ming army and climbed a small hill, and was shocked by what he saw. He saw that there were countless soldiers and horses hidden behind the mountain. The scout hurriedly turned his horse's head and was about to run back to report the news, when there was a whoosh, and an arrow flew from one side and struck him in the chest, and the scout fell off his horse with a scream. ……

The city suddenly burst into turmoil, with rumbling noises and panicked shouts coming from all directions.

When Mrs. Xia heard the movement outside, she couldn't help but feel panicked, and hurriedly ordered her maid to investigate. At this moment, Xia Yan, who had already woken up, came over, saw his wife, and asked urgently, "What's going on outside?" Mrs. Xia shook her head and said, "I don't know." Just now, there was a sudden commotion outside, and I don't know what happened. As he spoke, the servant girl he had sent out ran back with an officer. As soon as the officer saw Xia Yan, he said urgently; "Oh no, my lord, the enemy has entered the city!"

Xia Yan and his wife were shocked, and Xia Yan shouted: "This is impossible! ”

The officer said urgently: "The enemy has entered the city through the gates on all sides!" Adults, let's go, or it'll be too late! As he spoke, he stepped forward and dragged Xia Yan.

Xia Yan struggled to break free and roared: "I'm not leaving!" ”

Everyone looked at Xia Yan in surprise. Xia Yan frowned, and said resolutely: "I am the parent official of Enzhou, and I have the responsibility to defend the land, how can I abandon the city and escape!" I must live and die with the city! The officer hurriedly said, "Your Excellency......"

Xia Yan waved his hand and said, "I've already decided, don't say any more, you guys go quickly." When the officer saw this, he only felt helpless. He bowed to Xia Yan and hurried away. When the servants and maidservants saw this, they also bid farewell to the lord and the lady, and fled for their lives.

Xia Yan saw that everyone had run away, but Mrs. was still here, so he said, "Madam, you should also leave quickly!" Mrs. Xia smiled: "Where the master is, the concubine will be there." Xia Yan was moved in his heart, held his wife's palm, and said with great relief: "It's okay, it's okay!" Let's go to Huangquan together, reincarnate together, and be husband and wife again in the next life! Mrs. Xia smiled slightly. Xia Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Madam, put on your official robe, and let's stare at Nanban here!" You can't fall into the prestige of our Great Liao Empire! Mrs. Xia nodded and immediately went down.

The Ming army unexpectedly attacked Enzhou in one fell swoop, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were defeated like a mountain, and they could not resist the Ming tiger wolf at all, and it didn't take long for the entire city to completely fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Peng, accompanied by the generals, went to the hall of the governance office, and saw a man and a woman squatting on the top of the hall in official robes, as if there were two statues of gods in the temple.

When the generals saw that those two dared to sit high in front of His Majesty, they couldn't help but be furious, and Wei Zhaode shouted loudly; "What a bold man! Don't kneel down and wait for Your Majesty's punishment! ”

Xia Yan glanced at Yang Peng lightly and said, "This is the Great Liao Empire, I am a courtier of the Great Liao, only kneel to the Great Liao Emperor, not the Southern Barbarian Tyrant!" ”

When the generals heard this, they all burst into a rage. Yang Peng smiled and raised his right hand, and when the generals saw this, they had to suppress their anger, glaring at Xia Yan and his wife, and just waiting for His Majesty to give an order, they would cut the bodies of these two madmen into pieces.

Yang Peng glanced at the two of them and asked, "The two are Xia Yan and Mrs. Xia." ”

Xia Yan said: "Not bad! This official is none other than Xia Yan, who is the parent of Enzhou canonized by the Great Liao Empire. This is the land of the Great Liao Empire, and you are the robbers who have broken into our homeland! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "How do I remember that this was originally the territory of the Song Kingdom?" If we are robbers who broke into the Liao Kingdom, why are we not robbers who broke into the Song Kingdom? Xia Yan said: "Emperor Song lost, and my Da Liao Shun Tian should be replaced by others, which is the Heavenly Dao Cycle Heavenly Reason!" ”

Yang Peng sighed, "I see." Then my attack on Liao today can also be said to be a manifestation of the Heavenly Dao Cycle! I even have an even more high-sounding reason, and that is to avenge the Song Kingdom! The Liao people killed people and crossed the goods, so I came to seek justice for the Song people! ”

Xia Yan glared and scolded angrily: "Strong words! ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "What you say is the truth, what I say is strong words, who is the strong words!" Then he said coldly: "Obviously, as a Han Chinese, he is a dog for a different race, and he does it so tastefully, so uprightly!" You're such a talent! ”

Xia Yan smiled coldly and mocked: "The so-called loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety, how can you, a deviant tyrant, understand!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "I don't understand your Confucianism." can be a traitor, do it so frankly, do it so righteously! ”

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