Xiao Gan was shocked when he saw the artillery of the Ming Army coming out of the battle, and immediately ordered the army to retreat. However, the military order was issued here, and the artillery fire over there rang out loudly, the shells whistled, the smoke and dust billowed out, and the stumps flew around! It was also thanks to the courage of the Khitan army, although it was terrified in the face of the enemy's fierce artillery fire, it was still able to maintain the formation as a whole and slowly retreat according to the order!

The drums and horns in the Ming army contended, the ferocious artillery fire stopped abruptly, and the Ming infantry rode violently and sweated, like a tiger descending the mountain, and pounced on the Jin army. Xiao Gan did not leave, and urgently ordered the army to stop fighting! The Khitan soldiers shouted one after another, the shields were quickly arranged into a wall, the spears and spears were lined up like a forest, and the crossbowmen quickly launched a dense wave of arrows, rushing like a torrential rain against the surging enemy wave!

There was a loud crackling sound, but it was almost all blocked by the heavy armor and shields of the Ming army. The Khitan army didn't care what the effect of archery was, they just released the arrows without their lives, and the arrows rained wave after wave!

In the blink of an eye, the tide of the Ming army had approached more than a dozen steps in front of the Khitan army front. Xiao Gan shouted loudly: "Boom! "Even though many sergeants lit the thunder, they ran to the shield and spear line and threw it with all their might. I saw countless thunderbolts crossing the shield spear line and instantly falling into the tide of the Ming army, followed by a dull explosion, the smoke and dust rolled, the flames soared into the sky, and the Ming army was overturned to the ground by the strong shock wave! 、

Almost at the same time, the Ming army that rushed to the front also threw a thunderbolt with all its might. The thunder fell into the shield spear line of the Khitan army, and there was a boom, and the storm formed by the smoke and dust flames overturned one group after another of the Khitan soldiers, and the originally impermeable shield spear defense line integrating attack and defense became chaotic.

At this moment, the tide of the Ming army suddenly parted to both sides, and the earth shook suddenly, but it turned out that the Ming Iron Horse raised its hooves and jumped on the horse to charge!

I saw that the Daming Iron Cavalry slammed into the Khitan Army's defense line like a mountain and a sea, and where could the direction of the spear shield that had been blown up by the thunder and some confusion be resisted, and it was smashed to pieces by the invincible Daming Iron Cavalry in an instant! The Daming Iron Cavalry crashed into the enemy formation, and the main force of the Ming Dynasty immediately followed, like a wave sweeping, rushing the enemy and moving forward!

The Khitan army couldn't resist and began to retreat, and the formation was about to be chaotic. At the last moment, Xiao Gan couldn't care about that much, and personally led all the heavy armored infantry troops to fight back desperately! The Ming wave swept the Khitan army, the Khitan army Tiefutu desperately counterattacked, and the two sides fought fiercely, only to see the swords, swords, and shadows flying flesh and blood! The tigers burst into battle, and the wolves counterattacked! The beastly roar is thrilling!

After a fierce battle, the Khitan army suffered heavy losses, but the main force finally managed to retreat. At the same time, the light cavalry of the Khitan army, which fought fiercely with the light cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, also broke away from the battle and retreated. Yang Peng saw that the enemy army had been pushed into the middle of the mountain, so he ordered the army to stop the pursuit and surround the mountain.

As soon as Xiao Gan retreated back to the mountains, he immediately ordered all the armies to be on strict alert, and at the same time ordered all the thunderbolts and oil canisters to be arranged in key places. After finishing the arrangement, Xiao Gan didn't leave and only felt very tired, sitting under the big camphor tree and panting. Thinking back to the battle just now, Wu felt palpitations!

Mo Gan ran to Xiao Gan and said with his fists in front of him, "Dashuai, I'm back." ”

Xiao Gan glanced at him and asked, "How are your losses?" ”

Mo Gan said: "Our army's losses are not big. ”

Xiao Gan nodded inextricably, then frowned, sighed, and said dejectedly: "I originally thought that I could calculate Yang Peng and the eldest princess, but I didn't expect to fall into their trap in the end!" All my calculations were in their expectation! I'm no match for them at all! ”

Mo Gan also felt very depressed, and couldn't help but say: "Yang Peng and the eldest princess are really world-class generals, and there seems to be no one in this world who can compete with them!" If only the eldest princess was still in our Daliao, I wouldn't be afraid of Yang Peng! ”

Xiao Gan shook his head and said, "What's the use of talking about this now!" The royal struggle is not within our control at all! Mo Gan couldn't help but sigh.

Xian also hurried back, and saluted Xiao Gan without leaving: "Dashuai, the casualty figure has been roughly counted." Xiao Gan immediately asked, "How is it?" Xian also said with a serious expression: "The Tiefutu army was completely annihilated, and there were not many 30,000 ironclad infantry left, and the losses of the other armies were not very large, totaling about 105,000 people. ”

Xiao Gan sighed and muttered, "It's okay, it's okay!" The main force is still there, and we still have a hard time! Then he asked, "What is the condition of the grain and grass?" "There is no loss in the weight of grain and grass, enough to support the army for a month!" ”

Xiao Gan stood up and paced back and forth. Xian Ye and Mo Gan looked at Xiao Gan and hoped that Xiao Gan would be able to come up with a countermeasure.

Xiao Gan stopped and said, "Don't hesitate, you must break through tonight!" ”

Xian Ye and Mo Gan were shocked when they heard this, and Mo Gan hurriedly said: "Dashuai, even if you can break through, I am afraid that the Ming army will suffer heavy casualties under the pursuit!" is to finally retreat to Jinzhou, but I am afraid that I will also lose most of the soldiers and horses! ”

Xiao Gan couldn't leave the thought: "Have you noticed that today's Ming Army's offensive was very fierce before, but it quickly weakened?" Xian Ye and Mo Gan glanced at each other, and Mo Gan said: "It seems to be like this!" If the offensive of the Ming army has been as fierce as before, I am afraid that the main force of our army will not be able to withdraw from the battlefield safely! Then he said suspiciously: "The Ming army has always been tough, how could the attack power weaken so quickly?" ”

Xiao Gan said, "It's because they arrived not long ago!" Xian Ye and Mo Gan's eyes lit up, and Mo Gan said: "That's right! There is only one explanation! They must have just arrived from a long and rapid march from the east, and they were already very tired, so the attack could not last! ”

Xiao Gan glanced at the two of them and said, "They are already very tired, and they just arrived and didn't have time to rest and fight with all their might, and the Ming army is all iron, and they will definitely not be able to support it!" Now is a great opportunity for our army to break through, otherwise once the Ming army rests, it will be difficult to break through again! The two of them only felt that what the big marshal said was very reasonable, and couldn't help but nodded. He shouted: "Immediately send orders to all armies and prepare for a breakthrough!" The two generals clenched their fists and promised, and they wanted to go down.

"Wait a minute!"

The two generals immediately turned around and waited for the order. Gan Buli walked up to the two of them and advised: "All the baggage materials that are difficult to carry are all left!" The two nodded, and said obliquely: "The last general will order someone to pour fire oil, and put a fire when he leaves!" Xiao Gan nodded and said, "Go ahead and do it!" The two of them said yes and ran down.

Han Qixian led the militia of Dading Prefecture and the people came to the barracks with a large amount of wine, meat, rice and grain to reward the army. All of a sudden, there was jubilation in the barracks.

Han Qi came to Yang Peng first and bowed.

Yang Peng smiled: "Don't be so polite, get up." ”

Han Qi first agreed, stood up, and then said with great admiration: "Your Majesty is like a god in using soldiers, it can really be said to be the best in ancient and modern times!" is Sun Wu's rebirth, Bai Qi is reincarnated, and he can only end up hating in the face of His Majesty's magic calculation! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "It's not so godly, it's just that I put myself in the enemy's perspective and consider the problem!" ”

Han Qixian said excitedly: "Xiao Gan is already defeated, I believe that it won't be long before Your Majesty will be able to completely annihilate Xiao Gan and not leave the department!" At that time, the entire Zhongjing Road will be included in the territory of our Ming Dynasty! ”

Yang Peng stood up, walked to the sand table, looked at the mountains that had been surrounded by his own army, and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple!" Our army is already very tired from the long journey, otherwise the enemy will not have escaped in the first battle this morning! After this battle, the officers and men of our army are even more tired and must rest, and it is difficult to launch an effective offensive in a short time! This is a good opportunity for the Khitans. If Xiao Gan is not too bad, he will definitely see this opportunity, and immediately break through to the north! ”

Korean enterprises couldn't help but worry, "This, how can this be good?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "There's nothing to worry about!" On the battlefield, we can't take all the benefits! Han Qi first uh, I don't understand what Yang Peng means.

In the middle of the night, an alarm suddenly sounded from the north, followed by a huge fight. Yang Peng looked up at the north and muttered: "Xiao Gan is really a general, and he has discovered the weakness of our army!" Han Qi, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but show nervousness, but seeing His Majesty's expression as usual, his nervousness quickly calmed down.

A moment later, a scout officer came on horseback to report: "Your Majesty, the enemy army has broken through the encirclement of our army!" The Korean enterprise was taken aback first. Yang Peng still nodded as usual, and said, "Got it, explore again!" The scout officer answered, turned his horse's head and galloped down.

Han Qixian couldn't help but ask: "How can the enemy break through the encirclement?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "That can only let them flee north!" Han Qixian was puzzled and asked; Isn't Your Majesty going to intercept it? ”

Yang Peng shook his head, "I have already said that our army is very tired, and if we do it reluctantly, we will only gain more than we lose." Since Xiao Gan has discovered the weakness of our army, he has no choice but to let him escape! Han Qi didn't expect Yang Peng to be so free and easy, and he couldn't help but feel infinite admiration in his heart. It is awe-inspiring for a king to be invincible in the world, but it is even more admirable that such a king can be so free and easy.

Yang Peng said: "The advice you just gave me is very good, let's go back and continue to talk!" ”

Han Qixian asked in surprise, "Doesn't Your Majesty deal with the problem in front of you first?" Yang Peng laughed and said, "There's nothing wrong in front of you, come on." Then he walked into the big tent. Han Qi was stunned first and hurriedly followed.

Yang Peng sat down at the top, and Han Qi sat down first, and he was not willing to give up. Yang Peng smiled: "Don't worry. Although Xiao Gan can break through the encirclement, he will never have the courage to attack us! If he really comes, I can't ask for it! ”

Xiao Gan was determined to die, and led all the soldiers and horses to the north to rush out of the mountains, and for a while, the roar shook the sky, the shouts shook the ground, and the rolling army rushed out like a torrent.

However, contrary to expectations, the Ming army in front of him did not block it and took the initiative to get out of the way. Xiao Gan couldn't help but be suspicious when he saw this scene. Mo Gan said to him: "Commander, the enemy took the initiative to withdraw from the siege, will there be any traps?" Why don't you retreat to the mountains for a while? Xiao Gan frowned and said, "If you retreat to the mountain, you can only be trapped to death!" I can't care so much now! Immediately, he led the cavalry to break through first.

Xian also led tens of thousands of war cavalry to pass through the middle of the Ming military camp, and the infantry brigade followed closely. The Ming army never intercepted. After the Khitan soldiers broke out of the encirclement, they were still relieved, for fear that they would suddenly encounter an ambush by the Ming army, and the army ran faster and faster, until they ran out of dozens of miles and still did not encounter the ambush of the Ming army, so they let go of their hearts.

Gao Hu ran into the big tent, hugged his fists at Yang Peng and said, "Your Majesty, the enemy army has fled!" ”

Yang Peng stopped talking to Han Qixian, nodded, and said, "Xiao still has some ability!" Is there any news of Li Xu? Gao Hu said: "Not yet." Yang Peng thought for a moment, and said to Han Qixian and Gao Hu: "You all go down, I'm going to rest." ”

The two said yes and withdrew from the tent.

Han Qi bowed to Gao Hu first, and Gao Hu hurriedly replied with a salute and said, "Why did my lord make this big gift, I can't afford it!" ”

Han Qixian said with a look of admiration: "The general is the great hero of our Gao clan, and the reverence for the general is really beyond words!" ”

Gao Hu laughed and said, "Your Excellency, you don't have to be polite, I'm just following Your Majesty and doing my best." ”

"The general is too humble! Today, who doesn't know the prestige of General Gao, among the Ming Dynasty, General Gao is a first-class famous general, and the world admires him! ”

The two of them said as they walked away from the tent. Gao Hu said: "Lord Han, I think Your Majesty is very important to you!" Han Qixian said with a grateful face: "Your Majesty does not give heaven a grace because he once lost himself to Hu Lu in Xia, and there is nothing to repay in Xia, but he can only die after bowing to his best!" Gao Hu couldn't help but say: "We should all be like this!" Han Qixian nodded sympathetically.

Immediately, Han Qi asked puzzledly: "Now it is very beneficial to our army, but why does Your Majesty want to let it go and not leave a way out?" ”

Gao Hu said: "That's also a last resort. Brother Han may not know that although His Majesty and Niangniang judged Xiao Gan's intention to be inseparable, they were not too sure before approaching, so they did not arrange it from the beginning. By the time it was determined that Xiao Gan's intention to leave was quickly arranged, the time was already very tight, and our army of more than 200,000 cavalry came day and night, and almost immediately entered the battle as soon as they arrived at Dading Mansion! The soldiers of the army were already exhausted, and after a fierce battle, the soldiers could not stand it, and the war horses could not stand it even more, and after the battle, more than a thousand war horses died! The officers and men of the various armies are exhausted, and they simply cannot afford to besiege the Khitan army anymore! Han Qi first listened to Gao Hu say in such detail, and finally understood the reason, and couldn't help but nodded.

Gao Hu continued: "Your Majesty deliberately withdrew the encirclement, in fact, there are two purposes, one is that since it is difficult to resist the enemy's desperate breakthrough, why sacrifice soldiers in vain? The second is to confuse the enemy. When the enemy saw that our troops took the initiative to withdraw from the encirclement, they must have been shocked, and perhaps they would give up the breakthrough and retreat into the mountains. If the enemy really retreats to the mountain, then it is the turtle in the urn that cannot escape! Alas, it's a pity, Xiao Gan didn't fall for it. War is like this, even if you have a clever plan like Your Majesty, you often can't fully grasp the direction of war! ”

Han Qixian couldn't help but nod and asked curiously; "So what's next?"

Gao Hu smiled: "Your Majesty naturally has a plan for this. ”

Han Qi saw that Gao Hu didn't want to say anything, so he didn't ask, and then said: "General Gao, the lower officials admire General Gao very much, and want to invite General Gao to the cold house to talk about it, I don't know what General Gao thinks?" Gao Hu saw that it was difficult to resist, so he said: "When the war is over, I have time, I will definitely go to the house to visit Lord Han!" Han Qi was overjoyed first, and hurriedly bowed: "Don't dare, don't dare!" General Gao can come, the humble house is shining! ”

Xiao Gan led the Khitan army to flee all the way to the northeast, like a large group of beasts that had escaped death, and he was both happy and frightened in his heart. A few days later, the defeated army led by Xiao Gan Buli fled to the city of Jinzhou. Xiao Gan's inseparable spirit has been exhausted in this series of setbacks, and he just wants to rely on Jinzhou to hold on and wait for help.

Xianya raised his voice and shouted, "Open the city gates!" The soldiers, who were tired and just wanted to go into the city to rest, shouted one after another.

The banner of the Ming Dynasty was suddenly erected on the head of the city, and at the same time, thousands of soldiers armed with strong bows and crossbows appeared on the city. The Khitan army under the city suddenly saw such a scene, and couldn't help but be taken aback, and the chaotic shouts stopped instantly, panicked and surprised, and at a loss.

Li Xu, a general wearing an iron chain armor and a hundred flowers robe, stood at the head of the city and raised his voice: "Your Majesty has long expected that you will go back and attack Dading Mansion, so many days ago, you ordered me to raid Jinzhou while you are leaving!" Then he waved his hand, and arrows rained down on the wall. The Khitan soldiers under the city had nowhere to hide for a while, and many were shot down. Xiao Gan did not dare to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly led the defeated army to bypass Jinzhou, cross the mountains and cross the mountains, and go north to Gaozhou. In view of the huge strength of the enemy's army and the fact that there were no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, Li Xu did not go out of the city to pursue in order to prevent losses. Call the herald and tell him to send a flying pigeon to His Majesty at once to report the situation here.

Yang Peng read Li Xu's flying pigeon biography, looked at the mountains and rivers outside the city with his hands behind his back, and looked thoughtful. At this time, the people of Dading Mansion were busy transporting the grain and grass left by the Khitan army from the mountains outside the city into the city, and the two long dragons outside the city were intertwined and swimming, and the noise was constantly coming. Not long ago, in order to escape from the encirclement of the Ming army, Xiao Gan Buli discarded all the grain and grass baggage, and now these things have become the trophies of the Ming army.

Yang Peng turned his head to Li Lang and said: "The flying pigeon sent a message ordering all armies to stop attacking, defend on the spot and rest, and the army lords will immediately rush to Dading Mansion to discuss." Li Lang said yes and ran down.

Soon after, the attacks on all fronts of the Ming Dynasty stopped, and they were stationed on the spot to rest, and the lord would rush to Dading Mansion.

All the generals gathered together, and Yang Peng said: "The war has reached this point, and I think it can be over." The army should move from an offensive to a defensive state and at the same time rest and recuperate. ”

All the generals nodded one after another, and Ya Yu Guanyin said: "The army has fought one after another, and the casualties are not small and very tired, so it needs to rest." In addition, the consumption of grain and grass is very huge, and it must be remobilized for a period of time. ”

Yang Peng said: "From now on, it is expected to rest for a month. The Second Army Corps was stationed at Songshan Pavilion and Jinzhou, and Li Xu was responsible for guarding them. Li Xu immediately stood up to protect his promise. Yang Peng continued: "The subordinate corps of Cao Jun's subordinate Gao Hu is stationed in Jianzhou, with Gao Hu as the main and Cao Jun as the deputy. Cao Jun and Gao Hu stood up together to protect their promises.

"The rest of the departments under the direct legion returned to Dading Mansion to rest." All the generals of the direct legions stood up and promised.

Yang Peng's eyes looked at Yang Jiumei and said, "The Yanyun Sixteen Prefecture Military Government Army, the Hebei Zhulu Military Government Army, retreat to Jiugongling and station. Yang Jiumei stood up and hugged her fists in promise.

Yang Peng looked at Xiang Danian again and said, "The First Army will transfer to Tunyuzhou." Xiang Danian stood up and promised loudly. Yuzhou, almost 100 miles south of Dading Mansion, next to Luming Mountain, 100 miles east of Lizhou is still under the control of the Jin people.

After Yang Peng finished arranging, he said: "I have already issued the order to mobilize grain and grass. In addition, the Taiyuan Army, the Henan Army, and the Shandong Army are all on the way. I have appointed Yelu Hanyu as the commander of these three armies. ”

After the meeting ended, Yang Peng dragged Ya Yu Guanyin to the bath. The guards all smiled knowingly and walked away from the bath guards.

Soon after, the sound of the water and the wild laughter of Yaren Kannon followed. Then there was an exclamation from Ya Yu Guanyin and a loud sound of water, and then there was a faint sound of joy in the sound of the water splash. The female guards were red-faced, and a few wild ones started to laugh at the companions next to them, and they were greatly embarrassed by the attack and immediately returned fire.

The Ming army stopped the attack, re-arranged, and rested on the spot, while the rear actively mobilized grain, grass, baggage, ordnance and armor to support the front line in accordance with Yang Peng's orders, and recruited young people to replenish the battle losses of the armies on the front line, and the entire empire was busy with the war on the front line. The huge machine of the Ming Dynasty is running at high speed, sending a steady stream of supplies and personnel to the front line.

However, Daming's tavern and tea shop are still as lively and noisy as usual. The guests chatted while drinking wine, and a young man who looked like a Confucian took a sip of the wine and said with infinite emotion: "Sage Yun: Although the country is big, the belligerent will die!" Your Majesty is so reckless, sooner or later he will follow the mistake of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who exhausted the wealth of the world! The Confucian student next to him nodded sympathetically, sighed worriedly about the country and the people, and said, "Who said it wasn't!" Exhausting the wealth of the world and sacrificing the lives of countless soldiers and civilians is just a useless face! He shook his head and sighed, "Alas! The way of the saints is not good, and the people of the world have suffered hardships! ”

Several scholars shook their heads and sighed, saying for a while that 'etiquette collapsed and that happiness was broken', and for a while they said 'moral decay', worrying about the country and the people. Suddenly, on a wine table not far away, several rough men were talking loudly about the things on the battlefield, very excited. A few readers looked sideways, shook their heads and sighed.

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